There is no doubt that Zhang Cheng is well aware of the meaning of his actions and the definition of evil in universal values.

But he doesn't intend to succumb to these definitions, let alone admit that he's part of the evil camp, because if he does, it's tantamount to subconsciously putting himself in opposition to the majority, and only an arrogant idiot would like to have endless confrontations with so many enemies.

What he wants to do is to distort, or subvert, the definition of good and evil, in order to achieve the goal of hiding his true intentions.

To put it simply, he is a utilitarian in the truest sense of the word, who cares about the outcome and whether he can get the benefit, not the means used.

Of course, at the moment, Zhang Cheng does not need to consider the issue of the camp.

After all, a song of ice and fire is not like the Forgotten Realm, there is a strict line to distinguish evil from good, and many times it only takes a simple low-level spell to distinguish the opposing faction through the aura on everyone's body.

This is a relatively chaotic world, and at the same time, it is also a world close to reality, where everyone has complex human desires and obsessions, and it is impossible to distinguish between simple "good" and "bad".

To put it simply, due to the lack of the guidance of real gods, the mortals here lack purity, they may still be intriguing for power and raping and plundering for ** in the last second, but the next second they will help a beggar who they don't know because of some emotional factors.

Complexity means variability, it means uncertainty, and when you can't be sure what kind of change a person will make in the next second, you can't predict the behavior of your target 100%.

When this uncertainty slowly converges to a certain extent, the original "plot" will change significantly.

Now, for example, Zhang Cheng followed a young attendant through the corridor and into the hall where the Imperial Council was held.

The quaint long table sat around important figures such as King Joffrey, the future Queen Margaery, Tywin, Duke of Castle Rock, and Mace, Duke of High Court, and all eyes turned to him as he entered the room.

"Good morning, Your Majesty, and all of you, don't you know what urgency you summoned me so early?" Zhang Cheng unhurriedly bent down and saluted, and asked with a smile.

Although he had expected that the content of this conversation would definitely be inseparable from the large-scale civilian deaths yesterday, he still pretended to be innocent.

"Mason, you're being summoned today for two main reasons. First, we just got the news that someone saw you riding a dragon less than five kilometers away from Bright Water City, what would you like to explain about this?" Metse, the Duke of High Court, glanced at Tywin, who was sitting across from him, and asked first.

Obviously, the appearance of the dragon filled his heart with a sense of crisis.

You must know that the area around Bright Water City was originally one of the richest territories in the Riverbend region, and if you add a terrifying dragon, then it is foreseeable that it will not be long before some nobles will slowly begin to alienate the Tyrell family and take refuge in this mysterious and powerful young man in front of them.

Zhang Cheng was very aware of the other party's worries, and shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly: "No, there's nothing to explain, I did hatch a dragon egg not long ago." ”

"What?!You hatched dragon eggs!So you have Targaryen blood?" Tywin narrowed his eyes, a fierce hostility throughout his body.

In order to "show sincerity", he ordered his knights, Gregor Clegane and Amoriel Lodge, to brutally slaughter Rhaeggar's wife and children.

If the Targaryens' bloodline has a plan for revenge, it is not the usurper Robert who comes out on top, but the Lannisters, who slaughter unarmed women and children.

Looking at the sharp eyes of the "old lion", Zhang Cheng pointed to his black eyes and hair and asked, "Your Excellency Duke, do you think I look like a descendant of the Targaryen family? Although I have always thought that my appearance is not bad, it is far from the inhuman beauty of the Targaryen family. ”

"And how do you hatch dragon eggs? As far as I know, no one but the Targaryens can hatch dragon eggs, let alone make dragons obey orders. Cersei, who couldn't bear the loneliness, interjected.

As an ambitious woman, she dislikes and revolts from the bottom of her heart all magical powers that are not subject to power, and can't wait to use her father's hand to eradicate this guy who has embarrassed her many times.

"Hehe, I forgive you for your ignorance. I don't know where you heard the gossip, but I can tell you definitively that the Valyrians mastered the art of hatching and taming dragons long before Aegon the Conqueror was born, and I only happened to crack a small part of it. As for the feared Targaryens, in fact, before the catastrophe of the end of Valyria, they were not even nobles, and their social status was only a little better than that of ordinary commoners. I don't understand, what is it about a family that can almost be considered extinct why you should be so nervous?" Zhang Cheng sneered as he surveyed the changes in the expressions on everyone's faces at the conference table.

According to his guess, Baenerys on the other side of the sea set off a vigorous war for the emancipation of slaves, and the strong combination of Garon the Unsullied made it difficult for these nobles who had betrayed and hurt the Targaryen family.

Neither the rising Lannisters nor the increasingly ambitious Tyrells could tolerate the presence of a second conqueror, Aegon riding on his head.

The Queen of Thorns, Olenna Redwin, seemed to sense something, and immediately squeezed out a smile to soothe: "Please don't be angry, Count Mason, you haven't lived through that era, and you don't understand what a huge psychological shadow Aerys Targaryen II's crazy behavior has caused us. What's more, his daughter Daenerys, who has just acquired a brutal army of slaves and three fast-growing dragons, will one day cross the sea and return to this land to avenge her father and brother. ”

"So you're going to find out where I stand before she comes back?" Zhang Cheng curled the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"Yes, but I think suspicion that you are of Targaryen blood can be eliminated, but we need a guarantee that you and your dragon will be on our side when war comes. Olenna Redwin crossed her hands over her chest, and her old and thin body released a strong sense of oppression.

"Oh, what kind of guarantee?" Zhang Cheng completely ignored the other party's aura and continued to maintain a nonchalan attitude.

"It's simple! For the nobility, there is nothing more important than marriage and blood inheritance. We hope that you will complete the long-delayed wedding as soon as possible and have your first child with Eh. ”

The Queen of Thorns didn't mean to go around in circles in the slightest, and made a straightforward request......