Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 151 150. Peeling off the cocoon

Lan En came to this world just to send Aaliya back home intact.

Who knew that according to the news received at this moment, Aaliya was fine, but her family seemed to be about to be cut off as the backbone of her family.

In Lan's opinion, Eddard Stark is a good man.

The witcher had heard the Prime Minister and the King arguing more than once in the convoy heading to King's Landing, about whether to assassinate two children far away across the Narrow Sea.

Ed never compromised, whether it was for the sake of chivalry or his own morals.

He was as unwavering as glacial rock before the furious Robert.

Lan En didn't hate this kind of person, on the contrary, he admired him very much.

"Let's go back. Although I don't think your father knows everything as the King's Hand, but it's always good to have a little more information."

After patting Aaliya on the shoulder, the two walked down the ramp of Steel Street, preparing to return to the Prime Minister's Tower in the Red Fort.

On the way back, the two of them saw many traders, civilians, and jugglers heading outside King's Landing carrying the tools they needed to make a living.

That cheerful and anxious face didn't look like it was because of anything bad, but rather like he was rushing to make money and have fun.

Lan En thought of the tournament held for the Prime Minister to take office.

There has been no holiday season lately, so this is the only event worthy of such excitement.

It seems that the venue for the tournament will be outside the city.

But now even Alia, who loves to watch the excitement, is not in the mood to get involved. After experiencing many things in the other world, her basic self-control is already very good.

When approaching the gate of the Red Keep, Lann showed the pass issued by Ed and successfully returned to the Prime Minister's Tower.

It was lunch time, and before Ed walked into the slightly empty dining hall again, Aaliya grabbed her father and pulled him to the corner next to him.

"Aliya, don't be ridiculous!"

Sansa, who was already sitting dignifiedly at the dining table, shouted to her sister.

In her eyes, this was just another crazy act by her sister.

Ed originally thought so. He rubbed his tired face and opened his mouth.

"Alia, if you want to play, you can go find her."

"Lord Jon Arryn died an unusual death, didn't he Dad?!"

Ed's tired expression suddenly froze, and he even had to calm down for a while before looking at his little daughter with disbelief.

"What is it?"

"Don't worry about it for now. There are many people here. Come with me."

Ed was stunned by his little daughter's words.

Does Alia understand this saying, "There are many people and many eyes are full of distractions"?

"Aliya, don't bother father"

Sansa wanted to shout out Arya's prank, but before she could finish her words, Eddard instead spoke to Sansa in the dining hall.

"Sansa, you eat first. I'll talk to Arya."

Then he was dragged to the corner outside the hall by Aria's strength.

Sansa and everyone at the table were stunned.

Ed loves his children very much. Although he is not good at showing it, everyone can feel it.

But now, he is not just following Aria, but wants to 'talk' to her?

At the dinner table, Sansa opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

On the other side, Aaliya pulled Ed in a twists and turns to where Lan En was.

This is an unobtrusive little corner.

Lan En keenly noticed that Ed was a little different from when he went out in the morning.

He had a gorgeous dagger on his waist that he had never seen before.

The handle of the dagger was made of the skeleton of an unknown creature wrapped in gold. Just like the Sword of the Lady of the Lake on Lan En's back, the handle alone showed that it was valuable.

The King's Hand, who was silent all the way, first looked suspiciously at the cat-eye guard he had equipped for his daughter, and then knelt down and asked his little daughter seriously.

"How do you know this, Alia?"

Aaliyah knew she couldn't explain clearly, so she simply pointed at Lan En and turned her father's attention away.

Lan En was standing against the wall with his arms folded, and he shrugged under Ed's gaze.

"The two of us went out because this sword was targeted by a group of gangsters."

Lann's thumb pointed back at Arondette's sword hilt, and Ed nodded.

In fact, this sword appeared many times in his conversations with King Robert. A sword that looked exquisite and refined was the favorite of warriors.

Robert even said that he wanted to buy the sword for a full two hundred gold dragons, but this was before he saw the complete blade.

"I taught those gangsters a lesson. They said that a newly canonized knight was buying up good things recently, and that knight was previously the squire of Prime Minister Jon Arryn."

Lan En spread his hands: "I heard Qiao Li say yesterday that the former Prime Minister died suddenly, which made you very busy now. And the knight status of this squire can still be explained, but where did so much money come from? I thought there was something wrong, so I came over to inform you."

Ed didn't react at all during the first half of his words, he just put on a serious expression out of habit.

But when Lan En said that they had found information about a former aide of the Prime Minister, his expression suddenly became excited.

"What did you say that person's name was?"

"Xiu Fu." Lan En repeated, "Former squire of the Prime Minister, now a knight in King's Landing."

"Finally a clue!" Ed muttered to himself.

Immediately, he looked at Lan En and the helpless Aria, and told him all the relevant information about the death of the former prime minister.

These two people can't get out of this matter anyway, and it's really too difficult for him to investigate alone.

According to Eddard, he actually received a letter from the widow of the former Prime Minister when he was in Winterfell. The letter said that his adoptive father was assassinated by the Lannister family where the queen lived.

And the Lannisters also planned to murder the king.

This news was the key to making Ed, who was incapable of politics, determined to become prime minister.

Because he wanted to protect his brother, King Robert.

But in Lan En's ears, he immediately noticed something was wrong.

"The widow of the former prime minister, why would you trust her?"

"In my opinion, she has done a lot of unreasonable things. For example, she notified you of the crisis, but did not leave any manpower for the Prime Minister's Tower to maintain normal operations. Those who have come into contact with the former Prime Minister should do whatever they want. Someone who knows something. Maid, cook, servant, scribe, etc. There shouldn’t be a rule in this Prime Minister’s Tower that when the owner changes its owner, all the staff will be replaced together, right?”

"If you rush back to the fiefdom overnight because you are afraid of being silenced, then you should travel lightly. Why are you in King's Landing now, but you can only learn about a squire who was bumped into by the two of us while wandering?"

Ed was stunned when he heard this, but he still defended the widow of the former prime minister.

"Lady Lysa is my wife's sister."

Lan En frowned slightly.

In other words, Ed's adoptive father married Ed's wife's sister?

Okay, this is how aristocratic relations were in the Middle Ages.

"Kindness is not an excuse to cover up the problem. You don't meet often, right? In the face of the huge shadow involved in this matter, it's better not to believe in this unstable relationship."

Lan En dared to make such comments to Ed's relatives, firstly because he was really doing it for the good of Aria's family.

Secondly, Lan En knew very well that in Ed's eyes, he should be a person who met Arya by coincidence. After all, who would have thought that Joffrey would have a conflict with Arya that day?

Therefore, Lan En has no possibility of deliberate conspiracy. Instead, he is a trustworthy outsider.

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