In the Chang'an Prefecture City God's Temple, City God Sun Yanling and others stood tremblingly in the temple. Fang Jian sat at the top and looked at them quietly.
Soon Sun Yanling and others couldn't stand it anymore. Being stared at by Fang Jian like that frightened them more than directly sentencing them to death.
For a moment, Sun Yanling and others knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Fang Jian and confessed their sins, but Fang Jian still did not speak, and just sat on the steps of the palace and looked at them.
Now Sun Yanling and others were even more frightened. Even if Fang Jian directly sentenced them to death, they would be more relaxed, because the unknown end was more frightening than the known end.
One stick of incense passed, half an hour passed, and soon another hour passed.
Sun Yanling and others are already on the verge of collapse. If this continues for another incense stick, they will definitely collapse.
But Fang Jian seemed to know this, and the next moment he spoke, "Sun Yanling, the City God of Chang'an Prefecture."
Sun Yanling felt as if he heard the sound of nature, and his heart that was about to collapse was pulled back at this moment, and he quickly responded: "I'm here."
"Do you know your guilt?" Fang Jian asked.
"Your Majesty, I'm aware of your guilt. True Lord Hongqing. I'm responsible for the burden on the common people and this official robe. I'm aware of my guilt on you, Sun Yanling." After saying this, Sun Yanling bent down and knelt on the ground.
Fang Jian said: "Guilty must be punished. This is the law of heaven. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Sun Yanling said quickly: "Please punish me, Lord Hongqing."
Fang Jiandao: "Article 13 of the "Tian Tiao·Law of Immortal Officials": Anyone who uses power for personal gain, or stops the affairs of the Yin and Yang Palace of Heaven, Earth and Yin Yang for his own selfish interests, shall be punished according to the seriousness of the case, and the most severe case shall be capital punishment. "
"Although you stopped the affairs of the Divine Palace for three months, you repented in the middle and did not cause any disaster. The circumstances are relatively minor. I will sentence you to a third-class ban. Lei Ze will serve three hundred years in prison. After you are released, you will become a shady soldier in the underworld. Right." Fang Jian said calmly.
If someone who is not familiar with Fang Jian may be a little confused when hearing this verdict, do you still call it 'light'? Lei Ze served three hundred years in prison, and was directly demoted from the fifth-grade immortal official to the eighth-grade immortal official. From a city god who dominated the affairs of the Yin Division to a small Yin soldier, is this still considered lighthearted?
But as an immortal official, Sun Yanling breathed a sigh of relief. In Fang Jian's case, this was the lightest punishment. After all, in the past, whenever Fang Jian caught someone who violated the rules of heaven, he would basically start with the death penalty.
"I accept my punishment and bow to you, Lord Hongqing." Sun Yanling bowed quickly.
Fang Jian raised his hand, wrote an approval document and sent it to Lei Bing on the side, and then said to Sun Yanling: "As for your marriage, I am also a reasonable person. I went to Lei Ze to allow you and your wife to continue." Have a wedding.”
"." Sun Yanling's face twitched, and he immediately bowed again: "Thank you, Lord Hongqing, for your kindness and kindness. I will never forget it."
Then Fang Jian ordered Lei Bing to take Sun Yanling and Princess Quanyin back to the Lei Department with his talisman edict and send them directly to Lei Ze Prison.
After Sun Yanling and Princess Quanyin were taken away, Fang Jian looked at the judges from the Chang'an Prefecture City God's Temple and General Yin Si in the hall.
"You clearly know that stopping the affairs of the Shenfu for your own selfish interests is against the laws of heaven, why don't you report it to Nantian Mansion?" Fang Jian asked the Chenghuang Temple Wen, Wu Judge and the Yinsi generals who were standing down.
When these people heard Fang Jian's accusation, they did not dare to quibble, and fell down one after another to plead guilty. Fang Jian then demoted them all to shadow soldiers and ghost servants in accordance with the laws of heaven, and they still served in the Chenghuang Temple of Chang'an Prefecture.
Fang Jian did not embarrass the evil soldiers and ghost servants who were originally in the City God's Temple. After all, they were just the lowest level of immortal officials, with the lowest official rank and lowest salary. They did all the hard work. You can't force them to go. It's not fair to take risks to report your superiors and punish them for their crimes.
"Yes, I will wait for you to receive the punishment." Judges Wen and Wu, as well as the Yin Division generals, bowed their heads and kowtowed.
Immediately, Fang Jian issued a talisman edict and sent it directly to Taixuan Capital Province. In just a hundred breaths, immortal light flashed on several people, and then the immortal official robes on their bodies disappeared instantly, and together with the immortal official jade ultimatum, they Ninth-grade ghost regulations.
Just after Fang Jian finished dealing with the people in the Chenghuang Temple of Chang'an Prefecture, he suddenly saw a dark fog rising in the Chenghuang Temple, and then two figures appeared on the Yin Hall of the Chenghuang Temple.
Fang Jian took a closer look and saw that the leader of the visitors was wearing the robe of a second-grade Yin Division immortal official. He was tall, with eyes like lightning, upright and upright. He was none other than Judge Chacha Division, one of the four great judges of the underworld. Lu Zhidao'.
Following Lu Zhidao was the Mangshan Ghost King who had been ordered by Fang Jian to be escorted to the underworld for King Qin Guang's disposal.
Seeing Lu Zhidao leading the Ghost King of Mangshan to the Yin Palace, the surrounding Yin soldiers and ghost servants hurriedly bowed to meet him, while Lu Zhidao went straight forward to pay homage to Fang Jian and said: "Judge Lu Zhidao of the Underworld Chacha Division, pay your respects to the True Lord Hongqing." .”
Fang Jian asked with a smile: "Judge Lu, I just sent the Ghost King of Mangshan to your underworld, why did you bring him back again?"
Lu Zhidao said quickly: "In response to the request of the True Lord Hongqing, I have sent the Ghost King of Mangshan to take up his post in accordance with the decree of His Highness King Guang of Qin."
"Oh?" Fang Jian raised his eyebrows and said, "Appointment?"
"Yes." Lu Zhidao said: "Mangshan Ghost King Duan Zaidao has been demoted by His Highness King Qin Guang and demoted to the city god of Chang'an Prefecture."
"That's it?" Fang Jian said in surprise.
Lu Zhidao said: "Hongqing Zhenjun, His Highness King Guang of Qin has said that if Duan Zaidao can be a good city god of Chang'an Prefecture within one thousand years, and can pass the assessment of the underworld every ten years, he will be After that, you can continue to be an Immortal Official. If you can't, as long as you fail to pass the test once, you will be immediately deprived of all Immortal Official rank and authority."
"Oh." Fang Jian responded lightly, "Then please tell fellow Taoist King Qin Guang that I will also pay attention to the assessment from time to time."
"Yes." Lu Zhidao heard this and immediately bowed in obeisance.
Immediately, Duan Zaidao stepped forward quickly, bowed to Fang Jian and said: "Chang'an Prefecture City God Duan Zaidao, pays homage to Lord Hongqing."
Fang Jian stood up with a smile on his face, walked down the hall steps to Duan Zaidao and said with a smile: "This city god, are you doing a good job?"
Duan Zaidao heard this and hurriedly worshiped: "Hui Hongqing Zhenjun, if I can't do well as the City God of Chang'an Prefecture, I will accept the law of Heaven."
"Okay." Fang Jian nodded and said: "I have put the ugly words to the front. If you still can't be the City God of Chang'an Prefecture in the future, you won't even have a chance to go to the eighteenth level of hell. Not to mention fellow Taoist King Qin Guang, Even if Emperor Dongyue comes, you will not escape the punishment of being destroyed both physically and mentally."
Duan Zaidao's heart shivered, and he immediately bowed his head and said, "Yes, I will definitely remember the teachings of Lord Hongqing."
Then Fang Jian glanced at Lu Zhidao again, and then said: "It's over here, I will stay soon."
Duan Zaidao and Lu Zhidao hurriedly bowed and said, "Best farewell to Lord Hongqing."
After Fang Jian finished handling the affairs of the City God of Chang'an Prefecture, he rode on the third prince to Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue.
When they arrived outside Nanyue Mansion, they saw Mrs. Mingrui and her group retreating from the Immortal Gate of Nanyue Mansion below.
Mrs. Mingrui, Princess Narcissus, Huo Ling, Huo Qing, and Huo Lin walked out of the Nanyue Mansion Immortal Gate, and behind them was the Yi Qian family who came to see them off.
Yi Qian followed closely with his wife Jin Yuxian and daughter Yi Xiao. When they walked outside the immortal gate of Nanyue Mansion, Mrs. Mingrui turned around and said, "Fellow Daoist Yi and Daoist Jin, farewell today." We will keep your love in mind and will definitely repay you generously in the future."
Only after experiencing the loss of family members did they understand what the world is like. In the past, when anyone from the Huo family went out, they would be surrounded by countless heavenly soldiers and fairies. But now, once they fall into the mortal world, even the dogs chasing monsters in Nanyue Immortal Palace will not look at them. They did.
"Actually, it's good to be a loose immortal." Yi Qian's wife Jin Yuxian looked at Mrs. Mingrui's family and said, "At least a loose immortal is free and free from any restrictions. This immortal official seems to be noble, but he has to suffer the consequences of that day everywhere. A bondage."
Yi Qian glanced at his wife, and then said to Mrs. Mingrui: "If fellow Taoist encounters any difficulties in the future, feel free to send letters and reports. I will be happy to help you if I can."
When Mrs. Mingrui heard this, she was very moved. She immediately took Princess Narcissus, Huo Ling, and Huo Qing to bow to Yi Qian and said, "Thank you Daoist Fellow Yi (General Yi)."
On the side, Yi Xiao and Huo Lin also stood holding hands and looking at each other. The eyes of the two little girls were filled with tears.
"Xiaoxiao, I'm leaving. We can't live together in the future." Huo Lin looked at Yi Xiao with tears in her eyes and said.
Yi Xiao nodded, tears rolling down from his eyes, "Xiao Linlin, remember to send me letters and letters when you get to your new home. When I grow up, I will come and play with you."
"Then you must come, don't lie to me, and don't forget me." Huo Lin cried.
Yi smiled and said: "Well, Xiao Linlin, don't worry, if I lie to you, I will be a puppy."
"It's a deal."
"It's a deal, let's pull the hook."
"If you hang yourself on a hook for a hundred years, it won't change for ten thousand years."
As the two little friends made childish vows to each other, Huo Ping's case of usurping the imperial edict came to an end, and the remaining five women of the Huo family all became immortals.
Although Princess Narcissus and Huo Lin have a blood relationship with Xiyue Mansion, the water thrown out by their married daughter, after all, no matter how close they are to Xiyue Mansion, to Princess Narcissus it is just her 'natal family'.
Mrs. Mingrui left Nanyue Mansion with the remaining family members, while Yi Xiao chased Huo Lin for a long time while crying, and finally fell to the ground and was picked up by his mother Jin Yuxian, but he still cried loudly. more than.
Yi Qian watched Mrs. Mingrui and others leave, and when he was about to take his wife and daughter back to the Immortal Gate of Nanyue Mansion, he suddenly heard the neighing of a Pegasus above his head.
He immediately turned around and looked up at a golden cloud in the sky, and then saw Fang Jian riding the Third Prince down from the golden cloud and landing in front of the Immortal Gate of Nanyue Mansion.
"Zhenjun Hongqing?!" Seeing Fang Jian riding on the Yuxiao Tianma in front of him, Yi Qian's face condensed, and then he hurried forward to meet him.
Hearing her husband's words, Jin Yuxian also looked shocked, and then her heart tightened. She quickly hugged Yi Xiao and rushed forward to greet her. At the same time, she thought extremely uneasily: "Zhenjun Hongqing probably didn't listen to what I just said. Are you there?"
