Prime Minister, Eddard had already put down his work and stood quietly at the window, watching all the members of the Stark family leave, reluctant to turn back.

"My lord, young lady, they have left the Red Keep. One of the guards walked over and whispered in Ed's ear.

"That's good. Ed stared at the square that had long been empty, muttering to himself, since Ma Shen reminded himself, I don't know why, the sense of crisis in his heart has become stronger and stronger, but he has no way back, for his friend King Robert, and for the justice in his heart.

"Who!!" the guard, who was standing quietly next to Ed, suddenly drew his sword and pointed to the door.

"My lord, it's me. Ed turned his head to see a familiar man trying to walk in through the doorway, but was stopped by the guard at the door drawing his sword.

"It's okay, let him in. Ed thought back for a moment, and the man seemed to be King Robert's herald.

"Lord Stark," the herald walked quickly up to Eddard and said quickly, "King Joffrey and the Queen Regent have summoned you to the throne room. ”

"King Joffrey?" Ed suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"King Robert is gone. The herald sighed, "He rests in peace." ”

Robert, Ed closed his eyes in grief, since seeing King Robert's injuries yesterday, Ed knew that this day would come soon, but he didn't expect it to come so soon: "I know. ”

"Bang! Bang! "The heavy bells echo throughout the Red Keep, throughout King's Landing, which signifies the death of King Robert, the owner of the Iron Throne.

Under the protection of the guards, Ed arrived at the door of the throne room in a short time.

Little Finger, who had been waiting for a long time, walked over: "The preparations have been made, and the capital guards are at your disposal." ”

"Okay" Ed nodded trustingly, and then looked around, only the Chancellor of the Exchequer Littlefinger and the Minister of Intelligence Varys appeared in front of him, but King Robert's younger brother, the Minister of Justice, Lan Li, was nowhere to be seen, "What about Lord Lan Li?"

Littlefinger and Varys looked at each other, and Varys whispered in a voice that only those around him could hear, "Lord Lanli has left, and he rode through the Old Gate before dusk, leaving the capital with Ser Loras and 50 of his followers. Looking around, Varys suddenly took a step closer and said mysteriously, "Someone saw him hurrying south. ”

Ed was obviously shocked by the news, Lan Li left, why did he leave, did he hear some news, or was he unwilling to sit on the Iron Throne.

"Come on, my lord" Littlefinger urged impatiently on the side, Ed nodded, no more thoughts, Lan Li's matter will be dealt with later.

Surrounded by the guards of the capital, Ed pushed open the door of the throne room.

If these thousands of capital guards really support Ed, maybe Ed can really achieve his goals, but unfortunately, the capital guards have been bought off by the Lannisters with gold dragon coins, and there is no benefit to helping Prime Minister Ed, so why make trouble with gold dragon coins.

Outside King's Landing, "Hurry up, everyone." Ma Shen rode the black rabbit around the team and kept urging, and under the influence of Ma Shen, the speed of the whole team was obviously improved.

On the way, some people also asked why they were in such a hurry, and Ma Shen's answer was that the current situation in King's Landing City was weird, the Lannister family and Lord Eddard were in a hurry, in order to prevent the Lannister family from using some despicable means, so in order to protect the safety of the young lady, I had to take you to leave King's Landing City as soon as possible.

Fortunately, it was still too late, Ma Shen touched the sweat on his forehead, turned his head to look at the city behind him, he had successfully brought the Stark family members out of King's Landing, but the next days were even more difficult, Cersei would definitely send pursuers over, in his eyes like an ant crawling team, it was already the fastest speed at present, after all, there were women and children in the team, and not everyone could ride a horse, there was one next to him.

"Oh, it's so hot today, why are we in such a hurry?" said Silio, leisurely.

"Because of the urgency of the situation, if we slow down, we may be dying. Ma Shen glanced at Silio sitting in the carriage, which belonged to the coachman who drove the horse, but Celio drove the coachman out of the carriage under the pretext that he wanted to protect the two young ladies with him.

"But Miss Sansa has a lot of opinions, should you comfort him? Silio said as he turned to Nunu in the car, where a woman's crying could be faintly heard.

"There's no way around that. Ma Shen sighed, there was no time to pay attention to Sansa's girlish heart, Ma Shen was responsible for the safety of everyone here.

"Tap, tap, tap" The sound of horses' hooves came, and the scout horses sent out by Ma Shen in the distance came back, "Sir!" The guards hurriedly dismounted and ran in front of Ma Shen, "Sir, there is a camp in front, and from a distance, there are almost hundreds of people with weapons in it, shall we take a detour?"

"Is there still a red cloth hanging on the edge of this camp? Ma Shen asked.

"Yes, but not a red cloth, there are three tall pillars at the edge of the camp, and there is a red cloth on each of them. The guards looked at Ma Shen in amazement, wondering how Ma Shen had known about the situation in the camp in front of him, who had been following the large army.

"Then there's no need to take a detour, they're their own people, and I arranged for them here. Ma Shen said with a smile, he was finally going to join up with the outlaws he had hired at a great price, so for the time being, there was no need to worry about Cersei sending a small team of soldiers to chase after him first, and now the small army came to deliver food.

"Your own people?" said Silio with a smile as if he had thought of something, "I heard about your deeds in King's Landing before, but I didn't expect it to be for this purpose. “

What is the purpose, to make me look at what bad things I am doing, Ma Shen glanced at Silio: "It's a coincidence." ”

Along the road, it didn't take long for Ma Shen to see a camp, which can't be called a camp to be exact, that is, three long logs were erected, and then a group of people bragged and bet nearby, and some people even built a rack to barbecue.

"I don't know what the use of hiring these people is, Sir, I'm afraid they fled before the Lannisters could charge. Celestio climbed nimbly into the carriage, climbed up to look at it, and then climbed down again, pouting at Ma Shen.

"Don't underestimate them, I've chosen them carefully. Regardless of the disbelieving Silio, Ma Shen slapped his horse and came to the camp.

Seeing that the boss who hired him appeared, more than three hundred mercenaries put down what they were doing and gathered towards Ma Shen.

Although more than 300 people sound like a relatively small number, there are thousands of soldiers fighting on the battlefield, and more than 300 people can splash a small wave on the battlefield at most, but from Ma Shen's view, he only feels that the surroundings are densely packed with human heads.

There are quite a lot of people, Ma Shen sighed, it's just that the clothes are too messy, but he can't ask for so much, he spent 3 gold dragon coins to hire them, in addition, bring their own weapons, armor, and food, that is to say, except for 3 gold dragon coins, Ma Shen doesn't have to think about anything, they will naturally think about their lives and arm themselves as much as possible.

"Let Jean, let Jean" A big man who had been appointed as a centurion by Ma Shen squeezed out of the crowd, "My lord, we have gathered 312 people here, according to the list given to me by the adult, there should be 325 people, and there are still 13 people who did not come." ”

"Hmm" Ma Shen nodded his head, even if he had tried his best to be selective, so many people, it was inevitable that some people would still be ready to take the money and not do anything, but did they really think that they were a charity here, "Those 13 people, I will reward them with 20 gold dragon coins, and anyone who comes to me with their heads can get 20 gold dragon coins." ”

"My lord, is it 20 gold dragon coins per head or 20 gold dragon coins per 13 heads. A man in the crowd with a huge scar on his face asked excitedly, and at the same time asked everyone's thoughts.

"20 gold dragon coins for a person, I have the address here, and when the task here is completed, you can come to me. Ma Shen said emotionlessly, these people who are attracted by interests are not trustworthy, so in addition to the temptation of interests, they must also let them know the consequences of disobeying themselves.

"You don't know what I've hired you for. After the mercenaries came to their senses from Massin's handiwork, Masin drew his sword and pointed at the Stark family members standing at the edge of the camp, "Then I tell you now, your mission is to work with me to protect these people behind me, and at the same time defend against the pursuers sent by Queen Cersei." ”

"Your Lord, you're kidding, you fend us off the Lannisters. The man with the huge scar on his face had an incredulous expression on his face.

"I'm not kidding. Ma Shen smiled and shook his head, "I know that this matter is very risky, so I have also prepared a very generous reward for you, a chasing soldier's head can be exchanged for 5 gold dragon coins from me, I don't know if you are willing?"

"No, that's the Lannister, I'm not doing it. A man in the crowd threw his weapon to the ground, intending to leave the place immediately, only to find that the people around him were motionless.