Chapter 561: The Body of Ten Thousand Gold
When the messenger sent by the queen left, and the unwitting Timber Spearwoman was also held back, Iger sat up with difficulty with the help of Harvey and Bachelor Coben, who had put his sword back into its sheath, and sat for half a minute without saying a word, trembling and cold sweating, and finally gasped from the terrible pain.
He thought he had calculated everything, but unexpectedly: this inconspicuous little maid next to Daenerys was so "ruthless"!
For a moment, he thought he was going to die.
"Well done. Wiping away a few beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, Iger opened his mouth with a little wooden lips, "The timing of the siege just now is just right, and the performance is quite realistic, which is worthy of praise!"
The compliment was heartfelt—the situation could have been described as a thousand moments: if Harvey had pretended to have a seizure a second earlier, Missandei would have been prevented from doing so before he could do so, and if he had been at night for a second, he would have been aware of his instinctive leg clamping and trembling movements, and he would have to give up playing dead and forcibly leave him behind.
Although it is you who make them vigilant and ready to act when the opportunity arises, in all fairness, it is difficult to do better even if you are on your own.
has been with him for a long time, and the people under him have also learned his seven or eight points of acting skills, which is probably called a close ink person...... No, it's close to Zhu Zhechi.
At least today, this skill has come in handy.
"It's really good to solve the siege, but I don't know if I deceived that girl. "I see that she still looked at the adult's bed before leaving, and even though she said, 'Go and inform the Queen,' I don't know whether to tell the Queen to come, or not."
There was a brief silence on the scene, and what Cobain said was exactly what everyone was worried about at the moment, but there was nothing to ...... Even if they were suspicious, they couldn't stop Missandei from letting her go.
Melisandre looked at Egger, "You didn't move when she left for one last look." ”
"I didn't move, I held back. ”
The sharp pain from the main body had subsided ninety percent, but it was still so strong that it was unbearable for him, but fortunately, the dragon scales on his chest seemed to sense that the host had been hit hard, and actually began to heat up and send a stream of warmth to the injury. Iger didn't dare or had time to touch the wound, and now he could only hope that this treasure that had been enchanted by Rahlo was magical enough to deal with this kind of unpopular trauma.
The plan to deal with the people sent by Daenerys was almost unmatched, and he naturally hoped that Missandei would be fooled, but he climbed step by step from the bottom to where he is today, relying on - emotionally and in principle, trying to put his hopes in the hands of others - especially in the hands of a hot hand.
Rejecting Cobain's suggestion to examine his injuries, he methodically began to organize the implementation of the third step of the plan.
This final step is divided into two parts, corresponding to two scenarios: Daenerys comes, or does not come.
Cobain and Melisandre are a team, and they are responsible for dealing with the ideal situation of "the queen coming to visit", and the task is nothing more than the preparation of some words, routines, and spell-casting rituals, which is not only a small amount of work, but also has been completed early and early, only the east wind is missing.
And the other group ...... To be precise, the entire land grant army will have to make arrangements for the worst situation, that is, "the queen and the unsullied will evacuate Linwinter". Their missions include not only fighting the Unsullied Guards, capturing the queen alive in the midst of the chaos, but also setting up artillery for dragon hunting, and guarding the movements of the forces of the Terrorist Keep outside the city and the Northern Coalition led by Robb - not only is the task daunting and arduous, but the greater challenge is that the soldiers will be able to start with the sudden news.
In order to ensure the verisimilitude of this drama, and to reduce the risk of future news leakage, the truth of this poisoning incident is only known to a few people in the inner circle who can count on one hand, that is to say: more than 4,000 soldiers of the land-giving army inside and outside the castle really thought that Egger was highly poisonous and in danger. Under such circumstances, the sudden receipt of the latest instructions and the hasty implementation of them can be imagined as the arduous test of organization and discipline can be imagined, and even Iger himself has no bottom in his heart.
Orders were transmitted from the Commander-in-Chief's room through Harvey's mouth, and the soldiers of the Land-Giving Army woke up and began to dress silently at the soft call or push of their commanders and colleagues......
If things go well, the second round of news will inform everyone that "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is safe, the previous assembly was a false alarm, and everyone will go back to the bed and continue to sleep".
If it doesn't go well, the land-giving command will announce that "the poisoner was sent by the queen", and use this as an excuse to immediately launch a betrayal and mutiny that will shock the whole of the Seven Kingdoms and both sides of the Narrow Sea, and be more notorious than the "bloody wedding" in the original plot.
The tense wait slowed the flow of time, and after a long ten minutes, the news came from the night guard outside the house: shortly after the Queen's two messengers returned to the guest room, a large group of Unsullied soldiers began to transfer orders back and forth, and a moment later, escorted the Queen...... Coming in the direction of the Land-Giving Army Camp!
The bitterness was not in vain!
Egg hurriedly lay back on the bed, and while motioning for Harvey to give the order to stop the operation of the Land Grant, he nervously urged Cobain and Melisandre: "Quickly bring the medicine, and give me two more spells, my body is starting to heat up in pain!"
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Except for the little brother who suffered a "flying disaster", everything has not departed from the script in Egger's heart, if he has to find out any threats and hidden dangers from the current situation, it is probably that Daenerys is even more advanced, and at the same time that she saw that this was a scam, she also quickly completed the preparation of both hands in just a few minutes - while sending a team of people to visit in order to paralyze herself, the deity quietly escaped from the other way out of Lindong.
If so, Iger really didn't have a good way to deal with it without being able to put eyeliner on the queen's side.
But such an unbelievable god-level operation did not appear in this thousand-year-old castle in the cold wind. The Targaryens themselves were sure that the last twist and turn was only a small episode outside the door: the dozens of Unsullied soldiers accompanying the queen put invisible pressure on the nervous night soldiers and the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, the gatekeeper refused their request to accompany Daenerys into the house for security reasons, and the two equally loyal convoys agreed after a brief standoff, with the queen's own concessions and Harvey's timely appearance: Daenerys could bring the maid and two Unsullied into the house, and the land-giver army was also accompanied by Harvey's two soldiers。
So, a moment later, the dragon queen sat down on the bedside stool beside the bed where Missandei had tripped not long ago, and grabbed one of Egg's hands with a sad expression, feeling the coldness from it, without the slightest fear or suspicion of him.
"Lady Melisandre, is the method you said earlier guaranteed to bring him back?"
"Ninety percent sure. The red-robed woman stood aside, with an open and honest tone and an unconcealed posture: "But I have to tell the truth - because the commander-in-chief has been in a coma for half a day, it is likely that his brain has been traumatized, and there is a certain probability of amnesia, mental decline, and even ...... after being rescued The situation of being unconscious forever and becoming a vegetative person. ”
This line was designed by Egger, and she was specifically told not to change half of the sentence without permission—Melisandre didn't quite understand why she was so drawn: wouldn't it be self-defeating if Daenerys backed down after hearing that blood magic still had the possibility of failure?
The witch's fears were justified, but what she didn't know was that the latter passage was tailor-made for Daenerys by Iger knowing her personality and past experiences: the latter, after listening to Melisandre's "confession", almost immediately induced her to think of her first husband.
Drogo Kao was also injured in an accident and was in danger of dying in danger, and he was also pulled back from the brink of death by blood magic...... But she was deceived by the vicious witch and witch, and in her ignorance, she sacrificed the fetus in her womb and saved her husband at the cost of Rego, the true dragon blood of her first and only child.
At an unimaginable cost, she was given only a body that could not think, and in the end she even had to end his life with her own hands - it was her eternal mental trauma, even years later, every time she dreamed of being forced to suffocate Drogo Kao with a pillow, Daenerys would wake up with tears in her eyes but covered in cold sweat.
In case this time...... The same means, the same way to save a man she cares about, but only reviving and failing to wake up, what should she do?
Is it possible to suffocate the commander-in-chief of the night watch with a pillow again?
Stuck in the quagmire of memories, the voice of the red-robed woman summoned Dani back to reality: "But I also have to remind Your Majesty that the probability of the latter few bad situations increases as the Commander-in-Chief remains in a coma. Whether to save or not to save, Your Majesty must make a decision as soon as possible. If not, please arrange for your majesty to withdraw from Lindong as soon as possible, and if you do, then we have to start immediately - in case the physical condition of the commander-in-chief, who could have completely recovered, deteriorated to an irreparable extent because of this moment's hesitation, then it would be too late to regret it!"
Daenerys nodded, and looked up again, looking at Egg, who hadn't known her for a long time, but somehow became so affectionate...... In the past, he was always full of heroism and pride, but at this moment, his calm and pale lifeless face was forced, and his cold hand was clenched tightly.
"Your Majesty, please save the Commander-in-Chief!" Harvey pleaded loudly, kneeling down without hesitation in the sound of the clash of armor with his full body of armor, "As long as the Commander-in-Chief can survive this crisis, the generals of the Land-Giving Army will always remember His Majesty's kindness and will be rewarded with supreme loyalty and bravery!"
Daenerys didn't panic and get up to help the kneeling man, but glanced at it and turned around, without even moving her buttocks, and continued to stare at Egger's face in a fierce inner struggle - she was the rightful king of the Seven Kingdoms, the monarch of the land-giving army who swore allegiance, not to mention the fact that she was worthy of any great gift from the land-giving army, not to mention that what she was about to decide was ...... If the answer is yes or not, then the price she paid and the meaning of the former can fully deserve the respect and gratitude of the land-giving army.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. Master Coben quietly approached her, leaned down and said in a low voice, "Lord Commander-in-Chief is powerful inside and outside the Great Wall, as long as he can be saved, even if his brain is injured or he can't wake up, it will be a huge deterrent to that group of savage soldiers. All you need to do is announce that he is only in a coma for the time being, and that he will be able to recover sooner or later, and ask the land-giving army to send representatives to visit him...... When the leaders of the tribes came and saw that Lord Egger was breathing steadily and his heart was beating strongly, they would not dare to make trouble. At that time, whether Your Majesty will send the land-grant army back to the land-granted, or even remove their threat to the northern border and the Seven Kingdoms, or take advantage of this time to try to buy and surrender, it will be much better to pull in as many as you can under your command than to let things develop!"
Although confident in Daenerys's importance of herself, Egg still did not dare to die, deliberately using the "possible failure" to evoke her memories, and at the same time creating a sense of gain and loss by trying to capture and indulge, he did not forget to throw a few more reasons to save himself to ensure that the plan would not fall short because of his arrogance.
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In the fireplace, the wood that had been added enough still crackled softly, but the temperature had dropped a lot with the entry and exit of Missandei and Daenerys and a group of soldiers, and in the sweltering heat, which had eased a lot, Daenerys sat and thought for a minute, let go of Egger's hand and stood up, and under the gaze of a dozen eyes, turned to the red-robed woman who was also worried, and gave the final decision.
"Since it's without further ado, let's get started right away. ”
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