Game of Thrones: Kings in the North
Chapter 180 Wolf King Ceremony, Tournament, Conspiracy to Assassinate
Chapter 180 Wolf King Ceremony, Tournament, Conspiracy to Assassinate
The Wolf King Ceremony to celebrate Ed's conquest beyond the Great Wall included tournaments, palace feasts, troupe performances and other activities, attracting knights, free riders, hired knights, wandering warriors, prostitutes and businessmen from all over the Seven Kingdoms to King's Landing.
The law and order in King's Landing declined rapidly, and the pressure on the capital garrison, commonly known as the "Golden Robe", responsible for maintaining law and order in King's Landing increased sharply.
In the meeting hall, Janos Slynt, Commander of King's Landing Capital Guard, stood at the conference table.
"My lord, I need more men. The day before yesterday, the men of Prince Oberyn of Dorne stabbed to death a soldier of the Westlands in a brothel. This soldier was Ser Amory Lodge's men. In the flea nest In a casino, the Blackwoods and the Brackens fought each other, killing one and injuring the other. In a sleazy brothel on Silk Street, two more headless female corpses appeared overnight."
Janos Slynt, double-jawed, balding, stocky, and talking like a frog.
The Northland galleon departed from White Harbor and arrived in King's Landing, bringing the fine wine vodka from the North, Blue Noble, maple syrup, caviar, canned foie gras, black truffles, and tobacco.The trade prince of Rhys sent a group of courtesans, and Robert was busy eating, drinking and having fun, and was absent from the imperial meeting. Therefore, the imperial meeting was presided over by Jon Arryn, Hand of the King, and Eddard, the Home Secretary.
Janos Slynt said depressedly: "Your lords have arrived in King's Landing with their entourage and soldiers. At first, I thought that there was no problem with maintaining law and order in the capital city. I didn't expect that some noble soldiers were actually troublemakers. The law and order in King's Landing is getting worse and worse, I need more money to expand the capital defense team."
Ed said coldly: "Janos, the capital defense team has more than 2000 people, more than 2000 well-trained gold robes, managing this city is easy, if you are not competent, we have to replace people. "
It is the Royal Fleet and the Golden Robes who are responsible for protecting the Red Castle.Since the royal fleet is responsible for patrolling Blackwater Bay, and some royal fleets are also stationed at Dragonstone, Stannis' territory, the Golden Robe is the largest army in the city of King's Landing.
The golden robe is in charge of the Red Castle, Maegor's Tower, the gates of King's Landing, and the security of the major urban areas. Such an important position is actually handed over to Janos Slynt, who has a low character and a humble background.
In fact, it's normal to think about it. Janos Slynt was born in poverty. He has no family behind him to support him. He is greedy and corrupt, with mediocre abilities, and he is not loved by the soldiers in the golden robe.This kind of person is in charge of the golden robe in King's Landing, and is no threat to the nobles and royal family.
Janos Slynt said angrily: "Lord Ed, because of the Wolf King Ceremony, the population of King's Landing has increased by 10 in just a few days. Now, I estimate the total population of the major cities in King's Landing , more than 50. Two thousand gold robes have to manage a city with a population of 50, no one can do it."
"As long as the imperial council allocates a sum of money to me, I can recruit people to solve the problem. Otherwise, even if Prince Daemon is alive, you can't maintain law and order with a mere two thousand gold robe."
Stannis sullenly said: "Allow you money so that you can embezzle? Prime Minister Jon Arryn and I both know that you sell officials and nobles in gold robes, and you clearly mark the price for every small captain at the gate of the city, and you also deduct money." Soldiers' money."
Jonos Slynt blushed, "Lord Stannis, you are slandering! His Majesty Robert has investigated me and proved my innocence."
Littlefinger fiddled with the quill, "My lords, we don't have to trust Sir Genos, but please trust Your Majesty Robert!" Ed became more and more suspicious, this Janos Slynt was clearly Littlefinger The Hawkhound, Janos Slynt, like Littlefinger, was born as a commoner and rose to high office in King's Landing by any means.
Varys put those soft hands in the sleeves of his silk coat.
"My lords, the celebration of the Wolf King is about to begin. Martial arts tournaments, palace feasts, troupe performances, where can we do without our brave brothers in gold robes? If there is a change of coach, where can we find a replacement for Lord Genos?"
Grand Maester Pai Sear shook his snow-white beard, "The problem now is, how do we solve the manpower problem of the golden robe. Since His Majesty held the Wolf King celebration for Lord Ed, which caused the security problem in the capital, I suggest, from In Lord Ed's Winter Wolf Guards, some people were allocated to the golden robe."
This bad old man is trying his best to weaken Ed's strength. He is Tywin's friend and Lannister's running dog. Maybe Ed should find a way to get rid of Grand Maester Pycelle.
Janos Slynt immediately followed up, "If Lord Ed is willing to send me men, I will definitely let these winter wolves come in handy."
Ed shrugged, "My people need to protect me and my family. Lord Genos, you will get men, and Lord Littlefinger will pay to help you hire men on the street."
Littlefinger smiled wryly and said, "Lord Ed, the royal family is heavily in debt and has owed more than 600 million golden dragons. You still have the heart to ask me to spend money?"
Former Prime Minister Jon Arryn said: "Since there are so many debts, it's not bad. Anyway, there are people on the street who are looking for work. Give them a few copper coins a day to maintain law and order, and some people are rushing to do it."
Janos Slynt is gone.Jon Arryn said: "Nobles from all over the Seven Kingdoms have sent representatives to attend the Wolf King Ceremony. Only the Iron Islands were absent, and none of the Ironborn nobles came to King's Landing to attend the Wolf King Ceremony."
Grand Maester Pycelle opened his tired eyes, "I sent ravens to the nobles of the Iron Islands early in the morning, but none of them came to the grand meeting of the Wolf King. It is really a bit surprising. King Balon After replying to the letter, he said that he was not feeling well, at least he should send a son to attend the event, right?"
Ed said: "Except for Theon, King Balon has no other sons, and Theon is staying in Winterfell now."
Stannis' jaw tightened, and he said angrily, "Lord Balon is unwell. Are the ironborn lords of Great Wyk, Old Wyk, and Harlow also unwell? The ironmen ignore the invitation from the Iron Throne , is clearly arrogance."
Renly laughed and said, "Brother, you are the Sea Lord, always threatening to hang all the Ironborn pirates. How many people in the Iron Islands have never been pirates? I think they are afraid that you will hang them." If you die, you dare not come."
Grand Maester Pycelle said: "The iron people serve such cruel gods as the Drowned God. They are destined to be incompatible with the nobles of Westeros who believe in the old and new gods. When you forget into the eyes of the iron people, the only thing you see is There are cold, cruel, dark seas. My only concern is, will the ironborn rebel again?"
Everyone looked at Varys, and the octospider's eyes were all over the Seven Kingdoms, even the Iron Islands.
Varys smiled obsequiously, "The Iron Islands are building ships, forging armor, mining, farming, and fishing every day. There is nothing unusual about it."
The black sea came up to the shore, drowning the smith's hearth, the rocks by the sea and the stables. Ed remembered the horrible vision he had seen on the Isle of Faces, in the wood dancer's burrow.
Could it be that the absence of the Ironborn nobles is planning an attack on the northern border?But doing so is tantamount to declaring war on the Iron Throne. Why don't the Iron Islands attack the rich and warm Reach and the rich and powerful Western Territory?
Regardless, the Iron Islands were always a threat.
Ed said: "Lord Balon has been unable to restrain the ironborn pirates at all these years. Some intelligence also shows that King Balon shared wealth with the ironborn pirates who returned from the robbery. We must severely punish the ironborn pirates and restore the glory of the sunset." the course of the sea."
Stannis said, "It's overdue. The ironborn pirates have blocked the western sea routes from the north and the south alone."
Even Grand Maester Pycelle agrees: "After King Balon's rebellion was suppressed, the ironmen have always held a grudge. King Balon drove out monks and nuns from the Iron Islands, burned the sept, and some nuns were stripped naked by Drowned God priests. Clothes raped on the beach The archbishop has been protesting to the imperial council, saying that the Iron Islands have killed the followers of the Seven Gods, and the Seven Gods are almost extinct among the islands."
Jon Arryn pondered for a while, "This matter must be decided by King Robert. Let's talk about it after the wolf king ceremony is over!"
Jon Arryn waved his hand wearily, and the royal ministers left the meeting room one after another, leaving only Jon Arryn and Eddie at the meeting table.
Ed said: "I have heard many people in the court mention that this Janos Slynt is corrupt and has a bad reputation among the common people and grassroots soldiers in King's Landing. Why not remove him? Now King's Landing has Bijeno A knight of noble character and martial arts."
Jon Arryn said: "Ed, you have to believe me, no one wants to replace Master Genos more than me. In fact, just last year, Stannis and I began to investigate the corruption of Genos, There are two captains of the city gate who are willing to come forward and report Genos."
"But these two small captains disappeared in King's Landing very quickly. Genos told me that these two became deserters. I would rather believe that these two small captains were killed by Genos and turned into a flea nest cafeteria. the brown soup in it."
"King Robert seems to want to protect Genos, why not? Littlefinger told me that the royal family can get kickbacks for every money that Genos embezzles. Let Genos bear the infamy, and the royal family has money to take Why not do it?"
Ed said: "If Robert saves a little, he won't tolerate Genos for this money."
Jon Arryn smiled, "If it could be saved, then he wouldn't be Robert. Lord Janos staying in the position of commander of the capital garrison has another advantage for Robert, that is, Lannister's No one can occupy this position.
"Now the royal family owes Lannister more than 300 million golden dragons. Some people say that Robert sold the Iron Throne and the whole country to Lannister. Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but it is not unreasonable. Cersei has repeatedly proposed that he Cousin Daven, or Uncle Stafford to take over the gold cloaks."
In the past few days, Ed noticed that the attendants beside Robert were Lancel and Tyrek, both of whom were Uncle Cersei's children.The king was surrounded by Lannisters, and even Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen, whom Robert thought his own, were all Lannisters.
If Lannister is in charge of the golden robe, King's Landing will really become the world of Lannister.Suddenly, Ed somewhat understood Robert's difficulties. He became a king and sat on the ferocious Iron Throne, but he couldn't do whatever he wanted.
Ed returned to the study in the Wolf King's courtyard, and Bachelor Norman sent a letter.
"A raven flew from King's Landing today. This is a letter from Lord Robb of Winterfell."
The letter was written in Robb's delicate handwriting with cinnabar ink. In the letter, Robb mentioned that the household registration policy in the northern border was carried out in an orderly manner. Whether it was nobles, commoners or savages, rock species, and northern mountain clans, all should be included in the household registration. .
The gender, wealth, occupation, appearance and other information of the residents in the northern border will be recorded in the household registration, and the population under the vassals in various parts of the northern border has been clearly recorded. In this way, more hidden populations have been discovered. In the future, the Stark family It will be more convenient to collect taxes from vassals.With household registration, the life of bandits, robbers, and rogues will be even more difficult, and the northern border can effectively fight crime.
Robb mentioned in the letter that the vassals from all over the country generally cooperated with the household registration policy of Winterfell. Roose Bolton of Dreadfort was reluctant to implement it at first. Lord Rick Rythwell protests against Winterfell together.
But the ravens were flying around, and no one supported Earl Roose. Roose Bolton had no choice but to start counting the identity information of the residents. He promised to send the household registration information of the Dreadfort Territory to Winterfell in the next few months.
Ed adopted Domilik, the heir of the Dreadfort, as his adopted son, and let Ferran marry Barbara. In the end, he disintegrated the Barrenlands with the Dreadfort as its core, and the alliance between the Dreadfort and the Streamlands. Now Roose Bolton wants to protest again The policy of Winterfell City is also difficult to be effective.
However, Ed will not forget that in the vision of the Isle of Thousand Faces, the wolf fur tent appeared. Ed suspected that this was the omen of Roose Bolton stabbing Stark back.In history, when the Bolton family of Dreadfort was still the Red King, they skinned many Stark people and made them into cloaks to wear on their bodies. In addition, there were creepy skinned tents.
Today, the Red Wolf City of Wolf Fort, which is being built in the north at the mouth of the Mojiang River, is under construction. Hundreds of giants and thousands of savages are busy on the construction site under the command of the architect Downs Aylin and the craftsmen. with.
Once the Red Wolf City is completed, it will strengthen the sea defenses on the east coast of the northern border, and at the same time deter the Dreadfort, because the Red Wolf City is only two days away from the Dreadfort.If Roose Bolton dared to act rashly, he would have to pay the consequences of being ridden in the face by the Winter Wolf Army in his lair.
The household registration policy was ordered by Ed to promote the northern border when he left Winterfell and went south.Today, almost all the residents in Winterfell have joined the Stark Manor and become Stark's tenant farmers. Ed manages them in groups of five, and the management efficiency is greatly improved.
In fact, Aide wants to promote the policy of "organizing households and all the people" to manage the people in the northern border with households as a unit, and at the same time abolish the original nobles in the northern land.This is obviously unrealistic, because it will violate the interests of nobles in the north, forest clan leaders, northern mountain clan leaders, rock tribe chiefs, wildling leaders and other nobles.
Maybe Ed can wait for the female dragon Flying Wolf to grow up slowly. With the giant dragon, Ed will have a deadly weapon to deter his vassals. military power".
In addition, Robb also mentioned in the letter that the fortifications of Wolf Castle on the west coast of the northern border have been strengthened, and Helen Parker recruited thousands of fishermen at Kraken Point to join the navy.Robb also conveyed his father's order that Winterfell is making siege equipment, and at the same time, he wants Streamland and Barren Tun to make catapults, crossbow carts, battering hammers and other siege equipment.
Neither Mrs. Ballerina nor the Earl of Streamland understood why these equipment should be prepared in peacetime. They complained for a while, but they still carried out Ed's order.
Because Ed saw it in Qianmianyu, the black sea water was coming.If Ed couldn't prevent the prophecy from happening, and Wolf Castle on the west coast fell, and with siege equipment in Streamland and Desolate Tomb, the northern border could try to take back Wolf Castle on the coast as soon as possible.
The ironborn are brave and good at fighting at sea, but they don't have the habit of sticking to their cities.When Balon Greyjoy rebelled, the ironmen's longships caused great casualties to King Robert's army at sea.
But when Stannis commanded the Royal Fleet and the Redwyne Fleet on Arbor Island in the Battle of Fairy Isle, they defeated the Iron Fleet, and the ironmen's sea power was severely damaged.In the end, Robert's army tore up the ironmen's sea defenses and landed on the Iron Islands. One ironman castle fell one after another. Even King Balon's Pike City could not last long in front of the trebuchets and siege soldiers.
When the celebration of the Wolf King is over, Ed will suggest that Robert severely punish the Ironborn pirates. If King Balon refuses, the Iron Throne will join the northern border to send troops to the Iron Islands. Fall into civil strife, and the prophecy is terminated.
Of course, the premise is that the situation in King's Landing is stable. Now Cersei, Littlefinger, Varys and other conspirators are ready to move. Once the secret of Cersei's bastard is revealed, the Seven Kingdoms will surely fall apart and attack each other.
Ed prayed for balance and time for him to develop allies in the south and wait for the dragonlings to grow up.
Ed had already made sufficient preparations for the terrifying prophecy scene, and the rest could only be handed over to the gods in the sky.
When Ed walked out of the meeting hall under the escort of the guards Dawson and Syrio Forel, he met Lando Tarly and his youngest son Dickon in the yard.
Earl Landau said: "Lord Ed, I ran into a friend in the Red Castle just now, and he told me that my stupid son Sam seemed to have appeared in Winterfell and became Lord Ed's adopted son. I Sending Sam to be a night watchman, does it mean that Winterfell is also a part of the night watchman?"
Damned eunuch Varys, he must have tipped off Sam's whereabouts to Lord Randyll.
Ed said: "Lord Randyll, when you sent the hired knights escorting Sam northward, you killed the sworn knights of your family, and the hired knights wanted to assassinate Sam. Fortunately, Sam escaped to the wolf forest. I took him in."
Little Dickon was startled, "Is my brother not hurt?"
Ed said: "No, he became friends with my son Robb and Jon Snow in Winterfell."
Earl Randall said unhappily: "So, I have to thank Lord Ed? My son is a coward. I can't accept this kind of coward. He inherited Hornhill Castle and the family's property, so I forced him to wear Black clothes, in this way, he will give up the right of family inheritance, and I can make Dickon the heir of the Tully family."
"Now that Lord Ed has adopted Sam as his adopted son, is it possible that Lord Ed wants to help this idiot, Sam, snatch the inheritance of the Tully family?"
Ed said: "Lord Randyll, Sam has given up the right to inherit Horn Hill. As for the territory of the Tarly family, I am not interested. Who else in the Seven Kingdoms has a larger territory than me? My land outside the Great Wall is waiting to be reclaimed. Why? Possibly interested in the lands of the Reach?"
"Winterfell and the Academy are currently cooperating. Many apprentices and assistant bachelors are receiving training in Winterfell. I also established the Wolf House Academy. Sam will become a bachelor, and the bachelor will swear an oath and renounce the right of inheritance. To be honest, I think Sam is better suited to be a maester than to wield swords and guns."
Randall said disdainfully: "Put on a necklace and be a servant at the noble desk of the castle. This is indeed suitable for Sam. In the past, I would be angry with Sam for choosing this path, because Tully's descendants should not be servants. Now, I have severed the father-son relationship with Sam, and what he likes to do is none of my business."
"Actually, it's fine for Sam to stay in Winterfell. It doesn't matter if he doesn't become a bachelor, because he doesn't have the courage to resist my decision. He doesn't have the courage to defend his rights. Lord Ed, I have worked hard to train Sam, and you can't help it." Turn this coward into a warrior. You can never turn a pig into a wolf."
Earl Randle turned to leave, and Dickon stayed for a while longer, "Lord Ed, I hope you take good care of Sam and tell him that his mother and sister are looking forward to his return."
Ed patted Dickon on the shoulder, "You are a good man. Unlike your father, he doesn't seem to care about Sam's life at all."
Dickon said: "My father is just straightforward and cold. My father often said that if the Tully family wants to maintain their family status in the river bend where there are many rich and famous families, their children and grandchildren must be brave and good at fighting. My father is very disappointed in Sam, but after all, Sam It's his son."
The much-anticipated wolf king celebration has finally begun.
Outside the king's gate, a high platform was built. Tens of thousands of nobles and commoners gathered here to witness the canonization ceremony of the wolf king Ed.
The master of ceremonies announced loudly: "Greetings, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Guardian of the Realm, King Robert I of House Baratheon!"
King Robert wore a greatcoat of black and green silk. On the breast was a stag, the crown of House Baratheon, embroidered in gold thread. The crown on the stag's head was beautifully wrought from freshwater pearls.
King Robert's crown is also extremely luxurious, a crown made of pure gold, in the middle is a crowned stag leaping high, surrounded by seven gods, the heavenly father made of pure gold, the Madonna of onyx, the emerald maiden, the blacksmith made of steel, The warrior made of bronze, the old woman made of tourmaline, and the stranger made of black gold are all lifelike.
Queen Cersei wore a bright green and gold brocade dress, with opals, emeralds and sapphires inlaid on the belt, bright and moving.
On the high platform, every aristocrat present was dressed gorgeously, and there were jewels, fur coats and a sea of silk everywhere as far as the eye could see.
The seven White Knights of the Kingsguard stood in a row around King Robert, in cloaks as white as snow and in their white scales.
Former Royal Prime Minister Jon Arryn, Grand Maester Pycelle, Duke of Stannis, Duke of Renly, Littlefinger and Varys, standing on the right side of Ed, Archbishop, Duke of Tywin, Duke of Mace , Prince Oberyn, Sir Edmure Tully, the heir of Riverrun in the riverlands, Lord Randyll, Baelor Hightower, Paxter Redwyne and other prominent figures, appeared on the king's left hand.
Robert deliberately arranged for Prince Oberyn to stay away from Duke Tywin, after all the hatred between the Dornishmen and the Lannisters was irreconcilable.
Lancel and Tyrek, the king's servants, together with four gold robes, carried the direwolf statue made of pure gold to the high platform.
Robert said loudly: "The Duke of the North, Ed of the Stark family, helped the Seven Kingdoms conquer the land beyond the Great Wall and merged the land beyond the Great Wall. Today, the territory of the Seven Kingdoms starts from Dorne in the south and ends in the Land of Eternal Winter in the north. , a great conquest that even Aegon the Conqueror failed to achieve!"
"I commend Ed Stark for his great achievements. I officially canonize Ed as wolf king and bestow a pure gold direwolf!"
Robert himself gave Eddard the golden direwolf, which was lifelike, with teeth made of ivory and eyes of red garnet, like a hideous creature.
As a return gift, Ed gave Robert fine china, depicting the crowned stag, the emblem of the Baratheon family, as well as northern specialties such as black truffles, maple syrup, foie gras, perfume, and buckets of blue Noble and vodka.
The nobles and commoners applauded and jumped for joy, shouting "Ed the Wolf King" and "Long live King Robert!"
The giant eagle prince Mi Chu rode a giant eagle and flew over the wolf king ceremony. The giant eagle spread its wings and screamed. All the nobles and commoners were stunned, and then cheered.
Eagle King McCain's hawks, owls and falcons, skim the sky.Afterwards, the big bear of Bear King Byers roared, and the direwolf walked in the night and roared to the sky, joining the chorus of wild beasts, showing the power of the wild in the north.
Afterwards, Ed's black and white bears performed a funny dance on the steps, and the nobles burst into laughter.
In the crowd, Cersei said sourly: "The pure gold direwolf, Lannister's gold, just fell into Stark's pocket."
James said: "Sister, I heard that Ed is going to participate in the jousting! He wants to win a prize of [-] golden dragons, but unfortunately, I won't let him do so."
Cersei whispered: "James, father is looking forward to your winning the championship. Don't worry, I have made arrangements."
James was surprised: "What arrangement?"
"You'll understand then."
Then the master of ceremonies loudly announced that the wolf king tournament had officially started.
During the tournament, the high platform was full of nobles from all over the Seven Kingdoms, while the commoners crowded in the crowd to watch. Some spectators from a distance climbed up the nearby big trees in order to watch the competition.
Seeing that Ed was also on the list for the jousting, Jon Arryn said in surprise: "Ed, you have always hated the jousting, why did you sign up for the jousting this time?"
Robert laughed and said, "That's because I asked Ed to sign up. This is the wolf king's tournament, and Ed must participate!"
A total of more than 200 knights from the Seven Kingdoms participated, not including warriors like Ed and the Hound Sandor who were not knights.
Just like ordinary tournaments, the loser of the tournament will lose the armor and horse, which will belong to the winner. The loser needs to spend money to redeem it, and a set of armor will cost several golden dragons.
No wonder the blacksmith business in King's Landing Steel Street is booming, and there are long queues at the temporary blacksmith shop outside King's Landing.The nobles are busy making gorgeous armor, even the hired knight who sleeps under the hedge and wanders around will gather a set of simple armor and ride a bad horse to participate in the competition, dreaming of winning a game and earning a set of armor and war horse money.
In the opening battle of the entire tourney, the heir of the Dreadfort, Ed's adopted son Domeric Bolton, faced Boros Braun of the Kingsguard.
There are only seven members of the Kingsguard, and the number corresponds to the seven gods in the belief of the seven gods.Back then, Visenya, sister and queen of Aegon the Conqueror, created the Kingsguard to protect King Aegon.
The Kingsguard is a lifelong position. Like the Brothers of the Night's Watch, once they take an oath to join, they give up the right of inheritance, don't marry wives, don't have children, and guard the king and royal family members wholeheartedly.
From the stands, Sansa watched the Kingsguard excitedly.
"Father, can Domilik beat the Kingsguard? The Kingsguard are the best knights in the ballad!"
Ed smiled, "In the era of 'Dawn Sword' Arthur Dayne and 'White Bull' Gerald Hightower, it was true, but now, there are embroidered pillows in the Kingsguard."
Ser Boros Brawne, flabby-cheeked and broad-chested, was a little portly, and Eddard had always thought him the worst fighter of the Kingsguard.
After Domilik came to King's Landing, he trained on the school field every day. He received the guidance of Red Castle coach Alan Santagar and Sir Barristan Selmy, and his already superb spear skills have been improved.Ser Barristan Selmy, the many-time tourney champion, thinks Domilik has what it takes to win.
Sure enough, Domeric knocked off Sir Boros Braun in the first round and successfully advanced.
Sansa, Arya, and thousands of knights at the scene cheered for Domilik, the beloved of Winterfell.
Queen Cersei sat on the high platform and said sullenly: "Sir Boros can't even beat the adopted son of Winterfell, what a waste!"
Fortunately, in the next match, Ser Alys Oakheart of the Kingsguard defeated Lord Bryce Cullen of Nightingale City in the Borderlands, saving face for the Kingsguard.
Sir Edmure Tully, Ed's brother-in-law, boasted to win the championship before the match, but he lost to a mysterious knight in the first round.
Mysterious knights would cover their faces with helmets and use shields with either no coat of arms or unknown temporary coat of arms.
This mysterious knight is tall in dark gray armor, and the coat of arms engraved on his shield is a stag wearing a sapphire necklace.
The crowned stag is the coat of arms of the Baratheon family, so everyone speculates that this mysterious knight is a knight serving the Baratheon family, but, as for King Robert, it is still Stannis, blue Li's subordinates are unknown.
Ed's first opponent was Bronze Jon's second son, Robert. Ed broke three spears before he eliminated him. Obviously, Robert was more powerful than his younger brother Wayma Royce out too much.
The Royce family in Runestone City is one of the most powerful families in the valley. In order to strengthen the relationship with the Royce family, Ed adopted Waymar Royce as his adopted son. In fact, Sir Robert is a better candidate for an adopted son. , but he had made up his mind to find a job at court.
Renly appeared on the stage wearing an armor as green as a dense forest. The helmet was made of pure gold and gemstones to look like a stag. He was defeated in the first round by a hedge knight named Rosso Brune in ancient armor.
Jaime the Kingslayer's first opponent was Ser Dontos Hollard, a droll knight with a drunken nose and a nose full of trivial veins, a famous figure at Robert's court. Wine bag rice bag.
James easily eliminated Dontos. His second opponent was a son of Janos Slynt, the commander of the capital defense force, and his third opponent was a certain son of the Onion Knight. captain.
These people all have opponents who are not James. At this time, James noticed that Prince Oberyn, the Knight of Flowers, the Hound, and the eliminated opponents were all "bronze" Earl Yohn Royce, Jason of Sea Front City. Earl Mallister, a hero like Jory Cassel, James suddenly remembered the "arrangement" that Cersei said.
Jaime suppressed his anger and found Cersei on the high platform.
"Is this the arrangement you mentioned? My opponents are all drunkards like Dontos, or the captain and the kid. What honor is there to defeat such an opponent?"
Cersei sipped the blueberry wine from a golden cup, "The prize money is all paid by us. There are many masters in this tournament. Anyway, you will meet masters later."
Tyrion smiled, "Sister, you're going to hurt James badly. The martial arts tournament requires evenly matched opponents to warm up. How can Brother James cultivate his state when he fights against these low-level opponents?"
Sure enough, the little devil's words came true, and Jaime's opponent in the next round was Barristan Selmy, and Jaime was finally defeated by the "fearless" Ser Barristan.
The audience cheered in unison, the Kingslayer and the Lannister were unloved in King's Landing, and Ser Barristan was a living legend.King Robert laughed like a storm when he saw Jaime fall from his horse.
A strong dialogue followed, but a bloody conflict almost broke out.
The Knight of Flowers rode a white warhorse, defeated the Devil Mountain Gregor Clegane, and then taunted "flatten the peak of the Devil Mountain". Ser Loras fled, but his steed was beheaded and blood spattered.
The Mountain's entourage Sweet-mouthed Raff, Old Chiswick, Dunson, Polliver and others immediately mingled with the entourage of the Knight of Flowers.
Prince Oberyn, the red viper, brandished a long spear and threatened to kill the Mountain to avenge Princess Elia.Then the gold cloaks, the Kingsguard, and the Hound all rushed into the arena to maintain order, and King Robert's roar stopped the conflict.
The Mountain glared at King Robert and Eddard before turning away.
Ed said: "Robert, I heard that the Mountain kills innocent people indiscriminately. What's the use of keeping such people?"
Robert said: "It's just hearsay. The Mountain is just a dog of Duke Tywin. The country needs a dog to fight, so let's use him."
Ed hoped that there would be a day when the rabbit died.
Sir Loras stroked the blood-soaked horse, and said angrily, "Moshan, you killed my horse, and I will kill you to avenge my horse."
Prince Oberyn said contemptuously: "Knight of the Flower, the Magic Mountain is mine, you can't take it away!"
The hunting dog said harshly: "No, my brother's head is clearly mine, you can't take it away!"
When he was a child, Grego put the face of his younger brother Sandor into the brazier and grilled it with charcoal, just because Sandor played with his knight toys secretly. A few years later, Gregor's father died accidentally in a forest hunting. The two wives died inexplicably on the bed. In the castle hall, the servants disappeared inexplicably, and even the dogs dared not approach the hall.Horrible rumors are circulating in Clegane's realm.
Now that the Mountain has offended Ser Loras, Ed may be able to take advantage of this and use Ser Loras to deal with Clegane.Regardless of whether Duke Tywin's mad dog or Highgarden's noble son died, the seeds of hatred would be planted between the Lannister family and the Tyrell family.
As night fell, Robert had to announce that the tourney would continue for the next day.
That night, the court servants set tables, and Robert feasted in the open air with the nobles everywhere.
There are tents of nobles everywhere, embroidered with various gorgeous coats of arms. Ed saw the garland fox of the Florent family, the crescent silver eagle of the Arryn family, the nightingale of the Cullen family, the lightning of the Dondarion family, and the Frey The coat of arms of the two towers of the family, the burning tree of the Marbrand family, etc.
Eddard met Lady Olenna, the Queen of Thorns. Many people say that it is Lady Olenna, not Lord Tyrell, who rules the Reach and Highgarden.
The old woman said angrily: "Tywin's mad dog is so rampant, he swung his huge sword and slashed at my grandson Loras. There is no doubt that the blow was aimed at Loras, it was just a coincidence chopped off on the horse's head."
"That war horse was a gift from Lord Renly to Loras, and now Loras is going to sleep with grief."
Ed said: "Ms. Olenna, the Magic Mountain is a hypocritical knight. Don't worry, I will definitely get rid of the Magic Mountain if I have the chance."
Later, Ed brought up the matter of buying food from the River Bend.
"The Northern Territory used to buy grain from the Reach, and it was necessary to go around Dorne, cross the Narrow Sea, and get to White Harbor. This route is too long. Now, the route to the west coast of the Northern Territory has resumed. Haijiang City has joined my escort plan In the future, the food in the Reach can go directly north through Haijiang City, and the fleet in the north will maintain the safety of this route, and the Ironborn pirates dare not provoke heavily armed warships."
Mrs. Olenna said: "That's kind. After so many years of continuous summer, many granaries in the River Bend are full of grain. We can sell it to the northern border. The northern border can also sell blue nobles, maple syrup, vodka, Scented candles, sell to the Reach, Lord Ed, if you can sell the porcelain to the Reach, there will be many nobles rushing to buy it."
The food purchased from the Reach Land is sold as expensive luxury goods. In this way, the northern border can earn a lot of money from trade.
Afterwards, Mrs. Olenna said: "I saw your Sansa, she is really a beautiful girl. My Loras is not yet married. Does Lord Ed intend to marry his daughter to High Court?"
Ed said: "Sansa is still too young. Sir Loras is good, but I think your eldest grandson Vilas is more suitable for my family Sansa."
Vilas is the heir to High Court, but Loras has no inheritance rights at all, and Loras has no interest in being famous for beautiful women.Since it was a political marriage, Ed naturally hoped that the family would be right.
Lady Olenna said: "Our Vilas is a hot commodity, Princess Arianne of Dorne, Asha Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, and many noble ladies in the Reach are all potential marriage partners. I will seriously consider Sansa."
Ed said: "If Miss Margery is willing to marry my Robb, I will be very happy to facilitate this marriage."
Robb is the young wolf lord of the North and the heir to the North. Such an identity can make any noble in the Seven Kingdoms fall in love with him, and Highgarden is no exception.
Mrs. Olenna said: "I would also like to marry Margaery to Robb, but Margaery doesn't seem to want to marry to the far north. You know, the daughter of our Tyrell family has never married so far. Far away! Besides, Margaery is determined to stay at Robert's court."
To become Robert's new favourite, replacing Cersei?Ed had already guessed this possibility.
Ed returned to his tent when Lord Varys walked in, wearing pearl slippers.
"Lord Ed, I have received some urgent information that someone will intend to assassinate His Majesty the King in tomorrow's group competition."
Robert doesn't like jousting, but he likes jousting because it's closer to actual combat.
Ed was not surprised that someone was going to assassinate Robert, "Lannister?"
Varys showed a sweet smile, "Master Ed, you are really a smart man. According to information, the golden lioness found two scumbags in the flea nest, trying to assassinate King Robert during the tournament. Of course , there is also a terrible news, the Red Viper seems to want to use poison weapons to murder the king during the group competition."
"The Red Viper assassinated the king?" Ed was a little surprised. "It's unlikely. The Red Viper didn't sign up for the group competition."
Varys said: "But the men of the Red Viper will attend. The Red Viper has always hoped to avenge his sister Princess Elia. As soon as he came to King's Landing, he ran to His Majesty Robert to seek justice. King Robert gave him a lot of comfort." Words, but no real action. The Red Viper broke up with King Robert, and everyone in the court saw it. Presumably, the Red Viper had enough of waiting, and simply assassinated the king."
Ed snorted softly, "Impossible, once Robert died, the Iron Throne fell into Joffrey's hands. He is more like a Lannister than Baratheon!" Ed had no doubts, Varys knew that Joffrey was a bastard, and he wanted to test Varys' opinion.
Varys smiled exaggeratedly, "Joffrey is underage, which means that Cersei will control the government, so hey! The Red Viper seems to have no motive to assassinate Robert. Intelligence is like this, and it is impossible for every piece of information to be true. "
Ed said: "I reckon that the killers sent by the golden lioness will smear poison on their weapons and blame it on the red viper. After all, Oberyn is famous for using poison weapons."
Varys said: "The question now is, how can His Majesty be dissuaded from participating?"
Ed said, "I have my own way."
Eddard came to Robert's camp, Lancel and Tyrek, two Lannister squires, were by his side.
Ed said, "Robert, I have an emergency to report to you."
Robert waved his attendants back, and Eddard said, "Someone is trying to assassinate you during the group joust."
Robert disdainfully said: "Assassinate me? Come if you can. I have a warhammer in my hand. Who am I afraid of? If I retire, I will be regarded as a coward. I will break the assassin's ribs and find out who is behind the scenes. "
Ed said: "Assassins will use poison. If you fight it openly, you will definitely die. Poison is a coward's weapon. It's better like this. You can compete normally tomorrow, and I will make arrangements."
The next day, the tournament continued.
After losing his horse, Loras, the Knight of Flowers, seemed to be out of shape. After many rounds of fierce fighting, he was defeated by the mysterious Sapphire Buck Knight.
Ser Barristan loses to Eddard, and the Hound knocks out Domilik.
In the end, the top four of the jousting tournament were Prince Oberyn, the Hound Sandor Clegane, Sapphire Buck Rider, and Eddard.
As a wolf spirit and skinchanger, since Ed was able to mind-control direwolves, bears and giant eagles, the animal nature in Ed's body has become stronger and stronger. He has the eyes of an eagle, the agility of a wolf and the strength of a bear. This gave him a natural advantage in the long spear competition, which was also the reason why Ed was able to pass all the way and reach the top four in the long spear competition.
Ed's opponent in the semi-finals was Prince Oberyn. Prince Oberyn said: "Laresa came to me, and she hoped you could win me. Lord Ed, how did you turn my sand snake into a wolf? Where's the kid?"
Prince Oberyn is a tough opponent, his spear is as nimble as a black mamba, however, Ed has the eyes of a wolf and the strength of a bear, the Red Viper is unable to recover, and is beaten down by Ed.
In the other semi-final, Sandor Clegane relied on ferocious strength and almost knocked off the mysterious knight holding the sapphire stag shield several times. Chapters are almost indistinguishable.
Sandor stabbed the mysterious knight with a spear. After the mysterious knight blocked with the spear, the spear in his hand exploded, but the spear in Sandor's hand was still intact.
Sansa in the stands said excitedly, "The Hound is going to win."
Just when the audience thought that the mysterious knight would be defeated, the mysterious knight swung his shield and charged hard, and unexpectedly knocked Sandor off the horse with a spear, relying on a shield to have the last laugh.
The much-anticipated final has officially begun, which is related to the ownership of the [-] Golden Dragon Champion reward.
The mysterious knight replaced with a brand new shield, holding a spear, and appeared opposite Ed.
The spear stabbed, and the torrent of steel echoed in the arena. The mysterious knight and the wolf king Ed were fighting each other, as if they were lovers at a harvest banquet, or like trembling black and white swans in a lake. Tens of thousands of spectators held their breaths.
The mysterious knight was only one and a half beats slower, Ed's spear bypassed his shield, and the mysterious knight fell heavily to the ground. There was a sound of astonishment in the audience, followed by thunderous applause and cheers.
Ed got off his horse, stretched out his hand, and helped up the mysterious knight lying on the ground.
"Mr. Jazz, you are a terrible opponent. I have won by luck. You can take off your mask."
The mysterious knight took off his mask, and Ed realized that the mysterious knight was actually a woman.
Her face was covered with freckles, her skin was rough, her nose had obviously been broken many times, and her yellow hair was disheveled like a squirrel's nest.The teeth were jagged and the lips were thick as worms.A pair of big sapphire eyes are the only part of her that can be called beautiful.
Ed was surprised: "Are you Brienne from Tarth?"
The girl said in astonishment: "Master Ed, do you know me?"
Ed said: "I was in King's Landing, and I often heard Renly mentioning you. He said that you are the best knight in Storm's End and even the entire Stormlands."
Brienne said coldly: "I want to be a knight, but unfortunately I am not. Women cannot be knights."
In the cheers of the audience, Ed said: "Miss Brienne, would you like to serve in my Winter Wolf Army?"
Brienne shook her head and refused, "Our Tarth family is a vassal of Storm's End. Duke Renly treats me very well. My sword is only for Duke Renly."
Ed greeted the nobles and civilians with cheers like a tsunami, "Wolf King Ed" became the champion of the tournament, and countless knights who were anointed with holy oil became Ed's foil.
The archbishop said depressedly: "The martial arts tournament is a competition under the grace of the Seven Gods. The champion Ed is a northerner, and he believes in the old gods. The runner-up, Miss Brienne, is a woman. The Hound is not a knight. The Red Viper is a knight, but he A Dornishman who likes to poison and eats both men and women."
"Could it be that the knights of the Seven Kingdoms cannot defend the glory of the Seven Gods?"
Tyrion smirked and said, "Bishop, the old gods can hatch dragons, so our seven gods should hatch seven! The old gods also have wolf spirits, skinchangers, where are the miracles of the seven gods?"
The archbishop said piously: "The Seven Gods are full of miracles. Who do you think brought the prosperity and beauty? Of course it is the Seven Gods."
In the ensuing archery competition, Ferran of the Winter Wolf Army showed great prowess, relying on the keel longbow bestowed by Ed, defeated Jalabah Thor of the Midsummer Islands, Sir Baron Swann of the Borderlands in the final. Angai, a commoner, won the archery championship.
The [-] Golden Dragon reward for the archery champion fell into Feilan's hands.
What followed was a group competition. Before the group competition, Ed led the Winter Wolf Army and rushed into the field, asking to check the contestants' weapons. Sure enough, poison was found on the swords of the two warriors.
Both of these warriors were tongueless and dumb.Eddard noticed Cersei's haughty smile, and it was a real one.
Robert said gloomily, "You two mutes, do you want to assassinate the king? Who sent you here?"
The dumb assassin let out a grunt, and Robert said in disgust: "They have no tongue, and they can't ask the murderer behind the scenes. They keep wasting food. Summon the former law enforcement officer, Ilyn Payne, and execute them."
Ed said, "Robert, the mute can ask something, and we can teach them to read. Put these two in the dark cell and keep them under strict guard."
The smile faded from Cersei's face, and she visibly tensed up.
So, Robert ordered the former law enforcement officer Ilyn Payne to take the two assassins away, and Eddard remembered that Ser Ilyn Payne was from Lannister.
When Duke Tywin was prime minister in King's Landing, Ser Ilyn Payne was the captain of the guard. Because he said behind his back that Tywin was the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, Aerys pulled out his tongue with red-hot pliers.
After the assassin was found, Jon Arryn and others persuaded to cancel the group competition, and finally the group competition was cancelled, because Ed successfully prevented the assassination, and Robert rewarded Ed with the [-] golden dragon prize for the group competition.
Ed won [-] golden dragons in one day, and Ferran's [-] golden dragons bonus.
The Northern Territory and the Winter Wolf Army won.
As for the Assassins, Ed believed, they were the urging signs for Lannister's downfall.
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The Wolf King Ceremony to celebrate Ed's conquest beyond the Great Wall included tournaments, palace feasts, troupe performances and other activities, attracting knights, free riders, hired knights, wandering warriors, prostitutes and businessmen from all over the Seven Kingdoms to King's Landing.
The law and order in King's Landing declined rapidly, and the pressure on the capital garrison, commonly known as the "Golden Robe", responsible for maintaining law and order in King's Landing increased sharply.
In the meeting hall, Janos Slynt, Commander of King's Landing Capital Guard, stood at the conference table.
"My lord, I need more men. The day before yesterday, the men of Prince Oberyn of Dorne stabbed to death a soldier of the Westlands in a brothel. This soldier was Ser Amory Lodge's men. In the flea nest In a casino, the Blackwoods and the Brackens fought each other, killing one and injuring the other. In a sleazy brothel on Silk Street, two more headless female corpses appeared overnight."
Janos Slynt, double-jawed, balding, stocky, and talking like a frog.
The Northland galleon departed from White Harbor and arrived in King's Landing, bringing the fine wine vodka from the North, Blue Noble, maple syrup, caviar, canned foie gras, black truffles, and tobacco.The trade prince of Rhys sent a group of courtesans, and Robert was busy eating, drinking and having fun, and was absent from the imperial meeting. Therefore, the imperial meeting was presided over by Jon Arryn, Hand of the King, and Eddard, the Home Secretary.
Janos Slynt said depressedly: "Your lords have arrived in King's Landing with their entourage and soldiers. At first, I thought that there was no problem with maintaining law and order in the capital city. I didn't expect that some noble soldiers were actually troublemakers. The law and order in King's Landing is getting worse and worse, I need more money to expand the capital defense team."
Ed said coldly: "Janos, the capital defense team has more than 2000 people, more than 2000 well-trained gold robes, managing this city is easy, if you are not competent, we have to replace people. "
It is the Royal Fleet and the Golden Robes who are responsible for protecting the Red Castle.Since the royal fleet is responsible for patrolling Blackwater Bay, and some royal fleets are also stationed at Dragonstone, Stannis' territory, the Golden Robe is the largest army in the city of King's Landing.
The golden robe is in charge of the Red Castle, Maegor's Tower, the gates of King's Landing, and the security of the major urban areas. Such an important position is actually handed over to Janos Slynt, who has a low character and a humble background.
In fact, it's normal to think about it. Janos Slynt was born in poverty. He has no family behind him to support him. He is greedy and corrupt, with mediocre abilities, and he is not loved by the soldiers in the golden robe.This kind of person is in charge of the golden robe in King's Landing, and is no threat to the nobles and royal family.
Janos Slynt said angrily: "Lord Ed, because of the Wolf King Ceremony, the population of King's Landing has increased by 10 in just a few days. Now, I estimate the total population of the major cities in King's Landing , more than 50. Two thousand gold robes have to manage a city with a population of 50, no one can do it."
"As long as the imperial council allocates a sum of money to me, I can recruit people to solve the problem. Otherwise, even if Prince Daemon is alive, you can't maintain law and order with a mere two thousand gold robe."
Stannis sullenly said: "Allow you money so that you can embezzle? Prime Minister Jon Arryn and I both know that you sell officials and nobles in gold robes, and you clearly mark the price for every small captain at the gate of the city, and you also deduct money." Soldiers' money."
Jonos Slynt blushed, "Lord Stannis, you are slandering! His Majesty Robert has investigated me and proved my innocence."
Littlefinger fiddled with the quill, "My lords, we don't have to trust Sir Genos, but please trust Your Majesty Robert!" Ed became more and more suspicious, this Janos Slynt was clearly Littlefinger The Hawkhound, Janos Slynt, like Littlefinger, was born as a commoner and rose to high office in King's Landing by any means.
Varys put those soft hands in the sleeves of his silk coat.
"My lords, the celebration of the Wolf King is about to begin. Martial arts tournaments, palace feasts, troupe performances, where can we do without our brave brothers in gold robes? If there is a change of coach, where can we find a replacement for Lord Genos?"
Grand Maester Pai Sear shook his snow-white beard, "The problem now is, how do we solve the manpower problem of the golden robe. Since His Majesty held the Wolf King celebration for Lord Ed, which caused the security problem in the capital, I suggest, from In Lord Ed's Winter Wolf Guards, some people were allocated to the golden robe."
This bad old man is trying his best to weaken Ed's strength. He is Tywin's friend and Lannister's running dog. Maybe Ed should find a way to get rid of Grand Maester Pycelle.
Janos Slynt immediately followed up, "If Lord Ed is willing to send me men, I will definitely let these winter wolves come in handy."
Ed shrugged, "My people need to protect me and my family. Lord Genos, you will get men, and Lord Littlefinger will pay to help you hire men on the street."
Littlefinger smiled wryly and said, "Lord Ed, the royal family is heavily in debt and has owed more than 600 million golden dragons. You still have the heart to ask me to spend money?"
Former Prime Minister Jon Arryn said: "Since there are so many debts, it's not bad. Anyway, there are people on the street who are looking for work. Give them a few copper coins a day to maintain law and order, and some people are rushing to do it."
Janos Slynt is gone.Jon Arryn said: "Nobles from all over the Seven Kingdoms have sent representatives to attend the Wolf King Ceremony. Only the Iron Islands were absent, and none of the Ironborn nobles came to King's Landing to attend the Wolf King Ceremony."
Grand Maester Pycelle opened his tired eyes, "I sent ravens to the nobles of the Iron Islands early in the morning, but none of them came to the grand meeting of the Wolf King. It is really a bit surprising. King Balon After replying to the letter, he said that he was not feeling well, at least he should send a son to attend the event, right?"
Ed said: "Except for Theon, King Balon has no other sons, and Theon is staying in Winterfell now."
Stannis' jaw tightened, and he said angrily, "Lord Balon is unwell. Are the ironborn lords of Great Wyk, Old Wyk, and Harlow also unwell? The ironmen ignore the invitation from the Iron Throne , is clearly arrogance."
Renly laughed and said, "Brother, you are the Sea Lord, always threatening to hang all the Ironborn pirates. How many people in the Iron Islands have never been pirates? I think they are afraid that you will hang them." If you die, you dare not come."
Grand Maester Pycelle said: "The iron people serve such cruel gods as the Drowned God. They are destined to be incompatible with the nobles of Westeros who believe in the old and new gods. When you forget into the eyes of the iron people, the only thing you see is There are cold, cruel, dark seas. My only concern is, will the ironborn rebel again?"
Everyone looked at Varys, and the octospider's eyes were all over the Seven Kingdoms, even the Iron Islands.
Varys smiled obsequiously, "The Iron Islands are building ships, forging armor, mining, farming, and fishing every day. There is nothing unusual about it."
The black sea came up to the shore, drowning the smith's hearth, the rocks by the sea and the stables. Ed remembered the horrible vision he had seen on the Isle of Faces, in the wood dancer's burrow.
Could it be that the absence of the Ironborn nobles is planning an attack on the northern border?But doing so is tantamount to declaring war on the Iron Throne. Why don't the Iron Islands attack the rich and warm Reach and the rich and powerful Western Territory?
Regardless, the Iron Islands were always a threat.
Ed said: "Lord Balon has been unable to restrain the ironborn pirates at all these years. Some intelligence also shows that King Balon shared wealth with the ironborn pirates who returned from the robbery. We must severely punish the ironborn pirates and restore the glory of the sunset." the course of the sea."
Stannis said, "It's overdue. The ironborn pirates have blocked the western sea routes from the north and the south alone."
Even Grand Maester Pycelle agrees: "After King Balon's rebellion was suppressed, the ironmen have always held a grudge. King Balon drove out monks and nuns from the Iron Islands, burned the sept, and some nuns were stripped naked by Drowned God priests. Clothes raped on the beach The archbishop has been protesting to the imperial council, saying that the Iron Islands have killed the followers of the Seven Gods, and the Seven Gods are almost extinct among the islands."
Jon Arryn pondered for a while, "This matter must be decided by King Robert. Let's talk about it after the wolf king ceremony is over!"
Jon Arryn waved his hand wearily, and the royal ministers left the meeting room one after another, leaving only Jon Arryn and Eddie at the meeting table.
Ed said: "I have heard many people in the court mention that this Janos Slynt is corrupt and has a bad reputation among the common people and grassroots soldiers in King's Landing. Why not remove him? Now King's Landing has Bijeno A knight of noble character and martial arts."
Jon Arryn said: "Ed, you have to believe me, no one wants to replace Master Genos more than me. In fact, just last year, Stannis and I began to investigate the corruption of Genos, There are two captains of the city gate who are willing to come forward and report Genos."
"But these two small captains disappeared in King's Landing very quickly. Genos told me that these two became deserters. I would rather believe that these two small captains were killed by Genos and turned into a flea nest cafeteria. the brown soup in it."
"King Robert seems to want to protect Genos, why not? Littlefinger told me that the royal family can get kickbacks for every money that Genos embezzles. Let Genos bear the infamy, and the royal family has money to take Why not do it?"
Ed said: "If Robert saves a little, he won't tolerate Genos for this money."
Jon Arryn smiled, "If it could be saved, then he wouldn't be Robert. Lord Janos staying in the position of commander of the capital garrison has another advantage for Robert, that is, Lannister's No one can occupy this position.
"Now the royal family owes Lannister more than 300 million golden dragons. Some people say that Robert sold the Iron Throne and the whole country to Lannister. Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but it is not unreasonable. Cersei has repeatedly proposed that he Cousin Daven, or Uncle Stafford to take over the gold cloaks."
In the past few days, Ed noticed that the attendants beside Robert were Lancel and Tyrek, both of whom were Uncle Cersei's children.The king was surrounded by Lannisters, and even Joffrey, Myrcella, and Tommen, whom Robert thought his own, were all Lannisters.
If Lannister is in charge of the golden robe, King's Landing will really become the world of Lannister.Suddenly, Ed somewhat understood Robert's difficulties. He became a king and sat on the ferocious Iron Throne, but he couldn't do whatever he wanted.
Ed returned to the study in the Wolf King's courtyard, and Bachelor Norman sent a letter.
"A raven flew from King's Landing today. This is a letter from Lord Robb of Winterfell."
The letter was written in Robb's delicate handwriting with cinnabar ink. In the letter, Robb mentioned that the household registration policy in the northern border was carried out in an orderly manner. Whether it was nobles, commoners or savages, rock species, and northern mountain clans, all should be included in the household registration. .
The gender, wealth, occupation, appearance and other information of the residents in the northern border will be recorded in the household registration, and the population under the vassals in various parts of the northern border has been clearly recorded. In this way, more hidden populations have been discovered. In the future, the Stark family It will be more convenient to collect taxes from vassals.With household registration, the life of bandits, robbers, and rogues will be even more difficult, and the northern border can effectively fight crime.
Robb mentioned in the letter that the vassals from all over the country generally cooperated with the household registration policy of Winterfell. Roose Bolton of Dreadfort was reluctant to implement it at first. Lord Rick Rythwell protests against Winterfell together.
But the ravens were flying around, and no one supported Earl Roose. Roose Bolton had no choice but to start counting the identity information of the residents. He promised to send the household registration information of the Dreadfort Territory to Winterfell in the next few months.
Ed adopted Domilik, the heir of the Dreadfort, as his adopted son, and let Ferran marry Barbara. In the end, he disintegrated the Barrenlands with the Dreadfort as its core, and the alliance between the Dreadfort and the Streamlands. Now Roose Bolton wants to protest again The policy of Winterfell City is also difficult to be effective.
However, Ed will not forget that in the vision of the Isle of Thousand Faces, the wolf fur tent appeared. Ed suspected that this was the omen of Roose Bolton stabbing Stark back.In history, when the Bolton family of Dreadfort was still the Red King, they skinned many Stark people and made them into cloaks to wear on their bodies. In addition, there were creepy skinned tents.
Today, the Red Wolf City of Wolf Fort, which is being built in the north at the mouth of the Mojiang River, is under construction. Hundreds of giants and thousands of savages are busy on the construction site under the command of the architect Downs Aylin and the craftsmen. with.
Once the Red Wolf City is completed, it will strengthen the sea defenses on the east coast of the northern border, and at the same time deter the Dreadfort, because the Red Wolf City is only two days away from the Dreadfort.If Roose Bolton dared to act rashly, he would have to pay the consequences of being ridden in the face by the Winter Wolf Army in his lair.
The household registration policy was ordered by Ed to promote the northern border when he left Winterfell and went south.Today, almost all the residents in Winterfell have joined the Stark Manor and become Stark's tenant farmers. Ed manages them in groups of five, and the management efficiency is greatly improved.
In fact, Aide wants to promote the policy of "organizing households and all the people" to manage the people in the northern border with households as a unit, and at the same time abolish the original nobles in the northern land.This is obviously unrealistic, because it will violate the interests of nobles in the north, forest clan leaders, northern mountain clan leaders, rock tribe chiefs, wildling leaders and other nobles.
Maybe Ed can wait for the female dragon Flying Wolf to grow up slowly. With the giant dragon, Ed will have a deadly weapon to deter his vassals. military power".
In addition, Robb also mentioned in the letter that the fortifications of Wolf Castle on the west coast of the northern border have been strengthened, and Helen Parker recruited thousands of fishermen at Kraken Point to join the navy.Robb also conveyed his father's order that Winterfell is making siege equipment, and at the same time, he wants Streamland and Barren Tun to make catapults, crossbow carts, battering hammers and other siege equipment.
Neither Mrs. Ballerina nor the Earl of Streamland understood why these equipment should be prepared in peacetime. They complained for a while, but they still carried out Ed's order.
Because Ed saw it in Qianmianyu, the black sea water was coming.If Ed couldn't prevent the prophecy from happening, and Wolf Castle on the west coast fell, and with siege equipment in Streamland and Desolate Tomb, the northern border could try to take back Wolf Castle on the coast as soon as possible.
The ironborn are brave and good at fighting at sea, but they don't have the habit of sticking to their cities.When Balon Greyjoy rebelled, the ironmen's longships caused great casualties to King Robert's army at sea.
But when Stannis commanded the Royal Fleet and the Redwyne Fleet on Arbor Island in the Battle of Fairy Isle, they defeated the Iron Fleet, and the ironmen's sea power was severely damaged.In the end, Robert's army tore up the ironmen's sea defenses and landed on the Iron Islands. One ironman castle fell one after another. Even King Balon's Pike City could not last long in front of the trebuchets and siege soldiers.
When the celebration of the Wolf King is over, Ed will suggest that Robert severely punish the Ironborn pirates. If King Balon refuses, the Iron Throne will join the northern border to send troops to the Iron Islands. Fall into civil strife, and the prophecy is terminated.
Of course, the premise is that the situation in King's Landing is stable. Now Cersei, Littlefinger, Varys and other conspirators are ready to move. Once the secret of Cersei's bastard is revealed, the Seven Kingdoms will surely fall apart and attack each other.
Ed prayed for balance and time for him to develop allies in the south and wait for the dragonlings to grow up.
Ed had already made sufficient preparations for the terrifying prophecy scene, and the rest could only be handed over to the gods in the sky.
When Ed walked out of the meeting hall under the escort of the guards Dawson and Syrio Forel, he met Lando Tarly and his youngest son Dickon in the yard.
Earl Landau said: "Lord Ed, I ran into a friend in the Red Castle just now, and he told me that my stupid son Sam seemed to have appeared in Winterfell and became Lord Ed's adopted son. I Sending Sam to be a night watchman, does it mean that Winterfell is also a part of the night watchman?"
Damned eunuch Varys, he must have tipped off Sam's whereabouts to Lord Randyll.
Ed said: "Lord Randyll, when you sent the hired knights escorting Sam northward, you killed the sworn knights of your family, and the hired knights wanted to assassinate Sam. Fortunately, Sam escaped to the wolf forest. I took him in."
Little Dickon was startled, "Is my brother not hurt?"
Ed said: "No, he became friends with my son Robb and Jon Snow in Winterfell."
Earl Randall said unhappily: "So, I have to thank Lord Ed? My son is a coward. I can't accept this kind of coward. He inherited Hornhill Castle and the family's property, so I forced him to wear Black clothes, in this way, he will give up the right of family inheritance, and I can make Dickon the heir of the Tully family."
"Now that Lord Ed has adopted Sam as his adopted son, is it possible that Lord Ed wants to help this idiot, Sam, snatch the inheritance of the Tully family?"
Ed said: "Lord Randyll, Sam has given up the right to inherit Horn Hill. As for the territory of the Tarly family, I am not interested. Who else in the Seven Kingdoms has a larger territory than me? My land outside the Great Wall is waiting to be reclaimed. Why? Possibly interested in the lands of the Reach?"
"Winterfell and the Academy are currently cooperating. Many apprentices and assistant bachelors are receiving training in Winterfell. I also established the Wolf House Academy. Sam will become a bachelor, and the bachelor will swear an oath and renounce the right of inheritance. To be honest, I think Sam is better suited to be a maester than to wield swords and guns."
Randall said disdainfully: "Put on a necklace and be a servant at the noble desk of the castle. This is indeed suitable for Sam. In the past, I would be angry with Sam for choosing this path, because Tully's descendants should not be servants. Now, I have severed the father-son relationship with Sam, and what he likes to do is none of my business."
"Actually, it's fine for Sam to stay in Winterfell. It doesn't matter if he doesn't become a bachelor, because he doesn't have the courage to resist my decision. He doesn't have the courage to defend his rights. Lord Ed, I have worked hard to train Sam, and you can't help it." Turn this coward into a warrior. You can never turn a pig into a wolf."
Earl Randle turned to leave, and Dickon stayed for a while longer, "Lord Ed, I hope you take good care of Sam and tell him that his mother and sister are looking forward to his return."
Ed patted Dickon on the shoulder, "You are a good man. Unlike your father, he doesn't seem to care about Sam's life at all."
Dickon said: "My father is just straightforward and cold. My father often said that if the Tully family wants to maintain their family status in the river bend where there are many rich and famous families, their children and grandchildren must be brave and good at fighting. My father is very disappointed in Sam, but after all, Sam It's his son."
The much-anticipated wolf king celebration has finally begun.
Outside the king's gate, a high platform was built. Tens of thousands of nobles and commoners gathered here to witness the canonization ceremony of the wolf king Ed.
The master of ceremonies announced loudly: "Greetings, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Guardian of the Realm, King Robert I of House Baratheon!"
King Robert wore a greatcoat of black and green silk. On the breast was a stag, the crown of House Baratheon, embroidered in gold thread. The crown on the stag's head was beautifully wrought from freshwater pearls.
King Robert's crown is also extremely luxurious, a crown made of pure gold, in the middle is a crowned stag leaping high, surrounded by seven gods, the heavenly father made of pure gold, the Madonna of onyx, the emerald maiden, the blacksmith made of steel, The warrior made of bronze, the old woman made of tourmaline, and the stranger made of black gold are all lifelike.
Queen Cersei wore a bright green and gold brocade dress, with opals, emeralds and sapphires inlaid on the belt, bright and moving.
On the high platform, every aristocrat present was dressed gorgeously, and there were jewels, fur coats and a sea of silk everywhere as far as the eye could see.
The seven White Knights of the Kingsguard stood in a row around King Robert, in cloaks as white as snow and in their white scales.
Former Royal Prime Minister Jon Arryn, Grand Maester Pycelle, Duke of Stannis, Duke of Renly, Littlefinger and Varys, standing on the right side of Ed, Archbishop, Duke of Tywin, Duke of Mace , Prince Oberyn, Sir Edmure Tully, the heir of Riverrun in the riverlands, Lord Randyll, Baelor Hightower, Paxter Redwyne and other prominent figures, appeared on the king's left hand.
Robert deliberately arranged for Prince Oberyn to stay away from Duke Tywin, after all the hatred between the Dornishmen and the Lannisters was irreconcilable.
Lancel and Tyrek, the king's servants, together with four gold robes, carried the direwolf statue made of pure gold to the high platform.
Robert said loudly: "The Duke of the North, Ed of the Stark family, helped the Seven Kingdoms conquer the land beyond the Great Wall and merged the land beyond the Great Wall. Today, the territory of the Seven Kingdoms starts from Dorne in the south and ends in the Land of Eternal Winter in the north. , a great conquest that even Aegon the Conqueror failed to achieve!"
"I commend Ed Stark for his great achievements. I officially canonize Ed as wolf king and bestow a pure gold direwolf!"
Robert himself gave Eddard the golden direwolf, which was lifelike, with teeth made of ivory and eyes of red garnet, like a hideous creature.
As a return gift, Ed gave Robert fine china, depicting the crowned stag, the emblem of the Baratheon family, as well as northern specialties such as black truffles, maple syrup, foie gras, perfume, and buckets of blue Noble and vodka.
The nobles and commoners applauded and jumped for joy, shouting "Ed the Wolf King" and "Long live King Robert!"
The giant eagle prince Mi Chu rode a giant eagle and flew over the wolf king ceremony. The giant eagle spread its wings and screamed. All the nobles and commoners were stunned, and then cheered.
Eagle King McCain's hawks, owls and falcons, skim the sky.Afterwards, the big bear of Bear King Byers roared, and the direwolf walked in the night and roared to the sky, joining the chorus of wild beasts, showing the power of the wild in the north.
Afterwards, Ed's black and white bears performed a funny dance on the steps, and the nobles burst into laughter.
In the crowd, Cersei said sourly: "The pure gold direwolf, Lannister's gold, just fell into Stark's pocket."
James said: "Sister, I heard that Ed is going to participate in the jousting! He wants to win a prize of [-] golden dragons, but unfortunately, I won't let him do so."
Cersei whispered: "James, father is looking forward to your winning the championship. Don't worry, I have made arrangements."
James was surprised: "What arrangement?"
"You'll understand then."
Then the master of ceremonies loudly announced that the wolf king tournament had officially started.
During the tournament, the high platform was full of nobles from all over the Seven Kingdoms, while the commoners crowded in the crowd to watch. Some spectators from a distance climbed up the nearby big trees in order to watch the competition.
Seeing that Ed was also on the list for the jousting, Jon Arryn said in surprise: "Ed, you have always hated the jousting, why did you sign up for the jousting this time?"
Robert laughed and said, "That's because I asked Ed to sign up. This is the wolf king's tournament, and Ed must participate!"
A total of more than 200 knights from the Seven Kingdoms participated, not including warriors like Ed and the Hound Sandor who were not knights.
Just like ordinary tournaments, the loser of the tournament will lose the armor and horse, which will belong to the winner. The loser needs to spend money to redeem it, and a set of armor will cost several golden dragons.
No wonder the blacksmith business in King's Landing Steel Street is booming, and there are long queues at the temporary blacksmith shop outside King's Landing.The nobles are busy making gorgeous armor, even the hired knight who sleeps under the hedge and wanders around will gather a set of simple armor and ride a bad horse to participate in the competition, dreaming of winning a game and earning a set of armor and war horse money.
In the opening battle of the entire tourney, the heir of the Dreadfort, Ed's adopted son Domeric Bolton, faced Boros Braun of the Kingsguard.
There are only seven members of the Kingsguard, and the number corresponds to the seven gods in the belief of the seven gods.Back then, Visenya, sister and queen of Aegon the Conqueror, created the Kingsguard to protect King Aegon.
The Kingsguard is a lifelong position. Like the Brothers of the Night's Watch, once they take an oath to join, they give up the right of inheritance, don't marry wives, don't have children, and guard the king and royal family members wholeheartedly.
From the stands, Sansa watched the Kingsguard excitedly.
"Father, can Domilik beat the Kingsguard? The Kingsguard are the best knights in the ballad!"
Ed smiled, "In the era of 'Dawn Sword' Arthur Dayne and 'White Bull' Gerald Hightower, it was true, but now, there are embroidered pillows in the Kingsguard."
Ser Boros Brawne, flabby-cheeked and broad-chested, was a little portly, and Eddard had always thought him the worst fighter of the Kingsguard.
After Domilik came to King's Landing, he trained on the school field every day. He received the guidance of Red Castle coach Alan Santagar and Sir Barristan Selmy, and his already superb spear skills have been improved.Ser Barristan Selmy, the many-time tourney champion, thinks Domilik has what it takes to win.
Sure enough, Domeric knocked off Sir Boros Braun in the first round and successfully advanced.
Sansa, Arya, and thousands of knights at the scene cheered for Domilik, the beloved of Winterfell.
Queen Cersei sat on the high platform and said sullenly: "Sir Boros can't even beat the adopted son of Winterfell, what a waste!"
Fortunately, in the next match, Ser Alys Oakheart of the Kingsguard defeated Lord Bryce Cullen of Nightingale City in the Borderlands, saving face for the Kingsguard.
Sir Edmure Tully, Ed's brother-in-law, boasted to win the championship before the match, but he lost to a mysterious knight in the first round.
Mysterious knights would cover their faces with helmets and use shields with either no coat of arms or unknown temporary coat of arms.
This mysterious knight is tall in dark gray armor, and the coat of arms engraved on his shield is a stag wearing a sapphire necklace.
The crowned stag is the coat of arms of the Baratheon family, so everyone speculates that this mysterious knight is a knight serving the Baratheon family, but, as for King Robert, it is still Stannis, blue Li's subordinates are unknown.
Ed's first opponent was Bronze Jon's second son, Robert. Ed broke three spears before he eliminated him. Obviously, Robert was more powerful than his younger brother Wayma Royce out too much.
The Royce family in Runestone City is one of the most powerful families in the valley. In order to strengthen the relationship with the Royce family, Ed adopted Waymar Royce as his adopted son. In fact, Sir Robert is a better candidate for an adopted son. , but he had made up his mind to find a job at court.
Renly appeared on the stage wearing an armor as green as a dense forest. The helmet was made of pure gold and gemstones to look like a stag. He was defeated in the first round by a hedge knight named Rosso Brune in ancient armor.
Jaime the Kingslayer's first opponent was Ser Dontos Hollard, a droll knight with a drunken nose and a nose full of trivial veins, a famous figure at Robert's court. Wine bag rice bag.
James easily eliminated Dontos. His second opponent was a son of Janos Slynt, the commander of the capital defense force, and his third opponent was a certain son of the Onion Knight. captain.
These people all have opponents who are not James. At this time, James noticed that Prince Oberyn, the Knight of Flowers, the Hound, and the eliminated opponents were all "bronze" Earl Yohn Royce, Jason of Sea Front City. Earl Mallister, a hero like Jory Cassel, James suddenly remembered the "arrangement" that Cersei said.
Jaime suppressed his anger and found Cersei on the high platform.
"Is this the arrangement you mentioned? My opponents are all drunkards like Dontos, or the captain and the kid. What honor is there to defeat such an opponent?"
Cersei sipped the blueberry wine from a golden cup, "The prize money is all paid by us. There are many masters in this tournament. Anyway, you will meet masters later."
Tyrion smiled, "Sister, you're going to hurt James badly. The martial arts tournament requires evenly matched opponents to warm up. How can Brother James cultivate his state when he fights against these low-level opponents?"
Sure enough, the little devil's words came true, and Jaime's opponent in the next round was Barristan Selmy, and Jaime was finally defeated by the "fearless" Ser Barristan.
The audience cheered in unison, the Kingslayer and the Lannister were unloved in King's Landing, and Ser Barristan was a living legend.King Robert laughed like a storm when he saw Jaime fall from his horse.
A strong dialogue followed, but a bloody conflict almost broke out.
The Knight of Flowers rode a white warhorse, defeated the Devil Mountain Gregor Clegane, and then taunted "flatten the peak of the Devil Mountain". Ser Loras fled, but his steed was beheaded and blood spattered.
The Mountain's entourage Sweet-mouthed Raff, Old Chiswick, Dunson, Polliver and others immediately mingled with the entourage of the Knight of Flowers.
Prince Oberyn, the red viper, brandished a long spear and threatened to kill the Mountain to avenge Princess Elia.Then the gold cloaks, the Kingsguard, and the Hound all rushed into the arena to maintain order, and King Robert's roar stopped the conflict.
The Mountain glared at King Robert and Eddard before turning away.
Ed said: "Robert, I heard that the Mountain kills innocent people indiscriminately. What's the use of keeping such people?"
Robert said: "It's just hearsay. The Mountain is just a dog of Duke Tywin. The country needs a dog to fight, so let's use him."
Ed hoped that there would be a day when the rabbit died.
Sir Loras stroked the blood-soaked horse, and said angrily, "Moshan, you killed my horse, and I will kill you to avenge my horse."
Prince Oberyn said contemptuously: "Knight of the Flower, the Magic Mountain is mine, you can't take it away!"
The hunting dog said harshly: "No, my brother's head is clearly mine, you can't take it away!"
When he was a child, Grego put the face of his younger brother Sandor into the brazier and grilled it with charcoal, just because Sandor played with his knight toys secretly. A few years later, Gregor's father died accidentally in a forest hunting. The two wives died inexplicably on the bed. In the castle hall, the servants disappeared inexplicably, and even the dogs dared not approach the hall.Horrible rumors are circulating in Clegane's realm.
Now that the Mountain has offended Ser Loras, Ed may be able to take advantage of this and use Ser Loras to deal with Clegane.Regardless of whether Duke Tywin's mad dog or Highgarden's noble son died, the seeds of hatred would be planted between the Lannister family and the Tyrell family.
As night fell, Robert had to announce that the tourney would continue for the next day.
That night, the court servants set tables, and Robert feasted in the open air with the nobles everywhere.
There are tents of nobles everywhere, embroidered with various gorgeous coats of arms. Ed saw the garland fox of the Florent family, the crescent silver eagle of the Arryn family, the nightingale of the Cullen family, the lightning of the Dondarion family, and the Frey The coat of arms of the two towers of the family, the burning tree of the Marbrand family, etc.
Eddard met Lady Olenna, the Queen of Thorns. Many people say that it is Lady Olenna, not Lord Tyrell, who rules the Reach and Highgarden.
The old woman said angrily: "Tywin's mad dog is so rampant, he swung his huge sword and slashed at my grandson Loras. There is no doubt that the blow was aimed at Loras, it was just a coincidence chopped off on the horse's head."
"That war horse was a gift from Lord Renly to Loras, and now Loras is going to sleep with grief."
Ed said: "Ms. Olenna, the Magic Mountain is a hypocritical knight. Don't worry, I will definitely get rid of the Magic Mountain if I have the chance."
Later, Ed brought up the matter of buying food from the River Bend.
"The Northern Territory used to buy grain from the Reach, and it was necessary to go around Dorne, cross the Narrow Sea, and get to White Harbor. This route is too long. Now, the route to the west coast of the Northern Territory has resumed. Haijiang City has joined my escort plan In the future, the food in the Reach can go directly north through Haijiang City, and the fleet in the north will maintain the safety of this route, and the Ironborn pirates dare not provoke heavily armed warships."
Mrs. Olenna said: "That's kind. After so many years of continuous summer, many granaries in the River Bend are full of grain. We can sell it to the northern border. The northern border can also sell blue nobles, maple syrup, vodka, Scented candles, sell to the Reach, Lord Ed, if you can sell the porcelain to the Reach, there will be many nobles rushing to buy it."
The food purchased from the Reach Land is sold as expensive luxury goods. In this way, the northern border can earn a lot of money from trade.
Afterwards, Mrs. Olenna said: "I saw your Sansa, she is really a beautiful girl. My Loras is not yet married. Does Lord Ed intend to marry his daughter to High Court?"
Ed said: "Sansa is still too young. Sir Loras is good, but I think your eldest grandson Vilas is more suitable for my family Sansa."
Vilas is the heir to High Court, but Loras has no inheritance rights at all, and Loras has no interest in being famous for beautiful women.Since it was a political marriage, Ed naturally hoped that the family would be right.
Lady Olenna said: "Our Vilas is a hot commodity, Princess Arianne of Dorne, Asha Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, and many noble ladies in the Reach are all potential marriage partners. I will seriously consider Sansa."
Ed said: "If Miss Margery is willing to marry my Robb, I will be very happy to facilitate this marriage."
Robb is the young wolf lord of the North and the heir to the North. Such an identity can make any noble in the Seven Kingdoms fall in love with him, and Highgarden is no exception.
Mrs. Olenna said: "I would also like to marry Margaery to Robb, but Margaery doesn't seem to want to marry to the far north. You know, the daughter of our Tyrell family has never married so far. Far away! Besides, Margaery is determined to stay at Robert's court."
To become Robert's new favourite, replacing Cersei?Ed had already guessed this possibility.
Ed returned to his tent when Lord Varys walked in, wearing pearl slippers.
"Lord Ed, I have received some urgent information that someone will intend to assassinate His Majesty the King in tomorrow's group competition."
Robert doesn't like jousting, but he likes jousting because it's closer to actual combat.
Ed was not surprised that someone was going to assassinate Robert, "Lannister?"
Varys showed a sweet smile, "Master Ed, you are really a smart man. According to information, the golden lioness found two scumbags in the flea nest, trying to assassinate King Robert during the tournament. Of course , there is also a terrible news, the Red Viper seems to want to use poison weapons to murder the king during the group competition."
"The Red Viper assassinated the king?" Ed was a little surprised. "It's unlikely. The Red Viper didn't sign up for the group competition."
Varys said: "But the men of the Red Viper will attend. The Red Viper has always hoped to avenge his sister Princess Elia. As soon as he came to King's Landing, he ran to His Majesty Robert to seek justice. King Robert gave him a lot of comfort." Words, but no real action. The Red Viper broke up with King Robert, and everyone in the court saw it. Presumably, the Red Viper had enough of waiting, and simply assassinated the king."
Ed snorted softly, "Impossible, once Robert died, the Iron Throne fell into Joffrey's hands. He is more like a Lannister than Baratheon!" Ed had no doubts, Varys knew that Joffrey was a bastard, and he wanted to test Varys' opinion.
Varys smiled exaggeratedly, "Joffrey is underage, which means that Cersei will control the government, so hey! The Red Viper seems to have no motive to assassinate Robert. Intelligence is like this, and it is impossible for every piece of information to be true. "
Ed said: "I reckon that the killers sent by the golden lioness will smear poison on their weapons and blame it on the red viper. After all, Oberyn is famous for using poison weapons."
Varys said: "The question now is, how can His Majesty be dissuaded from participating?"
Ed said, "I have my own way."
Eddard came to Robert's camp, Lancel and Tyrek, two Lannister squires, were by his side.
Ed said, "Robert, I have an emergency to report to you."
Robert waved his attendants back, and Eddard said, "Someone is trying to assassinate you during the group joust."
Robert disdainfully said: "Assassinate me? Come if you can. I have a warhammer in my hand. Who am I afraid of? If I retire, I will be regarded as a coward. I will break the assassin's ribs and find out who is behind the scenes. "
Ed said: "Assassins will use poison. If you fight it openly, you will definitely die. Poison is a coward's weapon. It's better like this. You can compete normally tomorrow, and I will make arrangements."
The next day, the tournament continued.
After losing his horse, Loras, the Knight of Flowers, seemed to be out of shape. After many rounds of fierce fighting, he was defeated by the mysterious Sapphire Buck Knight.
Ser Barristan loses to Eddard, and the Hound knocks out Domilik.
In the end, the top four of the jousting tournament were Prince Oberyn, the Hound Sandor Clegane, Sapphire Buck Rider, and Eddard.
As a wolf spirit and skinchanger, since Ed was able to mind-control direwolves, bears and giant eagles, the animal nature in Ed's body has become stronger and stronger. He has the eyes of an eagle, the agility of a wolf and the strength of a bear. This gave him a natural advantage in the long spear competition, which was also the reason why Ed was able to pass all the way and reach the top four in the long spear competition.
Ed's opponent in the semi-finals was Prince Oberyn. Prince Oberyn said: "Laresa came to me, and she hoped you could win me. Lord Ed, how did you turn my sand snake into a wolf? Where's the kid?"
Prince Oberyn is a tough opponent, his spear is as nimble as a black mamba, however, Ed has the eyes of a wolf and the strength of a bear, the Red Viper is unable to recover, and is beaten down by Ed.
In the other semi-final, Sandor Clegane relied on ferocious strength and almost knocked off the mysterious knight holding the sapphire stag shield several times. Chapters are almost indistinguishable.
Sandor stabbed the mysterious knight with a spear. After the mysterious knight blocked with the spear, the spear in his hand exploded, but the spear in Sandor's hand was still intact.
Sansa in the stands said excitedly, "The Hound is going to win."
Just when the audience thought that the mysterious knight would be defeated, the mysterious knight swung his shield and charged hard, and unexpectedly knocked Sandor off the horse with a spear, relying on a shield to have the last laugh.
The much-anticipated final has officially begun, which is related to the ownership of the [-] Golden Dragon Champion reward.
The mysterious knight replaced with a brand new shield, holding a spear, and appeared opposite Ed.
The spear stabbed, and the torrent of steel echoed in the arena. The mysterious knight and the wolf king Ed were fighting each other, as if they were lovers at a harvest banquet, or like trembling black and white swans in a lake. Tens of thousands of spectators held their breaths.
The mysterious knight was only one and a half beats slower, Ed's spear bypassed his shield, and the mysterious knight fell heavily to the ground. There was a sound of astonishment in the audience, followed by thunderous applause and cheers.
Ed got off his horse, stretched out his hand, and helped up the mysterious knight lying on the ground.
"Mr. Jazz, you are a terrible opponent. I have won by luck. You can take off your mask."
The mysterious knight took off his mask, and Ed realized that the mysterious knight was actually a woman.
Her face was covered with freckles, her skin was rough, her nose had obviously been broken many times, and her yellow hair was disheveled like a squirrel's nest.The teeth were jagged and the lips were thick as worms.A pair of big sapphire eyes are the only part of her that can be called beautiful.
Ed was surprised: "Are you Brienne from Tarth?"
The girl said in astonishment: "Master Ed, do you know me?"
Ed said: "I was in King's Landing, and I often heard Renly mentioning you. He said that you are the best knight in Storm's End and even the entire Stormlands."
Brienne said coldly: "I want to be a knight, but unfortunately I am not. Women cannot be knights."
In the cheers of the audience, Ed said: "Miss Brienne, would you like to serve in my Winter Wolf Army?"
Brienne shook her head and refused, "Our Tarth family is a vassal of Storm's End. Duke Renly treats me very well. My sword is only for Duke Renly."
Ed greeted the nobles and civilians with cheers like a tsunami, "Wolf King Ed" became the champion of the tournament, and countless knights who were anointed with holy oil became Ed's foil.
The archbishop said depressedly: "The martial arts tournament is a competition under the grace of the Seven Gods. The champion Ed is a northerner, and he believes in the old gods. The runner-up, Miss Brienne, is a woman. The Hound is not a knight. The Red Viper is a knight, but he A Dornishman who likes to poison and eats both men and women."
"Could it be that the knights of the Seven Kingdoms cannot defend the glory of the Seven Gods?"
Tyrion smirked and said, "Bishop, the old gods can hatch dragons, so our seven gods should hatch seven! The old gods also have wolf spirits, skinchangers, where are the miracles of the seven gods?"
The archbishop said piously: "The Seven Gods are full of miracles. Who do you think brought the prosperity and beauty? Of course it is the Seven Gods."
In the ensuing archery competition, Ferran of the Winter Wolf Army showed great prowess, relying on the keel longbow bestowed by Ed, defeated Jalabah Thor of the Midsummer Islands, Sir Baron Swann of the Borderlands in the final. Angai, a commoner, won the archery championship.
The [-] Golden Dragon reward for the archery champion fell into Feilan's hands.
What followed was a group competition. Before the group competition, Ed led the Winter Wolf Army and rushed into the field, asking to check the contestants' weapons. Sure enough, poison was found on the swords of the two warriors.
Both of these warriors were tongueless and dumb.Eddard noticed Cersei's haughty smile, and it was a real one.
Robert said gloomily, "You two mutes, do you want to assassinate the king? Who sent you here?"
The dumb assassin let out a grunt, and Robert said in disgust: "They have no tongue, and they can't ask the murderer behind the scenes. They keep wasting food. Summon the former law enforcement officer, Ilyn Payne, and execute them."
Ed said, "Robert, the mute can ask something, and we can teach them to read. Put these two in the dark cell and keep them under strict guard."
The smile faded from Cersei's face, and she visibly tensed up.
So, Robert ordered the former law enforcement officer Ilyn Payne to take the two assassins away, and Eddard remembered that Ser Ilyn Payne was from Lannister.
When Duke Tywin was prime minister in King's Landing, Ser Ilyn Payne was the captain of the guard. Because he said behind his back that Tywin was the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, Aerys pulled out his tongue with red-hot pliers.
After the assassin was found, Jon Arryn and others persuaded to cancel the group competition, and finally the group competition was cancelled, because Ed successfully prevented the assassination, and Robert rewarded Ed with the [-] golden dragon prize for the group competition.
Ed won [-] golden dragons in one day, and Ferran's [-] golden dragons bonus.
The Northern Territory and the Winter Wolf Army won.
As for the Assassins, Ed believed, they were the urging signs for Lannister's downfall.
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