Chapter 61 Meeting
Clay did not answer Marquis Frey's inquiry, but asked him a question:
"Lord Marquis, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
Squinting his eyes and looking even sallower under the candlelight, the old Marquis' sagging facial skin twitched slightly and he said expressionlessly:
"Don't play tricks, boy Mandalay. I can understand the truth you say. As for the lie, I want to hear what it is."
Smiling, Clay leaned back in his chair, adjusted a comfortable position that made him relax, and said slowly:
"The lie is that Sir Aenys and I are discussing how to make him your heir instead of his eldest brother Sir Steveron, but the truth is that he wants my sister or younger sister to marry his grandson."
In fact, both of them are true, but this kind of truth-telling technique makes the listener instinctively choose only one. No matter how much Ser Aenys was afraid of his father, he would never say something that amounted to rebellion.
Therefore, the truth is that it can only be what Clay said about the engagement. As for the other issues, if there are any, just ignore them.
"Oh, then how did you reply to my stupid third son?"
Ward was silent for a moment, choosing to believe Clay's "truth". In his impression, his third son was a cautious person. Even if he had such thoughts, he would not tell an outsider like Clay.
"I rejected him. To be honest, Sir Aenys's request was too sudden. I didn't even know who they were. Moreover, personally, Lord Marquis, there are many young people in the Frey family. Why don't I do it for you?" Will my elder sister or younger sister choose a good home?"
In front of Marquis Walder Frey, Clay no longer needed to use the same rhetoric as he did with Inis.
After saying this, Clay knew that this so-called lunch was over by this time. Marquis Walder called him over. It was nothing more than an old spider showing that he still had control over the entire spider web. .
As for the specific question, it was actually less important than the former. Clay's answer did not exceed Old Marquis Frey's expectations. So, there were no more questions and the luncheon ended here.
Nodding, Marquis Frey's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and he said:
"Okay, marriage between families is a big deal, so naturally it can't be hasty. Since you have this idea, I will let some of the heirs who can see it go to White Harbor later. As for whether there will be any results, it depends on their ability. "
In Marquis Frey's heart, he was most concerned about the last sentence of Clay's words just now. He eagerly hoped that the family bloodline could penetrate into the future generations of the Manderly family, thus expanding the influence of the Frey family.
Clay agreed to such a request without thinking. Isn't this kind of thing difficult to handle? It’s okay to disagree after arriving at White Harbor.
If you can fool a few direct descendants such as Steve Lun, and the war breaks out, and you can directly hold these people in your hands, it will be somewhat useful in taking down Twin River City.
If that doesn't work, the famous "Frey Sect" is also a more curious option. I believe that Marquis Frey, who has many heirs, will definitely like the gift given to him by the Manderly family.
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Before dinner, the guard captain came back and reported that he had arranged for someone to carve the mark on the wall of the Seven Gods Church according to the drawing given by Clay.
Still having some brains, the guard captain didn't hold back and didn't ask Clay about the purpose of doing this.
What Clay has to do now is to wait for the White Sea Guards lurking here to come to his door.
"Go, get that Frey at the door aside. It's an eyesore."
The guard captain who nodded, clenched his fists and was about to leave was stopped by his young master again.
"Wait, after clearing the people away, you can find someone to watch the door for me. If someone comes and shows you the sign I asked you to carve at noon, and there is no problem with the password, just invite me in directly. But, Pretend to be an acquaintance to me, do you understand what I mean?"
Speaking of which, no matter how stupid the guard captain is, he knows that the young master asked him to find someone to carve that sign. It is definitely not a special prayer ceremony, but a communication signal.
Clay is not worried that the guard captain and the guard will leak the secret. There is a special pointer mark on the trident pattern, which is updated every period of time. There is only one fixed pointer in a period of time.
And if this sign appears again after this time, it will only tell the members of the White Sea Guards who see this sign that someone has leaked the secret and leave immediately.
When the time came the next morning, Clay, who had just finished breakfast, was practicing the swordsmanship of the Wolf School in the courtyard.
Really experiencing the process of waiting, Clay suddenly discovered that there are really few entertainment methods in Westeros. Apart from alcohol, the ways to relax are fighting and martial arts, including but not limited to wrestling, sword competition, archery, etc., and even There is also a bloody "finger dance" popular among the Ironborn.
At night, needless to say, everyone would be doing the same thing on the bed, on the carpet, on the balcony, or even in the wild woods. Clay, who had excellent hearing, could faintly hear the damn scream every night.
It was really boring, so Clay taught the guard captain to play backgammon. After he played two games and won easily, he felt that it was no longer interesting. However, the guard captain found a treasure and began to infect his subordinates.
They didn't have that much paper, so within half a day, the courtyard was full of guards gathering in groups of twos and threes, scratching back and forth on the dirt with daggers or branches. Clay's eyelids jumped when he saw this scene.
It is estimated that after they left, the Freys who came to clean up the area would probably be scratching their heads wondering what it meant when faced with the circles on the ground.
At this time, Clay began to miss the Gwent cards that once made him extremely happy and were even known as the demon hunter. Alas... it would be great if there was a deck of cards now.
Think about that scene, Clay was playing against his sister Wilfield, and Clay played "Robb Stark", which had the effect of summoning the direwolf Gray Wind from the deck.
Wilfield played a "Wildfire", which directly destroyed the direwolf that Clay had just summoned, and triggered the burning effect in the melee positions of both parties...
Wait, this seems to be a clue. The deck is divided into ready-made, Stark, Tully, Arryn, Lannister, Baratheon, Martell, Tyrell, Greyjoy, Maybe even add a Targaryen and Night's Watch.
The Great Lord can be used as a hero card or leader card, and dragons, direwolves, shadow lynx and the like can be used as summoned units, and...
This kind of random thoughts couldn't be stopped as soon as they started. Clay even imagined that the two armies were preparing to fight. As a result, the commanders of both sides looked at it and said, "Hey, isn't this a veteran player?" Come on, come on, let's not fight for now, let's play some cards first...
The corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously, and he didn't know how long he had been thinking about it. Clay's thoughts were brought back to reality by the voice of the guard captain.
"Master, we have arrived. The signs and passwords are correct."
Clay suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the short man in front of him who was obviously dressed as a businessman. He stretched out his hand with the ring that represented the power of the White Sea Guards. When he saw the ring, the man immediately knelt down on one knee.
"Twin River City, Anti Hewen, I have met the Commander!"
What is Gwent? If you are a fan of the game "Gwent (Division) Three: Wild Gambling (Hunting)", you will know what I am talking about. If you are a reader who has never played it, Simply put, it is a game that uses various card effects to win points. If you are interested, you can search online.
Another: I'm thinking about whether we should really create such a set of things in the future plot. Hey, conquest by force is nothing. Conquering the world with Gwent is awesome. For readers who want to see this kind of plot, below Leave me a message to discuss your thoughts. If not... forget it.
