Chapter Seventy-Six: The Siege of King's Landing

Tyrion. Lannister sat on the other end of the long table across from Cersei, "Tell me all the bad news that's been coming lately. ”

The Minister of Intelligence, Wallis, spoke: "The outside of King's Landing is still blocked by Lan Li's fleet, and all merchant ships have been intercepted, and we have lost supplies by sea. Stannis leads his troops to Storm's End, the base of the Blue Rites, where the two Baratheon brothers will decide who will be the rightful heir to the throne of the Seven, and we will have some time before their battle is over. ”

Seeing Wallis finish speaking, Tyrion pointed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and asked, "The people of King's Landing say that Littlefinger's ears and eyes are all over the Seven Kingdoms, do you have any good news to share with everyone?" ”

Petyr looked at the Queen Mother Cersei and Tyrion, and said cautiously, "I have a story about Jaime. Lannister's news that Robb's army of the North had crossed the Green Fork and suddenly attacked Jaime who was besieging Riverrun. Lannister, the army of the Tully family rushed out of Riverrun, and the inside and outside were united, and Jaime was killed by Rob. Stark was captured alive, and his army of 30,000 was wiped out. ”

The intricately crafted gold-encrusted glass wine glass in the hand of the Queen Mother Cersei fell to the ground, and she stood up and stared at Little Finger and asked in disbelief, "My brother Jaime was killed by Rob. Stark caught? ”

"Yes, Honorable Queen Mother. My eyeliner used a letter from Raven to say that the Frey family in Twin River City had rejected Rob. Stark passed, but then Catelyn went to persuade her to surrender, and she and Wald. Frey negotiated a marriage, with Frey marrying his daughter to Rob and the Starks marrying Arya to the Freys. After Rob agreed to this condition, the Frey family not only let go of the only crossing of the Green Fork River, but also joined Robb's army with their own army. Caught off guard, Jaime was defeated and captured. ”

When Cersei heard the news of her brother, Jaime, who was also her lover, being captured, she felt dizzy and lost her strength, and she fell back in her chair.

Chen Chong, who was attending the Imperial Council for the first time, coughed and attracted everyone's attention, "Maybe we can use Ed. Stark's daughter and King Joffrey's future queen, Sansa. Stark came in exchange for Jaime. Lannister. ”

When Cersei heard Chen Chong's words, she felt a glimmer of light, and hurriedly looked at the new commander of the garrison.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Petyr said: "Pardon my offense, I am an old friend of the Starks, and with my knowledge of Rob, he will not agree to an exchange. ”

Disappointed, Cersei was in no mood to discuss with these people, "Let's disperse if there's nothing to do, I'm not feeling well, I'm going back to rest." ”

After the ministers dismissed the meeting, Arya, who was pretending to be an attendant by Chen Chong's side, received news from a palace guard that her sister Sansa was being humiliated in the throne hall, so Arya could only plead with Chen Chong, hoping that he could help her sister.

Chen Zhong said to Tyrion, who was about to return to the Prime Minister's Tower, "I heard that King Joffrey is putting on a good show, shall we go and see it together?" ”

Tyrion said suspiciously, "Good show? I'm a little curious about what Joffrey's character can do. ”

In the throne room, Joffrey gets the news that Uncle James has been captured by Robb and pours out his anger on poor Sansa.

In front of all the nobles, a Kingsguard was striking Sansa in a long dress with an unsheathed sword.

Listening to Sansa's incessant screams, King Joffrey, who was sitting on the Iron Throne, was a little dissatisfied, and he instructed the guards, "She is wearing too much, strip her naked and beat her again." ”

The Iron Guard tore off Sansa's skirt, and the future queen was red. Bare. Kneeling on the marble floor of the throne room, the guard's sword struck her in the back, and scars that turned red to purple kept appearing.

The dignified future queen, one of the largest members of the Seven Kingdoms' family, was ruthlessly humiliated in public by the king, and everyone else in the throne room who belonged to the ranks of the nobles became dissatisfied with Joffrey's madness, even Sandor, who was known as the king's loyal dog. There was a look of unbearability in Clegane's eyes.

"Enough!" Tyrion walked into the throne room and yelled at the scene in front of him.

Chen Zhong single-handedly grabbed the Imperial Guard, slammed him against the pillar, and took off his golden wool cloak and placed it over Sansa's body.

The Kingsguard protecting Joffrey in front of the Iron Throne drew their swords, and Tyrion pointed at Joffrey and said, "Sansa is your future queen, and now she has nothing to do with her brother, what is the difference between you and the mad king of the previous dynasty?" Do you want someone to stand up and overthrow you? ”

Ever since the last beating, Joffrey had been a little afraid of his dwarf uncle Tyrion, and with a snort, he walked out of the throne room with the Kingsguard.

Tyrion picked Sansa up and said softly, "I apologize for what Joffrey did to you, I must ask, do you want to break off his engagement to him?" ”

"I am loyal to King Joffrey, he is my only true love." After Sansa finished speaking, she returned to the dormitory, accompanied by the maids.

Chen Zhong and Tyrion looked at each other for a moment, and Tyrion said, "Every woman is not simple, and I bet Sansa will live longer than we do." ”

Chen Zhong agreed: "I completely agree with you, but it is not a good thing that the king always likes to abuse others now, and the people in the city are saying that Joffrey is an illegitimate child, and his reputation for cruelty is getting louder and louder. ”

After thinking for a moment, Tyrion said to Chen Chong: "Joffrey is not too young, you send someone to the city to find a few better prostitutes, and send them to the king in the evening, he needs to change his hobbies." ”

However, contrary to Tyrion's expectations, the prostitutes sent to the Red Keep were not spared by Joffrey, but were carried back to the brothel after being tortured by him for a night with various torture instruments, and the spread of the matter became increasingly resentful of the king.

Today is the day of worship of the seven gods, and Queen Cersei, with her son Joffrey, the future queen Sansa, her sister Sarina, Prince Tomman, and Princess Mycella, under the protection of the palace guards and the soldiers of the capital garrison, go to St. Belle Cathedral to pray, hoping that her father will win the war and her lover brother Jaime will return safely.

When he returned to the Red Keep after the sacrifice, a large number of ordinary people who had watched the king's tour began to talk, and King Joffrey suddenly became angry when he heard the words bastard son and another cruel mad king, and the king erupted when a piece of stinking mud fell on Joffrey's face.

Joffrey angrily ordered the Kingsguard and the palace guards, "Kill them all!" Kill them all! ”

The guards who had been ordered began to kill ordinary people on the side of the road, because the recent war had blocked the city gates and the port, and the already destitute people, instigated by those who had a good heart, began to fight back, and the whole street began to be chaotic.

Seeing thousands of angry civilians surrounding him, Chen grabbed Tyrion with one hand and Arya with the other hand and ran towards a small sturdy building, where a group of people dressed in ordinary clothes but armed with weapons surrounded the three of them.

Seeing the approaching steps of the group, Tyrion said to Chen, "Be careful, they are not civilians. ”

"I can see it, but I don't know if it's your enemy or mine." Chen Zhong handed the dragon bone spear to Tyrion, drew his saber from his waist with his right hand, and drew his dagger with his left hand to attack the enemy.

Fortunately, the enemy is not particularly elite, Chen Zhong continued to use the Roaring Knife Technique, and after many days of silent hard practice, the Roaring Knife Technique has also been upgraded to the proficiency level, and he is comfortable dealing with these low-level warriors.

A man standing on the side of the street, wrapped in a robe from head to toe, suddenly said, "Crossbowmen ready." From the room behind him, a group of soldiers armed with crossbows came out and aimed at Chen Zhong in the fight.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chen Chong himself was sure to dodge the shot of the crossbow arrows, but Tyrion and Arya couldn't escape at all, so Chen Chong could only give up the attack and pull the two into the crowd behind.

Chen Chong ran with the two of them who couldn't read anything, and soon came to the famous slum flea nest in King's Landing, where the terrain of the entire area was like a labyrinth, where the lowest people lived, and their usual staple food was rat meat.

Seeing the enemy in hot pursuit, Tyrion took out a bag full of gold dragon coins from his bosom, opened the bag and threw the gold coins behind him, "Come and grab it, there are gold dragon coins!" ”

The people in the slums are the kind of characters who can wield knives and kill people for a bronze star coin, after seeing the golden dragon coins on the street, they were instantly crowded with people and began to scramble, all the people who approached them were stabbed, and as soon as the pursuers approached these people, two of the fastest runners were torn into several pieces by the crazy paupers, and the others were frightened and hurriedly retreated.

The pursuers did not catch up, and the three were temporarily out of danger, and Tyrion said triumphantly, "It seems that sometimes money is more useful than force. ”

Chen Chong, who was holding Tyrion and Arya along the way, put the two down, sat on the ground and gasped for breath, and retorted when he heard his words: "If anyone chases me, I will leave you and the money bag behind, and I think those people will be happy to carry the gold coin in their arms, and then roast and eat you." ”

Tyrion felt a little cold when he remembered the scene described by those crazy paupers tearing up the two pursuers and Chen Chong.

Chen Chong, who felt much better after resting for a while, said, "Do you know who that robed man is just now?" ”

Tyrion calmly analyzed: "Since he is wrapped in a robe, it means that we know him, and among our acquaintances, the only ones who want to kill me are none other than the Octopus Spider and Littlefinger, they may have seen that I punished Rogers and Paischer, and thought that I would clean them up next, so they struck first." ”

"Do you think we have a chance to make it back to the Prime Minister's Tower alive?"

Tyrion also had a headache and said: "The current form is too complicated, I don't know who is the enemy and who is the friend, do you have a way to notify the soldiers in the garrison barracks to come?" ”

Chen Zhong looked at the sparrows on the eaves and said to himself, "I really have a way to inform them." ”