章 114: See you again Sansa
Late at night, King's Landing River Gate (Mud Gate).
The Red Keep, the royal residence, is built on Aegon's Hill, which is surrounded by the sea on two sides and faces the river on one side. If there is no dragon, the difficulty of conquering this place is only lower than taking the Eyrie, Casterly Rock, and Storm's End.
Considering that there are King's Landing and King's Landing Harbor with a population of 500,000 outside the Red Keep, the difficulty is greatly increased.
If it is a moonlit night, even two or three leagues away, the light red castle can be clearly seen. But the dark clouds added a siege atmosphere to the capital, so that Arthur and Arya could only vaguely see the King's Castle.
This also concealed the whereabouts of the two people wearing black robes and hoods.
They need to hide not only the Red Keep and the King's Landing garrison soldiers, but also the Stark soldiers patrolling back and forth outside the River Gate.
Although the latter is closer to Arya, the commander of the coalition forces is Roose Bolton.
The Stark soldiers strictly followed the commander's order to siege the city, and even their own actions would be reported.
Because Arthur "captured" the Little Devil and searched for the blacksmith Gendry, Lord Leech was very concerned about Arthur and the movements in his camp.
If he knew that Bracken took "Arry" to the vicinity of the Red Castle, I'm afraid Lord Leech would have to pay a little attention to Arthur's cupbearer.
After all, this matter was too strange.
After bypassing the fish market outside the Mud Gate and the gathering place of Stark soldiers with bonfires, they walked quickly and quietly towards the cliff where the Red Castle was located.
Arya silently recalled the route she passed by here last time, but suddenly remembered her father who was still alive at that time, Sister Mordane who always blamed her for running around, and her sister Sansa who disliked her for not being ladylike enough.
Maybe it was the "blood of the wolf" flowing in her bones. Like Bran when he was a child, she was born to love adventure, exploration, and fighting.
She remembered her sister Sansa, who called her sister a fool when she learned that she wanted to participate in the tournament and knock down the men on horseback. At that time, she called her sister a fool because she was really stupid and crazy about women. She often went to her father with Septa Mordane to complain that she was lively and wild by nature, and she was really not like a lady from an official family.
And her father always listened to their complaints very seriously and promised to discipline her.
But what Arya got was often her father's advice and concern to "pay attention to safety". He even invited "Water Dancer" Syrio Forel for his little daughter.
This master swordsman and the former chief swordsman of Braavos.
Although Arya didn't know the prices, she knew that it would cost a lot of money to hire such a person.
The feudal lords in the North were not very wealthy. The former king Robert took a team of three or four hundred people to eat and drink for more than a month, which could eat up one-third of the savings of the entire Stark family.
This shows the love of Duke Eddard for his daughter.
"The last time I came to the Red Keep, I went to the throne room and beat up a Kingsguard." Arthur whispered.
Actually, it's not accurate to say "last time", he had been to the Red Keep once.
Arya's thoughts were interrupted by this sentence, and then she remembered this.
The Kingsguard who was beaten was called Meryn Trant, who was the one who killed her swordsmanship teacher Syrio.
During the coup in King's Landing, Meryn Trant brought a few red-robed soldiers of the queen to arrest Arya, and then the water dancer Syrio let the students escape first and held these people back.
Arya escaped to the outside of the Red Keep and wandered around Flea Bottom and Iron Street for several days, but learned about the death of her teacher from passers-by.
The former chief swordsman of Braavos was beheaded after his death, and his head was impaled on a spear and hung outside the main gate of the Red Keep.
Therefore, her hatred for Meryn Trant was second only to that of Ilyn Payne, the former law enforcer who killed her father.
The last time I heard the story of Meryn Trant being defeated, Arya was still the daughter of the Prime Minister. She could boldly reveal her identity in front of the golden cloaks and let them send her back to the Prime Minister's Tower.
Now, she can only hide her real name and pretend to be a boy "Arry" in front of everyone.
"Meryn Trant, Ilyn Payne, Joffrey." Arya repeated in her mouth.
These three people have become the top two on her must-kill list.
"Ilyn Payne is the executioner who killed your father, Lord Eddard, right?" Arthur asked.
Knowing that Arya would not answer, he immediately said the next sentence, "When we break through King's Landing and the Red Castle, I will personally judge the crimes of these people and sentence them to death."
Arya, who was moving forward with the special steps taught by the water dancer teacher, suddenly stopped.
Arthur noticed this and whispered, "What's wrong?"
"Why are you doing this? Lord Eddard and you are just average."
"This is not a question of relationship." Arthur replied, "I am a good man who abides by the law. According to the laws of the kingdom, even those who rebel have the right to wear black clothes and go to the Wall in the north to serve as night watchmen. When the Lannisters launched a coup in King's Landing, they violated many laws. I decided to punish these people according to the law."
In fact, letting lawbreakers go to the Wall to serve as black night watchmen is already a custom in Westeros, but it is also a law.
During the coup, Cersei and Pycelle of the Lion Family, as well as their allies Littlefinger Baelish and Sterling, the commander of the gold cloaks bribed by Baelish, actually violated many legal provisions.
But considering that Lord Justice Renly was still rebelling in the south and King's Landing was ruled by the Lions, these illegal acts were not punished.
"What's more, Lord Eddard was a well-known good lord. No one with a conscience would sit idly by and watch him being insulted by the cruel and tyrannical Joffrey."
The place where Eddard Stark was beheaded was in the square in front of the Great Sept of Baelor.
That was the territory of the Seven Gods, not a place for punishment.
And after Eddard died, his head was also impaled on a spear and hung outside the gate of the Red Castle, like a rare treasure for the spectators of King's Landing to watch, hunt, and even humiliate.
"You are a good man." Arya said this, and then continued on her way.
She began to recognize Arthur.
Arthur followed and whispered back: "Well, actually I have selfish motives. I want to pursue your sister Sansa, but I am afraid that she will look down on me because of my low status. So I want to do something to please you two sisters."
Arthur himself is a face control. Although Sansa is a little crazy and her personality is a bit silly and sweet in the early stage, her face and figure are the level of a first-class beauty.
Given the current situation, Joffrey and Sansa's engagement is definitely invalid.
After all, the position of queen will definitely bring a strong ally to the Westerland-Kingdom Alliance.
And according to the customs of the Westeros continent, divorce is considered a violation of the sacred oath, and those who break the oath can be punished by the whole continent, so there is no such thing as divorce.
If Joffrey and Sansa really get married, then before Joffrey marries a new queen, he must kill Sansa before he can marry the next one.
And Sansa is the one with the highest status and identity among the Lion family hostages, which means that she has to live well to be valuable.
Under various factors, the engagement between Joffrey and Sansa will definitely be annulled.
And with Robb still alive, the Wolf family's requirements for the status of their son-in-law are naturally not high.
In fact, if Robert did not go north, Sansa might have married and had children with a strong earl of the same age in the North or the Riverlands.
And after Arthur made great military achievements, it is also possible to marry Sansa.
"I am Arry, there is no sister named Sansa." She still did not admit her identity, even though both of them knew it.
Arya made up her mind that if this man really killed Marin Trant, Ilyn Payne, and Joffrey, she would help her sister and him.
After all, her sister is a nymphomaniac who only loves beautiful men and does not care much about status and identity.
The two continued on their way and finally reached the intersection of the sewer of the Red Castle and the Blackwater Bay.
"It's here." Arya pointed to the source of the stench. "Go in from here, then keep going inside, and then climb up to enter the Red Keep."
The last time she passed here was because she accidentally bumped into Prince Tommen and Princess Myrcella while chasing a one-eared black cat, so she hid in a cellar, and then walked and walked, walked through layers of spiral staircases and drawbridges, and finally avoided all the pursuers.
But she soon found that she couldn't find the way back.
Coincidentally, Arya heard the conversation between Varys and Illyrio, the governor of Pentos, so she wanted to follow them out.
It's just that she followed the wrong person. Illyrio, who was being tracked by her, left the Red Keep, so she followed him out of the sewer.
"Okay, I've shown you the way, let's leave." Arya whispered.
Arthur looked up at the Red Keep and suddenly thought of a problem.
Most of the coalition forces were northern soldiers, and Robb's two sisters were nominally in King's Landing.
If the gold cloaks cannot defend King's Landing and the coalition forces reach the Red Keep, Joffrey's tyrannical character will naturally take Sansa as a hostage to force the coalition forces to retreat.
Robb's purpose of going south is to rescue his father and sisters, so the northern soldiers may be concerned about this and dare not attack the Red Keep.
This is very embarrassing.
The Red Keep itself is a large fortress with gardens, granaries, barracks, and even a pigsty.
If it is surrounded without attacking, it may take a long time, so long that the situation on the continent will change significantly.
The closest force to King's Landing is Stannis of Dragonstone.
This person is the first heir of the late King Robert, so he hates Robb's behavior of proclaiming himself king.
If Stannis borrows enough gold from the Iron Bank of Braavos, he will definitely hire thousands of mercenaries from Essos as soon as possible, and then attack King's Landing with more than 5,000 of his men.
After all, according to Stannis's point of view, he is the real owner of the Iron Throne.
Therefore, the best option for the coalition forces is to quickly capture King's Landing and the Red Keep, and then take the gold of the nobles in the city, as well as important hostages such as Cersei, Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella to the north, leaving King's Landing for Renly and Stannis to fight for.
After thinking this through, Arthur suddenly had an idea.
"Since you are here, why don't you save your sister before leaving?" he asked.
According to the original plot, Sansa originally lived in the Prime Minister's Tower. Later, the little devil returned to King's Landing and lived in the Prime Minister's Tower, and Sansa moved to other places.
But now, the little devil is in his camp, so Sansa should not have moved out of the Prime Minister's Tower.
What's more coincidental is that if you go all the way inside this sewer and climb up, you can lead to the Prime Minister's Tower after you go out.
Of course, it can also lead to the Red Keep dungeon.
And judging from the occasional date between Varys and Illyrio here, there shouldn't be many people on this road.
"Now?" Arya was surprised to hear that Arthur was going to save her sister, "Just the two of us?"
"Yes." Arthur's tone was firm, "Just the two of us, based on my fighting power, it's enough."
In fact, Arthur alone is enough, but he brought Arya with him to make Sansa believe.
After all, he and Sansa were just a flower-giving acquaintance before.
Arya thought about the rumors she had heard about Arthur before, and suddenly realized that this was a peerless warrior who could kill hundreds of people alone.
If she sneaked in now, maybe she could really take her sister away.
Her heart was pounding.
"Since Lord Eddard is a kind and good person, then I, Arley, must rescue his daughter Sansa."
She is the most "wolf-blooded" of this generation of Starks. After the adventurous factor in her body was mobilized, it has begun to rise.
Arthur was very satisfied with her reaction.
The two of them sneaked in from the sewer.
They walked through the stinking ditch, walked up the stone path, and groped for a long time through the spiral staircase and brick corridor before they heard a very faint human voice.
The two of them stopped, and Arya carefully identified the approximate location of the place for a while.
"It's in the dungeon, and there are groans of death row prisoners inside."
After adjusting the direction, the two began to grope in the dark again.
Finally, under the leadership of Arya, they walked to the ground.
Then, the two people who were moving forward against the wall tiptoed and began to move towards the Prime Minister's Tower.
Coincidentally, in order to strengthen the defense of the walls of King's Landing, the defense inside the Red Castle was reduced.
After all, no one thought that someone would come out of the Red Castle.
This allowed the two to reach the Prime Minister's Tower after only hiding from the night patrol soldiers once.
It was late at night, and Sansa was the only noble living in this tower, so there were few servants.
Arya finally returned here after two months.
But she didn't have time to sigh, and quietly took Arthur to her sister's room.
Bang, bang, bang.
She knocked on the door gently.
At this time, her sister must have fallen asleep. Arya wanted to increase the force of knocking on the door so that her sister would open the door, but she was afraid that the maids living in the building would hear the sound and get up to check the situation.
Fortunately, it didn't take long before there was movement inside.
"Didn't I tell you that I don't need you to check my room when I sleep at night." Sansa opened the door and complained in a low voice.
Since her father died, all the servants her family brought from the North have been killed.
Now the people serving and monitoring her are sent by Queen Mother Cersei.
She didn't even dare to scold these people too loudly.
After the door opened, Sansa was startled by what she saw and was about to scream.
Fortunately, Arthur reacted quickly, rushed in and covered Sansa's mouth.
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