After all, the underworld is a self-contained system. Fang Jian now handed Wu Zhe over to King Qin Guang for judgment. In King Qin Guang's view, Fang Jian was naturally showing goodwill to the underworld.
However, King Qin Guang obviously thought too highly of Fang Jian. The reason why Fang Jian did this was to see whether the underworld only followed the Yin laws and forgot the heavenly rules, or whether there was any internal protection.
However, Prince Qin Guang did not directly take over the power of judgment. Instead, he said, "Master Hongqing is the Inspector of the Three Realms and also serves as the God of Justice. Please Master Hongqing make the judgment according to the law."
Fang Jian smiled and said, "Although I am also the God of Justice, Wu Zhe is the judge of the underworld. It is better to hand it over to the underworld for judgment. King Qin Guang is one of the Ten Kings of Hell. With King Qin Guang here, I will hand it over to the court."
Having said that, King Qin Guang could no longer refuse, so he said, "Since that's the case, I will judge the crimes of Wu and Zhe."
Then, King Qin Guang sentenced Wu Zhe. He was guilty of two crimes, one serious and one minor. The first was accepting bribes from a wandering immortal and privately closing the case for the living person. However, since the incident had only just occurred, it could still be remedied. The second was his negligence in the soul-binding case and his failure to thoroughly investigate the actions of Han Gao and Jiang Tong, which was a crime of dereliction of duty.
Therefore, King Qin Guang sentenced Wu Zhe to: "Strip him of his position as judge, take back the Immortal Official Jade Disc, and reduce his Immortal Official rank. He will also be imprisoned in Lei Ze Prison for three thousand years. After the three thousand years, he can be released from prison, but he will be demoted to a ghost cultivator and sent to the lower world."
Fang Jian had no objection to this verdict, as it followed the Heavenly Laws of Immortal Officials regarding the punishment for taking bribes and abusing power. The last clause, which deposed the person as a ghost cultivator and sent him down to the lower realms, followed the Yin Laws.
"Master Hongqing, what do you think of this verdict?" Qin Guangchao asked Fang Jian.
Fang Jian bowed and said, "Prince Qin Guang's punishment is in accordance with the law, so there is nothing wrong with that."
Wu Zhe also breathed a sigh of relief, finally saving his life. Then he thanked the emperor and admitted his guilt, and was taken away by the ghost soldiers.
After Wu Zhe, the next are the ghost messengers Han Gao and Jiang Tong. This is not the first time these two have committed a crime, but they have had several previous offenses.
The first time was ten years ago, the second time was four years ago, and the third time is this time.
The two helped Xiyue Fairy get away with it three times in total, causing the first person to be dismissed and his life extended by fifteen years, ten of which have passed now. The second person was dismissed and his life extended by ten years, four of which have passed now. The third person was dismissed and his life extended by ten years,
Ten years of life have passed in less than three days.
Moreover, the two of them collected four 500-year-old immortal herbs, six 1,000-year-old immortal herbs, and this time, two water spirit beads from Fairy Xiyue.
However, they could not hand over the first ten immortal herbs, because they had already asked someone to refine them into pills and consumed them, which led to their current level of cultivation in the Baodan realm.
The Water Spirit Pearl was handed over directly, and then it was registered in the history book of Tiangong Academy and officially confiscated.
After confessing all their crimes, Han Gao and Jiang Tong immediately kowtowed and begged:
"Master Hongqing, Prince Qin Guang, please spare our lives. We both long to become immortals, which is why we had no choice but to accept the bribe from Fairy Xiyue."
"The merits gained from being a ghost messenger are too few, and there's no time to spare for cultivation. Not only us, but other ghost messengers will accept it as well."
"Other ghost messengers collect no less than we do!"
"The law cannot punish everyone!"
Hearing Han Gao and Jiang Tong's sobbing, King Qin Guang's face turned green with anger. "Shut up! How dare you make false accusations!"
"It's not a false accusation! It's not a false accusation! Please ask Qin Guang and Wang Xiang to investigate and find out!"
Just as King Qin Guang was about to rebuke them, Fang Jian, standing beside him, said, "I will investigate what you two have said later, but you two are on trial now. Since you have both confessed your crimes, you should be punished according to Heaven's law."
Upon hearing this, King Qin Guang immediately said, "Master Hongqing, please give full authority to decide how to deal with these two people."
Fang Jian nodded. There was no need for the two ghost officials to be as serious as Wu Zhe.
"Ghost officers Han Gao and Jiang Tong accepted bribes from the immortals three times, helping them to deceive the living and judge the dead. This resulted in three mortals returning to the dead after their death. This disrupted the laws of the human world and the natural order. The laws of heaven are strict and they deserve severe punishment!"
"Han Gao and Jiang Tong will be stripped of their celestial official positions and thrown into the Eighteen Layers of Hell, where they will suffer for a thousand years. After their time is up, they will be sent to the animal realm to reincarnate for ten lifetimes before they can be reborn as humans."
As soon as Fang Jian finished his verdict, Prince Qin Guang raised his hand, pointed at the two men, and said, "Take them away! Execute the laws of heaven!"
Four ghost soldiers took orders and stepped forward, dragging Han Gao and Jiang Tong out of the first hall.
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