Chapter 77: Fishing for People
It is impossible for him to return to the Great Wall to participate in the capture of ghouls, so how can he remotely control the Night's Watch Legion to complete the bold feat of "catching ghouls alive" in advance without command...... But you have to use your brain to plan again.
Of course, since Mormonte wrote a letter here to ask for supplies, he obviously did not intend to launch an expedition immediately, and he still had a short period of time to plan this matter, so let this go and focus on the present.
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At dinner, Iger relayed the urging from the letter to Yolun. The old raven originally had some money in his pocket, enough to enjoy a few more days of happiness in King's Landing, but suddenly received an order to return immediately, and the astonishment and loss on his face could not be concealed.
"You can walk slowly. Iger subconsciously gave him advice, and after being a night watchman for a year, he fully understood the other party's feelings at the moment, "When to go?"
"It's really good to walk slowly on the road, but it's not daring to stay here when you receive an order. Yu Lun said distressedly: "Anyway, there are already more than a dozen people, and the preparations have been completed, so let's set off tomorrow." ”
"Okay, then I'll ask you for someone, we talked about that before, Jakun Hegar, who was arrested for stealing books, left for me to help. ”
"That dangerous man?" the old man stared at his black-clothed brother in confusion, "What do you want him for?"
"Since he stayed in the library for several nights in a row and looked through books, he should be literate. Iger explained: "The office is now short of a person who can read and write. ”
"It's not common to have a girl with a hanging, and it's not easy to find a literate man?" Yulun, although illiterate, was amused by this excuse: "I said something ugly, Egger, people can even come and go freely in the library in the Red Fort, you rescue him from the shackles, and he will disappear without a trace when you turn his head." I've made up my mind that I won't let him and the other two murderers out of the cage until I get to Castle Black and hand them over to that guy from Elisha. ”
Egg fully agrees with and supports Yoren's judgment and decision, but if he can't keep Jaqun, can Castle Black be able to keep it? With the skills and unpredictable methods of this top Braavos spy, I'm afraid that even a master of Barristan level can only get lucky by blocking people in the room. What I want to do is just sell him a favor - since he will run away sooner or later, then I will release him at least a month in advance, which is not a small favor, as for the next, I can keep him for a few days. It never hurts to meet such a capable person.
He didn't talk nonsense anymore, and directly stuffed a round shiny light into the old raven's hand: "Don't worry so much, promise this matter, the travel fee is enough for you to eat and drink all the way to Castle Black, not only that, next time you come back to King's Landing, I will pay you ten people." ”
Give me back ten, and the next time you come to King's Landing, it's good that you don't run away. Yu Lun pursed his lips disdainfully, but pinched the heavy gold coin in his hand, and finally nodded: "Okay, you should be careful yourself, don't be caught by the Royal Forest Guards, and the guy they captured is alive and well outside, and don't be slaughtered by that guy." ”
"I'll be careful. ”
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Tyrion's passion for entrepreneurship is still high, and he wakes up early every day to go out without a trace, and the little man and his brother Jaime Lannister can be regarded as two extremes - the elder brother is the father's chosen heir, but yearns for chivalry, honor, and public recognition, while the younger brother, a dwarf that his own father hated to have to be born, but subconsciously craves the affirmation of his father and family.
He was keen on the career he had suddenly found, not so much to make money and make a fortune, but probably to win more attention from his father, Duke Tywin.
Alas, Egger, don't worry about other people, let's think about your own business.
Sobering his mind, Egger dressed up and walked out of the room. After washing up, he made an appointment with Youlun at the breakfast table to meet and hand over, and then went to the office as usual and began the life of the "head of the night watchman's office" as a monk for a day.
After the sun rose a little, Arya was also diligent enough to come to class, but unfortunately Egger was ready to go out and catch Jakun Hegar at this moment.
"Master!" the girl was not frustrated at all, "where you are going, I will go too!"
"No, I'm going to send my black-clad brothers and recruits back to the Wall, just a bunch of scum and rapists, nothing to see, you either wait here or go back to the Red Keep. Egg shook his head, plucking one of the prisoners who had promised to go north to join the Night's Watch, so that the Stark family could not see it.
"I'm going to deliver it too!"
Iger raised his eyebrows: "Don't make trouble, be obedient." ”
The girl looked at the man angrily for a few seconds, then softened: "Hmm...... Okay, then I'll wait for you in the house, how long will it take for you to come back. ”
"The sun is setting in the west. The night watchman's expression softened: "Take a good look at the store for the master, and there will be a reward for coming back." ”
"Uh-huh!"
Egg nodded in satisfaction, and the first step of Arya's training went smoothly.
Human beings are actually just animals, and compared to adults, children are significantly more animalistic than humans, and the younger they are, the more so. And the intelligent "animal" is extremely malleable. As long as the beginning of the use of various reward and punishment mechanisms to consciously guide her to form corresponding habits, so that she can form a conditioned reflex, know when to ask for her will agree, when it is useless to be coquettish, and the future relationship will be much simpler - the girl has seen Egg's expression just now, and knows that he means that there is no negotiation, so she did not continue to make noise.
Of course, these truths are easy to say, but it is still a little difficult to do at first, and Egg also takes advantage of the triple advantage that Arya herself is not bad and thinks that he is a master, and he is not afraid of offending her, relying on the three chapters of the law to suppress the arrogance of the little princess of the Stark family, and achieve such amazing results in a short period of time. And this obviously surprised the Winterfell guards who were in charge of transporting Arya to and from school, and the gray-robed soldier's eyes were about to fall out: when did your arrogant young lady become so obedient?
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The Night's Watchman's first stronghold in the south was located opposite the East Camp of the Garrison, one of the two "police stations" in King's Landing, and there was nothing of value or importance in the office for the time being, so Egger relieved himself to leave Arya and the open door and rode to the northwest of King's Landing.
Riding out of the Gate of the Gods, and walking a few miles along the beginning of the King's Road, he quickly found the group of Yuren waiting for him.
Two wagons were parked in the shade of a tree on the side of the road, one towing a wooden cage for criminals, and the other pulling some condiments, medicines, and spices that Yuren had just bought, and the shipload of supplies that Tyrion and Egger had provided for the Great Wall greatly relieved Yuren of the pressure, otherwise he would have to spend days traveling around to make purchases and take care of an entire convoy.
In addition to the two wagons and the horses that pulled them, there were five or six donkeys and a dozen men in the shade of the trees, and the night watchman Lang Raven himself sat on the board of the carriage that pulled the goods, and the few orphans he had deceived with "food and clothing" were bored or squatting or standing on the side of the road, and the criminals who had been forced to join the night watchman looked curiously at Egger on horseback—the fool could also see that, though dressed in the same black clothes, the one who was coming was much more magnificent, perhaps this was the officer of the night watch?
The clever man had already begun to think about how to please his future boss, but Iger didn't give them a chance to waste his efforts, he walked straight to Yuren and said hello, and the latter jumped off the board.
"Haven't changed your mind?"
"Why do you want to change your mind?" Egg snorted, looking at the three men in the cage.
Yu Lun was afraid that these three people were justified, one of the three people in the wooden cage had no nose and only a hole in his face; the other was a fat bald head, with sharp teeth, and his face was full of pustules, and his eyes were like a beast; as for the last one, who had upright facial features and neat clothes, but his face was locked up with the first two, he seemed to be unscathed, and the sense of disobedience was so strong that it exploded.
It's very ordinary, not at all as chic and handsome as the actors in the TV series, Egger said in his heart. If he hadn't been locked in this wooden cage, he wouldn't have been able to recognize Jaqun Hegar from the crowd by killing himself. As a spy and killer, the other party did this point of "popularizing appearance".
But then again, God knows if the way Jaqun looks now is his true face? Is the faceless one's change in appearance more dependent on human skin masks, or is there a spell involved?
He didn't let his eyes linger on his target for too long, and after deliberately looking around, he said loudly, "The Night's Watch Office needs the help of someone who can read and write, are any of you literate?"
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