Chapter 241 Peter
The sultry heat brought by the midsummer has been shrouding the entire King's Landing, making the city's already stinky air even more unpleasant.
The climate in Westeros is irregular. The current summer has lasted for several years, and it is getting hotter as it lasts longer. As a result, people in the city have to run to the port area to blow the cool wind or jump into the sea to take a bath during the hottest time of the day.
There are more people blowing the cool wind, and few people taking a bath, because the water source in the port area of King's Landing is very turbid and contains a lot of excrement.
The large flow of people not only brings a certain degree of chaos, but also many additional "products", such as the capital garrison, which is called the Golden Robe by the people, has a lot of supervisors assigned here, and for example, many monks take the opportunity to preach doctrine here.
"Targaryens are born guilty! Now they have betrayed the gods in heaven, and the seven hells have left enough space for them! Yes, the gods in heaven have been watching all this, and we..."
A high and angry voice sounded in the crowd squatting on the ground, and countless eyes were focused. An old monk in a brown-gray robe was standing in the scorching sun with his hands raised high, and his face was full of excitement as he gave a speech against the Targaryen family.
The believers of the Seven Gods attach great importance to the monk class, not to mention the lack of entertainment in this era, so many people who are not pious can't help but look at this person and treat it as a drama.
Of course, there are relatively few such people. Most civilians are listening attentively, and some pious people are even angry from time to time with the monk's high voice.
As one of the golden robes on duty here, Peter couldn't help but look at the monk in the crowd at this time, and thought about it from time to time in his mind.
As a young man born at the end of the Targaryen dynasty, Peter had no ill feelings towards the Mad King who was spurned by the nobles in his early years, because the people of King's Landing had never been affected by the Mad King's madness, and many people even missed the Targaryen era, because life at that time was more stable than now.
Later, when he heard that the Mad King wanted to burn down the entire city when the war failed, Peter had a slight prejudice against Targaryen, but this did not really happen after all, and they could not be sure whether the news was true or false, so he still had a certain goodwill towards Targaryen.
Relatively speaking, Peter did not like the current kingdom, and many people in King's Landing did not like it. This was not only because of the crazy plundering of the Queen's family in the city, but also because the current king was not a wise man - on the contrary, the reputation of the king's love for prostitutes had spread throughout King's Landing.
This kind of king is not worthy of being called a king. Peter could not help thinking so when he occasionally heard related news, and when he heard that the survivors of Targaryen might fight back, he was secretly looking forward to it.
It's just that his thoughts have changed again during this period.
The Targaryen family colluded with pagans and wanted to establish other religious beliefs in Westeros!
This matter was initially spread only in a small area of King's Landing, but in the past two days, many monks began to spread it widely, so Peter, or many people, had to pay attention to it.
Some things changed because of this. Aunt Sophie from the neighbor's house used to hate the current environment more than Peter, but in the past two days, she would curse every morning and claim that the Targaryen was a traitor.
Colin, a friend who originally firmly supported Targaryen, also believed that those people belonged to the ranks of enemies and were not trustworthy. Even Peter's own wife would nag him after dinner every day, claiming that if there were really Targaryens coming, they must be beaten back, and she didn't want to convert.
As a relatively pious person, Peter didn't want his beliefs to be tainted by foreign pagans, so he empathized with this, but he was skeptical about the church's propaganda.
Because the church is not trustworthy.
As a man who thinks he is smart, Peter does not blindly believe in the church. Over the years, he has seen many monks who look solemn and dignified, but they are not good people, especially the fat and greedy archbishop, who does not look like the spokesperson of the gods in the world.
So what they preach could be the truth?
"I really can't stand it, Peter." A low voice came from the side. Peter looked sideways and found that his companion, who was standing in the shadow of the wall like him, was rubbing his arm and looking depressed.
"This is not the same as before. Who can stand such heavy training and such hot weather?"
"What can you do if you can't stand it? Do you want to quit like Hober?"
"I have this idea, but I can't bear the wages." The companion whispered.
Peter pursed his lips and said nothing.
The new garrison commander came up with a training system as soon as he took office. The rigorous training was completely different from the previous casual training. Many people complained about it and thought that it was too bad now compared to the past.
So during this period, Peter often heard that someone resigned from the garrison because they couldn't stand it anymore and looked for another way out.
Peter also wanted to "resign", but it was not because of the intensity of the training. In fact, he felt okay about it, mainly because the punishment scene that lasted for a whole day was too horrible.
Many familiar faces lost their lives that day, and their expressions were extremely hideous when the ropes were tightened around their necks. Many of his colleagues, including him, were scared to death on the spot.
Although he knew that it was their own fault, such a cruel punishment still made Peter think that it was dangerous to continue staying in the garrison. He felt that the Minister of Justice who took over their affairs was too cruel.
However, after thinking about it, Peter had not figured out what he could do after leaving the garrison, so he could only stay like this. Now that he heard that his companion wanted to leave, he couldn't help but persuade him.
"If you want to leave, think about what to do first."
"I've thought about it." The companion turned around and looked around, then whispered: "I heard that the king will issue a bounty war on the Crab Claw Peninsula in a while, and anyone can accept it. The head of a peninsula person can be worth one gold dragon! One gold dragon, just go there and kill someone and you can earn so much, which is much better than staying here."
One gold dragon is their salary for several months, and Peter was a little unconvinced when he heard it.
"King Robert is so generous?"
"King Robert has always been generous." The companion replied, and then encouraged: "How about we go together?"
"Is this news true?" Peter was still very skeptical.
"My uncle's kid is a kitchen helper in the Red Castle. I heard that King Robert said it himself, so it can't be false."
"Let's wait until the news comes out." Peter felt unreliable, so he shook his head: "And do you know where Crab Claw Peninsula is?"
"I heard it's near Maiden Spring, not far away."
"I don't think it's safe. If I quit my job and go there and can't make money..."
"Then you stay here and continue to suffer." The companion said disdainfully: "I don't want to do it anyway. Maybe one day I will be hanged by that cold-blooded duke."
"How can you be hanged if you don't make mistakes?"
"Who hasn't made mistakes after being a gold cloak for so many years?" The companion asked back.
Peter didn't say anything when he heard it, but he was secretly a little scared.
Not to mention others, he secretly accepted bribes from a gang leader in Flea Bottom a while ago. If he was targeted by the cold-blooded duke with amazing interrogation methods...
He couldn't help but shudder.
