Chapter Twenty-Five: Saving Duke Ed III
Four days later, "Lord Eddard, it's time to eat." Ma Shen knocked lightly on the wooden door of the basement, and without waiting for a response from inside, he pushed open the door and bent down.
At this time, there were many candles lit in the basement, and there was no such gloomy feeling as a basement, and Ed, who had recovered a little, sat at the desk and looked at the books.
Ma Shen smiled and put the tray on the other side of the desk: "Lord Eddard, how is your health?" ”
In fact, these books were taken down by Ma Shen, they are all books that Ed is interested in, and staying in the basement and doing nothing will drive people crazy, and Ma Shen also hopes that through these books, Ed's attention can be diverted.
At first, Ma Shen thought that it would be difficult for Ed to accept the condition of his body, but in the end he found that he was thinking too much, and Ed woke up and accepted his body very indifferently, maybe he was already mentally prepared when he was in prison.
"Ahh Yes.. Hearing Ma Shen's greeting, Ed nodded, and then tried to reach out and try to turn the book to the next page, but even with all his strength, his hand only trembled a few times.
After a few attempts, Ed finally used the strength of his shoulders to move his unconscious palm, and "turned" dozens of pages of paper together in one go.
"The little stick I made for you went there. Ma Shen sighed, took the book aside, and placed the plate in front of Ed.
The small wooden stick was specially made by Ma Shen for Ed to read a book, it is similar to chopsticks, but it is a little thinner, Ma Shen fixed it at Ed's elbow joint, so that Ed does not need to use weak wrists and palms to turn the book, directly rely on the elbow joint that can still move to turn the book.
"Ahh Ed looked to the ground.
"It's broken. Ma Shen followed Ed and glanced at the ground, and found a small broken wooden stick on the ground, "I'll make you another one later, let's eat first, Lord Eddard"
Ma Shen picked up a bowl of mushroom soup on the plate, there was no tongue, and it was a very troublesome thing to eat and chew, so Ma Shen had prepared some liquid food that was easy to digest these days.
After a long time, Ed swallowed the last mouthful of liquid food with great difficulty.
"Click" Ma Shen put the bowl and spoon back on the plate, looking at Ed in front of him, who was once a good person, but now he has become like this, and he is a little uncontrollable sad, "They dare to do this to Lord Eddard, I thought that Queen Cersei was a wise person, but... ”
In response to Ma Shen's words, Ed shook his head silently.
Could it be that Joffrey, the bear kid with a strange brain circuit, gave an order in private, forget it, what are you doing with this, Ma Shen opened the topic, "Then I'll go out first, Lord Eddard, I'll bring you other books later." ”
Ed nodded, focusing on the book in front of him.
Just as he was about to leave, he squeaked, "Good news!" Yuren rushed down from the door quickly.
"Lord Eddard," Yuren saluted Eddard, turned to Masan and said with a little excitement, "Sir, the gates of the city have opened this morning, and we can go out." ”
"It's not time yet. Unlike Yulun, Ma Shen didn't have any mood changes, "The door is open, the door is open, I think we'd better stay here for a few more days, now these days are the time for the strictest inspection." "The queen who can't find Eddard and has no choice but to order the city gate to be opened for residents inside and outside the city will definitely let the soldiers guarding the gate strictly investigate, and now is far from the time to relax.
"Okay, sir" Yulun stabilized his emotions, knowing that he was too anxious to eat hot tofu, and Lord Ed couldn't take a little risk now,
"And... Ma Shen lowered his head and thought for a while, "Yolun, you'd better not approach here these days, I'm afraid that the queen will think of something because of your relationship with the Night's Watch, after all, Lord Eddard's younger brother Bunyan is also a high-ranking member of the Night's Watch." ”
"Alright, sir, I've been busy collecting those prisoners these days. Yu Lun said understandingly.
In this way, another 4 days passed, Ma Shen pretended to be a mercenary and wandered around, inquiring about the situation, Ed was still the same, patiently staying in the basement and reading the books.
"My lord" A woman with a basket looked at the soldiers guarding the city and raised the basket in her hand, but the doorman was different from before, leaning against the wall and not looking at her, waving her hand to let her leave.
It's time, Ma Shen, who was dressed sloppily and squatting in the corner, saw this scene, opened the kettle and took a big sip.
Not only this middle-aged woman, but also many other similar examples, from which Ma Shen could see that the guards at the gate were much more lax, and did not search the whole body of the people who were going out as they had done the other day.
If the middle-aged woman had tried to go out four days earlier, the basket would have been inspected, and even the wide skirt would have been poked a few times by the soldier with a spear, perhaps they thought Ed would have hidden in the small basket or the corner of the woman's skirt.
Pretending to walk unintentionally to an uninhabited alley, the house on the edge of the alley is where Yoren lives, this is the house that Yolun is looking for, as long as you climb over the wall from this alley, you can meet him unconsciously.
Looking up at the earthen wall, a delicate cat meow suddenly came from the side of "Meow".
Ma Shen turned his head to see a fat cat with brown stripes hiding in the corner and eating something.
The cat looked a little familiar, and Ma Shen opened the sketch in his arms to compare it, brown stripes, and a pinch of hair missing from his buttocks.
There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it, I can't find it in the past few days, but I found it when I was about to leave, and I pretended to be full, I am now a down-and-out mercenary, Ma Shen thought silently, and slowly walked over and picked up the fat cat.
"Yo roar, it's heavy enough, why haven't you lost weight after wandering outside for a few days. Ma Shen gently shook the fat cat in his arms.
After touching a few handfuls of fat cats and seeing that there was no one around, Ma Shen jumped hard and jumped directly into the back garden of the house with one hand.
"Sir?" Yulun was in the house, heard a knock on the door, and opened the door vigilantly, only to find Ma Shen holding a fat cat in front of him.
"It's almost time, we can get ready to leave, I see those soldiers who are defending the city are a lot more relaxed today. Ma Shen said calmly, and touched the soft hair on the fat cat's head by the way.
"This cat?" said Yu Lun, looking strangely at the brown striped cat in Ma Shen's arms.
"Oh, it's the cat that the lady asked me to find, and I didn't find it for a few days, but I found it just as I was about to leave. Ma Shen sneered, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the fat cat he had just found easily jumped onto the low wall, "I have already helped Lord Ed change his clothes, and I promise that no one will recognize him." ”
The mask of the Faceless One requires 300 energy, which Ma Shen specially prepared to cover Eddard going out, and with him, he will become a different person entirely.