About an hour later, two men in gold robes, sweating profusely and panting, came to the main entrance of the blacksmith shop.
"Hey, boy, have you seen a Northerner about the same height as you with blood stains on his body?"
A man in gold robe took a few breaths and asked unceremoniously.
"I have been in the store and I haven't seen anyone with blood on them, sir."
Gendry had no expression on his face, but answered respectfully.
"Um."
The golden-robed man who asked the question nodded when he heard his answer, then turned to ask his companion,
"Do you want to search it?"
"What are you searching for? There are so many shops on Steel Street and you want to search them one by one?
Just ask him questions. It's been this long and he hasn't run away. He's hiding here waiting for you to catch him. He's not a fool.
If I wanted to escape, I would definitely run down Steel Street at that time and go to Mud Gate or Fishermen's Square. There are more people there and it would be better to leave King's Landing in the chaos.
Moreover, the old Lannister soldiers just sent word that the criminal's bloody leather armor was found at the Mud Gate.
Here at Steel Street, we can just make routine inquiries."
Another man in gold robe, who was resting against the door of the blacksmith shop, heard his companion's inquiry and immediately made a shrewd reasoning and analysis.
"Let's go and ask the blacksmith shop next to us."
"Hey! It's unlucky for us. All the hard work will be shared with us."
"yes!"
Gendry looked at the two golden robes and walked to the blacksmith shop nearby. He continued to do his apprentice's work with an expressionless face.
I continued working for about an hour and saw that the street outside the blacksmith shop returned to normal order.
Gendry stopped what he was doing, filled a basin of water in the blacksmith shop, took a dinner that Master Tob had left for him, and walked towards the warehouse.
"It's safer outside. There's water and black bread."
Gendry opened the warehouse door with his shoulder and entered. Looking at Robb who was resting, he immediately opened his eyes and stared at him. He said loudly.
"You can leave now, or you can leave the day after tomorrow morning, anyway..."
"Gendry, you are the illegitimate son of the late King Robert Baratheon I!"
Gendry came to Robb's side, bent down to put down the basin and brown bread, and continued to speak.
But before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Robb's very abrupt words.
Gendry, who was bending over, suddenly stiffened when he heard this. He stiffly turned his head to look at Robb, his eyes wide open with an expression of disbelief.
"Yes, I'm not kidding. I am Robb Stark, Acting Lord of Winterfell.
My father, Eddard Stark, should have come to see you when he was the Hand of the King, I wonder if you still remember."
Robb said to Gendry with a serious look on his face.
Gendry put down the things in his hands, straightened up, and replied to Robb: "Of course I remember that two Hands of the King have come to ask me some questions recently.
But why are you telling me this?"
"I know your ambition is not just to be a blacksmith, and I also said I would thank you.
Now, I will tell you this, letting you control your own destiny and make your own choices.
Should you continue to stay here as a blacksmith's apprentice, or should you wait a few days and return to Winterfell with me to see how far you can grow."
Robb finished what he wanted to say in one breath, then picked up the basin and drank heavily.
After quenching his thirst, he used the remaining water to clean the remaining blood on his hands, and then tore up the black bread without ceremony to fill his stomach, which was very hungry after the battle.
"Oh, the king's illegitimate son, this is too sudden, please let me calm down."
Gendry, who couldn't accept the news, sneered, covered his forehead, and left the warehouse after speaking.
After Gendry left, Robb ate the dark brown bread mechanically.
After he knew that the black-haired boy was Gendry, he directly chose to tell him the secret.
First, because Robb is a person who receives favors from others and repays them with kindness. He knows that Gendry has a fighting heart and really wants him to have a better development.
The second reason is because he doesn’t want Gendry’s king’s blood to be used by Melisandre the Red Robe to curse him.
Robb was not sure whether the curse would work on him. Although he had the blood wind and his physical condition had greatly increased, he was still essentially an ordinary person.
Bloody wind!
Robb seemed to have thought of something, and immediately looked at the closed warehouse door with dull eyes, not knowing what was going on in his mind.
…
Red Keep, Throne Room.
Joffrey was sitting on the high platform in the center of the throne room, on the Iron Throne covered with spikes, sharp horns and twisted metal.
There are also narrow stone steps under this high platform. A long carpet extends from the throne to the bronze oak door at the end of the hall.
It is said that people feel refreshed during happy events. Now Joffrey's face was rosy and his whole body was full of energy.
Although he was very sad when his admired and beloved father passed away the day before yesterday. But after these two days, when he began to grasp the power that he had not had before, Joffrey seemed to have broken free from an invisible prison.
At this moment, Cersei was sitting at the foot of the steps to Joffrey's right, and the Kingsguard and Lannister soldiers were lined up around the throne room.
James, Baelish, Varys, Genos and others stood at the bottom of the steps, reporting on the process and results of the round-up.
"The fire in Shoemaker's Square has been extinguished and some shops have been burned down. The golden robes are organizing civilians to start cleanup work.
Most of the criminals in the North are dead. I personally captured Eddard Karstark. As for Robb Stark...
He used Eddard and others as bait, wounded Sir Clegane, fled to the vicinity of Mud Gate and Fishermen's Square, and disappeared without a trace."
Jaime reported loudly, but when he said that Robb escaped at the end, he looked a little embarrassed.
After all, this was an advance preparation and a sure-fire encirclement, but I didn't expect that such a flaw would occur.
Snap... snap!
Sure enough, Joffrey, who was listening with a smile at first, immediately turned gloomy when he heard what happened. After James finished his report, he stood up from the Iron Throne and clapped slowly with both hands.
"You are really awesome! Hundreds of people surrounded a dozen traitors and allowed the main criminal to escape.
‘Kingslayer’, ‘Magic Mountain’, hahaha, what’s the use of warriors like you who are famous in the Seven Kingdoms?
I should let a fat pig take command, maybe it can bite Robb Stark's head back for me!
They are worthless than a bunch of pigs!"
Joffrey, who was standing on the high platform of the throne, became more and more excited as he talked, and finally couldn't help but curse at James and others.
"Joffrey! Be polite, that's your uncle!"
Cersei next to him heard this and immediately frowned and scolded.
James, who was being scolded in the audience, had a gloomy look on his face, while the others lowered their heads as if it was none of their business.
"Yes, mother!"
"Lord Varys, as the intelligence chief, I believe you will have good news over there, right?"
Seeing Joffrey nodding obediently and sitting back on the Iron Throne, Cersei turned to ask Varys.
Upon hearing his name, Varys immediately raised his head with a smile and said softly: "Your Majesty the Queen, Lord James and others have cleared out all the civilians near Shoemaker's Square in advance, including my little birds.
People from the Stark family seem to be good at hiding, just like that little girl from the Stark family. My little birds are currently unable to know the whereabouts of Robb Stark.
However, there is a hotel outside the Gate of the Gods, and there are several traitor accomplices inside. I think we can arrange for their arrest!"
"No, that inn is a trap I used to capture Robb Stark. You can't move it now!"
As soon as Varys finished speaking, James immediately rejected his last suggestion of arrest.
"Trap? Lord James, I heard that there is Robb Stark's direwolf in the inn. Don't do it again then..."
After hearing James' words, Varys raised his eyebrows slightly, with a worried look on his face.
"Lord Varys, please rest assured. I will naturally make arrangements, and there will be absolutely no mistakes this time!"
James said with a confident look on his face. It could be seen that he was very sure of the trap he had arranged.