Chapter 7, the wheels of fate begin to turn
Inside Winterfell, it suddenly became very noisy, and Arthur was woken up from his sleep.
Washing his face and refreshing himself, he had not taken two steps out of the door when he heard a passing servant talking about Brandon Stark, who had fallen from the tower to the ground and was seriously injured and dying.
Worst!
Remember to write a letter to warn the Emperor, the Starks, and the Lannisters, but forgot to stop Bran from climbing the walls.
In fact, he didn't lie in the room to sleep, and there was a chance to stop it!
At the thought of this, Arthur immediately regretted his negligence.
Lysa's letter sowed the seeds of suspicion about the Lannisters by Duke Ed and Lady Caitlin.
One of the triggers for the battle was Bran's fall from the tower and the assassination of him, and then Lady Caitlyn found the blonde hair left by the twins' affair on the tower, and the Valylian steel dagger brought by the killer who wanted to assassinate Bran, and determined that the Lannister was the enemy.
When Tyrion, returning from the Wall, passes through Winterfell and captures Lady Catelyn, who is full of hatred and rage, the war begins.
Bran had fallen and had fallen wounds, and Arthur was powerless to heal him from dying, but he could find a way to prevent the impending assassination.
Meet Jon with a worried face.
He gritted his teeth, making sure he took a chance: "Jon, I have something to talk to you about?"
Hearing this, Jon hesitated but nodded in agreement, and led him to his room.
Sitting on the table in the room, taking out the paper and pen he had brought with him, Arthur wrote on the paper: "Don't be silent, I know a secret, after reading what I wrote, please keep it in your heart forever." ”
Jon frowned when he saw this, and wanted to speak, but there was a reminder that he couldn't make a sound, so he asked to write down the words of inquiry, Arthur knew what he was going to ask, so he didn't give him the pen, and continued: "I know your background, I know who your mother is, and I know who your real father is. ”
"What?" Jon let out a cry of surprise at Arthur's words.
What's the real father? Isn't Eddard Stark his father?
Ignoring Jon's surprise, Arthur continued, "Your mother is Lyanna, the sister of Duke Eddard, and your father is the former crown prince Rhaegar.
The reason why Duke Eddard doesn't tell you or anyone is to protect you, and if you know the news, you must become a night watchman, as soon as possible, otherwise the Stark family will even perish because of it.
Because your background is announced, Duke Ed can't protect you!"
"Really?" asked Jon, his voice trembling, having completely forgotten Arthur's reminder.
"The Emperor has zero tolerance for the blood of the Holy Dorags!" Arthur continued, "so you must act as if today's events never happened!"
Jon took a deep breath, suppressed distractions, calmed down and asked, "How do you know?"
"Lyanna Stark was taken captive by Rhaegar and the Emperor launched the Usurper War, and when Duke Eddard found your mother at the Tower of Elysium, you were born, and you were the child of Rhaegar and Lyanna Stark, and Duke Eddard lied that you were his illegitimate son in order to protect you. Let him read it, and Arthur immediately tore up the note and burned it.
"Everything I know is from books. Arthur mused, "Remember my reminders and warnings. ”
With that, Jon, who was distraught, left the room directly.
In doing so, he could dramatically change the plot of the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, and the young Jon could also reveal his life and even put himself in danger.
But the danger was easy to defuse, because with Jon Snow's character, he would eventually become a night watchman.
......
Night was fast approaching.
The Emperor, Duke Eddard, who had gone out hunting, had returned to Winterfell with all of them.
After dinner, seeing Arthur, who was sitting in the corner of the banquet hall, holding a book but absent-minded, not reading seriously, Anne came over and said, "Look at your appearance, it seems that there is something on your mind, do you want to tell me?"
"Is it so obvious?" said Arthur with a wry smile.
Anne sat down next to him: "Very obvious. ”
Arthur nodded helplessly to indicate that he knew, then glanced around, made sure there was no one around, and asked in a deep voice, "Can I trust you?"
Anne was stunned for a moment: "What secret do you have?"
"The secret that can't be said, you may guess later, but now I can't tell you. Arthur shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Let your maid help make a prayer ......."
"You want to visit the Stark son?" Anne interrupted.
Arthur: "Yes. ”
Anne frowned, "Why? You know that Mrs. Stark doesn't like bastards. ”
Arthur rolled his eyes and flickered: "I don't think Brandon Stark will die, and it will be possible to go to the school city to study and become my classmate in the future, so I want to build a good relationship in advance." ”
"Really?" Anne was puzzled, she didn't believe Arthur's words at all, even if he was a crippled second son, Brandon Stark was still a member of the Stark family, the second son of Duke Eddard, it was impossible for him to go back to the school city to become a bachelor, but she couldn't think of Arthur's intentions in doing so.
"Can you ...... then" Seeing that she couldn't fool her, Arthur decisively chose to sell cute.
Anne pondered for a moment and said, "Well, the straw man that the maid will give to Lady Catelyn to pray to the Seven Gods for the queen later, you can come with me." ”
Arthur: "Thank you. ”
"Thank you might as well tell me why. Anne said.
Arthur mused, "You'll know, but not now. ”
......
"Madame, we are sending straw men to pray to the seven gods for the queen. The maid respectfully walked into the room of Brandon, Stark's second son, who had fallen into a coma.
Caitlin, who was sitting on the edge of the bed weaving the Seven Divine Grass Man, turned her head and looked at it, and said coldly, "Put it down." ”
The respectful maid obeyed, laid down the straw man, and fulfilled the queen's order, and then exited the room, and Arthur and Anne, who were following her, did not go in, but waited outside the room.
The maid withdrew from the inside and left, Arthur did not follow, and Anne suddenly asked solemnly, "What do you want to do?"
There was no one in the hallway outside the room, and Arthur hesitated to pull out the note he had prepared, then walked briskly into Bran's room and handed it to Mrs. Catelyn.
Caitlyn stopped weaving straw men, looked at him with a frown, and said, "What is this?"
Arthur didn't want to say more, but Mrs. Caitlin didn't let him go, which made him a little helpless, so he had to whisper: "I found a suspicious person." ”
"Hmm, what suspicious person?" said Lady Caitlin frowned.
Arthur opened the note in his hand directly.
"The Emperor's Valyrian steel dagger has been stolen?
Is it any wonder that this lady would capture Tyrion, causing Stark and Lannister to go to war, this IQ is really enough, the dagger is used for assassination, and the emperor's dagger is stolen so obvious that it is incomprehensible?
Arthur vomited blood in depression, and regretted his action of sending the note, gritted his teeth and whispered: "I usually work as an attendant at Prince Joffrey's side, and I stumbled upon someone stealing the emperor's dagger, the Valyrian steel dagger. ”
With that, he immediately turned and left, not giving the impressive Lady Caitlin a chance to speak again.
...... To be continued......