Chapter 200: "Shanxi Old Ginger"

"Egg-sama, please wait a minute!"

Seeing the three golden-robed horsemen rushing from the back of the team panting, the fate of Yuren risking to send Arya back to the north in the original plot instantly appeared in front of him, and Egg's heart quickly sank to the bottom: isn't what he is doing now exactly the same thing as the old crow in the original play? Is it possible that he will also end up with the same ending as Yulun in the original play?

Turning his head to look around, he felt a little relieved: the black pressure around him was all obedient to his logistics department members, even if not counting the coachmen and clerks, there were more than fifty trained soldiers alone, and it was impossible for the soldiers of the three garrisons to take Arya away from him.

It's really impossible, but the problem is that the three men who are chasing them on horseback are dressed in golden robes - they represent the king, and to oppose them is to oppose the blue rites.

Should you sternly refuse to search, or should these three guys be slaughtered and buried?

It is said that barefoot people are not afraid to wear shoes, but now Egger is not only barefoot, but also wears a pair of super high-end brand-name shoes, and with most of the net worth of the logistics department in King's Landing, he can't break with the Iron Throne without hesitation. Without the Night's Watch industry, don't mention much...... He couldn't even afford to raise the soldiers around him, let alone build a base in Houguan Town.

Hand over Arya to keep the Night's Watch property, or send Arya back to the Stark family, but the Night's Watch property was confiscated by the Iron Throne, and everything in this world starts from scratch, which one to choose?

Reason tells Egger Stark that he can't give him what he wants, but emotion prevents him from selling Arya in cold blood...... In the midst of a fierce struggle within, Egger motioned with his eyes for the girl to hide in the carriage, and then stopped to meet the golden-robed soldier who had arrived.

"Three garrison brothers, hard work, why did you come here?" Iger decided to play dumb, if these three people had to search, let them search, if they couldn't find it, they found out...... Let's see if we can buy them at a high price.

"His Majesty's order. The leader nodded kindly to Egger and handed him a sealed scroll of papers.

......

Didn't mention Arya?Egger smiled, but opened the paperwork with anxiety and breathed a sigh of relief.

[In the name of the Andals, the Kings of the Royna, and the Ancestors of the People, the Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and the Guardian of the Realm, and the Blue Rite I of House Baratheon, depriving Jaime of House Lannister, the "Kingkiller", of all titles and powers. Grant him membership in the Night's Watch to serve the kingdom and defend the frontier to atone for his sins. 】

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"His Majesty has asked me to convey that he does not wish you to exercise your power to 'refuse an application for membership'. "Besides, Duke Tywin has called the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, Sir Jeo Mormont, or the Chief Logistics Officer, you, one of the two. If there is no problem, remember to go to the Golden Tooth City Fortress before this trip and bring the monarch killer back to the Great Wall. ”

It turned out that this was the case, and Egger's hanging heart was put back in his stomach, and as long as it wasn't Arya's business, everything was easy to say. As for the roll call, it must have been Tyrion's idea. The reason is understandable, without a night watchman with sufficient status and popularity to lead the people, the chances of an aristocratic public enemy like Jaime reaching the Great Wall safely are very slim.

"Understood, but with all due respect...... To get to the Wall, you have to pass through the Riverlands and the North, and whether Jaime Lannister can join the Night's Watch depends on the faces of Tully and Stark. ”

"That's your business, Your Majesty, and he believes that 'with the skills of the Prime Minister's logistics officer, these problems can be settled'. The golden-robed officer smiled and said, "Well, let me tell you later: Duke Tywin has written a letter to all of you - the Westside will swear allegiance to the king who agreed to allow Jaime to join the Night's Watch. ”

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I see. Iger suddenly understood: whether it was Lan Li or Stannis who finally sat on the throne, they would inevitably liquidate the Lannister family who killed their brother Robert, and Duke Tywin's countermeasure was to ask for an explanation and promise before the two deer were decided—at the cost of Jaime wearing black, forcing the two kings to make a promise in advance: not to hold Cersei and the rest of the Lannister family accountable.

What Lan Li has to do is to express his consent. As for Tully and Stark, they didn't agree...... He didn't care. Ranley feared that his enemies would stop Jaime from putting on black and even killing him—because if that happened, Tywin would be on his side in the rest of the war.

It's really good to choose the right time to make a difficulty, and Jiang is really old and spicy.

Having tucked away the three golden robes, the team sped up and headed north along King's Road. As a traverser, Iger can only remember the camps of the big families, for the minor nobles below the earl...... In particular, it is impossible to remember the true positions and tendencies of the scattered princes of the riverlands. As such, he told Arya not to reveal her identity until she arrived in Winterfell or met her family.

Luckily, the mission to "escort Miss Stark home" seems to be getting ahead of schedule: on the sixth day of his departure from King's Landing, and the third day of his official entry into the Riverlands, Iger learns good news from the inhabitants of the Riverlands: the army of the North and the Riverlands is assembling in Harrenhal, a short distance to the north.

If there is no accident, Robb Stark should be there, just hand over Arya's hot potato to her own brother, and what happens next will have nothing to do with her!

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As a legendary castle in the Seven Kingdoms, Harrenhal is still easy to find even if it has decayed, and a group of men in black looked at the map to find their way, and two days after leaving the King's Road, they found this legendary cursed super castle.

Harren's Castle is three times larger than Winterfell, and its walls are second only to the Great Wall of Desperation, and its five massive fortress-like towers are comparable in capacity and defense to the "fortress within a fort" in King's Landing...... The only regret is that the "five fingers" were roasted by the dragon and became broken and twisted, like the hands of rickets, and their original names were never known with the death of the builder.

This is the ultimate defensive fortress built by King Heron the Blackheart, which has spent forty years in the Riverlands, and is the only castle in the whole of Westeros that can accommodate more than 10,000 people. Rather than a castle, it was more of a heavily defended militarized town, and it would have been almost impossible for its owner to fight the dragon.

However, because it was so big, the castle became a complete burden after Aegon's conquest - imagine how many soldiers would be needed to guard a castle of a few hundred acres, how many full-time servants would be needed to clean it up, and how many family members would be needed to fill it up in order to make it appear popular enough not to be gloomy?

There are few families in the entire Riverlands and even the Seven Kingdoms that can live and afford this castle. Not to mention that there is a curse in this place - all the families that have obtained Harrenhal have been wiped out.

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As they approached, the team of hundreds of people was quickly spotted by the scouts on patrol, and after reporting their identities and explaining their intentions, a group of men in black were ushered into the hill-like walls of Harrenhal, due to the gathering of the armies of the Three Kingdoms of the Northlands, there was no ghost town at all here, inside and out, full of soldiers and knights who had reaped the benefits of the western realm and looked triumphant. The merchants who did business with the army made a lot of money here, but there were no lights, and it was full of festive atmosphere.

On the wall, Egg saw the Black Bat Banner belonging to the master of Harrenhal, the Silver Trout Banner of the former's Lordship, and the Blue Falcon flying above the banner of the vale princes...... and the tallest and most conspicuous silver-gray ice wolf in a variety of colors.

Robb Stark marched fast, and a few days after retreating from the West, he had arrived in Harrenhal!

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