The Britannia Empire was a martial country.
In the Britannia Empire, the knights who are the senior military attachés of the empire are even more respected.
Ordinary civilians have no right to be rude and disrespectful to the noble knight.
Therefore, in the Britannian Empire, there was also the crime of "disrespect to knights".
In the past, ordinary soldiers even had to salute to the knight immediately after seeing him, which is the kind of salute that the patrol leader just saluted to Su Cheng.
But these are all things in the past. Now ordinary soldiers no longer need to perform such troublesome etiquette after meeting the knight.
However, the noble status of knights and the "crime of disrespect to knights" still exist.
Every year, many people in the empire commit "disrespect to knights" because they are disrespectful to knights.
Although the crime of "disrespect to knights" does not lead to death, it is more than enough to make you spend a few months in prison and to bear a fine that may prevent you from eating meat for a year.
Most of the people who commit "disrespect to knights" every year are soldiers in the army. There are very few civilians who commit this crime. After all, it is difficult for ordinary civilians to see knights.
However, just because it’s hard to see, doesn’t mean it’s impossible to see.
For example, Bald and the others, who were so aggressive just now but are now so frightened that their legs are weak, and the two girls.
"You are so brave!" The captain of the patrol glared at the bald man and the others, "Not only do you dare to speak rudely to the knights! You also touch the knight's sword, which is regarded as life by the knights!"
The knight's sword is more important than life to most knights.
The knight's sword given by the emperor is not only a one-of-a-kind sword, but also a symbol of status.
Only with the knight's sword given by the emperor can one be considered a true knight's sword.
Therefore, in the eyes of most knights, the knight's sword is something that no one else is allowed to touch and is more important than life.
News like "A civilian or soldier accidentally touched a knight's knight's sword out of curiosity, and then the person was hacked to death by an angry knight's sword" is not uncommon.
After hearing the words of the patrol leader, the bald head that was already trembling started to tremble even more.
The bald head drove his trembling body to kneel on the ground facing Su Cheng, and then respectfully held Su Cheng's sword in his hand.
"S-Sir..." Not only was his body trembling, but the bald man's voice was also trembling, "I-I didn't know that your lord was a knight... No, no, no offense! Please forgive me!"
After seeing the bald man kneeling down, everyone else, including the two girls, also knelt down towards Su Cheng and begged Su Cheng for forgiveness.
The two girls even wiped away their tears and begged Su Cheng for forgiveness.
Su Cheng smiled and took back his sword from the bald hand, with a hint of mockery in Su Cheng's smile.
Su Cheng put the sword back into its scabbard and said to the two girls: "Please tell my friend..."
Before Su Cheng finished speaking, the two girls immediately apologized to Alyssa while wiping their tears.
Just as the two girls kept apologizing to Alyssa, Alyssa, who was behind Su Cheng, pulled Su Cheng's clothes: "Forget it, Su Cheng, just let them go. For such a small thing, I
I don’t care too much in the first place, let’s go.”
After saying that, Alyssa turned and left.
"Let them go...Okay then. Hey, you guys."
"Yes, yes!" Baldhead responded quickly.
"Although you were quite rude to me just now, you also touched my sword without my permission. According to the laws of our empire, you should all be punished with 'disrespect to the knight' and then be imprisoned.
Eat prison food for a period of time in prison."
Su Cheng's words made the bodies of the bald head and others tremble even more violently, and the two girls also cried even more violently.
"But" Su Cheng changed the topic, "I'm going to let you guys go today. Everything that happened just now will be treated as if it never happened."
"Thank you, thank you, sir!!"
"thanks, thanks!!"
"Grateful!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Thank you, thank you, sir...wuwu..."
After saying what he just said, Su Cheng turned around and left to chase Alyssa.
However, before Su Cheng turned around and left, he walked over and patted the patrol captain on the shoulder, and whispered at a volume that only he and the captain could hear clearly: "It's very clever. I didn't say a word."
You said, you figured out the situation and came over quickly to help me. With your cleverness, I feel it is only a matter of time before you become a knight."
"Thank you, Mr. Su Cheng, for your appreciation." The captain said a little flattered, "I just did what I should do."
After patting the captain's shoulder one last time, Su Cheng hurried to catch up with Alyssa, who had already gone a little far.
After watching Su Cheng leave, the captain turned to look at Baldhead and the others and said loudly:
"Since the knight just let you off the hook, we won't arrest you for the crime of 'disrespect to the knight'."
As soon as the patrol captain finished speaking, the bald man and the two girls immediately beamed with joy.
However, the joy on their faces did not last long. The patrol captain's next words directly made them unable to be "happy" anymore:
"However, I see that the four of you look fierce, which is quite suspicious. I suspect that the four of you are spies sent by the enemy country to disrupt the meeting. Capture these four people."
"yes!"
As the patrol captain finished speaking, several soldiers immediately stepped forward and arrested the bald man and his three younger brothers.
"Wait, wait!" the bald head said urgently, "We are not spies! We are not spies!!"
"If you have anything to say, let's wait until we get to the prison to talk about it." The captain said in a tone that was neither salty nor indifferent. "When it is found out that you are indeed innocent, you will be freed. Take it away!"
"yes!"
Just when the patrol team was about to escort the four bald men away, the two little girls immediately walked quickly to the patrol leader.
"Sir, officer!" said the pigtailed girl with an anxious look on her face, "my brother is not a spy! Please don't arrest him!"
"Yes, yes!" Another girl with short hair nodded immediately, "They are not spies of the enemy country, we can prove it!"
"Huh? You actually dare to excuse the suspect. It feels very suspicious. Come on, please take these two girls away too."
"yes!"
"Wait a minute! We already said that we are not spies of the enemy country! We are just ordinary civilians!"
"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after we go to prison. Don't worry, the prison is very clean now after a round of cleaning. Just think of it as a trip to the prison. Take it with you!"
"No! Don't arrest us!" the girl with braids screamed miserably.
But no one paid any attention to them.
The patrol team escorted the two girls and the four bald men and set off towards Pendragon's prison...
…
"Su Cheng, thank you for helping me just now."
Su Cheng and Alyssa walked side by side.
It was now approaching dusk. The afterglow of the setting sun made the shadows of the two of them grow longer and longer.
"You don't need to thank me. If you really want to thank me," Su Cheng said in a joking tone, "then give me some material thanks. Verbal thanks are too empty."
"Is it a material thank you? That's right."
After saying that, Alyssa quickly walked to a place on the side of the road where people could sit.
"Come on, Su Cheng, sit here."
Alyssa, who was sitting here, patted the seat next to her while saying this.
"Huh? Why do you suddenly ask me to sit down?"
"Stop talking nonsense and come sit here quickly!"
"..."
Although Su Cheng hesitated, he finally sat down next to Alyssa obediently.
"I sat here, and then..."
Chirp...
Chapter completed!