The setting sun casts a long shadow under Riverrun.

Even after so many days, the traces of the great battle in front of Riverrun City still haven't faded, and the scorched black patches of the high walls and the blood-stained ground tell of the previous tragedy.

Jones brought nearly 500 cavalry under his command to this huge triangular castle that they had fought so hard for, and even temporarily commanded, and everyone had a feeling of being separated from the world.

At this time, the city gates were wide open, and everything was blocked than in wartime when the drawbridge was pulled up. The vitality of Riverrun City has obviously recovered a lot, and there are not a few carriages coming in and out of the city gate.

Under the watchful eyes of civilians, merchants, boatmen, free samurai, and so on, Jones and others walked across the drawbridge.

"Your Excellency, you're back," said one of the guards at the gates of the city, who was actually one of Jones and the Bald Heads training recruits, with great humility.

"Well, is Master Stark back?" Jones asked casually, though he had a judgment in his mind.

"It's been two days since I was back. ”

......

"Hang!"

"Hang!"

In the rushing city, the black pressed people in the square surrounded one circle after another, and the black fish Brynden, standing on a temporary high platform, watched the soldiers escort a richly dressed person to the torture rack.

Looking at the rows of corpses hanging in the air on the gallows in front of him, the richly dressed fat man pleaded, "Lord Tully, my lord, forgive me this time, for the sake of our hundreds of years of allegiance in the Acorn Hall!"

The gray-haired, weather-beaten Blackfish, said coldly, "You were once a glorious earl, and for this reason, I will personally cut off your head." ”

"Your Excellency, you can't do this, for I was powerless to stop the King's Killer," the Count continued to plead.

Blackfish ignored him no more, and when the soldiers pressed the count to the execution table, he announced in a loud voice, "In the name of the Tully family, the Duke of Riverrun, and the Lords of the Three Rivers, I, Brindon Tully, hereby sentence you to death." ”

After speaking, he raised the long sword above his head, and with a "poof", his head fell, and blood spurted wildly.

Suddenly, the surrounding people let out loud cheers.

Blackfish raised his sword and saw Jones leading the Northern cavalry into the square, and nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.

......

"My lord, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your style is better than ever. The skinny Joaquin took the initiative to meet Jones, who had just entered the city, and said with a little flattery.

"You're not bad either," Jones replied, sweeping Joakin's satin and gold glittering necklace.

"Gilded, gilded," Joaquin shook his necklace and quickly explained, "After buying the 'Black Pearl', I am eligible to join the Braavos Business Alliance, and my outfit is the face of our Dwarven Business Order." ”

"Braavos Business Alliance?"

"Your Excellency, you can surely guess where else could a 'water dancer' like me come from besides Braavos? ”

"Braavos is the largest port city in the world, and the most powerful of the free trade city-states on the other side, with the world-famous 'Iron Vault', the ruler Aquaman, a fleet of warships unparalleled in the world, and the world-famous Purple Sail Purple Shell Merchant Fleet, which travels to and from all continents. I'm just contacting their branch in Westeros White Harbor right now. ”

"And how many more of our golden dragons do we have?" and how are the 'magic potions' sold?" Jones asked, a little apprehensive.

"My lord, this is another thing I am going to tell you, after buying the 'Black Pearl', there were originally one hundred and sixteen golden dragons left, but we had to recruit and hire more than fifty crew members and a captain, and it cost another ninety golden dragons......

"Why do you want so many golden dragons?, and are the recruiters reliable?" Jones interrupted Joaquin.

"My lord, the ninety gold dragon is the commission of the crew and the captain for three years, the person is guaranteed by Lord Mandalay, and the captain and most of the crew are from White Harbor, for this reason, the commission for three years has been pressed to Lord Mandalay first. ”

"So we only have twenty-six golden dragons now?" Jones asked with a frown, he still had to invite his five hundred subordinates to eat, drink and have fun, and it was no problem for more than twenty golden dragons to eat and drink a big meal, but I was afraid that the fun would be saved.

"More than that, more than that!" Seeing Jones frowning, Joaquin hurriedly said, "The business of magic potions has risen a little, the price of two hundred and fifty liters of oak barrel of raw wine is about two gold dragons, and the extracted magic potions have fifty liters, which can be sold for twenty gold dragons, and now we have earned a total of twenty-four gold dragons, but ......"

"But what?"

"But it's almost saturated, and in the future, it shouldn't even be enough for a golden dragon to come in every day, and if you want to make money again, you have to sell it to the Westside and King's Landing, of course, the adults said no. ”

......

"It's so poor," Jones said nostalgically, remembering once again King Robert, who had won a million gold dragons in the competition, and who had made his own alcohol, and was afraid that he would not be able to earn enough money to win a race in his life.

"Tywin won't really pull gold. Even Jones began to wonder if the rumors were true or false, the Lannister family had more than five million gold dragons, how rich they must be.

"For this marriage, it seems that I have to go to Eddie's friend to collect the account first, but fortunately, Disaster City is almost directly west of Riverrun, and there is no need to go south through Golden Tooth City, as long as you go west over the mountains. Jones thought seriously, "I don't know how many carriages to send to the right one, I hope that Eddie's child will say that his family is rich is a fact, otherwise ......"

......

The greystone walls of Riverrun Hall are covered with flags, including Ice Running Wolves, Trout, Black Bears, the Twin Towers, Roaring Giants, and Sunmans,......

The hall was steaming and filled with the aroma of grilled meat and freshly baked bread crusts.

The banquet had apparently begun for a while.

Jones was also invited here halfway, and for this reason he did not even participate in the fun under his command, but just let Joaquin lead them away with enough golden dragons.

Daisy, on the other hand, did not come to the banquet with Jones because of the gossip, and found a room in the inner castle and rested.

There are more than 20 long tables in the hall, and about 10 people sit in front of the long table.

The nobles and knights excitedly sipped their glasses of wine, and when they saw the black knight enter, everyone's movements unconsciously paused.

......

With a sonorous step, Jones removed the ice from his back and went straight to the long table where Robb and the Earls were.

"You're back," Robb said happily as he stood up from the top spot, but his eyes were fixed on the ice in Jones's hands.

Despite Robb's tone and expression, Jones felt that his face was very haggard, much more tired than he had just experienced the Battle of the Green Fork.

Unfortunately, now is not the time to ask.

"Yes, it's worth it," Jones nodded, holding the 'ice' in both hands.

Although Jones was a little reluctant, Ice was Stark's clan sword after all, and he had helped himself a lot along the way, so he would not be insatiable.

Robb solemnly took the cold ice and gently stroked the sword with his hand.

He felt a little closer to his father.