Although the Frey family claimed that they were understaffed because they were going to support Haijiang City, in fact, when their people returned from Haijiang City, they did not immediately set off to send Lan Li to Riverbend-

There were no surprises in the war in Haijiang City, and when the Frey family's army appeared there, the besieging Iron People were wise to evacuate directly, and they did not have the same stubborn appearance as before.

And the bigger wars in the distance also frequently came with good news, Great Wick, Old Wick, Oak, Harlow ...... The thirty-one islands of the Iron Islands were occupied one after another by the huge army that landed in Westeros, and the nobles of the Iron People on them also suffered heavy casualties one by one.

Until the last Pike Island.

Lan Li couldn't understand the exact process, only that he knew that Pike Island couldn't stop the army either.

The rebellion ended in failure.

Baron, crowned King of the Iron Islands. Greyjoy had to lay down his crown and surrender on his knees, and he also paid a price for it—one of his three sons was killed in battle, one was taken back to King's Landing as a hostage, and one was sent to the North as an adopted son.

In fact, the price paid by Baron was not limited to this, the nobles of the islands who suffered heavy casualties, the castles that were smashed by siege equipment, and the many people and territories that were destroyed and plundered by the army......

Although he already knew what the outcome of the war would be, and despite the intention of surrendering, who could believe that he would really be subdued without paying these costs?

Relatively speaking, the rebellion did not bring much change to the continent of Westeros, but some coastal territories were infested by the Iron People and many were deserted, and the armies of most lords and nobles were not damaged much, except for the destruction of the Lannisters' fleet at the beginning......

These are things that Lan Li has heard about during this time in the Frey family, but it is not someone else who took the initiative to tell him, in fact, although the Frey family treats him very politely, his age still makes Lan Li not pay much attention here.

He didn't care about it either, and in fact, Lan Li didn't live in the Frey family for long.

When the news of Balon's surrender came back, the Twin Rivers were ready to send Lan Li away.

However, the destination they sent to each other was not the High Court, it was too far, and there were too many noble territories passing by, which was inconvenient, so they were going to send the blue gift to Lannister Harbor in the west-

There, a jousting tournament was held to celebrate the victory in the war. The Duke of Metz of Riverlands will also be there to watch the contest.

……

In the winter of 285 years of the conquest, a simplely decorated but thick carriage set off from the city of Twin Rivers, escorted by many knights and crossbowmen, and headed west.

They stopped and stopped, and when they arrived at Riverrun, where they were the Tully family, the kings of the Riverlands, they stayed there for two days, after which Frey's escort was replaced by the Tully family.

It may be a confrontation between two families who don't like each other, but it doesn't matter what Lan Li is about.

Two months or so later, he finally arrived in Lannister Harbor in the Westlands. And at this moment, the jousting tournament was basically over, and Lan Li, who caught up with a tail, only saw one of the golden twins of the Lannister family, Jaime. The Lannister was in the arena showing off his might, and the other contestants were hardly seen.

That's right, the winner of this contest is James.

Upon arriving, Ranley met with his two cheap brothers, but they did not arouse any suspicion, Robert only assumed that someone was plotting against Ranley, and Stannis did not say much after asking him some details.

It seems to have been fooled in the past.

The outcome of the subsequent "investigation" was unknown, as two days after his arrival in Lannister Harbor, he set out on the boat back to the High Court by boat.

……

The thin snow drifted slowly down from the gloomy sky, and finally landed on the gray bridge deck at his feet to form a pale white spot, and the fat boy who was standing at the head of the bridge and observing here sighed wistfully, and muttered to the brown-haired boy beside him, who was much taller than him, "If only the snow were bigger this time, Vilas, we could build a snowman to welcome Lan Li back." ”

"The snow in the High Court has always been on this scale."

Standing on the bridge deck outside the beautiful castle, the brown-haired boy raised his hand and patted a few strands of snow falling on his shoulder, and said slowly: "Besides, don't you always say that you hate Lan Li?" Garland, a snowman is welcome? I guess the focus should be on building a snowman, right? ”

The fat boy blushed a little when he heard this, but he still retorted: "I heard that he has been kidnapped, of course I have to treat him well, my mother said that this is the most basic courtesy." ”

These words made a silver-haired lady standing not far away glance sideways at the little fat man, and some other men and women in gorgeous clothes around him also laughed dumbly.

However, the conversation between the children did not intrigue the adults, who were looking forward to the boats slowly approaching in the wide river on the side of the bridge.

The war is over, but the related things left to the Seven Kingdoms have not ended, at least King's Landing must distribute the benefits to the several parties who have made outstanding contributions to this war-

It is said that His Majesty Robert intended to make the river bend king Mace. Tyrell sent King's Landing to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, but the news was not clear, but at least the sudden outbreak of war had made Riverlands much better off for the new dynasty, and would not be labeled as loyal to the former dynasty as before.

And all this was achieved by their patriarch, Duke Metz, who led the soldiers of the river bend in the battlefield. Therefore, for the return of this person, the Tyrell family who remained in the High Court was naturally excited.

So when the ship finally docked, and the people on it came down one after another, the people called in.

The adults and adults greeted each other, and the children gathered around the black-haired boy who had followed the Duke of High Court off the boat.

"Who kidnapped you, Lan Li?"

"What does he look like?"

"Did you really run from the Shield Islands to the Riverlands?"

"What do the Freys look like?"

"Have you ever met the Iron Min?"

……

There are a lot of boring questions like this, and it is not limited to the two descendants of the Tyrell family around him, and the long boredom has made Lan Li have a good patience to respond to this, but in fact, all this is just nonsense.

"Mother said that this incident is obviously targeted by someone, so you must not be allowed to go out casually anymore." After sending away a group of little children, the brown-haired young man who seemed a little more stable in Lan Li's eyes said something to him.

"What do you think about that, Lan Li?"

"I don't think so."

Lan Li glanced at the gloating expression and said, "I've been running around for the past year, and I've long been tired of running, and I've long been tired of seeing those iron people, hired knights, village witches, and miscellaneous things outside, and I think about it, it's really boring - you know, I also saw a wolf like a human." ”

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to the other party, but took the initiative to run to the adult to greet the duchess, who had just finished hugging her husband, and was busy shushing him to greet him.

The brown-haired boy was left standing in place, his expression a little dejected.

"What's wrong with you, Vilas?"

Garland, the little fat man next to him, had been blinking his eyes and waiting for Lan Li to take the initiative to greet him, but Lan Li ignored him, which made him a little depressed and a little empathetic.

"Angry with him?"

"A wolf like a man? Do you think he's lying? Villas didn't answer the question, but looked at the black-haired figure not far away, and muttered in a low voice, "A wolf is a wolf, how can it be like a human?" ”

"So he's lying."

"But I feel ...... He didn't lie? ”

"You must be feeling wrong."

The little fat man pouted, "How can that kind of freak exist?" I can't even imagine what it could look like. ”

"Maybe......"

Velas nodded hesitantly, and then saw the team walking towards the castle, and hurriedly beckoned his brother to follow.

The snow drifts slowly, and the beautiful castle at the top of the hills on the bank of the river is dotted like a fairy tale, and a group of glamorous aristocratic men and women stream through the open gates, laughing and laughing along the way.

It's a warm and harmonious picture, and it's the norm for many lords and nobles who have returned home after the war, but in many dark corners of Westeros and beyond, there are undercurrents surging silently, brewing, and vowing to break everything that is stable.