Chapter 169 Rhapsody of Pentos (2)
"Wait a minute, Your Highness, let me calm down for a moment," Ian waved his hand to Hazan, "I can't calm down for a while."
"Of course." Hazan guessed that Ian would react like this after he told him his complete plan.
Ian pretended to think deeply for a few minutes, and then asked: "How sure are you?"
"Hahaha," Ian's cooperative attitude surprised Hazan, which meant that he didn't have to spend extra effort to convince Ian. "Ten percent," he answered confidently.
"Then what happens after that? After we deal with it," Ian paused, without saying the name, "and eradicate his influence?"
"Then, of course, the Grand Council will be reconvened. As long as Governor Rotalus's First Standard Guard does not join the battle immediately, we will be able to convene a new Grand Council to rule on this matter as soon as we resolve everything.
And after Illyrio's death, his originally loose alliance will fall apart in an instant. All neutrals and fence-sitters in the parliament will not hesitate to fall to our new alliance and acquit us of our actions. ticket.
After waiting for the judgment of the Great Council, the Governor of Rotalus, who adheres to tradition, can no longer hold on to this matter and become our enemy. Pentos found peace again. "
"Okay, I have another question," Ian held out another finger, "Why does Governor Guerrero Tetrus cooperate with you so much? You were originally enemies, weren't you? Just by the power of the flames, phantom."
"Only based on the illusion in the fire?" Unexpectedly, Hazan interrupted Ian rudely, "The Red God has not given us revelations through fire for hundreds of years. If Pentos was not in danger of destruction this time, the Red God would God may not warn us in advance, even the Supreme Priest of Pentos himself claimed that this was a miracle! It is the Red God who is saving us!"
Well, I will never understand the psychology of a believer, Ian complained. Maybe when I have more points in my hand, I should really buy a copy of the magic of the seven gods. What is the name of that book? The art of incitement?
"So, what happens after saving Pantos? How will the cooperation between us and the Tetrus family develop? A second civil war?" Ian thought for a while and asked.
"No," Hazan shook his head, "Pantos can't stand another torture. In order to ensure Governor Tetrus and our alliance, this time we actually made a considerable compromise with him. About Upper Luo A large pastoral area on the border between Braavos and Pentos control in the River En Valley."
"I remember" Ian suddenly remembered something, "It seems that I first heard that the Tetrus family wanted to join the Haukate family to join the Braavos party, but the Iron Bank refused to meet his conditions. .”
"Yes, it was a blackmail job offered by a lion. We rejected him without thinking at that time. This time we really had no choice. We met half of his conditions. After all, we have to deal with the common enemy Illyrio. Let’s take a step back.”
"Okay, I have no problem." Ian took a deep breath and shook his head, "Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"
Illyrio's carriage arrived in front of the palace of the Governor's Council, and the captain of the city guard who was responsible for guarding came to greet him personally.
The outer walls of the Parliament Palace are made of white marble. The huge arches are large enough for 20 cavalry to pass side by side. The Governor's Council deployed 50 well-equipped guards under the door.
They wore white scale armor and were equipped with halberds, long swords and shields. These people were not the Unsullied eunuch army favored by the Free Trade City, but an honor guard composed entirely of Pentos freemen.
This honor guard has a total of 200 people and is stationed in the Parliament Palace, which is the core of power in Pentos. It is directly led by the Grand Council. Of course, in the Parliament Palace in the center of Pentos, which has been at peace for 91 years, it has never seen blood. No one knows how effective this army is.
Illyrio's carriage stopped for a moment at the gate. He opened the sedan curtain and looked around. After finding nothing unusual, he ordered the coachman to move on.
No one was suspicious, because in the thousands of years of history of Pentos, there had never been a precedent for the Palace of Parliament being invaded by soldiers, and Illyrio had no reason to be vigilant.
So, his carriage set off again, passed through the main square under the leadership of two honor guard cavalry, and stopped in front of the door of the Parliament Hall.
After getting off the carriage, Illyrio found that the carriages of several other governors had already arrived. He did not linger and walked directly to the palace door. After two halberd-wielding guards pushed the red painted door open, he stepped inside.
The first thing Illyrio saw after entering the door was Prince Trigg Moharis sitting on the throne. In front of him stood three officials in charge of the ceremony, holding gold scales symbolizing trade and steel symbolizing war. The long sword and the silver whip symbolizing justice.
After he and Prince Trigg nodded to each other, they found their seats and sat down.
More than half of the 40 family representatives have arrived now, and the members of the circular conference hall are clearly divided into four factions.
They are the Braavos party headed by the Prince family and the Haukt family, the Volantis party headed by the Tetrus family and the Morn family, and Illyrio, who have almost a monopoly. The Trade Governor faction of Pentos Sea and the so-called Neutral Councilors who are not allied with any Governor.
The congressmen were not mentally prepared for the sudden summons, so they were all asking their acquaintances about the current situation.
Illyrio said nothing, waiting for the members who had not yet arrived to take their seats, when today's parliament would officially begin.
Led by the two Unsullied, Ian arrived outside the dormitory of Viserys and Daenerys. Their brother and sister also lived in a separate building.
There are a total of 12 Unsullied people standing guard inside and outside this building, and the security is very high.
"What is His Majesty the King doing?" Ian came to Viserys' door and asked the guard.
"I don't know, your majesty has never come out." The captain of the Unsullied, who had two spikes on the top of his helmet, replied.
"Let us in." Ian ordered.
Immediately, the four Unsullied standing at the door stepped aside, and one of them helped Ian open the door. Before Illyrio left, he had handed over the command of the mansion to Mills. Mills In their absence, the Unsullied obey Ian's orders.
Celia, Yada, and Keith followed Ian's footsteps into it, walked through the long corridor, and walked into the dim living room.
Celia looked around and found no one, so she immediately pulled Ian and asked in a low voice: "Why does Illyrio trust you so much? He even gave you the command of the Unsullied?"
"This is just as suspicious as why Hazan trusts you so much. After all, we haven't been idle in the past two months, haven't we?" Ian responded in a low voice, and then clapped his hands, "Mr. Mills, I'm here to pick you up. "
Immediately, another door in the living room was pushed open, and Illyrio's butler Mills and two Unsullied came in with a pair of boys and girls.
"That's the substitute we found for the Targaryen brothers and sisters," Ian explained to Celia in a low voice. "They all have Valyrian blood, and they are basically the same height and figure as the Targaryen brothers and sisters. Consistent, maybe you can see the difference between them and the Targaryen brothers and sisters if you look closely, but you will never see any clues if you look at them from a distance."
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