Qi Xuansu had once struggled with the concept of procedural justice versus justice in results. However, Yao Pei provided him with an entirely new perspective.0

Was an unjust law no law at all, or was an unjust law still law? Who had the right to decide whether a law was unjust? Who had the authority to determine what was just?0

True fairness would be an eye for an eye, a life for a life. Yet, due to practicing caution in executions, not every murderer was sentenced to death. Some were merely imprisoned for life—a punishment that did not match the crime committed. That was not fair.0

Thus, the law did not represent justice or fairness. It represented order, and order was above all.0

Yao Pei carried on with her monologue, “Laws are made by people, and enforced by people. Who can truly embody fairness and justice? That is why, throughout history, the common folk have always longed for heroes. They wished for wandering swordsmen who would bring justice where the law failed them. If I were an ordinary civilian, I would perhaps admire you.0

“Unfortunately, I’m not. I hold an office, so I must do my duty. As a member of the Daoist...0