Chapter 106 Imperial Meeting

When he came to King's Landing again, Lind felt like he was back participating in a tournament. There were camps outside King's Landing. The flags of the lords and nobles from various places were flying on the camps. Soldiers with different equipment were walking around the camps.

"The Ismond family of Greenstone Castle, the Selmy family of Harvest Hall, the Wilder family of Rainhouse City..." Daisy looked at the flags flying on the camp and identified which families had responded to King Robert's call. , "They are all lords of the Stormlands. No one from the closer royal family has sent anyone here. What do they want to do?"

"I think it's not that we didn't send people, it's that we couldn't send people." Jon on the side also looked at the surrounding camps and whispered: "There were a lot of rumors spread during the extreme cold natural disaster, and His Majesty Robert failed to catch him. The rumor makers can only target the royal nobles, the most loyal supporters of the Long family in the past. Now that the royal lords have been weakened to the point where they are inferior to ordinary nobles, how can they still send troops to respond to the call? ”

Hearing the conversation between the two, Linde turned back to look at them and said in a deep voice: "Shut up, everyone, and don't talk about these irrelevant things. We are here to fight, not to chat."

Daisy and Jon couldn't help but shrink their necks and said no more.

The silent march can be said to be the characteristic of Linde's army. Compared with other armies, where people chatter non-stop whether walking or camping, Linde's army seems to have had their tongues cut out. They talked less and were all immersed in their work. This made the entire team form an invisible force, making everyone who saw them feel inexplicable fear.

Before approaching King's Landing, this army of thousands of cavalrymen attracted a lot of attention, but most people looked at a loss when they saw the swallow-tailed flag in the hands of this group of troops, because they did not They didn't recognize which family the sword emblem on the flag came from, until they saw the two unusually tall horses in the team, all covered in leather armor, and the giant beast that looked like a shadow lynx next to the horses, and they immediately understood the identity of the person coming.

Since that tourney, Linde's reputation has not weakened because he left King's Landing. On the contrary, it has continued to strengthen. The revival of Tengshi Town, the opening of the Mander River route, the miraculous victory of one against a thousand in Old Town, The identity of the Warrior God's Chosen and everything else have become the most talked about things in the streets of King's Landing.

The song of the bear hunter in the tavern has even been changed to the song of the chosen one, with more than thirty versions of the lyrics. For any bard, it would not be a big deal if he could not sing other songs. question, but if he couldn't sing the Song of the Chosen One, he would definitely be considered a bad singer and kicked out of the tavern.

It is precisely because Linde has such a great reputation in King's Landing that as soon as his team arrived outside the Lion's Gate in King's Landing, they were already blocked on the road by people who came to watch and soldiers under other lords. .

At this time, only a group of golden robes were seen rushing out from behind the crowd. They used leather whips to drive away the people blocking the road, opened a path, and came to Linde's team.

Seeing the person coming, Lind got off his horse and walked to the front of the team. He saluted the leader in the golden robe and said, "Lord James, long time no see."

The person leading this team of golden robes was none other than Jaime Lannister. He looked at Lind with a complicated expression, then looked at Lind's men around him, and couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, it has indeed been a long time. Back then, When I saw you, you were not even a knight, but now you are..." As he spoke, he paused and did not continue. He looked around and said, "This is not the place to talk. Your Majesty has already done this for you. You and Lord Nymeria have prepared the camp location, which is at the Dragon Gate. Come with me!"

After saying that, James turned around and ordered the golden robes to disperse the crowd of onlookers, and then led Lind's team from the path outside the city wall to a large open space between the Dragon Gate and the Old City Gate.

After Lind ordered his subordinates to set up camp, James said to him and Nymeria: "You and Lord Nymeria will come with me to see His Majesty the King now! When he heard about your arrival, he couldn't wait to see you. It’s your turn.”

Lind and Nymeria heard this, looked at each other, packed their bags, and followed James into the city.

Although there was a rebellion in the Iron Islands and caused great damage to the western coastline, this did not affect the stability of King's Landing. For the people of King's Landing, the Iron Islands were too far away and too weak. They believe that as long as the army summoned by the king is assembled, they will be able to solve the problem of the Iron Islands with overwhelming force, so they are more concerned about what they eat today than the news about the Iron Islands.

Just like when he entered the outer city of Highgarden that day, when Linde entered King's Landing with Glory, Glory also caused quite a stir.

However, most of the people in King's Landing already knew that there was a giant beast beside Linde, the Chosen One, so it did not cause panic like the time in Highgarden. However, they still stayed far away, and no one dared to approach. This was true. It saves you the trouble of golden robe clearing the way.

Soon the group arrived outside the Red Keep. After verifying their identities, James did not lead Lind to the hall. Instead, he bypassed the main building from a corridor and came to the courtyard on the sea side of the Red Keep.

Lind asked Glory to stay outside the courtyard, and then followed James into the courtyard.

"Haha! Look who's here! Our God's Chosen One." As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard King Robert's hearty laughter, and then saw King Robert getting out of a pavilion full of people. , walked towards Linde with open arms, and hugged Linde hard before Linde could react.

Although I don't know why, it can be seen that King Robert really admires Linde, and the intimacy he expresses is far beyond that of ordinary foreign ministers. Instead, he treats him more like a friend.

After King Robert let go of his hand, Lynd took a step back, took off his helmet, and saluted Robert: "Your Majesty the King."

Nymeria also stepped forward and stood beside Lind, saluting Robert together.

Robert looked at Nymeria and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Count Fudley, you are so damn tall, even taller than that guy from the Magic Mountain."

"Your Majesty, please be careful with your words." At this time, the white-haired Hand of the King Jon Arryn walked behind Robert and said in a deep voice.

"I know, I know, a king should have the etiquette of a king, I know all this." Robert waved his hand impatiently, and then said to Linde excitedly: "A lot has happened to you in the past year or so. The information I have seen is not complete, so it would be more straightforward to hear it from you, the client."

Seeing Robert like this, Linde could vaguely guess why Robert had such a good attitude towards him. Obviously he regarded himself as an avatar, one who was not sitting on the Iron Throne, but was out drinking, eating, fighting and traveling. incarnation.

The King's Hand on the side frowned and reminded again: "Your Majesty, it is more important for us to discuss the rebellion in the Iron Islands now, rather than listening to some casual rumors that can be heard in the tavern."

Although Jon Arryn's words seemed to be addressed to Robert, Lind could feel that the old man was vaguely hostile to him. This made Lind feel extremely confused and he quickly recalled it in his mind. Trying to find out where he had offended this powerful old man.

"I know, I know!" Although Robert was very dissatisfied with Duke Arryn's control of him, he also knew that what Duke Arryn said was right, so he turned around and returned to the pavilion, but after sitting down, he looked towards Lind and Nymeria waved and said, "You guys should listen together! I can also give you some opinions by the way. I've heard the same suggestions these two days, which is so boring."

"Your Majesty, this is a royal meeting, it shouldn't be..." Duke Arryn reminded Robert again.

Robert immediately interrupted Duke Arryn and said angrily: "I am the king, can't I even let anyone attend the royal meeting?"

Seeing this situation, Duke Aylin stopped trying to persuade him, and the atmosphere in the pavilion became a little tense.

As the intelligence chief, Wallis said at this time: "Actually, His Majesty is right. The results of our discussions in the past two days are the same, but we all feel that it is inappropriate. I just don't know what is wrong. It is better to let others join in." Come in and you may be able to find some problems that we haven’t found yet.”

Hearing Varys's words, everyone else in the pavilion nodded in agreement. At this time, Duke Aylin looked at Varys with a hint of meaning, and then looked at Lind without comment.

Although Duke Arryn looked at Varys and Lind very secretly and looked casual, Lind was able to clearly detect his small movements, and this small movement also made Lind aware of Duke Arryn's hostility towards him. Perhaps it was because he discovered that he and Varys were secretly connected.

Since that time when he personally came to King's Landing to pick up the armor and sword, Lind and Varys have been communicating with each other almost every month. The contents of the letters are almost all about the making of Valyrian steel armor and some information about various places.

In addition, Wallis also asked Linde to help deal with several caravans passing through Rose Avenue on several occasions.

These caravans all came from the continent of Essos, and they were transporting weapons. Although the recipient was not sure, the location was in the royal territory.

Although his contact with Varys was somewhat frequent, it was extremely secretive. Usually Varys's little bird would drop letters on the men he sent to King's Landing, but he had never written a letter to Varys. Logically speaking, no one should notice it.

However, if you think about it seriously, everything has accidents. Now that Jon Arryn has discovered it, something must have gone wrong in some link. There is no need to think about the reasons. Remedies should be considered now.

Although a lot of thoughts kept flashing in his mind, Lind did not show any abnormality. After seeing Robert waving, he and Nymeria walked to the pavilion, and then stood there waiting for the fearless Barristan. Next to the Kingsguard, he acted as an observer.

Among the important ministers of the Royal Council, in addition to Varys, there are also Grand Maester Pycelle, Chancellor of the Exchequer Daemon Ismond, Minister of Justice Howard Tully, and Lord of the Sea Stannis Baratheon.

Several people with the highest authority in the Seven Kingdoms continued the discussion just now. The main issue was whether Stannis's Dragonstone fleet should be sent out as maritime support.

As the commander of the Baratheon fleet, Stannis is sitting here simply because his fleet is not needed at all. If he wants to use his fleet from Dragonstone to the Iron Islands to counter the rebellion, I am afraid it will have to cross half a mile. From the southern coastline of Westeros, it takes several months to reach the Iron Islands.

That's why fleets were sent from Qingting Island and Old Town to provide maritime support for the Iron Throne.

However, some people worry that the fleets from these two places alone are not enough to completely eliminate the Iron Islands fleet, and believe that the fleet from Dragonstone should be sent out. At the same time, it can also show the power of the royal fleet to the lords everywhere.

As a result, the ministers were arguing with their own opinions, but there was no result for a long time, which made Linde and Nymeria feel drowsy as observers.

At this time, he didn’t know whether he felt that Lind was too relaxed standing aside, or for other reasons, Robert suddenly asked Lind: “Bear Hunter, do you think the royal fleet should be sent out to quell the rebellion? "

Linde's somewhat groggy mind quickly came to his senses, and he looked at the focused gazes of everyone. He quickly recalled what he knew about the situation in his mind. He did not act coy, but said straightforwardly: "I don't think so at all. It is necessary to discuss this issue, and discussing this issue is simply nonsense.”

Hearing Linde's unkind words, everyone showed different expressions on their faces. Most people were surprised and surprised, but there were also people like Wallis who were waiting to watch the show.

"Why?" Robert perked up, sat up straight, and asked with interest on his face.

Lind expressed his thoughts directly, saying: "The Duke of Tyrell has assigned the fleets from Qingting Island and Old Town to support. The fleets in these two places are enough to cope with the fleet from the Iron Islands. Even if they can't , it is enough to contain them, there is no need to spend any more time, and send the royal fleet from Dragonstone Island to the west coast. If you really want the lords everywhere to see the power of the royal fleet, you can let the royal fleet be in Blackwater when the lords are gathering. Just show up."

After everyone heard this, they didn't show any support or disapproval, and all of them had enigmatic expressions.

"So what do you think is the most important thing now?" Jon Arryn asked: "Is it to support the West?"

"I don't think the most important thing now is to support the Western Territory." Lind shook his head and said: "After the attack, the Western Territory has been fully mobilized. With the ability of Lord Tywin, it is impossible for the Iron Islands to continue to roam unscrupulously. The coastline of the Western Territory is plundered, so I think the Western Territory is not the key to support now." As he said, he gave his answer directly without waiting for others to ask, "I think support is most needed and necessary now. The place to provide support as soon as possible is Haijiang City.”