Chapter 169 Winter Is Coming

In order to welcome his brother, Duke Stark ordered the kitchen to prepare the best food for a grand banquet.

At the same time, many northern knights and nobles gathered in Winterfell. Now the entire northern region is actively preparing for battle. The reason is naturally to respond to the call of His Majesty the King and prepare to cross the sea to attack the continent of Essos. The Targaryen Remnant.

Although other local nobles in the Seven Kingdoms were quite dissatisfied with His Majesty's call, because they had just responded to a call and fulfilled their vassal's obligation to be loyal to the king.

And His Majesty the King seems to be a militant king who never considers practical issues and only spends money on drinking and visiting brothels.

Moreover, frequent wars will only make the young and strong in the territory insufficient, and even the food will not be harvested, which will damage the fundamental interests of the local nobles.

Therefore, the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, except for the northern border, were ready to send some old, weak, sick and disabled to deal with the matter.

Even the valley is like this. The old duke is getting older, not to mention that he is far away from King's Landing now, and his influence on the valley has become much smaller.

Eddard, Duke of Winterfell, is different from other nobles in the country. He has a close relationship with the current King Robert. Naturally, he supports the king's call unconditionally. Now the entire northern region is fully preparing for the battle. .

However, even though Eddard is the Duke of Winterfell and also has a noble and ancient surname like Stark, his choice still makes the nobles in the rest of the North have some criticisms.

In private, Duke Stark, who was drunk and scolded them, was a loyal dog. He didn't think about the children in the north at all, but in the end he sent people out obediently.

And Bunyan came back at the right time. Nobles and knights from all over the northern region of Winterfell were there. Eddard just held a grand banquet as an oath before the expedition, and at the same time, it was considered to welcome Bunyan's return.

Bunyan himself had no objection to the grand banquet.

But he soon appeared in his brother's room, because he told Ed that he had something to talk to him alone.

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click -

When the two entered the room, Bunyan turned and closed the door.

"what happened?"

"Bunyan."

And Ed, who was standing in the middle of the room, looked at Bunyan, the smile on his face also slightly restrained, and then asked in a low voice.

He knew that his brother was definitely not a targetless person, and this sudden return must be something important, and he also asked to talk to himself in detail.

"Ed."

At this moment, Bunyan also looked at his brother's weather-beaten cheek with bright eyes, and then said in a serious voice.

"Winter is coming."

Bun Yang's voice fell, and the room was silent.

Ed didn't react at first, and he didn't know why Bunyan suddenly mentioned the family motto, thinking it was a secret signal.

However, his expression suddenly changed.

"what?"

In winter, for people in other places, the weather may just get colder, and they can even cheer when they see a heavy snow. However, for this region of the North, every time the season turns to cold winter is a huge test. .

The white snowflakes are harvesting the lives of the people in the north like a white devil who is dying. I don't know how many families in the north have been destroyed after a long winter.

Even the whole family shivered, hugged and froze to death and starved to death in the house. When they were found, it was frozen into a block of ice and could not be separated. There are countless such human tragedies.

"How can winter come so quickly?"

Eddard Stark's face changed greatly, he had no idea that winter would come so quickly this time.

Yet no one knows the message of winter more clearly than the Legion of the Night's Watch on the Wall.

Not even the Academy City.

Because these Night's Watch brothers guarding the Great Wall were the first to feel the cold than any other place in the Seven Kingdoms.

"The motto of winter is coming to remind us never to forget winter, because it can come at any time."

"And...the reality is so fast, brother."

Bunyan's face was serious, and white breath came out of his mouth.

"look."

Looking at the exhaled white air, Ed's face became serious. Even if there was no fire in his room, the temperature had dropped very quickly.

click.

Ed's five fingers with leather gloves clenched slightly into a fist, and the knuckles made a crisp sound.

Every cold winter is equivalent to a war with the devil for the North, and the outcome of losing the war is death.

"I see, Bunyan."

"thanks for your reminder."

The dark-brown-haired man looked a little ugly, but nodded slightly solemnly.

"Father."

At this moment, a girl quietly pushed open the door and stuck out a small head.

She has soft long burgundy hair and a pair of beautiful blue eyes, perfectly inheriting her mother's excellent genes.

She saw her father, her beautiful eyes blinked slightly, and then she ran over and grabbed the corner of his clothes.

"Mother said the banquet is ready, and asked you to have more"

The girl hid behind her father and secretly glanced at the man who was somewhat similar to her father, covered in weather, and then timidly said.

"And. Uncle Bunyan will go with him."

Bunyan had left Winterfell since she was born, so she had only heard the name, but it was the first time she had seen it.

"Okay, Sansa."

"Tell your mother we'll be there right away."

Ed rubbed his daughter's hair slightly, bent down to rub her face, and then let her leave first.

Only then did he raise his head again and look at Bunyan.

"Your niece, Sansa."

And Bunyan also turned his head to watch the girl running away with her long skirt, and nodded slightly.

"I heard about it."

"Very cute girl, really like Kate."

Then Bunyan touched his body, but he had nothing on his body except a saber and a dagger hidden in his boots.

The man's palm stiffened, and for the first time an embarrassed expression appeared on his unsmiling cheeks.

"I came in a hurry, I knew I should have brought something back"

However, Ed looked at his brother's embarrassed appearance, and a smile appeared on his serious cheek just now.

"Bunyan, you're still the same."

wow-

Then Ed patted his brother on the shoulder, and the brothers hugged for the first time since they met.

After the hug, the smile on Ed's face disappeared again, looking at Bunyan's cheek, and then said solemnly.

"Well... I know what to do next."

"I'll write a letter to Robert myself explaining this."