Chapter 55: Greetings
Thousands of knights sang in the ballad leaped forward, all of them heroic, exactly like they imagined.
Sitting in the audience specially prepared for dignitaries, Sansa's eyes flashed with little stars, staring at these knights in front of her fiercely, trying to follow Sister Mordan's usual requirements, straighten her waist, smile, and make a ladylike appearance, and by the way, she also turned her head from time to time to look at her fiancé, Prince Joffrey, who was sitting behind her.
It's just that Joffrey didn't look at her because of what happened on the way to King's Landing, so he didn't look at her, which made Sansa a little sad.
Of course, Arya, who was sitting next to Sansa, didn't care so much, she was shouting vigorously, and occasionally eagerly asked little Nasha who was sitting next to her, "Will Teacher Ma Shen really come to participate in the martial arts competition?"
"Well, Brother Ma Shen's game is this afternoon. Little Nasha affirmed helplessly, although she can't compare with Arya, but Xiao Nasha, who is usually quite lively, is now a little depressed, except for occasionally answering Arya's questions, she has been staring blankly at those gorgeously dressed knights, and her heart is constantly thinking about what she accidentally heard from a few guards last night.
Brother Ma Shen, why didn't you come back when you went out yesterday, is it just like what those guards said, go to those places to experience what southern women's customs, Xiao Nasha thought bitterly, thinking about it day and night, and had a nightmare last night because of this, although Xiao Nasha didn't know what it meant to be called southern women's customs, but as long as she thought of Ma Shen fooling around with those women last night, she had an urge to kill.
"Is the little couple awkward?" A nice male voice came, and little Nasha hurriedly looked to the side, only to realize that it was not said by herself, but to Sansa who looked back from time to time on the side.
"I'm sorry, I... Sansa looked up at the small, ordinary, gray-eyed, bearded, and gray-haired man in front of her, and said hesitantly.
"Dear Sansa, this is Lord Baesh, he... Sister Mordan next to her saw this man and hurriedly introduced.
"An old friend of your family. Before Sister Mortan could speak, Littlefinger picked up the conversation and sat down next to Sansa, "I've known your mother for years. ”
"Why do people call you Littlefinger?" asked Maha Arya, who was sitting next to Sansa, suddenly in a loud voice towards Littlefinger.
"Arya!" Sansa shouted.
"Don't be so rude!" Sister Mordan, who was next to her, also stopped solemnly.
"It's okay. Littlefinger smiled and shook his head, "When I was a child, I was relatively small, and my family's fiefdom was located on the smallest island of the Five Fingers Peninsula, so this nickname is well deserved." Seeing that Littlefinger didn't mind Arya's rudeness, but patiently explained to her annoying sister Arya, Sansa's heart suddenly felt good.
At this time, there was a burst of cheers, and another martial arts competition began.
Sansa suddenly focused her attention on the arena, "Oh my God, who is that?" Sansa exclaimed, and a huge knight appeared in front of her, and in terms of size alone, none of the knights who competed just now could compare to this knight who had just appeared.
"Sir Gregor Clegane" answered Sansa's question with Littlefinger, "known as the Magic Mountain, the brother of the hounds." ”
"And who is his opponent?" asked Sansa, looking at another knight in silver full-body armor.
"Sir Xiufu of Arryn Vale, who was an attendant to former Prime Minister Jon Arryn, look at what he is capable of. Littlefinger smiled at the Arryn Valley knight, who looked a little uneasy.
Soon after, the two knights began the competition under King Robert's impatient urging, and just as Ma Shen had seen, the knight of Xiufu was stabbed in the neck by the magic mountain and fell off his horse in the first round.
"Oh!" Sansa shouted in fear along with the people, because she was the daughter of Prime Minister Eddard, so Sansa was placed in the audience near the king, in a better position, where you could clearly see the knights' confrontation, Sansa was also very happy, but at this time she hoped that her position was as far away from here as possible.
"Not what you expected. Looking at the Knight of Shuffle, who was still spurting blood not far away, Little Finger suddenly turned his head to Sansa, who was covering her mouth in horror.
Sansa was still in a state of emotional depression and did not talk.
Looking at the corpse of the Shufu knight who was being carried away by the servants, no one came, I am afraid that anyone knows that the knight in front of him who was pierced through the neck by the spear of the jousting spear is no longer saved, Littlefinger obviously did not give up, and turned to the silent Sansa and said, "Do you know the story of the magic mountain and the hound?"
Hearing the familiar nickname, Sansa couldn't help but follow her little finger to the hound, who was standing next to the king.
"A little story of brotherhood. Littlefinger bent his body and said mysteriously, "At that time, the Hound was still young, perhaps only six years old, and Gregor was a few years older, but he was burly and famous. ”
"Some people are lucky, they are naturally powerful, and one night, Gregor found his little brother playing with toys by the fire, Gregor's toy, a knight's wood carving, and Gregor did not say a word, but directly took his brother's collar and pressed it into the burning coal, held it tightly, completely ignoring the boy's screams, and allowed his face to be burned. Littlefinger told the story vividly and vividly, and with his low tone, Sansa's heart began to beat faster.
"Not many people know this story," said Littlefinger, looking at Sansa meaningfully.
"I swear, no one will say it. Sansa hurriedly promised.
"You must keep in mind that if the Hound hears you mention this, I am afraid that none of the knights of King's Landing will be able to save you. Listening to Sansa's promise, Littlefinger still stared at Sansa's eyes and said.
"Not necessarily, Miss Sansa," a young voice interrupted Littlefinger's words, and the frightened Sansa and Littlefinger turned their heads to look behind them, only to see a knight dressed in delicate pale gold armor, strange in appearance, but with coordinated facial features, which made people feel very handsome, squeezed through the crowd, and walked down the steps from above, step by step.
It turns out that there are so many dignitaries and nobles in King's Landing, Ma Shen nodded apologetically to a fat lady on the side, and then gently stepped over from the little gap beside the noblewoman.
In the martial arts competition, the dignitaries and nobles are not like the commoners, there is no place to sit, there are wooden staircase seats prepared in advance, just like the gymnasium of Ma Shen's original world, and the people sitting in front will not block the view of the people behind them.
I finally squeezed it down, just in time to see Littlefinger scaring the tearful Sansa.
"There is no invincible person in this world, at least that hound doesn't look like it, ten or so well-trained guards can tie this hound up, and Lord Baelishi is just trying to scare you. Ma Shen came to Sansa and smiled at Sansa.
Then he turned his head and smiled at the little finger that was looking at him, and said, "I have long admired my name, Lord Barichi."
"This strong knight must be the Sir Ma Shen who repelled the Magic Mountain, the legendary wolf slayer. Littlefinger was also very polite to Ma Shen.
"What a compliment, Lord Barich," said Ma Shen modestly, according to the custom of the Orientals.
"Honor can't be hidden. Littlefinger smiled gentlemanly.
At this time, Arya also saw Ma Shen and shouted excitedly, "Teacher!"
Ma Shen waved his hand: "Long time no see, Arya, how long have you been here?"
"We've been here since the morning and heard that the teacher has a competition today. Arya said excitedly like a little sparrow.
"Yes, it's almost time for me, so I'll come and say hello to you. Ma Shen didn't notice Xiao Nasha's careful thoughts, and secretly estimated the time in his heart, and felt that it was almost over, since he had already said hello, he was going to the back to prepare for the game.
"Come on, teacher, you are the best. Arya shook her little hand and encouraged.
"Brother Ma Shen, be careful. Xiao Nasha no longer bothered about where Ma Shen went last night, and looked at the uncleaned blood stains on the competition venue and said worriedly, there was too much blood on the field, and it had been soaked in the mud, and the cleaning servants could only lay a layer of dirt on the blood stains to cover up the blood stains.
"Of course," Ma Shen smiled freely, took a deep breath, and turned to squeeze into the crowd again.