Chapter 27: Pirate Dog
"Sir Tomard."
Jon squatted on the ground and drew a simple map of King's Landing.
"Considering that you have been in the city for three months, I will go into the city first to investigate the situation and try to contact you, my Lord."
Jon said
"We have made preparations for both situations. We have arranged some personnel at the Mud Gate and others at the Dragon Gate, ready to respond at any time."
Tomard and the others gathered around and looked at the map Jon had drawn on the ground. It was obvious that one of the routes was by water, and the other was by land.
"So how are you going to get into the Red Keep?"
"Don't worry, my Lord has arranged a pick-up for me."
In fact, Jon had no support at all. Once he entered King's Landing, he would be alone to live and die. However, he had already made up his mind on how to sneak into the Red Castle.
Hearing him say this, Tomard stopped asking questions and watched Jon's back as he left. He had no reason to believe that this boy, who was less than fifteen years old, could really rescue Ned from the heavily guarded Red Castle.
...
Jon stood on a higher place and looked out over the coastal city, the carriages and pedestrians coming and going, and from time to time the brightly colored teams of nobles dotted among them, like the remaining patterns on an old piece of cloth.
The thick grey walls that have stood for more than two hundred years separate this medieval 'metropolis'.
Jon was merely curious about such buildings. After all, in his time, it was embarrassing to call a city a metropolis if it did not have a population of several million.
But when he thought about what he was about to do, he put away his contempt for the city.
What he was going to do was similar to kidnapping a country's top leader. The word "gangster" was not enough to describe his madness.
What's more, there are nearly 10,000 City Watch inside.
Jon decided to take a look at the current state of the system.
[Recognition Points: Go to King's Landing 178/300; Admiration Points: Rescue Ned Stark: 26/500]
[Experience Card: Meng Huo*1 Xing Daorong*1]
Looking at the changing system, Jon sighed softly. He knew that if he could rescue Ned, he would naturally get a lot of recognition points, even admiration points, but now he really needed more power.
This situation is like a person who knows that the stocks he holds will skyrocket in the future, but now, he can't even afford a meal.
Driving this somewhat pessimistic thought out of his mind, Jon rode his horse to enter King's Landing.
Jon lingered near the city gate for a while. He found that most of the people coming out of the old city gate were dressed in light clothes, while those coming out of the dragon gate next to it were ordinary civilians.
"It seems that the area near the Old Gate should be the wealthy area, and the area near the Dragon Gate should be the slums."
He thought about it and decided to enter through the Dragon Gate. After all, his clothes would be a bit eye-catching once he entered the wealthy area.
Unexpectedly, when Jon just led his horse into King's Landing, the voice of the system rang in his ears.
[Has arrived at King's Landing, the mission 'Go to King's Landing' is invalid, and a random skill is obtained: Bribery. ]
[Skill Description: Take out what the other party wants and make them cooperate with you. ]
[Number of times used*3]
Jon stayed where he was, wanting to study this skill, when he heard a voice urging him.
"Hey! Hurry up! Don't block the door!"
Looking back, I saw a coachman wearing a tattered felt hat. Although the cart was empty, it smelled bad, as if it had been transporting some garbage.
Jon apologized, walked a few steps inside, stayed under a tree where few people were, and began to think about the use of this skill.
'This thing is actually not as useless as it seems. Everyone has something they want, but at the same time, if they are asked to cooperate with themselves, they will inevitably have other concerns. This skill is equivalent to asking others to give up their concerns! '
After a little thought, he found that this skill could be well embedded in his plan.
Jon felt a little relieved and more confident about rescuing Ned.
At this moment, he came to his senses and finally realized the biggest characteristic of Jun Lin, that is, he stinks!
The first place Jon needs to go is the dragon pit.
When the Targaryens still had dragons, this place was equivalent to the Targaryen family's "helipad", a place used to raise giant dragons.
As Jon walked in, a woman dressed in gorgeous and even gaudy clothes blocked his way.
"Sir, are you interested in playing? It only costs twenty copper stars, right?"
The woman in front of him should be only about 30 years old, but her irregular work and rest schedule and lifestyle have caused many pimples on her skin.
Even thick, cheap rouge couldn't hide it, and the fallen woman in front of him seemed to have not received any customers for a day, and the makeup on her face showed signs of fading.
Jon waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary, but the other party seemed to be relentless.
As soon as Jon came into her sight, he caught her attention. He looked around with his eyes rolling, and it was obvious that he was a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, so Jon became her prey.
"How about this, I think you are destined to win, fifteen bronze stars!"
"No, thank you."
"Ten bronze stars, if you hurry up."
'What do you mean by "hurry up!"
Jon muttered in his heart, then drew out half of his sword and threatened her to stay away from him.
Seeing that Jon actually carried a sword with him, she left embarrassedly.
Suddenly, he heard a fight again. Turning around, he saw several people fighting with clubs and machetes.
The dragon's lair of the past has become a place of prostitutes, robbers and gang fights.
As Jon went deeper, he found that he should have come to the famous slums in King's Landing - Flea Bottom.
This place is like a patch of King's Landing. What comes into view is a group of low buildings with gray-brown as the main color.
Many people like to put up a brown linen-style roof in front of their doors, and they pay attention to the "landmines" under their feet almost every three or two steps.
The garbage on the street corner was thrown away casually. There was a black and white dog in the puddle on the road, as if it was looking for something. As if it heard the sound of horse hooves behind it, it turned around and looked at Jon.
"Shit! Pirate dog!"
Looking at a stray dog with eyes covered with black fur, Jon dodged it and continued forward around the puddle.
"Wait for me, Mary!"
"Hey! Don't run."
"Wuwuwu——"
From time to time, there would be some skinny children running around, their hair was long and messy, not only in clumps, but even matted together.
There were traces of saliva and tears on her face, and it was hard to tell whether she was a boy or a girl.