Chapter 119 Judgment

The sparks have not yet been discovered.

And in the main hall of the castle.

The eldest princess of Andalus is still undergoing the first trial of her life.

Just now, she suddenly made a playful joke, which made the serious atmosphere in the hall suddenly not like that.

However, Bachelor Gunther was helpless, Renice was such a character, he couldn't control this lively girl, and the person who could reprimand her had not come back for three months.

And the man standing below didn't seem to come around this bend, and scratched his hair in confusion.

Isn't His Majesty the uncle of the eldest princess?

Why does Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess call him 'brother'?

He didn't know whether he really heard it wrong or something else, but he didn't forget that he still had work to do.

Then the man brewed his emotions for a while, and the emotions surged up in an instant, he sat down on the ground with a plop, and then began to cry with tears in his eyes.

It turned out that the man's wife had betrayed him, committed adultery with his neighbor, and even took his savings.

The man cried hysterically, snot and tears smeared on the ground of the castle one by one, the surrounding guards even couldn't bear to look directly, and Renice, sitting on the throne at the highest point of the hall, also heard a sigh of relief. Layers of goosebumps.

"This is Master Gunther."

"How should adultery be punished?"

Then the girl hurriedly turned her head and looked at Maester Gunther for help.

Before that, it was actually the bachelor who handled the government affairs in the city-state on behalf of Viserys. Today was Renice's first day on the job, but she never imagined how it could be such a trivial matter.

And the bachelor also felt some scalp tingling. He just wanted to find a small dispute for Renis to practice his hands, but he didn't expect such a thing.

Then the bachelor coughed softly and told Renice in a low voice that everything should start small and not be too ambitious.

Then he opened his mouth to explain what the crime of adultery was for Renice.

"Adultery is not tolerated by the seven gods, Rhaenys the little queen, wife and sister of Aegon the Conqueror."

Having said that, Maester Gunther paused for a moment, and then explained in particular.

"Your Highness, this esteemed queen shares your name."

Renice nodded to show her understanding. In fact, she already knew that she had the same name as the little queen.

"Little Queen Rhaenys once sat on the Iron Throne to rule the country in place of her husband, and established the 'law of six strokes', which stipulated that a woman who committed adultery was only allowed six strokes of the cane, and the stick used should not exceed the thickness of her thumb. ."

"Raines later persuaded her husband, Aegon, to legislate against the robbery of women, which attacked the salt concubinage system in the Iron Islands."

Bachelor Gunther is very knowledgeable and very thorough in his explanations.

Women convicted of adultery were given six lashes, and cuckolded men also retained the right to fight each other with impunity even if they killed them.

This is default blame.

In the religious field, the Faith of the Seven Gods absolutely cannot tolerate the crime of adultery, and may be sentenced to the punishment of parading in the street.

However, it all depends on how flexibly the local nobles control the judicial power of cases in the territory.

"However, Your Highness... don't just listen to the words of one family."

After Maester Gunther explained it clearly, he told Rhaenys that everything could not be taken from the man's side.

Maester Gunther then asked the man's wife and adulterous partner to come to the Great Hall with him.

In the following multi-party narration, the whole thing really took a series of subtle turns.

It turned out that this man had a habit of drinking heavily on weekdays, and often beat and scolded his wife at every turn, so his wife resented the man.

In the end, he secretly had an affair with the neighbor, and the neighbor even took a lot of the man's money, but the wife didn't know about it.

And Renice, who was sitting on the throne, heard that this man had the habit of beating and scolding his wife on weekdays, and even saw the numerous scars his wife showed in court, and frowned immediately.

"Master Gunther, I remember that intentional injury should be sentenced to mutilation."

Renice demanded that a finger should be chopped off as punishment from the hand where the man beat his wife.

However, Rhaenys' sentencing was stopped by Maester Gunther.

"Stop, Your Highness, please wait a moment."

A wry smile appeared on the bachelor's face, and he hurriedly advised the somewhat angry girl.

"In fact, there is a better way to judge this matter."

Maester Gunther then took his side seat and presided over the trial independently.

Because the city-state was first built, there were no laws to rely on, so Andalus just copied some simple laws that were common among noble territories on Westeros.

In the end, the bachelor opened his mouth to come to a conclusion for the case. In the name of the Seven Gods, he suggested that Renice should sentence the plaintiff and his wife to divorce. The man was not charged with intentional injury, and the wife was not charged with adultery. The two were let go. .

The neighbor who stole the man's savings and committed adultery with the other's wife was sentenced to have a hand taken away as punishment.

Although Renice did not understand why her teacher made such a judgment, she still obeyed his opinion and announced the judgment.

Then Maester Gunther waved his hand and asked the guards on both sides to drive away several people present, especially the neighbor who was ordered to chop off his hand. The loud cries made him a little upset. .

But when everything was quiet in the hall, Maester Gunther turned his head to look at the brown-haired girl wearing a crown.

"Your Highness, do you understand?"

"I see. What?"

And Renice sat on the throne and watched Master Gunther preside over the entire trial, except that she took the name of Viserys and the Seven Gods for the final sentence, and then the whole process had nothing to do with her.

The girl blinked her eyes and was a little dazed. She didn't know what the bachelor made her understand. She actually had some lingering anger just now, but she calmed down and thought about it. It seems that both sides have made mistakes. How should a fair trial be done? ?

"Is Your Highness thinking about justice?"

The gray-robed bachelor looked into the girl's eyes, and then said abruptly.

"Uh-huh?"

Reyneth was reminded by the maester's voice, and recovered slightly, then looked at Maester Gunther and nodded.

"Master Gunther, shouldn't we enforce the law fairly?"

"It is true that the law should be enforced impartially, and there is nothing wrong with that."

And the maester nodded, agreeing with Renice's point of view.

"However, Your Highness, as a noble, you have the judicial power over the cases in the territory. You can freely adjust within the framework and strive for a good ending."

"For the purpose of the law is not to punish but to persuade"