Just as Eddard Stark had guessed, after Gao Yuan accepted the appointment as the Guardian of the East in the king's camp, he quietly left Darry City and headed for the Arryn Valley. But he did not set out in the morning.

Instead, he set out immediately after walking out of the king's tent.

The reason why Gao Yuan chose to rush to the Arryn Valley in the early morning was mainly because he really didn't want to spend the night in the canyon leading to the Blood Gate. When he and Sir Balinstan walked out of the king's camp, Gao Yuan prepared to set off immediately.

When his decision was informed to the Kingsguard, he received high approval from the other party.

On this journey to the Vale of Arryn, he is accompanied by Ser Barristan, the witness of this appointment. According to the king's instructions, this old Kingsguard will accompany him to the Eyrie City to pay tribute to the current city.

The heir of House Arryn and his guardian read the king's appointment.

Different from the river beaches and dense forests near the Trident River, the farther east they went and closer to the radiation range of the Mingyue Mountains, the road under their feet became more rugged and dangerous. From the fork in the King's Road to Mingyue

In front of the canyon where the mountains lead to the Blood Gate, this took them almost ten hours.

During this period, they climbed over rocky hills and steep and dense mountain forests. Facing these rugged mountain roads, even though Gao Yuan and Sir Barristan were riding horses at their feet, it still seemed a little difficult to move, not to mention the sky in the sky at this time.

It was still raining heavily. It was already past noon when the steep passes and abyss cliffs in the canyon appeared in front of them.

After a short rest and eating in front of the canyon, Gao Yuan was originally ready to continue moving forward, but was stopped by Sir Barristan. Sir Barristan warned Gao Yuan that it would be an extremely unpleasant task to brave the heavy rain to cross this dangerous canyon.

Wise choice.

The canyon they are about to cross next will be more rugged and dangerous than the road they have traveled before. In this steep canyon, rockfalls are common even on sunny days. Let alone today.

It was raining heavily and they were likely to encounter mudslides.

Sir Barristan also told Gao Yuan that there are often shadow lynxes in this canyon. Just when Gao Yuan told him that he was not afraid of those lynxes that were as big as lions, he took out the shadow lynx that often moves in this area.

Mountain clan tribes came to scare Gao Yuan.

In Ser Barristan's words, those mountain clan tribes are a group of lawless bandits. They always roar in groups from the peaks. According to rumors, there are many skinchangers among them.

When they were killing people and stealing goods, the animals controlled by the skinchangers discovered that the Canyon Knights came out to surround them, and they soon scattered and disappeared into the dense forests on both sides.

Mountain clan tribes are a very troublesome problem for the canyon nobles. Even Jon Arryn, the previous guardian of the canyon, will bring a large number of people to follow him every time he travels through this dangerous canyon. In Ser Barristan's case,

In his understanding, it would be difficult for him and Gao Yuan to safely cross this canyon alone.

Gao Yuan didn't pay much attention to the warning from Ser Barristan. He even regretted it now and agreed to go with Ser Barristan in the king's camp. If he had chosen to go to the Arryn Valley alone from the beginning, he would

I am afraid that the appointment from the king has already been read out to the young heir of the Arryn family and his mother Lysa in the high tower of the Eyrie City.

If he hadn't been afraid of exposing his ability in front of Sir Barristan, he would have relied on his flying ability to cross the entire Bright Moon Mountains and the Blood Gate from high altitude to the Eyrie City in the Arryn Valley. Why would he have spent more than ten hours?

Together with this old Kingsguard, we braved the pouring rain to cross this rugged mountain canyon.

"Sir Barristan, we still have a long way to go before the Blood Gate. Only through this steep canyon and the Blood Gate standing on both sides of the canyon can we reach the Arryn Valley." Gao Yuan said.

Ser Barristan beside him said, "I don't want to spend a cold and wet night in this canyon. We really shouldn't waste time here. If we set off now, we can still arrive before it gets dark.

Blood Gate."

"As for the falling rocks that you are worried about, the Shadow Lynx and the Alpine Clan are not a concern at all. As long as we are more careful when walking in the middle of the canyon, how can those falling rocks and mudslides catch up with us riding horses?" Gao Yuan tried to resolve it.

Ser Barristan's concerns.

"I once killed many direwolves alone in the forest north of the Great Wall. Even if those beasts appeared in groups, they could not pose any threat to us, let alone those shadow lynxes that were not to be feared.

.Those mountain clans are just unorganized and undisciplined savages. How can a group of rabble wielding sickles and hoes be able to defeat you, the sword in my hand?"

Gao Yuan's persuasion did not seem to alleviate Sir Barristan's worries at all, but instead made him think that Gao Yuan's fearlessness was actually overconfidence based on ignorance.

"You don't understand anything, Duke Goyuan." Sir Barristan said with some hatred, "I don't know if what you said is true when you once faced a group of direwolves alone.

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"But please believe me, those savages wielding sickles and hoes are not as easy to deal with as you think." Sir Barristan began to tell Gao Yuan about his experience of annihilating the Kingswood Brotherhood, "Those Kingswood Brotherhood

The gangsters at that time only had some sickles and hoes in their hands. But after they got the help and cover of the civilians in the royal forest, each of them turned into a life-threatening lunatic. Even the king sent many knights there.

If you try to encircle and suppress them, they will all come back in vain."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If the ancestors of the mountain clans are really just a bunch of people wielding sickles and hammers as you say, then why are they in the canyon?

Why have the elite knights been unable to completely annihilate them for hundreds of years?" Ser Barristan asked rhetorically.

Faced with Sir Barristan's rhetorical question, Gao Yuan was speechless for a moment. Although he wanted to refute Sir Barristan's point of view, he could never tell the other party that he could fight one against ten thousand. Even if he told the other party about his abilities, the other party would not be able to defeat him.

I definitely won’t believe it unless I show it to Sir Balinstan and prove it to him.

However, Gao Yuan was not willing to show his ability in front of Sir Barristan at this moment, so he could not refute the other party's statement.

"We don't have to wait here too long, Lord Gao Yuan! This canyon is the only passage from the valley to the Riverlands. Noble caravans traveling between the Riverlands and the Valley often pass by here." Barristan

Sir tried to appease Gao Yuan's eagerness to go to the Erin Valley, "We only need to wait here for a noble caravan to return to the valley. Traveling with them will save us a lot of trouble."

In this way, Gao Yuan and Sir Barristan argued for a long time at the entrance of the canyon. The two of them held their own opinions and did not give in at all, even though Gao Yuan mocked him during this period: "It seems that the man who was once mentioned by the bard

The "fearless" Ser Barristan, who has been praised in many ways, is now old and frightened by the wild men of the Mountain Clan who don't even have a decent weapon."

Faced with the ridicule from Gaoyuan, Ser Barristan actually admitted in an understatement: "Lord Gaoyuan, your words remind me of the king's youngest brother. Lord Renly every time someone mentions me, the fearless

"When Ser Barristan is given a nickname, he can't help but stand up and remind the other party that I should be called 'old' Barristan."

"Lord Gao Yuan, this time I fully agree with you and Lord Renly. It seems that my 'fearless' Ser Barristan is really old. Being afraid of danger has allowed me to live for such a long time.

Those knights who were more 'fearless' than me are now dead in front of me."

Seeing that his persuasion was fruitless, Gao Yuan was helpless at this time. The other party was now unwilling to follow him to the canyon even if he laughed at himself. Gao Yuan was not willing to abandon Sir Barristan just like this, so he could only respect Sir Barristan's choice. The choice was between

Here we are waiting for a noble caravan returning from the Riverlands. We will go with them to the other end of the canyon, cross the Blood Gate and enter the Arryn Valley.

The pouring rain fell all day, with lightning and thunder in between, until the dark clouded sky gradually fell into darkness. Neither Gao Yuan nor Ser Barristan waited for what he said about returning from the Riverlands to the Vale of Arryn.

Noble caravan.

Only then did Gao Yuan realize that in such harsh climate conditions, no noble caravans would choose to pass through this rain-soaked and slippery canyon. Those caravans must be hiding in Harrow now.

Repair it at the inn in Earl Wei's small town, or rent it in a farmer's barn.

When Gao Yuan realized all this, it was already too late! As the sun above the clouds disappeared, the sky, which was already dark enough, became darker and darker until it was hard to see.

If you choose to enter the canyon, it will undoubtedly be more dangerous.

The two braved the heavy rain to find a relatively dry cave on the steep cliffs on both sides, and planned to spend the night in this cave. Gao Yuan, who shouted that he had been cheated, kept complaining about Sir Barristan's behavior.

Wrong decision, perhaps because he knew he was in the wrong. While Gao Yuan complained to him, Sir Barristan remained silent. He just silently picked up some dry firewood, took out the flint he carried with him, and lit it in the cave.

Had a bonfire.

Looking at Sir Barristan sitting silently in front of the campfire, Gao Yuan had already made up his mind. If the other party still refused to follow him into the canyon after dawn tomorrow morning, then he would not pay attention to Sir Barristan anymore.

, chose to embark on the road to Arryn Valley alone.

Gao Yuan could forgive the other party for just wasting his time for a day. He could even excuse Sir Barristan in his own mind, thinking that the other party was just concerned about the danger of the canyon. But if Sir Barristan remains the same tomorrow

, use various excuses to shirk or obstruct, and prevent yourself from entering the canyon. Then Gao Yuan will have to re-examine whether the other party has ulterior motives.

The damp firewood hissed in the campfire, and it was a cold rainy night outside the warm cave. This cool and moist summer rain has been falling continuously all day long, and there is no sign of stopping even late at night. I am talking to Ba

Sir Lestan was having a chat with Gao Yuan, and he couldn't help but cast his gaze into the darkness outside the cave. In the dark rainy night, Gao Yuan couldn't help but secretly guess whether there was something waiting for an opportunity outside.

In the doubtful eyes of Sir Barristan, Gao Yuanyu stood up in front of the bonfire with some worry. He walked to the entrance of the cave and began to check the condition of the horses tied at the entrance of the cave. When they first entered the cave, they all looked at each other.

The horses were covered with a layer of oil skin to prevent the horses staying at the entrance of the cave from getting sick due to the continuous heavy rain.

"Lord Gao Yuan, did you discover something?"

Perhaps sensing something was wrong with Gao Yuan's state, Sir Barristan picked up the sword he placed next to the bonfire and walked step by step to the entrance of the cave. He carefully observed the dark rainy night outside and found nothing wrong.

After that, he asked Gao Yuan beside him.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It's so quiet in the canyon!" Gao Yuan replied.

After hearing this, Ser Barristan wisely closed his mouth, pricked up his ears and began to listen carefully to the sounds coming from the canyon in the dark rainy night. The sound of pattering rain falling between the dense leaves.

Sound; due to the impact of rain, the crisscrossing branches rub against each other and make a swishing sound; the strong wind roaring through the canyon makes a sound like a ghost's roar.

There seemed to be nothing wrong with this, and Sir Barristan had a confused look on his face. Just when he was about to ask Gao Yuan what he had discovered, a subtle scream came in along with the sound of rainy nights in the mountain forest.

into Ser Barristan's left ear.

As an old knight who has experienced hundreds of battles; as a captain of the Kingsguard who often protects the king, even the sound made in the rainy night in the forest almost completely overshadowed this subtle scream.

But it still couldn't escape his ears. It was the sound of an arrow piercing the air, and it was definitely a rusty iron arrowhead.

For warriors like Sir Barristan who have experienced many battles, this kind of rusty iron arrow is the most deadly. Once hit by such an arrow, even if it only scratches the surface of the skin, the wound will be damaged.

It will soon suppurate. Immediately afterwards, symptoms such as general fatigue, persistent high fever and headache will appear.

In this medieval era before antibiotics were born, for warriors like Sir Barristan, it was basically a death sentence. Even Khal Drogo, who was as powerful as the Dothraki, and Dany, the dragon mother
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