Chapter 53 Red Viper

While Lind was observing the people in the tavern, the Dornish people who were playing and drinking in the tavern also stopped, looked at Nymeria invariably, and then stood up and saluted.

Perhaps it was because Nymeria was too tall and blocked Lind from behind, so the people in the tavern did not see him for a while. It was not until they raised their heads after saluting that they saw Nymeria. Linde came out from behind Ya, with a surprised expression on his face.

The reason why they were surprised was exactly the same as the reason why Nymeria was surprised when she saw Lind. Lind's dress was really weird. He wore four swords, and two of them were knight's swords, and these The two long swords were still hanging on his waist.

If Linde hadn't been tall enough, these two knight swords would have been dragged to the ground.

However, the surprised expressions of several of these people after seeing Linde were not because of Linde's dress, but because of Linde's identity.

The Dornishmen who recognized Linde came to the ear of the young leader and whispered a few words, as if they were introducing Linde's identity. After hearing this, the young man's eyes lit up and he looked at Lin De. De's eyes were like seeing some novel toy.

Although the voices of the Dornish people were very quiet, Linde was still able to vaguely hear some content with his extraordinary hearing, but the other party spoke the Dornish language, which he couldn't understand at all.

After Nymeria entered the tavern, she walked directly towards the young man and asked directly: "You came here suddenly because you knew that Duke Tywin was going to attack me, right?"

"I heard some news, but I'm not sure yet, but now I'm a little sure." The young man sat up lazily from his chair, then looked at Linde and said, "Bear hunter Linde, I've been waiting for you recently. The name I hear most in the Southern Tavern, is it Duke Tyrell’s order that you come here? He is also interested in this land.”

"The order I received was just to suppress bandits, Prince Oberon." Lind responded with a natural expression.

Red Viper was not surprised that he was recognized. What surprised him was that Linde's attitude towards him was too bland.

"How many people did you bring?" Perhaps she was worried that the Red Viper would embarrass Lind, so Nymeria took a step back, stood in front of Lind, and asked the Red Viper.

The Red Viper pointed at the Dornishmen in the tavern, counting almost twenty of them.

Nymeria frowned and said, "With only this few people, how can you help me deal with the intruders?"

The Red Viper shook his head and said, "No, I'm not here to deal with the intruders. I'm here to knock you out with someone if necessary, and then take you south by boat."

Nymeria was very angry and shouted at the Red Viper: "I will not go to Dorne. I am Count Fodeli of Tengshi Town."

"A count who can't even protect his own territory?" Red Viper smiled disdainfully, then his expression became serious, and said: "You should be very aware of how important the location of Tengshi Town is. It happens to be in the west, on the river The border between the Bay Land and the Royal Territory is not far from the Storm Land and the River Land. No king would want this place to be ruled by a powerful lord, so since the Dance of the Fire Dragon destroyed Tengshi Town, this place has been They haven’t rebuilt it. Is it because the Fu Deli family doesn’t want to rebuild it? No, it’s because the surrounding lords don’t allow it.”

Nymeria couldn't help shouting: "In this case, let's just let it continue to be abandoned like this!"

"There is no need for you to yell at me," the Red Viper pointed in the direction of King's Landing and said, "Your enemy is over there, my cousin!"

"Shut up, I am Fu Deli, not Martell!" Nymeria yelled extremely displeased.

The Red Viper looked at Nymeria calmly and said, "You have Dorn Martell's blood in your body, which has been there since the day you were born. No matter how much you deny it, it is impossible to change this fact."

Red Viper's words seemed to have touched Nymeria's taboo. Her expression immediately darkened, and her anger quickly subsided, replaced by cold eyes and tone: "Get out of my territory now, I don't need you. What can you do for me? I just want you to leave my territory immediately and go back to Dorne."

The Red Viper could tell that Nymeria was not just talking, but really wanted to drive them away. The lazy aura on her body suddenly disappeared, and her whole person became much more aggressive, like a viper raising its head.

The surrounding Dornishmen also stood up at this time, and invariably put their hands on the weapons on their waists. It seemed that as long as the Red Viper gave the order, they would attack Nymeria.

Seeing this scene, Linde didn't think much. He crossed his hands and grasped the hilts of the swords at his waist respectively, maintaining the starting position of the swordsmanship of the lost knight. Since he wanted to use Tengshi Town as his stronghold, he naturally needed to do it. What do the lords of Tengshi Town do.

The moment Lind put his hand on the hilt of the sword, the Red Viper's attention shifted from Nymeria to Lind, because at that moment, he instinctively felt the danger. That kind of danger had never happened before. , as if if he made even the slightest abnormal movement, death would befall him.

Not only the Red Viper was like this, every Dornish person in the room felt the threat of death, but they couldn't clearly feel the source of the danger like the Red Viper.

On the contrary, Nymeria, who was standing in front of Lind, did not feel the death threat from Lind. She was just a little confused by the nervous expressions on the faces of the Red Viper and the Dornish people.

The Red Viper did not make a move, but raised his hand to signal. When the Dornishmen around him saw the Red Viper's gesture, they all relaxed, removed their hands from their weapons, and then walked out of the tavern in silence.

After all the Dornish people left, the Red Viper stepped out, but when passing by Nymeria, he paused for a moment, slightly raised his head to look at his giant-like cousin, and said: "You'd better not use it. The people hiding in that valley have been targeted from the beginning. They are Jon Arryn's bait. Once you dare to contact them directly, King's Landing will have reason to take action immediately, unlike now. Even if you want to take action, you can only do it secretly." He paused and then said: "I will leave a team of people near Kuqiao. If you..."

"No, there are no ifs. Even if I die, I will die in my territory." Nymeria interrupted the Red Viper and said firmly.

The Red Viper said nothing more and walked away, but as he was leaving, he looked at Linde and Glory, who was baring his teeth at his feet.

"Why don't you leave?" After the Red Viper left, Nymeria gradually calmed down. She turned to look at Lind with a gloomy face and said angrily.

Linde said calmly: "My lord, you have not agreed to allow my people to be stationed in your territory. I need you to give me an answer so that I can decide what to do next?"

Nymeria said disdainfully: "Are the Tyrells planning to use this method to annex my territory? To clear out the bandits?"

"Of course not." Lind shook his head and said, "If the Tyrells really want to take action against you, they don't need to do anything. They can just wait for the situation to become a big deal and then come out to seek justice." After all, the Tyrells are your lords, and if I remember correctly, the Fordley family also has a branch of blood holding positions in the High Court. Once something happens to you, the Tyrells, as lords, will support the Fordley family. It becomes a matter of course for his side bloodline to inherit Tengshi Town."

While talking, Linde suddenly had a bold idea in his mind. Perhaps the Tyrell family would really use this method to deal with Tengshi Town in the future, because in his memory, Tengshi Town would be destroyed more than ten years later. It has almost disappeared. Even if it sometimes makes some noise, it is just with the Tyrell family.

If the Nymeria in front of me was still the lord of Tengshi Town at that time, it would be absolutely impossible for her to do that. And with Nymeria's figure and appearance, it is impossible for her to be completely unknown more than ten years later. At least her reputation should not be much worse than that of the beautiful Brienne, so Nymeria might have been dead at that time.

Nymeria did not notice the subtle changes in Lind's expression. Instead, she was thinking carefully about what Lind said.

Although she is only the illegitimate daughter of Prince Levene, Prince Levene upholds the tradition of Dorne, and the cultivation of Nymeria is not inferior to that of any male descendants. This makes Nymeria have extremely high political accomplishment and Wisdom, he was able to quickly analyze that everything Linde said was very likely to happen.

Lind looked at Nymeria and said solemnly: "Don't worry, even if such a thing is possible, Duke Tyrell is unlikely to do it."

Nymeria questioned: "Why wouldn't you do this? You are not the Duke of Tyrell?"

Linde said eloquently: "The Duke's advisor, Maester Morath, once made a suggestion, that is, for you to marry the Duke's second son, Garlan Tyrell, but it was rejected because of the Dorn bloodline in your body. ”

As if she had been stabbed in a sore spot, Nymeria turned her head and glared at Lind, as if Lind would be thrown out if he said one more word.

However, Linde was not affected and continued: "But in my opinion, this is just an excuse. The real situation should be concerns."

"Concerns?" Nymeria asked in confusion: "What concerns? Dorne?"

"Of course not, it's the Iron Throne." Lind explained: "It took Duke Tyrell a year to clear away the impact he had caused in the Usurper War and make the Iron Throne trust him again. At this time, if he will Teng If Stonetown occupies such an important place, what will King Robert think of it, what will Lord Tywin think of it, what will the Stormlands think of it, and what will the Riverlands think of it? Roses are too delicate and need to be taken care of carefully. The only one who doesn’t need to be on guard is the Tyrell family.”

Nymeria listened to Lind's analysis and was silent for a long time. Then she looked at Lind with a strange look and asked, "You seem to be a hunter only. Why do you know all this knowledge?"

Linde smiled and said: "You are not the first to ask me this question, but I don't want to answer it anymore, because for everyone who asks me this question, I will make up a set of excuses. There are too many excuses and there are too many loopholes. , although this will not cause me any trouble, it will still have some adverse effects.”

"Do you trust me so much? You tell me these little secrets, aren't you afraid that I will spread them out?" Nymeria asked a little confused.

"These things are not important, and it doesn't matter if they are spread out. What's more, will anyone believe it if you spread it?" Lind looked at Nymeria calmly and said, "As for why I want to say this, it's because I think I should be more honest as a partner, after all, I may be stationed here for many years to come.”

"Are you so sure that I will agree to your establishment of a stronghold here?" Nymeria looked at Lind condescendingly and said.

"I can't think of a reason for your refusal." Linde shrugged and said.

Nymeria looked at Lind for a long time and said, "I need to think about it."

Linde lowered his head slightly and said: "This is your right, sir. If you have decided, you only need to send someone to inform you."

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the tavern, but when he reached the door, he stopped again, turned to look at Nymeria, and said: "Just now, Prince Oberon told you not to interact with those people in the valley. Contact, that’s a good suggestion, and I also think it was a deliberate trap.”

"I understand." Nymeria replied calmly.

Lind looked at Nymeria's reaction. He felt that Nymeria might have doubted the meaning of those people's existence very early, so she did not come into contact with them even though they were so close to where they were hiding.

Seeing this, Linde didn't say anything else, walked out of the tavern, mounted his horse, and walked towards the outside of Tengshi Town.

This impromptu trip to the ruins of the old Tengshi Town was a great harvest for him. He not only came into contact with the lord of Tengshi Town, but also met the legendary figure Red Viper.

Soon Linde walked out of the wooden fence in Tengshi Town, and was about to walk towards the dense forest where his men and horses were stationed, but he suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, stopped, got off the horse, and turned to look Looking towards the hill to the side, towards the Red Viper who was standing there, probably waiting for a long time, he asked: "Prince Oberon, it seems that you are waiting for me. What can I do?"

The Red Viper pulled out the steel spear stuck at his side and walked down the hillside. As he walked, he said: "I mainly have two things. One is to know whether you are harmful to Nymeria, and the other is The thing is, I want to know if the number one swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms is worthy of his name.”

Linde was stunned and asked in confusion: "The number one swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms? Why didn't I know I had such a title?"

"The name given to you by your admirers, after all, it is difficult for a legend to appear among low-status civilians." Red Viper chuckled, then looked at the glory at Linde's feet and said, "It is The gift from the female shadow lynx in the story?"

"Yes." Linde nodded and said.

"What a beautiful little guy." Red Viper said with a slightly envious tone.

Linde reached out and touched Glory's head and agreed: "Yes, he is a beautiful little guy."

Red Viper came to Lind, looked at Lind, and said: "Although this is the first time I met you, I think you are a guy with a sense of honor. Now I ask you, what will you do to Nymeria... Is it bad for Fu Deli?”

"Of course not." Linde replied directly.

Red Viper and Lind looked at each other for a long time, and then said slowly: "I believe you, Bear Hunter." After saying that, he took a few steps back, played a trick, and said: "Then let's start the second round. Come on! Fight with me."