Chapter 137 Letter from Jun Lin
The atmosphere became dull because of the last sentence, and then under Willas's surprised eyes, Renly pondered for a while, and finally agreed to his proposal.
"Why did you change your mind suddenly?" He asked curiously.
"I'm going to see what this sea ghost looks like." Renly answered truthfully.
White Gull Village, Jaspi, although a long time has passed and the information is not very important to him, he still recalled what these two are from the corner of his memory.
When he first entered the Drowned Man Dungeon, a boy from the same village he met was called Jaspi, and his name at that time was Hal, who was born in White Gull Village.
So the question is, why do people in the dungeon, or dead people, suddenly appear in the real world and become a so-called sea ghost?
Is it because Jaspi turned into a sea ghost in the original history, or is there some change in this world that he doesn't understand?
He couldn't help but think of the followers of the so-called Son of the Drowned God...
This question seems very important, so Renly changed his mind.
But before that, he needed to make many considerations and preparations. For example, if he really went out to sea, would the curse on his body take effect?
For example, how to persuade Lord Tyrell to let him join?
In his opinion, the brown-haired boy's plan of "gathering for a petition" had a very low chance of success, so Renly had no hope for it, or in other words, he would never leave the castle under normal circumstances, just like the treatment he received in King's Landing, so he could only use abnormal methods...
Thinking thoughtfully, Renly said goodbye to Willas, who was happy because of his successful persuasion, and returned to his room in Highgarden Castle. After a moment's silence, he took out a piece of parchment he usually used for calligraphy practice from the bookcase, and found a dagger to cut it to the right size.
Finally, the boy sat on the chair, picked up the feather pen on the desk, dipped it in the ink in the bottle, and began to write on the letter paper.
At this time, the sky was approaching dusk, and the sunlight outside the window shone in through the translucent light green glass, which looked hazy and beautiful. The lines of pure black common language were bathed in light, looking like wonderful puzzles growing from the bottom of the hazy ocean.
As he kept writing, the rustling sound of the feather pen rubbing against the paper continued, and the fine words gradually covered the entire piece of letter paper. Finally, the black-haired boy took out the Duke's seal of the Crowned Stag from his trash can, stained it with red sealing wax, and stamped it on the letter. Thus, a very realistic royal forged letter was made.
"I didn't expect that not changing the coat of arms would have such a benefit."
Muttering softly, he temporarily dried the letter on the desk, and then sat on the carpet again without caring about his image, picked up the glass jar in the trash can, looked at the mouse breathing quietly inside, Renly took a deep breath, and then shook it vigorously.
Seagulls, stumps, books...
The black-haired boy stopped his hand with satisfaction only after it turned into a dull-headed crow.
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The next morning, in the room of the Maester Tower, the bald middle-aged maester was teaching and inculcating relevant information about the outbreak of this war.
"King Coren, the father of the rebel leader Balon Greyjoy, is a unique leader of the Iron Islands. His ruling goal is to integrate the Iron Islands into the Seven Kingdoms. To this end, he not only hired maesters to serve in the Iron Islands, but also liberated all slaves in the Iron Islands. At the same time, he imposed heavy taxes on many vassals who forcibly took salt concubines, and actively participated in the Seven Kingdoms' external wars."
"This series of measures is contrary to the ancient customs of the Iron Islands. King Coren is obviously ready to abandon the ancient roads that the Ironmen once relied on for survival, and his wisdom and means are enough to suppress the dissatisfaction of his vassals."
"Unfortunately, before his ruling goal was achieved, he died in the war against the Shield Islands." The maester said, sighing regretfully.
The Shield Islands are a series of islands off the western coastline of Highgarden, guarding the river that connects to the sea under Highgarden Castle, that is, guarding the entire Highgarden and the Reach.
During Robert's Rebellion, the Iron Islands had been on the sidelines, and finally saw that the rebellion was basically certain to end in victory, so they belatedly sent a fleet to attack the Reach, Robert's original enemy, and caught the tail of the war.
Unfortunately, their achievements were few and did not cause much impact on the Reach. King Coren, who wanted to abandon the ancient roads of the Iron Islands, also died in that war, so his eldest son, Balon Greyjoy, who admired the ancient roads more, inherited the throne of Seastone.
Interestingly, the reason why King Coren participated in the war was instigated by his son.
"Qullen Greyjoy died in battle, and his eldest son Balon Greyjoy sat on the Seastone Throne, but time was short and his foundation was unstable, so how could he gain the support of his subordinates after becoming the new king?"
Facing three students who were listening quietly, the bald maester analyzed: "A war, a war that shows a completely different goal from his father's rule, will make those iron races who advocate the ancient ways fully support Balon. At the same time, His Majesty Robert was crowned not long ago, and the timing of the war seems to be just right."
"Qullen's peaceful rule has been long, and there should be many people who agree with his idea of integrating into the Seven Kingdoms, right?"
Brenly, who was listening quietly, suddenly asked: "How did Balon convince those lords in a short period of time to give up Qullen's efforts and support him in launching a rebellion?"
This question involves the reason why the war broke out. Although Renly remembered that this war did exist, he felt that it should not have broken out so early. Moreover, due to the suspicion that arose yesterday, he always wondered whether all this had something to do with him. idea, although he thought it didn't seem to make sense.
"He definitely needs to win the support of those people. The Iron Islands' navy is very powerful, but that is only if all the Ironmen are united. If he cannot even appease his home base, then it would be particularly unreasonable to launch a war. It's too risky." Villas on the side also nodded in agreement.
"This question will have to be answered by Balon himself after our victory in the war." The bachelor said evasively, and then signaled the end of today's class - he actually couldn't think clearly about this question.
"My plan is already halfway through. I am currently preparing to contact the two brothers Brian and Edway of the Fossoway family." After the bald bachelor left, the brown-haired boy spoke to Renly in a low voice.
"Just call me when you want to petition," Renly replied.
"What are you talking about?" The little fat man on the side felt vaguely like he was being squeezed out, but after the mysterious two looked at each other, they did not answer his question and instead walked out of the room.
The little fat man pouted depressedly.
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On the other side, after finishing teaching, the bald bachelor Lomis was walking on the stone stairs to the Crow Room, thinking about his three students as he walked.
Master Willas is still as smart as ever, and the young Duke of the Baratheon family has a vision and bright thinking that surprises him. The only one who needs more care is Master Garland, but Master Garland is the second son. , I am too young now, so I don’t need to learn more about certain things...
Perhaps we should ask the Duke about this?
Thinking about it, the bald bachelor paused in his steps due to the violent impact on his forehead. He looked up and found that he had arrived at the door of the crow room.
In addition to being a doctor, the bachelor's daily work mainly involves raising ravens and sending and receiving letters. Apart from that, teaching is just a secondary task.
Therefore, Bachelor Lomis went to the crow room a lot every day, and he would come there after every teaching session.
After raising his hand to rub his painful forehead, the bald bachelor took out the door key and unlocked the door. A chaotic sound of shouting and shouting immediately hit his face.
Looking around, there are rows of cages of dung-stained crows in the brightly lit messy room. Now there are countless little black eyes staring at me in the cages, and a few of them are shouting bald, bald, bald unscrupulously. !
"If I find out which annoying guy taught you this, I'll have to shave his head."
He murmured, and suddenly saw an unfamiliar raven standing blankly on the table by the window not far away. The petite body made him feel a little strange, but the symbol tied to the raven's leg made the bald man The maester recognized it at once—the bird came from King's Landing.
"What other orders does the king have? Or is it a message from Grand Maester Pycelle?" He secretly guessed. After stepping closer, he caught this unusually honest raven in his hands and pulled the raven's legs with a strange mentality. Pull out the letter tied to it.
He opened the letter and squinted at it. After a moment, the bald bachelor couldn't help but frown.
"What a ridiculous decision."
Shaking his head, he put the letter away, then locked the honest raven in an empty cage, and hurriedly left the place, preparing to report the matter to the Duke.
I wish everyone has a good time eating, having fun, and having a good time during the Mid-Autumn Festival~ (PS: The author is not happy anymore, and he has to go to the dentist during the festival...)
