By the time the first rays of the morning sun shone into the room, Andu had already gotten up.

Putting the box containing the card ring that Ruskin had given him yesterday into the drawer, Andu looked in the mirror and prepared to go downstairs.

The card ring in it has been seen by Andu last night, and the quality is not bad, but he is still a little hesitant, planning to see if there is a better choice.

Arnold and Abt were setting up the table, and when they saw Andu coming downstairs, they immediately saluted respectfully, which made Andu a little unaccustomed.

I was used to living alone in my previous life, but now I am suddenly being served like this, and I always feel weird in my heart......

After having breakfast with Elizabeth and inquiring about the girl's plans for today, Andu rode in his new carriage all the way to the Bishop of Halma.

Because Andu is not an aristocrat, his own carriage is only pulled by a horse, but fortunately, the scale of the carriage is not large, it is just an ordinary civilian carriage, and it can only carry three or four people at most, but it does not affect it.

Half an hour later, Andhu came again to the Bishop of Halma, and after telling the carriage to go back on its own, he went straight in the direction of the ashram.

After registering for today's work, Andu, under the guidance of the staff, came to a hall where many clergy were sitting in twos and threes, sitting in the left and right areas.

Andu looked at it for a while and saw a few acquaintances.

Chad and Kent, who were sitting on the left side of the hall, looked at Andu's side at the same time, but their expressions were not much surprised, thinking that they had received the news early in the morning.

On the other side, a middle-aged man saw Andu, thought about it and walked up directly, "May I ask if you are Andu?"

Andu smiled and said, "Yes, are you Captain O'Connor?"

On the way here, Andu had already inquired clearly, and the leader of the Inquisitor Team he was going to join was called O'Connor, who had retired from the front line of the Purifier Team.

"Hello, let's sit down and talk. O'Connor nodded, pointing to the side of his seat.

After the two of them sat down, several of the young people who were also in the right area also hurriedly came up and sat down around O'Connor.

O'Connor looked around and said, "They are all members of our team, Locke, Colin, and Dean. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the three of them and gave Andu a brief introduction, and then said: "We are a team of judges, and our main job is to help the arbitral tribunal, give opinions and make judgments, you should be clear, right?"

Andu nodded and said, "I heard about it when I came." ”

O'Connor continued, "Our squad's code name is 009, also known as the Ash Squad, and with you, there are five of them, and I'm the captain. ”

Locke on the side added: "Although we are a team, we usually work separately, and we only meet twice in the morning and evening, mainly to exchange news, of course, if you need everyone's help, you can also bring it up." ”

O'Connor nodded, "Just like Locke said, our jobs are all our own, and you can come to me if you are in trouble or don't know where to go." ”

Andu smiled, "Okay. ”

O'Connor picked a bag of documents for a while, and finally took out one and handed it to Andu: "This is your work for the past two days, because tomorrow afternoon you will have to close the second trial, you hurry up and take a look, and you can go to the arbitration tribunal to report in a while, this is your new priest's robe, which can prove your identity as an arbiter." ”

Andu took the papers and the new priest's robes in a bag, and looked through the papers roughly.

After knowing what the incident was, Andu didn't say much, and directly said goodbye to O'Connor and left the hall.

Seeing that Andu was so efficient, he was about to go directly to the arbitration tribunal without asking much, and several people in the team on the side couldn't help but talk about it.

O'Connor looked at the departing back and shook his head gently, he was a halfway monk, and he didn't have much requirements for Andu, after all, he was a person sent from above, he was not good at criticizing, as long as Andu didn't go too far, then everyone was easy to talk to.

With the papers, Andu walked out of the church and went straight to the arbitration tribunal, because they were all located in the center of the city, and it took Andu less than ten minutes to find a place.

The Aaronic Empire's Tribunal was an important institution for adjudicating all criminal cases, because the corruption of the Empire that had occurred for hundreds of years was so serious that even such an important organ had been infiltrated, and the Empire decided to let the Church intervene in the trial after careful consideration.

Although the church is subordinate to the empire, it is a religious force outside the establishment, and it is not subject to anyone's control, even the king of the empire can only advise, and there is no way to directly intervene in it, so this approach is very recognized by everyone, after all, the corruption of the empire cannot penetrate into the church.

You know, there is a god behind the church!

And every believer, in addition to the test when joining the church, there will also be a test every time he is promoted, if the inner faith is not firm and pure, it will not be able to further develop in the church!

This also allowed the tribunal to quickly break away from the corruption cases of the year, and has since preserved this mechanism, and this mechanism is the Church's Inquisitor Squad.

Andu gathered his mood and walked towards the main entrance of the majestic arbitration tribunal, where two guards immediately greeted him.

The documents in his hand and the priest's robes that he had not yet changed into were proof that it did not take much effort for Andu to obtain permission and find a lawyer to handle his case.

The story of the case is very simple, to put it bluntly, a wealthy businessman needs to acquire a shop, and in the process there is a conflict between hands and feet, and the owner of the shop is disabled.

It was a very simple case, but because it involved a famous wealthy businessman in Halma, it was impossible to make a decision.

"Hello, I'm Andu from the Episcopal Church, and I'm in charge of the arbitration of this case. Andu stepped forward and grabbed the other man's left hand and introduced himself.

"Ah, hello, I'm Kenneth, the lawyer in charge of this case. Obviously, this was not the first time Kenneth had dealt with the church, and after making Andu a cup of tea, the two of them sat down before continuing: "I am only in charge of the correction of the law in the arbitration, and not in charge of the plaintiff and the defendant. ”

Andu nodded and said: "I know that arbitration lawyers do not judge the parties to the case, I just want to ask, why such a simple case has not been able to make a decision for a long time, and it has been handed over to the church?"

Kenneth glanced at Andu and smiled, "You're a member of the staff who just joined the Inquisitor, right?"

Andu said: "To be precise, I just joined today. ”

Kenneth sighed: "You should know that many things involve not only the case, but also the confessions of witnesses. ”

After speaking, he added: "At the beginning, the case had already been decided in the first instance, but later the plaintiff, Mr. Claude, changed his complaint and said that he was willing to settle. ”

Andu thought for a moment and said, "Is that the defendant Mr. Darcy unwilling to accept the settlement?"

Kenneth shook his head and said, "He is willing to accept the settlement, but he asks for the market price to buy Mr. Claude's shop at the same time as compensation." ”

Andu was puzzled: "This is a commercial dispute, not a criminal case!"

Kenneth looked at Andu deeply and said, "But just last night, Mr. Claude agreed to this request. ”

Andu suddenly fell silent, and the room fell into a dead silence.

......

Out of the arbitration tribunal, Andu looked at the rare sun in the sky, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow.

What a beautiful weather!

Recruiting a rickshaw, Andu went straight in the direction of the East End Pier.

With a sign on the closed door that said it was closed, Andu stepped forward and knocked on it, but no one came out to respond.

He went to the shop next door, found the proprietor, and said, "I'm Andu from the church, and I'm in charge of trying the case of Mr. Darcy buying Mr. Claude's shop next door, and I want to ask you something." ”

The boss squeezed out a smile and said, "I don't know much about this, why don't you ask other families." ”

Andu frowned, and pondered for a moment, "This shop is in Mr. Darcy's name, right?"

The boss flattered: "This, you can check it yourself, you won't use me, right?"

Andu looked at this slick man with an angry face, rushed forward and grabbed the other party's collar and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't have such an attitude." ”

The boss panicked and said, "Someone, the priest is beating someone!"

The surrounding passers-by cast curious glances, and the sounds of reprimands, questions, and accusations filled Andu's ears.

He looked at the triumphant shopkeeper in front of him with gloomy eyes, slowly withdrew his hand holding the collar, and said loudly: "Don't think that you are Mr. Darcy's subordinate, you can refuse to provide a confession, if you have such an attitude, I don't mind going to the police station to call two police officers to take you back for questioning!"

Andu's voice was very loud, and the surrounding onlookers heard it clearly, and an elderly gentleman immediately stood up and said: "Although the other party refuses to provide a confession, he can't do it, so let's take it back for questioning!"

The gentleman seemed to be reprimanding Andu, but his eyes kept on the shopkeeper, and after saying this, passers-by echoed him, asking Andu to take someone back for questioning.

The boss didn't expect Andu to look so old and be so decisive in doing things, and said in a panic for a while: "I'm the owner of Mr. Darcy's shop, but I only show him the door, I don't know anything!"

Andu said lightly: "What's going on next door, Mr. Claude?"

The boss said bitterly: "I don't know, he hasn't opened the door for more than a week." ”

Andu asked, "Then he hasn't been at home during this time?"

The boss shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it, in addition to the main entrance of the store, there is a back door in his house, which can be found not far from the back alley." ”

Andu carefully inquired about the location of the back door before letting go of the treacherous shopkeeper.

As Andu left, the passers-by also dispersed when they saw that the bustle was gone, and the shopkeeper saw that no one was paying attention to his side anymore, so he immediately trotted into the house.

"Oh no, the church has sent someone to check on the matter next door!" said the shopkeeper anxiously.

"What's the hurry?" said the handsome-looking young man in a blue velvet coat.

"But ......"

"Nothing. The young man rudely interrupted the other party, turned his head to look at the man behind him and said, "Boss, do you want to do him?"

Mario pondered for a long time and said, "I'll go and see!"