Viserys actually had doubts about Pentos' purpose before this trip, and had obtained precise information.
However, he was still willing to take this trip himself, and naturally he had his own purpose and arrangements.
Of course he didn't tell the truth to this wealthy merchant governor of Pentos.
Illyrio's words were also mixed with half-truths. He did not tell all the truth, but only said some irrelevant things, leaving a sloppy eye on the key issues.
The two of them were competing with each other on their acting skills, and they still looked at each other sincerely when they shook hands.
Later, when Viserys walked out of Illyrio's courtyard, the smile on his face had completely disappeared, and he returned to the calmness of an ancient well.
"His Majesty."
The 100 knights, knights, attendants, archers, etc. he brought this time, a total of more than 200 people, have been waiting here for a long time.
Then Viserys took the horse brought by the Unsullied, stepped on the stirrup with one foot, turned over the horse and held the reins with one hand, took one last look at Illyrio's courtyard, and then turned the horse's head.
"Walk."
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Viserys also had a mansion in Pentos.
This was a gift given to him by all the governors when he came to Pentos last time.
The house is very large, and it is also equipped with a flowing water garden. The room is definitely not enough, but it is more than enough to accommodate two hundred people if they squeeze into the courtyard and set up a tent.
Tap tap tap...
Then a group of high-profile knights under the banner of Targaryen arrived in front of Viserys's mansion in Pentos.
And after seeing the flag of the three-headed fire dragon, all the eyeliners secretly surrounding the mansion focused their attention.
"I'm coming."
For a while, these informants were still in a hurry. They each had their own masters.
Some are from the governors of Pentos, while others are well-informed wealthy merchants.
There was even a servant who was wearing palace clothes and did not make any disguise. It seemed that he was taking orders from the famous and powerless Prince Pentos. I didn't know what he wanted to do by sending the people here.
Many informants came to watch Viserys, but Viserys seemed to turn a blind eye to it, looking over without any worry in his heart.
Because he knew very well that the governors of Pentos still had some scruples, at least they did not dare to directly send people to kill him openly, otherwise he would be intercepted and killed on his way to Pentos.
However, these governors of Pentos did not dare to do this. The reason was naturally the organized cavalry team beside Viserys, and there were legions behind him to hold the battle for him.
If you want to intercept and kill the two hundred men of Viserys without letting anyone alive without leaking any information, sending four hundred men is not enough.
At least 600 or even 800 cavalry must be dispatched.
However, it was impossible for such a large-scale cavalry sent by Pantos to be concealed from everyone.
That would be a public assassination of Viserys. Violating the rights of guests would be a sin that even the gods could not forgive, and the credibility of the people of Pentos would be ruined.
And if the Dothraki were entrusted to do this, it would be too late now. There is no horse king active nearby, and even if there is a horse king who wants to go west, he will be stationed in Andalos of G. Doho.
The First Army Corps intercepted.
Pantos didn't dare to attack him directly.
That's why Viserys dared to enter the city with great fanfare, not caring about how much noise he made along the way, letting everyone know that he was coming.
Although he is in danger all the time now, just like the 'businessman' who toasted him during the day, Viserys does not panic, on the contrary, he remains unusually calm.
He knew that the bigger the noise he made and the more people knew about his arrival, the more cautious the governors of Pentos would be, and they would not dare to attack easily.
The more obstacles they create for them, the more loopholes they will have to exploit. For the governors of Pentos, the festival held in the prince's palace three days later will be their best opportunity.
Because at that time Viserys entered the palace and closed the door, and no one outside knew what would happen inside.
At that time, Viserys died in an 'accident', or committed some crime, and was the first to violate the rights of guests and was detained by Pentos, all because of the mouths of the governors.
Although no one would believe such a poor excuse, at least in theory it is still tenable.
Seeing Viserys entering the courtyard, these surveillance spies began to nervously report to their master.
The servant, who looked like he came from the prince's palace, got on the carriage and left here.
Viserys was currently standing on the highest platform of the mansion's pavilion, holding on to the wooden railing, overlooking the undisguised eyeliners who were watching them.
And at this time.
There were footsteps behind him.
A fiery red figure gently gathered his robe and appeared behind Viserys.
She looked at Viserys's back, then lightly opened her red lips and spoke.
"The tasks you assigned have begun to unfold."
Viserys held his hand on the railing, looking at the sunset gradually setting on the horizon with a pair of lavender eyes. The red clouds filled the sky, and the icy cold wind blew up the silver-gold hair on his forehead.
The heavy snowfall from last night to daytime had stopped long ago. The clouds dispersed from afternoon to dusk and the sun shone down, restoring some warmth to this newly arrived winter day.
Now the sun is going down again.
The person standing behind Viserys was Melisandre, the priestess of the Red God. She left Andalos and came to Pentos at some point.
However, she did not go all the way with Viserys, but came to this city-state quietly through other channels, and at the same time secretly completed the tasks assigned to her by Viserys.
"Um."
"Well done, Melisandre."
Viserys turned his head slightly and glanced at the thinly dressed Scarlet Witch.
The other party seemed to be blessed by R'hllor's divine power, as if he couldn't feel the cold. Viserys wore leather armor and animal skins to keep warm, but this woman still wore a red robe.
"I saw the guidance of the Lord of Light in the flames."
And Melisandre took two steps forward gently and came to Viserys' side and stood side by side in front of the railing with the young king.
Looking at the red clouds in the distance, the faint fragrance of the woman penetrated the boy's sense of smell.
Then Melisandre's beautiful eyes slightly turned to Viserys.