The king on the Great Wall

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In this noisy and enthusiastic atmosphere, the current king of the Iron Islands sat on the seastone seat carved from a huge black stone at the front, watching with a piercing smile through his right eye that was not covered by the blindfold. At the door, he greeted his niece with his eyes.

Except for the person who was doing the test so that he could not be distracted by his own fingers, all the other people in the room turned their heads to look at Asha who was "accompanied" by the sailors and walked into the hall at the door.

The dignified King of the Iron Islands certainly would not summon the nobles of the entire kingdom to welcome his niece back, which means that all the nobles of Pike Island who have pledged their allegiance to Euron immediately after his return— They were invited to watch and witness the downfall of the losers.

(I don't have any friends in this house.)

With this kind of awareness, Asha not only restrained her usual proud expression and leisurely gait, but also lowered her eyes and raised her ears to be more vigilant, and walked slowly towards the center of the hall step by step.

Sure enough, I don't know if it was an accident or it was already arranged to give her a blow. When she was walking close to the first pillar in the hall, an ax suddenly flew out from the crowd who were playing finger dance with a low cry. Running to the front of Asha.As a former finger dance master—this can be seen from the fact that she has participated in dozens of games but still has ten fingers. In those days, Asha would definitely turn her head and dance handsomely in the air without thinking He grabbed the handle of the ax and threw it back after cursing angrily.But this time, she suppressed her arm that was about to move, and didn't even look at the axe. She just stopped and leaned back slightly, letting the lethal weapon pass by in front of her face, causing the air to sway Then the hair was nailed into the pillars, but he still walked forward without looking away, and came to the sea stone a few meters away from Euron, knelt down on one knee, and bowed his head in greeting.

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"Uncle."

"Welcome home, my dear niece." Euron said with an evil smile, his lips squirmed under the light, darker than last time, and he didn't know how much nightshade water he drank, "Oh no, No, this is no longer your home. Your new family members are over there...waiting to bring you back to your husband."

There was a roar of laughter in the hall, but the Crow's Eye was not talking nonsense: he won the Kingsmoot and was crowned, and then found out that his niece had fled the islands by boat and returned to Deepwood Motte. In my absence, I used a seal as a substitute to betroth Asha to "Anvilbreaker" Allie, the elderly lord of the Emek family, who is now 90 years old.And according to the laws of the Iron Islands, he really has this right as a monarch, and if this is a legal marriage, it naturally means...

Theoretically speaking, her name should be Asha Amek at this moment, not Asha Greyjoy!

Princess Greyjoy became Lady Emek, and the right to claim the Seastone position was naturally weakened by more than half.This trick is really beautiful, not only won the new ally of the Emek family, but also eliminated her hidden danger by the way.

The laughter in the hall became more enthusiastic. Asha looked in the direction of the source of the loudest voice, and saw a table of people standing up, laughing and waving to her. She didn't need to think about it, most of them were the grandson or former son of her "husband". Grandchildren, maybe both.

Swallowing back the scolding and mocking counterattacks that came to her lips, Asha ignored these cheap grandchildren and great-grandchildren who were older than herself, turned her head and stared at the cold ground, trying to calm down own temper.

She was Balon's daughter, and in some laws her claim was higher than the uncle who sat above him now.As long as he is alive, he is an eternal threat to Euron, and at this moment-to prevent him from killing or tying himself to the Emek family castle...someone tied to a bed and chained to give birth The only way is to publicly admit the opponent's status as king and show weakness, and use all means to convince Euron that he is no longer a threat.

"Your Majesty, please forgive your stupid niece." She forced herself to speak, and continued to bow down, not looking at Euron, her tone became more respectful: "Being dazzled by the desire for power, disobedience to the king's election will be sacred." As a result, I betrayed my compatriots because I was unwilling to take risks... I made a series of bad mistakes, which led to bitter consequences. Now I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to honestly accept the arrangement of my uncle to serve It is already a great gift for my legal husband to live the rest of his life as a free person, and I shouldn't have asked for more. However, my niece still has something in mind, so I ask uncle to agree, otherwise, I will have trouble sleeping for the rest of my life, let alone serve my husband with peace of mind."

The laughter in the hall died down—the task of this large group of people gathered here was to witness Asha’s return home and watch her loser to humiliate her. If she refused to admit defeat as usual and even fought back stubbornly, then What awaited her was even more siege and teasing. However, she uncharacteristically admitted failure and took the initiative to show weakness and even accepted the identity of "Mrs. Emek". Everyone in the room was full of bad water and had nowhere to pour, but they looked at Euron on the seastone throne with some hesitation, waiting for his further statement.

Euron was still smiling, and the right eye outside the blindfold was shining with interest. There must be something wrong with Asha's request, but under the circumstances that he was completely in control of the situation, he was curious: his niece, in this situation Next... what tricks can I play.

"tell me the story."

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Chapter 500 The Crow's Eye

Euron is crazy, even those who support him will admit this, but he is not really crazy or stupid, and he would never commit kinicide by killing himself in full view.However, it is easy for Asha to save her life, but it is not easy to get rid of the old man appointed by the "king" who is indeed her legal husband in a certain sense, but it is not easy to avoid being forcibly sent to the Emek family to be his wife The best way is to be too self-defiled.

Avoid the catastrophe of death by showing weakness and submission, and then save the body of freedom by pouring sewage on one's chastity and self-destruction to preserve the body of freedom. Sarah's overall plan.

She had already suffered consecutive failures at the Kingsmoot and Deepwood Motte and her halo of being a strong man was broken. After such a shattering operation, she also threw away the last bit of value of herself as a "woman", let alone being the queen of the Iron Islands. I'm afraid that in the future even the normal life in my hometown will encounter all kinds of eyes.But Asha loves this land deeply. If her own sacrifice can bring a bright future to the entire archipelago, then even if her body is broken, she will not hesitate!

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"In the countless days and nights after I was captured by the damn man in black, I suffered day after day of bullying and abuse. Not only did I lose all my innocence, but the physical and mental damage was as hard to erase as a brand. In this In such a state, I am not qualified at all, nor can I calm down to serve my new husband, let alone start a new life!" Asha raised her head and made a gritted expression of hatred: "Uncle, please allow me to take charge again. Black Wind', join the Iron Fleet and participate in your war against the North and the Night's Watch. Give me a chance to wash away my shame and regain my life. I swear I will do my best and never let you down! "

After Asha's ship "Black Wind" gave up Deepwood Castle and fled to the sea, but was finally ambushed and captured by Iger, because of the loss of the captain and lack of supplies, the sailors left behind sailed back to the Iron Islands after a few days of hesitation. And surrendered to the new king.Asha saw it in the harbor when she landed in King's Harbor just now—even though the flag and the figure of the ship's head had been changed, she still recognized it at a glance, which is why she added such a requirement impromptu.Before the words were finished, boos and hooting erupted in the hall that had been quiet for a short moment because of Euron's words. This explosive news and Asha's weak submission a moment ago were much more surprising. Let everyone rehearse the original All the humiliating scenes were forgotten.

"Has that 'White Ghost Killer' ever fucked you?" A captain in the crowd asked directly without hesitation, "How many times did he do it?"

"No, he never touched me." Asha decided to ignore anyone except Euron, but after some hesitation, she finally gave a negative answer.In the future, I can still count on Iger's support to make a comeback and transform the archipelago. If I slander and cause trouble with the saying "he raped myself" without discussing with him, what if I get angry? This guy, there's no way out, "I don't know if it's because of the oath of the Night's Watch or because of his sexual orientation—as far as I know, there are rumors in the Land Grant that he likes boys."

She didn't dare to say that Iger raped her, but she didn't make up the story of "drying the boy to bleed". Even if it spread to the Iron Islands due to her own reasons, the person involved has no evidence to prove that she brought the news, so naturally there is no evidence. You can't vent your anger on yourself, so you can use it boldly.

"What? Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch, do you like boys?"

"Hahaha."

"It's hard not to bend when a bunch of men get together!"

This negative topic about the lower body and pointing to the enemy caused a lot of obscene laughter and discussions, and pushed the atmosphere to a higher level. However, after a long time of commotion, Watson still found a blind spot... Come out: "Wait, so you mean, the head of the Night's Watch didn't fuck you, but the others did?"

Asha turned her face away, lowered her head, gritted her teeth, and expressed her non-denial through silence and body language—self-defilement on such a sensitive topic would leave black spots for a lifetime without any suspense. It was good, especially for someone as proud as her.But only in this way can she be sure enough to ensure the realization of her goal.

The ironborn present were discussing in whispers, and they were all shocked by the subtext revealed by Asha's performance.They came here to slap the former princess of the Iron Islands in the face. Who would have thought that Asha would take a big bucket of excrement and drenched herself from head to toe before she started to do it? Who would want to risk dirty hands? The price of touching her?Among the people who are at a loss, the members of the Emek family are the most at a loss—to be honest, with Asha’s unrestrained and unrestrained behavior of being more manly than men, few of the 10,000+ people on the Iron Islands would expect her to be As a virgin, her new husband, Ari Emek, only wanted the achievement of "marrying the daughter of Balon", and probably didn't care whether there was such a membrane in Asha's belly.

However, whether there is such a layer of things is one thing, and the reputation is another matter.With the unrestrained and unrestrained nature of the Ironborn, it is completely acceptable for Asha to have had sex with the opposite sex before she married, but there are so many families in Westeros, and none of them can accept it: a man who is in a state of war The woman who was captured and insulted by the enemy countless times stepped into the castle openly and became the mother of the family!

"This night watchman is too careless!"

The ironmen at the scene became angry. Even if they were dissatisfied or contemptuous of Asha's whimsical plan to lead everyone out of the ancient road as a daughter, it would not change that she was the daughter of Balon, from the Greyjoy family, and now the "independent country" of the Iron Islands. "The status of a member of the royal family-no matter how cynicism or even verbal attacks were made by the ironborn who were present or not, this is an internal contradiction in the archipelago itself.However, the warrior princess of the Iron Islands was abused and humiliated during her captivity by the Night's Watch?

This is shitting and pissing on the heads of the ironmen, which is unbearable!

Men from all over the world, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, will be angry about this - this is the animal instinct of "competing for mating rights" buried deep in the genes: the women in our own family are our resources, and outsiders have no right Get involved!A legal marriage between you and me would be considered shameless as betrayal, let alone forced by an outsider?

Seeing that the room was completely out of control, and there was even a tendency of emotion and public opinion to change in the opposite direction of the plan, Euron sneered: It is indeed a coup. Going home to be a wife seems a bit like humiliating Allie the Anvilbreaker.But even so, she just escaped by scheming and selling misery, and she still holds the overall initiative!

He clapped his hands to signal silence, and stood up from the seastone seat after the noise had subsided slightly.

"It's not too much to ask." Euron said loudly as he stepped down the steps where the Seastone is, with the mood of a cat teasing a mouse, "As an elder who is connected with your blood, I should have been happy to satisfy my dear niece. This little request... However, every ship in the Iron Fleet is the property of the entire Iron Islands, and has its appointed captain and master. The identity of another captain sent you its ship to satisfy your desire for revenge. Well... how about this, I leave this request to everyone who is here today: Ironborn men! You think, I should Will you agree to my niece's request?"

"How many times have I been caught doing it, and I haven't realized that I am a woman, do I still feel that I am the 'son' of King Balon? Even if she is given a boat, who would want to be her sailor?"

"Her former gang... Asha is a bitch, but she's better at boating than you. Just give her a small broken boat and let her go with the fleet, isn't it also a big one? The strength of the Iron Fleet?"

"You admire her so much, you gave me this 'little broken boat'?"

The ironborn captains in the room chattered and chattered, revealing the complexity of human beings: even if they follow and support Euron Greyjoy together, there will still be conflicts of ideas and opinions between them.Some people considered Asha’s threat to the legitimacy of the current king, some were just sexist and firmly believed that the battlefield for women was on the delivery bed, and some simply put the overall interests of the Iron Islands first, Thinking that Asha is an excellent warrior and captain, willing to surrender and join the fleet will give them an advantage in the upcoming war...

All of a sudden, a hundred flowers bloomed in full bloom, and the whole hall was filled with quarrels and debates.

A disdainful smile floated on Asha's lowered face: she asked Euron to take over the Black Wind again, and she had no hope of being granted.She had planned it from the very beginning: Asking prices and repaying the money, it doesn't matter whether she can be the captain, as long as she can temporarily avoid the bad luck of being captured and used as a production tool in Emek's house, and stay close to Euron on Pike Island. Sooner or later, she will find a chance to "kill Euron and escape by herself"... A dagger won't work, just poison it!It is said that poison is the weapon of cowards and women. Coincidentally, I am a woman!

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And in this fiery atmosphere of discussion, the owner of this place, Euron Greyjoy, had already quietly stepped down from the throne, and walked slowly in front of Asha with his hands behind his back. With a smile on the face, he stared at her face face to face at a distance of only a few feet away.

(I am only three or four feet away from Euron at the moment!) Asha's heart beat so fast that she couldn't help being excited—the opportunity came so suddenly that she didn't even expect it.At this moment, as long as I can pull out the dagger hidden between the breasts like lightning and stab my uncle in the neck, not only will I get revenge for killing my father, but I will also get rid of him once and for all. The biggest scourge of the underworld!

Such a god-given opportunity, but she couldn't do it - because her goal was not only to avenge her father, but also to lead the archipelago to a bright future.To achieve this, you must be alive!

After Euron led a group of ironmen to successfully carry out a series of looting, it is impossible to walk out of here intact after assassinating him in public!

She can only wait, waiting for the outcome of the quarrel among the ironmen in the hall, waiting for the gathering to disperse, and a better opportunity to appear next time!

Thinking about the next plan in her heart, Asha didn't even realize that Euron continued to approach her.The King of the Iron Islands leaned close to his niece, opened his arms, and gave her a firm hug.

What is this for?Asha was stunned, and her mind went blank—is the Crow's Eye showing affection to herself?Could it be that his father was not actually killed by him, even though he was as crazy as the "crow's eye", there was still a softness in his heart, he still valued his family and affection, and he still loved his rebellious niece?

For a moment, Asha's heart was almost shaken, but soon she discovered horribly and inexplicably: her uncle was not actually hugging her at all, but was clamping his arms with his hands like iron clamps. Hold... Twist behind her back and lock her hands behind her back!

"Uncle?" Asha opened her eyes wide and looked at Euron puzzled: Even if the other party stabbed herself to death, she wouldn't be so confused, but how could she end up in person and lock her hands in public regardless of her status? What are you going to do?

She soon knew the answer: after Euron twisted her arms behind her back with both hands, he held her arms with one hand and freed the other to come forward. At the right time, she lifted the blindfold that had been covering her left eye—with her face to face, Asha couldn't help but look at the newly exposed eye.

It was an eye without a trace of light color, where the white of the eye was supposed to be completely blood red, and the pupil was dark black which was completely different from the bright blue of the right eye... Such a color effect makes this eye It was as if a bottomless abyss opened in the middle of the sea of ​​blood, drawing Asha's full sight and attention into it as if by magic.The world around her seemed to disappear completely in an instant. Asha felt that she was falling to the ground in mid-air, and it seemed that she had been stripped of her clothes, skin, flesh and bones, leaving only her bare soul. All her thoughts, thoughts, and calculations And the debauchery or dirty thoughts buried in the deepest part of my heart are all exposed to the observer's sight.

There was a grunt in her throat, and before she could open her mouth to say a word, Asha was under the "perspective" of this evil eye, her eyes darkened, and she passed out.

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Chapter 501

Standing on the edge of a grove half a mile away from Last Hearth City, Roose Bolton stared at the castle covered in flying snowflakes in the distance, his face livid.

He was not happy, very unhappy.

In order to facilitate the import of materials from the outside world to support the war against the White Walkers, and also to ensure that troops can be mobilized quickly when a war situation arises, along the Great Wall and the land-grant leading to the King's Road in the south, even during the most violent snowstorm after winter, Duan Ye still has a special team responsible for clearing the snow... But, the front line is like this, but the rear is a different situation: the entire northern border is covered with snow thick enough to hide people when squatting down. And the winter resort town, on the white snow field, the naked eye can't even distinguish the road and the river.

The reason why the northern border does not arrange personnel to keep all roads open like the land grant is not because the northerners are lazy, but because of the dual effects of insufficient productivity and uncertain climate change: the farmers are working hard to cultivate and store. Food is limited, but the length of the harsh winter is hard to predict. In addition, some supplies need to be spared to aid the Great Wall and support the battle against the Ironmen... Under such circumstances, only by saving food as much as possible can the greatest Minimize the possibility of disasters such as "the grain reserves are exhausted and the winter is not over".

Clearing snow for all the roads in such a large area of ​​the North requires a lot of labor, and labor consumes energy, which can only be replenished by eating food.The best way to save food is to sleep more and move less.Except for the nobles and servants in the castle, and a small number of soldiers who are responsible for defending the winter town, no one is allowed to do even one thing that has nothing to do with winter. It’s the same as coming: hoarding enough food for one or two years, dragging the family to the nearest winter shelter town to get together, and then entering a state similar to animal hibernation: most of the time in the house, relying on sleeping and being in a daze through the winter.

No one is responsible for clearing the snow, and the transportation is convenient. Even if you are a native of the north, and you ride a northern pony wearing "bear paws" on the snow layer... around the lonely mountain and across the end Jiang crossed the snowy field to come here from the Fort of Dread, and still exhausted him to death, who was already quite old.

Of course, the above were just gossip. The real reason for Roose Bolton's anger was not that he was tired from the trip, but that he shouldn't have taken the trip in the first place.

After more than ten years, the surviving Targaryen returned to the north with the dragon and the Unsullied. After finding out that this was an excellent opportunity for the Boltons to replace the Starks and determined the policy, the old flayed While making military preparations, they sent their confidant, Keli Snow, to the Queen's Temporary Palace to inform the Stark family of the "Dragon Slaying Operation".

However, when the informer came here in disguise and led the "caravan", he was stopped outside the city by the defenders ordered by Iger to be stationed here. After failing to see the queen and trying all means to break through the blockade , The leader decided to start a backup plan: while continuing to go north to Houguan Town to find the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch to try his luck, he divided his troops and returned along the original road to report the situation to the owner, Earl Bolton.

The agreement in the backup plan is: after arriving in Houguan Town, release a letter crow with a code to report the progress of the secret and what you have seen and heard every day, until all the letter crows are released.

But in fact, apart from the first raven that Bolton received in the Dreadfort, it carried the correct code and a positive message, and each of the following ones only had the content of reporting safety, but no agreed marks. !

If it was just that the informer was stopped outside Last Hearth, it could also be explained that the Night Watchmen had adopted tight security to protect the queen. Then, after arriving in Houcrown Town, Cory Snow cut off the news and suspected that he was under control and lost his freedom, but It points to a very bad situation: that Iger West, probably wants to go beyond the rules and get involved in the seven internal struggles, but at the same time preserve the Stark family and not make major changes to the political ecology of the North!

No matter whether he was "being a whore and setting up a torii", or whether he was influenced by emotion and made a stupid decision, it was completely contrary to his Roose Bolton plan!This bastard with hardened wings not only escaped Robb Stark's control, but also made all the good things I said for him and the amount of funding and help I gave to the Night Watchman Legion all in vain!

The allies who worked so hard to support turned into white-eyed wolves, and the old peeling almost gritted his teeth with hatred, but the anger of betrayal can be vented slowly, and the opportunity to get on the queen's chariot is fleeting. It is imperative.After discovering that Iger seemed to be planning to put himself on the sidelines and do it alone, Roose Bolton resolutely chose to bring people here—Warner Bookwell could follow Iger’s order, regardless of the risk of revealing his intentions in advance Drive away an insignificant character like Ke Li Snow without saying a word, but it is absolutely impossible to keep Daenerys out of the city without telling Daenerys when a powerful lord like himself comes to see him in person!

This is a meeting where the future of the family is at stake. Only one of the Stark and Bolton families can survive to see the birth of a new dynasty in this vast northern border!

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As the destination approached, various intelligences also came from miscellaneous channels: The good news is that the defense of this former Umber family castle has been taken over by the Unsullied summoned by Daenerys at this moment. Worried about being intercepted and attacked by the night watchmen under Iger's command; the bad news is that Varys and Petyr Baelish have already arrived here. With these two slickers, I want to fool the Queen to ride a dragon Burning Winterfell is probably an impossible goal.

The matter has come to this point, and now we can only take one step at a time, and prepare ourselves for confrontation with the entire Northern Territory. It is conceivable that even with the help of a dragon, this will not be easy.

More than half an hour after sending people into the city to inform, the gate of the castle in the distance slowly opened under the gaze of Roose Bolton, and a small group of people came out of it, wading through the snow and walking towards them.

Squinting his eyes to observe the visitor for a moment, Bolton breathed a sigh of relief: the head of the visitor was broad and fat. Although he was wearing a hood and couldn't see his face clearly, this figure was obviously not the short and thin little finger in the legend... Probably the eunuch Varys.

This is good news, and Bolton will not forget: Petyr Baelish was once an adopted son in Riverrun, and had a very close relationship with the women of the Tully family, including Robb Stark's mother and aunt.And this is to some extent tantamount to "Littlefinger and the Stark family are on good terms".To accuse such a guy of being a wolf is tantamount to juggling with a tiger and sticking his head into the mouth of a crocodile—it’s not that Bolton felt that Littlefinger would never betray a friend if he was loyal, but that he vaguely I have a hunch: I probably won't be able to pay the price to bribe him to do so.

And Varys is different - Bolton doesn't believe it at all: the notorious octospider will be absolutely loyal to the queen or anyone, as long as he shows sincerity and provides enough political interests and bargaining chips to make the eunuch tempted, he will absolutely He is very happy to shake up the political situation in the northern border, using himself as the starting point, and implanting tentacles and roots into this land where his influence has never been able to penetrate deeply.

Thinking of this, Roose Bolton twitched the muscles of his face, forced a smile, and greeted him.

"Oh, Lord Bolton, I've heard of the great reputation of the Skinning family, and now I can finally see the living Lord of the Dreadfort, it's really exciting." Varys spoke before him, after a few seconds Mi already rubbed his hands eagerly and said, "I don't know why you have come all the way to meet the Queen in such bad weather, my lord?"

"You're too polite, Lord Varys." Bolton said inwardly in admiration - he possessed an ability he didn't have: no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pretend to be as warm and friendly as a eunuch, "I'm here In order to warn the Queen: The Stark family is secretly planning a conspiracy against His Majesty and her two dragons, I hope she can be more vigilant and take proper measures in time to avoid getting into danger!"

Eager to find new accomplices or political allies, the old peeling did not twitch or show off, and then he told all the rhetoric he had already made up, and repeated the set that he sent to tell Iger before: Stark The family has colluded with the princes of the northern border, pretending to be peaceful, and planning to take advantage of the opportunity of the Night Watchman's expedition beyond the Great Wall to subvert the land-grant order.

It’s simple to sum up, but face-to-face descriptions and communication can’t just have an outline. It took me a lot of time to tell this story with details and content... But it’s the same as Iger, but it’s different. Varys, who was crawling in the dirty water, had roughly guessed the truth of the matter before he heard the visitor's story.

The owner of the Bolton family in front of him intends to seize the god-given opportunity of the Queen's visit and become the owner of the northern border!

I could see holes in Bolton's story, and Bolton probably knew it too.If on weekdays, such a powerful aristocrat personally came to express his willingness to cooperate, Varys would definitely invite him into the house for a private chat, carefully and prudently discuss the form and content of cooperation, and consider whether he can start from What are the benefits of the other party, how much effort and price will it take to win this new "friend", and how much use value can be squeezed out when he betrays him later.

As a veteran nobleman, the Stark family is extremely difficult to manipulate, but to support the Bolton family, the new lord will inevitably need external support if he wants to secure his position, and asking for help will inevitably require paying a price. Go, the last piece of territory in the northern border that is not enough along the line can also be assembled!

But instead of expanding the intelligence network, what Varys wants to do now is to ensure that the queen can return to the south as soon as possible-to end the long-awaited siege of King's Landing, to overthrow the Baratheon Dynasty, and to fight with the people supported by the Golden Group. Prince Aegon joins forces.Regardless of whether the two Targaryens combine with each other or separate the primary and secondary and the monarch and ministers, they can at least reduce the number of forces participating in the power struggle by -2, and reduce the resistance that they may encounter in the next planning and development by two orders of magnitude!

This is the most important thing, but it is ten thousand times more important than Roose Bolton's little ambition.

At this juncture when it was hard to convince the Queen to forget the promise of the night watchman and set off to return south, Varys would not be so indifferent that he only heard a story from Roose Bolton, and then turned his head and ran back to the castle to kill these people. Report an "urgent message" to Daenerys, to offend the queen, and ask her to take chestnuts for the flayed house... Change the itinerary, stay and deal with the northern border first-this enemy that could have been left until the end!

"My lord Bolton, on behalf of the queen, I thank you for your sincerity in personally coming to provide a warning." Varys said with a smile, "but you can rest assured that the queen will leave the northern border in a few days. I will definitely not be harmed by the conspiracy of the Stark family..."

"What!" Roose Bolton's eyes widened for a moment: "But the Night Watchman has already sworn allegiance to her. Does His Majesty plan to abandon the land-grant side to support his forces?"

"Of course not, I will try to notify Commander Iger as soon as possible about the part about the Night Watchman, and arrange for the Unsullied to go north to support Houcrown Town. Guard." Varys comforted with a smile, "As for your lord..."

He took a step forward and approached Roose Bolton, and secretly glanced at the soldiers brought by Old Peeling amidst the scent of powder and powder: "I want to ask my lord, are these people you brought reliable?"

Bolton wanted to look back subconsciously, but restrained his instinct: "They are all people who have served the Dreadfort for generations, reliable."

"Then let me tell you the truth, the queen's plan is set, and she will definitely not change the itinerary due to any external factors. If I were you, I would immediately return to the Dreadfort, pretending that this itinerary never existed, and continue Spend this winter peacefully in the northern border... When Your Majesty takes the six southern kingdoms into his pocket and points his sword at Cailin Bay to conquer the northern border and unify Westeros, I will contact you again and try to cooperate internally and externally to win in one fell swoop. The barrier between the north and the south is really the way to maximize your own value and impress His Majesty the most. That way, even if you don't mention it, the position of the new guardian of the northern border will be properly secured It can only belong to the Bolton family. What do you like?"

Roose Bolton's heart suddenly became cold and cold: What do you think?The eunuch in front of him spoke beautifully, but the subtext was still to issue an order to evict the guest, telling himself that he had better go home, because he would not take him into the city to meet the queen?The plan proposed by Varys sounds feasible, but how could he still not know the truth that "the plan cannot keep up with the changes" after living such an old age?I bet everything on this gamble, made a lot of preparations, and even left the Dreadfort myself... Now you tell me to wait?

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, the sword is pulled out of its sheath and then inserted back in to wait for the opportunity, can I survive that time!

But he has no choice, the Queen's chief intelligence officer won't let him into the city, Mr. Mian, a Yankee who has never had any dealings with her, is it possible that he can kill the team of Unsullied in front of him and break into Last Hearth City? In front of Daenerys... shouting a news that is not true?This is a whistleblowing, and it's still false news. If it doesn't go well, if you have to act on your will, it will definitely make things worse and worse!

Resisting his calm expression, Roose Bolton was about to speak to agree, and then quietly led his subordinates back to the Dreadfort, but he opened his mouth, but did not speak, just stared blankly at In the direction of the castle, the line of sight is raised higher and higher.

Over Varys' shoulder, he saw a dark green dragon spread its wings into the air from the castle, flapped its wings a dozen times above the city wall, let out a high-pitched roar, and flew towards the west facing away from the group of people on this side. go.Even though it was not the first time I saw a dragon, observing such a giant during the day and catching a glimpse in the dark at the night of the Battle of Long Lake... still has a completely different visual shock!

The eunuch also heard the roar of the dragon. He turned his head and frowned, watching the green dragon go away and disappear in the snowflakes flying all over the sky. He felt uneasy: Demon dragons don't like cold weather. Lei Jia, who was slightly injured, also regarded the other end of the castle far away from the black dragon as a dragon's nest. He ate and slept every day, and he hadn't been to the sky for a long time. What... or who, made him suddenly refreshed today ?

Ignoring the old skinner, Varys beckoned to an Unsullied: "You, go back to the castle and check to see if His Majesty is leaving on a green dragon? If not, let Sir Buckwell send his cavalry to go Chase, make sure to find out where Lei Ge flew to."

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Chapter 502

Iger hoped that the snow would stop after departure, but it was still falling when it was dark on the day the expedition started, and it would still be the next day... He thought it would have a negative impact on his strategic plan to attack Winterfell thousands of miles away, but the facts proved that it would not So bad: snowfall between "little" and "moderate", for a land-grant army with more than [-]% of the personnel from the mountain clans and tribes outside the Great Wall, it is not far from cloudless. This sudden reversal of direction In this way, the Southern Expedition successfully completed the first journey in the light snow: thousands of people who were supposed to go north to the outside of the Great Wall rushed against the wind for two days, and rushed to the King's Avenue and At the junction of the frozen Mo River, it stood at the fork leading to Last Hearth City and Winterfell City again.

They have already left the land-grant and crossed the line to enter the northern border. Although the road to the south here has also undergone simple repairs and widening, the frequency and degree of snow clearing are completely incomparable with the roads inside the land-grant. The city's marching speed will inevitably be reduced by [-] to [-] percent, and they will arrive at the political center of the northern border in four or five days to complete the first stage of the southern expedition of "surrounding Winterfell".

Ordering the main body of the army to continue heading south along the King's Road, Iger took dozens of his closest guards on another road to the east, and took a sneaky errand to the Last Hearth City where the Queen is now.

The speed of lightly armed small groups with everyone and horses is naturally faster than that of large troops carrying luggage and advancing on foot. Iger's plan is: without delaying the land-grant armed main body's lightning march to Winterfell, take half a day to visit Queen.After telling her that she "changed her plan and decided to help her fight for the throne first" and briefly explained her "new" battle plan, she immediately took her leave and left to catch up with most of the troops, making sure to join the main force before dark today, so as not to affect the leadership of tomorrow. Keep marching.