The Heavens: The Magical World Begins with The Lord of the Rings

Chapter 214 Confrontation
Darry City is a very simple castle, so simple that if it weren't for the half-day ride from the King's Road, there would be no visitors here at all.The Darriga family has a very low presence among the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms. The Ruby Beach not far from this castle is the real reason why this land can be remembered.

During the Reaver's War, the rebel army led by Robert once fought a fierce battle with Rhaegar Targaryen's troops here.It was also during this battle that King Robert smashed Prince Rhaegar's chest with a hammer, and the ruby ​​fragments from his breastplate scattered in the shallows, hence the name Ruby Bank.

As one of the royalists who carried Prince Rhaegar's true dragon banner in the Trident Battle and fought diligently for the Targaryen dynasty, although the Darry family has now surrendered to the king, whether it is as Sir Raymond, who is now the head of the Darry family, and Robert, who has become king, have not forgotten that Sir Raymond's three elder brothers all died in that battle.

Sir Raymond, who is the lord of the city, was already quite upset that Robert and the others had uninvited guests to enter the castle.But these are still within the range that Sir Raymond can tolerate, because they did not occupy the magpie's nest and enter the inner castle in the center of the city.

And after the conflict on the banks of the Trident River, in order to facilitate the search for the missing Arya and the butcher brother on the banks of the Trident River, the king's team, the Lannister family and the Stark family all rushed into the original place. In the inner castle of the small Darry Castle.The king temporarily conscripted Sir Raymond's drawing room to handle official duties, and the Lannister and Stark families almost went to war in the city. on the verge of eruption.

Under such a complicated situation, the tension in the castle can be imagined.At this moment, Darry City is full of bright lights, and the soldiers of the Lannister family have almost completely taken over the guards in the city.Ed, who hurried back on his horse, looked gloomy at the guards of the Lannister family wearing golden lion armor at the city gate.

Ed went straight into the city, and had no time to pay attention to the guards who tried to stop him. Jory and other northern soldiers who followed him blocked the guards for Ed with swords in their hands.All eyes were on Ed who went straight into the city, and people were whispering in private.

It was already known that the Lannister family dispatched a large number of people to snatch the little wolf girl from the northern soldiers of the Stark family.They were all discussing how the new Prime Minister would react, and what kind of actions he would take in response to the Lannister family's provocation.

By the time Ed stormed into the stuffy reception room angrily, it was already full of people.Almost all the nobles that Ed could name, or faces he had never seen before, were crowded in this hall at this time.

Seeing this scene, Ed's anger grew even worse.

If Robert or the queen hadn't summoned so many people here at this time, he could still settle the matter calmly in private by virtue of his relationship with Robert.Even the Kingslayer brought the soldiers of the Lannister family before, pretending to be King Robert and surrounded his daughter and his men.

But now that Robert and the others have summoned so many people, is it because they want to publicly judge their daughter?

Pushing through the crowd, the first thing Ed saw was the king sitting on a high seat at the end of the long hall, and Robert watched him coming with a serious expression.Queen Cersei Lannister and Prince Joffrey stood beside him, and the boy's arms were still wrapped in heavy silk bandages.

The stalwart Gao Yuan stood in the center of the hall surrounded by the crowd with a sword in one hand, and Arya, who was hiding behind Gao Yuan, was holding tightly to the cloak and robe on his body. on two people.

"Arya!"

Ed shouted his daughter's name loudly, and the voice echoed in the quiet and narrow hall. He walked towards Arya with heavy steps, his boots clanging on the bluestone on the ground.

Arya couldn't help but screamed when she saw her father's appearance, and then threw herself into Ed's warm embrace crying bitterly.It wasn't until he saw Arya pounced into Ed's arms that Gao Yuan, who was standing like a green pine, put the Evening Star Blade in his hand into his waist.

Ed knelt in front of Arya on one knee, hugging his daughter tightly, and he felt Arya trembling in his arms.

"I'm sorry" Even though she was still sobbing, Arya kept apologizing to her father, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

"I see."

Ed's eyes were filled with tears, and he gently picked up the scrawny little girl in his arms, she was really too thin.It is hard for you to imagine how a little girl who is only nine years old spent two days and two nights alone in a wild and uninhabited forest.How much trouble can such a fragile little girl cause?

"Arya! Are you injured, are you hungry?" Ed asked with concern.

Arya's face was covered with mud, but there were traces of being wiped by someone. Obviously, Gao Yuan, who found her in the forest, wiped it for her.Tears slid down the gray and delicate face, leaving two clear tear stains.

"No injury." Arya said with a sob, "Sir Gaoyuan fed me some bread and jerky, and gave me water."

Ed stood up holding Arya in his arms, and looked gratefully at Gao Yuan standing in front of him: "Sir Gao Yuan, thank you for everything you have done for my daughter!"

"You will always be a friend of the Stark family and the northerners. If you need any help from us, please feel free to ask, and I will do my best to help you."

"Lord Stark, I don't ask for anything." Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "It's just out of my compassion to find Miss Arya for you."

"No one would like to see a cute little girl like Miss Arya living alone in the wilderness." Gao Yuan looked at Arya who was lying on Ed's shoulder and said, "Whether Arya makes a mistake What a mistake she made, she was just a child."

"Besides, she already knows she was wrong now, doesn't she?"

"Sir Gao Yuan, it was your compassion that saved my daughter. As a father, I should thank you." Ed's gratitude to Gao Yuan at this moment is beyond words. According to Arya's words, he could even kneel down on one knee in front of Gao Yuan to thank him, "Although the way I express my gratitude to you will make your noble behavior seem a bit utilitarian, but please believe me, this is The best way I can think of right now."

"Sir Gaoyuan, no matter what difficulties you face in the future, please don't forget that you still have the Stark family as your friends and strong backing. It will be all members of our Stark family who can do their best to help you It's an honor, please don't be polite."

"Okay." Gao Yuan reluctantly agreed.

Gao Yuan believed that if he didn't accept Ed's gratitude, the Duke of Winterfell would probably keep pestering him endlessly.

Seeing that Gao Yuan finally accepted his gratitude and friendship with the Stark family, Ed finally felt relieved. If Gao Yuan has been unwilling to accept his gratitude, he may always feel sorry in his heart.

Just after Ed finished thanking Gao Yuan, the captain of the guard, Qiao Li, also squeezed through the crowd and came to Gao Yuan, first expressed his thanks to him, and promised that the sword in his hand would always fight for Gao Yuan.Immediately afterwards, Jory turned his head to report to Ed: He had pulled the Stark family soldiers in the city out of the city, and they were all assembled.

At first, when Jory was about to leave Darry City with the remaining soldiers of the Stark family, the soldiers of the Lannister family stopped them.However, under Jory's tough attitude and the cooperation of more than 100 northern soldiers, those guard soldiers finally opened the gate and let them leave.

After learning from Jory that his troops had assembled, Ed, with a heavy heart, gently handed Arya in his arms to his housekeeper, Vayon Poole.

Turning around to look at the king sitting on the high seat, he asked, "What do you mean?"

"After you found my daughter, why didn't you send someone to notify me?"

Ed looked around the entire reception hall, hoping to find a friendly face in it, but apart from his subordinates and Gao Yuan, there were very few people who dared to stand up to support him, not even those who gave him support with their eyes. one.

Sir Raymond Darry is the owner of this castle, but at this time he just looked at Ed and the others in the middle of the reception hall expressionlessly, obviously not like to intervene in this troublesome matter, besides, he Ed and the others who were originally unhappy with the king and the others who came uninvited.He is standing in this reception hall now, but there is an endless backlog of anger.

Lord Renly Baratheon always had a cynical smile on his face.He looked at this incident with a joking attitude, as if it was a farce or a good show prepared by the fools for him.No one knew what the king's youngest brother was thinking, his thoughts were always so wild.

Old Sir Barristan had a heavy expression on his face. I am afraid this is not the first time he has seen such a farce. I believe he must have seen more and more than this when he was guarding the Mad King and Prince Rhaegar as the Kingsguard. More absurd farce.

Standing behind his sister and nephew, James Lannister still looked frivolous, noticing that Ed was looking at him, and he did not forget to provoke him with his eyes.Ed looked at Kingslayer's handsome face and provocative expression, and he wished he could swallow him alive.

As for the rest of the people, in Ed's opinion, they are all Lannisters. It can be seen from their hostile eyes that they are not just here to watch a good show this time, but also to come Waving the flag for their rich master.

Ed was questioning Robert, but Cersei Lannister scolded first: "It's really presumptuous! How dare you question the king in this tone!"

Cersei's sharp scolding made King Robert frown, and he yelled at the queen: "Smelly woman, don't you think you have caused me enough trouble, now shut your stinky mouth."

King Robert sat up straight, and explained to Eddard apologetically, "Ned, I'm sorry!"

"I didn't mean to scare her. I just wanted to bring her here first. It would be better to end this matter early."

"That thing you mean?" Ed's voice was as cold as the frost in the north.

"Whether to send kingslayers and soldiers to surround my people and take Arya from their hands by force; or to summon my courtiers to deal with my daughter in public without my being informed at all. A trial?"

Cersei took Joffrey's uninjured left hand and took a step forward, then pointed to his right arm which was still wrapped in a thick bandage in front of everyone: "Stark! I think you should know exactly what the king is referring to What happened, your wild girl and that pig butcher teamed up to attack my precious son, the future heir to the throne. Her damn wolf almost bit off his arm."

"That's not the case." Arya, who was lying in the arms of the housekeeper Vayon Poole, became agitated when she heard the queen slandering herself, "It was obvious that he bullied Mykay first, and Nymeria just gently bit him hard, and he was pointing a sword at me."

"Joffrey has already told us all about what happened." Cersei's ability to lie is top-notch, and she doesn't feel guilty or guilty at all for her upside-down, "You and the butcher apprentice beat him with a stick head, while letting the wild wolf bite him."

"It's not like this, you are lying!" Facing the queen's accusation, Arya felt extremely wronged in her heart, and tears began to flow down, "Liar!"

"That's the way it is, and we are not lying!" Prince Joffrey accused loudly. "They besieged me together, and that wild girl threw my "lion's tooth" into the river."

Gao Yuan, who was standing aside, was surprised to find that when Prince Joffrey accused Arya, he didn't dare to look at the ferocious Arya at all.Arya's scorching gaze is constantly dodging in his eyes, which shows that Joffrey is guilty, or he is a little afraid of her now.

"You lied!" Arya yelled.

"Enough noise!"

King Robert stood up from his chair with a roar, and then he slapped the wooden table in front of him so loudly that the injured Prince Joffrey almost jumped up.The originally noisy reception hall suddenly fell silent, and he pretended to look at Arya with a ferocious look: "My good boy, tell me what happened now, and you must tell me exactly what happened, honestly. Tell me there is no embellishment."

"You should know that it is a heinous crime to lie to the king!" Then King Robert looked at his son again, "Of course it will be your turn when she has finished speaking, but until then, you'd better keep your mouth shut. "

"By God, my son, Robert Baratheon, was actually bullied by a nine-year-old girl and a pig butcher!" Robert sneered, "You'd be ashamed of me!" Isn't that enough? I even got into an argument with a little girl."

When Arya began to tell the whole story, Ed saw his captain of the guards bring his eldest daughter into the reception hall, and Sansa followed Jory Cassel to Eddie step by step. beside.

At this time in the reception hall, everyone was listening attentively to Adria's narration, but when she said that she threw Joffrey's long steel sword into the ruby ​​beach, the king His younger brother, Renly Baratheon, could not contain his laughter any longer.

Duke Renly's hearty and joyful laughter interrupted Arya's narration for a while, which made King Robert couldn't bear it any longer, and said angrily: "Sir Barristan, please escort my brother out, lest He was offended by laughter."

Sir Barristan walked up to Duke Renly, but he stopped him by raising his hand. He stopped laughing: "I know the way out, so I won't bother Sir Barristan for help."

Lord Renly did not forget to bow to Joffrey before walking out of the reception hall: "The farce of the waiting party is over, maybe you can tell me how you were shot by a skinny nine-year-old girl with a broom Knocked down and thrown into the river."

Just after Lord Renly walked out, and when Ser Barristan was about to close the door, Duke Renly's hearty laughter and taunt came from outside the door again: "My good brother killed Prince Rhaegar on Ruby Shore, he His son was disarmed by a nine-year-old girl there, and he even sued his mother. What a 'lion's tooth'."

Arya finished her statement, and it was Joffrey's turn to tell his very different version, turning pale as paper as he described the events of the day.After the prince's version was finished, compared with the clear and clear version that Arya narrated, the verdict was immediately judged.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell who is lying among them. Unfortunately, the king still wants to save some face. Although he can't wait to find a hole in the ground, he still stood up heavily and said: " Ned, what do you want me to do now?"

"Your daughter said one thing and my son said another."

"It wasn't just the two of them that were there." Ed pushed Sansa out, wanting her to confirm that what Arya told was true. "Sansa, come here!"

"Come and tell the king what happened on the banks of the Trident that day."

Seeing this scene, Gao Yuan standing aside couldn't help shaking his head, secretly lamenting that Ed's political EQ is too low.

Most of the people present have now seen clearly the situation on the field.King Robert has already made his own judgment now, after all, the version that Prince Joffrey said is so full of loopholes.

King Robert is just trying to save his last bit of face, so it is difficult for him to admit that what Arya said is true.So he asked Ed Stark how to deal with this matter, and also wanted his friend Ed to give him a suitable step down.

However, Ed, who lacks political wisdom, not only did not give his old friend King Robert a step down, but pushed out his eldest daughter. Embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)