As a demon cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, Jiang Lan has practiced in the Tang Dynasty for more than two thousand years. She knows very well that the power of the demon clan in the Southern Continent is very weak.
Not to mention the Heavenly Court, even the Taoist sect, whose influence spreads throughout the entire Southern Continent, will not allow the demon cultivators to do whatever they want.
Jiang Lan knew that if she killed Liu Daye to avenge her son, nothing would happen.
But now that the land god of Daliushan has stepped forward, she can't do so directly. The world is different now than before, especially in the Tang Dynasty of Jambudvīpa, where the first ancestor of human civilization was born. There are many Taoist monks who can destroy her entire family.
But her son was already dead, and his soul had been captured by the ghost. Deep down, she knew that it was wishful thinking to want her son to be resurrected.
So she had only one thought, which was to make Liu Daye pay with his life and seek justice for her son.
After listening to Jiang Lan's petition, Zheng Li was also a little worried about this case. As the chief clerk of the Yanzhou Prefecture Prison Department, he naturally had his own judgment on such cases.
So, after a moment's hesitation, Zheng Li said to Jiang Lan, "Jiang Lan, I understand your grief over the loss of your son, and I also understand your desire to avenge him. But I want to make something clear to you. How about you just listen to me instead of refutating me?"
Hearing this, Jiang Lan nodded while crying and said, "Sir, please speak."
Zheng Li said, "First of all, it was your son who broke into Da Liu Manor, not the people from Da Liu Manor who specifically ran to your cave and beat your son to death, right?"
Jiang Lan was stunned when she heard this and wanted to argue, but Zheng Li said, "Don't argue, just say yes or no."
Jiang Lan opened her mouth, then said with a painful expression, "Yes."
Zheng Li said, "The people of Daliu Village have lived here for hundreds of years, so it's a place where humans live and gather. Your son is a venomous snake, and a highly venomous snake demon. When he entered Daliu Village, he threatened the lives of the mortals there. Therefore, there was nothing wrong with Liu Daye beating your son to death."
Jiang Lan's expression changed, and she said, "But my son didn't hurt anyone!"
Zheng Li said sternly, "You can't say that. A murderer broke into a house with a knife. Who knows when he will kill? A poisonous snake broke into the village. Who can guarantee it won't hurt anyone? Liu Daye killed your son based on common sense. Your son's presence did threaten the people of Daliao Village."
"Then did my son die in vain? Is that right?" Jiang Lan asked Zheng Li with tears streaming down her face, filled with resentment.
Zheng Li said, "Don't worry, let me ask your son."
After saying that, Zheng Li turned his head to look at the soul of Jiang Lan's son, and then asked, "Why did you come to Daliushan?"
When the little snake demon heard Zheng Li's words, he said aggrievedly, "I want to play with them."
"Who are they?" Zheng Li asked again.
The little snake demon said: "They are... people like me."
At this time, Fang Jian added: "He was talking about the children in Daliushan."
Zheng Li suddenly realized what he was saying and asked the little snake demon, "Are you talking about the children in Daliu Village?"
"That's them," the little snake demon said. "I often peek at them playing in the woods. I want to play with them, but they are afraid of me."
Hearing this, Liu Daye suddenly remembered that the children in Daliushuang seemed to have mentioned last year that they had seen snakes in the woods outside Daliushuang.
Zheng Li asked, "Then how do you want to play with them?"
This sentence is very crucial. Jiang Lan's body straightened instinctively and looked at the little snake demon.
The little snake demon shook his head blankly and said dejectedly: "I don't know. I saw that they were having fun, but I am different from them..."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Li asked the land god Su Yan, "Lord of the Land, what do you think?"
Su Yan thought for a moment and said, "He may not have any intention of hurting anyone."
Jiang Lan quickly nodded in agreement, "My child has been cultivating with me in the cave since birth. He has never been to the mortal world, nor has he ever hurt anyone."
Su Yan nodded and said, "I can confirm this. This little snake demon has no record of hurting anyone."
Zheng Li said, "I see." Then he turned his gaze to Liu Daye and asked, "Liu Daye, do you have anything to say?"
Liu Daye was stunned, then silent for a long moment before finally saying, "To the Earth God and this gentleman, I didn't know it was a snake demon. At the time, the children of Daliao Village were playing by the bamboo forest, and the little snake demon was there too. When they spotted it, they were terrified. I was afraid it might bite, so I beat it to death with a carrying pole. Other than that, I don't have much to say."
After Liu Daye finished speaking, Fang Jian on the side said, "I can testify, and I have spiritual light to reconstruct the situation at that time."
After Fang Jian finished speaking, everyone present looked at Fang Jian.
Upon hearing this, the land god Su Yan said immediately, "Since you have the spiritual light to illuminate the image, please quickly take it out and show it to Master Zheng."
Fang Jian nodded, then raised his sleeve and waved it. A curtain of water light appeared in the air, and soon the scene of Liu Daye beating the snake was restored in its entirety.
But for Jiang Lan, this was undoubtedly another cruel injury, because she saw with her own eyes how her child was beaten to death.
Liu Daye's face was full of surprise and amazement. He didn't expect that Xiao Fang had such magical skills?
As Fang Jian took out the spiritual light, everything became clear. After looking at the spiritual light, Zheng Li made his own judgment: "The mortal Liu Daye is not guilty."
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