Chapter 201: Valley Conspiracy

There was a "pop", and there was a slightly strange sound in the darkness. Then, a ray of fire lit up in the darkness. Maybe he was used to the darkness. This sudden light even made people feel a little dazzling.

Earl Severn squinted his eyes and looked at the face hidden in the black robe under the light source in a daze. He was "lucky" to have seen this face. When he was in King's Landing, after all, the other party was a big shot in the Royal Council. .

His lips were chapped and bleeding due to extreme lack of water, but his nose was filled with the smell of corruption from this cold cell. After seeing the person clearly, Earl Severn let out a long sigh and leaned against the cold wall behind him. superior.

"Do you understand? Dear Lord Severn, as long as you admit that you murdered Lysa Tully, this poor woman, how about I promise to let you go back to the North?"

"Don't waste your breath, little finger. I still haven't figured it out yet, why did you do this? However, since you have locked me up, you are my enemy, and my enemy wants me to do this." Yes, I must not let him get what he wants."

"Oh...that's it. That's a pity. Lord Severn, your good partner, Lord Roose Bolton, who once swore loyalty to the North like you, has already agreed to my request."

Earl Severn was no longer interested in talking to Littlefinger. He just leaned against the wall slumped and kept mumbling:

"Be prepared, winter is coming..."

This is the clan language of the Severn family and the Stark family. In troubled times, there are always some strange people. They are unwilling to bow to those who can kill them. They are worthy of respect, but they will not survive until the end.

"Well, goodbye, Earl Severn, I might as well tell you that whether you reject me or agree to me, you will eventually be the murderer of Lysa Tully. The only difference is whether you are dead or alive."

There was another "pop", and the fire was extinguished. In the darkness, Lord Littlefinger Petyr Baelish left. His ghost-like footsteps echoed in the dark corridor, gradually moving away.

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Meech Severn became a prisoner, and Roose Bolton who came with him became the guest of Lord Petyr Baelish. There is only one possibility for there being such a big gap, and that is Lord Bolton is more aware of current affairs.

Roose Bolton still remembered every detail of the murder that took place more than half a month ago.

At that time, in the hall of the Eyrie, Lysa Tully, the mistress of the valley who looked like a cow, entertained Roose Bolton and Meech Severn, who had come from afar.

At the banquet, Roose Bolton discovered that there was not a single noble from other valleys who came to the banquet. At that time, he thought that he had come too hastily.

Later I learned that under the rule of Littlefinger Petyr, who had fled to the Eyrie after the death of Lysa Tully and Robert, the entire valley had long since become alienated.

To a certain extent, the Eagle's Nest City has lost the ability to command the entire valley.

In addition to the wavering Haiou Town, it turns out that there are several important vassal families of the Arryn family, such as the Royce family of Runestone City, the Waywood family of Iron Oak City, the Hunter family of Longbow Hall, and the Bell of Hongge City. The Mo family and so on.

These big families who have a very strong say in the Arryn Valley, after learning that Littlefinger appeared in the Eyrie City, they are well versed in the affairs of the nobles, and they immediately understood what happened there.

As a result, the orders of the Eagle's Nest City slowly became useless to them, and even a group of nobles headed by "Bronze Yohn" began to mock the Eagle's Nest City in public.

This kind of news would have spread across the country at the speed of light in peacetime, but at this time when the entire Seven Kingdoms were busy fighting wars, the news was firmly locked in the valley, so much so that Roose Bolton's eyes darkened. Don't know at all.

After the two had a tasteless meal with Lysa Tully and Petyr Baelish, the envoy from the North proposed an alliance request from the King of the North, Robb Stark.

Lysa Tully did not refuse directly, but looked at Earl Petyr beside her. The look in her eyes made the two mature men in the north understand, and made her scalp numb and physically uncomfortable.

In fact, during the entire banquet, Lysa Tully didn't say a word except what was necessary, and kept drinking. It seemed that the content in the cup liked her very much.

Petyr suggested that the two envoys from the north, together with himself and Lysa Tully, go to the Moon Gate to talk in detail. The two of them had never been to the Eagle's Nest and didn't know where it was, so they nodded and followed. Just went.

Then, a scene happened that Roose Bolton still remembers vividly.

Arriving at the Moon Gate, Roose Bolton finally remembered where this place was. I don't know when, the door leading to death had been opened.

At this time, Earl Mechi Severn suddenly felt the world spinning, and his body fell uncontrollably.

With two plops, the envoy from the north and Lysa Tully, who was standing next to Petyr, fell to the ground at the same time.

Seeing this scene, the sweat on Roose Bolton's forehead suddenly dropped, and his leaden eyes looked around, because he knew that he had been involved in the trap set by others.

I am standing here perfectly fine, while Meech Severn and Lysa Tully are all drunk. There is only one explanation. There is something wrong with the wine that Petyr Baelish brought for everyone just now!

At this time, Roose Bolton was still a good boy under Robb Stark. After all, the Bolton family had almost no cavalry, and all the spear and heavy shield soldiers followed Robb Stark's infantry group south. It's not okay for him to be unfaithful.

His throat rolled hard, and Roose Bolton took a few steps back without leaving a trace. He wanted to escape from here. He didn't believe that Petyr Baelish dared to detain him in public.

If he dared, he wouldn't call people like himself here to take action.

But soon, he became disappointed. He pulled the door handle hard with his palm, but it didn't move at all. Littlefinger, that bastard, had locked the door at some point, so that he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

At this time, after checking the status of the two lying on the ground, Little Finger picked up an ornately carved dagger from the table and played with it back and forth in his hand. With a narrow smile on his face, he stared at Luce playfully. · Burton.

"Lord Petyr... what on earth are you going to do... it seems... I can't help you."

The smile on Littlefinger's face did not diminish at all. He shook his finger and said in a rather frivolous tone:

"No, no, no, Lord Roose Bolton, you underestimate yourself. I have done so much, but it is all for you. If you are not worthy of me, you will have wasted my kindness. You said Woolen cloth?"

for me? What's the meaning? Why would a lord who lives in the North, where urine can freeze into ice, deserve the attention of someone like Littlefinger, whose whole body is filled with the unpleasant smell of the South?

Roose Bolton was vaguely aware of something, but everything seemed to be missing the thread that connected everything, making him confused about the real logic behind Littlefinger's actions.

He frowned and stared at Littlefinger's face without saying a word, as well as the two people who fell on the ground. For nobles of their level, lies are the easiest to expose, and everything must be based on strength.

After a long time, when Little Finger was impatient with waiting and his facial muscles were stiff from smiling, Roose Bolton spoke:

"Lord Petyr, King Robb is very powerful. He has integrated the northern border of the Riverlands. No one can defeat him easily."

This seemingly unrelated sentence made Littlefinger's disappearing smile instantly return, and it was even brighter than before. He nodded with great satisfaction, thinking:

Sure enough, dealing with smart people is easy. He only needed to say a few words, and Roose Bolton understood what he meant.

"It seems powerful, but it is not monolithic. People in the north are better off staying in the north and not coming to the south to do things that don't belong to them. This is not good."

After another long silence, Roose Bolton sighed and said in a complicated tone that I don't know how to describe:

"Lord Petyr, I appreciate your ambition. This is something more valuable than gold in this shitty era, but the problem is that you have to deal with Robb Stark, even with my help. , it won’t work, because you can’t get past one person.”

He stared into Littlefinger's eyes and slowly read the name:

"Clay Mandler."

Littlefinger did not speak, but filled himself a glass of wine, drank it dry before nodding, and replied with a headache:

"Indeed, this name makes people irritated and helpless. The Mandalay family itself has a strong intelligence system. They have found out a lot of the eyes I placed in White Harbor and Twin River City. So far, I have no idea about this. Guys have very limited understanding.”

"Then you really should get to know him well. This time, just like last time, he has mastered all the cavalry power in the North. I can't judge how effective his cavalry is compared to your valley cavalry, but his record in the Riverlands , I believe you must know it in detail."

"Yes, so he is difficult to deal with. So, can't we just solve the matter before he comes? Anyway, he is a Manderly. If he were a Stark, I would not talk to you at all today. You say these things.”

That's all. Roose Bolton doesn't know what Littlefinger's trump card is, and he doesn't know what he's going to do next, but he's already at this point, and if he continues to persist, there will be more than two people lying on the ground. Already.

And when Littlefinger sighed, finally touched Lysa Tully's already bloated face, and pushed her down from the moon door mercilessly, Roose Bolton was still attracted by this man's cruelty and madness. Shocked.

Littlefinger didn't explain to him. Roose Bolton had already figured out what was going on. It was obvious that Lord Meech Severn, who fell unconscious on the ground, became the perfect victim.

So, not long after, a shocking news spread on the wings of the raven throughout the noble castles of all sizes in the valley:

Meggie Severn, the envoy from the North, proposed to talk to Lady Lysa Tully alone after the banquet. After arriving at the Moon Gate, he suddenly pushed Lady Lysa Tully down the Moon Gate and then lied that he was the Duke. The lady herself stumbled and fell.

The heroic Lord Roose Bolton and the wise Lord Petyr arrived soon after, and soon realized that something was fishy. After a struggle, they controlled the suspect, Lord Meech Severn.

Upon hearing the news, all the valley nobles came to the Eagle's Nest City. The former duchess was murdered and died. Of course they had to be present for such a major event.

They need to figure out one thing. This northerner who suddenly murdered Lysa Tully was completely unlike her she had ever seen before. Why he did this? It didn't make sense.

After all the adults arrived, Littlefinger, who had been prepared long ago, took out the interrogation results signed by him and Roose Bolton:

The above clearly stated that Meech Severn confessed that this was a secret mission assigned to him by Robb Stark, requiring him to do everything possible to lead Lysa Tully to him.

At that time, Meech Severn, because she had drunk a few too many glasses of wine and was not clear-headed, actually chose to threaten Lysa Tully with the life of little Robert Arryn, saying that if she did not agree to form an alliance, she would send The man assassinated young Lord Arryn.

As a mother whose child was not weaned until he was six years old, Lysa Tully's reaction to this sentence was simple. She pulled out a dagger from the table and stabbed Lord Meech Severn.

But how can a woman beat a man? So, during the scuffle, Meech Severn pushed Lysa Tully out of the moon door, and then lied that she had slipped and fell, but was discovered by the clever Lord Petyr.

Later, everyone actually found the dagger at the scene. People who knew it said that it was the weapon that the old Duke Jon Arryn loved during his lifetime.

In addition, Roose Bolton, who was supposed to be on the same front as Meech Arryn, swore in front of everyone that all this was true. The dubious adults of the valley finally chose to hold their noses and admit this fact. .

But there is a problem. In the final analysis, it was Robb Stark who sent people to kill the former mistress of Arryn Valley. Although this was not his intention, how should this account be settled?

The big bosses were quarreling over this matter. A group of people said that they would directly send troops to avenge Lady Lysa and let the wolf cubs in the north know how powerful the Eagle was.

Another group of people believe that this matter itself is still open to question. Although Meiqi Severn himself was beaten until he could not speak during the interrogation and fell into a long-term coma, but when he woke up, maybe this matter There is something strange about the child.

But this voice was quickly lost in the voices of other opponents, because in fact, everyone in the valley was very itchy to send troops to join the war, but they had been held back by Lysa Tully before, so they could not do so. .

But now, the opportunity for war is before them.

Everyone felt that there must be something wrong here, but they all chose to ignore it.

The Lannister in the south looked like he was not doing well. He was beaten to a half by the Northerners. The two stags in King's Landing should also decide the winner. The one who survived should find a place to lick his wounds. .

This is the best time to send troops in the valley, and you can attack anyone.

After that, whether it is when Stark continues to become stronger, or when the winner of King's Landing secures his throne, and the old lion reorganizes the West, the effectiveness of Vale's participation in the war will be greatly reduced.