Chapter 290 Falling into the Trap

After Ed Stark listened to all his wife's narration, a look of anger immediately appeared on his face. He did not expect that his children were already dying, but someone still wanted to assassinate him.

Then, he held his wife's hand with great heartache, looked at the bandaged palm, and felt sad for his wife's suffering. At the same time, he also blamed himself for not protecting his wife and children. Even Petyr Bay Li Xi entered the room without even noticing.

Ed looked at his wife and said apologetically: "Sorry, Kate, I didn't take good care of you and the child!"

"I'm fine. I don't feel any pain during this period. I should be completely fine after a while." Caitlin comforted her husband who looked guilty and said, "The most important thing for us now is to seek justice for Bran." , let those despicable guys get the punishment they deserve, tell the king, and arrest all the Lannisters who violated the guest agreement."

Ed did not immediately give Caitlin support. Although he cared about Bran very much, he was still very calm. After suppressing the anger in his heart, he thought quickly for a moment, and then questioned: "Have you ever thought about Tyrion... Why did the Lannister kill Bran? There was no grudge between them?"

"The little devil has no grudge against Bran, but the Lannister family does, because Bran discovered Queen Cersei's affair." Caitlin said something shocking, and said excitedly: "I have already asked the people in the castle Some of the maids and servants mentioned about the situation of the King's delegation in heaven. They saw Queen Cersei and Jaime the Kingslayer sneaking into the ruined tower. Bran happened to be climbing the ruined tower at that time. After that, the maids and servants Seeing the queen and the kingslayer walking out of the ruined tower in disheveled clothes, I was sure that the queen and the kingslayer must have had an affair, which was accidentally broken by Bran, so they asked the little devil Tyrion to help them kill them. Silence Bran."

"The adultery between the queen and the Kingslayer?" Eddard heard Caitlin's words, and it was like a bolt of lightning went through his mind, and he combined all the information he had collected during this period of time in King's Landing to investigate the cause of Jon Arryn's death. They were connected in series, and they couldn't help but show a shocked expression on their faces.

Caitlin didn't notice anything strange about her husband and continued: "Do you remember? When Bran's accident happened, almost everyone was on the training ground, except the little devil who didn't show up. He didn't show up until later. He himself said that he overslept, but I have already asked the prostitute who was serving the little devil at the time. In fact, the little devil had left the brothel very early. No one knew where he went between leaving the brothel and appearing at the training ground. , and this period of time happened to be the time when Bran’s accident happened.”

Ed vaguely believed Caitlin's investigation, because her investigation happened to be very consistent with his own investigation, but he still felt that something was wrong. He always felt that it all seemed like a carefully arranged scene, everything was so... Perfectly connected together.

Seeing that Ed didn't give the reaction he wanted and was still looking thoughtful, Caitlin said angrily: "What are you still hesitating about? Could it be that Lannister's power in King's Landing has scared you away?" Are you brave?"

Ed comforted his wife and said, "Kate, calm down. Don't let your concern for Bran influence your emotions. Calm down and think about it calmly. This matter is a bit strange."

"Something weird?" Caitlin couldn't help shouting at her husband: "Are you still the Ed Stark I know? My wife and children have been hurt. When the evidence is conclusive, you don't want to save your wife and children." It’s a bit strange to say something here about revenge. You have completely changed since you came to King’s Landing City!”

Ed comforted his wife in a low voice and said: "Kate, I haven't changed, and I care about Bran as well, but this matter is not a trivial matter. Once it is not handled well, it will cause the entire kingdom to fall into war. I must have concrete evidence." Only with the evidence can we make accusations, and we cannot accuse the Western Region Guardian Family just by relying on the confessions of our servants and maids.”

Caitlin quickly took out the Valyrian steel dagger and said, "Dagger, this dagger is the best evidence!"

Eddard shook his head and said: "No, this dagger cannot be used as evidence. Instead, it will be regarded as evidence that we framed the Lannister family."

"How is this possible?" Caitlin was completely stunned.

"It is possible." At this time, Littlefinger suddenly interjected: "Kate, if you calm down and think about it, you will find the problem here. An assassin's commission is only a few dozen silver deer, but he holds It is completely unreasonable to assassinate someone with a priceless dagger with a clear identity. If the assassin was greedy for money, he would not need to carry out the assassination at all, but would directly take the dagger to the other side of the Narrow Sea and sell it. The money was enough for him to live a prosperous life, and he could have used any ordinary dagger to assassinate Bran. Why would anyone who heard this evidence use a dagger that pointed to such an obvious identity? It’s a deliberate attempt to frame the little devil.”

"How could this happen?" Caitlin was completely stunned after hearing Petyr's analysis. Although Ed on the side didn't like Littlefinger, he still nodded in agreement with Littlefinger's analysis.

"However, because of this, it just shows that the person who assassinated Bran was Lannister." Littlefinger changed the subject and said in a guiding manner: "The little devil is a very smart guy. He must have thought of using the dagger to reveal his identity in advance. question, he will definitely question the use of the dagger, and will also say that his dagger was lost when he was in Winterfell, directly pointing the finger at the Stark family to frame him, or he will quibble that the dagger is not his. , because he has never shown this dagger to the public, and the bet between me and him is only a bet between two people, and no third party knows about it. In this way, the Lannister family will be completely free of suspicion and will not be blamed. "

"Yes, that must be the case." Caitlin nodded repeatedly.

Ed did not respond immediately. He took the dagger in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, with a look of contemplation on his face. After a while, he turned to Caitlin and said: "King's Landing is really too dangerous. You Return to Winterfell immediately. Robb, Bran and Rickon all need your care, and Winterfell also needs someone in charge."

"What about Bran?" Caitlin asked eagerly.

"I will handle this matter. No one can hurt my child and still be safe." Ed said with a firm face.

Afterwards, Ed gave Caitlin a few more instructions and then left in a hurry.

Although Eddard made a promise, Caitlin was still a little disappointed with Eddard's reaction. In her opinion, Eddard should immediately send people to arrest the Lannisters who harmed her children, and Not as calm as now.

Petyr suddenly stood aside and said, "Kate, I think you should understand him. Sitting in his position, sometimes he needs to do things that go against his will."

"What do you mean?" Caitlin turned to look at Petyr and said in a deep voice.

Littlefinger sighed and said: "Now he is the Hand of the King, not the Duke of Winterfell. He needs to consider how the decisions he makes will affect the entire country. Sometimes he needs to compromise or even aggrieve himself. ”

"You mean Ned will..." Caitlin heard the meaning of Littlefinger's words, shook her head repeatedly, and said: "No, Ned will never do it. His family is the most important thing to him. He will definitely seek justice for Bran."

"Maybe I'm overthinking it. After all, I don't know your husband very well." Littlefinger did not refute Caitlin's words.

However, what he just said has opened a hole in Caitlin's heart. Even if Caitlin trusts her husband very much, she still feels that Ed may compromise as Littlefinger said.

Thinking of this, Caitlin had an urge to rush out, find those members of the Lannister family, tear them apart, and immediately complete her revenge on the Lannister family.

At this time, there was a knock on the door suddenly, and then one of Petyr's men hurriedly walked in and whispered something in Petyr's ear. Catelyn vaguely heard Lannister and rushed over. words like that.

"Kate, you can't stay here anymore, you have to leave immediately," Littlefinger said seriously: "I just received news that Jaime Lannister is coming here with a golden robe. It should be you. His whereabouts have been exposed, and he wants to capture you and put him in a trap with Duke Ed."

With that said, before Caitlin could figure out what was going on, she immediately pulled Caitlin out of the room and to the backyard. She walked out of the small door of the kitchen in the backyard and walked through several streets along the narrow alley outside. house, and finally came to a small house on the street.

When they entered the hut, they heard rapid footsteps coming from outside the house. It sounded like there were many people wearing armor running.

The two immediately stood against the wall, and Catelyn peered out of the window. She saw several knights wearing the unique armor of the Lannister family leading a team of golden robes hurriedly running past the street in front of the house, like It seemed like he was chasing someone.

Caitlin's face turned livid at this moment, and the little finger hidden in the dark showed a smile. Then he stopped his smile and showed an extremely serious expression, saying: "It's very safe here. No one knows that this house is mine." , you stay here first, I will arrange the ship, you leave tonight."

"Petyr, thank you..." Caitlin looked at Littlefinger gratefully.

Littlefinger looked at Kate with emotion and said, "No need to say thank you, we are family, have you forgotten? As you said, we are family."

Feeling Littlefinger's enthusiasm, Caitlin couldn't help but turn her head slightly, but she didn't realize that when she turned her head, the look in Petyr's eyes changed from disappointment to determination.

At this moment, Caitlin thought of her trainer, Sir Rodrik, and said, "My man is still in the hotel. Please help me find him."

Littlefinger thought for a while and said: "You give me a token, and I will find a way to bring him over. He must have been under surveillance. I'm not sure whether I can bring him over?"

Catelyn took out a token that Sir Rodrik knew and gave it to Littlefinger.

Before Littlefinger leaves, he reminds Catelyn to be patient and not leave the house.

At the same time, Linde had packed his bags and was about to join his men at the camp outside the city. However, he heard his men reporting that Ed Stark suddenly came to see him.

"Duke Eddard, what's the matter with you?" Lind couldn't help but wonder as he looked at the sweaty Duke of Winterfell in front of him.

"Prince Linde, I have a request that I hope you can agree to." Ed hesitated a little and said.

Linde was slightly puzzled and said, "Tell me about it."

Ed said with a sincere expression: "I hope those illegitimate children can be sent to the North, and I will take care of them and train them."

"Give me a reason?" Linde asked.

Ed said solemnly: "Robert and I are as close as brothers, and I have an obligation..."

Lin De'er shook his head, interrupted Ed and said: "I think Prime Minister Jon Arryn should also consider this, but in the end he did not choose you to take care of those people, but handed those people over to me. , I think Duke Aylin feels that there is something inappropriate about you taking care of them."

"But..." Ed hesitated, still wanting to fight for it.

"Stop talking, Duke Ed!" Lind interrupted the other party, and had no intention of continuing the conversation, and said: "Do you have anything else to do? If not, then I will prepare to leave King's Landing. "

Ed shook his head, turned around and was about to leave, but after taking two steps, he stopped again, turned around, and said in a very formal tone: "Lord Linde, if one day there is turmoil in the kingdom, you..."

Lind said very directly: "As long as it does not affect the future war with the White Walkers, I will not intervene in the struggle between any forces in the Seven Kingdoms."

Although this answer was not what Ed wanted most, he was still satisfied, so he said no more and hurriedly left Linde's mansion.

Almost as soon as Ed left, Wallis arrived at Linde's mansion and met with Linde.

Lind looked at Varys and asked, "Did something happen? Duke Eddard suddenly came to me inexplicably and asked me to hand over Robert's illegitimate son to him, and said something inexplicable."

Varys truthfully told the story about Caitlin coming to King's Landing and testifying that the little devil hired someone to assassinate Bran.

After hearing this, Lind couldn't help but froze, but soon returned to normal, and then said seriously: "It seems that Ed Stark has fallen into your trap."

"It's not us, it's Littlefinger." Varys shook his head and corrected Lind.

Lynde did not argue with him and said: "I can already imagine what will happen to Duke Ed, but I am curious about what you plan to do with Duke Ed?"

"I hope he can live. After all, there are not many good and upright people like him anymore." Wallis said with a solemn expression: "But some people don't want him to live. What about you? Do you want him to live, or..."

"I, I don't care." Lind said calmly: "It doesn't matter to me whether Eddard Stark is alive or dead. Their life and death can't change my plan. The Targaryen family you support Same thing."