Chapter 25: Reward and Investigation

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In the past few days, many powerful people in King's Landing have become more and more unable to see through this oriental man called Oroin, in their eyes, Du Yu has a very high level of literary etiquette, proficient in music and painting, superb swordsmanship, and wonderful marksmanship.

Du Yu showed superb communication skills in several small banquets, and successfully integrated into King's Landing, even Sir Loras, who had been injured by him with heavy hands before, often came to Du Yu to compete with swords after his injury, talking and laughing. It is logical that Lan Li Baratheon is also much kinder to Du Yu at least on the surface, and he is no longer as cold as before.

But this was not what really surprised the princes, it was the reaction of the Lannisters that really confused them. The battle between the lion and the wolf has been going on for a long time, and it is like fire and water, and the discerning person can see it at a glance.

And Du Yu, a knight who has sworn allegiance to the Stark family, is clearly an enemy of the Lannisters.

This time, he was actually instructed by King Robert and passed by the Royal Council, and became the Earl of Harrenhal with the signature of Eddard Stark, and became one of the top magnates in his country, even if it was just a name.

But not only did the Lannisters not have the slightest objection in this matter, the queen seemed to have a rare agreement with the king on this matter, and there was even news that Duke Tywin Lannister, the guardian of the Westside and the lord of Castle Rock, was also involved.

The whole thing, the progress is confusing, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is weird.

King Robert was a drunkard, and his kingdom seemed to him to be generally passable, and he was still a king, and it was enough to exercise power, so it was not unacceptable to reward a knight who was loyal to his friend of the Stark family, although the reward was too rich.

Eddard Stark initially felt that Du Yu deserved this matter and could not afford such a reward. Because it is obvious that Du Yu does not have any decent achievements, although he has superb martial arts, magical means, and erudite knowledge. These can gain the king's favor, but they should not be the reason for the reward.

When rumors and speculation spread in the city, Eddard Stark's first reaction was not to believe it, he was an honorary man, and he also believed in oaths, Du Yu had sworn allegiance to the Stark family, and had several conflicts with the Lannisters, he felt that Du Yu could not have anything to do with the Lannisters.

After going back and forth, Du Yu's suspicion of Stark was unilaterally cleared by Prime Minister Ed.

As for the original owner of Harrenhal, it seems that everyone has selectively forgotten the He'an family, the He'an family has long been in decline, and even if they marry Frey, they definitely don't have the ability to speak in King's Landing. Of course, since Du Yu's title this time was earl rather than duke, most of the land in the Trident River valley was kept in the hands of the original minor nobles.

In other words, Du Yu was an earl with no military power, limited land, no fame and symbolic wealth, which also made some people skeptical about Du Yu's ability to manage Harrenhal well, after all, just maintaining the normal operation of the huge castle is not a small number.

As everyone knows, Du Yu didn't really plan to be this Earl of Harrenhal at all. He was in his room studying the recipe for the wildfire he had just gotten from Queen Cersei.

Originally, this thing was in the hands of the Alchemists' Guild, but after the demise of Aerys, the fire warlocks were diluted out of the circle of King's Landing, even more dismal than the Church of the Seven Gods, and I don't know what means Cersei used to bring these fire warlocks back under the party, but King Robert didn't know anything about it.

Wildfire is a flammable liquid that can burn for a long time. Once a wildfire is lit, it is bound to burn the object to the ground. It can seep into clothing, wood, leather, and even steel, setting them on fire. Even wildfires floating on water can burn. This characteristic makes the visual effect of wildfire definitely not inferior to Amaterasu in the Hokage, and the power is also not to be underestimated, and in the era of cold weapon combat, wildfire has the power of reversal.

Du Yu has already learned the magic tricks of the color opera masters, many of which are related to playing with fire, and now after receiving the "blessing" of the king of light, Lahelo, he has a fairly strong immunity to flames, even if it is wildfire, it has no real lethality for himself, and touching it with his hands is like touching a glass of warm water.

Wildfire, in modern chemistry, is more like the result of the combustion of tert-butyllithium and trimethyl borate, and now he has also played with red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple colors, which are full of decoration and are very beautiful.

The news that he worked hard in the room to crack the wildfire was quickly understood by the major forces, and the original jealousy in the hearts of the others was alleviated a lot, and they naturally did not know the relationship between the Alchemist Guild and the Lannister family, otherwise Du Yu's wildfire would easily be considered to be in collusion with the Lannisters.

In the eyes of the people, Du Yu has another label, a knowledgeable scholar, and even the big names of the Alchemy Guild came to the door to ask for advice after learning the news, with this, Du Yu learned a lot of ancient magic from the Alchemist Guild, although it is not very useful.

No one knew that Du Yu had no intention of becoming the Duke of Harrenhal from the beginning, but was going to collect this ancient knowledge, and then run away to the other side of the Narrow Sea to find the dragon.

At the same time, Prime Minister Eddard Stark finally embarked on his path to death.

He followed Jon Arryn's footsteps to the blacksmith's shop and found King Robert's bastard, an apprentice blacksmith named Gendry.

There was no doubt that the apprentice of the weaponsmith was the son of the king, and the features of the Baratheon family were clearly imprinted on his face, as evidenced by his chin, eyes, and black hair. Lan Li was too young to have such a son, and Stannis was too cold and too honor-minded to do such a thing. Gendry must have been Robert's seed.

However, Ed did not realize what had happened to Jon Arryn and Stannis in pursuit of King Robert's illegitimate son, and he vaguely felt that he had discovered something, and he could not grasp the secrets of it.

He went to find the national teacher of Paishir again, this obscene and deliberately pretending to be confused, but at this time he was still a trustworthy bachelor in the hearts of the prime ministers.

The scholar's advice is always trembling, ambiguous, and ambiguous. Annoyed with Eddard, he borrowed the book and left, and it was reported to Queen Cersei by Pysil.

Du Yu naturally knew that Pyxier would tell the truth, so it seemed that he was not worse than him, so he met with Cersei in private and told her about the situation, and Queen Cersei's trust in herself increased a few points.

"Jaime, he's investigating us." Queen Cersei suddenly panicked, and spoke nervously to her adulterer and brother Jaime Lannister in the room.

"It's okay, he can't find out, even if he finds out, it's nothing, he doesn't dare to attack the Lannister." Jaime Lannister's face was still very calm.

"No, it would be a shame on my father, and Joffrey wouldn't accept it." Cersei is telling the truth, although Joffrey is Jaime's child, he worships his father Robert more than the gods in heaven.

"Then, let him die with honor and secrecy before he has said all this, anyway, he is not the first prime minister to die in office, this thing, there is a first, and then there is no surprise that there is a second. For the sake of love, please ask our wolf king to die. ”

Jaime smiled and grabbed Cersei and brushed her hair, and the two gradually turned into passionate hugs and kisses, and finally lingered in the queen's boudoir.

All of this should have been a murder in the shadows, and the deal between Poison and the Assassins came to light because of another exciting news. Lady Caitlin, on her way back to Winter, has arrested Tyrion Lannister!