Chapter 22: Saving Duke Eddard I
King's Landing is like usual, people come and go, this is not like the Riverlands, this is the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, there is no war, it is very safe, and now in the city, whether it is in Steel Street, Flour Street, or Silk Street, where the brothels gather, there is a news circulating, and people are communicating with each other about this news, showing a high degree of concern.
"Did you know that the new King Joffrey is going to try former Prime Minister Ed Stark tomorrow, and in the name of treason. The civilian, dressed in gray coarse leather clothes, said to a stranger next to him with great interest, now this news has become the same as the previous premier martial arts competition, and it has become hot news, I believe that even the homeless people on Flea Street will watch it when the trial is held tomorrow.
The man, who may have just arrived in King's Landing, was surprised by the commoner's words: "Eddard Stark, it can't be, as we all know, it's King Robert's friend." ”
"Who's to say it's not, I've met the former prime minister once before, and he looks serious, and I can't tell that he's a traitor at all. ”
"I think there must be some misunderstanding, but Lord Eddard is a man of integrity who abides by honor. The man sighed, tugged at his collar, stopped communicating, and turned away lonely.
Ma Shen, who was wearing shabby leather armor on the side and had some scars on his face, was slowly nibbling on black bread, and unexpectedly glanced at the man who left, when everyone spit on Ed, there would be someone to maintain Ed's reputation, it seems that he must have received Ed's favor before.
Shaking his head, he didn't think much about it, he still had "business" to do, picked up the kettle and took a big sip, trying to swallow the last bit of black bread.
It was hard to eat, the black bread was really as unpalatable as imagined, and the people at the bottom were really miserable, Ma Shen sighed, and couldn't help but pour another sip of water, but this hard time was about to pass, so he casually put the 5 copper plates of the black bread on the table, got up and left.
After some careful makeup and dressing, Ma Shen's current identity is a mercenary from the other side of the Narrow Sea, if it weren't for the fact that he was too famous to participate in the first martial arts competition before, Ma Shen could have done without makeup, King's Landing, as the capital of the Westeros continent, brings together people from all over the world, and there are people of all kinds, Ma Shen even saw a black man before, I don't know if he came from the magical kingdom of A, so mixed in them, his strange appearance has become no longer strange.
After walking a few steps, I passed a huge wooden board erected on the side of the road, on which were pasted with many sketch portraits, among which Ma Shen's sketch portrait was almost in the middle, not to mention, the painting was quite expressive, and it was completely incomparable with the abstract wanted notice in ancient China.
After a little appreciation, Ma Shen continued to walk with his head bored, and now he wants to help a noble lady find a missing cat, yes, a missing cat, the mercenary must have the behavior of a mercenary, so that it will not be conspicuous.
"Meow" a tabby cat elegantly jumped off the roof.
There was a cat there, Ma Shen took out the drawing paper in his arms, compared it, and sighed in disappointment, it was not the cat.
The time was very fast, the day ended in the search for the cat, and at night, in a room close to the execution ground.
"How's the day, sir," Yulun smiled as he handed the shovel to Ma Shen.
"It's good, I've been looking for a cat for a day, but I didn't find it, maybe it has been caught and eaten by a homeless man, that cat is just like the noble lady, and the fat one doesn't know if he can walk. Ma Shen took the chisel and shovel and shrugged.
"Hahaha" joked for a while, and Yulun got down to business, "We're going to speed up, and tomorrow is the trial." ”
"It's definitely going to be done tonight, it's not far from the destination. Ma Shen also stopped smiling, his expression became serious, everything is going well so far, as long as the last distance is dug through tonight, he can implement his plan tomorrow.
Knowing that it was as difficult to get Ed out of the front surrounded by soldiers as it was to kill Joffrey head-on, I thought of a way to get Duke Ed out without breaking through the soldiers of King's Landing, and that was to dig a hole, digging a cave from this house to the execution ground.
In order to ensure the progress, Ma Shen also found the night watchman Yuren who came to King's Landing to collect criminals, Yulun can be trusted, in the original book, Yulun will escape from King's Landing City with Arya, but he was unlucky, because of some misunderstandings, he was chased by the golden robe, which led to a tragic death, so when Ma Shen found Yulun, he said that he wanted to save Duke Eddard, Yulun immediately agreed.
Normally, prisoners will kneel in a fixed place and be beheaded when they are executed, which makes it possible for Ma Shen's plan to be implemented, and when the execution is carried out tomorrow, Ma Shen can chisel the execution ground, which is only a stone slab away, and then take Ed through this narrow passage to blend into the crowd.
In order to ensure the implementation of the plan, Yuren will also create some chaos on it at that time.
Where did the sound come from, a passer-by glanced around strangely, did not find the source of the sound, turned his head to look at the execution site again, and hurriedly wrapped his clothes and left quickly.
There are many strange rumors about the execution ground in King's Landing, such as the sound of crying at night, and the vague feeling that someone is watching you when passing by the execution ground at night, so under normal circumstances, no one will be idle and bored at night to wander around the execution ground, and even the patrolling golden robes will deliberately avoid this place.
Under his feet, the culprit Ma Shen smashed it with a chisel for a while, wiped his sweat, and the air in the narrow tunnel was a little muddy, making people breathless, but fortunately it was only about twenty meters.
Returning to the house to take a breath of fresh air, refusing Yu Lun's request for replacement, Ma Shen continued to go back to the cave to dig a tunnel without hesitation, in order to dig this tunnel in a short time, Ma Shen added all the energy in his body to his strength, resulting in being full of strange things now, and some of them couldn't control their bodies.
Two hours later, Ma Shen used a shovel to force a lump of dirt behind him, "I guess this is it." Ma Shen calculated the length of the tunnel and thought about it with some uncertainty.
"Yolun, Yolun" turned his head and whispered to Yolun, who was cleaning up the dirt behind him.
"Ahem, what's wrong, Sir" coughed a few times, and like Ma Shen, Yulun, who was covered in mud and dust, asked strangely from behind.
"We should be there, you go up there and try it. ”
"Okay, my lord," Yu Lun replied happily from behind, and slowly retreated out of the tunnel.
After a while, there was some slight movement on Ma Shen's head, and a small, sharp iron needle slowly drilled down from the stone slab above his head.
"The location is about the same, a little tweaking is enough. Seeing this special iron needle, Ma Shen relaxed, it is not easy to dig this tunnel by himself, in addition to exerting physical strength, there are always worries about whether his head will suddenly sink and bury himself alive.