Chapter 289
2021-01-06
Chapter 289 New burdens and countermeasuresDamn, do I have a grudge against you?
Igor nearly broke out.
The speaker is a member of the Karstark family, whom Igor is not familiar with. Looking at the man suspiciously, Igor really couldn't guess whether the other party brought trouble to oneself, whether it was simply what he thought of and said something, or whether he had no deep meaning.
He was annoyed, but he still smiled and shook his head: "Well—I have no opinion."
Robb smiled: "Don't be restrained, expressing an opinion is not interference. Internal affairs of the Seven Kingdoms."
Didn't you just say no to business affairs, after a few glasses of wine, you forgot what oneself said?
Abdominal slander, dignified big man, what's so shy to express an opinion. Igor couldn't push it, but he spoke bluntly, and publicly stated oneself's pros and cons for dealing with Asha.
"Lord Igor is right. Holding Balon's daughter in his hands is to suppress all uncontrollable factors, and he can also take the initiative in possible future changes." As expected, Roose Bolton once again took the initiative to support Igor's opinion, "North is also impossible, but because of this one more prisoner, there will be a food crisis."
Robb is still young and has an obvious tolerance for alcohol. Not enough, after drinking several glasses, his face became dizzy, and his thinking became difficult. After thinking about it, he felt a little headache, and finally decided to stop thinking: "Well, since you think that Yara Grejoy should be imprisoned in the majority, then Let's do it this way."
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Without voting, where is the "majority"? Fortunately, the dissent over how Asha was handled was not a matter of principle, and the final decision did not infringe on the interests of any family present. Now that Stark has spoken, everyone will not say more. Those who wanted to drink raised their cups again, those who wanted to eat meat picked up their knives and forks, and those who were in the midst of the conversation resumed their conversation. A little interlude seemed to be over, but Igor glanced up at Robb, just in time to meet the slightly drunk new Duke Stark.
The ominous premonition suddenly spread in the heart.
As if to confirm Igor's hunch, Robb stared at him as he continued to speak: "This woman was captured by Lord Igor himself, I think, you will be responsible for long-term supervision."
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What? Igor looked anxious: "My lord... Yara Grejoy was not captured by me personally, and... supervising her also needs manpower, and this is what Wall and the land grant lack the most!"
"You need to supervise her. Man, don't I need it? Winterfell's large number of guards or go to King's Landing with my father or go with me, the dungeon has already been cleared to fill the guards with the guards. For her one, I have to restart the whole building and rebuild it The patrol and guard squad... and your Queenscrown has already detained a lot of people anyway, not many more than her." Robb lightly said with a smile: "Besides, I see the land grant now - it doesn't look like there is a shortage of people. ”
If you say that the land-grant resettlement program can continue, naturally there will be no shortage of people. Igor secretly said, but this is something that absolutely can't be said directly. He looked at Robb in distress, hoping that the other party could see the subtext of oneself:
(Is there a mistake, Theon, Joffrey, Tommen, and a bunch of Ironmen I caught are still in Queenscrown, and I haven't figured out what to do with them, so you're throwing another baggage? No bullying!)
Robb cocked his lips, Shaking his head, he didn't speak, his eyes also flickered with rays of light:
(You tricked me into granting land to cheer you on for your Lord Commander campaign, really when I was young and didn't understand anything? I stand up You, you have to take care of me! It's just one more prisoner, what's the big deal?)
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After some eye contact, Igor reluctantly surrendered: " Well, since Lord Stark has spoken, then choose a day to escort the prisoner to Queenscrown, and I will be in charge of the supervision."
"Very well, take this matter to your heart, don't let it be She ran away." Robb nodded with satisfaction, "Iron Islands are thousands of miles away from the land grant, and there is still a large no-man's land in the middle. I am afraid that if she is allowed to run, she will not fly anywhere."
This It's a fact, isn't it because of the harsh environment that Wall is the first choice for the Seven Kingdoms to exile the undesirables?
A young aristocratic female prisoner, she sounds charming, but in fact... nothing but trouble or trouble.
Debt is not a problem, and dealing with Asha is less of a hassle than how to settle Joffrey and Tommen. After all, this woman doesn't have an old father like James—martial skill is strong, still beside Igor, and one of his important supporters.
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In fact, Igor has not found the right time to tell James until now: his two children were handed over to oneself by Robb, and they are now locked in Inside the walls of Queenscrown.
The campaign for Lord Commander is reaching its most critical moment, and Wall can't take the slightest bit of extra turmoil right now. Igor intends to wait for oneself to take the position of commander, and then explain everything to this powder keg, and deal with a bunch of troublesome characters in Queenscrown by the way.
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Said Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, not long after Igor returned to the oneself room after the dinner, James Lannister, who had only shown his face in his mind, was alone in front of him. come to visit.
"James." Igor suppressed his unnatural expression and greeted him, "Sit down, what's the matter?"
This guy, is it from something? Channel learned that oneself's two sons are in Queenscrown? But there are all oneself cronies there, and the probability of leaking news is very low... Besides, this heartless Kingslayer really doesn't seem like a person who can inquire about news.
Fortunately, James' expression was neither angry nor ferocious. He sat down in the chair without waiting for Igor to finish speaking: "Today, Val came to me."
"Val, that 'wildling princess'?" Val is actually the younger sister of King-Beyond-the-Wall Mance's wife, but that's what everyone calls it, and Igor is being led astray. He nodded for no apparent reason, and soon found the problem in the other party's words: "But she is not allowed to leave Hardin's Tower, how can she come to find you?"
James's expression froze and cleared. After clearing his throat, he continued to explain: "Well... she informed the guard that the guard's brother came to me, and I went to see her at Hardin's Tower."
"Oh—" Igor watched with interest He glanced at James: "So what?"
He is no longer the technician who was waiting to die in a state-owned enterprise before the time-travel, but now the chief logistics officer, the No. 1 Seeded Contestant competing for Lord Commander, is very concerned about things. Sensitivity has increased to a certain level, enough to see the vast amount of information behind the seemingly simple appearance: a "wildling princess" under house arrest in Castle Black can actually make the Night's Watch, who guards oneself, send a letter to James , the key is the latter - the Renowned Kingslayer, James Lannister who killed two kings, actually ran to see her, which is really Interesting.
It seems that this guy James has not been idle during the time when oneself left the Wall. Speaking of which, Val is also a wonderful woman in wildling. She grew up in the harsh environment of beyond the wall, but she can produce a slender figure plump and beautiful in appearance, and her demeanor is quite elegant. Although her appearance is not as good as Cersei, she is also Blonde... It's not that strange that a blond hobby can have a crush on her.
Of course, James's own conditions are quite good too - "killed two kings" may be a cool thing for wildling, plus he is handsome, he is also chased by Val. uncertain.
"I have nothing to do with her!" James was annoyed by Igor's ambiguous expression, "Val is just locked inside and has nothing to do, occasionally standing on top of the tower and chatting with the passing Night's Watch. , we are a little familiar!"
"Okay, I understand, you and her are just ordinary friends." Igor waved his hand to interrupt James, who was trying to hide, "I have no interest in this at all. , don't say I'm not your boss, even if I'm elected Lord Commander, I won't interfere in your private life - you're definitely not here to tell me you have a wildling friend, right?"
"Of course No, she told me, these two days—there are often strange people hiding in the corner outside Hardin's Tower and watching their family."
Call you a really handsome guy to relieve the boredom?) Igor thought to himself, shrugged and laughed: "What's the matter, I can't stop my brothers from seeing King-Beyond-the-Wall's sister-in-law... If she cares about it, she should learn from her brother-in-law—show less and stay in the house more."
"It's not that simple, Val told me: the gang and ordinary onlookers It's different, she doesn't leave when she doesn't show up, and not only hides and watches from a distance, but also goes up to chat with the guards when they change shifts, trying to deceive them."
Igor became alert and closed. With a playful expression: "Are you sure she's not joking?"
"No!" James knocked on the table discontentedly: "Do you think I'm a fool?"
Igor right hand clenched his fist under his nose, propped his head up in thought. In Night's Watch, there has always been opposition to Commander Mormont's house arrest of King-Beyond-the-Wall and his family, and the voices calling for the execution of traitors have never disappeared... Does anyone want to take the original wildlings at this juncture? Spiritual leaders come to operate?
A few seconds later, Igor was suddenly shivered, he figured out why Denys Mallister left Castle Black suddenly and gave oneself a big gift out of thin air.
"Did Val recognize the identity of the person watching Hardin's Tower? No...it doesn't matter, even if it's her neurotic mistake, I can't be careless." Igor thought about it, and finally Decided to take it for granted. The victory of oneself has been decided, and the more careful it is at this time, even if the opponent of oneself has not had this idea for a while, it is necessary to completely eliminate the possibility of King-Beyond-the-Wall accident leading to land grant chaos. "We can't ignore the possibility that conservatives use this as a breakthrough, so let's put it in the first place... we'll put insurance first: move the entire Mance family to Queenscrown, and keep them fully under the protection of my people."
It stands to reason that Igor is not qualified to change the order of the former commander. Fortunately, both of them are not following the rules. James nodded without question: "This is fine, will it be transferred tomorrow?"
"No, now that the North lords are in Castle Black, I'll have to try to explain to them if they go all out to move the King-Beyond-the-Wall family. Besides, the castle is full of North soldiers at the moment, and most of our opponents won't Dare to take the risk." He thought about it carefully, and finally made a decision: "You go and arrange a few reliable brothers from the Westerlands, and let them guard Hardin's Tower with the normal rotation... I will send someone to Queenscrown to adjust some Reinforcements come, I will accompany the North princes to Nightfort in two days, and you will transfer the Mance Rayder family immediately."
"Okay." James was satisfied with Igor's arrangement, and nodded stood up and prepared to leave the room.
"Wait a minute." Igor stopped him.
Although the total strength of Night's Watch has seen a rare rebound, the overall strength has not seen a leap forward - not to mention, James and the dozens of Westerlands elite soldiers sent to him by his father, the battle The strength may be stronger than the rest of Castle Black's three-four hundred old, weak, sick and disabled combined. If the plan to move Mance Rayder is thwarted, it is likely to rely on their deterrent... At this point, Jaime Lannister is the best executor to move King-Beyond-the-Wall, but if he comes There's a new problem with doing this: if he takes the King-Beyond-the-Wall family to Queenscrown and finds oneself's two sons there, oneself hides it, then there's something to play for .
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"I have something to tell you." Igor said slowly after Jaime sat down again: "Eddard Stark had arranged it before his death - Stannis would take the throne, and Joffrey and Tommen would put on black clothed - now, they were handed over to me by Robb Stark, and I temporarily placed them in Queenscrown...I would like to ask your uncle's thoughts, do you want to get the two nephews to Castle Black to take care of oneself, or Let them stay in Queenscrown, and I'll take care of you?"
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James's body froze.
Uncle? Igor said it politely, but it was clear to everyone: the so-called two nephews are actually the children of James and Cersei, the products of the chaos that the world cannot tolerate.
According to the law, when a man swears an oath to become a brother of the Night's Watch Legion, his previous mistakes and crimes are written off - the reality is not so simple, but he did not hear it when he came to the Wall. Through mocking and insulting his voice: the high-level people will not be so rude, while the ordinary Night's Watch people below are afraid of James' own martial power and the many Westerlands soldiers who follow him. Moreover, there are many people in Wall who have committed crimes that are far worse than the kingslaughter. What makes James different is that the person he killed happened to be the king. And at the end of the world in the north of the North, let's be honest - people who love King Robert, how can they come to this ghost place?
James thought that he could get rid of the past and start a new life, but the past has followed along with him. This kind of trouble, soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed, must be uncomfortable.
After the complexion changed several times, James gnashing teeth opened his mouth: "If I say I don't care, what will you do?"
Igor hasn't fully thought about it, but basically The plan has taken shape: "I had planned to build a school in Queenscrown to educate, manage hostages and assimilate the children of the wildling chieftain families. It should be good for them to have Joffrey and Tommen with the peers. "
"peers? My... nephew, with a bunch of wildling children?"
"What do you want? Have two children come to Castle Black, with you." This 'uncle' is with a bunch of damn criminals?" Igor asked rhetorically, "How much coldness and poking in the back they will suffer, have you considered it? You can't protect those two children now, Recognize this fact!"
James breathes deeply, clenched his fists, and said after a moment: "I may not be able to protect those two children, but I can make those who hurt them pay the price! It doesn't matter if it's Robb Stark or whoever it is, you better remember this!"
With that, he pushed the door angrily and left the room without looking back.
Igor looked at the back of the distant Kingslayer, with black lines on his arms and chest, both angry and funny. The brainless guy James... didn't even ask where Myrcella was going, oneself was trying to protect his children, but he threatened the oneself ally, what was going on in his mind?
Jaime's brainless Igor has already experienced it, and naturally he doesn't plan to care about him. With Joffrey and Tommen in Queenscrown, physical protection comes second: compared to those living south of the Wall, beyond the wall people also find it easier to marry close relatives in their long struggle with nature Facts that reduce the fitness of offspring. But the difference from the civilized world is that wildlings are more inclined to distant tribes when building new families and "stealing" people, and they are much less resistant to chaos than the Seven Kingdoms people.
They will despise James' incompetent behavior of "eating the grass on the edge of the nest" instead of going to the distance to steal women to reproduce, but they will not focus too much on the so-called "bad breed"... As long as oneself orders Queenscrown's back office staff to refrain from court scandals in the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, the children of the new land grantors won't attack Joffrey and Tommen too much at this point.
This is the protection that the two children need more.
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(end of this chapter)