The knight in the big world of American TV series

Chapter 33 Whipping (for collection, recommendation)

Merlin was considered a celebrity in Camelot, and the reason was very simple, because he had been locked in the square by King Uther eight times, and people threw him rotten fruits and vegetables.Among them, Arthur also contributed two additional times (when Arthur and Merlin first met), and after this, basically everyone in Camelot knew that there was a character like Merlin.

However, everyone mostly regards him as a fool or a clown. Of course, they don't mean anything malicious, because Merlin's psychological quality is quite strong, and he can laugh at life every time he is thrown away by rotten fruits and vegetables, and even ridicule those who are thrown away. Anyone with his fruit is his fan.

This makes people in the city like this silly and optimistic young man very much. People always talk about his stupid things, even King Uther has heard of it. For this reason, King Uther said with emotion, thankfully Merlin couldn't be any more stupid, otherwise, Camelot would be facing a famine, because all the food was thrown on him.

So people with good deeds jokingly nicknamed him "The Little Prince of the Square".

This morning, when Merlin was escorted to the square by the palace guards again, some leisurely people had already started preparing rotten fruits and vegetables, eagerly waiting for the daily repertoire.But this time, they were wrong.

After Merlin was locked on the shackles in the square, two guards took off Merlin's shirt, and another soldier with a big waist walked behind Merlin holding a whip.

It's caning!
Everyone looked at the unusually silent Merlin in astonishment. They couldn't figure out how this silly and cheerful young man committed a crime that required whipping.In their eyes, Merlin was just a bit stupid, and he would never commit a crime.

"Snapped!"

Before people could adjust their moods, the executioner's whip whizzed and hit Merlin on the back.In an instant, there was a bloodstain on Merlin's thin back.

Merlin's originally silent expression was broken in an instant, he was like a fish thrown ashore, his eyes and mouth were wide open, but he couldn't make a sound for a while.Then, before Merlin's scream came out of his mouth, the soldier's whip was whipped off.

After the twenty lashes were over, Merlin was hung on the shackles, unconscious.There was no good piece of flesh on the back, and the blood even stained Merlin's pants completely.

As a punishment, whipping is not easy at all, and it is not uncommon for whipping to be beaten to death.This is also because Merlin's backstage is hard, the executioner knows how to release water, otherwise with Merlin's small physique, he might be beaten to death!

As the execution was completed, the two soldiers immediately went up to pick up Merlin and rushed back to the palace.They were afraid that Merlin would not be able to carry it directly, so they hurriedly sent him to Gaius.

……

It was evening, and with Gaius' full rescue, Merlin's condition finally stabilized.For the next period of time, Merlin could only sleep on his stomach.At this time, Merlin was also awake. Although his back was in burning pain, Merlin didn't care. He cared more about another matter.

"Gaius... am I really wrong?"

Merlin was locked in the prison, thinking about Kai's words all the time.Now he no longer has the confidence he had before.Before that, Merlin always believed that the decree was wrong!It prevents a man as fine as Lancelot from serving his country, what is wrong with that?
But after Kai said that, Merlin realized how self-righteous he was!Just like Kai said, since he believes in Lancelot's ability, he can introduce Lancelot directly to Arthur and let Arthur help Lancelot.After all, although the law is strict, it is not without legitimate ways to solve this problem.

But with him doing it like this now, even the original legitimate way has been lost!

"Merlin...I don't want to say those useless things, I can only say, remember this lesson, kindness does not necessarily mean doing the right thing." Gaius was preaching, but seeing that Merlin had blamed himself so much, those He couldn't even speak.

Merlin was silent for a while, and then asked with difficulty: "Lancelot really...has no chance at all? That was not his intention, it was my fault."

Gaius was silent for a while. Gaius had contact with Lancelot. Lancelot had lived here before, so Gaius knew that Lancelot was a good boy.Like Merlin said, he deserves that chance.pity……

"Arthur found Kay again before and asked the same question. Do you know how Kay answered?"

Merlin raised his head and looked at Gaius hopefully.Although the probability is very small, Merlin still hopes that a miracle will happen.

"That's what Kay said."

"Lancelot violated the first law of the code of chivalry. He humiliated himself and us. This code is built on trust, and this is the bond that unites the knights! How do you believe that a Zeng has deceived you? people? How do you convince other knights to trust a liar?"

After speaking, Gaius picked up a bottle of potion and brought it to Merlin's mouth. "Drink it, otherwise, you don't want to sleep today, the pain will drive you crazy."

……

I don't know if it was because of Merlin's injury that it calmed down. In the next two months, Camelot's life also calmed down.All is well, all is well.

It was also during these two months that Arthur lived a hard life that he had never experienced before.Kay was very angry when he saw that Arthur didn't even know how to wear clothes after he left Merlin.Kai had never had an attendant since he was a child, and King Uther found him a lot, but Kai just didn't want it, he was used to doing his own things.

So Kai forced all the servants not to serve him, and let Arthur dress, eat, and even brush the horse by himself.If it weren't for the fact that the others would not be able to accept the prince being expelled from the palace, he even planned to let Arthur live in the Knights' residence!
In short, in the past two months, Arthur has really become an ordinary knight. Not only does he not have any preferential treatment, but he is constantly targeted by Kai.If it weren't for knowing the relationship between Kai and the royal family, many people would have some bad guesses.

However, those days are coming to an end.Because Kay is going home.

It is true that Camelot is Kai's home, but Kai is not an orphan, he has his own biological parents.So every year he would go back to his parents to stay there for a month, which is considered filial piety.Kai's departure also symbolized the end of Arthur's hard life.And Merlin has finally recovered, and can fulfill his responsibilities as a servant.Arthur felt comfortable thinking about it.

Of course, Arthur himself admitted that the previous days were bitter, but it was indeed effective.Arthur has made great progress these days. This progress does not only refer to martial arts, but his temper has also calmed down a lot. He looks like an adult when he speaks and does things. He is not as frizzy as before.King Uther was very satisfied with this. If it wasn't for the fact that Kay went home, he didn't want to let Kay go so that he could continue to train Arthur.

(End of this chapter)