Chapter 11: Contradictions
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At dawn the next day, the whole camp was full of people, and many soldiers searched everywhere for Arya Stark, who had not slept all night, the neighing of horses, the barking of hounds, and the grinding of metal were mixed together, chaotic and chaotic. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Arya returned to camp early in the morning, but the city was guarded by Lannister guards, and she was not able to meet her father, Eddard Stark, who had been appointed Hand of the King, and was instead taken directly to the King to listen to Queen Cersei Lannister's vicious words.
"This woman is damned! Damn Lannister! Eddard Stark soon heard the news, and it was clear that neither the Queen nor the Daree family had any intention of hiding it. He cursed fiercely, and since Arya disappeared, he hadn't closed his eyes all night. His heart ached and he was so tired that he couldn't even stand on his feet.
But now he was furious, and with all his strength, he strode through the courtyard to the place where the king and queen were, in search of his daughter.
Also standing up was Du Yu, who changed into a black windbreaker lined with silver soft armor and a Tang knife made of stainless steel pinned to his waist.
This kind of knife looks like it has both the king of the sword and the hegemonic spirit of the sword, and the blade of about one meter and the sharp blade make this knife extremely lethal.
The two took very different paths, Ed was very close, and Du Yu was far away, but they arrived in the hall almost at the same time. The room was already full of people at the moment.
The expressionless Sir Raymond Dary, the King's brother Ranley Baratheon had a smiling face, the old and sturdy Kingsguard Barristan had a heavy look on his face with a great sword in his hand, and Cersei, the queen of Lannister, had a mocking smile on his face.
Robert's face was solemn, and the whole person sat on the high seat of Dai Rui at the end of the long hall, a little irritable, his beard was tangled like a wire, and he glared at the people below with a pair of eyes majestically.
Arya Stark, on the other hand, was standing alone in the middle of the hall, helpless, looking like a kitten that no one wanted, and she was pitiful.
"Arya." Ned shouted. He walked towards her, his boots clanging on the stone floor. She screamed at the sight of him, and then began to sobble and cry.
Ned got down on one knee and took her into his arms, shaking all over.
"I'm sorry," she sobbed, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" ”
Although Du Yu comforted her yesterday, her stubborn personality and heartbroken sorrow made her wander outside all night until she came back. She had planned to go to her father, explain everything calmly according to what Du Yu said, and then go to King Robert with her father to make a fair ruling.
Of course, the second half is just a little girl's assumption, not Du Yu's meaning, no matter what the truth of the matter is, King Robert will not really make a ruling that is unfavorable to his ****, he hates the lion family, hates their blonde hair Yes, but he will never judge his prince to be flawed because of a trivial matter.
Everyone knew this, except for little Arya, but she was taken away by the golden robe on the way, and the majestic oppression, the cold queen, and the accusation and contempt of the eyes intimidated her.
"Alright, it's okay!" Eddard Stark hugged his daughter and asked softly, "Are you hurt?" ”
"No" Arya shook her head, trying to keep her composure, but tears still flowed down her cheeks, "I wandered outside all night, and those golden-robed men tried to get me back. ”
Du Yu, who saw this scene in the crowd, sighed softly, Arya Stark was just a slightly rebellious little girl, without those later experiences, she was as simple as a piece of paper, beautiful, but easy to break.
He saw anger burning in Eddard Stark's eyes, and slowly got up, his eyes fixed on the King, and made a questioning voice
"What do you mean by that? Why didn't you notify me when my daughter was found? ”
Before Robert could answer, Cersei Lannister was the first to speak: "Presumptuous! How dare you speak to the king in such a tone! ”
Hearing this, the king moved, and glanced at Cersei in disgust. "Stinky woman, shut up for me." He scolded, then sat up straight, "Ned, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare her, I just wanted to bring her over first, and it would be better to end this matter sooner." ”
"What the hell are you referring to?" Eddard Stark's voice was cold.
The queen stepped forward. "Stark, you know it yourself. You wild girl and the pig killer teamed up against my precious son, and her wolf nearly bit off one of his arms. ”
"That's not it," Arya said in a loud voice, "she only bit him once, and it was because he bullied Mikay first and tried to kill me." ”
"Joffrey has told us all that happened," said the queen, "while you and the butcher's apprentice beat him with sticks, and you let the wolf bite him." ”
"That's not the way it is." Arya's tears were about to fall again, and Ed quickly reached out and patted her on the shoulder.
"That's exactly what it is!" Prince Joffrey insisted, "They besieged me together, and she threw the 'lion's teeth' into the river!" ”
"You're lying!" Arya shouted.
"Enough!" The king roared and got up from his chair, his voice full of exasperation. There was silence all around, and he blew his beard and glared at Arya, and said, "Son, tell me what happened now, tell me as it is, and tell me honestly." You must know that cheating the king is a heinous crime. Then he turned to his son, "When she finishes, it will naturally be your turn, and until then, you keep your mouth shut for me." ”
A hint of nervousness flashed in Joffrey's eyes, and he took a small step back and held his mother's hand tightly, Joffrey admired his father, feared his father, and longed for his father's approval.
Arya spoke clearly, her father was beside her, and she saw Du Yu standing in the crowd with a reassuring smile at her, which made her regain some composure, and slowly and coherently recounted her experience.
"Mikay and I were playing by the river, and I told him to do it...... Joffrey rushed up and cursed at me...... I threw his lion's teeth into the Trident River. The more she spoke, the more fluent she became, and when she spoke of throwing Joffrey's sword into the Trident, Ranley Baratheon could not help laughing, and the king raged.
Even Du Yu, who knew what was going by, couldn't help but smile when he heard this, the little girl's voice and vivid narration made everyone feel the prince's incompetence and bullying the weak side, fortunately, more than half of the people here are Lannisters, this embarrassing atmosphere did not spread, before Tywin Lannister's death, the Lannister family was very collective, and the order was forbidden, and Cersei's eyes stopped everything.
When it was Joffrey's turn, his previous swagger was gone, and his face turned pale as he spoke, and he stumbled through his very different version, which made it obvious to anyone that he was lying, but no one said it, not even the upright Eddard Stark.
Robert's face became heavier and heavier, not only in the boredom of this terrible thing, but also in the dissatisfaction and even disgust with his son, just like the warlord father of the night watchman Samwell Tully forced Sam to join the night watch, and Robert felt that his son was not like himself.
Du Yu can naturally analyze his current thoughts, and can only secretly praise in his heart that Robert is indeed intuitive, not like it, not at all.
"What do you tell me to do? He's talking one thing, and she's saying something else entirely. ”
He stood up with his fat body on the armrest and asked impatiently, he just wanted to end this matter quickly, even if it was a mess, Ed was his friend and the hand of the newly appointed king, but on the other side was his own prince, no matter how cowardly, he was still his own prince.
Eddard Stark didn't wait for four days and nights like in the original text, and although he was annoyed, he didn't call Sansa to testify that his daughter had secretly married Joffrey, and if Sansa proved Joffrey wrong, she wouldn't have a good time in the future, and there would be an irreparable rift between himself and Robert.
And if Sansa was on Joffrey's side, Ed didn't want to think about it any longer.
He was silent in the face of the king's question, and Robert shook his head impatiently: "All right, Ned, it's just a child fight, it's okay now, and there are no serious consequences." Discipline your daughter well, and I will discipline my son well. ”
"Your grace! Your Majesty, I am glad to do so. Eddard Stark was relieved, got down on one knee, lowered his head, held his sword in one hand, and put the other hand around Arya, who was still trying to say something.
The atmosphere in the hall softened and relaxed.
But just when everyone thought it was over, Cersei Lannister said, "This girl is as wild as her filthy thing. Little Joe will have a scar on her hand for the rest of her life, Robert, she must be punished. ”
The atmosphere tightened again, and Eddard Stark jerked his head up, the anger in his eyes was as real as substance, he couldn't remember how many times he had felt like a fish in his throat today, and his blood was boiling, this vicious Lannister. He grabbed his daughter hard and pulled her behind him, and Arya exhaled softly in pain, and Ed woke up and let go of her hand, leaving a vivid crimson fingerprint on her arm.
The father and daughter stood in the center of the hall, like lone wolves besieged, bearing all kinds of stares, and no one was ready to come to their aid.
Dead! Everyone is waiting for the king's speech!
Robert Baratheon was also silent, of course he knew that his son was lying, but he wanted to defend his son, and he also knew that Eddard Stark was not only a childhood friendship to him, but also an unquestionable loyalty, and Eddard was his confidant. And the Lannister's question, after the absence of Prime Minister Jon Arryn, the relationship between him and the Lannister is getting worse and worse, but he still needs Lannister's gold.
Annoyed, disgusted, he glanced coldly at Cersei, who was looking at him without showing any weakness, her turquoise eyes like a brilliant serpent staring at his heart.
At this moment, a very pleasant man's voice came, obviously with a foreign accent: "Your Majesty, if you insist on a fair judgment on this matter, it is better to use the method of a trial by force, I am willing to fight for Miss Arya Stark, if I win, the matter will end here, is it okay?" ”
His voice appealed to everyone present, and the king cast his gaze into the crowd and found that it was the Oriental man who had come with him, called Euin, who had spoken.
Arya's eyes lit up, and Eddard Stark's face turned into surprise, he obviously didn't expect someone to come up with such a solution to help his father and daughter in such a situation. He didn't suspect Du Yu's motives, and when Du Yu woke up Bran Stark before, many misunderstandings had been dissolved, and he was reluctant to contact Du Yu too much, just out of caution about the mysterious things he didn't understand.
May I?
Everyone was waiting for the king's answer as they looked at the handsome alien boy who was slowly walking towards the field.