Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 166

The Great Wall, the Night Fort.

This was the abandoned residence of the brothers of the night watchmen. Under the [-]-league long ice wall of the Great Wall, such a small fortress was not uncommon. The castle itself did not have much reputation.

But the Nightfort was known to most southern children, the name of the place that their mothers and nurses would say whenever their babies cried, and use it to stop the cries.

Because this is the place where the Rat Chef incident where Guest Rights originated.

A chef gave an Andal king bread and salt, and then chopped the king's son into minced meat, mixed with onions, carrots and young mushrooms, supplemented with pepper, salt and Dornish wine, and made a delicious dish pie, dedicated to the king.

The king thought it was delicious and asked for another piece, and the mouse chef agreed.Later, the gods in the sky couldn't bear to see such a cruel thing, so they poured down mana one after another, and together they turned the chef into a big white rat, and never relieved their hunger, letting the rat chef eat his own children and grandchildren.

Anyone can take revenge, but the gods will never forgive the murder of guests under one's own roof.These are the words of Nurse Bran.

At this moment, Brandon Stark, wrapped in a black cloak, was sitting slumped on the kitchen floor of the Nightfort, looking at Hodor who was sleeping beside the fire.

Hodor is his guard, servant, and nanny. He has giant blood, and because of his brain development problems, he can only say "Hodor" so he got his name.

Stark, whose nickname was Bran, felt that the nurse's words were still ringing in his ears.

I don't know what happened to the nanny, did she escape?
Because he didn't have to walk, Bran wasn't very tired, and he couldn't fall asleep again, so he had to watch his companions' sleeping positions to pass the time.

Meera Reed's sleeping posture was very quiet, but the handsome Jojen Reed was not. He tossed and turned, not knowing what kind of green dream he was having.

The siblings were members of the Stark vassals of House Reed, lords of Greywaterwatch, whose members were known for their diminutive stature.

If there is no accident, Reed's ancestors were married to the children of the forest, which gave them the blessing of the old gods, and the weirwood was very friendly to them.

Bran's younger brother Rickon (named Rickard, in memory of his grandfather) has been taken by the wildling Osha to the castle of a Stark loyal servant for a thousand years, and he will grow up safely.

Just as Bran was about to close his eyes and get some sleep, a small rustling sound wafted into his ears.

In the dark night when you can't see your fingers outside the house, only the wind is crying like a woman, a sound of footsteps rubbing against the ground forcefully squeezed into Bran's ears.

He felt the hairs on his body stand up on the spot, and the nurse's story about "Mad Axe" suddenly appeared in his mind, and then he couldn't get rid of it.

Crazy Ax is a humanoid monster who likes to run barefoot around the castle of the Brothers of the Night's Watch, and then hacks innocent people to death with his bloody axe, and then the people who are hacked join his team and follow him run around.

The fire beside him and the rough cloak on his body could no longer provide him with warmth, and Bran only felt cold all over his body.

After careful identification, he suddenly understood the source of the footsteps.

Not outside the kitchen, not on the floor, but from below.

The footsteps became louder and louder, and even the sound of breathing and the whimpering of a baby could be easily distinguished.

This made Bran even more desperate. Could it be that Hodor's snoring awakened the monster in the nurse's story?
He was so frightened that he didn't even dare to shout, suppressed by the approaching voices, this Stark even wanted to slip into the body of the direwolf Xia Tian, ​​but Xia Tian was hundreds of meters away and couldn't help him.

The footsteps grew louder, and Bran could even imagine his huge size.

He remembered what his sister Sansa had said, hiding under the quilt, the evil spirits would not be found, but he didn't have a quilt now.

So Bran, wriggling on the ground, slowly approached Meera.

Down in the well, Samwell Tarly, who frightened Stark to speak, was equally frightened.

The chubby night watchman thought he heard an inexplicable sound, as if a big worm was wriggling on the ground.

Being well-informed in the book, he even made up a variety of monsters that might appear here, and then became more timid.

But looking at Gilly behind him, Sam felt that he had the courage again, and he continued to climb up the spiral staircase.

The well was very slippery and physically exhausting, which made Sam's breathing short of breath.

He felt that the outside was scary, but he didn't know that his heavy breathing made others afraid even more.

As soon as Sam climbed up the well, before he could pull Gilly up, he was covered by a net.

"No, let loose the net, Mommy save me." In desperation, the courage given by Gilly ran away from Sam, so the fat man started talking nonsense.

A few minutes later, six people, a child, and a wolf who didn't know when ran over stayed in the kitchen and looked at each other.

The two sides began to communicate until it was confirmed that the other party was innocent, and then the scene began to ease.

"Seven," cried Sam, "your spears have pierced me in the stomach."

When Meera heard this, she hurriedly squatted down to check the situation.

After all, she did it, and she has to be responsible.

After touching a layer of chain armor, Meera said contemptuously: "You are wearing iron armor, I didn't even scratch your belly."

Samwell was very surprised. He touched his pregnant belly, "Really, but it still hurts!"

If it wasn't scratched, he pretended nothing had happened and started talking with a few people in the kitchen.

Bran and Meera are questioning whether this man is a brother of the Night's Watch, Jojen is communicating with Gilly the Wildling, but the child is crying again, and the kitchen is a mess.

In this regard, Adduo, who was in the face of the Taishan collapse and remained unchanged, said calmly: "Aduo~"

Sam finally gets his story straight, and he also mentions that there's a weirdo dressed as a Night's Watch ranger waiting north of the Wall.

"He said there was someone here, and asked me to take them there." Fatty explained.

Weird's hands are as cold as Wannian Chenbing, so both Gilly and Sam call him "cold hands".

After many negotiations, Bran decided to go north of the Great Wall to find the Ranger, and the three accompanying him naturally followed.

Sam had no choice but to leave the abducted young wife and cheap son here, and then took four of them and one wolf there.

"Only I can open that black door," he explained to the group.

After tossing and turning dozens of times in the ground well, everyone came to the black door at the bottom of the well. With the faint moonlight, Bran and Meera could clearly see that the door was white.

The Black Gate was made of weirwood, to be precise, but the part where the face was carved on the weirwood was as pale as a corpse.

"It's obviously a white door, why is it called a black door?" Bran asked puzzled.

Samwell turned his head back, smiled sweetly and replied, "Because its mouth is black."

The fat man's smile made Bran feel greasy, but a strange thought suddenly rose in his heart.

Could it be that the door is in your mouth?
How is this possible!
When Samwell walked to the door, something that surprised everyone happened, and the doorman asked, "Who are you?"

"Who~who~who~"

A strange sound echoed throughout the well.

"I am the sword in the dark, the guard on the Wall, the firework against the cold, the light at dawn, the horn to wake the sleepers, the shield to guard the kingdom."

Sam said something similar to the duty of the Night's Watch.

"Go!"

On the weirwood, the human mouth began to change, and a large mouth slowly appeared in front of everyone.

Sam smiled kindly at his companion behind him, and then got in first.

Meera, Jojen, Hodor and others followed, and after passing through the mouth, Sam gave a dragonglass dagger and two dragonglass arrows on his body to the northward team.

From then on, Bran and others, led by the mysterious man Lengshou, will go all the way north, pass through the vast ghost forest, enter the territory of the wildling tribe Thenns, and then find the weirwood tree in the northeast of the Far North. throne.

There, some of the current bodies of the children of the forest and the three-eyed crow are waiting for the youngest Brandon Stark to take over the position of the high priest of the old god and fight against the cold god's men.

Of course, considering that the Night King may also be called Brandon Stark, and most of the ghosts have Stark's blood, so no matter who wins the war between the living and the dead, it is Brandon Stark anyway. Stark wins.

……

King's Landing City, the Great Conference Hall.

Several truly powerful nobles are discussing various details with the king.

The pungent smell of blood smelt the ground. The Queen of Briars was always fanning a small fan. Beside her, Lord Paxter Redwyne, son-in-law and nephew, was drawing on the map. The count also stared at the map.

Now is the time to allocate some unclaimed territories. What the house governors like most is the territory that can be passed down for thousands of years.

Arthur pointed to Duskendale City, "The Tully family's reward can be here, but this will inevitably separate Earl Randyll, so we can also find a few territories in the Reach and seal them to Horn Hill."

Horn Tomb is in the south of Gaoting, and Bright Water City is in the west of Horn Tomb. These three places are currently the focus of everyone's attention.

The serious Lando was very satisfied with the new king's handling of his family, "I only have one son who can inherit the domain, and he is serving His Majesty."

The meaning of what he said was very clear, and he wanted a reward from the River Bend.

Arthur was also very satisfied with Earl Tully's choice.

His biggest threat right now is that the Hewan people are too ambitious and too powerful.

For 15 years, Baratheon and Lannister have shown them what to do with this combination, and even situations that have not happened can be deduced.

The Shijiazhuyu is the first, and the Rose family just follow suit.

As for Arthur himself, the territories and soldiers directly under him are only quite a powerful earl, and the most reliable territory is still under Sansa's name.

Hejian could barely be regarded as the basic board, but the Frey family was too strong, the other families were too weak, and Riverrun City controlled by Heiyu was not very good at Arthur, the basic board was too fragile.

So weakening the river bend is inevitable.

To be precise, it is to weaken the Tyrell family. Although Hightower has formed an alliance with it, he did not send his own soldiers to the north this time, which shows his attitude.

Arthur's current thinking is to support the Tully family.

Because of too rigid reasons, Landau's popularity among the people of the River Bend is not very good.Moreover, the strong allies of the Rose family are all along the coast. Among the earls in Highgarden for a week, only the Red Apple family has married Tyrell.

"Earl Tully's wife is the eldest daughter of the former Earl Florent, and his family should inherit Brightwater City." Arthur pointed to the small dot on the map.

He also knew that Tyrell would never let go of such a piece of fat. If Garland was firmly established in Brightwater City, the Rose family could cover the sky with one hand in the hinterland of the river bend.

But the great medical student Lu Xun once said that if you open a window first, others will definitely disagree. If you propose to lift the roof, others will most likely agree to open a window.

Without him, people like neutralization.

Brightwater lies between Oldtown and Highgarden, and the line between Tully's Horn Hill and the castle just interrupts the end of the Rose Road.

The Queen of Thorns tidied up her square head niche, "If that's the case, we Hewan people might as well withdraw as soon as possible. Anyway, it's all the meat in the pot, and we will eat whatever we fish."

She threatens the new king with the withdrawal of the river bend.

At this time, Earl Orton Merryweather, who had been drawn over beforehand, played a role.

The family once had a prime minister during the period of the Mad King, but because of their incompetence in combat, Aerys II deprived them of their territory and castle, and the lord was also exiled.After Robert came to power, he said that the Long Table Hall was returned to the Marilynweiss family, but only part of the fief was given.

The benefit Arthur gave his family was to restore the complete territory.

Earl Orton cleared his throat, "I have a suggestion. Sir Garland gets Brightwater City and half of its territory, and the remaining half is given to Horn Hill. Considering Dickon's outstanding performance, I think the Star Shuttle City's training can also be given to him. Take out some of the territory of the Ke family and seal it to the Tully family."

The Peake family used to be a first-tier noble family in the Reach, with three big castles and three earldoms, but due to repeated mistakes in platooning, it is now a fourth-tier or fifth-tier family, and the only castle left is Star Shuttle City in the east of Horn Hill. .

"Earl Tully deserves more than that, and the Peake family has made no major mistakes for the time being, and it is not easy to reduce the title. Let's give half of the territory of Brightwater City to Lord Randyll first, and the rest will be awarded to Dickon. Let’s talk after we bring the Hejian soldiers to King’s Landing City.”

Arthur has decided to form a standing royal army, and he will use the new army he formed before as a team to recruit young men from the territory of the Dragon Party family to fill it.

Dickon was the right commander of this army, and he would speak privately with Randyll Tarly about that.

Of course, King's Landing probably couldn't afford to support this army, so the royal family's standing army should be stationed near Harrenhal.

And after Sansa married Arthur, Harrenhal and the nearby territories were considered private property of the royal family.

Mrs. Olenna didn't speak, she nodded after a long time, and reluctantly agreed to the treatment of Bright Water City.

Arthur still has several ideas of weakening the Tyrell family, but he has not made it clear that he has to wait until he is married to Little Rose, and then take his time.

Of course, there is one that can be done now.

Arthur pointed to himself, and said to the Queen of Thorns: "Compared to the old lady who knows that I have a dragon, and I don't have many gold dragons myself, the Iron Throne still owes a lot of money to the Iron Treasury of Braavos, since Our two families have formed an alliance, and dragons eat a lot, so I want to let the Tyrell family pay for the dragon's food."

This is the worst.

"I remember that His Majesty only has one dragon, why can't he afford it?"

Because Alduin has recognized the Lord, Olenna has no interest in raising dragons.

"I still have six dragon eggs, and there is a nest of dragon eggs under the name of the Stark family. There is no shortage of dragons. Well, if the Tyrell family is willing to pay for the dragon's food, I will let Margaery All the descendants who come out will choose the dragon first."

It's one thing to pick a dragon, but it's not Arthur's fault if he can't ride it.

When the Queen of Thorns heard this, she immediately regained her spirits.

Putting her hands on the round table, she asked, "Can His Majesty ensure that another dragon is hatched?"

With dragons, it doesn't matter if Margaret's son is born later. The relatives of the Rose family, the Hightower family, had a standard demonstration more than 100 years ago.

"Yes, it doesn't take long, Alduin will be able to hatch dragons after a year or two."

The dragon flame also has a magical effect, and when the black dragon can continuously spew dragon flames, Arthur will prepare to hatch the remaining six dragon eggs.

After the seven dragons grew up, all the calculations of the Rose family were no longer a problem.

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(End of this chapter)