Gold is Justice

Someone next to him frowned and said——

"You also know that in this world, it is already very difficult for a man to survive, right? Our side of Pelican City is not bad, next to the hidden lake, so there is no danger of water shortage. But this year's The rainfall has indeed decreased a lot, and the harvest in many places has dropped by several percent, and people are almost unable to survive."

"For those women, men are the motivation and method for them to live. If there is no man, what do you think they can rely on to live? Orphans and widows, can they live happily?"

"But...but those robbers killed my father, my mother, and my sister! I wish I could cut them into pieces!"

"I know, I know, I hate those robbers too. A friend of mine was badly injured and is still lying at home. But look, those children... Otherwise, wouldn't you have killed three family members? You go to apply to your lord that the three members of this family, including the child who seems to be only five or six years old, will be killed by you. Can you do it?"

The victim's heart was bleeding. They looked at the begging women and the helpless children below. They held their hands but gritted their teeth.

Of course there is anger in their hearts, but this anger and hatred should not be poured out on those children.

Each of them knew that it was the robbers who did it and had nothing to do with their families.

But each of them is also very clear that if those robbers get the punishment they deserve, then in this world, the family members of those robbers will definitely not be able to survive.

Their wives, who are younger, may only become prostitutes (harmonious) women, living on their last days.Their children would become slaves too, and die for strange reasons after a while.

The family members of the prisoners who have no ability to live will become prostitutes and slaves. This is already the best belonging of their life...

For this point, Suta is also deeply touched.

Compared to Citrus who lived in the collective since he was a child, or Cyclops who is the head of a village with power and strength in his hands, Suta can't help but think of his own origin.

I don't come from any noble family.

To put it bluntly, the human judge who is now able to sit on this trial seat and face the prisoners waiting for trial and punishment is actually a human judge who was bought from a young age and was able to sit here only because of good luck. Just a little girl.

Suta exhaled slowly, looking at the weeping prisoners and their families.

If it is said that it was not my husband who bought me at the beginning, Mr. Almond Cake, if the old man who bought me really regarded himself as a slave, he could come and go as he called, and he could even do whatever he wanted. Words of abuse, beating, killing...

What's more, if I hadn't met my current husband, and hadn't experienced all that with my husband...

Perhaps, I really can only continue to live as a slave, and then spend my whole life like these people in a daze, maybe...

Thinking of this, Suta began to feel troubled.

If it is really necessary to punish these prisoners, as a paladin who upholds justice and fairness, she will never show any mercy to these crimes.

Now that they have been sentenced to death, no matter how painful their past was, how much they were deceived, how remorseful they are now, and how pitiful their families are... the paladins will only feel pity for them, but they will not There will be no forgiveness for them.

However, if these prisoners and the pillars of these families were really killed like this...

So these women and children, and those women and children over there, what should they... do?

Thinking of this, Suta's complexion became ugly again.

She held the pen and paper in both hands, and the balance of justice in her heart began to tilt even more.

If we say that punishing the murderer is just.

Then, if the punishment of the murderer caused their family members to live in trouble, and finally all fell to a miserable situation, is it still just to punish the murderer?

If a robber killed a man who lived alone without any relatives or friends, and then sentenced the robber to death, and the result was that the robber’s wife, children, and old people lost all support, and all died in the end, then his own This sentence...does it still represent justice?

so……

What does justice represent?

Now sitting in the judge's position, what kind of justice do I want to represent?

And this kind of justice, how to realize it...is it really possible to achieve a fair situation?

Or... In this world, there is no real fairness and justice in itself? !

Thinking of this, Suta's heart moved slightly, and an unprecedented sense of fear rushed into her heart!

She didn't know how she suddenly thought of such a terrible fact!

As a paladin, just letting that thought flash through his mind is already a great crime!

There is no justice in this world?Not fair?how can that be?It is precisely because there is justice and fairness in this world that paladins like myself will work hard to implement this justice and fairness!

But if... but if, there is really no fairness and justice in this world...

If everything is really just an illusion!

Then I am a paladin... all the knowledge of the paladin that my husband has learned, all the beliefs... what exactly does this represent?

The more Suta thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something evil and dark might have occupied his heart.

She began to feel that her breathing became short of breath, and her whole body was about to be crushed by that invisible burden.

Gradually, she seemed to hear some very strange voices... some very inexplicable voices that sounded in the depths of her mind...

These voices sound so gentle, so soft... Now that my mind is in such a chaotic situation, this voice seems to have some kind of guidance, which can guide me forward and teach me how to deal with it all of these!

Just...follow the voice, just keep following it, keep listening...

So……

"Haha...hahaha..."

Unknowingly, the corners of Suta's mouth began to curl up, and he smiled silently.

Citrus and Cyclops next to him couldn't help turning their heads to look at the paladin.

One-eyed is fine, but when Citrus sees the pasta at this moment, his originally casual expression suddenly becomes dignified.The flower fairy flew up from its wicker chair in an instant, staring at the paladin with full attention, fully alert!Although the one-eyed man on the other side didn't know what happened to the human woman, after a long time, he seemed to sense something, and quickly raised his head to look around.In the end, his eyes turned towards the direction of the Everlasting Sleeping Mountain Range, as if he wanted to feel something...

"It's a pity, even if you lose the mainstay of your family life, even if your life will become very painful and full of torture, but that is not what the judges here need to consider."

But just when Suta's condition began to become "weird", a loud voice suddenly pulled her thoughts back from that gentle voice!

The paladin was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head and turned to the direction the voice came from.I saw that the new mayor of Pelican City, now with his hands folded in front of his chest, walked over slowly with a confident smile on his face.

"Will... President..."

Suta swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and muttered softly like a child who has done something wrong.

Ariel nodded slightly towards Suta, and then looked at the prisoners and their families again.After scanning it once, her gaze fell firmly on the Judas family, and she also slowly walked to the side of the judgment seat.

"The idea you have now is really good. You have lost the pillar of your family life, so you are likely to die, so do you want to use this method to protect your lover?"

Ariel still had that faint smile on her face.But after saying this, her smile slowly disappeared and gradually became serious——

"Yes, you did lose your pillars, they did lose their lives, and your life will indeed become worse. However, these things should not be considered by the judge in charge of trying you."

The mayor turned his head, looked at Suta sitting on it with piercing eyes, and looked a little flustered, and said slowly——

"The judge sitting here represents the laws of Pelican City. Her judgment should not be influenced by whether you are poor or have wives and children. All she needs to do now is to deal with the law in full accordance with the laws of Pelican City. All of you hand down judgments and then execute them."

"She doesn't need to consider your financial situation at all, nor does she need to consider your future life, let alone your seemingly miserable future life. Regardless of whether these prisoners are executed, you family members plan to follow them Going on the road together, or selling herself and her sons and daughters to become slaves, she doesn't need to think about any of these things!"

When he was the president, no one in Pelican City would have heard such cruel words from the president.

But I didn't expect that I just became the mayor, and everyone present, including prisoners, family members, and citizens, would hear such an inhuman answer from the new mayor immediately!

In an instant, people's faces were involuntarily colored with panic.They looked at this woman who now controlled the future of the entire Pelican City, and at her vicious and determined face, which was obviously very beautiful and delicate, but cold as ice.Everyone's heart began to tremble.

Cooperating with the more gloomy sky in the sky, and the sky that is always full of thunder and bursts, but not a single drop of rain falls, everyone's heart... I am afraid that there is a kind of drifting like duckweed now. help.

So isn't there anyone who is happy at this moment?

Of course there are.

Eddie and George, who were sitting in their seats, were clearly overjoyed now.

They witnessed the fall of a "man".

I saw a city that was able to do its best before, but once there was a problem with the operation of the city, the hearts of the people were shaken, and some kind of problem that was difficult to make a decision appeared, the mayor began to say such bad words without thinking, and ruined it with his own hands. This depravity of one's own future.

Really, it feels so good to see such a guild leader fall~~~!It was as if all the grievances accumulated throughout the day had disappeared at this moment, and it seemed that the bad weather had suddenly become refreshing.

"Will... President..."

Hearing these words, Suta, who was sitting on it, also involuntarily turned ugly.She stretched out her hand, trying to stop the sudden "madness" of her president.But before she continued to stop her, the mayor turned his head again, his stern gaze fell firmly on these prisoners and their families, and at the same time raised his thumb and pointed to his chin , opened his mouth and said——

"Because the person who has to consider these matters is not the judge, but the mayor of Pelican City, which is me—Ariel Garcia."

The first thousand 240 five chapters fairness is by no means innate

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In mid-air, thunder bursts.

But under this gloomy sky, there is a person whose eyes are more shocking to the hearts of everyone here than the echo of thunder and lightning.

The mayor of Pelican City was slowly covered with both hands, and said——

"You prisoners killed someone, so according to the law, you must accept your punishment, even if it is a death penalty, you must accept it. Because only in this way can you comfort the dead and tell everyone who is still alive, To commit a crime, you must have the consciousness to pay the price with your life!"

"However, in my city, if there is a family that loses a man, the family will collapse in an instant and row to the abyss of extinction without any barriers, then there is no doubt that this is my responsibility as the mayor , it is my shame. As the mayor, I have the responsibility to protect my citizens. Even if you are executed, I want you to be able to go on the road with peace of mind and no longer have any worries."

Ariel walked up to Judas' family, looked at the woman, stared into her eyes, and said slowly: "Since I can shout out the slogan that men and women are equal and everyone is the same, then I absolutely cannot allow women to be unable to Rely on your own strength to support yourself. This mother, what is your name?"

Judah's wife opened her mouth halfway, looked at her husband, and then hugged her child again, looking a little nervous and speechless.

Seeing this, Ariel was not embarrassed, and continued: "Don't you want to say it? I won't force you. Then take this opportunity, let me talk about my thoughts. These thoughts are not my whim, in fact , I’ve wanted to do this for a long time.”

Ariel raised her head, looked at everyone in front of her eyes, and said slowly——

"Pelican City will continue to expand in the future, but this kind of expansion does not represent a good thing. Because I found that most of the citizens who have recently entered Pelican City do not know how to read, and some of them don't even know their own names. Can't write."

"I have long wanted to establish a special school in Pelican City, but I have been very busy and have no free time. In addition, I was not the mayor before, so I delayed it."

'But in the future, I will build a school in this city.This school will not be like my alma mater, Old Teng Shu, where only the best or most talented students can enter.In this school, all children can enter and study here.The school will impart knowledge to these children, teach them to read and write, understand the history, culture, and our country and the environment in which we live.Of course, this is not the most interesting point.The most important point in the construction plan of this school is—"

Ariel exhaled slightly, and said again——

"This school is not so-called voluntary, but 'mandatory'. In other words, all children in Pelican City should and must come to school. No one is allowed to play truant, and no one is allowed to make excuses Not coming!"

"The parents of these children can only come and pick up their children after their working hours are over. In other words, all children under the age of 16 must study in my school during the day. Classes, whether the child is willing or not, and whether the child's parents are willing or not."

Ariel turned her head away, glanced at Judah's wife and their children, paused, and then said——

"Then, our city needs to expand further. I need to build more textile factories and element machine factories. In addition, I will recruit some people to become fighters to protect our Pelican City from such attacks. I also need A large number of logistics personnel wash dishes, wash clothes, clean the streets, and stimulate the vitality of the entire city."

"Judah's wife, if you are willing to stay and work in Pelican City, and let your children study and go to school with me, then, on my reputation as the mayor of Pelican City, I can absolutely guarantee that you and your mother will have three days a day." food and the warmth of living. In my place, a female textile worker can earn the same money as a male textile worker. Whether you can earn more depends on how hard you work. Similarly, you can’t I will become anyone's slave, and no one will dare to do things that damage your dignity. I can assure you of all this."