As Han Gao and Jiang Tong were escorted to the palace, Judge Wu knelt on the ground with a plop. His face was gray and his eyes were full of despair.
King Qin Guang's face was gloomy. When his eyes fell on Judge Wu, Han Gao, and Jiang Tong, he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
This cold snort frightened the three of them and made them tremble. Han Gao and Jiang Tong knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "King of Hell, have mercy on me, Lord of Hell, have mercy on me."
King Qin Guang ignored the two people's pleas, but turned to the Lingchuan Ghost King standing aside and asked: "Is Master Hongqing here?"
The ghost king of Lingchuan bowed after hearing this and said: "Back to the King of Hell, it has been half an hour since the Three Realms Inspection Department issued the order. Master Hongqing should be arriving soon."
"Yes." King Qin Guang nodded, then turned to look at Judge Wu.
"Wu Zhe!" King Qin Guang shouted.
Judge Wu responded quickly: "The criminal Wu Zhe is here."
King Qin Guang said in a cold tone: "You call yourself a criminal, have you confessed your guilt?"
Wu Zhe bowed his head and said, "I would like to report to King Guang of Qin that the guilty officer Wu Zhe pleads guilty."
King Qin Guang said: "Do you know who found out about your crime?"
Wu Zhe said: "The guilty officer doesn't know."
King Qin Guang raised his left hand, and an order in his hand was shining with golden light, "This is the order of Master Hongqing, the inspector of the Three Realms Inspection Department. The order says that you accepted bribes from Sanxian and secretly solved the case for Yang people to extend their lives, so the underworld goes first." Arrest you."
"Master Hongqing..." Wu Zhe's face suddenly became dull, and while he was chanting this name, a strong fear surged in his heart.
The next moment, Wu Zhe suddenly paid homage to King Qin Guang: "Your Majesty King Qin Guang, the criminal has violated the Yin Law. The criminal is willing to be punished. I only ask Lord Qin Guang not to hand me over to Master Hongqing!"
After saying this, Wu Zhe began to kowtow and beg King Qin Guang.
The four judges looked at each other, then shook their heads. King Qin Guang even said quietly: "Do you think this is something that I can decide?"
If the underworld discovers that Wu Zhe was taking bribes, it can just deal with it within the underworld.
But unfortunately, it was Master Hongqing who first discovered that you violated the laws of the underworld, so this is not something that the underworld can handle independently.
At this moment, a ghost messenger quickly entered the hall and paid homage to King Qin Guang: "I would like to report to the King of Hell that Master Hongqing has arrived."
The four judges immediately stood up from behind the case, and King Qin Guang immediately looked towards the entrance of the hall.
The next moment, Fang Jian, who was wearing a qingxia jade unicorn robe, stepped into the first hall. The four judges quickly walked down the steps of the hall, and they all looked at Fang Jian and said, "Master Hongqing."
The four great judges are in the level of Immortal Officials, and like Fang Jian, they are also third-level Immortal Officials.
Fang Jian also bowed his head to return the courtesy, and then took the initiative to bow to King Qin Guang who was standing above him and said: "Come down, Fang Jian, to pay homage to King Qin Guang."
King Qin Guang smiled, nodded slightly towards Fang Jian, and then ordered: "Set up a seat for Master Hongqing."
A ghost officer immediately placed a sandalwood chair on the palace steps, which was level with the four judges.
Fang Jian thanked him and took his seat, and then King Qin Guang said: "Master Hongqing, judge Wu Zhe, ghost messengers Han Gao and Jiang Tong are all detained here."
Fang Jian sat on the sandalwood chair and bowed his hands to King Qin Guang. Then he turned around, his eyes fell on Wu Zhe, and asked: "Are you Wu Zhe, the judge of Yangpan Palace?"
Wu Zhe hurriedly bowed and said, "Zhen Hui Hongqing is the guilty official."
"Oh?" Fang Jian smiled upon hearing this, "You call yourself a criminal, so are you pleading guilty?"
Wu Zhe said: "The guilty officer violated the laws of Yin due to temporary greed. The crime is unpardonable. He is willing to plead guilty and accept the punishment."
Fang Jian looked solemn and said, "Hand over the three thousand years of Penglai grass you received."
Wu Zhe's eyes suddenly widened. Fang Jian not only knew about his bribery, but he could also tell the details of the bribery. What does this mean?
This shows that when the two idiots behind him were negotiating terms with others, Master Hongqing had already seen it all!
Wu Zhe sighed deeply in his heart, what else could he say? He can only blame him for being unlucky. This was the first time he accepted bribes in his immortal official career.
With Wu Zhe handing over three thousand years of Penglai grass, his crime was completely settled.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Jian called two people in from outside the first hall, one was Shi Bai Xingjian, the secretary of the Three Realms Inspection Department, and the other was Qian Fan, the collector of Tiangongyuan.
Shi Baixingjian of Shuling was responsible for recording the facts and confessions of the case, while Tiangongyuan's collection history was responsible for collecting the stolen goods, because these stolen goods would eventually be confiscated into Tiangongyuan's warehouse.
"Wu Zhe, the judge of the Yang Palace in the Yin Cao underworld, accepted a Penglai grass for three thousand years as a bribe from Sanxian, and secretly helped the Yang people clear the case and extend their lives..." Fang Jian stopped here and did not continue.
When they heard Fang Jian's sudden pause, King Qin Guang and the four judges all looked towards Fang Jian.
At this time, I heard Fang Jian say: "However, Wu Zhe is an official of the Yin Division. He has violated the laws of the Yin Division and should be handed over to the Yin Division for punishment."
After saying that, Fang Jian turned around and paid homage to King Qin Guang: "Wu Zhe is the judge of the underworld. He accepted bribes and privately cleared the cases for the yang people to extend their lives. How to punish him? King Qin Guang has to decide."
Fang Jian immediately confused King Qin Guang, but King Qin Guang soon realized that this was Fang Jian handing over the power of judging the case to him.
If Fang Jian only has the identity of an inspector of the Three Realms, then it is normal for him to hand over the case to the underworld.
But don't forget, Fang Jian is still serving as the God of Justice, so there is absolutely no need to do this.
But Fang Jian still handed over the case to the underworld and asked King Qin Guang to judge. King Qin Guang already knew the intention of doing so.
After all, the underworld has its own system. Fang Jian handed over Wu Zhe to King Qin Guang for judgment. In the view of King Qin Guang, Fang Jian was naturally showing his goodwill to the underworld.
However, King Qin Guang obviously thought too well of Fang Jian. The reason why Fang Jian did this in his heart was to see if the underworld only followed the laws of the underworld and forgot the laws of heaven, or if there was any inner protection.
However, King Qin Guang did not directly take over the judgment. Instead, he said: "As the inspector of the three realms, Master Hongqing also serves as the god of justice. Please just ask Master Hongqing to make a judgment according to the law."
Fang Jian said with a smile: "Although the official is also the god of justice, Wu Zhe is the judge of the underworld, so it is better to hand it over to the underworld for judgment. King Qin Guang is one of the ten sons of Yama, and with King Qin Guang here, the official himself It should be handed over to the case division."
Now that the words have come to this point, King Qin Guang can no longer refuse, so he said: "In that case, I will judge the crimes of Wu and Zhejiang."
Then King Guang of Qin sentenced Wu Zhe. He had two crimes, one serious and one minor. The first one was accepting bribes from Sanxian and secretly clearing the case for Yang people. However, the incident happened not long ago and can still be remedied. The second article is that he was negligent in the soul arrest case and failed to investigate the actions of Han Gao and Jiang Tong. This is a crime of dereliction of duty.
Therefore, King Qin Guang’s verdict against Wu Zhe was: “Deprived of the position of judge, the jade plate of the immortal official was taken back, and the rank of the immortal official was reduced. He was also imprisoned in Leize Prison for three thousand years. He could be released from prison after the three thousand years, but he was demoted to a ghost cultivator. Defeat the lower realm.”
Fang Jian had no objections to this judgment. This judgment complied with the punishment of accepting bribes and abusing power in the Tiantiao Immortal Official Code. The last one was demoted to a ghost cultivator and fell to the lower world, which followed the punishment of Yin Law.
"Master Hongqing, what do you think of this verdict?" Qin Guang asked Fang Jian.
Fang Jian cupped his hands and said, "There is nothing wrong with King Qin Guang's punishment in accordance with the law."
Wu Zhe also breathed a sigh of relief, finally saving his life. Then he thanked his gratitude and accepted the crime, and was taken away by the Yin soldiers.
After Wu Zhe, the next ones are Han Gao and Jiang Tong. This is not the first time these two have committed crimes, but they have already committed crimes several times.
The first time was ten years ago, the second time was four years ago, and the third time is this time.
The two of them helped Fairy Xiyue get through the police three times in total, which resulted in the first person being dismissed and delayed for fifteen years. Now ten years have passed. As a result, the second person's life was extended by ten years after the case was closed, and now four years have passed. As a result, the third party's dismissal of the case was delayed.
Ten years of life have now passed less than three days.
Moreover, the two of them collected four 500-year-old fairy grasses from Xiyue Fairy three times, six 1000-year-old fairy grasses, and this time two water spirit beads.
However, they couldn't hand over the ten immortal grasses in front of them, because they had already asked someone to refine them into elixirs and took them to achieve their current level of cultivation in the elixir-holding realm.
The Shui Lingzhu was handed over directly, and then it was recorded in the collection history of Tiangongyuan and officially confiscated.
After confessing all their crimes, Han Gao and Jiang Tong immediately kowtowed and begged:
"Master Hongqing and King Qin Guang have mercy on us. We both aspire to become immortals, so we had no choice but to accept the bribe from Fairy Xiyue."
"The merits of being a ghost are too little, and there is no time to spare for cultivation. Not only do we accept it, but other ghosts also accept it."
"Other ghosts charge no less than ours!"
"The law does not punish the public!"
Hearing Han Gao and Jiang Tong's cries, King Qin Guang's face turned green with anger, "Shut up, you still dare to accuse me falsely!"
"It's not a false accusation! It's not a false accusation! Please ask King Qin Guang to investigate and find out!"
King Qin Guang was about to scold, but Fang Jian on the side said: "I will investigate what you two said in the future, but now it is you two who are being tried. Now that you have pleaded guilty, you should be Heaven’s law punishes.”
When King Qin Guang heard this, he immediately said: "How to deal with these two people, please let Master Hongqing have full authority to judge."
Fang Jian nodded. There was no need for the two ghosts to be as solemn as Wu Zhe.
"The ghost messengers Han Gao and Jiang Tong accepted bribes from Sanxian three times to help them deceive the yang and yin cases, causing three mortals to return to yang at the end of their lives. They disturbed the laws of the world and the natural order. The laws of heaven are strict and should be severely punished!"
"Han Gao and Jiang Tong will be deprived of their official duties as immortals and sent to the eighteenth level of hell. They will suffer torture for a thousand years. After the expiration of their term, they will be thrown into the animal realm for ten reincarnations before they can be reincarnated as humans."
As soon as Fang Jian finished pronouncing the verdict, King Qin Guang raised his hand and pointed at the two of them: "Pull it down! Execute the law of heaven!"
Four Yin soldiers stepped forward and dragged Han Gao and Jiang Tong out of the first hall.
