263 King's Landing Changes
The crunch of wheels crushing against the dirt floor from the front, and the fresh smell of piles of cabbage wafting in the wind, the soldiers guarding the gates looked meticulous, and when they glanced at it, it gave Tyrion the feeling of an elite soldier.
"Lion Gate has a new guard captain?"
A hint of attention rose in his heart, and the dwarf sitting on horseback looked sideways like Jaime in light brown and yellow leather armor beside him.
"Who was here last time you came?" Jaime asked rhetorically.
"It's Balmain Bych." Tyrion replied.
"It's still him."
"I don't think that Balman Baich has such skills?" Tyrion said as he looked at the orderly security inside the gates. By this time they had ridden into the city, but as far as they could see, the old chaos at the gates of the city was no longer visible, and the stalls were neatly arranged, and the pedestrians were not moving around.
"The new captain of the capital garrison is Samwell." Jaime sideways to answer his brother's question, "He's a very capable man. β
"Samwell?" Tyrion raised an eyebrow when he heard this, "Tully's? β
The name Samwell is not common, and the Tully family in the Bend Corner Tomb is generally called by this name the most, because the Tully family once had a strong man named Samwell in ancient times, and then many of the Tully family owners in the past generations took their sons with this name, in order to get a little ancestral glory.
"It's a civilian."
Dressed like an ordinary aristocratic child, Jaime replied, as if he didn't seem to want to discuss the topic in depth, and then changed his words, "Father called you to King's Landing to get you a position?" β
"Our Lord Tywin is looking forward to me becoming a royal accountant."
Tyrion replied absent-mindedly, never taking his eyes off the surrounding city.
The last time he came to King's Landing was four years ago to congratulate his nephew Tommen on his birth, but Tyrion didn't realize that the order in King's Landing was as good as it is now.
Not only were the gates of the city in order, but when you looked deeper, the rest of the city was also obviously different from what it used to be, and the patrolling golden-robed guards walked by with their heads held high, looking energetic and full of intimidation to the civilians around them.
However, if memory serves, those golden robes seem to be full of stinky fish and rotten shrimp......
"How can my brother be just an accountant?" Jaime on the side didn't notice that Tyrion was no longer talking, and chuckled when he heard this, "If you want to be a treasurer, you must at least be a treasurer, or a port master." β
"As far as I know, those are important positions under Lord Tyrrell." Tyrion said as he glanced sideways at his brother, who had come to greet him, "I didn't expect that lord to be kind enough to let me, the Lannister, run to serve under him. β
Originally, he turned his head just to speak, but Tyrion suddenly saw a special situation, that is, a thin short man on the side of the road, at this time, he actually held a money bag and kept stuffing it into the arms of an old man, and kept saying some apology words in his mouth, the distance was not very close, and he vaguely heard some strange words, something broke the rules, begging for forgiveness, stealing and so on.
"What's going on?" He couldn't help but ask.
Jaime glanced at him, then shrugged his shoulders and replied, "A knight named Davos has been very honest with the thieves in the city lately, and has set a lot of rules, such as not stealing from the poor, not hurting people at will, and so onβno matter how many rules there are, he is still a thief?" That one really has nothing to do. β
"Can a knight do that?" Tyrion was amazed.
"It's not just him."
Jaime said, frowning unconsciously, "He has gathered a lot of people under him, and the golden robes are also very cooperative with him. β
This one seemed to have something to say, and Tyrion saw that his expression was a little unnatural, and couldn't help but be even more strange, but he asked carefully, and the brother in front of him was talking about him left and right, unwilling to answer the question head-on, obviously having something on his mind.
Tyrion didn't ask much more, but silently kept the discovery in his heart, preparing to focus on "investigating" it later. Then he began to concentrate on the surrounding cityscape.
War is coming, and it's not really appropriate to come to King's Landing from the safety of the West, but this war is important to the Lannister, and while no one cares what he thinks as a dwarf, Tyrion naturally wants to do his part as a member of the Lannisters.
He thought he was familiar with all kinds of military texts, and he thought that he could make a corresponding contribution while defending the city, and even thought of a way for him to contribute, not to use his sister and brother's position in King's Landing to seek a position, but to find a childhood friend.
Although her sister Cersei is the queen, Tyrion has had a bad relationship with Cersei since she was a child, and her brother is the Kingsguard, but the Kingsguard is usually only responsible for protecting the king, and if you want to be a royal accountant, then you can do it casually, but Tyrion never thought that she really wanted to be an accountant.
He wanted to be able to speak in the midst of this war.
This was actually difficult, because he was new to the country, but when he was in the West, Tyrion heard that his childhood friend Lan Li had become the Minister of Justice at this time, and the Minister of Justice was one of the seven members of the Imperial Council, so he could naturally participate in various state affairs.
Although he hadn't been in touch for many years, Tyrion thought he had a good relationship with Lan Li, and he never forgot that Lan Li had said that he was very optimistic about him.
So as long as Lan Li can listen to himself, instead of being dismissive and perfunctory like his father, Duke Tywin, Tyrion is sure to gain the attention of the other party.
All for the Lannister.
That's what Tyrion had always had, not a lust for power.
The Lannisters and Baratheon are closely linked, the massacre of the year made the Lannisters and Targaryen form an irresolvable hatred, if the war is really won by the Targaryens, then the Lannister will be even worse than Baratheon, maybe the tragedy in the Red Keep will be repeated......
A commotion interrupted Tyrion's thoughts, and when he looked up, he found that his party had arrived not far from the entrance of the Red Keep, and that the noise was coming from under the walls of the Red Keep.
He heard something unique about it, which piqued Tyrion's interest, "Blue Rite is so popular?" β
The common people said three words such as asking the Minister of Justice to call the shots, as if they had more confidence in him than in the king. Of course, a king who loves prostitutes obviously doesn't give people much confidence, but the officials of the Iron Throne have never been so embraced, right?
Jaime beside him turned very strange again after hearing this, "Lord Lan Li has a very strong ability to judge cases. β
Seeing that Tyrion looked quite interested, Jaime couldn't help but say something more.
"Be careful with him."
"Be careful of what?"
"Just be careful." Jaime replied vaguely.
Tyrion found his brother strange, especially when he noticed that Jaime didn't look like an unnatural expression when he mentioned something about his childhood friend, as had been the case with the Golden Robe before, and was now the same.
He wondered if his brother had a grudge against Lan Li, but on closer inspection, it didn't seem to be the case, which made him vaguely feel that there must be a secret in it.
And what he saw afterwards made him even more convinced of it.
Tyrion and his sister Cersei don't have a good relationship, but when they arrive in King's Landing, they do get a face-to-face meeting, during which he mentions the Blue Rite, and then discovers that like his brother Jaime, his sister Cersei doesn't react normally when she hears the name, but her nephew Joffrey's tone is full of adoration for her childhood friend.
While in the West, Tyrion had heard a few things about the Blue Rites, mainly the Riverbends and the Crab Claw Peninsula, which his father, Duke Tywin, had commented that the Blue Rites were good at grasping the situation and were unpredictable and unpredictable.
Tyrion was intrigued by what he saw upon arriving in King's Landing, so after settling in for a while, he asked his reluctant brother Jaime to take him to Lanli to have a good chat with him.
They didn't want to run over and ask, only to learn that the one had temporarily returned to Dragonstone and would not be back to King's Landing for a few days, much to Tyrion's regret, and then replaced by curiosity.
As one of the important ministers of the kingdom, it is difficult for the Minister of Justice to get rid of his daily busy business, and now that the situation is turbulent, what is he going to do when he returns to Longshi?