"So, apart from Littlefinger telling you who the owner of the Valyrian dagger is, what other information has he revealed to you recently?" Gao Yuan asked Ed Stark, "He said he would help you. If you find the real murderer of Lord Jon Arryn, he will definitely release some false news to mislead your investigation."

"Littlefinger told me that although most of the people around Jon Arryn were brought back to the Eyrie by Lysa, four of his servants still chose to stay in King's Landing." Gao Yuan was horrified when he thought about it. Ed Stark, who was pulled out of the state, quickly replied, "I am about to send someone to check them out."

"Who are the four people who chose to stay in King's Landing?"

"A kitchen girl who got pregnant by Renly's groom; a stableboy who joined the City Guard; a waiter who was fired for stealing; and Jon Arryn's squire during his lifetime." De frowned and recalled the four people Littlefinger mentioned to himself.

"I have ordered people to conduct a preliminary investigation on these people and found that they are indeed Jon Arryn's servants during his lifetime. Is Littlefinger lying? If the information he told me is true, then he did this What’s the purpose?”

"Using lies fabricated from the truth to deceive others, it is often difficult for those who are deceived to see clearly the essence and truth behind the matter." Gao Yuan said firmly, "You sent people to investigate the four servants who stayed in King's Landing, and you hit the mark. Littlefinger’s intentions, this is exactly what he wants to see.”

"Qiao Li and the others haven't really started to contact those people yet. We have only preliminary investigated their identities." Ed Stark looked at Gao Yuan at a loss, hoping to get some advice from him, "Gao Yuan Duke, what do we do next? Should we stop Jory from having any contact with these people?"

"The investigation of those four people cannot be stopped. It is obvious that Littlefinger wants to tell us some information through those four people. This may involve other secrets, and I am sure that this secret is related to Lord Jon Arryn. It is related to the investigation conducted during his lifetime." Gao Yuan replied after thinking for a moment.

"This secret may also involve the Lannister siblings." Eddard Stark added.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan glanced at Ed in surprise and nodded seriously: "Yes, Littlefinger's purpose is probably to make us point the finger at the Lannister siblings."

"But... Duke Gao Yuan... now all my people are under the surveillance of Queen Cersei." Ed Stark seemed a little worried about this, "It's not just Cersei who is secretly watching me now. And Wallis the Eight-clawed Spider, he seems to be very interested in every move I make, and until now I don’t know which side he is on.”

"As long as my people come into contact with those four people, whether it is Queen Cersei or Intelligence Chief Varys, they will receive the news immediately." Ed Stark covered his forehead in pain, "They are against I know all my actions, but I know nothing about them."

"This damn city is full of other people's spies!" Ed Stark couldn't help but curse. This kind of intrigue and intrigue made him feel irritated. He felt sick every day in the Red Keep.

Zi Zi, now he sees everyone in King's Landing as if they are spying on him, even Ed is currently staying in his room in the Prime Minister's Tower.

"The most ridiculous thing is that in this huge city of King's Landing, as the Hand of the King, I can't find anyone trustworthy to help me do this."

Facing Ed Stark's complaints, Gao Yuan smiled nonchalantly: "Lord Ed! Isn't this why I came here tonight?"

"Leave it to me to contact the four people who stayed in King's Landing. Although there are quite a few people monitoring me in this city now, it is simply impossible to get rid of those stalkers with my skills.

It's easy." Gao Yuan assured Ed emphatically.

Seeing Gao Yuan step up and take the initiative to take on this important task, Ed Stark's face suddenly showed awe, but then he said a little embarrassedly: "How can this be possible! Now that the tournament is about to be held, Duke Gao Yuan, you

The most important thing is to prepare for the upcoming tournament."

"If I ask you to go to King's Landing for me now to conduct an investigation, I'm afraid it will affect Duke Gao Yuan's performance in the tournament."

"Lord Ed, please don't forget the real purpose of my trip here! We can put aside the tournament for now. The most important thing for us now is to investigate the truth behind the death of Lord Jon Arryn.

." Gao Yuan reminded Ed in a deep voice.

Then he shook his head nonchalantly: "Besides, now that I am sure of winning this martial arts tournament, why waste time on the so-called preparations?"

"This is not me talking nonsense to you. Among the many knights gathered in King's Landing, I am afraid that no one can be my opponent when it comes to fighting alone."

"In that case...then I leave this matter to you...Duke Gao Yuan!" Ed, who was originally hesitant about this, finally chose to believe in Gao Yuan's strength. After all, he had already said it at the dinner in Winterfell.

I have seen Gao Yuan's amazing swordsmanship.

A strong man who could easily defeat the Kingslayer and tease him. Not to mention whether he was truly invincible, at least among the many heroes of the Seven Kingdoms, he was definitely a rare opponent.

What's more, he personally killed Sir Gregor Clegane not long ago. Sir Gregor's reputation among the Seven Kingdoms was even heard by Eddard in the North. He faced the elephant demon in a single fight.

With such a terrifying opponent like Shan, even the regicide would not dare to say that he could defeat him, let alone kill him with his own hands.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing Ed Stark agree, Gao Yuan’s purpose of sneaking into the Prime Minister Tower of the Red Fort tonight was achieved. Gao Yuan, who did not want to stay here, immediately asked Ed Stark

Offered his farewell.

After hearing this, Ed Stark immediately stood up and walked to the door of the study, calling out to Jory who was guarding outside the study, preparing to ask him to send Gao Yuan's secret out of the Red Keep.

But when Qiao Li opened the door and walked into the study, and Ed turned around again and looked at where Gao Yuan was sitting, the desk where the two of them were having a conversation was already empty, with only two empty wine glasses left there.

The grilled wooden door in front of the open-air balcony was wide open, and the thin curtains were dancing in the gentle breeze blowing into the room.

Completely ignoring the strange eyes of Jory Kelso next to him, Ed Stark rushed towards the guardrail of the balcony. Looking intently at the courtyard below the Prime Minister's Tower, Gao Yuan's majestic figure was already in the flower meadow.

It disappeared without a trace in the courtyard.

"Master, are you looking for something in the courtyard?" Qiao Li, who walked next to Ed, followed his eyes to the courtyard below. When he found nothing, he couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, it's just that I saw a black shadow passing through the window just now. Maybe it was a raven passing by here." Ed Stark replied with some disappointment.

The confused Qiao Li asked again: "Master, did you call me in to tell me something?"

"The four people I asked you to take for questioning at dinner don't need to go now."

"Sir, why?"

"No reason, just don't bother them." Ed replied a little irritably, "You are not allowed to talk to anyone about this matter. I asked you to take twenty people from my guard to handle the affairs of the capital guard.

How's it going?"

"It's all done, my lord!" Jory replied respectfully.

"Get out!" Ed nodded distractedly.

After Jory respectfully exited the study, Eddard Stark sat at the desk again and flipped through the book "The Genealogy and History of the Principal Nobles of the Seven Kingdoms" written by Grand Maester Merion.

After reading for a while, Ed quickly rubbed his temples on both sides of his forehead painfully. Grand Master Pycelle was right, this book is really boring. But since Jon Arryn

Ed specially found Pycelle to borrow this book to read, and Ed believed that there must be his reasons for this.

If my guess was correct, there must be some important clues and secrets buried between these yellowed and fragile pages.

And based on Gao Yuan's description, he was certain that these secrets must be hidden in the missing part of the manuscript at Yuemen Castle - the part that contained descriptions of the appearance and characteristics of the nobles and their children.

The only question is whether he can delve into its deep meaning. Since the task of contacting the servants around Jon Arryn has been left to Gao Yuan, then it is naturally up to him to find out the secrets hidden in this book.

finished.

"The question is what is the secret?" Ed Stark murmured to himself, scratching his scalp desperately, but the more he wanted to know the answer, the more he couldn't calm down to think about it.

Herein lies the problem.

This book was written at least over a hundred years ago. When the Grand Master Merion collected this dusty list of weddings and funerals, almost no one alive today was even born.

What kind of shocking secrets could be hidden in such a boring family tree? He once again opened the book to the part about the Lannister family and carefully read the information recorded on each page. Although he knew that this was There is little hope of doing it, but I still hope in my own sudden inspiration.

The Lannister family has a long history in Westeros, and can even be traced back to Lanny the Clever, a master trickster during the Age of Heroes.

He is as legendary a figure as Brandon the Builder, but the stories about him are more beloved by bards and are more widely spread on the continent of Westeros.

In the ballad praising Lenny, he drove the Casterly family out of Casterly Rock without any blood due to his own wisdom, and then stole gold from the sun to dye his curly hair golden.

It is precisely because of this that the legitimate heir of the Lannister family has had golden hair for thousands of years.

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Before dawn the next day, Gao Yuan, wearing a gray linen robe and a hood, left Bronze Yohn's villa in King's Landing.

Carefully bypassing the eyeliners lurking around the other courtyard, and after repeatedly confirming through his telepathy and divinity that no one was following him, Gao Yuan headed unscrupulously towards the target he wanted to visit today.

The first thing he wanted to visit was the stable boy who was Jon Arryn's former companion. According to the information he obtained from Eddard Stark, he knew that this stable boy had now become a member of the Capital Guard. That is the golden robe.

Since Gao Yuan didn't know which military camp of the Capital Guard the stable boy was in, he decided to give priority to the military camp closest to him in Shoemaker's Square to search for it.

Unfortunately, Gao Yuan did not find the stable boy he was looking for in this military camp. For this reason, he had to cross the entire King's Landing City and go to the military camp in the east at the Dragon Gate to find that guy.

Fortunately, he didn't make a mistake this time. Just as he was about to arrive at the military camp, he happened to meet the stable boy who had just completed his night patrol. But now he had learned to read with his chin. When Gao Yuan asked him about the location of the Julongmen barracks, this guy even scolded Gao Yuan.

But when Gao Yuan showed him the coat of arms of the Royce family, this extremely snobbish guy almost knelt on the ground and begged Gao Yuan for mercy. As a servant who once served Jon Arryn, how could he possibly I don't recognize the Royce family's coat of arms.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for why Gao Yuan did not show his family crest, on the one hand, Gao Yuan considered that doing so might expose himself. On the other hand, It’s his own Evening Star Golden Dragon emblem, which is not yet recognizable enough in Westeros.

In comparison, the coat of arms of the Royce family is more intimidating to these servants who once served Jon Arryn.

Gao Yuan only held this guy with eyes above his head and talked in the alley for more than ten minutes before letting him go, because he found that he could not get any useful information from the stable boy's mouth.

When Gao Yuan talked to him about Jon Arryn, all the news that came out of his mouth was horse-related news.

He said that he swore never to touch another horse in his life, which was completely wrong. He also said that he and Jon Arryn hit it off in the matter of raising horses.

He praised the Prime Minister for being very familiar with the nature of horses and never overtiring his mount. Whenever he came to the stable to visit the horses, he would bring carrots and apples to the horses, so the horses were very close to the Prime Minister.

The only part of this that had nothing to do with raising horses was that he said that whenever the names of the boys in the stables came up, the Prime Minister would never forget to reward them with a few small coins.

After sending the stable boy away, Gao Yuan rushed to Renly Baratheon's mansion, where he found the cook through the cook who had just returned from shopping for vegetables.

This cook was much easier to communicate with than the last stable boy. When Gao Yuan mentioned Lord Jon Arryn to her, before Gao Yuan showed the crest of the Royce family, the cook Started chattering incessantly.

However, the information Gao Yuan got from the cook was very limited. Most of them were listening to her talk about Jon Arryn, Lady Lysa and Little Robert's dietary preferences.

She said that Jon Arryn was always obsessed with a thick ancient book before his death. Gao Yuan, who knew the inside story, naturally knew which book the cook was referring to.

Then she began to express her worries about little Robert to Gao Yuan. When she began to ask Gao Yuan endlessly how Robert Arryn's frail and sick body was doing now, Gao Yuan had already turned around and left there.

As for the waiter who now makes a living by pulling carts at the Blackwater Bay dock, he told Gao Yuan that he had never had a conversation with Jon Arryn.

However, he did know a lot of gossip circulating in the kitchen: I heard that the Prime Minister often quarreled with the king recently; the master thought the food cooked in the kitchen was not delicious enough; Lord Jon recently planned to send his son to Dragonstone as an adopted son; The master went to a skilled weapons master and commissioned him to make a brand new armor. The whole armor was plated with silver, and a falcon carved from sapphire and a moon made of pearls were placed on the chest.

According to the waiter, when Jon Arryn went to build that luxurious set of armor, he was personally accompanied by Lord Stannis, the king's brother. He also helped Lord Jon choose the casting materials and patterns of the armor.

Gao Yuan received almost no useful information from the three Jon Arryn servants he visited earlier. The only information that made Gao Yuan feel that his trip was worthwhile was knowing the location of the blacksmith shop where King Robert's illegitimate son lived. .

Littlefinger told Ed Stark's four people that Gao Yuan had now visited three of them, and the last one left was Sir Hugh, Jon Arryn's squire, who was captured in the Eagle's Nest.

The unfortunate Ser Septon whom Lady Lysa used as a scapegoat.

Why is it called the unlucky Sir Hugh, because not long after this Sir Hugh was knighted by King Robert, he was stabbed in the throat by the Mountain with a lance in the upcoming tourney.

And died.

In the original work, when Eddard Stark sent Jory to talk to the unfortunate Sir Hugh, he actually rejected him on the grounds that Jory did not hold a title, and even uttered wild words that he would not be able to do anything unless he was the first to do so.

Only after you go on a blind date and talk to him will he reveal the information he knows.
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