So after discussion, the Forest Children decided to split into two groups: the old and weak Forest Children would remain in Summerhall territory, and another group of strong Forest Children would go to the Kohor Great Forest to establish a home.
However, there were some problems in selecting the personnel. Several days passed, and no one had been chosen. It seemed that there were some internal issues. Since it was an internal matter for the Forest Children, Lynd did not ask much, only telling them to choose the people as soon as possible so he could make arrangements with Nameria.
Soon after the Forest Children left, Baelon rushed in from outside. As he placed the collected intelligence on the table, he eagerly reported, "My Lord, something has happened in King's Landing!"
Lynd picked up the documents on the table and quickly flipped through them, his face showing a puzzled expression, because the development in King's Landing was not quite what he had expected.
First, Robert was assassinated in a brothel by a prostitute from Myr. Protected by Barristan the Bold, Robert only suffered a wrist injury, which did not seem very serious. But the day after he returned to the Red Keep, he was already bedridden and delirious. It was later found that the assassin's dagger was coated with an unknown poison.
However, before Robert completely fell into a coma, he appointed Eddard Stark as Regent of the Realm and Protector of the Realm until he recovered. If he could not recover and died from the poison, the position of Regent and Protector of the Realm would be held until Joffrey came of age.
Immediately after Eddard Stark took office as Regent of the Realm and Protector of the Realm, he clashed with Jaime Lannister the Kingslayer of the Kingsguard. The reason was that Eddard Stark's wife, Catelyn, had secretly infiltrated King's Landing and kidnapped Little Devil Tyrion Lannister.
The disappearance of Little Devil Tyrion had already caused a huge stir in King's Landing ten days ago. Jaime Lannister used all the Gold Cloaks to search for Little Devil, arresting many people on Silk Street, where Tyrion often frequented. The Black Cat brothel, where Tyrion was last seen, was also sealed by him, and everyone, including the madam, was arrested.
Only when King Robert issued an order did he have to stop this frantic search.
But even such a large-scale and thorough search failed to find Little Devil. Many people thought that Little Devil was probably in grave danger, having been captured and thrown into Blackwater Bay to feed the fish.
It wasn't until Eddard Stark was just appointed Regent of the Realm and Protector of the Realm that news came from Gulltown in the Vale: the ship carrying Lady Catelyn Tully and Little Devil Tyrion encountered a sea storm and had to dock in Gulltown, and Tyrion appeared to be Lady Catelyn's captive.
Regarding the reason why Lady Catelyn would secretly infiltrate King's Landing to kidnap Little Devil, there were many different opinions throughout King's Landing, with no single answer, and they were also very curious whether Eddard Stark knew about this matter.
It must be known that although Tyrion was discriminated against and even most lords of the Westerlands looked down on him, he still had Lannister blood flowing in his veins, and he was also the legitimate heir of the Lannister. If nothing unexpected happened, he would also be the future Lord of Casterly Rock.
Now the Duchess of the North had captured the heir of the Duke of the Westerlands. This looked like the North declaring war on the Westerlands to everyone. So when the news reached King's Landing, Casterly Rock also received the news, and Old Lion Lord Tywin immediately summoned his army to demand justice from the North.
And in King's Landing, Jaime Lannister was even more direct, wanting to capture Eddard Stark to exchange for his brother. However, due to Barristan the Bold's obstruction, he did not succeed, only stabbing Eddard Stark and killing Eddard Stark's captain of the guard. Afterward, under the cover of Queen Cersei, he escaped from King's Landing, while Queen Cersei and other royal family members like Joffrey were placed under house arrest in the Red Keep.
Many people felt that Eddard Stark might be trying to usurp the Iron Throne while Robert was in a coma. Originally, the people of King's Landing didn't particularly like Northerners, considering them a bunch of barbarians. A Northerner serving as Kings Hand made them even more disgusted. Now, Eddard Stark's various actions confirmed their views, and they disliked Eddard Stark even more. For a time, various rumors slandering the Stark Family appeared among the common folk.
Among the many rumors, the most interesting one was the rumor about Lady Catelyn and Little Devil.
In the rumor, Lady Catelyn kidnapped Tyrion because she was having an affair with him.
Tyrion, who had long frequented brothels, had a way with women. When he had previously gone to Winterfell, he seduced Lady Catelyn and had an affair with her. Afterward, Lady Catelyn could not forget him and finally could not bear the loneliness, so she secretly infiltrated King's Landing and kidnapped Tyrion back to Winterfell to keep as a lover.
As soon as such a rumor appeared, more than ten versions of the story circulated in taverns and brothels, all sounding plausible, as if the storyteller had been watching nearby, and some were even made into ballads.
Upon hearing these rumors, Eddard Stark immediately punished several rumor-mongers. However, doing so had no effect; instead, it made people believe that there was truth to the rumors, and the rumors spread even more. The people of King's Landing also disliked Eddard Stark even more, including the nobles of King's Landing.
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