Chapter 169 A tough man with a soft heart

After returning from business in King's Landing, Lind gathered the knights who were waiting outside the camp and planned to follow Lind, and selected one of the most prestigious knights, a branch of Leo Leford from the Golden Teeth City. His name is Jason Fred, and he is a frequent visitor to the Western Tourist Tournament. Although he has never won a tournament championship, anyone who has fought against him recognizes his strength and says that he is an extremely difficult opponent. .

Lind handed the letter he wrote to Nymeria to Jason Fred and asked him to take these knights to meet Nymeria in Tengshi Town.

In the letter, he wrote about when he would go back and asked Nymeria to wait for him at the Summer Hall. He also mentioned that he would recruit these knights to the Summer Hall and let Moroya test the abilities of these knights. Place them in appropriate positions.

In addition, he also handed over the things he brought back from the Great Wall to the knight, such as the White Walker sacrificial tablets, the ancestors' collection of books in Castle Black, etc., and asked him to take them to Moroya.

The next night, Lind went hunting with Robert in the nearby suburbs. While hunting, Lind reminded Robert that it was stupid to hunt while drinking, and stimulated him by hunting prey that far exceeded Robert's. I tried to get him to change his habit of drinking and hunting, but it was of no use.

In the evening, Robert took Lynd to a dinner party at the house of a courtier. This courtier was Sir Rick of the Marseilles family in Stone Dance City, the king's territory. This man was Robert's squire and was canonized by Robert during the Usurper's War. Knight, he has lived in King's Landing since then and served as captain of the Red Keep guard.

"Lord Lynd, welcome to your arrival." At the banquet, Sir Rick, who was always smiling, asked his beautiful wife to accompany Robert. At the same time, he also approached Lynd and said hello with a smile.

"Hello, Sir Rick." Lind looked at the other party calmly, without showing any disdain for his behavior.

In fact, many of the courtiers in King's Landing did something similar to Sir Rick after figuring out Robert's character, and some even went too far. After Robert and his wife and daughter While he slept, he served beside him, just to please Robert.

However, Robert is also very shrewd. He usually pretends to be deaf and dumb after eating. Only a few people can win his favor. Rick Marseille is one of them. On the way to the banquet, Robert Shunzui mentioned to Linde that he hoped to find an opportunity for Rick Marseille to inherit Stone Dance City.

"I wonder if you are satisfied with the food here, sir?" In front of Linde, Sir Rick behaved in an extremely humble manner, not like a knight at all, but more like a servant.

Lind looked at Sir Rick and said, "Sir Rick, if you have anything to say, just say it. I don't like that roundabout way of speaking."

Sir Rick smiled and said: "In this case, let me tell you frankly, someone wants to meet you, Lord Linde."

Lind frowned when he heard this. He and Robert's participation in this banquet was entirely Robert's impromptu idea on the way back from hunting. Logically speaking, no one should be able to wait for him here in advance, so it can only be that person who came in the first place. Attending a banquet, I saw that he was just doing it temporarily.

"Lead the way!" Linde was also a little curious about the person who wanted to see him, so he nodded and said.

Seeing that Lind agreed, Sir Rick led Lind to the small building on the side of his villa, then entered the small building, passed directly through the back door of the small building, and then passed through a door to reach Rick's In the house next to Jazz Villa.

After entering the house, Lind couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the people waiting in the house, and asked: "Lord Stannis, do you want to see me?"

To be honest, Lind had guessed who wanted to see him on the way, and the people he guessed even included Cersei and Jon Arryn, but he did not expect it to be Stannis.

Because the relationship between Lind and Stannis was not very good, Stannis had always resented Lind for taking away the Summer Hall that belonged to him. Even at the Royal Council, he was unwilling to say a word to Lind. In his words, his dissatisfaction with Linde was written directly on his face without any concealment.

That's why when Lind made his guess, he directly listed Stannis as someone who would not see him in private. But he didn't expect that the person who wanted to see him in private was Stannis.

I saw that Stanlis still had a cold face and waved to Sir Rick, indicating that he would wait outside the house. Then he looked at Linde, hesitated, and said: "Sir Linde, the Church of the Seven Gods said Your pet is one of the Seven Sacred Beasts. It has the healing power of a loving mother. I would like to ask if its healing power can cure greyscale?"

"No." Lind quickly understood that Stannis went against his own likes and dislikes and took the initiative to meet him secretly just for his daughter.

It can be seen that Stannis loves his daughter very much, and he is even able to go against his own heart and see that he doesn't like people because of his daughter's illness.

Hearing Lind's answer, Stannis showed a disappointed look on his face. He did not continue to ask why, nor did he want to continue chatting with Lind. He stood up and prepared to leave.

When Stanlis passed by, Lind said: "If the Duke can trust me, you can send Miss Shireen to Summer Hall. My political administrator, Mauroa Hightower, is good at treating some weird people." may be able to help Miss Shirin.”

"The crazy woman of the Hightower family?" Stanlis was stunned, hesitated, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, I don't trust her."

After saying that, he walked out of the room.

Lind didn't stop her. Although he liked Shireen Baratheon, a strong-willed girl, he didn't have the hobby of being passionately in love with others.

The meeting between Lind and Stanlis ended so quickly, which surprised Sir Rick. He wisely did not ask what Lind and Stanlis were talking about, and led Lind back to his villa. At the banquet.

When Sir Rick was about to leave, Lind suddenly asked: "Sir Rick, aren't you from His Majesty the King? Why are you with Lord Stannis again..."

"My lord, I may have misunderstood. My loyalty is to the Baratheon family." Sir Rick obviously guessed that Lind would ask this question and immediately replied: "For me, there is no difference between pure steel and black iron. , they are all part of the Bucks.”

After saying that, he apologized and went to serve Robert who was drinking heavily.

Lynd did not stay at the banquet for too long. When Robert went to the backyard of the villa, he left because he knew that Robert would not be able to leave the villa tonight.

Ser Barristan led the Kingsguard to guard the villa. Only Jaime was not among them. Apparently, while Robert was sleeping next to other people's wives, his own wife was also being slept with.

On his way back to the camp, a short sedan stopped him. After the sedan curtain was opened, Varys's big bald head appeared in front of him.

"Sir, if you are not in a hurry to go back, we can go to Tob Mott's blacksmith shop now. He has already repaired your gauntlet." Varys suggested.

Lind thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Wallis's proposal.

Fortunately, because he was attending the banquet, Lind did not wear his own armor, and his mount Black Blade also stayed in the camp. Although his image of wearing two swords of the lost knight was also very special, but now King's Landing admires Lin De. There are countless formal knights and wandering knights who imitate his appearance, not to mention two knight swords, there are even people equipped with four swords.

Without the glory and black blade to set off, and without wearing the armor of the lost knight, Linde looked very ordinary even if he wore two knight swords. From the noble residence next to the Red Castle to Steel Street, Linde walked all the way. No one he met recognized him as the Chosen One.

Even late at night, the blacksmith shops on Steel Street are still brightly lit, and the sound of hammering anvils is endless. Unless you are used to this kind of noise, it will definitely be difficult for people living in and around Steel Street to survive in this environment. Sleep peacefully.

The reason why these blacksmith shops did not rest until night was mainly because they had too many orders on hand.

These orders also have something to do with Linde, because with the emergence of corpses, everyone feels fear and uneasiness, and under the influence of this emotion, many people choose to buy weapons so that they can feel more at ease, even if it is a little The ladies and ladies also planned to wear weapons such as daggers on their bodies, which caused the order for weapons to increase more than ten times in a short period of time, and the people who placed the orders were all powerful people in King's Landing who could not be offended. The blacksmith shop on Steel Street had to work overtime all night for forging.

However, compared to other busy blacksmith shops, Tob Mott's blacksmith shop is completely silent at the moment. From the door of the blacksmith shop, there are several golden robes guarding it. It can be seen that the owner of the blacksmith shop should be offended. The powerful people in the city.

"Stop, this blacksmith shop is already... Lord Linde?" When Linde on horseback and Varys in sedan chair came to the door of Tob Mott's blacksmith shop, the golden robe guarding the door immediately came up. He stepped forward to stop him, but in the middle of his words, he recognized Linde who had dismounted and stopped quickly.

"Did something happen here?" Although Lind knew that the closure of the blacksmith shop was most likely related to Cersei, he deliberately pretended not to understand anything and asked.

"Uh! Someone reported that the owner of this blacksmith shop was selling contraband, so it needs to be supervised." Jinpaozi hurriedly gave a reason.

Linde stared at the golden robe in front of him and said: "The owner of this blacksmith shop, Tob Mott, has accepted my invitation to become the chief craftsman of Summer Hall. Now that he is selling contraband, it is equivalent to You are saying that I am selling contraband, do I need to be put under your supervision and investigated?"

"Of course not, of course not!" Jinpaozi shook his head quickly.

Now Linde is the most influential person in the entire Seven Kingdoms. This influence is not only reflected in his influence on the lords and nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, but also has far more influence among the common people at the bottom than anyone else. , if the golden robe dared to take Linde into custody, they might have been torn to pieces by the fanatical believers of the Church of the Seven Gods before the king gave the order.

"We also think this is a misunderstanding. Your appearance now proves that there is absolutely no problem with this blacksmith shop. Naturally, we no longer need to stay here." One of the golden robes reacted very quickly and casually made up a Reason, he hurriedly left the blacksmith shop with his companions.

After the golden robe left, Varys stepped out of the sedan.

At this time, Tob Mott, who heard the noise outside, also came out to check the situation. After seeing Wallis and Lind, his face immediately showed a look of relief and joy, and he immediately stepped forward to salute the two, and then Welcoming the two people into the blacksmith shop.

"Gendry, you brat, get the gauntlets I made this afternoon!" Tob Mott shouted to a six or seven-year-old apprentice.

The young apprentice hurriedly ran to the warehouse behind the blacksmith shop and walked toward Linde and the others holding a steel gauntlet.

When he walked in front of Linde, the young apprentice tripped over something and fell forward. However, his fallen body was immediately supported by Linde, and the gauntlet that fell from his hand was also caught by Linde. in hand.

"You brat, you are so impetuous! I shouldn't have accepted you just for that little money!" Tob Mott was afraid that Gendry might accidentally offend Lind, so he quickly scolded him.

Lind ignored Tob Mott's words and helped Gendry, who was extremely nervous, to stand up. He looked at him and immediately recognized that he should be Robert's illegitimate son, Gendry the Great, from his appearance that resembled Robert's.

So he looked at Wallis beside him. From Wallis's expression, it was easy to see that he also knew the identity of this young apprentice.

"Since you have received the money, you must teach him well so that he can become a real blacksmith. Do you understand? Master Tob." Linde did not show any special care for Robert's illegitimate son. He just looked at Tob... Mort made a point.

"Yes, sir, I understand! I will definitely teach him well!" Tob Mott responded immediately, and then motioned Gendry to go back to the house to rest.

Linde looked at the repaired steel gauntlet, put it on his hand, tried it, and nodded with satisfaction.

Because the Homeless Knight Gauntlet was designed with the problem of damage and replacement in mind, if the outer steel armor is damaged and the inner components are intact, only the outer steel armor needs to be replaced, so it can be repaired quickly. It's fine, and it's no different than before.

"Who did you offend? Why did the golden robe target you so much?" Linde moved his fingers a few times while wearing steel gloves, and then asked.

"Sir, I don't know who I offended. I was targeted out of nowhere. Not only was the order I received lost, but the various raw materials used for forging were also restricted." Tob Mott said. He said with an innocent face.

"The order sent to the garrison commander Slynt came from the Prime Minister's residence." Varys interrupted at this time.

"The Prime Minister's Residence?" Tob Mott said with a confused look on his face: "Seven gods, I have never offended the Prime Minister..."

"Although the order comes from the Prime Minister's residence, it does not necessarily come from Duke Arryn." Varys reminded: "What you did recently has angered a person."

Tob Mott still didn't understand what Varys said, or it might be that he had annoyed too many people recently and couldn't remember who it was for a while.

"Seagull Town." Wallis prompted directly.

"Is it Ser Petyr Baelish?" Tob Mott immediately understood and exclaimed.