Most of the "own people" have already determined that they will follow and support him, and there is no need to fight for it, as long as Iger breathes, he will naturally do what he says. There were exceptions, though, that the last candid conversation during a visit to the hill clans had brought Egger and Jaime closer, but the Chief Logistics Officer hadn't completely drawn the Kingkillers into his small group, and now, in order to use leverage to exploit loopholes in the election rules, Egger had to pull all the people he could into the game.

It's a pity that the answer given by the monarch killer made Egger almost spurt out a mouthful of old blood:

"The brethren who came with me to the Wall were once my father's men, but now they are men of the Night's Watch. They have the right to decide how to vote and who to listen to. ”

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"Good one has the right to decide for himself, James, in terms of innocence, I will obey you in this world. "You said that those people have the right to choose what to do freely, but have you ever wondered if they had the right to choose whether or not to come when they accompanied you to the Great Wall?"

Jaime froze.

"Did Duke Tywin send an announcement to recruit people who were willing to accompany you to the Great Wall after you decided to put on a black robe? I'm afraid not, let me guess that most of his subordinates directly selected fifty elite soldiers to come out, and bought them with a lot of money or forced them by various means...... In short, it is a sentence: you have to come, you have to come if you don't come!" Egg looked directly at Jaime unceremoniously, "I've never thought about it, have I? For you, who have grown up as the future heir of the Lannister family, your parents are human beings, and your sister and brother are human beings...... As for these fifty young people who accompanied you to the Great Wall, in your subconscious, they are probably not even human beings, just a number, right?"

"No...... They...... They are now also my oath brothers......"

"How many of these are your fellow countrymen and your sworn brothers, and ......how many of them can you name? Do you feel honored to be your 'brother of oaths'?"

Egger pressed forward step by step, and a heartless boy like Jaime Lannister, who didn't care about anything, couldn't touch him at all without saying something serious: "I admire and respect your idea of being a good night watchman, but you also have to think about the young men from the Westlands who accompanied you to the Wall! The fact that they persuaded you to join the Night's Watch was that in order to ensure that you would not be left alone and bullied in the Night's Watch legion, fifty young people from the West, who had nothing to do with your mistakes, gave up their lives and ran to the Great Wall...... You feel that you have made too many mistakes and brought too much crisis and trouble to your family, so you are determined to atone for your sins here, and the fifty people who accompany you ...... Now that you're only in your early forties, have you ever felt sorry for the few who died outside the gates of Castle Black, and for the forty or so who are still alive?"

"Alright, don't think you're the chief logistics officer and you can tell me anything!" Jaime slapped the table in annoyance, but fortunately, although Egger said something serious, he didn't cut on his most sensitive sore spots, he was just a little cautious about being exposed, but not angry: "Even if I let them do everything you tell them to do, can you guarantee that they can take off their black clothes?"

"I can guarantee it! The Night's Watch Legion will definitely have an exit mechanism in the future, and whether you enjoy it or not is your own business. Iger said stiffly, he didn't want to lose control of the forty-odd votes with an honest word, "Even if you don't believe it, you have to tell your people about my promise, according to you, they have the right to decide whether to trust me or not." ”

"Okay, okay, you guy, you're annoyed. Jaime waved his hand, "My people and I will all vote for you, satisfied?"

"Thank you. Egg breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face again: "But I don't plan to participate in the election from the beginning, as for who to vote for, I will send someone to inform you at that time......"

"You're not involved, what are you doing?" the monarch killer frowned and asked, after thinking about it, he shrugged: "Forget it, I don't want to know." ”

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"He was the Earl of Bear Island, the patriarch of House Mormont, who joined the Night's Watch for honor and faith. In the ten years since he put on the black clothes, he has been loyal to his duties and dedicated to leading all his brothers through crises and difficulties......"

On the high platform, Aemon Targaryen began to read Jao Mormon's eulogy in a low tone. He was over 100 years old, and he thought that Mormont would be the last commander-in-chief of his assistant, who would have thought that Jeo Mormont, who had always been energetic and healthy, would suddenly encounter such an accident without warning. Reading the eulogy, I felt the constant feeling of weakness on my aging body...... For a while, the blind bachelor had a feeling that a white-haired person was sending a black-haired person.

Judging from the age, it can indeed be said.

In the square in the middle of Castle Black, Iger stood in the crowd, silently staring at his old boss lying on the cremation pile in the center of the venue, and his heart was full of emotion.

Before the crossing, as a member of the crowd, Egger, like many ordinary people, felt that the leader should be close to the people and should go to the masses...... Hugging before and after traveling, clearing the guards, strengthening security checks, etc., is simply putting on a show and causing trouble to the people.

But after experiencing the lesson of Xiong Lao's accidental death, Iger really understood this truth: from the moment he became the top management or even the leader of a force, the life of an individual is no longer his own, but the entire organization. If you don't pay attention to safety, you will end up being ruined by a mob like Mormont, leaving a whole mess for the followers.

Even if you think about others, you have to pay attention to your own safety.

With this in mind, Egg stood among the soldiers he had brought with him to the Wall, surrounded by Jon and his friends, as well as Jaime and his bodyguards...... Secretly vowed: If necessary, he will be a "coward" for the rest of his life, suspicious and cautious, and will not give anyone a chance to hurt himself.

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"He is Jeo Mormon, and his watch ends until death. In a trance, the blind bachelor had finished reading the last sentence of the eulogy, coughed twice, and left the high platform with the help of an assistant.

A ranger walks to the cremation pyre with a torch and lights the firewood. Because of his special status, Mormont was not able to be cremated on the spot in Fort of the Long Night, a place not guarded by the night watchmen, and the people who transported the corpses were afraid that the corpses would be "resurrected", so the night watchmen wrapped the former commander tightly like a mummy...... Fortunately, as the deceased is gradually consumed by the flames, at least everyone no longer has to worry about the former leader becoming an enemy.

The flames grew brighter and brighter, and the human figure in it was soon no longer visible. Iger stared at the flames in a daze, waiting for the fire to subside for the next big announcement......

But someone spoke first.

"Is that the end of it?" asked Jonrois, aloud, "Burn Commander Mormont, and then everyone will be happily ready to run for the next Commander-in-Chief?"

Can't hide.

Egger frowned, he missed the living bear old Mormont knowing how many nobles in the valley came to the Great Wall, and he didn't want the night watchmen to fight and consume each other, so after he returned to the Great Wall from the north, he deliberately sent all the members of the "Alliance of the Righteous" to the East China Sea to look at it, which made everything seem so smooth after Egger returned to the Great Wall.

But now that Mormont is dead, in the name of participating in the voting campaign, the commander of Donghaiwang has brought people to Castle Black.

This is for myself, and there is too much of a showmanship this time!

Egg sighed, fortunately, he was the chief logistics officer, and his position was no lower than that of anyone in the Night's Watch Legion at the moment, and he had his own power in Castle Black, so he was not completely at the mercy of others.

"Commander Mormont's ashes are still hot, and Lord Royce is in a hurry to engage in infighting, and the Commander-in-Chief has indeed accepted my suggestion to accept the Cypriot foreigners as landdonors, but may I remind you: no matter where you are in the world...... Those who make the suggestion are innocent. Even if you want to punish me for this reason, you must first take the position of commander-in-chief. ”

Sir Royce snorted coldly, and did not continue the pointless battle of words: "I am not participating in the Commander-in-Chief race. ”

"Coincidentally, I'm not involved either. Iger smiled and replied, "One more question...... Commander Mormont has decreed that there is no such thing as a 'wildling' in the land grant, and you are now using this term in public at Castle Black, but it is against the rules of the Night's Watch. ”

"Yes, we should say, 'New Grantees'. Carter Pick laughed in a gruff voice, "The new land-givers who stoned Commander Mormont to death within a few days of us putting it on the Wall!"

"There is no 'the group,' just 'that' the murderer who threw the stone. Iger took the opportunity to lead the conversation to what he had just wanted to say: "In the place where I come from, there is a saying called 'There is a wrong, there is a debtor'...... Now, the killer has been arrested by Sir Bookwell. If you wish, we can put the trial before the next Commander-in-Chief campaign begins. 2k reading network