Feeling guilty, Gao Yuan slowly followed the king's hunting team out of Winterfell. When passing by the second son of the Stark family, he cast an apologetic look at him. Even though there were people behind him who were watching the team leave.

Bran may not understand the meaning contained in his eyes.

Turning his head to look at Winterfell behind him, a broken tower suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. Countless crows were circling above the broken tower. This towering broken tower was once the tallest building in Winterfell. It was originally the

It was built to protect Winterfell from enemy sneak attacks.

However, as two thick walls were built inside and outside Winterfell, this watchtower, which was built during the time of the city builder "Brandon", lost its due role. Now it has

Completely abandoned for many years, the original tower was struck by lightning and caught fire more than 140 years ago, causing the top third of the spire to collapse into the tower. It has never been rebuilt since then.

So it became what Gao Yuan sees now.

In many people's minds, the appearance of crows often represents the impending misfortune. Coupled with the ruined tower destroyed by fire, all these ominous omens seem to indicate that misfortune will soon befall this famous city.

In Winterfell with thousands of years of history.

In fact, the misfortunes represented by these omens occurred much earlier than Gao Yuan expected. The king's hunting team had only left Winterfell for half a day, and at the edge of the Wolf Wood, Winterfell was sent by Caitlin.

The coach, Ser Rodrik Kelso, caught up.

The panting coach of Winterfell almost fell off his horse. He stumbled to the heavy-looking Lord Eddard Stark and brought a sad news to everyone.

Lord Eddard Stark's second son, Bran Stark, was found to have fallen from the towering ruined tower shortly after they left Winterfell. Currently, Maester Luwin of Winterfell,

Doctors brought from King's Landing with King Robert are trying to save the stranger's life from the hands of the stranger.

It wasn't until late at night that Eddard Stark, who received the unfortunate news, rushed back to Winterfell anxiously. Following him, in addition to Gao Yuan, were Eddard's eldest son Robb and Ben.

Young, the king's old friend Robert, and Jory, captain of the Winterfell guard.

When they entered Winterfell, the place was already in unprecedented chaos. Bran, the second son of the Stark family, fell from the ruined tower, and it was the second day after King Robert visited Winterfell.

This is somewhat intriguing. Since it is still unclear whether Bran fell from the ruined tower by himself or was deliberately murdered. Therefore, the heartbroken Caitlin immediately angrily demanded that the entire hospital

Winterfell enters a state of martial law.

In every corner of Winterfell, you can see heavily armed Winterfell guards patrolling around. They were asked by Mrs. Stark to prohibit anyone from entering or exiting Winterfell during the martial law period, except for the king and his party who were out hunting.

outside.

Bran likes to climb around in Winterfell. This has long been known to everyone in Winterfell. Every member of the Stark family has been worried about Bran. A child under seven years old.

, clinging to high walls and rock walls that make adults feel weak, and anyone who sees them will feel worried.

Whether it is Bran's father Eddard, his mother Caitlin, or Maester Luwin of the Stark family, they have tried their best to stop Bran's risky behavior, but they have had little effect. Even for this

Helpless, Ed had to acquiesce to Bran's climbing behavior, as long as his mother didn't see it.

After that, it was the city's guards' turn to worry about Bran. For a long time, whenever they found Bran on the roof or high wall, they would chase him in an attempt to drive him away from the heights.

Come down.

However, the chasing behavior of the guards was regarded by Bran as a cat and mouse game played by himself and his brothers. However, this game almost always ended with Bran winning, because the guards were not like Bran.

Likewise, the ability to walk on city walls and rock walls as if on flat ground.

Therefore, the residents of Winterfell were not surprised that Bran fell from the broken tower today. It was just that their worries in the past had finally become a reality today. In this Winterfell, in addition to sadness,

Except for the distraught Catelyn, no one, including Eddard, connected this incident with King Robert's visit. Everyone was more inclined to think that it was an unfortunate accident.

But Bran's mother, Catelyn, doesn't think so. She firmly believes that her son Bran did not fall from the broken tower because of a mistake. Bran is no longer an expert in climbing between the walls and rock walls of Winterfell.

Days have passed. He knows every place in Winterfell that can be climbed up to see far away; where there are bricks or platforms that can be grabbed and stepped on, he knows it even with his eyes closed, and

He had never experienced falling from a height before.

So Catelyn suspected that someone threw Bran from the broken tower. When she learned that Bran fell from the broken tower, she immediately ordered the entire Winterfell to be sealed off. Catelyn didn't know

Why did the man behind the scenes choose to attack Bran? She didn't have conclusive evidence that Bran was murdered, but Caitlin's intuition told her that this matter would definitely not be that simple.

The day after Robert, her husband's old friend as the king, brought his people to visit Winterfell in person, his son Bran fell from the top of the ruined tower. How could such a coincidence happen in this world.

As for why the other party would choose to do this, it is not difficult to guess:

This starts with King Robert's purpose of traveling thousands of miles to visit Winterfell in person. He came to invite Eddard Stark to King's Landing to serve as his Hand of the King.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It seems that some people in this team that followed King Robert to the North are not willing to see Eddard Stark accept Robert

At the king's invitation, he replaced the dead Jon Arryn as the new Hand of the King. So the next day, when they learned that Eddard had agreed to King Robert's invitation, they chose to attack Bran in order to achieve the goal.

The purpose of warning Ed.

As for why they didn't choose to attack Robb, but the seemingly insignificant Bran? This may be related to the fact that those guys are not ready yet and are completely at odds with the Stark family.

Robb is the eldest son of Eddard and the first heir to the Stark family. If they choose to attack Robb, no matter whether he makes any mistakes or not, it will be equivalent to declaring war on the Stark family. This man

Duke Stark of Winterfell, who is deeply supported by all the major families in the North, may not give up unless the mastermind behind the incident is found out.

Even with the efforts of Eddard's old friend King Robert to stop him, Eddard will turn the entire Westeros upside down, and there may even be a new "Reaver" war. This is not without precedent.

, the reason why the last Reaver War broke out was that the Mad King "Aerys" killed the current patriarch and eldest son of the Stark family.

Therefore, as the second son of Eddard Stark, Bran Stark, this innocent child has become the target of the masterminds behind the scenes. This can not only deter Eddard Stark, but also force him to give up going to King's Landing to serve as king.

The purpose of his hand would not make Ed desperate to take revenge on them.

The first object of Caitlin's suspicion is the Lannister family, which has been at odds with the Stark family for a long time. Combined with the secret letter sent to her by her sister Lysa Arryn, Caitlin has reason to believe that this incident is definitely related to

The Lannister family is inextricably linked.

It seems that the death of former Prime Minister Jon Arryn was indeed not that simple. Perhaps as Lysa said in the secret letter, her husband, Duke Arryn, was killed by the queen of the Lannister family or others.

murderous.

Thinking that her husband was about to go south to serve as the King's Hand, Caitlin already regretted her persuasion to Eddard to go to King's Landing last night. The Lannister family dared to attack their son in Winterfell, so if Eddard

I really went to King's Landing, where the Lannister family is full of power.

So, what else can't they do?

Thinking of this section, Catelyn decided to tell her husband all these speculations after he returned to Winterfell. She also thought about persuading Eddard again to let him cancel his decision to go south to King's Landing to serve as Hand of the King.

But because Eddard had already agreed to King Robert's invitation, and she had no evidence to prove it, she finally gave up the idea.

Moreover, paying debts is not just a unique trait of the Lannister family. No matter whether the mastermind behind the scenes is really the Lannister family or some other existence, since they dare to attack their son in Winterfell, then

The Stark family must also let them know what the consequences will be if they provoke the Stark family.

The best way to take revenge on the mastermind behind the scenes is to let her husband Eddard go south to King's Landing and use the power held by the Prime Minister to investigate the true cause of Jon Arryn's death and finally bring him to justice.

The other party is now in Winterfell, and they want to prevent Eddard from going south to take up the position of Prime Minister even at the risk of being exposed, which means that they are beginning to be afraid at this moment. In this case, they should do the opposite, the more the other party becomes.

If they are afraid of something, then the more they will do it.

Eddard, who returned to Winterfell, did not immediately go to the main castle to visit his son. Even though Eddard was anxious at the moment, he still did not forget his responsibility as a lord. He first

Duke Stark of Winterfell, and then the father of an injured child. Faced with the chaos of Winterfell, the first thing he had to do was to stabilize the chaotic situation in the city.

Ed knew that even if he rushed to the main castle as quickly as possible, it would be of no avail. The worst had already happened, and no matter how sad he was, it could not be undone. He believed that Maester Luwin would do his best to save his son.

.

So Ed, who had just entered Winterfell and immediately noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere in the city, frowned and gave an order to the guard captain Jory beside him, asking him to lift the martial law order issued by Caitlin, leaving only part of the

The guards continued to patrol the city, disturbing the guests who came to the north with King Robert.

After explaining all this, Ed hurried towards the main castle with hurried steps. Robb, Bunyan and King Robert also followed closely behind. Gao Yuan did not choose to follow this time, but

He went back to his room silently. Even if he wanted to express sympathy to the heartbroken Mrs. Stark, it was not a wise choice to go there at this moment. Not only would it not be able to comfort her, but it would actually deepen the pain of the other party.

Bran's direwolf howled in the fence of Winterfell's main castle all night long. The howl echoed over this ancient castle, like a mourning flag, hanging above everyone's head in the city.

In the cold night, everyone lying on the bed was tossing and turning.

When Gao Yuan got up from bed after a sleepless night, the sky in Winterfell outside the window was still gray, as if the entire northern sky was mourning for Bran's misfortune. On the way to the inner castle hall,

Gao Yuan met Benjen Stark, whose eyes were red. The chief ranger had obviously not slept all night yesterday.

From Bunyan's mouth, Gao Yuan learned about Bran's current situation. Maester Luwin and the others had been treating Bran, who was in critical condition, all night yesterday, and they had just finished treating him not long ago.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The good news is that Maester Luwin and the others have temporarily snatched Bran's life back from the Stranger. The bad news is that this poor child is currently

He is still not completely out of danger. He will face an extremely dangerous stage next. Only after surviving this dangerous stage can Bran truly be out of danger.

But even if Bran is lucky enough to survive, it is still unknown whether he will eventually wake up from the coma. What is certain now is that he may not be able to stand up again for the rest of his life.

The heartbroken Catelyn has been waiting outside her son's room since Bran's accident, praying to the Seven Gods she believes in. Eddard Stark and King Robert have been waiting outside Kate's room all night.

Beside Lin, while they were looking forward to getting good news, they were also worried that Caitlin would collapse because she could not withstand the sudden blow.

It's freezing cold in the castle corridors late at night, especially in Winterfell in the north. Although it is a castle built on a hot spring, the hot water transported through pipes can only reach every room in the main castle.

The room could not provide any warmth to Caitlin and others who were waiting in the corridor of the castle.

Bunyan, who had also been waiting in the main castle all night, waited until Maester Luwin and others came out of Bran's room and carefully inquired about Bran's current physical condition before choosing to leave.

Benyan had already got the answer he wanted, so he was cold and hungry and went to the hall to enjoy breakfast. They had not eaten since they received the bad news about Bran at the edge of the Wolf Wood yesterday.
Chapter completed!