"Smack!"

With a sharp "smack," the student's cheek made intimate contact with the burly man's palm.

"Ah~!"

The student who was hit screamed and flew backward, crashing heavily to the side. He then lost consciousness.

The other students were stunned. They never expected that this wandering knight would be so bold as to attack without warning.

One of the students, regaining his senses, glared angrily at the burly man and shouted:

"You lowly scoundrels, how dare you... How can you commit violence in broad daylight?"

"Hmph! Ptooey!"

Upon hearing this, the burly man's eyes widened, and then he coughed up a mouthful of thick, yellowish-green phlegm, spitting it directly onto a student's face.

Before the other party could react, the burly man pointed at the student's nose and angrily shouted:

"It is clearly you hypocrites who stole our money, and yet you dare to falsely accuse us of committing violence! You are utterly shameless!"

"Stealing money...?"

Hearing the burly man's angry curses, the student was stunned for a moment, even forgetting to wipe the thick phlegm stuck to his face.

"Hmph~, brothers, follow me! Kill these thieves!"

Before the other man could react, the burly man roared and punched him in the chest.

"Attack!!"

Several wandering knights following behind the burly man shouted and charged straight at the other students.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Ah~!"

For a time, various physical collisions and students' screams filled the air.

A constable in the next compartment, who was pressed against the wall, heard the commotion and immediately turned around to his captain.

"Hey~ Captain, a fight's started over next door!"

"Hmph, let's go take a look!"

The captain gave a light snort, then stood up abruptly and led several of his men quickly toward the area where the fight was taking place.

By the time the constables arrived at the door, the students inside the private room had already been knocked to the ground.

Meanwhile, the burly man and several wandering knights were punching and kicking the students, while also shouting insults:

"You hypocritical bastard, let's see if you dare steal my money again!"

The students lying on the ground were clutching their heads and wailing incessantly, too weak to defend themselves.

Upon seeing this, the captain of the constables immediately stepped forward and shouted:

"Stop it, all of you!!"

"Stop it now...!"

The burly man turned his head and saw several constables standing at the door. He quickly stopped the other wandering knights from acting.

Seeing the students lying on the ground with bruises and swelling on their faces, the captain of the constables frowned and his face darkened.

The captain then stepped forward, glared at the burly man, and shouted angrily:

"In the grand city of Luoyang, right under the emperor's nose, how dare you fight and disrupt public order? What do you consider the law?"

The burly man's expression hardened: "Replying to the officer, I...I will wait..."

"Officer, we...we weren't fighting, we were...we were being beaten!"

Before the burly man could finish speaking, a voice tinged with a sob reached everyone's ears.

The constables looked in the direction of the sound and saw a student lying on the ground raising his head and looking at them with an innocent expression.

The student had bruises around his eyes, a sunken nose, and two streams of blood flowing down his nostrils. A pool of thick, yellowish-green phlegm was also evenly smeared on his right cheek.

"Sizzle!"

One of the constables behind couldn't help but laugh when he saw the student's appearance.

"What are you laughing at...?"

The captain gave his subordinate a disapproving look.

"N-nothing...it's nothing!"

Upon seeing this, the constable quickly turned his head away.

But judging from his slightly trembling shoulders, he was enduring a lot of hardship.

All the servants were the same.

Helpless, the captain stepped forward and looked down at the student.

"You just said that you weren't fighting?"

"Uh... officer, what do you mean by that?"

The students looked up, staring blankly at the captain who was asking a question he already knew the answer to.

Since they're already in this state, it's clearly a one-sided beating; how could it be a fight?

"What do you mean...?"

The captain of the constables chuckled and then pointed to the burly man beside him.

"Who left the footprints on that person's clothes?"

"This... seems to be mine...!"

The student followed the captain's finger and immediately saw the clear footprint on the burly man's body.

The captain smiled slightly: "So, you fought back...?"

"yes!"

The student nodded weakly.

"Since they fought back, what else is that but a brawl...?"

"Wh...what...?"

The student was struck dumb, staring wide-eyed at the head constable in disbelief.

He asked himself if this was the first time in his life he had ever been so speechless.

Are you just supposed to stand by and watch yourself get beaten up without fighting back?

What is the reason for this?

The captain sneered, then turned to look at his men behind him.

“These people are fighting amongst themselves in broad daylight, disturbing the peace. Take them all away!”

"promise!!"

The constables responded loudly, then took out ropes and, without further ado, tied the students and several wandering knights together, and escorted them to the Sili Yamen (Office of the Governor of the Capital Region).

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