Yan Ling looked at the county magistrate sitting at the top seat.
He wore the vermilion clothes typically donned by patrol officers, with a Great Qin broad saber strapped to his waist.
His right hand's five fingers grasped the saber's hilt, merely pulsating slowly.
A chill seemed to rise within the room.
He had always been a restrained person, never responding with harsh words even to criminals who committed offenses.
He was just a person, and he understood this very clearly. It should be the law itself that punished them, not 'himself', not his own emotions and anger.
The Great Qin was known for its strict and harsh laws, its authority so immense that it was unrivaled under heaven, and those tasked with enforcing the law must always remember that they were merely people, just like those being tried before them, ordinary citizens of the Qin, otherwise, it was too easy to be deluded and stray into wickedness.
He constantly reminded himself of this.