The head of the Wild Sect was arrested.

Lan Li was in a small room when the news came, trying to read on his own without the assistance of the old bachelor.

Although his vocabulary was lacking and he was a little stumbling to read, he was still able to read the book in his hand called "Ruby and Steel".

The book Ruby and Steel tells the story of a group of female warriors outside of Westeros who have ruby on their faces, which is a very strange race, and the terminology used by the Maester Naairin who wrote this book is even more strange, causing Lan Li a very serious problem.

But he still insisted on doing it—

The heraldic science he had been studying had basically come to an end since the last lecture, and the old bachelor claimed that his knowledge of it was no weaker than that of ordinary bachelors.

The rest of the knowledge is not yet old age, or what the Blue Rite needs to learn is not something that the old master can teach at will, he needs to ask for the consent of the Blue Rite's guardian, that is, the current head of the Baratheon family, Robert Baratheon.

However, he was not in the castle at this time.

So at present, the only thing that Lan Li can continue to learn is the language. He didn't resist it, after all, he learned that language was also a skill in his "attribute bar", and he was obviously very interested in his special golden finger, or the strange ability that extended from it.

However, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief when the servant Jomi came running to interrupt him, and then put down the obscure crimson parchment in his hand and repeated what the servant had just said.

"The Wild Sect Leader, along with Ser Jon, Ser Norton, and Ser Ralph, was planning to secretly open the gates and surrender, only to be discovered by Stannis?"

"Yes, young master."

Jommy nodded hurriedly, "I mean, yes, they've been put in a dungeon by Master Stannis." ”

Jomi was a brown-haired servant in his forties, with a cheeky face, wearing a sleeveless leather blouse and coarse cloth trousers, and carrying a faintly scented covered cloth basket in his hand.

At this time, he put the basket in his hand on the shelf table as he spoke, and said happily: "Lord Stannis also specially ordered the kitchen to bring food to the young master. Lo and behold, there are sea pigeon pies, oatcakes, pea porridge, and even a baked apple mile! ”

As he spoke, he glanced curiously at the black-haired boy who was bowing his head in contemplation, but he didn't ask anything—the head of the Storm's Breath Castle was arrested, and Young Master Lan Li was given food, which was obviously related.

The smell of food wafted away, luring Lan Li's already harsh stomach even more hungry. But he didn't pay much attention to the food next to him at this time, but thought about the consequences of this information.

Five days have passed since he made a small report, and nothing special has happened during this period, and even Lan Li originally thought that he might be too sensitive, but he didn't want to suddenly learn such news now.

In fact, he wasn't sure that the sect leader would do something out of the ordinary, he just felt that it was possible, so what was notified was only some more uncertain scattered information-

[I overheard Head Gavin's conversation with Ser Jon, Ser Norton, and Ser Ralph, who seemed to be talking about Stannis, and I heard the words "careful" and "be vigilant.] I think there may be some secrets in this, Master Clison, and I think you need to know that. 】

……

This is the content of the note, and the purpose is to hope that they will be wary of this, and even if they misunderstand the sect leader, what they say will not cause him too much trouble.

After all, a gamble, a stealing of food, or perhaps a laziness while patrolling can also lead to a sneaky leader.

Just look at it now......

"I'm going to find Master Clesson, so let's put the food first." He got up suddenly, and hurried out without waiting for a response, leaving the somewhat dazed servant standing where he was.

……

The old bachelor was easy to find, he was very old, and he would not normally leave the bachelor's room in the tower unless Stannis summoned him, and that room was only a few steps away from Lan Li's bedroom.

When he saw the old man, he was sitting behind his desk piecing together a broken parchment map, and Lan Li's visit did not make him look up, but his words were with a hint of a smile.

"Stannis blamed me for wasting food on you, but it turns out that even children can play an unexpected role at some point."

"I'm going to visit the head of the Wild Sect in the dungeon." Lan Li said straight to the point, his little face was serious.

He obviously couldn't get close to the dungeon on his own, even if he was the third son of the Baratheon family.

"Visit?" The old man made a gesture of the map, "There is nothing to visit, he is a traitor, he wants to betray us." ”

"He helped me." Lan Li said sincerely: "Robert's hound is very fierce, and he helped me beat them off that time. ”

"Your brother's hounds will only wag their tails when they see you." The old man exposed his lie without raising his head: "Besides, your second brother is not allowed to visit the traitor, not anyone. ”

"Are you trying to eat him?"

The old man's hand holding the map couldn't help but shake when he heard this, and his eyes widened when he looked up at Lan Li, and his old face seemed to be full of shock.

"Tell me, son, who told you that?"

"Recently, the food supply has become less and less, the smell from the kitchen has become very light, and even the coarse bread eaten by the little brother in the stable is moldy, and not long ago I heard that we will not last until next month."

"Who did you listen to?" The old man's words were implicitly serious, but Lan Li didn't eat it.

"You want to eat him." He repeated with certainty.

"It's just, it's ......," the old man said and stopped, as if ashamed of it. However, Lan Li didn't want to force him to continue talking about the topic, because his purpose was not to do so.

"Take me to him." The black-haired boy solemnly reiterated that he usually behaved very unscrupulously, but at this time he rarely showed a trace of edge.

"I want to see him."

The old man was silent for a moment, and then finally took a deep look at the unusually precocious child.

"Don't mind some crazy things that the traitor might say." He admonished, putting down the fragment of the map in his hand, feeling the crooked crutch on the bookshelf next to him, and led the way towards the door.

Seeing this, Lan Li obediently followed behind the other party and said no more.

……

The dungeon is located at the bottom of the tower, and can be accessed directly down the building.

As they walked forward, a manservant sweeping the stairs greeted them, three washerwomen carried a pile of clothes to make way for an old man and a young man, two Baratheon soldiers guarding the door of the tower looked at them silently, and a mad courtier named Patch Face was bouncing around in the courtyard, and after touching the two of them, he suddenly ran away crying, which seemed very inexplicable.

"I'm still not sure if saving him was the right choice." The old man's evaluation of this may also have the purpose of breaking the dull atmosphere.

"Rigoletto is a wretched creature, your uncle didn't like him until he died, but Stannis cared, yes, though he didn't show it, I could feel it. And no wonder, alas......"

Lan Li didn't pay much attention to all this, and didn't even listen carefully to the old man's words. At this point, his mind was mostly on the next meeting, and he was also full of doubts about it.

After so many attempts before, I didn't find a clue, can I do it this time? But if you don't go, you won't have much chance in the future.

Why on earth does he smell so good?

Fragrant......

Is it really necessary to eat him?

Fragrant - eating, seems to make sense......"

For a moment, he was a little disgusted, so when he saw the target in the dark dungeon, he always felt that the other party was a little unbearable to look at him, and under the light of the torch, his blue eyes couldn't help but glance at the dirty greasy sweat that overflowed on his head.

"Help me! Maester Crisson, help me! ”

As soon as the former Wind's Rest Castle leader saw the two of them, or the old bachelor, he cried and howled, and there were also voices begging for mercy from several cells next to him, and even for a while, the dim dungeon corridor was filled with chaotic noises.

The old bachelor didn't respond, but just took Lan Li's hand with a little effort, as if signaling him to be vigilant. In his other hand, he held a torch soaked in oil, and the dim light shone on the otherwise dark place, and also embellished the otherwise handsome face in the filthy cage.

"I'm just impulsive, and I'm hungry—gods have mercy, Master Crison, forgive me!" The shaggy brown haired Wilder knelt there with his hands on the thick wooden railings of the cage, sobbing and pleading with tears, only to be silently answered by a pair of old eyes full of pity.

Then he looked back at another diminutive being staring at him outside the cage.

"Young Master Lan Li, go and beg your second brother, tell him not to do this, you tell him - tell him that he doesn't want to become a monster...... Monsters, yes, yes, that's it! Go, go! Please, just-"

He stopped abruptly before he could finish his sentence, for as his face was full of urgency, something suddenly broke out of his mouth and fell into the dirty straw pile in front of him, so that the end of the subject's words seemed very muffled.

Looking down, it appeared to be three dentures embedded in wooden holders, shrouded in torch light, giving off a dull pale yellow hue.

The noise stopped, and the dungeon corridor became somewhat quiet for a moment.

Lan Li looked at the three dentures in the haystack, and then looked at the owner of the dentures, his eyes glaring at the boss for a while.

This seemed to make the other party angry, so he stopped pleading, but stood up and scolded in a broken jar.

"Seven Hells, tell the stranger to take that damn Stannis away! And Robert - yes, especially him, he should have taken me with him! Why did he leave me here to starve! I could have gone to the battlefield to earn glory, so why do I have to face Stannis's hard stone face - sooner or later the Mad King will burn you! That's right, burn you! You still have the face to call me a traitor!? ”

Obviously, in the face of the cruel reality, this middle-aged knight, who was quite arrogant before, became a little crazy at this time, or he was too stimulated by knowing his fate.

Then I saw him on his knees and weep.

"Hell old Wild, why did you give birth to so many sons? So much, it's not my turn for my eldest brother to die. Why are you so cruel - what kind of Storm's Rest Sect leader? I should have been a hired knight in the first place, so I still had hedges to sleep on. That's right, sleeping hedges, a glorious hedge knight......"

He wept and laughed and muttered, and began to sing a ballad about six young girls bathing together.

The dungeon of Storm's Rest was built inside the cliff beneath the castle, very close to the lower grotto docks, and the faint sound of the waves and running water could be heard, but it did not bring the slightest elegance, but an unbearable smell of sea and sticky moisture.

And the song, despite its sweet and beautiful lyrics, is full of low and lonely tones, accompanied by salty air, echoing sadly in and out of the dungeon corridors.

Lan Li took the opportunity to use the old man's crutch to pull out the denture blade.