The night is dark.
The cold wind howled in the wilderness.
Winter season.
The weather temperature on the east coast of Westeros is much warmer than in the north and Winterfell.
But winter nights are still bitingly cold.
Under the dim firelight.
Morgan looked at the back of the hound Gondor Clegane as he left, and thought about it for a while.
Then he got up and simply packed away the grill and cooking utensils.
It was almost late at night.
Except for the soldiers patrolling the periphery of the temporary rest camp.
Most of the others had already fallen asleep and entered dreamland.
After finishing cleaning up, Morgan moved the bonfire in front of him and added some dry firewood. Then he leaned against the roots of the lone tree behind him, covered himself with a thick blanket, and began to fall asleep.
But this time I couldn't sleep for long.
When the first dull thunder suddenly sounded in the night sky.
Morgan opened his eyes from sleep.
"Boom..."
"Rumble..."
Muffled thunder came from far away in the dark sky.
Accompanied by muffled thunder.
There were also one or two blinding flashes of lightning across the dark night sky late at night.
Such thunder and lightning weather is not common in winter.
Used to appear in other seasons.
This is a sign before heavy rain comes.
But when it appears in winter, it is a sign before the snow comes.
It's not like ordinary wind and snow.
"Huhu..."
The biting cold wind howled through the entire huge temporary camp.
At this moment, Morgan was not the only one who woke up.
There are also a large number of vigilant team members, as well as a small number of team members who have trouble sleeping.
"Mr. Morgan..."
"Mr. Morgan..."
At this time, Qiao Li, the vice-captain of the escort going south, quickly walked over to Morgan with a few escort soldiers.
"Where's Kelson?"
Morgan stood up and looked at the leading middle-aged guard walking towards him and asked.
"Team Kelsen is on the Duke's side."
Vice Captain Qiao Li immediately replied.
"Well, Qiaoli, come with me for a walk..."
"Bolen, you guys go to the supply car at the back and find me a tent."
"With this weather, it looks like it's going to snow..."
Morgan nodded, greeted the soldiers in front of him, and walked towards the rest car where Sansa Stark and Arya Stark were resting.
The weather is a bit unusual.
It's safer to take a look.
Morgan thought to himself that if he promised Ed Stark to take care of their two daughters, he would definitely protect Ed Stark's safety.
Morgan stalked off.
Vice-captain Qiao Li quickly followed.
Several other soldiers immediately followed Morgan's orders and walked quickly to the supply car behind the convoy.
There are many guards in this huge temporary team.
But the King's Guard made up the majority.
And the protection has always been basically patrolled by a large number of King's Guards.
However, the team was very large and stretched a long distance before and after.
Although the King's Guard will protect the entire team, the king and queen and a number of important noble figures in King's Landing are their key protection targets.
In comparison, the people in Winterfell are naturally much worse off.
And these days.
Queen Cersei Lannister, who was born into the Lannister family, seems to be somewhat dissatisfied with Eddard Stark, the Duke of Winterfell.
Many of the guards who were born in Casterly Rock and served under the king had an average attitude towards the Winterfell personnel.
King Robert Baratheon is here.
No one dares to cause trouble.
But personal likes and dislikes are unavoidable.
Morgan figured out these details early on.
Only then did he become more concerned about the safety of the two young ladies of the Stark family.
But this time it was really just a sudden weather situation.
Morgan found no hidden dangers.
When he returned to his place under the tree.
Several escort soldiers have already set up arrows in Morgan's personal tent.
Morgan didn't say anything. This kind of thing is what these soldiers should do.
He was just troublesome before.
But it won't work if it's snowing at night.
Although his body could fully bear it, he didn't want to suffer that.
Nodding towards several soldiers, Morgan gave instructions to deputy captain Jory, and Jory left with the soldiers.
At this time.
In the howling cold wind.
Snowflakes have begun to fall in the sky.
Morgan made the bonfire brighter again.
Then he got into the tent.
This time, Morgan slept peacefully.
When I woke up again, it was already light.
Just open the tent moment.
He knew that the team would definitely not reach King's Landing today.
"Huhuhu..."
Outside the tent, the bonfire had long been extinguished, the sky was gloomy, the wind and snow were howling, and it was difficult to see the road clearly from a few meters away.
In such a blizzard weather.
There was simply no way the team could move on.
"I can have a good rest for a day..."
Morgan suddenly thought and walked out of the tent.
Half an hour later.
In a spacious tent surrounded by several tents.
The campfire is warm.
Eddard Stark sat in the main seat, surrounded by Sansa and Arya, the two young ladies of the Stark family, Morgan, captain of the guard Kelson, deputy captain Jory, and another follower. Female officer, and a few managers by name.
Duke Eddard finished the last piece of mutton chop on the plate, put down the tableware in his hands, picked up the tablecloth and wiped his mouth, then looked up at the people at the table and said: "We will definitely not be able to reach King's Landing today. When will the blizzard stop and when will we set off again..."
"You all go back and perform your duties..."
"Sansa, Arya, you can go back and stay. If you feel bored, you can stay here..."
"Morgan, Kelson..."
After some instructions.
After enjoying breakfast, Morgan returned to his tent again.
Months of journey down.
Although there is no danger, since food, accommodation and rest are all in the wild, physical and mental exhaustion is inevitable.
It snowed all day and all night.
It didn't stop completely until the afternoon of the next day.
Originally, Morgan thought that he would be able to arrive at King's Landing safely this time, just like he had been for nearly three months before.
In the afternoon.
A sudden incident immediately broke the seemingly peaceful atmosphere of the entire huge team.
...
"Mr. Morgan..."
"..."
"What did you say?"
"Repeat what you just said?"
At dusk, behind the huge team, Morgan, who was personally feeding hay to the orange "radish", looked at the panting soldiers in front of him and asked in a deep voice.
"Miss Arya is missing..."
"Everyone in the Lannister family is looking for the lady..."
The soldier said quickly again.
Morgan heard clearly this time, his expression changed slightly, his hand holding the fodder immediately stopped, and he asked again: "Have you notified Lord Stark?"
"Already notifying..."
The soldier spoke again.
Putting the material in his hand into the mouth of "Carrot" who was rubbing his big head against him, Morgan immediately untied Carrot's reins.
"Tell me carefully, what's going on?"
"Why are the Lannisters so anxious to find Miss Arya?"
Morgan led the horse and walked out quickly, and the soldier quickly followed and replied: "I don't know the specific situation, but I heard that it seems to be related to Prince Joffrey..."
"Prince Joffrey..."
Hearing the name, Morgan narrowed his eyes slightly.
The accident two days ago left Prince Joffrey Baratheon in the face in public.
After knowing the other party's plan through the hunting dog Sandor.
Morgan has been waiting for news from the other party.
But I didn't expect that the other party waiting for me was related to Arya Stark.
"It can't be because of what happened that day. Then the naughty kid should be angry with Arya..."
"But since he is the 'culprit', he feels that this possibility may be possible, but it should be unlikely."
"After all, it was his king father, Robert Baratheon, who said that Sansa Stark wanted to marry him..."
"Arya Stark is Joffrey's future sister-in-law..."
All kinds of thoughts flashed through my mind quickly.
When Morgan came outside the tent, he immediately got on his horse, looked at the soldiers beside him and said, "Where did Miss Arya disappear?"
The soldier quickly replied and pointed in one direction: "The woods to the south, the woods near the river disappeared..."
The words just fell.
After learning the location, Morgan pinched the horse's belly, "Carrot" screamed strangely, and immediately ran out.
He ran wildly in the snow that was less than half a meter deep.
at the same time.
In the dark dense forest of weeds.
Arya Stark was lying in a thorn bush, looking at the shouts coming from far ahead. She turned her head cautiously, looked at the direwolf beside her and said nervously: "Nymeria, You have to go, you bit Joffrey, they will not let you go, they will kill you..."
"Let's go..."
"Let's go!"
Looking at the direwolf who turned back three times, Arya Stark shouted anxiously.
Just didn't get very far.
The direwolf seemed to realize that something was wrong with his master, and stood there again, turning to look at his master.
"Walk!"
"Let's go!"
Listening to the sound coming from the distance getting closer and closer, Arya Stark looked eagerly at the direwolf and roared. She even picked up a stone next to her and threw it at the direwolf Nymeria. .
Realizing his master's anger, the direwolf turned around hesitantly.
It wasn't until the master threw the stone again, and truly felt the master's anger, that the direwolf Nymeria turned around and ran towards the depths of the jungle.
But I don’t know if it’s intentional.
The fleeing figure of the direwolf Nymeria specifically ran towards places where there was no cover from the dense jungle.
Soon, exclamations came from the distance.
"Look, the direwolf..."
"That's a direwolf..."
"There is no direwolf here. It must belong to that child of the Stark family. I know that each of the children of the Stark family has one..."
"That kid must be over there, chase him quickly..."
"Hurry up...run over there, catch up quickly, outflank..."
"..."
Arya Stark was hiding in the dense forest, watching her beloved wolf being chased by a group of heavily armed soldiers. She could only watch with a nervous look on her face and tears in her eyes.
She never thought about it.
She let go of the direwolf that bit Prince Joffrey Baratheon, but what should she do if she injured Joffrey.
Although His Royal Highness Prince Joffrey bullied her friends and verbally abused Morgan, he deserved to be beaten.
But the other party is a prince after all, the eldest son of the king and queen, and the heir to this kingdom.
Time passed slowly.
It was getting darker and darker.
Arya Stark hid in the cold grass and did not dare to move.
But there are more and more soldiers holding torches appearing in the distance, and with the other party's carpet-like search method, I'm afraid it won't be long before they can find them here.
Arya Stark looked increasingly worried and depressed.
At this moment, she thought of her father, her mother who was far away in Winterfell, her illegitimate brother Jon Snow, the swordsman Morgan, and even her sister Sansa Stark who had gone to the Great Wall.
She regretted some things.
But he did not feel any regret for hurting Prince Joffrey.
"No...nothing here..."
"Look for it carefully, the child can't escape..."
"We are chasing Duke Stark's daughter. Will everything be okay?"
"What's the matter? Didn't you see the blood on His Highness Prince Joffrey's hands?"
"Duke Ed is a big shot, but there is also His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen..."
"We execute the order just..."
"..."
In the distance, accompanied by the flickering firelight that was getting closer, there were also bursts of noisy sounds.
Arya Stark, who was hiding in the bushes, became even more scared and nervous.
It's not that Arya doesn't want to run, it's just that there are always soldiers in the distance around her. Once she runs, she will be easily noticed.
And no matter how rebellious and active Arya is, she is still only in her teens at this time.
A child of such an age.
How can you not feel scared when encountering such a big event?
It's rare for her to be able to hide it for so long.
at this time.
A little further away, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the team where the fire was flickering.
"who?
"Who is that guy?"
"Morgan...the champion of the hunting competition, the marksman, the bear hunter Morgan..."
"What is he here for?"
"He is loyal to the Stark family and must be looking for the child..."
"Should we stop him..."
"You can go up and try..."
"He seems to be carrying a bow and arrow. I don't dare..."
"Leave him alone. Her Majesty the Queen has an order to bring the Stark family child to see her..."
"There are many of us, but he is not as fast as us..."
"What if we find him and he comes to ask for someone?"
"Then what are the swords on your waist used for?"
"What are you afraid of? Behind us are the queen and the king..."
"Stop talking nonsense, search quickly..."
"..."
Looking at the large group of warriors holding torches in front of them that almost illuminated the entire forest, Morgan clamped his horse's belly under his horse, and "Carrot" immediately trotted forward and rushed into the front team.
"Mr. Morgan..."
At this time, a smart, well-armed, tall young warrior came out and stood in front of Morgan's horse as he opened his mouth.
"Go away..."
Morgan immediately interrupted the warrior in front of him and said in a cold voice: "I don't even need to tell you how important the daughter of Lord Eddard Stark, the Warden of the North, the Duke of Winterfell, and the Queen's Prime Minister, is."
"If something goes wrong, killing you all will not be enough to compensate..."
"Get out of my way now!"
Faced with the condescending, powerful, cold-faced, and extremely sharp eyes of Morgan, most people simply couldn't bear it.
After Morgan shouted fiercely, he didn't care whether the soldier in front of him got out of the way or not. He clamped his horse's back and immediately galloped out. If the opponent refused to give way, he would directly crush the opponent to death.
The tall warrior blocking the front looked frightened and hurriedly moved aside in confusion.
A group of elite guards from King's Landing could only watch as Morgan rode past their defenses and quickly drove away.
"Arya..."
Slightly away from the soldiers behind him.
Morgan immediately shouted from the horse.
The low, but extremely penetrating, rich sound immediately spread to all directions around it.
Morgan, who was paying careful attention to his surroundings, didn't notice any movement and was about to move on.
Suddenly, a voice came from within a dense bush.
"Teacher Morgan..."
Morgan turned around suddenly.
Then I saw a little figure with torn clothes and dirty clothes crawling out of the dark grass.
"Arya..."
Morgan was overjoyed and immediately clapped his horse forward, met the short figure walking quickly and quickly bent down to stop Arya in his arms and put her in front of him.
That's when Morgan stopped Arya.
The soldiers behind him who were paying close attention to Morgan also saw the short figure that suddenly appeared.
"The kid was found by Morgan!"
"Let's chase!"
In an instant, shouts erupted from the King's Landing guard team at the rear.
"Hurry up and chase..."
