Fang Jian walked up to the Mingxu boy and bowed.
The boy from Mingxu suddenly shuddered, then reacted immediately. He quickly bowed and said, "Master Hongqing, the Grand Master has summoned you to the palace for an audience."
After saying this, the boy Mingxu didn't dare to stay any longer and turned around and walked towards the Taixuan Palace.
Fang Jian looked at the hurried steps of the Mingxu boy, shook his head and smiled, then he also walked forward.
"Your Excellency, the Minister of the Western Heaven Palace, Master Hongqing, has arrived." After the boy Mingxu entered the Taixuan Hall, he reported directly to the Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole, who was sitting cross-legged on the auspicious cloud at the top of the hall.
Emperor Qinghua of Dongji nodded slightly and looked towards the gate of Taixuan Palace. Fang Jian's figure slowly came into the sight of everyone in the palace.
Fang Jian walked into the Taixuan Hall, and when he looked up he saw the majestic and glorious image of the Eastern Qinghua Emperor, as well as the immortal officials on both sides of the Taixuan Hall.
Fang Jian's eyes quickly swept across the hall. Right below the Great Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole stood Yin Xi, the head of the Wenlin Immortal Officials, and Guan Yu, the head of the Wulin Immortal Officials.
Then came the first-rank immortal officials of the literary and martial arts circles of Taixuan Province, who were arranged on both sides of the hall in the order of civil officials on the left and military officials on the right.
When Fang Jian entered the Taixuan Hall, all eyes in the hall were focused on him. Fang Jian walked to the center of the hall without looking around and bowed to the Eastern Qinghua Emperor, saying, "Your servant Fang Jian pays homage to the Grand Envoy."
The Great Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole said, "Stand up."
"Thank you, Master." Fang Jian bowed and then stood up straight.
Afterwards, the Eastern Qinghua Emperor said to Fang Jian, "Fang Jian, why did you assault your colleagues in Taixuan Province and disrupt the order of the Heavenly Court?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Jian immediately reported, "Your Majesty, this is not my fault. Someone else provoked me first. If you want to punish anyone, please first ask the person who arranged for those immortal officials to block me."
As soon as Fang Jian said this, the expressions of the immortal officials in the hall suddenly changed. At this moment, Fang Jian looked at the row of Wenlin first-rank immortal officials on the left. As Fang Jian looked over, many of them immediately lowered their eyes or looked away.
Upon seeing this, Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole said, "Fang Jian, you don't need to look. I was the one who sent those people to question them."
Hearing what the Eastern Qinghua Emperor said, Fang Jian knew that he was trying to excuse some immortal officials and take the blame for his subordinates.
It’s not a big deal, but if you look closely into who arranged those people, you will definitely offend Fang Jian in the end.
With Fang Jian's temper, who knows what kind of trouble he might cause, so Emperor Qinghua of Dongji simply helped those people take the blame.
In the Heavenly Palace, it is very rare for subordinates to take the blame for their superiors. On the contrary, it is very common for superiors to take the blame for their subordinates. For example, the Great Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole would not only take one blame, but even if he took a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand blames, it would be fine. As long as he did not do anything that violated the Heavenly Rules and brought disaster to the sentient beings in the Three Realms, he could take as many blames as he wanted.
This is the special nature of the immortal officials in the Heavenly Court. The higher the rank of the position, the greater the authority, the greater the ability, and of course, the greater the merit. This aspect is completely different from the officialdom in the mortal world.
So after the Eastern Qinghua Emperor said this, Fang Jian was at his wit's end. He bowed respectfully and said, "Since this is the order of the Great Lord, then I have nothing more to say."
"Are you feeling resentful?" asked the Qinghua Emperor of Dongji.
Fang Jian said bluntly: "There's no resentment, but there's a bit of anger."
The Eastern Qinghua Emperor laughed and said, "Then are you going to punch me too?"
"I dare not." Fang Jian bowed quickly.
The Eastern Qinghua Emperor said, "It seems there is nothing you dare not do, right? You have the Jade Emperor's calendar in your hand, so I cannot punish you. However, I will report your disruption of Taixuan Province to the Great Celestial Venerable, and ask the Great Celestial Venerable to make a decision."
"Yes." Fang Jian bowed and replied.
The Eastern Qinghua Emperor asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to defend yourself?"
Fang Jian replied, "I have no excuses. I was the one who beat him up, and I did what he did. Naturally, I must take full responsibility for my actions."
"Besides," Fang Jian changed the subject and said, "I came here today because of the matter of the 'Spiritual Weapon Manual'. The rest of the matter is not important to me."
Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole nodded and said, "Alright, let's talk about the 'Spiritual Weapon Manual' now. Fang Jian, why do you have such an idea? To actually distribute spiritual weapons to mortal beings?"
Fang Jian said, "Reporting to the Grand Master, this was determined by the situation in Xiniu Hezhou, not something I came up with on the spur of the moment."
Emperor Qinghua of the Eastern Pole raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is the current situation in Xiniu Hezhou?"
Fang Jian said, "The elephant and the tiger are in a stalemate, and the other beasts are neutral, but the general trend is on the elephant's side. Moreover, Xiniu Hezhou is the elephant's home turf. This elephant is huge, and the tiger can hardly move it alone. The only way is to find a way to win over the other beasts."
Some things cannot be said openly. Fang Jian could not openly say in Taixuan Hall that Buddhism and Xitian Mansion are now in a stalemate, as that would make the contradiction and hostility public.
Therefore, Fang Jian used elephants to represent Buddhism and tigers to represent the Western Paradise.
The Eastern Qinghua Emperor was naturally very clear about Fang Jian's metaphor. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Why can't we maintain the status quo?"
Fang Jian said, "Then it would be meaningless for me to take up my post in Xiniu Hezhou."
When the Emperor Qinghua of Dongji heard this, his expression slightly condensed. Fang Jian was appointed as the Minister of the Tianjun Palace in Xiniu Hezhou. This was the arrangement of the Jade Emperor.
As for why the Jade Emperor sent Fang Jian to Xiniu Hezhou, all the gods inside and outside the Heavenly Palace knew it clearly, so the Emperor Qinghua of the East never interfered in the affairs of the Western Heaven Palace.
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