The heavy snowfall that had been going on for a month finally stopped, and the sun broke through the clouds near noon.

The sun shone on the Great Wall of Despair, shimmering with a pale blue light.

Eddard Stark stands atop the Wall, overlooking the Ghost Forest beneath his feet.

The howling north wind swept through the trees beneath their feet, dropping the light ice crystals from the canopy like an ice flag.

But what attracted his attention even more was the strange wild tribal flags in the forest.

Countless colorful tents are like mushrooms in the forest, densely packed north of the Great Wall, and there are too many to count.

In this forest, all the wildlings of the entire north of the Great Wall were assembled.

There are barbarians in the mountains, sailors in the Aral Sea, shapeshifters and giants, cannibal tribes of great glaciers, cavemen with faces dyed in various colors, and hard-footed people with feet like boiled leather......

All these strange and different wild people have been gathered by a man who calls himself the "King of the Outside of the Plug".

To be honest, Eddard Stark, who was once the Duke of the North and the Hand of the King, had to admit that the difficulty of ruling such a large "rabble" was comparable to hell.

Perhaps there was something really terror chasing them, so the wildlings had to unite under the command of the king of the outside world.

Is it a legendary ghost?

Ed's brow furrowed.

Of course, no matter how many savages there are, it is not easy to break through the artificial moat of the desperate Great Wall.

Over the past few days, the wildlings have launched countless attacks, but they have not been able to shake the Great Wall at all, except for a single corpse left behind.

They even tried to send elite climbing teams over the Great Wall to attack from the south.

This is indeed a good idea, after all, the Great Wall can only hold off the attack of the north, but it is defenseless against the south.

Fortunately, Jon Snow brought information in time to stop this surprise attack of the wildlings.

However, Ed was not relieved.

Because his illegitimate son, Jon, also brought back a heart-wrenching news -

To the north of the Great Wall, there are really strange ghosts.

Of course, as for the veracity of this news, there are now endless quarrels among the night watchmen.

Many people questioned Jon because he had previously surrendered to the Wildlings and killed his companion Colin with his own hands.

Although Jon defended himself by saying that he had to do something out of the ordinary in order to penetrate the enemy, it was hard to convince all the Night's Watch.

If it weren't for Eddard being the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch and vouching for the bastard child with his reputation, Jon would inevitably be put on trial.

But in this way, not many people believed the news about the strangers that Jon brought back.

A creaking sound interrupted Eddard's thoughts, and he turned back to see his bastard coming to the city in a lifting cage.

"Father." Jon came up and exclaimed, "We've received ravens from the schooltown. ”

"What's the news?"

"No news was brought." Jon said, "That's a white crow. ”

Ed instantly understood that the white raven did not deliver a message, only announced the end of the season.

Now that autumn is over, ......

"Winter has arrived." Ed let out a cloudy breath, and the solemnity on his face almost wrung out water.

"The strange spirits will also go south." Jon advised, "We must let the wildlings in, or these hundreds of thousands will be killed and turned into ghouls!" ”

Ed didn't speak.

It was hard for him to make up his mind.

Once so many wildlings are allowed to enter the south of the Wall, I am afraid that the northern realm will suffer first.

Winter has arrived, and the people of the north have not been able to fill their stomachs, but now there are hundreds of thousands of mouths to grab food, and how many killings and corpses will be added at that time, Ed dare not imagine.

But he also knew that Jon was right, if these hundreds of thousands of wildlings were killed by the strangers and turned into ghouls, it would be a real disaster.

What's more, savages are also human.

Father and son fell silent, and only the cry of the cold wind was heard around them.

After some time, Jon Snow finally spoke again, but asked another question:

"Father, you promised before that when you meet again, you will tell me who your mother is?"

Ed was even more silent.

This is another question that he is extremely puzzled with.

The creak of the lifting cage sounded again, and Ed turned back to see Bachelor Wende striding over.

"Lord Eddard," the maester stepped forward to hand over a letter, "this is a letter from King's Landing. ”

Ed took the letter and glanced at it quickly, but there was no expression on his face:

"Caesar has come to King's Landing."

Jon was slightly startled when he heard this: "So, the Targaryens have been restored?" ”

"The Baratheon dynasty did fall, but the new dynasty may not be Targaryen, at least Caesar did not change his surname." Ed turned to the Bachelor, "Master Wende, please gather the brethren, I have something to announce to them. And Master Stannis, please come over as well. ”

"Okay."

After the maester left, Ed looked back at his bastard, and finally spoke:

"Jon, it's time for me to tell you the truth."

Jon perked up and immediately listened intently, but the other party's next sentence made him confused.

"You're not actually my son...... Ed pursed his lips and continued, "Your mother is my sister Lyanna Stark, and your real father...... It's Prince Rhaegar Targaryen. ”

Jon's mouth was wide open, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

He originally just wanted to know who his mother was, but he didn't expect to get such an answer.

Ed reached out and patted Jon on the shoulder, and said:

"Back then, at the Tower of Elysium, your mother died after giving birth to you. And you know the situation at that time, I must hide your true origins, otherwise the Baratheon family will not let you go.

Fortunately, now that the Baratheon dynasty has fallen, and the past grievances have disappeared, if you want to restore your surname......"

"No!" Jon suddenly spoke, "I'm not a Targaryen, I'm Snow, your bastard!" ”

Ed sighed, "The surname Snow is not noble. ”

"But I'm used to it." Jon said firmly, "And I only recognize you as my father!" ”

Ed was slightly moved when he heard this, and he was no longer reluctant:

"Well, in that case, then you are still my son. Moreover, in the Great Wall of Desperation, there is no difference between Targaryen and Snow. ”

"Hmm."

"Let's go. Let's go down. Eddard turned and walked towards the cage, "Caesar has asked us to let the wildlings in, and said that King's Landing will provide food to feed them. ”

"Great!" Jon cheered and hurriedly followed.

The two descended the Great Wall and returned to Castle Black.

"Yo! Isn't this our noble Lord Eddard, and his illegitimate son? When Jaime Lannister saw the two, he teased in a weird tone.

Jon immediately said, "I'm not an illegitimate child!" ”

"And what are you?"

"I'm ......" Jon wanted to tell the truth, but hesitated.

Ed then spoke;

"Jaime, King's Landing has arrived, Tommen Baratheon has surrendered to Caesar, and your father, Tywin, is dead."

The strange smile on Jaime's face froze suddenly, but soon, he pouted and said:

"I've put on a black coat, and the struggle for power in the south has nothing to do with me."

Ed nodded, and said:

"Also, your sister is here too."

"Cersei?" Jaime asked, "When did the Great Wall accept women?" ”

"She's not here at the Great Wall, she's from the Mole Village."

Hearing this, James's face turned blue in an instant.

(End of chapter)