Chapter Forty-Five: The Monarch Wants His Ministers to Die? Ministers don't die!
As if the blows Ed had not been enough in the past two days, the bad news came one after another, and Aerys did not intend to rest on his laurels, and he actually sent a letter to Jon Arryn asking for Robert and Eddard to be handed over to King's Landing for trial.
Trial? Now that the whole of the Seven Kingdoms knows how Aerys was judged, should Jon Arryn hand over his dear adopted son to make him a "barbecue"? Or is he going to invent another vegetable pot, cannon branding, etc., to "entertain" Robert and Eddard?
Jon Arryn decisively rejected the "request" of the royal envoy, and the envoy still relented: "Duke Arryn, please think clearly, you blatantly refuse the reasonable request of His Majesty the King, and your behavior will be regarded as treason!" With the family motto of the Arryn family to be 'as high as glory', don't you think it's an insult to your own family to do this? ”
"Treason? Now there is only one person who has committed treason, and that is that madman in King's Landing! He is the only traitor, he should be hanged, the Seven Kingdoms are not his alone! Also, I don't need you, a hairy boy, to teach me what my family's precepts mean! Jon Arryn growled.
"Aerys is not worthy of being king, how can he casually execute a duke? And in such a cruel way! I won't let you take Ed and Robert! I will not be able to sit back and watch such a devil sit on the throne and plague the world! Jon Arryn was furious, the man who had always regarded calmness and honor as the highest principles in life, and he threw Aerys's letter in the messenger's face.
"I must warn you, Duke of Arryn, that if you insist on your opinion, such an act is tantamount to declaring war on the royal family! The honor of the Targaryen family is not to be insulted! Unless you come with me to King's Landing right now to plead guilty to Your Majesty in person!" The royal emissary, who never seemed to have been so insulted, threatened Jon Arryn and demanded that he "plead guilty" to Aerys.
"Please? Go and burn that madman to death? Do you think we're all idiots? Fuck off, tell your bullshit 'Your Majesty' we'll go to King's Landing, yes, we will! But definitely not now, we will go with the army, tear him off his throne, and let him taste the taste of being roasted by the fire!! Robert stepped forward and grabbed the messenger by the neck, shaking him violently and growling.
"Robert, let him go!" Jon Arryn spoke.
Hearing his adoptive father's words, Robert let go of his hand stupidly, and the envoy of the royal family seemed to be frightened by Robert's sudden attack, I am afraid that he has not encountered this situation in his career, after all, as an "angel" in the past, he was always good at eating, drinking and entertaining everywhere, after all, he represented the face of the Wang family.
His face turned pale, and he trembled as he picked up the letter on the ground, and he watched Robert the whole time, lest he attack again, and then he fell backwards to the door, tripped over the threshold, and when he got up, he ran away with his tail between his legs and his tail before he could stand on his feet.
"Duke Arryn! Thank you! Robert and Eddard knelt down in unison towards Jon Arryn and spoke.
They knew that their lives were at the stake of Jon Arryn's thoughts, and that if Arryn decided to hand them over, they would surely die.
Arryn lifted the two of them, and the three of them hugged each other and cried, the disaster affected not only the Starks, but also the Arryns and Baratheons.
"Good boy, get up! Albert (Jon Arryn's nephew, heir to the Vale, Brandon's servant) is dead, and I have no son, and I have always treated you as if you were my own children, how could I have watched you be taken away and executed by them? Jon forced a smile as he spoke.
"I'm sorry, Duke Arryn, you offended Aerys for our sake, and he won't let you go!" Ed said with tears in his eyes.
"This time things can't be good, not to mention that Albert also died at his hands, it's not the business of the two of you! Like I said, having this madman sit on the throne is an absolute nightmare for the people of Westeros, and we're going to bring him down! ”
"That's right, we should lead our troops to King's Landing and tear this 'mad king' off the throne!" Robert immediately chimed in.
"Yes, for the sake of the people of the Seven Kingdoms, we must get rid of this devil." Ed agreed.
"Robert, we don't have enough manpower to attack King's Landing directly, not to mention that this manpower may not be able to hold the valley, let alone defeat the 'Mad King'!" Erin said to Robert.
"That's simple, I'll go to the Stormland to gather vassals, and Ed will go back to the north to gather vassals, after all, Duke Rickard and Brandon are now •••••••, in short, according to the inheritance law, Ed is now the Duke of Winterfell!" Robert looked at Ed apologetically, after all, he accidentally mentioned Ed's sadness, and Ed gave him a "I understand" look, and he continued.
"Robert, you're right, but even if the three of us work together, we can't be sure that we will be able to defeat the Targaryen army, not to mention that whether it is the north or the stormlands, it is difficult to save the fire from far away! We need allies! Jon Arryn clapped.
"So who do we choose to ally with? Dorne? Dorne seems to be a loyal fan of the royal family, but Tywin Lannister is at odds with the Mad King, and in the end, only the Riverlands are left! Ed immediately thought clearly.
Jon Arryn gave Ed a teachable look and said, "I mean the Riverlands, first, the Riverlands are close at hand, as long as you form an alliance with them, you can immediately raise a large army, and second, Duke Rickard made a marriage contract for Brandon and Caitlin Tully before his death, not to mention that we have a child from the Tully family here." With that, he turned to Roy and gave Roy a smile.
Jon Arryn waved him to his side, took out a letter and said to him, "Little Roy, I have to work hard for you to send this letter to Duke Horst Tully of Riverrun, after all, he is your uncle, and it is best for you to deliver the letter!" As he spoke, he handed the letter to Roy's hand.
Roy immediately took the letter, and then said to the Duke of Arryn, "Yes, Duke Arryn, I will definitely present the letter to the Duke of Horst Tully myself." ”
"Well, Hanschel, you go with Roy! Take good care of him, by the way, be careful of the knights of the Wang family after leaving the blood gate, as well as the mountain clan in the Mingyue Mountain Range, in short, be careful, don't rush to the road, the most important thing is safety! Erin turned to Han Xing and said, and also admonished.
"I should have given you a few more guards, but given the current situation, I'm worried that giving you too many guards will cause you to attract unnecessary attention, not to mention that ordinary guards can't keep up with your speed." Erin said slightly apologetically.
Han Xing and Roy nodded in understanding.
"Why don't I just go with them, at least there is a care on the way, you know I can't be idle!" Robert spoke.
"Alright, alright, Robert, be careful yourself, you're the Grand Duke of Storm's End now, don't be too impulsive, just think it's for your Lyanna." Erin had no choice but to admonish like a loving father.
Robert nodded, and walked out of the hall with Han Xing and Roy, and before the three of them took two steps, they heard a rush of footsteps from behind, and everyone looked back to see that it was Eddard.
He stepped forward and gave Robert a hug, then Roy, and finally Han Xing, Han Xing even heard the hint of the space, and his favorability with Ed and Robert reached the level of friends, I think this is the definition of a friend! Share weal and woe, advance and retreat together.
"Damn, Eddard, when did you become such a mother-in-law, you are a man who stands up to the sky•••••" Before he could finish speaking, seeing the deep sadness in Ed's eyes, Robert sighed and patted him on the shoulder.
"There's been a lot going on lately, don't worry, Ed, we'll always be there for you." Robert reassured.
"I've lost so many loved ones! Take care! Ed accentuated his tone on taking care.
"Don't worry, Brother Ed, aren't there still us?" Roy spoke, pulling Han Xing as he spoke.
Han Xing also immediately continued: "That's right, Ned, we will always support you." Robert immediately laughed and went on with the conversation.
"That's right, alright, don't be so sullen, Ned! Rejoice, you'll be the groom soon, but I've heard that Caitlin Tully is the most beautiful woman in Riverlands, and your eldest brother fought a duel with a guy for her! Robert smiled and patted Ed's chest, and then walked out of the gates of Riverrun with Han Xing and Roy.
Ed put away his sadness, smiled faintly, and waved his hand at the three who were far away, and the three responded to him in the same way, until the figures of the three disappeared from Ed's vision, and he turned back to help Jon Arryn write a letter to gather the vassals' army.
After the painful descent again, it was already dusk when the three of them successfully descended the Eagle's Nest City, and it was obviously very unwise to rush to the night road at this o'clock, so the three of them spent the night at the Moongate Fort at Robert's strong request.
The next day, the three of them rode towards the blood gate, and one of the benefits of equestrian improvement was that Han Xing would no longer wear out his crotch and inner thighs when riding a horse, and he might not feel a pain in his butt even after riding for a day.
As a result, Robert was left last, and he watched the two gallop away, and he "ate ashes" in the back, and immediately became angry, and whipped his black horse fiercely and said: "Damn beast, look, we have all been left so far away, can't you fight for it?" Hurry up, run for me! ”
The dark horse said that he was innocent, after all, Han Xing and Roy's mounts were all produced by Ali's horse farm, and they were first-class in terms of speed, explosiveness and endurance, and they were simply the "dragon and phoenix" among horses. And this poor local dark horse of Westeros is just a typical European horse who is good at short-distance bursts on the field, tall and strong, but not stamina.
What's more, although Robert looks burly and strong, and he is full of muscles, it is precisely because of this that muscles are also meat! Although he has no trend of "horizontal development" now, his weight is definitely at least 70 kilograms, even higher than this number, and the poor black horse carries him for a "long-distance run", of course, it is very difficult!