"What? Gathering in Blackport City?"

As soon as Samwell settled his soldiers, he received a new order.

"Yes, the king has given an order to gather at Blackport City early tomorrow morning." The herald repeated it once before turning around and leaving.

"Dark Harbor City is obviously a wiser choice." Todd Flowers commented, "This place has almost become an open-air toilet."

Although that is true, Samwell still wants to dig up dragon eggs.

"Okay, rest early today and start again early tomorrow morning." Samwell ordered, and then secretly decided to go to the ruins of Summer Hall tonight to take a look.

After a hasty dinner, it was already dark.

Samwell sent his clingy brother away and walked towards the ruins of Summer Hall alone.

Tonight the stars are dim, the air is unbearably hot, and it feels like it's going to rain.

The summer palace of the Targaryen family was built near a lake, with hills at its back. It was originally a place with great scenery. Unfortunately, after a fire, only the charred ruins were left. Moreover, because it is close to the lake, the stench is now soaring.

Even though they were human beings, Samwell didn't even see a single wild animal along the way.

However, just as he was about to search among the ruins, he suddenly heard a cough.

"who?"

"Baristan Selmy." An old voice came from the shadows, "Who are you?"

"Samwell Caesar." Samwell didn't expect that he would meet the captain of the Kingsguard, but he could only hold back and speak to him patiently.

Barristan took a few steps closer, recognized the young tournament champion, and said with a smile:

"Lord Caesar, you can't sleep either?"

"Yes." Samwell looked at the most senior white knight and couldn't help but ask, "Lord Barristan, were you at the scene when the tragedy in Summer Hall happened?"

"No. I'm not here." Barristan's eyes flashed with sadness, "I was actually a knight personally consecrated by King Aegon V. However, I joined the Kingsguard after the fire of Summer Hall, and was succeeded by Jah.

The white robe that Reese II put on me. I can't help but think that if I were here back then, I might be able to save the king who canonized me."

"Then do you know how the fire got out of control?" Samwell probed, "I've heard a lot of conspiracies."

"Aegon V is indeed always surrounded by conspiracies. This king who is called 'the king who should not be a king' is too kind and too willful. He married the woman he loved and allowed his sons to have free love.

As a result, many great nobles were offended, and hostility and betrayal ensued. Everything finally came to an end in the fire of Summer Hall."

Barristan spoke very vaguely, and Samwell didn't know whether the other party deliberately didn't want to reveal the king's secret, or whether he didn't know the details himself.

"So, are you here today to remember Aegon V?"

"Yes, but maybe it's more about remembering Prince Rhaegar. He was born in this fire, and he always liked to come here. Every time he came, he would bring his harp, under the stars and moon

, playing the music I composed among the ruins, lamenting the dawn, tears and the passing king..."

Samwell discovered that this seemingly serious captain of the Kingsguard was actually so talkative that he had a tendency to have trouble closing the conversation once he started talking.

"By the way, Lord Caesar." Barristan suddenly remembered something and asked, "I heard that you found Miss Ashara of the Dane family from the Crimson Mountains?"

"Yes." Samwell also remembered that Ashara is the goddess that the white knight secretly admires. "Do you know Miss Ashara?"

"I know her." The old knight was a little shy. "I met her at the tournament held by the Earl of He'an at Harrenhal on the shores of the God's Eye. She was the companion of Princess Elia of Dorne.

, I still remember her purple eyes..."

Samwell showed a gossipy smile: "Then did you invite her to dance?"

Barristan laughed, shook his head and said:

"I am the white knight of the Kingsguard. I have sworn not to marry for the rest of my life, so why bother asking for trouble. However, if I had to do it again, I would try my best to win the joust and become the symbol of the 'Queen of Love and Beauty'

Give the garland and laurel crown to Miss Ashara. Perhaps in this way, the subsequent series of tragedies will not happen."

Yes, if Prince Rhaegar had not won the championship in that tourney, he would not have given the wreath and crown to Robert's fiancée, and the subsequent War of the Seizers might not have happened.

"You can come and visit Starfall City when you have time. Miss Ashara is there now, and she has a lovely daughter named Natalie." Samwell extended the invitation.

"I heard, that girl is now the Earl of Starfall City." Barristan glanced at Samwell, "Thanks to your help."

"I just helped a little." Samwell said modestly, and then tried to find out more secrets from the talkative old man, "By the way, Lord Barristan, do you know why Miss Ashara danced in the past?"

Will you commit suicide in the sea?"

"It's because she couldn't accept the news that her brother, Ser Arthur Dayne, the Sword of Dawn, had died in battle."

Samwell shrugged: "I have heard people say this reason, but I always think it is a bit far-fetched. My brother died in the battle, and my sister will not jump into the sea no matter how sad she is."

Barristan was silent for a moment and then said: "That year at Harrenhal, a northerner tarnished Miss Ashara's reputation. Later I heard that she stillborn a baby girl. I think it may have something to do with it.

.”

Samwell has actually heard this statement, and he also guessed that the northerner Barristan mentioned should be one of Duke Eddard Stark and his brother Brandon Stark. He preferred

So honest people like Brandon and Duke Ed should not be able to do such a thing.

But at this moment, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he asked: "Lord Barristan, where did you hear that Miss Ashara still gave birth to a baby girl?"

"From Princess Elia's maid."

So it's just hearsay.

Samwell's eyes flashed, and he suddenly wondered, could the baby girl have survived?

If this is the case, then there is a reasonable explanation for Ashara's suicide by jumping into the sea, not only because her brother died in the battle, but also because of the grief of her lover being killed, and the unresolved worries about her daughter's identity.

Ashara originally planned to conceal the baby girl and declare it to be a stillbirth. She would legalize her daughter's identity when she found a successor in the future, most likely an honest man like Eddard Stark.

Unfortunately, her hopes were dashed.

After Brandon Stark was killed by the "Mad King", Eddard Stark had to replace his brother to complete the marriage with the Tully family, and naturally it was impossible to take over again.

Under all kinds of blows, Ashara could become disheartened. At the same time, in order to prevent the family's reputation from being damaged, she committed suicide by jumping into the sea.

However, Samwell further thought of a possibility——

Could Ashara jumping into the sea just be a smokescreen?

Could she have taken her illegitimate daughter and hid in the Crimson Mountains?

The receiver has been replaced by a savage?

If you think about it carefully, it is really possible.

Because Natalie doesn't seem to have inherited any of the savage appearance features.

The wildlings in the Crimson Mountains are generally short in stature and have dark skin, while Natalie is tall and fair-skinned, with the purple pupils of the Dane family and the dark brown hair of the Stark family.

Moreover, Ashara converted to the old gods - this is the belief of the people in the north.

Although it may be because the Wandering Crow Tribe believes in the old gods, it is also possible that she wanted to use this to commemorate her dead lover.

The more Samwell thought about it, the more likely he felt that this was possible.

If this is the case, then Natalie's age must be two or three years older than what is claimed.

It turns out that the little girl is already an adult, why is she still so stupid?

"Lord Caesar." Barristan hesitated for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to say, "Please help me bring greetings to Miss Ashara, tell her that there is another knight watching for her, and ask her not to go back.

Easily think of committing suicide."

"Okay, I will help you convey it."

Barristan thanked him again, then turned and left the ruins.

Samwell watched the other party's figure disappear into the darkness, then regained his composure, threw away those messy thoughts, and returned to his original plan.

The ruins were quite large, and it was impossible for him to dig them all by himself.

Fortunately, Samwell already had a way. In the secret passage in the Red Keep of King's Landing, he had discovered that the great sword [Dawn] would react when it came close to the keel.

So, when [Dawn] approaches the dragon egg, will it have a similar reaction?

With this conjecture, Samwell slowly pulled out the giant sword from his back, letting the milky white sword body emit a subtle firelight.

Then, he put the giant sword against the ground and walked back and forth among the ruins, carefully observing the changes in the firelight on the sword.

There were bursts of thunder in the sky, and it seemed like it was really going to rain.

Samwell endured the pervasive stench and searched every ruin with concentration.

As time goes by, the light becomes darker and darker, and the dark sky seems to have been splashed with black ink, and even the starlight cannot penetrate.

Samwell searched almost every corner of the ruins, but still found nothing.

Doesn't this method work?

Or has the dragon egg been poached?

However, it is indeed possible that it has been poached. After all, Aegon V did not keep it secret when he brought the dragon eggs, and there were many survivors of the fire.

But you have to leave one for me.

Samwell continued his search without giving up.

Boom——
To be continued...