XXXVII. The Sage of Light (12)

Kegula paused, and then said: "The thieves have no forgiveness for their sins, and in the face of those thieves who do not repent, of course we must punish them severely, because they do not know how to repent of their mistakes, but these thieves in front of us have realized their mistakes under the guidance of God, and are willing to come here to be judged by the law, they have already learned their mistakes, and for these thieves who have learned their mistakes, should we give them a chance to mend their ways?"

When no one answered, some of the families of the victims cried out: "Lord Garon, you cannot forgive them, they should die and atone for their sins with their lives." "Yes, they should have atoned for their sins with their lives, but they are all God's people, and their lives are precious, and they have sinned, but they have already known that they are wrong, and they have proved with their own practical actions that they have made a wrong determination, they have decided not to be thieves anymore, and they are willing to use their future to make amends, so that if we don't give them a chance to change their ways, we are afraid that there will be no thieves willing to do this in the future, and no one of them will be willing to go to any city lord to recognize their mistakes, and they will not go to God to repent of their sins." They can only go further and further down the wrong path until the day of death, and that is not a good thing for us, because we have not forgiven them, and we have sinned in the midst of those whom they have killed."

"But if they don't die, our hatred can't be removed. "Of course, it is easy for people who do not have hatred to forgive others, but it is not so easy for people with hatred to forgive, and Kegula also understands this:" I know very well what everybody thinks, because, too, I have killed many, many people, and I can say for sure that I have killed more people than anyone present, and I am convinced that most of the people I have killed are worthy of death, because they have broken the law, and they have violated the teachings of God, so they deserve to die, but is there not a single one of them who does not deserve to die? I don't even believe in this, and I'm really sad for the thieves who don't deserve to die but die at my hands, but I've made mistakes, and when I realize my mistakes, I think of a way to stop making such mistakes, so this time, instead of rushing over and killing all the thieves as before, I'm going to give them a chance to be tried, a fair chance to be judged, so that everyone can judge them, so that I won't kill those who don't deserve to die, and I don't have to feel uneasy in my heart anymore。 ”

In the ten days of trial, among the more than 7,000 thieves, there were more than 4,000 people who did not kill anyone, although they also robbed property, and they also hurt others, but, according to the laws of the Western Continent, they were indeed to the point of not killing for their crimes, and for Kaigula, they already thought that Kaigula was a very devout believer, a person of noble character, and a strict self-discipline, so they still agreed with Kaigula's words.

Kegula continued: "If we give them a chance to change their ways, and they still do not repent, then we will no longer be condemned by our conscience, and we can put them to death, and let them lose their lives, and use their lives to pay for their crimes, but if we do not give them even a chance to change, will your conscience be troubled? I can say with certainty that you are not worthy to be believers in God, because believers in God do not completely deprive other God's people of the opportunity to change. "Rise to the stage of believers in God, that is, if you don't agree to give these thieves a chance to make amends, you won't be able to get along with the Temple of Light.

One said, "Your Excellency Garon, may I ask if we are to fully forgive their sins?" Of course not, the sins they commit must be punished, otherwise, if all the sins of the future will not be punished, then the world is not chaotic, what I said to give them a chance is not to deprive them of their lives, this is my basic opinion, for the punishment that should have been punished as lightly as possible, let them accept the lesson, after all, they are the same as us, they are God's people, give them a chance, but also give themselves a chance. ”

"And what kind of punishment does Lord Garon think they deserve?" Be slaves, if the crime is very big, the slave time will be longer, and if the crime is relatively light, the slave time will be shorter, so that they can use their own hands to create treasure to pay for the harm they have brought to people, and let them accept heavy labor to pay for their sins, although these cannot make up for the harm suffered by those who have been hurt by them, but the great God of Light teaches us that we should learn to forgive, let us forgive them with a compassionate heart, let us touch them with a good heart, let us tolerate them with the love that the great God has taught us, so that they can mend their waysIn this way, I believe that there will be a lot less thieves in this world, so that we can live a better life and no longer have to worry about being hurt by thieves. ”

It's certain to be a slave, but according to some traditions on the Western Continent, a thief who kills thousands of people just goes to be a slave, which is a bit too forgiving. Of course, Kaigula knows that he can't use the laws of the Yanhuang clan that he understands to measure the laws on the Western Continent, the laws on the Western Continent are not perfect, in a word, there are only some relatively vague legal provisions, and when the case is judged, many times it depends on the mood of the city lord and other trial officials, if the mood is good, the sentence is lighter, and if the mood is bad, the sentence is much heavier, and it is not allowed to appeal。

Kegula said: " Everyone, you may think that what I am saying is very difficult to understand, very difficult to accept, and you don't understand why I want to send these thieves to trial, yes, this is very difficult for you to understand, you don't understand that I won't blame you, because, on the Western Continent, it has been like this for millions of years, we didn't know the way before, and we didn't know, but now, I know the way, I have been with the people of the Yanhuang tribe for a while, and I know their laws very well, the Yanhuang people respect the law, and whoever violates the law must be punished by the law, even the highest status among them is no exceptionAnd in their newly established kingdom of Yan Huang, it is even stipulated that even the king of the kingdom will be judged for his crimes, do you know what this means? This means that they will be supported by all the people in the Western Continent. ”

Kaigula continued: "Most of you here are commoners or some merchants and other professionals, the nobles are only a minority, and you are more or less bullied by the nobles, this is known to everyone in the Western Continent, why can the nobles bully you?" It is because they have the privilege of law and not just their force, and the laws made by the nobles are of course to protect the interests of the nobles, but such laws are imperfect and must be abolished, or we cannot abolish these laws today, or we do not know how to improve our laws, but I hope that we will start small and explore little by little, until we have perfected the law. And the laws of the Yan and Huang tribes are an example for us to learn from. ”

"Your Excellency Garon, you say so, you have taken refuge in the Yanhuang Clan, don't forget, the Yanhuang Clan is the enemy of my Temple of Light, they have snatched a large amount of territory and population from us not long ago, and the strength of our Temple of Light has been damaged, do you still want to help them speak?" A shaman of the Temple of Light stood up and shouted loudly, although there was no official declaration of war between the Yanhuang Clan and the Temple of Light, but the hostility between the two sides was also a well-known fact.

Kaigula smiled and said, "I took refuge in the Yanhuang clan? Jokes, I am a believer in the great God of Light, I will not take refuge in the Yanhuang Clan, but the great God of Light teaches us to be tolerant, to tolerate those evil sinners, to save them from the abyss of sin, and I also do this, in the past half a year, I have spent most of the time with the people in the Yanhuang Clan, from them, I have learned a lot of things, and there are three sentences in what I have learned that are worth learning, do you want to know what these three sentences I learned are?"

"Your Excellency, your wisdom is far above all of us, and what you think is worth learning must be very worthy of our learning. "Lugerai has already made up his mind to join Kaigula, and the master speaks, of course he wants to make a scene. As for the other people of the Bright Divine Temple, when they heard that the high priest of their own hall said this, they naturally didn't dare to say anything more.

Kaigula said: "The first sentence I learned was 'face up to reality', in the words of the Yan and Huang people, it is four words, what is facing reality? My simplest understanding is that in the face of the current reality, we must admit it, and we must also learn through our efforts to change our current appearance, otherwise, what awaits us will only be failure again and again." Let's put it this way, the gap between us and the Yanhuang clan is too big, they are already far ahead of us, their strength in all aspects is far above us, this is the fact, we have to admit the fact, if we don't even have the courage to admit this, then we are doomed to the fate of complete failure. ”