Chapter 0519: Raid: Scarlet Night!
Kai Feng stared at the Demon Mountain and stopped talking, he knew that his proposal had failed to impress the Demon Mountain, and he still needed to know more about the current Demon Mountain.
Everyone has a price, and Kai Feng found that the price of the Magic Mountain seemed to be very expensive, so expensive that he couldn't afford to pay for it.
Harrenhal's price is enough to buy the loyalty of anyone in the Seven Kingdoms, but why is it useless to the Magic Mountain?
If the Mountain accepts, it will kill three birds with one stone: tear off Cersei's wings, woo the Mountain, and weaken Littlefinger.
However, the Magic Mountain did not accept it!
Kevon turned and walked away, not saying goodbye to the Magic Mountain.
*
Cersei lit a candle in front of the Statue of the Father, bowed reverently, and then came to the Statue of the Virgin, with the old woman and Bishop beside her, handing the candle to her.
Cersei took the candle and noticed that there were other foreign objects in the palm of her hand, and she and the old woman Bishop's eyes touched, and the old woman and Bishop looked solemn, and there was nothing unusual.
Cersei lit the candle and clasped her hands together to pinch the object. When he folded his hands in worship, he put his right hand to his left hand, gave the foreign object to his left hand, and when he walked to the next statue of the old woman, with the help of the maid's block, his left hand put the foreign object into his clothes.
It was a roll of paper. When you hold the palm of your hand, you can feel a slight hard object, which is the touch brought by the wax seal.
Every day, Cersei went to the Temple of the Seven Gods on time to light candles for the Statue of the Seven Gods as a sign of faith. She had been under house arrest for fifteen days in the Basilica of Baylor, and yesterday a monk came to tell her that Marguerie could not hold on any longer, and that she was ready to confess her sins and repent to the archbishop, and that she was willing to be judged by the bishop.
Margaery wanted to end her nightmare in the Basilica of Baylor.
Cersei was able to hold on, and the place where she lived had a bed was different from Margaery's sleeping on a slate on the floor. She has three meals a day with fruits, vegetables, meat, and bread. As long as you are not picky, you can eat enough.
But it was not a long-term affair, and she had to go back to the palace, and Tomman was only nine years old and could not do without her care.
Cersei started to suffer from insomnia on day 10, and the insomnia has worsened in the last five days, which has affected her mood.
Sparrow would visit Cersei at Bishop Cersei's Tower every day at noon and persuade her to confess. Cersei didn't know how long she could last, and Cersei came in to see her once on the eleventh day, and she didn't come up with any real plans, much to Cersei's disappointment with Kayvon.
The Prime Minister was helpless in the face of the House Arrest of the Queen Mother and the Queen, and if the Duke of Tywin were still around, he would never allow the Archbishop to arrest her.
Cersei lit seven candles and slowly walked out of the Seven Temples, and Lancel followed the Star Warrior all the way. It is said that it is far away, but in fact, it is not far away. Lancel is also one of the witnesses who alleges that she had an intimate relationship with Cersei, who rejects Sir Osney's testimony and firmly denies Serr Lancel's testimony, but the archbishop naturally chooses to believe his devout disciple Lancel instead of Cersei.
If it weren't for Lancel's testimony, Cersei would have escaped.
It was also Lancel who told the Archbishop about her intimacy with Jaime, thus deepening Cersei's guilt and making it difficult for Cersei to get out of it through quibbles and denial.
Cersei returned to the old woman's bishop tower and entered the toilet before she dared to take out the paper roll. The paper roll is wax sealed and no one has ever opened it. Crushed the wax seal and unfolded the small scroll of paper, on which was written a sentence: Your Majesty the Queen Mother, King Tomman needs you, I am ready to raid the Great Sanctuary of Baylor, if you allow it, I will come to save you, the plan is perfect, foolproof. The settlement is the magic mountain.
The words are short, but they are full of wisdom and scheming.
The first thing the Magic Mountain mentions is King Tomman, which is Cersei's weakness.
Child, is Cersei's weakness.
If Cersei still has a touch of human warmth and kindness, then it is her maternal love for her children.
At the beginning of the magic mountain, it hit Cersei's soft underbelly at once, making Cersei's eyes moist, showing the fragile side of women.
After opening Cersei's heart, the mountain revealed his plan: to raid the Great Sanctuary.
However, neither the Sparrow nor his warriors are afraid of death and dare to act. If someone dares to raid the Templar, they will dare to kill the Queen Mother and the Queen, and for this, Cersei, Kaivon, Magic Mountain and others who have dealt with the Sparrow all understand.
So the magic mountain immediately said that if you allow it, you will come to save people, which is to show your loyalty, and you will act according to orders at all times, and will not make your own decisions. However, there will be risks in saving people, so Magic Mountain said at the end: the plan is perfect and foolproof.
The letter from the Magic Mountain, short, instigated, and targeted, both expressed loyalty and made Cersei worry about her safety.
Cersei spent a long time in the toilet, and the letter was handed to her by the old bishop, and from this detail it is known that the magic mountain has adopted a plan to cooperate with the outside, and the hemp finch is still in the dark. The Magic Mountain plotted against the Bishop of the Sparrow to participate in the raid, which gave Cersei a stronger sense of security.
Let's not let the Magic Mountain launch a raid?
It's all up to Cersei herself.
If Cersei believed in the Mountain, she would have ordered the Mountain to raid, but Cersei did not believe in the Mountain.
Father Tywin once said to Cersei: If you believe in someone, you can use him with confidence, and if you don't believe in someone, you must use him even more.
Cersei looked at the end of the letter: the plan was perfect, foolproof.
If she didn't order the Magic Mountain raid, how could she get out?
Cersei couldn't think of it, but she decided to give it a try and go on her own.
Cersei shreds the paper roll and rushes it into the bathroom. She came out and got her mood and dress up, because noon was approaching, and the Sparrow would come every day to persuade Cersei to confess, repent, and stand trial.
Sure enough, in the same time, the hemp finch walked barefoot into the tower. He had short gray hair, a tall body, and a gray shabby monk's robe.
Cersei asks the Sparrow to sit down on a wooden bench.
There are no extravagant furs, no ornate carpets, no soft upholstery, no splendid fabrics, simple tables, chairs, and stools, all of which are made of solid wood, without any ornaments or cushions.
"Your Majesty, looking at your face, it doesn't seem to be very good, are you sick?" said in a soft tone, very concerned.
Lancel waited outside the door with the Star Warriors. Eight holy sword armies lined up left and right, their hands pressed to the hilt of their swords. Wait here with two Kingsguards.
"Archbishop, I am a mother of one child, my child Tomman is only nine years old, I have been away from him for fifteen days, I miss him so much that I can't sleep at night, can you please be accommodating, let me go back to the Red Fort first to see my child, and then I will come back and continue to receive the teachings of the Archbishop. I swear in the name of royal glory and the seven gods that I will return to the church in three days. ”
In the name of the child's mother, hoping to return to the Red Keep, this is Cersei's plan to try to leave.
It was the only plan she could come up with.
Miss Tomen, she's serious!
Sparrow read her true feelings from Cersei's face and eyes: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you don't plead guilty, I can't let you leave the temple." ”
"The Seven Gods will also have mercy on a mother's broken heart. Cersei said emotionally.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you are right. You can't let a young child suffer and suffer mentally because of your sins. In this case, I will send a message to the Red Keep for King Tommen to visit you in the Templar to comfort a mother's longing heart. I will also take time out of my time to explain to King Tommen why his mother is under house arrest in the Templar. I'm sure King Tomman will understand me, he's a wise and kind king, I've met him, he's going to be a good king when he's an adult. ”
Cersei chuckled as she realized she wasn't a match for the Sparrow. When the other party saw the move, she easily cracked the only excuse she had come up with in the past ten days.
Cersei's naivety for big things can be seen from this. This is also what she is short-sighted and looks down upon by Duke Tywin and Earl Kevon. Both Tywin and Kevon believe that Cersei cannot be in power, and that taking power will lead the kingdom into the abyss.
Cersei refuses to give up and continues to try to complain to the Sparrow, but the Sparrow is a hard-hearted archbishop with a lot of intelligence and intelligence far above Cersei, and Cersei's excuses are all rejected by him in a more ingenious way.
Eventually, the archbishop left behind a book on the Seven Gods, and he hoped that Cersei would be at ease and read it thoroughly. Cersei misses Tommen, and it doesn't matter, he will send King Tommen to visit Cersei in the Sanctuary tomorrow to relieve her of her longing.
Let King Tommen come to the Templar tomorrow?
However, King Tommen is not the Prime Minister Kevon, and Cersei's heart will not ache if the Prime Minister Kevon comes in and something happens, but if Tomman comes in and is detained by the Archbishop and used to blackmail the royal family and courtiers of the Red Keep, who can do anything with him?
Everyone has to be constrained by the hemp sparrow, and the magic mountain is no exception!
No, Cersei can't take that risk!
The word must be passed on to Tommen, and his Majesty must not be allowed to enter the Great Chapel at the risk of his own life.
The archbishop is too dangerous, and if he figures it out and uses her to manipulate King Toman, the risk to the royal power is too great to bear. Cersei knew that Tomman had a good heart, and he would go in to visit her because of Cersei's thoughts. It's easy to get in, but what if you can't get out?
Who to get the message out of?
Cersei thought of the old woman bishop who gave her the note.
*
The next morning, Cersei went to the Temple of the Seven Gods again to light a candle for the Seven Gods, and her gaze met that of the old woman and the bishop, and she nodded imperceptibly. The old woman nodded faintly as he bowed his head and handed her the second candle.
Both sides tacitly agreed!
Cersei gave the order and let the Magic Mountain launch a surprise attack.
Although she didn't understand how the magic mountain came in, she decided to take a risk for freedom.
If you want to choose a battle, raids are the easiest tactic to succeed in all battles!
Later that evening, Cersei received another letter from the Magic Mountain, saying that a surprise attack would be launched in the early hours of tonight, and that the five bishops in the Templar, the white-robed friars and nuns, were all internal and loyal to the royal family. And the dead of the Magic Mountain will appear from unexpected places and raid the archbishop's tower and the old lady bishop's tower, and the magic mountain will prepare the Queen Mother Cersei......
After dinner, Cersei looked out of the window, outside the tower, there were a total of six people from the Holy Sword Armed Forces nearby, and under the nearest Maiden Tower, there was Lancel and the Star Warrior watching this side.
Cersei closed the curtains and ordered the maid to close the tower door, and she said to the four red-robed knights and the two Kingsguards, "Come with me, go upstairs." “
The Old Lady Bishop Tower is seven stories high.
Cersei walked slowly in front of her, until she reached the top floor of the seventh floor, and then stopped, surrounded by four maids, holding four candles in their hands. Along the way, they also lit torches planted in the walls.
"Knights, tonight, in the middle of the night, in the early hours of the morning, the dead soldiers of Lord Magic Mountain will raid the Great Sanctuary and rescue us, the five bishops of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor, hundreds of white-robed monks and nuns, are all guilty. I want you to be prepared, not to go out and fight, but to guard the gate of the tower, and not to let the Star Warriors and the Knights of the Holy Sword rush in until we see the people of the Magic Mountain appear. ”
The four knights and the two royal guards and the four maids were all surprised and delighted!
Baron Swain is an absolute warrior, Osmond Kate Black is an absolute strength fighter, he is more than two meters tall and he is very strong, and he is unsteady on his feet with a gentle push.
Baron said: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, we have a total of six swords, and it is not easy for the enemy to kill from the first floor to the seventh floor. ”
"Sir Baron, we must quietly move all the tables and stools, and all the stone platforms that can be moved, to the staircase on the sixth floor, and completely block the way up the stairs. Her Majesty the Queen Mother and the maids are all left on the seventh floor, and our six swords are guarding the staircase on the first floor, and we will fight and retreat, and we will definitely be able to wait until the people from the Magic Mountain appear. ”
Osmond Kate Black said: "The spiral staircase is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our six swords hold the narrowest part of the staircase, and no matter how many enemies there are, they will not be able to attack it. Damn, I can't stand waiting for this day, tonight, I just want to kill people. ”
The six knights are all gearing up, just waiting for the time when the magic mountain brings people in, as long as someone protects the Queen Cersei, they can let go out and kill. I've been holding this breath for too long.
"In the event of a terrible battle, I want you to hold out at least until dawn. Cersei's words were murderous, and her eyes were cold.
"Obey, Your Majesty the Queen Mother!"
The six knights bowed together and said.
Four knights of the West, two Kingsguards, six swords, six people, all of them are absolute swordsmanship. It's true that they are too few in number, but they occupy a good position. - Just hold on to the stairs. There are also a total of six floors of stairs. The other side's star warriors did not have pikemen, and in the holy sword armament, there were only knights with swords, and no one used spears.
The spears were stabbed, wave after wave, inch long and inch strong, and it was easy to break through the six long swords on the stairs without shield protection.
*
At night, in the storage room of the Temple of the Seven Gods, there was a soft click, like the sound of some rotten wooden board being stepped on. In the middle of the night, in the early hours of the morning, there was a strange noise in the storage room, but everyone was asleep, and the twelve Star Warriors and the two Holy Sword Knights on duty were all asleep in the monk's room in the temple.
In the Temple of the Seven Gods, red candles and torches as thick as a child's arms burn brightly, illuminating the entire temple as if it were day.
After a while, a white figure came out of the storage room silently, it was a white-robed monk wearing a hood to hide his face, but this monk had a small round shield on his left arm, a black round shield, pure iron, with a cold light on the edge, sharp as a knife. In his right hand, he held a short sword with a glittering cold light, and a white strap handle was firmly tied to the hilt.
In this way, unless the arm or wrist is cut off, the dagger will not be knocked down by anyone's force.
The five hundred dead soldiers of the Demon Mountain have infiltrated through the secret passage! Their black chain mail is all covered with white monk's robes.
A bloody and cruel night destined to shock King's Landing and shake the Seven Kingdoms.