Chapter 261: Coming to King's Landing Again
Adult ice wolves are about the size of a pony, but luckily these wolf cubs are only a few months old and about the size of a normal wolf.
It was just to kill a wolf, although it was a rare ice wolf, but the guards in charge of monitoring had no interest in watching, and after seeing Li Nan kill it, they cut off the wolf's head and reported it to the queen and the prince.
Neither Nymelia nor Lady are suitable to follow the team to King's Landing at the moment, and if they are discovered by the Queen, Li Nan will be busy in vain.
Li Nan didn't have time to send them back to the north for the time being, so he had to tell the two wolves in the beast language to live in the jungle around the Trident Valley, waiting for their master's return.
While Li Nan was busy dealing with the two ice wolves, the escaped butcher apprentice was brought back by the hounds, but the child had already been turned into a corpse.
As a result of this unpleasant incident, King Robert's interest in continuing to play with prostitutes on his walk disappeared, and the convoy sped up its pace, finally arriving at King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, a few days later.
All first-time Northerners in King's Landing will hide their noses and admire the bustling city.
King's Landing is located on the east coast of the central continent of Westeros, close to the narrow sea that separates the two continents, and there are hundreds of large and small ports in the city, and the sea routes are well developed, so people of all races and countries can be seen here.
The women in the northern convoy discussed the beautiful clothes of the southern women one after another, while the men stared at the wonderful bodies of the beautiful women under the light skirts.
Li Nan observed something different, he was studying the layout and planning of King's Landing.
King's Landing is a city of power, with the poor mostly sleeping on the streets, while the royal family and nobility have high-rise buildings.
Outside the walls of the Red Fort, where the royal family lived, impoverished paupers built their little shacks, known as flea dens, with narrow streets and alleys that were a maze of beggars, poor people, and thieves.
With the exception of the Red Fort, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms was a failure in terms of area and street planning, and perhaps the builders did not take into account the lives of the poor.
Because there was no sewage system in the aristocratic quarters, the feces flowed directly from the streets of the ghetto, and the large amount of garbage accumulated was excessive, and the mixed stench could be smelled even outside the city walls.
As soon as the motorcade drove into the Prime Minister's Tower at the Red Fort, a palace attendant came to Duke Ed's horse and said, "Your Excellency, the National Teacher has sent a Scholar of Xier to convene a royal council, and I would like to invite you to come. ”
After hearing this, Duke Ed instructed everyone: "Jory, you help everyone arrange rooms." Leo, you come with me. ”
Li Nan followed Duke Ed into the palace, only to see that there were golden robes of the capital garrison standing guard everywhere, and after pushing open the two heavy gates, he came to the throne hall.
It was the first time for Li Nan to see the strangely shaped Iron Throne on the high platform of the throne hall, so he couldn't help but take a few more looks.
The Iron Throne is said to have been created by Aegon the Conqueror, the first monarch of the Seven Kingdoms, who had the dragon "Black Death" Bellerion melt down thousands of swords that his enemies had discarded when they surrendered, and it took 59 days to build the throne.
In fact, this iron throne is a lump of iron covered with spikes, sharp horns, and twisted metal, and the back of the chair also has many spikes, which can only be uncomfortable to sit on, and there is no way to sit on the back of the chair, and it is said that many kings have been cut by this chair.
When Li Nan was viewing the Iron Throne, the Kingsguard Jaime. Lannister walked over, and he and Duke Ed began to sneer again.
"Duke Eddard, congratulations on becoming the Hand of the King, there is a good saying, the king shits, the prime minister wipes his ass, I wish you a happy stay in King's Landing."
Ed retorted unrelentingly: "With you, the king-killer, guarding the king, I guess the king must have slept soundly." ”
Jaime pointed to the place below the high platform and said, "Lord Eddard, did you remember some bad things from the past when you came here?" I remember that your father and brother were burned alive by the Mad King in this throne room, and in a sense, you should be grateful to me for killing the Mad King. ”
"Your loyalty is impeccable, but I don't need an oathed Kingsguard to kill the king from behind."
Seeing that the two of them were getting stiffer and stiffer the more they talked, Li Nanqing coughed and said, "Lord Duke, the Imperial Council has begun, let's not let other adults wait for a long time." ”
Duke Ed himself didn't want to continue talking to Jaime, so he didn't even bother to say goodbye, and walked directly into the corridor leading to the royal conference room on the left side of the throne room.
On the continent of Westeros, except for the North and the Iron Islands, all other places believe in the Seven Gods, so seven has become a sacred number, for example, the Seven Kingdoms, King's Landing have seven gates, and even the number of important ministers of the Imperial Council is seven.
When he opened the door, Li Nan saw that there were only four people in the imperial chamber, and of course King Robert, who was unwilling to take care of the government, would definitely not attend the meeting.
According to the information that Li Nan heard during this time, the fat man with a kind face should be the eight-clawed spider of the Minister of Intelligence; The thin and gloomy face should be the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Little Finger; The white-bearded and white-haired old man wearing a bachelor's robe and hanging many material rings was a scholar of the National Teacher's School; The last young and handsome was King Robert's third brother, the Minister of Justice Lan Li. Duke of Baratheon.
At present, there is a lack of Stennis Brown, the second brother of King Robert, the Admiral of the Sea. Duke Baratheon, and Barristan Captain of the Kingsguard.
Several important ministers discussed state affairs, so they naturally had to close the door, and Li Nan and other people's attendants waited outside the carved wooden door.
The meeting lasted for a long time, and Li Nan could hear the roar of Duke Ed from time to time, and it seemed that the first meeting of the Imperial Palace had made the northern wolf feel angry.
In the evening, the door opened, and Duke Eddard, with a gloomy face, hurried out.
On the way back to the Prime Minister's Tower, Li Nan asked, "My lord, didn't the meeting go well?" ”
Duke Ed sighed heavily and said, "In order to celebrate the inauguration of my king, His Majesty the King is preparing to hold a grand martial arts tournament, with four thousand gold dragon coins for the champion, two thousand gold dragon coins for the runner-up, and two thousand for the archery champion. ”
Hearing such a rich reward, even Li Nan, who didn't care much about money, was a little surprised.
Like Li Nan, every team that comes to the adventure world will bring some gold, but generally not too much, after all, this kind of metal is not easy to carry.
After purchasing equipment and a false identity in King's Landing, Li Nan had little gold left, and was rewarded by the king and 8,000 gold dragon coins compensated by Jaime after killing four Assassins in Neck.
Gold coins were not originally placed in the eyes of adventurers, after all, they were rich and powerful characters in their own world, so no one paid attention to them at the beginning, but this adventure world is different, and the gold dragon coins here are extremely useful.
One dragon coin can buy a horse, or the first night of a top prostitute, and four or five gold coins can make a fine armor. After being converted into silver deer coins, it is two hundred and ten, and one silver coin can be used to eat a good meal of good wine and meat in the tavern, and seven silver coins can hire a good killer.
Many commoners have never seen a gold dragon coin in their lifetime, and it is difficult for a small nobleman to come up with a few hundred gold dragon coins, which shows how big King Robert's hand is.