Who would rush into the VIP room of a restaurant and kneel down and beg for a stranger who was unable to determine whether he was a big shot, begging him to seek justice for him?

That must be true despair. Even if you just encounter a straw, you can only hold the person you have.

"Get up, don't cry."

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

Although he was covered in dust and wrinkles at this time, it can be seen that the fisherman's previous life was not bad. Although his black skin was the result of working in the wild all year round, his body was not bad. It was obvious that he had never eaten or drunk for so many years, but he had experienced some wind and frost recently.

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

At that time, because the priest examiner could not recognize Albert, he negotiated with Aimun. Su Zhou, who was observing the living conditions of the residents of Qixin City, saw the fisherman looking at him and others from a distance in the corner of an alley.

At that time, Su Zhou had already discovered that the other party had lost both hands, which meant that the other party might be a thief or some economic criminals, such as buying low and selling high, hoarding goods and other activities.

He was not surprised at that time. After all, there are criminals everywhere, but he was a little curious about the other party's situation - because according to the information Su Zhou knew, ordinary criminals would not live in the city, which means they would be discriminated against or even abused every day.

After all, the Dhammaster Code protects normal people, and criminals do not have human rights. People can freely despise them and do not have to love them. In some places, there will even be cases where deliberately bullying criminals to vent. This is not illegal. If criminals are bullied, no one will feel psychological pressure.

Therefore, in some places, places like criminal villages may even appear, as places where criminals who do not die will escape discrimination.

And this fisherman can not only stay in the city without being despised, but also can sneak into the restaurant and come to the VIP room. This is indeed extraordinary.

“It’s hard to imagine…”

At this time, Ai Meng was also a little surprised. He looked at Su Zhou helping him up and choked up. Except for a few words, "Thank you, thank you, sir," the old fisherman who couldn't even say a word, couldn't help but murmur: "Is there really a good person who was wronged?"

Although the gray-haired priest knew that there was no absolute correctness in the world after following Su Zhou, even gods could make mistakes, let alone people - but this was the first time he had seen a false and wrong case on the Holy Fire Continent in so many years.

Even the one he experienced when he was a child turned around before the case was closed, and justice was announced.

"No, no."

But soon, Emmon denied his statement: "Strictly speaking, this is only the first time I have encountered it, and I can only be identified as a wronged criminal - I am not sure that the criminals I have met before are guilty."

"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.

Then, Su Zhou asked: "What happened? Can the old man talk about it in detail?"

"Even if you are indeed wronged, we need to know the whole story in order to make a name for you."

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

"Sir, I have confirmed that it is successful. It is indeed Aquaman Alber! You can continue to pass."

You can hear the joyful voice of the priest before, and soon the door of the VIP room was opened. The middle-aged priest with white robe and red bottom said to everyone inside with a smile: "Congratulations to all of you, if you can catch a sea king, even the Lord will bring down the oracle blessings... Wait, old Chuck?!"

The censor looked at the old fisherman with a surprised look on his face. He opened his eyes wide in shock, and then shouted in anger: "Who put you in?! Don't disturb the rest and tasks of the adults!"

Saying this, the censor strode forward, and he stretched out his hand to take the fisherman named Old Chuck away.

"No, no!"

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

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

"Listen to him."

The calm voice of the young man was like a verdict. For a moment, even the angry judge could not help but let go of his hand, stop in place, and stop acting. He turned his head again, looked at the somewhat cringeful old fisherman, and then sighed: "What's the use? Old Chuck, although everyone knows that you are helpless, you have indeed committed a crime..."

"Listen to him."

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

"Sir, that's what it is..."

After a while, the old fisherman's voice slowly rang out, and he began to tell the cause of everything with some bumps.

This is actually a very simple story.

Old Chuck is fifty-seven years old. Forty years ago, he was the most powerful fisherman around Qixin Lake in Qixin City. Every time he sailed, he could harvest the most fishing catches. Once again, he even fought with the crocodile with his bare hands and killed him in battle. He became a hero from all directions and was appreciated by a beauty in the city, and finally got the beauty back.

Of course, there are many people who admire beauty, which has brought a large number of love rivals to Old Chuck. One of them is the trainee priest in Qixin City. Not long after, he became a local official priest and was appreciated by the local priest.

In the Kingdom of Holy Fire, there is no distinction between work, everyone has a bright future, and the lives of Lao Chuck and his wife are happy and fulfilling. Even if the rival is a priest, it will not affect their lives.

So decades have passed, and now the children of Old Chuck are working in other places. He no longer goes fishing in the sea, but starts to breed lakes and breed river shrimps and shellfish, and the business is booming. However, when his wife passed away a few years ago, Old Chuck was sad 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.

Recently, abnormal astronomical phenomena have occurred throughout the Holy Fire Continent, either drought, flood, or soil erosion... As the core of Qixin City, there have also been many problems in Qixin Lake.

The first and most important thing is that there is too much silt and sand in the upper reaches of Qixin Lake, and the silt and blockage are serious. The second is that as one of the largest freshwater lakes in the headquarters area of ​​the Holy Fire Continent, Qixin Lake is designated as the source of water and rainfall by several surrounding areas of the God-Blessed Person.

In response, the Central Holy Hall issued two temporary laws, "river channel transformation" and "focus on water collection" - before the river channel transformation is completed and the drought is relieved, Qixin Lake temporarily prohibits fishing and breeding.

This decree is essentially to avoid river channel transformation and water withdrawal, affecting local aquaculture and fishing industries, and causing harm to the interests of ordinary people. After all, sometimes when the spell is used, it is impossible to distinguish whether it is a human or a fish, whether it is a wild or a farmed person.

However, Old Chuck, the former rival who had become the local priest, smelled the smell of opportunity.

The content of the decree issued by the Central Holy Church is that "before 307 and May 30, all fishermen and farmers should finish all their work" and "before 307 and June 3, Qixin City should start river renovation". This is a very detailed decree content set, and there is no room for tricks.

However, there is no problem with the laws, but not the person.

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

However, the priest of Qixin City was very clear. Because Old Chuck had a bad relationship with him, he rarely came to the surrounding area of ​​Qixin City Temple, he mobilized his influence and hung the proclamation at the entrance of the temple hall, and the same was true for publicity.

This is also a public place, with a larger flow of people than in the center of the square, so both priests and ordinary people think that this is fine. During this period, the priest also paid himself and increased orders for several restaurants in the name of "rewarding the priests who help the disaster-resisting priests." Old Chuck, who is the largest supplier of local restaurants, is naturally so busy that he has no time and energy to pay attention to the situation in the city for a while.

This is naturally not surprising at all. Many priests who were invited to fight against the disaster praised the priest of Qixin City, believing that he was a generous good compatriot and the good priest of the Lord. Such behavior even affected several nearby areas of the God-Blessingers. Basically, every city helped will invite those priests who came to fight against the disaster.

In this way, when Old Chuck knew the existence of the decree, it was already June 2, 307, and the next morning, the priest of Qixin City, whose reputation had risen sharply, had already found him with the local priests.

In the name of "being obsessed with interests and not obeying laws", the priest sealed the old Chuck's breeding plant in accordance with the temporary laws of the Central Holy Church, and sentenced him to violate the law of the Church on the spot as a crime. Then, in front of him, he released all the farmed river shrimps and shellfish, and destroyed the breeding plant and seized it in the supervision office.

In fact, all the priests don't think there is anything wrong with this.

Old Chuck was defeated in an instant.

Moreover, because of the previous orders, Lao Chuck had previously signed long-term supply contracts with many restaurants and restaurants in the city, and had direct interests, the last wave of delivery of the order had not been completed and was not cancelled.

So a few days later, Old Chuck was called "fraud".

"It's almost that. Last week, Old Chuck was convicted of multiple crimes and committed crimes during the trial. He cut his hands according to the Dharma Code."

Finally, because Old Chuck was a little broken, and choked and couldn't speak, it was the judge's priest who sighed and completed the follow-up story for him: "Everyone thinks Old Chuck is very pitiful, unlike ordinary criminals, so he didn't drive him out of the city - Old Chuck was also an old supplier of this hotel. It is probably because of this reason that he turned a blind eye and let him in."

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

At the end of hearing this, Aimon couldn't help but question, and he looked indignant: "This is not what the priest does! This is, this is..."

"This is retaliation."

Because there is no such word in the local language of the reincarnation world, Su Zhou directly created a word and used soul messaging to inform the two of the meaning of the word. The gray-haired priest immediately repeated: "Yes, this is revenge! The Three Lords are above, will no one question you?!"

"God did not punish us, is this wrong?"

The examiner was a little dissatisfied with this and refuted Aimeng loudly: "The code and decree are written in black and white. Why are we wrong when we act according to the law?"

Although he also had a little sympathy 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 argue, and who told him not to even inquire? Everyone else knows, why don't he know?"

Shaking his head slightly, the examiner looked at Old Chuck and tskated: "We do think he is pitiful, but there must be something hateful to poor people."

These words made Ai Meng speechless for a moment and could only frown.

In his heart, his doubts about the "Doctave" and the "Code" are getting bigger and bigger.

"How could the D&C, God's D&C code be such a ruthless thing? How could it be, why would it be implemented like this..."

"Swish... what's so strange about this? Only the fire people with the same head as stone feel that there is no grievance in this world."

In response to this, Alber, who was kneeling aside, took the initiative to break the silence for the first time. The pirate sneered and looked at the old fisherman, 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 skillful - otherwise, he would definitely choose to escape from the sea after being convicted, and would not have his hands cut off like this."

"In the years, I have seen hundreds of people who have left the land and entered the sea. Some of them are indeed born evil people, but most of them are ordinary people who are wronged. I really didn't expect that there are even priests who know nothing about it. You are really brainwashed."

Saying this, the red-haired and raven-bearded pirate showed an "evil" smile, and he laughed: "I thought all priests were robots who learned precepts and learned dehumanized, hahahaha!"

This time, Aimon had no reason to refute the evil pirate, and could only be silent.

"Don't think too much, Aimon, there is indeed nothing wrong with the law. What is wrong is the method of execution and the hearts of the people."

Finally, Su Zhou spoke and comforted Ai Meng.

Then the young man turned his head and looked at the old fisherman who was still covering his face with his arms and tears flowing. He sighed: "Sure enough, I said that the more strict the teachings and the complex precepts are, the more likely it is to have a one-size-fits-all situation."

"Especially, in the orderly society of the Holy Fire Kingdom, which values ​​rules and regulations, it is not surprising that some guys who look for loopholes and play with order have appeared."

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

——The tyranny of most people, unchanged rules, one-size-fits-all administration... It is also true that the country of the Holy Fire has been in its throne for three or four hundred years. In ancient times, it was also considered the end of the dynasty. The drawbacks of a social system should indeed appear.

Thinking of this, Su Zhou turned his head and looked at Ai Meng who was frowning. He chuckled: "Do you understand, Ai Meng?"

“Yes, my lord.”

Ai Meng nodded slightly, he bowed to Su Zhou and said with a heavy heart: "I understand."

"Whether it is judgment or order, it should be that 'love' is more important... Our policies and laws should be issued for the happiness of the people and to make the people live better, rather than for the priests to fight against people they don't like, and to do a one-size-fits-all approach."

"Well." Su Zhou was very happy that Aimon could understand what he meant. He did not care about the shocked look of the priest on the side, and the exclamation of "What did you say?! My Lord?!", but raised his head and looked out the VIP room window. The temple of Qixin City, which was not very far away.
To be continued...