Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

Who would rush into the VIP room of a restaurant, kneel down and plead with a stranger who is not sure whether he is a big shot, and beg him to avenge his grievances?

There must only be true despair, and even if you just encounter a straw, you can only hug someone.

"Get up and stop crying."

Su Zhou stood up and lifted up the dark-skinned old fisherman in front of him. He stretched out his hand and wiped away the other's tears with his fingers. The young man looked into the other's bloodshot eyes and looked at the other's face.

Although his face was covered with dust and wrinkles, it could be seen that the fisherman's previous life was actually not bad. Although his black skin was the result of years of working in the wild, his body and bones were not bad. He was obviously I haven't been short of food and drink for so many years, but I have experienced a period of ups and downs recently.

Su Zhou discovered that when he drove into Qixin City, he had actually seen the fisherman near the city gate.

At that time, because the examining priest could not identify Albert, he negotiated with Ammon. At that time, Su Zhou, who was observing the living conditions of the residents of Qixin City, saw the fisherman in the corner of an alley. Yuan looked at himself and others.

Su Zhou had already discovered at that time that the other party had lost his hands, which meant that the other party might be a thief or some economic criminal, such as buying low, selling high, hoarding goods and so on.

At that time, he was not surprised. After all, criminals can be found everywhere. He was just a little curious about the other party's situation - because according to the information Su Zhou knew, ordinary criminals did not live in the city, which meant that every day Being discriminated against or even abused by others.

After all, the Code of Doctrine protects normal people, while criminals do not have human rights. People are free to despise them and do not have to love them - and in some places, there are even cases where criminals are deliberately bullied to vent their anger. It's not illegal. If you bully criminals, no one will feel psychological pressure.

Therefore, in some places, there are even places like criminal villages as a place for criminals who are not worthy of death to escape discrimination.

And this fisherman can not only stay in the city without being looked down upon, but he can also sneak into the restaurant and come to the VIP room, which is indeed extraordinary.

"It's hard to imagine..."

At this time, Aimeng was also a little surprised. He looked at the old fisherman who was being lifted up by Su Zhou and choked with sobs. Apart from a few words of 'Thank you, thank you, sir', the old fisherman couldn't say a word and couldn't help but murmur: " Are there really good people who are wronged?”

Although the gray-haired priest has learned after following Su Zhou that there is no absolute right in the world, and even gods may make mistakes, let alone humans - this is the first time in so many years that he has seen injustice in the Holy Fire Continent. False case.

Even the one he experienced as a child was reversed before the case was concluded, and justice was upheld.

"No, that's not right."

But soon, Aimeng denied his statement: "Strictly speaking, this is only the first time I have encountered a criminal who can be identified as being wrongly accused - I am not sure I have encountered him before. Every one of the perpetrators is guilty."

"Just like Sarah..."

At this time, after the old fisherman calmed down a little, Su Zhou invited the other party to sit down. His calm attitude also affected the other party, making the old man no longer nervous and fearful.

Later, Su Zhou asked: "What exactly happened? Old man, can you tell me in detail?"

"Even if you are indeed wronged, we still need to know the whole story so that we can advocate for you."

"I..." After taking several deep breaths, the old fisherman spoke with a trembling tone, but before he could say the first sentence, footsteps came again from the door of the VIP room.

"Sir, it has been confirmed successfully. That is indeed Sea King Albert! You can continue to pass."

We could hear the joyful voice of the examining priest before. Soon, the door to the VIP room was opened. The middle-aged priest in white robes and red bottoms said to everyone in the room with a smile: "Congratulations, sir, for being able to catch a Neptune, I’m afraid even the Lord will send down the oracle’s favor... Wait, old Chuck?!”

The examining priest looked at the old fisherman in surprise. His eyes widened in shock, and then he yelled angrily: "Who let you in?! Don't disturb the adults' rest and tasks!"

Saying this, the censoring priest strode over. He stretched out his hand and wanted to take the fisherman named Old Chuck away.

"no, do not want!"

Old Chuck stood up in a panic, as if he wanted to escape.

But Su Zhou shook his head, and an invisible wall of spiritual power blocked the examining priest, and pressed Old Chuck back to his seat.

"Listen to him."

The young man's calm voice was like a sentence. For a moment, even the somewhat angry Judge Priest couldn't help but put down his hand, stopped where he was, and stopped taking action. He turned his head again, looked at the cowering old fisherman, and then sighed. He took a breath: "What's the use, old Chuck, although everyone knows that you are helpless, you did commit a crime..."

"Listen to him."

Su Zhou repeated it again, and there was no other sound in the VIP room.

"Sir, it's like this..."

After a while, the old fisherman's voice slowly sounded, and he began to tell the origin of everything with some stumbling.

This is actually a very simple story.

Old Chuck is fifty-seven years old this year. Forty years ago, he was the most powerful fisherman in the entire Qixin City and around Qixin Lake. Every time he went out on a voyage, he could harvest the most fish. He even once fought with his bare hands. The crocodile fought and killed the crocodile. He became a hero from all over the world and was admired by a beauty in the city. He finally embraced the beauty.

Naturally, there are many people who admire beauties, which brought a lot of love rivals to Old Chuck, and one of them was the trainee priest of Qixin City, and soon became the official local priest, and received Appreciation from the local officiant.

In the Kingdom of Holy Fire, there is no distinction between high and low in any job. Everyone has a bright future. Old Chuck and his wife live a happy life. Even if their love rival is a priest, it will not affect their lives.

So decades have passed, and now Old Chuck's children are all working in other places, and he himself no longer goes out to sea to fish, but has begun to engage in lake farming, raising river shrimp and shellfish, and the business is prosperous. When his wife passed away a few years ago, old Chuck was heartbroken and regarded his career as his last spiritual sustenance.

This kind of life is nothing. If there were no accidents, old Chuck would probably spend his whole life like this - but accidents always happen.

During the recent period, the entire Holy Fire Continent has experienced abnormal weather phenomena, either drought, floods, or soil erosion... Many problems have also occurred in Qixin Lake, the core of Qixin City.

The first and most important thing is that there is too much sediment in the upper reaches of Qixin Lake, and the siltation and blockage are serious. The second most important thing is that as one of the largest freshwater lakes in the headquarters area of ​​the Holy Fire Continent, Qixin Lake is surrounded by several divine beings. Jurisdictions designate sources of rainfall for water withdrawals.

In response, the Central Church issued two temporary decrees, 'River Channel Transformation' and 'Focus on Water Collection'. Fishing and breeding in Qixin Lake are temporarily prohibited until the river channel transformation is completed and the drought situation is alleviated.

This decree is essentially to prevent river channel reconstruction and water abstraction operations from affecting the local aquaculture and fishing industries and harming the interests of ordinary people. After all, sometimes it is impossible to distinguish between humans, fish, and wild ones when the spell is cast. Still farmed.

However, Old Chuck's former love rival who had become the local officiant smelled an opportunity.

The content of the decree issued by the central church is that 'all fishermen and farmers should end all work before May 30, 307' and 'before June 3, 307, the Qixin City should start to reconstruct the river channel. '. This is a very detailed legal content, and there is no room for tricks.

However, there is no problem with the law, but not with people.

Theoretically, this decree should be hung in a "public place" more than ten days in advance and publicized once or twice before it is officially implemented - so as to ensure that all those notified are prepared.

However, the chief priest of Qixin City knew very well that because Old Chuck had a bad relationship with him and rarely came to the temple area of ​​Qixin City, so he used his influence to hang this announcement at the entrance of the temple hall. , the same is true for promotional locations.

This is also a public place, and the flow of people is greater than in the center of the square, so both priests and ordinary people think there is no problem. During this period, the chief priest even paid his own money to reward the fellow priests who helped fight the disaster. In the name of ', he increased his orders for several restaurants. As one of the largest suppliers of local restaurants, Old Chuck was naturally too busy to pay attention to the situation in the city. .

This is naturally not surprising at all. Many teams of priests who were invited to the banquet and came to fight the disaster were full of praise for the chief priest of Qixin City, thinking that he was a generous and good compatriot and a good priest of the Lord. Such behavior even affected the nearby people. In several areas under the jurisdiction of the Blessed Ones, basically every city that was helped would entertain the team of priests who came to fight the disaster.

In this way, when Old Chuck learned of the existence of the decree, it was already June 2, 307, and the next morning, the chief priest of Qixin City, whose reputation had greatly increased, had already led a team of local clergy to find him.

In the name of being "interested and disobeying the law", the chief priest sealed up Old Chuck's breeding factory in accordance with the temporary decree of the central church, and pronounced him on the spot as a criminal act for violating the religious laws, and then in front of him , after releasing all the farmed river shrimp and shellfish, they destroyed the breeding factory and detained them in a detention center.

The fact is that none of the priests think there is anything wrong with this - more than ten days have passed, how could anyone still not know the content of the decree?

And the old Chuck, who had been busy for more than ten days, was completely crushed when he saw that his life's hard work was destroyed.

Moreover, because of the previous order, Old Chuck had a direct interest in long-term supply contracts with many restaurants in the city, and the last wave of delivery of the order has not yet been completed and has not been cancelled.

So a few days later, Old Chuck was charged with "fraud" again.

"That's about it. Last week, Old Chuck was found guilty of multiple crimes during the trial, and his hands were cut off in accordance with the Covenant Code."

In the end, because Old Chuck broke down a little while talking and was choked and speechless, it was the Judgment Priest who sighed and completed the story for him: "Everyone thinks that Old Chuck is quite pitiful. He is not like ordinary people." The criminal was different, so he was not driven out of the city. Old Chuck used to be an old supplier of this hotel. It is probably for this reason that he turned a blind eye and let him go. come in."

"Don't you think there's something wrong with the chief priest of Qixin City?"

After hearing the end, Ammon couldn't help but ask, with an indignant look on his face: "This is not what a priest would do! This, this is..."

"This is retaliation."

Because there is no such word in the local language of the world of reincarnation, Su Zhou directly coined a word and used soul communication to inform the two of the meaning of the word. The gray-haired priest immediately repeated: "Yes, this is Revenge! The three masters are on top, don’t any of you question it?!”

"God has not punished us. Is this wrong?"

In this regard, the reviewing priest was a little dissatisfied and retorted loudly to Aimeng: "The laws and regulations are written in black and white. We act in accordance with the law. How can we be wrong?"

Although he sympathized a little with Old Chuck, he still felt that there was no problem with this: "And in the final analysis, according to the law, Old Chuck did commit a crime - this is a fact, no one can refute it, and no one asked him to even inquire. Inquiring? Everyone else knows, why doesn't he know?"

Shaking his head slightly, the examining priest looked at Old Chuck and clicked his tongue: "We do think he is pitiful, but there must be something hateful about pitiful people."

These words made Aimeng speechless for a moment, and he could only frown.

In his heart, he had more and more doubts about the 'doctrine' and 'code'.

"How can the covenant, God's covenant code, be such a ruthless thing? How is it possible, why is it implemented in this way..."

"Tsk...Isn't it strange? Only the people of fire, whose heads are as big as stones, feel that there is no injustice in this world."

In this regard, Alber, who was kneeling aside, took the initiative to break the silence for the first time. The big pirate looked at the old fisherman with a sneer, shook his head and said: "It's just a pity that this good sailor is not at the beach - I can see that he is very skilled - - Otherwise, he would definitely choose to escape to the sea after being convicted, and his hands would not be chopped off like this."

"Over the years, I have seen hundreds of people who have escaped from the land and into the sea. Some of them are indeed born evil, but most of them are ordinary people who have been wronged. I can't believe that there are priests who have nothing to do with it. As far as I know, you are really brainwashed."

Saying this, the red-haired and rainbow-bearded pirate showed an 'evil' smile. He laughed at everyone present: "I thought all the priests were learning precepts and learning alchemy that has lost their humanity. Where’s the puppet, hahahaha!”

This time, Ammon didn't even have a reason to refute the evil pirate, so he could only remain silent.

"Don't think too much, Amon. There is nothing wrong with the law. What is wrong is the method of execution and the people's hearts."

In the end, it was Su Zhou who comforted Aimeng.

Then, the young man turned his head and looked at the old fisherman who was still covering his face with his arms and crying. He sighed: "Sure enough, I would say that the more stringent the religious covenants and the more complicated the precepts, the easier it is for them to appear. It’s a one-size-fits-all situation.”

"Especially in the Kingdom of Holy Fire, an orderly society that values ​​rules and regulations, it's not surprising that there are some guys looking for loopholes and playing with order."

After listening to Old Chuck's cry, Su Zhou was not surprised at all by this situation.

——The tyranny of the majority, unchanged rules, and one-size-fits-all administration... That's right. The Kingdom of Holy Fire has been in Zuo for three to four hundred years. In ancient times, it was considered the end of the dynasty. The shortcomings of a social system should indeed have appeared. .

Thinking of this, Su Zhou turned his head and looked at the frowning Aimeng. He chuckled: "Do you understand, Aimeng?"

"Yes, my lord."

Aimeng nodded slightly, bowed to Su Zhou, and said somewhat seriously: "I understand."

"Whether it is judgment or order, 'love' should indeed be more important... Our policies and laws should be issued for the happiness of the people and to make the people live a better life, rather than for the priests to use to attack It’s used to take revenge on people you don’t like, and it’s a one-size-fits-all approach.”

"Yeah." Su Zhou was very happy that Aimeng could understand what he meant. He didn't pay attention to the shocked eyes of the examining priest and "What did you say?" ! My lord? ! ’ Such an exclamation, but raised his head and looked out the window of the VIP room, which was not very far away from the Qixin City Temple.

The young man's eyes narrowed and he focused on the strongest figure in the temple. He said calmly: "The people of wind and fire are, in the final analysis, independent intelligent beings who yearn for freedom. Strict laws cannot restrain them 100%. They always Can find all kinds of loopholes.”

"It's okay at first, but if the law never changes and the enforcers don't make their own decisions and always apply one-size-fits-all, then the goodness of obeying the law will be oppressed by the villains who take advantage of the law."

Gentlemen can bully others, and most ordinary people who abide by the law are like this. Of course, old Chuck may be too ignorant and made mistakes, but he should have his hands cut off and bear the name of a 'criminal' on his back. Notoriety?

When did trial and punishment become so straightforward, with no room for argument?

He, Su Zhou, is not that kind of person at all, okay! How could he enforce the law like this when he was already holding his own? The Devouring Demon Lord is nothing more than group tyranny. This one-size-fits-all approach cannot be his operation at all. It can only be a problem between the Lord of Fire and the God of Judgment. The young man will definitely not bear this blame.

"Then what shall we do, my lord?"

Ammon asked Su Zhou worriedly. At this time, he had completely discovered that the current Fire Country might not be as peaceful as he imagined.

Since this deliberate use of order and code has already occurred in Qixin City, the same must be true for the entire continent.

He shuddered when he thought that thousands of ordinary people, like old Chuck, would be judged as sinners in this way, have their hands and feet cut off, or even die directly on trial...

In this regard, Su Zhou could only sigh.

"I originally wanted to take a carriage and witness the living conditions of the people in the Holy Fire Continent along the way, witness the quality of this order, and finally talk to the Lord of Fire about how to correct the flaws."

"There is a saying. In fact, strict religious and covenant codes are not necessarily a bad thing. In my opinion, love as an obligation is nothing more than mandatory moral standardization - but now it seems that simple corrections may not be enough. If you look at it, even the priests who are grassroots administrators will use the laws to seek personal gain for themselves and take revenge on those they don't like, then the order will begin to rot from the roots."

"It's hard to save, it's hard to correct."

Su Zhou is not a good person, nor is he a perfectionist. He can accept the shortcomings of an order, but he cannot accept the change of an order. It is not a change for the better, but a decline in the bad direction.

So he made up his mind.

"My lord, what do you mean?"

Aimeng seemed to notice something. He raised his head and looked at Su Zhou in surprise.

Then, the gray-haired priest saw that the majestic spiritual power was pulsating on his master's body, and the invisible fluctuations spread rapidly, covering the entire city and even spreading to the surrounding area of ​​Qixin City.

"I mean, since it can't be corrected."

After whispering in a low voice, Su Zhou suddenly stretched out his hand, and the blue-purple spiritual flames surged in his palm, as if burning - and at this moment, a sharp exclamation suddenly came from the temple of Qixin City in the distance, Then, a fat figure knocked open the door under the drag of spiritual power, was pulled directly out of the temple, and then flew quickly towards the VIP room of the restaurant.

The young man Gujing watched calmly as the chief priest of Qixin City screamed and fell from the sky, passed through the window of the VIP room, and landed in the center of the hall, making a heavy thud.

Then, he turned his back to everyone and laughed softly: "Since there is a fundamental problem with the order."

"Then, it's time to start 'innovation'."

This chapter should be Chapter 23