From a hired knight to a master of Game of Thrones

Chapter 183 learned

Upon hearing this, even the core members of the Dafeng Chamber of Commerce, who had experienced many ups and downs, were taken aback.

I was both shocked by the enormous wealth of one million gold dragons and by Mrs. Martha's frank and unreserved words.

Before they could react, they heard Lady Martha's voice again: "And you don't need to worry too much about your safety. Lord Warren has led all the members of the Bloodhand Knights, a total of 173 excellent knights, to King's Landing."

"In addition, two warships from Dafeng Town have been docked at the port."

"While there's a slight risk involved, it's not significant. Even if the Red Keepers discover this and send those gold-robed men, you'll have enough protection to safeguard your safety!"

Upon hearing this, the core members of the Dafeng Chamber of Commerce breathed a sigh of relief.

Since there's no major danger, it would be a shame not to take advantage of such a rare opportunity, given their choice to stay in King's Landing and take a certain risk.

Without further hesitation, the core members of the Great Wind Chamber of Commerce around the long table responded quickly or slowly: "Madam, we will follow your arrangements."

Mrs. Martha gave some more detailed instructions before leaving the room and going to the top floor of the building, which was the fourth floor.

She stood by the window and watched quietly for a while.

Before long, a person wearing a cloak that covered their face walked into the courtyard, entered the room, and came to her side.

She lifted her cloak, revealing a charming face.

"Madam!" the visitor said respectfully.

Mrs. Martha didn't turn around to continue looking out the window. After a few breaths, she asked, "Faith, how's the list coming along?"

Faith immediately said, "Madam, we have found another 179 people who have committed serious crimes and are unforgivable, 31 of whom are nobles and lords."

After saying that, Faith took out a roll of parchment from her bosom and handed it over.

Mrs. Martha took it, opened it, and looked at the detailed description on the parchment of places where certain people frequently appeared and where they lived.

After reviewing the information about past mistakes, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "Tell your men to be careful lately and avoid going out as much as possible. The city is going to be even more chaotic than last time!"

"Madam, are you going to target those nobles this time?" Faith asked, her voice filled with both anticipation and hatred.

Mrs. Martha didn't hide anything: "It's time to make our move!"

"Madam, let us join us!" Faith urged. "We're all trained to kill!"

Mrs. Martha shook her head and said, "No, the training was only to give you more chances to survive when gathering information. The killing was naturally handled by someone else."

"You just need to hide yourselves well and gather as much intelligence as possible about this vast city!"

"Yes, madam!" Faith replied helplessly.

She then put on her cloak and left the room and the courtyard.

Mrs. Martha also turned and sat down at a desk in the room, picked up a quill pen and added a name to the parchment.

Petyr Baelish!

"Jenos Slint, I'll let you live a little longer. A greedy person is easy to control." Mrs. Martha pondered for a moment, then called out, "Guards, come in!"

The door was quietly pushed open, and a person whose entire body seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of iron armor walked into the room.

Lady Martha handed the parchment to the exceptionally powerful but taciturn man in the Iron Mask and instructed, "Give this to Lord Warren, and tell him the plan can begin!"

The man in the iron mask took the parchment, said nothing, and turned to leave the room.

Mrs. Martha watched helplessly as the masked man's figure disappeared from the room.

This masked man initially appeared in the town of Gale Town as Lord Don Quixote's personal guard.

This has aroused the curiosity and attention of many people.

But soon the people of Dafeng Town discovered that these people were like mute people, almost always silent.

Lady Martha took on two important tasks: to establish an intelligence network for Great Wind Town across the Seven Kingdoms and to find and lure suitable civilians to Great Wind Territory in secret.

Five more masked men joined her.

Only later did she realize that these masked men were truly powerful!

When she first started doing many things that should have been kept secret, she was exposed several times due to her lack of experience.

On one occasion, this led to a manhunt by the Frey family of the Twins in the Riverlands.

Seventeen cavalrymen and forty-odd infantrymen were brutally killed in a short time by the five masked men beside her, and the five masked men themselves were not injured at all!

After that, having gained experience in building intelligence networks through trial and error, she became bolder and more ruthless.

Because she no longer needs to worry about potential exposure risks, and her own safety is greatly guaranteed.

If it gets exposed again, just kill some of the people in the know.

In this way, relying on the huge sums of money provided by Dafeng Town, she laid out an intelligence network that basically covered all parts of the seven kingdoms in just over half a year.

It also brought back nearly four thousand new residents to Dafeng Town.

Having received orders personally from Lord Don Quixote, she set her sights on the massive population of over 500,000 in King's Landing!

"Since the lord has personally given the order, this matter must not fail!" Lady Martha stood by the window again and glanced around. She noticed the spies behaving unnaturally outside the courtyard, as well as several people wearing thick wool robes dyed gold. She whispered, "Anyone who gets in the way, whoever they are, shall die."

Winterfell.

Shenmu Forest.

This is a dark and primitive place, with forests composed of sentinel trees covered in gray-green pine needles, sturdy oaks, and ironwoods as old as the kingdom itself.

Thick, black trunks jostled against each other, twisted branches wove a dense canopy overhead, while deformed, intertwined roots wrestled with each other underground, exuding a damp and putrid smell.

This is a place of deep silence and suffocating shadows.

In the center of the woods stands an ancient weir tree, shrouding a pool of dark, cold water.

The bark of the weirwood tree is grayish-white like bone, and its leaves are deep red, resembling a thousand bloodstained hands.

A human face was carved on the tree trunk. The face was long and melancholy, and the eye sockets were filled with deep red sap, as if they were filled with blood and tears.

Winterfell has been in some chaos lately, ever since that ominous message brought by a few black ravens.

King Robert has been assassinated!

Eddard Stark, the Warden of the North, was assassinated in his capital, in the brothel he frequented, by King Robert, whom he considered a brother.

If it weren't for the approaching winter, Eddard Stark would have already headed south.

He hasn't actually set off yet, because he's still waiting.

The truth will be revealed by Jon Arryn, who is the Hand of the King and also his and Robert's foster father.

But after hastily making numerous arrangements, Eddard Stark was already prepared to head south at any moment.

Caitlin Tully stepped into this place, which was not quite comfortable for her as a believer in the Seven Gods, with a heavy heart.

She quickly found Eddard Stark and saw the man sitting silently under the ancient weirwood, quietly wiping his longsword. Although she felt very sorry for him.

But she still said, "Ned, King's Landing has sent another message."

Upon hearing this, Eddard Stark quickly looked up and asked, "Catlin, is this message from Lord Jon?"

Caitlin paused for a moment and then said, "It's news about him."

"Ned, Lord Jon has passed away!"

"My sister Lysa brought a secret letter saying that Lord Jon Snow was murdered by the Lannisters!"