OBS Chapter 414: Accepting trial, the world is paying attention
Chapter 414: Accepting trial, the world is paying attention
In the Sui River.
Zen Master Xuji collected the ginkgo leaves.
Suddenly the River Styx disappeared, and Zen Master Xu Ji returned to the Sui River again.
Then, Zen Master Xu Ji leaped and flew towards the place where Wang San encountered the fish monster that day.
In the Sui River here, he indeed sensed the lingering breath of the fish monster.
Zen Master Xuji returned to the palace and continued to collect the breath of the fish monster.
After he collected several breaths of fish monster, he saw them gather together. The originally thin and vague breath of fish monster suddenly became condensed and clear.
Zen Master Xu Ji took the fish monster's aura and found Zuo Jurong and said, "Mr. Zuo, please help me calculate the location of this fish monster."
Zuo Jurong is good at divination and deduction, so it would be right for him to find Zuo Jurong for matters in this regard.
"Hey, Master Xuji, why should I help you?"
Zuo Jurong smiled.
"If you help me, I can help you once if you encounter any problem in the future."
Zen Master Xuji said.
Zuo Jurong originally wanted to refuse, but after some thought he decided to agree.
He really couldn't guarantee whether he would have the chance to ask Zen Master Xuji for help in the future.
Zuo Jurong got the fish monster's breath and calculated its location half an hour later.
The fish monster is in a small lake beside the Sui River.
Zen Master Xuji quickly rushed to the small lake: "Fish monster."
After a while, a fish emerged from the Sui River: "It's you!"
"You fish monster, why do you want to do evil?"
Zen Master Xu Ji said: "It's fine that you harmed Wang San, but Wang San's concubine and Yang Xiuxiu's family were all innocent, and they all died because of you."
The fish demon said, "Master Xuji, I just killed a few ordinary people. How many people have you killed in the Vajra Temple and even in the Misty Forbidden Zone over the years? Compared with you, what I did is just a drop in the bucket."
Zen Master Xu Ji said calmly: "In the matter of overthrowing the world, killing is inevitable. Without bloodshed, there will be no eternal peace.
But Qingzhou is already a place where the regime has been successfully overthrown, so there must naturally be a stable order here.
All intelligent creatures here, whether human or demon, should be protected as long as they abide by the law.
Including you, if it weren't for the laws of Qingzhou, you wouldn't be alive today and would have been slaughtered long ago."
Hearing this, the fish demon's eyes rolled: "Hahaha, so you can't kill me? Otherwise, you are violating the law you said."
"I can't kill you without permission."
Zen Master Xu Ji said: "But you violated the laws of Qingzhou, so you should be punished. I will capture you and hand you over to Nanling City for trial. The laws of Nanling City will determine your crime and punishment."
"what?"
The fish demon was furious. "You actually want to hand me over to some petty officials for public trial. There is a saying among humans that a gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. Master Xuji, please don't go too far."
"It's not up to you."
Zen Master Xuji said.
If this matter is not handled properly, it will be a huge crisis for him and he may lose face in front of the Lord of the Mist.
But crisis is opportunity.
If handled well, he could potentially turn the crisis into a great opportunity, demonstrating to the Lord of the Mists the great usefulness of walking.
When he learned about this incident, Zen Master Xu Ji thought about it for a long time and thought a lot.
Finally he found a breakthrough to solve the problem.
Because of the existence of the foggy restricted area and the fact that it is Li Qianjue's base camp, Qingzhou has been considered a place of long-term stability since three years ago.
Before Li Qianjue started his rebellion, he was called "the Great Lord of Qingtian" by the people of Qingzhou.
Therefore, the most important thing for Qingzhou now is stable order and laws.
Only when Qingzhou is peaceful and stable, with better order than other states of Daxia and stricter laws, will Li Qianjue's army win the support of the people and become a "royal army."
Therefore, Zen Master Xuji found a breakthrough by focusing on "order" and "law".
How can we make people all over the world realize as quickly as possible that Qingzhou's laws are fair and strict?
This is nothing more than letting a big demon be tried by the government for murder.
Normally, when a demon kills a person, the demon is either allowed to go unpunished or is simply killed.
There has never been a case of demons being put on trial.
By then, this matter will fall into the eyes of the demons. That is, Qingzhou will not kill indiscriminately. Even if the demons kill people, they will not be killed arbitrarily in Qingzhou, but will be judged in a fair way.
In the eyes of humans, even if a big demon kills someone in Qingzhou, he still has to be judged.
Even Zen Master Xuji found it hard to imagine how much merit he would gain if he could accomplish this task.
It is for this reason that Zen Master Xuji would never give the fish monster a chance to choose.
Moreover, in this matter, it is best to let the fish monster cooperate honestly, so that the effect will be better.
Immediately, Master Xu Ji said patiently: "Fish demon, you have finally obtained the opportunity and have the current cultivation level. I don't think you want to continue to live in this muddleheaded way, right?"
"What do you mean?"
The fish demon looked at him warily.
"Cooperate with me and accept the trial."
Zen Master Xuji said: "I can't explain this matter to you in detail, I can only tell you that this matter contains great merit.
Then you will get a part of it too.
You have been in Qingzhou for such a long time, you must have some understanding of this place, and you should know the importance of merit, right?"
"This……"
The fish demon hesitated for a moment.
He certainly knows the importance of merit.
The previous temple priest Zuo Jurong was promoted to a priest because of his great merits.
"With merit, you will be noticed by the Mist Forbidden Zone."
Zen Master Xu Ji said, "If you use this merit to exchange for a job in the Misty Forbidden Zone, it would be a stable job on the path of cultivation, just like me and those temple priests. Wouldn't you be tempted?"
The fish demon was obviously moved, but he didn't trust Master Xuji very much: "Are you kidding me?"
"If I deceive you about this matter, I will be entangled in karma and will never be able to achieve enlightenment."
For this great merit and opportunity, Zen Master Xuji did not hesitate to swear a solemn oath.
After weighing the pros and cons between dignity and merit, the fish demon decided to choose the latter.
After all, dignity is only temporary, but merit is related to future prospects.
After hearing his oath, the fish demon finally believed it.
"Then tell me first, what are the consequences of my accepting the trial?"
The fish demon said: "You won't execute me, but I can't agree to that."
"Have you ever taken the initiative to kill someone?"
Zen Master Xuji said.
"No."
The fish demon said: "I was just trying to scare them. I didn't kill any of them. As for Yang Xiuxiu and the concubine, I was just controlling them temporarily.
Wang San was frightened to death, and Yang Xiuxiu's family and the concubine were killed by the Hu family."
"Then don't worry, you won't be sentenced to death."
Zen Master Xu Ji said: "The specific situation will depend on how the officials of the government decide."
three days later.
There was a crowd of people at the gate of Nanling City Government Office.
The population of the entire Nanling City is more than 50% more than usual.
Not only humans, but also monsters.
Many people and monsters came from other surrounding cities.
Because today, something unprecedented will happen in Nanling City.
A great demon at the Mahayana level was actually going to be tried in the government office of Nanling City.
Today, the lord of Nanling City is Wen Yuchao.
In order to maximize the effect, he simply moved the trial hall to the street square outside the government office.
There were huge crowds of people and monsters surging around.
There were tens of thousands of lives gathered in the square, and hundreds of thousands of lives around it.
Countless cultivators and major forces are paying attention to this matter.
A quarter of an hour later.
Both the plaintiff and the defendant appear.
The plaintiff is Yang Xiuxiu's younger brother, Yang Chengye, the only living member of the Yang family.
The defendants were the fish demon and the girl from the Hu family.
The temporary yamen set up in the square became solemn and dignified for a moment.
Wen Yuchao sat behind the desk, wearing official uniform and a black gauze hat, with a serious face and bright eyes.
On the desk in front of him were placed the order stick, the gavel, as well as writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
On both sides of the hall, the yamen runners stood majestically, holding sticks.
"Ascension to the Hall."
Wen Yuchao announced.
The yamen runners immediately shouted in unison: "Mighty——".
The sound echoed in the square, inspiring awe.
"Lord City Lord, please make the decision for me and my Yang family."
Yang Chengye said sadly and angrily.
"How dare you, a lowly person like you, sue me?"
The Hu girl started cursing.
She is Wang San's wife. She is usually arrogant and domineering. How could she not be angry when she was humiliated today?
Wen Yuchao slammed the gavel and shouted, "Silence! Plaintiff, tell me the truth about your grievance."
Yang Chengye kowtowed and said with tears in his eyes: "That Wang Sanqiang wanted to marry my sister, but my sister and father disagreed. As a result, my father was beaten and my sister was forcibly taken away.
After that, the fish demon disguised herself as Wang San's sister to scare him.
Wang San was frightened to death, and as a result, Hu Shi took her anger out on my Yang family and wiped out my entire Yang family. I was lucky enough not to be at home that day, so I escaped the disaster..."
He narrated the whole story in detail.
County Magistrate Wen Yuchao turned to the Hu family daughter and the fish demon and said sternly, "Defendants, what do you have to say about what the plaintiff said?"
The Hu girl hesitated and tried to argue, "It's a false accusation. Lord Mayor, my father is Hu Ping, the owner of the Hu's Trading Company, and he had a drink with you not long ago.
My uncle is Hu Yue, the chief clerk of the City Lord’s Mansion..."
Wen Yuchao's eyes became fierce when he heard this, and he slammed the gavel again: "You are such a rude and unruly person, and you still dare to speak so flatteringly here. Someone, call Hu Yue to the court."
The chief clerk Hu Yue was brought in.
"Uncle, save me."
The Hu girl felt like she had seen a savior.
Hu Yue glared at her fiercely, then said to Wen Yuchao, "Lord City Lord, I failed to discipline the Hu family and allowed them to do such evil things. I plead guilty."
He knew that once he confessed, the Hu family would surely fall into poverty.
But he had no choice.
Li Qianjue and even the Misty Forbidden Zone are keeping an eye on this matter. If he does not plead guilty, what may await the Hu family is not desolation, but destruction.
Mrs. Hu was shocked. She couldn't understand why her uncle would plead guilty.
But no one paid attention to her.
All the creatures around were staring at the fish monster.
Compared to the Hu girl, the reason why people gathered here was undoubtedly because of the fish monster.
They wanted to see how Nanling City judged the fish monster.