243 Peter
The sultry heat brought by midsummer has been enveloping the entire King's Landing City, making the already smelly air of the city even more unpleasant.
The climate in Westeros has been irregular. The current summer has been going on for several years and is getting hotter with the increase in duration. Even people in the city have to run to the port area for the hottest time of the day to blow cold winds, or jump into the sea to take a bath.
There are many people who blow cold air, but few people take baths because the water source in the Junlin Port area is very turbid and contains a lot of excrement.
The large flow of people not only brings chaos to a certain extent, but also many additional "products". For example, the capital garrisons, which are called golden robes by the people, have a lot of supervisors assigned here. For example, many monks take the opportunity to preach doctrine here.
"Targaryen was born guilty! Now they turned against the gods in heaven, and the seven layers of hell have left them with sufficient place! That's right, the gods in heaven have been watching all this, and we..."
A loud and angry voice sounded among the large crowd squatting on the ground, and countless eyes were focused. An old monk in a brown-gray robe was standing in the scorching sun and raising his hands high, expressing his speech to the Targaryen family with excitement.
Believers who believe in the Seven Gods attach great importance to the monk class, let alone lack of entertainment in this era, so many undevoted people couldn't help watching this person and treat it as a drama.
Of course, there are few such people, most civilians are listening attentively, and some pious people are angry from time to time as the monks' high voices are heard.
As one of the golden robes on duty, Peter could not help but look at the monks in the crowd, thinking from time to time in his mind.
As a young man born in the late Targaryen dynasty, Peter actually had no disgust for the crazy king who was despised by the nobles in his early years, because the people in the king were never affected by the crazy king's madness. Many people even missed the Targaryen era very much, because life at that time was more stable than now.
Later, when he heard that the Crazy King wanted to burn the entire city when the war failed, Peter had a little prejudice against Targaryen. However, this did not really happen after all, and they could not confirm the authenticity of the news, so he still had some kindness towards Targaryen.
Relatively speaking, Peter did not like the current kingdom, and many king landers did not like it. This was not only because the queen's family once plundered in this city, but also because the king is not a wise man at present - on the contrary, the king's name of his favorite prostitutes has spread throughout King Landing.
This kind of king is not worthy of being called a king. Peter occasionally can't help thinking this when he hears the relevant news. When he hears that Targaryen's survivors may come back, he is even more secretly looking forward to it.
But during this period, his thoughts changed again.
The Targaryen family colluded with the pagans to establish other religious beliefs in Westeros!
This incident was originally only spread within a small area of King's Landing, but in the past two days, many monks have begun to spread it, so they have to let Peter, or many people pay attention to it.
Some things changed because of this. Aunt Sophie, who was in the neighbor's house, once hated the current environment more than Peter, but in the past two days, she would curse and claim that Targaryen was a traitor every morning.
Colin, a friend who had firmly supported Targaryen, also believed that those people belonged to the ranks of enemies and were not trustworthy. Even Peter's own wife would chat with him after dinner every day, claiming that if Targaryen really came over, she would definitely call them back. She didn't want to convert.
As a devout man, Peter did not want his faith to be defiled by foreign pagans, so he empathized with it, but he was skeptical about the church's propaganda.
Because the church is not trustworthy.
As a person who thinks he is smart, Peter does not blindly believe in the church. Over the years, he has seen many monks who seem solemn and solemn, but they are actually not good people, especially the fat and greedy Archbishop, who does not look like the spokesperson of the gods on earth at all.
So, what they preach may be the truth?
"I really can't stand it anymore, Peter." A low voice came from beside him. Peter turned his head and found that his companion who was standing in the shadow of the wall like him was rubbing his arms and his face was depressed.
"This is different from before. Who can stand such heavy training and such hot weather?"
"What can you do if you can't stand it? Want to quit like Hober?"
"I have this idea, but I can't bear to pay for my wages." My companion replied in a low voice.
Peter pursed his lips when he heard this, 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 time he had fooled him a few times. Many people complained about this, thinking that compared to the past, it was simply too bad now.
So during this period of time, Peter heard that someone had resigned from his position as a garrison because he could not bear it and found another way out.
Peter once wanted to "resign", but it was not because of the intensity of the training. In fact, he felt good about it, mainly because the punishment scene that had been struck for a whole day a while ago was too terrifying.
Many familiar faces lost their lives that day, and their necks were tied tightly by ropes, and many of the onlookers, including him, were scared to pee on the spot.
Although they knew that they were self-inflicted, such cruel punishment still made Peter think that it seemed a bit dangerous to continue to stay in the garrison. He felt that the method of the Minister of Justice who took over them was really cruel and excessive.
But after thinking about it, Peter didn't think about what he could do after leaving the garrison, so he could only stay like this. Now that he heard that his companions 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 after hearing this, and then whispered: "I heard that the king would issue a reward war on the Crab Claw Peninsula a while ago. Anyone can take it. The head of a peninsula person can be worth a golden dragon! A golden dragon, just go there and kill someone can earn so much, which is much better than staying here."
A golden dragon was their wages for several months, and Peter was a little disbelief when he heard this.
"King Robert is so generous?"
"King Robert has always been generous." The companion replied, and then he instigated: "How about we all?"
"Is this news true?" Peter was still very suspicious.
"My uncle's boy works as a chef in the Red Castle. I heard that it was said by King Robert himself, and it is impossible to be false."
"Let's talk about it after the news comes out." Peter felt it was unreliable when he heard this, so he shook his head: "And do you know where the Crab Claw Peninsula is?"
"I heard it's not far from Nuquan City."
"I feel unstable. If I quit my job and go there, I won't make any 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 could you be hanged if you don't make mistakes?"
"Who hasn't made any mistakes in being a golden robe for so many years?" asked the companion.
Peter didn't say anything when he heard this, but secretly felt a little scared.
Not to mention others, he secretly took bribes from a gang leader in the flea nest a while ago. If he was targeted by the cold-blooded duke with amazing interrogation methods...
Chapter completed!