The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Osney Kettleblack was furious. When had he ever suffered such a loss? His status, position, and influence were not weak. He had never taken cultivators seriously. This kick struck his inverse scale. He fell to the ground, anger rising from his heart, malice growing in his guts. While on the ground, he rolled, a dagger already in his hand. Before he could get up, a cold light flashed, and the dagger pierced a man's calf.

Amidst the screams, one man retreated rapidly, while another pounced on Osney, twisting his wrist. With a snap, the wrist was dislocated. Osney screamed loudly, shouting, "I am an officer of the guard! Who dares to arrest me?!"

The answer was a flurry of fists and feet! Fists with iron gloves struck Osney's head, face, and body repeatedly. Amidst the thuds, Osney couldn't resist and screamed in terror.

"Take his weapons and strip off his armor and clothes," the High Sparrow said coldly.

Three short swords pressed against Osney's chest and back. As Osney raised his head, a black shadow flashed, and a loud slap landed on Osney's face, numbing half of it.

Osney dared not move again!

The three short swords pressed tightly against his vitals!

A Holy Sword Knight ordered Osney to stand up. Osney had no choice but to stand, secretly vowing that as soon as he escaped this place, he would lead the garrison soldiers to cleanse it and avenge this slap.

"Ser Osney, do you have any relations with Queen Margaery?" the High Sparrow's voice was as cold and hard as iron.

"Of course, you motherfucker! Do you think I would dare to slander the Queen?"

"I've seen too many of your lawless acts! Osney, you either tell the truth or suffer the consequences."

"The truth is that Queen Margaery sleeps with her handmaidens, and she took the initiative to seduce me."

"Ser Osney, if Queen Margaery were here, would you dare to confront her?"

"Go and fetch her first, you motherfucker. You dare to harm me, you'll regret it!"

"Regret? By the Seven, I see your eyes flicker and your words are not entirely truthful. Three knights, I must trouble you to押进地牢 imprison him in the dungeon and拷问 interrogate him thoroughly."

The three Holy Sword Knights bowed together: "As you command, Your High Holiness!"

The three Holy Sword Knights escorted Osney away. The knight whose calf had been pierced by Osney remained behind, and the High Sparrow healed him.

"Your High Holiness, Osney Kettleblack and Ser Lancel Lannister both worked for the Queen Mother. If Your Holiness wants to understand Osney, you can send someone to call back Ser Lancel."

The High Sparrow's eyes gleamed: "The knight speaks truly." He shouted towards the door, "Someone!"

Two Holy Sword Knights entered quickly.

"Go to Cobbler's Square and summon Ser Lancel back. I have words for him."

"As you command, Your High Holiness!" The two Holy Sword Knights strode away.

While speaking, the High Sparrow deftly cleaned the knight's wound, chanted a low spell to stop the bleeding and heal him, and then bandaged it. The knight's pain was greatly reduced, and he was soon able to walk with difficulty. This was a miracle.

The High Sparrow had many similar small miracles, which made his followers devoted and increasingly loyal.

Lancel had not yet returned when Osney was brought out of the prison cell by three Holy Sword Knights and thrown before the High Sparrow.

The handsome and valiant Ser Osney, his upper lip turned out, a knife wound on his forehead, his lower lip split, his chin swollen high, his left eye unable to open, his right eye bloodshot. He was only wearing underwear, and streaks of blood stained his underclothes. Looking at his left leg, he dared not put weight on it in pain...

One of the Holy Sword Knights bowed and said: "Your High Holiness, Osney has confessed that he has no relationship with Queen Margaery and that the Queen Mother instructed him to slander Queen Margaery!"

"The Queen Mother instructed him?"

"Yes, Your High Holiness!"

The High Sparrow looked at the bruised and battered Osney. The arrogance and confidence on his face were gone, and fear was written in his expression.

"Osney, do you want to suffer more or tell the truth?"

"If I tell the truth, will you let me go?"

"No, I must determine your punishment according to the magnitude of your sins."

"No, you have no right to judge me!"

"The Seven have the right to judge their people, whether they are kings or queens. What do you rely on that I dare not represent the Seven to judge you?"

"The Queen Mother will not let you off."

"If the Queen Mother commits sins and violates the 'Seven-Pointed Starry Scripture,' the Seven will judge her sins as well."

Ser Osney's heart turned cold. He saw that the High Sparrow's ambitions were not small. Queen Mother Cersei allowed the Holy Church to possess arms, not to find herself an enemy, but to find herself a new ally.

But the High Sparrow was clearly not a good ally. In his consciousness, divine power was above royal power.

Successive kings had never dared to loosen their grip and allow the Holy Church to possess arms. The bloody historical lessons were not fictional. But every time the Holy Church's armed forces became disobedient, they were met with bloody suppression.

Osney saw the terror of the High Sparrow!

He decided to protect himself wisely and get away first. It was impossible to reason with these madmen.

"Your High Holiness, I know I was wrong." Ser Osney decided to be a king of admitting mistakes, and getting away as soon as possible was the key.

"What were you wrong about?"

"I shouldn't have slandered Queen Margaery. I coveted Queen Margaery's beauty and wanted to possess her. It wasn't Queen Margaery who wanted to seduce me."

"Is it true that you testified that Queen Margaery was close to her handmaidens?"

"That is true, Your High Holiness. Queen Margaery's brother, the Knight of Flowers, Loras Tyrell, doesn't like women but has a close relationship with Renly Baratheon. Renly claimed the throne at Bitterbridge, and Ser Loras followed him because the two had a close relationship. After Renly was murdered, Ser Loras led the family's legion to ally with the Lannister family in order to kill Stannis and avenge Renly. The brother is close to Renly, and the sister is close to the handmaidens. It is an open secret in the Red Keep nobility."

The High Sparrow stared at Osney: "Queen Margaery's closeness to her handmaidens violates the laws of the 'Seven-Pointed Starry Scripture.' We will arrest her and bring her to justice to be judged. After Margaery is brought to justice, I want you to confront her and testify to her sins."

"As you command, Your High Holiness, please allow me to go back to heal my wounds and stop the bleeding."

"The monks here are more proficient in medicine than the scholars in the Red Keep, Ser Osney. You can recognize your mistakes, testify to Queen Margaery's sins, and you will receive the forgiveness of the Seven. Ser, are there any sins you have not yet confessed?"

"No more, Your High Holiness!"

"Good, I temporarily believe in your honesty, Ser. I hope you understand that deceiving the Seven is an unforgivable sin."

Go to hell, Seven!—Ser Osney never believed in the Seven. From childhood to adulthood, the Seven had never shown any miracles in front of him.

"Your High Holiness, Osney would never dare to deceive Your High Holiness, let alone deceive the Seven."

"I hope what you say is true! Someone, go and invite the old woman bishop to heal Ser Osney."

"Thank you, Your High Holiness!" Osney gnashed his teeth in hatred. His little plan to escape was shattered, and he could only hope that Queen Mother Cersei would soon understand and notice something was wrong when she didn't receive his report.

The old woman bishop came to heal Ser Osney. Osney was uneasy. Why not go to the medical room for treatment? Why?

The old woman bishop cleaned Osney's wounds, applied medicine, and bandaged them. The facial injuries, knife wounds, and whip wounds, though they looked terrible, were not very serious. Osney's main injury was a fracture in his left leg, which needed to be fixed with wooden boards on both sides, and it would take at least three months to recover.

The fractured leg made Osney suffer unspeakably. The slightest collision was excruciatingly painful.

Just as Osney was in so much pain from the bandaging of his leg that he almost died several times, Lancel Lannister entered.

"Ser Lancel, help me!" Osney made a pitiful request to his former comrade.

Lancel was expressionless, as if he didn't see Osney at all.

Not long ago, Osney was the captain of the Queen Mother's guard, and Lancel was the Queen Mother's personal attendant. Both had unusual relationships with the Queen Mother and often exchanged information about the Queen Mother's romantic affairs. Both were from noble families and were young and handsome, and they were knights who had a good relationship with each other.

Lancel knelt down on both knees in front of the High Sparrow and bent down to kiss the High Sparrow's bare feet: "Your High Holiness, I am guilty and want to confess to you and request that my sins be punished with the most severe punishment."

"Ser Lancel, raise your head!"

Lancel raised his head as ordered, looking into the High Sparrow's eyes.

"Ser Lancel, I see a devout heart in your eyes. The mistakes and sins you have committed have been forgiven by the Seven because of your return from the wrong path. Speak, speak out your sins, save your soul, and redeem your heart."

"Yes, Your High Holiness." Lancel's face showed a look of pain, and there was even more pain in his eyes.

Osney suddenly felt frightened. What was Lancel going to confess to this evil High Sparrow? He was guilty, what sins could he have? Was he going to confess his affairs with the Queen Mother?

Osney almost fainted!

Suddenly, why did this guy want to confess his sins to the evil old man at this time? Would he tell about his affairs with the Queen Mother?

After Lancel kissed the evil old man's feet, he began to tell about his indescribable affairs with the Queen Mother. Osney wanted to strangle him to death, but he could only listen in a daze, forgetting the pain of his broken leg.

When Lancel finished speaking, the room was extremely quiet. Lancel began to sob with repentance, which surprised and frightened Osney.

Lancel was no longer the Lancel he knew. This was a completely different person, completely different from the Lancel Osney knew.

The High Sparrow gently patted Lancel on the shoulder, enlightened him in a low voice, and recited a prayer for him.

Osney's heart began to calm down. Lancel didn't mention him and the Queen Mother, thank God!

"Bishop, thank you!" Osney had a good relationship with all seven of the Holy Church's original bishops.

"You're welcome, Ser Osney, it's my honor to serve you," the old woman bishop said humbly. Although he was an old woman bishop, he was not a woman himself. The five bishops who remained in the Holy Church dared to be angry but dared not speak out against the High Sparrow. They did not agree with the High Sparrow's actions. And they hoped that the royal power could drive the High Sparrow away.

It's just that the news was getting worse and worse for them. The High Sparrow forgave the royal family's million debts and gave Queen Mother Cersei 100,000 gold dragons in cash. And Queen Mother Cersei also gave the High Sparrow the power to establish an armed force.

Seeing Osman being punished by the High Sparrow in a violent way, the old woman bishop hoped that Osney could pass the High Sparrow's danger signal to Queen Mother Cersei, so that Queen Mother Cersei could take back (the power of the Holy Church to establish an armed force.)

Osney got up, hoping to have a room to rest, not a Holy Church prison. Hope is always beautiful, but reality is always so cruel.

Lancel pointed at Osney with cold and ruthless eyes and a cold and ruthless tone: "Your High Holiness, Osney, like a sinner, has maintained a close relationship with Queen Mother Cersei for a long time. He has violated the laws of the 'Seven-Pointed Starry Scripture.' Please, Your High Holiness, investigate."

Osney was almost scared out of his wits!

Was Lancel crazy?

Lancel wasn't crazy, Osney was about to go crazy.

The High Sparrow looked coldly at Osney, whose face was ashen: "Ser, you swore that you had clearly confessed all your sins, and swore that you had not lied to the Seven, but I had already seen through your lies in your eyes. Lancel's words proved your treachery, cunning, and ugly soul, and also proved that my judgment of you was accurate. You do not deserve any redemption."

Two Holy Sword armed men stepped forward, one kicking Osney's broken leg, and the other drawing a short stick and hitting Osney's other leg.

The sound of bones breaking made the old woman bishop's face change drastically, and her eyes were filled with fear!

Ser Osney fainted!

When he woke up leisurely, what came into view was Lancel's resolute and ruthless face.

"Ser, Your High Holiness asked me to ask you, after Queen Mother Cersei is captured by the Holy Church, are you willing to stand up and testify to her sins?"

Osney hated Lancel to death, but now both of his legs were broken, and he was unable to resist. The pain of the broken bones was excruciating, as if knives were piercing and rubbing against the bones.

Osney heard heavy breathing all around him. He knew that those were the High Sparrow's thugs. What Holy Sword Knights? They were just a group of crazy killers, cruel and ruthless, who had long violated the spirit of chivalry.

"I am willing to do anything in accordance with the will of the Seven. In order to repent and atone for my sins, I am willing to be a witness to testify against Queen Mother Cersei."

"Ser Osney, you seized the last moment to save your soul by pulling back from the brink at the last moment."

A black shadow descended from the sky, covering Osney. It was a large black bag. Several Holy Sword Knights worked together to put Osney into the bag, tie it up, and drag it away.

Osney, whose legs were already broken, let out a earth-shattering scream, until he completely fainted from the bumps on the stairs.

Letting himself faint became the happiest thing for Osney.

*

That night, Ser Osney did not return to the Red Keep. Queen Mother Cersei was slightly surprised. Osney was ordered to see the High Sparrow and should have returned long ago. Why didn't he report the specific situation in time?

The next day, Osney still had no shadow. Cersei sent a guard to ask Commander-in-Chief Bronn for someone, but was told that no one had seen Osney since he left the camp yesterday.

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