Chapter 214 Barristan Selmy
Gao Yuan learned from the captain of the guard, Jory, that Eddard Stark was taken out to hunt buffalo by King Robert. The Duke of Storm's End, who had fought bravely and skillfully in the Reaver War, has been on the Iron Throne since
After that, he seemed to be a different person, indulging in wine and beauty all day long. His previous goals and ideals in life seemed to have passed away along with his beloved Lyanna in the War of the Reavers.
Since the Iron Islands rebellion subsided nine years ago, there has been no more war in the Seven Kingdoms. War is Robert's only remaining goal in life after losing his beloved. He believes that the meaning of being alive today can only be found in war.
It shows. After losing this final direction in life, Robert has become more and more depraved. The only thing he loves now, who is not involved in government affairs, is hunting, an activity full of killing and blood.
Now Harrenhal is in sight, and they are only one step away from King's Landing, the destination of their journey south. King Robert happened to be taking Eddard out hunting alone at this time. I believe it is not just as simple as hunting buffalo. Some
No matter how Robert tried to deal with the ambiguity, there was still no way to escape it.
Robert must keep his promise after all. Before they arrive at Harrenhal, Robert needs to give Eddard a clear explanation on the matter of appointing the Warden of the East. Whether he agrees to Eddard's appointment request or is stubborn on his own
Even if he insists on his own opinion, Robert needs to clearly inform Eddard of the choice he has made.
Presumably the king has already made a choice on the appointee of the Eastern Guardian at this time, otherwise King Robert will not only invite Eddard for this hunting trip. This is enough to explain everything, so he needs to avoid him.
party.
Even though he had guessed King Robert's choice, Gao Yuan was not discouraged. The king's choice at the moment was not important to Gao Yuan, because the relationship between the Wolf family and the Lion family was about to usher in a turning point. On the banks of the Trident River
After the conflict occurred, if the king still insisted on his choice, Gao Yuan would have no choice but to leave the king's team and choose to enter the Erin Valley.
Darui City where they are located is not far from the Blood Gate leading to the Arryn Valley. After Gao Yuan confirmed that he could not peacefully obtain the right to rule the valley legally, Gao Yuan would choose to leave the king's team that day and give up going to King's Landing and embark on the journey into the valley.
The only passage to the valley is to enter the Arryn Valley through the Blood Gate to start your own conqueror plan.
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Darry City is a relatively small castle. Except for the members of the Darry family who live crowdedly in the castle in various simple rooms, this castle can hardly accommodate anyone anymore, let alone accommodate such people.
A team of 400 people headed south.
Members of the Stark family who came from the north all lived in hotels outside Darry City. However, the king and queen were unwilling to live in these dirty hotels, so they chose to camp on the grass outside the castle.
The camp was set up. Gao Yuan, who had nothing to do, walked into the camp where the king was stationed. He saw a group of people gathering outside the queen's palace. They were talking excitedly, buzzing like a swarm of bees.
Gao Yuan moved forward curiously. As a tall man, he looked beyond the dense crowd and saw Queen Cersei standing on the top of a simple wooden staircase. Gao Yuan knew the staircase under Cersei's feet.
King Bo would use it every time he dismounted. Cersei seemed to be smiling at someone in front of her: "The important ministers of the Royal Council are really thoughtful."
After re-searching the plot of the original work in his mind, Gao Yuan recalled that this seemed to be the plot of the Kingsguard Barristan Selmy and Renly Baratheon coming from King's Landing to greet the king. Those who already know the plot
Gao Yuan suddenly felt bored and turned around to push away the crowd and leave, but he bumped into a girl wearing a blue velvet dress.
The girl in the blue dress raised her head and glanced at Gao Yuan, then immediately lowered her head with a blushing face: "I'm so sorry, Sir Gao Yuan!"
"The lady just ran too fast, and I was pulled by it...I accidentally bumped into you." Sansa quickly explained to Gao Yuan that she was entirely responsible for bumping into Gao Yuan.
On the direwolf "Lady" sitting next to her with an innocent face.
"I'm the one who should say I'm sorry. If I hadn't suddenly turned around just now, I'm afraid you wouldn't have bumped into me." Gao Yuan said apologetically, "I hope the armor I'm wearing didn't hurt you."
Sansa, rosy-cheeked, bit her lower lip gently and shook her head.
With a smile on his face, Gao Yuan picked up the rope that tied the direwolf from the ground and handed it to Sansa's hand: "So its name is Lady, it's a very nice name!
"After living in Winterfell for so long, I still don't know its name!" Gao Yuan said, "I only know the direwolf names of your brother Robb and Jon."
"Grey Wind...and Bai Ling." Sansa looked behind Gao Yuan curiously, "Sir Gao Yuan, what happened here?"
"The Royal Council of King's Landing sent someone to greet your father and the king." Gao Yuan explained, "It seems that those important ministers attached great importance to Lord Stark's arrival, and they sent Ser Barristan Selmy of the Kingsguard.
Come with Renly Baratheon, the king's brother."
"The queen is welcoming their arrival. Do you want to go in and take a look, Miss Sansa?" Gaoyuansheng asked.
After receiving the other party's affirmative answer and permission, Gao Yuan gently held Sansa's thin shoulders and led her towards the middle of the crowd. The wide and supple elf robe enveloped Sansa's fragile body in it, from
The hot breath emanating from Gao Yuan's body hit Sansa directly in the face.
When Gao Yuan brought her to the front of the crowd, Sansa's cute little face was already covered with blush. This was not because Sansa was attracted to Gao Yuan, but because of the burning love on Gao Yuan's body.
The breath is hot. Gao Yuan, who has the passive skill Dragon Heart, even the blood in his veins is hot, let alone the breath emanating from his body.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gently letting go of the short-breathing little girl in his arms, Gao Yuan pointed to the two knights kneeling in front of the queen and introduced their identities to Sansa.
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One of the old men with gray hair as white as his armor is Ser Barristan Selmy, now King Robert's captain of the Iron Guard. His upper body is wearing a set of intricately carved and enamel-painted white scales.
The light reflected by the armor and enamel is like sunlight shining on the snow, and the silver-white metal threads connecting the scales shine in the sunlight.
Although Barristan is now sixty-one years old, he still looks as strong as ever. He once served two kings of the Seven Kingdoms as a royal guard, and his words and deeds are very elegant. There is no doubt about his ability.
He once broke into an enemy's castle alone and rescued the former king Aerys Targaryen, who was being held hostage, from the dungeon.
The companion kneeling next to him is a young man of similar age to Gao Yuan. His tall figure is only a little different from Gao Yuan, who is also strong and strong, with long black jade-like shawl hair.
Complementing his neatly trimmed face, his blue eyes seemed to always have a cynical smile. In the crook of his right hand, he held a shining golden antlered helmet.
The crowned stag is the symbol of the royal family. Judging from the golden antler helmet in the young man's arms, it is easy to guess the identity of the young man in front of him. He is King Robert's youngest brother, now the Duke and Queen of Storm's End.
Lord Councilor Renly Baratheon.
Gao Yuan did not introduce Sansa to the third stranger standing behind the two knights, because even he did not know that man, who looked ugly and hateful, with empty and cold eyes. He stood holding the reins of the two knights' mounts.
On the side, there must be a character who is insignificant in the original work.
"When Robert comes back from hunting and sees you, he will be very happy." The two knights kneeling in front of the queen were accepting praises from Cersei. Sansa, who was standing in front of Gao Yuan, kept her eyes on her.
The ugly man seemed to be aware of Sansa's gaze, so he slowly turned his head and looked at her with his cold and empty eyes.
Facing those cold and empty eyes, Sansa suddenly felt an unprecedented fear attack her like a tsunami. The feeling of entering an ice cellar made Sansa's body tremble uncontrollably, and she staggered back into the ice cellar.
In Gaoyuan's arms.
It wasn't until Gao Yuan's strong and hot hands covered his shoulders that her body stopped trembling. A wave of warmth followed Gao Yuan's big hands covering her shoulders and flowed throughout her body, limbs and bones.
It almost made her scream out of comfort.
Sansa, whose face turned rosy again, turned to look at Gao Yuan behind her. She saw that Sir Gao Yuan, who was as handsome as Renly, was looking at her with a puzzled expression: "Miss Sansa, are you still here?"
All right?"
"I...I'm okay...I accidentally fell..." Shy Sansa struggled to get out of Gao Yuan's arms.
She just broke free from Gao Yuan's arms, but couldn't help but look at the man who made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. The direwolf "Lady" seemed to feel her master's fear and rushed forward to stand between Sansa and the man.
There was a terrifying roar among the men with hideous faces.
Sansa hurriedly squatted down and hugged the "Lady" to make it stop roaring. Obviously, this had no effect. This made Sansa, the Lady and Gao Yuan standing behind her become the focus of everyone's attention for a moment.
Sansa could feel that everyone's eyes were on her at this time, and there were many malicious whispers and snickers coming from the crowd of spectators.
This made Sansa feel ashamed. She buried her head in her arms in grievance. Tears suddenly filled her eyes. The lady in her arms was still roaring. And Gao Yuan stood behind her at this time.
He came out, protected Sansa under his robe, and scanned the surrounding crowd with his golden eyes shining in the sun.
It's like a lion lying in wait in the grass, choosing the most favorite one among the many prey.
The originally noisy camp suddenly became quiet. Many of the people present had attended the King's Dinner held by Duke Stark in Winterfell. Sir Gao Yuan, who was personally named and consecrated by the King, was speaking with the Royal Iron King.
Wei James became famous in a duel, and his superb swordsmanship and strength were even more impressive. No one would want to provoke a young and promising knight with strong martial arts skills just because of such a trivial matter.
"Why is there a direwolf here?" Sir Barristan came to Gao Yuan with his sword.
"The direwolf is the pet of the little wolf girl of the Stark family." Gao Yuan touched his hand to the Blade of the Evening Star on his waist, "If you don't mind, put your weapon away first, Sir!"
"You scared the little Stark girl."
"I will only put away my weapons when I am absolutely sure, Sir!" Sir Barristan asked, "Which knight was canonized your knighthood? Why don't I recognize you? Your
There is no family crest on him."
"You actually want a dragon to remove its teeth in front of you?" Gao Yuan asked sharply.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere between the two suddenly became tense. Ser Barristan, who was standing with a sword, just watched quietly. Gao Yuan's right hand touched his sword. At this moment, his long sword had been unsheathed.
, and Gao Yuan's sword was still in the scabbard. According to Sir Barristan's many years of combat experience, if he chose to take action now, he would be able to kill the opponent in just two moves.
But I don’t know why, when Sir Barristan faced Gao Yuan, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart. Especially after Gao Yuan’s right hand touched the sword on his waist, this uneasy feeling became even more intense.
The intuition formed from years of wandering between life and death told him that the young knight in front of him was definitely not a simple figure.
"Relax, young man!"
The hesitant Sir Barristan finally chose not to take action. In order to show friendship, he took the lead in putting away the weapon in his hand. In fact, he was the only one who took out the weapon, Gao Yuan just rested his hand on the hilt of the sword.
"Young sergeant, tell me who your master was before you were granted the title." Ser Barristan asked, "You don't have a family crest on your body either."
Gao Yuan snorted coldly and removed his right hand from the hilt of the sword, but he did not pay attention to Ser Barristan's meaning at all, let alone answer the questions he raised.
It wasn't until Gao Yuan helped the crying Sansa up from the ground that he replied coldly: "I defeated the knight who conferred me, so I received the canonization from the defeated. My family crest has not yet been
Think about what pattern to use.”
"Who is the defeated one who canonizes you?"
"Your colleague, Ser Jaime Lannister." Gao Yuan said calmly, "At the king's dinner in Winterfell, under the witness of King Robert and the nobles of the kingdom."
"Ser Barristan, I think it's best for you to stay away from my fiancée. You have scared her."
While Gao Yuan was having a friendly exchange with Sir Barristan, the "Eternal Emperor" Joffrey, who was wearing a beautiful blue woolen sweater and a black leather vest, suddenly ran to Gao Yuan and Barristan.
Between the two of them, Sir Lestan shouted at Gao Yuan: "And you! Get your dirty hands away from my fiancée."
As soon as he finished speaking, Joffrey pulled Sansa Stark over, and then showed false concern to her: "My dear lady, how are you? Which guy scared you? Don't worry, as long as
As long as I'm here, no one will dare to hurt you..."
Chapter completed!