After hearing Wei Dongliu's answer, Shen Yue Zhenjun fell silent.
In the past, monks who had done this question either insisted on killing without mercy for a righteous reason, or considered the overall situation and thought that the person should be released.
Those who insist on killing people will basically be directly judged as the loser, because the city lord in history did rebel because of the death of his beloved daughter, and the human race paid a great price to kill him.
In this world of cultivation, strength is often king, and laws and morals are only used to restrain the weak.
If the answer is to release the people, then the God of Mountains will ask: What about the relatives of the victims? What about the overwhelming public opinion?
After all, most of the time, people just want to see the murderer pay with his life and justice be served. As for how much justice has to cost, people don't care so much.
Therefore, if the tester is speechless, he still fails;
But if he could point out the essence of "people's hearts are not reliable", or hypocritically say a few words "let the people suffer more", then the God Yue Zhenjun would let him pass this question.
But he never expected that Wei Dongliu would give such an answer.
Neither kill him nor release him, just keep him locked up, keep the Dongli City Lord hanging, and then squeeze out his value...
Although it sounds simple, if you think about it carefully, it feels like you have broken out of the rut and suddenly gained enlightenment. But if you think about it more deeply, it feels a bit chilling.
The plan is a good one, but this person...it would be fine if he could think hard for a few minutes and then come up with an answer.
He spoke so directly without thinking, which shows that he has an extremely flexible mind, which is a little difficult to evaluate.
"It's clever, but it loses its righteousness." Shen Yue Zhenjun was silent for a long time, and thought it would be better to give him 82 points. "You have passed this question. Let's move on to the next one."
He led Wei Dongliu forward, through the long and gloomy corridor, and soon arrived at the second prison.
I saw a young man sitting in the cell, he also had disheveled hair, but he was treated a little better than the previous one. He didn't have an iron chain through his scapula, but he was wearing handcuffs and shackles, making it difficult for him to move.
"This man is of mixed blood. His father is from the human race, and his mother is a high-ranking member of the demon race." Shen Yue Zhenjun said expressionlessly, "After much effort, we finally convinced him to be a spy and help us spy on the demon race's military intelligence."
"After much effort, he finally got some important information from his mother. We acted according to this information, but ended up being ambushed and suffered heavy losses."
"He was imprisoned for allegedly collaborating with the enemy, but he always claimed that the intelligence was given by his mother, and he did not delete or modify it himself, nor did he intend to deceive the human race."
"Let me ask you: How should this person be dealt with?"
Wei Dongliu was silent for a moment and asked:
"After getting the intelligence, didn't you guys try to distinguish the truth from the false?"
"Of course I have." Zhenjun Shenyue was a little embarrassed and said defensively, "But intelligence, true or false, can never be verified 100%."
"Aren't you a master of arithmetic?"
"If magic can solve everything, then what is the point of spies?"
"You have some truth in what you said." Wei Dongliu thought for a moment and answered directly, "Just send a letter to his mother and tell her that your son has been secretly communicating with the demon tribe and has caused great losses to our human race. We are planning to execute your son. If you don't want him to die, you have to pay enough to redeem him."
"Is it that simple?" Shen Yue Zhen Jun was slightly startled. "Since his mother let him back and gave him false information, she must have already stopped caring about his life, right?"
"The information is definitely false." Wei Dongliu nodded and said, "The question is whether this person knows about the false information."
"In other words, did he collude with his mother to deliberately give false information to the human race? Or did his mother see through his intentions and deliberately keep him in the dark?"
"Hmm..." Shenyue Zhenjun pondered, "Go on."
"In fact, the former is unlikely." Wei Dongliu continued, "If this person knew that the information was false, but he completely disregarded his own safety and sent it to the human race as if nothing had happened, wouldn't that be tantamount to seeking death? Let me ask you, after giving the human race the information, did he try to escape?"
"No." Shenyue Zhenjun sighed, "Until we caught him, he didn't show any abnormality."
"So we just need to see his mother's reaction." Wei Dongliu said calmly, "If his mother is willing to pay the price and redeem him, it means that he is indeed suspected of collaborating with the enemy."
"Then kill him." Shen Yue Zhenjun nodded.
"Why do you want to kill him?" Wei Dongliu asked curiously, "As long as the price is high enough, it doesn't matter if his mother redeems him. Anyway, you already know that he is a spy, so what harm will it cause if he lives?"
"Uh." Shen Yue Zhenjun was speechless.
After discovering the spy, immediately executing him is the default way for normal people to deal with such things.
Redeem it... It's not that it's impossible, after all, killing it can't recover the loss, and letting the other party redeem it can still make some money. It just sounds a bit weird, why can you be so flexible?
"What if his mother refuses to redeem it?" Shen Yue Zhenjun continued to ask.
"Easy to handle." Wei Dongliu clapped his hands and said, "Show him his mother's reply letter and let him know that his mother has no intention of saving him at all."
"If this person has no expression on his face and accepts it calmly, it means that he already knew that he would die, so he can be executed."
"If this person is desperate, angry, and fearful, and deeply hates his mother for not saving her, it means that he really knows nothing about the false information. So let him live. Maybe he can be of use in the future."
"What use is it for?" asked Shen Yue Zhenjun curiously.
"Are you asking me this?" Wei Dongliu looked at him strangely. "I don't know the specific situation of your human army, and how you can use him... Isn't this something you should weigh for yourselves?"
"Ahem, I understand." Shen Yue Zhen Jun coughed awkwardly a few times and said, "Well, so we will use the strategy of alienation first. If this person is successfully alienated, it means that he is not aware of his mother's plan and has not betrayed her."
"As for whether to execute or retain him, it depends on the specific circumstances..." When he said this, he was suddenly dazed.
How did we do it in the first place?
Oh, it seems that he was executed directly. After all, he brought back false information and caused heavy losses to the human army.
If you think about it carefully, there is no need to use a canonical punishment. Anyway, this person is already a dead fish on the chopping block, and we can handle him skillfully and squeeze out every last bit of his value calmly... Flexible, too flexible!
"I heard that fellow Taoist is the head of a sect outside?" Shen Yue Zhenjun suddenly asked.
"I've said before that I'm the leader of the Mortal Dao Sect." Wei Dongliu replied.
“Hmm.” Shen Yue Zhenjun took note secretly, thinking that this sect leader was really a flexible person. If he could be born in our time, he would surely shine in the confrontation between humans and alien races.