Who would rush into the VIP room of a restaurant and kneel down in front of a stranger who is not sure if it is a big man or not, begging him to avenge himself?

There must only be real despair, even if it is just a straw, it can only be hugged by someone.

"Get up, don't cry."

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

Although his face was full of dust and wrinkles at this time, it could be seen that the fisherman's previous life was not bad, his black skin was certainly the result of years of working in the field, but his body bones were not bad, obviously he had not eaten and drunk for so many years, but he had recently experienced a period of wind and frost.

Su Sun found that when he drove into the city of prayer, he had actually seen the fisherman near the city gate.

At that time, because the examining priest could not identify Alber, so he negotiated with Ammon, and Su Sun, who was observing the living conditions of the residents of Prayer Heart City, saw the fisherman looking at himself and others from a distance in the corner of an alley.

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

At that time, he was not surprised, after all, there were criminals everywhere, but he was a little curious about the situation of the other party - because according to the information that Su Sun knew, ordinary criminals would not live in the city, which meant that they were discriminated against and even abused by people every day.

After all, the Code of the Shariah protects normal people, and the perpetrator has no human rights, and people are free to despise them and not have to love them - and in some places, there will even be cases of deliberately bullying the offender to vent, which is not illegal, and no one will have psychological pressure to oppress the offender.

So in some places, there are even places like the villages of the perpetrators as places where the perpetrators of crimes that do not lead to death escape discrimination.

And this fisherman can not only stay in the city and not be despised, but also can sneak into the restaurant and come to the VIP room, which is indeed unusual.

"It's hard to imagine ......"

At this time, Ammon was also a little surprised in his heart, he looked at the old fisherman who was helped up by Su Sun, choked up for a while, except for a few words of 'thank you, thank you, my lord', the old fisherman who couldn't say a word, couldn't help muttering: "Is there really a good person who has been wronged?" ”

Although the gray-haired priest knew that there was no absolute right in the world after following Su Sun, even gods could make mistakes, let alone people—but for the first time in so many years, he had really seen an unjust, false and wrongful case in the Holy Fire Continent.

Even the one he experienced when he was a child was reversed before the case was closed, and justice was proclaimed.

"No, it's not."

But soon, Ammon denied his claim: "Strictly speaking, this is only the first time I have encountered it, and I can be identified as a wronged offender - I can't be sure at all that the perpetrators I have encountered before are guilty." ”

"It's like Sarah......"

At this time, after the old fisherman's mood calmed down a little, Su Sun invited the other party to sit down, and his calm attitude also affected the other party, so that the old man was no longer nervous and afraid.

Then, Su Yan opened his mouth and asked, "What happened?" Old man, can you talk about it in detail? ”

"Even if you are indeed wronged, we need to know the ins and outs before we can speak for you."

"I'm ......" took a few deep breaths, and the old fisherman's tone trembled a little, but before he could say the first paragraph, footsteps were heard again at the door of the VIP room.

"Your Excellency, it has been confirmed that it has succeeded, and that is indeed Albert, the king of the sea! You can continue to pass. ”

I could hear the joyful voice of the previous examining priest, and soon, the door of the VIP room was opened, and the middle-aged priest in white robe and red background said to everyone in the room with a smile: "Congratulations, my lords, if you can catch a sea king, I'm afraid that even the lord will send down the grace of the oracle...... Wait, old Chuck?! ”

The censor looked at the old fisherman in surprise, his eyes widened in shock, and then he opened his mouth with some anger and scolded, "Who put you in?!" Don't disturb the rest and tasks of the adults! ”

With that, the censor strode over, and he held out his hand to take the fisherman named Old Chuck away.

"No, don't!"

And the elder Chuck stood up in a bit of a panic, as if trying to escape.

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

"Listen to him."

The young man's calm voice was like a sentence, and for a moment, even the somewhat angry judge of the inquisition couldn't help but put down his hand, stopped where he was, and stopped moving, he turned his head again, glanced at the old fisherman who was a little cowering, 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 Sun repeated again, and there was no other sound in the VIP room.

"My lord, that's ......"

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

It's 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 whole city of Qixin and around the lake of Qixin, every time he sailed, he could catch the most fish, and even once again he fought with the crocodile empty-handed, and killed it in battle, became a hero in all directions, and was appreciated by a beauty in the city, and finally hugged the beauty.

Naturally, there were not many admirers of beauty, which brought a large number of rivals for Chuck Sr., and one of them was a trainee priest in the city of Prayer Heart, and soon became an official local priest, and was appreciated by the local priest.

In the Land of Flames, there is no high or low job, everyone has a bright future, and old Chuck and his wife live happily ever after, even if their rivals are priests, it is impossible to affect their lives.

So decades have passed, and now the old Chuck's children are working in the field, and he himself has no longer gone out to sea to fish, but began to carry out lake farming, breeding river shrimp and shellfish, and the business is also prosperous, and a few years ago his wife died, the old Chuck was sad, but also regarded his career as his last spiritual sustenance.

It's nothing like this, and if there were no accidents, old Chuck would probably spend his life like this - but accidents always happen.

Recently, the entire Sacred Fire Continent has experienced abnormal celestial phenomena, either drought, floods, or soil erosion...... In the Prayer Heart Lake, which is the core of Prayer City, there are also many problems.

First and foremost, there is too much sediment in the upper reaches of the Prayer Heart Lake, and the siltation and blockage are serious, and the secondary is that as one of the largest freshwater lakes in the headquarters area of the Holy Fire Continent, the Prayer Heart Lake has been designated as a source of water and rain by several surrounding Divine Blessing Jurisdictions.

In response, the Central Church issued two temporary decrees, 'River Improvement' and 'Focus on Water Extraction' – until the river channel is renovated and the drought situation eases, fishing and farming are temporarily closed to the lake.

This decree is essentially to prevent river modification and water extraction operations, affecting the local aquaculture and fishing industry, and harming the interests of ordinary people, after all, sometimes there is no way to distinguish between people and fish, wild and farmed when spells are cast.

However, old Chuck, a former rival who has become a local priest, smells of opportunity.

The decree issued by the Central Church reads: 'In the year 307, by May 30, all fishermen and farmers should end all work' and 'In 307, by June 3, the city of Prayer should begin river renovation'. This is a very detailed decree that is set, and there is no room for maneuvering.

However, there is nothing wrong with the decree, but not necessarily with people.

Theoretically, the decree should be hung in a 'public place' ten days before it is officially implemented, and the whole should be publicized once or twice – to ensure that all those who are notified are best prepared.

However, the chief priest of Prayer City knew very well that because Old Chuck had a bad relationship with him, he rarely or basically did not come to the vicinity of the Temple of Prayer City, so he mobilized his influence and hung the decree announcement at the door of the temple hall, and the same was true for publicity.

This is also a public place, and the flow of people is larger than the center of the square, so both the priest and ordinary people feel that there is no problem with this, and during this time, the main priest also deliberately paid for himself, in the name of 'rewarding and assisting fellow priests who fought against the disaster', increased orders for several restaurants, and Old Chuck, who questioned the largest supplier of local restaurants, was naturally too busy to touch the ground, and he didn't have the time and energy to pay attention to the situation in the city for a while.

This is naturally not surprising at all, many of the priest teams who were invited to the banquet and came to fight the disaster were full of praise for the priest of the Prayer Heart City, thinking that he was a generous good compatriot and a good priest of the Lord, and this behavior even affected several nearby Divine Protector jurisdictions, and basically every city that was helped would feast on the team of priests who came to fight the disaster.

In this way, when Old Chuck learned of the existence of the decree, the time had reached June 2, 307, and the next morning, the presiding priest of the Prayer Heart City, whose prestige had soared, had already found him with a team of local priests.

In the name of 'not allowing the law', the priest seized the old Chuck's farm in accordance with the provisional decree of the Central Templar, convicted him on the spot of violating the fatal decree as a crime, and then released all the farmed shrimp and shellfish in front of him, destroyed the farm, and detained him in the prison.

The truth is that none of the priests think there is anything wrong with this.

Old Chuck was crushed in an instant.

Moreover, because of the previous order, because Old Chuck had a long-term supply contract with many restaurants and restaurants in the city, there was a direct interest relationship, and the last wave of orders had not been completed and had not been cancelled.

So a few days later, the elder Chuck was again charged with the crime of 'fraud'.

"About that, last week, the elder Chuck was convicted of several crimes at trial, and his hands were amputated in accordance with the Code of the Dri'am."

In the end, because old Chuck was a little broken down as he spoke, choked up and couldn't speak, it was the judge who sighed and made up for the follow-up for him: "Everyone thinks that Old Chuck is quite pitiful, different from ordinary criminals, so they didn't kick him out of the city - Old Chuck used to be an old supplier of this hotel, and it is probably because of this reason that they turned a blind eye and let him in." ”

"Don't you think there's something wrong with that Prayer City Priest?"

Hearing the end, Ammon couldn't help but ask, his expression was filled with indignation: "Where is this what the priest does!" This is, this is ......"

"It's retaliation."

Because there is no such word in the local language of the reincarnation world, Su Sun directly created a word, and used soul transmission to inform the two of them of the meaning of this word, and the gray-haired priest immediately repeated after a sudden moment: "Yes, this is revenge!" With the three masters above, no one of you will question it?! ”

"Is it wrong that God did not discipline us?"

In this regard, the examining priest was a little dissatisfied, and retorted to Ammon in a loud voice: "The code decree is written in black and white, we act according to the law, why is it wrong?" ”

Although he also sympathized with old Chuck a little, he still felt that there was nothing wrong with this: "And in the final analysis, according to the law, old Chuck did commit a crime—this is a fact, and no one can argue with it, who told him not to even inquire?" Everyone else knows, why doesn't he know? ”

Shaking his head slightly, the examining priest looked at old Chuck and sighed: "We do think that he is pitiful, but there must be something hateful about poor people." ”

Ammon was speechless for a moment, and could only frown.

And in his heart, he became more and more suspicious of the 'Covenant' and the 'Code'.

"How could the Covenant, God's Covenant Code, be such a heartless thing? How is it possible and why is it performed like this......"

"Snort...... What's so strange about this, only the people of fire with heads like stones feel that there are no grievances in this world. ”

For the first time, Albert, who was kneeling beside him, took the initiative to break the silence, and the big pirate sneered at the old fisherman, shook his head, and said: "It's just a pity that this good sailor is not on the seashore - I can see that he is skillful - otherwise he would have chosen to escape from the sea after being convicted, and would not have had his hands cut off like this." ”

"Over the years, I have seen hundreds of people who have escaped from land and entered the sea, some of them are indeed born evil, but most of them are ordinary people who have been wronged, I really can't imagine that there are still priests who don't know anything about it, you are really brainwashed."

Saying this, the red-haired rainbow-bearded pirate showed a smile that could be called 'evil', and he sneered: "I thought that all the priests were robots who learned the precepts and learned to lose their humanity, hahahaha! ”

This time, Ammon didn't even have a reason to contradict the evil pirate, so he was silent.

"Don't think too much, Ammon, there is indeed nothing wrong with the decree, what is wrong is the method of execution, and the hearts of the people."

In the end, it was Su Yan who opened his mouth to comfort Ammon.

Then, the young man turned his head and looked at the old fisherman who was still hiding his arms and tears, and he sighed: "Sure enough, I said that the more strict the teachings and the more complicated the precepts, the more likely it is that there will be a one-size-fits-all situation. ”

"Especially in the country of sacred fire, an orderly society that attaches great importance to rules and regulations, it is not surprising that there are some guys who are looking for loopholes and playing with order."

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

- The tyranny of the majority, unchanging regulations, and a one-size-fits-all administrative ...... That's right, the country of the Holy Flame has been in existence for three or four hundred years, and in ancient times, it was the end of the dynasty, and the drawbacks of a social system should indeed appear.

Thinking of this, Su Yan turned his head sideways and looked at the frowning Ammon, and he chuckled: "Do you understand, Ammon?" ”

"Yes, my lord."

And Amon nodded slightly, he bowed to Su Sun, and said a little heavily, "I understand." ”

"Whether it is judgment or order, it is true that 'love' is more important...... Our policies and laws should be issued for the happiness of the people and for the better life of the people, not for the priests to retaliate against those they don't like. ”

"Hmm." Su Sun was glad that Ammon understood what he meant, and he didn't care about the stunned look in the eyes of the examining priest on the side, and 'What did you say?!' My lord?! Instead, he raised his head and looked out the window of the VIP room, which was not very far away from the Temple of Prayer City.

The young man's eyes shrank, locking on to the strongest figure in the temple, and he said calmly: "The people of wind and fire, in the final analysis, are independent intelligent beings who yearn for freedom, and strict laws cannot restrain them 100%, and they can always find all kinds of loopholes. ”

"It was fine at first, but if the law does not change, and the enforcers do not make their own judgments, but always do the same, then the goodness of obeying the law will be oppressed by the villains who use the law."

A gentleman can be deceived in a way, and the vast majority of ordinary people who obey the law are like this, of course, old Chuck may indeed be too ignorant and make mistakes, but should he be cut off his hands and bear the infamy of being a 'criminal'?

When can trial and punishment be so straightforward, and no argument at all?

He, Su Day, is not that kind of person at all, right! His own bars are raised, how can he enforce the law like this! Devouring the Demon Lord, the tyranny of the group is just that, this one-size-fits-all cannot be his operation at all, it can only be the problem of the Lord of Fire and the God of Judgment, and the young man will definitely not carry this pot.

"Then what shall we do, my lord?"

Ammon asked Su Sun worriedly, he had already discovered that the current Fire Nation was probably not as peaceful as he had imagined.

Since this deliberate use of order and law has already appeared in Prayer Heart City, then the entire continent must also be the same.

I thought that there would be thousands of ordinary people, like old Chuck, who would be convicted of sinners in this way, cut off their hands and feet, or even die by direct trial...... He shuddered.

In this regard, Su Sun could only sigh.

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

"One thing to say, in fact, a strict canonical code of the D&A is not necessarily a bad thing, and love as an obligation, in my opinion, is nothing more than a mandatory moral norm - but now it seems that simple correction is no longer enough, because the small is big, and even the priests, who are the grassroots administrators, will use the decree to seek personal gain for themselves and take revenge on those they don't like, so this order will rot from the roots."

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

Su Sun is not a good person, nor is he a perfectionist, he can accept that an order has shortcomings, but he cannot accept the change of an order, not in a good direction, but in a bad direction.

So he made up his mind.

"My lord, you mean?"

Ammon seemed to notice something, he raised his head and looked at Su Sun with some surprise.

Then, the gray-haired priest saw that there was a majestic spiritual power on his lord's body, and the invisible fluctuations were spreading rapidly, covering the entire city, and even spreading to the entire surrounding area of Prayer City.

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

Whispering, Su Sun suddenly stretched out his hand, and the blue-purple spiritual power light surged in his palm, as if burning—and at this moment, a sharp exclamation suddenly came from the temple of Prayer Heart City in the distance, and then, a fat figure crashed open the door under the drag of spiritual power, was directly ripped out of the temple, and then flew towards the VIP room of the restaurant.

The young man watched as the priest of the Prayer City screamed and descended from the sky, through the window of the VIP room, and landed in the center of the hall with a heavy pop.

Then, with his back to everyone, he chuckled in a low voice: "Since there is a fundamental problem with the order. ”

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