King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 63 Irreconcilable Conflicts of Interest

"en." Ed is still a steady nodded , as a greeting, sitting on the saddle while pulling the reins without dismounting, observing and looking at the Night's Watch office, which will take shape, and showing a rather interesting smile: "It's pretty decent, when can we start recruiting? "

"In two or three days, I will do it as soon as possible." Igor replied: "This office not only has to undertake the function of conscription, but also the food, grass, equipment and funds donated by Seven Kingdoms nobles and civilians for Night's Watch." In the future, it will also be transferred here to be counted, recorded and sent to the Wall."

"Well—" Ed pondered for a while, "Where did you get the money for these things?"

"Lord Tyrion Lannister's sponsorship, he also sent a squire to me to help." Igor replied without hesitation, and introduced to the Prime Minister: "This is Jyck."

I can't hide , the young squire had to hurriedly stand over and say hello to the Prime Minister. Contrary to Igor's calmness, he was quite nervous - no wonder, everyone knows that House Stark and House Lannister have a bad relationship.

Ed was just wondering why there was a red robe here. Now that he was clear, he naturally surrendered his identity and made a face to a squire. He glanced at Jyck, and also nodded responded to the other party's question. Greetings, then turned his head and looked towards a short man behind him: "Beyond the wall wildling is very persistent, Night's Watch is facing a difficult situation, even if the treasury funds are tight, you have to give symbolic support, you go to raise money for Night's Watch. , counted in the defense expenditure."

"Adult?" The little man did not expect to be suddenly put together here, and suddenly made a face full of innocence, "The finances of the kingdom..."

"There is no room for negotiation. This is a serious matter of defending the kingdom. You can even raise the Tourney's bonus. What's the difference? Master of Coin, isn't that what you want to do?" Ed did not let go. "I'm not embarrassing you. Dozens or hundreds of Golden Dragons will do. Help Night's Watch gain a firm foothold here. The rest depends on his oneself ability."

"Well, since this is the Prime Minister's order , I can only think of a way."

Ed ignored the teasing of the other party and turned to the other side: "Jory, you take Arya here and wait for us, and I will do it with Lord Baelish. Something."

"Yes!"

"What, it's clearly agreed to take me out for a shopping trip, no matter what! I'll go wherever you go! ”

A clear protest sounded, and Igor noticed that there was a little girl in the entire group. You can guess that this is the second daughter of Duke Stark, Arya Stark. And the little little man who Edd ordered to raise a fund for Night's Watch before, if he guessed correctly, is the Game of Thrones' biggest scumbag, Littlefinger Petyr Baelish who regards chaos as a ladder!

Because of some discrepancies with the image in the television drama, Igor didn't recognize this guy until Ed called Littlefinger's name. Now that he knew his identity, he couldn't help but take a few more glances—— First, I understood the reason why the other party got this nickname, and then I was horrified like waking up from a big dream: I spent the past two days thinking about Melisandre's words and busy with oneself, and almost forgot that the original story was still rolling like wheels on a slope. before!

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"The place I want to accompany the Prime Minister is not suitable for small children." The short man gave Arya a wicked smile and winked: "Especially girls. "

"I'm not a child!"

"Be obedient, I'll take you back later. And Igor, work hard and don't get in trouble."

Ed calmed his daughter with a smile, and instructed Night's Watch in a meaningful way. He took Littlefinger and the remaining guards, and continued to ride down the street to leave the Night's Watch office.

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The big leader is in charge of all kinds of opportunities, coming and going quickly. A group of people wants to walk to walk, and soon disappears at the end of the street. Arya angrily complained about the father's go back on one's word, while the remaining Prime Minister's bodyguard, the Captain, tried his best to comfort his tantrums... Only Igor, looking in the direction where Duke Stark was going, fell into contemplation.

To keep oneself out of trouble, does it imply that oneself should not gossip about Joffrey's "assassination" of Bran? He asked Littlefinger to raise an aid fund for Night's Watch Legion. In addition to taking care of the Wall defenders, did he mean to give oneself a hush money?
No, these messy things are irrelevant, with Eddard Stark's gentleman temperament, let alone "saved" Bran by oneself, even if you know that Joffrey's assassination of Bran was made up by oneself, you don't have to be afraid that he will be silent. Say goodbye to oneself. Importantly, what is Littlefinger doing with him now?
According to the conversation I just heard, Igor tried to restore the story: Arya couldn't bear the boredom and clamored to go out to play, Eddard Stark finally agreed to take her shopping, and when he was going out, he met Littlefinger who came to visit, After some exchanges, he changed his mind and decided to go with him first.

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In the original plot, there was no plot of Ed taking his daughter out for shopping, but now the story has changed. House Stark didn't blame House Lannister for Bran's fall and assassination, and Catelyn didn't sneak to King's Landing and catch Tyrion on the way back to cause a conflict between the lions and wolves... So James didn't go to Edd to duel, House All fifty of Stark's bodyguards are alive and well. Ed might quarrel with Robert about the assassination of Daenerys · Targaryen, but that doesn't affect the deep feelings between the two, so he's still here as the Prime Minister.

Under this kind of peaceful appearance, as a father, while investigating the cause of the former prime minister's death, I was in the mood to take time to go shopping with my suffocated youngest daughter... It's understandable. But what can make a father abandon the agreement with his daughter and decide to go with him temporarily, must be business, what "business" can Littlefinger ask Ed to do?
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"They seem to be going in the direction of our hotel."

While thinking about it, Jyck's words reminded Igor, and Littlefinger A word to Arya with a smile...

What's not suitable for a child, especially a girl? He recalled why Tyrion insisted on staying at the Albatross on the day he first arrived at King's Landing - "Red Keep is too far from my favorite brothel"!
It took him a few seconds to come to the conclusion: "They should be going to Street of Silk!"

"Huh?" As Tyrion's squire, Jyck certainly knows what Street of Silk is for , he even followed the own master to spend there. But suddenly, he hesitated: "But... Lord Stark doesn't look like someone who can go to a brothel."

"Going to a brothel is not necessarily a prostitution." Igor's pupils dilated , suddenly more plot details flooded into his mind, and he remembered what was going on.

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Littlefinger's ultimate goal is to cause civil unrest in the Seven Kingdoms to profit from it, the top player of this power game can find opportunities in any unexpected situation and accident, he does not Will put oneself's ambitions and big plans on hold because Catelyn didn't come to King's Landing, and even without the stupid Tully woman, he still managed to hook up with Ed.

Without Catelyn's false guarantee, Ed's initial trust in Littlefinger would have been greatly reduced, but for a full-level Game of Thrones player: as long as you dare to talk to me, I can deceived you!

Now, the biggest shitposter in King's Landing is taking Ed to the Street of Silk, to a Robert's illegalimate child - by pretending to help him track down the former Prime Minister's Cause of death, Littlefinger finally let Eddard Stark "oneself discover" the true origins of Cersei's children.

And then, the upright Ed killed brother Robert and oneself, Renly escaped from King's Landing with her boyfriend and returned to Fiefdom to fight for the throne, Stannis was determined to defend oneself's "legitimate" power, still a The child's Robb was hurriedly pushed to the front desk to become King in the North, and he also released House Greyjoy's hostage Theon in a hot and stupid way... The battle of the five kings began.

Igor is confident in the success of the Night's Watch bond, firstly because of the participation of Tyrion, and secondly because the greedy nature of human beings is not affected by culture and times... But wars can completely destroy finance. Including the living soil of financial scams, imagine that under the circumstances of war raging and precarious, no matter how high the rate of return you offer, who will have the mind and courage to hand over the money to others?

In this King's Landing, whether it's the stupid Robert, the stupid Joffrey or even the vicious Cersei, oneself a Night's Watch cannot afford to offend can always hide... But only Petyr Baelish wants to make of chaos and war, no one can escape, no escape.

Oneself's plan needs peace, and ambitious like Littlefinger...the conflict of interest with oneself is so irreconcilable that his plan must be sabotaged!

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(end of this chapter)