Fang Jian met with his subordinates and the envoys from the various departments, ministries, and bureaus of the Heavenly Court in the Chengwu Hall. After the mutual introductions, Huan Fan, the envoy of the Tianshu Province, stood up and bowed, saying, "Master Hongqing."
Fang Jian looked at Huan Fan, who was dressed in the robes of a third-rank martial arts immortal official, with his hair tied and tied, and his eyes gleaming with clarity and wisdom, and immediately asked, "What advice does Envoy Huan have for you?"
Huan Fan shook his head and smiled, "I don't deserve your advice. I'm here on orders from the Tianshu Dulu to deliver an invitation to Master Hongqing."
"Oh?" Fang Jian asked in surprise, "Invitation?"
What surprised Fang Jian the most was that this invitation was actually sent by Tianshu Dulu, but he didn't know Tianshu Dulu?
The so-called Tianshu Dulu is the chief officer of the Tianshu Dusi Bureau. Like the Taixuan Siju, he is a super-grade immortal official.
The immortal officials in the Heavenly Court are divided into two major systems: the Wenlin and the Wulin. The head of the Wenlin is the Taixuan Province, and the head of the Wulin is the Tianshu Province.
Under the Taixuan Province and Tianshu Province, there are two small systems respectively, namely the Taixuan Bureau and the Tianshu Bureau.
Therefore, in the sequence of the Heavenly Court, Taixuan Province and Tianshu Province are on the same level, and the reason why Taixuan Province now holds all power is because the Queen Mother of the West also serves as the chief envoy of Taixuan Province.
The celestial official position or status of the Queen Mother of the West in the Heavenly Palace is "Emperor", second only to the Four Emperors and the King of the East and the Queen Mother of the West.
Therefore, after the Queen Mother of the West took on the role of Grand Envoy of Taixuan Province, Taixuan Province directly controlled all power.
It is precisely because of this that Tianshu Dulu is the second in command of the entire martial arts immortal official sequence.
Huan Fan nodded and said, "That's right. Tianshu Dulu is grateful for the kindness of Master Hongqing, so he wants to hold a vegetarian banquet in the mansion to repay Master Hongqing for helping him escape the calamity."
After Huan Fan finished speaking, the officials from the various ministries, departments, and bureaus around him showed no signs of surprise. Instead, Fang Jian asked in astonishment, "The Tianshu Dulu wants to thank me?"
Fang Jian hesitated for a moment, but then reacted immediately and asked, "May I ask the name of the Tianshu Dulu?"
Huan Fan smiled and said, "The Tianshu Dulu was newly granted the title and took up the position a few days ago. His secular name is 'Jiao Shu' and his Taoist name is 'Qingyue Zhenren'."
"Jiao Shu!" Fang Jian reacted immediately when he heard the name. Isn't this the Tianhan Golden Dragon?
Unexpectedly, I really didn't expect that this Tianhan Golden Dragon would be appointed as Tianshu Dulu by the Great Lord just after he was resurrected. After all, he is an acquired dragon god, and now after his resurrection, he has restored his heyday to the level of Taiyi Golden Immortal. It is normal for him to be so valued.
However, facing Jiao Shu's invitation, Fang Jian still decisively replied: "Please convey my gratitude to Tianshu Dulu for his kindness. However, I am afraid I don't have time recently. I hope Tianshu Dulu will forgive me."
Huan Fan nodded and said, "That's fine. The Tianshu Dulu has been sent down. If Master Hongqing doesn't have time, you can invite me again when you are free in the future to express your gratitude."
As he was speaking, a clear voice came from outside the Chengwu Hall: "Your Excellency, Inspector, your subordinate Yang Xiu requests an audience."
Yang Xiu, as the chief clerk of the Three Realms Inspection Office and Fang Jian's deputy, has the right to take charge of all affairs of the Inspection Office when Fang Jian is not in the office. The only thing he lacks in authority is the right to inspect the three realms.
But when facing Fang Jian, he was like an ordinary subordinate, without any of the airs that a deputy should have. In fact, this is easy to understand. No matter who it is, when facing a boss like Fang Jian, they will unconsciously lower their status.
There is no way, Fang Jian’s reputation in the Heavenly Court in recent years is really too great.
"Master Yang, please come into the hall and talk." Although Yang Xiu was in a very humble position, Fang Jian still had to give him the respect he deserved.
So after Yang Xiu entered the hall, Fang Jian immediately gave him a seat.
However, Yang Xiu did not sit down immediately. Instead, he said to Fang Jian, "Inspector General, all the people have been sent to the Ministry of Thunder. I have come to report."
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately stood up and said to Yang Xiu, "Well done."
"I don't deserve the praise from the inspector." Yang Xiu bowed.
Fang Jian smiled slightly, then walked up to Yang Xiu and said, "I have to go to the Ministry of Thunder to do some work now. Yang Zhubu, you will accompany the envoys in my place."
Yang Xiu was slightly startled, then immediately responded, "Yes."
After saying this, Fang Jian turned to the immortal officials and said, "Excuse me, my envoys."
The hall envoys immediately stood up and said, "Master Hongqing, please do as you please."
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Then Fang Jian took a scribe with him to the Ministry of Thunder. No matter where the Three Realms Inspector went, he had to take a scribe with him to keep records and archive them at all times.
On the way to the Thunder Department, Fang Jian asked casually, "Your name is Wang Ji, right?"
The clerk walking behind Fang Jian was startled when he heard this, then immediately said, "The inspector has a good memory. My name is Wang Ji."
Everyone had introduced themselves before, so Fang Jian certainly remembered their names.
"Do gods have bad memories?" Fang Jian said with a smile.
Wang Ji said, "Yes, I have seen a deity with a very bad memory."
"Oh?" Fang Jian asked in surprise, "Who is it?"
Wang Ji said: "The Dragon King of the West Sea, who took office as the Inspector General a hundred years ago, also known as Hedong Zhenren, received a letter of complaint: It said that five thousand years ago, the Dragon King of the West Sea had betrothed one of his dragon daughters to the thirteenth dragon son of the Dragon King of the North Sea as a wife. But
Five thousand years passed, and every time the North Sea Dragon King proposed marriage, the West Sea Dragon King used various excuses to postpone it. One hundred years ago, the North Sea Dragon King could no longer tolerate it and directly filed a letter of complaint against the West Sea Dragon King. So Hedong Zhenren personally went to the West Sea to mediate.
"What does the Dragon King of the West Sea say?" Fang Jian asked.
Wang Ji said, "The Dragon King of the West Sea said he 'forgot.' The Dragon King of the North Sea said he had been pushing it forward for three thousand years, each time promising to marry his daughter off in a hundred years. But every time a hundred years had passed and the Dragon King of the North Sea went to propose, the Dragon King of the West Sea would say he 'forgot.' He suggested waiting another hundred years... and so on and so forth."
Fang Jian asked again, "How did Hedong Zhenren's last mediation go?"
Wang Ji said, "The result of the last mediation by Hedong Zhenren was that the daughter of the Dragon King of the West Sea and the son of the Dragon King of the North Sea will be married in a hundred years."
At this point, Wang Ji counted on his fingers and said, "It seems to be just these two days."
Fang Jian smiled slightly and said, "Then I wish this newlywed couple, who have been married for five thousand years, a long and happy marriage. However, do you really believe that the Dragon King of the West Sea has a bad memory?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Ji said, "Actually, even immortals can become forgetful if necessary. For example, Taishang Laojun borrowed the willow branch from the jade bottle of Guanyin from the South Sea ten thousand years ago and hasn't returned it yet. I'm afraid he's 'forgotten' about it!"
Fang Jian had heard of this before. It was said that Taishang Laojun often made bets with Guanyin on whether his Bagua furnace could refine Guanyin's willow branches.
Therefore, in the Tushita Palace, you can sometimes see Taishang Laojun and Guanyin standing side by side, one lighting the fire and the other throwing his own willow branch into the furnace to burn.
If the willow branch is melted by the Bagua furnace, Guanyin loses. If the Bagua furnace fails to melt the willow branch, Taishang Laojun loses.
Of course, this bet is fair and just. Taishang Laojun is not allowed to use the great power of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, but only uses the power of true fire and Bagua furnace.
So there are wins and losses between the two of them, especially the loser will definitely not accept the result and will take the initiative to make another bet next time.
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