"Father, I apologize for the brutal and bloody sins committed by Aerys Targaryen against the Starks. Jon said. He was very emotional, as if that bloody event in history had something to do with him.

"Jon, you don't have to feel guilty, it's none of your business. ”

"But it's in my blood, father. ”

"Jon, you're from House Targaryen, but at the same time, you're also from House Stark, and you have House Stark blood in your veins. The past is in the past, let's face the present together. Eddard placed his palm on Jon's broad shoulder and patted it gently.

This is a father's caress for his own child.

"Yes, father. Jon's complicated and difficult inner emotions were well relieved.

Eddard Stark's character is a powerful guide and authority for his children.

"Jon, I have some important things you need to know. ”

"Yes, father. ”

"In the year 298 of Aegon, King Robert was seriously injured by a wild boar while hunting in the royal forest, and he drank a lot of wine at that time, and the person who handed him the wine was Lancel Lannister, who is now your night watchman. On Cersei's orders, he kept bringing wine to Robert, causing him to be drunk. ”

Jon looked at his father, preoccupied.

"After Robert was rescued by his knights at the Red Keep, he died of his wounds, and on his deathbed he appointed me as Regent, the Hand of the King, to assist Joffrey until he reached adulthood and then returned the throne to him. But I already know that Joffrey, Tomman, and Messira are all children of Cersei and Jaime incest, and that the line of succession to the throne is Stannis Baratheon. ”

"The child is innocent, so I persuaded Cersei to leave the Red Keep with her children and peacefully put Stannis on the Iron Throne, which led to a coup d'état at the palace, and eventually, I was betrayed by Petyr Berish the Littlefinger, who lured me to the throne hall of the Red Keep, and together with the commander of the garrison, suddenly killed all my retinue. Littlefinger strangled my neck from behind with a short knife, immobilizing me, and I was thrown into the underground black cell of the Red Keep. All my followers were killed, Sansa was placed under house arrest as a hostage, and Arya's whereabouts are unknown. ”

Jon Snow's right hand subconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword: "Littlefinger Petyr Berish." ”

"Yes, Jon. Petyr Berish is the most untrustworthy person in Westeros. ”

"I remember his name, father. ”

"I was suddenly rescued from the underground black cell of the Red Keep, and I didn't know who saved me at the time, but when I got to the sea and was safe, I realized that the person who planned to save me was the Magic Mountain in the West - Gregor Clegane. ”

"The worst villain in the Seven Kingdoms, Demon Mountain!" Jon's voice was strange. He didn't quite want to believe it was true!

Ed said in a deep voice: "The Magic Mountain is one of the most vicious dogs raised by the Lannister family, and the Lannisters want to control me and force me to submit, but the Magic Mountain has secretly rescued me out, and I couldn't believe this matter at first. I had a lot of things on my way north to White Harbor, and I thought of the time when the Magic Mountain had come to the Prime Minister's Tower to see me before King's Landing, and he had advised me to stop tracking down Jon Arryn's death, or else I would be killed myself. ”

"He's here to warn his father?"

"Yes, but that's not the most amazing part. He told me that the real threat was from the north, and he asked me to gather forces early to deal with the threat from the north. ”

"He prophesied the arrival of the Wraiths?" Jon almost cried.

Ed looked at Jon with a calm look: "Jon, it's a pity that I was very wary of the Magic Mountain at the time, and I didn't pay attention to his words, just to prevent him from having other malicious intentions. I didn't believe a word of him. ”

"The Mountain knew about the attack of the Stranger in the year 298 of Aegon Calendar?!" Jon Snow was surprised.

"Now, most likely, yes. ”

"No wonder Melisandre made a special trip south to find the Magic Mountain and become his military priest. Melisandre must have seen some divine prophecy in the flames. ”

Ed nodded: "Jon, in the year 298 of Aegon, when we were heading north from Winterfell to King's Landing, there was an incident on Ruby Beach, Arya and Joffrey had an argument, Arya's ice wolf Namelia bit Joffrey's wrist, and Cersei insisted on killing the wolf and the butcher's little brother Mikay, who is also a little man named Bernie from the Magic Mountain, came out to testify, saying that he saw the situation with his own eyes and saved Robert's life. “

"So early on, the Magic Mountain was secretly helping us?" Jon couldn't believe it.

"At that time, I naturally didn't feel anything, but when I was fighting the strange ghosts on the Great Wall of Despair, I recalled the bits and pieces of the magic mountain to us, and realized that all the things that the magic mountain did to us could be connected. One of the captains of his current Dead Battalion is my former captain of the guard, Erin. ”

"Erin is the captain of the guards of the Magic Mountain?" Jon was taken aback again.

"Yes, I have received a secret letter from Erin, and I know that Erin and the other twenty of my guards have all sworn to follow the Mountain, and one of the conditions of their swear to follow the Mountain was that the Mountain promised them that they would try to get me out of the dungeon of the Red Keep. ”

Jon listened, and was momentarily silent.

"After the Magic Mountain rescued me from the dungeon of the Red Keep, he continued to secretly contact my raven. Before Tywin colluded with Luce Bolton in the North and the Vader Frey family in the Riverlands, and ambushed and slaughtered us at the wedding of Roselyn Frey and Robb, the Magic Mountain warned me, he asked me and Robb to prepare in advance, I believed the warning of the Magic Mountain, we made a careful response plan, and killed Walder Frey at the bloody wedding, defeating the combined forces of Frey and Bolton, and the Northern Army successfully returned to the North after winning the victory, and Rams Burton, who occupied our Winterfell, fled. “

Jon's eyes straightened, his mouth wide open, his breathing heavily, and he was shocked.

The victory of the bloody wedding turned out to be a secret warning to the Magic Mountain.

"Jon, the Mountain didn't just save me, he saved our entire North. Later, the Stranger attacked, I came to the Desperate Wall, in order to get help, I let Jaime go back to King's Landing, I hoped that Jaime could persuade Cersei to lead the army to help fight against the Stranger, but in the end, it was not Jaime who really led the army, but the Magic Mountain. This time, it's him again, and it's the Magic Mountain again. ”

"Father, the Magic Mountain may be the Chosen One to fight against the Strangers. Jon Snow said with a thoughtful expression.

In the fireplace, the coals burned very strongly, emitting a red glow.

Eddard was silent for a moment, as if to slow down, before he said, "Jon, when the Magic Mountain brought a large number of obsidian daggers from Dragonstone. When the arrows and dragon crystal ores were born, I was sure that he was the son of God. Think about it, how could he know that the real threat came from the north of the Great Wall of Desperation in the year 298 of the Aegon calendar? Why did he know that there was a dragon crystal under Dragonstone Island? Later, when the news of the Demon Mountain taming a giant dragon in the Bright Moon Mountain Range came, I was not as shocked as the others. “

"Father, Lady Melisandre, said that the night was long and sinister, and that when the strange spirit struck, there would be a Chosen One, and he was the reincarnation of Azor Ah. “

"Whether the Magic Mountain is the reincarnation of Azar Yahai or not, he is a Chosen One. He's here on a special mission, Jon, you're the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, and you'll need to fight alongside him in Winterfell, he's notorious, but God has chosen him, and we're ready to follow him. ”

"Follow?"

"Yes. Fighting against the strange ghosts is a major matter for the survival of the human race, and the magic mountain is the chosen one to fight against the strange ghosts. It took a long time for my prejudice against Magic Mountain to get rid of it, and I hope you will do so soon. ”

"I'll do it, father. ”

"Also, I have good news for you, Sansa Stark was not forced to marry the imp Tyrion Lannister, who was secretly rescued from Megar on her wedding night. ”

"Who saved Sansa?" Jon was surprised and delighted. His relationship with Sansa is not good, but the two have lived together as brother and sister for more than ten years.

"Magic Mountain! It's Magic Mountain again!"

"I'm guessing he's the same. ”

"When the mountain rescued me, he asked me to promise two things in exchange, the first was a marriage - the mountain wanted a child of our family to marry a noble child proposed by the mountain, and the second was that if Tywin found out about the mountain and he was forced to flee for his life, he hoped that the north would take him in and give him a place to stand. I promised the Magic Mountain. ”

Jon immediately understood, "Father, the mountain wants Sansa to marry someone close to him?"

"Yes, Sir Renard Westerling of House Westerling, heiress of Crag Rock, an ancient noble family known for its propriety and honor. Renard's own sister, Jenny Westerling, is the Duchess of the Magic Mountain. ”

"I see, I hope Sansa will take a fancy to Sir Renard. For the first time, Jon's tone took on a rare lightness.

The corners of Eddard's eyes were a little foggy, this was not worrying about Sansa, the letter from the Magic Mountain mentioned Sansa's affection for Sir Renard, Renard was a young nobleman, a future earl, loyal and warlike, and his status could match Sansa Stark. He thought of his other daughter, Arya, whose whereabouts are still unknown: "Jon, since the Magic Mountain is the Chosen One, I think he may know some news about Arya. “

"Didn't the Magic Mountain say anything to his father about Arya?"

"Nope. I always wanted to ask him, but I finally resisted the urge and didn't ask, maybe there are some things that he actually knew in his heart, but for some reason, he didn't take the initiative to say it to me. ”

Ed's words were very tactful, there was an ominous atmosphere in them, and Ed usually refused to face this problem, but Jon thought that he should no longer avoid it: "Father, we should take the initiative to ask the Magic Mountain, even if Arya is gone, we can get a letter." ”

"Arya will be fine. Ed said without confidence. This is an iron man who is as strong as a rock, but when it comes to the little girl, his inner fragility cannot be concealed.

Cocoa, cocoa!

There was a hurried knock on the door.

"What's the matter?"

"Lord Eddard, Bran Stark asks to see you. ”

"Let him in. ”

The door opens, and Bran Stark is in a wheelchair, pushing the wheelchair by the teenage girl Mera Reed. Her father, Holland Reed, was the only survivor of the Battle of Elysium other than Eddard Stark, and was Eddard's close friend and trusted vassal among his old friends, garrisoning the Elder family.

Mera Reed came in in a wheelchair, and Bran Stark's face in the wheelchair was like the frozen ground of the North, without a bit of human warmth and atmosphere.

A three-eyed raven rested on Bran's shoulder, its head tilting to and flank, its eyes turning its soul.

The three-eyed black crow, no matter how you look at it, reveals a faint weirdness.

"Father, Jon, the Wraiths will attack HearthCity tonight, and we must leave now. ”

Jon looked at Bran, and the moment he and Bran met, he excitedly rushed up to hug Bran, but Bran didn't respond to his enthusiasm. In that moment, Jon sensed Bran and his rustiness, which made him uncomfortable.

Eddard also has a strange sense of alienation from Bran Stark, as if the child is no longer Bran, but someone else.

"Bran, Jon has scouted the Wraiths, they're still a day's ride from here, the army of ghouls isn't marching fast, it takes them three days to get here on foot. Ed said.

"Father, the target of their visit this time is me, and the strangers and ghouls who came are all on horseback, only eleven, and there is also a magical creature: the ice spider. (In the original book, the old grandmother tells the story of the stranger, and she says that in the dead of winter, the stranger will come on an ice spider.) ）

Ed and Jon had only heard of ice spiders in lore about the Wraith.

"At the Great Wall, we didn't find any ice spiders. Jon said.

"Jon, the Terrans have revived dragons, red smoke beasts, all of the best magical creatures. The magic spells of the Firemancers of King's Landing have all been revived, and in the Land of Eternal Winter, the Ice Spider, the top magical creature of the Wraiths, has also appeared. They travel like galloping horses in snow and ice, ice spiders are the size of ponies, and dragon crystal weapons are their nemesis. There are three ice spiders that have been following the Night King, and the Night King has never used them. The Demon Mountain came to the North with the dragon, and the Night King sent an eleven ice spiders to raid the Hearth, and their goal was to kill me. ”

"Why do they keep targeting you?" asked Jon.

"I am the Three-Eyed Raven, I have inherited all the abilities of the Green Prophet Brindon River, I know the secrets of the Stranger, I can also go back to the past, and I can also travel to the future, the Stranger wants to slaughter this world, rule this world, and turn the world into only one winter, and the Night King needs to kill the memories of this world, and even more so those who know the secrets of the Stranger. Father, Jon, we're running out of time, please send the fastest cavalry to escort us out of Hearth. “