Chapter 210
2021-01-06
Chapter 210 Returns to WinterWhen Winterfell's thick and broad silhouette reappears in the field of vision, Igor let out a long sigh of relief: it's finally here.
The trip to take the little she-wolf home was very smooth - for most of the team: the entire group did not encounter the nobles who blocked the way, nor did they encounter the wildlings who went south to escape the winter, and they did not encounter the rumored Constantly harassing the pirates and robbers along the coast, not even bad weather once appeared - it only took less than ten days to complete the whole road from The Neck to Winterfell.
As the leader of the team, Igor enjoys the treatment of a senior officer: he can ride a horse and ride a car when he is on the road, and he does not need to watch at night. It is reasonable to say that he is the most comfortable in the team. Unfortunately, due to the presence of Arya and her relatives, Igor actually became the most tired one - in the first two nights when the trouble came to the door, the girl had to rub her stomach to fall asleep, and occasionally woke up in the middle of the night with pain , also unceremoniously pushed him to wake him up and asked him to continue rubbing... Finally, the pain was relieved on the third day, but at night, he still burrowed into Igor's bed as usual, and the reason turned out to be "warmth".
After being tossed like this for three or five days, Igor was not only sleepless, but also sore because of his uncomfortable sleeping position... He sniffed lightly, as if he could smell a faint smell of blood on his clothes.
Harmful spirits are often rubbish, but no matter what, when the girl is handed over to her own mother today, oneself will definitely be able to break away from the Sea of Bitterness.
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The procession continued, gradually entering the winter town around Winterfell. As winter approaches, it is obviously much busier here than Igor's previous two visits-those mountain clans who don't farm and don't need to worry about farming have dragged their belongings here early, picking out the most sturdy and not to worry about. The leaky stone house is moved in, only to wait for the winter. Winterfell is Arya's home, and there are many people who can recognize her, and Igor makes her wear a hood to prevent her from being recognized.
Sending Miss Stark home in the North is a glorious thing, but after all, it undermines the impartiality of Night's Watch, and when most of the Night's Watch industry is in the South, it's better not to. It's better to let who know.
As the procession approached the gates of Winterfell, the surroundings became more and more lively, and Igor noticed many soldiers in House Stark gray robes running up and down the town streets, shouting and seeming to gather in the summon. .
The oncoming Winterfell Instructor gave Igor a chance to understand, and he took the initiative to chat up: "Rodrik Ser!"
"Uh...Night's Watch brother? Afternoon Good." Poor old Ser had never seen so many people in black clothed in his life, and looked at Igor's team in confusion: "Winterfell welcomes everyone, it's just... Lord Ed and his son Robb took away Winterfell. Some people, servants and servants don't have much left, right now... I'm afraid I can't accommodate so many of you."
"It's okay, we'll spend the night in the winter town, and continue north tomorrow." There are dozens of elite soldiers from the Westerlands, and even if the owner of the place doesn't mind, Igor dare not let them enter Winterfell, where the defense is empty: "What's going on here, so lively?" Not the damn illegitimate child of Roose Bolton, who broke into the city of Hornwood, forced the Hornwood count Lady to marry him, and occupied the castle. White Harbor also coveted the territory of the Hornwood family, so he sent troops north, and now Manderly The family's Knight and Bolton's troops have already done a real thing in the Hornwood forest." Roderick Ser looked furious and annoyed: "I don't care about Fengjun! By the order of Lord Winterfell, I will Leading the army to arrest and punish the perpetrators, but Robb took almost all of the army, and I had to call again from the winter town... ah, the total lunatic."
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Igor had heard about the Hornwoods from the hundred soldiers that Robb sent to oneself, and summed it up in one sentence: a bloody murder because there was no heir.
The last man of the Hornwood family has died, leaving no heir, and there is no clear heir. This has led both neighbors and distant relatives to have ideas about Hornwood's property and its affiliated territories, the most recent being Fort Dread and White Harbor.
Winter is coming, wildlings and Others are coming. When the elite army of the North is heading south, the families who stay behind will fight each other for some territory... This example makes Igor really feel The barbarism and chaos of this world have shown a truth more vividly: in the era of feudal lords who paid attention to general ethics, how important it is to have a clear heir!
(Roose Bolton's illegalimate child, isn't that Ramsay · Snow?) Igor has no time to worry about other people's family affairs, only to realize that another villain is about to appear, and suddenly frowned: even if the plot has already With such a huge change, how can the villain who should be emerging still come out to do bad things like the original plot?
Is this just a matter of nature, or is there some other reason?
"It's a lunatic, and a lunatic...better dead." He agreed with Roderick's assessment of Ramsay, and a single thought quickly popped up, "Ser, I'm recruiting with Night's Watch Legion. The identity of the official has been declared in advance, Wall does not want this kind of person, we don't want to sleep with the threats from the people around us."
"Relax, even if you don't say it, I don't plan to let it go. This kid survives." Roderick shrugged and turned to look at Arya, who was sitting on the other horse next to him. Because he hadn't seen him for a year and wore a big hood, the old Knight didn't recognize his young lady and quickly looked away: "Master Chief Logistics Officer, it seems that there are quite a few North soldiers in your team?"
"That's right, Robb sent them with my team to make sure Jaime Lannister Ser got to the Wall safely." Igor admitted, "These soldiers will remain at my disposal until the wildling and Others crisis is over."
p>"so that's how it is, uh, the logistics officer, let's discuss something, I will use some of these soldiers on secondment, wait for the Hornwood city to be captured, and the evil illegalitimate child of Bolton to be dealt with, and then send They went to look for you to report, you see, is it feasible?"
"This..." Igor thought for a while, North needed to call North soldiers in an urgent matter, oneself as an outsider seemed to have no reason to refuse. To be honest, raising these 100 people is also a big expense, so I simply agreed: "Well, Ser will just pick people later, and when things are settled, send them back to Queenscrown to report directly."
"Then many thanks, I'm worried that the soldiers temporarily recruited do not have veteran belts, which is not easy to use."
"You're welcome, Night's Watch and North are the same family. Let's help each other." Igor calmly approached and took the initiative to say goodbye: "Then you are busy first, and I have something to look for Lady Stark, so go to the city."
"Okay."
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After letting the large army find a place to settle down in Winterfell Town, Igor took Arya and a few cronies back into the familiar and unfamiliar Winterfell.
After meeting Lady Catelyn in the name of a visit and handing Arya back to her personally, and telling her not to tell her, one of the goals of the trip north was the completion of Perfection. Accepting the thanks and the guest treatment calmly, Igor took a walk in the castle.
Away from King's Landing, where the situation is complicated and full of conspiracies and traps, now, in the political center of the north, within a radius of dozens or hundreds of miles, either oneself's subordinates or oneself's friends are the worst. It is the unrelated passers-by and those Vale nobles who may hold a grudge against oneself... The great character who can run over oneself without moving a finger, there is no need for him to trembling with fear, and to fight with 12 points of energy. It's a good feeling that the situation is clear, the enemy is clear, and everything is under control.
I took a breath of the cool and clean North air, and felt a sense of guilt while relaxing: the ease of oneself was built on the foundation of leaving all the burden of the Night's Watch industry to Nina On, she earns money in the south, and oneself spends money in the north... I wonder if this smart girl can handle it?
Just thinking about oneself's good helper, two thin silhouettes suddenly appeared in the courtyard and walked straight towards Igor. The taller one could be seen as a young woman, as slender and slender as Arya's, with long brown hair tied behind her head, her chest as flat as a boy's, and although her figure was not attractive, her walking posture was elegant and light. flavor. The other, even shorter, was a boy about four years old of Mo Shisan, dressed in green, from head to toe...even the leather of his boots was the color of forgiveness.
"Hello, Chief Logistics Officer." The two youngsters walked into the Night's Watch, and the older girl stared at him with green eyes and greeted him with a friendly smile—only In one sentence, the relaxed feeling Igor had just had was dispelled: "I'm Meera from House Reed, this is my younger brother Jiu Jian, he heard of your arrival and wanted to meet you... Well, it's nice to meet you. ."
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(end of this chapter)