The next night, the dinner was officially held in the hall of the Burning King's Tower, during which the nobles and merchants of Harrenhal came to participate in the banquet one after another.

The servants who had been displaced by the war also returned to the castle, lighting the stove and bringing bread, butter, wine, beer, and all kinds of food, mainly meat and fish, and less vegetables and fruits.

"Have all the outsiders arrived?"

"It's almost full. ”

Ma Shen and Jeffs were talking to Jeffs in a large iron pot where the cook was preparing the broth, which was different from a normal iron pot, he was hung from a hook and chain, and under the pot was a fire, which could be pulled up or lowered to adjust the temperature of the water.

"Where did we get so much food?" Ma Shen sniffed lightly, he had been eating monotonous white bread and roast meat for the past few days, and he didn't expect there to be such abundant food in the kitchen.

"This is what the servants specially bought after you said you were going to hold a banquet, and spent the last of their savings. Jeffs smiled wryly.

"Oh, thanks for the reminder. Ma Shen replied politely, turned to Lonte and smiled, "Laurent, it seems that we will starve to death soon." ”

Behind the scenes, Lorient was silent and did not answer, even if he was a hostage, he had the freedom to remain silent about the enemy.

"So... Ma Shen shrugged his shoulders and asked himself, "Let's go and finish our last meal before we starve to death." ”

I have participated in many banquets, and Ma Shen no longer feels unfamiliar with banquets, but it is the first time to host a banquet.

Asking Jeffs to take care of the guests first, Ma Shen stood outside the door and meditated for a while, then opened the door and saw the guests communicating around a long tablecloth with a small napkin on top of which were knives, forks, and spoons.

The banquet style is completely different from the banquet style in the north, where the noble vassals attending the banquet will shout loudly like Vikings, with their mouths glued to food, without any noble appearance at all, so southerners generally call the northerners barbarians in the countryside.

The banquets in Harrenhal are closer to the reserved style of the South, and there are many banquet etiquette, such as not continuing to drink and eat when the mouth is stuffed with food, not putting large pieces of food into the mouth, not burping, and making loud noises.

Even the servants who serve are given special etiquette: how the plates of food are arranged in order, where they should be placed.

Well, a gathering of gentlemen and noblewomen, well, plus a group of businessmen pretending to be gentlemen, Ma Shen came to a conclusion after a general glance.

Of course, it may also be due to the fact that there are not many knights attending the banquet, because whether it is in the north or in the east, west, south and north, almost all knights are born with a love of eating and drinking, which has a great relationship with the nature of their lives and physical needs.

Knights are professional soldiers, must be ready to participate in the war at any time, in addition, military training, service, fighting is a very physical drain of one thing, just like the current professional soldiers, athletes need special recipes, how much knights eat, what to eat is extremely important.

When attending banquets in the north before, Ma Shen would often find several knights holding a charred pig's hind leg in one hand and cutting it piece by piece with a short sword with the other hand, eating and drinking while eating and eating the whole pig's hind leg in one go.

Even Ma Shen, as long as he is hungry, can eat half a sheep (not a lamb) at once with his appetite.

However, being able to eat is not a bad thing, and in the common concept of the Seven Kingdoms, being able to eat and drink is also a symbol of strength and courage.

In the hall, according to Ma Shen's instructions, the servants divided the hall into two parts, on the left there were several tables arranged, which was the nobles' area, and on the right there were also several tables, which were the merchants' area, and there was a wide passage in the middle.

The aristocrats gathered in a circle, the merchants in a circle, the two circles were distinct, the nobles did not understand why Ma Shen invited these lowly merchants to the banquet, and the merchants did not understand why Ma Shen himself was in the same column as these proud nobles.

After looking at it for a moment, Ma Shen paced through the wide passage in the middle.

An elegant nobleman wearing a red dress with a brooch on his shoulders and a smile on his face saw Ma Shen, and gracefully walked through the nobleman who was talking softly, and came to Ma Shen and saluted: "I'm Luo Kun, it's the first time we meet, thank you very much for inviting me to the banquet, my lord"

"Hello. Ma Shen nodded.

"To this day, I vaguely remember the night when I received the news that the Lannister's army had appeared not far from Harrenhal, and Lady Ha'an summoned us urgently. Luo Kun said with emotion, "At that time, the adults should be in Harrenhal." ”

The comer is not good, Ma Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, Mrs. He'an summoned them, I don't know if it's true or not, if I agree with his statement, but Mrs. He'an didn't summon them, then wouldn't it be a gang: "I don't know the specific situation, I only know that I was recuperating in Harrenhal at that time, and suddenly Mrs. He'an hurriedly ran over and asked me to help her guard Harrenhal." ”

"It seems that you have won the trust of Mrs. Ha An. ”

"I'm also honored by that. Ma Shenpi replied with a smile.

The topic was terminated, Luo Kun wisely stopped talking about this topic, the reason why he asked the wolf slayer this question was because Luo Kun didn't believe Ma Shen's statement at all, jokes, he really wanted to find someone to guard Harrenhal, why didn't Mrs. He'an go to find a trusted knight, but instead find a wolf slayer who had never met and didn't know much about it to guard.

From the temptation just now, Luo Kun has roughly determined that the wolf slayer in front of him is just talking nonsense, that is, he doesn't know why the wolf slayer wants to say this lie that can be seen through as soon as Mrs. Ha An comes back, but no matter what, the initiative is in his own hands since then.

Glancing at Lorente behind Ma Shen, Luo Kun changed the subject: "Lord Earl, who is this knight?"

"He's a knight of Lorent from the West, my captive. Ma Shen said lightly, Lorent had already written a letter yesterday and sent someone to send it to his fiefdom in the West, for Lorente, Ma Shen said that money is wanted, people also want it, there is a song how to sing, people also want to get your money, the disadvantage is that you have to guard against him before getting his loyalty (Lorent: I would rather die than give in, but can you not use such cruel means as skinning. ）

Luo Kun looked at Luo Rent, who was following Ma Shen with an expressionless face, in surprise, but didn't say anything, just nodded politely at Luo Lunt and wanted to turn around and leave.

"Lord Luo Kun, do you know what power is?" Ma Shen suddenly asked Luo Kun.

"Strength? I remember a scholar hundreds of years ago who said that wisdom is power. Luo Kun thought for a moment and replied with an unchanged smile.

"In my opinion, strength is power. Ma Shen gently patted the Blood Slaughter Sword, which he would carry even in the bath, "I plan to leave tomorrow to go to the other side of the Narrow Sea, I don't know if I can invite you to go with me." ”

"This... Luo Kun's face was embarrassed, "I'm afraid I can't." ”

"Do you remember what I said?" Ma Shen smiled and took a step closer, "Power is power, Harrenhal has been a little unsafe lately, what if there are burglars in the house in the middle of the night?"

"Haha, how could such a thing happen under your management, I'd be happy to go with you across the Narrow Sea. Luo Kun stiffened his face and laughed a few times.

"Then please stay here tonight, Lord Luokun" After Ma Shen finished smiling, he looked around and clapped his hands vigorously, "Okay, everyone, I invite you to the dinner today, mainly because there are some things to discuss with you. ”