The principal criminal was publicly pronounced and hanged on the gallows, followed by ordinary maids and women working in the entertainment industry, many of whom did not even leave their names.
After Robert and the nobles returned to Highgarden City, the people swarmed around the criminals. Some began to remove the clothes of the corpses, and some used knives to cut off certain parts of the corpses.
The Seven Gods Religion is the state religion of the Seven Kingdoms, and some strange customs have been preserved in various places. For example, eating a certain part can replenish that part. The bodies of the men and women who were hanged on the gallows were already mutilated in less than half a day.<
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"Pycelle is so confused!" Barristan, who was on the high tower, looked at the surging crowd in the suburbs and said to Varys beside him.
"He is older, and the king may not die so quickly from this disease. He wants to ignore these things before he dies of old age, but can this disease be concealed with today's medical level?" Wallis answered.
, the two of them had worked with Pycelle for many years, and had worked for two kings, that is, two dynasties. They had a close friendship with Pycelle even if they were not good friends. The two of them felt sorry for his death.
Barristan: "Not only Highgarden, but also many people will die in King's Landing."
"Yesterday's letter from the king ordered the messenger crow not to fly back to King's Landing so quickly. Now the golden robes should still be arresting the liar who pretended to be the queen and prince!"
Varys was thinking carefully about the details in his mind, whether Queen Cersei and Joffrey were really dead or fake, whether the mysterious disappearance of several Kingsguards back then was related to this matter, and the most important thing is that this matter can actually
Hidden from his own intelligence network! The more Varys thought about it, the more he felt that there were several invisible forces in King's Landing.
The longer he engages in intelligence, the more suspicious he becomes. Varys's thinking is very divergent. His current method of doing things is to first think of various forces and then send people to investigate, rather than making inferences based on intelligence. He has unknowingly let himself enter a world where
A big taboo in intelligence work is that these two methods must be carried out mutually and cannot be biased to either side.
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On the second night of the execution in High Court in the Reach, the current Commander-in-Chief of the Golden Robes, Sir Jacelyn "Iron Hand" Bywater, was leading three hundred of his men to capture the impostor pretending to be the late queen.
Jacelyn was a sideline member of the royal noble Bywater family. Greyjoy was still a young man when he rebelled and went to the battlefield. Due to his bravery in battle, he was canonized as a knight by Robert and was assigned to serve in the capital garrison.
He became the captain of the Dragon Gate through his own efforts.
As a result, the former commander's corruption was discovered during Witte's tenure as acting prime minister. Jeslin, who was loyal and performed well, and was still in his prime, was promoted to commander-in-chief by Robert.
The golden robes will not travel with the king's parade. The king's safety is handled by the Red Castle Guard, and the Capital Guard is mainly responsible for the city defense and security of King's Landing.
Jon Snow, who had just been promoted to deputy commander, took half a year's leave to further his studies in Tyrosh. After returning, his future would be limitless. But this kind of opportunity was something he could not envy. Jacelin confirmed that he had no magical talent. So Jon Snow
When En was away, he took the initiative to take on the job of deputy commander, hoping to deepen his relationship with Jon.
It actually doesn't take that many people to catch criminals in a narrow alley. If there are too many people, they won't be able to squeeze in. Three hundred people are enough to seal the alley intersections around the house, and then 50 people can be drawn from them to rush into the house to arrest people.
, this scale has far exceeded the daily specifications. If it hadn't been for the king's personal order, there would be no need to bring so many people.
In order to quickly hunt down criminals, the City Guard also kept a small number of horses in the military camp in the city. The number was only about fifty in total.
"Iron Hand" Jacelin is riding on a tall white horse, holding the reins with his left hand and walking at the front of the team. The prosthetic hand of his right hand is resting on the saddle. It is inconvenient to use a sword since his right hand was cut off. Now he uses a
The same style warhammer that Robert had in his early years, the warhammer was hung on the saddle.
"Humphrey, take a group of people around to the back door!"
"Understood, but after we capture someone, are we going to support the other brothers?" Humphrey Weishui, the current garrison captain of Dragon Gate, replied, and several other captains followed the commander-in-chief on horseback.
Jacelin: "No, it won't take much effort to catch them just as thieves. These two liars are the people the king cares about the most. Go quickly."
"Teams five and six, follow me!" Humphrey shouted behind him, leading about a hundred people and running towards a small alley.
There have always been thieves in King's Landing. Since the king took away a large number of officials and nobles on patrol, these people have only housekeepers, guards, attendants and maids living in the houses in the city.
In the past, Witte arrested the criminals in the city and sent them to the army, but there was always an endless supply of thieves. The wealth was so exciting that they came again and again. Nowadays, a large number of mansions in King's Landing have no owners, and many of them come from outside the city.
The thieves began to do business in the city, specializing in stealing valuable jewelry and golden dragons, and it usually took a long time before the housekeepers found out.
Jeslin, who has worked in Jinpaozi for so many years and has dealt with all kinds of religions for a long time, is well aware of the tricks involved. When a piece of jewelry is stolen, the housekeeper will usually say that two pieces are missing when he reports the crime. What's more, it's not even what they took.
There is no such thing as a thief.
So these are the family affairs of the nobles, and the city guard does not need to investigate and intervene in depth. They are leisurely and finally waited for the king's big task today.
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"Where are we going!" Cersei, who was wearing a black robe, didn't want to leave, so she stopped and asked Sandor, the hound leading the way.
At this time, this woman is still going crazy. Sandor turned around with a ferocious expression: "Your and Duny's identities have been exposed. Now the golden robe is coming to arrest you soon. If you don't leave, will you stay and wait to die?" "Hahaha, did Robert order to arrest me? Is he going to execute me again after he catches me?" After hearing the arrest by the golden robe, Cersei continued to taunt, but her feet that stopped started to move towards Sandor.
Go.
Donny was also standing by and asked Sandor: "Robert is really going to kill us?"
This is not obvious. You have been hiding in the West for so many years without knowing it? Sandor thought so in his heart but dared not say this: "The king's order is to catch liars, and you two are now liars pretending to be the late queen and prince!"
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Hearing this, Cersei was so angry that she couldn't speak, and her whole body began to shake. Duny pointed at herself and shouted: "What! Am I a liar?"
It was important to escape now. Sandor walked over in two steps and grabbed Duny's arm and dragged him away: "There is no time to explain. All seven gates of King's Landing are closed. Our people are at the steel gate on the west. This is the only way we can get out.
, follow me quickly!"
People who came to King's Landing with official status had already left the house early, such as Lancel and several other Lannister girls, who were members of the caravan from the West to King's Landing. Only Cersei and Dorsey needed to leave the city secretly.
The two of them.
The people following Sandor were not only Cersei and Duny, but also a dozen knights and guards in the mansion who followed him. It was Sandor's decision to let these guards follow him. He knew that this journey would definitely not be smooth. If necessary, he would need to
Sacrifice these people to delay the pursuers.
At this moment, the street behind started to get noisy.
Sandor and others looked back and saw that the mansion where they lived was all lit up by torches. Countless golden robes rushed into the house but could not find anyone. Now they were calling for teams to search. Team after team of people started to search.
Search in nearby streets and alleys centered around houses.
"Don't make a sound, just follow me!" Sandor pulled down his hood and led everyone forward in the alley.
Cersei also began to get nervous, but she still talked to her son to encourage herself: "Don't worry, Duny, we will definitely not die in King's Landing."
Duny was walking half-crouched behind Cersei. Seeing that his mother was so sure, he wanted to know the reason: "Why?"
Cersei said with certainty: "All the four prophecies that the Toad Witch made about me back then have come true, so the last fifth prophecy about my death should also be true, so I won't die here!" Due to Veidt and Odawein, more and more people are learning High Valyrian. This language is difficult to understand and difficult to learn, but it is easy to find someone who can learn from these people and translate a few words. Cersei
Someone translated the words in Toad Witch's last prophecy.
The content of the prophecy is: They (the three children) will use gold as their crowns and gold as their shrouds. One day in the future, when you are drowned in tears, your brothers will strangle your pale neck and take away your life. The translated word is "brother". The three children are still young and it is unclear. Now Jaime and Tyrion are not here, so Cersei thinks she will definitely not die this time.
"Who is over there!" A loud shout came from the corner of the alley.
It’s over! There were too many people crossing the intersection and they were discovered by the golden robes.
Sandor was extremely nervous, but he still refrained from drawing his sword. He stood up, took off his hood and walked towards the golden robe, forcing a smile, "We are merchants from outside the city. We want to go out tonight, but you are patrolling everywhere.
."
Sandor took off the money bag from his waist and asked for the money bag from the knights around him. There were five golden robes here. After a few glances, Sandor stuffed the seven or eight money bags into the front seat.
In the hand of Jinpaozi: "The tax on our goods is very high, so we quietly transported some goods into the city."
While Sandor was speaking, he circled three fingers on his right hand and pointed his little finger and ring finger straight at the ground. This meant walking by water. Sandor wanted to disguise himself and his group as merchants engaged in maritime smuggling. The crime of smuggling was caused by
The tax official came to investigate, but the warriors like Jinpaozi couldn't figure out the twists and turns inside.
All the five golden robes saw Sandor's movements. They looked at each other. The man who took the money weighed the weight of the purse in his hand, and then nodded to the four companions. After receiving the response from his companions, he pointed
Sandor smiled at Sandor from an alley on the side and said: "As long as the goods are not inspected by the tax officials, it is not called smuggling! You go to the steel gate and take this road, there are fewer people."
"Thank you, sir!"
Sandor lowered his head to thank and then raised his hand to beckon the people behind him to move quickly. When the group passed by the five golden robes, they did not draw their swords and only looked at the group of them with their eyes.
After everyone entered a dark alley, Sandor, who was standing guard, turned back and nodded to the five golden robes, who also waved to him.
Sandor quickly caught up with Cersei and others. After turning right and left in the alley, he discovered that the alley here was a dead end!
At this time, there were dense footsteps outside the alley, the sound of steel boots hitting the ground, and the shout of the man in the golden robe just now: "The fugitive we are chasing is in this alley. Whether he lives or lives, he deserves great credit!"
Brothers, charge!"
"There are national laws and regulations. The local soldiers are so rude!" Sandor heard a familiar voice and was very angry that this man was accepting money and not doing anything.
"What should we do now?" Cersei also panicked. She was touching the wall with her hands to see if there was any place to climb, but the shortest place here was nearly three meters high.
It was time for the guards in the house to play their role. Before the fight started, Sandor began to command them: "Let's set up a ladder and get them two up first! Quick!"
The knights brought by Sandor have better martial arts and physical strength, and most of them are knights and nobles. The guards of the house can only serve as their meat pads first, and then they can go up after the nobles have climbed up the city wall.
"Catch them!" Jinpaozi entered the alley. When he saw the fugitives climbing the wall, he quickly drew his sword and rushed over.
"Ah~~!" A flying ax struck into the back of a knight. He just climbed to the top of the wall with his hands and did not dare to relax. He endured the severe pain and reached out to grab Donny's trouser leg: "Sir Donny
Help me!"
Cersei had climbed over the wall and landed on the ground. Duny hesitated for a long time on top, not daring to jump. Just when he was about to make up his mind, someone pulled his trouser leg. Duny looked at the knight at his feet with disgust: "Don't you have the skills?"
Well, climb up by yourself!"
"I..." No one was wearing armor when they ran away. The flying ax directly hit the knight's lungs. As the blood poured into his lungs, he gradually became speechless and could only hold on to Donny tightly.
This life-saving straw.
"Get away!" Donnie kicked a few times and found that he couldn't break free. There were pursuers coming from behind. He immediately drew out the long sword on his waist and chopped off the knight's hand.
Donnie is almost an adult and has been training with James for a while. It is no problem to cut down a person who cannot move.
"Uh!" The knight dropped his hand and raised his hand. He grunted in pain before his hands fell away, and he fell into the alley.
This knight came from the Suffield family and had been with Donny for almost seven years. He cut off the knight's arm cleanly with one knife, but this scene chilled the other knights who had followed Donny for many years. p>
"Ignore them, all follow me!" Sandor immediately added when he saw someone still wanted to save.
This high wall not only blocked the escape route, but also temporarily blocked the pursuit of the golden robes, giving the hunting dog a chance to escape to the steel gate with the remaining people.
The captain of the defense at the Iron Gate is Sir Oswell Kettleblack, an unknown nobleman from Wangling. His three sons also work under him.
Sandor's face was easy to recognize, but Oswell had gray hair and no dull brain. After recognizing Sandor, he asked his son to open the city gate.
"Who are you?" Sandor was on guard. He didn't understand why the golden robe helped him. It was dark and he couldn't distinguish the other party carefully.
"I work for Tywin!" Oswell immediately answered their questions. The city gate was opened to a small gap that allowed one person to get out, and he quickly called everyone out of the city.
Tywin has been the Prime Minister of King's Landing for decades. Even if he leaves, the forces he developed in the past will remain in King's Landing. This time Tywin made a request to save the Oswell family at the cost of being wanted. The compensation afterwards will naturally be considerable.
Generous.
A few hundred meters outside the steel gate was Blackwater Bay. Seeing Oswell and his three sons following him, Sandor looked at him doubtfully.
Oswell took the initiative to explain: "Because we wanted to open the city gate, my sons and I have killed several golden robes."
Sandor nodded and asked again: "Is there a ship to pick you up?"
The old man's second son, Osfry Kettleblack, took over: "Sir Adam Malbrand's ship has been parked here for a few days!"
Sandor: "Shall we take a boat back to the West?"
Osfli: "We can't go back to the west, let's go to the north first!"