Chapter 247
2021-01-06
Chapter 247 Panic“Lord Commander took us to Meera Reed The young lady was almost taken away by the wildling near the place - no, near the 'New Land Granters' village, investigate who did it." The rangers who accompanied Mormont at the time of the incident faced a group of Night's Watch executives. He recalled the incident nervously: "In the beginning, everything was normal. Although the villagers would run out of the burrows and tents to watch, they just stood at a distance and looked at us coldly. He didn't answer... But then someone shouted - 'The old crow who ordered to close the door is here', and the scene changed drastically. The villagers who had been watching from afar gathered around and shouted something, 'Don't Let him run away', 'pay for your life', etc. At that time, a few of us noticed something was wrong, and we were going to cover the Lord Commander to return to Nightfort. Whoever thought about it would turn around and walk a short distance before a stone flew over..."
"It seems that it is our Lord Commander's responsibility for not wearing a helmet. In the future, Night's Watch will have to be fully armed and maintain the highest vigilance on its own territory, right, Lord Chief Logistics Officer?"
Bowen Marsh's mystifying questioning made Igor completely unwilling to fight back for the first time. The impact of the Mormont accident on the whole plan was almost devastating: oneself's radical plan opponents were far more than supporters, just because there were Mormont's support was successfully implemented all the way... Now, the leader of Legion, who stood on the radical side, was killed by the wildling he personally ordered to put in. How can oneself wash the wildlings?
How many conservative Night's Watchers secretly scold Mormont for "deserving it"? How many more Night's Watches will use Mormont's death as a material and weapon to attack oneself's land-grant scheme?
"Life?" Igor suppressed his panic and asked with a blank face, "Is the village Commander Mormont went to, one of the last tribes that were put in on the day the ghouls attacked?"
"It seems so."
In fact, Igor recalled as soon as he asked the question: oneself was also present when the resettlement planning was carried out, and Mormont and he were thinking about the day the ghouls attacked through the Wall. wildling Every tribe has people who are locked out and sacrificed. They are afraid that they will do something to disrupt the order of land grants because of their grief and anger, so they pay special attention to them and give priority to resettlement. The ten fortresses that have been activated are under the supervision of Night's Watch itself and its reliable allies, the mountain clans... Among them, the Flint clan stationed in Nightfort has the largest number of people, so the surrounding area is naturally arranged with the most people from beyond the wall. New land grantors.
This resettlement plan itself is out of consideration for safety, but who would have thought that this group of people would end up causing trouble? This is probably called shooting oneself in the foot... Igor wondered for a while, then suddenly became angry: oneself tried so hard to convince Mormont to let the wildling pass the Wall, and racked his brains trying to feed them, these damn Barbarians not only I'm not grateful, I only lived for a few days, so I put this one for oneself? !
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Although the land grant resettlement plan was entirely made by Igor, it was the leader of Jeor Mormont who finally decided to implement it and issued a series of direct orders. While enjoying power, it also assumes responsibility. And this time, the wildling, who lost his family and friends in the ghoul attack, obviously put the blame on Old Bear.
Mormont, as the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, what an important identity, to go to the wildling village, which has just become a new land giver, to track down the murderer, can't it be safe to bring thirty or fifty guards!
Igor's heart is mixed with chagrin and resentment, and his mood is extremely complicated. But suddenly, he remembered another thing: "Wait, the Reed brothers and sisters and Bran Stark that Lord Commander was going to pick up, where are they?"
The Ranger shook his head: "No I know... Commander Mormont invited Master Stark Young out of his residence that morning, ready to wait for the end of the investigation, give Miss Meera an explanation, and take them back to Castle Black... Who would have thought that this happened before noon. Afterwards, we He was busy rescuing the Lord Commander, so he ignored the three children. They disappeared in a blink of an eye, and the Nightfort could not be found anywhere. This was very strange. There were many guards from the mountain clan guarding the exit of Nightfort that day. , there are no three children and a big man going out, and a fool with a crippled one, can it still run over the wall?"
Sure enough, the suspicion came true - the words of the Rangers mean that : If nothing happened to Mormont, he would have brought Bran Stark back to Castle Black by now. Igor suddenly felt a chill behind his back. It seemed like an accident caused by the recklessness of wildling who had just changed his identity, but if you think about it, it might be Greenseer who moved to prevent Mormont from stopping Bran from going out to see him. hands and feet?
Although it is a conspiracy theory again, it makes sense no matter how you think about it - Igor oneself was reluctant to intervene in this matter before, wasn't he just afraid of this happening?
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"We don't have time to take care of those three children." The Chief Ranger didn't know what Igor was thinking, and he asked his subordinates with a solemn face: "The stone thrower catches the Have you stayed?"
"No, I had to hurry up at that time. I was afraid that the remaining ranger brothers would not be able to escape. How dare I stay longer?"
Igor Also returned to reality from the phantom, things have happened, and now it is too late to think about whether it is caused by mysterious power. A large number of wildlings are not yet accustomed to the status of new land grantors, and the Night's Watch and the mountain clan people are not yet fully familiar with accepting new entrants. At this critical moment, if the trouble cannot be resolved quickly with drastic measures, once it becomes a gift like the Sarajevo incident. The fuse of the conflict between the two sides and the civil war eventually led to chaos... Not to mention the help of the new land grantors to help North expel the Ironmen, I am afraid that it will end up in a big mess, and I have to wait for Robb Stark to come north in person after returning from the south. tidy.
When the time comes, the oneself hero can't be made, but becomes a historical sinner. How many ambitions and new ideas are all destroyed by a few stupid wildling hands.
"The murderer must be caught first and punished. If the status and identity of the Night's Watch 'ruling class' cannot be established in one fell swoop, the dignity and deterrence of the land grant law can be accumulated, and the rest of the The new land-grant people are apprehensive when they think of the ending, and the land-grant will never end!"
"You still think those wildlings are saved?" Marsh Ser coldly snorted: "In my opinion, since The food has already been in our hands, so it is the best way to directly assemble a heavy army to drive all the wicked people born and raised in this bad land back to the Wall and kill each other with the Others!”
“Marsh Ser, I respect your right to have and express oneself's opinions, but if you want to ignore differences and do what you say, I am afraid that the Lord Commander has this power." Igor said without hesitation: "But right now, we have at least one thing. Disagreement - the killer of Commander Mormont must be punished first!"
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Igor joins Night's Watch for the first high-level meeting without the Lord Commander, As the chief logistics officer, Igor seems to be as stable as Old Dog, but in fact he panics a lot: he has been focusing on the land-grant resettlement plan since he returned to Wall, and since Mormont supports his plan, he does not spend too much. More thoughts on winning over the rest of the Night's Watch. Now this key leader has died unexpectedly, but oneself has not established enough influence and prestige in Legion to continue to carry out the oneself plan...
Once a conservative is finally elected as the Lord Commander, Overturning oneself's previous plan, and even restricting the activities of the Night's Watch industry in land grants, all the efforts of oneself before will be wasted.
Furious, Igor still immediately made the most favorable judgment for oneself: the murder of Commander Mormont must be dealt with before the election of the Lord Commander-the trouble that should be solved, the robbing The credit for grabbing the hand... Never let this matter become a material for the opponents to attack oneself.
The Chief Ranger did not have a clear line between the radical and the conservative faction. Under Igor's strong recommendation, the high-level officials finally sent Warner Ser Buckwell to hunt down the murderer, and the new Land Granters besieged and killed the Lord Commander of The Night's Watch is an extremely vicious incident. In troubled times, it is necessary to use a heavy code, and it is difficult to use the Bodhisattva Heart without thunderbolt. Igor is determined to take the wildling tribe that broke through this disaster. body.
And to do this kind of thing, you need someone who is vicious and merciless and decisive and tough-nothing is better than winning the Red Keep for Renly and winning the King's Landing in the two deer competition, even the king dares to betray Ser Buckwell is a more suitable man.
In addition, most of the Wall defenders don't know that Warner Buckwell actually has a personal friendship and agreement with oneself. If he can settle this matter and gain credit and influence, it is equivalent to Igor getting these things.
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"In addition to the Rangers, I will transfer another 100 people from Queenscrown to you. In addition, you can borrow the Warrior from the Flint clan. This investigation is really Fierce will not go well, if the people of this tribe dare to continue to resist the law, they will never show mercy..." Igor found Warner Buckwell secretly, and warned repeatedly with a serious expression: "One sentence - 'No matter how many people die, I will It's all for you'. It doesn't matter whether the real murderer is caught, the important thing is that this matter must be resolved swiftly and decisively!"
Warner Buckwell is also considered a character in King's Landing, slightly After thinking about it, I understood the idea of Igor killing the chicken to warn the monkey. He nodded: "Understood, but I still have to remind you... You have to honor the promise you made to all of us King's Landing nobles, don't take this opportunity to take the position of Lord Commander, or at least let someone you can control take over , I'm afraid it's extremely difficult."
Igor doesn't understand this, but how easy is it to be a Lord Commander? He pretended to have a few more words with Warner, and after parting, he immediately went to another place and found the son of destiny who was supposed to be the next Lord Commander: Jon Snow.
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(end of this chapter)