Chapter 255 Gandalf's Visit

The simple room fell into silence.

Ino looked through the open door and saw the noisy street outside.

On the street, countless Rohan people were busy.

Young men carried the distributed food, young girls carried bamboo baskets with vegetables, and even the octogenarians and young children were doing what they could.

Outside the door, that was Edoras, a picture full of the life of the Rohan people.

Inside the door, Gandalf was wearing a holy and flawless white robe, but it was a bit hard to open his eyes.

"I'm going to set up a stall. Do you want to join me? Otherwise, you can have breakfast here. Don't worry, I haven't eaten those."

Ino picked up the suitcase and walked straight out the door.

...

Edoras, the capital of Rohan.

Although it is also a city built on a hillside, compared with the Holy White City, it has less solemnity and rules, and more freedom and tranquility.

In the whole city, except for the highest meeting hall in the center, there are basically no restrictions on activities in other places.

That is to say, people living here can wander around Edoras at will, and there is no distinction between the inner and outer cities of Minas Tirith.

Ino walked slowly along the bluestone path, and received countless respectful glances along the way.

Perhaps this is the emotional expression of the Rohan people, who will not chat or disturb others, but just use their eyes to silently express their gratitude in their hearts.

And under his feet, this bluestone paved path seemed to still have last night's dew, reflecting the glimmer of the morning light, like a silver ribbon winding forward.

Choosing a relatively empty corner, Ino opened the suitcase, spread a thick layer of linen on the ground, and placed some novel small items on it.

Beautiful Christmas hats, pure wool socks, scarves, and even a pair of second-hand dragon skin gloves.

Of course, there are also beautifully woven straw rings and unused potion glass bottles.

As all kinds of miscellaneous things were put out one by one, the small stall in front of him was no longer shabby, after all, there were more goods to sell.

After doing all this, Ino naturally sat on the ground, and did not use Transfiguration to make a small stool as in the past.

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Edoras, the Council Chamber.

As Gandalf continued to talk about the interests, Theoden was also in a dilemma.

For Gondor, Theoden had feelings.

He was born in the White City and spent a happy childhood there. He did not return to Rohan to inherit the throne until he became an adult.

From a personal perspective, he did not want to see Minas Tirith fall, but now Rohan's national strength is really not enough to support another expedition.

As Theoden was silent, the atmosphere in the council chamber was a little solemn.

Gandalf also saw the hesitation of the King of Rohan, so he explained the interests again:

"My friend, Sauron will not show mercy! He will not stop killing Gondor. All we can do is resist! Let everyone take up arms!"

"Rush to Gondor? Ha!" Unlike Theoden's hesitation, Theoded, as the crown prince, retorted mercilessly:

"Where was Gondor when Rohan was attacked? Where were the reinforcements? I only saw two hundred elves from Lothlorien in Helm's Deep."

Gandalf ignored Theoded's rebuttal and looked at Theoden again.

"The former king of Rohan swore allegiance to Isildur at the Stone of Erech, promising that Rohan should help Gondor when it faced difficulties."

As soon as these words came out, Theoden's face suddenly became a little cold.

He is no longer alone now, and there are some things he has to consider for his son. But who would have thought that Gandalf would directly bring up the covenant from three thousand years ago, which was beyond his expectation.

The covenant of the last era was mentioned again.

Although it was a long time ago, the covenant was a covenant, and Rohan could not afford to openly violate the covenant.

"Then you let the regent of Gondor light the beacon!" Theoden's tone was a little stiff.

"Only when he sees the beacon for help will Rohan send troops! I will personally lead the Rohan cavalry to complete the ancient covenant."

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Gandalf left.

Riding the king of horses, Shadowfax, he left Edoras before dusk.

Also at dusk, Inor began to close his stall one after another.

The life of setting up stalls for most of the day made him experience the long-lost fun again.

In fact, it is called setting up stalls, not to mention temporarily operating a trading station. After the war, all industries are waiting to be revived, and many people have no money at this time.

In the absence of money, the primitive bartering came into being.

But the result is often that someone just exchanged socks with a wooden basin, and the next second the wooden basin was picked up by another person.

In the end, everyone began to exchange spontaneously, and his stall became unpopular.

However, everything is not absolute. Although adults no longer patronize, children are interested in those beautiful glass bottles and gorgeous Christmas hats.

Looking at the eager eyes, Ino also waved his hand and asked these children to pick up stones. Three beautiful stones for a glass bottle, fifteen for a Christmas hat, even if the hat is not enough, there is also Transfiguration.

And the reason for doing this is also referring to the practice of the orphanage in England.

"Things are never free. If you want to get them, you can only use your own hands."

This is a sentence that the old lady in the orphanage often says.

Ino deeply agrees with this statement.

Perhaps for children from normal families, receiving gifts is a pleasant thing. But for orphans without relatives, if they get used to receiving gifts, it would be a terrible thing.

Obviously, as they grow older and leave the orphanage in the future, no one will give them gifts.

Learning to get things with their own hands in advance will undoubtedly help them grow.

And many of these children in Rohan are orphans he rescued along the way.

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It was getting dark.

Ino returned to the hut in the early morning again.

Unlike before he left, he now carried a suitcase in his left hand and a large bag of stones wrapped in linen in his right hand.

He didn't intend to throw these stones away casually. Anyone's efforts should be respected, even if they are just children.

Slowly pushed open the door.

Unexpectedly, there were guests in the room, three young men of similar age.

Theo Jedd looked bored, and opposite the crown prince sat Eowyn and Eomer, brother and sister.

"Ha! My little room is almost as big as the meeting hall." Ino said half-jokingly.

Although it was a joke, many things were not exaggerated.

The Crown Prince of Rohan, the second Marshal Théodre, the third Marshal, the captain of the Royal Guards, Eomer, and the Princess Eowyn, who was highly respected by the Rohan people.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the next twenty years, these three people together can determine the pattern of the entire Middle-earth to a certain extent.

Xiaodi shared magical animals today:

Winged Horse

British Magical Department Classification Level: xxxxx

Origin and Distribution: Pegasus exists all over the world.

Appearance characteristics: There are many different varieties of Pegasus, including Rune Horse, Ither Dragon, Graling and the rare Thestral.

Related knowledge: Like the Hippogriff, people who own Pegasus are required to cast a Disillusionment Charm on Pegasus every once in a while to avoid being discovered by Muggles.