Chapter 53: Illyrio's Request
Pentos was a seaport city, and for geographical reasons, many merchants called Pantos the center of world trade. The densely populated city is full of square tower-shaped buildings, with two magnificent buildings at the highest point of the city, a red temple and the governor's residence, and the stone walls that protect the entire city are more than ten meters high.
Chen Chong looked up at the wall in front of him, a wall of this height that was incomprehensible to the Dothraki warriors who had no means of siege, and Chen Chong began to wonder if Giakocao had sent himself here to collect tribute.
Just as Chen Zhong and more than 500 warriors were stationed at the gate of the city, the gate opened, and a group of soldiers rode up to Chen Chong, and the leader of the group said in Dothraki: "Welcome to Pantos, Illyrio. The Governor of Mopatis invited the warriors of Dothraki to be guests. ”
Directly gave up the city defense and invited himself in, Chen Chong couldn't help but consider what the purpose of the governor invited him in, and one of his soldiers came to Chen Chong's side and said: "Chief, don't worry, Pantos has always welcomed us Dothraki, and I have been here with Giakokao a few times. ”
Since there was a precedent, Chen Chongbian led more than 500 soldiers to follow the group of soldiers into the city.
Walking through the bustling city, it may indeed be that the Dothraki often come here, so people just watched them whisper onlookers and chatter, and did not show a look of fear.
Everyone rode horses and soon came to the governor's mansion, which was much stronger than the official residence in Sehoru Town, the entire mansion covered a vast area, and the height of the brick wall outside reached more than ten meters, and there was a row of iron thorns on the wall, and at the gate stood a fat middle-aged man in a yellow robe and some servants waiting, it seemed that he was the governor of the city, Illyrio.
Chen Zhong dismounted and came to him, and the governor of Illyrio smiled and said in Dothraki: "Welcome the brave Dothraki warriors to Pantos as guests, please come in, everyone has worked hard all the way, come in quickly, I have prepared food and wine for you a long time ago." ”
Chen Zhong whispered a few words to Mondo, telling him to take the warriors to eat with the servants, and he and Sully followed the enthusiastic Governor of Illyrio to the dining room.
After the two sides sat down, Chen Chongcai had time to take a closer look at the governor, he was fat, he could see a mouthful of yellow teeth when he spoke, the beard on his chin was braided into two braids and seemed to be oiled on it, and his fat face always showed a kind smile, giving people the impression that he was a harmless businessman, but he was obviously a very powerful person to be the governor of a city.
Illyrio picked up his wine and said, "Look at the menco leader's braids, it is clear that he has never been a defeated warrior, and I toast you for your bravery." ”
After Chen raised his glass and drank with him, Illyrio continued: "I have come here quite a few times, many of them are my friends, I wonder which of the Mengo leaders is one of Kao's subordinates? ”
"We are from Karasa in Giacokao, and I have been ordered by Lord Kao to come here to receive gifts from Pantos, I wonder if the Governor is ready?"
Illyrio smiled heartily: "No problem, the gift has been prepared for a long time, since the leader of the Mengo has nothing else to do, it is better to stay with me for a few more days." ”
Chen Zhong wanted to say something of thanks, but suddenly found that there was no such word thank you in the Dothraki language, so he said in the lingua franca: "Thank you, Lord Governor, for your kindness, but I still have to lead people to collect the small tribes of the nearby Dothraki, I'm afraid I can't stay here for long." ”
Illyrio was surprised and said: "Oh, the leader of the Mengo is still the first Dothraki I have seen who can speak the lingua franca, in fact, this problem is easy to solve, these things can send your warriors out in turn, you live with me, after all, our conditions here are a little better than outside." ”
Chen Zhong asked curiously, "Everywhere else wants us Dothraki to get as far away from them as possible, why is the Governor so different?" Is there anything I can do to help you? ”
Illyrio took a glass of wine and explained slowly, "You should also be able to see when you come in that we don't have many defenders in Pantos, because we are Pantos and are subject to Braavos, which is also a free trade city-state, and they limit the number of our ships and troops. As the governor of the city, I have to keep the city running, and suppress the nominal rulers, the prince and other families, and the only thing I rely on is my friendship with you Dothraki. Recently, some families have been a little dissatisfied with some of my management methods, and it just so happens that you have come here, as long as Master Mengo stays with me for a while, it will be a great help to me. ”
"Oh, I see." Chen Zhong took a sip of wine and nodded, it turned out that this governor relied on the deterrent power of the Dothraki people to maintain his rule, no wonder he was so close to us.
Sitting comfortably and eating delicious food, Chen Chong really didn't want to sleep in the grass shed outside, since the governor had a request for himself, it was better to push the boat down the river and agree.
"The Doge is a friend of our Dothraki, and since you are in trouble, we should help, and tomorrow I will send some people out on errands, and the rest will remain here to deter enemies who are not satisfied with you."
Illyrio was overjoyed when he heard Chen Chong's words, and hurriedly ordered the beautiful maid Bu Cai to pour wine, and after the banquet, Chen Zhong instructed Sally to take a part of the warriors out tomorrow to collect the small tribe.
After the matter was arranged, several maids took Chen Zhong to a spacious room in the building to rest, and saw that there was a stone bath in the room, Chen Chong, who had not taken a bath for many days, hurriedly took off his clothes and jumped in, and the maids also took off their light robes and walked into the pool to serve.
Chen Chong, who had not been close to the woman for many days, was quickly aroused by these skilled maids. Fire, Chen Chong, who didn't want to have a relationship with them, waved them out of the room and washed them up happily alone.
Chen Chong felt comfortable after taking a bath, put on a robe and strolled into the garden behind the building, and when he was breathing in the fragrance of flowers and plants, the sound of two people talking came from behind a tree not far away.
The young man's voice said, "I have already agreed with Illyrio to contact Drogokao, the most powerful of the Dothraks, so that if you marry him, you will be able to exchange the forces we need to restore the country." ”
One girl said timidly, "But I don't want to marry him, I want to go home." ”
The young man's voice said angrily: "Our country has been occupied, so I asked you to marry Drogo in exchange for a warrior to restore the country, and you dare to question my decision, do you want to awaken the wrath of the sleeping dragon?" Think about it yourself, and I'll go talk to Illyrio again. ”
The footsteps were far away, and Chen Chong turned around the bushes and saw a silver-haired, green-eyed, not tall girl bowing her head and crying.
"Don't cry, that's not going to solve the problem."
The girl was taken aback by Chen Chong, who suddenly appeared, looked at Chen Chong, who was tall and handsome in a white robe, and said, "Who are you, did you hear something?" ”
Chen Zhong said sarcastically: "I don't hear much, it seems that you are a descendant of a kingdom, are you a princess who wants to restore the country?" ”
The girl heard the sarcasm in Chen Chong's words, and said with some anger: "I am Daenerys, the princess of the great Targaryen royal family, my country has been seized by rebels, and we will definitely fight back to the Seven Kingdoms and regain the Iron Throne." ”
"Oh? It's really a princess, well, then I wish you to reclaim the throne soon. Chen Chong was really not interested in such boring things, and he didn't think they would succeed, so he turned around and prepared to go back to his room and lie down on the soft big bed for a while.
The little girl Daenerys ran a few steps, stretched out her hands to stop in front of Chen Chong, and said with some fear but pretending to be calm: "You have to forget what you just heard, and you can't tell others." ”
At this time, the sun shone from Daenerys's back, and Chen Zhong found that the exiled princess was wearing a thin robe, and there was no other clothing in it, I don't know what race she belonged to, but although she was a little younger, she was really in good shape, and she looked mature.
Looking at Daenerys's childish beautiful face and mature body under thin clothes, Chen Zhong felt his desire to be suppressed when he took a bath. The fire was rushing again, and a lot of pictures of men and women loving each other appeared in my mind.
"Okay, I promise you that I will keep your secret, don't stop me, I'm going back." After Chen Chong, who felt a little embarrassed, finished speaking, he walked around Daenerys to his room, took a few steps and looked back, the little princess sat in place with her head bowed and seemed to start crying again.
Feeling that this girl is young but carrying the burden of recovering the country, it is indeed pitiful, Chen Chong thought for a while and said to her: "Girl, don't bow your head, the crown will fall, don't cry, the bad guy will laugh." ”