Chapter Thirty-Seven: King's Landing
There was no doubt that in the end, no one could win the golden dragon coin in Ma Shen's hand, so Ma Shen could only pretend to be depressed and happily rush towards King's Landing with little Nasha.
Two days later, King's Landing finally arrived, Ma Shen stopped the somewhat dazzling sun with his hand, looked ahead, only to see a huge city erected in front of his eyes, through his own angle, you can see that the southeast side of King's Landing by the sea is a high hill, there are several towers erected high, that should be the Red Castle, that is, the royal castle, where the owner of the Iron Throne lived, and the only thing comparable to this building may be the marble-walled St. Belle Cathedral and its seven crystal towers, although there is no way to see the cathedral due to the angle and the obstruction of the city wallsใ
But I'm okay, I've seen a lot of modern high-rise buildings and the like, and I just think King's Landing is a little magnificent, Xiao Nasha should be stunned, after all, she hasn't been out of the house yet, and glanced at Xiao Nasha next to her, who was a little stunned, it seems that her knowledge is still not enough.
After enjoying the scenery of King's Landing for a while, Ma Shen turned over and dismounted, pulled the reins of the black rabbit with his left hand, led Xiao Nasha with his right hand, and cautiously walked towards the legendary dung city, his heart was completely prepared, and he deliberately asked Xiao Nasha to take the cloth mask made temporarily just in case, but the strange thing is that Ma Shen did not smell any strange smell when he approached King's Landing, but there was a very good smell in the air, at a glance, clean streets, neat houses, and well-dressed men and women walking around, uh, well, this should be where the upper echelons of King's Landing City live, no wonder there are a lot of golden robes patrolling hereใ
Generally speaking, in a city, the so-called upper-class people must live in the best place, and it is not a lack of manpower, even if the nobles don't know about bacteria and the like, but the smell alone is enough to arrange a special person to clean up, it should be said that the bright and prosperous King's Landing outside, the place where the nobles live does not have any uncomfortable smell.
King's Landing is very densely populated, dirtier and more unsightly than other cities, and the stench of garbage in the city can be smelled outside the city walls. The worst are of course the squalid beggars, the poor peasants, and the slum streets, flea dens, where the narrow streets and alleys are like a labyrinth, filled with beggars and the poorest part of the urban population, who sometimes feed their hunger on "brown soup", a mysterious stew that may contain meat from rats and murder victims, and other strange things.
In addition, the style of the houses here is also different from the houses in the north, and the roofs here are made of reddish-brown tiles, and the whole looks as if it was sketched by a skilled painter.
So what are you going to do now, Ma Shen stood on the street full of "exotic" style and thought for a while, and decided to sign up for the martial arts competition first.
"Your Excellency, may I ask, do you know where to register for the first martial arts competition?" Ma Shen casually grabbed a man in silver-white armor and asked.
The system in the Game of Thrones is similar to the system of the Western Middle Ages, all of which are aristocratic feudal systems, and each real power nobleman has huge power, not like ancient China, the monarchy is granted by heaven, and the king manages the people of the world for GodIt's okay for the prime minister to call the king by his name at the royal council, even if it's a friend.
According to custom, the king or the king's hand sits on a high throne and administers justice to anyone in need, but generally speaking, people of low status are not allowed to ask for justice, such as beggars, women, etc., and those small things cannot run to the Iron Throne, otherwise the king will be a servant of the people.
So Ma Shen definitely wouldn't be stupid enough to go directly to the Iron Throne to sign up.
The man looked at Ma Shen and Xiao Nasha with contempt: "You want to call me Sir, as for signing up for the competition, I'm afraid you're late, and the draw will be drawn in the afternoon, so you better come and see my competition." After speaking, he directly squeezed away Ma Shen and left without politeness.
Well, at least I know that the game hasn't started yet, it's the afternoon draw, Ma Shen thought indifferently, but for the sake of your answer to my question, if the knight tournament meets you, I'll drag it out a little longer and let you lose a little more glorious.
Then Ma Shen found another person to ask, this time fortunately, in the man's reserved words, Ma Shen finally found the location, which was in a courtyard near the Red Castle, waiting for the servant at the door heard about Ma Shen's intention, and directly took Ma Shen to the official in charge of the registration of the first martial arts competition.
Signing up so late, the official frowned and looked at Ma Shen in front of him who was dressed in ordinary clothes and the little girl who looked a little dirty, except for her appearance, she had nothing attractive about it, and said a little impatiently: "Are you sure you are a knight? This competition was held by His Majesty the Great King to celebrate the inauguration of Prime Minister Ed, so the contestants must be knights." โ
"I'm a knight, there should be a record, you can look it up. Ma Shen said in a calm voice as if he hadn't seen the official's impatient attitude.
"Then why don't you have a coat of arms?" the officer glanced up and down with a suspicious gaze.
"Because the time is too short, I haven't formulated my own coat of arms yet" Ma Shen was not moved at all, and replied lightly, in order to identify himself, the knight engraved his coat of arms and shields, most of the time his own family coat of arms. Those knights who don't have a family coat of arms or don't want to use them can create their own, and personal coats of arms are usually drawn when they become knights or have great personal significance.
"Okay, then are you a wandering knight or a hired knight?" muttered the official, Ma Shen, who had no attendants and only a little girl, should belong to the kind of knights who did not enter the stream.
"Neither. โ
"Then why don't you have your family's coat of arms on you?" This official was a little confused by Ma Shen, why is it nothing, is this guy deliberately here to make trouble!
"My name is Ma Shen, and I am the Guardian of the Realm, the King of the Andals, the Roynar and the Ancestors, the Guardian of the Seven Kingdoms and the Guardian of the Realm, the knight of the great King Robert I himself in Winterfell. Ma Shen emphasized that he was a knight canonized by the king himself.
After hearing this, the official's eyes immediately changed, the knights canonized by the king himself were completely different from those mercenary knights and wandering knights who simply insulted the title of knights: "It turned out to be the honorable Sir Ma Shen, please wait, I will check the list for you immediately, if there is no problem, it will be in time for the afternoon contest draw." โ
"By the way, Sir, what kind of program are you participating in?" the official who was checking the list suddenly looked up at Ma Shen.
"Oh, what else are there to do?" In Ma Shen's image, it seems that this first martial arts competition is only a horse competition.
"This time, the first martial arts competition has a horse competition, and there is also a bow and arrow competition. The official said.
"Let's compete right away. "If it was a spear throwing competition, Ma Shen might try to participate in it, after all, using the sword as a spear throwing is not a matter of one or two times for Ma Shen.
"Yes, Sir, the immediate jousting is what a knight of your stature should attend. The official complimented.
Seeing the official with Wanruo just now, Ma Shen was not surprised, although he was not a knight of those big nobles, or he was a big nobleman, but he was a knight canonized by the king himself, which left a certain impression in the king's mind, in case he made himself unhappy and secretly went to the king to complain, Ma Shen felt that with the character of King Robert, I am afraid that he would personally judge this official.
The identity is different, the efficiency is not the same, it didn't take long for Ma Shen to get the certificate of participation, only to see the official respectfully hand the certificate of participation to Ma Shen's hand: "Sir Ma Shen, you can draw lots here in the afternoon, and at the same time I wish you a good result." โ
"Lend you good words. Ma Shen nodded, and glanced at the certificate of participation in his hand, which was carved with a beautiful buck, which should be an admission of participation on behalf of the royal family.
"Then I'll come back here in the afternoon, I'll go first. Now that he has successfully registered, Ma Shen does not plan to stay any longer, and has to find a hotel to stay in for the next few days.
"Good day, sir," the official said respectfully.