In the throne hall, after Eddard Stark left, there were only three people left at the table: Varys, the head of intelligence, Pysir, the university scholar, and the Minister of Justice, Ranley Baratheon.

Lan Li smiled: "Since the matter has been decided, then I will go first." I won't be here in the afternoon, I'm going to go to the competition venue to familiarize myself with the runway. ”

Ranly Baratheon signed up for the spear competition.

In the spear race, a sandy road is divided into two tracks, and the middle zone is a fence several feet high, and each side rides against each other across the fence on a road, and whoever is knocked off the horse loses.

Knights who participate in the spear race will run both roads first to get their horses used to the conditions.

Scholar Paisher and Varys both nodded in acknowledgment, and Paisher said, "Duke Lanli, there are three days left to compete in martial arts, and you can practice more spear and riding skills without discussing matters these days, and I would like to see you knock the hounds off your horse." ”

"I also wish Duke Lanli a successful start and a successful journey, but the Hound Dog's brother is not so easy to deal with. Varys whispered.

"Demon Mountain?" Lan Li smiled, "I'm not afraid of him. This time, there is also a big guy in the north, but the competition is not the size of the big one. Lan Li stood up with a smile, nodded in greeting, and walked out of the conference hall.

Neither Paisher nor Varys moved.

"Ed is like a frozen stone, but his little ghost is humble and polite. There were so many big boxes, and it was difficult for him to hire a car all the way to them. ”

Varys chuckled lightly, "The people of the North don't have the habit of giving gifts to please anyone, it's not in their character. ”

"I don't understand. "Did the spider find out something?"

"Robb Stark doesn't give gifts to courtiers, nor to queens, but don't you think it's strange that he did?" Varys chuckled.

Paisher looked at Varys with cloudy old eyes, "Spider, what are you suspecting?"

"Motivation. ”

"What's the motive of that little ghost?"

"Boxes. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Boxes, why did he bring so many boxes. ”

"With so many gifts, it's natural to have so many boxes. ”

"yes, who knows? Maybe Robb Stark is really different from his father, Eddard Stark. However, he is from the North, what do you want to do with us as gifts? Moreover, he is still a child. ”

"You mean who's behind the scenes teaching him?"

"I didn't say it, I just thought what he was doing with so many boxes? Bring them, and then take them away, and hire a boat. Those things, gifts from King's Landing, he could buy them in White Harbor, a trading port in the north. I always find it strange for a child to give gifts and bring them back. This is not a family visit, but a competition. Varys' eyes twinkled.

"You're thinking too much. Paiselle stood up tremblingly, "The octopus spider just thinks too much and does too little. ”

Varys smiled lightly.

He stood up and helped the old man out.

The Octopus knew that when Pieceel returned, he would report to Queen Cersei what he had just said.

**

Prime Minister's Tower.

The rest of the people ate in the dining room, Gorilla, Fang, Jaquin, Arya, Robb, Bran, Sansa, Four Icewolves, Jory, Treasurer Poole, Sister Modan, and the stablemaster Hulun......

Will and Ed Stark in the Prime Minister's Hall.

"Lord Will, your people are not dressed in black. Ed said, in a solemn tone.

"Will wear it. ”

"They are very dangerous, the most fearsome murderers on death row in King's Landing. ”

"I gave them freedom and life, and they swore the Night's Watch creed to me. ”

"The oath may not be binding on them. ”

"I can handle them. Anyone who finds the right way is very easy to get along with. ”

Eddard Stark stared at Will for a moment, "Robb gave a gift and then accepted it?"

"Yes!" Will nodded.

"Why?"

"The way of life, if you are kind to others, you can reap the same kindness. ”

"But someone wants to kill you?" said Eddard sharply.

"Then it's better not to get in his way, or to stand on his side and follow him. ”

Eddard Stark looked away from Will's face, looked at a wall of wooden boxes full of things, and looked back, "You sent me letters twice, both in Jon Snow's name, why? That letter wasn't Jon Snow's. ”

"The first mention of Jon Snow was outside the throne hall, when there were so many people that everyone who walked around could be someone else's eyeliner. When I mention Jon Snow's name, you won't open the letter right away, you'll come home and read it. ”

"And what about the second time? What about Robb Stark's letter to me?"

"You're not impulsive, you're calm. Jon Snow's name will calm you down. ”

Eddard Stark was silent for a moment.

"In Winterfell, you said that the stag had mercy and that the three wolves traveled south, and your prophecy came true, that Bran would fall from the remnants of the tower and remind us to be careful, and that you saved Bran from being poisoned, and in the third prophecy, an icewolf she-wolf was killed by the antlers of a stag in her throat, leaving six young wolf cubs. If the prophecy comes true and you can see the future, can you change the future?"

"Yes. ”

"Everything is the will of God, how can mortals go against the sky?"

"The doomed ending is God's will, and it is God's will to change the ending, depending on how you choose. Perhaps a person's life and death are nothing in God's eyes. It's just that man thinks that God is watching over him, and thinks that it is God's will. Sorcerers are also often mistaken about God's will. ”

"I'm confused in King's Landing, what advice do you have for me?"

"Make friends with people who oppose you, help people you hate, defend the interests of people you hate, and they won't have any reason to target you. ”

Eddard Stark snorted coldly: "What do you mean, a gang of villains want to kill people, and instead of saving people, you want to help the villains kill people?"

"Yes!" Will nodded, "because if you go to save people, their knives will come at you." Or if you go far, can you walk away?"

Eddard Stark changed color, but Will looked at him with a calm gaze.

"I've heard word in Littlefinger's brothel that adults are investigating the cause of Lord Jon Arryn's death, and I advise you, regardless of the inside story, to look into it any further. Queen Cersei has lived in King's Landing for fourteen years, and the Lannisters have been in King's Landing for fourteen years, and you've only been here for a few months. I've heard that King Robert's side, eating and living, are all Lannisters. I suggest you go and fix it with the queen and see if you can help her. ”

Ed said in a deep voice: "Regardless of honor, disregard of facts, fear of danger, let the murderers go unpunished, and have to be complicit in their troubles?

"Yes!"

"What if I don't?"

"That's dangerous, and it's likely that the prophecy will come true, and the Icewolf will die because of the stag. Lord Eddard, this is not the North, this is the South. ”

"You think I'm going to be scared to death?" Ed sneered.

"You're not afraid of death. But Arya, Sansa, Bran, Modan, Jory, Erin, Stablemaster Hulun, Treasurer Poole, all these people around you, what are they going to do?"

Eddard Stark's face turned pale.