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The Great Wall of Despair, the Night Fortress.

This is an abandoned residence of the Night Watch brothers. Under the long ice wall of a hundred leagues along the Great Wall, such a small fortress is not uncommon. The castle itself does not have much fame.

But the Nightfort is well known to most southern children. Whenever a baby cries, their mothers and wet nurses will name this place and use it to stop the baby's crying.

Because this place is where the Rat Chef incident where Guest Rights originated.

A cook fed an Andal king bread and salt, minced the king's son into mincemeat, mixed it with onions, carrots, and young mushrooms, and made a delicious dish with pepper, salt, and Dornish wine. pie, presented to the king.

The king thought it was delicious and asked for another piece. The rat chef agreed. Later, the gods in the sky couldn't see such a cruel thing, so they sent down their magic power and worked together to turn the chef into a big white rat. He would never relieve his hunger and let the rat chef eat his own children and grandchildren.

Anyone can take revenge, but the gods will never forgive someone who kills guests under his roof. These are the exact words of Nurse Bran.

At this moment, Brandon Stark, wrapped in a black cloak, was slumped on the floor of the kitchen of the Nightfort, looking at Hodor who was sleeping beside the fire.

Hodor is his guard, servant and nanny. He has giant blood. He was named because of a brain development problem and could only say "Hodor".

Stark, whose nickname was Bran, felt that the nurse's words were still ringing in his ears.

I don't know what happened to the nanny. Did she escape?

Because he didn't have to walk, Bran wasn't very tired. He couldn't sleep anymore, so he had to pass the time by watching his companions sleeping.

Meera Reed slept very quietly, but the handsome boy Jojen Reed was not the same. He tossed and turned, not knowing what green dream he was having.

The two siblings are members of House Reed, a Stark vassal and lord of Greywaterwatch, whose members are known for their short stature.

If nothing unexpected happened, Reed's ancestors had been married to the children of the forest, which allowed them to receive the blessings of the old gods, and the weirwood trees were quite friendly to them.

Bran's younger brother Rickon (named Rickard, in honor of his grandfather) has been taken away by the wildling Osha to the castle of a Stark loyalist for thousands of years, where he will grow up safely.

When Bran was about to close his eyes and have a good sleep, a subtle rubbing sound drifted into his ears.

In the dark night when he couldn't see his fingers outside the house and the only sound was the wind, like a woman crying, a sound of footsteps rubbing against the ground squeezed into Bran's ears.

He felt the hairs on his body stand up on the spot, and the nanny's story about "Crazy Ax" suddenly appeared in his mind, and he could no longer dispel it.

Mad Ax is a humanoid monster who likes to run around barefoot in the castle of the Night Watch brothers, and then hacks innocent people to death with his bloody axe. Then, the people who were hacked to death join his team and follow him. Running around.

The fire beside him and the rough cloak on his body could no longer provide him with warmth, and Bran only felt cold all over.

After careful identification, he suddenly understood the source of the footsteps.

Not outside the kitchen, not on the floor, but coming from underneath.

The footsteps became louder and louder, and even breathing and the baby's whimpers could be easily distinguished.

This makes Bran even more desperate. Could it be that Hodor's snoring awakened the monster in the wet nurse's story?

He was so frightened that he did not dare to shout. Suppressed by the approaching voices, this Stark even wanted to sneak into the body of the direwolf Summer, but Summer was hundreds of meters away and could not help him.

The footsteps became louder and louder, and Bran could even imagine his huge size.

He remembered what his sister Sansa had said, hiding under the quilt, the evil spirit would not be found, but he did not have a quilt now.

So Bran, who was squirming on the ground, slowly approached Meira.

Down in the well, Samwell Tarly, who was too frightened to speak out from Stark, was equally frightened.

The chubby night watchman thought he heard an inexplicable sound, as if a big insect was crawling on the ground.

He was well-informed in the book and even imagined a variety of monsters that might appear here, and then became even more timid.

But after glancing at Gilly behind him, Sam felt that he had the courage again, and he continued to climb up the spiral staircase.

The well was very slippery and the physical exertion was great, which made Sam's breathing quicken.

He felt that it was scary outside, but he didn't know that his heavy breathing frightened others even more.

When Sam climbed up the well, before he could pull Gilly up, he was already covered by a net.

"No, loose net, mother save me." In desperation, the courage Gilly gave Sam ran away, so the fat man began to talk nonsense.

A few minutes later, six people, a child, and a wolf that ran over at some point were standing in the kitchen looking at each other.

The two sides began to communicate until they confirmed that the other party had no ill intentions, and then the situation began to ease.

"Seven gods," cried Sam, "your spear went through my belly."

When Meera heard this, she hurriedly squatted down to check the situation.

After all, she did it and she has to take responsibility.

After touching a layer of mail armor, Meira said contemptuously: "You are wearing iron armor, and I didn't even scratch your belly."

Samwell was very surprised. He touched his pregnant belly, "Really, but it still hurts!"

As expected, he pretended that nothing had happened and started talking to a few people in the kitchen.

Bran and Meera were questioning whether this man was a brother of the Night's Watch, and Jojen was communicating with the wildling Gilly, but the child started crying again, and the kitchen was in a mess.

In response to this, A Duo, whose face remained unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai, said calmly: "A Duo~"

Sam finally explained his origin clearly. He also mentioned that there was a strange man dressed as a Night Watch Ranger waiting for someone north of the Great Wall.

"He said there was someone here and asked me to take him there." Pangpang explained.

The weirdo's hands are as cold as ten thousand years old ice, so Gilly and Sam call him "Cold Hands."

After many negotiations, Bran decided to go to the north of the Great Wall to find the ranger, and the three accompanying people naturally followed.

Sam had no choice but to leave his abducted young wife and cheap son here, and then take four people and one wolf over.

"Only I can open that black door." He explained to several people.

After wandering back and forth for dozens of times in the well, everyone came to the black door at the bottom of the well. In the faint moonlight, Bran and Meira could clearly see that the door was white.

To be precise, the Black Door is made of weirwood, but the part with the human face carved on the weirwood is as pale as a corpse.

"It's obviously a white door, why is it called a black door?" Bran asked, puzzled.

Samwell turned around, smiled sweetly and replied: "Because its mouth is black."

The fat man's smile made Bran feel greasy, but a strange thought suddenly arose in his heart.

Could it be that the door is in the mouth?

How is this possible!

Samwell walked to the door, and something surprising happened to everyone. The doorman asked: "Who are you?"

"Who~who~who~"

Weird sounds echoed throughout the underground well.

"I am the sword in the darkness, the guard on the wall, the firework against the cold, the light at dawn, the horn that wakes the sleeping, the shield that protects the kingdom."

Sam said a string of words that sounded like the duties of a night watchman.

"Go!"

On the weirwood, the human mouth began to change, and a huge mouth slowly appeared in front of everyone.

Sam smiled kindly at his companions behind him, and then got in first.

Meera, Jojen, Hodor and others followed. After passing through the mouth, Sam gave a dragon crystal dagger and two dragon crystal arrowheads he had to the northbound team.

From now on, Bran and others, led by the mysterious man Cold Hand, will go all the way north, pass through the vast ghost forest, enter the territory of the savage tribe Thenns, and then find the weirwood tree in the northeast of the Far North. throne.

There, some of the current bodies of the Children of the Forest and the Three-Eyed Raven are waiting for the youngest Brandon Stark to take over the position of High Priest of the Old God and fight against the Cold God's men.

Of course, considering that the Night King may also be named Brandon Stark, and most of the White Walkers have Stark blood, no matter who wins in the war between the living and the dead, it will be Brandon Stark anyway. Stark wins.

…

King's Landing City, Grand Council Hall.

Several truly important nobles are discussing various details with the king.

The pungent smell of blood filled the Queen of Thorns, who was always fanning herself. Beside her, her son-in-law and nephew, Lord Paxter Redwine, was drawing on the map. Randyll Tarly and Orton Mawriwes were two The count also stared at the map.

Now is the time to allocate some unclaimed territories. What the governors like most is territory that can be passed down for thousands of years.

Arthur pointed at Duskendale City, "The Tully family's reward can be here, but this will inevitably separate Earl Randyll's family, so we can also find a few territories in the Reach and add them to Horn Hill."

Horn Tomb is directly south of High Garden, and Brightwater City is directly west of Horn Tomb. These three places are currently the focus of everyone's attention.

The serious Landao was very satisfied with the new king's handling of his family, "I only have one son who can inherit the territory, and he is serving your majesty."

The meaning of his words was very clear, he wanted the reward from the Reach.

Arthur was also very satisfied with Earl Tully's choice.

His biggest threat at present is that the people of the River Bend are too ambitious and too powerful.

For fifteen years, Baratheon and Lannister had shown them what to do with this combination, even deducing situations that didn't happen.

The Lion family's pearls are in front, and the Rose family's follow suit.

As for Arthur himself, the territories and soldiers directly under him are only equivalent to that of a powerful earl, and the most reliable territory is still under Sansa's name.

Hejian can barely be regarded as the basic base, but the Frey family is too strong, the other families are too weak, and Riverrun, controlled by Blackfish, is not very good at Arthur, and the basic base is too fragile.

So weakening the Reach is inevitable.

To be precise, it was to weaken the Tyrell family. Although Hightower formed an alliance with them, they did not send any soldiers from their own family to the north this time, which shows their attitude.

Arthur's current thinking is to support the Tully family.

Randall was not very popular among the Reach people because he was too rigid. Moreover, the Rose family's strong allies are all along the coast. Among the earls and nobles in Highgarden, only the Red Apple family has formed a marriage alliance with Tyrell.

"Count Tully's wife is the eldest daughter of the former Count Florentine. His family should inherit Brightwater City." Arthur pointed to the small dot on the map.

He also knew that Tyrell would never let go of such a piece of fat. If Garland secured Brightwater City, the Rose Family could cover the sky in the hinterland of the Reach with one hand.

But the great medical student Lu Xun once said, if you open a window first, others will definitely disagree. If you propose to lift the roof, others will probably agree to open a window.

Without him, everyone likes to be neutral.

Brightwater is located between Oldtown and Highgarden, and the connection between Tully's Corner and the castle just interrupts the end of the Rose Avenue.

The Queen of Thorns adjusted her square head niche and said, "If that's the case, we Riverbend people might as well withdraw as soon as possible. It's all meat in the pot anyway, and we'll eat it no matter what."

She threatened the new king with a withdrawal of troops from the Reach.

At this time, Count Orton Mariweis, who had been roped in beforehand, came into play.

The family once had a prime minister during the Mad King period, but due to incompetence in combat, Aerys II deprived them of their territory and castle, and the lord was also exiled. After Robert came to power, he said that the Long Table Hall was returned to the Mariweis family, but only part of the fief was given.

The benefit Arthur gave his family was to restore their complete territory.

Earl Orton cleared his throat, "But it is certain that Lord Landau's wife has the right to inherit. No one can deny this. I have a suggestion. Sir Garland gets Brightwater City and half of the territory, and the remaining half is given to Horn Hill. , Considering Dickon's outstanding performance, I think we can also take out some of the territory of the Peak family in Star Shuttle City and grant it to the Tully family."

The Peake family was once a first-tier noble in the Reach, owning three large castles and three earls. However, due to repeated mistakes in siding with one another, it is now a fourth-tier and fifth-tier family, and the only remaining castle is Starshuttle City in the east of Horn Hill. .

"Earl Tully deserves more than this, and the Baker family has not made any big mistakes for the time being, and it is difficult to reduce the title. Let's give half of the territory of Brightwater City to Lord Randyll first, and wait for the rest of the reward to Dicken. Let's talk after we bring the soldiers from Hejian to King's Landing City."

Arthur has decided to form a standing royal army. He will use the new army he formed previously as a team and recruit young men from the territory of the Dragon Party family to fill it.

Dickon is the most suitable commander of this army, and he will discuss this privately with Randyll Tarly.

Of course, King's Landing would probably not be able to support this army, so the royal standing army should be stationed near Harrenhal.

After Sansa married Arthur, Harrenhal and nearby territories became the private property of the royal family.

Mrs. Olenna didn't speak. She nodded for a long time and reluctantly agreed to deal with Liangshui City.

Garland does not have a trace of the Florentine family's blood. No matter how powerful the Tyrell family is, they cannot ignore the opinions of other nobles of the Seven Kingdoms.

Arthur still has several ideas to weaken the Tyrell family, but he has not stated them clearly. He has to wait until he gets married to Little Rose before taking his time.

Of course, there is one thing you can do now.

Arthur pointed at himself and said to the Queen of Thorns: "The old lady must also know that I have a dragon, and I don't have many golden dragons myself. The Iron Throne still owes a large sum of money to the Iron Treasury in Braavos. Since we The two families have formed an alliance, and the dragon has a huge appetite, so I thought about asking the Tyrell family to pay for the dragon's food."

This is the biggest pitfall.

"I remember that Your Majesty only has one dragon. How can he not be able to raise it?"

Because Alduin has claimed his master, Olenna has no interest in raising dragons.

"I still have six dragon eggs, and there is still a nest of dragon eggs in the name of the Stark family. There is no shortage of dragons. Well, if the Tyrell family is willing to pay for the dragon's food, I will let Margaery do it. All heirs born will be chosen first."

It's one thing to challenge a dragon, but it's not Arthur's fault if he can't ride it.

When the Queen of Thorns heard this, she immediately became energetic.

She put her hands on the round table and asked, "Your Majesty, can you ensure that another dragon will be hatched?"

With dragons, it doesn't matter if Margaery's son is born later. The Hightower family, relatives of the Rose family, had a standard demonstration more than a hundred years ago.

"Yes, you don't have to wait long, Alduin will be able to hatch a dragon in a year or two."

Dragon flames also have magical effects. When the black dragon can continue to spray dragon flames, Arthur is ready to hatch the remaining six dragon eggs.

After the seven dragons grow up, all the calculations of the Rose family are no longer a problem.