Chapter 0221 The Contest Begins
Ed sat down slowly, his heart feeling heavy.
While the other important ministers were worried about the 'Prime Minister's Contest', he himself seemed to be completely out of the matter.
He was busy with the cause of Jon Arryn's death, and he felt himself slowly getting closer to the truth.
The threat of the Magic Mountain shows that he is not far from the truth, and the Lannisters are afraid.
He had checked the list given by Littlefinger, and four of them were close to Jon Arryn: a horse boy, a cook, a maid, and a squire. The suspicion of the other three people was ruled out, and the horse boy was suspicious. After Jon's death, he was promoted to become a knight and a guard in the capital. The captain of the guard, Jory Kesso, went to him to find out what was going on, and the guy named Matthew was so proud that he didn't bother to answer any questions from Jory Kesso, because Jory wasn't a knight.
Even though Jory was more than a decade older than him and a hundred times stronger in swordsmanship, the horse boy from the former prime minister of the valley didn't bother at all. He was very proud to say that unless the Prime Minister came in person, Jory Kesso would not say a word to him again.
In addition to this horse boy, who was suddenly promoted to knight by Lannister, Ed ran several more brothels.
Jon and Stannis went to several brothels, and Ed visited all the brothels they visited, and found that in these brothels, King Robert was a good friend, and one of them had just given birth to a baby girl.
Robert's list of illegitimate children has been added to the list of glorious achievements.
In addition to the brothel, Ed also went to the blacksmith shop of Master Tob Mott on Iron Street, where Jon had come to build a suit of armor and helmet. Along with Jon Arryn at the blacksmith was Stannis Baratheon, who had gone back to Dragonstone after Jon Arryn's death and had not told anyone when he would return, as he was still a royal minister.
Unfortunately, Master Tob Mott's blacksmith shop closed a few months ago, and no one knows where he went or where his apprentice went.
Again, this is a very suspicious thing.
How could Master Tob Mott disappear for no apparent reason?
Unless somebody is hiding something -- asking them to disappear or leave, like killing someone.
Ed had thought about asking the Minister of Intelligence, Varys, to help him investigate the whereabouts of Master Tob Mott, but he could only think about it. Whether the eunuch was a human or a ghost, and which camp he belonged to, Ed was not sure at all, and he decided that it was best to be cautious, so as not to startle the snake.
Eventually, Ed found a book from the Great Master Paiselle, the full title of which was "The Genealogy and History of the Families of the Major Nobles of the Seven Kingdoms (with descriptions of the many Lords and Ladies and their children)", written by the Grand Master Merrien. Paiselle was right, this stuff was boring.
Jon Arryn had been asked to read this book from a great teacher, and Ned believed there must be a reason. There must be some important clue buried between these yellowed, fragile pages, and what is it? Ed had read the book several times and still found nothing. This book is more than 100 years old. When the former national teacher Melion collected the family genealogy of the main nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, almost none of the people currently living in the world had been born.
Now that the Magic Mountain has come and said cruel things that will kill him and all his attendants, what did he do right to make the Lannisters breathless?
Ed decided to read the book "Genealogy and History of the Major Nobles of the Seven Kingdoms" again.
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No matter how reluctant Prime Minister Eide may be, the time has come for a national joust to be held in his name.
The first to appear were the Seven Iron Guards of the Imperial Forest, their snow-white robes were so white and dazzling, and seven people rode side by side in front of the stands, thousands of onlookers cheered for them.
With the exception of Jaime Lannister, the other six Kingsguards were all dressed in milk-colored scale armor, and their cloaks were as white as first snow. Sir Jaime also wore a white cape, but he was glittering from head to toe, as well as a lion's helmet and a golden sword.
If the white cloak is removed, Jaime is covered in gold from head to toe, showing the wealth of the Lannisters.
Behind the Kingsguard were the courtiers of the court who were about to participate in the big tournament: they were the Minister of Justice in a golden horn helmet, Duke Lanli, the red-robed monk Soros, more than a dozen knights and knights of the garrison, among them, the proud and proud Knight Matthew who did not give Jory Kesso a little face.
This guy was nothing more than the Prime Minister's pony boy before Prime Minister Jon died.
After the courtiers of the royal palace walked past the stands, there were the princes, knights, and knights of the seven kingdoms.
The Magic Mountain of the West, as soon as he appeared, suffocated the crowd, and he rode his horse and rumbled in front of the stands of the king and the prime minister, so that even the ground trembled. His horse is also a giant among horses, but everyone is worried about whether the horse's back will be crushed by the magic mountain in the next heartbeat.
Sansa watched from the stands as the Magic Mountain led many noble knights from the West Realm to run through the arena like a killing god, and she felt like she couldn't breathe. The eyes of the magic mountain are also very terrifying, looking at people like knives, and the knights around him, everyone looks particularly vicious.
The noble knights of the Vale are led by Jonn the Bronze. Bronze Jon's youngest son, Weima Royce, is the arrogant knight who received his bento in the Ghost Forest outside the Wall of Despair.
The armor of the Bronze Jon-Royce family is cast in bronze, unlike the armor of other nobles, which is made of steel, which is also the origin of the name Jonne Bron. Legend has it that the family has been using bronze for thousands of years to make armor, and bronze is engraved with magical charms that are said to protect those who wear it from swords.
The noble knights of the Riverlands are led by Edmure Tully, who is closely followed by his vassal, Earl Jason Mellister. Count Mason is the lord of Will, the night watchman who was beheaded by Eddard, and Will was sent to the Great Wall by Count Mason for poaching a stag in the Mason Forest.
The Earl of Mason wore a blue-purple silver-trimmed cloak and a hawk-wing helmet. In that year, on the Trident River, he alone beheaded three marquis under Rhaegard, and his military achievements were impressive, and there are few opponents in the river in martial arts.
In addition, there are more than a dozen knights of the Frey family, five knights of the Brecon family, and several knights of the Haan family.
The nobles and knights from the Riverlands were the most numerous of the Seven Kingdoms, and Edmu led dozens of his vassals past the stands, and the cheers of the crowd were deafening.
This was followed by jousting teams from Riverlands, Storm's End, Dorne and the North passing through the stands to greet the King, Queen, Prime Minister and Crown Prince Joffrey.
The magnificence of the knights of the jousting tournament was breathless to watch: shining armor, tall horses draped in gold and silver, the shouts of the crowd, and the bright banners fluttering in the wind...... And those knights, especially those who are majestic.
People are like tigers, horses are like dragons! Heroes emerge one after another, each more heroic than the other!
"It's better than the ballads. Sansa said to Jeanne Poole, who was beside her.
"Yes!" said Jeanne Poole, looking intently at the vassals from the Stormlands, Earl Berry Dondelien of Black Harbor.
Berry Dondelion, with red-blond hair and a black shield painted with lightning bolts, tells Sansa that she is willing to marry him right away. If Berry is engaged or married, Jenny is willing to be Earl Berry's mistress.
Jenny's fascination with Berry Dondelion made Sansa laugh until many people looked at them. However, Sansa was also struck by the beauty of the Knights of the Hundred Flowers from the Tyrells of the High Court, and when Loras Tyrell, the Tyrell of the Flowers, rode past her, she found it difficult to take her eyes off him.
When all the knights and knights who participated in the jousting walked past the stands on horseback, King Robert stood up and announced the official start of the joust!
The first day was a spear contest, and because it was a national tournament in the name of the prime minister, the honor of the first spear contest was given to the warriors of the north.
Prime Minister Lord Eddard's Captain of the Guard, Jory Kesso, was the first to take on the vassal of Riverlands, Sir Horace Redwin from Qingting Island.