A certain sword soul's infinite journey

Chapter 22

In the hotel, Yoren comforted the trembling boss, and then punched him in the stomach.

The hotel owner passed out with a look of relief on his face.

Yoren passed him, went behind the counter, picked up two bottles of beer and walked over.

"Taking without telling is stealing."

Lin Yi put his hands on his chest and said with a smile.

"If he can save his life, he should be having fun secretly. Will he care about two bottles of beer?"

Yoren said indifferently, and put two bottles of beer on his carriage.

Lin Yi shook his head with a smile, and then looked at the boys who were picking up the corpse in the golden robe over there.

After the initial nervousness, these boys quickly adapted, and now they are searching for these golden robes one by one.

Mail armor, copper plates, ropes, knives, inner linings... they didn't even spare the socks.

Poor golden robe, who came into this world naked at the beginning, is now going to leave naked again.

After putting down the beer, Yoren walked towards the longswords and short swords piled on the hotel table.

Playing with the fine steel swords of these golden robes, Yoren picked up a dagger casually, and shouted at the group of children, the oldest of whom was only 13 years old.

"Speed ​​up, brats! The fastest will get this."

Not Gendry and Arya, who volunteered to dig holes for the six gold cloaks outside the inn.

Seeing the dagger in Yoren's hand, Romy and Hot Pie's eyes lit up, and they quickly sped up their movements.

They've been coveting Arya's sword for a long time.

Arya already has a sewing needle, which Jon commissioned from the blacksmith in Winterfell to make it, both in terms of quality and significance.

"Why did they arrest you?"

Arya asked sullenly while shoveling the dirt on the side of the road.

"How do I know." Gendry replied sullenly, and then asked, "Then why do you think they will arrest you?"

"..." Arya didn't answer.

Gendry looked up at her, then lowered his head and continued to work: "Is it because you killed someone, or because you are a girl?"

"I'm not a girl!"

"You think I'm as stupid as they are?" Gendry laughed.

"……I'm not."

Arya forcefully made an excuse, and then changed the subject—with power, Arya was less concerned about hiding her identity.

"I saw the letter of grant brought by the golden robe from the teacher. It says that you are an illegitimate child."

"Well, maybe."

Gendry was perfunctory.

Arya frowned: "What's your name?"

"Gendry," he said again.

"Snapped--"

A big hand clapped Gendry's head, and the two looked up to see Yoren's bearded face.

"I don't know why they want to arrest you, and I don't care. Anyway, they can't succeed. I, Yoren, have been recruiting soldiers for the Night's Watch for 30 years, and I haven't suffered this kind of humiliation... I'll talk about any gossip on the road, and take care of it now." Work, the sooner you finish it, the faster you get on the road."

After speaking, Yoren took out a stainless steel sword from behind, and handed it to Gendry with the scabbard attached.

"I see that you are tall and your arms are strong enough. You know how to use this?"

Gendry was slightly taken aback, and then took it in surprise.

"Yes, yes... I am an apprentice of blacksmith Mott, and I often touch swords in the blacksmith shop."

Arya was also happy for Gendry—since she knew Gendry was the Queen Mother's favorite, the orphans of Hot Pie began to alienate Gendry, which made Arya very disliked.

Yoren turned away, paying no attention to the two little ones.

Walking to Lin Yi, You Lun squatted down and checked the wheels.

"Aren't you going to see your little apprentice? It's not a good thing for a noble lady to get along with big men day and night."

"Arya is different." Lin Yi shook his head.

Yoren curled his lips and stood up.

"Indeed, this little guy doesn't look like a rich lady at all, he looks like a monkey all day long."

Lin Yi laughed when he heard this, and Yoren also laughed.

"I don't know who the other kid is either."

Looking at Arya and Gendry, Yoren suddenly spoke.

"All I know is that before leaving, the blacksmith Mott brought this kid to the camp and gave me a bag of copper coins, asking me to take this kid to the Great Wall, and stop for two more days to take Mr. Ed with him."

You Lun seemed to be explaining to Lin Yi.

"It's just that I didn't expect that this kid is no less troublesome than Arya."

"I know who he is."

Lin Yi said with a smile.

"……Um?"

Yoren was slightly taken aback.

Lin Yi looked at Gendry and said softly, "He is the illegitimate son of Robert Baratheon."

"...Robert? Former king?"

Yoren was a little shocked.

"It's the ex-ex-king now."

Lin Yi kindly reminded.

"Okay, ex-ex-king."

You Lun glanced at the calm Lin Yi speechlessly, and then calmed down.

What about the king's illegitimate son, who has a kingslayer standing beside him!

But it also explains why the Queen Mother wanted Gendry's life.

Tommen was only eight years old now, a little younger than Arya.

Cersei must remove all obstacles in her son's way to the throne.

"How do you know?" Yoren asked suspiciously.

"I'm a wizard." Lin Yi smiled, "Do you still remember what I said when I joined the team?"

"Trouble?" Yoren frowned, remembering.

"The troubles in your team are far more than just one Arya Stark." Lin Yi sighed pointedly.

"..." The corner of Yoren's mouth twitched, and then he sighed

"I never expected that in my small team, there are two wanted nobles, the prime minister's daughter and the king's illegitimate son."

And a regicide.

Yoren added inwardly.

Lin Yi had a weird face when he heard this, but he still held back his smile.

"If I didn't know the inside story, I would have thought that the Night Watchmen had returned to their glory days." He teased with a smile.

"I've been recruiting soldiers for the Great Wall as a raven for almost 30 years." Yoren complained, "Only three people died in 30 years."

Yoren held up three fingers.

"There was an old man who died of illness, a city kid who was bitten by a snake while he was shitting, and a fool who tried to kill me while I was sleeping..." Yoren spat aside, "Of course I cut it. up his neck..."

"This is the first time you have encountered so much trouble in 30 years." Lin Yi said with a smile.

"Who says it's not." Yoren unscrewed the flagon angrily, took a sip, "You are also a big trouble."

"No trouble." Lin Yi stroked the hilt of the sword lightly with his right hand, and said with a smile, "If there is no trouble, please come to me, and I will solve them myself."

Yoren ignored the sentence.

"At that time, I only thought about recruiting more people... Well, if I knew it, I would have found a boat. Taking a boat is safer than now."

As he spoke, Yoren took a sip of wine, then screwed on the wine jug, and said resolutely.

"Let's go tonight! I know a relatively remote path, which should delay a lot of time."

(End of this chapter)