Duke Ed hesitated for a long time in front of the gate of the women's branch, but finally walked in.

The rich aroma came to his nose, and the sound of kitsch laughter went straight to his ears, and Duke Ed lowered his head, imagining the news that the "King's Hand Enters the Women's Branch" would spread in King's Landing tomorrow, and he couldn't help but curse the damned "eight-clawed spider" in his heart again.

"This lord, is this your first time here?" A tall woman walked over to say hello.

Duke Ed ignored her, his eyes searched the hall until he saw a fat man waving to him.

But soon, he frowned again.

Because when I got closer, I realized that the man was not Varys.

"Lord Eddard. I didn't expect you to come here without any pretense. The fat man smiled sweetly.

Hearing this familiar voice, Duke Ed realized that the person in front of him was really the "eight-clawed spider" Varys.

But apparently camouflaged.

The Iron Throne's intelligence chief was a completely changed person, with messy black hair on his head, a small beard around his mouth, and a coarse cloth leather armor, exactly like a rude mercenary. He was playing a game of tile guessing with a plump girl who had been forced to take off her coat and shoes.

And Varys was excitedly trying to untie her pants, something that a eunuch could do!

"I don't dare to meet anyone, so I never pretend!" Duke Ed is hard to say.

Varys shrugged, sent the girl across from him with a rude kiss, and then walked in with Duke Eddard:

"I know you're a decent person, and of course you don't look down on our little tricks." Varys glanced at the King's Hand beside him, as if to hint at something, "Especially at a moment like this." ”

Duke Ed's brows furrowed again: "What wind did you hear?" ”

Varys lowered his voice, "My little bird told me that Lord Lanli has met with the nobles of the River Bend in the Red Keep. ”

Blue Gift?

Duke Ed only felt a headache, he actually had a good impression of this king's younger brother, but he didn't expect that when the king's life was dying, even this person began to be restless.

"Help me keep an eye on him."

"Yes, my lord, I'll be happy to serve you."

Duke Ed walked for a while, and suddenly asked, "Has the queen made any recent moves?" ”

"This ...... I haven't heard of it. ”

Duke Ed glanced at the fat man beside him with a scrutinizing gaze, and couldn't help but think of what Robert said to himself in the crypt of Winterfell—

"I'm either a liar or a fool on my side......"

Duke Ed was wondering, is this intelligence director in front of him a liar or a fool?

And "Littlefinger" Petyr Berish, these two don't look like fools, so they are all liars?

But the wife swore that Petyr could be trusted, and Varys, who else but him could provide him with information?

Duke Ed only felt a headache.

He missed Winterfell so much now, that cold but simple place, everyone's love and disgust were clearly written on their faces, unlike here, where everyone wore masks.

"My lord, this is it." Wearing a mercenary mask, Varys pointed ahead.

Duke Ed retracted his thoughts, and saw a young girl with pale red hair standing in front of him, holding a baby in her arms.

"Your Excellency." She looked nervous, "Did he ask you to come and see the child?" ”

Duke Ed didn't know what to say, so he nodded vaguely, and then stepped forward to stroke the baby's soft black hair.

"My lord, can you tell him, tell him how beautiful this child is, tell him that I have been waiting for him, since that day, I have not picked up customers, I have been waiting for him to come back."

He's not coming back. Duke Ed replied silently in his heart.

Even if Robert hadn't been murdered, he wouldn't have returned.

Bastards like this probably Robert himself have forgotten.

Duke Ed glanced at Varys, wondering why he had brought him to see the king's illegitimate son.

In order to find evidence of the queen's cheating, he tentatively asked the intelligence chief, and then this person brought him here.

Could it be that this bastard is the proof?

Duke Ed was confused.

Bidding farewell to the reluctant girl, the two walked out of the gate of the women's branch.

Varys said, "Lord Eddard, let's go to Steel Street now, there is an illegitimate child there, who is almost an adult, and now he is a strong and powerful blacksmith apprentice......"

"Varys." Duke Ed couldn't help but ask, "What exactly do you want to tell me, please tell me." ”

"Lord Eddard, do you know how many illegitimate children the king has?" Varys asked rhetorically.

"I just know that there are a lot of them." Duke Ed was also helpless about his brother's affection.

"A lot, indeed." Varys suddenly lowered her voice, "Three years ago, when Your Majesty traveled to the Westlands to attend Lord Tywin's jousting tournament, she gave birth to twins with a girl in Castle Rock City, and the Queen was so angry that she killed both children. ”

Duke Ed was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled as to why Varys had specifically mentioned the illegitimate son of Castle Rock.

"The queen didn't come to trouble the illegitimate son of King's Landing?"

"Nope."

The spider was reminding itself of the bastard pair in Castle Rock. Duke Ed understood.

But then he had even more doubts, why did the queen only kill the bastard children in Kaiyan City, and spare the bastard children in King's Landing and other places?

Could it be that it happened in her own backyard that the queen was particularly angry?

Duke Ed was tired of this kind of guessing game in his heart, so he stopped and said coldly:

"What the hell do you know, Lord Varys!"

Varys shrunk his neck aggrievedly and said, "Lord Eddard, I already told you what I know. ”

Duke Ed held back his anger, and in his heart he had already labeled Varys a liar, no, this guy is not only a liar, but also likes to pretend to be a fool!

At this moment, the attendant hurriedly came and reported in a hurried tone:

"My lord, it's not good, Lord Petyr was stabbed in the street by Prince Oberon!"

"What!"

Everybody's doing something! Duke Ed only felt a moment of annoyance, and then he was extremely tired.

He cursed the damned red viper, and then hurried away with his attendant, ignoring Varys.

Therefore, he didn't see Varys at this time, but there was no trace of surprise on his face, but a meaningful smile.

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"Kitten?"

Arya Stark jumped up a high, narrow window, but lost track of the one-eared black cat.

"Bellerion?" Arya flipped through the window, jumped onto the roof, and finally met the cat.

The black cat also spotted the girl and ran away with a whoosh.

Arya chased after her teeth and claws, followed by the nimble kitten, who jumped into the courtyard, around the corner, over the wall, into a low hole, and finally to a dark cellar where she couldn't see her fingers.

"Kitten?" Arya hesitated, but got in.

She's got to catch that cat!

The smell in the cellar was a little unpleasant, but it was bearable, but the darkness without a glimmer of light made Arya panic.

She groped her way forward, her eyes adjusting to the darkness, the cellar seemed to light up, and things around her slowly appeared.

In the dimly lit corridor, countless large, hollow eyes stared at her so fixedly that she could barely breathe.

Monster?

Arya closed her eyes in fright.

She silently recited her father's name, her mother's name, and the name of her swordplay teacher...... Finally, I opened my eyes again.

The giant monsters were still there, but Arya knew they were just bones.

She walked cautiously, and curiously reached out and touched one of them, cold and hard, and the shape seemed to be teeth, but just one tooth was already bigger than her whole person.

Arya remembered the black cat she was chasing, so she threw the bones behind and moved on.

She felt for a wooden door, pulled it hard, and the door resisted for a moment before slowly opening.

Behind the door was an even darker place.

Arya fumbled through the rough walls and kept going.

She thought that her eyes would gradually adjust to the darkness, but unfortunately, she still couldn't see anything after waiting for a long time.

Arya was finally going to give up, she couldn't catch the black cat in this kind of place.

But just as she was about to return the way she came, there was a faint sound of a man talking.

Arya was slightly startled when she saw the flickering light of the fire appear from a distance. By the light of the fire, she could tell that they were two people, their shadows projected on the wall, their voices echoing through the space.

“…… How could Littlefinger get planted in the hands of a red viper? One person said.

Arya could tell it was the accent of the free-trade city-state on the other side of the Narrow Sea, as her sword teacher Sirio spoke.

"Because there is a little person who no one notices behind the scenes and makes a little finger." Another humane.

Arya felt that the soft and greasy voice was somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

"Who?"

"A little baron."

"Caesar?" The man with an exotic accent seemed to understand immediately, "How could he know about Littlefinger's plan?" ”

"Only the gods know this. However, I actually saw that this person was secretly playing tricks, but I never revealed it, but helped him hide some of his feet. ”

"Why did you help him?"

"Hey, it's not that Littlefinger is too dangerous, I'm always worried that he'll get away with it. And once the situation collapses completely, he can run to the valley, marry the stupid woman of Rysa Tully, and send a detachment of elite soldiers to guard the blood gate, and the storm outside will have nothing to do with him. But we're in trouble......"

"That's right. We can't let the Seven Kingdoms mess up so quickly, it's too early, we're not ready yet. ”

"So, letting Littlefinger out of the game is the best option for us."

"It's just a pity. We were hoping that in the future, when the time is right, we can let Littlefinger mess up the situation in the Seven Kingdoms......"

"Littlefinger is no one's pawn, and we can't control him."

"And now? Now he is almost cornered. ”

"Hmm-" the soft accent hesitated, "I'll give it a try." ”

"Okay." The man with an exotic accent asked, "What about Eddard Stark?" Did you tell him about Robert's bastard? ”

"Yes, a little bit was revealed. But don't worry, with his elm head, you won't be able to find out the truth based on the information I gave you alone, but you will fall deeper and deeper down the wrong path...... When the time is right, I'll give the key clues, hehe, hehe, and he will be our pawn. ”

"Hehe, don't take it off."

"Don't worry, I'm a magician......"

"Haha...... Then please change the trick for a while......"

As the sound faded away, Arya clinged to the wall, unable to move.

(End of chapter)