Chapter 422: Negotiation
The voice was familiar, but Stannis couldn't remember for a moment who was speaking, and he nodded at Charlie, signaling that the messenger could be released, and he wanted to hear how Duke Garcia would die. Although the army was ready to take the royal city, the sudden arrival of the messenger made Stannis stop sending troops, and he wanted to know what important things the Duke of Garcia wanted to tell him when the city was broken.
However, the knight who came to negotiate was courageous, both sides had already fought to death, and he even dared to come over and say that he wanted to negotiate, didn't he know that Stannis was now angry as a king, although he could not ambush millions of corpses and shed thousands of miles of blood, but it was easy and pleasant to cut off the head of a knight.
Robert thought further, leaning over and whispering, "Beware of deception." ”
Stannis nodded, of course he thought of this, so when he went to see the messenger again, he deliberately opened his black armor and put it on himself, and at the same time did not let his younger brother attend, so as not to be taken away, and after taking these precautions, Stannis went to meet the knight who refused to take off his helmet accompanied by Anya.
"You want to see me?" Stannis stepped out of the tent, and a group of soldiers surrounded the tall knight, who aimed their spears at him with some fear, apparently not daring to act rashly because they had heard of the reputation of the Black Watch.
Stannis motioned for his men to put away their weapons, and then stepped forward, Anya on the side had already gathered her magic and began to be on guard, purple mist lingering at her fingertips, and if the knight did the slightest wrong, she would kill him instantly.
The knight, who had been silent since entering the barracks, finally lifted his mask, and everyone present exclaimed in surprise, for they were all very familiar with the knight who had come to negotiate.
He is the eldest son of the Garcia family, Sir Hunian, who has been disappeared for a long time, and is rumored to have been killed by his younger brother!
"Hunian Garcia. Seeing this face, Stannis couldn't help but subconsciously froze for a moment, he also thought that this knight's exemplar had died in the power struggle, and was killed by his brother Pedro in dishonorable means.
"Why are you ......," Stannis had been organizing for a long time, but nothing could be said of his thoughts.
Instead, Hunian smiled and helped him continue, "You weren't killed by my brother, were you?"
Stannis nodded, indicating that this was exactly what he wanted to say.
"We all have my father's blood in our bodies, he will not be so ruthless, but I have voluntarily renounced the inheritance of the title, and now I have become a vassal under my brother, and I swear to serve him. ”
Stannis glanced at Charlie strangely, and the latter shook his head in confusion, because Hunian was notoriously short-tempered in the principality, and he was angry and no one listened to him except his father, let alone his younger brother dared to detain him!
Strange as he was, Stannis continued to ask, "And what message did your father Garcia bring me?"
Stannis no longer calls Duke Garcia His Royal Highness, indicating that he has completely broken away from the Duke's rule and is no longer a vassal under his command.
If it was the usual Hunian, if someone dared to disrespect his father so much, he would have punched him a long time ago, but this time his temper turned out to be surprisingly good, and he thought it was a trivial matter that didn't matter at all.
"My father has made a truce for you, he understands your claim to the throne of Tanis, and he says that he can make Xian, but you will ensure that the Garcia family still rules the West. ”
Stannis had already thought of countless possibilities for Duke Garcia to send someone over to negotiate, from assassinating himself to delaying time, from scolding to begging to retreat, but this time, from the mouth of the duke's son, he said a condition that he didn't even dare to think of.
Duke Garcia actually took the initiative to hand over the throne!
Stanis pinched his ass while no one was looking, and after making sure that it was reality, Stanis still didn't believe it, he felt more that the Duke had sent someone to tease him.
"You're saying that Garcia voluntarily abdicated and only wanted to be a guardian?"
Hu Nian nodded, and continued: "Of course, he actually didn't want to be a duke all along, but the emperor forced him to sit in that position to oversee the country, and now that there is a more suitable person, of course he is happy to hand over the rule and abdicate to make way for Xian." ”
Fortunately, Stannis did not let Robert attend this meeting, otherwise his little brother would have heard such hypocrisy again, and he would have to fight with Hunian when he opened his eyes! What do you mean by not wanting to be a duke? Garcia has worked hard to hibernate for decades, exterminated dozens of families, and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people, even saying that he actually does not want to be a duke at all! The wheel is reversed black and white, and the ability to speak falsely Stannis only obeys the guy who sits on the throne, and sure enough, no matter what world it is, the face of politicians is comparable to that of dragon scales.
Stannis felt that his cultivation had risen a lot, otherwise he would definitely laugh on the spot, but he still raised the corners of his mouth to show a disdainful expression, "It seems that we are all wrong to blame Lord Duke, he is really loyal and sincere!"
As if he didn't hear the sarcasm in his voice, Hunian nodded in approval.
Holding back the feeling of nausea, Stannis also came up with the consciousness of being an old fritter in the political arena, "Then Garcia can't bear to see the destruction of life and insists on making me the new king, so can he quit this city." ”
"Of course!" Hunian agreed.
Stannis is completely confused, Garcia can even abandon the nest that he has been painstakingly operating for more than ten years in order to seek peace, what kind of medicine is sold in his gourd?
Just as he was confused, Hunian continued: "It's just that there is a premise for all this, that is, you are going to go into the city to interview my father in person, and he wants to see you again, to be sure that he is not the one he has trusted. ”
"Oh~~" Stannis instantly understood, it turned out that Garcia wanted to play the white wolf with empty gloves, first open an undeniable condition to trick him into the city, and then close the city gate and hack himself to death, as soon as the leader of the rebellion died, the rest of the people were of course not in trouble, it was really a clever plan.
What a ghost! This plan to invite you into the urn that you know with your toes can even be figured out by elementary school students, Garcia even got a serious hope that he can be fooled, is Xilu's strategy all kindergarten level!