Chapter 70: The Trial of the Martial Arts

Caitlyn led the team to Chen Chong's front and took a closer look at the strange man in a shabby hooded robe and a strange spear.

"Who are you? Take off your hat. A knight said at Chen Chong.

Seeing the Icewolf banner in the team, Chen Zhong knew that this should be the team of the Stark family introduced by Sir Jorah, and in the face of these knights wearing all kinds of armor and full armor, Chen Zhong decided to be more friendly.

Chen Zhong took off his hood and bowed slightly to Caitlin, who was gorgeously dressed and obviously distinguished in the middle of the group, "Hello Madam, I am just a wandering mercenary who has been attacked by thieves, and I have no ill will towards you. ”

Everyone saw what Chen Chong was wearing, his robe had holes in his chest and shoulders caused by weapons, and there were some blood stains, which really looked like he had been attacked.

One of the knights noticed Chen Chong's bronzed skin, "You don't look like you're from the Seven Kingdoms, where are you from?" ”

"This knight has good eyesight, I was caught by someone from the continent of Essos on the other side of the Narrow Sea and became a slave when I was a child, and then I relied on my martial arts to earn money to redeem myself, and now I am a mercenary with a free status."

Catelyn obviously didn't have the patience to let Tyrion live, and pointed to the dwarf tied to the horse and asked directly, "This monster is a murderer, according to the custom of the Seven Kingdoms, I gave him a fair chance to be tried in a martial arts, stranger, would you like to participate in the competition as a proxy warrior for this criminal?" ”

Before the sun goes down, this man is his last chance, and Tyrion has to seize this hope of survival, "This warrior, I am a member of the richest Lannister family in the Seven Kingdoms, if you help me, no matter what you want, I can give you gold, women, and golden-haired women, and everyone in the Seven Kingdoms knows that our Lannisters have debts that must be repaid." And the accusations made against me by this Lady Caitlyn are so ridiculous that I can swear by the gods, old and new, that I have not sent her son killed. ”

Chen Zhong had no idea of earning gold coins, and now the important thing was to leave the group and find a port to take a boat back to his own territory, so that it would be safe, but before he could say his farewell, one of Lady Caitlin's young and handsome subordinates sneered: "An ugly dwarf of the Lannisters, plus a savage slave across the Narrow Sea, this is a wonderful combination, I bet you that I can defeat this hillbilly with one hand." ”

It was a matter of life and death, and Tyrion, who had been staring at Chen Chong, couldn't help but feel a little desperate when he saw that Chen Chong was not moved by his own conditions, but he couldn't help but be happy when he heard what this handsome knight of the Stark family said, this person's taunting skills were quite high, and he should reward him for his performance.

He has been a tribal leader for a long time, and 100,000 people are obedient under his command, and now after being insulted by this little knight, Chen Zhong feels that his heart is a little unhappy, maybe he should vent and maybe feel better.

"I want to go back to my hometown, I need to be able to buy a ship of gold, is that reasonable?"

Tyrion smiled and said, "Completely reasonable, for my life, I think you are asking too little, then, for the sake of my life and your honor, let's begin." ”

After the handsome knight dismounted, he drew his double-edged sword with his right hand, untied a metal round shield from his horse and put it on his left hand, came to the open space on the side and posed and said to Chen Chong: "Come on, hillbilly, let you see my swordsmanship." ”

Chen Chong was injured in his left shoulder, and came to the opposite side of the knight with a bone spear in his right hand, "Come on, let me take a good look at your swordsmanship." ”

The knight's right hand sword slashed at Chen Chong, and after Chen Chong took the spear in one hand and tested his strength, he was sure that this guy was completely a golden and jade outfit, and any Dothraki warrior could kill him.

A spear blocked the knight's long sword, and then the spear was used as a stick, and it was fiercely pumped to the knight's waist, and the other party blocked it with a round shield, and with a bang, the knight took two steps back, Chen Zhong did not let him go, and another spear was drawn and smashed on the shield.

The handsome knight had no chance to fight back except for the beginning of the duel, and there was no chance to fight back except for the first sword, and the onlookers kept hearing a clattering sound in their ears, Chen Chong used his strength beyond ordinary people to continuously draw towards the knight's shield, and the hearty venting attack made his heart very comfortable, and it seemed that all the depression and unhappiness were swayed out.

After another loud bang, the battle was over, the knight's shield had been deformed by the bone spear, and his arm seemed to be severely injured by this fierce attack, and without the protection of the shield, the tip of Chen Zhong's bone spear stabbed slightly into the gap in the armor around his neck and stopped.

"Mercy! Benevolent! Benevolent! Seeing that the contest was decided, if the mercenary continued to attack, his companion would die, and the other knights all shouted.

Chen Chong took a step back, put away the bone spear in his hand, and said with a smile: "I am a benevolent person, but it is a pity that I did not see this knight's exquisite swordsmanship. ”

His own samurai won, and Tyrion motioned for his guards to untie the ropes that bound him, and he came to Catelyn's horse, bowed, and said, "Lady Stark, my samurai has won, and I should be free, right?" ”

Although she hated the dwarf, Caitlin, who followed tradition, could only say, "Yes, you are free." ”

Tyrion motioned for Chen Zhong to follow him away, and after the two of them walked a few steps, Tyrion turned back to Caitlyn and said, "Now I don't have to hide anything, I can tell you that your son Bran was not assassinated by me." You caught me secretly, and if I'm not mistaken, Duke Stark doesn't know what you're doing, and I think you should now think about how to deal with the wrath of your husband, Duke Stark, and our Lannisters. ”

Chen Zhong and Tyrion left Catelyn's group and walked up a mountain path, and Tyrion took a few deep breaths and sighed, "The air of freedom is so wonderful, I think you should have felt it deeply as a slave." ”

Chen nodded emphatically, "Where are we going now?" I'm not familiar with this place. ”

"According to my idea, we should find a brothel to enjoy beautiful women and drink good wine, but obviously there are no two things in this poor mountain area, and my advice is to hurry out of the mountains and return to the Lannisters' Castle Rock, where you will know how generous I am."

……

The capital of the Seven Kingdoms is here, and all the important ministers are gathered here in the magnificent council hall in the royal red keep.

The Royal Intelligence Minister, the eunuch Wallis, known as the Octopus Spider, explained to the ministers the reason why King Robert had summoned everyone urgently. On the other side of the Narrow Sea, the Targaryens married the most powerful Dothrakmengo Kao.

King Robert, who sat on the Iron Throne, angrily accused his good brother, Eddard, who had personally appointed the Hand of the King. Stark, "You bastard, I told you a long time ago that I was going to hunt down the two evil races of House Targaryen, and now it's okay, Daenerys is married to Mengo Kao, and soon they will be back to King's Landing with tens of thousands of cavalry, I order you now, send an assassin to kill that Daenerys forever!" ”

Ed disagreed with the king's words, "The king of the Seven Kingdoms wants to send a killer to assassinate a little girl?" By doing so, you will lose your glory forever. ”

"Glory? , I am a king, a king of seven kingdoms, will glory make people follow the rules? Does glory bring peace? What can do this is fear and bloodshed. ”

"Is the news of Daenerys and Mengo Kao's marriage accurate?"

The eunuch Wallis said to Ed: "There is no problem with the news, it was written by my friend Jordan. Sir Mormont sent back. ”

Ed said to the king and all the important ministers: "I don't think there is anything to fear about the Dothraki on the other side of the Narrow Sea, even if their 100,000 warriors cross the Narrow Sea, we have hundreds of thousands of warriors in the Seven Kingdoms who can compete with them, we have the advantage in numbers, I will defeat them on the battlefield." ”

King Robert held out two hands to Eddard, "My fearless Duke Stark, let me ask you a question, is the number 1 or 5?" ”

"5 Great, Your Majesty the King."

King Robert made Ed see his outstretched palm and said, "You fool who only knows how to rush and kill and fight, this is us, five fingers apart, we haven't fought in nine years, and the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms have been intriguing all day long. He asked everyone to look at the other hand that was clenched into a fist, "This is the Dothraki 1, all of them will obey the orders of one man, one will command, and all will be wanted." ”

Robert paused, "Do you still think we're going to win?" ”

Ed. Stark said in a very firm tone: "I have followed you to fight twice, we overthrew the Targaryen dynasty together, killed the Mad King, I put you on the throne, but this time I will not participate, I will not lose my glory to murder a girl." ”

"You must listen to me, you are the hand of the king whom I appointed, and if you don't obey orders, I don't mind changing someone else to sit in this position."

Ed took the medal representing the Hand of the King from his chest and threw it in front of King Robert's Iron Throne, "Then I wish that man good luck." ”

King Robert and his ministers were surprised by Ed's move, and Robert angrily scolded, "Get out! Get out! You damn bastard, get back to your Winterfell, I'll stick your head in a spear sooner or later, you idiot. ”

Silent Ed. Duke Stark returns to the Prime Minister's Tower with his guards, there is no point in staying here after he is no longer in the hands of the king, and now Eddard is ready to return to Winterfell with his daughters Sansa and Arya.

As the procession passed through a secluded town, they were stopped by a group of soldiers dressed in uniform and ornate armor, led by Jaime in a fine golden armor. Lannister.

"Ed. Lord Stark, do you remember my brother Tyrion, the flaxen-haired, sharp-toothed dwarf who was in trouble when he came back, and I don't think you knew about it, did you? ”

Ed has been informed that his wife, Catelyn, has captured Tyrion without permission, but what can he do? Do you give up your wife?

"Tyrion has broken the law of the land, and it makes sense for me, as a king, to order his arrest."

Jaime drew his sword, and his heavy pikemen pressed on Eddard. Stark's team.

"I'd love to split your Stark family in half from head to toe and see what you're made of."

Seeing that the Lannisters were better equipped than his own, Ed could only say, "If you kill me, your brother Tyrion will not live." ”

Jaime smiled and thought about it for a moment and said, "You're right, but I just need to kill all your men and capture you alive." ”

Jaime and Ed fought together, and the two competed in swordsmanship, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

A large group of Lannister soldiers rushed forward and killed all of Eddard's guards, and one soldier attacked Eddard with a spear. Stark stabbed him in the left leg, and Ed fell to his knees in pain.

Jimmy. Lannister angrily came to the soldier and smashed the hilt of his sword on the head, "Bastard, who told you to do it privately, can't our lion family beat this ice wolf?" ”