Chapter 46: Mission
“…… Your Majesty? ”
Lin Yi deliberately showed a puzzled look.
Catelyn smiled faintly at this and whispered.
"The gods bear witness that the princes of the North have joined together to proclaim Robb Stark, son of Eddard, as King of the North."
"Really? Congratulations, Lady Caitlin......"
Lin Yi seemed to bow suddenly, and then looked puzzled.
"But why did His Majesty Robb want to see me?"
Edmu on the side said with a smile.
"Your Majesty and Arya have had a close relationship since childhood, so we sent a letter to Your Majesty as soon as we got the news, and before that, Your Majesty was still marching in the field, so we didn't receive a reply from Your Majesty until just now."
"I see." Lin Yi smiled, "I understand, it's just a few more days, and I still have something to explain to Arya." ”
"Ah, speaking of which." Catelyn suddenly spoke, "In a few days, Arya will be leaving with me for the Twin Cities to choose a bride for her brother. ”
Lin Yi was slightly stunned, and then reacted.
No wonder Arya was not brought with him in this conversation, because he was afraid that he would secretly abduct Arya!
It is not surprising that Caitlyn would have such doubts, although she is not a qualified duchess, let alone a qualified queen mother.
"Rest assured, Lady Catelyn."
Lin Yi shook his head and said with a serious face.
"Believe it or not, north of the Great Wall is more dangerous than you think...... Arya is my student, and I will not put her life at risk. ”
Caitlyn nodded slightly, but her face remained worried.
In fact, Caitlin's thoughts were a little different from what Lin Yi thought, what she was worried about was not that Lin Yi would take Arya, but that Arya would secretly follow Lin Yi.
From the stories Arya told on horseback, Caitlyn saw Arya's adventurous nature.
She longs for the free and dangerous outside world more than life in the castle.
This is not a child who can be locked up.
Lin Yi also knew this, but he didn't care.
Because in his heart, Arya has always been a nine-year-old little girl, with the three views cultivated in his traditional Chinese family, where can there be a nine-year-old girl whose parents can't control it?
Edmure didn't care, he didn't think a nine-year-old girl would like the dangerous life outside.
But seeing Lin Yi's seemingly serious expression, he couldn't help but ask.
"Although my wisdom makes it difficult for me to believe your words, why do you go when the north of the Great Wall is so dangerous as you say?"
Lin Yi smiled when he heard this, and he asked rhetorically.
"Riverrun doesn't have enough food and grass to feed all the refugees in Riverlands, right? So why did you take in a large number of refugees when the Lannisters were burning and looting everywhere? ”
Edmure said, "Because they are all my people. ”
Caitlyn on the side looked helpless, her younger brother has been soft-hearted and soft-tempered since he was a child, but she just likes this.
"Me too." Lin Yi chuckled and said, "This is my task. ”
That's right, really a task.
“……”
Caitlyn and Edmure looked at each other.
Edmure smiled and bowed to Lin Yi.
"I have no problem, Mr. Yi, you will always be the guest of honor in Riverrun."
……
……
"Teacher, what did your uncle ask you?"
Arya curiously grabbed Lin Yi's arm.
She was no longer dressed in tattered clothes before, but instead wore a black dress with cumbersome folds.
The hair was also trimmed, and although the place where it was rudely shaved by Yulun before was not too long, it happened to be made into a very layered fluffy hairstyle, and it looked like a normal short-haired little beauty.
Well, it's definitely the best barber in Riverrun who does it.
Looking at Arya's hair, Lin Yi thought to himself.
"It's all about some things north of the Great Wall, there's nothing to say."
Lin Yi gently touched Arya's head, and this time it did feel much better than the previous messy hair.
"Cultivation must have Zhang Youchi, today you are allowed to take a day off, and take the teacher and me to visit Rushing City."
"Okay!"
Arya was a little surprised when she heard this.
"Let's go, then."
Lin Yi stepped out of his room.
With Arya leading the way in front, Lin Yi's itinerary in Riverrun City can be said to be unimpeded.
Caitlyn brought them back with great fanfare, causing almost everyone in Riverrun to know that Stark's second lady had escaped King's Landing alive, and for a while, everyone was talking about it.
What made Lin Yi speechless the most was that there were even some meat jokes about Miss Stark and the swordsmanship teacher circulating.
Of course, these rumors naturally could not be popular in a castle under the compulsory control of the army, and it did not take long for the source of the rumors to be extinguished.
Lin Yi led Arya to the bottom of the city wall, and he looked up at the dead man hanging on the city wall, to be precise, the big red robe behind the dead man.
"Who is this hanging?"
Lin Yi casually grabbed a soldier and asked.
The soldier had just frowned, and his face instantly became respectful when he saw this highly recognizable duo.
"It's Sir Clio's retinue, Mr. Yi, Second Miss."
"What are they doing here?"
Arya asked, frowning.
"I heard that I came with the will of the Queen Mother over there in King's Landing."
"Huh? Is it an envoy? You actually killed the envoy? ”
Arya was shocked when she heard this.
"Where are they envoys!"
The soldier retorted loudly, but when he realized that it was Miss Stark II in front of him, he lowered his voice with some trepidation.
"On the first day they promised peace and handed over all their weapons, but the next day, these guys snuck into the dungeon to rescue the kingkiller!"
Speaking of this, there was a hint of gnashing of teeth in the soldier's tone.
"The tall brute who killed my two brothers with our bare hands when we were unsuspecting, and the smaller one who pried open the door to the dungeon with only wire."
"So the Kingkiller ran away?"
Arya asked, somewhat surprised.
"Of course not."
The soldier next to him said with a smile.
"If that bastard had run away, it would be our brother hanging on it now."
"Well done!"
Arya patted them like adults, but because of her size, she could only reach her forearms.
"Where is the monarch killer now?"
Lin Yi asked curiously.
"In ......"
The soldier was about to speak, but was pulled by his companion on the side.
"It's okay," he said to his companion with a smile, "the Kingkiller is now in a black cell, locked to the wall, handcuffed and shackled, and no one can save him in Riverrun!" ”
Unless it's an insider.
Lin Yi added in his heart, and then he asked with a smile.
"I've heard that the Kingkiller is the best swordsman in Westeros?"
“……”
Hearing this, the two soldiers immediately looked at each other, and then the older one on the right sighed.
"Although we are enemies, in this respect he deserves it...... On the night of the prison break, we accidentally let him get the sword, and the gods are on top, it was a nightmare......"
The soldier's tone was a little embarrassed.
"He's not the best swordsman in Westeros, my master is!"
Arya said suddenly.
The two soldiers didn't care a little, they had seen Jaime's sword, so they didn't think that the second lady's swordsmanship teacher would be stronger than the monarch killer.
Lin Yi laughed when he heard this, and the two soldiers also laughed when they saw this, and they began to feel that this guy was still a little self-aware.
"What do you say?"
He touched Arya's head.
"I'm not from Westeros."