Chapter 279 Good and Bad

"The reason the enemies were not swayed was that they claimed to have found Rhaegar's son Aegon, and Aegon's claim to the throne preceded that of Viserys."

The bald eunuch wearing a pink robe was standing on the stone steps in front of the royal meeting hall. While waiting for the king to come to the meeting, he talked about the new information with Renly and sighed with emotion on his face.

"If this is the case, then Viserys in our hands will be of no use at all."

"Really." Renly heard this without comment, "What if Aegon dies?"

Varys was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "I would think it was a joke if others said this, but Lord Renly is an exception - are you sure you can assassinate Aegon?"

"No." Renly shrugged: "That's what I said."

"That's a pity." Varys sighed, "If that little Aegon who suddenly appeared died, our work would be much easier."

"Who says it's not..."

…

The two of them stood in front of the hall door and talked peacefully. Only each of them knew what they were thinking.

They were talking about Viserys Targaryen, whom Renly had captured some time ago.

Normally, after capturing the enemy's "King", the enemy will be in turmoil even if they do not withdraw immediately.

However, contrary to expectations, the enemy troops were not affected by this and continued to do whatever they had to do. The Imperial Council could not understand this at first, but now they know the truth——

Because a more suitable replacement has emerged.

Rhaegar is the heir to the Targaryen dynasty, and Rhaegar's son Aegon is naturally higher in the line of succession than his uncle Viserys. As a result, the situation of the prisoners in their hands at this time is very embarrassing. They can neither threaten the enemy nor use them to threaten the enemy. There can be no restrictions.

But Renly knew that the so-called Aegon, Rhaegar's son, was not real, but a fake. Knowing the source of this matter is also very simple. It is the harmless-looking Intelligence Chief Varys standing in front of me. Of course, it is not what he said, but the result of Renly's "mind reading". .

Renly's sense of Varys was not bad at first. In his few impressions in his previous life, the intelligence chief Varys seemed to be a good man who served the country and the people. In the end, he rebelled because the original protagonist Dragon Mother went crazy and set fire to massacre people. .

After becoming the Minister of Justice, Renly didn't have much suspicion about this bald man, because every time he saw this bald man, he would come over and talk cordially with a cheerful face, and occasionally provide some secrets of others to express his closeness. When Renly launched a trial some time ago, he could even feel the goodwill and affection that Varys had for him in his heart.

However, the result was contrary to the impression. Although Renly did not find any hostility towards him from Varys, this did not mean that Varys did not have problems, or that he had big problems - this man was a high-level spy.

The person Varys really serves is the son of Rhaegar, Aegon, whom he mentioned before. In other words, the so-called Aegon is a person he created with his own hands. The purpose is very simple. Naturally, he wants to fish in troubled waters and then push him to the top. .

It was obvious that Varys was an enemy.

Renly regretted this, but that didn't stop him from taking action.

So after the imperial meeting ended that day, a group of soldiers suddenly stopped the intelligence chief on the way to his residence and escorted him directly to the dungeon regardless of his excuses.

This incident caused a lot of panic in the Red Keep, and Finance Minister Mace Tyrell even seriously protested, believing that it was illegal to treat an important minister of the kingdom in this way without evidence.

However, before taking action, Renly had already obtained the consent of the Queen's Hand and his brother Robert. The former had just received a message from Renly and was happily preparing to build a shelter.

The latter was dubious about the spies' claims, but due to Renly's work situation a while ago, Robert did not stop him, but claimed that he had to produce conclusive evidence.

After all, the Chief of Intelligence is also an important minister on the royal council, so naturally he cannot deal with it casually. However, Renly does not think that anyone can maintain sophistry and deception in front of his "mind reading". This is exactly the case. The other party did not even see any resistance. He admitted it frankly.

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"When I heard about how you interrogated those prisoners, I thought that maybe I would end up like that before too long."

The pink-robed eunuch who had been chatting and laughing with Renly in the morning was now leaning against the wall of the wooden cell. Facing Renly walking out of the cell, he sighed helplessly, "This is such a joke. Even the gods in the sky are now Are you all here to participate in Game of Thrones?"

Wallis's effeminate voice had disappeared at this time, and his words were full of hoarseness and roughness, as if this was his normal way of speaking.

"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Renly asked, sitting on a chair outside the cell.

"What difference does it make if you say it or not?"

Wallis chuckled when he heard this: "You will be beheaded after all." After saying that, he paused and said, "Or hanged? Sir, it's up to you, just for the sake of your former colleagues, don't Just put me in a cage and feed it to the crows.”

Renly didn't speak when he heard this. Instead, after looking at the other person for a few times, he started writing on the parchment with a feather pen in his hand.

It was quite quiet in the dungeon. Apart from the sound of paper and pen being scraped together, there was only the crackling sound of burning torches. Varys in the cell could remain calm at first, but when he saw more and more lines of black writing on the parchment under Renly, and the writing was basically true, he couldn't help but swallow, and then he felt a surge of anger. shares anger.

"So this is the arrangement of the gods in heaven!?"

"What?" Renly made a move in his hand and raised his eyes to look at the other party.

"The mad king you call has indeed killed many lords and nobles, but apart from the last crazy act, who has heard that he framed ordinary people?" Varys questioned:

"Your brother Robert overthrew the so-called tyranny of the Mad King. As a result, in just over ten years, the treasury that was originally filled with gold coins is now empty and can only be used to raise rats. This does not include the Iron Throne's debts outside. It’s hard for me to imagine how the noble Lord Robert squandered so much wealth. I also often think about it. If a disaster like the great spring plague occurred in the Seven Kingdoms a few decades ago, the Iron Throne would return. What can the Mad King and Robert do? Who is really stupid and incompetent?"

Renly listened quietly and said nothing. But the other party seemed to have suddenly lost interest. His expression changed a few times, and finally he leaned back against the wall and sighed in disinterest.

"There is no natural king. Even Prince Rhaegar, who is highly praised by the world, ignored the overall situation because of a woman, a woman who has already been engaged to someone. Haha, is that love? How many innocent people have died because of this? die?"

After that, he shook his head, closed his eyes and said no more, as if he had nothing to say.

Renly didn't bother him, but feeling the emotions in his heart at this moment, he didn't feel the slightest joy in discovering the traitor. After a moment of silence, Renly simply stood up and walked away.

At this time, the sky outside was a little gloomy, and the sun was blocked by dark clouds. It seemed that it was a sign of rain. After looking up, Renly sighed.

The other party both blamed Targaryen and despised Baratheon, but after all, he was just disappointed.

Disappointment with this regime, disappointment with this world.

This made Renly couldn't help but think of the Mother of Dragons in his past life memories, and the Tyrant's Wheel she spoke of.

"This world is really rotten and rigid..."

Renly didn't think about it anymore, because Renly suddenly had a thought and felt something change in his body for no reason, which made him decisively go upstairs and return to his study.

Looking in the mirror, he found that the sublimation in his attribute column that had not moved for a long time suddenly jumped from 31% to 57%!

"what happened?"

Renly frowned and thought, but he didn't expect that he had done anything special before.

But then he realized something, because his follower Tob ran up in a hurry, with a happy face.

"Sir, I, I let out my anger!"

"What do you mean?" Renly asked, raising an eyebrow.

Tob opened his mouth to explain, but didn't seem to know what to say, so after scratching his head, he suddenly stretched out his hand to signal. Renly looked at it intently, and saw a burst of white mist-like energy suddenly released from his five fingers and palm. The gas swirls around.

Work has been very annoying recently, which affects my mood, so I will try my best to resume making up for updates as soon as possible.