Chapter 269: The Champion and the Truth of the Matter
Amid the cheers of all the spectators, Li Nan, who had defeated his opponent, rode his horse to King Robert and saluted slightly.
"Sir Leo has violated the rules of the tournament and I recommend disqualifying him!" The Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up with his little finger and said.
King Robert put down the golden cup in his hand, glared at Little Finger, and said unhappily: "Anything can happen on the battlefield, who rules that war horses can't jump?" Stop talking nonsense and let Leo and Loras continue to compete! ”
Loras, the Knight of the Hundred Flowers, came to the king and said in front of everyone, "Everyone knows that Sir Leo saved me under the brutal Demon Mountain Sword just now, and in order to express my gratitude, I have decided to withdraw from the competition!" ”
Although they didn't see the spear competition between the Hundred Flowers Knight and Li Nan, everyone felt a little pity, but seeing Loras's performance as such a gentleman, everyone still gave their warm applause to the champion of this competition.
Now that the champion has been produced, today's game will end here, and the nobles and the common people are talking about today's wonderful game and slowly leaving the field.
After Li Nan took off his armor, he came to the front of Little Finger, stretched out his hand and said unceremoniously: "Nine hundred gold dragon coins, thank you." ”
Nine hundred gold coins is not a small amount for every nobleman, even if Littlefinger is the Minister of Finance, it is very heartbroken, and his face is a little blue, he ordered someone to take out a few bags and put them in front of Li Nan.
Motioning for Dorcot and the others to take the gold coins, Li Nan asked, "Sir Lancelot is your man, right?" ”
"I don't understand what you're talking about?" Little Finger said slowly.
Li Nan took a few steps forward, stared at Little Finger's eyes, and said in a cold tone: "Lord Petyr, I hope you can understand that I don't want to be an enemy of anyone, but I am not afraid of any enemy either!" ”
"Huh." Littlefinger smiled meaningfully, "You are not afraid of enemies, just because you have not yet encountered enemies worthy of your fear." Sir Leo, I wish you the best of luck in the team competition the day after tomorrow. ”
Looking at Littlefinger who led people away, Li Nan had basically determined that Lancelot was his person, and as for why he wanted to get rid of himself, it might have something to do with the Stark family.
There are three types of competitions, the first day is a knight's spear competition, the second day is a bow and arrow shooting competition, and the third day is a team competition.
Li Nan gave up the next day's competition because he had no talent for archery, and in order to confirm Lancelot's identity, he met the supposedly omniscient Octopus Spider in the garden of the Red Keep.
The rich and neat intelligence minister Octopus Spider came at the invitation, and in the face of Li Nan's question, he smiled and said: "Baron Lancelot is indeed very close to Littlefinger, and he, like you, is also from a declining family a long time ago, do you know what I mean?" ”
Li Nan looked at the smiling face of the eight-clawed spider that was perceptive to everything, and said stiffly: "I don't understand. ”
"Hahaha, I knew about you from my spies before you even came to King's Landing. Am I right that you bought Winterfell after you bought a few identities at a high price from the hands of Scholar Paischer? ”
The eight-clawed spider's words made Li Nan nervous, he didn't expect that this fat eunuch, who looked harmless to humans and animals, would have such magical powers.
"Don't be nervous, I have no intention of revealing your identity, I'm just a little curious, because I found that at the same time, there were many people with unique skills who came to the territory of the Seven Kingdoms, and they were cast under the doors of several major families, can you tell me your purpose?"
The other party knew a lot of things, and in the Red Fort, he couldn't tell the Minister of Intelligence what to do, and after thinking about it, Li Nan said: "If I say that these people, including me, are all sent by a god, will you believe it?" ”
The eight-clawed spider stopped, thought carefully for a while, nodded and said: "There are many gods in this world, I heard the sound from the fire with my own ears when I was a child, although I don't know if it is a god or a demon, but I think there are gods in this world. So, what did this god plan to do when he sent you to the Seven Kingdoms? ”
"Huh." Li Nan smiled and said helplessly: "How can mortals speculate on the true intentions of the gods, to be honest, I don't know the ultimate goal, for the time being, I can only follow the will of the gods and be loyal to the Stark family." ”
"Duke Ed is a good man, but the King is an idiot." After the octopus spider said these rebellious words, he patted Li Nan on the shoulder and said, "To give you a suggestion, if you really want Duke Ed to be safe, it is best to keep him away from Littlefinger, and stop pursuing the death of the previous prime minister." ”
After the eight-clawed spider floated away, Li Nan stood still thinking about what he said.
After arriving in the strange city of King's Landing, Li Nan could only trust the members of the Stark family and his followers, and as for the people like Littlefinger and Octopus, he remained completely wary.
Littlefinger had already shown hostility towards himself, and if what Octopus Spider said was true, it was that he sent Lancelot to take advantage of the opportunity to kill himself, and from his words, he probably wouldn't be quiet tomorrow's team competition.
Li Nan remembered that he seemed to have had only one contact with Littlefinger, when everyone was discussing the owner of the Valyrian dagger in the brothel that day.
Extrapolating the reason from the results, since Littlefinger wants to get rid of himself, it is because his words and deeds hinder him, but Li Nan can't figure out what Littlefinger's intention is to frame the little devil of the Lannister family.
Confused, Li Nan returned to the Prime Minister's Tower and saw Duke Ed reading a thick old book in his study.
Li Nan asked curiously, "My lord, what kind of book is this?" ”
Duke Ed raised his head and saw that it was Li Nan, rubbed his eyes and said: "This is a book "The Genealogy and History of the Major Noble Families of the Seven Kingdoms", Scholar Paisel said that the former Prime Minister Jon. Duke Arryn had read this book before he died, so I read it too, intending to look for clues. ”
Li Nan came to the desk and saw that the book introduced the history of each great nobleman, as well as the facial features of all the family members.
When he flipped to the members of the royal family of Baratheon, he had just looked at a few lines, and Li Nan suddenly noticed that something was wrong.
"Aris. Sir Baratheon, brunette; Yasel. Baratheon, brunette; Leonor. Baratheon, brunette ...... Robert. Baratheon, brunette; Joffrey. Baratheon blonde; Tomman. Baratheon Blonde ......"
According to the book, the descendants of the Baratheon family have black hair, while King Robert's three children are blonde.
For example, when I first met the Queen and her three children, I discussed their hair colour with Dorcott. Why did the Duke of Arryn reign peacefully for seventeen years, and was suddenly poisoned and killed, this is probably the reason.
Seeing Li Nan's expression different, Duke Ed asked, "Leo, what did you find?" ”
This kind of scandal related to the heir of the royal family must not be talked about, the hand of a king has died because of this matter, even Duke Ed is very dangerous, Li Nan suppressed his heart and said in shock: "It's nothing, I just feel that this book is a little boring." ”
Duke Ed agreed, "Well, it's a really boring book, and I get sleepy when I read it. ”
Looking at Li Nan, who he trusted him, Duke Ed asked with a smile: "I haven't congratulated you on winning the knight's spear competition, are you sure of tomorrow's team competition?" ”
Speaking of the team competition, Li Nan asked: "Lord Duke, this is the first time I have participated in the team competition, you must have a lot of experience, can you give me some advice?" ”
"There are a lot of people in every team competition, so it's better to conserve your energy at the beginning and not show your edge, otherwise you won't be able to last in this kind of fight."