"What happened?" Cersei heard the boy's scream and her eyes widened in panic.
"He fell." James suddenly turned back from the window, picked up his windbreaker and quickly put it on his body, "Hurry, we have to get down."
"Who fell?"
"Bran Stark, Duke Eddard His second son!"
"Damn it," Cersei was immediately confused: "Did he see us?"
"No, but we can't take it lightly. You hurry up, I have to go down and stop the night watchman first!"
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Half a minute ago, When Egg separated from the two passing guards and returned to the training ground in the old inner courtyard, Bran had climbed from the roof of the guard room to the outer wall of the fort, and was heading towards the ruined tower along a familiar "route" Climb sideways. Knowing that there was nothing they could do to stop the boy, the night watchman deliberately shouted loudly... not hoping that Bran would obey, but just hoping that the pair of people in the castle would respond in time.
The first half of the plan was successful, but things did not go as expected. He could see clearly in the old inner courtyard: James did not push Bran down this time, but just popped out of the window. , the boy was so frightened that he fell down.
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After the muffled sound of the rag bag falling to the ground, the boy lay quietly on the ground, his eyes closed tightly, motionless. The corn in the bag that was originally intended to be taken to the top of the ruined tower to feed the crows was scattered all over the ground, and it was bright yellow. Striking and ironic.
Egger stood blankly next to the boy who landed on the ground, his mind turning into a pot of gruel. His instinct told him that he should call for rescue immediately, but Lannister was still in the first castle, and his trip to leave the Great Wall was completely ruined... What was even more troublesome was that in the end, not only did the busy work not prevent Bran from falling, but he also He was involved in this matter, and he was shouting at the boy when he fell. If he wanted to calculate the responsibility, did he take more responsibility for distracting Bran, or did James take more responsibility for scaring the boy?
A small soldier of the Night's Watch caused the nephew of the Chief Ranger and the second son of Duke Stark to fall from the castle. After returning to the Great Wall, he still wanted to leave? Egg shudders just thinking about it.
The sound of footsteps was heard, and James ran out of the entrance to the fort like a hundred-meter sprint, ran to Bran's side, and leaned over to check the boy's breathing and heartbeat. After a moment, he stood up, his eyes no longer relaxed and casual, but with a frightening light.
The Kingslayer grabbed Egg by the collar. If the height difference between the two had not been much different, he might have lifted him up from the ground. The arrogant and cynical Lannister said in an almost trembling tone: "Tilly Ang said, you are the smartest soldier he has ever seen, so you should understand that this kid fell down on his own. This is good for you and me. Do you know what I mean?
"Falled off on his own? Egg also calmed down at this time and quickly understood what the other party meant. Yes, there was no fourth person who witnessed the entire accident. If Bran fell by himself, then at least until the boy wakes up, there is no need to worry about who is more responsible. Big.
But he quickly realized that he couldn't accuse the other party, but he couldn't take the blame alone: "I understand... Yes, he fell by himself, but I'm afraid no one will believe what I, a soldier, said!"
James He gave him a fierce look and saw that Iger had no intention of compromising, so he had to take a step back: "I can testify for you, but you can't involve me... Her Majesty the Queen!"
Iger nodded quickly: "Of course... Of course, Her Majesty the Queen and This matter has nothing to do with it."
On normal days, James would not even bother to say a word to Egg, a soldier of the Night's Watch, but today he first encountered him unavoidably when looking for a venue, and now together they contributed to Bran... Stark's stumble and fall made it impossible not to talk.
They made a quick and simple confession, and after the exchange ended, Cersei walked out of the high castle nervously, and Egger left the old inner courtyard to call for someone.
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No member of the Stark family has had any trouble since the Reaver War. Winterfell fell into chaos that had not been seen in many years. The guards hurriedly carried the boy back to the main castle on a stretcher and notified Stark The lady, Maester Luwin, and everyone who knew medicine, including the accompanying doctor from King's Landing, participated in the rescue.
It was not until the king's hunting party returned in the evening that anyone came out of the room.
At night, Bran's little wolf howled outside the window, and the entire Winterfell could hear its call to its little master. Egg was lying on the bed in his room, tossing and turning.
Everyone knows that Bran loves to climb walls. Almost every resident of Winterfell has been worried about this naughty child. Today's fall is a big and unexpected trouble for James and Egger who are involved, but To the rest of the people in the city, it was just an accident that finally turned their worries into reality.
Although Egger was extremely nervous, no one actually suspected him as a night watchman. It wasn't until Eddard Stark returned to Winterfell that the head of the family remembered to call the ranger who first discovered his son's fall to ask for details... There were two guards who had spoken to Edgar and Jaime Lannister. After hearing the testimony of the three people, the Guardian of the North soon frowned and waved him back to the house.
It seemed that Bran's fall did not trouble him at all, but it was not that simple. Egg is really a little scared now - Bran's fateful fall today made him start to doubt his life.
He is a thorough materialist, insisting that everything in the world can be explained scientifically... The science here refers to the systematic knowledge of different subjects - he believes that even the magic of the White Walkers and the Lord of Light can be explained scientifically. It must be operating according to some kind of rule system that he doesn't understand yet. Over time, he will definitely be able to master more information about this, so as to understand and even use this unknown power.
But after doing a lot of operations in the past few days, Bran still fell at the same time and place as in the original plot. Is this a coincidence, or is there some force in the dark that is pushing the plot to develop along the original line?
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Iger forced himself to stop thinking about this unknown and powerful existence, because he now has more real troubles than the "existence in the dark" - although he is not yet, at least not publicly suspected of causing Bran to fall from the building, But in fact, the connection with the plot is inescapable: if the story continues, and the unknown killer breaks into Bran's room and tries to give the boy "mercy", the Stark family will definitely be concerned about the child's fall. Doubted.
Once the investigation begins, he, the night watchman who had to conduct daily training in the remote old inner courtyard when visiting Winterfell, and who was the first to discover Bran falling from the building, will definitely be remembered. At that time, he had probably followed the dwarf and left the Great Wall. Although Tyrion and Bran's fall and assassination had nothing to do with each other, the Lannister label on him could not be removed... By then, If he is judged as an enemy of the Lannister camp by the Stark family, he will really jump into the Yellow River, no, the Trident River will not be able to clean him.
A Night's Watch dared to collude with a Lannister to murder a Stark. As long as the First Family in the North works a little, wouldn't it be easy for the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch to recall him who has left the Great Wall or even directly declare himself a deserter?
On the other hand, will the Lannister family definitely not cause trouble for me? With Cersei's viciousness and pettiness, a Night's Watcher who seems to know about her and refuses to take the blame obediently, instead of staying at the Great Wall, gets close to her most annoying dwarf brother, any of which is enough to kill her. Heartbroken.
He is simply not human inside or out.
I was originally outside the story of Game of Thrones, but the first time I actively tried to interfere with the plot, I didn't make a fuss about the fox. If I had known this, I would have stayed out of this mess!
Egger was extremely upset, but the matter had come to this, and it was only right to find a solution. What can he do now to break this awkward situation?