"My father told me that I should let him know when I return to the Red Fort every day after practicing my sword. So yesterday I went to look for him when I got home, and I heard King Robert's loud voice from afar. If you get closer, you can hear them talking about Varys...... It was the intelligence director, and my father seemed to be questioning, 'Which side is this eunuch?' "I pushed the door in and greeted my father, and he told me to leave, and a little later, at the dinner table...... Ah, I remember, they seem to be saying they were going to summon that Slynt!"

"What did you summon him for?"

"I don't know, after dinner, my father asked me to go back to my room, and there were guards watching him outside his room all the time, so I couldn't stick to the door and eavesdrop. ”

Tsk, Egger frowned: the information provided by Arya seems to be crucial, but when you think about it, it is completely unfocused - the king summoned the commander of the King's Landing armed forces, it can be for many reasons, even if the matter is indeed related to rumors, but he did not overhear the key conversation, who knows whether Robert is trying to attack the Lannisters, or simply ask about the investigation of the rumors and the arrest of the spreaders?

Since there was peace in King's Landing from last night to this morning, it means that what happened to me now is not the former situation, but if it is because Robert did not immediately make a move on the Lannisters, he thinks that everything is fine......

Tyrion hadn't returned yet, but Egg had a vague premonition that Slint, who had just been received by the king himself, might not buy him the account of an idle Lannister with an empty surname, but no position or power.

"I'm going to call Ah Kun in and ask him to continue practicing with you. ”

"Don't practice, let's wait for Tyrion to come back. Arya threw the wooden sword to the side and followed: "I want to see how to kill a big villain...... No, I must attend!"

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The citizens of King's Landing may not know the Little Devil, but the soldiers of the garrison who are the city's arch guards and city managers cannot. Relying on his high degree of recognition, Tyrion led Morris through the door to the garrison's east camp with ease, and found the commander-in-chief's office under the guidance of the golden robes along the way.

Straightening his expression, Tyrion pushed the door open with a sleek merchant smile.

"Lord Sharp, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?"

"It's not good, there's a lot of things, and I can't keep busy. Slint was a little surprised by the visit, but still sat behind the commander's desk with a loud voice—neither getting up nor asking the visitor to sit down: "Sir Tirion, how come you have time to run to the garrison, you busy man?"

"Well, there's not been a misunderstanding between the Night's Watch office and the garrison lately. "Tyrion wasn't just short, he had a slight deformity in his legs, and he couldn't stand for long. Although the master didn't speak, he still had to find a chair and sit down: "I, the manager, always have to come forward to clarify." ”

"Oh?" Slinkpi snorted with a smile, "Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding, how did I not know?"

"This morning, a group of soldiers from the garrison ran to the paper mill I managed outside the city, saying that they were searching for contraband, what the hell is going on?"

"Oh, that's what happened. As such, we received reports that some people were raising private soldiers and hoarding weapons and grass by the Blackwater River outside the King's Gate. King's Landing is, after all, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, and this kind of presumptuous behavior must be taken to heart by me, the commander of the garrison. ”

"Lord Clant, those forage weapons are the battle preparations of the Night's Watch Legion and will be shipped to the Great Wall at any time, while the so-called private soldiers are the guards of the factories and warehouses, as well as the recruits trained by the Night's Watch. Prime Minister Ed Ed is well aware of these circumstances and has signed a certificate of approval, so it is not a misunderstanding to go to the door to investigate for these reasons. ”

"Hey, this is really a misunderstanding, but you can't blame the brothers below, it's because you didn't say hello earlier. I didn't own the Night's Watch property, who can figure out the details of this?" Slint cocked his legs: "Of course, since Lord Tyrion himself has come to explain, then I know the situation, and I am here to say sorry if it disturbs the normal work of your subordinates." However, if we receive other reports in the future, we will still dispatch and conduct a routine investigation, and I ask Lord Tyrion to understand what the responsibility is. ”

"Indeed, the previous misunderstanding was due to our poor consideration and caused trouble to the brothers in the garrison, and I ask Commander Schlint to forgive me. "Tyrion already doesn't feel right, and few people dare to talk to themselves in such a weird way. Suppressing his unhappiness, he continued, "The Night's Watch Estate, currently managed in King's Landing, is Egg West and my apprentice Nina. This man and a woman, one was originally a soldier on the Great Wall of Desperation and was a rough man, and the other was born in a civilian family and had never seen the world. Both of them don't know the rules very well, so there will always be some problems from time to time when doing things in the city, here, I apologize for the two of them, Commander Slint has a big belly, please bear with these two young people. ”

"Where, it's all for King Robert. As long as I am honest and obey the many decrees made by His Majesty, will I come to the door and look for trouble?"

......

Aren't you just looking for trouble right now?

Tyrion couldn't stand it and continued to argue with the greasy man in front of him, he took out the prepared hundred gold dragon bonds and put them on the table: "Then it's bothering the commander, please take this little bit of heart, it can be regarded as a reward for the brothers who have worked hard running around below." ”

Slint glanced down at the note on the table, and his face changed, "What do you mean by that? Do you think that this little money can buy me the loyalty of the commander of the King's Landing garrison?"

"No, nothing else, we all know that your loyalty to King Robert cannot be measured in any material way. This is just as an apology for the previous offense of my two children, and I ask Lord Slint to accept it, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well this night. ”

"If you don't sleep well, rest more, Lord Tirion, these two little short legs, why do you have to come out and worry about other people's mistakes?" Slint smiled contemptuously, "It's not that I don't give you this face, but whoever made the matter, who should solve it, Lord Tirion, please go back, let your precious apprentice talk!

What kind of thing are you to dare to touch my apprentice's brain?

Before it was released, Tyrion guaranteed to burst out in an instant. As a dwarf, he undoubtedly has a foul mouth that is good at causing trouble and danger to himself, and if he hadn't had a good father, he wouldn't know how long he would have been dead.

But he benefited a lot from managing the Night's Watch business, and he had a place to display his ideas and talents, and as a businessman, he learned from the truth of his mouth and the art of forbearance...... He is also gradually beginning to master.

The muscles of his cheeks twitched, and Tyrion resisted the urge to scold and threaten, sighed, and withdrew the note: "In that case, then I will convey the meaning of Commander Slint to the two young people in the family, and let them make their own decisions." ”

"That's good," Slint smirked, "No." ”

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The garrison's base camp was just across the street from the Night's Watch office, and Tyrion didn't let Egg and Aryado wait. As Iger expected, he slapped the bond on the table—a hundred gold dragons were such a huge amount of money, and he didn't want to give it away.

"He confiscated it!" Arya looked pleased, "then we can talk about how to kill him now!"

"Do you like to 'kill' people?" Tyrion glanced at the girl, his expression a little unnatural, "It's strange, as far as I know, isn't this Slint from a civilian background...... Why are you so dragged, haven't you heard him taunt me, and investigated his background and background?"

"Lord Egger has ordered me to gather information, and I have obtained a lot of information from the mouths of those who belonged to the brothel of Littlefinger. Nina reported, "It's true that Slint was a civilian, his father was a butcher, and after being appointed by Robert to the position of commander of the garrison, Ann began to do evil everywhere for a short time. Having gone too far, Jon Arryn had planned to dismiss him while he was alive, but King Robert said that 'it is better to be blatantly better than to hide it, and the next one may be worse', so Slynt kept his position, and even worsened after the death of the former Prime Minister. ”

......

Is it better to blatantly do better than to hide it? Only a ridiculous person like Robert can say that this kind of theism is also a bad thing, and the social impact that blatantly can produce is a thousand times greater than that of stealth, and in addition to the damage to the objective interests of the country, it will also seriously affect the social atmosphere and the stability of the rule, and the latter two harms are difficult to make up for afterwards, and they are enough to overthrow a dynasty.

It's impossible for Robert not to be ignorant of this, but apparently he grossly underestimated the detrimental effect that Slint could have on the Iron Throne. Rather than changing to an unfamiliar garrison commander, he was going to tolerate some wrongdoing by the person he had designated.

"A loyal garrison commander is hard to find, why should a king tolerate such a subordinate?"

"Because he was so useful, the king knew what kind of man he was, but he felt that he was very useful, so he did not want to replace him. Nina explained: "Before the former Chancellor of the Exchequer defected, he said to the people in his brothel, 'Genos Slint doesn't have any, the only good thing is to be obedient, even if Robert asks him to go home and hang his old mother, this guy will run back and do it.'" It was for this reason that he was favored by Robert and held the position of commander of the garrison for many years. ”

"To put it bluntly, he is an executioner who has no bottom line and only carries out orders, his father is a butcher, so in this case, Slint is still a different son to inherit his father's business?" Tyrion suddenly said, "I see, his confidence is that his backer is the king! No wonder he is so arrogant that no one is afraid, speaking of which, this backer is really hard enough, and ordinary people can't help him." ”

"With two thousand golden robes in King's Landing, and a king as his backer, this guy is more difficult to deal with than he imagined. ”

"But now that we've figured out the details of him, wouldn't we be able to figure out what to do?" Tyrion sneered, "The king can't be trusted, but luckily, we don't have a new prime minister who is jealous and hateful." Eddard Stark wouldn't have cared what Robert had to say if he had evidence of his misdeeds. ”

Arya puffed up her little chest proudly: "That's necessary, my father even the king dares to quarrel with him!"

......

"Grassy, just one of Robert's dogs, how dare you be so arrogant," Tyrion took a deep breath and cursed in a vent. "Why should the little short legs come out and work for other people's mistakes? If Lao Tzu doesn't get him down in three days, Lannister's surname will be written upside down!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Arya seemed to like listening to Tyrion swearing, and was so excited that she couldn't sit still in her chair, "Then let's start discussing how to kill him!"

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