"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" A divine general hurriedly ran into the Tongwen Hall of Dongtian Mansion.
Master Hua, the Minister of the East Heaven Prefecture, was sitting behind the jade table, talking to Zhao Yangqing.
When the divine general rushed in, Master Taihua frowned and scolded him, "How disrespectful of you to rush in so recklessly! Don't forget that you are a divine general of my Dongtian Prefecture!"
After saying this, Master Taihua picked up the teacup and took a sip of the spiritual tea, then said, "Go down and receive ten blows from the sword and cane."
"Yes." The general's face turned bitter and he bowed in response.
Master Taihua nodded to Zhao Yangqing, signaling him to drink his tea first, and then asked the divine general, "What is it?"
The divine general hurriedly said, "Your Excellency, please inform the Minister that someone from the Heavenly Court has arrived."
Master Taihua was shocked when he heard this. "Heavenly Court? Why did they think of my Dongtian Mansion? Which master from the Heavenly Court is this?"
The divine general reported, "It is the newly appointed Heavenly Judge, Master Hongqing Fangjian."
"Bang!" Master Taihua was even more shocked when he heard this, and the teacup in his hand knocked directly onto the table, which made Zhao Yangqing who was standing beside him extremely surprised.
The divine general was also a little surprised. Master Taihua was a first-rank immortal official and a Taiyi Xuanxian. How could he lose his composure when he heard this name?
But Master Taihua suddenly woke up and immediately stood up and said to Zhao Yangqing, "Fellow Daoist, please forgive me for leaving you for a moment."
Zhao Yangqing quickly stood up and said, "Master, don't be so careless. Since you are from the Heavenly Court, you must have important business. Master, please go quickly."
Master Taihua turned to the divine general and asked, "Where is Master Hongqing?"
The general said, "He was sent to Dongtian Pavilion by a messenger."
Master Taihua said, "Your ten blows with the thunder staff are excused. Take fellow Daoist Zhao Yangqing to the guesthouse to rest immediately."
"As you wish!" the general immediately responded with a fist salute.
Master Taihua nodded to Zhao Yangqing, then hurriedly turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared in Tongwen Hall.
When Master Taihua arrived at Dongtian Pavilion, he saw Fang Jian sitting at the desk at the top, with the messenger Xu Jiong sitting beside him, and a boy serving tea.
"The presence of Master Hongqing truly brings honor to our humble Dongtian Mansion." Master Taihua walked into Dongtian Pavilion and bowed as soon as he entered the door.
Fang Jian smiled faintly, then stood up, bowed, and asked, "Sir Shangshu, I have long admired you."
It is I who have long admired you, not you who have long admired me, Master Taihua thought to himself, then he quickly stepped forward and bowed to Fang Jian.
Logically speaking, Master Taihua is a first-rank immortal official, and Judge Tianfen is a fifth-rank immortal official. It doesn't make sense for a first-rank immortal official to take the initiative to salute a fifth-rank immortal official.
But this is perfectly normal, because for the Heavenly Judges, rank is meaningless, as they hold more power than ninety percent of the Celestial Officials. Therefore, reasoning is pointless; they only look at the Heavenly Laws.
Fang Jian returned the greeting to Master Taihua, then stepped down from the desk and said to Master Taihua, "The Shangshu is of higher rank than me. Please take a seat. As a judge of heaven, I cannot knowingly break the law and offend my superiors."
Master Taihua nodded slightly, then walked to the table, but he asked Fang Jian to sit down first before he sat down himself.
"I wonder if Master Hongqing has come to my Dongtian Mansion to handle some important matter?" asked Master Taihua.
Fang Jian said, "I wonder if Master Taihua received the imperial edict from the Mokanyuan. It should have arrived two hours ago."
Upon hearing this, Master Taihua's mind flashed with memories, and he nodded, "Yes, two hours ago there was an imperial edict regarding the case of Master Caijing destroying the temple."
Fang Jian said, "There are still doubts in this case, so I am issuing an edict to rescind the verdict and not to convict Master Cai Jing for now. I will investigate further and make the final decision."
Master Taihua didn't know the specific circumstances of the Caijing Zhenren case, as it was handled by General Fan Heng, who was responsible for capturing and killing General Fan Heng. So, upon hearing Fang Jian's words, he nodded and said, "This is the right thing to do. I have no objection to it."
Fang Jian then asked, "And who is the Heavenly General who captured Master Cai Jing?"
Master Taihua immediately called out to the outside of the hall, "Someone come here."
A divine general walked in, bowed and clasped his fists, and said, "Sir Shangshu."
"Go and call the general Fan Heng who was responsible for the killing, and tell him that someone wants to see him." Master Taihua said to the divine general.
The god nodded and took the order and left. Fang Jian picked up the teacup and took a sip, then took out the crispy fan and played with it in his hand. He suddenly thought that this should be the fan used by Nuwa. Does that mean seeing this fan is like seeing Nuwa?
Thinking of this, Fang Jian has already started thinking about how to use this fan to bully others in the future.
General Fan Heng, the assassin, strode into the Dongtian Pavilion with his head held high. He strode forward and bowed before Master Taihua, saying, "This humble general pays his respects to the Minister."
Master Taihua nodded with a smile, then raised his hand to introduce Fang Jian, but Fang Jian immediately interrupted Master Taihua.
Fang Jian didn't even wait for Master Taihua to introduce himself before asking, "Are you General Fan Heng, the one who captured and killed General Dongtian?"
The messenger at the side lowered his head. He really wanted to convey the origin of the assassination of General Fang Jian, but he was afraid of being discovered, so he simply lowered his head and turned a deaf ear to what was happening in front of him.
Master Taihua wanted to introduce him, but after being interrupted by Fang Jian, he immediately understood what Fang Jian meant.
As a high-ranking first-rank immortal official, it was naturally impossible for him to lower himself and inform his subordinates through telepathy. Such behavior would undermine his dignity.
Fan Heng turned his head to look at Fang Jian, then looked at the messenger, but he only saw the messenger's bun.
Then he looked at Master Taihua again. Master Taihua just sat high up and didn't say anything.
The atmosphere seemed a little strange. Fan Heng no longer hesitated, but answered directly: "That's right."
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