There were many people attending the banquet, but it was none other than a white-bearded old man he had not met very much, but Scholar Paischer.

From the outside, this seventy-year-old man is not very conspicuous, hunched over, wearing a dark brown bachelor's robe loose on his body, his bare head is covered with age spots, and the snow-white beard scattered around his neck is covered with many bachelor's necklaces that look very heavy.

The reason why Lan Li was interested in this person was very simple, when he was in Riverbend, he had heard about some strange situations in recent years, and at the same time, he had not forgotten what happened to that chicken leg when there was chaos at the beginning.

So although the scholar was low-key and inconspicuous at the banquet, Lan Li still took the initiative to find him.

"My dogs are never for sale, sir."

The old man sitting in the corner replied to Lan Li's words about the pet dog.

"But if you're interested, Lord Duke, I can give you one. Yes, although I am not very reluctant, I have given away some before, but I have never taken them out and sold them. In fact, as a scholar, I take money and things like that very lightly, and you know, my lord, at my age......"

The old man chattered, sounding a little abrasive, and Lan Li pouted secretly as he listened.

If this person doesn't sell dogs, then who owns those special pet dogs circulating on the market?

However, he didn't intend to debunk the lie of the scholar, and he didn't interrupt this person's nagging—

Many things can be done casually as a child, but when you are an adult, it is very purposeful.

"I don't know how a scholar raised a dog?" When the old man's words paused because of the ventilation, Lan Li appropriately asked, "I have seen a few in the river, they are much smarter than ordinary pets. ”

"I don't have any tricks."

Fellow Paisher replied slowly, "I just think of raising dogs as a kind of fun, and there are not many ways to raise them." Why smart? Maybe because I'm a university scholar, they were unconsciously nurtured when they accompanied me. I think you should know, Lord Duke, that the scholars are much more knowledgeable and wise than the average bachelor, and I am among the top scholars in the past. This is not my own boasting, but what the cardinal side of the school city has said about me personally in recent years - you know the cardinal, my lord, that's the school city......"

On the surface, Lan Li listened quietly, but secretly kept rolling his eyes. It felt like the old man was really thick-skinned, but he could also feel that, except for some aspects, Scholar Paischer's words were basically true—

It's also not clear to Paisier why the dog is different.

Thinking about the werewolf monster he had encountered when he was in the Frey family in Riverbend, and then thinking about the banquet where the chicken leg appeared in the first place, Lan Li thought that there was obviously some connection between the two, but the alienating effect of the mark was already unpredictable for him, and some things that he couldn't understand were not a big deal.

After talking to this person for a few more words, Lan Li took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

After walking a few steps slowly, he found that the departing black-haired young man had not paid attention to him, so he deftly turned around and sat back, thinking about what he had just said, he unconsciously smashed his mouth.

"I can sell several golden dragons for a dog, how can I give them away casually...... That kid is much more interesting than when he was a child, but he is not very easy to fool......"

Muttering, Fellow Paisher suddenly saw the departing Lan Li and a bald fat man in a pink robe talking face-to-face, and couldn't help but touch his beard.

"What the hell is that octopus spider doing?"

……

"I haven't seen you for ten years, and the Duke is so much taller than me, but I really miss the beginning." The fat man in the pink robe who was full of fat and powder looked embarrassed when he spoke—he saw that Lan Li and Pixiel had finished talking, so he took the initiative to come over.

"I don't think Lord Varys has changed at all in the last ten years." Lan Li replied solemnly: "The bald head is still so bright." ”

These words made the fat man in the pink robe grin, and then said helplessly: "This is also no way, I cherish my hair, but unfortunately I have the same problem as the Prime Minister, so every day when I see the Prime Minister's brain at the Imperial Meeting, I will always dispel the idea of growing hair." ”

Lan Li agrees with this, he thinks that if it is really a Mediterranean baldness, it is better to shave his head and look pleasing to the eye.

But he didn't take it seriously, eight out of ten sentences in front of him were false, and even the hair problem was lying, I really don't know if he was already lying or hoping to add a sense of humor because of this.

What he thought in his heart did not make Lan Li's face show any disdain, and after chatting with this person with a smile on the corner of his mouth for a while, he found that the intelligence chief nicknamed the eight-clawed spider had intentionally or unintentionally turned the topic to Dorne.

"The Martell family of Dorne wants to marry you their beautiful Princess Araine - the princess of Arlene, according to the laws of Dorne, is the heir of the House of Martell."

House Martell ruled Dorne, but the customs in Dorne differed from the rest of the Seven Kingdoms, such as the patriarch of House Martell being addressed as prince rather than duke, and the prince's daughter being called princess.

Lan Li shrugged his shoulders after hearing this.

"So I think it's a conspiracy of the Dorn, and it's exaggerated to marry the heir of the family to an inconsequential person like me."

"You're not a small person, Lord Lanli." Varys opened his mouth to flatter: "As a member of the royal family, who in the Seven Kingdoms can be more noble than you?" ”

Lan Li shrugged his shoulders when he heard this.

To say that his identity is special and special, but in fact it is not a big deal. There is a king's brother, and in many ways he is treated differently, but aside from this identity, he is also the lord of a small broken island, with no status and no strength.

"The Prime Minister believes that Dorne's move is in the hope that the royal family will not misunderstand them for dissenting at this juncture, and that your identity is fully in line with Dorne's goal of marrying the Iron Throne."

Lan Li didn't speak, and the bald Varys spoke to himself.

"Dorne's request is that you lead the team to discuss in person, and you don't expect anything else, and the Prime Minister thinks that even if Dorn's side wants to make some small moves, the Iron Throne will not lose anything in this regard, so why don't you choose to believe it?"

Lan Li smiled when he heard this.

It is true that although he is a Baratheon, he is very low in the line of succession to the throne, and he is only an insignificant brother of King Robert, with no hostage or captive value.

In other words, even if he dies in Dorne, no one will feel sorry.

But he doesn't think so.

Even if Robert didn't say those things to him in the morning, Lan Li didn't plan to go to Dorne. It was completely different from the Iron Islands, the environment was a desert rather than a sea, and water was scarce, and he wasn't sure he would be able to escape if he was in danger—

He hoped that Baratheon would be the victorious side in this power struggle that had slowly begun, but he did not want to use his life to try to win.

Or is it because he wants Baratheon to win because he wants to ensure his own safety, not because of some family honor and power position, and he really wants to risk his life, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?

What he thought in his heart was not revealed, Lan Li didn't say anything about the words of the fat man in the pink robe in front of him, and the other party seemed to just say it casually, so he pulled the topic to other places, and then chatted a few more words, and he took the initiative to leave.

Lan Li narrowed his eyes at this, and then continued to participate in the banquet without paying attention.

The welcome banquet held by his brother Robert was not large, but he basically invited all the nobles of King's Landing, and prepared a very rich program and food, and it was not until the second half of the night that the banquet slowly dispersed.

Lan Li also returned to his residence in the Red Keep.

However, as soon as he pushed open the door, he suddenly found that there was an extra woman who had fainted on the carpet in this supposedly empty house!