Chapter 350 The value of a sword

"Did you know? In fact, it was not the Freys who trampled on the rights of their guests. The person who trampled on the rights of their guests was Robb Stark." In a tavern, someone was listening to a bard singing a song about the Twins. When he was there, he said to the people around him.

"What are you talking about?" Someone immediately looked at the person who spoke with disgust.

The man looked mysterious and said: "Think about it, Robb Stark despised the Frey family from the bottom of his heart, so he was willing to break his oath and hastily marry a woman from a declining noble family. He is not willing to marry a Frey family woman, so how could he marry the Frey family again? "

"Are you mistaken? How do I remember Edmure Tully of the Tully family when I married the Frey family?" someone corrected.

"What Edmure Tully, you have no idea, he is actually Robb Stark." The man looked at the people around him as if he didn't understand anything, and said, "Robb Stark. Tucker's excuse to the Frey family was that he wanted to marry two wives like Aegon the Conqueror, so that he would not be considered an oathbreaker and could keep his previous promises to the Frey family. In fact, he never thought about it at all. He kept his oath and never thought about marrying a Frey family woman. He used this method to relax the Frey family's vigilance, and then killed the Frey family members at the banquet and occupied the Twins. There is no trust at all when dealing with savages, and even women are extremely cruel. Just look at what Roose Bolton and the Bloody Bear Woman did and you will know how savage the Northerners are.”

"Yes! People from the North are so barbaric." People in the tavern nodded in agreement.

Some people wondered: "But why did Robb Stark die at the banquet instead?"

Without waiting for the previous person to answer, someone explained for him: "If you think about Walder Frey, that old weasel has lived for so long and hasn't seen anything, he must have seen through Robb Stark's plan in advance. , and then waited at the banquet for Robb Stark and those northern barbarians to jump into their trap. In my opinion, those guys in the north deserve to die. They have caused great harm to the riverlands, and they should have done so long ago. died!"

"These guys should have died a long time ago. If they hadn't dug up the Trident River and flooded my farmland, I would have been able to go home now and wouldn't have to suffer here." A Hejian native also said He couldn't help but curse.

Similar remarks are not only spread in this tavern, but are spread in almost every tavern in the Riverlands, the Valley, and the West. The Frey family, which tramples on the rights of guests, has become a victim, and Robb... Stark and other northern nobles have become sinister villains.

In the Prime Minister's Tower in King's Landing, Tywin sat on his familiar chair, looking at the intelligence that had just been sent to him. Next to him, Jaime Lannister, who had a prosthetic hand pressed on him, sat quietly. Now, the Kingslayer, who has lost one hand, looks very different from before. The most obvious point is that he looks a lot calmer. Of course, this calm temperament may also be related to his gray temples. .

"Hmph! My useless brother-in-law hasn't given up on his delusions yet!" Tywin smiled coldly and casually threw the information in his hand aside.

James took the piece of information and looked at it, frowning and said: "If you confuse right and wrong like this, will anyone believe it?"

"Don't overestimate the brains of civilians," Tywin said calmly: "Take a closer look at where these rumors originally came from."

"The Riverlands?" Jaime quickly gave the answer, saying: "They are taking advantage of the Riverlands' hatred of Roose Bolton."

Tywin nodded, and then said rather harshly: "Although you lost your hand, you got your brain back."

"I would rather fight back with my brain." Jaime looked at his severed hand and said, "At least you don't have to think so clearly." As he said that, he suddenly looked at Tywin and said, "Do you really want to send Cersei away?" Go to the Salvation Temple in Summer Hall?"

Hearing James' question, Tywin couldn't help but feel a headache. No matter how much he disliked his slutty daughter, he didn't want to send his daughter to become a nun in the Church of the Seven Saints, but now it wasn't a question of whether he wanted to or not. , but he must do so.

Not to mention, he has already issued letters of announcement to the major nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, and even Linde Terra has agreed to be the notary of his promise. In other words, if he goes back on his word now, then Linde Terra will He will act as a notary. By then, let alone Cersei, even he will be punished as an oathbreaker. Obviously Garland had considered the possibility of him breaking the oath when he proposed the conditions.

Therefore, in order to avoid accidents, he immediately placed Cersei under house arrest after returning to King's Landing, and did not allow her to leave without permission to prevent her from escaping.

"You shouldn't ask me, you should ask your friend Lind Terra." Tywin said solemnly: "He is a notary. Don't say that I regretted it. Even if the Tyrell family regrets it, it will be useless. He will still keep the promise, which is his duty as a notary."

"Looking for Lind?" James thought for a moment.

Tywin said in a deep voice: "Joffrey and the girl named Ellie from the Tyrell family are about to get married. I have already sent an invitation to Summer Hall. Prince Lynd, as the notary, must come to Joffrey's wedding. , then you can try to convince him. If you fail to convince him, he will take Cersei back to Summer Hall when he leaves."

James' face was solemn and he fell into deep thought.

Looking at James like this, Tywin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but his tone was still cold and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter even if you go to Redemption Town. As long as Cersei enters the Redemption Temple, then my promise It’s already done. When the time comes, we’ll just find a way to get Cersei out of the Temple of Salvation and send her to live in Braavos or the Summer Islands.”

After hearing this method, James couldn't help but nodded, thinking it was a feasible method.

Tywin said in a deep voice: "After you attend the royal wedding, I will ask Joffrey to announce that you will be relieved of the Kingsguard..."

"No! I won't..." James objected immediately.

"Shut up, listen to me!" Tywin looked at James seriously and said, "I am too lazy to care about the dirty things between you and Cersei, and I don't want to, because as long as your bad things don't affect the West, , as long as it doesn't affect Casterly Rock City, but now your things have led to this war that shouldn't have happened. Even your uncle Kevan died in this war. You want to protect your ridiculousness. A white robe? Look carefully, what you are wearing is not a white robe, but a blood robe dyed red by the blood of your relatives."

James lowered his head and did not look at Tywin, but his mouth remained strong and said: "If you force me to take off my white robe, I am willing to die."

When Tywin heard this, his eyes widened. Then he stood up, walked to James, lowered his head slightly, and said word by word: "If you dare to do this, I will kill you after you die." Joffrey and Tommen are sent to you, along with Cersei."

James stared at Tywin with wide eyes, as if he was meeting Tywin for the first time. After a while, he said: "They are your grandchildren and your daughters. How could you..."

"You are still my son!" Tywin interrupted James coldly.

James really wanted to see some hesitation in Tywin's eyes, but he couldn't see it. He knew that what his father said was true. If he really committed suicide because of quitting the Kingsguard, Tywin would definitely After killing Joffrey and Tommen, he could no longer see any emotion in his father's eyes.

"Is it because of Uncle Kevan?" James looked at Tywin and said in a deep voice, "Is it because of Uncle Kevan's death that made you so ruthless?"

Tywin did not answer, but it could be regarded as a kind of acquiescence. Kevan had dealt a huge blow to him, and the last bit of his human temperament was polished away with Kevan's death. He is now the inheritance and development of Casterly Rock.

"You made me the Duke of Casterly Rock. Where is Tyrion?" Jaime asked again: "He used so few people to drag Stannis's army to King's Landing for nearly a month this time. He can be said to be the biggest contributor to Stannis's defeat, but it's so unfair for you to dismiss him immediately when you come back and put him under house arrest."

"Unfair?" Tywin looked at James displeased and said, "Do you know what fairness is? What you mean by fairness is watching Tyrion die. Let Tyrion be free in King's Landing and in the Red Sea. Living in the castle will only give those who hate him the opportunity to assassinate him. Now the entire King's Landing, from the nobles in the Red Keep to the poor people, all hate him to the core. Everyone is waiting for the opportunity to kill him. I imprison him. Get up and send troops to surround his house to save him.”

James looked in disbelief and exclaimed: "How is that possible? Tyrion led them to resist Stannis's invasion and saved King's Landing. He should be the hero of King's Landing."

Tywin nodded and said: "Yes, Tyrion defended King's Landing, but do you know what the cost of guarding King's Landing was? It was the lives of the people and dignitaries of King's Landing. How could they not hate Tyrion. In In their eyes, Tyrion is not a hero, but he forces them to go to the city wall to fight demons." As he said, he was silent for a moment and said: "After the wedding, you go back to Casterly Rock with him, and he will replace Kevan. Become the Steward of Casterly Rock."

Jaime was still dissatisfied with Tywin's decision, but he couldn't express any objections.

Just as silence returned to the Prime Minister's study, not long after, a Lannister knight who was responsible for guarding the gate of the Red Castle hurried to the door, then stood at the door, saluted Tywin, and said: "Your Majesty, Duke, Shengxia Hall has sent an envoy."

"Messenger of Summer Hall?" Tywin was stunned.

James asked: "Is it for Xiao Qiao's wedding?"

Tywin shook his head and said: "Impossible. With Lind Terra's character, Joffrey will only send a reply letter to his wedding, and will not send an envoy in such a formal way."

Tywin motioned to his subordinate knights to bring the people in.

Not long after, Jon Bulwe was seen walking in holding a box under the guidance of his attendants.

Seeing that the visitor turned out to be Jon Bulwe, Tywin also showed a surprised look and stood up on his own initiative.

Although Jon Bulwe himself is not a big noble, he is just the earl of a small castle in the southernmost part of the Reach, but Jon's position next to Lynd Terra is very special. As Lynd's deputy, assisting Linde handles the affairs of Summer Hall. In a certain sense, he is Linde's representative. For example, on the council of Redemption Town, he sits where Linde Terra sits on the council.

Such a special person, who could be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people in Summer Hall, came to the Red Keep as a messenger, which made Tywin curious about the purpose of his coming here.

"Lord Tywin." After Jon entered the study, he took the initiative to salute Tywin.

"Lord Jon." Tywin nodded in return, and then asked directly: "Lord Jon, are you coming to the Red Keep this time because of something ordered by Prince Lynd?"

"Yes." Jon placed the box in his hand on the table, took a step back and said, "Your Majesty, please let me return this thing to its original owner."

Tywin was stunned when he heard this. He and James looked at each other, then walked to the box and opened it.

When he saw the contents of the box, James had a look of confusion on his face, while Tywin looked extremely excited, and even his hands couldn't stop shaking.

Following him, he carefully took out the contents of the box and looked at it carefully, then turned to Jon and confirmed: "Is this Guangxiao?"

"Yes." Jon nodded and said, "This is the Lannister family's inherited sword Light Howl."

Hearing Jon's words, James was also shocked. He originally thought it was just an ordinary Valyrian steel sword, but he didn't expect that this sword was actually a family inheritance sword that had been lost for many years by the Lannister family.

"How come this sword is in the hands of Prince Linde?" Tywin asked with great curiosity as he carefully looked at every detail of the sword in his hand, corroborating it with the contents of the books that recorded the appearance of Guangxiao in his memory.

"This sword was found by the Prince in the ruins of Valyria," Jon explained: "At that time, the sword was held in the arms of the corpse of your brother Gillian Lannister. Apparently Lord Gillian The Light Howl has been found, but it’s a pity that he couldn’t get out of the ruins of Valyria.”

"Jillian!" Tywin looked dazed for a moment. The figure of his youngest brother appeared in his mind, and the words he said when he left rang in his ears. It seemed that he had fulfilled his promise and found the family heirloom. Sword.

Tywin showed a little sadness, but quickly returned to normal, handed the light whistle in his hand to James, and then asked Jon: "Isn't Prince Lynd just sending the sword? Tell me, what does Prince Lynd want?"

Jon smiled and said, "Prince Lynd wants Storm's End and Dragonstone."

Tywin was stunned, then laughed and said: "He actually wants to trade a sword for Storm's End and Dragonstone. He is really not greedy." After that, he looked at Jon and said: "Okay , since he wants it, I will give it to him, give him both Storm’s End Castle and Dragonstone.”