Chapter 10: Bad News from King's Landing
"Then what are you going to do with Will now, won't you cut off his head again?"
Bran is no longer entangled in the ghosts, anyway, before the mother of dragons barbecued the little dragon, the Great Wall can't be broken, and it doesn't matter whether the ghosts are or not. He just didn't want to see innocent heads cut off alive, and that Ranger was indeed very wronged, Bran was not a native nobleman after all, and he wouldn't be so careless about human life.
"The Duke has decided to pardon him, after all, according to you, he didn't break his oath, he just tried his best to do his duty as a night watchman, and this matter is that he was stupid, and he took the story of his grandmother scaring him since he was a child, and made a joke, but after all, it was also for the night watchman, and the sin was not to death, haha."
Maester Luwen felt that there was nothing more interesting than this.
"But he can't go back to the Night's Watch troops, although he is pardoned, but if he goes back, Commander Mormont cuts him down, and sending him back is sending him to death, if he doesn't cut it, the Night's Watch troops are unrestrained, and the others run to Winterfell in the same way? Your father decided to leave him to you to be your squire guard, after all, you saved him, and by the way, he will teach you horsemanship, this night watchman is a good hand, after all, he has been on the battlefield, and now the young knights, except for the night watchman troops, are all young children who have never been on the battlefield. Maester Ruwen looked disdainful.
Bran Daxi, in the original book, it is said that Will's stealth ability is first-class, and he can sneak silently in the forest, what does this mean? It's a thief's talent. If you use the shapeshifter ability to invade Will's consciousness, is it that even if he has a thief trumpet, this talent is very useful in King's Landing, or he can also use Pawill to steal a dragon egg, is it also considered a dragon pet? The three dragons of the mother of dragons obviously can't afford to feed them, and the three-headed dragons that come out of the shell at the same time are obviously different in size, and it is also kind to steal one. Plus Addo to be his horse boy and be his warrior trumpet. He doesn't have to worry too much at this stage. The perilous world finally has no ill will towards him. Of course, he will not give up the main body unless he has to, and Orochimaru's immortal reincarnation has shortcomings, who knows what will happen if he changes his body.
At present, the most important thing is to steal a dragon egg in the hands of that fat governor, now no one knows, the dragon egg is to be burned with fire, absorb the power of the flame to break out of the shell, the dragon of the Targaryen family is getting smaller and smaller, it is estimated that it has something to do with this, the captive dragon lays eggs, it must be carefully protected, who is willing to burn it in the fire, what if it is cooked? Do you eat?
In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, there is a dragon pet that is invincible, can send dragon flames, and can ride and fly when he grows up.
Just when Bran couldn't help but fly on a dragon, a raven flew out of the window and made an ugly cry, Bran didn't care, but Master Luwen became serious, "What's wrong?" Bran curious. Does the bachelor still know the language of birds? Do you understand the meaning of the raven?
"This is a raven from King's Landing." "Ravens pass messages from castle to castle, and ravens from different castles are trained to call differently. This call indicates that the raven is from King's Landing, and that something big is about to happen. ”
Ruwin said, first skillfully giving the raven a piece of hare meat. Then he stroked the raven's feathers with one hand to comfort him, and quickly untied the note tied to the raven's leg with the other. "Get me some water." Bachelor Luwen vs. Brandaw.
"It needs a good rest."
Hearing the teacher's command, Bran picked up the wooden bowl on the table and went to the closet to get a container that resembled a kettle, "No, it's not that, it's ale, and behind the door, there's a bucket." Bran looked unhappy, you old drunkard, you can help others, pour it yourself, but he obediently walked to the back of the door, scooped up the water with a wooden bowl, and handed it to Master Luwen. This is the habit of his previous life, no matter how unwilling he is to move, he still has to do what the old man tells him to do, after all, the old man is old and his legs and feet are inconvenient. And he is a good boy who is well-behaved.
Master Ruwen didn't pay attention to Bran's mental journey, picked up the wooden bowl and fed the ravens some water, and put the ravens and the wooden bowl in the cage by the window, Bran saw that there were more than a dozen ravens in the cage, and it was estimated that each raven would fly to a different castle, Bran thought to himself.
Master Lu Wen didn't open the note to read, he hurriedly pushed the door and went out, this is the basic quality of a school city bachelor, never know the news earlier than the master he serves.
Bran knew that Maester Ruwen had gone to find his father, and he had already known the contents of the note. It seemed that the king was coming, and Bran touched his chin, silently thinking in his heart. What benefits can I get from the arrival of the king, saying that the blonde Messiah princess is very cute, and she is also very beautiful when she grows up, and the most important thing is that this little girl is also kind and simple, and it is a pity to be poisoned in the end, Bran thinks that if the king proposes to make peace, Bran can take advantage of the situation to ask Duke Stark to kiss and kiss. Lori has three good, well, it's time to let Kiel, who has been absent for more than 20 years, work.
In the Sacred Wood Forest, under the Yuliang Tree, Bran's father, Duke Eddard Stark, was sitting quietly under the tree, wiping the ice of his giant sword little by little, the whole wolf skin made of scabbards, casually resting on the trunk, whenever he was restless, he loved to sit here and stay quietly.
Ned believes in the old gods, unlike the seven gods who have seven faces and seven professions, the old gods are nameless gods who are in charge of rocks, earth, and trees, if the image of the seven gods is more human, or human worship of the individual; The image of the old gods is more inclined to nature, and it is the reverence of human beings for nature. Man and nature, which god is more noble and powerful, no one can say clearly, perhaps the old god represents the helplessness of the ancients to nature, so they had to believe in him and pray to him. The Seven Gods, on the other hand, represent the courage of human beings to conquer the heavens, and from this point of view, the belief in the Seven Gods is more progressive than that of the old gods.
Just like in Chinese mythology, the god of wind, the god of rain, the god of thunder, the god of fire, the god of water, the god of mountains, etc., are born from nature, and slowly after the evolution, various gods gradually have a personal nature, is the twelve ancestors of the witch, or some gods are directly people become immortals, such as the later ten halls of Yama King, Cui Judge, Jade Emperor Zhang Bairen, door god Qin Qiongwei Chi Gong and so on.
The same is true of ancient Greek mythology, the first gods were in charge of the rules, the god of time, the god of chaos, the goddess of the earth, the god of harvest, and the later gods were all heroes who became constellations, and even many were half-human and half-gods.
So with the passage of time, there used to be a sacred grove in every castle on the continent of Westeros, only Winterfell remained, Mrs. Catherine Stark had just walked this sacred forest, and when she saw such a scene, the corners of her mouth pulled slightly, how to describe it, ancient trees, red leaves, waterholes, if sitting next to the waterhole is a beautiful boy like his handsome son Little Bran, it is still a beautiful picture, a painting;
But sitting under the tree was his husband, an eight-foot-tall bearded man, with a giant sword in his hand taller than his eldest son Robb, Catherine watched her husband sit there, like a fierce savage who had just finished slashing the enemy from the battlefield and sat under the tree to rest, a desolate beauty belonging to the northern man was set off at a glance at this moment, Catherine is a southerner, accustomed to seeing elegant sissy male gods, but a masculine man like her husband is only available in the Stark family.
"After all these years, every time I get here, I always feel like an outsider." Catherine lamented that if Stark is a Siberian tiger, then Catherine is a Persian cat, and every time she is here, this contrast becomes more and more obvious.
Hearing this, Ned raised his head and smiled, "You are the mother of 5 northerners, so you are not an outsider." ”
"I don't know if your old god agrees, I don't believe in him."
"There are so many rules for your gods." Ned complained that faith comes from the heart and arises naturally, and that too many rules of the Seven Gods make the Stark family uncomfortable, and the rules make the gods and believers feel a sense of distance, as if praying to God to go to church, it is just an excuse for the church to collect money from believers.
Catherine was silent, ignoring Ned's rebuttal and looking at her husband with a sad expression. "What's wrong?" Ned cautiously asked if he had done something wrong again.
"I'm so sorry to tell you the news, Ned."
"Tell me, what's wrong? Honey" Bran tensed.
"There's a raven coming from King's Landing with bad news, Jon Arryn has passed away, and a fever has taken him away. I know he's like your father to you. ”
Prime Minister Jon Arryn was Ned's adoptive father, and when the Mad King had already killed Ned's big brother and father, and wrote to Jon Arryn asking for Ned's head, Jon Arryn led an army to revolt in order to protect Ned.
Ned seemed to be shocked by the news, and after a moment of reaction, fever is contagious, and hurriedly asked, "Your sister, and her children......" Catherine knew what her husband was going to say, nodded and said, "The gods are merciful, they are all safe." ”
Catherine sat down slowly, hesitantly spitting out the second message, "There is one more thing on the letter, the king is coming to Winterfell, with the queen, and the rest of their families. ”
Ned's eyes deepened, "If he came all the way to this far, there could only be one purpose. Catherine knew the King's purpose in her heart, but she didn't want Ned to leave, she didn't want Ned to go to the deceitful King's Landing, "You can refuse, Ned. ”
Catherine whispered.
"No one can say no to the king, because he is the king."
Ned has been in the north for so many years, although he is far away in the north, but he also knows what kind of virtue this old friend is now, the bold man back then has completely degenerated, needless to say, after the death of the prime minister now, what remains must be a mess, and he doesn't want to deal with it himself at this time, but he has come all the way to the north. Alas.......