The rustle of the quill against the parchment reverberates in the quiet room, and lines of ink-filled black font gradually occupy the pale yellow parchment surface, and finally stop at the place where the signature is placed.

After the red stag seal was stamped, Lan Li posted the newly written letter on the desk in front of the window, and then picked up a heavy book on the laws of the Seven Kingdoms next to him and read it for a while, until he turned the last page, he stood up, picked up the letter that had been dried, and walked out the door.

At this time, it was the sixth day of Lan Li's arrival in King's Landing, and during this time, he had basically not done anything important except for reaching a preliminary cooperation with the red-robed girl.

He was mostly busy preparing for his next position in King's Landing - although Lan Lilai was sudden because of Dorne's incident, there was nothing to take care of in Dragonstone, so he didn't plan to go back.

He even wrote this letter right now, preparing to summon his follower Tob who was in Dragonstone Island, and ask him to bring some "seeds" at the same time.

That's right, Lan Li didn't bring those power seeds to King's Landing, but hid them in Dragonstone, and no one but him and Tob knew the specifics.

After learning about many hidden dangers that night, Lan Li thought that he had to prepare for some situations that might arise in the future, so the idea in his heart resurfaced - he was going to strengthen the fighting of his relatives and allies, or the ability to survive, lest they be unknowingly killed.

……

The Red Keep was still bustling with servants, attendants, clerks and clerks of various ministries – the royal castle was not only the residence of the royal family, but also the center of power of the Seven Kingdoms.

Many people on the road greeted Lan Li, and he would nod politely until he reached a bachelor's tower in the southeast corner of the Red Keep, which looked no different from the other towers.

"If this is a normal situation, well, this letter will be able to reach Dragonstone Island tonight."

In the spacious room, Fellow Paischer sat behind his desk and said to Lan Li slowly, "I am especially good at training ravens, in fact, Lord Lan Li, my training results are very effective, and those noisy little ones never want to stay outside for even a quarter of an hour. Of course, Lord Lanli, there are accidents in this, but this situation is relatively rare, mainly because each raven's personality is different, but their appearance is basically similar, and when they are older, sometimes I can't tell the ......."

may be due to habit, the person in front of him always can't help but make a long speech when he speaks, but Lan Li has nothing urgent at the moment, and he didn't urge until the other party finished speaking.

"I've finished reading this book, Scholar Paischer, do you have any other suitable recommendations?"

As he spoke, he pushed the tome forward on the desk in front of him.

"Books on the law, well, I think you've read pretty much everything."

The white-bearded old man said thoughtfully, "However, the Minister of Justice's duties are also to manage the prison and the capital garrison, so I suggest that you learn more about these things next. ”

Lan Li nodded when he heard this, and then asked seemingly casually.

"Do you have any new discoveries about my brother's hair color?"

"I think it must be some kind of weird witchcraft."

Hearing this, the scholar did not hesitate to say: "You know, Lord Lanli, His Majesty the wise Robert signed a manhunt for those infidels, and they must have come to retaliate, so I have suggested that we should closely protect Your Majesty's safety during this time, and at the same time, I also think that it is necessary to research the Red Keep, and soon after Prince Joffrey was attacked, His Majesty ......"

……

Shortly after the attack on the Prince, King Robert, who had black hair, suddenly became a blonde fat man after a dinner party, which caused a panic and confusion about it, and he was at a loss for a while, and after a long time of washing his hair under the service of his attendants, he did not change the color of his hair, so His Majesty thought that someone must have used some kind of witchcraft to plot against him.

Others agree.

This speculation is also in line with the current environment, due to the strange events that have occurred in various parts of the Seven Kingdoms in recent years, the people of King's Landing have a certain understanding of things like witchcraft and magic, or they are no longer as ignorant of it as they once were-

The infidels are usually proficient in a few special magic tricks, such as blooming flames out of thin air and transforming into living people, which have been used to fool people all over the Seven Kingdoms over the years.

With no clues, the incident was characterized as a retaliatory act by the infidels, and His Majesty was so angry that the confiscation and search of the disciples inside and outside King's Landing became even more serious.

He obviously didn't think that the culprit of all this was his younger brother, and he wouldn't understand what Lan Li's purpose was, and every time they met, he still looked happy, which made Lan Li feel inexplicably ashamed.

However, considering the overall situation, he thinks that it is not a big deal to temporarily wronged his brother for a while - he has been wronged for many years anyway.

……

After chatting with him in the scholar's room for a while, Lan Li rummaged through the library of the Red Keep for a while, and finally returned to his room with an essay book written by a certain Minister of Justice a hundred years ago.

Robert was ready to make Lan Li the Minister of Law, but this required a certain amount of knowledge of his own, at the very least, he needed to be familiar with the laws and customs of the Seven Kingdoms.

However, this is not too complicated, firstly, when he was in the Riverbend, it was not uncommon for the Duke of Metz to hold a trial, and secondly, the general laws of the seven countries were basically uniform and relatively simple.

Stealing and cutting off hands, strong and chopping and hanging, and ordinary petty crimes are decided to be whipped or stumped according to the experience of previous trial records, or they are simply sent to the Great Wall to be "re-educated through labor", regardless of the size of the crime.

Of course, this is a sentence for ordinary people, for nobles, they can be tried by martial arts to get rid of their major crimes, and if they commit minor crimes, they can be exempted from punishment according to the payment of fines, and the treatment in all aspects is simply heaven and earth compared to ordinary civilians.

For Lan Li, his main task is to read the trial records left by his predecessor or his predecessor, and then give advice based on these experiences when King Robert participates in the trial, but it is not certain whether the king listens to these or not, in other words, how to rebel depends on the king's mood and thoughts at that time.

All in all, the job of the Minister of Justice is easy.

As one of the seven members of the Imperial Council, the Minister of Justice is a core minister of the kingdom, and can participate in various important government decisions, and can also understand the situation in various parts of the kingdom at the first time.

For example, half a month after that banquet, when Lan Li was officially appointed as the Minister of Justice for the first time, he heard something that interested him.

"The Duke of Tully thinks that the city of the Twin Rivers is Walder. The death of the Marquis de Frey was not simple. ”

In the Imperial Council Hall, at the long conference table, the bald man in the pink robe sitting near the king said: "He thinks that the death of the Marquis of Walder is related to the growing wolf infestation in the Riverlands. ”