Chapter 255: Smell the Fishy and Move
Cersei died, and she returned from a humiliating parade before she could even enjoy the full day before she was killed by the Assassins in the throne hall of the Red Keep.
The people in the palace had to accept this fact.
Arya Stark crossed two names off her death list, but at the cost of not being cool, she was also captured by the Kingsguard.
Now there is not only one Miss Stark in the dungeon of the Red Keep, but a pair of sisters.
King Tommen, who lost his mother, planned to execute Cersei seven days after her mortuary.
However, before that, Tomman may have to deal with the Church of the Seven Gods after hearing the news.
Cersei's death gave the Sparrows a smell of opportunity, and the Sparrow led his two thousand sons of warriors and the Legion of the Poor to assemble in front of the bronze gates of the Red Keep.
They were also followed by nearly 30,000 fanatical church believers.
Crowded in front of the gate of the Red Fort, they entered the moat crossed by a stone bridge, looking at the deer's head decoration at the door, waiting for the king to give an explanation.
"Explain, my mother didn't die because of them, but at least half of the blame goes to them, the Red Keep has been closed for many days, and only a few monks and nuns of the Church who accompanied the procession yesterday had the opportunity to enter, and the Assassins must have been among them. ”
Tomman stood in front of the table where his mother's body was placed, the childishness and meekness on his little face vanished, and he looked very angry, his eyes blood-red but his face very pale when he spoke.
"Your Majesty, the Church believes that the Queen Mother's death was the will of the gods, and they claim that the Queen Mother played a conspiracy in the trial of the tournament, which caused the Church to make a wrong punishment in the trial. ”
"What does that mean?"
"The church believes that the previous accusations of the Queen Mother should be established, this is her willingness to die, and the most severe of the previous accusations...... It is also that the Queen Mother did not give birth to a son with Robert, and they borrowed Stannis's accusations to have doubts about Your Majesty's bloodline. ”
Tommen gritted his teeth, "Bachelor, do you know what you're talking about? Where did the gods condemn me, my mother was obviously assassinated, you saw it with your own eyes." ”
Looking at the old man in front of him, Tomman shuddered, and this old man when he first met Master Paischer seemed to be a hundred years old in the past half a day.
In front of Tommen, he slowly and tremblingly bent down his rattling knees, "Your Majesty, although I can be a witness, the people of the church will not choose to believe it. ”
Tomman looked at him in disgust, and looked at his mother's more faithful Bachelor Koben, "Master Koben told me that you are also a witness, right, the church is slandering, I am the son of my father Robert, and I have the blood of the king in my body. ”
It was a pun on the question, and Cobain could only bury his head in answering, "Yes, Your Majesty, but the sparrows have gathered their troops, and the Red Keep is underguarded. ”
"Really?" "Then let the capital garrison dispatch, "My grandfather's army is assembled outside the city, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. ”
"Then order the Red Guards to open the gates, while the attention of the Church's armed forces is on the Red Keep. The national teacher wrote an edict for me, and I immediately stamped it and asked the crow to send the letter to the barracks. ”
Paischer's mouth opened and closed, "Your Majesty, you must understand that it is not only their Order's armament that makes the Church feel tricky, but tens of thousands of fanatical believers, and if there is not a trustworthy name to attack the Church, it will cause a monstrous wave......"
"At least suppress them first, they slander me for not having the blood of the king, this is a great conspiracy, it is a rebellion, which side will the people stand on in the face of the conspiracy?"
Tomman's questioning made the old man flinch, and he decided that the people would stand on the side of the church, because the king in front of him had not yet established his authority in the hearts of the people, and how could a king with no presence get the support of the people?
Paisher and Cobain looked at each other, and for the first time he felt exhausted in the face of state affairs, and he advised him one last time, "Your Majesty, we should probably talk to the church,"
"What are you talking about? The Red Keep is the last line of defense, and once the gates are opened, are you ready for me to hand over the Iron Throne and let the Sparrow's ass sit on it?"
"I ...... I have always been loyal, serving, and serving. ”
"Loyalty, loyalty is to coax King Iris to open the city gates when my grandfather's soldiers are coming to the city?"
"I ...... I'll ......," Paisel couldn't say any more, and he slowly got up from his knees, "I'll go write an edict, Your Majesty." ”
"Go ahead, I just want Grandpa Tywin by my side now. ”
A massive warship was ploughing through the calm seas and speeding towards King's Landing.
On the flagpole at the bow of the ship fluttered a delicate Gripen flag in the wind, and the flag fluttered, and the sound of hunting was made in the sea breeze!
What a three-masted battleship!
From afar, the sentry ship sailing in Blackwater Bay saw the dark shadow of a huge ship on the eastern sea, and this guard ship contained a veteran who had just experienced Stannis's 100,000 sailors attacking King's Landing.
The veteran's eyes flickered, and he quickly realized that this battleship was an outpost reconnaissance ship of a fleet, even if it was as huge as a command battleship, but some eyebrows could still be judged from the sails of the battleship.
For example, the flag bearer on the mast can be faintly distinguished, which is something that is needed for fleet communication.
"It's an enemy attack! Hurry, we must return immediately, let's go to the military port and inform the commander! Damn the coastal reconnaissance watchtower! Damn the Naval Intelligence Department! Why is this warship swaggering into the hinterland of Blackwater Bay without issuing a warning!"
The veteran cursed and angrily joined the rudder paddling procession.
"Tell Your Excellency the Joint Commander of the Gripen Fleet that the reconnaissance ship in front is waving its flag to report that it has been discovered by the enemy, please indicate whether to pursue it!"
Jack stood silently in a command room with ventilated portholes in the ship's building, and in front of his line of sight was a full row of ten juxtaposed three-masted galleons, the same regular arrangement of battleships, on the left and right sides of his command ship White Harbor.
He could clearly see that the three masts of the battleships around him were bare, all the battleships were not sailed at this time, and the whole fleet was like a ghost forbidden on the sea, dancing with the wind and rising and falling with the waves.
Of all the oarless sailboats, only the spinnaker equipped with a steering aid at the tail did not fall.
"Pursuit, no need! It's better to let the King's Landing fleet go to sea for a fight. After listening to the information, Fleet Commander Jack took a deep breath, looked at the calm sea surface of Blackwater Bay and said, "Herald Cole, tell me to go down, all the Gripen fleet will raise their sails and set off at full speed, and tell all fleet commanders." The lord is watching us in King's Landing, if anyone dares to disgrace the Gripen fleet and drop the chain in this battle, don't blame me for being unkind. ”