Chapter 584 9.6 The Holy See Trial

Chapter 584 6 Trial of the Holy See

In the center of every ancient Roman city, there must be an open square. Google search reading

This square is closed to carriages and is a gathering place for the elderly, women and children in the city. In the slightly larger ducal fortresses, the square is usually connected to the church and is the only way for the parishioners to enter the church for worship every weekend.

The Holy Episcopal Church forcibly controls one-seventh of the lives of all prisoners.

On Sundays, all citizens must put down everything in their hands and go to church for worship. This is a rule agreed upon by the parishioners.

All believers have been like this every week since birth.

The wealthy church will set up a long table in the square after the weekly worship service and distribute food for all passers-by to eat for free.

Regardless of race or faith, the people who eat only need to listen to the priest say a few gospel prayers while eating. Before leaving, the priest will gently hold his hand and tell the pagans that no matter what difficulties they encounter, the Holy Episcopal Church will be their haven of refuge.

In a city of Constantinople's size, the city is divided into five districts, each with a square.

Of course, the largest square is still the "Victory Gate" next to the "Hagia Sophia".

At one end of the square is the cathedral, and at the other end is the iconic buildings of Constantinople, the "Great Baths" and the "Colosseum".

The Senate is also not far from the square.

Every morning and evening, a speaker of the parliament in a white robe stands on the platform to announce the latest policies of the parliamentarians and important news of the kingdom.

The next morning, a piece of news first set off the ears of all citizens passing by the square.

The captain of the Constantinople wall, "Hovar Ganniks", and his lover "Xu Lanying" both died in the bedroom of Senator Ganniks.

The city defense brigade has begun to investigate the cause of death of the deceased.

After preliminary judgment, it may be related to the newly arrived diplomats from Donglu.

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Just one hour later, Shang Junzi and Gu Huaian had already stood in the center of the Inquisition.

The two legalists were summoned by the torture monks the moment they woke up in the morning.

In the Byzantine Kingdom, the power of the Holy Church was so great that the three most important things in the life of mortals: birth, marriage, and death had to go through the hands of the church.

In this country, the king has no right to judge.

When civilians become criminal suspects in the city, as long as they are not members of the Holy Church, they will be uniformly handed over to the "Inquisition".

They will never be soft-hearted to this group of dirty people who have not been baptized by holy water.

"Dongdong!"

The hard wooden hammer hit the thunder-struck wood, indicating that the trial has officially begun.

"Two envoys from the East, I now suspect that you are involved in the murder that happened at the home of Senator Gannix late last night. Please face the Holy Light and confess your faults!"

"Hehe"

Before Gu Huaian spoke, the young and energetic Shang Junzi spoke first.

"Without any investigation, we were directly invited to the court without even a chance to speak and defend ourselves. We were directly shackled and stood in the middle of the trial platform."

Is Rome going to treat friends who came from afar like this?

The center of Western civilization, tut tut, you are really not afraid of being laughed at! "

Grand Justice Ivo curled his lips in contempt.

Those who do not understand the power of the Holy Episcopal Church and despise the court.

He has seen many of them over the years.

Ivo is just an ordinary nobleman outside the court, but as long as he enters the "Seventh Tribunal of the Inquisition", even if Mikhail III comes, he still has to stand under the high platform to listen to his judgment.

To put it bluntly, Grand Justice Ivo is the absolute true God in this world.

In his eyes, all pagans cannot be called "people".

In the past, when faced with such a situation, he would not say a word, and the torture monks would directly swing the spiked whip to peel off a layer of their skin.

He raised his eyelids and glanced at the leader of the Crusaders "Griffith Sky Flame" not far away. The commander-in-chief shook his hand gently, This means that they should not use torture for the time being.

Ivo immediately understood what his superior meant.

60 years ago, even if a Tang pariah broke the law in this city, they would treat him with noble courtesy.

During the Kaiyuan prosperous period, the wealth of Tang merchants stunned all Romans.

They simply could not afford to offend the arrogant Tang people.

Now, the Eastern Tang no longer has the status it once had, but one thing that must be admitted is that the Tang Empire, which is gradually recovering order from the war, is still one of the behemoths in the known world.

Even if they committed a huge mistake, the two people on trial were still Tang diplomats. They were third-rank officials in the Tang court.

They couldn't make things too ugly.

"I sincerely admire your brains for arresting people without thinking!" Shang Junzi obviously did not intend to obey the Romans' rules of the game.

"This Senator Gannikos's position is the chief of Constantinople's city defense. More than half of the prisoners in the Byzantine death row were arrested by his subordinates and thrown into prison. "

"The news of the congressman's death spread throughout the city. There were at least 10,000 gang members who wanted to kill this congressman!

But you arrested the two of us.

This operation really shocked people!

I would even dare to say that the real gangster might have started drinking ale and celebrating! "

Mr. Shang seriously underestimated the thickness of Justice Ivo's skin.

In the Eastern Tang Dynasty, when the Legalist school came back to power, they enacted extremely stringent laws one after another. From nobles to common people, everyone must abide by it unconditionally.

A strict but fair law for the vast majority of people is the prerequisite for the rule of Legalist disciples.

All this originated from Shang Yang, a pre-Qin politician who compiled the "Book of Shang Jun".

Shang Yang's reforms made the originally weak Qin State quickly become powerful. At the same time, because everyone was equal before the law, it also established many powerful enemies for him.

When Duke Xiao of Qin died, Shang Yang lost his backer and was framed for rebellion.

After several twists and turns, he escaped alone. When he passed by a hotel and wanted to stay, the owner of the hotel said to him, "The merchant has an order. All merchants who want to stay in the top hotels must show customs clearance documents and proof of identity, otherwise they will not be allowed to check in."

A generation of famous ministers eventually died under the laws formulated by themselves, which shows the power of "Legalist law".

The Western Continent and the Eastern Tang Dynasty at this time were completely different countries.

Here, the law has a strict set of procedures. No matter how much Mu Zhun talks about it, Justice Ivo remains indifferent.

After sneering twice, the gavel was raised again, and the justice gently uttered three words under the gaze of the jury.

"Call the witness!"