Chapter 0154 Between Life and Death
The capital of the West, Castle Rock.
Duke Tywin's study.
Tywin looked at Petyrberry Littlefinger.
There were only two of them in the room, and the magic mountain that Littlefinger came from was outside the door of the study.
"Lord Barich, your clothes are very noble, silk and gold thread, how many golden dragons. ”
"Twelve golden dragons, my lord. "Petyrberg was respectful.
"An ordinary soldier's salary for three years, without eating or drinking, can buy you such a dress to wear!" Although he spoke with an emotional tone particle, there was no emotion in Duke Tywin's tone, and his voice was calm and rigid, as if he had an ironclad expressionless face.
"Lord Duke, Petyr came from a humble background, and he bought clothes to wear because he was afraid that the nobles would look down on him. ”
"My lord, you are already an important minister in the Imperial Council, who would dare to look down on you?"
Petyrbelixi looked embarrassed: "Lord Duke, my territory is on the Little Finger Peninsula of the Five Fingers Peninsula in the valley, and my people are only a few fishermen, and in addition to rocks, moss is only enough to feed a few goats. I was despised and ridiculed by the aristocracy, starting from a young age and continuing to the present. I'm used to it, but I still hope for a chance to change. ”
"Well, you're a very honest person, so, do you know why you were caught in the West?"
"Yes!" said the wrong word in front of Duke Tywin, and he could be grounded in the face of a man who made him suspicious.
"Oh!"
"I hope to provoke the Seven Kingdoms of Unrest so that I can take advantage of the turmoil and obtain a real land feud and become the first noble founder of the Berish family. Lord Duke, the kingdom is not in chaos, a person like me will not be able to obtain a new fief for the rest of his life, and the low-status Berish, even marrying a noble woman is delusional. The nobleman of the royal domain, the Countess of Thanda Stockworth, has always wanted to marry his daughter Loris Stockworth to me, hey, although my Petyr has nothing in the family, I will not be willing to marry a fat mentally handicapped girl, and besides, Loris is two years old Chinese New Year's Eve now, two years older than me. ”
Every word of Littlefinger's words is true.
In the face of Duke Tywin, he chose the strategy of telling the truth: all who can tell the truth, must tell the truth. In particular, the authenticity of the details is more convincing to Duke Tywin.
The terrible thing about Duke Tywin is that if he wants to kill you or use you, his expression is the same, and you can't see any clues from his expression, and then get a chance to correct his mistakes in time.
The demon of the Demon Mountain is not difficult to deal with, his expression betrays his true thoughts, but Duke Tywin, you can't tell any clues from his expressions, words, and body movements.
In the entire kingdom, Petyrbelith the Littlefinger feared only one person, and that was Tywin Lannister, who was only slightly afraid, and that was Varys, the claw spider, who was also a high-ranking minister of the royal family.
Duke Tywin and Littlefinger didn't speak with any swords, nor did they shout loudly, nor did they look at each other, he was just a normal homely person, but he made Littlefinger pay twelve points of attention, and carefully deal with every word, every word.
In front of Duke Tywin, any observance, opportunism, kneeling and begging, and swearing by self-harm are completely useless, and the Duke must try to tell the truth as much as he can if he wants to know.
To tell the truth, it is the most clever and skillful way to deal with Duke Tywin.
"Countess Tanda once wanted to marry her mentally handicapped daughter to Tyrion Lannister," said Duke Tywin. However, Loris was much older than Tyrion, with a seven-year age gap, and Tyrion said that if I agreed to the affair, he swore he would hang himself on the marriage bed. ”
"Oh, I haven't heard of that. Although Mrs. Tanda's pestering made me want to avoid hearing her voice, I still wanted to get hold of Fort Stookwoods and her family's fertile territory. ”
"Well, I can help you with that. Duke Tywin said lightly.
"Thank you, Lord Duke!" Little Finger took a deep breath, he naturally knew that he was not here to chat with Lord Duke about marriage, the more he talked to Lord Duke, the more difficult it was to protect his life, this kind of understatement conversation was actually ten times more dangerous than a conversation of swords and swords. He didn't want to commit a beheaded, and he didn't know which sentence caused it.
"Lord Duke, through Lysa Tully, I hinted to Catelyn Tully that Jon Arryn's death was murdered by the Lannisters, and I framed the Lannisters, Lord Duke, and I committed a capital crime!"
Duke Tywin looked at Littlefinger and remained silent, his eyes and expression unchanged.
He sat on the stool and looked at Littlefinger very calmly, until Littlefinger knelt down and cold sweat was dripping on his forehead.
"Do you think Caitlyn Tully believed it?"
"She'll believe it!"
"So how exactly did Prime Minister Jon Arryn die?"
"Normal death, Lord Duke. ”
Tywin stopped speaking again, staring at Littlefinger. Until the cold sweat on the little finger wet the underwear, the body began to tremble.
"Lord Petyrberg, convince me not to kill you. Duke Tywin said lightly.
Little Finger can only pin his hopes on the pre-planning with the Demon Mountain, he has no way out, and it is a knife to move forward and backward. Then follow the plan in advance.
"Lord Duke, if war breaks out, I can make sure that the Vale does not participate in the declaration of war on the West. Lysa Tully has been infatuated with me since she was a girl, and she has given me her chastity as well. When she married Duke Jon Arryn, she was unhappy as well. Duke Jon was older than her father, Duke Horst. ”
"Duke Jon was originally the adoptive father of Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark, when the Usurper War broke out, Jon married Lysa Tully and his adopted son Eddard Stark married Ryza's sister Catelyn out of political marriage. After Lysa married Jon, a heart never rested on an elderly man with bad breath. She has always been my n, and she loves me passionately to this day. ”
Duke Tywin looked at his little fingers kneeling down in a cold sweat, still silent, expressionless.
Littlefinger knows that every word he says now is saving his life.
"The Vale is not involved in the war against the West, and the West is still at a disadvantage in the North and the Riverlands, and I am willing to take the blame and send the Tyrells of the Riverlands in the South to persuade the Stirrells of Mestirell to join forces with the Lannisters of the West. At the same time, the Iron Islands on the sea, I can also make King Balon an ally in the West. ”
"If the king believes your sham, and ascends to the heights, the king will send troops to crusade against the West, and the West will be defeated!" said Duke Tywin lightly.
Tywin learns the NN secret of his daughter Cersei and son Jaime, and it's a timed n, and once the king knows about it, it's the end of the Westlands and the Lannisters. King Robert only needs to ascend to the top and shout, and the whole country will gather a heavy army to crusade against the west, and the west will be defeated, and the Lannisters will be exterminated by the enraged king.
Tywin didn't want to be wiped out, his son and daughter had already done something stupid, and he had to strike first.
Littlefinger Petilberis, as shrewd and clever he was, immediately sensed another meaning of the duke's words: only by killing the king first could the Westland have a chance of winning.
Petyr the Littlefinger flashed through his mind, and the mountain said that he wanted Duke Tywin to sit on the Iron Throne. Could it be that the words of the Magic Mountain are not the words of the Magic Mountain, but the words of Duke Tywin?!
The duke wants to kill the king himself?
Littlefinger felt like he was going limp.
It was very easy for the Lannisters to kill the king, because the king was surrounded by Lannisters. However, let someone who is not Lannister kill the king, and the Lannisters can advance or retreat afterwards, and throw the pot at will. His little finger will then be a fish on the board, and the Lannisters can cut it however they want.
Littlefinger thought of this, and his heart suddenly tightened, he could think of this, and Duke Tywin could naturally think of this.
The two looked at each other, one was confused and humble, and the other was calm and calm.
Little Finger made a decision immediately, he pinned his hopes on analyzing and planning with the Demon Mountain in advance, and then passed the current level first.
"Lord Duke, Eddard Stark's stupid character in the north will pay attention to evidence in everything he does, and it will take an infinite amount of time to find evidence that does not exist at all. ”
Duke Tywin, however, knew that as long as Eddard Stark looked for evidence, he would definitely find evidence of Cersei and Jaime, and the three children born to NN were the most eye-catching evidence.
Eddard Stark could not find evidence that Lannister had killed Prime Minister Jon, but he was able to find evidence that Cersei and Jaime had betrayed the King. It's just that, as Little Finger says, it takes time.
At present, Littlefinger and the others know that it doesn't matter if they don't know about Cersei and Jaime, the king's side is full of Lannisters from sleeping, eating, drinking and guarding the door, and it is indeed difficult for them to avoid Lannister's gaze and take the king's line to bring down the Lannisters.
If Littlefinger knows about Cersei and Jaime but doesn't cause it, then it can be concluded that Littlefinger has never been the King's man.
He has no sect or faction, only his own faction.
If that's the case, Littlefinger can be lured.
If you give the wolf what you like to eat the most, you can control the wolf and give the dog what you like to eat the most, and you can easily lure the ants away if you give the ants what they want to eat the most.
Give Littlefinger what you want the most, and you can use Littlefinger first.
Duke Tywin decided to take a risk and kill Littlefinger if he was a little unsettling. At this point, Lord Tywin wanted to ask for help from the Witch. The Magic Mountain says that the witch queen can use human blood to curse the owner of the blood, and if the owner of the blood breaks the oath, the curse will occur, or make people insane, or kill the other person.
Although Witch Queen refused to be the Templar priest of Duke Tywin, and also refused to lead the Templar priest of the entire West, Tywin had to do the life-and-death matter of changing the dynasty.
"Lord Petyrberg, you're in King's Landing, have you heard rumors about Cersei and Jaime?"
Tywin doesn't just want to know about Littlefinger, he uses Littlefinger to learn more about what people think about rumors. If many of King's Landing's ministers had heard Cersei and Jaime's rumors, but the king didn't know about them, then none of the king's ministers were king's people. They get by, mingle with the king and seek glory and wealth.
Petyr the Littlefinger knew that the question of life and death was coming, and how to answer this scandal was a very difficult multiple-choice question. The truth doesn't matter at all, what matters is what kind of answer Lord Tywin wants to hear. 11