Chapter 40 Drawing of lots

"Sir, Lord Eddard has been very busy these days, and it should have been handled by those golden robes. Looking at the back of Ed leaving in a hurry, the guard, whose expression could quickly change, said helplessly to Ma Shen.

"Maybe King's Landing isn't for Lord Eddard. "Lan Li's words to Ed after King Robert died hunting are enough to explain the problem, if you delay for one more second, you will give the enemy one more second to prepare, but Ed didn't think so, and didn't take it to heart.

In fact, it may be that King Robert was also killed by Eddard's kindness, and Eddard couldn't bear to kill women and children, so he let Cersei run away with her children, and the farther she ran, the better, but unfortunately no one would be so stupid, abandon glory and wealth, and live in being hunted down, even if it was for his own children, so Eddard's reminder gave Cersei plenty of time to prepare, which directly led to the death of King Robert later, just like the eunuch Varys said" What madness did you have to tell Cersei that you learned the truth about Joffrey's life, that it was not wine or beasts that killed Robert, that wine slowed him down, that boars tore him apart, that it was your mercy that killed the king. ”

The second point is that he can't lie, and under the persuasion of Lan Li and Littlefinger, Ed still insists on telling them that he will insist on supporting Stannis thousands of miles away, which to a certain extent leads to Littlefinger's betrayal and Lan Li's escape. Stannis, who was thousands of miles away, couldn't help him in King's Landing, and Lan Li was different from Littlefinger, and his strength in King's Landing was not weak, and if Ed was a slightly scheming person, he could have pretended to agree to Lan Li and Littlefinger, and the few families would work together to take back the Iron Throne from the Lannisters and then carefully show their support for Stannis.

The third point is old-fashioned (it can also be said to be blind confidence in the system), Ed even thinks that a decree from Robert can drive Cersei and her henchmen away, and also hand over the decree to Cersei, but he doesn't know that the struggle for power has always been despicable and shameless and unscrupulous, Cersei also knows that a piece of paper can't change anything, anyway, history and public opinion are controlled by the authorities in King's Landing, and the holy decree or something is torn off with one hand.

The fourth point is to trust others too much, all in all, every mistake in the above is fatal, if Ed makes up for any of them, he will not fall to the fate of death, but unfortunately, Ed hits every point.

Ma Shen shook his head, losing the excitement of his arrival in King's Landing, and after entrusting his luggage to the servants who had arrived after receiving the news, he took little Nasha and began to tour King's Landing at will.

The gap between rich and poor is particularly evident in King's Landing, where the streets are bustling with traffic, but the flea nests not far away are full of stinking water, the stench of pigsties, stables and cobbler's shops mingling with the smell of wine cellars and brothels, and the roadside buildings are built close to the narrow alleys, almost close together.

Poor people don't know how to solve the next meal, it's okay at the moment, there is no large-scale war, the price of food is barely in a standard state, not too many people starve to death, but when the war of the five kings begins, the most unlucky people in the war are these civilians, starvation is everywhere, eating human flesh has become a norm, there are often people who disappear silently in the middle of the night, but no one wants to spend a little energy on this, after all, they are just some lowly people, and they are not noble nobles.

After going to the flea nest and shopping around, Ma Shen also lost the desire to continue shopping, and took Xiao Nasha to find a restaurant that was called a must-eat in King's Landing, the store was crowded, Ma Shen was arranged to a seat by virtue of his knight status, but after eating, he didn't feel any different, maybe because there were more guests, even the best food would become bland and tasteless, and it didn't take time, and the food that was made with no effort and effort was not delicious after all.

"Let's go. "Eat a little casually, Ma Shen called Xiao Nasha, who was still very excited, and planned to go to the lottery, maybe Xiao Nasha is not like Ma Shen, what she eats is not the taste, but the legendary feelings, just like Ma Yun's father regrets the most is that he opened Alibaba, and Wang Sicong and his father Wang Jianlin's 100 million small goal.

It wasn't long before Ma Shen arrived at the registration point for the jousting tournament he had come in the morning, and in front of the door came and went knights in fine armor, including knights from the Riverlands, and on his cloak was carved a silver trout leaping on a red and blue striped background, which was the crest of the Tully family.

A golden rose blooming on the verdant green field on the cloak of a knight next to him sparkled with a knight from the Tyrell family of the High Court, as well as freelancers with various coats of arms, mercenary knights, and so on.

All kinds of coats of arms were imprinted by the knights in the most conspicuous places on their bodies, and they gathered here one by one like roosters, and they were arrogant and unstoppable, although they may not even encounter the shadow of a sword or sword.

Ma Shen pulled little Nasha past the knights in shining armor, I really don't know what they are wearing so gorgeously, and there are no little girls, today is not the time for the competition, there is no need to use armor to protect themselves.

Well, maybe this armor is still a little useful, Ma Shen soon overturned his previous remarks, Ma Shen in gray cloth armor mixed in with these knights and inexplicably felt a trace of inferiority, yes, it is inferiority, even if Ma Shen thought silently in his heart, none of these rooster knights in armor had beaten himself, but he still couldn't stand the disdainful eyes of the knights.

It would be fine if these knights came up to find fault, but these knights thought they were more educated, and they just looked at Ma Shen with disdain, so that Ma Shen had no place to be angry, so he couldn't just find the most handsome knight to fight.

"Hey. Suddenly, a tall, well-proportioned, handsome knight in silver armor, with blue eyes and sand-colored hair, approached Ma Shen and greeted him.

Ma Shen hurriedly looked around, "Don't look at it, it's you." The knight said to Ma Shen with a smile.

Looking at the uninvited knight in front of him, Ma Shen asked with some caution, "Is there something wrong?"

"My name is Gary Dinwatt, I'm from Dorne, and it's a pleasure to meet you, if you're not from the North. Gary said enthusiastically.

"How do you know?" Ma Shen rolled his eyes, the guy looked familiar.

"Just look at the way you dress, you feel like a northerner. "Gary looks like he already knows the truth, and you don't have to hide anymore.

"Can you see that?" said Marchim, thinking that Gallis was joking, and that his outfit wasn't very common.

"Of course, you can't see it, but you northerners are the ones who have the courage to dress like this to participate in the premier martial arts competition. Gary smiled as he pointed to Ma Shen's clothes.

"Huh. Ma Shen didn't know if he was complimenting or mocking. "Are you from the North, too?"

"No, but my mother is from the North, and I'm very optimistic about you, but I advise you to buy a pair of armor, and you can't just go to a jousting tournament like this. Gary felt himself kindly admonished, revealing his handsome armor by the way.

"Of course. Ma Shen said with a smile, and it has been determined that the guy in front of him is here to mock himself.

The long line has come to an end, and it is finally about to be his turn, ignoring the familiar Gary next to him, Ma Shen watched the knights in front of him draw lots one by one, and was about to step forward to draw lots, when suddenly a noise came from behind him, Ma Shen turned his head and saw a behemoth walking towards him.

"It's the Magic Mountain. A knight beside him said in a frightened voice.