I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 173 In troubled times, heavy codes must be used
As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office.

Roy became the king of Athens and was trying to establish his authority by killing chickens and monkeys.

Now that sleepiness is coming, someone will send a pillow, of course Roy will not let go of this good opportunity.

In order to show that he attached great importance to this matter, Roy personally brought the girls to the gate of the palace.

When the girl's mother saw Roy, she immediately knelt on the ground and cried about how her daughter was taken away.

After listening to the girl's mother, Roy ordered to Kaone.

"Kione, take a hundred soldiers and arrest all the Skeron family and take them to the square under the Acropolis Hill. I will try them publicly in front of all the Athenians."

Then, Roy ordered to the girl's mother.

"As the plaintiff, follow me to the square at the foot of the Acropolis Hill!"

The square under the Acropolis Hill.

Roy came here with Procne, Philomela, Harmonia, Pandora and the girl's mother, and curious Athenians began to gather around.

When Chione led a hundred soldiers and brought the little leader Skeron's family over, thousands of people had already gathered around the square.

"my child!"

The girl's mother saw her daughter being brought over by Kaone, and immediately ran over to hug her daughter and said.

"Great! I didn't expect that I could really save you. The great King of Athens, Roy, will really uphold justice for us common people."

The Skeron family was brought before Roy, and Skeron questioned Roy with a dissatisfied expression.

"Young King of Athens, what crime have we committed to treat us like this?"

"You don't know about your son Sinnis robbing the girl?"

Roy said in a cold voice with no expression on his face.

"In the city of Athens under my rule, it is an unforgivable felony to rape a young girl."

Is this a felony?

In this day and age, snatching the daughters of ordinary people and giving them compensation can solve the problem, but Roy went so far as to arrest his whole family——

Skeron looked at Roy angrily and amusedly and said.

"Young King of Athens, will you let me speak to the mother and daughter?"

"can!"

After Roy agreed, the two soldiers holding Skeron let him go immediately.

Skeron shook his sore and numb arms, then came to the girl and her mother and said.

"You ignorant woman, you came to me directly to make up for it, and you did something like this. Now that your daughter has become my son's, I can let your daughter and my son hold a wedding, let you My daughter will become my son's official wife. In addition, I will give your family three cows, three sheep, and three pigs as a bride price, and I will also give your family two hundred catties of grain every month. Do you feel satisfied?"

After hearing Skeron's words, the girl's mother immediately widened her eyes.

Skeron did not dislike his daughter as a commoner, and was willing to make his daughter his son's official wife.

For commoner families, the bride price given by Skeron is also extremely generous.

The girl's mother recovered from the shock, nodded hurriedly and said.

"Satisfied! I am very satisfied! Will you really take responsibility and let my daughter be your son's wife?"

Seeing the excited look of the girl's mother's eyes shining, Skeron said with a disdainful smile.

"With the young King of Athens testifying, I certainly won't lie to you. Now tell the King of Athens that my son didn't rob your daughter by force, and you don't want to sue my son."

The girl's mother, who had been crying just now, came to Roy with unconcealed joy and said.

"Great King of Athens, I will not sue them now, please don't punish my daughter's future husband and his family as sinners."

Roy glanced at the girl's mother with emotionless eyes, and then said to Skeron.

"You think I look like a clown? While you have been forgiven by the victims, you have not been forgiven by me. When your son broke the law, your son not only hurt the victim, but also offended my authority .In the city of Athens under my rule, anyone who offends the authority of the King of Athens will be punished accordingly."

Skeron said nonchalantly.

"Now that we have reconciled with the victim, you don't even have a plaintiff, and you want to punish us?"

Roy walked directly to the steps of the square and shouted to the thousands of Athenians around the square.

"Everyone in Athens! Sinnis, the son of Skiron, committed the crime of robbing girls in the city of Athens and violated my law. Although Skiron has reconciled with the victims, I still want to punish them. Because of breaking the law Not only hurt the victim, but also offended the authority of the King of Athens. As punishment for the Skeron family, I will sentence all the men of the Skeron family to death, and degrade all the women of the Skeron family as lifelong slaves. "

After listening to Roy's words, everyone was frightened.

Skeron has reconciled with the victim, yet Roy's punishment is still so cruel.

Even if Skiron hadn't reconciled with the victim, and had just robbed a young girl and ruined her innocence, it would have been enough to sentence Sinise to death.

"I can not accept!"

Sciron recovered from the shock and immediately shouted to Procne and Philomela.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! He is deliberately trying to get rid of people like me who are loyal to your father, you must save me!"

Procne felt that Roy's punishment was too cruel, so he said to Roy when he heard Skeron's plea for help.

"Brother Roy, isn't your punishment too much? That girl's innocence has been ruined. If you kill Sinise, who will be responsible for marrying her? It's better to punish Sinise with a small punishment and let Sinise marry her." I will marry that girl as my wife, and promise to respect her and love her after marriage, and never do stupid things that violate the law again."

Roy shook his head without hesitation and said.

"Procne, don't you understand? I am not trying to protect the interests of the victims, but to defend the authority of the law and the authority of the King of Athens. To challenge the laws of the King of Athens is to challenge the authority of the King of Athens. To challenge the authority of the King of Athens The authority of the king, the punishment is not decided by the victim."

After explaining, Roy said to the soldiers.

"I order you as the king of Athens to execute all the men of the Skeron family immediately."

Hearing Roy's order, the soldiers began to execute one after another, turning all the men of the Skeron family into corpses in a blink of an eye.

After all the women in the Skeron family cried out in despair, Roy continued to order.

"Send all the women of the Skeron family to the place where the slaves are guarded."

Roy shouted to those around the square after the Skeron woman was taken away by soldiers.

"Everyone in Athens! The laws of the King of Athens are sacred and inviolable. Anyone who commits a crime will be punished. Even if the criminal is forgiven by the victim, he will be punished for offending the authority of the King of Athens. I have punished the criminal just now. Compensate the victims. After confiscating all the property of the Skeron family, I will give one-tenth of the property of the Skeron family to the victim. You will be hurt in the future, and I will be like today, not only punishing crimes Or, the victim will be compensated with a portion of the perpetrator’s property.”

Although Roy's punishment is extremely cruel, such punishment can undoubtedly deter those who have criminal thoughts.

Having figured this out, the peaceful civilians cheered one after another.

"Long live Roy, King of Athens!"

"Long live Roy, King of Athens!"

"Long live Roy, King of Athens!"

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