Bab 173: The Alliance of the Husband-Sad
Harrenhal, the Lord's room in the main castle.
The candlelight was dim, and Sansa cried while hugging her "mother" whom she had not seen for almost a year.
But Lady Stoneheart was unmoved, and she was struggling to recall the things related to her eldest daughter.
Since her resurrection, she could hardly remember the past.
Arthur stood beside them, guarding against his mother-in-law who was no longer considered a human.
Lady Catelyn was known for her generosity and kindness before, and the Tully family motto "family, responsibility, honor" was engraved in her mind. After she married Lord Eddard, she strictly performed her wife's duties, and every letter from Littlefinger was thrown into the furnace without being opened.
In her eyes, there were only her husband and five children.
But after being resurrected as Lady Stoneheart, her temperament changed drastically, and her original generosity became cruel, and she frequently ordered her brotherhood members to attack innocent civilians.
Arthur was unsure of her temperament, so he was always on guard against her doing something strange to his wife.
Sansa cried for a long time, and finally recovered. She rubbed her red and swollen eyes, and then gently stroked the big scar on her mother's neck.
"Does it hurt? Can you speak?"
Lady Stoneheart covered her neck with her stiff hands and said vaguely: "You killed Ned, my husband, your father."
Sansa shook her head like a little girl, "No, no. It was the damned Joffrey who had my father killed."
Recalling it later, she only felt that it was wrong to reveal that her father was about to leave King's Landing, but her father's death was done by the Royal Lawman, and Joffrey ordered it.
"You killed my husband, your father."
Lady Stoneheart just repeated this sentence coldly.
Of course, she couldn't be blamed, she didn't have body temperature.
Seeing her mother accusing herself like this, Sansa explained again, but Catelyn, who had become a "Fire Ghost", was not moved at all.
There was only hatred in Lady Stoneheart's mind.
The two of them held each other for a long time, until Lady Stoneheart could not hold back her anger, and stiffly raised her arm, ready to slap her daughter.
Fortunately, Arthur, who was prepared, held her back.
"Sansa did something wrong in this matter, but she was still a child, and she was thinking about marrying the prince and becoming the queen. It was a completely silly girl's behavior. Let's not blame her."
The king pulled Lady Stoneheart over and asked her to sit on the chair, while motioning Sansa to stay away.
"Mother, I..." Miss Stark wanted to say something to excuse herself, but when she thought that her father did die because of her, she fell silent.
Until she remembered the most important thing at the moment.
"Mother, Arthur wants to marry another wife to stabilize the rule of the kingdom. I don't want to share my husband with other women... What do you think should be done?"
Sansa told Lady Stoneheart about her confusion.
She knew that Princess Martell had an abnormal relationship with Arthur before, but because the Dornish have always been a little confused about the relationship between men and women, and Arthur has vowed to marry her, she pretended not to know.
Arthur looked at the mother and daughter without saying anything more.
Lady Stoneheart was a devout believer of the Seven Gods. Duke Eddard built a small chapel for her in Winterfell so that his wife could pray.
When Sansa was a child, she also believed in the Seven Gods with her mother. Later, when she was in King's Landing, she began to recall things in the North and tried to convert to the old gods.
"I can't care about others, as long as you have only one husband." Lady Stoneheart said coldly.
Sansa was a little dissatisfied with her mother's words, "Do you think it is normal for a husband to have two wives? You can't find such a person in the history of Westeros!"
The candlelight dimmed, and Arthur looked back and saw that a candle had burned into a pool of wax mud.
So he walked over, took out the spare candle, and relit it.
Then Arthur said to his wife: "There are some. Aegon the Conqueror had two wives, and those two were his sisters."
As far as he knew, Sansa was not so pedantic. She was not very pious to the Seven Gods and the Old Gods. She might not accept that he married Margaery because she felt ashamed.
After all, this Miss Stark was very vain.
"Roose Bolton killed my son." When she mentioned her enemy, Lady Stoneheart's tone suddenly became fierce, "As long as you kill all the Boltons, I won't let Sansa embarrass you in these trivial matters."
She stared at her son-in-law who was working near the candlestick.
When Arthur saw Lady Stoneheart's statement, he swore to the gods: "I will kill all the Boltons, including Roose Bolton and his illegitimate son Ramsay Snow."
The population of the Bolton family is even smaller than that of the Stark family, and the main branch is just these two people.
As for Donella Manderly, the Countess of Horwood, she had been starved to death by the Little Peeler. Walda Frey was also easy to deal with, just send her to be a Silent Sister.
"What are you going to do?" Lady Stoneheart asked.
Arthur told the two of them some of his ideas. It would take at least 10,000 troops to pacify the North, and there must be a general with outstanding strategy. Randyll Tarly was just the right one.
"Is it in time?" Sansa pointed randomly in the direction. She meant the Moon Mountains, but she couldn't tell the north from the south. "Even the high mountains near the Bloody Gate have begun to snow. By the time you conquer the West, the North should be covered with snow."
Autumn will last almost a year, and winter will be even longer.
If you miss this period, either the soldiers will have to march in the vast land of the North in the wind and snow, or they will have to wait until the next long summer.
Westeros has just experienced its longest summer. If nothing unexpected happens, the next long winter will last for at least two or three years.
"I will never allow Bolton to survive this winter safely. You must quickly send out Lord Landau's army."
Lady Stoneheart growled.
She stood up, the dim candlelight shining on her pale skin making her look like a ghost.
"But it's not safe over there in King's Landing, and the valley has not yet made it clear who it is loyal to."
The pacification of the Western Territory is only a matter of time, and there is not much trouble in the Stormlands. Prince Doran has been waiting for so long, and it is time for him to send troops.
The only uncertain factor is that the valley is still strong, and they can also threaten the south from the sea.
After wandering around for a few times, Mrs. Stoneheart made up her mind, "I can go to the valley. Lysa must send out troops to kill all the Boltons, or I will kill Littlefinger to show her."
She lost her husband and no longer cared whether her sister had a man.
Arthur looked at his mother-in-law and felt that she and Lysa could form an alliance of husband-worshippers.
"If the valley sends troops to the north, then our progress can be greatly accelerated. You can leave as soon as possible, and I will return to King's Landing immediately. When Lady Lysa makes it clear to send troops, Randyll can also go to White Harbor by sea. The two families The army is enough to defeat the combined forces of Bolton and Dustin."
At present, the main forces on the Bolton side are these two families. Even if the newly recruited peasant soldiers and soldiers from other small families are added, the full force is less than 10,000.
In the Stormlands in the south, there are the rivermen under Balon Swann. Secondly, Dorne is also a target to win over. They can also attack the Stormlands. In addition, the Golden Company and Stannis are spending time on each other. Still on Arthur's side.
Mrs. Stone Heart reluctantly agreed to this arrangement, and they discussed it for half the night under the light of candlelight, and finally decided on the order of all actions.
When the sun rises tomorrow, a group of humble soldiers will quietly transport Lady Stoneheart to the valley.
Before the Northmen returned home, they had left a guard for Sansa, a dozen of whom would be singled out for this purpose.
…
Stormland, outside Eagle's Nest.
The huge fire had been burning for a day and a night. During this period, Aegon VI ordered people to add more wood several times, but still no dragon was burned out.
After the flames extinguished for a long time and the soldiers took out the eggs, the senior officers of the Golden Regiment found that the gold and silver dragon eggs were even more beautiful.
"What's going on? Did we ignore some steps?"
"I think we should let His Majesty enter the fire and become the father of dragons, as the rumors say, so that he can be hatched."
"It is said that the condition for a dragon to be born is pure Targaryen blood. Could it be..."
Everyone was talking about it, and the failure to hatch the dragon was a big blow to them.
Illyrio has gone to Volantis to sell slaves, Jon Connington has also left, and only Harry Strickland is present to take charge of the overall situation.
Seeing that the officers and deputy captains began to doubt the identity of King Aegon VI, the captain shouted, calming the situation first, and then slowly explained:
"Everyone knows that Stannis has no shadow. I think it is because of this flaw that our dragon hatching ceremony went wrong."
There are basically no people among them who are proficient in magic, so they can't explain why this happens.
Seeing everyone nodding in approval, Harry continued: "But exchanging one life for another is a method recognized by all gods. The Black Goat, the Red God, and the ancient gods of Valyria even allow believers to use fire sacrifices in exchange for blessings. .Although the priests call it a blessing from God, it is essentially an exchange."
Everyone continued to nod. Although they didn't know what the leader meant, they just followed what most people did.
"Stannis can't be replaced because he only has half a life left. The King of Light or other gods don't like it, so they didn't send a miracle to hatch the dragon in the stone. But we have other options, the wind There are two people in the castle who also have the blood of the king, and they have dragon blood in them, which is enough for us to hatch a dragon next time. Stannis's daughter always has a shadow, and her life can definitely replace the dragon. "
Because he wanted to stabilize the hearts of the officers, Captain Harry spoke in a very firm tone, but he was getting the hang of it.
The key to Stannis's inability to hatch dragons is because he lacks the fire of life.
Tristan Rivers, who has become the deputy captain of the regiment, questioned: "How can we take Storm's End? When Stannis used a few hundred men to defend the 60,000-strong army in the Reach for half a year, do we have 60,000 people?" "
Several people agreed with him.
Harry was immediately furious, "Do you think I'm the same idiot as Mace Tyrell?"
Tristan Hewen lowered his head angrily and did not answer.
After convincing the new subordinates, Captain Harry expressed his thoughts: "It is definitely impossible to capture Storm's End Castle from the outside, but it will be much easier from the inside. In short, I have a complete plan. Wait until I capture Shireen. Something like that, we're hatching dragons again."
A faceless man is in this team, and Harry has a lot of confidence.
In the following time, the regiment leader began to mobilize his troops, and a large number of soldiers would suspend the action of capturing slaves and instead go to siege Storm's End Castle.
Of course, Harry didn't forget the most important thing.
"Quinn, Tristan, Alto, take your men to protect the dragon egg and His Majesty Aegon VI."
He assigned two deputy commanders and a senior officer to protect the dragon eggs.
In the next hour, the Golden Company's base camp began to become chaotic. They wanted to quickly go north to siege Storm's End Castle, which was only a day or two away.
…
Storm's End, Godswood.
Fire mixed with thick smoke soared into the sky. Due to the burning, the faces on the weirwood became twisted and looked very painful.
The released Melisandre and Queen Selyse Florent were staring at the flames carefully, trying to find hints from the King of Light.
Yaser Florent, who has a pair of ear-catching ears, stood behind the two women, discussing the future situation in a low voice with the Florent members around him.
Onion Knight Davos, Andrew Ismon and others were relatively far away from the two waves of people. Anyway, they were burning the things of the old gods, and the believers of the Seven Gods were not interested.
What they were on guard against was Queen Celis secretly ordering someone to let the red robe witch go.
"Soldiers with a golden skull flagpole burned a girl and a young man to death..."
Melisandre whispered to Selyse what she had seen.
Queen Selyse could only see a vague outline, so she admired the red robe witch even more.
"Is there anything else you can see? Any hints on House Baratheon and House Florent?"
Selyse asked.
"I'll take another look." Melisandre stared at the flames, hoping that the god she served could give more hints to the devout believers.
"I saw a king with black eyes running at the feet of the gods. The Seven Gods, the Drowned God, the Black Goat, the Night Lion, the Weeping Woman and other gods were all bled by him, but the gods were completely ignorant."
In the flames, Melisandre discovered several famous gods and more nameless gods. The one thing they had in common was that they were bleeding.
A dark-eyed king, shrouded in a smoky gray haze, was slicing the god's ankles to bleed them, as vulgar maesters did.
"What sword is smoky gray? And who is the king with black eyes?" Melisandre whispered to herself.
Selyse replied flatteringly: "The Valyrian steel sword is smoke gray, and the new master of King's Landing, the Dragon Bearer, has two black eyes."
Melisandre stared at the strange sight of fire, wondering what the Lord of Light meant by asking her to look at this.
But she quickly made her own judgment.
"It seems that Arthur Targaryen is the real king. I have to find him."
It is rumored that the Dragonbearer recently obtained a Valyrian steel sword, which matches most of the prophecies in the flames.
"What about us? What should we do with these soldiers?" Celis had no choice but to let the red-robed witch make the decision.
Besides, Davos and other generals may not let Melisandre go smoothly.
The red-robed witch turned to look at this stupid follower of the Lord of Light, and whispered: "You can tell them the first prophecy, and then ask Davos and Andrew to take Shireen and Edric away to a A safe city."
The King of Light's first prophecy is very clear. The Golden Company will soon come to capture these two children with the blood of the king.
"Since His Majesty Arthur is the true king, I suggest that the Baratheon family and the Florentine family also surrender to the Iron Throne, so that I can serve as the envoy to King's Landing."
Melisandre's idea is obvious, she is going to assist the true king designated by the Red God.
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