Chapter 525 Circuit Court
“My child!”
Seeing that his grandson was still hesitating, the old man’s tone was filled with a hint of urgency.
“Don’t you see that Paul Grayman has fallen? His body has been contaminated and occupied by evil that comes from nowhere, and his original noble soul that belonged to the nobility has long since No longer pure, our lord has become the spokesperson of the devil in the world. He...will give birth to disaster sooner or later. He has already given birth to disaster. Isn't the situation of our family a clear proof? "
The old man is resentful? Said:
"If it's just the misappropriation of wealth, that's it. There are many lords in the world who are ruthless to their subjects. What can we do? We can only hope that his descendants will not be as greedy as his parents. But... but Paul Grayman also humiliated us in terms of personality."
The young man shook his head in disbelief, "No, Count Grayman is a very easy-going person in life, how could he miss this opportunity. What about humiliating others for no reason?"
"Oh, my child!" The old man said with a serious attitude, "For those who are truly insidious, they don't bother to humiliate them face to face. , what they are keen on is to stab you with a sharp dagger secretly. On the surface, they respect you, befriend you, and even flatter you, but in private, they show their fangs like poisonous snakes and slander your reputation. , ruin your prestige and make your reputation stinky among everyone."
The young man murmured: "Has our lord ever done such a thing?"
< br>"Have you done it?" The old man was a little funny. He said sarcastically: "He does it every day!"
"My child, do you know the circuit court?"
"I know."
The old man pressed his cane hard again, "The existence of this so-called circuit court is a humiliation to us. As long as it exists, we will suffer humiliation."
"How could this happen?"
"You know, our family has been the leader of this village since ancient times. When they have disputes, they will come to us for adjudication. This is due to the prestige accumulated by the family over the generations. People believe in our prestige, believe in our justice, and accept our order, so our family naturally has this place. The power of judgment, we have the power to punish those who make mistakes, and we even have the power to execute those who commit crimes.”
"But ever since Paul Gleiman established the circuit courts, these natural powers have been gradually taken away from us. Nearly every one of his laws has been directed against us. Evil men who deserve death The lord's judge actually needs to personally interrogate and convict the gangsters, and the monthly inspections have overturned the clear rulings of the jurisprudence. Many villains and gangsters have been released by the circuit court, allowing these scum to continue to cause chaos. Our quiet and peaceful life."
"More importantly, this is a heavy blow to our family's prestige. What we say is no longer the final word in the village, and those ignorant mud-legs will no longer push us. Taking his words as truth, they turned to kneel to the greater authority in Huxin Town."
"This, this, this...is there any greater humiliation than this? "
At this point, the old man coughed excitedly again.
“Did you know?”
He stepped forward and grabbed his astonished grandson with such force that the young man even wondered whether the grandfather in front of him had become younger.
“Just a month ago, I, the patriarch of this family, the oldest man in this village, your grandfather, was severely humiliated by the people of the circuit court.”
The young man supported his excited grandfather to prevent him from falling, and asked in surprise: "What exactly happened?" "A month ago, I gathered the whole village in the open space at the entrance of the village, planning to publicly punish three debt evaders. Villain."
The young man asked: "Is it a debt owed to our family?" But he immediately felt that he was asking too much. There are only a few people in this village who are capable of lending money. It's your own family.
"Yes." His grandfather replied matter-of-factly.
"If you owe money, you have to pay it back. This is a natural principle. However, these three villains actually plan to walk away without paying back. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"
The young man couldn't help but ask: "Where are they going to escape to?"
The old man spat on the ground, "Bah, they want to run to the city to work, a bunch of bastards! Ah, this is Paul ·Gleiman’s other major crime is to use a factory to attract a bunch of untouchables to the city. If this continues, who will farm the land, won’t the fields in the countryside become deserted? "
The old man once again turned the topic back to the insult he had suffered, "I asked the servants to tie up the three villains, whipped them first, and then announced that they would stay at home to work and pay off their debts - for those who do not pay back the money and People who evade debt have been doing this since ancient times. But the families of the three villains went to the circuit court to prevent me from punishing them. Is this still justified? "
The old man asked loudly into the air in front of him, as if Paul Grayman was standing there.
"Why? The circuit court is not like this." asked the young man.
The old man said angrily: "The circuit court said that the interest rate we set exceeds the upper limit set by the lord and is usury."
"Go to hell with usury, kid, you go ask Ask the nearby villages if there are any other moneylenders who set lower interest rates than our family? We gave such a low interest rate out of kindness and mercy, but it turned out to be an evil act on the part of the lord."
" Do you know how the personnel of the Circuit Court did it? At first, I stopped their unreasonable troubles on the grounds of sacred traditions that cannot be blasphemed. The first time they came, there were only three people. After I reprimanded them, they were unable to explain themselves. Then they retreated. But in the afternoon, they came, a total of 60 people, most of them were so-called policemen, all armed with bright swords. How could a family like ours, which has always been peaceful and peaceful, come? I've seen this kind of behavior before. Under the banner of the lord, they broke into our manor rudely and savagely, and robbed the three villains who owed money. Oh my god, this was in broad daylight, and there were currently more than 600 people in the village. That’s how people’s faces work.”
Having said this, the old man covered his face with his withered hands.
"I...my old face has been completely disgraced! This is a slap in my face, this is a slap in the face of our entire family!"
"There are hundreds of people in my family. The prestige established in the village over the years was lost in one fell swoop... Alas!"
The old man sighed in pain.
The young man fell into silence for a long time.
"Go talk to your father again, son."
(End of Chapter)