Father Miller came out of the police station with a heavy and depressed expression, and even the bright sunlight could not soothe the tangled on his face at the moment.

"I've been a priest for twenty-seven years, and it's the first time I've seen a lord sign a death warrant!" Thinking of the desperate eyes and pious confession of the death row inmates in the dungeon, Miller couldn't help but plead with Victor beside him: "I think it's better to exile them." ”

Victor shook his head and said, "I personally gave the order to hang the criminals, and the responsibility is also on me." Father Miller, you don't have to blame yourself for this. ”

According to the Bright New Testament, the lords had secular jurisdiction and could inflict punishments on criminals who broke the law, including imprisonment, hard labor, scourging, cages, exile, and hanging. In practice, however, it is rare for a lord to hang a freeman or a lord under his rule, because the execution of a criminal requires the consent of the resident priest.

The Church declared that the clergy had the responsibility of redeeming the people and supervising the lord, and that as long as people could pray prayers of atonement sincerely, even criminals had the right to be redeemed, of course, this was only the salvation of the soul, and the lord still had the right to hang the criminals. In fact, the church is not trying to shield criminals, they treat believers as lambs, even if some lambs are already threatening the health of the flock, and the wool that should be harvested before it is put to death. If the lord is a vassal who is executed, the priest will never disagree.

It was the church's overseer that was a headache for the lords, and in order to avoid a reputation for brutality, most lords would not bother with the crime of the homeless people at all, and usually the sheriff would leave the thankless task to the hyenas. The priests who are stationed in this peculiar order tend to take a tacit attitude, since the rate of executions in their territories is directly related to their merits.

Miller, as the chosen person of the Lord of Radiance, has transcended the limits of the Code of Radiance, and his power is like the ocean, he can peer into the veil of the future, and he can also observe whether a person is evil or not from a spiritual level. However, Miller is essentially a kind-hearted old farmer, and he is not even willing to kill wizards with his own hands, let alone ordinary people.

"You're forcing me to agree to hang 19 men, and you're not responsible?" muttered Father Miller, "I think I'd better be exiled." ”

In the absence of conclusive evidence, it is common practice to exile convicts into the wild. Without the protection of the villages and towns, the exiles had little way to live. There are no beasts and monsters in the wild led by Randall, but alchemy mastiffs are not vegetarians, but Victor needs a fair death sentence, and he would rather offend Miller than be executed in secret.

"These prisoners killed and buried their bodies, the evidence of their crimes is conclusive, and it is not a pity to die! Even if you do not agree with my death sentence, I will hang them! Give justice to the victims. Victor said righteously.

In the face of the righteous and awe-inspiring lord, Miller was at a loss.

Miller was a self-enlightened civilian priest with no monastic training, and spent most of his more than twenty years as a priest preaching in remote towns, where the population was sparsely populated, and the people were almost free of outcasts. The villagers of the town live and work in peace and contentment, the neighbors are harmonious and mutually helpful, at most there are a few fights and brawls, and it is also the young men who are jealous for the girl they like, and they don't even need to mediate, they can quickly reconcile.

Presiding over more than 10,000 people on his own was a new challenge for Father Miller, who did not know how to deal with the lords, so he had to follow his heart and try to save some people.

"My lord, not all of these death row inmates are bad guys, three of them were forced to fight back, so they killed by mistake! Fr. Miller cautiously advised: "I agree to hang the others...... Did these three men give them a chance to commute their sentence to two years of hard labor?"

"How do you know they're good people?" asked Victor curiously.

"Uh......" Father Miller explained weakly, after a pause, "didn't they confess?"

"That's just one side of the story!" Victor shook his head helplessly and said, "The victim is dead, isn't it whatever they say?"

"This ...... I'm a priest, and I can tell if they're lying. The other criminals are full of lies, don't I believe it?" Father Miller had no way to explain the soul level to Victor, so he could only defend.

"I can't agree!" Victor flatly refused, saying, "How do you know that the victim deserves to die?

"This ......" Father Miller was speechless for a moment, people were already dead, how could he tell if he was a good person or a bad person.

"If Randall hangs too many people, it means that I am not good at educating the people! Maybe the priest will have to be sent again to take over the affairs of the church here!" the old priest stalked his neck and played a scoundrel.

Victor only thought it was funny, with his current reputation and status, whether or not to change the resident priest was just a matter of a letter, and there was no need for Sylvia to come forward, and the archbishop would sell him face.

Just as the two were entangled in the middle, Sheriff Linda walked over with a big belly, "Good day, good day, good day, Father Miller." ”

Linda was wearing a loose skirt, holding her stomach in one hand, and was about to curtsy, but Victor hurriedly stopped: "No need to be polite." ”

"May our Lord bless you, child. Father Miller told Linda: "Take a break during this time and don't run around!"

"Yes. Linda gently ** her belly, her face full of the brilliance of maternal love.

When Linda walked into the police with the guards, Father Miller asked Victor, "You don't want a pregnant woman to be executed, do you?"

Victor's face froze, and after a while, he sighed, "Priest, do you think Linda is a good person?"

"Not really!" Miller muttered, "There aren't many good guards under you!"

"They are all mercenary backgrounds, and they are indeed not good people. Victor nodded and said, "It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that they kill people like numbness, but they didn't wronged them with a ruthless heart." ”

"Three years ago, I took a few hundred homeless people to open up Randall's Territory. On the way, Linda kills a villain who oppresses the good. That man was actually a farmer, and although he was wrong, he did not sin unto death. But I found out that after Linda killed that man, none of the remaining homeless people committed any more crimes, not even thefts!

Miller asked blankly, "Why?"

"For sin is contagious like a plague!" Victor explained, "Suppose I had saved that villain, he might have become a good man, but sin would have eaten away at the souls of other outcasts, and they would have thought that indulging their desires would be forgiven, and the criminals would become more and more criminal." ”

"Of course, the harsh punishment will only disgust the people, but my power at that time was very weak, and I could not even recruit followers without the power of the York family. The people don't have much faith in me as a little lord, and they are worried about the future. After Linda killed the villain, they were relieved. ”

"Linda slew a villain who did not deserve death, and also cut off the evil in the hearts of the people, and she invisibly erected my authority and the order of my territory, and it is precisely because of order that the people are converted. It can be said that without Linda's sword, there would be no Randall family today!"

"Order......" Miller muttered with a frown.

"That's right! it's order!" Victor smiled faintly, "It's hard to define the criteria for judging good and evil. A homeless person went to steal other people's food in order to prevent his family from starving to death, and he was beaten to death, and then his family also starved to death, you say, is the person who killed him a good person or a bad person?"

Father Miller looked confused, his beard was about to be broken, and there was no way to tell what was right and wrong.

"I don't have an answer. I don't need an answer either. Victor shrugged his shoulders and continued: "The only thing I can do is to establish order, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, so that the tragedy will not be repeated. It is impossible for order to cater to everyone, but regardless of whether people's hearts are good or evil, everything that destroys order is a bad person, and those who obey it are good people. ”

"Nelson is fighting for their lives, and they don't necessarily have innocent blood on their hands. But as soon as they arrive in town, they will obey the local order, sheath their swords, spend money on drunkenness, behave properly, and be honest. By virtue of that, they are not really bad guys. ”

"It's the same thing. Even if those three death row inmates killed people for self-preservation, they must be punished for destroying the order of Randall, otherwise the plague of crime will destroy the walls of order and cause more harm to the people!"

The three good men in Father Miller's mouth may really resist killing because they were oppressed, but they killed and buried their bodies in a way that was not justified defense, but followed the rules of the free people.

Victor can tolerate the order inherent in the homeless. In fact, the vast majority of lords acquiesced in the outcome of the outcasts' battles, and waited for them to decide the outcome before letting the law and order take control. The problem is that Randall's security system is too weak, and in order to prevent the tail from falling out and bullying the guest, Victor must first use a few lives to establish his authority.

"Father Miller. Randall's Territory is even more fragile than you think," Victor continued, "This is the Pioneer Territory, and the fortress to block the entrance to the Swamp has not yet been built, and my army is struggling to deal with the threat of Ant-Man. The outcasts in the territory are ready to flee at any time, and the reason why they remain in Randall's territory is not only because of the job opportunities here, but also because of the order of the territory. ”

"Nobody likes to kill except madmen. But if I can't maintain order, Randall will be thrown into chaos, and those who are simple and honest will choose to leave here. Without these people, how can the fortress be built? The fortress cannot be completed on time, and the army of Ant-Man can drown the Centaur Hills at any time, and even the entire kingdom of Gambis is in danger. At that time, people will be displaced, and hunger and cold will be inevitable. ”

"Father, would you like to see this?"

Miller was stunned for a moment, and his tangled brow finally relaxed, "There is a reason for what will and won't happen, and now I know that the reason is there." ”

Did the buttoned hat be too big and smash the old man unconscious?

Victor touched his forehead and said tentatively, "Father Miller, what are you talking about?"

"Child, I want to thank you!" Miller said sincerely.

"Thank me for what?" asked Victor inexplicably.

"You let me know what I was wrong about. Father Miller smiled and said, "Order is the rule, faith is the order of our Lord, and that's why there is a sacred seal!"

"I can't redeem everyone, and I don't have to cater to everyone. Only by accepting my order can you be redeemed!" With that, Father Miller turned and walked towards the chapel.

Victor looked at Father Miller's relaxed back, frowned, and shouted, "Did you agree?"

"I agree!" said Father Miller, who didn't look back, turned his back to Victor and waved his hand.

Victor touched his chin, pondered for a moment, shook his head and sighed, and turned to walk towards the town hall.

This old man must have been fooled by me!