Riverland, next to the Red Fork River, Riverside Avenue.

The Mountain rode on the Red Smoke Beast, followed by Maester Harry and Maester Peggy, and a very special figure: the Red Hand Enchantment of the Scorching Division.

More than 8,000 tribal people of the Mingyue Mountain Range chose to migrate to the west with the Magic Mountain, and these people are mainly children, teenagers, and middle-aged people, which are already the vast majority of the tribes of the Mingyue Mountain Range.

After these people leave the Bright Moon Mountains, the tribes of the Bright Moon Mountains will really begin to decline.

In addition, there were three thousand tribal warriors.

Almost all the men and women of the Mingyue Mountain Range tribe are looters, and they belong to all the soldiers, but there is still a difference between becoming real warriors in the eyes of the Demon Mountain.

The Red Hand Charm represents the chiefs, chiefs, elders, and wizards of more than forty tribes left behind in the Bright Moon Mountains. On behalf of the relatives who stayed behind, he sent this generation of tribesmen to their destination, and personally took a look at the actual situation in the migration place, looked at the warriors of the Mingyue Mountain Range who followed the Magic Mountain to fight, and saw that his son was one-eyed and charming, and then he would return and tell the older generation who stayed behind about the real situation that he had seen with his own eyes.

The news that came back was so good that the people of the Mingyue Mountain Range were tempted again, but it also made the chiefs wonder: Is it really such a good environment and life? With their own castle, their own land, and their own livestock, they can have no worries about food and clothing if they work hard to farm, and they will have a lot of military pay and glory if they are brave in battle?

The older generation, who still refused and would never choose to migrate, were not at ease, and they held a meeting and decided to let the Red Hand Charm come and see it for themselves.

A raven appeared in the sky and began to circle, gradually descending.

Eventually, the raven landed on the outstretched palm of Master Harry's hand.

Master Harry grabbed the raven, removed the small iron pipe from his paws, unscrewed the small cap, and pulled out the small paper roll inside.

"My lord, it's a letter from Bachelor Coben. Maester Harry handed the letter to the Mountain.

Moshan took the letter, unfolded it, swept his eyes, and finished reading it.

He himself is a university 'student', from a civilized world several levels higher, and has been rampant for three years in this world of ice and fire, which is somewhat similar to medieval Europe, and has already learned the strange characters of this world.

The Magic Mountain said, "Master Pate, we may be going back to King's Landing, and Her Majesty Queen Cersei has summoned us to King's Landing to promote paper money. She said that the veins of gold and silver are becoming less and less, and the gold mines of the Seven Kingdoms have reached the end of mining, and will be dug up in a blink of an eye, while silver has long been out of mining areas, and with the consumption of gold and silver, gold and silver are becoming less and less, and it is imperative for the kingdom to implement paper money. ”

Maester Peggy doubted that Her Majesty Queen Cersei would be able to say this, but he respectfully agreed, "Yes, Her Majesty the Queen Mother is wise. ”

Glancing at the guards behind him, Grayton Gubler said, "My lord, do you need me to swallow the letter?"

"Not this time. The mountain handed the letter to Master Harry, "Keep it safe, it's a precious letter to show to the nobles and people of the West. The news that Queen Regent Cersei supported the circulation of paper money in King's Landing could give the Westside great confidence. The gold and silver mines in the Seven Kingdoms have long been violently depleted and will soon come to an end, but the consumption of gold and silver will not stop for a day, and replacing gold and silver coins with paper money is indeed our best choice. 10,000 gold dragons, we need two people to carry, we need a rattan box, we need a carriage to carry it, but 10,000 banknotes can be taken away in a pocket, and we can't feel its weight. ”

Maester Harry took the letter, folded it, and carefully placed it in his arms. Maester Peggy takes out the corn, feeds it to the raven who delivered the letter, and speaks softly to the raven in the Bachelor's unique taming language. While the raven is busy eating corn, Peggy talks to herself, increasing her closeness to the raven.

The red hand charm next to the magic mountain heard the mist, he could understand the depletion of gold and silver mines, and knew what it meant that gold and silver mines were getting less and less, but paper money, he had never heard of it, and he didn't know what paper money meant.

Magic Mountain took out a golden dragon banknote and handed it to the old man Timei: "Lord Red Hand, this is the numismatic banknote golden dragon launched by the Bank of the West, you have the banknote golden dragon, you can buy anything you want in the west." ”

Old Man Timei took the round and beautiful note, and he could recognize the pattern on the note, which everyone was familiar with: "What is this?"

"A banknote equivalent to a golden dragon, also known as a golden ticket. ”

The red hand charm showed an even more confused expression: "Magic Mountain, I have never seen such a thing, this is a golden dragon?

"Yes, in the West, you can buy anything in the store with this golden ticket. ”

"Isn't it okay with the rest of the world, the Vale, Seagull, and King's Landing. ”

"Other places won't work for the time being, but it will work in the future. ”

The old man shook his head and returned the golden ticket to the Magic Mountain: "The people of the valley will not accept this kind of paper, this is a deception. “

A smile appeared on the face of the demon mountain: "Old man, you take it and take it back to show the people of your tribe." In the West, we no longer use gold, silver and copper coins, we use colorful paper money. ”

"Mention that their military salaries also issue this kind of banknotes?" the old man looked suspicious and wary.

"Not yet, but soon. This kind of banknote can be exchanged for gold dragon and silver deer in the bank, and it is in common with the golden dragon and silver deer and the bronze star. ”

"Then we mountain tribesmen will only choose to ask for gold dragons, silver deer and bronze stars, and will never ask for this kind of banknote. "The old man was categorical.

"Okay!" Demon Mountain smiled slightly, "Old man, when you go to the Western Realm, you will understand what is going on." If Timei wanted to bring home the salary, he would exchange the gold ticket for gold coins or silver deer in the bank. “

"Lord Magic Mountain, you swear. ”

"I swear!" Demon Mountain slammed his right fist into his chest.

The vigilant eyes of the old man relaxed, he withdrew his gaze from the face of the magic mountain, lowered his head, and turned over and over to look at the golden ticket in his hand.

"Lord Red Hand, if you think it's really good after seeing the migration place of the tribesmen, can I invite you to stay?"

"Magic Mountain, I can't, I'll go back anyway, but after I go back, if there is really fertile land and majestic cities in the migration area, maybe most of the chiefs will choose to move the whole clan to the west. ”

"Oh, then why don't you stay?"

"The ancestor of our Scorching Tribe, Red Hand, believed in a fire wizard more than 180 years ago, so everyone began to believe in the god of fire. At that time, we were still members of the Dog Drawing Division, and after believing in the Fire Wizard, we separated from the Dog Painting Department and established the Burning Human Division. The Red Hand of the Scorching Tribe, must stay behind to take care of the gods that we have secretly worshiped from generation to generation in the depths of the mountains. ”

"God, God of Fire?" Demon Mountain's heart moved, and an unconfirmed memory in the depths of his memory was awakened again. In order to verify the unproven ** trajectory in the world of ice and fire that the Magic Mountain knew before it crossed, the Magic Mountain once asked the young Red Hand Charm, but was refused. The Magic Mountain knew that the people of the Scorching Tribe's were taboo to talk about their fire god in front of outsiders, perhaps because it was due to some ancient convention, or a secret code of fire wizards.

The ancient oaths of the tribe are often accompanied by the dark curse of the shaman, and the faithful must not break it.

The magic mountain suddenly had an idea, and the light of Fu Zhi's heart flashed: the people of the scorching department were so secretive about their beliefs that they were afraid to say to outsiders, then, in fact, the magic mountain could tell the rumor by himself, and then verify it with the old man. In this way, it was not the old man who took the initiative to say it, and he did not violate some ancient rule of keeping oaths.

The army of the Demon Mountain, the legion soldiers of the Bright Moon Mountain Range, and the people of the Bright Moon Mountain Range marched together on the plain of the Hejian Land, with nearly 20,000 people, and there was no end in sight. The people of the Riverlands saw it from afar and fled on their own. Along the way, many of the people in the villages had fled, and not a single person had left a single chicken or duck behind.

More than 8,000 tribesmen of the Mingyue Mountains migrated on foot, children and women rode ponies, oxen and cavalry prepared war horses for free, and some carriages and ox carts pulled young children and old people creaking along the avenue.

The land between the rivers is flat, the land is fertile, there are many streams and rivers, and the water resources are abundant, it is a beautiful and rich place, but there are traces of war everywhere.

Riverway runs along the Red Fork River to the west, and the west end of Riverway is the Lannister family in Castle Rock, the capital of the West.

The team wasn't slow.

Demon Mountain decided to test the rumors of the fire wizard in the Scorching Sect to see how Ti Mei reacted, in case the unconfirmed things in his memory were true?

"Old man Timei, I heard that in the 130th year of the Aegon calendar, a fire wizard suddenly appeared in the village of the Painted Dog Department in the Bright Moon Mountains?" said the Demon Mountain.

The head of the old man who was looking at the golden ticket suddenly raised, and his eyes stared sharply at the magic mountain.

"How can you know so well? Oh, I see, Time told you about our gods. The old man's glamorous gaze revealed the blade.

So taboo?

However, the Magic Mountain has no intention of stopping, this is not the Mingyue Mountain Range, nor is it a tribal village of the Scorching Tribe, the Magic Mountain does not have to have too many stumbling considerations, and self-binding is not the style of the Magic Mountain. The fear of God needs to be there, as long as it is not maliciously blasphemous.

The old man's son, Timei, did not mention to the Magic Mountain the story of the Scorching Tribe's belief in the god of fire. The Magic Mountain has asked, and the leader of Ti Mei is tight-lipped.

The Magic Mountain knew that the Fire God of the Scorching Division was different from the Red God of Melisandre and Nebenro, and from the Lord of Light. Rahlo, the Lord of Light, is the god of fire and shadow, not just fire.

"It is rumored that the fire wizard who came to the Painted Dog Department was a woman, about seventeen years old, she claimed to be called Castor, and although she appeared in the Painted Dog Department alone, she actually secretly owned a dragon? Magic Mountain continued.

"Timei told you everything. Flames erupted from the old man's eyes.

Moshan shook his head: "Old man Timei, your son Timei didn't confide a word to me. It's just that by chance, I heard a rumor, judging by your reaction, is the rumor actually true?" Mo Shan stared at the old man's eyes tightly, and any subtle expression of the old man did not escape his filter, and Mo Shan felt that his whole body was hot all at once. If that rumor is true, then there is actually a dragon from the era of the 'Dance of the Blood Dragons' in this world, and its name is the Sheep Thief.

"Most of the rumors are rumors. The old man denied it, but his tone was not strong.

Mo Shan's heart suddenly became excited, but his body was tall, majestic, and his face was not good, and from his eyes and expressions, he couldn't see the fluctuating emotions in his heart at all.

Demon Mountain looked at the court scholar Peggy beside him: "Bachelor, do you know the era of the Blood Dragon Dance?"

"Yes, Lord Duke. The Age of the Dance of the Dragons began in 129 A. A. and ended in 131 A. It was the years of the civil war launched by the Targaryens for the throne, and both sides sent dragon knights to fight, many dragons and dragon knights died, and the Targaryens began to decline from the era of the Dance of the Blood Dragons, and a large number of dragons were killed in the war. ”

Moshan glanced at the old man who was listening attentively, and he glanced at the guards in front of him and behind him, obviously everyone was very interested in the topic of dragons, and they all pricked up their ears to listen.

"Master Peggy, have you heard that Princess Rhaenyra has a civilian dragon knight named Castor?"

The old man's heart moved, his eyes sparkled, castor was the dragon knight under Princess Rhaenyra? This historical fact, the old man Ti Mei heard of it for the first time. Regarding the fire wizard he believed in when the Burning Man Department left the Painted Dog Part, he only knew that according to the lineage, the fire wizard's name was castor. As for where she came from, the bloodline family, and why she chose to live in the Cloud Mist Mountain of the Mingyue Mountain Range, these secrets were not known to the first generation of the Red Hand at all.

Believers are forbidden to ask about the fire wizard unless the fire wizard himself says it.

The Magic Mountain actually knows the origin of the castor fire wizard?

This surprised the old man.

When Maester Peggy replied to the words of the Magic Mountain, he always had only a respectful look to the Magic Mountain: "Lord Duke, according to the royal history books, Castor is the descendant of the fishermen on Dragonstone Island, she responded to the call of Princess Rhaenyra's eldest son, Jaccaris Valerian, to go to Dragon Mountain on Dragonstone Island to tame a wild dragon sheep thief. The sheep thief is the most murderous of them all. The dragon species it kills is the sum of the other five-headed dragons. “

"Master Peggy, do you remember what the dragon named the Sheep Thief looked like in the history books, the color of its scales, its height and length?"

"Remember, Lord Duke, the scales of the sheep thief are described in the history books as ugly brown mud, and his wings are brown. In the 130th year of the Aegon calendar, when the Dance of the Blood Dragons broke out, it was about eighty years old, and it was in the middle of the adult dragon's size. According to the book, it was born in the youth of King Jakhry Stanglian I, the "King of Renrui", about 50 years of the Aegon calendar. “

Demon Mountain looked at the old man and said, "Charm Red Hand, are the scales of the dragon of the Fire Wizard of the Scorching Department brown mud colored?"

The old man Ti Mei did not affirm or deny, he opened his mouth, but in the end he said nothing.

He could not tell the secrets of the Scorching Tribes to outsiders, and generations of Red Hands had sworn to keep the secrets of the oath and not to divulge the secrets of the Fire Wizard and the Dragon.

But the old man's reaction was already clear. The color of the scale armor of the dragon of the Scorching Fire Wizard is the same color as the dragon of the sheep thief that Peggy said.

Could it be that in the depths of the Cloud Mountain in the Mingyue Mountain Range, there is really a dragon living there?

Moshan looked at the guards around him, and every guy had sparkling eyes, like a cat that saw a mouse, or a hungry wolf that smelled blood.

The dragon, a giant dragon from 270 years ago, may still be alive in the depths of the Bright Moon Mountains.

It's exciting to think about.

Dragons have a lifespan of thousands of years, and if that dragon is still alive, it was born about 50 years in the Aegon calendar, and this year is the 300th year of the Aegon calendar, then it will be 250 years old this year. 250 years old, judging from the life span of a dragon, it is in the prime of life.

Although the old man refused to tell the secret he knew, he wanted to know more about the story of castor and the sheep thief, if the castor he said was the same person as the fire wizard castor believed in by their tribe, then castor was the dragon knight of Princess Rhaenyra, then why did she choose to hide in the Bright Moon Mountains with her dragon? The castor fire wizard is dead, Timei can't verify it himself, and the living dragon doesn't always stay in the Cloud Mountain, it often flies into the distance, but no one knows where it has gone, when it will return, and it is not certain.

However, according to the beliefs of the Scorching Tribe, the Red Hands must go to the mountains to make regular offerings to the dragon, regardless of whether the dragon is present or not.

The old man looked at the magic mountain, his face and eyes were full of antiquity. He was looking forward to the Magic Mountain and Maester Peggy telling a little more about castor and the sheep thief in the royal court history books.

Magic Mountain and Master Peggy glanced at each other, and the warriors around them were all rough people who didn't read any books, and they were all curious and relishful when they heard the dragon story two hundred and seventy years ago. Moreover, some people have restless thoughts in their hearts, if that dragon really exists, then there is a way for the people of the Scorching Tribes to approach it?

"Bachelor, tell us why Castor left Princess Rhaenyra, whom she swore allegiance to, is there any record in the history books?"

"Yes, but it's two different stories. ”

"Let's hear both. ”

"Yes, Lord Duke. ”

In the 129th year of the Aegon calendar, castor spent a year in the back mountain of Longshan Mountain on Dragonstone Island, and in the 130th year of the Aegon calendar, he tamed the wild dragon sheep thief. Her method of taming the wild dragon is simple, she puts a goat in the territory of the sheep thief every day, and only approaches the sheep thief a little bit every day. A year later, she entered the dragon's den of the sheep thief, who also recognized castor as the owner. Castor, who got the dragon, immediately became Princess Rhaenyra's dragon knight and joined the battle. “

"Because castor is a commoner, his status among the many dragon knights is still low, and he is excluded. This makes her loyalty to Rhaenyra not obvious. On one occasion, she was sent to the Riverlands by Queen Rhaenyra, who had already captured the king's vi, to search for Prince Aemond Targaryen, who was missing but had been attacking the riverlands with the queen's husband, Prince Daemon. It is rumored that during this time, Castor and Prince Dimon fell in love. The news reached Queen Rhaenyra, who ordered Manverymuton, Earl of Springs, to have castor executed on charges of treason.

At that time, Castor and Prince Dimon were guests at the Muton family in Nuquan Town, and the Earl of Morton did not want to break the rights of the guests, so he agreed to have his bachelor Nolan inform Prince Damon of the Queen's decision. After spending the night with Castor, the prince asks her to flee the Seven Kingdoms, and Castor flies eastward on a sheep thief and disappears into the mist of Crab Bay.

Since then, Castor and her dragon have disappeared!

Prince Daemon did not return to his wife after letting go of castor, but flew to Harrenhal. He met the rival Prince Aemond at the Lake of the Eye, and the two fought over the lake, resulting in the death of both the dragon and the dragon knight. Prince Damon's body was never found in the Lake of God's Eye, and in some of the ballads that chronicle the royal family's deeds, there are lyrics that Daemon survived the duel and rode a dragon to find the castor.

In Aegon 131, Queen Rhaenyra was defeated and fed a golden dragon by her brother Aegon II Targaryen on Dragonstone. Soon after, sheep thieves were reported to have been spotted on both the Crab Claw Peninsula and the Bright Moon Mountains. In Aegon 134, Rhaenyra's son, Aegon III Targaryen, overthrew his uncle's rule, but the hostile forces were not completely eliminated. Laubrovan led the royal army to the Vale of Arryn to support Joffrey Arryn. In a cave, Robert's men encountered a sheep thief and a ragged castor, and a battle broke out, killing sixteen of Robert's men and wounding more than sixty. Castor and her dragon were finally seen flying into the depths of the Bright Moon Mountains. Since then, there is no record of castor beans and sheep thieves in the history books. “

Peggy finished telling the story of castor beans that year, and for a while, the hundred members of the accompanying guard regiment were very quiet. Many people are thinking that two hundred and seventy years have passed, and the castor, who was only seventeen years old at the time, is obviously dead, but the sheep thief dragon is not necessarily. If this old man is willing to tell the secret, then it may not be a question of whether the sheep thief is dead or alive, whether he can be approached, and whether he can be tamed again.

The Magic Mountain broke the silence: "Master Peggy, you said that there are two different stories about castor. And what about another story?"

According to the royal history books, Queen Rhaenyra was betrayed by two bastard dragon knights, who defected to the enemy Rhaenyra's brother Aegon II, which led to Rhaenyra's distrust of all dragons (at that time dragons were synonymous with bastards of the Targaryen royal family), and Castor was from commoners, not even dragons, and her loyalty was not obvious, which led to Rhaenyra's loyalty to Castor Beany being in doubt all the time. When sending Castor and Prince Raymond to fight in the Riverlands, Aegon II's men deliberately spread rumors that Castor and Prince Daemon were in love, and the news soon reached the ears of Princess Rhaenyra, who immediately ordered Castor to be executed, but Prince Daemon knew that Castor was loyal and innocent, and he personally flew back to Dragonstone to explain, but Princess Rhaenyra could not listen to any explanation...... In the end, Castor was forced to flee on a sheep thief, and Prince Daemon, having lost Castor, faced Aemond alone, and eventually died in battle with the dragon over the Lake of God's Eye, and his body fell into the lake and was not found. ”

"Two completely different stories!" Master Harry sighed, "If the castor beans and the sheep thief did escape into the Bright Moon Mountains, then the sheep thieves are likely to still live in the depths of the Bright Moon Mountains, but for more than two hundred years, why has no one ever seen it, the dragon's appetite is amazing, it can't always come out to forage for food!"