"I'm afraid I can't help you." Danny smiled apologetically and explained, "We just came back from King's Landing and are heading north."
Seeing the disappointment on the skinny monk's face, she pointed at the wolf carcasses and asked, "Brother, do you want these wolves?"
"Yes, yes, of course, we're short of food." The old man who was pulling the cart shouted.
More than a hundred people cheered and ran to the riverbank to skin and kill the wolves.
But when she saw a peasant woman directly draining the blood, Danny quickly stopped her and said loudly, "Don't waste the blood, you can feed them blood sausages."
The Dothraki especially liked to eat blood sausages, but in the Westeros and the major free cities, she rarely saw people feed them blood sausages.
"How did these wolves die? There's not a single wound, so strange. "Someone was puzzled.
Danny taught the women how to feed them blood sausages and said without thinking, "Do you see that red-nosed old man? Look at the chain around his neck, there are forty sections. He's a master of poison. But don't worry, this poison is harmless to humans. "
Dr. Perestan glanced at her with a wooden face and said nothing.
However, although he secretly criticized the Dragon Queen for being a witch who liked to lie, he was also shocked by her behavior of mingling with the sloppy peasant woman.
In this environment, no one knew her, so she didn't have to pretend to be close to the commoners to win their hearts. Moreover, her expression and the smile on her face came from the bottom of her heart, without any reluctance.
If she didn't have magic and a dragon, she would be a good queen. The old man sighed.
But then he smiled bitterly and shook his head. A young girl in her teens, if she didn't have those mysterious powers, it would be difficult for her to even survive, let alone restore the dynasty.
There was strength in numbers. After more than two hours, more than forty wolves were finally turned into pieces of smoked meat, strings of blood sausages, and more than forty wolf-skin coats.
Yes, the women and children directly put on the bloody wolf skins. The autumn wind was bleak and the weather was cold, so the linen clothes couldn't resist the cold.
After that, Danny and the other two also joined the group of the poor. The old doctor was placed on the sack cart and squeezed together with a large pile of blood sausages.
Through the chat, Danny learned about the origins of this group of people.
They came from Salt Pan Town in the east and followed the Trident River to the west. They reached the King's Road a few kilometers away and then went south to King's Landing.
"Sigh, we don't want to leave our hometown, but two months ago, there was a light snow in our village. Winter is coming, and we have almost no food left.
One cow, ten sheep, a few sacks of barley, and half a cart of turnips. That's all the food in the village. If we don't go to King's Landing, we'll starve to death! "The old man said with a sad expression.
"Salt Field Town is a small seaport after all. It should be able to provide a lot of work, right?" Barristan was confused.
The burly man spat out a mouthful of saliva and cursed, "Don't even mention it. Saltworks Town has been destroyed. There was nothing left but Quincy Cox's knave of stone, burned to the ground by the brigands brought by the Hound.
Clegane, that bastard, should go to hell. He killed anyone he saw, raped any woman he saw, burned any house he saw, and didn't even spare the babies and nuns. "
"Clegane has fallen to this extent?" The old knight's eyes widened in disbelief.
"By the way, why are you cursing Sir Cox?" He asked again.
Salt Field Town was located by the Trident River. There was a small dock that connected the inland river to the bay. It was the fief of the productive knight, Sir Cox.
"That old man Cox didn't care about the lives of the townspeople. When the bandits raided the town, not only did he not send his men to resist, he even closed the gate of the castle and forbade us to go in and hide." A young man said angrily.
"Hey, there's someone." Danny's pupils contracted. She took a short bow from a "beggar's brother" next to her and nailed an arrow into a crooked tree in the Cen Shulin Forest.
A man in gray leather armor slid down the trunk and ran into the forest without saying a word.
"Damn it, it must be the bandit's secret sentry." A tall woman in the group cursed.
"Is the Three River Basin so chaotic?" Barristan murmured.
"Sigh, there are refugees, deserters, and bandits everywhere. Without the company of a dozen brothers, we don't even dare to go out." The skinny monk sighed.
"It's useless not to go out. The lions in the Western Region and the wolf cubs in the Northern Region take turns to rob our village of food and women. The king doesn't even do anything about it." The old man shook his head.
"The king is useless. We can only protect ourselves and our families if we unite and build our own strength." The skinny monk waved his fist and said firmly.
"Yes, our own strength!" A Star Warrior patted his chest and began to recite the scriptures loudly. The others slowly joined in.
Just like when they first met, they were in unison. The sound waves rolled and spread into the distance.
Needless to say, the beggar's tactic was quite effective.
Along the way, they encountered several groups of bandits hiding in the forest. Their greedy eyes swept back and forth between the water buffaloes, goats, and the smoked wolf meat on the shoulders of the beggar brothers. But in the end, they retreated under the imposing prayers of the crowd.
About two kilometers to the west, the Cen Forest became thinner and they encountered the first corpse.
It was hanging under the branches of a charred tree trunk.
As the group praying loudly approached, the scavenger crows that were pecking at the flesh on the human face spread out.
Danny found that the calf of the corpse near the ground was only left with white bones and a few pieces of rags. There were also traces of being bitten by sharp teeth on the bones.
The corpse's face was a ghastly greyish green, its mouth was propped open, and someone had placed an uneven white stone.
Something was stuffed into its teeth.
"Salt." Barristan said with a sullen face.
After walking for a few dozen meters, they found the second corpse. The scavenger dragged it down. The remains were scattered in the withered grass. A tattered rope loop was hanging on a branch, swaying in the wind.
A ten-year-old child tripped and almost fell. As a result, he dug out half a helmet from the soil. The head of the dead man was inside. The rotten flesh was crawling with squirming maggots and small black beetles.
There was also a lion's head emblem on the top of the helmet.
"Lion's helmet, good steel." The burly man took the helmet and knocked off the rotten head and insects on the tree trunk. "No rust, no dents. It can still be used after washing."
After that, they would encounter one or more corpses every few steps until they reached the intersection. It stretched for nearly a kilometer and there were about one or two hundred corpses.
They were hanging on the branches of the trees with ropes around their necks. Their bodies were swollen and their cheeks were eaten by crows. They hung under the trees and swayed. Everyone's mouth was stuffed with salt.
Many of them had coats of arms sewn on their chests. A direwolf, an axe, an arrow, a salmon, a pine tree, an oak leaf, a short-legged rooster, a wild boar's head …
The emblems of the nobles of the Northern Region, Hejian County, and the Western Region could be found here.
"Seven Gods above, they are all deserters who gathered together to become bandits?" The White Knight said with an ugly expression.
"These are the people who looted Salt Field Town. They were caught by Count Tali and hanged in this forest as a warning to the other bandits," the thin monk said.
Then, the group set foot on King's Road, a five-meter-wide mud road, which was the road of Westeros.
The yellow mud road extended to a small pier by the river, where several ferries were docked. There was also an inn beside the road.
It was a three-story stone building close to the Trident River, sitting in the west and facing the east. When they passed by the door on King's Road, they saw a white stone chimney erected on the side from a distance.
After approaching it, Danny was surprised to find that the south wing extended to the river, and half of the building was built on stone piles in the river.
If the traveler wanted to, they could even open the window, lie in bed, throw a fishing line into the river and catch a few trout.
On the north side of the inn, there was a thatched cowshed and a bell tower. The whole building was surrounded by a broken white stone wall.
Danny and the other two parted ways with the group of the poor people's gathering at the inn. Before leaving, the White Knight secretly stuffed a handful of gold royals into the monk's hands. "This place is 600 kilometers away from King's Landing, and it will take about a month. This food is not enough for you to eat."
The courtyard of the inn was a large piece of brown mud. Danny stood at the entrance of the courtyard and hesitated for a while before she gritted her teeth and stepped on it.
A shabby gallows stood in the courtyard, and a little boy was holding the rusty iron chain and swinging it back and forth.
Four girls stood in the porch and looked at him. The youngest was only two or three years old. She had a watermelon hairstyle and was crawling on the ground naked.
The oldest was about ten years old. She had brown hair and brown eyes. She was as thin as a match, and her cheeks were pale. She was wearing an old blue dress. When she saw Danny and the others coming over, she immediately used her body to protect the little ones behind her.
"Who are you?"
Perestan covered his butt and limped. He shouted impatiently, "Of course we are guests. Quickly call your mother out and prepare a basin of hot water for me."
"I don't have a mother. She was killed." The girl in the blue dress said anxiously.
"Little girl, where is the shop owner?" Danny asked with a smile.
The gentle smile infected the girl. She curiously looked at Danny and said, "My sister Jenny is the shop owner. She went to the river to get fish. We set up a net in the river and can catch a few trout every morning."
"Miss, you are so beautiful. Even if you are wearing men's clothes, you are still beautiful." The little girl blushed and said.
"Hehe, iron armor is not only for men." Danny shook her head and asked, "What is your name?"
"Weeping Willow. My name is Weeping Willow. Miss, do you want to eat or stay? By the way, do you have silver coins? "
"We are only staying for one night. Do we need to pay a silver coin? Why don't you just rob us? "The old doctor said angrily.
Weeping Willow glanced at Danny and gritted her teeth. She insisted, "Not one, at least three. We need money to buy food."
"Okay, three then. It is normal for prices to rise in a chaotic world." Danny walked to the porch and found a wooden stick by the stairs. She scraped the mud off her iron boots before stepping on the wooden floor. She looked at the little girl who was rolling around on the ground and said, "Isn't she cold? Why don't you let your sister wear clothes? "
Weeping Willow shook her head and said, "There is a fireplace burning in the house. It is warm. You also saw that Trish likes to crawl on the ground. Her clothes are dirty and worn. "
She picked up the little girl and walked into the house while saying, "Trish is not my sister. Some of them were brought here by the sparrows. Some of them were found by themselves. They are all poor children without parents."
"They?"
Weeping Willow whistled. As if by magic, boys and girls in ragged clothes with messy hair came out from under the table, beside the window, next to the fireplace, and in the stairwell in the blink of an eye. A few of the older girls were still holding a fully loaded crossbow in their hands. The boys were holding slingshots or stones.
All of them were "fully armed."
"Are we really going to rob them?" Perestane shouted.
Weeping Willow glanced at the old man. She was like a queen in a castle, commanding the group of orphans loudly, "Put down your weapons. They are not enemies. Walter, go and boil water. Will, go to the river and find Jenny. Tell her that there are guests in the shop. Ai Ju, Pater, go and find some wood to add to the fireplace. I will show them the rooms. "
The doors on both sides of the corridor were open. Danny could choose any room she wanted from the second floor to the third floor. The rooms were all empty.
Barristan frowned and said, "I came here two years ago. It was almost overcrowded."
"There are not many guests now. The ones walking on the road now are either sparrows or bandits. The former have no money and the latter rob us of our money."
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