The female knight stood on the hill, looking thoughtfully at the village below and the troubled villagers.
The uncooperation of the villagers was expected. These farmers did not even know who their lords were.
They only know who the local big landowner is and who they have to pay rent to after the harvest every year. Who is that? Is he as big as the landowner? How will he pay rent and buy seeds next year if he loses his land?
The farmers held farm tools and refused the knight's request.
As the leader of the team, Catherine played with her red hair that had been braided and dragged the two braids behind her cheeks. This way of arranging her hair, her new best friend with cat ears said, was the best in their world.
popular models.
At the same time, there were the neat bangs and black-rimmed glasses that had just covered her eyes. Catherine didn’t know whether what she was talking about was true, but she noticed that her current boss did think more of her.
However, now the female knight dressed as a "good student" showed her domineering attitude when faced with hostile looks.
"Don't leave? Everything will be burned."
Calm words are irresistible will and determination.
Immediately, the seal knights began to take action, throwing torches on the houses one by one, billowing flames and thick smoke rose at the same time, and in just ten minutes, the village turned into a sea of flames.
After a while, the knights calmly suppressed the villagers and headed to the next village.
Cries and suppressed roars came one after another, and the knights were too lazy to pay attention. This was not the first time, and it would not be the last time.
Catherine, the leader, was riding a horse, enjoying the hostile and even hateful looks of the villagers while walking in a daze.
"Uh, do you want to listen to Miss Cat and dye your hair black? I feel a little bit wrong, but even the alchemy potions used to dye hair are actually purchased daily necessities. Is the alchemy technology in their world so excessive? No.
, what’s even more concerning is that this technology is used casually for civilian purposes.”
Along the way, Catherine was indifferent, but she vaguely became the core of the team.
Originally a Knight of the Holy Fire, her position in the Knights was quite delicate.
Although she is a member of the middle and high-level ranks of the Knights, and is a well-known and powerful person of the younger generation, she is destined to be unable to become the chief and deputy leader of the Knights, and her voice is not even as good as that of some weaker knight captains.
But now, her words are more useful than the captain of the knights. These young knights who followed her were not her subordinates originally. She just said that she wanted to go out to perform tasks, and these knights abandoned their previous responsibilities and came over on their own initiative.
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Yes, she took the initiative to go out on patrol, and at the same time, she was avoiding some troubles that were becoming increasingly difficult to refuse.
As for the original work of the comprador agent? All of it was entrusted to his mother.
In a sense, this young-looking woman originally looked more shrewd. After the initial confusion, she quickly saw the situation clearly.
"The Knights are probably the most useful fighting force under that lord now. Catherine, you must catch them."
Catherine's mother looked beyond the "little girl".
If there are no accidents, this patrol mission should be the last military mission of the Knights.
After arriving in another world, I am afraid that even if the legion will not be disbanded on the spot, it will be reorganized. In the eyes of my mother, who sees it very clearly, this is both a crisis and an opportunity.
Compared to the three long-established and outstanding captains of the Knights, Catherine is obviously more trusted by Lu Pingan. If Lu Pingan wants to further hold the Knights in his hands, it is necessary to promote a new leader.
So, at this stage, Catherine will have to show her abilities and prestige, or at least establish some direct descendants and teams within the Knights.
"Mom, it's really annoying. I have to make a trip for this kind of thing. Forget it, that's right. Fulfilling my duties as a knight can also make me feel more at ease when I leave."
Reality is much crueler than fairy tales. At the last, most critical moment, people often think not of overcoming the difficulties together, but of their own piece of land.
"Although it's good for you, my daughter, to serve the new lord now, you have to be more useful so that he won't give up on you casually. At this time, helping him capture the Knights is much more useful than doing internal affairs. You don't think so.
There is no need to win over the knights, they are very respectful to you now? Ha, respect and loyalty are two different things, you have to give them a chance to surrender, then they will be yours."
What happened along the way was just as Marianne expected, knights kept coming to Catherine privately and said some random things, vaguely expressing their willingness to be loyal, like "I won't follow your advice, your words will be valid within the knights."
kind of discourse.
Moreover, most of them squeezed out a gift or something in the end, some were cheap and some were valuable.
Allegiance? Surrender? That's probably what it means.
If Catherine was still busy with Lu Ping'an, she would not have such a convenient opportunity. It doesn't matter what these knights say or what they send. What matters is that after the actions of "sending" and "private conversation", they
In the small circle within the Knights, there are Catherine's subordinates.
Among them, there were even two knight captains who were similar to Catherine. The middle-aged knights who had never been nice to her in the past were flattering like businessmen this time.
Originally, Catherine was a little disdainful. In the past, he was loyal, just and brave. He never gave gifts or accepted bribes. He was a model knight. He had a good relationship with Catherine, who was a bit "silly" at the time. But now he lowers his head and the expression on the gold necklace is enough.
ridiculous.
But then I thought about it, he had a happy family, a beautiful daughter and two somewhat stupid sons.
Catherine sighed, said nothing, and accepted it directly.
The knight captain also sighed, but his expression became much more relaxed.
".No, it's all about living."
Even more maliciously, Catherine vaguely felt that the motives of the knight leaders' active "patrol" this time were not simple.
Perhaps, this is also an opportunity to seize military power, and at the same time, express to the new boss that he and his team are still good people who abide by the spirit of chivalry, and at least continue to perform their duties until the last moment.
Mentioning the boss Lu Ping An, the female knight smiled more on her face.
It's not that she has any special feelings for Lu Ping'an, it's just because.
"It's great that they are here. They seem to be good people."
Lu Ping'an and his party are good people in the literal sense. From the perspective of locals like Catherine, these seem to be outsiders in a peaceful world. They can be called very rare good people among outsiders.
"There was no persecution, no harsh exploitation, no looting, no shipping tickets for auction, no forcing everyone into slaves, and no treating myself like an emperor."
Don't say that their requirements are low, because outsiders have already done all the above things.
When outsiders come to this remote area with a few ship tickets, anything can happen as long as they bribe the local lords.
Once it was confirmed that the news of the "doomsday" was true, more news spread all over the sky, and asking each other about the "ticket price" was basically inevitable.
The disgusting behaviors of many vile outsiders are spread everywhere. Those are really evil behaviors that constantly challenge the moral bottom line. Many outsiders do not regard the locals as "intelligent creatures" at all.
In fact, these knights don't care much, at least, they don't show that they care. What they care about is always
"If you work for such a good man from now on, you should still be alive."
They only have this level of requirements, just survive. It would be better if they have dignity.
Herders? They are a big evil. If you really follow them, you will kill a bunch of people. More importantly, they have no tickets.
The reality is a bit ruthless, but that's how it is. Muyin people who don't have a "ship ticket" are directly expelled from the ranks of "foreigners".
Catherine and her party did not go far. She circled around and moved several villages before preparing to go back.
She thought that would be the end of it, but she didn't expect that something unexpected happened at the last village.