Chapter 173 Rhapsody of Pentos (6)
The carriage, escorted by a full 50 Unsullied people, passed the corner of Barrel Street.
Ian rode a tall maroon horse and rode in front of the carriage surrounded by knights. When he noticed the gaze of a familiar figure at the corner of the street, he gently opened a corner of the curtain of the carriage beside him, letting the other person see the silver-haired boy and girl in the carriage, and then nodded to him.
Afterwards, the group of people gathered at this street corner quickly dispersed in all directions.
Governor Tetrus himself was no longer as calm and confident as before. He strode off the podium in a panic and walked towards Prince Trigg's seat. He wanted to question Trigg why he betrayed him.
There were no guards in the parliament hall of the Parliament Palace, so naturally no one stopped Governor Tetrus. He came to Prince Trigg who was wiping his sweat unimpeded, grabbed his collar, and roared: "What are you doing?" What do you mean? This is all your arrangement?"
"No, it's not." Trigg shook his head quickly and said hoarsely, "This is his trick!"
"Then clarify it quickly! Clarify it to them! Tell your people that we are our allies!" Governor Tetrus said through gritted teeth, not caring about alarming Illyrio.
"Oh! Yes, to clarify, I can just uh-huh." The prince, who was stood up by Tetrus, was just halfway through his words when he suddenly foamed at the mouth and fell down with a purple face.
"Your Highness?" A member of parliament stood up.
"It's him! I saw it! It was Governor Tetrus who murdered His Highness the Prince!" The member of Parliament closest to the Prince's seat began to shout.
"Murderer! Murderer!"
"He killed His Highness the Prince!"
"Tetrus is here to avenge his son!"
"Murder! Murder!"
"guard!"
"Come here! Take him down!" Voices rang out one after another in the council hall.
Governor Tetrus held Trigg who suddenly fell on him. Confused, he put his hand under his nose. After confirming that he was not breathing, he was about to defend himself loudly.
Suddenly, he saw a poisonous needle on Trigg's neck.
Governor Tetrus suddenly raised his head and saw the ceremonial officer who had just stepped out of the procession holding a silver whip - he had a joking smile on his face.
He has been standing behind Prince Trigg!
In an instant, Governor Tetrus realized something. He looked back at Illyrio's position, and Illyrio nodded to him with an indifferent expression.
It's him?
"It's impossible," Governor Tetrus murmured. "It's impossible. He's striking first? It's impossible. How could he know? How could he know?"
Our plans were kept so closely guarded, how could he know? A cry of despair erupted in Guerrero Tetrus' heart.
"Illyrio!" Governor Tetrus couldn't accept this reality. He roared, pulled out the poisonous needle from Trigg's neck, and then rushed towards Illyrio.
Unfortunately, before he could act, the MPs had already summoned the guards guarding the Palace of Parliament into the hall. As soon as Governor Tetrus walked down the steps of the prince's seat, he was pushed to the ground by the guards who swarmed up.
"Tie him up and we prepare to begin the trial!" Illyrio announced loudly.
Later, Illyrio couldn't help but think of the plan proposed by Ian yesterday.
It was an idea that even he, a political veteran, couldn't help but admire - using the rumors about 'Illyrio and Hazan's alliance' that emerged when Yada and others participated in the tournament for Hazan to create an information gap in the Great Council.
Because the alliance between Hazan and the Tetrus family needs to be kept absolutely confidential from Illyrio, there is no way they can tell the news to the allies of these small families below.
And the reason why Governor Tetrus convened the Grand Council was to 'ask the prince and his son for an explanation'. Therefore, in the eyes of the vast majority of the congressmen, Hazan and Illyrio were allies, while the Tetrus family was the enemy.
Taking advantage of this information gap, Illyrio and Ian discussed it all night and worked out a complete plan for today.
Illyrio first asked the little mice to spread the news of his alliance with the prince overnight, further strengthening his 'alliance' with Hazan.
Then he contacted Prince Trigg's ceremonial officer, who had already been bribed by him, and sent him a poisonous needle.
Illyrio ordered the Master of Ceremonies to kill Prince Trigg at the most passionate moment of Governor Tetrus's performance, so that they could blame the murder of the prince on the Tetrus family, and let the uninformed Bra in the Great Council Vossian MPs voted guilty at the trial of Governor Tetrus.
Later, Illyrio will personally elect Hazan as the next prince, and ask the parliament to give the prince greater practical power, thereby further confirming that 'he and Hazan are allies'.
After the sons of Governor Tetrus received the news announced by the Grand Council, they must have concluded that their father had been betrayed by Hazan. By then, their army and Hazan's army had already converged in the XC area. , a conflict will immediately break out between them.
At the same time, in order to ensure that the Tetrus family can win in the internal strife.
Illyrio deployed all his forces in the XC area in the buildings along Hazan's offensive route.
This will not only reduce Hazan's troops, but also allow them to come out again to block Hazan's retreat after the armies of Hazan and the Tetrus family merge.
Thus giving the angry sons of Governor Tetrus the opportunity to kill Hazan.
After this is over, Illyrio can integrate the remaining forces of the leaderless Braavos party, and work with the old governor Lotalus who controls the First Standard Guard to eradicate the remaining forces of the Tetrus family.
If the plan goes well, in the end Illyrio will not only eliminate all his political enemies in Pentos, but also pass the blame for Hazan's death to the Tetrus family, making it impossible for the Iron Bank to hold him accountable, at least openly. .
The XC area has become a mess.
Shortly after Ian successfully brought the Targaryen brothers and sisters out of Illyrio's mansion, the troops gathered in the north and south city entered the west city under the leadership of Prince Hazan and the eldest son of Governor Tetrus.
Although the military forces in the XC area, including the city guard, chamber of commerce militia, and port guards, had stepped up their alert due to the impending civil war, Illyrio did not inform them in advance because he did not want to alert the enemy.
So these people don't know that both sides of the civil war are actually coming against them.
Therefore, not long after the battle broke out, Illyrio's forces lost control of the entire XC area, and all retreated to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters and Illyrio's residences, and began to wait for reinforcements.
'Black Falcon' Dorian and Bronn followed Ian's instructions. After receiving the attack order from Marthe Tetrus, they did not execute it. Instead, they took a detour to the port and occupied After arriving at an inn, he waited for Ian's next order.
"Who the hell can tell me what happened?" Bronn complained while pouring wine into his mouth. "Just this morning when I went to the Prince's Palace to participate in the tournament, the Tetrus family and Hazan The princes are still enemies of life and death. Now it’s quite interesting. Marthe Tetrus ordered us to cooperate with Prince Hazan to attack Governor Illyrio. What are they doing?”
"Be patient, my friend." Dorian the Black Falcon shrugged, "Why do you care so much? Sir Lucian asked us to wait here, we can just wait. Once his order arrives, we will Work, get paid, and enjoy life, it’s all that simple.”
"It's like this morning's game. What am I talking about? Just do whichever side Sir Lucian tells you to fight for. What's the result? Didn't Prince Hazan's side win directly with an overwhelming advantage? Think about it. I think it’s not a bad thing if you choose Su Da’s 1,000 gold dragon, because then I will have to collect your commission on your behalf.”
"You bastard. Wait, the order is coming." Bronn wanted to curse, but when he saw the familiar falcon, he immediately patted Dorian on the shoulder.
Dorian quickly stepped forward and took the letter off the falcon's leg, and then watched the falcon fly into the sky again.
"What does it say?" Bronn asked eagerly.
"Twenty minutes later, they began to spread the news in all the inns near the port that the Pantos Governor's Council had ordered the confiscation of all ships in the port, and set fire to the streets near the port."
"Would those captains and sailors believe such ridiculous news?" Bronn couldn't help but ask.
"If it's worthy of this war, it will."
"Okay, so what then?"
"Don't worry, there is still the second half of the letter." Dorian said, unfolding the envelope.