King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 667 First come first

gray robe Faceless Men pushes the door and leaves the Conference without looking back Hall, his movements were so neat that Gordon didn't even have time to stop him. As the door closed and closed with the gentle push of the guards, the atmosphere in the room instantly relaxed.

After all, there are very few people who have a transcendent position and do not care about Faceless Men like Priest Moonsinger. In a deep dilemma between safeguarding the interests of the city-state and fearing the revenge of the Faceless Men, the representative of the Black and White Court has taken the initiative to show weakness and leave, which is actually the best outcome for the other members except him.

Gordon Garonneer glanced at Isha, and nodded slightly to express his gratitude for the latter's cooperation, and then suppressed the dissatisfaction that emerged from the bottom of his heart: Representative of the Temple of the Moonsingers on the surface is helping oneself to speak, and the result is indeed smooth and "drive away" the representative of the black and white courtyard. From another point of view, it is also a peacemaker who gave the Faceless Men the steps to let oneself continue to exert extreme pressure. 's calculations fell through.

Whether she is intentionally helping the black and white court, or whether she does not want the conflict to continue to intensify out of good intentions, it is really difficult to judge for a while.

But one thing is certain: after the last voice of opposition has disappeared, the discussion on how to subvert the Queen's regime can finally continue.

"Okay, everyone!" The current president patted his hand and called everyone back to the meeting status from the unfinished or unfinished state, "The representatives of the Black and White Court voluntarily gave up their voting rights in this meeting. , and there is a high probability that they will not participate in Braavos' all-round interference in Westeros. Here, we will change the plan to 'the elimination of the Queen and the Hand of the Queen is solely responsible for the iron gold Ku special affairs department', related aspects... Is there a problem?"

"As long as the money is in place, the assassin organization that dares to live is plentiful and easily available, killing is not a problem." The named representative of the special affairs department twitched his lips, "but I have to explain in advance. , Only the Black and White House has devoted enough energy to research on 'how to make the assassination look like an accident' and has sufficient attainments. Judging from the current information, the security work of Queen and Igor has been well done, and I haven't seen it for the time being. What an obvious loophole, if we were to assassinate in this situation, there would be no small movement, and Braavos would have to devote resources or prepare for activities such as creating opportunities, dealing with the aftermath, and welcoming retaliation."

Iron Kut The Ministry of Affairs does dirty work, and its training and exercises cover a wide range. In theory, it can do any mission. The representative said this not to shirk the job, but to explain the facts and bring the ugly words to the fore.

Humans are just flesh and blood, and if you get the chance, you can drink a glass of poisonous wine or put a white knife in a red knife and go out... But as Littlefinger said: it is one thing to kill or not to kill. Bearing the consequences of killing is another matter. Here's an intuitive example: Igor took advantage of the home field to easily kill the two big shit stickers, and successfully escaped suspicion, and even turned into an investigation Chief-In-Charge - it looks cool, however, as long as the evidence is conclusive and the facts are clear If the "true murderer" who can convince everyone is not arrested for a day, Queen will not forget this one day, and Igor must always think about covering up the truth. Even if you succeed in not being exposed all your life, you will have to go through countless moments of guilty conscience and suspicion in the process, at least in the early stage - this is the consequence.

The reason for this is that the deaths of both Varys and Petyr were clearly man-made, an act of hostilities of an indescribable nature, and there are clues to follow (although the )!

And what about the Faceless Men?

When they assassinate the important figure, they will definitely do a good job of squatting and reconnaissance in advance, devise a perfect plan, and use all the incredible environment and personnel to complete the assassination so that not one drop of water can leak out — - There are two types of situations: ordinary and high level: if you are not afraid of retaliation, you just need to simply destroy the target and destroy evidence without leaving any clues; and if you are worried about retaliation, you will simply invest more resources and manpower to Death is done just like natural death or accidental death, not only is there no investigation ... even the existence of the murderer will be controversial.

Murder is simple, but how to hide merit and fame after killing someone is the difficulty. No matter how brilliant a fake case or an unsolved case is, it is more impossible than "unable to file a case" - but you have to do it This level requires superb technology and experience accumulation, and these things are impossible to achieve in the short term by smashing resources.

The Black and White Court refused to take action, and the Iron Vault had to use a sub-Level 1 or even a second-rate assassin organization. The consequence is that the mission executor first has to work hard to ensure the completion of the assassination. As for high-end operations such as not leaving clues or even falsifying the cause of death... ...sorry, can't do anything about it.

"The Queen has no heir to the throne, and Igor has not left any seeds, as long as you kill both of them at the same time, and then help little Aegon to ascend... Who will come to trouble us? Is it Night's Watch on the Wall, or Those eunuch soldiers who lost their masters?" Gordon Gallonier tapped his fingers on the table irritably, and couldn't help but repeatedly broke the rule that outsiders were not allowed to speak at meetings, "The special affairs department should just do it daringly and go out. Let me help you with this matter! This is a life-and-death war, you can't be fickle and think about it! Next, don't linger, let's discuss the business!"

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Zao Gao Under the push and pull of the Old Master, the agenda for the second half of the meeting was smooth and neat for a long time.

Around the core issue of subverting the Daenerys regime, and with the ultimate goal of defending Braavos' status as a financial center, this group of people, through a series of negotiations, proposals and votes, have familiarly formulated a set of closely linked with one another, a plan that echoes each other.

First of all, Braavos will send a representative named "Observer" to contact the "City-State Union", which is not public in public opinion, but in fact joins and fully cooperates with this Alliance Against the Dragonmother's action , using the Narrow Sea as a position to pressure Westeros. The reason for such twists and turns is because the ideology of Braavos is not the same as that of other major city-states (at least in official terms), and openly announcing to join the city union, it is easy to give the people the idea of "the city-state and slave-masters join forces to fight against the liberators." The appearance of "Dragon Queen" has caused widespread and strong anti-war sentiments, which brought difficulties to the Keyholders and Sealord in mobilizing city-state resources and recruiting troops, affecting them to play big chess.

This move ensures that Braavos will not panic and be unprepared for confrontation when the Iron Vault's assassination of Queen and Igor is not completely successful, or if it is successful but his camp still organizes a counterattack.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the city-state and the Ministry of Commerce of the Iron Vault also actively contacted known and potential opponents within the Seven Kingdoms: for example, Vale, who has not yet stood in line, and the remnants who fled back to the Iron Islands after the defeat Ironmen, the rich Reach land (provided they can survive until then), and the Church of The Seven in Oldtown, which has a lot of old grudges with House Targaryen. Persevering in rumors, stigmatizing enemy leaders, and doing everything possible to mobilize all the forces within Westeros from the hostile lords to the believers of The Seven that can be used for their own use, disgusting the Daenerys regime and adding to them.

Although it is impossible to get Sun's exposure to the next three indiscriminate tactics, on the table, these tactics can weaken and reduce the effort and efficiency of the Queen's regime to integrate Seven Kingdoms resources, improve Alliance Against the Dragonmother and The winning rate of the positive meet force with force; and under the table - under the circumstance that the personal security work of the Queen and its Prime Minister Igor is in place, only by constantly creating accidents and troubles for them can they create disruptions to their plans, Forcing them to keep running around to solve the problem, there will be loopholes in the process of pulling.

And these loopholes can create an opportunity for the killers sent or hired by the Iron Kingku Special Affairs Department to take advantage of it!
In the end, Braavos' Arsenal and Intelligence Section will be operating at full power, while trying to decipher the suspected reliability of the thermal weapon blueprint data sent back from King's Landing, while continuing to try to get more detailed secrets and work hard to build ships, Get ready for a possible uphill battle...and a new arms race in the post-war era of hot weapons!

Gordon Gallonier managed to abide by the rules of the meeting during the intense discussion of the final plan among the Keyholders members, and did not interrupt the meeting frequently. But this Old Guy glare like a tiger watching his prey sitting at the front and staring at it is a source of stress in itself. Everyone here is as uncomfortable as being stared at by a teacher who is doing homework. Muddleheaded for himself or the industry behind him The crooked minds of the forces seeking personal gain have no time to think, and dozens of slickers have been conscientiously racking their brains for the overall interests of the Braavos city-state all afternoon...

Sun leaned westward, and the light in the room gradually dimmed. The frequency of the participants putting forward new suggestions and supplementing the details of the existing plans gradually slowed down and gradually disappeared. After a few strings of yawns were contagious around the conference table, everyone's eyes gradually focused on the current chairman of the Keyholders Association. Waiting for him to call off the meeting at the right time to end this important meeting that has made them nervous and stressed.

But they were doomed to fail.

"Seeing that you basically have nothing to say, let me add one last thing." The old man in the wheelchair who had disappeared for a long time appeared again at the last moment, "If you want to win the fight, the most important thing is to See what? A hundred people have a hundred answers, and I think it's to see which side has fewer troublemakers and more unity."

He handed the jug back to the servant Maiden, and again at the Sit up straight in the wheelchair.

"Due to some bizarre claims and reasons, the House of Black and White refuses to take part in this subversion of the Daenerys regime. On the bright side, they may be squatting peacefully in the temple of the Black and White House. Inside, wait for the end of this all-out war as a neutral character. But what if they don't?"

The yawn quickly disappeared, and the languid atmosphere of the room was swept away. There are no fools in the members of the Keyholders Club, and everyone immediately understood the subtext of the old man... This is a very terrifying accusation, but everyone here is a ruthless character and a person who dominates one side in a certain field. How can you not understand : Even if the probability of such malicious speculation becoming a reality is not large, it cannot be avoided!

"The Queen's regime has not yet unified the Seven Kingdoms, but after a series of victories have built an unstoppable forward momentum, Braavos must unite all forces that can be united, and focus all energy and attention on this battle. Unprecedented rivalry. At this juncture, the existence of a very ruthless and unpredictable assassin organization in the city-state is an unacceptably dangerous situation. Today I will once again be a bystander. The identity suggests a proposal: order the Black and White House to immediately take a stand in an official capacity to the Keyholders Council, and if they still insist on the attitude of the previous representative, then mobilize a lot of troops and expel all Faceless Men from Braavos!"

Gordon Gallonier is the most prestigious and influential ex-Keyholders member of Braavos because he possesses many excellent qualities that are difficult for ordinary people to possess - always being rational, decisive when decisive, cautious when cautious... ...Writing them down one by one can make an article, but no matter how much you fart on him, "tolerance" has never been one of his qualities.

Only a thousand days of being a thief, there is no one thousand days of preventing a thief. The representative of the Black and White House publicly contradicted him at the Keyholders meeting today, and expressed his unwillingness to fight against the enemy he identified, then, whether in public or in private, Gordon has no choice but to strike first - decisively wiped out.

What he proposed is "expulsion" is not false, but with the minions and influence of the Galonil family in all aspects of Braavos, all classes and fields, as long as this proposal is passed, he will have 1% Hundreds of grasps can make the bloodless expulsion turn into a violent conflict, let the group of Faceless Men who think they are very good "actively resist the law", and then push the boat with the flow, so that this assassin organization, which has become a burden, will be dissolved tonight. for history!

A hundred layers of human skin masks can't stop the steel knife stabbing in the chest!

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(end of this chapter)