At this time, with the arrival of the king's convoy, the members of the Stark family and many vassal knights lined up neatly, waiting to greet them. On the one hand, he was not loyal to the Stark family, and on the other hand, the mercenaries were not very popular on the continent of Westeros, after all, most of them eventually became bandits who robbed their homes.

On this continent, a free mercenary, the best development prospect is naturally to become the Royal Guard, they are the elite of the knights, their character and strength are the top, not only the ability to fight alone, but also has a very high-quality combat commander. As for the treatment, there is no need to mention it, if you follow the king, can the treatment be bad?

The worst one is the knight, of which the knight is also divided into several types, the best is naturally the knight with a fief, generally there will be a title of viscount, with his own people and a small army, loyal to his lord.

Then there are the Knights of Oath, who have no titles, no fiefs, and no armies, and their allegiance is generally to other knights with titles, and as for the lords, it is not their turn to be allegiant. However, once the lord fights the enemy, then they must also participate unconditionally.

And the lowest-level mercenary knight, as the name suggests, is the object of allegiance to the golden dragon. They had no masters and no territory, and most of them wandered around the kingdom, participating in various jousting in search of those who hired them, thus becoming Knights of Oath.

As for the mercenaries, their status is even lower, almost no different from that of a prostitute. It's not even as good as a prostitute to a certain extent, after all, a prostitute is also willing to pay, but many mercenaries are basically equivalent to robbers, they work when they have a job, and they rob in groups when they don't have a job, so their reputation is extremely bad.

This is also the reason why Catherine and Fellows of Dorne were surprised when they heard Li Lingyi say that they were mercenaries, not to mention that at least few of the mercenaries could wash their faces and hair.

Of course, mercenaries also want to become knights, but it is difficult in terms of combat strength and knowledge, and the other way is to join the army, to find a family to become a member of their army, and then slowly climb up by military merit.

But the mercenaries are used to being free and loose, and they live a day when they are drunk and drunk, and you tell them to be soldiers and be disciplined? There are really few people who are willing to go, so this can be regarded as a dead circle, the mercenaries are poor so they don't have the money to let their children get a good education, so the children grow up and become new mercenaries, and then the cycle continues.

Afterwards, King Robert and Ed chatted and hugged each other, they used to be comrades-in-arms who fought side by side, and Ed's sister was still Robert's most beloved woman, so the relationship between the two was naturally very deep. According to his own words, the person he trusts the most today is Eddard Stark.

Li Lingyi was not interested in this kind of picture, he directly found a hotel in the village outside the castle and settled down first, and then had a meal, because he was a little tired after running all morning, so he took a nap.

I have to say that compared to other worlds, he has relaxed a lot in this world, on the one hand, because the difficulty is relatively low, and with his strength, he is almost helpless if he does not send hundreds of people. On the other hand, the restriction time of the main line is also very long, so he is not in a hurry to do it.

When he woke up, Li Lingyi went out again, but before going out, he sorted out the equipment on his body, and it was too conspicuous to carry too many weapons, which would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. Of course, it can't be put in a hotel, the most important thing in this world is a thief, he doesn't want to wait until he comes back to find that he has a lot of energy to buy a weapon that has been stolen by a thief.

So taking off his clothes, Li Lingyi put the two broken thorns into a pair of boots, sewed a bag in the sleeve with the silk cloth he bought, and then put a broken thorn inside, so that on the surface, he only had a short sword hanging from his waist and a spear behind his back, which was a lot simpler. But in fact, there are still five, six, or eight weapons that can be pulled out and hurt at any time, and they are more like assassins.

However, when it comes to assassins, there are also more famous in the Game of Thrones world, such as the faceless man who believes in the god of a thousand faces, who is proficient in all kinds of poisons and face-changing, and can easily kill people. Arya the little wolf girl later practiced in the Black and White Courtyard, the Faceless's lair, and after developing her skills, she began to take revenge on those who persecuted the Starks.

For Li Lingyi, he is also quite afraid of this organization, after all, his frontal combat power is strong, but the poison resistance is very ordinary, in case his name appears on the list of faceless ones one day, it will be very troublesome to think about it.

Out of the inn, because of the arrival of the king and others, many people from the north came to visit, causing the business in the villages outside Winterfell to become very hot, Li Ling walked aimlessly, and soon saw a deformed dwarf walking swaying, followed by a bewitching woman.

There is no doubt that this little man is Tyrion of House Lannister, but he is better known by another name, which is the little demon of House Lannister. Because he has been discriminated against since he was a child, he can only rely on reading books to improve his knowledge to resist the malice around him, so his IQ and wrist are first-class in this world, if his old father Tywin is a little better to him, then with the wholehearted help of the little devil, the Lannister family will definitely develop better.

Like his famous height, the little devil's lustful reputation is also well known in the Seven Kingdoms, so it is completely commonplace for him to walk outside with prostitutes, and even the people in the north don't care too much, they want to see the handsome Crown Prince Joffrey and the noble and elegant Queen Cersei, not the deformed and ugly little devil.

And the little devil didn't care, he was used to being discriminated against since he was a child, and he had long been used to it, but when he saw Li Lingyi, he suddenly stopped, he looked up at his face, and said with interest, "Young boy, I don't know which knight of the family." ”

"I'm just a freelance mercenary. Li Lingyi said softly, and also looked at the little devil with interest.

"Oh, that's a pity!" the little devil was surprised, and then said, "I don't know if your Excellency would like to join my command." ”

"......" Li Lingyi narrowed his eyes, "It's hard to say, but I don't know if Lord Tyrion can take me into the city, it's very cold outside." ”

"No problem, come on. After the little devil finished speaking, he walked in front with the prostitute, who threw a wink at Li Lingyi, then looked down at the little devil and teased, "Haven't you heard that Lord Tyrion is also interested in men?"

"Of course not. The little devil gave her a blank look, and a smile appeared on his ugly face, "But you know what, a pretty face can sometimes come in handy. ”