Chapter 420: Advice
King Robert fulfilled his words and added an additional 20,000 gold dragons to the championship bonus, so that Li Lingyi received a total of 60,000 gold dragons, which is nothing for the big family, but it is also a lot as his first start-up capital.
A whole car, a total of five large boxes to hold these golden dragons, it is also a little troublesome to transport them out, after all, he is now alone, and the backpack function cannot be used, otherwise it will be much more convenient to put it directly into the backpack and carry it around. Now if you want to transport it, you have to hire someone.
But now the whole King's Landing knows that the tournament champion Li Lingyi has a high prize money, and if he recruits, it will definitely attract a lot of ill-intentioned people, and it is very likely that the Lannister family is also playing with the idea of this money, and even Littlefinger and others are too.
So if Li Lingyi wanted to take the money away from King's Landing safely, he would have to find some trustworthy people. Naturally, this manpower will not be someone else, but someone from the North, that is, the person Eddard brought from Winter.
The loyalty of these guards is unquestionable, and it is a pity that they can be completely destroyed in the end. So Li Lingyi also wanted to do something, at least to save their lives, and at the same time, to help him transport the golden dragon.
After the tournament, in Ed's room, Li Lingyi gave some of his advice.
"Duke Stark, I think you'd better go back to Winter. Li Lingyi said seriously, "I can feel that the current King's Landing is full of undercurrents, especially the Lannister family, who are definitely plotting something. β
"Lannister?" Ed frowned and looked at Li Lingyi, he was also very satisfied with this martial arts champion now, but he was still a little puzzled at this time, "Are you worried that they will be unfavorable to you?" Don't worry, you killed the Demon Mountain in legitimate defense, even if they are not satisfied, there is no reason to do anything to you." β
"......" Li Lingyi was a little depressed, I have to say that this Duke Stark really has no political acumen, but he is also good to himself, "Duke... I think the king may be in danger. β
"What did you say?" Hearing this, Ed's expression suddenly became serious, "Why do you say that, do you have evidence?"
Because before coming to King's Landing, Eddard's wife, Catherine, had received a letter from her sister saying that the king was in danger, so Catherine had advised him not to come to King's Landing.
However, Ed didn't care about it at the time, but now that Li Lingyi said the same, it obviously made him a little confused.
"I've overheard James Lannister talking to the queen before. Li Lingyi has no evidence, but he can make it up if he knows the result, "Although they are brother and sister, I think I'm afraid they are plotting something." β
ββ¦β¦ I know. Ed nodded, but he didn't say anything else, which made Li Lingyi a little depressed.
This is Eddard Stark's character, he doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back, and he doesn't want to tear his face until the last step, in fact, the best thing to do now is to escape King's Landing at night, as long as he returns to Winter, then King's Landing can't do anything at all, after all, the North is not something that can be conquered casually. Before the Baratheon dynasty, the northern city had been a city that had established itself as king. It was only after the arrival of Baratheon that the power of the dragon made the North bow down. But now that the Baratheon family is gone, there is nothing to bind the North, and they can set themselves up as kings. But if he doesn't take the opportunity to escape, Ed will probably end up in the same fate as the original plot.
"I'll look into it, thank you for telling me about it. Ed said, Li Lingyi could only nod, there was only this he could do, if Ed didn't leave, there was nothing he could do, he couldn't take him away forcibly, right?
"Okay, then I'll teach Arya. β
"Yes. Arya Ed also had a fatherly smile on her face at the mention of it, "That kid goes to tell others every day that there is a champion teacher." β
"She's also very talented. Li Lingyi also smiled: "I guess when she reaches my age, I'm afraid I'm not her opponent." β
"Haha, then I guess few people will want to be her husband!"
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It's been three days since the end of the tournament.
In the past few days, some nobles have been inviting Li Lingyi to be a guest, and the latter has not completely refused, he needs to understand these people. You can't understand the whole picture just by watching the play, after all, there are only dozens or hundreds of characters in the play, but the real nobles are thousands.
If Li Lingyi wants to establish his own power in the future, then he will inevitably have some intersections with these nobles, so it is not bad to know more about it now. It's not about being friends or networking or anything like that, if you have to say one purpose, it's better to figure out the weaknesses of these guys.
Because maybe one day, King's Landing will become his battlefield.
"Teacher Ivey!"
As soon as Li Ling returned from attending a banquet, he saw Arya running towards him with an angry expression.
"What's wrong?" Li Lingyi looked at her, the latter spoke quickly, and his pupils were full of eager light, "Teacher Ivey, my father is injured! It was that bastard named Jaime from the Lannisters who did it! I'm going to get revenge!"
Li Lingyi said in his heart when he heard this, it seems that the plot is still developing like this, he asked Arya not to worry, he went to find Ed first, and entered the ward, the latter was reading a book with a book, and nodded when he saw Li Lingyi coming.
"Duke Stark. Li Lingyi said, "Haven't you decided to go back to the north? If you wish, even if you are injured, I and your retainers can escort you back." This was true, but Ed still shook his head, "No, I can't leave now." Catherine captures Tyrion. β
"Tyrion..."
Li Ling thought about it, and indeed at this time, because of Littlefinger's conspiracy, Catherine mistakenly thought that the little devil was the murderer of Little Brandon, so he arrested him after encountering him by coincidence, and then sent him to his sister in Eagle's Nest City.
"Actually, I looked into what you said...", Eddard continued, "between Cersei and Jaimeβ" The look on his face changed a few times before he said, "It could be a lover." β
ββ¦β¦ Have you told King Robert about this?" asked Li Lingyi, who shook his head, "Robert has gone out of town to hunt, and he will not be back until a few days. β
Li Ling frowned when he heard this, "That... Did you talk to Cersei?"
Hearing Li Lingyi call Cersei by her first name, Ed looked at him in surprise, but didn't say anything, just shook his head, "Not yet, but I'm going to question her tomorrow." β
"Duke, I still insist that you take your daughters back to the north. You underestimate how insane and vicious that woman Cersei is. Once she knows about it, she will do whatever it takes. β
"I am the Hand of the King, after all. Ed shook his head, "Even if she is the queen, she doesn't dare to do anything to the prime minister." Besides, Robert is an alcoholic but not an old fool, and he will not be biased towards Cersei in the face of facts. β
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