The Sun King's Evidence

"Amiya?" Little Frederick hugged the little rabbit tightly in his arms. The boy was still very young, not much bigger than the rabbit. Hearing his mother give the little rabbit a name, he hugged the little boy excitedly. The rabbit kept shouting: "Great, Amiya, let's call her Amiya, and she will be mine from now on!"

Emilia frowned. The Imperial Lady thought to herself that rabbits are very smelly and not easy to raise. Does her son really want to raise such a thing?

Emilia is not an ordinary imperial noble. She has learned a lot of basic knowledge from the Blood Ax Mercenary Group during her years of exile, and she also knows something about raising rabbits.

Why did Karl-Franz give his son a bunny?

Due to her experience, there are not many people Emilia can trust. Even Karl Franz she does not completely trust. The Imperial Countess did not agree. She got up, washed and dressed up, and put on a set of casual clothes. She put on some light makeup, and then summoned her engineering master Wagner: "Where did this rabbit come from?"

Wagner told Emilia that when he went to the palace, Emperor Karl-Franz had just gotten up and was preparing breakfast. The boy ran into the kitchen and saw the little rabbit that was used as food. If it is cute, it must be brought, and the palace chef has no choice but to give it to him.

Before Amelia could make arrangements, little Devon Hill, who was crawling on the ground, was drooling and barely stood up. He stretched out his hand, pointed at the little rabbit in his brother's arms, and shouted: "Donkey! Donkey!" ! It’s a donkey!”

"Ah?" Amelia felt a little strange. The little maid looked at Ryan and Lidya Su's son and thought that she would like a bowl of water to level it now, so she took it from Frederick's hand. He took the little rabbit and said with a smile: "Devon Hill, this is obviously a little rabbit, how can you say it's a donkey?"

"It's a donkey! It's a donkey!" Devon Hill didn't wipe his mouth clean, and his saliva drooled, hitting his clothes. The five-month-old little guy was very determined. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the pair of little rabbits. Brown erect ears: "It's a donkey!"

"...This is the Rex rabbit, Devon Hill." Emilia explained patiently: "This rabbit is a typical meat rabbit, a cross between an Imperial rabbit and a Brittania rabbit. It is just The ears are erect and very long, a bit like donkey ears, but they are definitely not donkeys!"

"Donkey!" Little Devonshire stood up, reached out and held a pair of ears of the little rabbit, and pulled hard: "Donkey's ears! Donkey!"

The little rabbit's ears were pulled by Devon Hill and he screamed in pain. The rabbit's voice attracted Ryan and Sulia. Seeing this, Sulia quickly picked up her son and held her in her arms: "Okay Yeah, Devon Hill, that’s a little rabbit, it’s Amiya, or at most it’s Amity Rabbit.”

"Donkey, donkey Ami!" The little guy seemed to get into trouble with this matter.

"Haha, calling a rabbit a donkey." Ryan couldn't help laughing. He seemed to have no intention of arguing with his son on this matter.

However, a terrible image suddenly appeared in the Duke's own mind.

Twenty years later, when his two sons were grown up, they were arguing over a rabbit, debating whether it was a donkey or a rabbit.

"It's Amy Donkey!" Behind Devon Hill were the Holy Grail Knights, the Old Guards and the Knight Army.

"It's Ami Rabbit!" Behind Frederick were the Nuer Armored Army, steam tanks and imperial military formations.

After thinking about it, Ryan couldn't laugh anymore, and he quickly said: "Okay, stop fighting, it's pointless, let's eat, eat."

It's over, Ami Bunny has become Ami Donkey! Emilia shook her head helplessly. She gave up. After all, it was not her biological son. She felt that it was not convenient for her to take care of it, so she had to signal the Nur armored army under her command to take down the rabbit and talk about it later.

The next morning, Ryan and the others visited the Imperial Court.

There is a certain degree of difference between the laws of the Empire and the laws of Britannia, but there is no doubt that the laws of these two human countries, or the human countries of the entire old world, all come from the heritage of the elves, that is The "Elf Code" written by the Elf Empire.

It is a super-large code that requires dozens of carriages to carry. Its content is detailed enough to ensure that any ordinary human being will not be able to fully integrate this code in his lifetime, because even with the longevity of elves, It would take at least hundreds of years to fully read and understand this code with astronomical regulations and become a qualified elf judge.

Humans couldn't do it. After Charlemagne established his empire, he immediately ordered his courtiers to spend countless hours translating and condensing the writings left by the elves. After the Great Cataclysm, the entire old world was actually illiterate. Or a state of semi-illiteracy. Except for clergy, almost no one can read, and the level of low-level clergy is also very low, and they also lack education.

In order to change this situation, Charlemagne brought together the best priests in the entire empire, restored and built schools and libraries, and desperately drew nourishment from the remaining remnants of the glorious civilization of elves and dwarves. Religious education institutions began to appear, and human civilization gradually developed.

This period of history is known as the "Carolingian Renaissance".

Imperial law has shades of both elves (statutory law) and dwarves (case law), while Britannia's laws are copied from the elves and "improved" (more towards statutory law), but generally similar to the Kingdom of Knights The "Code of Chivalry" strictly stipulates the difference between knights and serfs, and corresponds to different legal restrictions.

The core of Britannia's law is that "knights enjoy the ownership of serfs, but they must also bear the obligation to protect serfs."

The core of the empire's laws is "Everyone in the empire should do their job and fight to protect the country!"

But obviously, under the supervision of the Fairy in the Lake, the knights have adhered to the spirit of chivalry for thousands of years, and the empire collapsed after adhering to this principle for nearly a thousand years, and then everyone knows the all-out civil war and vampires in the Three Emperors era. The war and the great holy war that followed are familiar and popular.

After the Great Holy War, the new Imperial Emperor Ludwig the Savior amended the Imperial laws and added "Everyone has the right to be paid for his labor."

Today, Ryan and the others were watching a trial by an imperial judge. The subjects of the trial were some imperial citizens who had violated the law.

A man was sentenced to twenty lashes and ordered to pay damages for theft and intentional wounding.

A male aristocrat caused trouble in the street after being drunk and made blasphemous remarks. He was sentenced to fifty lashes. However, because he paid enough bail and a high fine, the sentence was changed and put in a "criminal bag" for public display. They were not allowed to eat for two hours and could only drink water for a whole day.

Several cultists were sentenced to death because they were found to believe in the Evil God of Chaos and were executed immediately without bail. Just as the verdict was handed down, several axe-hands raised their knives and dropped them, splattering blood on the ground, and then dragged them out and burned them clean with flames.

Lane and others watched a series of judgments, and he asked the entourage sent by Emperor Karl-Franz: "Now that we know how the Imperial Court operates in Brunswick, what about not in the city? "

"It's the Circuit Court, Your Excellency Ryan and Surya." The emperor's entourage replied respectfully: "The city will regularly send circuit judges, leading a team of guards to the countryside where there are no judges to judge matters, until one day A resident judge takes the place of a circuit judge, but I would say that's not a good position."

"Not a good position?" Ryan lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked, "Why?"

"It's too dangerous, Mr. Lane." The attendant quickly told Lane what he knew in a flattering manner: "The circuit judge has to move back and forth in the wild and hold circuit trials in different places. Even in Rickland, this is It is a very dangerous job. After all, no one knows what is in those black forests, and...compared to the huge risks and hard journey, the salary of circuit judges is really not that generous. They are often seen paying tribute to local nobles and Farmers demanded payment and offerings, and those who provided food and money were able to sit on juries with dignity.”

"Hmph~" Emilia snorted lightly, but she didn't say anything.

"Why is this!" The fairy in the lake who controlled Sulia said unhappily. She wanted to say something out of habit, but the goddess quickly realized that this was an empire, and she also snorted. , changed his words: "So many crimes can be forgiven as long as they pay enough fines?"

"Yes, except for some unforgivable crimes, almost all crimes can be offset by paying high fines to offset the punishment or be exempted from guilt." The attendant immediately said: "In fact, many fines are also an important income for these circuit judges."

"This is better than relying on the village elders and village elders to solve the problem on our own." Ryan smiled a little self-deprecatingly: "Who are the main people who serve as circuit judges?"

"Most of them are lawyers who cannot become famous, or unlucky people who have offended the local legal research society." The attendant continued: "There are also devout followers of Lady Justice, but there is no doubt that as long as they have the opportunity, they will try their best to return to the city. Come inside."

Lady Justice is the folk name of Valena, the god of justice and law. Valena is concerned about true fairness, not the legal fairness that serves certain people. She and her followers have always opposed tyranny and oppression. Just as Valena represents wisdom and education, her sect's priests are more active in practicing magic than the clergy of other religions in the empire.

However, fairness has never been equated with justice. The Goddess of Justice will ask the nobles for legal wages and seek justice for those civilians who are owed wages or bullied by the powerful. But similarly, the Goddess of Justice will also punish the civilians because of the law. And to suppress illegal civilians, even if the civilian is wronged or innocent, the Goddess of Justice sect does not have any extra-judicial mercy or leniency. Faced with the same punishment, the nobles can exempt or reduce the punishment by paying a high fine. If civilians cannot pay, they will have to accept the judgment. Ms. Justice also agrees with this.

The empire needs to be more open in this regard. The so-called openness means that you can solve many things with money. Generally speaking, almost all crimes can be solved by paying a fine. If not, then it must be that the fine you paid is not enough. , the gods treat them equally whether they face nobles or civilians, that is, it depends on whether they have money or not.

The same goes for the Moorish God of Death. When the Moorish priests come to hold a funeral, the more money they give, the better the treatment of the deceased. If there are only a few copper coins, they just recite a prayer and arrange the cremation. If there are two Silver coins can be buried in a small grave bag. If there are two gold coins, the deceased can get a corner in the Moorish garden. If there are twenty gold coins, there is a sarcophagus. The more money, the more the Moorish sect can do. The better. In many cases, how well the deceased can be treated does not depend on the Moorish priests, but on how much money the family of the deceased is willing to pay.

Ryan also expressed his understanding of this. After all, the church also has to pay its dues. The Death Cult is rarely able to collect tithes. Their main income is funeral expenses and donations from nobles.

The most people who believe in the just lady Valena are the residents of Brunswick and Nuer, especially upright bureaucrats, enlightened nobles, scholars, wizards and citizens with a certain level of education. Valena is also the wife of Moore, the God of Death.

"Yes." Ryan was also about to start implementing the circuit trial system. After hearing this, he knew what was going on and said no more.

After visiting the trial in the Imperial Court, Ryan and others entered the Imperial Palace and had lunch with the emperor's family.

On a snowy afternoon, along the snow-covered stone slabs, the Emperor and Rick's guards led Ryan and his party towards the Royal Zoo of Brunswick.

Karl Franz was wearing a purple and gold shirt, breeches, and a gorgeous emperor's satin robe. The Reikland Rune Fang hung on his waist, which was a symbol of his status as the Grand Prince of Reikland. As for The divine hammer Gal-Maraz did not appear. It is said that this divine hammer was enshrined in the Cathedral of Justice when the emperor was not out fighting and declaring his authority as emperor.

"When you came to Braunschweig last time, you said you wanted to visit the Royal Zoo." Emperor Karl-Franz smiled: "But when I arranged for people to be ready for you to visit, you were in a hurry to leave, and in the end you didn't The visit was complete, why were you in such a hurry to leave? It was made as if there was a purpose."

"Hahaha, it was Lord Tigris who told me that he was going back." Ryan was a little embarrassed, and he immediately used Tigris as a shield: "He said that he had been in the old world for a long time, and the high elf Sav The Council of Magisters of the White Tower of Heth in the Rui Kingdom cannot be without this supreme mage for a long time. He is gone, and I don’t think I can stay much longer.”

"That's it." Sure enough, the emperor had an instinctive admiration and affection for Teclis. After all, Teclis's achievements in the Great Holy War and his contribution to the establishment of the Royal Wizarding Academy brought great benefits to the empire. , hearing that this was what Teclis meant, the emperor said nothing more, and began to introduce the history of the Imperial Royal Zoo: "The Imperial Royal Zoo was established by Emperor Delt IV, at a time when the Great Holy War and the New Empire Established a long time ago, it is the home and collection of the largest number of dangerous animals in the Old World, and it also provides enough mounts for the Imperial Army."

After saying that, the emperor suddenly smiled meaningfully: "The zoo is also the most important place that produces imperial war horses. These war horses mainly come from the Ivey Territory, which is a plain rich in war horses... Ryan, you and Mrs. Sulia You’re all riding your own horses this time, right? Are you interested in taking them here for a stroll? We have many beautiful mares here.”

"As long as it likes Grape, I have no problem with it." Ryan also smiled: "But I will not force my mount to do anything. Let me remind you, Grape has a bad temper."

"Good mounts are always scarce." The emperor could hear the implication of Ryan's words. He shrugged: "Of course, my mount, Deathclaw, is also here."

"His Majesty Karl-Franz." At this time, Sulia, who was holding Ryan's arm, spoke up. She asked with great interest: "I heard that there is a dragon in the Empire Zoo?"

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