Ten days have passed since Bran fell from the building. Just like the plot in the original book, the second son of Duke Stark has been in a coma during this period, and his condition has neither worsened nor improved.

According to Maester Luwin's speculation, Bran's hope of surviving this difficulty is quite high. After all, it has been ten days since Bran fell. If he could not survive, he would be dead by now.

As for when Bran will wake up, only the Seven Gods whom Caitlin prays to day and night know. Ever since Bran lost his footing and fell from the building, Bran's direwolf has been wailing in Winterfell.

He reduced the noise so that the howling direwolf would not disturb Bran who was recuperating, and closed the window in his room. But who knew that when Maester Luwin and the others closed the window in the room, Bran's condition, which was originally stable, suddenly began to deteriorate.

, it wasn’t until they reopened the window that things turned out to be safe.

This strange incident was widely circulated among the guests and residents of Winterfell. People speculated that the old gods or wolf spirits were continuously providing power to the unconscious Bran through the direwolf to support him.

He lives.

The impact of Bran's fall from the building soon passed. For the other residents of Winterfell and the guests who came from afar, life seemed to have returned to its former peace. As time went by,

It seems that only the members of the Stark family who have suffered misfortune are left in grief. Catelyn has been waiting in front of the unconscious Bran's bed all day long and has not left that room.

Bran's misfortune has caused King Robert's original plan to return to King's Landing to be postponed. Robert's new prime minister is the father of the child. Now Ed's second son has slipped and fallen from a high tower and has not yet woken up. Whether it is

As a king who cared about his vassals, and as Eddard's friend for many years, he should not take this grieving father away from his child at this moment.

Therefore, the empathetic King Robert not only did not return to King's Landing as planned, but also stayed with his old friend to enlighten him. He felt the same for Eddard's grief at this moment. The two formed a bond in the Eyrie during their childhood.

The deep friendship was fully demonstrated during these ten long days. Robert had already regarded Eddard as his biological brother. His closeness and trust in Eddard far exceeded that of his two useless brothers.

After another three days passed like this, Eddard, who had not seen Bran awaken for a long time, finally decided not to wait any longer. Even though Eddard had been staying in Winterfell, there was nothing he could do to help Bran, who was lying unconscious in bed.

The kings of the Seven Kingdoms had delayed his trip in Winterfell for more than ten days because of him. Although Robert didn't say anything about it, Eddard himself felt a little sorry about it.

What no one knows is that there was actually another reason that prompted Eddard Stark to make the decision to leave Winterfell and go south to King's Landing. The night before Eddard made this decision, the Duke of Winterfell

My Lord, after visiting his unconscious son, he hurriedly left Bran's room and found a certain newly promoted knight.

Gao Yuan was deeply surprised by the late-night visit of the Duke of Winterfell. After welcoming him into his room, Gao Yuan carefully checked whether there was anyone else outside the door and confirmed that no one was following Ed Starr.

After getting behind Ke, he carefully closed the door.

"You seem very cautious, Sir Gaoyuan!" Ed said first, "It seems that we haven't had a good chat since we last met in the godswood."

"I just don't want to get into trouble." Gao Yuan frowned and began to wonder what Ed's purpose was for coming to him, "Lord Stark, you suddenly came to visit me late at night, maybe it's not just to chat with me, right?

"

"I just suddenly remembered that when you were canonized as a knight, Sir Gao Yuan, I didn't congratulate you yet..."

Gao Yuan didn't like these polite words, and the Duke of Winterfell in front of him didn't seem to be good at them either. He was interrupted by Gao Yuan before he could finish speaking.

"I'm just a newly promoted knight. I'm afraid it's not enough for Lord Stark to come here late at night. Besides, that happened more than ten days ago. Lord Stark doesn't think it would be too much to congratulate him now.

Is it too late?"

"Lord Stark, if you have anything to say, just say it directly...there is no need to beat around the bush here."

"I can assure you that not a word of the conversation between you and me tonight will be leaked."

Gao Yuan's straightforward approach made Ed look a little troubled and worried. Not long ago, he had a secret conversation with his wife in Bran's room. He first had to make sure that the person in front of him was the same as his brother Benyan.

Whether Ser Goyuan, who has risen to Winterfell, can be trusted, because what he is about to tell next is of great importance. Once leaked, it will easily alert the snake, putting him and his family in trouble.

"Sir Gao Yuan, what do you think about my son Bran's fall from the tower?" Ed looked a little tired when he mentioned Bran who was still sleeping.

"Given Lord Stark's late-night visit, you must have already had your doubts about this, so why go to the trouble of asking for my opinion?"

Ed raised his head suspiciously, glanced at Gao Yuan and said impatiently: "Don't try to analyze my intentions, what I want to know is your thoughts."

"This is just an accident. No one deliberately targeted you or your family!"

Ed was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Gao Yuan's answer, but he suddenly changed the subject.

"The accident I'm talking about is not referring to Bran's slipping and falling."

"What do you mean?" Ed suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Do you also think that Bran lost his footing and fell and was murdered?"

"Now, many people in Winterfell are concerned about whether Bran can wake up. Some of them are sincere, while others have ulterior motives."

When Gao Yuan said this, the corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily, revealing a secret smile. This made Ed frown, and he didn't know whether it was because of Gao Yuan's words or the smile on his face.

"Compared with Bran's life or death, I think they are more concerned about whether Bran can wake up from a coma. This child accidentally knew something that he shouldn't know. This is probably the real reason for Bran's misfortune.

reason."

"This is just your guess..." Although Ed denied it, in fact, he believed what Gao Yuan said in his heart.

"Lord Stark, is this how you persuade Mrs. Stark?" Gao Yuan asked, "Or do you just want to convince yourself?"

"You already knew all this, but you didn't tell us!" Ed suddenly stood up from his chair.

Facing Ed's angry questioning, Gao Yuan remained unmoved: "Since the truth guessed by Mrs. Stark is completely different from my judgment."

"Lord Stark, please tell me, why didn't you tell King Robert these speculations, but chose to find me in the middle of the night?" Gao Yuan looked up at Ed in front of him, his golden pupils flashing.

Shining light.

"Because these are just our speculations!" Ed, who was unable to refute, was like a wilted eggplant at this moment, "We have no evidence in our hands to prove that Bran was murdered, unless he now

To wake up, tell the truth and identify the murderer."

"Lord Stark! This is what worries me right now."

"Those who murdered Bran thought the same way, that's why they cared about whether Bran woke up." Gao Yuan reminded.

When Ed heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and the candlelight reflected in his gray eyes turned cyan, like a hungry direwolf lurking on the snow in the darkness.

"You mean, they will look for an opportunity to attack Bran again?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out! For some people, killing a seven-year-old child is worth it to cover up the truth and some dirty things."

"This is not a difficult choice to make, especially when faced with a child with disabled legs and unable to move in bed. Even if the child survives, he will never be able to walk again in his life. Rather than letting him live like this

If he goes down, it is better to let me help him get out of trouble as soon as possible. Those guys will definitely comfort their condemned consciences like this."

"I know!" Ed said solemnly.

"Has Mrs. Stark deduced who the murderer of Bran was? Forgive me for being curious." Gao Yuan asked curiously.

Gao Yuan is indeed very curious about this. Caitlin does not have Gao Yuan's foresight, so how did she deduce all this at this point in time? You must know that in the original work, Caitlin encountered Bran for the second time.

After the assassination, it was determined through various clues that Lannister was the murderer of Bran.

"Caitlin thinks there are people who don't want to see me leave the North..."

In the candlelit room, Ed began to tell Gao Yuan the inferences from Caitlin in detail, which also included the secret letter from Lysa Arryn, which accused the Lannister family of killing her husband.

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"Catelyn believes that those behind the scenes chose this time to murder Bran in Winterfell just to give me, who is about to succeed the King's Hand, a warning so that I can retreat. In this way, no one will investigate.

The truth about Lord Arryn’s death..."

Gao Yuan pretended to think deeply, and then put forward his own opinion:

"Mrs. Stark's inference is indeed very reasonable, but there is a doubt in it!"

"The secret message from Lady Lysa Arryn was secretly handed into your hands, Lord Stark, just after King Robert's team arrived in the North..."

"In the king's team, are there any nobles from the valley, or nobles who have close personal relationships with Lord Jon and Lady Lysa in King's Landing?" Gao Yuan asked.

Stark shook his head and said: "The nobles in King Robert's team are all from the Kingdom or King's Landing, and there are no nobles from the valley following them. As for whether there are any nobles who have good personal relationships with them, I will tell you.

It’s unknown.”

"Then there must be something wrong with this secret letter from Mrs. Lysa!" Gao Yuan gave his own judgment.

"This is impossible! The content of this secret letter is written in cipher text that only Caitlin and Lysa can understand." Ed retorted, "I have known Lysa for a long time. Although she is usually very

Impulsive, but she will never make such random accusations. She must have some conclusive evidence before she chooses to do so."

"This letter was carefully planned and hidden by her! When she wrote this letter, she must have been very clear that if the letter fell into the hands of others, she would definitely die. It can be seen that this is definitely not groundless, otherwise she would not be willing to take such a risk

Big risk.”

"Is the Eyrie far from Winterfell?"

Ed wondered why Gao Yuan suddenly asked this: "It's not very far, at least it's much closer than King's Landing."

"It has been a long time since Jon Arryn's death. Long before King Robert decided to come to the North, Lady Arryn had already fled to the Eyrie with her children."

"During this period, Lady Arryn has enough time to deliver this letter to Winterfell and deliver it to Lady Stark and Lord Stark. If she is afraid that the raven will be kidnapped, she will completely

I can send my trusted followers in the Eagle's Nest City to hand this letter into your hands."

Gao Yuan calmly analyzed: "Obviously, this secret letter can be handed over to you before the king's team leaves from King's Landing or arrives at Winterfell. Why should we take huge risks and give this secret letter to you?"

Send it to someone in King's Landing who may betray you, and then follow the king's team to the north and hand it over to you?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Isn't this unnecessary?" Gao Yuan sneered, and then continued, "And there is a huge risk of being betrayed!"

"There is only one truth! That is that this letter was not written by Lady Arryn of the Eyrie at all, but by a despicable person in King's Landing who hoped to provoke a dispute between the Stark family and the Lannister family.

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"hiss...."

The Duke of Winterfell in front of Gao Yuan couldn't help but take a breath after listening to his analysis carefully.

"Sir Gaoyuan, I need your help!" Ed suddenly stood up and said, "Help me investigate the truth behind the death of Lord Jon Arryn."

Ed Stark is a very traditional and rigid person. If you ask him to abide by his honor and handle various affairs fairly and strictly, there will be no problem, and he will do a good job. But if you ask him to compete with those ambitious powers

Gamers compete with each other with wits and courage, but if you think too highly of them, they will be eaten by those evil dragons until all their bones are left.

Although Ed is not the kind of ambitious conspirator, it does not mean that he is a fool. At this time, he already knows that there are dangers in King's Landing, so he wants to investigate the truth about Duke Arryn's death, or find out who murdered him.

The murderer of his son Bran is impossible to do with his own power and weak strength. In this case, he needs the help of people with political acumen and experience in power.

As the Prime Minister of the King, it is too eye-catching for him to personally investigate in King's Landing. Those who are secretly paying attention to him must be watching him at all times; and the Stark family men he brought to King's Landing believe that as soon as they enter King's Landing,

, will immediately be noticed by those powerful players.
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