There was a faint twinkle in Xiela's eyes, and his tone was solemn: "No need to defend - no matter what the reason is, it is a sin for you to burn down your neighbor's house. Although you did not hurt his life, the fire spread to several houses and destroyed
Their property has been reduced to nothing. Since you cannot repay their losses, if you are not thrown into this prison for permanent labor, how will the resentment in their hearts be appeased?"
At this moment, Xi La's hands were shackles, his ankles were locked with iron chains, and the other end of the chains was nailed deeply to the wall, like a criminal who was about to be executed.
He was wearing a tattered and dirt-stained white linen robe, and the blood stains of whipping could be seen on his torn sleeves. But his spine was still straight and his voice was steady and powerful, as if he was still standing in the lecture hall wearing his red robe.
Above average.
"Besides, they have already lost their home. Their wives and daughters will suffer because of this. They will be sick and cannot be treated. They will not be able to eat in disaster years. They will not be able to keep warm even if they work day and night. You have caused trouble for others and destroyed their original happiness.
Living a life, you are naturally guilty."
"But, sir," a thin young man knelt down in front of him, his voice full of anguish and sorrow, "I burned their house because their words and actions hurt my parents. Tell taught us,
We must respect our parents and protect them like our own hearts and lungs... So what's wrong with my behavior? And they can't repay their losses by letting me go to jail. It's better to let me work to repay them.
Money builds houses.”
"No, that's not the case."
Xi La sighed and shook his head: "Their mistakes need to be repaid. You have no right to judge or enforce. If everyone in this world was like this, then the world would have been in chaos... This world
Laws are needed. People who break the law must be punished, just like me and you. Indeed, letting you go to jail will not do them any good, but it can remind future people not to break the law, just as people will do it while living in the world.
It's to suffer, but the suffering they suffered can always make future generations suffer less. This is the meaning of human life."
Many people knelt down devoutly in front of Xi La. These people were also dressed in sackcloth, but their hands were not shackles. The dim sunset light squeezed in from the narrow window above. There were scattered snowflakes falling, covering them
His skin turned red from the cold.
These are people who committed serious crimes, but their crimes did not lead to death.
Without exception, everyone here, including Sila, is a sinner. Unless the Pope personally pardons them, they will not be able to leave for life.
They were once cunning, evil, and ruthless, but these sharp edges that could cut themselves and others have been smoothed away in years of imprisonment. Here, they need to work all day and all their lives to atone for their sins. Every month there are people who have to work hard because of the heavy workload.
People who die from overwork and disease.
Xi La is the only exception here. He doesn't have to work, but he works harder than these people.
When he was brought in, his tongue was cut out, the bones of his hands and feet were broken, and his eyes were gouged out. But after just one night, his injuries recovered naturally.
This is an undoubted miracle - because half of the people in this prison have or have had the priesthood of Tyr, the main function of this prison is to ban the divine magic of Tyr priests.
There is no use in praying here. No matter how pious the priest's voice is, it cannot reach Tire, because it is a holy place blessed by the authority of Jupiter.
So Serah's "miracle" clearly angered the warden.
Because this is tantamount to saying that what he has mastered is not the magic of Tire, or that Syrah has higher authority than Jupiter IV - either way is enough for him to respect Syrah from the bottom of his heart. feel disgusted.
"Stop confusing everyone, heretic! If Tyr still favors you, come out of here with a great miracle! If not, it means your god is not here!"
This was the last word the warden said to Sila who had recovered due to the miracle for several days. After seeing the wounds on his body recover at sunrise every day, the last words said by the warden. Because of a certain For an unknown reason, the whip marks on Xiela’s body did not recover as well as at the beginning on the last day.
However, because the warden didn't even want to look at Xi La, and he didn't come over after so many days, he didn't know the changes that had happened to Xi La.
Because of his personal malice, he directly cut off Sila's food. However, Sila, who had not eaten for several days, finally attracted the attention of other sinners. So with a cardinal's consciousness, even though he was hungry and thirsty, Sila He still used his hoarse voice to preach to these sinners, enlighten them, and comfort them.
In just three days, the extremely pure Silas completely gained the trust of these sinners. He became the target of reverence for these sinners.
At every meal every day, these sinners spontaneously gave him food and water, and felt excited about it. This behavior brought them a sense of satisfaction at atonement, and soon, this behavior spontaneously formed a In this order, the sinners worked every day and came back to listen to the lectures. After working and coming back to listen to the lectures, their mental state improved significantly.
Xi La looked at these people and felt filled with emotion.
Once upon a time, he also thought that those who committed serious crimes were ungodly and unkind. But Roland's words changed him: "Why do you think that the justice of Tire is the only justice?"
This sentence deeply touched Xi La and triggered his thinking.
Tire is the only god of justice, and the concept of justice is defined by Tire. It seems that it is not wrong to say that Tire's justice is the only justice.
However, does this mean that all Tire’s enemies are unjust? If they are just, why attack them? If they are unjust, doesn’t it mean that everyone except Bantha is unforgivable?
But now, seeing these sinners who have committed big mistakes but still have conscience and morality in their hearts, seeing these former priests and former Templars who serve Tire devoutly but are imprisoned, in Xiela's heart, The concept of "justice" has undergone earth-shaking changes.
If it were him before, he would never have said a word to these "sinners". Just being in the same room with them would make the air become filthy. But now, Sila has realized that these people are nothing more than Just some poor people.
They are certainly at fault, but the fault is not entirely their fault.
For example, this boy's mother was paralyzed on the bed, and his father was a craftsman. One time, his father picked up someone else's jewelry and decided to keep it to supplement the family income. However, the owner then came to the door and beat him severely, and his hands were broken. It was discounted and unable to work. Later I found out that the jewelry was a very valuable enchanted item, and its owner was a big businessman. A thief stole his things and was immediately discovered, and then he lost them on the way to escape. It was not seen by the merchant's men, but was picked up by his father.
Although his father was beaten by the businessman's men, the young man did not dare to retaliate against the businessman. But at this moment, he learned that it was the neighbor who reported to the businessman that his father had brought the jewelry back, so
The businessman mistook his father for the thief and, as usual for habitual criminals, mutilated one of his hands. Then the young man became evil and set fire to his neighbor's house.
But then, the fire spread. Because of the dry weather, the fire finally burned down half the street before it was put out. Dozens of houses were burned down, and even children and the elderly were burned. The teenager caused losses that he would never be able to repay in his lifetime.
Instead of his father and mother kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and since he didn't really burn anyone to death, the young man didn't even have a chance to enter the prison to wait for death, but would be executed directly.
But, is he really wrong? If he is wrong, he is indeed - in Tire's teachings, arson is indeed a serious crime, but he did not set the fire out of pure malice. It is better to say that his arson itself was
A kind of revenge, but this kind of revenge was also allowed by Tyr.
His neighbor did commit a crime. Slander is also a crime, but it is very minor. The businessman is also guilty. He drove his men to hurt others and needs to be fined. But both the businessman and the neighbor think that the boy's father is a thief. In their opinion,
They are also on the side of justice.
Look at these people here - these unforgiven sinners and heretics, all of them holding on to their own righteousness, all of them thinking that they are right.
Justice is really a difficult thing to understand.
Xila sighed deeply and felt confused. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net