Master Jianyang took a sip of the spiritual tea and then said to Fang Jian, "As the God of Justice, you should know what this is, right?"
"Knowing the law and breaking it is a more serious crime." Fang Jian said slowly.
Master Jianyang nodded and said, "Okay, then do you plead guilty?"
Fang Jian bowed his head and said, "This humble official has violated the laws of heaven and must plead guilty."
"Since that's the case, I will fine you six years from your job and ten years from your salary," Master Jianyang said. "You will be suspended from your positions as both the Taixuan Province Assistant Secretary and the Heavenly Court Justice God for six years. You will also be assigned to the position of Penglai Tianjie Patrol Lieutenant for six years and have your salary fined for ten years."
Upon hearing Master Jianyang's verdict on Fang Jian, the judges present were all shocked.
The so-called job penalty is a disguised form of "demotion", but they have no right to revoke your position, they just punish you to do other jobs for a few years.
For example, a super-grade immortal official may be punished by being made a land god. This kind of punishment has a clear connotation of demotion.
The patrol captain of Penglai Heavenly Street was, however, a mere ninth-rank immortal official. A ten-year salary deduction meant no salary for meritorious service. However, this punishment, however, was significantly more severe than a salary deduction.
Zhenren Jieqing and others present looked at Fang Jian with worried eyes. Although they didn't know why the new dean wanted to "humiliate" Fang Jian in this way, if Fang Jian couldn't help but take action directly, it would not end well.
However, to everyone's surprise, Fang Jian showed no dissatisfaction with this punishment. Instead, he clasped his fists and said, "Fang Jian accepts the punishment."
Then Master Jianyang drafted the Heavenly Law Edict and said to Fang Jian, "From now on, for six years, you may no longer exercise the powers of the Taixuandu Province Chengwulang and the Judicial God. Instead, you must fulfill your duties as the Patrol Lieutenant. Violators will be severely punished."
"Fang Jian understands, please rest assured, Dean." Fang Jian said in a calm voice.
Master Jianyang nodded, and after sending out the Heavenly Law Edict, he said to Fang Jian, "Go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to receive the punishment edict, and then report to Penglai Heavenly Street."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Fang Jian stood up and said goodbye, then left the Tianlu Hall under the gaze of everyone.
After Fang Jian left the Heavenly Court, everyone turned around and cast their eyes on Master Jianyang.
As soon as he took office, he punished Fang Jian. It must be said that Master Jianyang made a very good first move.
What surprised everyone even more was how Master Jianyang knew about Fang Jian's journey to the lower world to look for King Tang?
As the god of justice, Fang Jian was well-known for his strict adherence to the laws of heaven. Now that Master Jianyang had caught him in such a small flaw, he couldn't even make an excuse. Apart from taking action, he could only plead guilty and accept the punishment.
Besides, Fang Jian did not defend himself at all, not even a single word from beginning to end.
"I hope all my colleagues will strictly abide by the laws of heaven, enforce the law impartially, and take Zhenren Shaoling and Zhenren Hongqing as a warning." Master Jianyang said earnestly to the remaining judicial gods present.
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately responded in a solemn voice, "Thank you, Master, for your instruction. We will keep it in mind."
Then Master Jianyang waved his hand and said, "You all have important duties to attend to, so I won't detain you any longer. Go back to where you came from."
When Master Jianyang finished speaking, everyone immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Yes, I will take my leave."
Everyone left the Tianlu Hall, and even the usually lively Ke Mengqing seemed a little dull today.
Walking all the way to the square outside the temple, they stopped in tacit understanding, then looked up at each other.
But only Master Jieqing remained expressionless, still smiling, looking like a good old man.
After a long while, Qin Yizhen, with a cold expression on his face, spoke up: "Master Hongqing originally sent Master Shaoling to Lei Ze according to the laws of heaven. Now he has also violated the laws of heaven and is being punished. This must be heaven's will."
Ke Mengqing sighed and said, "That being said, I still feel like something is amiss with the current Tianyuan Court. Dean Xun Kuang is still the better choice."
"Master Xun Kuang has only been gone for less than a day, and you're already saying this. Isn't that a bit unpleasant?" Song Ci glanced at Ke Mengqing and said.
"Alright, alright." The most senior Jieqing Zhenren spoke up at this time: "It was the same when Abbot Xun Kuang took office. Otherwise, how could he establish his authority and win the support of the people?"
"Did Dean Xun Kuang do the same back then?" Ke Mengqing asked curiously, "Then who did he look to establish his authority?"
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Zhenren Jieqing smiled and said, "I."
At this point, Master Jieqing smiled and said, "Back when Dean Xun Kuang first took office, I messed up something, and he used it to establish his authority, and punished me by making me sweep the Tianlu Hall for ten years."
"Let's go to Xieshuilang first." said Zhenren Jieqing.
Everyone nodded slightly upon hearing this, and then headed together to a fairy garden northeast of Tianyuan Court.
Zhenren Jieqing led the group up to the Xieshui Corridor. Looking at the gurgling, waterfall-like stream ahead, Zhenren Jieqing turned and addressed the assembled celestial judges, "This Master Jianyang is from the Taoist sect and is the third disciple of the Great Immortal Pili."
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this. A disciple of the Thunderbolt Immortal! If memory served him correctly, Liu Chenxiang was also a disciple of the Thunderbolt Immortal.
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Fang Jian once again went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to receive his punishment. All the immortal officials in the Heavenly Court system received their punishment at the Metropolitan Procuratorate unless they had committed a capital crime or were stripped of their positions and removed from office.
If you have committed a capital crime, you will have to go to the Ministry of Thunder for trial.
"This is a serious punishment," said the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Qing Jing Zhenren, to Fang Jian. "From a fourth-rank Taixuan Chengwulang and fifth-rank Judicial God, you've been demoted to a patrolman on Penglai Tianjie. I'm afraid people will laugh at you."
Fang Jian took the punishment edict and said, "I have violated the laws of Heaven, and I deserve to be punished. Let others laugh if they want to. There is no provision in my laws that forbids others from laughing at me."
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