Following the light of the oil lamp, the trio weaves their way through the narrow aisles beneath the unseen, dark vaulted ceilings.

All three of them were dressed in black and had black hair, as if they were shadows in the darkness.

Samwell Tully walked cautiously in front of him, he was too fat, but the bookshelves were so narrow that many times, he had to turn sideways.

At the front of a table embedded in a stone alcove, Sam lit a large oil lamp hanging above his desk with a small oil lamp in his hand. The top of the oil lamp is covered with a lampshade, and the lampshade is hollowed out on all sides.

"You're just reading here?" Will said.

"Yes, sir. ”

Sam pulled open his desk and carefully pulled out a few books from the drawer, as if he were holding a wounded kitten or a puppy, for fear of hurting them.

"My lord, these three books are miscellaneous notes on the language of the children of the forest, dragons, and some ciphertext spells. But you have to be light, these books are old and can easily be torn apart. Maester Aemon said that books have to be restored every hundred years or so, and if they are not restored, they must be copied again, and I estimate that all three books have been copied a dozen times. ”

Will picked up the first book, and the words on it were like tadpoles swimming in the water. He'd seen the words, in the eyes of time and space, but how to pronounce them, how to pronounce them? He didn't know.

Will opened the book, and the cover of the book was four leaves of different colors, antique, and on closer inspection, the leaves were composed of the children of the forest and the situation of the fish beam. Flipping through the book, Will was overjoyed, and next to each word, someone made a note in the lingua franca and marked the pronunciation of the lingua franca.

"Sam, have you learned these languages?"

“...... No...... My lord!" Sam blinked.

Will smiled slightly, this kid told a lie, he was afraid of being captured and sent to the expeditionary force.

Will handed Blake the Sons of the Forest's book: "You can read and write, take it to study, the expeditionary force will meet the Sons of the Forest, and you will be the translator when the time comes." ”

"Yes, sir. Blake took the book, not sad or happy, with a blank face.

"My lord, I think it's what you want most. Samwell pulled out several scrolls from another drawer.

"What is this?"

"Map, sir. Samwell said.

"Map?" Will hurriedly opened the first scroll, which was a large map of the world, including Westeros, the Narrow Sea, Essos, Asha, the Jade Sea Islands, and the map of Valyria before it was destroyed by fire.

Will slowly opened the map, and at the far northwest of the map, there was a map of the Land of Eternal Winter.

"Is there a more detailed map of the territory than that?" Will said.

"Yes, sir. I'm sorry that if I had discovered this library earlier, Benson and Bunus wouldn't have had to spend so much time surveying the geography of the territory and beyond the Desperate Wall. ”

Will is overjoyed, and if you have a regional map, this is simply a priceless treasure.

If there is a detailed map of the places in these areas, such as the Fist Peak of the Ancestors, the Tooth of Frost and Snow, the Ghost Forest, and the Land of Eternal Winter, how to march and fight, where to ambush, and where to lay traps, you can make accurate layouts.

Will opened the second scroll, a map of Dorne and the Midsummer Islands to the south, with mountains, rivers, forests, and lakes clearly marked.

If you want to attack Dorne, you can see at a glance where there are natural dangers, where there are sheep intestine trails, and where there are desert oases.

The only worry is that the map is too old, and the current terrain has changed due to the wind and sun.

However, no matter how it changes, the general trend of mountains and rivers will not change, only the size of the trails and the size of the towns.

Will opened the third scroll, which was a detailed map of King's Landing and Blackwater Bay and Storm's End, with forests and mountains inhabited by primitive tribes.

The fourth is a map of the north of the Great Wall, from the Ghost Shadow Forest, to the Ancestral Fist Peak, to the Frozen Coast, to the Frost and Snow Fang, to the Land of Eternal Winter, where the Children of the Forest live, where the cannibals are, where there are giants, where is the land of the Strangers, roads and lakes, paths and secret paths, all marked.

"This is amazing!" Will delighted. I'm going on an expedition tomorrow and I've found the expedition map today.

"My lord, there is another book here, which I think is also available for the expeditionary army. ”

He pushed open a few scrolls and found a book with a rotten cover. "This is it," he said reverently, "by a ranger surnamed Redwing, about his journey from the Shadow Tower to the bleak headland of the Frozen Shores. Although there is no date on it, he mentions Doron Stark, King of the North, so this must have been done before the War of Conquest. My lord, they fought against the giants! Redwyn even had trade with the Children of the Forest, and that's all in the book. He carefully turned the page with one finger, "Look, he drew the map......"

"Blake, you might as well write down the story of our expeditionary force this time. ”

"My lord, I am offended, you only returned to Castle Black today, and you will go on an expedition tomorrow, are you ready?" Blake said.

"When I was fighting in the West, I was ready for an expedition. ”

Samwell came to a bookshelf and flipped through some scrolls: "My lord, there are many versions of the map, it is estimated that there are different versions of the map from different periods, if you give me time...... I have a way to get everything in order, and I know I can do it, but it will take a lot of time...... There are also many ancient books that break at the slightest touch, and those books need to be copied again, alas, really, at least for years. ”

"You may need the help of the Old Town Scholars on how to restore ancient books. Will said, "We should have Maester Aemon write a letter to Old Town, and let Old Town send Maesters to assist you." Yes, Sam, you need the help of the Bachelor. ”

Blake pulled a bundle of scrolls from a crate, blowing away the thick layer of dust on it, and as he unfolded, a small corner of the scroll peeled off between his fingers.

"Look, this one is about to break. Blake frowned at the faded handwriting.

"Lighter. Sam walked around the table and took the scroll from his hand as if he were holding a newborn baby, "Important books are often copied when needed, and the oldest book here has probably been copied fifty or sixty times." ”

Blake picked up the fallen roll of paper and opened it gently: "Hey, this one is nothing to copy." Thirty-three barrels of salted cod, seventeen barrels of beer, one barrel of pickles, twelve barrels of animal oil......"

"It's a list of goods," said Sam, carefully rolling up the paper, "and from the accounts we can see how many members of the Night's Watch were and what kind of life they were living at that time...... "My lord, I also found a portrait of a man on a fishbeam wood, and a book on the giants and the Horn of Winter...... There are also scrolls that don't even exist in the school city, you see, my lord, the iron-making scrolls handed down from ancient Valyria are the scrolls that make Valyrian steel, the material of fine gold and silk satin, so they are well preserved, and there are records of the seasonal changes made by the scholars thousands of years ago......"

"Valyrian steel's refining scroll?" Will's voice changed.

"Yes, my lord, and the scrolls of the Dragon's Horn, many, many ......" Samwell's voice trembled with excitement, "My lord, when you return from your expedition, I will put these important scrolls in order for you, and hopefully translate them with the help of Master Amon, the scrolls of Valyrian steel are all in the high Valyrian language, really, I assure you, I will definitely translate them all and copy them again for preservation." ”

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