Li Quan looked at it from a distance, this is a small fortress, and the building is completely wooden. The walls are quite high, and you can see that the builders of the fortress have put a lot of thought into it.

According to Gary, the Forrester family has been around for thousands of years, and the history of Irontree is too old to be verified. It is the closest city to the northern border in the whole of Westeros. Further north is the Great Wall. and the endless snowfields beyond the Great Wall, a forbidden area of life that no one has ever set foot in.

"Later, you'll meet Ethan Forrester, the youngest son of the old lord. The old lord is dead, and so is Roderick. Now, Ethan is the head of the house. I'll hand over this sword to Ethan myself. It's just that Ethan is still too young, and I'm afraid he won't be able to carry such a burden......" Gary said to Li Quan with a worried face.

When the two came to the city gate, a soldier on the tower of the Iron Tree Fort had already seen the two, and after seeing it clearly, he was immediately surprised: "Yes." Gary! The soldier turned back to the fort and shouted, "Tell the acting lord!" Tell him his nephew is alive! ”

Obviously, the news of the tragedy at the wedding has come back.

The gates slowly lifted.

Li Quan and Gary walked into Irontree Castle.

A neatly dressed middle-aged man ran out. "Gary! Thank the gods! You're alive. "This man is obviously Gary's uncle.

When Gary saw the middle-aged man, he suddenly felt sad and choked up. "I'm too late, they're already dead......"

Gary's uncle's face changed and he asked, "What's going on?" ”

Gary told him what had happened.

Gary's uncle turned pale for a moment and looked at Li Quan. "You're the knight?"

Li Quan nodded. Gary briefly introduced Li Quan's identity to his uncle.

At this moment, the system, which had been silent since coming here, suddenly sent a prompt: "The system has scanned that there is a special plant here, please collect samples from the host, and submit a reward of 1,000 contribution points." ”

Li Quan's heart moved when he heard this. The system must have wanted good things, and when he finally found something, he couldn't help but be uplifted.

"Come with me to Lord Ethan." Gary's uncle's name is Duncan, and after saying a few words of thanks to Li Quan, he said to Gary and Li Quan.

Walking behind Duncan, Li Quan asked Gary about the Iron Tree. He is not stupid, since this place is called Iron Tree Castle, and the system prompts that there are special plants here, it is obvious that this so-called "Iron Tree" is undoubted.

Gary told everything he knew. Li Quan has gained Gary's trust, and the two have experienced a lot together. Especially when Li Quan killed someone for him, Gary was grateful to Li Quan. Besides, the Iron Tree is no secret.

Listening to Gary's description, Li Quan was surprised: "Wood as hard as iron? ”

"Yes, Forrester's ironwood shield is famous not only in the North, but also in the Far South. It is on par with Valyrian Steel, that is, Dragon Steel. Gary said.

Li Quan was overjoyed in his heart, he was going to make a decision on this iron tree!

According to Gary, as long as this iron tree is grown, the wood is extremely hard, not afraid of fire, not afraid of severe cold, otherwise it would not be able to grow in such a cold and snowy land. The Forrester family has a proverb that says, "Steel comes from ice." It means that the iron tree grows in a place of extreme cold.

Gary says the only flaw with the Iron Tree is that the yield is too small to meet demand. In the whole of the North, and indeed all of Westeros, only the Iron Tree grows in Forrester's Territory. Only the real Forrester knew how to nurture this strange tree.

Li Quan secretly said to himself that this was not a difficulty at all, as long as he submitted it to the system, he could increase the output of the Iron Tree by hundreds or thousands of times.

In the Lord's Hall in the center of Irontree Castle, Li Quan met Ethan Forrester.

Li Quan's first impression when he saw it was, so young? This guy in this seat is still a child, right? He forgot that he was also very young.

Ethan Forrester, only 14 years old. The eldest male in the family all died at the bloody wedding, and Ethan was forced to sit on the throne of the lord. Next to him stood a young woman, who was said to be the widow of Lord Forrester. And beside the young woman stood a blonde maiden, the daughter of Lord Forrester.

After meeting with everyone, Li Quan secretly calculated that it was best for him to set up these people as his agents and help him plant trees here, just like supporting the dream team.

Gary recounts their conflict with the Bolton Soldiers and the White Mountain Soldiers. Li Quan immediately admitted that he had killed the man.

"Thank you for your help, my lord. Anyway, Forrester owes you a favor. Ethan sat on the lord's seat and said, although young, he showed maturity in his conversation that did not match his age. At this point, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "But I don't think the Boltons will rest on their laurels. ”

Gary's uncle Duncan said with a sad face: "If Bolton and White Mountain are investigated, I'm afraid Gary can only go out and avoid it." Maybe go to the Great Wall......"

"The Great Wall? No. We can only hope that the other side will not know who did it. Ethan shook his head and said, "We've lost so much, I don't want anyone to be sent to the Wall." ”

As he spoke, the door of the lord's hall was violently pushed open, and a group of people hurriedly walked in. A voice said, "I don't want to burn them all in one fire." ”

The first to walk in was a young man, and half a step behind him was a fat middle-aged man.

Seeing this, the faces of everyone in the hall changed, what about the soldiers of the Forrester family? Why are outsiders let in?

Ethan stood up and caught the other party's obvious meaning: "Temu is not afraid of fire. ”

"Really?" The young man was stunned for a moment, and looked at Ethan with interest.

The fat middle-aged man spoke, "Allow me to introduce Lord Rams of the House of Bolton, son of Luce Bolton. Despite being an illegitimate child, Lord Rams has complete leadership over the Guardians of the North......"

The young man who was introduced interrupted dissatisfiedly: "Thank you, Bai Shan, you can shut up." ”

At this time, Gary whispered beside Li Quan and said, "This person who speaks is the lord of the Baishan family. But you have to be more careful with the young one. He's Rams Snow, a Burton. Bolton has replaced Stark as the new King of the North. We, the Forrester family, can only submit to them now. ”

Li Quan nodded. His gaze swept over these people, the fat White Mountain Lord he didn't recognize, but he recognized Little Peel at a glance.

Rams Snow, the illegitimate son of the Bolton family, nicknamed Little Peel. Why is it called this?

For this man loves to skin off people, and to torture and kill others for pleasure unto death. It's not a joke. This man is extremely cruel, a very perverted guy at heart. At that time, when he saw this guy appear on the stage when he made up the plot, he couldn't help but want to kill this thing. I didn't expect to meet it so soon.

Also, don't look at his surname Snow, in fact, it has nothing to do with the protagonist Jon Snow. Snow refers to an illegitimate child born in the North, and bastards are not worthy of a family name. Jon Snow is from the Stark family, and Skinner Jr. is from the Bolton family.

At this time, I heard the little peel say, "Who is this little boy?" Is he lost? He was looking Ethan up and down.

The atmosphere was suddenly solemn.

Ethan's face froze, and he said, "Lord Rams, welcome to Irontree Castle. ”

Little Peel pretended to be surprised when he heard this. "Isn't this a little lord! Hakusan told me you're still very young, but, oh, look at how old you're all! ”

As Ethan signaled, a Forrester soldier stepped forward, holding an ironwood shield in both hands and offering it to Little Skin. "A memento for the new Guardian of the North."

The little peel immediately looked over. "Let me guess...... Forrester Ironwood? ”

"Made by our most skilled craftsmen." Ethan said without humility or arrogance.

"Iron Grove, it doesn't look like much." Little Peel frowned and said.

"No one can match our craftsmanship. We are ...... Forrester"

"No, no, no." Ethan's words were interrupted by Little Skin, and he smiled flirtatiously, and then threw the shield in his hand, only to hear the sound of the shield clanging to the ground. "We're not here to tell you this." Xiao Peel said, waving towards the fat white mountain.

Bai Shan immediately said: "Two of my best men, and one of the Bolton family are missing, I suspect that something happened to them, they disappeared near Iron Tree Fort, so you must give me an explanation!" ”

Everyone's hearts sank.

Gary glanced at Li Quan with some apprehension, and saw that Li Quan was still calm, like a nobody, and the old god was there.

"Yes! Two warriors of the White Mountain family died, and one member of the Bolton family. Little Peel said, "Bai Shan told me, it was your people who killed my people?" ”

Ethan immediately said: "Lord of the White Mountain is wrong, things are not as he said......"

"What? He is a member of the Baishan family. Little Peel sneered, "I trust him better than you Forrester." So, I came up with a solution that would make everyone happy. From now on, the White Mountain family will take over your Iron Forest. ”

"What!?"

The people of the Forrester family present were all shocked. Unexpectedly, the other party suddenly made an excuse to bring up this matter. I couldn't help but feel indignant in my heart. The White Mountain family has always coveted the Iron Groves of Forrester. I'm afraid I just found an excuse this time.

When Li Quan heard this, he also frowned, but he didn't speak.

"The people of the Baishan family are just some thieves!" Gary whispered angrily.

"You can't do that!" Ethan hesitated for a moment, then looked up and said to Little Peel.

"Why not? Do you know something that the White Mountain family doesn't know? Don't talk about the dead, we're talking about the iron trees, you plant them, you cut them down. See, anyone can do that. The little skinned man and animal said with a harmless smile.

"The White Mountain family used to own the Iron Forest, but now those hills are bare." Ethan vigorously argued, "White Mountain doesn't grow trees at all." ”

"That's right, that's why they're called White Mountain." Little Peel sneered.

The fat face of the White Mountain Lord was very unsightly.

"Yes, they don't know anything about how to manage forests. If you still want Ironwood, only we Forrester can do it. Do you want to own the Iron Tree for the next five years, or do you want the Iron Tree for fifty generations? Ethan continued.

Little Peel fell silent, as if moved.

"The little lord is right." He said, "So, let's try it, the Lord of the White Mountain will take half of the ironwood from you, and we'll see who does it better." ”

"But, Master Rams......" Hakusan spoke, and he wanted not half of it, but more.

"Half is better than nothing you had before." Little Peel interrupted him dissatisfied. He turned to Ethan, "To make sure nothing goes wrong, the White Mountain family will arrange ...... in your territory Well, twenty people are stationed. ”

"What? Twenty people? In Irontree? No, I can't tolerate that. Ethan flatly refused. That's too much to ask.

"They'll make sure it's safe here. After all, something has already happened, hasn't it? Little Peel said to himself, as if he hadn't heard Ethan's protest at all. He was referring to the three men who had died. But it is clear that these are just excuses for their real purpose.

"It's only going to cause more trouble, not less trouble." Ethan said.

"Not for me." Little Peel chuckled. Then he waved, and the door of the lord's hall was pushed open again violently and rudely, and a large group of white mountain soldiers in light armor walked in.

"Rams, I think we need to talk about it again," Ethan tried to argue with his ....... He did not allow himself to have outsiders stationed in his house as soon as he took the position of lord. It's a shame on him.

"Huh? Looks like you're brave, little lord. The little peeling expression looked a little surprised, he didn't seem to expect that this little Forrester who chased ducks to the shelves would dare to oppose him so many times.

He walked slowly over to Ethan.

"You're brave, aren't you?"

Little Peel jerked a dagger into Ethan's neck from the bottom up. He yelled, "But I don't want a brave lord!" Then he said lightly: "Too much trouble." ”

After the scene fell silent, the women of the Forrester family suddenly erupted in a cry.

"Ethan!"

Ethan fell limply.

All of the Forrester family couldn't believe it had happened.

"I think we've come to a consensus." Little Peel clapped his hands and said happily to himself, "I feel much better about all this." ”

Ears filled with Forrester's cries. Li Quan was completely stunned.

Immediately, he was furious.

The person he had just decided to support was killed in front of his eyes?

Li Quan walked out of the crowd.

Xiao Peel immediately turned his gaze to him and glanced at Li Quan with contempt: "What, do you have an opinion?" ”

Li Quan slowly drew his sword.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Baishan family drew their swords against Li Quan one after another.

Little Peel suddenly became interested, he pulled out the dagger that had stabbed Ethan to death just now, licked his tongue, pointed the dagger at his own neck carotid artery and said, "Come on, cut here." He gestured as he said, "You Forrester don't dare ......."

Li Quan moved.

He appeared in front of Little Peel in an instant, ignoring the other party's stunned gaze, and the big sword in his hand slashed Little Peel's neck with a light sword.

The little skinned head flew up in an instant, and immediately rolled to the ground with the gushing blood.

Spike!