The archbishop of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor is the former bishop of the warrior, because of the help of the Magic Mountain, he killed the Sparrow in the night raid, and elected him to be the archbishop of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor.

Eddard Stark was not familiar with the Archbishop, but he had no reason to respect and admire a figure like the Archbishop.

The belief in the seven gods is the state religion of the Seven Kingdoms.

Only the northern frontier has maintained the tradition of the ancestors: the belief in the old gods, that is, all the gods of the mountains and rivers. The people of the North prayed to the gods through the faces of the people on the Heart Tree and were guided by oracles.

Despite their differences in beliefs, the Basilica of Baylor has long been a line of separation from royal politics. Many of the great events that take place in this country take place in the Rainbow Square outside the Great Basilica of Baylor.

The final execution of Velas Tyrell's beheading will take place in front of the Rainbow Pool in the Baelor Chapel.

This has also been the practice of kings in the past!

In all dynasties, the archbishop of the Great Church of Baylor was also elected as the chief judge for major cases.

Ed and Lady Caitlyn welcomed the Archbishop into the drawing-room.

"Lord Eddard, you're used to it in King's Landing. The archbishop began to be polite without nutrition.

"Lord Archbishop, I heard from the guards that your Excellency is here because of Velas Tyrrell. "Ed has always been averse to politeness and gets straight to the point.

"Yes, the Lord has been so great at solving the case that it is like a divine help, and it is remarkable that Velas Tyrell has confessed his guilt. ”

Ed felt a heat on his face.

He judged Velas Tyrell without great wisdom or determination. The main thing is that Vilas himself has no objection and pleads guilty to all the accusations.

Anyone else can also bring Vilas, who is extremely cooperative with the trial, to 'bring to justice'.

"The Archbishop laughed, but I was rather strange to myself, and felt that Velas Tyrrell's confession seemed too simplistic. ”

"Lord Duke is humble. "The archbishop, like a secular politician, does not blush or beat when he speaks flattering words.

"What do you think of Vilas's case, Lord Archbishop?" Lady Caitlyn Tully couldn't help but lead the Archbishop to tell him what he really was for.

"Vilas deserves it, he deserves it. The archbishop smiled, "However, the Seven Gods also have their benevolent side, I think Lord Villas Tyrell has a good attitude of confession, sincere words of repentance, the Tyrells family has a lot of support in His Majesty's decisive battle in the north, from military rations to weapons, from generals to soldiers, they are all dedicated and diligent, Vilas's father, Lord Mace, as the Prime Minister of the country, while fully supporting the military supplies of the army of the then Duke of Gregor, while mobilizing the soldiers of the Riverlands to garrison King's Landing to prevent Daenerys from coming to attack. Lord Eddard, the Tyrells have actually contributed a lot to this country. ”

"Yes, the archbishop is right. ”

The 100,000 troops of the Magic Mountain are in winter, and the people who support the military rations of the Magic Mountain are the Tyrell family. Now that winter is coming, Eddard has come to King's Landing, first, to surrender, and second, to speak again, asking His Majesty the King to help him in advance and transfer some food to the north to help the people of the north survive the winter.

And the granary of the Seven Kingdoms is in the river bay.

The nobles who could take out the food reserves in the bend were all vassals of the House of Tyrrell.

"Lord Eddard, Willas Tyrell is the only one left in the Tyrell family, he is physically handicapped, has limited mobility, and has already confessed to his crimes, so it is better for your Majesty to suggest to the King that Willas Tyrell go to the Wall of Desperation to be a night watchman, and he can also spare his life. ”

Ed felt a little surprised.

He didn't expect the Archbishop of Baylor to come to him to intercede on behalf of Velas Tyrell.

"Your Excellency, you can suggest it directly to His Majesty the King. ”

The archbishop has a special status and has a close relationship with the royal family, which is not known to outsiders. The Archbishop and the Magic Mountain worked together many years ago to establish the 'Baylor Bank' in King's Landing, which introduced paper money and issued loans, which shows that the personal relationship between the Archbishop and the Magic Mountain is extraordinary.

"My lord, I have made a proposal to His Majesty. His Majesty said that His Excellency was solely responsible for the case of Villas, and let me come and ask Your Excellency for his opinion first. ”

Ed felt strange in his heart, with the character of the Demon Mountain, he wanted Willas to die or agree to him to be the night watchman, but it was just a matter of words. Why did you order the archbishop to come and ask for my opinion?Ed pondered for a moment, and then was relieved, the magic mountain has become the king, and the northern realm that once declared independence has newly surrendered, and many royal ministers and Manchu nobles are watching, the king is giving me the respect of the Stark family!

So, what was in the King's mind? Did he decide to kill Vilas, or could he be made to be the Night's Watchman?

"Your Majesty, what is the wish of His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty said that whether Villas should be a night watchman or beheaded is up to the adults. ”

Ed knew in his heart that His Majesty the King was really giving respect to the Stark of the North!

In this way, the nobles who complained about the rebellion and surrender of the people of the North would know the importance of His Majesty to the North, and thus silence the slanderers.

His Majesty has given the Northern Stark a high degree of power to decide whether Velas lives or dies. This is a signal to tell the nobles who have objections to the north in the DPRK and China that the king values the Stark of the north, and those rumors, gossip, and false rumors can be stopped.

"Lord Archbishop, I am willing to change the sentence and give Velas Tyrell a chance to live and become a night watchman on the Great Wall of Desperation in the North. Velas Tyrell once created a Bachelor's Necklace in the School City, and he could be a Master of the Night's Watch, or the Chief Affairs Officer. ”

"Thank you, Lord Eddard. The archbishop hurriedly thanked him.

As a result, Velas Tyrell, who had been sentenced to beheadment, was given a chance to live, and at the next day's council, Lord Eddard asked the King to sentence Velas Tyrell to be a night watchman on the Wall, and His Majesty agreed. The lame Velas Tyrell was freed on the spot and became a lifelong night watchman clad in black.

After the reform of the Magic Mountain, the Night's Watch has two parts of personnel, one is a lifelong professional Night's Watch legion, and the other is a three-year rotation of the Night's Watch. Whether it is a professional night watch corps or a professional soldier on a triennial rotation, there is also a channel for free circulation between the personnel of the two sides.

Rotational soldiers can also choose to be a lifelong night watchman, and a lifelong night watchman can also join the rotation corps, and at the end of the three-year period, apply for retirement or return to the local area to become a professional soldier.

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Aegon 301 A.D., August, winter.

Qingting Island in the southernmost sea.

A raven flew into Earl Redwin's main castle and landed on the latticework of the Bachelor's Tower.

The maize grabbed the corn and spread it out, and the raven jumped onto the maester's palm and pecked at the corn, allowing the maester to untie the small iron pipe from its leg.

The Bachelor took out the letter from the small iron pipe, the letter came from the Red Keep of King's Landing, and was the wax seal of His Majesty the King.

The bachelor did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went down the tower and delivered the wax seal letter to the earl.

The Earl was very young, the eldest son of the elder Earl Redwin, and was known as Sir Horace Redwyn the Terror, who had been a courtier in King's Landing for a long time.

Old Earl Redwin has been beheaded by the Demon Mountain in name and does not dare to be known by outsiders, although he is still alive and well on Qingting Island. Back then, Magic Mountain found a death row prisoner to replace Count Paxter Redwin, and privately let him return to Qingting Island. Paxter is grateful for the grace of the Magic Mountain, and after returning to Qingting Island, the world-famous wine of Qingting Island is completely exclusive to the Magic Mountain, whether it is the Essos continent or the Westeros continent, any large and small merchants can only buy wine from the hands of the Magic Mountain.

At the same time, Qingting Island also set up a 'Klegane' bank branch to vigorously assist Magic Mountain in the implementation of 'Klegane banknotes'. Anyone who trades with the Redwyns must first exchange gold for equivalent paper money, and then use the paper money to trade with the Redwyn family.

After Paxter was 'beheaded' by the Magic Mountain because Mace Tyrell's family was implicated, his eldest son, Horace Redwin, inherited his title and returned to Qingting Island as an earl. At the same time, Qingting Island's powerful navy is also subordinate to the Royal Navy fleet.

Horace Redwyn was familiar with King's Landing, and he had many old friends in King's Landing.

During the Civil War, Horace and his brother 'drooling' Sir Hopper also 'fought alongside the Magic Mountain' when the Westside and Riverlands were allies.

Earl Horace Redwin, who had received the king's letter, had a brief discussion with his father, Paxter, and set off the next day by boat from Qingting Island to King's Landing.

His Majesty the King asked Earl Horace to arrive in King's Landing within a month, and in such a tight time, the only way to do so was by water.

As for the urgency of going to King's Landing, His Majesty did not say anything in the letter.

However, neither Pexter nor Horace were worried, and there was no doubt that His Majesty would not do anything to the Redwyns. They have also sworn allegiance to the Magic Mountain and will never betray them.

*

Aegon 301 A.D., August, winter. Old Town. Towering Tower.

A raven flies into the Tower of Batons and lands on the table of Count Layton Hightower, who is obsessed with the occult.

Earl Leighton Hightower, known as the Old Man of the Old Town, Lord of the Harbor, Guardian of the School City, and Lighthouse of the South. His rule of never going down the Tower of Heaven was broken by the Mountain and Arya, who helped the Mountain and Arya capture the Faceless Ones operating in the Old Town, and put an end to the Faceless Whistle of the Quintpen Wine Bottle.

The Earl of Layton opened the letter, a letter with the King's wax seal.

The letter is very brief, it is a letter written to him by the King himself, in which His Majesty King Gregor Clegane orders the Earl of Leighton Hightower to go to King's Landing quickly, and give the Count a time within a month.

Earl Leighton Hightower had already fought alongside the king once, and he refused to leave the old town and go down to the Tower of Babel again, but the rules were broken, and His Majesty wrote to him, and he decided to obey the order honestly.

So, the next day, Count Leighton Hightower and his fourth wife, Leia Florent, set out on the road north to King's Landing.

*

In the year 301 of Aegon, in the dead of winter, the nobles of the Riverlands received a letter from His Majesty the King, asking them to go to King's Landing as soon as possible.

As for what His Majesty is doing, the letter does not say.

The nobles of the Riverbend did not dare to slack off, and set off one after another, coincidentally, to King's Landing.

*

"What's that?"

The bachelor on the bow of the ship asked the soldiers beside him with great interest.

The first time Master Alex from Qingting Island came to King's Landing, the first time he came to the Blackwater River, and when the battleship passed through the Water Gate just now, it was the most thrilling waterway he had ever seen. In the dead of winter, the water level is lowered a lot, and in the mouth of the sea is the dense black reef that sticks out of the water, like spears, knives and forks.

Close, underwater, not far from the side of the ship, you can see the fangs of the black and hideous rocks below the water.

If you are not careful, the boat will deflect slightly, and it will hit the reef and destroy the ship.

Finally trembling and trembling through the Water Gate Pass, the Heishui River in front of a flat river, the shadow of the tall King's Landing City is like the silhouette of a lion on the hill.

Maester Alex saw King's Landing for the first time.

Then he saw a high stone platform on the dock, on which something was tightly covered by tent cloth, and there were soldiers guarding it. Under the high platform, there is also a city garrison in golden robes patrolling.

"What's that?" asked the soldiers on the bow deck.

The soldiers looked at each other, and no one knew what it was.

"Go and ask the Earl. The bachelor said.

Earl Redwing, who had lived in King's Landing for many years and was only interested in King's Landing's Female Hospital, slept in the cabin. He was shouted to the enthusiastic maester, and when he came to the bow of the ship, he saw a high platform on the dock that had never been seen before, and the soldiers of the city garrison who were heavily guarded on the high platform.

"What's that?" Earl?"

The young earl shook his head, "I had never seen this platform on the docks when I was in King's Landing, it was newly built. ”

"Oh, could it have something to do with His Majesty summoning us to King's Landing?"

"Who knows, I'll inquire after we get ashore. ”

The battleship entered the harbor and docked, and Count Redwin saw another large ship with the flag of the Count Hightower family. On the shore, he saw the banner of the Klian family in Red Lake City on the riverside avenue, and saw the banners of the ancient oak city, the golden tree city, the bitter bridge and other major families. It seems that the nobles of the Riverlands had all received letters from His Majesty, and they had all arrived at King's Landing on the same day.

It seems that His Majesty has calculated the distance and time so that the nobles can reach King's Landing in a similar amount of time.

Count Redwyn and his party went ashore, and on the shore they met Count Leighton Hightower and his wife, Leia Florentin. The two sides greeted each other, and then entered the city together.

At the gates of the Red Keep in King's Landing, General Renard Westerling and his wife, Sansa Stark, were in charge of receiving the Riverlands.