The envoy sent by the second prince Yin Meng, Edric Dayne of the Kingsguard and also the Sword of Dawn, came to Toron Square.
He rested for a short night in Tollon Square and was grandly welcomed by Earl Benford Taoha, and a grand dinner was held that night.
After all, this is the only sword master in the world. Being able to invite him to a banquet, Earl Benford Taoha, also feels bright and honorable.
But in fact, in addition to this purpose, it is also to delay some time for Her Royal Highness the Princess and Robb Stark.
Edric Dane and the rest of the group rested all night in Torrhen Square and set out on the road to Winterfell the next day.
Nowadays, the yin and yang of the whole world are peaceful, and the four seasons have returned to their regular operation. However, for the northern border, which is connected to the land of eternal winter, it is still a "springless land".
It is spring in the 323rd year of Yin Geng's calendar, but the sky in Winterfell is still gray, and goose-feather snowflakes are constantly flying down.
Edric and his party were escorted by the soldiers of the Taoha family and headed towards Winterfell along the wide road built later.
Since the great escape thirty years ago, the Northern Territory has been completely renovated, with wide roads, brand-new castles and farmland built.
Especially in recent years, the changes have been huge. These are not unrelated to the eldest princess Diana Targaryen and the Stark family. They attach great importance to agriculture and infrastructure.
Diana even specially invited the Children of the Forest from the Royal Forest to regularly pray and sing for the crops in the north, ensuring that they could successfully survive the winter in the severe cold weather in the north and usher in a good harvest next year.
All of this was seen by Edric Dane during this short journey.
The road from Torrhen Square to Winterfell is not very far, otherwise Theon would not have succeeded in capturing Winterfell by attacking eastward in the original trajectory. Then Edric Dane and his party came to Winterfell.
Winter City.
The political situation of the empire is special. It is almost a comprehensive one. It brings together many nationalities, cultures and even races. Many places have their own governance methods.
For example, Dorne, as a special zone, still maintains the highly autonomous governance method of the Seven Kingdoms period. The Kingdom of the Three Daughters also claims to have autonomy, but in fact it has fallen under the control of King's Landing.
The northern border is also a special existence in the empire's political system.
Many nobles in the North are extremely xenophobic, so they are willing to surrender to the Iron Throne, but are unwilling to accept outsiders ruling the North. The Stark family has the highest voice and prestige in the North.
Viserys once arranged for Rickard Karstark to be the High Steward to split the unity of the northern nobles. However, Rickard was still too hasty and underestimated Robb's courage and courage.
Therefore, in the end, Viserys's political plan for the North was actually aborted, and the Stark family regained control of the North.
However, it seems that the Stark family is still loyal to the Iron Throne and has no reluctance at all. In fact, as long as the Targaryen family still owns the dragon, the Stark family basically has no chance to rebel.
Anywhere the dragon can fly to in two days is the 'king's territory', just as truth is within the range of a cannon.
Therefore, as long as the Stark family does not commit suicide, the position of Governor of the North should continue with the Direwolf family.
Then Edric Dane and his party finally arrived at Winterfell.
Rumble
The gates of Winterfell were wide open, and Robb Stark, as the Governor of the North, also personally came out of the city to greet them.
The former Young Wolf Master is now over forty years old.
He has auburn slightly curly hair, a strong build, and bright blue eyes.
Wearing a gray wolf fur, a black fur cloak, and a long sword hanging from his waist.
He saw Edric Dane and immediately strode over.
When the Sword of Dawn saw Robb Stark personally coming out of the city to greet him, he naturally did not dare to neglect him and quickly got off his horse.
Peng
Then Robb Stark gave Edric a heavy hug.
This unique and friendly way of greeting the northerners makes people unable to help but draw closer to each other.
The former young wolf king has now grown into a smooth but fierce old wolf.
"Brother Edric, long time no see."
Robb Stark has piercing eyes, two thick beards on his lips, and a deep and powerful voice.
"Five years, Lord Stark."
Although Edric was a bit introverted and not good at socializing, especially for northerners with such generous personalities, he still responded politely.
Five years ago, the Governor of the North, Robb Stark, followed Her Royal Highness the Princess to King's Landing and met Edric Dayne, a member of the Kingsguard, at the welcome dinner in the Red Keep.
"Come on, you brats, what are you hiding behind?"
Then Robb turned around and pulled out two tough-looking teenagers from behind him.
It can be seen that these two teenagers have a slight resemblance to Robb, but they also have many characteristics of the Stark family, with gray eyes and dark hair.
After all, Robb married the daughter of the Karstark family, and the Karstark and Stark families were originally related.
Therefore, it is a matter of clearing up the source and correcting many of Robb's bloodline characteristics from his mother's Tully family, making him look more like a 'Stark'.
"Call Uncle Edric."
Robb ruffled the hair of his two sons and then said.
"Uncle Edric!"
"Uncle Edric!"
At the request of their father, the two teenagers looked at the handsome knight in white in front of them, their eyes sparkling, and then they spoke in unison.
"Good boy, are they Theon and Doron?"
And Edric had already done enough homework on the way here, so he was able to call the two teenagers by their names.
"That's right."
When Robb heard Edric calling out the names of his two sons, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
The relationship between Robb and his wife once had a rift because of his father-in-law's affairs, but a lot of time has passed and his wife also gave birth to two sons for him.
Then Robb pulled one of the shorter boys who was trying to escape back and took him into his arms.
"Theon was my brother."
At this point, the smile on Robb's face faded slightly, but in the end he shook his head.
"What are you talking about?"
"Let's go, it's too cold outside, let's talk about it when we get home."
Then Robb patted Edric on the shoulder, and Edric Dane nodded, and then the group walked into Winterfell.
At this time, Edric saw a middle-aged knight with chestnut hair wearing the Stark family crest standing next to the blacksmith shop next to the south gate of Winterfell, and was slightly stunned.