"Young knights, I will remember your timely rescue. In time, a poem celebrating your chivalrous deeds will spread across the continent..."
Even as he was roughly escorted by the guards of Dragon Throat City, the disheveled poet did not forget to look back and express his gratitude with great intonation and rhythm.
"Shut your mouth and get in there," a guard kicked the middle-aged poet on his backside, violently shoving him into the cell.
His contentious reputation certainly did not invite any kind treatment from the soldiers of Dragon Throat City.
Moreover, he was now being accused of seducing married women and abducting someone else's wife, a serious allegation that needed thorough investigation.
In the cell next to the poet, several gangsters guilty of kidnapping were likewise thrown into the jail by the soldiers.
Clarifying the sequence of events was not difficult.
