The meeting platform, Hongfan Hall.

Fang Jian followed Taoist Taixiao into the hall. As soon as he entered the hall, he felt nearly a hundred auras falling on him.

These energies can be both benevolent and malicious. The benevolent ones are calm and composed, while the malicious ones are powerful and imposing.

But Fang Jian was neither humble nor arrogant, and calmly followed Taixiao Daozun into the Hongfan Hall.

Taixiao Daozun is the former 'Yuxiao Divine Mother', and the wife of the new Great Celestial Master of the Three Realms. She once returned to the Xiantian Wuji Realm with Taiyuan Daozun and Jiutian Xuannu.

When they reached the center of Hongfan Hall, Daoist Master Taixiao addressed the five ministers and said, "Your Excellencies, the Night Patrol Captain Fang Jian has arrived."

"Yeah." Taoist Taizhen responded lightly, then Taoist Taixiao turned around and glanced at Fang Jian, then returned to his seat and sat down.

Fang Jian was standing alone in the center of the hall, with nearly a hundred pairs of eyes fixed on him, especially on his waist.

Sure enough, Fang Jian had a purple jade pendant on his left and right waist, with the words "Ren" and "Jiang" engraved on them respectively.

"Hmph!" Cold snorts suddenly rang out in the hall, and the loudest among them came from Yao Hong, the patriarch of the Yao family.

The next moment, Fang Jian bowed his head and said to the emperor, "Fang Jian greets the five ministers."

But the five ministers did not say anything, and did not even say "stand up", just let Fang Jian bow in worship.

At this moment, the head of the Ren clan, Ren An, stood up and said to Fang Jian, "Captain Fang, where did you get that Ren clan token around your waist?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Jian couldn't help but look at Ren An in confusion. Ren An said calmly, "I am the head of the Ren clan, Ren An."

Fang Jian suddenly realized and quickly replied, "It was given to me by Lord Ren Mi."

Ren An nodded and said, "Fang Jian, I am the head of the Ren clan. This jade pendant was given to me by Ren Mi by mistake. I must take it back."

After he finished speaking, Ren An raised his hand, and the purple jade pendant on Fang Jian's waist immediately turned into a ray of light and flew back into Ren An's hand.

Fang Jian smiled slightly upon seeing this and said, "So it was Shangqing Ren Mi who gave it as a gift by mistake. If it weren't for what Daoist Master Ren An said, Fang Jian would still be in the dark."

Ren An had just put away the Ziqing jade pendant, and when he heard this, a look of discomfort suddenly appeared on his face, but he said nothing and just sat down expressionlessly.

Fang Jian took off the purple jade pendant given by Jiang E from his waist and asked around, "Is the Jiang clan leader here?"

"It's me." Jiang Lang said as he sat there.

Fang Jian looked at Jiang Yan and immediately said, holding the purple jade pendant in his hand, "Daoist Master Ren'an has taken back the Ren family's token. I wonder if the Jiang family leader would also like to take back the Jiang family's token?"

"This..." Jiang Lang was stunned when she heard this, and the clan leaders on both sides, such as Yao Hong and Ren An, winked at her, and even the five ministers looked at her.

Jiang Jian smiled awkwardly and said, "Well... Captain Fang, I'm not going to take it back. However, if you voluntarily return it, then I will have no choice but to take it back."

Fang Jian smiled faintly. Although he didn't understand why the Jiang clan leader didn't take it back directly like Ren An did, he must have some concerns.

However, for Jiang E's sake, Fang Jian didn't intend to embarrass the Jiang clan leader, so he said, "Since Ren has taken back the token, it would be inappropriate for me to keep Jiang's token. I should return it to Jiang."

After saying this, Fang Jian used his magic power to send the purple jade pendant to Jiang Lang, who immediately reached out to take it.

Seeing this scene, Ren An's face darkened. In this way, it seemed that he, Ren An, had gone back on his word and broken his promise, becoming a bad guy.

With the two tokens of the great clans returned, the five ministers breathed a sigh of relief. Now it would be easier to deal with Fang Jian.

Then, the Taoist Priest of Antiquity, who was in charge of the Secretariat, immediately asked Fang Jian, "Fang Jian, do you admit your guilt?"

Fang Jian heard this and said, "May I ask the Great Ancient Daoist Master, what crime have I committed?"

The Great Daoist Master Tai Gu said, "How dare you take up arms in Yujing City and kill the heroes of the Ganzhao Dao Nation? This is a serious crime."

Fang Jian said, "Your Excellency, the Great Daoist Master, is mistaken. I am following the decree of the Council of State, which gives me one day to quell the rebellion at the Honglutai. However, it does not specify the means to be used. Since there are no regulations, any means will do."

As he spoke, Fang Jian also took out the decree given to him from the floor, "I acted in accordance with the decree of the floor, and I am not guilty."

But Taichong Daozun, who was in charge of the Central Office, said, "Although the decree does not stipulate what methods cannot be used, it also does not forbid you to kill people. You presumptuously speculated on the emperor's intentions and acted on your own. This is a crime of usurpation."

Fang Jian said, "Replying to Daoist Master Taichong, I did not act on my own initiative or guess the Lord's intentions. After receiving the edict and before taking any action, I had already consulted the Lord."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Daoist Master Taichong and the other four assistants were all stunned. They looked at each other, and finally Daoist Master Taizhen said, "Nonsense! When did you ever ask us what we meant?"

Fang Jian bowed and smiled, "The five ministers have misunderstood. The will of the Supreme Being I was referring to was not the will of the five ministers, but the will of the Supreme Being."

Upon hearing this, there was a burst of surprise in the hall. The only people higher than the five prime ministers were the five regents.

"Impossible!" Yao Hong said bluntly, "The five regents are in seclusion in their temples. Even the five ministers cannot see them without imperial decree. You? How dare you lie about the five regents' decree? This is a capital crime."

After saying this, Yao Hong bowed directly to the five ministers and said, "My Lords, Fang Jian claims to have the five regent edicts. You may order him to produce the edicts. If there are no edicts, it would be false claiming to have edicts and he shall be punished by death."

At this time, even Taixiao Daozun spoke up and said, "Fang Jian, you shouldn't make random inferences."

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