A certain sword soul's infinite journey

After leaving the town, the procession of the team went very smoothly.

Whether it's a raft with sails in the water or a galloping horse with no burden on land, the speed of travel is more than twice as fast as before.

During the day, rafts carried supplies in the shallow waters, while those on land rode horses along the lakeshore.

At night, everyone swung the raft to the lake, and everyone camped on the shore to rest.

The horses were tied up anywhere, anyway, the land was full of fertile grass and sweet lake water.

The daily meal is the fat and tender fish in the lake, as well as various grains brought from the farmland of the small town.

The adults who walked the waterway also tried to get close to the reed marshes with ulterior motives, and caught a beautiful black swan with ulterior motives.

Arya was indignant about this, but considering that the barbecue was indeed delicious, she decided not to bother with them.

In this way, day after day, they kept going until the trees around the lake gradually thinned out and rolling hills appeared in front of them. Only then did everyone realize that they were about to cross the God's Eye Lake.

Yoren and the others propped the rowboat and raft to the shore, and took all the supplies.

Without a carriage, everyone could only free up a few horses and put the supplies on the horses.

"Huh, what about the raft?"

You Lun wiped off his sweat and looked at Lin Yi.

"Whatever you want, you probably won't need this thing when crossing the Trident River."

Yoren nodded, and beckoned them all to push the raft into the lake, with the sails removed and used as cloth.

"Just let him float away."

Looking at the raft floating slowly on the lake, everyone felt emotional.

To be honest, the journey across the Shenyan Lake was probably the easiest part of the journey for all of them going north.

Back on the land again, Lin Yi and You Lun rode at the front.

"Why, are you going to Harrenhal as planned?"

Lin Yi asked.

"...I'm afraid it won't work."

Yoren bit the grass stalk he picked up by the roadside, and looked at the scattered manors ahead with his brows furrowed.

To be precise, there are several dilapidated manors with only charred wreckage standing upright.

"The Lannister army may have taken Harrenhal."

Yoren sighed.

"The Countess of River Ann is good friends with us Night's Watch, but the Lannisters don't care."

"Then go directly to the Crossroads Inn. After crossing the Trident River northward from there, the convoy will be safer."

Lin Yi suggested.

"Well, that's a good idea." Yoren nodded in agreement.

……

After walking for another two days, the Crossroad Inn with a special mark on the map appeared in front of them.

When the Crossroads Inn was first built, half of it was built on the water. Even though it has been rebuilt several times over the centuries, the south wing of the inn is still built on wooden piles in the water.

The water of the Trident River flows through the back door of the inn. Looking at the Trident River, Lin Yi has a complicated expression under his mask.

Finally arrived, crossing this river, completely away from the main battlefield of the War of the Five Kings.

As long as you are not stupid enough to cross the Bright Moon Mountains and go north along the King's Road, it is safe and fast.

However, some things that Lin Yi had expected for a long time still happened.

"Lin Yi, this is not right."

Yoren frowned.

"It's so quiet! The Crossroads Inn is a very famous place. I've stayed here dozens of times, and every time it's bustling."

"Of course something is wrong." Lin Yi looked calm, and drove his horse forward to the door of the inn, "This place is located along the bank of the Trident River, and it is the hub of traffic in all directions. Taiwen is familiar with the art of war, so how could he miss this place?"

With that said, Lin Yi got off the horse, opened the door and walked in.

The crowd followed behind him.

Just as soon as he walked in, Romi pointed at the lobby of the inn and called out.

Everyone looked around, only to see a gallows in the spacious hall with a female body hanging on it.

"It's Martha Hyde."

Yoren sighed, and walked over to set the woman's body down.

"Martha is the proprietress of the Inn at the Crossroads, and I know her very well... It's a pity that the ale she brews is very mellow."

There was regret in Yoren's tone, I don't know if he was regretting the wine or the brewer.

"Poor Martha, the body has been hung up for at least half a month, and she has lost so much weight."

Looking at the bucket-like waist of the corpse, Lin Yi remained silent.

It's hard to imagine the original figure of the proprietress...

Lin Yi passed You Lun, walked to the long table in the center of the hall, bent over and picked up a fragment from the leg of the table, and rubbed the fragment in his hand with two fingers.

Shards are smoother to the touch than glass and a bit denser.

"Glass cup."

Lin Yi threw away the debris, stood up, and glanced at the messy hall around him.

"It seems that Tywin was very anxious when he withdrew, and it seems that the battle situation is more urgent than I thought."

Yoren carried Martha's body outside, intending to dig a grave for her.

Arya's eyes lit up when she heard Lin Yi's words, she ran to Lin Yi's side, and asked in a low voice.

"So, my brother won the battle again?"

"should be……"

Lin Yi nodded, took out the map from his arms, spread it on the long table in front of him, pointed at the map and said.

"We are currently at the Crossroads Inn, which is here, which is equivalent to sneaking through the hinterland of Tywin's army."

Lin Yi's fingers slid across the east bank of God's Eye Lake on the map, rubbing the corner of Harrenhal to connect to the Crossroads Inn.

"The Lannister army must be stationed in Harrenhal. Since Tywin transferred the headquarters from the Crossroads Inn to Harrenhal in such an urgent manner, it means that your brother must be somewhere and made a breakthrough..."

As he spoke, Lin Yi touched his chin through the mask.

"Although I don't know where he made the progress, Tywin will definitely not let it go. There will be a battle in the west."

"Then we..."

Arya glanced at Youren hesitantly, then turned her head to look at Lin Yi, as if asking.

"……Um."

Lin Yi put away the map, and there was no ups and downs in his tone.

"It's time to say goodbye..."

Chapter 42 respectively

That night, Lin Yi approached Youlun.

"The Crossroads Inn is on the Trident River, and there should be no danger going north from here."

"Of course." Yoren looked obviously relaxed, "The lords of the northern border will more or less give us night watchmen a face."

"Yeah." Lin Yi sighed, "The safety of the team is assured, Arya and I should leave the team too."

"..."

You Lun paused the hand holding the flagon, then turned to look at Lin Yi.

"A host of Stark boys around here?"

"The exact whereabouts are unclear, but Riverrun City must be in the hands of the North."

Lin Yi said truthfully.

"Riverrun City..."

Yoren sighed.

"For Qingqi, it's only about five days' ride?"

But what You Lun didn't expect was that Lin Yi shook his head.

"I'll keep the horses."

"why?"

Yoren looked at him in surprise.

"You know, it doesn't make a difference to us whether there are two more horses or two less."

"It's too slow." Lin Yi shook his head and said, "If it's just me and Arya, the journey will be faster."

"..."

The corner of Yoren's mouth twitched, he twisted open the jug and took a sip.

"Well, it seems that we are indeed your drag."

"You finally realized!"

Lin Yi laughed.

"You XX."

Yoren cursed with a smile, then handed over the flagon.

"See you at Castle Black?"

The corner of Lin Yi's mouth curled up, and he took a sip from the jug.

"See you at Castle Black!"

……

Outside the Crossroads Hotel.

Lin Yi was wearing a black robe, standing by the side of the road, looking at the sparkling Trident River under the moonlight.

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came.

"Have you said goodbye to your little friends?"

Lin Yi asked with a light smile.

"It's just to say hello, anyway, it's not like we won't see each other again."

There was no obvious sadness on Arya's face, and she was also wearing a black robe and hat.

"They will all go to Castle Black, and Jon is there, and I will definitely go to see them in the future."

"..." Lin Yi was a little silent when he heard this.

Arya belongs to this world, and she naturally has a chance in the future.

But he is different, for this world, he is an outsider.

This farewell may really be a farewell.

Although he thought he was smart enough to join the night watchman's northward team, which caused his journey northward to the Great Wall to be delayed a lot, but Lin Yi never regretted it at all.

After all, this is not just a copy of the job change task, this is a real medieval world.

For Lin Yi, time travel may not be a new thing, but time travel to a world in the age of cold weapons is really new.

Whether it's the beautiful scenery that only exists in the map and background, or the impressive characters, everything in this world interests Lin Yi very much.