The tavern was dark, with grease candles burning on each table, and flaming torches tied to the wooden pillars of the tavern, which together with the candles illuminated the scruffy and drunken faces.

Several scantily clad prostitutes accompany the men in their arms, while the tavern maids constantly shuttle between the tables and the smell of meat and the smell of stench in the air, mixed with the noise and laughter, forming an inherent portrait of a medieval tavern.

It was a very modest tavern, located in the flea nest of King's Landing, with an unpaved hard mud floor and a wooden ceiling overhead blackened by the smoke from candles and torches.

However, it is also a common place for ordinary civilians to drink and have fun.

"You don't need to give me money, Davos." The owner of the tavern was a middle-aged man with a thin figure of eight beard, and now he was hiding in the back room of the tavern when he secretly saw a brown-haired middle-aged man wearing coarse black clothes and a black cloak.

"I don't care if it's true or not, the lion family has an enmity with me, and we all have a grudge, you know this is enough."

"It costs a lot to hire people, and you're going to need it." The brown-haired middle-aged man standing in front of him shook his head when he heard this.

"I can't call you to work in vain."

"Why do you have to spend more money to ask our prostitutes to chew a few more words on their tongues?" The tavern owner sneered: "As for those singers, their thief ears are eager to hear about the shameless deeds of all the nobles and lords of the Seven Kingdoms, you see, Davos, although we can't beat those who ride horses and carry guns, but we are not cowards who can do nothing at the mercy of bullying." You know, I went out to buy goods that day, and my sister called a lion to rape her, and if I knew which mongrel did it, I would have to skin him! ”

"The gods bless her." The brown-haired middle-aged man sighed when he heard this.

It has been five days since he talked to Lan Li that day, and during this time, in addition to his normal work, he has devoted all his spare time to Zhang Luo.

Because of the promise to that one? Or is it because of the indignation in my heart? He couldn't figure it out.

Things went even more smoothly than expected, and the "activity funds" that Lan Li gave him afterwards had not even been used, and now he had basically searched for all the reliable friends he could find in the flea nest.

Tavern owners, canteen chefs, shoemakers, shavers, fishmongers, and even down-and-out bards.

Everyone agreed in unison, and everyone had a grudge against the Lannisters, big or small, but they all did.

Of course, Davos also had some old friends who had not been affected by the war, but he thought it best to be cautious about this. Half a lifetime of smuggling has allowed him to see all kinds of people, and he has also seen many unexpected betrayals, and even these who have been contacted, he has made contact in secret, and he does not dare to approach in public.

……

After staying in the tavern and drinking a glass of browned barley wine, Davos said goodbye to his old friend and went out, but as soon as he left the noise of the tavern behind, he suddenly felt as if someone was looking at him.

Turning his head to look, he didn't find anyone, a light rain had drenched the mud of the cramped road not long ago, the windows of the three-story wooden houses on both sides were closed, and there was no one under the street vendors' sheds built by the roadside because of the night, and his leather-gloved hand touched the long sword hanging from the black cloak, and Davos stepped towards the street here.

The sight projected on him seemed to have disappeared in a short time, but Davos did not let his guard down, and even quickened his pace. However, just as he was about to step out of this narrow path, a slender figure suddenly jumped out of the shadows of the wall.

"Onion Knight?"

Davos paused when he heard this, and his hand touching the hilt of the sword at his waist tightened unconsciously.

"Who are you?"

"A friend." The other party said this, standing in the cold street with his back to the moonlight, wearing a black cloak and not seeing his appearance clearly, but his voice was soft, and it was obviously a woman.

However, Davos did not let his guard down.

"My friends don't follow me."

"Tracking?"

The female voice chuckled, "No, we just happened to meet you here." ”

We?

Davos's heart tightened when he heard this, but before he could react, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder from behind.

"If it were an enemy, you would have been killed by us, Davos."

There was a hint of a smile in the rough voice, but the brown-haired middle-aged man couldn't help but tighten the hilt of the sword in his hand, but he didn't act rashly, but slowly turned his head to look.

A face that made him somewhat familiar came into view.

"Are you...... Benn? He asked hesitantly.

"That's right, it's me, Big-Bellied Ben."

The other party nodded, the fat figure in coarse cloth clothes, and a big round face with a smile was very obvious in the moonlight: "I am actually not very satisfied with this nickname, I should call me strong Ben En." ”

"As far as I know, you've been-"

"Already dead? No, no, no, Arthur. Dane bought the gang of dog mongrels, but not all of them betrayed us. ”

Davos understood.

The man in front of him is a member of a gang called the Brotherhood of the Royal Forest, of course, that is in the past, when he first came out of the Storm's End, he had told the black-haired boy about this, the gang was entrenched in the King's hunting forest, kidnapping and extorting nobles for a living, and was exterminated by the Mad King two years ago.

It is said that the leader of the Dawn Sword Arthur. It was only after Sir Dain bought off the villagers who lived in the royal forest that he was able to completely exterminate this group of bandits.

However, at the moment, it is obviously not correct to say that it is thorough. The man in front of him is called Benn, who is one of the more famous bandit leaders in the Royal Brotherhood, and he has heard that he is dead, but he is clearly alive and well at this time.

"The little boy who sold himself?" Davos asked.

He knew the person in front of him, mainly because he had been in contact with the other party who sold stolen goods when he was a smuggler, but the two had only met once or twice, so they were not familiar with each other.

And now, it's clear that they're looking for themselves.

Davos couldn't think of any reason for these people to find him other than the kid he had seen not long ago.

"His name is Tob." The soft-voiced woman in front of her spoke, "He's my son." We were short of money, and that day he heard that a convoy of nobles was passing by and ran over. ”

"You're Wenda, Bailu Wenda?" Davos asked.

Winda the White Deer is also a leader in the Brotherhood of the Kings, Davos has never seen it, but he can guess it.

"Now it's Jenny, blonde Jenny."

The big belly said: "The name of Bailu Wenda is much louder than ours, hey, who made her a woman, women are born to give birth to children, everyone says so." ”

They didn't seem hostile, but Davos wasn't going to let his guard down, he didn't think it was a good thing to be doing what he was doing in the first place, and now that he was approached by the two former bandits.

"Two friends are looking for me?" He asked.

"Of course, of course there is something, why don't we sit down and talk at a tavern nearby?"

"Forgive me, friends, I still have work to do later."

"Don't worry about my friend, we just wanted to ask you for a favor, a small favor." The big fat man named Benn said: "You see, although we are dead, uh, dead, but in fact, we are not dead at all, so as long as this person is not dead, he must have a lot of needs, such as——"

He looked a little broken-mouthed, so he was interrupted by his companion before he could finish speaking: "We want to ask you to help introduce the noble young master of the Lu family before, nothing else, it's as simple as that." ”

"What do you want to see him do?" Davos frowned.

"Squire? Be a private soldier? Anyway, that's the case, we have seen a lot of servants of noble lords, and servants of noble children are not uncommon. Potbelly said, "That waste is not as good as any of us." ”

"You mean, you're going to take refuge with a little boy?"

Even though he knew that the little boy was not simple, Davos felt that it sounded so absurd.

"Have you seen him? If you haven't seen him, you'd have heard of him, he's only five years old. ”

The big-bellied Benn was stunned when he heard this: "Five years old? We heard it was six years old. But it doesn't matter, he's going to grow up, yes, he's going to grow up. We're still young, and we're no longer bandits. And now, as long as he still has two golden dragons casually, like that day, we can do anything for him, yes, anything, no matter how old he is. ”

When the former smuggler heard this, he suddenly realized that the two people in front of him were treating Lan Li as a fat sheep.

"Why don't you serve Master Stannis?"

He tried to remind the other party: "The boy you want to see does not have the right to recruit private soldiers, and at the same time, his money is given by his family housekeeper, and it is impossible to spend it casually." ”

It's not like digging into the wall, it's really impossible.

It seems that the little young master of the Baratheon family has no one to control, but in fact, the selection of the people around him is strict, whether it is a servant or a guard, it is all strictly selected, and the next three generations have to be considered, how can people be mixed in casually.

And Davos didn't trust them much, but the two didn't seem to be going to give up easily, so they thought about telling them to shift their targets, or to let them give up after they hit their heads.

However, after these words fell, the two just shook their heads.

"Actually, we wanted to join Stannis in the first place, because he accepted you, and accepted a smuggler, but it was ......"

The woman who changed her name to Jenny looked at the brown-haired middle-aged man softly: "Do your fingers still hurt?" Davos? ”

These words made the person subconsciously raise his hand and touch the small bag hanging on his chest, and the big-bellied Benn, who also walked in front of him, spoke: "We can't imagine why you asked him to cut off his fingers, and we can't think of why he had to cut off your fingers." ”

"Good deeds do not counteract evil deeds, and evil deeds do not cover up good deeds. Since I have been engaged in smuggling for more than 10 years, I have to pay the price. "Lord Stannis has punished me fairly, and there is probably no one in the world who is more just than him." ”

"Sounds good, it's better to be fair than not to treat us as human beings, but we don't have such noble sentiments as you, so I won't do it if I am asked to cut off my fingers."

The big-bellied Ben En said: "Besides, if you do something like ours, if you really go to take refuge, it may not be your fingers, but your head." ”

"Can a person without a head still do things for the lords?" The woman chuckled along, clearly not planning to retreat.

Davos frowned when he heard this: "But it shouldn't be a little boy, don't you think this kind of thinking is ridiculous?" ”

"Well, of course it makes sense."

Big-bellied Benn spoke, "Robert of the Deer family is very generous, we have met him. I heard that he is going to be a king, maybe he will not be stingy with his only two brothers, maybe after a while the little boy in your mouth will become a lord, and the boy will be a lord, this kind of thing is very common, and our vision is rarely wrong. ”

"Of course, it's a gamble, but even if it weren't, I would see the kid make such a move...... Ahem, anyway, we won't lie to you, we've seen a lot of nobles, it's the first time we've seen a nobleman like that kid, and to be honest, we've all been scared, not to mention anything else, it's enough to spend a few years rewarding a few golden dragons, but it's more than what we have to earn by raising pigs in the woods—how's that, friend? Are you now a good name, and you take care of us poor people? ”

Do you really think that kid is easy to fool? Can you fool around with gold coins casually?

Davos shook his head secretly when he heard this, but he could actually understand some of the thoughts of the two men.

There is no master to adopt in all parts of the Seven Kingdoms, and the poor knights in the wilderness are all grabbing a handful, not to mention these former bandits, they are neither knights nor clean people, it is not easy to find a backer, and it is difficult for them to focus on a little boy.

"I can tell him about it." After thinking about it, he said, "But I'm not sure if he wants you or not, and I won't hide your identity for you." ”

The two looked at each other for a moment, then nodded.

"Of course, if he minds who we are, then forget it, but bother my friends to say more good things for us, we have been washing our hands for several years, and we have long decided to be decent people."

The big-bellied Ben said solemnly, and seeing Davos nodding, he spoke again: "But before that, I think we should be able to help you and say bad things about the lion family, I am good at this, so I should pay you." ”

Davos was stunned for a moment, and then said vigilantly: "You all know? ”

"You're careful." The other party smiled when he heard this.

"But we've been watching you for a long time."