Chapter 13: Challenges

The poorest inhabitants live in a ghetto called a flea nest, where narrow streets and alleys are labyrinthine filled with beggars and the poorest part of the urban population; And the wealthy live on the other side of the Rhaenys Hill and flea nest. According to unofficial sources, the upper part of King's Landing is near the Old City Gate. Tournaments are generally held outside the city, next to the Heishui River.

-------- King's Landing

In the quiet chamber, Ma Shen told Duke Ed about what had happened that night when the wolf plague struck, including the white wolf, who was clearly the wolf king.

"Well, so the wolves suddenly appeared in the village, was there any warning before?"

"I heard from the old hunter in the village that there were already signs of the wolf disaster in the past few days, and there were many wolves in the wolf forest on the edge of the village, but after all, the wolf disaster had not appeared for many years, so when the wolf disaster struck, the village was not prepared at all. Ma Shen replied.

"Winter is coming. Aide sighed heavily, then stood up and said sincerely: "I have already learned the basic situation with others, but after listening to your words, I have a different feeling. Wolf Slayer Ma Shen, I feel that everything you have done for the people of the North, we will remember it in our hearts. I will entrust my children to you, and I hope that in the future they can be as strong warriors as you. ”

"I will serve you, my lord. Ma Shen replied.

"Then let Master Lewyn take you to your future abode, and take a look at Winterfell by the way. Ed said as he shook a small rattle clock on the edge of his seat. Ma Shen glanced at this strange little rattle with some curiosity, this should be used to transmit information.

After a while, a servant walked in, and Ed commanded the servant, "This is the sword teacher I hired, you can take him to find Master Luwen." ”

"Yes, Lord Eddard. The servant bowed respectfully, then stretched out his hand and said to Ma Shen, "Come with me, my lord."

"Good day, my lord" Ma Shen greeted Ed before leaving, and then followed the servant out of the conference room, not to mention that because Duke Ed had always had a serious face, he always felt stressed to stay with him.

On the way, the servant looked at Ma Shen and asked Ma Shen with some curiosity: "My lord, where are you from, your appearance is really unique." ”

"Hahaha, you don't have to call me Lord, you can call me Ma Shen directly, I'm from the far east, so I look different from you, many people have asked me this question. Ma Shen replied with a smile.

"Adults are so approachable. The servant sighed, but did not change his name.

Then he stopped in front of a wooden door, "In front is the residence of Master Luwen, although it seems that Lord Luwen's room is always messy, but don't worry, my lord, Master Luwen is a very good person, everyone respects him, now that Master Luwen should be in the room, I will leave for the time being, you can call me if necessary." The servant bowed to Ma Shen and said.

"Thank you very much. Ma Shen returned the salute. After a while, you will live here for a while, and you will always have a good relationship with the people around you, and it is always okay to be polite, only the arrogant and stupid people will be dismissive of everyone around them.

The servant bowed to Ma Shen and turned away.

Ma Shen hesitated for a moment and gently knocked on the wooden door in front of him, "It's here." A voice came from inside the wooden door.

I only heard a commotion inside, and soon there was a sound of footsteps, the wooden door opened, and an old man with a thin appearance, gray eyes and hair, a peaceful face, and a long-sleeved gray robe appeared in front of Ma Shen's eyes.

"Are you?" asked Maester Ruwen, confused

"Hello, my name is Ma Shen, and I am a swordsmanship teacher invited by Lord Ed, and Lord Ed asked me to come to you just now. Ma Shen politely addressed the respected old man, a loyal servant of the Stark family.

"Oh, oh, okay, you should be the wolf slayer Ma Shen, but you look so young, it's rare to be a swordsmanship teacher at such a young age. Master Lu Wen looked at Ma Shen and sighed, then suddenly remembered something, and turned to enter the room.

Through the thin figure of Master Luwen, Ma Shen took a look at the situation in the room, and it was not as messy as the servant said, at least there was a place to put his feet. Ma Shen thought amusedly.

Surrounded by all sorts of strange things, Master Lewyn tries to find something, and finally finds a book.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, but it's not easy to find such a small thing. Master Luwen said to Ma Shen with a smile. Ma Shen secretly rolled his eyes, such a big book was said to be a small thing.

As he spoke, Master Ruwen handed the book to Ma Shen: "This book is written about your teaching time, and when Lord Ed told me a few days ago that a sword teacher was coming, I began to prepare, and I couldn't fill little Bran's class too much, otherwise little Bran would come to pull my beard again, and of course not too little, otherwise the Duchess would have to pull out my beard." ”

Seeing that Ma Shen took the book with some amusement, Master Lu Wen continued: "It's almost time for lunch, then I'll take you to put your luggage first, and then you can go to dinner with me." ”

Ma Shen patted the sword hanging from his waist and said with a smile: "My luggage is all on my body." "This sword is still the same as Will's, but with a delicate scabbard compared to before.

"That's good. Master Lu Wen nodded, and led Ma Shen towards the place where he was eating.

"The parlor is where Lord Ed and his family eat, and this is where everyone eats, I hope you don't mind. As he pushed the door open, a commotion came, and the guards, the attendants, the servants, all gathered together to eat.

"Of course, I love the atmosphere. "Ma Shen is now a little used to the bold and rugged atmosphere of the North, and he is about to become a Northerner.

Master Lu Wen looked around, took Ma Shen to find an empty table and sat down, and the person next to him greeted Master Lu Wen respectfully, and at the same time glanced at Ma Shen next to him curiously.

Ma Shen looked around, and was about to ask Master Lu Wen what he had to eat, when he suddenly heard a loud-voiced guard on a stool on the side boasting to a dozen guards around him: "What a wolf slayer, you will also believe this kind of nonsense, I heard that the guy is still a little child, I tell you, if the so-called wolf slayer is in front of me, I can poke him down with one finger, hahahaha." The guards around him laughed along.

Master Lu Wen, who was sitting next to him, said to Ma Shen with some embarrassment: "These young men like to brag, I will teach them a hard lesson now." As he spoke, he stood up.

Ma Shen smiled and stopped Master Luwen's actions, saying, "It doesn't matter, I don't know as much as they do. ”

Master Lu Wen exhaled and was about to apologize to Ma Shen on their behalf, but Ma Shen slowly stood up and continued, "But as a sword teacher, I will teach them how to respect the strong. ”

Shocked, Master Lu Wen hurriedly wanted to stop Ma Shen, whether Ma Shen was injured or those guards were injured by Ma Shen, it was not good.

As if seeing what Master Lu Wen was thinking, Ma Shen said lightly: "Don't worry, I guarantee that they will still be alive and kicking after that." As he spoke, without waiting for Master Lu Wen to speak, Ma Shen slowly walked over to the guy who was still bragging, and said calmly: "I am the wolf slayer you said." ”

What? The guards were talking vigorously, but they didn't hear it clearly.

"I said, I'm the wolf slayer you're talking about now. Ma Shen kicked the chair away from the guy's feet.

Crackling, the bragging guard fell directly to the ground, and by the way, he brought all the food on the table, only to see that this guy was covered with colorful food.

The loud-voiced guard brushed the food off his face, got up in anger and rushed towards Ma Shen. Ma Shen leaned slightly to the side, gently stretched out a foot, and then the person who rushed over was tripped directly to the ground.

The diners all stopped their movements when they heard the movement, and watched curiously. The surrounding guards also reacted from this sudden situation, and they didn't care about eating, so they got up and held the sword at their waist to surround Ma Shen.

Looking at the guards around him who were looking at him fiercely, Ma Shen looked around and smiled slightly and introduced: "My name is Ma Shen, you can also call me Ma Shen, the wolf slayer, at the invitation of Lord Eddard, to come as the swordsmanship teacher of Prince Bran." I just heard that you wanted to challenge me, so I came to say hello to you, and if you don't mind, you can come up together. ”

When they heard that it was the swordsmanship teacher invited by Lord Eddard, the hostility of these guards was dispelled a lot.

"Hmph, are you a wolf slayer, aren't you just a stinky boy, do you still use us to deal with you, let me deal with you, do you want to use a wooden sword or an iron sword. One of the guards stopped the big-voiced guards who were still trying to rush up, and then said.

"It's okay, don't worry, I won't hurt you. Ma Shen said lightly.

"Hope you're not talking big. The guard said, and with a "swish", he pulled out the sword at his waist and attacked Ma Shen.

Ma Shen didn't draw his sword, but just casually resisted it with his scabbard, "Coward, don't draw your sword yet!" the guard roared.

"I'm sorry, but I only draw my sword against my enemies, because as soon as I draw my sword, someone will die. Ma Shen said without blushing or panting, and then seized the opportunity, hooked the guard's sword to the ground with a slight hook, and when the guard's center of gravity was unstable, Ma Shen smashed the guard's stomach with the scabbard, and the guard fell to the ground at once.

"Next. Ma Shen said lazily, and another guard rushed up, this guard was weak, this time Ma Shen didn't have to defend, and directly relied on his body strength to smash this guard to the ground.

"Next," Ma Shen said lazily. Another one rushed over... Eventually, the guards fell to the ground one by one.

Seeing that there were not many people left, Ma Shen pretended to be a little impatient and said, "It's too bad, you all go together." The remaining six guards looked at each other, finally let go of the hesitation in their hearts, and rushed up with a roar, one-on-one is not an opponent, isn't it that so many people are not the opponent of this guy!

Unfortunately, after a crackling sound, only Ma Shen was left standing. Ma Shen slowly hung the scabbard back on his waist, raised his head and looked at the audience around him arrogantly, and said clearly word by word: "My name is Ma Shen, the wolf slayer Ma Shen, if there is anyone who wants to challenge me, they can come to me at this time every day, I can exercise before meals and accompany me at any time." The audience was silent.

After finishing speaking, Ma Shen slowly walked towards the side of Master Lu Wen, who had already stood up, and bowed elegantly, and said, "Master Lu Wen, can I have dinner?"

"Of course. Master Lu Wen reacted and said with a wry smile: "But you have to be mentally prepared, there may be countless people coming to challenge you every day in the future." ”

Ma Shen glanced at the 4 prompts of the system in the data interface, "Gain experience 10 through the perception of advanced swordsmanship", and then said with a smile: "It's an honor." ”