Jian He nodded and said, "This crime is true."
As Jian He spoke, he turned to Heidan and asked, "Xu Hongyuan, your words were vulgar and you insulted the immortal officials. Do you admit your crime?"
Upon hearing this, Heidan immediately raised his head and replied, "A real man takes responsibility for his actions. I did scold those people, and it was very satisfying."
"He admitted it." said Master Guangting.
Jian He nodded, then looked at Heidan and said, "Xu Hongyuan, since you've pleaded guilty, then according to Article 14 of the 'Heavenly Laws: Laws for Immortal Officials': Any immortal official who insults others with words or actions, thereby violating the dignity of an immortal official, will be imprisoned in Lei Ze for three months on the first offense, and will be whipped with thunder one hundred times on the second offense. A third offense will result in dismissal from office with a retained rank, no further employment within a hundred years, and a fine of one hundred years' salary."
After saying this, Jian He said to Heidan, "Since this is your first offense, I will sentence you to imprisonment in Lei Ze for three months. This is the imperial decree issued by the Ministry of Thunder for punishment."
"Wait a minute." Just when Jian He was about to issue an imperial decree to execute Heidan, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the hall.
Then, a golden figure leaped into the hall. Jian He stared intently, his expression changing slightly. He quickly stood up, walked down the steps, and bowed, "General Xiaotian Dog, how come you have time to come to my Taiyi Thunder Division?"
It turned out that the golden figure was none other than Roaring Sky Dog. After Jian He paid his respects to him, Roaring Sky Dog looked at Jian He with displeasure and said, "I heard that my brother was captured by your Thunder Tribe. I wanted to ask what crime he committed."
"Big brother." Heidan hurriedly called out to Xiaotian Dog.
Roaring Sky Dog nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother. I'm here with you. I don't think anyone would dare to wrong you."
"Uh" Jian He was stunned when he saw this scene, even Master Guangting behind him was stunned.
They had never expected that Heidan had such a relationship. Master Guangting felt his scalp tingling. To put it bluntly, he came here on behalf of the group of civil servants in Taixuan Province. Heidan was mainly scolding them, and Heidan was a military officer, so they naturally had to start with Heidan, who was easy to bully.
But no one would have expected that this "easy to bully" guy actually had such a powerful backer. He was Xiaotian Dog's younger brother, so didn't that mean he was also related to Erlang Zhenjun?
However, Jian He didn't think too much about it. From beginning to end, he did not take sides and judged the case impartially.
Jian He then explained Heidan's documents and his crimes to Xiao Tian Dog. However, Xiao Tian Dog said after hearing what he had said, "Isn't this judgment flawed? You're not even qualified to be the Prime Minister of the Taiyi Thunder Division."
Hearing Xiaotian Dog's words, Jian He became interested and asked, "General Xiaotian Dog, you said that I, the Taiyi Thunder Division's Senior Prime Minister, am unqualified and that there's something wrong with your judgment. Could you tell me why I'm unqualified? What's wrong with that?"
Roaring Sky Dog pointed at Heidan's head and asked Jian He, "What species do you think he is?"
"It's a dog." Jian He said.
He roared, "That's right. As the saying goes, a dog can't spit out ivory. How can you expect a dog to say anything good? So that document wasn't an article insulting the immortal officials. It was just a dog barking at them. Can that be called a 'sin'? Does the Heavenly Law forbid dogs from barking? Is there such a rule? Hmm?"
"This..." Jian He was embarrassed and said quickly, "General Xiaotian Dog is right. Dogs are supposed to bark. Barking does not violate the laws of heaven."
When Master Guangting heard this, he was anxious but there was nothing he could do, because Xiaotian Dog had found a loophole in the Heavenly Law, which was that there was no provision for the demon species Heidan to become an immortal as a dog demon. So it was normal for a dog to bark, right?
So Master Guangting could only watch Heidan get away with it, but he had no way to stop it, and of course he didn't want to go up and stop it.
"It's not worth it to offend True Lord Erlang for a mere fifth-rank immortal official." True Lord Guangting thought to himself.
In the end, he could only watch Heidan escape punishment and be taken away by Xiaotian Dog. Jian He even personally escorted Xiaotian Dog and the other man to the door.
"Brother, how did you know I was caught?" After leaving the Thunder Department, Heidan asked Xiaotian Dog.
Roaring Sky Dog chuckled and said, "You'll never know how powerful my master is in Heaven. My master got the news the moment the thunder soldiers who were supposed to capture you left the Thunder Department."
"Master Erlang is truly amazing," Xiaotian Dog said with admiration, "Big brother, you are so lucky to have such a master."
"Hahaha." Xiaotian Dog was very happy to hear this, and then pointed at Heidan and said, "You are also stubborn and too honest. That's not how you curse people."
Hearing this, Heidan was also a little depressed and said, "Why can't those people be arrested for slandering Master Hongqing, but I was arrested for just cursing a few times?"
"That's called being sarcastic. He didn't openly curse your uncle Hongqing, so how could you catch him? You should also learn to be sarcastic in the future, so that you won't be caught if you curse them again." He roared.
Hei Dan fell into deep thought upon hearing this. After a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Brother, I know what to do."
So one day after Heidan was sent back to Xitian Mansion by Xiaotian Dog, the document signed by "Xitian Mansion Palace Guard General Xu Hongyuan" appeared on the Four Heavenly Gates' Communicative Stele again. The content was still in support of Huaguang Treasure Cannon and refuting those immortal officials who opposed Huaguang Treasure Cannon.
Then at the end of this document, Heidan named the immortal officials who were more vehemently opposed to the Huaguang Baoqiang, and added after their names: Woof woof woof, woof woof, woof woof woof, and other dog barks in different arrangements and combinations.
When Li Ye, the Grand Historian of the Grand Xuan Province, read this barking document, he discovered that his name was also followed by a long string of barks. Li Ye said with a depressed look on his face, "I know he is scolding me, but I don't know what he is scolding me for. I can't scold him back because I can't bark. If I use my words to scold him back, I will violate the Heavenly Rules and lose the dignity of an immortal official."
On this day, the entire Heavenly Palace's communication tablets were filled with the sound of dogs barking. All the immortal officials who were named by the dogs' barking had green faces, but they were helpless.
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