Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 135 Justice in War
The interrogator asked, "Where are you from?" in a somewhat unstandard version of the common language.

"Storm's End—"

With a snap, a finger broke.

He asked again, “Where are you from?”

“The wind—”

Click, followed by the second finger.

"Where are you from?" The interrogator calmly held his third finger.

".Jun Lin Jun Lin ah——"

"Lies," the interrogator said, and the clicking sound was heard again.

The defendant's mouth was full of blood, and many of his teeth were missing. The severe pain from his fingers distorted his face. "It's not a lie, please. It's King's Landing. No, it's Casterly Rock. I'm from Casterly Rock."

"Castle Rock?"

". Casterly Rock, yes, Casterly Rock."

"Who sent you here?" The interrogator's common language was still very unstandard.

"It's Lord Kevan, it's Lord Tywin."

Using the Great Memory Restoration Technique to interrogate someone is not something a knight or a wise ruler should do, so the king's knights do not need to know about this matter, and the matter is handed over to the Unsullied under Viserys.

These captured criminals slaughtered the elderly, the weak, women and children, destroyed farmland, burned houses, and committed murder, treason, and high treason. There were countless laws that satisfied the requirement of beheading. Viserys had decided to behead all the captured soldiers at the execution ground of Stonehenge, including several officers and even the knights from the West.

Only a few people who betrayed Tywin and Kevan were left behind and sentenced to suspended death sentences. They would have to wait until they had a court appearance with Tywin and Kevan before they could see if they were allowed to wear black.

Viserys has ordered a public summons to Dragonstone for the two behind-the-scenes commanders of the war, Tywin Lannister and Kevan Lannister, to come to Dragonstone to testify in court, defend their honor, and prove their innocence. Of course they will not come, but they must be summoned.

Viserys dealt with them severely this time, and wanted to make the punishment clear, announcing the crimes one by one, and decided to write the case into a document and send it to various places, especially King's Landing and Storm's End. In the case of irrefutable evidence, even several knights from the West were not allowed to wear black clothes, but were stripped of their titles and publicly beheaded.

Not only that, but the Dragon King of Dragonstone had to openly declare to the public that such behavior was shameless and despicable, and a heinous massacre.

Privately, Viserys decided to fight back.

Of course, it was not to slaughter the other side's peasants, but to plant the seeds in people's minds that killing innocent people was a despicable evil. This kind of thing could not be stopped by condemnation and violence alone. Viserys had to make this behavior notorious and notorious.

This is what Viserys thought about every time he passed by the burned villages these days and saw the surviving villagers lying in despair and silence or kneeling on the ruins weeping.

He had to increase the moral cost of killing innocent people in this world. Although war is a confrontation between two camps, people still have justice and morality in their hearts. If his army loses its morale to this extent in the future, Viserys might as well let them all be captured by the White Walkers.

The attacked villages in Shiyang Fort were reduced to ruins, and the survivors could only gather in the castle. The crops in the fields were burned to ashes. A few families were lucky enough that their cellars were not burned, but the rescued food could hardly allow them to survive the winter.

Moreover, Viserys discovered that the only people left in these villages were the elderly, the weak, women and children - it had been like this before the attack, and there were only a few young and strong people left.

Ser Justin Massey is still with Stannis, so the exact casualties of the army he led to the Blackwater are unknown, but most of the soldiers on Dragonstone went on the warships, and they are probably in great danger.

It was already autumn, and Viserys could only ask Juster Marseille, the lord of the Marseille family whom he had supported, to do more work in rebuilding the villages and taking care of the fields. The lord had originally wanted to show off in front of Viserys, but was sent to personally go to the scene to start the reconstruction of several large villages.

"Your Majesty, the troops that went into the mountains to search have all returned, and each team is ready. The bodies of the villagers brought back from the mountains have also been identified. The monks of House Marseille and the Sisters of Silence are helping them bury the dead." When old Barristan and Grey Worm came to greet the king to return to the city, Viserys was sitting on a broken chair in the ruins of the sanctuary in Three Hills village, far away from the temporary camp, staring at the broken statue of the Seven Gods in a daze.

In this raid, Barristan was in charge of the free riders who came to him. The old knight was familiar with how to command these people, and Grey Worm and his Unsullied were more of an assistant to him. Viserys actually gave Grey Worm a Westeros name called 'Grim', but he still used to call him Grey Worm.

The rest of the army stayed behind on Dragonstone, with only a few hundred men and a few knights left, but Viserys believed that no one would think this was a good time to attack Dragonstone.

Viserys called the old ser to his side. "Barristan, you have fought in many battles in the Seven Kingdoms. With your experience and knowledge, how long will it take to restore a village like this?"

"Uh, Your Majesty." The old knight was speechless for a moment. Based on his experience, this village will die out. Perhaps it will take several generations and a long summer for Stone Dance City to have enough people to tidy up this land far away from the castle and continue to build a village. Now the old and weak cannot rebuild here by themselves. They can only be helped by the lord's kindness and be assigned to a less dilapidated place to settle down and start over, or they can only wait for the stranger's mercy.
Viserys sighed. "It takes generations to build a village like this, but only a day and a fire to destroy it."

"Your Majesty, war has always been like this." The old knight didn't know what to say to persuade the king, because although it was disgusting to say, it was a routine operation in war, and whether it was done or not depended on whether the commander of the army had a sense of honor.

"Has it always been like this?"

Barristan didn't know how to answer. But after thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, when Robert rebelled, he was defeated in the Battle of Ashford. When he went north to join the Stark, Tully and Arryn armies, he was injured and trapped in Stonetown. Your father sent Prime Minister Jon Connington to hunt down Robert who was hiding in the town.

Clinton ordered his soldiers to search every house. But nothing was found, and Robert's allies soon arrived at Stonetown and surrounded Clinton and his army. Clinton was defeated and his army retreated. It is rumored that Stonetown turned into a chaotic battlefield at that time, and all the churches rang the bells to warn the people to lock their doors and windows. Therefore, the battle was called the "Battle of the Bells".

Afterwards, some said that Connington could have easily laid siege to Stonehall and ordered the burning of the town, along with Robert inside, to end the rebellion before Stark and Tully could lead the rebel reinforcements to their aid."

Viserys asked: "If you were leading the army at that time, would you order the burning of the entire town and the killing of innocent men, women and children to win the battlefield?" Barristan did not give a direct answer, but only said: "King Aerys believed that Connington was responsible for this defeat, stripped him of his official title and fiefdom, and expelled him."

"The defeat was on the battlefield, not because innocent people were not massacred. Who equated the two things, making it either one or the other? Was it Tywin?"

"No, it's just a saying. People think that if Tywin led the army, the result would be very different."

"It is true that Robert started the Usurper's War, but don't you think it is ridiculous to think that killing Robert will end the war?
Because of what the king and the crown prince did, Stark, Tully, Arryn, and Baratheon had to fight. Even with Robert dead, the rebels and the royalists would continue to fight. Do you know how much appeal people who just lost their fathers, brothers, and brothers would have on the battlefield? Do you know that the vassals from all over the country have already gathered and raised the banner of rebellion, and there is no way back?
Just like Robb Stark, he led his army south to save his father, but when Eddard Stark died, did he retreat? No, he became king, the King of the North and the Riverlands. He was a 16-year-old boy, did he want to be king? I don't think so. But the Northern troops have fought several battles with the Lannisters in the Riverlands. Let me ask you, if you are the lord of the North and the Riverlands, once Robb retreats, everyone will become a rebel and can only wait to be defeated by the royal court. At this time, would you let Robb, the Young Wolf, retreat?

I think burning Stonetown and slaughtering innocent people would only make the rebels appear more righteous.

It's just that people like to think what if, and they think that if Rhaegar hadn't been against Robert, he might have survived the Trident and might have won.
But I want to say, Barristan, that killing Robert in Stonetown cannot save the war. Four of the Seven Kingdoms are united in rebellion, and this cannot be stopped by the death of one person."

"Your Majesty, I cannot match your wisdom. To be honest, I never thought of it this way before you said it." The king's words were always sharp, and Barristan was unable to refute them for a while. He thought he was not good at debate, so he chose to stop. Barristan knew that he had never been someone who could give advice to the king, and the only thing he was thankful for was that he was now serving a good king.

"Massacre of innocent people is not a just act and should not be advocated. I will never allow such acts to exist under my rule. I would rather my army be defeated on the battlefield because of the enemy's bravery and strategy than to exchange the blood of innocent people for victory." Viserys could say this because it is actually the surplus of the strong. Having said that, Viserys changed the subject and called Grey Worm, "Grey Worm, when you go back, go find Ser Grolet and ask him to find a few performance troupes from Pentos to come to Dragonstone. Don't want circuses, but the kind that perform in theaters. I can use them."

Barristan wondered why Viserys had suddenly brought this up. "Your Grace," he asked, "are you planning for the 300th anniversary of Aegon's Conquest?"

"No, Barristan. I want to tell Lord Tywin about his exploits. I have a play that I need a troupe to perform for me in all the major port cities of the Seven Kingdoms, except King's Landing, for free. The last act of the play will end with 'The Rains of Castamere.' May the fame of the Lannister army spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms, from Oldtown to White Harbor, and everyone will know it."

"." For some reason, the old knight felt that the King's words were cold as ice.

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Daenerys' brother Viserys has not returned to Stonehenge yet, but someone has sent back a script. The guards who sent the script said it was written by His Majesty the King - an unknown jester of His Majesty the King, who saw the tragic conditions of the villages while traveling, and it was a draft and outline, waiting to be revised by professionals later.

The script is divided into four acts. It is a singing drama performance that the people of Essos love to watch. That is, there is a fixed melody for the play. You only need to fill in the lyrics to perform according to the script. The troupe often intersperses dialogues during the performance.

The first act opens with a song of prayer for summer, telling the story of a farmer who hopes summer will last forever.

After a practical prayer, the farmer began to talk about his troubles. An old enemy lived next door to him, and they had many conflicts over the issues of water and fertilizer fermentation in the farmland.

As the farmer kept nagging, another person he was nagging came on the scene. He was a farmer who looked honest, serious, silent and hardworking according to the script.

The farmer who started nagging started singing about how bad his neighbor was. And every time the nagging farmer said something bad about his neighbor, the neighbor would show the opposite content on the other side.
The scriptwriter hopes that the dislocation caused by the contrast will produce a comedic effect.

This scene is a comedy. The script sets the daily life of the people to end as night falls, and the first scene ends with laughter.

The second act is then followed by a love drama.

The two conflicting sons and daughters adore each other.

After the two families finished their dinner, the boy and the girl had a secret tryst at night. The girl was the daughter of a nagging farmer, and she was eloquent and urged the boy to propose marriage quickly, but the boy was troubled by the parents of both parties. After a long conversation of love and affection, the boy made up his mind to propose marriage at the harvest banquet.

The farewell in the second act is the boy and girl’s innocent kiss.

The third act is a story of childhood innocence. The nagging farmer has a little son who gets up early to herd cattle and is responsible for showing the pastoral scenery. The script sets this act to fully show the beauty of the farmhouse, the countryside, the small bridge and the flowing water.

The fourth act is the slaughter.

The script has not been written yet, but the setting is that there will be a tall killer. And these killers will never reveal who they are from beginning to end.

Until the end, when all beautiful things are stained with blood and covered with fire, the man in black will take off his coat, revealing the golden emblem on the red background half exposed at the end of the curtain, and the story will end here.

And when the curtain falls, the closing song will be "The Rainy Season in Castamere".

When the playwright was writing the play, he stated that he had to create extreme humor, fun, beauty, and daily life in the first three acts to attract the audience, and in the fourth act he had to cruelly destroy all that beauty in front of the audience.

This is not intended for nobles, but for common people, so it must be easy to understand. The first three acts must make common people feel the same, and feel that it is the people and things around them. The reason why the massacre is revealed only half-revealed is because only in this way will those who don't know ask, and those who know will speak.

Historically, the people have been watching the streets and no one dared to speak out, which is the best way to arouse people's endless resentment.

The playwright hasn't finished writing the script yet, but Daenerys can already see the general direction of the plot.

Daenerys could see that Viserys was furious at the massacre of the peasants in his lands.

Including the treatment of captured westerly knights, he first announced the deprivation of their titles, and then tried them for guilt, because he didn't want these people to initiate a trial by combat. Because the evidence of the massacre was irrefutable, even if those knights asked for a combat, they would be rejected. At that time, they no longer had titles, and even if it was controversial, Viserys had sufficient reasons.

This time, Viserys was determined to use the law to chop off the heads of all these people and make them an example for publicity.

Even if they are knights and nobles, they will be put to death if they commit such a crime, and no one can save them.

(End of this chapter)