If old Neil, standing by, knew that Canute, the person he painstakingly tried to advise, had no greater ambition than moving from being a water carrier to a dung cleaner, he would have slapped him in the face in anger.
You brat, convert immediately and join the army!
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Losa had no intention of personally presiding over the public trial or making an appearance.
The shouts outside were like a tidal wave.
Yet he remained unmoved, earnestly bending over to compile Hebron's first written code, intending to abolish the currently enforced "customary law."
The contents of the "Hebron Code" that he compiled were simple yet detailed, providing comprehensive regulations on debt, property inheritance, marriage, litigation, and more.
Customary law is too easily misinterpreted and twisted.
For example, in this era, even if there is only suspicion, a woman suspected of adultery could be brought to the Church, and through the divine judgment method, thrown into the river.
