It's about to dawn.

Inside and outside the city, people who got up early to pass through the gates, in and out of King's Landing, began to gather. Because the bustling Heishui Port is separated by a wall, Linhemen ranks first among the seven gates in terms of daily cargo throughput and number of people entering and exiting. The capitals of the Seven Nations are closed after dark, but ships that arrive at the mouth of the Blackwater after sunset don't wait until dawn to dock. As the night passed, several more boats anchored into the harbor, unloaded goods and personnel, and lined up in front of the river gate early in the morning to prepare to enter the city.

The eastern sky first began to turn white, diluting the red of the blood-colored comet on the sky, the brightness of the comet and the sun was completely incomparable, and the blood color was quickly suppressed without suspense, except that the main body remained in its original color, and the surrounding sky dissolved into a faint pink like a red dye thrown into a water tank. As the sun approached the horizon, the pink color was quickly replaced by the magnificent colors of the dawn, and with the combination of comets, clouds, and the surface of Blackwater Bay, the confluence of the sea and the sky suddenly appeared like a dyeing workshop: gold, red, purple, black, white, blue......

The brilliance continues to change, and the sky seems to play out a dynamic magic drama of light and shadow, which lasts until the main protagonist appears, the sun leaps from the sea level. The glorious protagonist finally sets the tone for everything, the flame dispels all the variegated colors, gilding everything under the illumination, and its reflection on the ocean surface of Blackwater Bay makes the sky shine as if there are two suns.

No one is looking at the spectacular scenery – people in Blackwater Harbor go to bed after a busy night, while others who have just woken up have to start struggling to survive. The pressure of reality is so heavy that no one has time to marvel at the sunrise.

Outside the Linhe Gate, the crowd and traffic ready to enter the city blocked the door, the hired workers waited to enter the city to work to support their families, and the merchants were in a hurry to get things into the city to resell to make money...... People complained dissatisfied, urging loudly.

The riverside gate, which used to be opened at dawn, is still tightly closed until the sun rises today, which causes the long queue to continue to extend, and the twenty or so golden-robed men stationed in the port outside the city can only do their best to maintain order, and there is nothing else they can do - although they belong to the riverside gate garrison in terms of organization, they have no ability to open the city gate from the outside, and they also have to wait.

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"That's a lot of people. Domi sighed, "However, these southerners are really lazy, the sun has risen, and they still haven't opened the door." ”

"King's Landing is so warm, how can it be like the Great Wall to wake up every day, maybe the gatekeeper is still in the bed. ”

"You don't need any quilts in this place, you can't freeze when you sleep on the street, and it's more comfortable to be a beggar here than on the Great Wall. ”

"Don't make small talk, we're here on a mission, a bit of a soldier!" Alyssa Thorne ordered in a low voice, "Circle along the carriage, it's too crowded here, don't let the people around you get close to the cage!"

There was no need to drive away, and the people around them automatically kept their distance from the night watchmen. The group of ghouls from the Black Castle Rangers and the East China Sea Sailors had only arrived in King's Landing last night, and they had not yet gotten their summer clothes, and at the moment they were either shirtless or dressed in the sweaty black clothes they had brought from the Great Wall, and even the smell of King's Landing could not hide their scent...... Not to mention that they are all carrying weapons and have fierce faces, which is not easy to mess with at first glance.

"My lord, there seems to be a group of people dressed in black in front of me, there are more people than us, doesn't it mean that no one wears them like this except for the night watch?"

Alyssa Thorne frowned irritably—could it be that all the people in Donghaiwang were so verbose: "Maybe someone has died in the family, line up your line, don't ask questions like a hillbilly who entered the city for the first time!"

"But I'm the first hillbilly to go to the city. Domi grinned and argued, "Unlike you, my lord, you guarded King's Landing before joining the Night's Watch, and you drank all kinds of wine, and played with all kinds of girls. ”

"Shut up, no one will treat you like a dumb person if you don't speak!"

Although there was no direct subordinate relationship, the head of the Castle Black Castle was a senior official, and the majesty of the chief finally played a role, and a group of night watchmen stopped talking and lined up quietly.

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But the group of "men also dressed in black" in front of them still spotted them, and after talking to each other for a while, several of them lined up in the crowd and crowded in front of the ghoul escort.

The two gangs of black-clad men are a mix of peasants, liars and ruffians, while the other is a serious look and a strong body. However, the former is the night watchman who actually defends the Great Wall, while the latter is just a logistics security guard to protect the grain and grass armaments, at least temporarily, not to mention that there is a dwarf among them, a red-robed Lannister guard...... This strange meeting is really hard to describe.

"Ser Alyssa Thorne, why are you here!" Tyrion Lannister's eyes widened in surprise, "Did Commander Mormont order you to receive the cargo, or did he let you supervise Egger's work?"

The Leader of the Black Castle looked down at the gnome and snorted disdainfully, "Ghoul, Lord Mormont has ordered us to bring it to King's Landing to present to Your Majesty, in order to request the Iron Throne's large-scale support for the Great Wall. ”

"Ghouls?" Tyrion pouted, "The Night's Watch industry has done everything it can to provide supplies, and you're not satisfied? King Robert loves to drink, and people are not stupid." ”

Alyssa looked at the dwarf condescendingly, not as enraged or nervous as Tyrion had expected, but turned her head behind her, "Knock it down and open the eyes of our Lannister 'giants'." ”

"My lord, it's easy to pull it down, but it's not easy to cover it up again. ”

"Less nonsense, carry out orders. ”

Tyrion led several "impostor" night watchmen from the Night's Watch logistics team around the cargo at the back of the carriage, waiting with great interest for them to lift the cover. The cover was black and extremely thick, and the texture was a double canvas, and the two night watchmen carefully untied the ropes tied to the carriage and loosened the cover, grabbed the two corners and lifted it hard, revealing the goods hidden underneath.

It was a cage made of wood, reinforced with iron bars, and the gap between the fences was reduced to a minimum, and inside was a ragged man chained to the bottom of the cage, lying motionless on the edge of the cage.

As if stimulated by the light, the next moment, the "man" suddenly turned around and pounced on the cage, screaming and reaching out to Tyrion to grab it: "Whoa, whoa!"

......

Despite being at a safe distance, Tyrion took two steps back before stopping, and was held up by his squire Jack and fell on his back, his two slightly misshapen short legs trembling and shaking, barely able to stand without anyone behind him.

The crowd of onlookers lined up around also retreated in a large area, and a large empty circle with a radius of more than ten meters suddenly appeared around the ghoul escort team.

Alyssa smiled treacherously, and the other night watchmen around the cage chuckled softly. Tyrion admits that he was taken aback, but resisted the public embarrassment, stood up straight, touched his nose, and took a closer look at the man in the cage: dressed in tattered beast fur, his hands were black, his bare torso was pale, and his arms and legs were full of rotting and ulcers.

"There are many things that can cause similar things, gray scales, rabies and all kinds of brain diseases, I have not studied medicine, but I despise the fact that I put patients in cages and run around and bluff people that they are legendary ghouls, Sir Elisha. ”

"That's it, don't run around with people who are sick, what if you infect others!"

"Cause him mercy quickly, and don't make it out to frighten people. ”

"Mercy?" Alyssa Thorne glanced at the crowd of onlookers, and drew her steel sword with a bang, causing the crowd to take a step back: "I'll show you what mercy is!"

The leader of the Black Castle stepped to the front of the cage, and out of range of the ghouls, in full view of everyone, slowly stabbed the tip of the long sword into the middle of the chest of the caged human until the tip of the sword peeked through the ribs behind it...... Then pull out, stab again, pull out, and stab again, a total of three stabs in the chest, left, center, and right.

At the first stab, a woman's screams were heard from the crowd, and at the second time, the man's sighs and chatters were heard, and after the third stab, everyone outside the river gate and waiting for the door to open looked here. The slightly shabby cart, which was temporarily rented after disembarking from the ship, and was only drawn by a horse, became the most eye-catching stage for the entrance of Blackwater Harbor to King's Landing.

Alyssa withdrew the steel sword and handed it to Tyrion, "Check if it's real?"

Tyrion frowned and shook his head, taking a step away from the tip of his sword, speechless. Three sword wounds that can be fatal to anyone, but they seem to have no effect on the living creatures in the cage...... From beginning to end, the ghoul didn't shed a drop of blood, nor did he snort in pain, but he changed the target of the "pounce" from Tyrion to Elisha who was closer, and the two black and purple claws stretched straight out towards the Night's Watch, only a palm's throw away from being able to reach Elisha, which really made people worry about his safety.

"In the cold and terrifying north of the Great Wall, thousands of these or even more terrifying ghosts are threatening the people of the Seven Kingdoms, while in the warm and safe south, you are dreaming of prosperity, believing that ghouls and strange ghosts are legends from the old granny's story!" If necessary, show the ghouls to the residents of King's Landing, as Mormont's instructions before leaving. Elisha didn't understand, what was necessary? The night watchman was fighting against human predators, and he finally had to come up with evidence, did he still have to hide it? He held the bright officer's steel sword, and he did not put it in his sheath, so he raised it in his hand and announced loudly in all directions: "The cold wind has blown, winter is coming, we must defend the Great Wall, and this, we need support!"

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The closed riverside gate created hundreds of focused spectators for the head of the Castle Black Sect, and he relied on the cooperation of the ghouls to become the focus of everyone's attention within a radius of a few hundred meters.

And in the riverside gate across the wall, a good show with another night watchman officer as the protagonist finally sang to the end.

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