Ever since he agreed to Robert's request and became the"Hand of the King", Eddard Stark has discovered that the entire city of King's Landing is really full of fog, which makes him, a wolf from the north, Somewhat powerless.

As the head of the Stark family, Ed has inherited the family's tradition of honor, fairness and selflessness. His persistence in honor and his fair and strict style of doing things have won the respect and love of many northern families. However, King's Landing and Winterfell are two cities, and there are too many intrigues and intrigues here. Ed is confident that he can be invincible on the battlefield and can fight no matter what kind of enemy he is. However, in the game of power in King's Landing, he seems confused and at a loss.

This feeling has been piling up a haze in his mind since he started investigating the death of the previous"Hand of the King", himself and Robert's adoptive father, Jon Arryn.

The first was the arrival of his wife, Catelyn Tully, and the person who took him to see his wife in secret was the Chancellor of the Exchequer,"Littlefinger" Petyr Baelish, who had been the adopted son of his father-in-law when he was young."I was deeply infatuated with Catelyn Tully, which made Eddard not fond of him.

According to Caitlin, her son Bran Stark was actually assassinated after he rushed to Winterfell. The assassin was executed on the spot, leaving only a dagger, and"Littlefinger" said that this The dagger belonged to Tyrion Lannister, another son of Tywin Lannister and brother of Cersei and Jaime Lannister.

This is a huge accusation, because the Lannister family and the Stark family serve as the guardians of the west and north of the Seven Kingdoms respectively, and are among the top princes. Such an assassination may mean another war sweeping the seven kingdoms. China's war - just like it happened fifteen years ago.

Due to"Littlefinger"'s help to him and the former brother-sister relationship between"Littlefinger" and his wife, Eddard reluctantly regarded him as an ally, and with his help investigated the cause of Jon Arryn's death. During this process,"Littlefinger" said a meaningful word:"Not trusting me is the wisest thing you have ever done since you jumped off the horse."

During the investigation, he discovered that Jon died suddenly of illness. , he had been quite healthy up until that point, which led him to confirm that Jon was murdered. Before his death, Jon had been secretly investigating Robert's illegitimate children and met several of them. He also had a secret meeting with Robert's brother Stannis, and had planned to send his son to Dragonstone. The island was handed over to Stannis for adoption, but they had never had a close relationship in the past, all of which led to a dead end in the investigation.

However, what was worse was that in the subsequent tourney, Gregor the Mountain actually killed a young knight from the Arryn Valley. This knight was an important witness in his investigation, but now he was betrayed by Lan. The men of the Nest family just silenced him - you know, unlike the team competition, the weapons in the knight duel competition are specially made training supplies, which are generally unlikely to cause human death - this cast a haze on his investigation..

However, it is not without good news. During the contest, through the conversation with King Robert, he once again confirmed that his king is still the same bold character and rich friend fifteen years ago. This makes him feel more confident about himself as a"king"."Hand" has more confidence in its future.

There was more than one good news. During the martial arts tournament, he was happy to find that his two daughters, who had never dealt with each other, finally reconciled. In addition, he also gained a general in the martial arts tournament - one who took over the entire tournament. The three champions of the conference are knights from the Free Trade City. The only thing that worries me is that this guy is really handsome, and his two daughters seem to be a little too obsessed with him.

However, at the end of the tourney, the intelligence chief and eunuch Varys secretly met with him and told him a shocking conspiracy: Queen Cersei actually attempted to murder the king.

Before the tourney, King Robert once expressed his desire to personally participate in a team competition with real swords and guns, but Cersei sternly opposed it. Varys claimed that Cersei was trying to use provocation to ensure that Robert could really participate in the team competition, and It sounds ridiculous to want him to die in an"accident"

, but Eddard had to admit that for Robert, who prided himself on being brave, this provoking method was indeed effective.

Afterwards, Varys told Eddard that his allegiance was to the interests of the entire kingdom; and told Eddard that Cersei was so afraid of him precisely because the king would not harm him for any reason. At the same time, he revealed the fact that the important ministers around the king had different thoughts and that the Kingsguard had a false reputation. Although the king's two younger brothers hated Cersei, they coveted the throne even more. Master Pycelle cherished his position, and Littlefinger only loved Littlefinger himself. , among the Kingsguard, James is the queen's brother, Ser Barristan only loves his own honor, Ser Boros and Ser Meryn are loyal to the queen, and the others have unclear positions.

In other words, the only person who is really on Robert's side now is Eddard, who is the"Hand of the King" and an old friend for many years.

When Eddard asked Jon Arryn about the cause of his death, Varys said that a poison called the Tears of Lys killed him. Varys claimed that it was Arryn's squire, the now dead knight from the Vale of Arryn, who gave him the drug.

However, regarding Cersei's conspiracy, since it was just speculation, Ed had no way to mention it to the king and could only give it up, but he knew that he had to be more careful.

At this time, Ed even had the idea of ​​letting his two daughters return to Winterfell temporarily.

However, when he returned to his Prime Minister's Tower, the scene before him still made him quite gratified.

His third daughter Arya, dressed like a boy, was practicing her rapier under the tutelage of her new bodyguard, Sander Leaf, while his second daughter Sansa was sitting aside, looking at them with a smile. The scene was harmonious.

The warm scene at home made Ed feel warmer. At this time - even though the relationship between Sander and his two daughters was a little too good, he reluctantly accepted it. The guard in front of him came from Essos and was related to Lannister. He has no connections at all, so he should be trustworthy. Plus he has such martial arts skills. At the critical moment, the safety of his two daughters will probably depend on him.

As for him, he must find out as soon as possible what Jon Arryn was looking for before his death. He had a hunch that this secret was the key to everything.

However, what he didn't know was that just in the North, his wife Catelyn Tully discovered Tyrion Lannister on his way back to Winterfell and captured him in one fell swoop. _To read the ununderlined version of the novel, please download Feilu Novel A

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