Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 159 Motives and Techniques
"Because as the 'sister of Prince Hazan', if she wants to maintain her position by my side after marrying me, she must ensure that the alliance between me and Prince Hazan is stable, and the biggest enemy before this stability is Illy Europe."

"That's right," Celia nodded, "After I heard about Illyrio's relationship with the commander of the Purple Ship Fleet from Prince Hazan, I quickly guessed Illyrio's identity based on the information in the original book. Ambition, also understand that he will never be able to surrender to Prince Hazan.

At the same time, I can't be sure which side you will stand in the future when Governor Illyrio and Prince Hazan conflict, so to be on the safe side, I need to make Prince Hazan your only choice. "

"But what I don't understand is," Celia continued, "how could you investigate our initial actions in such detail?"

"I still say the same thing. Players are not gods and cannot create miracles. No matter how well you hide now, as long as I start from the beginning of your game. That is when players are most vulnerable and have the least resources in their hands. At that time Players have to make a lot of risky behaviors in order to develop quickly, and investigations from that time can always find flaws."

"How did you find out about that traitor??" Celia asked.

"No," Ian shook his head, "That's the speculative part.

Because you lied to the other priests in the temple that you met a man who called himself Gini Taime, and that time happened to be when Ender Poole sent someone to the Red Temple to investigate the death of a resident .

You're trying to show Ender Poole the false information that Kenny Tayme is still alive, and blame Kenny Tayme for the crime that caused the death of the resident, so as to draw Ender Poole's attention .

But the problem is, apart from the name Gini Taime used on the arrest warrant at the Joma Inn, he has been using other names at other times. How can Ender Poole use the name Gini Taime? Interested?

Therefore, I speculate that your No.4 ally did not seek an alliance with you as agreed, but joined Ender Poole's team.And the resident who died in the Red Temple at that time was the traitor, and the murderer who killed him was you.

Lacking further details, but judging from your previous reaction, I guessed everything right, didn't I? "

"That's right, Ender Poole almost found me at the time," Celia nodded and admitted, "I had to divert his attention, after all, it was I who was trying to get Prince Hazan to get in touch with you critical moment.

If I let Hazan's men get rid of Ender Poole, you'll suspect that Prince Hazan has players by his side.It's more than worth the candle to my big plans. "

"Then I really thank you for your love." Ian twitched his lips.

"Okay, now that you've solved my doubts, let me tell you about Prince Hazan's plan. I bet you will never guess this time."

"No, I think I've deduced eight or nine points of Hazan's plan." Ian interrupted Celia with a smile.

"How is it possible? Are you kidding me?" Celia said in a daze. She thought it was time for her to pretend, because she had a considerable degree of confidence in the ingenuity of her entire plan.

But this guy actually told her that he had already guessed eight or nine points?
"Prince Hazan's ally is the Tetrus family, no, to be precise, it is Governor Gloro Tetrus himself." Ian gave the answer directly.

"You?" Celia jumped up all of a sudden, "Your green prophet skill is not advanced, but legendary? Or, you simply admit that you have become a three-eyed crow?"

"For a true reasoner, if someone points him to one aspect of a fact, he can not only deduce all aspects of this fact, but also deduce all the consequences that will arise from it." Ian said again A famous quote from Sherlock Holmes was once quoted, "After I determined the identity and purpose of the player behind Hazan, the context of the entire incident has actually been completely presented before my eyes."

"The next puzzle I need to solve is," Ian continued, "the method you used to convince Hazan, and the method Hazan is planning to use to deal with Illyrio.

If Hazan wants to kill Illyrio, he must solve two problems, one is how to do it, and the other is how to deal with the aftermath.

Initiating a successful assassination is the most perfect. After all, as long as there is no evidence to prove that the assassin was sent by him, he will not even have to deal with the aftermath.

But I have been with Governor Illyrio for nearly two months, and I know his personal protection level very well. It can be said that I can't think of anyone who can successfully assassinate him except for sending Faceless.

But the Faceless Man never guarantees the time to complete the task. Just like when Jaqen H’gar faced Arya’s proposal to kill Tywin Lannister or Cersei, he told Arya that this time might be It takes a year or more like that.

The strength of the faceless men lies in their camouflage rather than absolute force. As long as they focus on a certain target, with patience and time, they can indeed kill anyone.But to kill Illyrio in such a short time, I don't think it's enough.

Illyrio was originally an assassin. When he and Varys first made their fortunes, all the assassins in Pentos wanted to kill them, but none of them succeeded. Illyrio has a wealth of experience in dealing with assassins. professional field.

Therefore, for Hazan's attack method, I prefer to kill by force.

Ambush and sneak attack are the second methods I thought of, but it is too difficult to implement. The whole of Pentos is full of Illyrio's eyeliner. The spies grasped it, which aroused Illyrio's vigilance.

Besides, even if the sneak attack was successful, he would not be able to deal with the aftermath. After all, Hazan was already at odds with the Volantis Party. If he managed to sneak attack on Illyrio at this time, he would face Governor Illyrio's allies , the Volantis Party, and the old governor of Rotalus who defended the order of Pentos.

While ruling out the possibility of ambush and sneak attack, I also concluded two points that Hazan must guarantee to kill Illyrio.

One is to ensure that Illyrio will not discover his troop movements. This is impossible, so he at least needs to ensure that Illyrio will not have doubts about his troop movements.

The second is that if he wants a perfect aftermath, he must have allies, allies who are strong enough to help him win the next civil war-and there are only two people in Pentos who meet this condition.His nemesis, Governor Gloro Tetrus of the Volantene party and defender of order and tradition in Pentos, the old governor of the Pentos City Guard, Commander-in-Chief Passi Rotalus. "

"Theoretically, it is impossible for these two people to help him." Celia spoke in a rare way.

"That's the effect he wants," Ian shook his head with a smile, "because in this way, he has achieved his first goal, preventing Illyrio from doubting his troop mobilization.

After thinking of this, my original doubt—the original book did not describe the impending civil strife in Pentos—reappeared in my mind.

At the same time, there is also tomorrow's martial arts competition that is also not described in the original book, but it is already close at hand. "

(End of this chapter)