The king on the Great Wall

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King's Landing is a city, and Linhe Gate is not in the center of the city but at the southernmost end, which leads to different lengths of travel time for the various garrisons of the garrison to arrive at the scene: the nearest point is 10 minutes away, and the farther point, such as the gods The gate and the giant dragon gate are several leagues away from here... As time passed by, a dozen to dozens of garrison soldiers arrived one after another with torches, on foot or on horseback. Join Slynt's team surrounding the place.

When the number of soldiers outside the garrison of Linhemen exceeded [-], Slynt sent someone to issue an ultimatum loudly: If Jacelyn Bywater did not hand over the criminals, he would launch an attack and force his way in to capture them.

Knowing that it was almost time, Jacelyn Bywater climbed onto the courtyard wall holding a torch, appearing in the sight of colleagues surrounding the place.

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"Brothers!" Standing on the high platform and looking down at the more than 100 soldiers below, Tie Shou said: "It's the middle of the night, when I should be lying in bed and sleeping, because something happened here, I'm afraid Everyone came here in the dark, I really feel sorry for you, but I really can't make any concessions on this matter tonight!"

The soldiers below looked at each other in blank dismay, the one on the night shift looked indifferent, they stayed up all night anyway, and the ones who should have rest were called up looked tired, until the next sentence of the Linhemen sub-captain drew their attention Come back: "I would like to ask, how many of the brothers standing here participating in this assembly operation can get the full military salary?"

When it comes to money, everyone is in spirits.In the King's Landing garrison, all officers who are promoted by Slynt have to pay half of their salary to him. Although ordinary soldiers are not so exaggerated, they will at least be deducted by [-] to [-]%. If the officer following him is strong and has a background, then If you do this, you will be able to deduct less, otherwise you can only consider yourself unlucky.This is already a well-known unspoken rule of the golden robe. Everyone knows it, but no one dares to raise it in public. Anyone who makes a fuss about this matter will either get out or die... What happened to Sir "Iron Hand" tonight?

"Jeslin Bywater!" Slynt didn't dare to let him continue, and immediately stepped forward, interrupting the words of the Linhemen guard captain standing on the courtyard wall: "Just before midnight, someone Fighting with swords and weapons in the streets between the steel gate and the dragon's lair, resulting in three deaths and three injuries, we now have evidence that this person is in your Linhemen garrison camp, hand him over quickly, don't take those There are no interruptions!"

"Do you remember Herb and Ben?" Iron Hand ignored Slynt at all, but continued to talk to himself, suppressing his commander with a loud voice: "Last year, Prime Minister Jon Arryn was investigating When one of our chiefs traded official positions, embezzled and accepted bribes, and withheld military pay, we found these two brothers to testify. But not two days after the news leaked, the two brothers fell and hit their heads against a stone on the way home from work. , one fell into the ditch and drowned! Do you believe in such a coincidence?"

Is this iron hand crazy, talking about this in front of so many people?Slynt felt chills behind his back, breathed out and shouted: "That was an accident, the case was closed long ago. Jacelyn Bywater, don't talk crazy over there to divert the topic! If you don't open the door and hand over the prisoner, I will Someone is going to break the door, get ready!"

"The two soldiers of the garrison died in such an unexplained way, and there is no explanation yet." Bywater quietly gestured to the soldiers who were loyal to him behind him, and he continued to shout at the rest of the gold robes outside the wall. Shouted: "And today, another brave man who dared to testify against our officer appeared and reported to Prime Minister Aide with his real name. This person is now in the station behind me, and the officer we are accused of is at this moment. Fabricate baseless lies and force me to open the door and hand over this person!"

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"Wow...it's true."

"No wonder they dragged us here in the middle of the night to make trouble."

"This is too arrogant, what do you think of us!"

Amidst the uproar and discussions of countless garrison soldiers around, Slynt knew that he had fallen into a trap, and he was already on the verge of riding a tiger, so he had to go crazy to the end: "Stop talking! Come on, set the door on fire and boil it! "

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Chapter 159 The Darkness Before Dawn

The garrison only had fixed city defense weapons placed on the top of the wall, and had no siege equipment to transport. In a hurry, Slynt could only think of the stupid way of attacking with fire.More than a dozen soldiers from Dongying were ordered to pick up the wooden oil drums and trot towards the gate of the Linhemen barracks, holding torches.

"Fire arrows!" Sir Iron Hand standing on the wall waved his left arm without hesitation. Dozens of people emerged from the wall. Amidst the melodious sound of bow strings being stretched, they rained arrows on the ground outside the barracks. .The arrows flew towards the soldiers holding the oil barrels in a dense manner, and fell on the ground a few meters in front of the attackers with a short parabola. The stone bounced and flew around, and one even hit an oil drum held by a man in a golden robe, and the muffled "boom" knocked the man so frightened that he let go of his hand and threw the oil drum to the ground.The barrels were split and dark fuel spilled all over the place, thankfully it wasn't a wildfire.

Exclamations came from the soldiers of the garrison at the scene and the citizens of King's Landing who were standing in the streets or carefully watching the show through the windows. Everyone could see that Jacelyn Bywater was serious.The first wave of soldiers who burned the door were "repulsed" in an instant, and Sa Yazi ran back into the crowd. All the gold robes holding torches stepped back a few steps in unison. Even the Dongying soldiers loyal to Slynt, in this Under the threat of life, he still failed to show more courage.

The field in front of Linhemen is so big, no matter how you retreat, you will be within the range of the arrows. Fortunately, the defenders of Linhemen did not intend to hurt anyone. There was no further attack.

"Bastard! Shoot the arrows! Shoot back!" Slynt was enraged by this unceremonious slap in the face, and screamed: "Shoot this traitor down!"

The officer's order had to be obeyed, so the surrounding side also shot a wave of arrows sparsely, either nailed to the wall of the barracks, or flew high above the defenders' heads into the darkness somewhere, in order to "not hurt peace" , naturally no one was injured.

Bywater squatted down and raised his iron hand to protect his head, and delivered the final blow of this speech: "Everyone don't have to guess, Janos Slynt, the person I'm talking about is you! If you don't Ghost, then honestly wait until dawn, and I will send someone to deliver the suspect you want to arrest to the Prime Minister, whether he is a criminal or a whistleblower who was persecuted and hunted down, will be known at that time!"

"You're dreaming!" Slynt roared, and he didn't want to do anything, but now that his face has been torn, he really can't stop dying: "Listen to my order, bring the ladder, attack from all sides at the same time, take down The traitor!"

About to start a fight?In the night, there was a commotion among countless golden robes holding torches, but no one obeyed after looking left and right.Sir Iron Hand did something that no one else dared to do today. It was too late for everyone to watch the excitement and applaud. Who would want to work hard for Slynt at this time——to fight with his brothers who also wore gold robes?

"What are you doing? Do you want to disobey the order!" Slynt still tried to force the surrounding soldiers to carry out the order with the majesty of the commander. "Where are the battalion commanders, come out and organize the attack!"

"Lord Slynt, we all believe in your character, and Sir Bywater must have been deceived by rumors." The sub-captain of the Gods Sect stood up and was the first to speak: "But the Linhe Gate has been surrounded by us. Even the mice can't escape, the person you want to catch will never escape, why bother to risk the lives of your brothers? It will be dawn in a while, why don't we just wait and see what happens to the Prime Minister Sentence the murderer."

"Yes, my lord, keep guard for a while, and it will be dawn. When the king's men arrive at the Red Keep, Sir Bywater will have no reason to protect that criminal any longer!"

Seeing that the plan put forward by the opponent has won the support of several garrison officers, and the superiority in numbers has vanished, Slynt understands that the general situation is over, and looks at the garrison soldiers who are surrounded by darkness but can't use them for themselves, and understands to be tough It was useless, so he gritted his teeth and made a concession: "Okay, then block the front and rear doors, so that no one can escape!"

After giving this order, Slynt flicked his cloak, turned around and walked towards the soldiers in Dongying, until he was far away from the crowd, and then whispered to his confidant Aral Dim behind him: "Let our own brothers get ready , when the night watchman appeared at dawn, he was shot to death with random arrows, don't mess it up this time!"

"But my lord, in case you hurt the brothers of Linhemen..."

"I'm in charge!"

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I am in charge, these three words are categorically stated, but the speaker has already begun to feel guilty.For the first time in more than a decade, Slynt began to regret and reflect on what he had done.

From the very beginning, I probably shouldn't have thought about a female employee in the night watchman industry, but Amy was not a mistake.It was his own fault, and he shouldn't cling to it after hitting a wall - he should have thought that since the other party dared to be tough and protect the calf, he naturally had his own capital.

Sure enough, when the other party turned his back on him, he began to contact friends from all walks of life to deal with him. People with similar interests are naturally the strongest allies. Once the Night Watchman Industry makes a move, they will punish themselves to death... Even at this time, I still have a chance to make up for it : As long as you inform Robert about betraying Cersei's rebellious plan, and then obediently be a pawn when he is determined to deal with the Lannisters, even if Ed investigates himself later, the merits and demerits will be equal, and he will not be punished too severely punish.

But yesterday, I was so excited that I accidentally moved the idea of ​​killing my opponent, but I gave the task to the wrong person... A series of mistakes eventually caused everything to be messed up, resulting in the current dilemma .He had nothing to do with the night watchmen hiding in the Linhemen barracks, but it was also impossible for him to admit defeat and lead them back.

If I didn't make too much money, if I had a little more prestige and control in the garrison, then today's matter can be solved with a final violent solution: break the camp of the Linhemen garrison, and kill the night watchman and Iron Hand worshiper. Watt killed them all, and then labeled them as "participating in the Lannister family's rebellion"...

But now, as he hesitated and gave Bywater a chance to finish his speech, it was too late to say anything.As Bywater publicly exposed his old background and destroyed his remaining prestige, as the commander, he was actually unable to command the garrison to launch an attack and retaliate. After making wrong decisions one after another, he successfully played the game. Had the worst ending.

I definitely don't have the ability to charge the living "Iron Hand" Bywater with treason, and that damned night watchman seems to have many friends and means, if he can't kill him today, relying on the influence of the night watchman industry, next I am afraid that I will face continuous revenge... There is no way out!The only chance for him right now is to kill this guy, and then hope that the turmoil that will occur in the Red Castle today will be big enough to cover up the farce he created.

The person he sent to inform Robert came back and conveyed the king's secret order: Tomorrow... no, it should be noon today, take two hundred elite guards who are absolutely reliable to stand by outside the gate of the Red Castle.This is the most obvious hands-on hint. I can't waste time here. When the night watchman hides in the barracks comes out at dawn, he will kill him at all costs, and then immediately lead the troops to the Red Castle to wait for the king. Send, this time... never do one more thing!

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In the house of the Linhemen barracks, Iger watched the show through the window.

He couldn't see the actions of Slynt's men and horses outside the wall, but judging from the relaxed reaction of the guard soldiers standing behind the wall near the river gate, Sir Bywater's judgment was correct, and he was safe tonight.

His heart relaxed for a while, but there was a stabbing pain in his shoulder, and he gasped: "Hiss——"

"I'm sorry, my lord!" Nina quickly stopped her hands: "Did it hurt you?"

After being injured, he fled for his life without any rest. The untreated wound bled all the way, and the blood seeped into the black clothes. After drying and congealing, the fabric on the shoulders and arms became stiff, and finally he had to cut it with scissors to treat the wound.Watching the "suitor" I provoke caused trouble for the idol I admired the most, and in the end even almost brought Iger's death... Obviously I didn't do anything, but things turned out of nowhere for no reason. After Iger cleaned and wiped the wound, looking at the basin of blood, the little girl almost collapsed.

"It's nothing." Iger gritted his teeth, "It's not that you hurt me, it's strange that the wound doesn't hurt, continue."

The sharp metal tip of the crossbow bolt easily sliced ​​through the skin and muscles on his shoulder, leaving a wound on his body that was nearly ten centimeters long, and the bone could almost be seen in the deepest part.Although it is not a serious injury, it greatly affects his actions. As a right-handed person, it is a remarkable achievement to be able to break out of the encirclement with a sword when his right shoulder is injured, but if there is no kick by Jia Kun at a critical moment, the arrow will probably It ended up being firmly inserted into the back, as for whether it was shot through the heart or the lungs, I don't know - and no matter what the situation is, I am dead at this moment.

It would be a lie to say no to fear, but at this moment, facing Nina who is tearful, self-blaming, dazed and panicked, as a man, he still has to put on a tough look: "Don't think about it, how many times have I said it's not your fault?" , apply the medicine, and sew it up."

"Oh...is it like sewing cloth?"

"Well, if you don't dare, let Sir Bywater find someone who will come."

Born in a family that made a living out of textiles and clothing, sewing needles was not a difficult task. After treating the wound tremblingly, the girl waited at a loss for Iger's next order.

"It's none of your business, go to the next door and find a place to rest."

"I can not sleep."

"If you can't sleep, you can find a place to close your eyes for a while, don't stand here stupidly, go."

"My lord, tomorrow morning, what are you going to do?"

"What else can I do, just wait here. Slynt probably won't kill me. I'm still in danger. Before the king or the prime minister appears, I won't step out of this door."

After fleeing for their lives and on the road in the middle of the night, and watching such a good show of infighting in the defense team, after a whole night of tossing, they couldn't even wake up from sleep.Outside the window, the sky has reached the darkest hour before dawn.This is the absurd and cruel world of Game of Thrones. If you die, you will die, but if you don't die, you may not be safe. This chaotic night is finally coming to an end, and it feels wonderful to be alive, but after dawn, things will go back to normal. In what direction?

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Chapter 160 The Legend Appears on the Stage

It will be daylight soon.

Whether it was inside or outside the city, people who got up early and planned to go through the gate, enter or leave King's Landing began to gather.Since the bustling Heishui Port is just across the wall, Linhe Gate ranks first among the seven gates in terms of daily cargo throughput and number of people entering and leaving.The Capital of the Seven Kingdoms shuts its doors after dark, but ships that arrive at the mouth of the Blackwater after sunset don't wait until dawn to dock.As the night passed, several more ships berthed into the port, unloaded their cargo and personnel, and lined up in front of Linhe Gate early in the morning to prepare to enter the city.

The eastern sky began to turn white first, diluting the redness that the blood-colored comet gave to the sky. The brightness of the comet and the sun was completely unmatched. The red dye in the tank melted into a pale pink.As the sun approached the horizon, the pink was quickly replaced by various magnificent colors of dawn. With the cooperation of comets, clouds and the ocean surface of Heishui Bay, the intersection of sea and sky suddenly showed various wonderful colors like a dyeing workshop: Gold, red, purple, black, white, blue...

The brilliance continued to change, and the sky seemed to be performing a dynamic and magical drama of light and shadow. This drama lasted until the Lord appeared-the sun leaped from the sea level.The brilliant protagonist finally set the tone for everything. The flame dispelled all the variegated colors, and coated everything under the light with a layer of gold, and its reflection on the Heishuiwan ocean made it seem like there were two people in the sky. Shining like the sun.

No one watched the magnificent scenery—people who had been busy all night in Heishui Port went to bed and began to fall asleep, while others who had just woken up started to work for survival.The pressure of reality is so heavy that no one has time to marvel at the sunrise.

There are crowds of people outside Linhe Gate, the crowds and traffic that are about to enter the city have blocked the gate tightly, the hired workers are waiting to enter the city to work and support their families, and the merchants are eager to get their things into the city to resell to make money... People complained dissatisfied and shouted loudly. urged.

The Linhe Gate, which used to be opened at dawn in the past, is still tightly closed until the sun rises today, which leads to the continuous extension of the queue, and the about twenty gold-robed men stationed at the port outside the city can only do their best to maintain it. There is no other way to maintain order—although they belong to the Linhe Gate Guard Team in terms of establishment, they are unable to open the city gate from the outside after all, so they also have to wait.

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"There are a lot of people." Domi sighed, "However, these southerners are really lazy. The sun has risen, and they still don't open the door."

"King's Landing is so warm, how can you be woken up by freezing every day like the Great Wall, maybe the gatekeeper is still under the covers."

"This place doesn't need any quilts. It won't freeze if you sleep on the street. Being a beggar here is more comfortable than being on the Great Wall."

"Stop chatting, we're here to carry out a mission, look like soldiers!" Alliser Thorne ordered in a low voice, "Form a circle around the carriage, it's too crowded here, don't let people around get close to the cage!"

There is no need to drive them away, and the people around them automatically keep their distance from the night watchmen.This gang of Castle Black rangers and Eastwatch sailors mixed together to escort the ghouls to King's Landing just last night, and they haven't got their summer clothes yet, so they're either shirtless or wearing the sweaty clothes they brought from the Great Wall. Even the background smell of King's Landing City couldn't cover up their aura... not to mention that they all carried weapons and had fierce faces, so they were not easy to mess with.

"My lord, there seems to be a group of people wearing black clothes in front of us. There are more people than us. Doesn't it mean that no one except the night watchman wears this?"

Allisa Thorne frowned impatiently—is everyone in East China Sea Watch so verbose: "Maybe someone died in the family, line up your team, don't ask me like a country bumpkin entering the city for the first time. Asking questions!"

"But I'm a country bumpkin who came to the city for the first time." Domi argued with a smile, "Unlike you, my lord, who guarded King's Landing before joining the Night Watch, drank all kinds of fine wine, played with all kinds of girls Mile."

"Shut up, no one will treat you as dumb if you don't speak!"

Although there is no direct subordinate relationship, the head coach of Castle Black is at least a senior official, and the majesty of the chief finally played a role. A group of night watchmen stopped talking and lined up quietly.

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But the group of "people also in black" in front still spotted them, and after whispering to each other for a while, a few of them pushed aside the crowd and squeezed in front of the ghoul escort team.

Black shirts meet black shirts, the two gangs of men in black look like a mix of farmers, swindlers, and hooligans, while the other gang is serious, strong and tall.But the former is the night watchman who really guards the Great Wall, while the latter is just the security guard of the logistics department, at least for the time being, not to mention that there is a dwarf standing among them, a red-robed Lannister guard... this weird Meeting, I really don't know how to describe it.

"Ser Alliser Thorne, why are you here!" Tyrion Lannister's eyes widened in surprise: "Did Commander Mormont order you to receive the goods, or did you let you supervise Iger's work? What's on the cart?"

The headmaster of Castle Black looked down at the dwarf, and snorted coldly with disdain: "Ghoul, Lord Mormont ordered us to bring it to King's Landing and present it to His Majesty, in order to request the Iron Throne's large-scale support for the Great Wall."

"Ghouls?" Tyrion curled his lips, "The Night's Watch industry has provided supplies as much as they can, and you are not satisfied? How dare you use the stuff in the old Nan's story to cheat and abduct! King Robert loves to drink Really, people are not stupid."

Alliser looked at the dwarf condescendingly, and instead of being irritated or exposed nervously as Tyrion expected, he turned his head back: "Pull down Bra, and give our Lannister 'giant' Open your eyes."

"My lord, it's easy to pull it off, but it's not easy to cover it up."

"Stop talking nonsense and follow orders."

Tyrion took several "fake" night watchmen from the night watchman logistics security team, walked around to the cargo behind the carriage, and waited with great interest for them to lift the covering above.The cover was black and extremely thick. It was made of double-layered canvas. Two night watchmen carefully untied the ropes tied to the carriage to loosen the cover. come out.

It was a cage. The wooden cage body was reinforced by iron bars, and the gaps between the bars were reduced to a minimum. Inside was a man in rags who was chained to the bottom of the cage, lying motionless by the edge of the cage.

As if stimulated by the light, the next moment, this "person" suddenly turned his head and rushed to the side of the cage, screaming and stretching out his hand to Tyrion: "Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

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Despite being at a safe distance, Tyrion still took two steps back before stopping. He was supported by the servant Jack and did not fall on his back. His two slightly deformed short legs were trembling, and he could hardly stand if there was no one behind him. live.

The onlookers who lined up around also retreated a large area with a roar, and a large empty circle with a radius of more than ten meters suddenly appeared around the ghoul escort team.

Allisa showed a tricky smile, and the other night watchmen around the cage also laughed softly.Tyrion admitted that he was taken aback, but resisted the displeasure of making a fool of himself in public. He stood up straight, touched his nose, and carefully looked at the man in the cage: he was covered in tattered beast fur, his hands were black, and he was naked. The skin of the torso that came out was pale, and the arms and legs were covered with rotten and ulcerated marks, which were indeed completely different from normal people.

"Many reasons can cause a similar situation, greyscale, rabies, and even various brain diseases. I have never studied medicine, but I keep patients in cages and run around with them. Ghost, I'm ashamed of that, Ser Alliser."

"That is, don't take the sick people around, what should you do if you infect others!"

"Please give him mercy quickly, don't make it out to scare people."

"Mercy?" Alliser Thorne glanced at the bustling crowd, and drew out his steel sword with a clang, which made the crowd take another step back: "Let me show you what mercy is!"

The headmaster of Castle Black stepped to the front of the cage, out of the reach of the ghoul, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, slowly stabbed the tip of the long sword into the middle of the chest of the man in the cage until the tip of the sword came out from between the ribs on its back... Then he pulled it out, then stabbed it again, pulled it out, then stabbed it again, and stabbed it three times in total on the left, middle and right sides of his chest.

When the stab was first stabbed, a woman's scream came from the crowd. After the second stab, men's sighs and discussions also sounded. After the third stab, everyone outside the Linhe Gate, waiting for the door to open, looked here.The slightly shabby car that was temporarily rented after disembarkation, with only one horse, became the most eye-catching stage at the entrance of Heishui Port to King's Landing.

Alliser took back the steel sword and handed it to Tyrion: "Do you want to check if this sword is real?"

Tyrion frowned and shook his head, took a step away from the gleaming sword point, speechless.Three sword wounds that were fatal to anyone, but seemed to have no effect on the living creatures in the cage... From the beginning to the end, the ghoul did not shed a drop of blood, nor did it make a sound of pain, but just moved the target it "pounced on" by mentioning it. Leon turned into a closer Allisa, with two black and purple claws stretching out straight towards the night watchman, only one hand away from Allisa, and one couldn't help but worry about his safety.

"In the cold and terrifying north of the Great Wall, thousands of ghosts like these and even more terrifying are threatening the people of the Seven Kingdoms, while in the warm and safe south, you are dreaming of a prosperous world and firmly believe in ghouls and other ghosts. Everything is a legend in Old Nan's story!" If necessary, the ghoul can be shown to the residents of King's Landing, which was Mormont's instruction before leaving.Allisa didn't understand, what is necessary?The night watchmen are fighting against the natural enemies of mankind, and they have finally produced evidence. Do they still have to cover up?He held the shining officer's steel sword without sheathing it, and just raised it in his hand and announced loudly to the surroundings: "The cold wind has blown, and winter is coming. We must defend the Great Wall, and this requires support!"

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The closed Linhe Gate created hundreds of thousands of spectators who had nowhere to go and concentrated attention for the coach of Castle Black. Relying on the cooperation of the ghouls, he successfully became the focus of everyone's eyes within a few hundred meters.

And in the Linhe Gate separated by a wall, a good show with another Night Watchman officer as the protagonist finally came to an end.

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Chapter 161 The Day of Chaos

Early in the morning, there were far fewer people leaving the city than entering the city, but the streets inside the Linhe Gate wall were equally crowded.Most of the people were not preparing to go out, but were watching the grand occasion of "dog eating dog".

When a large number of soldiers arrived last night, they really frightened the residents in this area, but the two sides did not fight after the night passed. With the dawn, the courage of the masses has completely grown.Upstairs and downstairs, inside and outside the house, people from far and near, high and low, were all staring at the Linhemen Barracks, watching how the show would end.

Life is so hard, this kind of excitement, if you don't make it, you will regret it for a lifetime.

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"It's dawn, brothers waiting outside, the opening time set by His Majesty the King is important after all, I will send someone to open the door first, and when the streets are cleared, I will send the people our Lord Commander wants to the Red Castle!" Bywater had already After taking a nap in the sentry tower, he boarded the wall energetically and appeared again, announced loudly to the outside of the wall, and ordered the door to be opened without discussing with the people outside or waiting for a reply.