"Ahh......h Talking to you about subverting the Starks!?"

Seeing the surprised appearance of the girl's small mouth opening in an O-shape, Egg nodded, and was about to continue, but suddenly began to doubt what he was doing.

He and Messira have not known each other for a long time, but in just one or two years, this little princess has successfully built an image of a smart, kind, strong and brave strange woman in Egger's heart through her actions...... All kinds of factors made Egger subconsciously regard her as a reliable and trustworthy friend. But putting aside the illusion, after all, she is still just a little girl who is no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and she is really reliable enough to even be negotiable about such an important matter?

Before learning important information about Burton, the Landgrant Army's plan to encircle and send reinforcements was bogged down by Robb's correct command of the Northern Army, and Egg was torn between "shelling Winter" and "turning to Severn" - and the core goal of either was to minimize casualties among the Starks.

This is not just a personal sentiment, it is also objectively necessary: Iger is not going to leave Westeros with a vote, he will also establish a rule for the queen in the future, seeking power, status and inheritance for himself. People who have nothing at the bottom of society often face the trouble of balancing face and guilt, and when he is an ordinary night watchman, "reputation" may not be as useful as a golden dragon...... But this situation will change rapidly as the situation improves, and the more he climbs up the ranks and ranks, the stronger the compatibility and coexistence between fame and fortune will become, and now, as the supreme ruler of the land grant and a key follower under the Queen's command, he can no longer do as he pleases, but must cherish his feathers like the former Shadow Tower Commander Dennis Mellister, or even more!

At a critical moment when Burton may have surrendered to the Queen and is escorting her south, if he wants to protect the Stark family without disappointing Daenerys with him, there is really only one way left before Egger does: take Winterfell before his monarch arrives, and force the Stark family members or representatives, whether Robb or whoever, take the oath of allegiance to the queen.

At any cost, at any cost, by any means!

Only in this way can we not only keep the declaration of "waiting for the king in Winterfell", but also thwart Bolton's conspiracy to "wipe out Stark", so that both his political interests and emotional needs can be maximized without conflicting with each other!

And the most sensible way to achieve this goal is to explain nothing to Messira, ostensibly lying that he would leave immediately after accepting her advice, but in fact he was ...... one day in the past two days In short, launch a surprise assault as soon as possible.

Not a deterrent, but a castle in one fell swoop!

......

Many calculations have flashed in his mind, but time in the real world has only passed for a few seconds, and after hesitating for a moment, Egg reluctantly finds that he seems to have no turning back - under the staring eyes of the girl in front of him, if he doesn't finish what he says halfway, it will seem like he has a ghost in his heart and is deliberately making up lies.

Should I just talk about something irrelevant and end this inappropriate topic, or should I treat her as an adult who can be treated equally and "scheming"...... As a member of the core of Winterfell, it would be a complete disaster if she didn't believe her and told the castle defenders that she was about to launch a raid, but if she was willing to cooperate with her plans, the battle would have a chance to reduce the bloodshed and sacrifice!

After staring at Messira with his mouth half-open for a moment, Iger gritted his teeth and decided that he would be wrong: whatever it was, it wouldn't threaten his life horizontally or vertically anyway, so why take a risk!

"That's right, the recent news that the Southerners are preparing to sanction the Night's Watch and remove me from power and replace me with a commander-in-chief did not come out of thin air - but after the Earl of Bolton sent someone to tell him, I deliberately leaked it out of a means to make the entire grant vigilant and warlike!"

Egger carefully considered the words so as not to be self-defeating by the clever girl in front of him, and secretly prayed that the little princess, after the tribulations in this timeline, would still have the same decisiveness and courage as he remembered.

"I canceled my planned expedition and suddenly headed south outside Winterfell, a plan that changed after receiving the news. The Earl of Bolton offered me a condition at the time: he secretly orchestrated my southward march to make it easier for me to defeat the northern army, and in return, I would make the Stark family disappear from the world once and for all, and instead support him to defend the north. ”

"You didn't say yes. Messila answered, in an affirmative tone.

"Of course not, the Starks are my friends, and I will never hurt them in the slightest unless I have to. "But because I am a friend, I can't bear to be betrayed." That's why, after rejecting Earl Bolton's conditions, I still led my troops here to ask for an explanation. But I never imagined that this old bastard of the Skinners would be able to take the Queen's line and come up with such a good idea that could kill the Starks!"

The speaker was impassionedly revealing his heart, but Messila flapped her eyelashes and blinked her eyes a few times, completely writing "Believe in doubt" on her face.

Hey, don't look at this girl who is a year younger than Arya, but it's not easy to fool - Iger said to himself.

He couldn't accuse the other person of being suspicious or distrustful of himself, in fact, not believing was the choice that anyone with a brain would pick - even if Iger put himself in the opposite position, he would not hesitate to judge what he said as a lie.

The root is that if it weren't for the perspective of God as a traverser, no one would be able to see that the old skinning had the slightest intention of harboring evil intentions and disobedience. That's where the latter is vicious and cunning: Ruce Burton is like a venomous snake with a knack for killing one, and he will never act rashly until his prey reveals his weakness, and Iger even has reason to suspect that if the Starks can always be as stable as the old dogs without making any mistakes in their decisions and not giving their opponents any chances, the old skinners will live like this, and they may be loyal servants for the rest of their lives.

As a result, Iger is now in an awkward situation: he wants to prove something that is obviously true, but he can't arrange anything. Unless the few people who were imprisoned in Houguan Town were willing to testify against their lords...... Except for his own memories, Iger couldn't come up with any strong evidence that the Boltons were going to rebel!

"The design and improvement personnel of the dragon hunting crossbow are working in the logistics department of the Night's Watch, how can this kind of sophisticated equipment be so large and complex, how can it be possible to manufacture and train operators in large quantities in such a short period of time? Stannis has arranged dozens of such weapons in King's Landing, but has failed to shoot down the scales and claws of the three dragons, how can the same equipment be able to show its might in the north and destroy the queen and the two dragons under the protection of the Unsullied in one fell swoop?, do you think this is reasonable?" Since he couldn't come up with strong evidence, he had no choice but to change the topic, and increase his persuasiveness through side knocks and psychological hints, "I have been in the outer city of Winterfell for a few days, and the news of the ongoing negotiations with the Stark family must have spread with the news crow between the Stark family and the princes-Messila, if you are a careerist with bad intentions waiting for an opportunity to rebel against the feudal king, what do you think will be the most worried about something?"

I was a little frightened by a real name that I hadn't heard for a long time, and the girl who was afraid of being heard by outsiders almost opened her mouth to ask the other party not to do this. But knowing that the timing was not right, Myrcella finally resisted her impulse and carefully followed Egger's words...... She loved to read books and listen to stories from scholars when she lived in the Red Keep, but unlike the princess of the usual imagination, she did not like the fairy tales of knights, princes, or princesses, and preferred to the scheming that was usually only of interest to boys. With the knowledge and background she had accumulated as a child, and what Iger had said earlier, she quickly thought of the right answer.

"What I'm most worried about is that the Stark family and you, my lord, have completed the negotiation and reached an agreement, so that this change, which was the most likely opportunity for me to turn over, ended with the Stark family changing its flag and changing its identity. As soon as she spoke, her thoughts became clearer, "So, my lord, you mean that the reason why Earl Bolton sent a letter to Winterfell saying that he had eliminated the queen and was on his way south to help, was to make Robb feel that victory was in sight, and to prevent him from negotiating a peaceful settlement with you, so that he would have no chance?"

"Yes, but that's not all, if he turns into a vassal of the Queen and accompanies her south to the outside of Winterfell, and I am still 'negotiating' with the Stark family outside the city, not only will my position in the eyes of the Queen be drastically reduced to that of Bolton, but even the life of the Stark family in the castle will no longer be guaranteed!" said Egger while the iron was hot. Even if I had to attack Winterfell as an enemy of the Starks, I would certainly control my efforts to avoid harming Arya and her family as much as possible...... But if this siege was personally commanded and supervised by Daenerys Targaryen, and led by Luce Burton, the outcome would be almost certain: all living creatures in Winterfell, from Robb himself to young Rickon, would have died in this terrible battle, leaving no chickens and dogs!"

Messira's scalp was a little numb, but she had to admit that if Bolton had already hidden his rebellion as Iger said, then this speculation was really inevitable.

"But ......," she said, biting her lip, "I think even if I told Robb all this stuff you said, he would only think that you were bluffing, and he wouldn't believe it at all." ”

"That's right, I don't do useless work. So, I'm telling you all of this, not hoping that you'll relay the news for me. Egg nodded, knowing that he hadn't fully convinced Messira yet, but he could only break the pot and continue to attack: "In order to avoid the worst, I have decided to launch a surprise attack tonight, and never give up the initiative to take Winterfell into the hands of the villains who want to destroy the Starks......! Of course, it's not for you to assassinate anyone or open the gates for me, but for something else, a little bit of very small cooperation. ”

"Huh!?" the topic jumped so fast that Messira was dumbfounded, craned her neck and shoulders, and even trembled slightly.

(Don't do that, Lord Egger...... I don't hate you, but ...... But I'm just a kid!)

What scared Messira was not only Egger's declaration of "tonight's surprise attack to take Winterfell", but also the fact that he had already mustered up great courage when he came to deliver the letter, and now he was still confused and was selected by the "rebels" to become an accomplice!

In addition to the above two reasons, in fact, to a greater extent, she is using her age-appropriate "frightened" reaction to cover her memories and thoughts about what Iger said earlier and its credibility.

......

Almost immediately, she realized that something seemed wrong with Egger's statement, and after a few seconds of thought, Myrthala had completely figured out what the problem was: the idea that "Ruce Burton had ill intentions to put the Stark family in spite of all else" seemed flawless and completely logical, but it was based on the assumption that "Ruth Burton was the bad guy" in the first place.

From beginning to end, Egger was just inducing himself to instill in himself the idea that because Old Peel was a bad person, what was he doing this for, and what was the purpose of doing that...... He had said a lot, but he didn't come up with any evidence to prove the above hypothesis to be true, not even a single letter he exchanged with the Earl of Bolton!

And according to this routine of "assuming that it is a bad person first and then analyzing what he has done", the world ...... Everyone can be a bad person!

However, she didn't make a hasty judgment that Egger was lying: it was only a few minutes from the time she ran to warn him to the time he explained everything, and it would be terrible if a person could come up with a whole set of statements that could not find any loopholes in such a short period of time after getting the breaking news.

Is Egg unwilling to be defeated and planning to fight to the death, or is he really worried about the Queen's threat to the Stark family and is planning to "save his friends"? Should he trust Egger and promise to help this "little favor" that can take Winterfell with less bloodshed?

This may seem like a small choice, but the possible outcome could be very different: if Egger hadn't lied to himself, his reckless intervention might have reduced the bloodshed of the surprise attack and helped the Stark family avoid a catastrophe, but if Iger was cheating and using himself, the situation would be quite embarrassing - his own whistleblowing would not only break the originally stable balance of confrontation and negotiation, but also make the Stark family lose a war that was already secure. If the Starks were to be injured or killed one or two in the latter case, they would be to blame!

In the midst of the most difficult decision of her life and her mind is not participating, Myrsala is startled by a large hand that suddenly grabs her left wrist. It turned out that Egger, who was sitting opposite the little princess and was frightened by his words, reached out and pulled her left arm after waiting for a short moment without getting a reply, and broke the little princess's fist-clenched fingers one by one to force it to spread out into a palm, and put a small cardboard box in her palm, and finally helped her close her palm again.

"Messila, I know that you are a kind and brave girl, and that you love the Stark family as much as I do. Now, the only chance to protect them is in your hands, seize it!"

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