Chapter 15: Wolf Howl

The few people in front of Jon were traveling in groups, and most of them were around 30 years old. After identifying their identities, they were quickly let go.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Jon always felt that the soldier in front of him was always glancing in his direction when he was checking, which made Jon a little nervous.

Realizing that this level might not be easy, Jon has quietly put on some "beautiful contact lenses"

When it was his turn, a slightly fat Northern soldier asked condescendingly, "Where are you from?"

His beard was unkempt and looked like it had fleas crawling in it.

Despite this, it did not affect the pride that he inadvertently revealed, and the main reason for his pride was that the social status of the Winterfell guards was indeed higher than that of civilians. They had long distinguished themselves from those peasants who were only conscripted during wartime.

In order to confuse the soldiers near the checkpoint as much as possible, Jon deliberately spoke to him with a southern accent. Jon bent over and said carefully

"I'm a merchant from the Riverlands. I went to Last Hearth some time ago to sell some goods there."

To make his words more convincing, Jon pointed to a pile of empty cloth bags tied with straw ropes on his two horses.

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier came forward and symbolically searched, because there was nothing else on the bare cart except a dozen sacks.

The guard noticed that Jon always kept his head down, so he raised his voice and said, "Why are you keeping your head down? Lift your head up!"

Jon wiped his nose and answered hesitantly, "My lord, I have an eye disease."

Compared to the soldiers at the previous checkpoints, the guards here were indeed much more diligent, so he said impatiently: "Just raise your head when I told you to, why are you talking so much nonsense!"

His words attracted the attention of the people around him, and seeing that Jon seemed to be trying to cover up, many people peeked over here.

Jon slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of eyes filled with tears and a hint of blue. The guard never thought that someone could fake their pupils. He just thought that Jon was probably suffering from an eye disease, so he waved his hand and let him go.

Having successfully passed the first level, Jon looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Winterfell in the distance, and his heart finally settled down.

But Jon knew that even if he successfully left the North and arrived at King's Landing, it would not be easy to enter the Red Keep or take Ned away.

There are Littlefinger's spies outside King's Landing. It seems that neither water nor land transportation is particularly safe. Maybe Ned should go to Dragonstone first.

Thinking of this, Jon felt a little powerless again. Ned was too far away from him and his strength was too weak.

He now truly understands the saying that 'the development of things is inevitable'.

Just as Jon was worried about what to do next, Robb was also in great pain. He hadn't slept well in the past two days. After all, he was also a human being, and it would be hard for him to feel good about executing the brother who grew up with him with his own hands.

"I must ask him clearly when I see him. Why does Jon have to go to King's Landing? Is it really for the land and title?"

At this time, Bran was also in doubt. He had a very strange dream.

It started with Jon. His illegitimate brother suddenly opened his eyes in his sleep, and his pupils turned black, as if the soul of a stranger lived in them.

Then he saw his father and second sister Aria returning in a panic, but Sansa was nowhere to be seen, and Jon was fighting alone in the green flames.

'Green flames, is that wildfire?'

Just when both of them were worried, a long and excited wolf howl brought them back to the real world.

Awoo——

The two looked back at their wolves and found that both Robb's wolf Grey Wind and Bran's wolf Summer were smart and looked in the direction where the howling came from.

Robb asked, "Is it a direwolf?"

Bran said automatically, "It's Jon's wolf!"

On the other side, the wolf howl made Jon, who had just relaxed and taken a few steps, nervous. Ghost, grew up in Winterfell. Now that he saw Winterfell right in front of him, he was naturally excited.

He originally thought that if he and Ghost separated, he wouldn't have to worry about attracting attention, but he never expected that something like this would happen.

Awoo——

Awoo——

There were two more wolf howls. They were the responses from Bran and Robb's wolves. Sansa and Arya's wolves left almost at the same time as Jon's wolf. Half of the six little wolf cubs left at once, which made them miss each other very much.

"Jon is back!"

Theon, who was patrolling in another direction, made the same judgment based on several wolf howls. Little Rickon's wolf was still in the city, and now the howling of the fourth direwolf could only mean that Jon was nearby.

"Tell the soldiers to seal off this area immediately! No one is allowed to leave!"

Robb instructed a guard beside him, then quickly jumped on his horse. Hodor, carrying Bran on his back, also hurried to follow.

Jon never expected that Ghost, who saved him once, would actually betray him. He couldn't tell a wolf that his brother wanted to catch him, so he asked, "Please be careful, buddy."

But perhaps Ghost was thinking, the one who caught you is your brother, not mine, so what does it have to do with me? So when it was about to get home, it started howling excitedly.

Soon, as he expected, many soldiers appeared after just over ten minutes and demanded that no one leave.

Whether they were pedestrians, farmers, merchants or knights on the road, they were all guarded on the spot.

And this is the power that Robb currently possesses, the Duke of Winterfell.

Jon knew that Robb would most likely come to check on them one by one, and no matter how he disguised himself, it would be useless. However, he still wanted to make sure that it would be better not to enter the Wolfswood if it was not necessary.

So Jon took the initiative to approach the soldier who had just questioned him and asked, "Sir, what happened ahead?"

He no longer doubted Jon, so he said, "Lord Stark said that his illegitimate brother is nearby. He will bring people to check it out soon. You can leave after he finishes the inspection."

Jon nodded and asked pretentiously, "Oh? I wonder what that guy looks like."

The soldier gestured with his hand.

"About this height, a little shorter than you, with dark hair and grey eyes."

Jon nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait here for Lord Stark to come. But sir, can you let me lead the horse to the side of the road? This horse is quite wild, and I'm worried that it might hurt someone."

Jon behaved very well, like a completely obedient citizen, so the soldier waved his hand and agreed.

After tying the two horses to a tree, Jon said that he felt uncomfortable being alone and was worried about making a fool of himself in front of Lord Stark, so he said that he wanted to find a secluded place to solve the problem.

Seeing that Jon's horse was tied up, the soldier had no doubt that Jon was the person Robb had ordered to be searched for, so he followed the soldier's instructions and ran to a bush near the wolfswood.

The soldier was busy gathering the others together so that Robb could check them later.

Jon now has no choice, he must hide in the Wolfswood. For people who have never seen him, he only needs to change his main features to deceive them, but for Robb, who grew up with him, Jon thinks he has no chance.

There is also Theon who is at odds with him, and maybe Bran is there too. Now he can only run quickly and enter the Wolfswood first!