Chapter 128 The Gate to the Old World

The nobles of the upper class were busy attending His Majesty the King's wedding banquet. Travelers from all over the country and even the hired knights were also talking about it. Even after the wedding, the discussion did not stop.

As for the people of the Reach, apart from the wedding and the king, what they talked about the most was the king's youngest brother Renly.

"Since His Majesty Robert sent his younger brother to Highgarden as an adopted son, it naturally means that His Majesty is no longer prepared to pursue the issue of the Reach standing on the Targaryen side."

In the noisy outdoor hotel, a plainly dressed businessman said this to the people next to him.

"Of course I won't pursue it. There is a huge piece of land next to the Storm Land."

"It doesn't matter, it has nothing to do with us."

"That's right, as long as we don't raise taxes, anything is easy to say."

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"Dragonstone should be given to the eldest son of the king. Is that Renly our future king?"

"How is that possible? He doesn't have the right to inherit."

"But traditionally..."

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"What do you think Lord Renly would look like?"

“What can a child look like?”

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Hedge knight, mercenary, businessman, traveler, bard...

There is no shortage of these existences in hotels based in the wild. Therefore, there is always a lot of news gathered here. Of course, false news accounts for the majority.

Sitting at a table in the corner of the first floor, White Deer Wenda drank a bowl of rabbit soup while listening to the many discussions around her. Her presence didn't attract much attention, because she was wearing a headscarf and a dusty robe, and she was dressed very low-key.

Women walking alone in the Seven Kingdoms are relatively rare, but not unheard of, not to mention she looks like a peasant woman living nearby.

Who would have thought that this seemingly inconspicuous peasant woman was once a fierce female bandit famous in the Seven Kingdoms?

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Wen Da silently listened to the discussions around her.

Starting from King's Landing, we continued along a road called Rose Avenue. The further we headed towards Highgarden, the more discussions there were about our Lord.

People obviously regarded the arrival of the Duke of Dragonstone as a peace signal from the new king, and even some local residents of the Riverbend welcomed it.

After all, the Seven Kingdoms are now in post-war peace, and the people of the Reach do not want to fall into war again.

However, Wen Da was alone here at this time, and her purpose was naturally not to understand the information that she already knew, but to find out some other things that she didn't know.

After the boy was canonized as the Duke of Dragonstone, the promise he made before had already met the basic conditions, and when the two dukes left King's Landing and headed to the Reach, he even picked up the one who had always been there. Wenda, who was waiting in King's Landing, set out with her son.

However, it is not the character of this former bandit to follow a large army in a disciplined manner. Although the war ended not long ago and there was peace in the Seven Kingdoms, it was not without danger——

When traveling to an unfamiliar environment, it is necessary to understand the local situation.

So on the way, she kept walking at the front of the team, trying to find out all kinds of information about her little master.

"There is an old woman over there in the Noble Heart. I heard that she can predict things, but I don't know if it is true or not."

"The shadow lynx in the forest has been particularly active recently. Please be careful when you are on your way..."

"Have you heard? A while ago, a woman named Maegor fell from the sky over at Bitterbridge. She was still wearing armor and crushed several pigs raised by Lord Caswell."

"The madwoman who called on the local peasants to follow her and rebel against King Robert?"

"Rebel against King Robert? Madwoman?"

"Yes, that's a lunatic. She called Baratheon a traitor, and said she would kill all the sons of warriors in the world... I don't know which family this crazy woman came out to talk nonsense about, who didn't? Do you know that there are no warrior sons in the Seven Kingdoms?"

"Everyone knows that Maegor doesn't live long."

"And that tyrant has been dead for more than two hundred years."

"What a madman..."

"What happened to that woman?"

"It is said that our Lord Casway is busy chasing her everywhere..."

"Because of those pigs?"

"It's not just the pigs..."

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Falling from the sky, or emerging from the water... Along the way, Wen Da has heard rumors of such things three times, each time more exaggerated than the last, and she feels that this is ridiculous.

Are these anecdotes of things falling from the sky very popular in the countryside these days?

She remembered that before setting off, similar news had spread in King's Landing.

It is said that shortly after His Majesty the King's wedding, a large number of sea fish appeared inexplicably in a well in Flea Bottom, causing the surrounding poor people to go crazy...

Experience tells Wen Da that this kind of news is basically false, but if you are tired from traveling, listening to it can relax your mind.

But this time she didn't listen completely, because a middle-aged businessman wearing a linen shirt suddenly sat across from her table.

"Good madam, the journey is long, why do you have to travel alone?" The middle-aged man asked with a smile as his brown eyes looked at the beautiful and well-hidden cheeks of the woman opposite.

"Of course I hope some of the blind people can be more honest." Wen Da replied with a smile, and the dagger she held upside down in her hand stabbed the wooden table with a loud sound, the tip of which penetrated deeply, and the handle trembled slightly.

This was a warning and a signal. When the other party saw this, the smile on his face faded. He sat upright and coughed dryly before asking.

"I'm from Old Town. I wonder where are you from, madam?"

"King's Landing."

"King's Landing..." The middle-aged man with a pair of thin eyebrows touched his chin: "Is there any interesting new news there? I mean, other than the wedding of our King Robert?"

"I heard that customs duties will be increased. Is this interesting news?"

"This is really bad,"

The other party sighed after hearing this, and then took the initiative to say without waiting for Wen Da to speak: "A group of sneaky people have appeared in the old town recently, they seem to be from the Eastern Continent, and they are spreading the word that the door to the old world has been opened. , everyone must find that door and close it, otherwise the whole world will be destroyed because of the chaos pouring in behind the door... Ahem, many doors in Old Town have been broken by those madmen recently. I heard that the sea Count Tarr is considering driving them out of his territory."

Wen Da laughed dumbly when she heard this.

There is no shortage of lunatics in this world, and there are countless religious lunatics. For example, a sect in the Eastern Continent that believes in R'hllor, the Lord of Light, is very abnormal in her opinion. She also knows about a religion called the Cult of the Place of the Stars. Everyone inside nervously worships a meteorite that fell from the sky, claiming that it can save the world...

This kind of information was too unrealistic and basically useless to Wen Da, so after hearing it, she didn't take it seriously and asked about other things.

"Do you know anything about the Iron Islands?"

The Iron Islands have been the main enemy of the Reach for thousands of years, so if you are in the Reach, if there is any threat, the ironborn there are one.

"We only know that the gentle King Coren died in the battle on the Shield Islands, and his son Balon became the new king." The merchant heard this and said: "So we have not dared to go to the Iron Islands recently because we haven't figured out who he is. Before King Balon’s temper, no one could guarantee that he would still abide by the previous rules.”

Wen Da nodded, and then told another piece of news.

"The old prime minister of the Eagle family went to Dorne. It is said that he is discussing peace talks. This may allow you to restore Dorne's trade routes."

The merchant raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Resumption of trade routes? This is good news. Gods bless you. I hope Prime Minister Aylin's process goes smoothly."

The blond woman dressed as a peasant woman chuckled in response, and after saying a few more words, the vendor took the initiative to end the exchange of information.

Watching the other party's leaving figure, Wen Da narrowed her eyes.

This kind of exchange of information is very common during the journey. She has encountered this kind of thing before. The information gained is usually of little practical value.

But that guy didn't look like a businessman, but rather like a professionally trained spy.

Is there a lord fighting nearby?

The female bandit secretly guessed.

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