Chapter 176 Negotiation

The wind was strong, making the flags snap.

The ice wolf seemed to be running hard, one, two

The arrival of Stark made the Great Wall cheer.

"Jon." Pyp patted Jon who was stunned.

When Jon came to his senses, he couldn't help crying.

His father finally came. He missed him so much these days. Jon wanted to talk to him and listen to his teachings.

He came to the iron cage quickly, his mood fluctuated. As the iron cage descended, he thought to himself: Will Robb come with him? I heard that his brother had led the army in the south and defeated Tywin.

He wanted to make himself look like an adult, but the closer he got, the more impatient he became.

Yes, he saw that figure.

Lord Eddard rode on a northern warhorse. The first thing that caught Jon's eye was his graying hair and beard. He looked much thinner than Jon remembered. The serious and melancholy face in Jon's memory was also very old. If Jon remembered correctly, his father should be less than 40 years old.

He looked at his father painfully, and he found that his father's face was full of vicissitudes and haggardness. At this moment, he suddenly realized that Lord Eddard was not as tall and majestic as he imagined.

Several northern soldiers stopped him. These people made Jon feel unfamiliar. Beside his father, except for Sir Rodrik, there were all new faces. No matter where he went before, his father always brought Jory Cassel, but this time he didn't see Jory.

There were also many knights he was familiar with, but Jon didn't see them.

"Father!" He shouted, attracting Lord Eddard's attention.

"Jon?" Eddard was about to dismount, and a servant came over to help him.

Jon then realized that his father's leg was actually limping, and he wondered in his heart: "Who hurt him?"

The guard who stopped him let him go, and his father half-dragged his leg towards Jon.

The father and son had a heavy hug, and he saw the smile on Lord Eddard's face. His father grabbed his shoulders, looked him up and down, and said, "Not bad, you've grown up."

He's so thin, Jon thought. His father is much thinner than he looks.

"Father, your leg?" Jon asked him. They are now a pair of lame father and son, but his father's injury looks much more serious than his.

Edard just shook his head gently, indicating that he was fine, and he never wanted to bring worries to his children.

But Maester Luwin told him that this leg was not suitable for riding and fighting again.

In the decisive battle with Randyll Tarly's army in the Riverlands, he was dragged down by this leg and missed the best opportunity to fight. He fell off his horse, and when the soldiers saw that their commander had fallen, they had no intention of charging forward.

Eddard's father once told him that if you want people to fight for you, you can't hide in the castle.

Cat advised him to let Rodrik lead the army to support the Night's Watch, but Eddard insisted on coming.

"Tell me about the Night's Watch." His father asked him, and they walked side by side.

Eddard also found Jon's leg injury, so he asked anxiously, "How did you get injured?"

"Father, Maester Aemon has treated me."

They heard the sound of horns from the Wall, and it was obviously not the time for father and son to talk.

Jon told his father all the news he knew.

Eddard only brought a thousand people, but with these thousand northern soldiers, relying on the 700-foot Wall, it was enough to resist the wildling army.

Mance Rayder's army retreated, and when the Grey Wolf flag was planted on the Wall, he knew he had no chance.

But the wildling army seemed unwilling to go back. Mance Rayder looked at the towering ice wall. Once upon a time, he was also a member standing on the wall. He grew up in the Night's Watch and was familiar with every stone and wood there.

The Haunted Forest was covered with ice and snow. He knew what the result would be if they returned. The dead were coming.

Eight thousand years ago, those monsters first came to the world. In the stories circulated by the ancestors outside the Wall, the stories about the White Walkers were much more detailed than those in the Seven Kingdoms.

They passed it down orally from generation to generation, because the figure of this monster would appear from time to time.

He had been looking for the magical artifact "Winter Horn" of Joman, the King of the Wall, a thousand years ago. A thousand years ago, the King of the North and the King of the Wall worked together to defeat the Night King.

Legend has it that the Winter Horn can summon the wildlings sleeping underground.

Mance had high hopes for this Winter Horn, hoping to defeat these dead people with it, but no matter how many graves under the Frostfang Glacier he dug, he could not find any trace of it.

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After the wildling army retreated, Jon Snow walked down the Wall. He wanted to see his father.

Lord Eddard lived in the room of Lord Commander Mormont in the King's Tower.

When he got here, they told him that his father was in the Crow's Nest. Jon could only walk to the Crow's Nest. His leg injury would still cause pain when he moved.

He walked into the Crow's Nest and heard his father talking to Maester Aemon.

"Father, Maester Aemon." He walked to the fire.

"Come here, child. Your father is very concerned about your injury." Maester Aemon said to him.

"Sit down, I know you have many questions to ask, and I will tell you truthfully." He heard his father say.

Jon's heart trembled for a moment. He actually wanted to ask his father, who is his mother? Where is she?

"Father, Robb and Arya" He didn't ask about his own affairs first.

Edard sighed. Robb led his army to confront Randyll Tarly's army at the Neck. Arya had disappeared. He was worried that his little daughter would fall into the hands of the enemy.

Sansa, Bran, Rickon, Jon's brothers and sisters were missing one by one, which made him feel extremely heavy.

"Lord Eddard." A knight pushed open the door of the Crow's Nest and hurried in.

He interrupted the conversation between father and son. The knight said to the three people: "The wild king Mance Rayder sent a message. He hopes to negotiate with you."

"Negotiation?"

"Yes, the rumor said that they have news of Benjen Stark." The knight said.

Jon saw his father frown. Uncle Benjen has not returned since he left the Wall. One of the purposes of the old bear's ranger expedition is to find the whereabouts of his missing uncle.

"Where is the place for negotiation?" Lord Eddard asked.

"Beyond the Wall." The knight said.

Eddard fell into deep thought. He asked the maester, "Is there any news about Benjen?"

"My Lord, Benjen Stark never returned to the Wall after leaving it. Commander Mormont sent people to look for him, but they never came back."