In Atel City, within the marquis's mansion.
Four guard knights held long swords, vigilantly facing the man in the butler's uniform in front of them.
Their intuition told them that this man in front of them was no ordinary in strength!
Lane could also tell that unlike those rotten knights during the day, these few guard knights did have some skills.
It seemed that Dylan also understood that those knights were weak, but he was also cherished his life, so he deliberately kept the elite knights around him.
It had to be said that this was also quite deceptive. It was easy to attract enemies to assassinate him and then settle accounts in one go.
Dylan hid behind the guard knights. Seeing that Lane had no further actions, he said in a doubtful and uncertain tone:
"Who are you and what are you here for?"
While speaking, the four knights also started approaching Lane step by step.
Lane looked at Dylan indifferently and slowly raised his hand, reaching into the interior of his butler's uniform.
The four guard knights thought Lane was going to take out some secret weapon and hurriedly stopped, assumed their stances, and were on full alert!
However, in the cautious gazes of everyone, they saw Lane take out a small badge from his bosom.
Dylan thought it was the family emblem of some family and narrowed his eyes to look carefully.
After seeing the appearance of that badge, Dylan was startled and broke out in a cold sweat!
The badge was carved with an eagle spreading its wings and soaring, and its two claws were grasping a knight's long sword.
The Eagle Holding the Sword!
This was a badge specially ordered by the eldest prince to be carved. Whoever saw this badge was like seeing the eldest prince in person!
After Dylan reacted extremely quickly and saw the badge clearly, he quickly knelt on one knee on the ground. The impact of his knee on the floor made a loud noise, and the pain caused Dylan's expression to slightly distort.
Looking at this badge, these several knights were also stunned for a moment. They first turned to look at Dylan. Seeing that Dylan had knelt on the ground, these several knights then followed and knelt on the ground. This was also a common situation in the system of the Hedley Empire. The knights under the nobles only obeyed the nobles themselves. Even when meeting the king, without the noble's instruction, the knights were not allowed to kneel.
Of course, if the knights behaved discourteously, the noble would also be held responsible.
The cold sweat on Dylan's forehead was about to flow into his eyes, but he didn't dare to wipe it. Instead, he said with a smirk:
"Sir, if you wanted to see me, you just needed to show your identity to the guards. I would come to greet you myself. Why did you pretend to be a subordinate of the duke?"
"It's just that I didn't want to be too ostentatious."
Saying this, Lane glanced at the four knights in front of him.
"Sir, rest assured. They are even by my side when I sleep and never leave my side. They will definitely not spread it!"
Hearing this, Lane raised his eyebrows slightly.Have to say, this was really a slick old fox with such good eyesight.
At this moment, Dylan continued: "Sir, I wonder why you suddenly came here?"
"During the day, on the grounds that the Yaxi family privately hid forbidden books, you searched the Yaxi family's mansion?"
"So that's why you came here, sir!"
Dylan immediately revealed a knowing smile:
"Sir, rest assured. We will keep a close eye on the only daughter of the Yaxi family. After confirming that she has the forbidden book, we will immediately hand over both the person and the book to you for handling. This has nothing to do with me!"
"No, I came here to tell you that the Yaxi family doesn't have any forbidden books. You don't need to search anymore."
Lane looked at Dylan and said indifferently: "Also, I was very dissatisfied with the attitudes of your several knights at the Ashe family!"
Hearing Lane say this, Dylan's pupils first shrank slightly, and then he quickly shouted to his guard knights:"Go, immediately inform those knights who went to the Ashe family during the day. From now on, take off their armor and have them go to the mansion's stables to feed the horses!"
At this moment, how could Dylan not understand that the Yaxi family had found a backer!
As Dylan's words fell, those several knights immediately stood up.
Lane, however, smiled and looked at Dylan, suddenly raising his right hand.
"Stop!"
Dylan immediately told his knights to stop, and his entire body was almost soaked in cold sweat.
In fact, Lane could also tell that Dylan was in such a hurry to issue the order to actually protect those knights.
But Lane didn't want this matter to just pass like this.
After staring at each other for a moment, Dylan took a deep breath and said to his guard knights:
"Go, tie up those knights and bring them to me. Hurry!"
The four guard knights acted quickly. Soon, those knights who went to the Ashe family's mansion during the day were tied up and brought here without any resistance, which was enough to show the gap between them and these guard knights.
The upper body of the knight captain was even bare, and he kept yelling along the way.
The moment he saw Dylan, the knight captain's expression immediately collapsed: "Uncle, what's going on?"
Dylan didn't bother with the knight captain but said respectfully to Lane:
"Sir, they are all here now. Now, it's up to you to deal with them!" Hearing Dylan say this, the knight captain noticed Lane.
The moment he saw Lane, the knight captain's heart immediately panicked. Isn't this the butler of the Yaxi family during the day?!
His own uncle, the marquis! Calling him what? Sir?
The knight captain couldn't help but recall the strange momentum that Lane exuded when facing him during the day.
Although he vaguely thought of something, the knight captain still refused to admit it and immediately struggled vigorously:
"Uncle! He's just a butler of an earl's family! He can't be any big shot! Don't be deceived by him!"
"Shut up!"
Dylan glared angrily at the knight captain. He had struggled and climbed his way up. Wasn't his ability to judge people much stronger than this good-for-nothing?
The knight captain immediately shut up.
"You said they are up to me to deal with?"
Lane glanced at the several knights kneeling on the ground, and a wicked smile appeared on his face.
Moreover, this wicked smile seemed even more natural than the smile Lane usually showed, as if this was the real Lane!
Seeing Lane's smile, the knight captain felt extremely uneasy and hurriedly looked at Dylan with a pleading gaze.
"Tomorrow morning, in the market, publicly execute them by slow slicing for the crime of long-term oppression of commoners."
Lane's tone was indifferent, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
But when the knight captain heard this sentence, he almost peed himself.
This is something a human could say?!
"I'm a relative of a noble. Even if I killed those commoners, so what? This can't condemn me at all!"
Pressed down by the guard knights, the knight captain struggled vigorously and shouted with a red face.
Dylan also gritted his teeth slightly and knelt on the ground, saying:
"I also knew about his oppression of commoners. But to execute him by slow slicing for this, wouldn't it be too much?
He offended you during the day because he didn't know your identity. Why don't you be magnanimous and let this matter pass? Let me take the responsibility for him instead, how about that?"