145 Turbulent situation
Looking through the narrow window, the courtyard that had been quiet just now was bustling with hustle and bustle. Mine the blacksmith, Cassel the head chef, Rig the head animal trainer, and even the little brother of the stable, Arrow.
Everyone unconsciously gathered together to discuss the amazing things that had just happened, and everyone was shocked and impatient.
It's like there's something big about it.
Looking at all this, Lan Li in a purple pajamas. Baratheon retracted his gaze with a gloomy face, closed the curtains, and turned to look at his pants-wearing companion by the bed.
"Westeros, who doesn't believe in the Seven?" He asked.
His tone was inquiring, but rather dazed, and when he heard this, the brown-haired young man who was putting boots on his feet stopped, and then turned his head to look at his majesty.
"Your Majesty?"
The brown-haired young man's face was flushed with an abnormal flush, as if he had just done something inhumane to outsiders, only in comparison to his "boyfriend", Lan Li. Baratheon's face was pale.
Lan Li looked at his male companion tightly and asked repeatedly, "Westeros, who doesn't believe in the Seven Gods?" ”
It's a difficult question to answer. Brown-haired Loras was silent for a moment and said, "Except for the Northerners and the Iron Islands, everyone believes in the Seven Gods. ”
"Including you and me."
"Including you and me?"
His lips trembled and he said, opening his mouth and stammering for a long time, Lan Li finally sighed: "My brother has to cut off my head!" ”
Seeing him so pessimistic, Loras couldn't help but step forward and comforted him softly: "Your Majesty, maybe the situation is not so bad. ”
"Mean, Cassel, Rig, I even saw my rainbow guard, Ser Clenne, hurrying towards the Crow's Nest? What is he doing in such a hurry to go to the Crow's Nest? ”
"I'd also like to say it's stable, but unless I'm blind." Lan Li said with a look of despair on his face.
Since the last wildfire broke out in King's Landing, their group of southern nobles have been increasingly believing in the Seven Gods, and they usually get together, and they can't help but talk about the Seven Stars Bible or church history in their conversations.
Some of the old rules that they didn't care about were unconsciously picked up by many nobles.
Even the matter of him and Loras began to be blatantly criticized - something that was unimaginable before.
However, this is indeed the case.
In the past, they could still unite together to fight against foreign enemies by relying on "shared adversity", but now they ...... When this astonishing thing happened right now, when the gods themselves declared his iron-clad brother the Orthodox Kingdom.
What should he, the king of Lanli, do?
You know, half of his soldiers and lords belong to the Stormlands, and there is every reason to be loyal to his own brother!
It's just that in the past, Stannis was mean and unkind, and treated his subordinates harshly and ruthlessly, without the slightest affection, and many people didn't want to be loyal to him, but now ......
When he noticed that everyone heard that divine voice, Lan Li didn't have to think about it to know how his vassals and soldiers should be swaying at this time, not to mention that they had a lot of problems because of the recent war with Dorne!
In front of the bedroom window, Loras gently shook his hand. Feeling the warmth transmitted from his lover's hands, the young king's face was cloudy and uncertain, and after a while, he took a deep breath.
"I ask for negotiation!"
He said.
"My brother doesn't have a son, he may not really kill me!"
"Your Majesty, we haven't ...... yet," Loras was stunned.
It's just happening now, but it's not really that far, is it?
"I've made up my mind!" Lan Li said firmly, thinking about what happened to him during this time, and sighed with a complicated expression.
"It's really tiring to be a king."
……
The High Court's King Lanli was pessimistic about this, and the city of Castle Rock in Westeros was also worried about this at this time.
In Kaiyan City, in Duke Tywin's study, the atmosphere is solemn at the moment.
The old duke, who was sitting in the chair, leaned back in the chair, his face was serious, and a silver ring was subconsciously turned in his hand. Across from him, a pair of children were standing at their desks, looking at a loss.
"The cook, the groom, the knight, the soldier, everyone heard it......"
The blonde woman said in a panicked tone, looking at Tywin with a worried look in her eyes.
"Father, what are we going to do?"
Duke Tywin was silent about his daughter's question.
Originally, he planned to accumulate troops, contact all parties, and then encircle Stannis for planting wildfires, so that after winning, the Lannisters can not only clear their suspicions, but also be able to stand on the big stage in Westeros again.
But what happened now disrupted all his plans.
The father didn't answer, but the blonde knight Jaime snorted, "What can it be?" If Stannis dares to come to the door, I'll take someone to raid his lair first! ”
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth, "It doesn't matter if he is the only king recognized by the gods, he is not the gods themselves!" ”
"Besides, who can be sure if that voice is true or not?"
"But the wildfire ......"
As soon as these words came out, without waiting for the blonde knight to answer, Duke Tywin, who was stroking the ring, couldn't help but stop his hand movements, and then looked at his daughter expressionlessly: "It's nothing, just do as Jaime says!" ”
"But, we're ......" Cersei hesitated, but before she could finish speaking, Duke Tywin interrupted her again.
"You go down first, I'm going to talk to Jaime alone."
"Alone?"
Biting her lip, Cersei was reluctant, but in the end she just nodded, and then turned away absentmindedly, still worried about the matter.
Quietly watching his daughter leave the study, Duke Tywin immediately looked at his son, who was gritting his teeth.
"Take Tomman, and Messira, and go find your brother."
"What, what?" The blonde knight didn't react for a moment when he heard this.
"Go to the north and find your brother!" Tywin repeated.
"Why?" The blonde knight was stunned.
"Why do you say?" The old duke asked rhetorically: "Now that Stannis has received the help of the so-called gods, those who believe in the seven gods will never question him again, so who will be the leader behind the wildfire?" ”
"Is that really the Voice of the Gods?"
"Why not? Who but the gods can reach everyone's heads? ”
The blonde knight was silent when he heard this, but then gritted his teeth: "I'm not leaving!" ”
"You have to go!"
"Just because Stannis is admitted doesn't mean he can really clear his name, and besides, even if we are the masterminds of the wildfire, who would dare to oppose us? Now, who has the ability? ”
"For this reason, as long as someone takes the lead, the Lannisters will definitely be attacked by the masses." Tywin said, shaking his head tiredly, "Everyone knows that the Lannisters are unbeatable in wealth, and rumors say that all the I pull is made of gold. ”
He smiled self-deprecatingly, then stared at his eldest son, "Even if this may not really happen, but the risk is very high, I will never allow the Lannister family to be cut off from me!." ”
The blonde knight's expression darkened when he heard this, and after a moment, he said, "We can go together." ”
"And then being chased to the north? Or do you want me to have my head cut off by the Yankees? ”
"Why do we have to go north?"
"Where to go if you don't go north? Flee to the Free City-State? The old duke frowned and said, "In Westeros, we still have a certain status and history. And when you're abroad, who knows who you are? ”
"Isn't that nice?"
"Okay? The Lannisters must not be in the company of coarse mud legs! The old duke's tone was unquestionable, and then he took a deep breath and said, "Your brother has done a good job of this, although he did it without my consent, but ......"
He shook his head helplessly.
"I heard that the wizard is good to your brother, and he is related to the gods. So, go to the north, go to the Great Wall, so that in case of an accident in Kaiyan City, you can still have the capital to rise. ”
The blonde knight was speechless.
Unexpectedly, a decision that was originally just made with a disturbed conscience has now become their only choice to escape......
"I'm going to take Cersei!" He said suddenly.
"You're not allowed to take Cersei!" When the old duke heard this, he immediately objected solemnly, "And Joffrey, you are not allowed to take any of their mother and son!" ”
"Why?" Jaime was stunned.
"Have you forgotten where the wizard first appeared?"
Tywin couldn't help but grit his teeth, "Damn, if their mother and son could have had a different choice, how could we have been in this position?" ”
"It's him who threatens Cersei, and it's not Cersei who threatens him!" The blonde knight didn't react for a while.
"And who ordered him to be brought to the Red Keep dungeon for interrogation?" Tywin sneered, and then saw his son's disapproving face, and he immediately interrupted him sharply.
"Listen to me, you stupid thing, Cersei, and Joffrey, you are not allowed to bring any of them. I don't want to repeat it again! ”
"How can I watch them die?" The blonde knight retorted.
"If it really gets to that point." The old duke said, with a complicated expression: "I will always have a boat in Lannister Harbor, and when the time comes, it will be good for them to go to Braavos, or the free city-state, in short, you can rest assured of safety." ”
Hearing this, Jaime breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "What about you?" ”
"I'm ......" Tywin was stunned, then smiled slightly, "Of course I'll follow, yes, don't worry." ”
……
The situation in Westeros is in silent turmoil due to the arrival of the oracle, and far away from the continent of Westeros, somewhere in the waters called the Narrow Sea, a black sailing ship sails silently on the surface.
Daenerys was standing on the foredeck of the ship, facing the calm and deep sea, her hair fluttering and her expression dazed.
"Kalixi, are you alright?" Someone next to him asked worriedly.
The girl shook her head slowly, but then she nodded again, then bit her lip and looked at the banished middle-aged knight beside her.
"What does Stannis look like?"
"Stannis?" The knight groaned.
He knew why he was asking, because just now, a majestic voice like a god sounded in his ears, announcing that Stannis. Baratheon is the rightful king of Westeros.
At first, the knight thought that the sound was just his hallucination, but when he realized that all the sailors around him who believed in the Seven Gods had heard it, he couldn't help but fall silent.
He couldn't help but be silent, in the face of this mysterious power, his fighting skills and survival experience were simply insignificant.
So seeing his queen's demeanor at the moment, Jorah. Mormont was not too surprised, he thought that the other party was probably stimulated at this time. After all, in a sense, she was the true heir to the throne of Westeros, not the brother of the rebber.
"Stannis is tall, but ......thin," recalls the stone-like face he occasionally spotted at jousting tournaments, and the knight of Jorah muttered, "He has broad shoulders, dark skin, and cold features, and thick eyebrows......"
The girl listened quietly and unconsciously clenched her fists.
Unaware of the other's anomaly, the knight tried his best to reminisce, trying to perfectly answer the question of the person he admired in front of him.
"About 30 years old, very stubborn personality, never smile......"
"That's right!" The knight, who thought of something, finally added: "He is still bald, with only a ring of hair, black. The Baratheon family has black hair. ”
Baldy?
Hearing this, Daenerys bit her lip, her expression darkened, and she even looked a little aggrieved.
Am I as good as a bald man?
Thinking like this, she suddenly thought about it, and couldn't help but raise her hand and touch her head.
She is not very old, her hair grows relatively fast, and at this moment, compared to the first bare, some silver hair has grown on her head, which can be regarded as short hair.
"So...... Does He only like baldness? ”
The girl muttered.
"What do you say? Carlysy? ”
"Nothing." The girl responded absentmindedly, her tone clearly full of loss, as if she had been hit hard.
"Her Majesty need not worry about this."
An old voice not far away interjected: "Although the gods are great, we have never heard of him sending down the so-called oracle for thousands of years, and there may be something strange about this matter now......"
The man who spoke was an old man with a white beard, who must have been at least sixty or seventy years old. But his physique looks quite strong, and when he speaks, his waist is subconsciously straight.
"That's right!" Another big grinning voice interface: "What bullshit Seven Gods, he said whoever is the king is the king?" I think he's just ......."
"Shut up!"
"Be careful, sir!"
Before he could finish his voice, he was interrupted. Daenerys and the old man with the white beard looked at him sternly at the same time, the former looking slightly angry, the latter with a serious face.
When the strong man who spoke heard this, he closed his mouth in a daze.
Seeing that he stopped and looked at Daenerys, who was depressed for some reason, the white-bearded old man comforted: "Your Majesty is relieved, Your Excellency has already arranged the next path for you, even if Stannis gets the throne, it will only be temporary, he is not a suitable candidate for the king, and his reign is not destined to last long." ”
Daenerys was silent.
Although her subordinates persuaded and comforted her in turn, she did not listen to these words at all.
Instead, it is even more depressed.
Silently, the girl subconsciously looked at a black seven-pointed star pendant held tightly in her hand.
Whenever she was confused, the girl would clutch the metal trinket she had bought from a Westeros merchant, hoping that she would be guided.
It is only a prayer that is rarely spoken.
Because she felt so embarrassed that she was always troubled by the arrival of that god......
Beworth the Strongman and Whitebeard Astan, the two of whom saved the girl's life when she was wandering around Quells. Later, it is revealed that the two of them have been ordered by the governor of Illyrio, who had previously helped her, to welcome her to Pantos, another city in the free city-state, and then conspire to the cause of the throne.
This should have been a good thing, because Governor Illyrio promised to put her on the stage of Westeros as soon as possible, without having to go down so dazedly.
However, another of her close confidants, the knight Jorah Mormont, advised her to take the merchant ship that had come to meet them, along with the goods it was carrying, to another slave city called Astapor in exchange for an army.
"Only the army is our best asset in the fight for the Iron Throne, and the help of others is only to gain benefits from you, or to turn you into a puppet in their hands." The knight agreed, but she hesitated to ask her to abduct a "friend's" thing for her own benefit.
Originally, she was thinking about whether to call the great deity to listen to the teachings, but the sudden voice made her stunned on the spot.
"What the hell am I going to do?" She muttered, her mind subconsciously remembering the young deity that was glittering with gold but was particularly good-looking.
The impression of the true God on her was very special, mysterious, wise, personable, and it seemed that every word he said was so correct.
But at this moment, He said what the girl did not want to hear.
"Am I really not supposed to be Westeros Orthodox?"
Daenerys was a little dazed.
All around, people were arguing over her route, and the banished knights were noisy and impatient, and finally couldn't help but look at their queen again.
"Kalixi, please give orders, how the hell are we going to go!"
Hearing this, the girl pinched the seven-pointed star in her hand, was silent for a long time, and then as if she had made up her mind, she turned her head to look at the three of them, and said with a firm face:
"I don't want to rely on Governor Illyrio, let's go to Astapor, go buy the Unsullied!"
"Then I'm going to personally lead the troops into Westeros, and I'm going to see what kind of person the king can be favored by the gods!"
"I still want to see if he's afraid of Dragon Flame!"