Chapter 0754: Tyrion, Let's Talk About a Deal
The waters off Dragonstone, on the flagship of Daenerys' navy.
"You're the little devil. "The bearded strong man was rude. He was dressed in light chain mail, with a dagger and a short sword at his waist, and looked at the little devil condescendingly, his eyes were magical.
It's a playful look of extreme contempt.
"I'm the little devil. The little devil raised the wine glass in his hand, "Missandei, may I ask you to pour a glass of wine for this warrior?"
Missandei glared at the strong man and went to pour a glass of wine.
The strong man did not take the wine, and it was clear that he was more interested in Missandei's beauty. The eyes of the strong man's envoy turned around Missandei's face several times unscrupulously, and then returned to the little devil's face: "Little devil, we Lord Wagner can't write, so we didn't reply to you, only a message." β
"I'm hearing that, Warrior. The little devil smiled.
The little demon Tyrion Lannister was despised by the messenger, but he didn't care. Growing up, he had seen this kind of contempt too much. He has also experienced things that are ten times more humiliating than this contempt, and it doesn't matter at all.
"Our lord told me to tell you that he saved your life, for one purpose, and hoped that you would be able to broker a war in front of Daenerys when the war came. If you forget this, we adults have asked me to remind you to watch out for your other eye. β
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The little devil's left eye was dug out by the Magic Mountain on the Crab Claw Peninsula, and at that time, most of the people who witnessed this incident were warriors from the Crab Claw Peninsula. The little devil's eyes were black and green, and at that time, the magic mountain wanted to deceive Cersei, and it was easy to find a human head, but it was difficult to find the little devil's identical eyes.
In order to save the little devil's life, the magic mountain found a human head, and then dug out the little devil's green eye and put it into the eye socket. As soon as Cersei looked at the eyes, she knew it was a little demon.
The Magic Mountain's plan proved to be a success.
He saves the little devil and gains Cersei's trust!
The envoy mentioned the little devil's eye incident, which made the little devil's face stunned! He definitely didn't expect that there was a sharp-talking person around Wagner. In the eyes of the people of the outside world, the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula have always been a vulgar and backward race, and their civilization level is very low except for fighting. The little devil, like all nobles, has contempt for the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula in his bones. He himself may not have understood the contempt for the primitive tribesmen brought about by the innate superiority of the nobles.
The little devil's life was indeed saved by the Magic Mountain, but when he was framed for being related to the poisoning incident at Joffrey's wedding, he always suspected that it was probably the Magic Mountain's game.
Joffrey's bloody wedding killed many people, including the fake Sansa, the Queen of Thorns of the Tyrells, Lady Redwin, the archbishop of the Templar, and many noble ladies of the royal realm, and the little devil and the red viper were proven to be involved in the poisoning of the wedding.
The Demon Mountain came to King's Landing to administer justice, and he tried to kill the Red Viper, and then released the little demon through the underground secret passage of the Red Keep. Cersei ordered the pursuit, and the magic mountain designed to bring an unrecognizable dummy head back to the errand, but the eye he showed Cersei was indeed a little devil's.
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"Warrior, what's your name?" Varys said with a smile. Varys was sprinkled with perfume on his clothes, powdered on his face, and spoke softly, and the whole thing was a true femininity that overflowed the deck of the flagship.
"Bald, you're Varys. The envoy smiled, "Your little life was also released by the Magic Mountain." If Lord Magic Mountain hadn't let you go, you wouldn't have been able to leave the port of Heishui River. Oh yes, and your Governor friend Illyrio of Pantos. Although he paid a million gold dragons back then, the life and death of the two of you were just a thought of Lord Magic Mountain. Varys, Lord Magic Mountain told you that when war came, he wanted you to tell the Mother of Dragons what he wanted to do, but you didn't say that. β
"Who is the Magic Mountain, Warrior, do you know?" said Varys, grinning.
"He is my king, Varys. He is the king of the Crab Claw Peninsula recognized by the Blood God. Let me tell you, I am a native of the Crab Claw Peninsula, a warrior of the Gar tribe. Our tribe was previously loyal to Prince Rhaegar of House Targaryen, but now allegiance is to our own God-appointed King: the Magic Mountain. Lord Magic Mountain has long told us that the last person he wants to fight is Daenerys Targaryen. If Daenerys agrees to peace, our king is willing to give Dragonstone to Daenerys, but judging by the way you are now, it is clear that you are going to wipe us all out. β
"When did the Crab Claw Peninsula stop being the Dragon's warrior?" Barristan Selmy asked coldly.
"The Crab Claw Peninsula has always been a dragon warrior, but now we have our own king, and the dragons want us to fight or submit to her, and any military, trade, and alliance must first pass through our king. This is the tradition of our Crab Claw Peninsula, and it is also our sacred ancient road. β
The little devil's eyes rolled, and he realized that he had overlooked a fatal problem, which was the beliefs of the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula: the blood god faith and the unicorn tradition.
The people of the Crab Claw Peninsula regard the unicorn as a sacred beast, and whoever conquers the unicorn is the king of all the tribes of their peninsula. Once the people of the Peninsula have their own king, to convince the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula to do anything, they need to go through their king, not to find one of the patriarchs or some powerful general.
Although the little devil does not believe in any gods, he and Jaime are completely identical on this point, but he understands that the beliefs of others are worthy of respect and cannot be blasphemed.
The Magic Mountain has conquered the Crab Claw Peninsula, a mythical beast that has not appeared in thousands of years: the unicorn Red Smoke, who has been worshiped by the people of the Peninsula as the king of the Crab Claw Peninsula. It was impossible for the people of the Crabclaw Peninsula to betray their king and turn allegiance to Daenerys. The correct thing to do is to convince their king to defect, not to one of the king's generals or patriarchs.
The letter from the little devil to Wagner Gal was very wrong.
He regards the Magic Mountain as his enemy!
To carry out any cooperation, any form of alliance with the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula, it must go through their king. Moreover, they must not speak ill of their king.
The letter from the little devil should not have been addressed to Wagner Garr, he should have been addressed to the Magic Mountain.
"Warrior, what's your name?" the little imp decided to change the subject. He felt his mouth dry. In the matter of plotting against the people of the peninsula, he made a very serious mistake. His letter will only anger Wagner Ghar, not move him to defect. He belittled the Magic Mountain, saying that he was a murderer, cruel and bloodthirsty, and his hands were stained with the blood of dragons...... He overlooked the fact that the Magic Mountain was the king of the people of the peninsula and the son of God.
Anyone who sticks to God is in trouble. There are fools who will transfer their admiration for God to the so-called Son of God.
The messenger stared at the little devil and sneered, there were many generals on the deck, each of them was experienced in a hundred battles, but the messenger was not afraid: Little devil, my name is Yages Garr. β
"Yages Garr, I have always had great respect for the king of your peninsula. β
Yageth laughed, which made the little devil's face feel feverish. He was originally a sharp-toothed man, but he didn't expect to be sent a message by a barbarian tribe to lose his proportion.
But this passivity was indeed caused by his unfamiliarity with the beliefs of the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula. The belief in the blood god and the tradition of the unicorn ancient path are basically unknown to people in the outside world. This is just like the people of the Seven Kingdoms calling the people outside the Great Wall of Despair a savage, just the title of this savage contains the contempt of the superiors, since it is contempt, who would have the heart to know all kinds of inferior people? What's more, the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula have always maintained a state of isolation from the outside world.
"Brother, are you ready to go to war with us?" Theon Greyjoy scoffed.
"Lord Demon Mountain told us early on that he didn't want to go to war with you, the dragons were the people he respected the most, but if you insisted on coming to the door, we would fight to the end. With that, the bearded messenger looked around at the knights and generals who filled the deck, and he whistled melodiously to Missandei, and the Greyworm drew his dagger, but Barristan was a man of honor, and he stopped the Greyworm.
The strong man's envoy laughed again: "The Blood God, Red Smoke, and the King of the Crab Claw Peninsula have always been with me. He struck his left chest with his right fist, smacked three times, turned and disembarked, and returned to his boat.
The oarsmen in the boat roared, and the boat turned around, pulled out a water mark, and slowly left.
The messenger stood at the bow of the ship and shouted to the deck: "Little devil, Varys, you owe my king a life. On the battlefield, if you dare to show up, we will choose to be the first to kill both of you. β
The smile on Varys' face stiffened.
The little devil shrugged his shoulders: "Damn, in the eyes of the Demon Mountain, we have become even more evil people." He drank the wine from his glass at once.
The crowd watched as the messenger departed.
Suddenly, a horn sounded from the left side of the fleet, a horn that had caught the enemy's spies. So, the trumpet on the flagship also sounded, and the order was to bring the enemy spies over.
The big war is imminent, and the little devil must be the first to know the scouts of every captured enemy army.
After a while, the scout boat on the left flank passed through the dense battleship to the side of the flagship, and the rope ladder was thrown down, and a strong man who was tied up was dragged up, the strong man's left sleeve was empty, his hair was full of blond hair, his beard was messy and dirty, and there were blood stains on his face, and there were blood stains all over his body, some of the blood stains were brand new, and some of the blood stains had been dimmed into faint spots, but it could still be seen that they were traces left after the blood had dried up.
"Jaime!" the little devil threw his glass and hurried forward.
Jaime collapsed on the deck like a dead fish, his face full of exhaustion and vicissitudes, and he smiled, "Tyrion, what a good mix!"
"Untie it quickly!" the little devil commanded the guards.
The guards stepped forward, drew their short knives, cut the rope, and untied it.
But Jaime didn't stand up, he sat up slowly, leaned back against the boat, stretched his legs, and smiled, "Prime Minister, can you give me a glass of wine first?" β
The little devil sat on the filthy deck and sat with Jaime, ignoring the cleanliness of the expensive prime minister's suit.
Missandei poured red wine for the two of them, and Barristan Selmy brought a barrel. He crouched down and held out his hand to Jaime, and the two men clasped hands together.
"Your left arm?"
"Cut down by a stranger. β
"How did you end up here?"
"I don't know. Jaime smiled tiredly. Of course he knew, but he wouldn't say it.
Jaime and Barristan are both the remaining warriors of the older generation of Kingsguards, and both are Predators, and they know each other's conduct well.
"Drinking. Barristan poured his wine and touched Jaime's glass, and both of them drank it all.
"Good wine!" Jaime smacked his mouth.
"This wine comes from the giant city of Quells in the East. The little devil said.
"Brother, you're much more energetic than I am. "Jaime looks more than ten years older. His messy beard and hair made him look embarrassed.
"Are you here for me?" asked the little devil.
"No, the ship I was on met your fleet, couldn't get around, and was caught. One of the soldiers jumped on the boat to inspect it, and there was a verbal conflict, and I knocked down three of them, and then I was arrested as a spy. β
Jaime drank a few more glasses of wine.
"Jaime, is Cersei okay?"
"She must be fine, she transported the family's golden hero, Earl Togavan, to Braavos, and she hired the Faceless Men of Braavos to kill Aegon Targaryen, break up the Golden Order, and co-opt the mercenary army. She's in too good shape right now. β
"Hehe, many of the generals in the Golden Regiment have already contacted us and will start a rebellion while we are besieging the city. Varys laughed. He stood far away and did not come.
"Oh. So, we're going to die this time?!" Jaime had a nonchalant look on his face.
"Jaime, are you coming from King's Landing or from the North?" asked the imp.
"Back from the North!"
"Look at our warships, there are hundreds of large merchant ships behind them transporting more than 100,000 Slavic cavalry. Jaime ...... "Imp serious, "Jaime, go back and tell Cersei to give up the fight and surrender." β
"I'll try!" Jaime smiled. It was as if he was laughing at himself, as if he was mocking the little devil, and even more so at the world, "Tyrion, we surrendered, where are we going?"
"Go back to the West. β
"Do you need to kneel down and pledge allegiance to Daenerys back to the West?" Jaime's words were full of irony.
"Jaime, don't embarrass me. β
Jaime smiled, "Prime Minister, what do you think of our father?"
"What do you mean?"
"If someone kills your father, are you happy or sad? β
The little devil's one-eyed turned, and the light flickered: "Father died in the Brotherhood Without Flags......"
Jaime interrupted the little devil, "It was the Demon Mountain who killed my father. Of course, I know that you also hate your father, and you want to kill him. β
"Magic Mountain?!"
"Yes, the Red Smoke Beast of the Magic Mountain and the thoroughbred horses of the Crab Claw Peninsula, traveling thousands of miles in a day, day and night, galloped from the border woods of the western border to the crossing of the Trident River, killed my father and all his men, and then threw their bodies into the Trident River where the tide was high. β
The little devil was silent, and after a long moment he said, "Jaime, how do you know?"
"The Brotherhood Without Banners fought against the Strangers at the Wall, and Lancel Lannister became a night watchman at the Wall, and Lancel learned the truth from the drunken Brotherhood of the Borderless, and he told me. β
"Lancel hates you, Jaime. β
"I know, so I went and asked the Magic Mountain, and he confessed. He said it was war, and that even if he did it all over again, he would still kill our father. β
The little devil stood up and drank three glasses of wine in a row. I don't know if it's for celebration or mourning!
"Tyrion, I can negotiate a deal. β
"What deal?"
"Lannister, if you have a debt, you help me kill the Magic Mountain, and I will help you persuade Cersei to give up the Red Keep. But you have to keep Cersei and the kids safe. β
"Jaime, Cersei is my sister, and the children are my nieces and nephews. The little devil said solemnly.
Jaime smiled tiredly, but his smile was sad, as if it contained infinite sadness: "Tyrion, I can't guarantee that I will be able to convince Cersei to give up the Red Keep. β
"Jaime, we have three dragons, two thousand warships, and more than a hundred thousand Slark cavalry, and the total strength of our navy and army is close to two hundred thousand. Even if we can't breach the Watergate Pass, we can choose to land at multiple points in Stormlands, Dusk Valley, NΓΌquan, the fishing village of Crab Claw Peninsula, and anywhere along the coast. The 10,000 soldiers of the Golden Regiment have sworn allegiance to Daenerys, and now that they are mixed in the legions of the defenders, do you think you can still hold King's Landing? Go back and tell Cersei that no matter how much she hates me, she's my own sister and we're all Lannisters. β