Chapter 168 Rhapsody of Pentos (1)
"Congratulations, Your Highness." Looking at Hazan walking towards him, Ian smiled and greeted him, "You made that villain Suda pay the price."
"We made that villain Suda pay the price," Hazan corrected. "Without your help, I might be the one lying on the battlefield now."
The acting looks really good, Ian cursed.
Ian had previously learned from Celia that Hazan and the others had two plans for the outcome of this competition.
In order to avoid any clues being discovered by Illyrio, they decided that both sides would go all out during the recruitment process, and they would also fight for real during the game.
However, if Suda's side is going to win in the end, let the guards of the Prince's Palace rescue Hazan on the spot and prevent him from participating in the rest of the game. Then Governor Tetrus can call for a Great Council on the grounds that Hazan is ruining the game, and then trick Illyrio into going to the Council Palace for mediation.
If Hazan's side wins in the end, Hazan will publicly humiliate Suda and the entire Tetrus family in the battle. This allowed Governor Tetrus to use this reason to call for the Great Council and trick Illyrio into going to the Great Council Palace for mediation.
Considering that the former situation would damage Hazan's reputation and honor, they made an additional agreement to try to ensure the victory of Hazan's side if possible... Only then did Governor Tetrus personally reveal the news to Hazan scene.
"We are brothers, Your Highness." Ian responded to Hazan's enthusiasm, "By the way, just now Governor Tetrus"
"He asked me to go to the Palace of Parliament to publicly repent and apologize to them, and I know that." Hazan said noncommittally, "Don't worry, I know all of this."
"That's good," Ian nodded as if relieved.
"Then, can we discuss the commission first?" Ian then asked.
"Commission?" Hazan was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Ian to have such a philistine side, and then he laughed, "It's just a small amount of money. When you marry my sister, the future will be..."
"This is certainly a small amount of money for the Iron Bank," you have no future... Ian whispered in his heart, "but for us, especially His Majesty, it is already a very big sum of money. We They all participated in the war in the name of His Majesty Viserys. His Majesty told me this morning to hand it over to him as soon as I got the commission."
"Forget it, since it is His Majesty Viserys's wish, then please come with me." Hazan had never thought about defaulting on the debt, but because the civil war in Pentos was about to come, he planned to ask Ian after everything was over. As for payment, since Ian asked for it, it would be okay to give it to him directly.
So soon, Ian followed Hazan to the back garden of the Prince's Palace.
A few minutes later, Hazan asked his servant to fetch a small box.
"Here are gold bars worth 6,000 gold dragons," Hazan consciously paid three times Bronn's commission. "Of course, I am referring to the old gold dragons, not the ones cast after the new Lord Chancellor of Westeros took office. That garbage."
It’s no wonder that Hazan refers to the new golden dragons of the past two years as rubbish. Since the minting power of the Iron Throne was controlled by Petyr Baelish, the “Littlefinger”, the gold content of the newly minted golden dragons is less than half of the original.
Ian did not count the money in person. After all, it was impossible for someone like Hazan to be so small-minded as to tamper with such a small amount of money.
After he let Rohr take over the box, he said goodbye to Hazan: "Since there is nothing else, please allow me to leave. I don't want your Majesty to wait too long."
"Wait, Ian," Hazan stopped Ian, "In fact, I do have other things here. What do you think of Governor Illyrio?" he asked suddenly.
"Um" Ian blinked, as if he didn't understand what Hazan was talking about, "Why do you ask such a question? Is it related to the incident where I promised to help you convince Governor Illyrio to join our camp? "He pretended to be stupid.
"No," Hazan shook his head, "What I'm going to tell you next may be a bit shocking to you, but I hope you can listen to me patiently. This matter is also very beneficial to you. And no harm done.”
"What's going on?" I've already said it was shocking, and what I'm not going to tell you next is really shocking to you.
"I'm sorry I have to wait a while to tell you, but it's not the time yet. Maybe you can stay and finish lunch with us first."
"I can't refuse this request, right?"
"To be on the safe side... I can't, but I sincerely hope for your understanding."
The clouds in the sky were a bit thick and crowded in the sky, almost completely blocking the brilliance of the sun and making the sky look particularly dark.
Illyrio's luxurious four-wheeled carriage left his mansion and headed towards the Parliament Palace. There were 32 eunuch warriors guarding the carriage in front and behind it.
Just now, the herald of the Parliament Palace found him and told him that Governor Guerrero Tetrus chose to convene a Grand Council because his family was insulted by Prince Hazan and wanted to find Prince Trigg Mohali. Si and his son asked for an explanation.
The herald's attitude was very anxious, as if a civil war was about to descend on Pentos.
At the same time, many dignitaries of Pentos, including Governor Haukote and the prince himself, also sent envoys to Illyrio, hoping that he would preside over mediation.
After meeting these people, Illyrio quickly agreed, then ordered his servants to prepare the carriage and rushed to the Governor's Council with the herald.
"Lord Illyrio, I have rarely seen you so anxious." The herald said jokingly.
"Next week is the wedding of Princess Daenerys and Khal Drogo," Illyrio Mopatis sighed as he opened the purple velvet sedan curtain. "I hope there will be no trouble in Pentos City. "
"There shouldn't be any trouble," the herald shrugged. "Governor Tetrus just wants to regain some face. He has always been a strong person."
"What exactly happened? Please tell me in detail first." Illyrio picked a strawberry from the table in the sedan and stuffed it into his mouth. "Isn't it agreed upon from the beginning that the life-and-death contest was going on? ?Why does Hazan want to humiliate the Tetrus family?"
"The young man fell in love. Hazan actually asked Suda to kneel down in front of so many Pentos nobles, and finally deposed him without killing him. With the character of Governor Tetrus, how could he tolerate this? What's going on?" The herald's tone was helpless.
"I think this matter may not work even if you come to mediate it," the herald continued. "In this morning's contest, King Viserys's knights fought on Hazan's side for more than half of the battle. of.
And His Majesty Viserys's protector in Pentos is you, so there are rumors outside that you have formed an alliance with Prince Hazan, so Prince Hazan dared to provoke the Tetrus family so strongly. "
Hearing this, Illyrio's face froze, as if even the half-eaten strawberries no longer tasted good. He put the half strawberry in his hand back on the plate, remained silent for a long time, and finally said: "Damn it."
When the herald saw this, he stopped talking and silently turned his gaze out the window.
Then, under Illyrio's order, the coachman accelerated the pace of driving, and the gorgeous four-wheeled carriage galloped on the wide cobblestone avenue of Pentos, leaving a hurried back.