The Heavens: The Magical World Begins with The Lord of the Rings

Chapter 248 Meeting with Mrs. Caitlin

The next day, Gao Yuan was woken up by the huge bell in the attic above his head. When he opened his eyes to look at the scenery outside the window, the sky outside the window was still gray.He thought that if it wasn't for the heavy rain, the bright sunshine would have shone into the room through the window at this moment.

What Martha Hyde and Gao Yuan said last night was correct. When the inn guy rang the big bell hanging on the top of the attic, it was indeed easy to disturb the guests living in the rooms below.

The huge bell echoed in his ears, and Gao Yuan felt that it could no longer be described as noisy, it was deafening.

Putting on the fresh and dry dragon scale armor again, Gao Yuan opened the door and walked out of the room.

When he walked down the decayed stairs on the second floor of the inn and came to the dining hall, Ser Anda Royce, the eldest son of Bronze Jon, had already brought many knights from the Vale of Arryn to sit at various tables and enjoy breakfast.

Seeing Gao Yuan finally came out of the room, Sir Anda raised his hand excitedly to greet Gao Yuan: "Come here, Mr. Gao Yuan!"

The dining hall of Xianglong Inn is very long and "very well ventilated", and Gao Yuan can even smell the smell of new mud coming from the window.

On one side of the hall, rows of oak wine barrels are neatly placed, while on the other side is a fiercely burning stove.The waiter was busy running between the tables with a bunch of skewers in his hand; Mrs. Martha was serving barley beer to the guests from the oak barrels.The tobacco she chewed in her mouth never seemed to stop for a moment.

There were no empty seats at all the dining tables, and the villagers from the Riverlands and guests from all over the Seven Kingdoms crowded together to dine at the same dining table; the muscular blacksmith huddled in a corner against the wall, just because there was a Seven Gods sitting beside him. The monks of the teachings; the wandering knights with full mouth and beards, are exchanging softly with the businessmen who are traveling in the seven countries, all kinds of gossip along the King's Road.

Sir Anda specially reserved a seat for Gao Yuan beside him, he got up and respectfully greeted Gao Yuan to sit down: "Master Gao Yuan, what do you want to eat, the barbecue taste of this inn is not bad, would you like another cup of pure barley beer?"

"It's fine with the beer, it's full of trough dregs when you drink it. Compared with this crude beer, I still prefer the summer red from Dorne." Gao Yuan glanced at the wine glass in front of Sir Anda, Then he shook his head, "You can have barbecue. I smelled the aroma of barbecue in the room just now. The smell almost made my mouth water."

Upon hearing this, Sir Anda hurriedly greeted Mrs. Martha, and after ordering breakfast for Gao Yuan, he sat back beside Gao Yuan again, but most of his buttocks were exposed outside the bench.

As soon as Sir Anda sat down, Gao Yuan asked him: "Where is your father, Earl Jorn? I didn't see your father in this hall. He disappeared early in the morning?"

"Aren't we going to stay in this inn for one more day? My father took this opportunity to take Robert to a nearby village to do some shopping, and he might not be able to return until evening." Sir Anda replied truthfully, "This place There is still a week or so away from Junlin City, so we have to prepare more dry food and water for food on the road, and buy some rainproof oil-paper raincoats by the way.”

"I'm afraid this damn heavy rain will not stop in the near future, so we have to make preparations in advance." Sir Anda complained, "According to my father, this is a sign that summer is coming to an end. After the rains are over, the long and harsh winter will soon come."

"I don't know how long this cold winter will last." Sir Anda's expression looked worried.

"We don't have to worry about it. There is still a long time before the arrival of winter. Why should you worry about things that haven't happened yet? As long as we prepare in advance and store enough food and firewood, then we All will be able to survive this coming winter safely." Gao Yuan smiled and enlightened Sir Anda.

"However, no one knows how long this severe winter will last." Sir Anda ate the barbecue in front of him, "I heard that you, Mr. Gaoyuan, have sent a large number of caravans from the canyon."

"Shut up." Gao Yuan immediately stopped him sternly and in a low voice when he heard the words, preventing Sir Anda from continuing, "When your father mentioned this matter to you, didn't he warn you not to talk about these things? Was it revealed to anyone?"

Gao Yuan raised his head and quietly scanned the surrounding diners. Seeing that there was no reaction on their faces, and their eyes did not turn to this side, he turned his head to look at Sir Anda, who was a little flustered, and Sir Anda who was scolded by Gao Yuan Hastily shrunk his neck.

"The reason why your father, Earl Yorn, told you this is because you are the heir of the Royce family in Runestone City." Gao Yuan once again emphasized the importance of this matter to Sir Anda.

"Even your brother, Sir Robert, has nothing to say about this matter, if you can't even keep that a secret and let my plan out. I don't mind making Lord Yorn reconsider his heir Is it really reliable?" Gao Yuan warned the other party sternly.

"Your father may have sent you to Castle Black on the Wall in order to allow Sir Robert to inherit his family, but he will take over the duties of the night watchman from your other younger brother Waymar Royce."

Sir Anda, who was warned by Gao Yuan, seemed to be frightened. He nodded to Gao Yuan like a chicken pecking at rice, and then solemnly assured him: "Master Gao Yuan, I can assure you that I will never be with Gao Yuan again. People are talking about it."

"Because of my recklessness and negligence, I almost caused you to suffer a loss. For this, I have to solemnly apologize to you." Sir Anda was about to get up from his seat and bowed to Gao Yuan to apologize, but was stopped by Gao Yuan down.

Just kidding, originally this matter did not attract the attention of other people in this hall, if Sir Anda stood up and bowed to apologize to himself, wouldn't it immediately attract the attention of everyone present.

"You just need to remember the promise you made to me today. As for whether you really feel sorry in your heart, it can't be proved by just apologizing." The plan was revealed to others, and after beating him, the matter came to an end, and Gao Yuan didn't intend to pursue it any further.

Martha Hyde, who was still chewing tobacco, came to their table and carefully placed a large plate of barbecue in front of Gao Yuan: "My lord, please take it easy."

After watching Mrs. Martha leave helplessly, and reconfirming that no one in the hall was looking at him and the others, Gao Yuan turned his head to look at Sir Anda, and asked in a low voice: "You have been sitting in this hall this morning. In the interim, have you heard any talk of what happened last night on the King's Row?"

"Or someone asked you about this matter."

Sir Anda frowned immediately when he heard the words, and only heard him reply with a serious expression: "Everyone in this inn is talking about this matter this morning, and many people said that they were on the King's Road heading to King's Landing. , found the bodies that had been randomly discarded in the bushes by the side of the road."

"Those who saw the corpses on the King's Road said that the team that was attacked on the King's Road was the Clegane family, because they found the Clegane family embroidered with three The black dog's yellow banner, the heraldic banner of House Clegane."

"There are still some people who went to Martha Hyde to inquire about the news, and they now know about our stay late last night." Sir Anda continued to report to Gao Yuan, "So some people with malicious intentions found us in the morning. We, who want to get close to us, seem to want to get some useful information from us."

"How did you answer them?" Gao Yuan's expression was a bit dignified. The King's Road runs through almost the entire Westeros continent from south to north. On the most important traffic arterial road in Tello mainland.

Not to mention that now is the critical moment for King's Landing City to hold the Prime Minister's Martial Arts Competition. On the only way to King's Landing City, countless people pass by here every day.

Although he had already made preparations for the discovery of the corpses of the Magic Mountain and his entourage.But what he never expected was that after only one night, everyone knew the news.

It can be seen from this that on this busy King's Road, the speed of news spread is so fast.

"I told them that the rain on the King's Road last night was really heavy, so we kept our heads on the road and didn't find the bodies lying on the side of the road at all." Sir Anda said, "I also told them that we are also today I only got the news after I woke up in the morning."

"It is said that the first people who found those corpses on the King's Road were those from the Frey family of the Twin River City." Sir Anda pointed to a large group sitting in a corner wearing blue steel chain mail and silver-gray shoulders. Cloaked men with the Twin Towers of House Frey embroidered on their shoulders.

"In this hall this morning, the Freys have sworn to those who inquired with them that they discovered the Magic Mountain among the Clegane party that was attacked on the King's Row. The charred body of Ser Gregor Clegane."

Sir Anda continued to narrate to Gao Yuan, "Although the corpse has been burnt beyond recognition and its head has been beheaded, they still recognized the Magic Mountain through the tall body of the charred corpse."

After finishing speaking, Sir Anda looked worriedly at the diners around, most of them had swords with them.Sir Anda, who is guilty of treachery, now looks like he has bad intentions.Even these people are putting their attention on the dinner plate in front of them at this moment.

Gao Yuan, on the other hand, still looks calm and breezy.In order to prevent the anxious Sir Anda from showing his flaws in front of others, Gao Yuan began to comfort him: "We didn't deal with those corpses too much last night. In fact, we didn't have time to deal with them at that time. In the bushes by the side of the road."

"It's only a matter of time before the bodies in the bushes are discovered." Gao Yuan reassured, "I had expected this in my heart. After the heavy rain last night, I believe that the clues related to us at the scene have now been washed away. It's clean."

"Therefore, Sir Anda, you don't need to worry. They will link the attack on the Magic Mountain last night with us. Even if they suspect that we attacked the Magic Mountain team, they can't produce any evidence. No one Dare to accuse a powerful and powerful duke without conclusive evidence, even if that person is the current king." Gao Yuan smiled and let Sir Anda eat with peace of mind.

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After having breakfast in the hall, Gao Yuan returned to his room alone.Originally, Sir Anda had invited Gao Yuan to participate in Sivas, the favorite flag game of Canyon Knights, but was rejected by Gao Yuan.

Unlike these canyon knights who were doing nothing in the inn, even on the way to King's Landing, Gao Yuan, the guardian of the east, still had many things waiting for him to complete.

For example, redesign the defensive layout of the Vale of Ayrin; the basic organizational reform of the canyon army; the offensive strategy of the army between the riverland and King's Landing, etc.
All in all, Gao Yuan was very busy, so busy that he forgot to sleep and eat, he even missed lunch time.It was Sir Anda who arranged for someone to send lunch and some snacks to Gao Yuan's room, so that he would not be hungry when he recovered.

It wasn't until the dinner bell rang in the inn that Gao Yuan walked out of the room to find Sir Anda and the others.While they were waiting for the dinner to be served on the table, Gao Yuan, who was still indulging in his strategic plan, remembered his real purpose of staying in this inn for two nights this time.

He suddenly stood up and looked around the entire dining hall, trying to find Mrs. Catelyn and Sir Rodrik, the coach of Winterfell, who also passed by here and stayed here.

It's just a pity that Gao Yuan didn't find Mrs. Caitlin who was secretly going north in disguise among the diners.

Martha Hyde once again served dinner for the knights in the canyon. When Gao Yuan was enjoying the barbecue in front of him, suddenly a slender figure in a gray robe stood beside Gao Yuan. Beside him stood a short, fat middle-aged man with a big white beard.

Gao Yuan raised his head suspiciously, only to see Mrs. Caitlin's familiar face suddenly appearing in front of his eyes. This is really Cao Cao, Cao Cao is coming.

"Kate." Gao Yuan pretended to be a little surprised and shouted.

Seeing that Gao Yuan was about to shout out his name, Mrs. Caitlin hurriedly made a booing gesture to Gao Yuan, which prevented him from really shouting out.

Gao Yuan quickly motioned to the Canyon Knight in front of him to give up his seat for Mrs. Caitlin.Madam Caitlin thanked the knight who gave up her seat apologetically, and then sat in front of Gao Yuan generously.

"I really didn't expect to meet you here, Mr. Gao Yuan." Mrs. Caitlin greeted Gao Yuan with a smile, "It's been more than a month since I left Winterfell, and I never expected to see you again, Mr. Gao Yuan. You are now the guardian of the East Territory, the Duke of Eagle's Nest City."

Madam Caitlin looked up at the canyon knights surrounding her and the others. Although the crests on their shoulders were not the Crescent Falcon of House Arryn, she obviously still had the orange-bottomed rune crest of House Royce in Runestone City. know.

Thinking back to her husband, Ed, who expressed concern to herself in King's Landing before, whether Gao Yuan could successfully become the Guardian of the East and Duke of the Eagle's Nest in the Vale of Arryn, Caitlin had the urge to laugh.

Her husband Ed really underestimated this lord Gao Yuan. At this time, it was only more than ten days since the other party left Darry City and set off for the Vale of Arryn to take office, and he had already won the support of the Royce family, the largest force in the valley.

So now it would be ridiculous to deny that Gao Yuan is the actual ruler of the current valley, obviously he has fully grasped the power of the Vale of Arryn.

Either way, the forces fighting against the Lannister family have become even stronger now.Facing the impending storm in the Seven Kingdoms, if Winterfell really had to fight the Lannisters, they would need the support of the Duke of the Eyrie and his subjects, the nobles of the East.

The Northern Territory, the Riverlands and the power of the Vale of Arryn, when these three powers are combined, it is enough to make any power and people in the Seven Kingdoms tremble.

A mere Lannister family in the western region is simply powerless to resist the tide formed by this powerful force.

This was the case during the War of the Reavers. The three forces under the joint leadership of Robert and Ed swept almost all the places in the Seven Kingdoms except Dorne.

Overthrew in one fell swoop, the Dragon House Targaryen established by Aegon the Conqueror maintained its rule for 300 years.

"It's been a long time, Mrs. Caitlin! I can become the guardian of the Eastland now, thanks to your husband's introduction. If Lord Ed hadn't introduced me to King Robert, I'm afraid I wouldn't have gotten this job so easily Opportunity." Gao Yuan said modestly, "Madam, please don't call me an adult anymore. With the relationship between your husband, Duke Ed and me, there is no need to be so estranged. You can call me Sir Gao Yuan directly. Or Mr. Gao Yuan or something like that is up to you."

"Lord Gao Yuan, it's not that I'm giving birth! If I take away the halo of Madam Stark on me, I'm just Miss Caitlin of the Tully family. I use the honorific title for you without a title, yes It's nothing more than a normal thing." Even though Gao Yuan tried his best to dissuade her, the stubborn Mrs. Caitlin still insisted on using an honorific title after Gao Yuan's name.

"Since you insist on calling me that, you can do whatever you want." Gao Yuan smiled wryly, "But please don't stop me from calling you: Dear Mrs. Caitlin."

"This is your freedom!" Madam Caitlin smiled, "Lord Gaoyuan, you came out of the Vale of Arryn to King's Landing, you must have seen my sister Lysa in the Eagle's Nest City With her baby?"

"Now, Ed and I are very eager to know how the orphans and widows left behind by Lord Jon are. After all, Lysa is still my own sister."

(End of this chapter)