It turns out that the City God of Yuzhou Prefecture was not awarded the title after his death based on his merits during his lifetime, but was promoted to the position as a monk.
This person's name was Xiao Yun, and he was originally a Taoist priest at the Xishan Wanshou Palace, which enshrined Xu Xun, one of the Four Heavenly Masters.
Xiao Yun was born with a romantic and handsome appearance and extraordinary talent. After entering Wanshou Palace, he was deeply loved by the master of the temple and was accepted as his disciple.
But his worst flaw was his excessive romanticism. A hundred years ago, he fell in love with Ao Ling, the Dragon Girl of Chaohu Dragon Palace, who was out for a stroll. They secretly got engaged, violating the strict rules of the Wanshou Palace.
This matter could not be covered up. Even though the abbot of Wanshou Palace, Master Mingqing, liked Xiao Yun, he had to expel him from the sect in order to maintain the sect rules.
But secretly, Master Mingqing was still working hard for Xiao Yun, and even went to Chaohu Dragon Palace in person to arrange a marriage between the eldest dragon girl Ao Ling and Xiao Yun.
However, not long after this marriage was decided, Xiao Yun learned from a dragon son of the Qiantang River Dragon Palace that Ao Ling, the eldest dragon girl of the Chaohu Dragon Palace, was also a playboy.
She once had a hint of ambiguity with many elegant scholars and poets in the mortal world, and even had many secret love affairs with some monks in the world.
The dragon son of the Qiantang River Dragon Palace told Xiao Yun that if it weren't for these experiences, this dragon girl Ao Ling would have been married off long ago. How could it be the turn of a little Taoist priest like you in the Wanshou Palace?
Originally, everyone in the southern dragon clan knew very well about Ao Ling, and Xiao Yun's qualifications and appearance were indeed good, so the Chaohu Dragon King and the Dragon Mother also looked up to him.
But after Xiao Yun knew about this, he regretted the engagement. Master Mingqing also felt that it was unreliable, so he just threw away his old face and abandoned the engagement. He directly used his connections in Nantian Mansion to recommend Xiao Yun as the City God of Yuzhou Prefecture.
In this way, even if there is an engagement and the constraints of the heavenly rules, Chaohu Dragon Palace will not dare to do anything too extreme except to make trouble from time to time and cause trouble for Xiao Yun.
After all, Xiao Yun is now a fifth-rank immortal official in the Heavenly Court. He understands the Heavenly Rules so clearly just to protect himself.
But from his memory, the dragon girl Ao Ling was serious this time. She really fell in love with Xiao Yun. For this reason, in the past hundred years, except for coming to Yanliu City to find Xiao Yun, she had never had any contact with anyone outside the Chaohu Dragon Palace.
Now Xiao Yun also began to regret it. Even though Ao Ling had some romantic past, to be honest, as a dragon girl, especially a dragon girl with the cultivation level of a Xuanxian, Ao Ling's appearance can be said to be stunningly beautiful, so beautiful that she could make fish sink to the bottom of their chests, geese fall to the ground, and the moon hide in shame.
Not to mention that she was a Xuanxian herself, and had the support of Chaohu Dragon Palace and Hedu Lingyuan King. Especially since she loved him so much, having kept that broken engagement for a hundred years, with such infatuation, what man could not be moved?
So over the years, no matter how the people from Chaohu Dragon Palace came to Yanliu City to make trouble, Xiao Yun turned a blind eye, and he also had his own plans.
As long as Chaohu Dragon Palace could give him a little way out, he would immediately resign from his fifth-rank immortal position, go to fulfill his engagement, and marry Ao Ling.
So, after reading Xiao Yun's memories, Fang Jian was furious. He raised his hand and slammed his fist on the jade table, shouting at Xiao Yun, who was gradually regaining consciousness below, "You, the City God of a prefecture and a fifth-rank immortal official in the Heavenly Court, are you going to let you flirt with me and play with me?! Where do you put the millions of people in this prefecture?!"
After saying this, Fang Jian waved his hand and said to the ten thunder soldiers below, "Capture this bastard and all the Yin spirits of the City God Temple. Take them to the Thunder Department for trial immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" Upon hearing this, the ten thunder soldiers immediately nodded in response.
"Master Hongqing, please forgive me!"
"We are wronged!"
"Master Hongqing...we are wronged..."
Those judges, underworld gods, underworld ghost generals, and underworld messengers all knelt down and cried out for justice, but what answered them was the Thunder Department's chains that were bursting with lightning and thunder!
City God Xiao Yun was terrified. As the chains wrapped around his body, he shouted, "Master Hongqing, please spare my life. I know I was wrong and I am willing to plead guilty!"
But Fang Jian didn't listen to his explanation or confession at all. He simply raised his hand and waved it. General Lei led ten thunder soldiers and swept away all the immortal officials and priests in the City God Temple of Yuzhou Prefecture. After taking them all out, they flew towards the Heaven on thunderclouds.
Fang Jian followed closely behind. After spending an incense stick of time, everyone entered the South Heaven Gate and went straight to the Taiyi Thunder Department of the Thunder Department.
Jian He, the Prime Minister of the Taiyi Thunder Division, immediately went to the court. Dozens of people from the City God Temple of Yuzhou Prefecture, led by Xiao Yun, were taken in. They stood in the hall trembling with fear, wearing thunder chains and shackles.
Fang Jian sat in the hall, took out Xiao Yun's memory and placed it on Jian He's desk, then said, "The evidence is conclusive."
Jian He nodded slightly, then raised his eyes. The thunder soldiers standing on both sides immediately stepped forward, raised their thunder sticks as thick as thighs, and hit Xiao Yun and others.
There were a few loud "bangs" and Xiao Yun and others were immediately knocked to the ground, screaming in pain.
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