Chapter 151 Hazan’s Purpose
"A great warrior, you gave me another surprise. The one Jorah just killed was a slave warrior I bought in Reese before. Originally, I had high hopes for him." Hazan also joined many noble young people in the arena. There was applause.
He also gave me a surprise. Ian complained, and then said naturally: "If he is not the strongest warrior, how can I recommend him to you?"
"Okay," Ian shrugged, not giving Hazan a chance to continue chatting. "Since my friend has passed the assessment, please allow me to take my leave first. I can't wait to convince Lord Illyrio. Then I will officially marry my sister."
"Of course, please do it," Hazan said, handing Ian an invitation letter, "Bring this with you. With this, you and your companions can freely enter and leave the Prince's Palace. The game the day after tomorrow will be held in the Prince's Palace. ."
"I'll be there as scheduled." Ian nodded in agreement, then stood up to leave.
"Wait a minute Ian," Celia, who had been silent for a long time, unexpectedly stopped her, "Don't forget to come to the Red Temple to find me tomorrow, as you promised."
"Okay, beautiful lady." Ian took the little hand that Celia handed to him and placed a gentle kiss on the green-white fingertips.
Afterwards, he left the underground arena with Darren and others.
"What do you think of his performance just now," Hazan said in a low voice after Ian left. "When our plan starts to be implemented, will he stand on our side?"
"I'm not always as accurate as you in judging people, but no matter what, his interests are the greatest by cooperating with us. As long as he is smart enough." Delif smiled and said, "He has no reason to reject us."
"You agree with me," Hazan nodded, and then said to Celia, "To be on the safe side, try to capture him tomorrow."
"Okay, dear brother." Celia nodded obediently, and then asked, "What if he puts up his pants and doesn't recognize anyone?"
"Then detain him after the martial arts tournament. When everything is settled, he will have no choice." Hazan paused, "But I really don't want that to happen. After all, active alliance and forced Cooperation is always different.”
After returning to the room, Ian took out a piece of paper and began to list in detail everything and everyone he could think of related to Hazan, and then connected the relevant parts with lines.
He was thinking about what kind of plan Hazan had behind his abnormal enthusiasm for him.
First and most importantly, this conspiracy is not against you. At least you will not be in danger because of this conspiracy.
Because I have tested it before using the bug of the optional mission, Celia is not hostile to me, and she is Hazan's sister, so their plan should be the same.
Suddenly, Ian raised his head. Is it possible that Hazan did not tell Celia about the part of the plan that targeted him, causing a settlement error in the system?
Thinking of this, Ian called Rohr in to be on the safe side, designed a "Hazan's Conspiracy" script with the same logic as "The Conspiracy of the Red-robed Woman", and then tested it.
Originally, Ian wanted to use Hazan to try to clear [Difficulty] level tasks, but Hazan's over-enthusiasm and many other factors prevented Ian from finding the opportunity.
And the number of optional tasks he saved this month came in handy at this moment.
The results of the test came out quickly. Just like before, the task was immediately resolved, and the difficulty was still judged as [Easy].
Not caring about the loss in rewards, Ian breathed a sigh of relief, because this meant that Hazan was indeed not hostile to him.
Then, the next question becomes, what value do I have in Hazan that makes him eager to get married?
First of all, rule out the possibility that he wants to win over Illyrio through himself, because Hazan's attitude clearly shows that he is not interested in winning over Illyrio.
In other words, after excluding Illyrio as a factor, he still has great use value for Hazan.
Have you shown any strength worthy of Hazan at this moment? Ian didn't think so. Before Viserys gave him his surname, he was just an 'illegitimate son of a declining family wandering in a foreign land'.
At this moment, although he has become what Viserys calls the 'Hand of the King', he does not have any real power.
Except for a few thugs and Viserys's trust, Ian has nothing, but what's the use of Viserys's trust?
What was the value of his trust when he would be doused with gold by Khal Drogo shortly after arriving in Vaes Dothraki for offending Daenerys?
Thinking of this, Ian was suddenly stunned, and the hand holding the quill hovered in mid-air.
What would have happened if this stupid dragon hadn't died? Ian suddenly thought.
I have no power to stop Dany from marrying the Horse King, but I am fully capable of stopping Viserys from provoking Daenerys. As long as I stabilize this angry stupid dragon, what will happen next?
As long as Viserys doesn't seek death, sooner or later he will get Khal Drogo's 'return gift' - the iron chair on the other side of the Narrow Sea!
And if the Dothraki want to attack Westeros, where is the most suitable place to be their forward base?
Pentos!
value! Ian suddenly understood his own value, what he had always suspected and searched for, Prince Hazan was eager to make friends with his own value, and that value lay in Viserys.
Ian found that he had prejudged Viserys earlier, believing that he was worthless because he knew he would seek death.
But Hazan doesn't think so. From Hazan's point of view, it is inevitable for Viserys to obtain a powerful army, and it is not impossible to counterattack Westeros.
Then, it would be of great significance to make friends with myself, the future star of Westeros, in advance.
To a certain extent, this makes sense.
But coupled with Hazan's attitude towards Illyrio... it doesn't make sense anymore, Ian thought and shook his head again.
Hazan's several subconscious performances indicate that he has little interest or hope in winning over Illyrio, but there is a set of paradoxes here.
First of all, it is theoretically impossible that Hazan is not interested in this, because getting Illyrio's support is equivalent to giving his uncle a guaranteed victory in the next Sea King election, which is their core interest.
But there is also a problem with not having hope, because when I told Hazan, ‘I will marry your sister after convincing Illyrio,’ Hazan agreed readily.
If Hazan was convinced that he could not persuade Illyrio to join his side, wouldn't making this promise mean that his marriage to his sister had failed?
Then why is he so enthusiastic about marrying me? Is it fun? impossible.
In this way, all of Hazan's actions seem unexplainable, unless...
He wants to deal with Illyrio! Even kill Illyrio! A thunder exploded in Ian's mind.
If Illyrio is going to be a dead man in Hazan's plan, it makes sense that he is not interested in winning over Illyrio. Who would be interested in a dead man?
At the same time, because Illyrio is gone, his promise to 'marry Illyrio's sister after successfully wooing him' will automatically expire, and this promise needs to expire before he leaves Pentos, so Only then can he marry his sister. In other words, Hazan's time to take action may be just before Ma Wang's wedding.
The point is, this gives Hazan one more important reason to win over him - he needs someone to stabilize Daenerys after he kills Illyrio, so as to prevent Daenerys from becoming Illyrio. Thoughts of revenge.
You must know that once Daenerys marries Drogo, her will will have extremely destructive power for Pantos. At this time, Hazan needs someone who can gain Daenerys's trust to prevent her possible anger.
For this reason, it is more reasonable for Hazan to be willing to marry his sister to him to gain his understanding and support. After all, he is still Illyrio's subordinate. If Hazan is unwilling to spend money, how can he ensure that he will support him? What about him?
Looking at the relationship diagram in his hand, Ian calmed down.
Although this reasoning sounds too bold, it perfectly explains Hazan's logical chain from purpose to behavior, which makes Ian have to believe that this may be the truth.
And this truth leads to two series of questions.
First, it is related to the players - in the original book, Illyrio did not have any problems during the wedding of King Ma, so if Hazan really has a plan to deal with Illyrio, then there must be players who exert influence on it.
Who is that player? How did he do it? What is his purpose? Since he could exert such a great influence on Hazan, why didn't he use Hazan's hand to kill him?
Second, how will Hazan deal with Illyrio?
Assassination is impossible. Illyrio's guard level will not leave such a loophole at all, unless it is a faceless man. But to kill someone of Illyrio's level, even Hazan's mother may not be able to. Can afford to hire the Faceless Man.
A forceful attack is even more impossible. Steward Mills said before that most of the city guards in Pentos City are in the hands of an old governor who 'sticks to order'. It is impossible for that old governor to allow a blatant attack on a governor. Such behavior.
The number of officers in the remaining Guards, Braavos, Volantis, and Illyrio parties is basically the same.
As for the 2,000 additional mercenaries that Pentos added to defend against the Dothraki this time, the command was evenly divided among the three parties. It can be said that Hazan did not have any advantage in the strength of his troops.
He wanted to succeed unless it was an ambush or a sneak attack, but Illyrio came from an intelligence background.
There are Illyrio's spies in the streets and alleys of Pentos. As soon as Hazan takes action against Illyrio, Illyrio will immediately get the news, so ambushes and sneak attacks are impossible.
More importantly, Hazan is now facing a life-and-death battle with Sudar Tetrus. The conflict between them and the Volantis Party has reached a fevered stage. Why would he dare to fight against Illyri? Ou's attention?
This is one against three. Unless the purple ship fleet lands directly at the port of Pentos, Hazan's chance of winning is basically zero.
But the problem is that in the party struggle in Braavos, the purple ship fleet belongs to the forces of the commander supported by Sea King and Illyrio. These two are also Hazan's opponents...
Ian thought for a long time and walked out of the room.
He had a rough guess, but he still needed to confirm something.