"We look forward to your visit. Iger put his mind at ease, although the itinerary was set, but he couldn't just let Robb go to donate the land, before that, he needed a period of preparation. Before the crossing, Iger had denounced all preparations for the leader's inspection as formalism, who thought that he would one day become the person he once hated: "But there are still some things that I went south after all because of lack of provisions, and I ended up fighting all the way, and I have not yet gotten half a grain of food...... Please allow my men to stay outside the city for a short time, and then I will assign tasks to my subordinates and send them to various places to buy food and grass before leaving for the north. You've just returned from the South, so you'll need to stop in Winterfell for a while to take care of some family and state matters. ”

"Two days. Robb simply agreed: "There are indeed many things to be dealt with, but my brother's whereabouts and uncertainties are at the top of the list, and we left for the north two days later." ”

"No problem. "Listen to the tone and know that there is no negotiation.

"In addition to me, I will invite Glover, Amber, Karstark, and Burton, the four closest to the grant, to come and decide together on this important matter concerning the North, and especially their safety. ”

"This ......" Egg was stunned for a moment, among the four families, only Glover and Amber barely had a little friendship with him, and it was only Robb who had to deal with it unexpectedly, who would have thought that it would become five people now. The addition of the other four will greatly increase the variables of their plans to take advantage of the situation, and they have to send the news to Houguan Town as soon as possible. "As a feudal monarch, it is really admirable to consider the vassals under his command in this way. In that case, I'll take my leave......

"Alright, even you talk nonsense. Sit down, we're done talking about savages. Next, I have a few more things, or a few more people to hand over to you, or the Night's Watch. Robb waved his hand to stop Egg, who had already stood up and was about to leave: "Joffrey, Tommen, and their sister Messiah are now in Winterfell, and although their origins are no longer in suspense, King Robert's dying will wants to keep them alive. So, my father laid out a future for the three children: the two boys had to 'volunteer' to join the Night's Watch, and the girls changed their names and were adopted by Winterfell and would grow up with Sansa and Arya. ”

"I'm going to bring the two boys back to the Great Wall this time?" said Egger, who had been greeted a few months earlier, and was not surprised. "The Night's Watch is not qualified to refuse, I'm just worried...... The Kingkiller and his two sons were reunited at the Great Wall in this way, and whether he would see it as a deliberate humiliation and act impulsively. ”

"But whoever kills kings has the slightest brain, he should know that he is protecting those two children!" Robb replied categorically, "Take a step back, even if this is a deliberate humiliation of him? The Targaryen family relied on dragons to kill all sides in all directions, forcing the Westeros to admit their family's prodigious privileges, how old is he, Jaime Lannister? From the moment he got involved with his sister, he should have been ready to be humiliated by the world!"

After a pause, Robb also remembered that it was not Jaime Lannister who was sitting across from him, and his tone eased: "Even if the monarch killer really wants to do something because of this, how to deal with him is also the business of the night watchman, I believe...... You won't let me down. ”

......

No one wants to take the hot potato, but accepting those characters who are "neither killable nor easy to deal with" is one of the tasks of the Night's Watch Legion, let alone at this juncture where there is a need for people. Iger shrugged: "Your Excellency trusts me so much, I'll try to handle this well." ”

"Look at them. It doesn't matter whether the Night's Watch Legion raises two idlers or intends to train them to be real Night's Watch men, the key is not to let them fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives and bring greater disasters to the Seven Kingdoms. ”

Iger nodded, of course he knew what the so-called greater calamity was, not to mention anything else, in case Joffrey was held in the hands of Tywin Lannister, and waited for the Westlands to recover from the devastation of the war...... After Stannis, Aegon and Crow-Eyed Eulon, Westeros will almost certainly have one more king.

There are so many troubles, Iger frowned, but from another point of view, Robb always had to compensate or give preferential treatment in other matters while throwing the trouble on the Night's Watch...... The Starks have always been honest people, and by taking advantage of this mentality, they can try to get more benefits.

"Wait...... Sit down, and there's more!" Robb raised his hand and beckoned, stopping Egger once again from taking his leave and preparing for the northern nobles' visit to the land, "You captured Asha Greyjoy in Deepwoodburg not long ago, didn't you think of something?"

"Thought of something. ”

Iger didn't understand what Robb meant for a while, what should he think of?Asha was indeed a woman full of wild beauty, but not to mention that she was full of land grant and resettlement plans, even if she didn't have ...... There's no way he's going to do anything to the daughter of the sea monster. The instinct of order and gender values caused by the growth environment are a factor, and on the other hand, he is also convinced: a man who dares to rape a woman like Asha will be stabbed to death in bed with scissors one day even if he succeeds for the first time.

Seeing that Iger didn't understand his hint and didn't continue to play dumb riddles, Robb made a hint: "Your beautiful captive has a younger brother." ”

"Oh...... Right. Egger opened his mouth, his eyebrows furrowed, realizing that more trouble was coming his way.

In his previous campaign against the West, Theon had offered to send him back to the Iron Islands to convince his father, Balon Greyjoy, to send troops to join the ...... But because the war was going well, I didn't say yes in the end. Robb went on to explain what had happened: "That is, when the Lord of the Iron Islands sent his brother and daughter to attack the North, his son was still in my hands. ”

Theon Greyjoy is a hostage, and even if he is called "adopted son", it will not change the nature of the matter. And the role of the hostage is to make the other party throw a mouse at a critical moment, but what if the other party ignores the existence of the hostage?

Hostages are useless.

Egger could have guessed what was going on: with Robb Stark's character, it was unlikely that he would order the death of his adoptive brother who had grown up with him since childhood, especially if it wasn't Theon's fault.

"Everybody told me I should take his own hands to end his life. Robb didn't wait for Egger to say anything before he began to explain to himself: "But on second thought, according to the laws of Westeros...... Theon is the first in line to the throne of the Sea Stone, whether it is his sister or which uncle, if he wants to sit in the position, he must first get rid of Theon's henchman, why not spare his life first, so that he can threaten the ruler of the Iron Islands in the future?"

But once he puts on the black clothes, he automatically loses this function. Iger shrugged, almost trying to get Robb to admit that he just didn't want to kill his brother, but he gave up.

Robb was noncommittal about this, probably because he had also developed Egg's cheek and ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense: "Make sure he lives, don't let that crazy uncle send someone to kill him secretly, and besides, use him as an ordinary night watchman." ”

Egg sighed and made sure he was alive? With the God of Cold and his servants north of the Great Wall, the southern humans fighting among themselves, and a bunch of crazy iron people overseas, what "ordinary night watchman" would dare to claim absolute safety?

"I try my best, but I don't give any guarantees. ”

Theon wasn't Bran, and Robb couldn't have asked for more for him...... But this time Egger was in no hurry to leave, and twice he got up and sat down again, and he sat patiently in his chair and looked at Robb, in case he suddenly shouted to himself to wait again.

It seemed that there was nothing else to do, and the two looked at each other for a few seconds, until Iger was about to say goodbye again, and Robb Stark spoke again: "Egger, both Commander Mormont and I have always trusted your mind, do you think...... Am I doing something wrong in this matter?"

Iger made an indifferent expression: "It is my duty to kill him, and it is my love not to kill him...... Judging by Theon's upbringing, social circle, and resources he can muster, with the Iron Folk already repelled by him, his threat to the North alive is almost nil. Right or wrong, I'm just going to talk about how it feels to be a night watchman, and when the dead army is coming, the Great Wall needs usable manpower and war supplies, not one troublesome character after another stuffed into it for various reasons. 2k reading network