Chapter 457: Talking
It's night.
Li Lingyi came to Rushing City alone, which made Robb also a little surprised, after all, the latter is not a mere civilian now, but a patriarch with thousands of mercenaries, and this situation dares to come alone at least proves his courage.
At this time, there were only three people in the conference room, Li Lingyi Robb and Catherine, Robb's face was quite flat, and he sat on the stone chair and asked softly, "I don't know if Lord Ivy has anything to say?" ”
Li Lingyi didn't say anything about Robb's attitude, he said bluntly: "I also feel sorry for the matter of Winterfell. I'm afraid Lord Robb is going back now, right?"
"That's right. Robb nodded heavily, "I'll never let go of that despicable little man Theon!" he said, gritting his teeth, "I trusted him so much, I didn't expect him to do such a thing." ”
"Robb, I have advised you a long time ago, the iron people cannot be trusted. Catherine said at this time, and Robb was also speechless. It is true that Catherine had warned Theon when he was leaving, but he didn't believe it at the time, and it ended up like this.
"I think it's easy to come here, but it's hard to go back. Li Lingyi didn't dwell too much on this matter.
"What do you mean?" Luo Bai looked at Li Lingyi coldly, and the latter thought about it for a moment, "If the army wants to go back to the north, it must borrow the road of Twin River City, right?"
"So what?"
Robb didn't understand what Li Lingyi meant, "Marquis Frey, we Stark are allies, why not borrow the way?" Saying that, he seemed to think that he had withdrawn the marriage contract, and a few embarrassments flashed on his face for a while.
"Does Your Excellency Ivy think there is something wrong with the Frey family?" Catherine heard the meaning of Li Lingyi's words, and took two steps closer to ask with sharp eyes.
"I think the Frey family might be working against you. As soon as Li Ling said, the expressions of the two couldn't help but become serious, and they glanced at each other, both of them looking at each other suspiciously.
For the Frey family, Li Lingyi was trying to take this opportunity to clean up, after all, the location of Twin River City is really good, stuck between the north and the south, if the Lannisters are ready to deal with themselves with all their strength in the future, then once Twin River City sends troops from behind to attack, the pressure can be said to be quite large.
"According to insider sources, the Frey family has defected to the Iron Throne and become the lackeys of the Lannisters. Li Lingyi said.
"What did you say?!" Robb was shocked, "They... Taken refuge in the Iron Throne......"
Catherine stared at Li Lingyi at this time, "May I ask Your Excellency Ivey if you have any evidence?"
"Nope. Li Ling didn't change his color, of course he had no evidence, but in the case of being familiar with the plot, he could talk nonsense without evidence, and he wasn't worried that Robb wouldn't believe it, in fact, he couldn't believe it.
This is a matter related to the life and death of their northern army, even if Li Lingyi can't come up with any evidence, but as long as he says this, then Robb will definitely subconsciously be wary of the Frey family.
"How do you want me to believe you without proof!" said Robb, "My uncle is going to marry old Frey......'s daughter!"
Halfway through the words, Robb himself couldn't go on, this matter was not very glorious, and he regretted his marriage first, and then in order to make up for it, he let his uncle Edmure marry the daughter of the Frey family instead of him.
Robb himself thought that this would be the case, and went to the wedding banquet happily, but now Catherine had realized something, and her expression became more and more serious, and her hands were clenched tightly together.
"If Frey does lean towards the Iron Throne, then if we attack as we pass through the Twin Cities......" Catherine took a deep breath, "and the consequences would be unimaginable!"
"The Marquis of Frey... Isn't that going to be the case?" Robb hesitated, "He sent hundreds of cavalry to fight with us before......!"
"Robb!" Catherine whispered, "you must not be careless!"
"I know Mother. But..."Robb said and looked at Li Lingyi, "Ivey, what are you here for? Since you want to talk to me, there must be a solution, right?"
"Calculate what you plan and strike first. Li Ling said in a deep voice.
The two of them were stunned when they heard this, and they didn't quite understand what he meant.
Li Ling paused for a moment, and then slowly whispered, "Robb, do you want to... Take the Twin Cities?"
Take... Twin Cities?!
Robb's heart skipped a beat.
I have to say, although I never said it to anyone, the Twin Rivers is indeed the city Robb has always wanted, partly because of its excellent strategic location. On the other hand, he was very unhappy because of the toll collection of the Frey family, especially the forced marriage, which made him very aggrieved and angry, but he had to agree for the sake of the overall situation.
And now as soon as Li Lingyi's words came out, Robb suddenly moved again, but he didn't say it, "What nonsense are you talking about! The Frey family is an ally of our Stark family!"
Ally?
Li Ling sneered in his heart, he also saw Robb's intentions, and knew that the latter just didn't want to admit it. You still need to get it through yourself.
Catherine was very realistic in comparison, she was frowning and thinking carefully, and she was not in a hurry to say yes or no.
"Between allies, will there be tolls?" Li Lingyi said, "I heard that old Frey also asked Robb to marry one of his daughters, otherwise you will not be allowed to pass, is this also what allies do?"
"This ......"
"And, now that he has taken refuge in the Iron Throne, he is a true enemy, our enemy. For the sake of merit, he will definitely attack when you pass by with a large army, let alone avenge Lord Eddard when the time comes, I am afraid that you will not even be able to take back your hometown of Winterfell. ”
"What did you say?!" Robb said with a warm look on his face, "I'll take Winterfell back!"
"That is, you can pass through the Twin Cities unscathed. Li Lingyi added: "Recognize the reality, now compared to the old pervert of Frey, we are the strongest allies. You should understand that the two people Lannister wants to kill the most, one is you, and the other is me. You should understand that. ”
“……”
Robb was silent, although he didn't like the tone of Li Lingyi's speech, but he also had to admit that he and Li Lingyi's enemies were very consistent, and they were both mortal enemies with the Lannisters, and there was no possibility of reconciliation at all.
"Robb, I think I'd better hear what Ivy thinks about this. Catherine spoke at this time, and she smiled and said, "Your Excellency, please tell me more about the Twin Cities. ”