Qiu Duan is a very special symbol of Huiyao's characteristic legal system, and it is also a huge concession of the law to the 'strong', which allows the strong to have a certain right of revenge.
It is normal for criminals to be punished. Even if they are powerful awakeners, they have no immunity from law. They can be killed when they should be killed and imprisoned when they should be. But there is another situation: the criminal's relatives and friends are strong people.
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Different humanistic societies will naturally breed different social atmospheres and public opinion trends. Naturally, relatives of criminals on Earth will rarely engage in excessive acts of revenge, because the power of an individual is far inferior to that of the collective, and the differences between individuals
There is not much difference between them.
But Hui Yao is different. A powerful awakener can crush ordinary people, and the survivability of the strong is also extremely outstanding. There have been unjust, false and wrong cases in history, which led to the relatives of the prisoners being angry and sneak attacks to death of all the people involved, including
The nobles who framed the case and the officials who made the decision were impunity all the time. In the end, the court vindicated the wrongful case and made this strong man stop. As for whether it was really an unjust case, no one knows.
Although a strong person will never be able to defeat the frontal army, if a strong person engages in guerrilla warfare in the city, killing one person for thousands of miles and leaving no trace at ten steps, it will be difficult for the court to solve it.
Moreover, such unparalleled strong men are not actually the main problem. After all, there are not many strong men, and most of them will be recruited by the court. The real trouble is that there are many ordinary awakeners in the world who practice warfare. They have a strong martial spirit.
Most of them are tough-minded people who would rather break than bend. To avenge their relatives and friends, it is almost natural for them.
Yes, my father/uncle/grandpa/gay friend did something wrong, but if he dies, I can’t accept it, so I will beat you to death!
This kind of thinking can be recognized by the public. After all, the imperial court cannot guarantee its impartiality and strictness. For ordinary people, supporting these "revenge warriors" is equivalent to reducing the chance of the court making unjust, false and wrong cases, and everyone will be embarrassed.
Whew, the trend of 'revenge' is naturally getting stronger and stronger.
But it was not an option for the court officials to always be revenged like this, so the court compromised, or in other words, followed the trend and used a conspiracy: the method of revenge.
According to the provisions of the Enemy Judgment Law, relatives of the prisoner can apply for a duel against the 'enemy' in a public place. The number of times is limited to one time and the target is limited to one person. The 'enemy' can surrender, but must pay compensation or apologize. It does not matter whether he lives or dies in the duel. After the duel,
The hatred will be wiped out, and those who disobey the order will be wanted by the court.
It sounds incredible. How could the imperial court encourage relatives of prisoners to take revenge against officials?
However, legal interests are the basis for conviction, and ethics are the basis for conviction. In a society where strong people exist, ethics and legal interests will naturally change.
The promulgation of the Qiu Juan Law has greatly reduced the bad impact of revenge among the people. Because it can only avenge one "enemy" without involving other people, it can be recognized by the people, and the previous behavior of killing the whole family in revenge will naturally not happen again.
Be sought after, but will be spurned by the public.
Moreover, the Qiu Duan Law stipulates that Qiu Duan must be in a public place, which turns the secret 'revenge' into an open 'Qiu Duan'. No matter what happens, the officials can quickly grasp the situation, so that the whole family will not know about the murder.
Who have you offended?
More importantly, Qiu Duanfa transferred the conflict from the people and the court to the one between the avenger and the enemy.
Whether the enemy is killed by the avengers or surrenders to pay compensation, this is none of the court's business. It is just the enemy's own shame that has nothing to do with the court's face.
Facts have proved that Qiu Duanfa has also completely changed the social atmosphere. After all, the court supports your just revenge, so if you carry out assassinations secretly, you will naturally not be praised by others.
The court would often publicize some "positive examples", such as the case where the avengers in that county were vindicated after defeating their enemies; although the avengers in this county were defeated by their enemies, the enemies took the initiative to kneel down and admit their mistakes, and the avengers also realized that their relatives
After making a mistake, the two reconciled...
All in all, taking revenge openly and honestly is not only recognized by the people, but is even encouraged by the court!
"Is there anyone out there carrying out a feud?"
"That person is from the Statistics Department!"
"What, did someone finally seek revenge from someone from the Statistics Department?"
The Lecture Square was the busiest time in the morning, with merchants setting up stalls and children waiting for lectures. As soon as the news of the feud came out, it spread from ten to ten, and the whole square became noisy.
The patrol guards in the square squeezed through the crowd and came in. Their expressions changed immediately when they saw Le Yu. Although Qian Yuliu was not wearing a vest, his steel-soled boots could not be faked, not to mention that they recognized Le Yu - the Statistics Department had recently released a
They also heard about a captain who liked to play cards and arrested people while playing cards.
"What are you gathering here for? Spread out!" the patrol guard scolded, "Are you trying to gather a crowd to cause trouble!?"
Gathering a crowd to make trouble is a very serious crime, and the next step is 'gathering a crowd to rebel', but Lin Xue did not accept this trick, and her voice was slightly supplemented with mental power, and it clearly resounded through the square: "We want to enmity with Qian Yuliu, and we will also
Please call the patrol guard as a witness."
"Please also ask the patrol guards to serve as witnesses!" the people nearby said in unison, their voices like thunder.
The patrol guard looked embarrassed and looked at Le Yu, his eyes seeming to say, 'We have tried our best.'
Le Yu raised his head and looked at Yao Bell Tower and said, "There are still 17 minutes."
He paused and said: "There are still 17 minutes until the Statistics Department's working hours, and it takes me 3 minutes to walk. It's a matter of being loyal to the emperor and being loyal to the emperor. I don't want others to violate the agreement, nor do I want to violate the agreement with others.
So in the next 14 minutes, end this."
"Let me see what Mr. Lin's protégé is capable of." Le Yu said calmly: "Are you going together, or are you going to fight?"
There is a very pitfall of the Vengeance Law, that is, although it limits the Avengers to only find one person to carry out the feud, it does not specify the number of Avengers - yes, group fighting is also allowed in the Vengeance Law!
However, when the enemy sees that he cannot be beaten, he can decisively surrender, or at worst, apologize and pay compensation. However, the avenger has lost his only opportunity for righteous revenge.
Therefore, the Qiu Duan method is actually a gentleman's method. If both parties are gentlemen who care about face, the Qiu Duan method will be meaningful, and everyone will end up hating each other after a fight.
But if both parties are shameless, the law of hatred is meaningless - if you dare to beat me up in a group, I will dare to kneel down and beg for mercy.
Although I lost someone, you lost your father/grandfather/friend!
"Although I really hope that I can wash away my father's shame." Lin Xue took a deep breath and said, "But Qian Yuliu, you are indeed a talented but virtuous person. I dare not say that I can defeat you alone. Therefore, please
Allow me, Gao Jin, and Xia Linguo to take turns fighting so that we can end our grudges with you!"
Having said this, Lin Xue showed a bit of embarrassment on her face. She was ashamed of initiating a wheel battle, but also hated Qian Yuliu, but more importantly, she hated her own incompetence!
If she could defeat Qian Yuliu by herself, why would she need to ask for a three-person round battle? But in order to inherit her father's last wish, she could only do this shameless thing!
As for the price Qian Yuliu would have to pay after the victory, Lin Xueti didn't mention it - if she won, they would have plenty of time to scold Qian Yuliu; if she didn't win, she would be slapped in the face no matter how harshly she raised it now.
miserable.
Le Yu glanced at the three people in front of him.
Lin Xue, needless to mention, is Lin Jinyao's only daughter. When she was in school, Qian Yuliu regarded Lin Xue as her sister. It turned out that all Qian Yuliu's sisters would definitely turn against Qian Yuliu.
Gao Jin is an old acquaintance. He has a foul mouth and speaks loudest. He looks like a human but looks like a hot-blooded and sunny young man. He seems to be the president of the student union in the military academy. Lin Jinyao often praises Qian Yuliu.
This disciple.
Xia Linguo and Le Yu only noticed him at this time. On the night of Lin Jinyao's death, he was also in the yard and was taken away by the Statistics Department. However, he had always been taciturn and did not like to talk, even if he had to talk to Le Yu.
He said nothing, but looked at Le Yu silently. He looked like a well-behaved young man, but Le Yu felt a faint threat from him.
Lin Xue, Gao Jin, Xia Linguo...
As expected, they came to take revenge on me.
In other words, Bai Ye's traitor is among the three of them!
