Bailu Wenda had always wondered what the child who casually gave her son a golden dragon and didn't want anything in return was like.

Is it the kind of naughty child that aristocratic children are common?

Or a big little fat man?

Or a kind-hearted weak boy?

She thought about it every time she picked up the golden dragon, and it was always her way when her companions decided to give up their ordinary life in the forest to join the boy.

Now that she finally met the person concerned, she felt a little strange.

A velvet jacket with black and silver trim was a little loose to wear, as were the trousers, which made him look very thin on the boy, and the crown buck coat of arms on his chest made of gold thread and black silk shone in the sun, and his face was pale and looked a little weak, as if he had just been seriously ill - and it was true.

At first glance, it seemed to be a frail boy, nothing too special except for his black hair that made him want to play with it, but when the boy's beautiful blue eyes looked at her, this impression changed completely.

It was a pair of calm and scrutinizing eyes, which gave her a feeling that was diametrically opposite to the boy's age, but at this time she was more concerned about the color of these eyes.

It was a stunning icy blue, magnificent, deep, but not cold, but rather a strange attraction, and when she was watched, she felt a sense of comfort in the cool sea breeze in the hot weather.

"How did you do that?"

The amazement of the woman's heart was interrupted by a slightly hoarse child's voice, and she recoiled her thoughts and replied: "I have observed him for a few days, and found that he has not taken any of his soldiers with him, but has only a small baby and a wet nurse in the hotel in the city. ”

As she spoke, she paused, and seeing that the boy was listening intently, she spoke again: "In King Robert's absence on the day he visited the city, I took the opportunity to climb in through the window and take the boy away. ”

At first, Wenda was afraid that the child in front of her would not understand what she was saying, so she spoke very slowly, but when she saw the other party's calm and listening face, she unconsciously sped up a lot.

"I left him a note telling him to bring the ransom money to ransom the child, and I asked him to take off his weapon and armor and go to the place I designated before I could actually show up. But when he went, I actually climbed into the hotel again and took everything he had left behind. Luckily, I thought I'd have to repeat it a few more times to get it.

The blonde woman in the light green cloak said, crouching down and patting the thick wooden box at her feet.

"It's all here, my lord." She unconsciously used honorifics.

At this time, the two were in a soldier's duty room on the edge of the Red Fort, in order to meet the female bandit, Lan Li forged a "family letter" from the Storm's Rest Fort in advance, and handed it to Davos, so that the woman could be qualified to pass through the gate of the Red Keep, and then before the soldiers could report to His Majesty Robert, Lan Li appeared here appropriately, and "coincidentally" cut off the beard.

It was a busy time in the throne room, so Lan Li was not afraid that Robert would come over after hearing the letter, and Stannis was not in the Red Keep at the moment, so he could receive the woman in front of him with confidence.

The other party had already lifted the box as he spoke, and Lan Li glanced at it, and saw the target he wanted in the gap of a pile of leather armor belts.

Secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but instead of taking it out immediately, he looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and asked, "What's wrong with the baby now?" ”

"I put it back." The other party said: "He is a little annoyance, crying and screaming, and urinating on me." ”

Lan Li heard this, and probably understood what kind of character this person was.

is the same as her original identity, a female bandit.

He is very familiar with things like kidnapping and ransom, and he doesn't show much sadness about the death of his companion, and he doesn't seem to care about violating the law.

But she's not just a female bandit.

She sounds quite smart, and at the same time it is interesting that normal bandits and robbers can't read, but now this one can read and write.

This is not an ordinary thing, you know, even if you are from an aristocratic family, there are many people who can't read a word.

The lord class basically only needs to be able to read and write, and the rest have bachelors, so they don't need to bother to study at all.

Moreover, people in this world generally do not like to learn, but are willing to dance with knives and guns.

"Where did you learn to read and write?" Lan Li then asked curiously.

The person in front of me looked about thirty years old, tall and slender, squatting there with blonde hair scattered and scattered, looking a little casual, and his appearance was also very beautiful.

"My father was a mercenary knight."

The other person replied: "Since I was a child, he taught me to read and write." ”

Lan Li nodded when he heard this, and didn't ask much, but ripped off a small ash bag tied around his waist and handed it to the other party.

"If you really want to be my retainer, then naturally you will have a fixed salary to get, but you are not before this, so this is your payment."

His golden dragon had already been spent, so the bag naturally contained no gold coins, but it was worth a lot of money from the Mei Ge Building.

The other party took the bag and opened it with a look of joy.

Lan Li smiled when he saw this, and then looked at the boy who was pulling the corner of the woman's cloak and was a little nervous.

The boy was dressed in a brown tunic and tight trousers, and his appearance was delicate, and his green eyes looked shining.

He seemed to be seven or eight years old, with a neat face, not as dirty as he had seen before, nor as sloppy as an ordinary civilian child, apparently freshened up before he came.

It's just that in the face of Lan Li's gaze, his clean face turned red after brushing, and his head was subconsciously lowered, looking a little nervous.

"She's a girl?" Lan Li asked strangely when he saw this.

"Boy."

The woman who had put the money bag away stood up and replied, reaching out and patting her son's brown-haired head: "Tobu, call your Excellency." ”

"Big, Adult......"

The stumbling words sound very shy, and at first glance he is an honest child. Lan Li is actually very satisfied with this, because he likes honest people.

So he said to the woman, "You stay in King's Landing for the day I leave the Red Keep, and then you will bring your son with you, and if you have any trouble, go to Davos first." ”

The Davos he spoke of was not in the room, but outside chatting with the guards, attracting attention.

The woman nodded when she heard this, and then took her son away with her son.

She didn't know much about Lan Li, only that Davos could contact him, and she was surprised when she was told to do it. Originally, I wanted to ask the boy why he wanted to find a way to get the weapons and equipment on the northern Zedi man, but when it came to the end, she never asked.

I don't know why, she always has a sense of restraint in front of the child in front of her, who is younger than her son, as if a commoner is facing a lord with a higher status than herself.

However, she is not a commoner, but a female bandit, who used to make a living by bullying and blackmailing those noble lords, so this is a bit abnormal.

Maybe you care too much about this opportunity?

She thought to herself.

After the Brotherhood of the Royal Forest was exterminated, these bandits who used to be beautiful in the past could only survive with their tails between their legs, because of their trade, they knew a lot of nobles, and even when they walked out of the forest, they seemed cautious, for fear of being recognized and then hanged or beheaded.

However, sneakily hiding in the woods and raising pigs for a living is really not something these people are willing to do, and this boredom reaches its climax when an old companion falls ill and has no money for medical treatment.

So when the golden dragon arrived, they resolutely set out on the road to King's Landing.

At first, they actually planned to defect to Stannis, after all, there was a precedent for smugglers. However, when they inquired about the specific situation, they extinguished this thought again, and after some consideration, they looked at the owner of the golden dragon, the young master of the Baratheon family.

They want to make some money out of this kid, and although this idea is not very reliable, it is better to have ideas than not to have ideas.

The result was very unlucky, the money was not made but put two lives into it, and the companion died, Wen Da was actually disheartened about this, and decided to go back to the forest to continue raising pigs for a living, but the aristocratic young master who had not died before suddenly handed over a note, and at the same time gave her a sumptuous price code-

Consider raising her son to be a knight!

For some people, knights are just super soldiers who can be hired for a lot of money, but for most civilians, becoming a knight is equivalent to one step to the sky, and a lifetime of struggle may not be able to achieve the top status.

Although she was not an ordinary civilian, Wenda knew better what this promise meant, so although the other party's words were not sure, even though the other party was only a five-year-old child, she still tried her best to complete it.

The process is an understatement, but the hardships and dangers are only clear to her.

It's just for the sake of the children, everything is nothing.

……

Two large boxes of items were carried by the guards into Lan Li's room in the Meg Building.

The boy claimed that it was some of the old toys and clothes that Storm's End had sent him, and none of the guards doubted this.

After a busy time, the room was quiet, only a black cat curiously came over and circled, Lan Li ignored this, but immediately opened the box and watched intently.

Because he had revealed his curiosity about the dagger in front of the Zedi people, he didn't tell the female bandit what he really wanted to be on the safe side, and because of this, there were a lot of items in the box.

Most of them were clothes, and there were also leather and chain mail, but the only thing Lan Li had a crush on was the wooden-handled dagger hidden in the pile of clothes.

Without hesitation, he picked up the dagger, and then flipped it over and looked at it.

The dagger looked ordinary, with Nanmu as the handle, and the iron dagger shimmered sharply in the sunlight from the balcony, apparently having been maintained for a long time.

It's just that unlike before, sniffing with his nose at close range, Lan Li suddenly found that the dagger had not really lost that smell, it was still there, but it had become very faint.

"Consumed? Or ......"

Thinking thoughtfully, he didn't test whether he could get into the copy at this point, but put it in his "trash".

Physical weakness led to mental malaise, and at this time he felt that he had no strength in his body, and he had not fully recovered his health, and he really did not have the intention of starting an adventure.

So although this dagger doesn't look normal at the moment, he didn't dare to really do the test, otherwise it would be a little caught off guard if he went in directly.

"When you get well......

This thought flashed through his mind, and Lan Li looked sideways at the bowl of fragrant pea bacon soup on the bedside table, which was leftover from breakfast, and Lan Li did not ask the servants to take it away.

After all, eating more can get better faster, and he has long decided to be a rice bucket during this time.

……

While Lan Li was pondering how to eat in the bedroom to achieve a more balanced nutrition, a conversation was taking place in the King's residence in the Maigar Building.