Chapter 152 Pretending to be a ghost

After nightfall, Linde did not sleep. He took the backpack containing the dragon eggs, left the room, walked down the outer stairs of the guest room, and came to the godswood forest in the castle with Glory.

He easily found the ancient weirwood tree in the center of the sacred forest, because the magical light emitted from this weirwood tree was not much worse than the three sacred trees in Highgarden. It was too eye-catching. It’s hard not to see it.

When Linde came to the weirwood tree, someone had already arrived. He was a child, wearing an unsuitable animal skin jacket and a pair of rather large boots on his feet. It looks like a child stealing an adult's clothes.

The child was sitting by the black pool next to the weirwood tree, sobbing with his head down. It looked like he should have been sitting here crying for a while just now.

Lind ignored him and went directly to sit next to the weirwood. Glory sniffed the face on the weirwood, then lay down next to Lind, completely losing interest in the weirwood. This was different from what he saw. The salivating reaction after arriving at the Three Sacred Trees in Highgarden was the complete opposite.

"Are you Mr. Linde?" The child was frightened by Linde's appearance at first, but soon with the appearance of Glory, he recognized Linde's identity.

"Yes." Lind nodded and admitted, then gestured to the child: "You continue to cry, don't pay attention to me."

"I, I didn't cry!" The child immediately rubbed his eyes after hearing this, and said stubbornly: "I just had something in my eyes."

"Yes." Linde nodded, ignoring the child, taking out the dragon egg from his backpack, holding it in his hands, and continued to use dragon runes to care for it.

After seeing Linde's strange behavior, the child stepped forward curiously. After seeing the dragon egg wrapped by Linde, his mind suddenly thought of the Chosen One, ghosts and dragons he heard from the minstrel. Egg Song, and then asked in surprise: "Is this the dragon egg that Sir Duncan the Tall gave you after you rescued the suffering ghosts there in Summer Hall?"

"Yes." Linde nodded.

"Can I touch it?" the child asked expectantly.

"No." Linde shook his head.

"Oh!" The child responded with some disappointment, and then his attention was attracted by Glory. He pointed at Glory and asked, "Can I touch it?"

"No, Glory doesn't like to be touched." Linde replied.

This child seemed to remind Glory of some bad memories in High Garden. It immediately bared its teeth and threatened the child, scaring the child so much that he backed away and sat down on the ground.

Looking at the child, Lind suddenly said with some evil humor: "You don't understand anything, Jon Snow."

The child was stunned and said, "You know me?"

"Yes, I know you." Lind nodded, and then asked: "Do you hate Mrs. Caitlin?"

Jon Snow stood there blankly, seemingly lost in thought. After a while, he shook his head slightly and said, "I know why she hates me, but I don't blame her, I'm just a little sad."

Linde suddenly smiled and said: "You don't have to be sad. You know that while your brother is still unknown in the north, you are already somewhat famous in the south?"

"Huh?" Jon Snow looked at Lynd with wide eyes.

Linde said with a very serious look: "When Lord Eddard brought you back to King's Landing from the south, there was a big fuss. Many people were guessing whose child you were, because everyone who knew Lord Eddard Everyone knows that Lord Ed is an extremely upright and well-behaved person. He and Lady Caitlin are already married, so he will strictly abide by the loyalty of his marriage. He will never go to a place like a brothel, nor will he be with other women. And since Lord Ed dares to bring you back and admit that you are his illegitimate son, he will definitely not hide your mother's identity, so the only explanation is that your mother's identity is very special, and she has already Passed away."

Jon Snow took a few quick breaths and asked, "Lord Lynd, do you know who my mother is?"

Linde shook his head and said: "I don't know, but there has been a rumor in the south, which may be true. Do you want to hear it?"

Jon Snow nodded vigorously.

Linde narrated eloquently: "After the Battle of the Tower of Bliss, Lord Eddard sent the dawn of Lord Arthur Dayne back to the Starfall City of the Dayne family, and then Ashara Dayne returned to the White Stone Sword Tower. She jumped into the sea and died. Rumor has it that she jumped into the sea and committed suicide because she couldn't accept the death of her brother at the hands of your father. Then you appeared next to Lord Eddard and became Lord Eddard's illegitimate son. "

After hearing this, Jon Snow thought for a moment and murmured to himself: "My mother is Ashara Dayne?"

"At the Harrenhal Tourney, someone saw Lord Eddard dancing with Ashara Dayne, so it is speculated that they had you after their union at that time." Lind lowered his head and said: "So you You are actually older than your brother Robb, so under normal circumstances, your body should grow faster, taller and stronger than Robb."

Jon Snow nodded repeatedly when he heard what Lind said. Just as Lind said, he did grow faster than Robb. A year ago, their strength was about the same, but now his strength is far behind. Far more than Robb.

Linde said something shocking again, "Actually, many people have made a mistake. Your father is not Lord Ed."

Jon Snow is completely confused. He just found out who his mother is, but now his father is gone.

Linde continued: "I just said that Lord Ed is one of the most upright people I have ever met, and also one of the most rigid people. He has been with our King for so long, and His Majesty the King often spreads rumors about various things. There is no such thing as a romantic affair, but Lord Eddard has never had any scandals. It is impossible for such a person to sleep with a lady without being married, so it is absolutely impossible for him to have a relationship with Ashara Dayne, and with Ashara In fact, there was another person R. Dayne had a relationship with, and it happened that there was a person in the Stark family who liked to flirt with women and showed mercy. That person was also at the Harrenhal Tourney at the time, and he also came into contact with Ashara. Dane."

Jon Snow quickly realized something and said with a shocked face: "You mean to say that my uncle Brandon Stark is actually my father?"

"Yes." Lind nodded and said, "Your father is Brandon Stark, and you are actually the real master of Winterfell."

Apparently, Linde fed the child too much information at one time, confusing the child's mind and even making it difficult for him to accept it.

Afterwards, he didn't ask any more questions, and just turned around and walked out of the godswood forest in despair. He returned to his residence near the stable and needed some time to think calmly.

Lind looked at Jon Snow's leaving figure and couldn't help but smile. Then he turned towards the shadows of the woods not far away and said, "Lord Eddard, aren't you going to comfort your child?"

At this time, Duke Ed was seen walking out of the woods. He was wearing a black cloak and blended in well with the surrounding environment. It was difficult for ordinary people to see him.

Duke Ed walked up to Linde and said with a livid face: "Master Linde, you just went too far! You deceived a child like this."

"Child? This child is more mature than you think." Linder didn't care about the angry Duke Ed, and said: "Although you and our King have completely different personalities, sometimes they do very similar things, such as Our King left the bastard alone and ignored him completely, and although you were better and brought the bastard back to Winterfell, you did not treat him well..."

"I didn't treat him well?" Duke Ed glared at Lind angrily and said, "How dare you say such a thing?"

Lind looked at Duke Eddard calmly and asked in a deep voice: "Duke Eddard, what does Jon Snow call you? Lord Eddard, Lord Duke, or father?"

Duke Ed froze on the spot, the anger on his face quickly faded, and there was even more sadness in his eyes.

"Today's banquet, everyone in Winterfell came to the hall, even the stable boy had a seat in the hall, but Jon Snow could only stay outside the hall," Lind looked at Ed Smith. Tucker said: "Master Ed, is this the kind treatment you say?"

"Catelyn..." Duke Eddard wanted to explain.

"Is it the woman to blame? This is not the Duke Eddard I know." Lind said in a deep voice: "And, do you really regard Lady Catelyn as your wife?"

"What do you mean?" Duke Ed asked with a cold face.

Linde sat back on Glory and said: "If you really regard her as your wife, as the person who will accompany you throughout your life and be buried with you in the tomb after death, why can't you give her anything?" What about a little trust?”

"Why didn't I give her trust?" Duke Ed asked in confusion.

Lind was like peeling an onion, peeling off Duke Ed's defense bit by bit, and said: "Because you didn't believe that she could keep the biggest secret in your heart, you didn't tell the person who lived for you. Next four children woman.”

Duke Ed showed panic on his face, but he quickly calmed down and asked Lind: "What's the biggest secret? Lord Lind, what are you talking about?"

"Ned, promise me, Ned!" Lind said the words that troubled Duke Eddard throughout his life.

After hearing Linde's words, Duke Eddard backed away as if he was under a spell. He didn't know whether he failed to stand firm or tripped over a tree root. He sat down on the ground and looked at Linde in fear.

"You? How did you..." Duke Ed looked at Lind in shock, his mind was completely confused and he couldn't say a complete sentence.

Lind looked at the panicked Ed Stark and said, "You want to ask me how I know this big secret, right?"

Ed nodded subconsciously.

"God is everywhere." Linde replied with a very miraculous statement.

After saying that, he stood up and put the preserved dragon eggs back into his backpack.

Lind looked at Ed Stark who had not yet come to his senses, and said: "Lord Ed, do you know why Sir Willas keeps sending all the death row prisoners in the South to the Great Wall to serve as night watchmen? "

"Huh?" Ed Stark was stunned. He was distracted at the moment, thinking about how to prevent his secret from being spread, and he didn't hear clearly what Lind was saying.

Lind didn't care about Ed Stark's condition and continued to ask: "Since two years ago, Master Willas has sent hundreds of death row prisoners to the Great Wall to serve as night watchmen every few months. These people The total number should be several thousand people. No lord has done this in the past hundreds of years. Even when Blood Crow served as a night watchman, he only led more than a hundred people. Have you ever thought about why Lord Vilas Do you want to do this?”

Listening to Lind's words, Ed Stark gradually returned to normal. In fact, when he saw the Night's Watch escorting groups of southern death row prisoners passing through Winterfell, he did wonder why Willas Ti Leal wanted to do it, but he didn't have the answer.

Linde said in a deep voice: "Winter is coming, Lord Ed, winter is coming."

When Ed heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. He soon realized that what Lind said was not his family motto.

"Lord Eddard, you are a good friend of King Robert. Brother, you have a great influence on His Majesty the King. You should make good use of this influence," Lind looked at Eddard Stark and said: "It is too difficult to transport manpower to the Great Wall from just one place in the south. You should make good use of your influence and ask King Robert to issue a decree to other kingdoms to send all death row prisoners to the Great Wall to serve as night watchmen. After all, winter is coming and no one will be spared, especially your northern border."

"Lord Lind, what do you mean by this?" Ed Stark asked seriously.

"White Walkers are real, Lord Ed." Lind pointed out the White Walkers directly.

Eddard Stark stared at Lind in stunned silence, as if he were a madman.

When Lind saw Ed's expression, he knew that he didn't believe what he said. He felt that it was useless to say more, so he turned around and prepared to leave. However, after taking two steps, he stopped again and faced Ed Stark. Said: "Lord Ed, compared to the safety of this world, your secret is not worth mentioning, so you can rest assured that this secret is still a secret, and you don't have to worry about others knowing."

After saying that, he led Glory and disappeared into the godswood, leaving only Eddard Stark standing there, lost in thought.

The next day, after counting the number of people, the team set off as scheduled.

Fertimo was a little drunk last night. After going out to urinate at night, he did not go back to his room, but slept in the stable.

Joel went to the local girl's room to sleep for the night, and left his sword with the girl when he left.

Lady Catelyn also brought the children to see off Lynd and the others, but Duke Ed seemed to be still immersed in what happened last night and did not appear in the crowd seeing them off.

Lind looked at the people around him, then waved to Robb next to Catelyn, and then waved to Jon who was hiding behind the crowd. Lady Catelyn frowned when she saw it, but didn't say anything.

After the two of them arrived, Lind took off the two broad-bladed hand-and-half swords behind him and handed them to Jon and Robb respectively. He said, "These two hand-and-half swords have always been with me. However, I rarely use them anymore. They are more decorative than practical, which has buried these two weapons. I give them to you now. I hope you like them."

Jon and Robb each took over half of their swords, with unmistakable joy on their faces.

At this time, Lind saw Eddard Stark standing next to the study window and peeping down. He bowed slightly and saluted, then got on his horse and headed towards the front of the team.