NOVEL NEXT Chapter 122 Loras Merchant
"Dear Hands of Sheila, my old friend:
After this period of hard work, I found the most suitable candidate to be our eyes-Jorah Mormont, the Bear Island who was sentenced to death by Eddard Stark for selling poachers to slave traders. count.
Robert promised him amnesty, and I promised him something else that was more important to him. You don't have to worry about him being detrimental to Viserys and the others.
In short, after sending Jorah, Robert should not send out other assassins in a short period of time, which is enough for us to delay the time until the Horse King's wedding.
After Her Royal Highness the Princess marries Khal Drogo, whether the new assassins sent by Robert succeed or not, they will anger Khal Drogo and make Drogo firm in his belief in sending troops to Westeros.
As for the other thing you said - immediately introduce Ian Rivers to young Griffin [the pseudonym of Rhaegar's son (pseudo) Aegon VI] and let him follow Griffin (Jon... The pseudonym of Connington, the man who served as the Mad King's Hand of the King, a close friend of Rhaegar, and is now responsible for teaching the actions of 'Aegon VI').
I don't agree with this plan.
Although it would be great for our plans to have this young man you admire so much develop an early friendship with Griffin Jr.
But now it was known that the descendants of House Darry and House Grafson had gone to Pentos to join Viserys.
At this time, if you prevent them from coming to Viserys and instead send them to other places, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.
Besides, you also know the character of Viserys. Anyone who sees him in person will definitely be disappointed.
As long as Sir Ian is really smart enough, even if he has followed Viserys for a while, after we put Little Griffin on the bright side, he will definitely switch to the bright side without hesitation.
I hope you will seriously consider my suggestion.
——Pendant Box”
After writing the letter, Wallis cut off a small piece of wax paint, placed it on a candle with a spoon to bake, then poured it on the envelope and stamped it with the seal engraved with the eight-clawed spider.
The Hand of Sheela and the Locket are the secret names used in correspondence between Illyrio and Varys.
The source is Illyrio's late wife, a Lysian prostitute named Shira.
After Sheila's death, Illyrio preserved one of her hands to commemorate his lost love and contained her portrait in an exquisite pendant box.
These two items were kept by Illyrio.
"Jorah, you need to take a boat to Pentos now and deliver him to Governor Illyrio." Varys handed the sealed letter to Jorah Mormont. "After that, Illyrio will tell Your specific arrangements.”
The tall knight took the envelope and responded with a nasal voice. On his arrogant face, Varys could clearly see his disdain for him.
But Varys didn't care, and just said with a smile: "By the way, if your assassination operation continues to make no progress, Robert may try to send other assassins. Remember, nothing happens to the Targaryen brothers and sisters."
"You also remember our agreement." Mormont did not answer Varys, just reminded him, and then left in a hurry.
"That's it." The big mouse Hazru handed a thick stack of letters to Ian's hand, "We spent a long time collecting this, and it only arrived in Pantos in the past two months. , but information about people whose power has grown rapidly.”
"One hundred and six men?" Ian's mouth twitched. Why don't you add two more to make up the total of one hundred and eight heroes?
"We have tried our best." Hazru said helplessly. He thought Ian was too little.
"Of course, I can tell." Ian sneered. The list was too outrageous, as if they had found everyone who even slightly matched the characteristics he mentioned.
It is indeed Illyrio's intelligence network in Pentos. Ian is basically certain that there are definitely players or agents brought to light by players.
But with so many people, the difficulty of verification also increases, and this list does not include those players who may exist and have managed to replace a certain player who was originally a Pentosian.
"Share with me some interesting things that happened in Pantos recently." Ian found that Hazru was sitting there alone and bored while he was reading the information, so he said.
As soon as Hazru heard this, he immediately started talking nonstop.
Most of the interesting stories are about the new city guards in Pentos. These mercenaries who rushed into Pentos smelling of money made the city run wild.
This made Ian feel ridiculous, because increasing the city's guards was a superficial self-consolation. If Drogo's KaLS was hostile to Pantos, even if Pantos increased the guards 10 times, it would not help.
Of course, this does not mean that Drogo can invade the city of Pentos.
On the contrary, the Dothraki did not have any siege weapons or experience in siege warfare. Even if Pentos did not increase a single guard, Drogo would never be able to capture the walls of Pentos.
But unlike the normal country with many cities and castles in Ian's previous life, the Free Trade City, a force that developed from a large area of land to support a huge city, faced the Dothraki who had no siege ability. , unable to resist.
Only when a country has enough cities and military towns, the nomads will be cautious about in-depth destruction and plunder. They need to worry that the defenders of the cities behind them that have not been captured will come out to poke their anus.
There are almost no cities or castles outside the Free Trade City, so Drogo can easily pour out his wrath on the villages and towns in the vast land east of Pentos. The land turned to scorched earth.
And after Pentos loses the support from the millions of farmers in the Great Plains, it will fall into chaos and decline even without Drogo's siege.
Therefore, the Pentos people actually have only two choices in front of the Dothraki, defeat the Dothraki in field battles or honestly pay the protection fee.
There is no point in increasing the city defense force because there will be no siege.
Ian thought as he continued to look through the information in his hand.
Suddenly, the appearance of a name almost made Ian jump out of his chair.
[Gini Taime, a businessman from Loras, came to Pentos two and a half months ago, and together with his small gang, made a small fortune in the port through some shady means.
Soon, they used the money to generate a greater fortune and even formed a large mercenary team.
Suspicious: Several Westeros who had tried to visit Governor Illyrio died under mysterious circumstances after being driven away, and the merchant and his companions were always near the death scene.
Current location: Unknown. The last public appearance of this person was half a month ago, at the Red Temple on the top of Pentos. 】
Doesn't this resume make him a proper player? Moreover, Ian, a player from the same country as himself, pulled this piece of paper out from a pile of information.
But, what the hell is this little black guy so arrogant? And he didn’t take me with him, ah, isn’t he afraid of a critical attack from me, a true fan?