Chapter 476
2021-01-06
Chapter 476 Little Brother's Confusion (Part 1)That branch drove hundreds of miles from North The team of businessmen who came to Queenscrown and were actually informers disappeared silently from people's sight. At this chaotic juncture of land-grant people coming, people going, all kinds of unreliable rumors and news flying all over the sky, an unknown fire in the hearts of a large number of residents, and yet an epic expedition is about to begin, no one cares at all. Help the outsider's whereabouts and death.
And Jon Snow, the owned Commander Castle Black, who was sent by Igor to Winterfell to perform a material collection mission after the Battle of Long Lake, dragged a large amount of supplies due to the need to escort a convoy full of saltpeter and Dragonglass weapons. , obviously took a step first, but finally slowed down the informers by dozens of hours... Fortunately, the journey went smoothly, and in the end, it was considered to have arrived at Queenscrown, which was about to become the source of the storm, and completed the mission issued by the Lord Commander.
After handing over the supplies to the warehousing officer in the inner castle, Jon headed to the heart of the castle, insisting that Igor be seen immediately, despite warnings and persuasion from the guards that "Lord Commander is busy".
To be honest, Igor shouldn't have the heart to meet a "serious Night's Watch" like Jon at this time: although everyone is dressed in black clothed, has the same label, and is nominally each other's sworn brothers, but oneself And a lot of Night's Watch is essentially a two-way street. Those "noble people" who only want to abide by their oath and have no other thoughts except guarding the Wall, not only impossible to work for the cause that oneself is fighting for, but also have motives and reasons to hate, betray and even assassinate oneself...
In this case, dealing with them too much has become a thing with almost zero expected benefit, time-consuming and risk-inducing. A sensible person will not Happy to do it.
But Jon is different, Igor has no reason to refuse to see him: First, the former did not leave the Wall along the line in disobedience, but went to the south to carry out oneself's orders and complete the return of Perfection; secondly, The personal relationship between the two is quite close. Before the Nanzheng really started, Jon may have come to persuade him to give up, but it is absolutely impossible to kill him; the third and most direct reason - as Old Flayer The person who "participated in the half-time North Lords' meeting" according to the informant sent, Igor just wanted to know more directly what happened in Winterfell that day from the person's mouth, in order to try to restore the real situation.
Soon, Commander Castle Black, who had handed over his weapons without exception, was taken to the Lord Commander's office and received his wish.
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After a long questioning and telling, Igor got a general grasp of the meeting situation from the mouth of oneself, the Little Brother, and began to repeat questions on the details in a targeted manner to confirm each other. There were no errors in the transfer of information between them.
"In other words, Robb at first invited you to this meeting because he wanted you to be the speaker, provide them with insider intelligence about Night's Watch, and even take the lead against me. . . . ?"
"Yes, but I bluntly expressed my opinion and managed to impress Robb..."
Igor waved his hand to indicate that oneself doesn't care about the next subjectivity Sexual content, but went straight to oneself's questioning: "Then, halfway through the meeting, Roose Bolton expelled you on the pretext that you were an outsider...right?"
"It wasn't Roose Bolton I left, I decided to leave by myself." Jon shook his head, "I am now a Night's Watch after all. After expressing my views, it is reasonable for the adults in North to discuss the final decision. Moreover, after the meeting, I am a The guards I have known since childhood also came to tell me the result, and after discussing it, the North nobles decided to accept your conditions and remain neutral."
Really youngster!
Saying you are an outsider, do you really agree that oneself is an outsider? What's the difference between playing tricks and forcing you to stay away and voluntarily leaving? You still speak for Roose Bolton, and you think it makes sense?
Jon has grown a lot in the years since he started at Night's Watch, but there are some things he may be destined to never learn. Igor shook his head resignedly, amused, but he couldn't, he knew Jon too well - this guy has almost no ability to lie unless it's for the absolutely noble and right purpose in mind. Oneself hasn't done any "bad things" yet. Impossible has become a villain and villain who needs to be deceived in his eyes. Obviously, it can be believed that what he narrates is the truth, and if so...
Jon does bring back The message that "North agrees to neutrality", the messenger sent by Old Flayer was right. But in addition to this, there are quite a few "seemingly consistent but actually far from" between the two sides' rhetoric.
Robb Stark asked Jon to attend the meeting without knowing that his illegalimate child brother would stand firmly in support of oneself and defend oneself's policies, so "Robb Stark instructed the princes to act in front of Jon" argument does not hold.
If that's not enough, Roose Bolton's blatant announcement that Jon was an outsider and implied that he shouldn't continue to participate in the meeting, only to send someone to tell the People suspect: maybe this is the Old Guy... On the one hand, Robb made a good countermeasure against oneself, and on the other hand, he immediately sold the former to inform oneself, so as to provoke both ends, not only provoking a war between the land grant and North , and also changed camps by jumping, trying to maximize the benefits all at once!
If I hadn't been familiar with the plot, Igor would not have dared to make such an astonishing guess even with Igor's skepticism. And now, this kind of... is a hardcore loyal minister if he doesn't make a move, and vows to do everything right as soon as he makes a move, isn't that the style of Roose Bolton?
House Bolton, who used to be the king a long time ago, tried to overthrow the Wolf Family mountain that was on the oneself and became the master again. This motive... Igor, who tried to get rid of black clothed and changed his fate, was How much understanding and even empathy? If Roose Bolton came to oneself to negotiate frankly in order to have a place in front of the Queen, he might agree to accept and negotiate a suitable price, but the other party did not in the end - not only that, he also committed two major taboos:
The first is to try to hurt oneself's friends. Oneself is about to become an enemy of House Stark, but it is not so incredible to be an enemy and a friend at the same time. The two sides are on opposite sides because of different beliefs and interests. This is fate, but oneself has never been born to hurt them. ?
The second is trying to fool, trick or control oneself. Everyone has some peculiar quirks and sensibilities, Bolton despised Igor's brains and pride, and wanted his long-running land grant and Night's Watch... His proud career and his trump card being used as a tool, which in fact more serious than the previous one.
Of these two taboos, committing one is enough to make Igor furious and turn his face away, but now Old Flayer commits both, which completely makes him want to kill.
The anger that broke the watch instantly climbed to the peak and went straight to the clouds, but in a flash, it fell into the deep valley called rationality. After adjusting the breathing rhythm and taking a long breath to release his emotions, Igor smiled at Jongor and said, "Okay, I understand the general situation of the Winterfell meeting. We won't discuss it anymore, you are here. South mission done very well, so much Dragonglass and Saltpeter collected in such a short period of time and arranged to be shipped back to the land, I can imagine how hard it was. Take a day off at Queenscrown, then go back to Castle Black to continue serving as Commander It's your duty... By the way, since you're all here, it saves me having to send another order to Castle Black: in this upcoming expedition, I hope you can lead the Night's Watch in Castle Black and go out first, Serve as the vanguard of the Central Army. If there is no doubt, go back and prepare."
The so-called "expedition army vanguard" is of course a pretense. The Night's Watch that initiated the incident to shake oneself's rule was temporarily banished, allowing the land-grant to safely pass through the first short period of the most dangerous and unstable window before oneself "leads the army to leave Queenscrown" to "settle the North and officially start the southern expedition" Expect. And to make this seem real, there's no better way than to have the supreme commander of each fortress be the leader - even though I don't think Jon will betray oneself, Igor still makes this arrangement.
He was ready to face doubts and questions, and he also figured out how to trick Jon into persuading him to accept the order, but the other party's behavior was a little different than expected.
Jon didn't say anything in the face of this sudden appointment, just simply "um", and then sat in the same place with a frown and a wordless expression, a look of desire written on his face. He stopped talking, as if he was strongly troubled by a big problem.
"Is there any problem?" Igor asked in a gentle tone, but he was slightly wary because of the other party's abnormality, and even couldn't help but glanced at the direction of the hilt under the table.
Because I believe Jon will not be detrimental to oneself, Igor did not bring anyone to accompany this meeting, but if the judgment is wrong, this kid is actually...
"No..." Jon blurted out, but soon shook his head as if he had made up his mind, "No, there is!"
He took a deep breath: "You know, my lord, I'm my father Eddard Stark going down south. The illegitimate child born from an act of crossing the line with an unknown woman in the south during the war of the snatchers is the product of lust and sin. Everyone, including myself, has believed this for many years. ...but not long ago, someone I respected told me that it wasn't."
This passage was ignorant and had no substance, but Igor was instantly aware of it. To what happened... his pupils dilated, cursed swear words.
I am so rude!
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(end of this chapter)