Chapter 0035 - Sabre Rattling
Bran was picked up from the warm bed by Erin.
"Where are you taking me?"
"Master Bran, go to a good place. Erin grinned.
Bran's wolf followed, the smaller of his siblings, but the most alert in his eyes.
Erin and Bran arrive at Ed and Caitlin's bedroom.
Catelyn's eyes signaled, and Erin bowed and withdrew.
Caitlin picked up Bran, "Little Bran, are you sleeping well?"
Bran's wolf sat on the ground, his eyes looking at the little master, at Ed and Caitlin, tilting his head, showing a very human side, as if it were thinking with great interest what was going on.
Ed said, "Bran, you're going to climb the tower again in the afternoon. ”
Bran's amused smile at Mom immediately turned uneasy, and Dad's tone was not good.
Bran got out of his mother's arms, stood in front of his father, put his toes together, his eyes down, looked at the ground, and said, "I'm sorry, Dad, I won't next time." ”
"The staircase of the remnant tower is broken, it's hard to get up, Jaime Lannister and Queen Cersei have reached the top of the tower, do you see what they're doing inside?"
"I didn't see anything, Dad. ”
Caitlin noticed that Bran was watching her toes.
This is a sign that Bran is lying.
Caitlin said, "Ed, you're too serious, you're scaring kids. She walked over, crouched down, and took Bran in her arms.
"Bran, do you know why Mom and Dad won't allow you to climb the remnant tower again?"
"Yes. Bran looked up into his mother's eyes, "You're afraid I'll fall from above." ”
"Yes, because of insecurity, and because of oracle revelation. I've heard Erin say that you're in danger this afternoon, you're hanging in the air, and if Jaime's hand hadn't caught you, you'd have died. Caitlin kissed the child's fluffy hair, and after a while she let go, took a half step back, and held Bran's little shoulder, "Son, what are you hiding from your mother, why?"
Bran's face flushed, and Mom always saw through his secrets.
He did lie, but it was a knight's promise game, and he swore an oath in his heart. Although Bran doesn't like the Heart Tree, he thinks that a tree shouldn't have human eyes, and the leaves shouldn't be human-shaped and bright red, which looks weird and ominous.
Ed said, "Bran, is there anything you can't even say to Mom and Dad?"
"I can't say that the deadline is ten days, it's a knight's promise, and I swore it in my heart. Bran said, not daring to look his father in the eye.
"If you don't say anything bad, you're just going to help someone else deal with your parents. "Ed was angry.
He decided that Jaime and Cersei couldn't just go to the remnant tower, because it wasn't pretty, and the tower in King's Landing was much taller than the remnant tower in Winterfell. Moreover, the broken stairs of the remnant tower itself are dangerous. Cersei is the queen, why should she take the risk?
The oracle revealed that Bran would fall from the remnant, and if there was no oracle warning, Bran would most likely have something to do with James and Cersei.
Without external forces, it would be difficult for Bran to miss.
And, a few days earlier, Caitlin had received a letter from her sister stating that the Queen had murdered Prime Minister Jon Arryn.
The Lannisters are ambitious and the most untrustworthy family in the kingdom. In order to stabilize Robert's kingdom, Jon Arryn enlisted the wealthy and powerful Tywin Lannister to support Robert as king, and persuaded Robert to marry Cersei, but he himself died at Cersei's hands fifteen years later.
Bran lowered his head.
Caitlin said, "Bran, I see, are you playing a game that you can't say? It's fun, isn't it?" Oh no, it's about the honor of manhood, right?"
Bran raised his head, his eyes were bright, his mother could always guess his heart accurately, Bran nodded heavily.
Ed's breathing was heavy, how could this kid listen to Lannister's words like this! Where did his usual cleverness go? As soon as he touched a Lannister, he became wood.
"So, if mom has a good way to keep you from losing honor but let mom know the secret, would you like to give it a try?"
"Yes!" said Bran.
"Well, let's also play a game, this game is called I guess you wink, what does it mean, that is, I guess the answer, if you guess right, you wink. If I don't guess right, I give up on my own, I lose and you win. ”
"Yes!" Ed crouched down, controlling his anger and whispering as softly as he could, "Son, so that you don't have to say your oath, the new gods and the old gods will witness together, and your honor will always be maintained." ”
"Good!" said Bran, his eyes brightened and his voice became much more powerful.
"I mean, brother, are you tired of playing with the girls' nest in Winterfell? You want to go to the Wall now, and the place where your spit turns into ice is not for people. Jaime Lannister laughed.
He had blonde hair and golden armor, and was armed with a golden sword, and the saddle under his crotch was made of gold.
The sound of hooves is gentle, leisurely.
Jaime Lannister walked the streets of Winterstown with a group of five family guards. Beside him was a drunken dwarf whom he called his brother, with a wide forehead and a wide face, a black beard, and a large head mounted on a tiny body that you would fear would fall off at any moment and hit his own barely visible feet.
This pedestrian walked down the street and immediately attracted the attention of the whole street.
"I just want to go to the end of the world and pee. The dwarf said. In a nonchalant tone, the Lannister's coat of arms pinned to the placket of his black silk coat: a gold pin carved with a lion. This dwarf is none other than Jaime Lannister's younger brother, Tyrion Lannister, nicknamed Little Devil.
"Rose's dimples haven't made you have enough fun?" said Jaime.
The three Lannister guards in red cloaks laughed together.
Everyone knows who Rose is, she is the most popular waitress in the girl's nest. Ross has all the fantasies that men have about women.
"That's different, my brother, I've already decided, when Eddard Stark's brother Bunyan comes back tomorrow, I'll go with him to the Wall. The Great Wall of Desperation, which has stood for 8,000 years, is worth seeing once in a lifetime. ”
"You're not going to come back to King's Landing with us?"
"No, you'll have a happier walk, especially my old lady. ”
Suddenly, the sound of hooves sounded, and a group of cavalry appeared in front, led by Harris, a famous knight in the north, who had no rival in various jousting tournaments.
The cavalry behind Harris were all iron spearmen, with short swords hanging from their waists and shields hanging from their saddles.
Harris blocks the path of Jaime Lannister's group.
"What do you want to do, Knight Harris?" said Jaime with a flirtatious and contemptuous expression.
"I have come to arrest you on the orders of Lord Eddard. Harris said lightly.
Choke! choke! choke!
Jaime Lannister and three of his family guards draw their swords!
The sound of hooves was heard, and Tyrion, whose face had changed greatly, turned around, and saw that the road behind him had also been blocked, and a group of northern cavalry was eyeing the tiger, holding spears in their hands, and slowly pressed over.
"Lord Eddard has an order, except for the Lannisters to be captured alive for questioning, the rest of the people, the rebels die!"
"Roar!" the northern cavalry roared in unison, spears raised, front and back, and pressed forward.