Chapter 0358: The Gravedigger's Savage King Mans's Rebellion
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Will untied the letter from the raven's feet, and immediately a guard brought corn, and the crow jumped on the guard's hand and pecked at it.
Blake approached Will and read the letter with Will.
The other guards and officers avoided it.
Along the way, Will and Blake were very close, and the two of them studied a book with great interest, and neither of them could understand their language at all, and neither of them paid attention to it. The only thing that is certain is that the newcomer, Blake Gawain, is loved by Lord Will.
The letter is from the Great Wall and comes from Samwell's pen.
Will put away the letter, ordered the army to hurry forward, and continued to sweep away the possible wildlings in the forest, whether scouts or farmers, and found that they would either submit or kill, and never give a third way.
The overtures have been made, and now it's time to show the strength of the Night's Watch legion.
Many times, even if you are showing goodwill, but in order for the show to work and make others grateful, you still need a little support, that is, absolute strength.
If you are not strong enough, showing favor can only be regarded as weakness!
Good intentions can also be despised and ridiculed!
As the army marched forward, Blake approached Will's side.
"Sam is really good. Blake said.
Will smiled slightly: "His talent is to read and study, he has an amazing learning ability, and he is just going to be a future bachelor." β
"Do you believe what he said?" Blake said.
"Do you have doubts?"
"Yes!"
"I believe it!"
"And what are you going to do next, digging graves?"
"Yes!"
"Then why not start now?"
"That thing is in some ancient king's tomb in the Fang of Frost and Snow behind the Ancestral Fist Peak. β
Blake glared at Will, "Why are you so sure?"
"I am the Chosen One!" Will pointed to the sky.
The Chosen One is the best excuse, there is no one. Whenever you encounter something that cannot be explained clearly, a word of God's choice will make it happen. Will is not the first to let God take the blame, many shamans, monks, and wizards have let God take the blame for their choices and prophecies!
"And Mans Red knows that spell too?"
"He knows!"
"Why?" Blake's eyes flashed with surprise. He is a person who is difficult to get a glimpse of his emotions, and his calm and calm is the only impression he gives to the outside world.
"Mance Rader used to be a night watchman. Will said.
The army marched forward in a straight line, far and near, and shouts were heard from time to time. The speed of the march is also getting faster. Sweeping the wildlings through the woods, the speed of the warhorse has an overwhelming speed advantage. Any wild man disguised as a peasant gambles that there is no war horse.
"The King of the Savages is a night watchman?" Blake was finally surprised.
"He and Severed Palm Colin are good friends, and they are brothers in life and death. Mance Redden's father was a wildling, he was an illegitimate child without parents, of course the wildling did not have an illegitimate child, the Night's Watch regiment found him on patrol in the field, the child was very strong, I don't know why his parents didn't want him anymore. The little one was brought back to the Wall, grew up in the Night's Watch's castle, and then joined the Night's Watch as a Ranger. β
Later, when he grew up and learned about his origins, he decided to return to the Savage tribe. Is that so?"
"No, he returned to the Savage Tribe because of a tattered cloak. β
"Rotten cloak?" Blake's eyes flashed.
"Mance Reden was one of the twelve bodyguards of the former commander Kogle, and Mormont's previous commander was Kogle. β
"Looks like he was a good guy when he was a night watchman. β
"Yes, only the best rangers can be the commander-in-chief's bodyguard. When my Left Wing Commander, Jon Snow, was a child, Mance Rader escorted Commander Coagle to Winterfell. He has a talent for singing and playing the piano, having performed in Winterfell. β
"Oh, so Chief Jon Snow knows Mandon Red?"
"Jon Snow would recognize the Savage King if he looked closely. Because it was during the visit of King Robert to Winterfell, Mance Rader got the news that he had crossed the Wall and joined Robert as a wandering singer before Robert arrived in Winterfell. And at the feast in Winterfell, he made a deep impression on people again. β
Blake blinked and said, "Lord Will, Robert is defending Winterfell, how can Mance Red, who is far away, get the news?" Blake glanced at the rangers who were speeding to the left and right, "unless the people here have Mance Red's eyeliner." β
Will smiled faintly: "Blake, don't forget that Mance Rader is a Ranger, and many excellent Ranger have been his brothers in life and death, and he has a very good relationship with Broken Palm Colin." He may have rebelled against the Night's Watch, but the brotherhood is still there. At the Great Wall, many brothers had friendships with the wild people. Many of the Ranger brothers have had more women than King Robert. The so-called night watchman's oath that he would not marry a wife and not have children, but he did it without marrying a wife, and that he would not have children and not touch a woman's oath - in fact, it had been ...... a long time ago Broken by the brothers. β
"If I stay under this ice wall and never touch a woman for the rest of my life, I will definitely run away. Blake said.
"Most brothers do, so the Night's Watch has a strict rule that if they escape, they will be hunted down and beheaded. β
Blake shrugged: "Mance Red is also bold, he is not afraid of being recognized by Eddard Stark. β
"He's not afraid!"
"Why?"
"Guest Rights. When he eats in Stark's hall, he is protected by the rights of his guests. The rules concerning guests are as old as those of the ancestors, as sacred as the heart tree. Even if Stark recognized him, Stark was a sincere man of honor and would not kill Mance Red. That's why I've always admired the Starks. If there was anyone among the aristocracy who valued honor and sincerity above life, it was Eddard Stark. β
"Mance Rader was a brave and intelligent man. β
"He can dominate the wild tribe and become the king of the savages, and without extraordinary wisdom, he will not be able to make so many wild people submit to him. He is a true king of savages. β
"It's remarkable. So, why on earth did he defect from the Night's Watch?" Blake was more interested in Mance Red.
"Once, Mance Rader killed a bison while on patrol, and was busy skinning it, when the smell of blood attracted the shadow lynx in a nearby den. Mance Rader fights with the Shadow Lynx, and he chases the Shadow Lynx away, but the cloak is torn to pieces in the fight. The lynx also tore his arms and back, and almost all of his blood was gone. β
"It's terrible!" Blake laughed.
The brothers who had heard the news knew that he would not be able to make it to the Shadow Tower, so they carried him to a savage village, where an old witch was said to have some medical skills. However, the old witch is dead, leaving only one daughter. The daughter cleaned his wounds, sewed up his wounds, fed him porridge and potions, and cared for him until he recovered. She sewed Manse Rader's broken cloak with bright red thread from Asha, the greatest treasure her grandmother had bequeathed to her, from a shipwrecked ship that had run aground on the frozen shore. β
"Mance Rader has met the best of the wildlings!"
"This cloak became the best gift for Mance Red, and I know he still wears it even today. β
"Oh, the kindness of the wild woman is something he will never forget. β
"Yes! Mance Rader returned to the Shadow Tower after his injuries, and Chief Dennis Mellister gave him a new woollen cloak from the warehouse, which was not worn, scratched, or torn...... But there are no traces of red silk threads. Mance Rader refused to replace the red silk cloak, but the law required the night watchman to wear a black cloak, and Sir Dennis threatened to burn the red silk cloak of Mance. So, the next morning, Mance left the Shadow Tower...... Before leaving, he said to Colin, who had severed his palmβthe palm of which had not yet been severed by the savagesβthat he was going to a place where it was no longer a sin to sleep with a woman in his arms, and where people were free to choose the color of their cloaks. β
Blake listened for a long time and then said, "Mance Rader is a man of affection and righteousness, and I think we should easily make a peace agreement with him." β
"Hard!" Will said with a sigh.
"Why? He was also a brother of the Night's Watch. A lot of veterans here still have a brotherhood with him!"
"The savages do not believe in the laws of the people south of the Wall. β
"And what are you going to do?" Blake stared at Will.
"After the Ancestral Fist Peak, I will organize a gravedigger to find what Mance Rader wants to find before his gravedigger team, first destroy his illusions, and then show his strength to force him to submit. Will said.