Casting spells

I saw the old mercenary standing at the door with an excited face, and explained in a low voice: "It's Jaime Lannister! Just a few hours ago, he led someone to attack Prime Minister Ed Stark, and he has escaped now." Get out of King's Landing."

"Hehe, it seems that he has verified the information I disclosed. As long as Robert dies, no one can prevent chaos and war from coming. By the way, how are you preparing for the recruitment of mercenaries?" Zhang Cheng touched Jaw asked.

"I have recruited [-] masters! At most one month, I can form an army of [-] to [-] people for you. But I have to remind you that the cost of feeding them is not low. And the mercenaries They are not knights, they have no loyalty at all, they will only work for rich employers." Blanco warned very seriously.

Zhang Cheng shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Don't worry, Duke Tywin will pay for this army to support us in a short time. Now go down and have a good rest, I have more important tasks for you later do it."

"As you wish." Blanco bowed, turned and walked towards his room.

He had a premonition that his ambition to be loyal to his master might not be as simple as obtaining a rich territory...

Time flies, and a few hours pass in the blink of an eye.

When the sun rises from the sea level again, the city of King's Landing, where the dark tide is surging, ushers in a new day.

Perhaps it was to cover up the fragmentation of the kingdom, or it might be purely for the sake of face. In short, instead of ending the tourney ahead of schedule, the "King of Green Hat" Robert brought his "cheap son" and the queen to the scene in person, as if nothing mattered. It didn't happen.

However, judging from the chill in Cersei Lannister's eyes, her patience may have reached its limit, and she is about to attack her legal husband.

"Good morning, Sir Mason." Loras ran over to say hello before the game as usual.

"Good morning, Sir Loras." Zhang Cheng responded politely.

Although he has always hated this "coquettish" little boy from the bottom of his heart, it is not easy to show it too obviously, after all, the other party still has a lot of use value.

Loras, who had no self-knowledge, still maintained a charming smile, and complimented in a slightly exaggerated tone: "Your performance yesterday was really amazing! I swear, I have never seen anyone in this life who can do better with swordsmanship." To be so deadly and so pleasing to the eye, the Magic Mountain has no power to resist in front of you..."

"I'm sorry, Sir, I'm a straight-forward person, so if you have anything to say, just say it." Zhang Chengcheng interrupted the other party actively because he didn't want to hear those nasty and disgusting compliments.

As a pragmatist, he really can't understand how empty a person's heart must be to like to live in deceit and lies.

"Okay, then I'll be straight. Do you have a marriage contract?" Loras tentatively stared at two beautiful golden eyes.

Zhang Cheng instantly realized what the other party meant, and immediately shook his head and responded, "No!"

"That's really great! I wonder if I can have the honor to introduce my cousin to you?" Loras said, turning around and glanced at the girl standing not far away.

She has long blond hair like a waterfall, exquisite and charming facial features, and is wearing a light-colored tight-fitting long dress, fully showing the girl's youthful and seductive figure.

It has to be said that even the pickiest of people will find it difficult to find too obvious flaws in her.

"How old is your cousin?" Zhang Cheng asked with some uncertainty.

You must know that white people usually mature relatively early. Generally speaking, they look seventeen or eighteen years old on the outside, but they may only be twelve or thirteen years old in reality.

The famous Daenerys was only 13 years old when she married the horse king.

"Don't worry, Ai Luo is 14 years old this year. She has menstruation and can bear children for you. In addition, as long as you agree to this marriage, the Tyrell family is willing to give [-] gold dragons and a piece of the most precious land in the River Bend area." Wealthy lands as a dowry."

After setting out the conditions, Loras kept his mouth shut and waited patiently for a reply.

He believes that no one in this world can resist the double temptation of wealth and beauty, let alone anyone who dares to refuse to marry the Tyrell family.

Zhang Cheng squinted his eyes, and quickly recalled the aristocratic network he had cultivated in the past few days in his mind, and quickly figured out who Elo Tyrell was.

To put it simply, Mace Tyrell, the current Duke of Highgarden, Guardian of the South, Supreme Commander of the Reach, and nominal controller of the Tyrell family, has an uncle named Maureen, who is a member of the Tyrell family. One of the most vital members and also the garrison commander of Oldtown.

And this Maureen has a son named Rose, and Rose has a son named Theodore, and Elo is Teodo's daughter.

Although it is only an inconspicuous offshoot, it is undoubtedly a member of the Tyrell family.

After confirming this, the corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth turned up slightly, and he nodded without thinking: "I agree! It's a great honor to marry a beautiful lady from the Tyrell family."

"Hahahaha! I knew you would make the right choice. Come on, let's hug, we will be relatives soon." Loras opened his arms and let out a burst of laughter.

He had no idea that after the cathedral massacre, almost all the younger generations of the Tyrell family would be dead. At that time, Zhang Cheng would be able to obtain the legal inheritance right of the River Bend area by virtue of his marriage contract with Eero Tyrell, and even further control the entire Tyrell family. area.

Don't think that this is nothing. Under the complete feudal system of Westeros, if there is no legal inheritance right, it is almost impossible to completely conquer by force.

The reason why Robert was able to sit on the Iron Throne back then was because he raised troops to overthrow the "Mad King" on the one hand, and another crucial reason was that he also had partial inheritance rights to the Iron Throne...

Chapter 1 Eleven Martial Arts Tournament (End)

Maintaining the purity of one's own blood and marriage is an eternal theme under the feudal system of Westeros, and it is also the most important part of the rules of the game of thrones.

Anyone who wants to break this tradition will immediately stand on the opposite side of the entire aristocratic class.

Zhang Cheng has never been an idealist, let alone destroying any existing system for so-called "noble" purposes.

Because he understands that no matter what the system is, as long as it exists, it means that there is a huge vested interest group behind it. Let alone how much sacrifice it takes to break it, just changing people's subconscious concept of identity cannot be done in a day or two of.

It is estimated that only a political idiot like Daenerys Targaryen, who doesn't understand anything, would do such a stupid act of directly announcing the abolition of slavery, and then let it go.

"Then dear friend, I won't disturb your preparations for the competition. After you win the championship in the martial arts competition, we will hold a banquet and talk slowly. In addition, you also need some time with my cousin Elo has gotten to know each other well." After that, Loras turned around and gave the girl not far away a suggestive look, and quickly disappeared into the noisy crowd.

Obviously, he couldn't wait to pass the good news back.

Just when Eero Tyrell was hesitating whether to go thousands of miles to say hello to his fiancé, a young attendant broke in suddenly and shouted out of breath, "Sir Mason! His Majesty the King orders you to immediately Enter the field and participate in the final final."

"Now? Who is my opponent? Doesn't he need to rest?" Zhang Cheng raised his eyebrows in surprise.

According to the rules of the martial arts competition, usually in order to ensure fairness, each contestant can go back to rest on the same day after completing a match, and the next match will not be played until the next day.

Right now, James Lannister has escaped from King's Landing, so as long as the "Kingslayer" does not arrive at the scene before the start of the game, the king will announce that he has abstained.

That is to say, Zhang Cheng has not been consumed by the competition, but the contestants on the other side have to defeat their opponents today, and then participate in the second competition, which is quite unfair.

"It is Sir Sandor Clegane who is competing with you for the championship of the spear competition. His opponent just chose to abstain, so His Majesty thinks today is a good day to decide the champion. Please hurry, now all the audience are waiting for the last World War I." The young attendant quickly explained.

"Okay, I see, please give me a few minutes to put on the armor."

Although Zhang Cheng didn't understand why the "Hound Dog" opponent would suddenly abstain, he still stood up and pretended to put on the light armor, and then rode a new horse and walked slowly towards the competition field.

The moment he passed by the girl, Ai Luo suddenly mustered up the courage to take a step forward, and said in a slightly nervous tone: "Master Mason, I will sit down and pray for you."

"Thank you, I will also win this tournament for you. Don't worry, Sandor Clegane is not my opponent at all, he can't even last a round." As he said, Zhang Cheng took the girl Arm, lightly kissed the back of the hand, then put on the helmet and went straight to the left side of the stands.

The moment he appeared in full view, the crowd suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers, and some women even carried baskets and sprinkled delicate and beautiful petals into the air, as if they were the leading role.

In contrast, "Hound Dog" is a bit miserable, not to mention applause, not many people are even willing to look at him.

Especially the extremely ugly burns on the face, it looks like a hideous and terrifying monster. Any normal person will inevitably think that this is a vicious and cruel villain when he sees it.

Feeling the almost one-sided support rate in the arena, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but smiled and shook his head and sighed: "It's incredible! In just a few days, I have gone from a little-known little character to a Chinese leader. High-profile people, perhaps this is the charm of the tourney. Fame, wealth, and social status, everyone's desires can be satisfied here. Sorry, Sandor Clegane, you just do me well today Let's accompany it."

The voice just fell!

Under Robert's signal, the trumpeter blew the final horn.