Iger quietly returned to his room in the night, unable to calm down for a long time.
This was a huge gamble, a huge adventure to make up for my stupid mistake in preventing Bran from falling, and to clear up the possibility of trouble when leaving the Great Wall in the future. It felt like telling one lie after another. Although lying can temporarily get away with it, the danger afterwards is no less dangerous than facing the White Walkers: once the two sides confront each other, he, the little soldier who framed and slandered the prince, will definitely be dead.
Just like Littlefinger told Catelyn that the dagger used to assassinate Bran was Tyrion's, Egger is now betting that the Stark family will respond calmly instead of making a big splash when they learn of the incident. But the complete opposite to Petyr Baelish is that he created lies and suspicions not to gain a chance to rise to the top in the chaos, but to stabilize the situation so that he could leave the Great Wall smoothly, and to have a chance to survive. Xu Tu broke away from the vigil. Ways to identify people.
Given his familiarity and understanding of the plot and characters, he has a high probability of winning the bet, but no matter how confident he is, the fact that he is risking his life will not change... Now, he has done all he can do, As for whether he lives or dies, it all depends on the big shots above.
If he could choose his future destiny, he hoped that he would never have to rely on gambling to protect himself.
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Bran was unconscious as in the original plot, and only the family of the fallen man was grieving. For the other residents of Winterfell, especially the hundreds of guests from King's Landing, life had to go on. Iger took an opportunity when he was short and returned the archery target, scarecrow and other facilities placed in the old inner courtyard dejectedly to the warehouse. In the following days, he stayed in the room and waited patiently for the day of departure, just like this. Four days later, the servant brought Bunyan's words - they would set out to return to the Great Wall at the same time as the king and the new prime minister tomorrow morning.
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The sky was bright and thin snowflakes were flying in the air. Egger reluctantly left his small room on the bottom floor of the guest house, which had "heating" and soft beds, and was like paradise compared with the Great Wall. After breakfast Afterwards, he came to the school grounds and waited.
I'm afraid the king hasn't gotten up yet, and the master of Winterfell and the chief ranger haven't shown up yet... But the so-called assembly means that the juniors and the people below have arrived first to wait for big shots like them.
It had been five days since Bran fell from the building. Egg seemed to have been forgotten. He had not been called to question or confront anyone. This gave him a little peace of mind. What made him even more gratified was that his report had achieved results: From the servant's mouth, I learned that guards had been posted at the door of Bran's room day and night. His bold adventure has achieved half the results. Now, as long as Bran's assassin can't find a chance to kill him, and after returning to the Great Wall, Tyrion also successfully persuaded the top management of the Night's Watch to let him leave and become a "material collection officer". You can leave the Great Wall.
Hope everything goes well.
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The guards accompanying the king and the prime minister gathered one after another, and Jon Snow also appeared and took the initiative to say hello to Egger. The young man has confirmed that he will follow Ban Yang north to the Great Wall to join the Night Watch. Now in his eyes, Egg is a comrade and senior who will soon become his brother in black. Even though he knows that the other party is trying his best to leave, he still instinctively wants to get close to the latter. .
"Morning." Egg nodded towards the boy: "When I was your age, I couldn't get up until dawn."
"From today on, Uncle Benjen will be my commander." Jon replied with a smile, "Sir Rodrik taught me to behave well in front of my new superiors."
"Indeed, the life experience of those who have been there, in a few years you will find that doing well is sometimes far less than performing well."
"It's better to perform well than to do well?" Jon tilted his head in confusion: "Is there a difference between the two?"
"Sometimes there is no difference, but more often, the difference is huge."
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an illegitimate child, A night watchman walked and chatted for a while in the yard, and unknowingly came to the blacksmith shop at the south end of the school grounds. Here, Jon stopped to receive from the blacksmith his customized work, planning to The slender sword given to Arya.
"Such a small sword, is it for girls?" Egg asked knowingly.
Jon wiped the small sword clean and then raised it and observed it carefully: "Well, don't talk about this to anyone, and I won't tell anyone what you discussed with the little devil."
"Hey, you kid! "Although he was still worried about the future, Iger pretended to smile relaxedly: "Okay, deal." "
Boy, are you going to the Great Wall today?" A cheerful male voice suddenly came from behind the two of them, James Lan. Nestor walked over with a cheerful face, seemingly unaffected by Bran's fall incident. He was sincerely happy to finally leave Winterfell, a ghostly place where he couldn't even find a place to have an affair.
"Yes, my lord..."
"Please convey my respect to the Night's Watch. There are good people like you guarding the north for the kingdom and protecting us from the invasion of wildlings, white walkers and other monsters. I am grateful. Say thank you in advance." He stretched out his hand to Jon, and the boy hesitated before reaching out to hold him as well.
A few seconds later, the Kingslayer extended his hand to Egger again: "And you, White Walker Slayer, be sure to kill a few more, but don't let those ghosts cross the Great Wall."
"I'm willing to help." The Night Watchman said uneasily. Shaking hands with him, the other party secretly exerted force, squeezing his palm until it hurt, and he had to use his strength to resist to feel better.
"Okay, I wish you a smooth journey." The handsome blond man finished this sentence without thinking, then turned around and left without looking back.
Looking at the man's retreating back, Jon frowned with dissatisfaction: "What did he mean?"
"What else could it mean?" Egg shrugged, knowing that James was warning him to keep his mouth shut. But he has so many things on his mind now that he has no time to pay attention to this cynical nobleman: "These children from aristocratic families from the south have nothing to do all day long, and they are so idle that they are a little nervous."
The young man nodded as if understanding, and took the blacksmith's hand. The small sword in his hand: "I have to say goodbye to my brothers and sisters, so excuse me first."
"Well, go ahead."
The illegitimate son turned around and left. He had grown up here, and it was naturally difficult to leave him now. Compared with him, Ige had no relatives in this city or even in this world, but he was carefree. After wandering aimlessly for a while, he was stopped by Tyrion, who was belatedly arriving. Then he and the dwarf sat on the railing at the edge of the school ground and waited, while chatting more about the strange things about his hometown "Cerna". thing, while watching the team that is about to set off south gradually take shape.
The sun was blocked by clouds, but the sky was still getting brighter and brighter unstoppably. At about nine o'clock in the morning, the two most important principals finally appeared in everyone's sight. No need to say more, the people who were about to separate kissed each other goodbye. , then resolutely mounted his horse, rode out of Winterfell from Hunters Gate, walked west onto the King's Road, and embarked on his journey.
After walking for several miles, amidst the neighing of people and horses and the creaking and groaning of the Queen's Wheel Palace, the King's flag and the motorcade, knights and free riders turned left at the first fork in the road and headed south, while Egg and Bunyan Shi Tucker, Jon's uncle and nephew, as well as Tyrion and his two guards turned to the north.
The half-month life in Winterfell, filled with food, drink, thrills and accidents, has ended here. Waiting for the return of the two Night Watchmen is the Great Wall, which is still standing intact, and the wall on the north side that has been destroyed during this period. An unknown number of legions of the dead have grown.