229 Covert Spellcasting
The boy covered in a purple silk futon looked a little thin, his face was pale, his eyes were closed, and his short black hair looked dull.
After observing the child named Joffrey lying unconscious on the bed a few times, Lan Li felt that he must have lost too much blood.
He was not the only one who came to this conclusion, but the white-bearded scholar Paischer, after carefully examining the boy, also claimed with the blonde queen standing on the other side of the bed that the already anxious other party asked a series of questions about whether it would be life-threatening and how to treat it.
There were not many people in the room, except for the queen and the fat king standing beside Lan Li, there was only one royal forest guard who Lan Li had never seen standing here quietly, his expression was very ashamed-
In the past, the security in the Meggor Tower was guarded by the guards he led, but now that the prince was attacked, the royal guard could not escape the blame. Or maybe he had been reprimanded before, and now after learning the specific situation, Wang Houfu stared at him viciously.
Queen Cersei, who had always behaved mildly and amiably, had become a completely different person on this occasion, and her words seemed burning and entangled, which Lan Li could understand, but the noisy room made him feel bored, so he quietly withdrew while no one was paying attention to him.
Outside the room, there were also a number of people standing, including Barristan the Captain of the Kingsguard and Jaime, another acquaintance of Lan Li. The Lannisters were guarding the door, along with a few other guards, and in addition to that, a young wet nurse was holding a little fat man of four or five years old and constantly looking into the room.
"You're Uncle Lan Li?"
After Lan Li walked out, the little fat man who was held by the nurse asked in a low voice.
"You're Tomman?" Brother Robert only had three children, so Lan Li could easily guess the identity of the little fat man, and after a little look, a smile appeared on his face.
"Exactly like Robert's brother when he was a kid."
The little fat man blinked embarrassedly when he heard this. He had a good impression of the uncle he had met for the first time, but then he asked with a confused expression.
"You're not fat?"
"Why do you ask?" Lan Li asked with an eyebrow.
"They all said you looked like my father, too." The little fat man replied, "But you are not fat, how can you look like you?" ”
It was all rumors from many years ago, and Lan Li was secretly amused when she heard it.
When he was a child, some people did always say that he and Robert were carved out of the same mold when he was a child, but it may be that the bloodline in his body has been different, and the older he grows, the more Lan Li's appearance is different from that of Robert when he was younger, and at the moment, even if Robert's size is excluded, the appearance between them cannot be said to be very similar, just a little similar.
"Your father wasn't that fat before." Lan Li replied.
"Then why did he get fat?"
"Because he eats a lot."
"But I also eat a lot." The little fat man replied stunned, as if he didn't know that he was also fat.
Lan Li has a good sense of this kid, with black hair and blue eyes, a small round face, and a round appearance, which is very pleasing at first glance, but he has some doubts in his heart.
Judging by the child's hair color, this is unlikely to be a Lannister, which has changed from the situation in memory, but Joffrey, Tomman, and the girl Messila and Robert who have heard but not yet met are the three children......
How is it exactly the same as in the memories of the previous life?
Even if this kind of thing is the same person at the same time, place, shouldn't there be billions of possibilities?
He was surprised by this, but he didn't think much of it, instead looking at the white-haired Imperial Guard at the door.
"Sir Barristan, may we speak alone?"
"As you wish, sir." The other party bowed without much hesitation when he heard this, and then left the door area under Lan Li's signal, and walked to the other end of the bright corridor with Lan Li.
The sunlight shining in from the window on his side shrouded the cheeks of the old man standing by the window, but it also made the wrinkles on his face more obvious.
Lan Li secretly sighed that time passed so fast, but he didn't say a few words to this old friend, and asked about the situation in front of him.
"This has happened in the Meggar Building before?"
When he was in the room, Lan Li noticed that his cheap big brother's expression was a little wrong, but he didn't want to ask anything at that time.
"Prince Joffrey suffered a similar attack two years ago." The white-haired, white-robed captain of the Kingsguard replied, "Also in the Megar Tower. ”
Lan Li frowned when she heard this.
"Didn't find the killer?"
"Nope." Barristan smiled bitterly: "There are a few suspicious targets, but after investigation, we found that none of them were, so afterwards we changed all the servants in Meggor Building, originally thought that there would be no more situations, and I don't want to be now-"
He sighed and didn't continue.
The royal family is attacked, no matter what the situation is, it is always the responsibility of them, the guards.
"Faceless, perhaps?" Lan Li thought for a moment and said, "You've heard of the Faceless, sir?" ”
"Of course, those are tough guys, and they're hard to spot." The other party replied, but frowned again: "But the Faceless One is an assassin, and Prince Joffrey was not assassinated, but only attacked." ”
This is indeed strange, Lan Li thought to herself.
What is the use of attacking a child without killing him?
However, if you lose too much blood......
"I heard that the queen raised a red-robed girl in the palace?" He asked suddenly.
"Lady Melisandre is highly regarded by the Queen." Barristan said, "But after the news of the incident at Riverbend, she had fled. ”
As he spoke, Barristan couldn't help but frown.
The red-robed woman escaped at the right time, disappearing before they could go to arrest her, and it was hard not to wonder if it was the queen who had revealed the news.
"Does she have any accomplices in the city?" Lan Li asked again.
"No accomplices." Barristan shook his head, "The woman in the red robe has always been alone, and we haven't seen her have any contact with anyone other than the queen. ”
Lan Li nodded when he heard this, and asked a few more questions, but he didn't find any clues, so he had to give up.
……
At this time, there was a lot of talk in the Red Keep Meggor Tower about the attack on the Prince, but in a dark cellar of the Red Keep, a fire was secretly and mysteriously ignited.
Shadows dragged on the rocky walls swayed as the fire swelled, and low, hoarse female voices chanted a complex spell, and the smell of blood was faintly permeating the cramped space.
Under the light of the brazier, a tall figure in a red robe stood in front of a brazier, his red hair scattered, looking down at the blazing fire in front of him, muttering to himself, and his delicate heart-shaped face was full of solemnity and solemnity.
However, as she continued to stare at the fire in front of her, and as the spell in her mouth gradually faded, the expression on her face that should have been grim became more and more stunned, and finally full of surprise.
"W-how is this possible!?"