263 King's Landing Change
The crunching sound of the wheel crushing the soil on the ground kept ringing from the front, and there were piles of cabbage wafting in the wind, which was the smell from the carriage in front.
Sitting upright on the horse's back, the soldiers guarding both sides of the city gate looked meticulous, and when they glanced at them, they gave Tyrion the feeling of an elite soldier.
"Is the Lions Gate a garrison captain?"
A hint of attention rose in his heart, and the dwarf on the horse turned his head and looked at James, who was wearing light brown and yellow leather armor beside him.
"Who was the one who guarded this side when you came last time?" James asked back.
"It's Balman Baichi." Tyrion replied.
"It's still him."
"I see that Balman Baichi doesn't seem to have such skills?" Tyrion said as he looked at the orderly public security situation in the city gate. At this time, they had already rode into the city, but as they saw that the messy situation at the city gate was nowhere to be seen at the moment. The various stalls were neatly arranged, and the pedestrians did not walk around randomly.
"The new captain of the capital garrison is Sam Will." James answered his brother's question indirectly, "He is a very capable person."
"Samwell?" Tyrion raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Taly's?"
The name Samwell is not common. Generally, the Talley family in the River Bay Corner Tomb calls this name the most because in ancient times, a powerful figure named Samwell appeared. Later, many of the Talley heads of all generations gave their sons this name in order to gain some of the glory of their ancestors.
"He's a civilian."
James, who dressed like a child of a nobleman, replied that he didn't seem to want to discuss this topic in depth, so he changed the subject, "Is my father asking you to come to King's Landing to help you find a position?"
"Our Lord Tywin is looking forward to me becoming a royal accountant."
Tyrion answered absent-mindedly, his eyes never leaving the appearance of the surrounding cities.
The last time he came to Junlin was four years ago to congratulate his nephew Toman on his birth. At that time, Tyrion did not find that Junlin's order was as good as it is now.
Not only were the city gates well-behaved, but when you looked deeper, other places were also obviously different from the past. The patrol teams of golden robe guards walked by with their heads held high, looking energetic and obviously deterred the civilians around them.
However, if you remember correctly, those golden robes seemed to be filled with smelly fish and rotten shrimps...
"How could my brother be just an accountant?" James, who was standing by, didn't notice that Tyrion was not thinking about talking anymore. After hearing this, he chuckled: "At least he should be the treasury chief or the port chief," he said.
"As far as I know, those are important positions under Lord Tyriel." Tyrion said, looking at his brother who came to greet him. "I didn't expect that Lord to be kind and let me, Lannister, run to his post."
Originally, he turned around just to speak, but Tyrion suddenly saw a special situation again, which was a thin short man on the roadside. At this time, he kept stuffing his pension into an old man's arms with a purse, and kept saying some apology in his mouth. The distance was not very close. He vaguely heard some strange words, such as breaking the rules, begging for forgiveness, stealing, etc.
"What's going on?" he couldn't help asking.
James glanced at him, then shrugged and replied, "A Knight named Davos has recently cleaned up the thieves in the city and has set many rules, such as not stealing poor people, not hurting people at will. No matter how many rules are, isn't he still a thief? That sir is really idle and has nothing to do."
"Can this be done with just one knight?" Tyrion was surprised when he heard this.
"It's not just him."
James said, frowned unconsciously, "He has gathered a lot of people under him, and the golden robes are also very cooperative with him."
This man seemed to have something to say. Tyrion couldn't help but become even more strange when he saw that his expression was a little unnatural. He just asked carefully. The brother in front of him was talking about him and was unwilling to answer questions directly. He obviously had something to do.
Tyrion didn't ask any more questions, but silently put the discovery in his heart and prepared to focus on "investigation" in the future. Then he began to focus on the surrounding cityscape.
The war is coming, and it is not actually very appropriate to come from the safe western border to the king's land, but this war is very important to Lannister. Although no one cares what he, a dwarf, as a member of Lannister, Tyrion naturally wants to do his part.
He believed that he was familiar with various military scripts and wanted to make corresponding contributions when defending the city. He even thought about his contributions - not to use his sister and brother to seek positions in the king's land, but to find a childhood friend.
Although his sister Cersei is the queen, Tyrion has had a bad relationship with Cersei since she was a child. Her brother is the Royal Guard, but the Royal Guard is usually only responsible for protecting the king. If you want to be a royal accountant, you can be a casual person. However, Tyrion never thought that he would really be an accountant.
What he wanted was to speak in this war.
This is actually very difficult because he was a newcomer, but when he was in the Western Region, Tyrion heard that his childhood friend Lan Li became the Minister of Justice at this time. The Minister of Justice was one of the seven members of the Imperial Council, so he could naturally participate in various state affairs.
Although he has not been in contact for many years, Tyrion thinks he has a good relationship with Lanli. At the same time, he has never forgotten that Lanli once said that he is optimistic about him.
Then as long as Renly can listen to her, instead of being perfunctory like her father, Duke Tywin, Tyrion will be confident of gaining the attention of the other party.
Everything is for Lannister.
Tyrion has always been holding on to this idea, not about being greedy for power.
Lannister and Baratheon are closely linked. The massacre that year made Lannister and Targaryen have an irresolvable hatred. If Targaryen really wins this war, then Lannister will be even worse than Baratheon. Perhaps the tragedy in Red Fort that year would be repeated...
A hustle and bustle interrupted Tyrion's thoughts. Looking up, he found that his group had arrived not far from the entrance of Red Fort, and the hustle and bustle came from under the walls of Red Fort. He looked at it intently and found that several simple-dressed civilians were shouting something over there, but it was not yet time for the king to start a court trial, and the guards stopped them from entering.
From this he heard some unique words, which greatly increased Tyrion's interest in it, "Ranley is so popular?"
Those words like those civilians who kept asking the Minister of Justice to be the master of the ruler seemed to have more confidence in that person than the king. Of course, a king who likes to visit prostitutes obviously would not give people much confidence, but the officials of the Iron Throne in the past have never been so popular, right?
James beside him turned strange again after hearing this, "Lord Lanli has a strong ability to investigate cases."
As he said this, seeing Tyrion looking quite interested, James couldn't help but say another sentence.
"Be careful when you contact him."
"Why are you careful?"
"Anyway, be careful." James answered vaguely.
Tyrion felt that his brother was very strange, especially when he found that James' expression was not very natural when he mentioned the matters related to his childhood friend. The topic of the Golden Robe was like this before, and the current situation is the same.
He doubted whether his brother had a grudge against Lan Li, but after careful observation, it seemed that it was not the case, which made him vaguely feel that there must be a secret in it.
And everything he saw later made him feel more convinced.
Tyrion had a bad relationship with his sister Cersei, but after arriving at King's Landing, he still got a meeting with each other. During this period, he mentioned Renli intentionally or unintentionally, and then found that like his brother James, his sister Cersei was not very normal when she heard the name. Instead, her nephew Joffrey's tone was full of admiration for the childhood friend.
When he was in the Western Region, Tyrion had heard about Lanli, mainly about the river berth and the Crab Claw Peninsula. His father, Duke Tywin, once commented on this, believing that Lanli was good at grasping the current situation, and at the same time, his plan was changeable and unpredictable. He was a rare smart person in the Baratheon family and worth making friends.
Everything he saw after arriving at King's Landing made Tyrion very interested. So after a little settled, he directly asked his unwilling brother James to take him to find Renly and prepare to have a good chat with him.
But they didn't want to run over and ask, and then they suddenly learned that the man had temporarily returned to the territory of Dragon Stone Island and would take a few days to return to King's Landing. This made Tyrion feel quite regretful, and then was replaced by curiosity.
Chapter completed!