The war was approaching, and the big market behind Chen Ying's royal city was once again lively, not because of the market, but because of the execution. The murderer dies, and the wounder is punished, this is an old folk custom. A few days ago, Chen Ao, a well-known scholar, accidentally killed Lu Renxing after drinking, and the county court sentenced him to abandon the city without redemption.

There was a lot of discussion, but there was silence on the east side of the crossroads, and Chen He stood on the East Street with dozens of honorary people in Chen County, these people were wearing armor and holding swords, and they were as cold as a piece of ice under the scorching sun. The common people did not dare to pass from the east, and the county officials also looked at them, so that before the execution, the county officials surrounded the intersection and isolated the honorable soldiers.

"Big brother, what does the king say?" Among the honored scholars, there are also a few familiar people, and Chen Sheng is one of them.

"The king said...... "Chen Ao's murder this time is inseparable from Chen Ji, before the cheap servant came up, the two had a big quarrel over whether to serve the businessman." …… The king said that the honorable man should not die on the execution ground. ”

Chen and his tone was quiet, before meeting the king, he had thought of redeeming death, and the redemption was only three gold, but the murderer should die, not redeem. The county official also said that there is no way for Yingdu to manage the county court's case, in other words, the king has no way to deal with this matter, because this is a county affair.

"Bring someone to commit Chen Ao!" Chen Xian Si defeated Li Xun didn't know when he was standing at the crossroads, he was wearing a crown of badges often worn by judicial officers, and he didn't seem to squint, but in fact, he looked at the Yushi in the east, worried that they would rob people.

"The man committed Chen Ao and killed Chen Xing drunk. Since ancient times, the murderer dies, the wounded are punished, the law is not noble, the rope is not twisted, so the county court sentenced Chen Ao to abandon the city, in order to set an example, especially ......" Li Xun had to add a confession before the execution, to show the legitimacy of the punishment, but the Yushi he was worried about had not yet begun to rob people, and the king came.

"Ministers and villains pay homage to the king." The Shumin County Soldier who knelt around at the crossroads, and even Chen Ao, who was ignorant and waiting for death, also knelt down.

"No courtesy." Xiong Jing, who was riding on a horse, was expressionless, and he stood beside Zuo Yin Mengzhengyu, Xiang Yan, as well as the county magistrate Chen Jian, the left and right historians and others. As a rule, Chen County has no right to interfere, even if Yin is here, it is useless.

"The king's order, the honor of the soldier shall not die on the execution ground, but should die on the battlefield, so the prisoner Chen Ao shall not die." Xiong Jing didn't speak, only the servants took two steps forward and shouted the king's order to everyone. When they heard the king's command, they knelt down again.

But the king's order is the king's order, the people have their own customs, the king's order is announced, Li Xun said: "Tell the king: the ministers are foolish to think that the nature of heaven and earth, only people are the most expensive, and those who kill people die. The minister heard that the king was wise, why did he violate the old customs? ”

"Li Si defeats the vulgar or the desire?" Xiong Jing didn't speak, but the common people who had just raised their heads as soon as they spoke bowed their heads again.

"The minister is stupid, please make it clear to the king." Li Xun also bowed his head when the king spoke.

"When it comes to vulgarity, then deal with this matter with vulgarity; In terms of strength, that is, the two sides fought a game, and the one who won took Chen Ao with him. Xiong Jing looked at Chen Ao, who was kneeling motionless, and his ragged clothes were annoying.

"I think it's customary." Fighting with the king is a crime, and talking about vulgarity is what the losers are good at.

"Good. Since it is vulgar, then I don't ask you, three generations ago, what was the custom of killing people? Xiong Jing sneered.

"Three generations ago?" Li Xun couldn't think of it. "I don't know, please tell the king."

"Shi Qing, tell him, what is the custom of killing people three generations ago?" Right Shi was taken out by the king as a gun again, and he frowned, looking very reluctant - according to the truth, against his will; If you don't follow the truth, you will go against your will.

"Shi Qing, you just said it yesterday, why did you forget it today?" Xiong Jing looked at the reluctant Right Shi with a smile on his face.

"The minister has never forgotten. The minister thought...... "Yesterday evening, the king asked about the ancestors of the Chu State, but he didn't expect it to save Chen Ao."

"Don't think that what you answered yesterday was not right, you told Li Sifu and Chen Ying's people. Justice is at ease in people's hearts, and there are ...... you," Xiong Jing looked at a literati who was kneeling to record, this person should be a scribe of Dachu News, that is, a reporter, he has been following Xiong Jing to Chen, and when he encounters the matter of robbing the law field, he naturally wants to write a special book. "Write it down and send it to the newspaper word for word."

"The villain respectfully obeys the order." The scribe spoke, and then wrote quickly.

Hundreds of officials looked at each other, everyone watched, and even the scribes of the Great Chu News looked at it, and You Shiqing coughed and said: "Before the royal system, the murderer did not ......die, and this is the Chu people's first system." ”

Right Shi finally spit out Xiong Jing's words, but he deliberately added a 'before the kingship' in front. Even so, the crowd is a sensational fear, and if the murderer does not die, will not everyone kill.

The minister was puzzled. Dare to ask Shi Qing, if the murderer does not die, will he be allowed to go free? Li Xun asked loudly, Zuo Yin Mengzheng also wanted to speak, but he didn't have a chance.

"Definitely. The revenge of the tenth generation can still be avenged, and the descendants of the dead can avenge their ancestors, and the tenth generation is not only. "As soon as You Shi opened his mouth, he fell into it, and he had to stand on Xiong Jing's position to debate." The murderer also pays the victim four sheep or one cow. ”

"Tell the king, this is a barbarian custom, not a three-generation custom." Meng Zhengyu finally turned around and confessed. "If this is customary, the strong will inevitably bully the weak, and the country will not be a country."

"The state of Chu is a barbarian country, and it should practice barbarian customs." Xiong Jing scoffed, "The world is the weak and the strong, isn't it the world today?" ”

"King, if you do this, you will lose the hearts of the people, and the war is imminent, so you can't do it!" Meng Zhengyu no longer theorized about barbarians, he knew that the king wanted to be a barbarian, and he had to be a barbarian, so he could only admonish the people with the will of the people.

"Oh. You knew the big war was coming, huh? Xiong Jing smiled. The big war is coming, how can you kill my honorable man?! Yushi should have died on the battlefield, why did he die on the execution ground? It is not impossible to see the will of the people, and it is not only the morale of the people. I don't know very well: If there were no these honored soldiers in front of the military array last year, desperately blocking the Qin people, what people would there be? You have been regarded as the subordinate officials and slaves of the Qin people, and you work until you die!

At the beginning of the first monarch Zhuang Wang, the Chu State studied China, the clothes were gorgeous, the poems were elegant, and the etiquette was heavy, but the original blood nature also came to naught. Let me ask, if China's system is stronger than our Chu State, why did all the countries in the world die in Chu and Jin, and the Zhou Dynasty died in the violent Qin?

Why?! Tell me no? ”

Hearing the king's words, Yu Shi was excited, and some people burst into tears, but no one spoke, including Meng Zhengyu. Later generations often thought that in the era of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Chu State destroyed the most countries, but in fact, compared with the Jin State, the Chu State destroyed the country less. Chu and Jin are all big destroyers, Jin is the first, and Chu is the second. Jin and Chu are actually barbarians, but Duke Wen of Jin followed the hegemony of Duke Qi Huan and began to respect the king.

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest!" Xiong Jing continued, and the historians behind him and the scribes of Dachu News waved their shorthand and did not dare to miss a word. "After hundreds of years of war and chaos in the world, now there are only seven kingdoms left. The Seven Kingdoms have been able to stand today because of their strength, not because of their courtesy.

Chen County is under the rule of my Chu State, and the ancestor of my Chu State is that the murderer does not die, but the killed can take revenge for the tenth generation, and the government will never stop it. However, if the tenth life cannot take revenge, it can only mean that you are weak, since you are weak, you must be obedient to the strong, don't think that you are a human being, you are just a slave! How can a slave be compared to a man?

The strong man kills people, and it is not uncompensable, but the first custom, the murderer should pay the slain for one cow or four sheep. If there is an indiscriminate murderer, he will be guilty of the wrath of the people, and other strong people will be angry and kill him. If there are no strong people in your party, hometown, or county are all slaves, then you will be obedient, and you should wait for your life to be like this, so what are your grievances? ”

"The Great King is also false!" A clear voice, this is the blue-shirted scholar who appeared out of nowhere, followed by several disciples. "The contemptible people once heard that the Qin people slaughtered Yiyi in the last year, and the king was sad, saying: The widow is served by the people, but he does not protect his people, so he breaks off his own crimes, and those who hear this are all said to be the great king. Today, the king said, 'If there are no strong people in the party, township, or county who are all slaves, then you will be obedient, and your life should be like this, so what is the complaint?' Dare to ask the king, why is this so? ”

"There are many dead in the Yiyi war, and they can't be saved, so that they will be slaughtered by the Qin people, and it is not a crime." Xiong Jing rode his horse and walked a few steps before speaking. "However, under the rule of Buyu, there are people who dare to fight and are not afraid of death, such as honorable soldiers in the army; There are also those who are cowardly and afraid of death, such as the slaves who cannot revenge their relatives and enemies in the tenth generation. The former, I will protect its people by its worship, and the latter ......"

Some words are too clear and bad, so Xiong Jing is silent, but the latter is no longer regarded as a human being in the language. Of course, the blue-shirted man understood this meaning, so he asked, "Dare to ask the king, if the latter does not serve the king, what can he do?" ”

"Haha," Xiong Jing suddenly laughed, he 'choked' and drew his short sword, Ling Ran said: "If they are not afraid of death, they can not serve the king, do not pay land rent, and do not pay military dues, but do they dare?" ”

The short sword is also a giant sword, and it is scary under the sun. Hearing that the sword was drawn, everyone in the audience bowed down except for the scribe who was standing. With the Chu system, Xiong Jing, as the king, really has no reason to interfere with the justice of the county court, but he is the king, he is the conqueror and ruler of this land, he has absolutely arbitrary power, and he can interfere with everything with his sword, as long as he wants.

"The king is not benevolent!" The scribe shook his head in disappointment, in front of the bright sword, he could only fight back like this.

"He who does righteousness will perish!" Xiong Jing replied, he put his sword back into the sheath, and then announced loudly: "From today onwards, follow the customs of my Chu people, and the reputation of the people will not die!" Whoever is a warrior in the army will not die if he kills. However, if there is an indiscriminate killer, the people of honor can kill him; Those who commit the wrath of the crowd can rise up and attack them. If you are not an indiscriminate killer, the descendants of the killed can take revenge, and the government must not interfere! ”

The categorical and unquestionable tone, although contrary to the law, is irrefutable, including Mengzhengyu.

In a civilized country, those who kill should die, and in a country of barbarians, those who kill do not die; A civilized country, or a country where everyone is equal and has no hierarchy in punishment, is a barbarian country, but the strong are kings and the fittest are the survival of the fittest. Based on the position of barbarians, all laws and principles have become groundless, and therefore indefensible. But if so, is the king still the king? The king of barbarians is mostly fought by the strong, not inherited by the eldest son, if there is a wrongdoer who wants to be strong as the king, what if?

Thinking of this, Right Shi didn't dare to think about it anymore, he could only look up at the sky, this may be the Mandate of Heaven, the Mandate of the State of Chu.