"Salute to you, Knight Claude." A young and handsome lieutenant gave a military salute to Claude with a very elegant movement.
"Hello." Claude quickly returned the salute, and then looked at the handsome lieutenant officer suspiciously. He had never seen such a young officer with such a heroic temperament in Squirrel Village: "Excuse me, are you..."
"This is Lieutenant Perenger, the operational staff officer from the frontline headquarters." Captain Durrioro came over and introduced.
Is it the combat staff officer from the frontline headquarters again? Claude communicated with Captain Durrioro with his eyes, meaning have you checked his identification documents and military officer certificate? Don't turn out to be an impostor again...
The young and handsome Lieutenant Perenger was very considerate. He consciously took out his military ID card and identification documents: "Captain Claude, you can check, this is mine..."
Captain Durrioro coughed: "There is no need to check this, Captain Claude, I know Lieutenant Perenger. He is known as the new generation strategic genius of the kingdom in the frontline command post and a rising star in the army...
"
Claude quickly turned his hand that was about to pick up Lieutenant Perenger to hand over his military ID and identity document into a gesture of rejection: "Since Captain Durrioro knows me, there is no need to check. I'm very sorry, Perenger."
Lieutenant Lenger, please forgive my offense. After all, what happened two days ago, we have to be more cautious now..."
This was the third day after the four unlucky guys were arrested. Claude had just had lunch in the tavern owned by the old man of the village chief and was about to take a nap when he saw the orderly sent by Captain Durrioro to find him.
, asked Claude to go to his office. Now that he had met Lieutenant Perenger from the frontline headquarters, Claude naturally understood why he was here.
"It's understandable." Lieutenant Perenger said with a considerate smile: "No matter who encounters such a thing, he will naturally become more vigilant. Even though the war is over, after all, the troops have not evacuated, and nearly 10,000 troops have been
Piling up on the front line, some unexpected situations and misunderstandings are inevitable. The most worrying thing is that some people who fish in troubled waters are sowing discord among them. They insist on getting involved in matters that have nothing to do with them. Those who watch the excitement are not afraid.
If things get serious, they will be out of control..."
Lieutenant Perenger also glanced at Captain Durrioro when he said this. It was obvious that his words meant something else. It seemed that although the two of them knew each other, they did not seem to have a very harmonious relationship.
Claude agreed with his face: "Yes, Lieutenant Perenger's words are so reasonable. We just signed the armistice and peace agreement, ending the war. How come someone took advantage of the absence of the superior officer to harass us?"
The First Battalion carried out false accusations and persecution. I heard that our battalion commander, Major Skerry, was arrested by people from the Military Justice Department of your frontline headquarters on charges of being responsible for the loss of soil. This is simply a huge injustice. All the officers and soldiers of our battalion
We are all complaining about Major Skerry. Even if this lawsuit goes to the Ministry of War or His Majesty, we will persist..."
"Uh... well..." Lieutenant Perenger was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, Claude suddenly turned the topic to Major Skerry. Combined with what he just said, he became a man who fished in troubled waters with ulterior motives.
Those noble officers who framed Major Skerry.
However, Lieutenant Perenger responded quickly. He smiled and said to Claude: "Is there any misunderstanding in this? I also heard about this at the frontline headquarters. It is said that Major Skerry himself confessed and admitted everything.
The charge has been made. This matter has been finalized and cannot be reversed."
"Finalized? Haha..." Claude sneered a few times. If Major Skerry hadn't wanted to avoid implicating himself and the other officers and soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion, he wouldn't have resisted all the charges alone. But this would overcome
Lord was no longer in the mood to continue talking nonsense with Lieutenant Perenger, and asked straight to the point: "By the way, Lieutenant Perenger, do you have any official business here this time?"
"Oh, official duties? I don't have any official duties." Lieutenant Perenger said with a smile: "I came here this time for a private matter and wanted to ask Knight Claude and Captain Durrioro for help."
When talking about Captain Durioro, Lieutenant Perenger also strengthened his tone of voice, and seemed to be gritting his teeth. It seemed that the relationship between them was a bit complicated...
Claude was not interested in exploring the sexual relationship between the two. He just waved his hand: "To be serious, Lieutenant Perenger, we are strangers, and you serve in the frontline command, so you must know someone
More than me. I am just a lucky guy who worked hard on the front line and got some military exploits by chance. I have no ability to help you at all. You must have come to the wrong door when you came to ask me to do something..."
No one is a fool. In fact, everyone knows it in their hearts. They are just pretending not to know with masks on their faces. However, Lieutenant Perenger did not expect that Claude would push him so cleanly.
"You still have to help with this matter." Lieutenant Perenger said in a deep voice, but his eyes were fixed on Captain Durioro next to him, his tone full of resentment: "Captain Durioro said, this matter has to be done.
You agree, otherwise he has no right to give me an answer."
"Oh, that's what Captain Durioro said? Then he was just being polite. Don't listen to his nonsense. In fact, he is the landowner here and he has the final say on his territory. I have no ability to interfere with his security camp.
Currently, our first battalion of Rangers is stationed in Squirrel Village, just to assist in defense. All matters must be taken care of by the garrison battalion. Captain Durrioro has the final say here..." Claude still picked himself up.
Go out and be determined not to get involved in the feud between Lieutenant Perenger and Captain Durrioro.
"I'll tell you the truth, Knight Claude, I'm here for the four people you captured two days ago. Sides Van Rulemke is my cousin. Because he is young,
He didn't know the heights of the world, so he was very reckless and reckless. We didn't know that he stole Lieutenant Hendry's officer's uniform and pretended to be an officer when he came to your first ranger battalion to show off. This was just a whim on his part, not intentional.
It offends your dignity. Young people are always so frivolous in doing things, but we all have times when we are young and do stupid things, so I hope you can forgive their recklessness and ignorance. Please let me take them away, and I promise to give them a
A lesson you will never forget.”
Lieutenant Perenger was obviously impatient to continue messing around with Claude. He got right to the point and made it clear to his face the purpose of his visit. At the same time, he took a few steps forward, took out eight gold dollar scrolls from his pocket and placed them on the table.
Each one is a gold dollar roll with a face value of one hundred gold crowns that can be redeemed on sight at the National Bank.
"This is just a small token of our gratitude for the trouble my cousins and the four of them have brought to you these days and for the expense you have spent to solve these troubles. Just hand them over to
I will take them away, and I guarantee that you will gain the friendship of our families..." Lieutenant Perenger pointed at the eight gold dollar scrolls on the table and said.
Claude first looked at the eight gold dollar scrolls on the table, and then turned to look at Captain Durioro indifferently. At this moment, he was wondering whether Captain Durioro had had a private relationship with Lieutenant Perenger.
reached an agreement, and then pushed himself out to be the one who took the blame. Otherwise, how could Lieutenant Perenger dare to directly put these eight gold dollar scrolls on the table in front of Captain Durrioro. Everyone knows that private agreements and bribes
The fewer people there are, the less likely it is to be exposed, and the more people there are, the more risk of being reported.
Captain Durrioro clearly understood the meaning of Claude's look at him. He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have already told him that this matter is not up to me. The purpose of his four cousins coming here is to frame You.
The First Battalion and you, and I have reported this matter to the Ministry of War, waiting for investigation by the superiors. But this guy did not give up, insisted on meeting you, saying that he wanted to get your forgiveness, and sent four of his cousins
Take him away, and then let us report the news that a prisoner escaped due to poor custody. The money on the table is our reward..."
Eight hundred gold crowns was an unexpectedly huge amount of money for a poor boy who had never seen the world. Claude believed that putting this money in front of all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion would be a huge blow.
Some people are willing to give everything and even their lives to earn this huge wealth. Unfortunately for Claude, this money has no appeal to him. He still has more than a thousand dollars in his own bank account.
Jin Kelang's savings, people are on the front line, and they can't spend the money even if they want to. No matter how much money they have, if they don't have the life to spend it, it will be of no use.
Claude pointed to the eight gold dollar scrolls on the table. He knew that he had to give Lieutenant Perenger a clear answer: "I don't need money. If you can release Major Skerry and exonerate him, I can
Your four cousins will be taken away by you, and I am willing to bear the charge of poor guarding that caused the prisoners to escape..."
Lieutenant Perenger was silent for a while, and finally shook his head: "I can't handle it. Major Skerry's matter has become an ironclad case. It's not something that our families can do..."
"Then there is no other way." Claude said equally firmly: "I can only do business. Please take your money away, Lieutenant Perenger."
Lieutenant Perenger silently stepped forward to take away the gold scroll on the table, and then walked to the door under the watchful eyes of Claude and Captain Durrioro. After opening the door, he turned around and saluted Claude.
Li: "I'm glad to meet you, Knight Claude..."
After he left, Claude asked Captain Durrioro next to him: "Hey, what does this guy's last salute and those words mean? Does it mean that I should be careful and wait for the revenge of several of their families?
?”
Captain Durioro couldn't laugh or cry: "You are overthinking it. After all, didn't those four unlucky guys confess? You are also on the list of civilian officers that the noble officers decided to suppress. For you, whether to retaliate or not
What's the difference? Don't worry, those four unlucky guys and Lieutenant Perenger's family don't have that much influence and power in the royal army.
As for the so-called suppression by those noble officers, it is just to add obstacles and difficulties on your road to joining the army, so that you will not obtain military honors and promotions so quickly. Don't worry, they don't dare to directly attack you and hurt you in the army.
In that case, they would have crossed the line, and they would be unable to protect themselves. After all, we civilian officers outnumbered them several times.
As long as you do not violate military discipline and act in accordance with military regulations, those noble officers will not be able to find fault if they want to. They must have an honest reason to punish you, and you are not under their noses now, so stay here.
Without a formal transfer order from the military, they have nothing to do with you. The only pity is that the war is over. Otherwise, if you had made some meritorious service and been promoted to a school-level officer, these noble officers at the lieutenant level would have taken advantage of you even more.
There’s nothing left to do.”
This makes sense. Claude nodded and thought of Lieutenant Perenger again: "By the way, do you have any personal grudges with Lieutenant Perenger? I noticed that the look in your eyes was very strange.
Something’s wrong…”
Captain Durrioro sighed and nodded: "This guy used to be my neighbor. We grew up together and went to school together when we were young. I have a sister who is four years older than me and one year younger than him. Everyone.
They say that he and my sister are a perfect match, and my parents regard him as their son-in-law.
We were still young at that time, and we thought that the good days would continue like this. But his father, a viscount of the kingdom, was appreciated by several heads of the old noble families and had the opportunity to enter their monopoly.
To open a supporting workshop in the military industry is to betray our group of commercial aristocrats and join those old aristocratic families.
This was a big blow to us business aristocrats. Their family was regarded as a traitor, and everyone severed ties with them. And their family also moved away quickly, completely becoming those old aristocrats.
Perenger, the lackey of the aristocratic family, was fourteen years old at the time. He was transferred directly from the Junior Military Academy to the Junior Noble Military Academy. We did not see him for the next four or five years.
Later, we graduated from the Junior Military Academy and entered the Guards Corps for internship, and then met him again. A group of their noble officers also came to the Guards Corps for internships like us. Because we were natural enemies, we had a falling out during the internship.
There were many conflicts, and later we designed a trap to trap their group of aristocratic officers and suppress their military ranks below those of us civilian officers. That year was regarded as a humiliating internship year for their group of aristocratic officers.
Then this guy took revenge and deliberately got close to my sister, successfully rekindling the old relationship and confusing my sister so much that she would not marry him. Just when my parents were forced to finally agree to my sister marry him,
News came that he was engaged to the legitimate daughter of an established aristocratic family. My sister fell seriously ill and almost didn't survive...
, sincerely, but his father forced him to get engaged to the legitimate daughter of that old aristocratic family, and he had no choice, because it was related to the fate of their entire family, and he couldn't shirk it."
Claude suddenly discovered that the youthful past and family grievances of these nobles were enough to write a classic, which sounded particularly bloody. He could only express bitterly: "You nobles have so much trouble."
, anyone can bring up a lot of past grudges..."
Captain Durioro smiled bitterly: "The aristocratic circle of the kingdom, whether big or small, will always be involved in it for hundreds of years. In fact, I envy you, at least you live an easy and free life, unlike us.
Every step we take must consider the fate of the family and the interests of the group. This time Lieutenant Perenger is here to be soft, he is here to give gifts, but next time they may be hard, we must be careful..."