Chapter 99 Lei Zhenzi
Yang Jian's forceful interference in the Tushita Palace caused Taishang Laojun to lose face, and the subsequent impact soon became apparent.
In the past, all the immortals in heaven were afraid of Yang Jian's power as the God of Justice, and no one dared to compete with him. Even if they were resentful and dissatisfied with him, they would only curse him behind his back.
However, since that day, some gods gradually began to publicly question the fairness of the heavenly court's justice and argued endlessly with Yang Jian.
Yang Jian was well versed in the laws and rules of heaven, and was familiar with the evidence in the case. Most of the arguments ended with Yang Jian winning.
But this also made many gods smell something different, and the voices against Yang Jian gradually grew louder.
They kept a close eye on Yang Jian's every word and action, waiting for him to reveal a flaw, and then they would rush forward and tear him to pieces.
Yang Jian was not afraid at all. He fulfilled his duties conscientiously and handled everything flawlessly without leaving any loopholes for others.
Occasionally, when he seized the opportunity, he would fight back without mercy and dealt with many gods severely and severely.
This made the atmosphere in Heaven even more tense. The routine court meetings were filled with gunpowder and all kinds of verbal battles emerged one after another.
The Jade Emperor remained out of the matter, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and trying to smooth things over, allowing the two sides to fight to the death.
Li Anran was in the sky prison and he was always careful and cautious, so he was not affected at all.
On the contrary, it was because Yang Jian would send these sinful immortals to the Heavenly Prison and imprison them for a few days before punishing them that he reaped great rewards.
The only pity is that after these sinful immortals are punished, their information will disappear from the Book of Punishments.
Li Anran had to hurry up and read their life stories so as not to miss anything valuable.
In comparison, the Meishan brothers were not so lucky.
They have been with Yang Jian for so many years, performing various official duties and going to the mortal world to suppress rebellions by monsters, so it is inevitable that they will be careless in some ways.
When Yang Jian was at the height of his fame, no one dared to mention these things, and they were not considered a big deal.
Now, it was brought up by others to criticize them for acting excessively and Yang Jian for not being strict with his subordinates.
Although Yang Jian suppressed the matter, the Meishan brothers were also made to look humiliated and embarrassed.
"If you ask me, Second Master shouldn't have ascended to heaven to become this damn God of Justice. Wouldn't it be more fun for us brothers to still be like we were before in Guanjiangkou, fighting, drinking and having fun every day?"
Tianlao Palace, Guansuo Hall.
The Meishan brothers had some free time, so they came together to drink with Li Anran.
After three rounds of drinks, people started talking more without noticing.
Guo Laowu took a sip of wine, full of resentment: "Why is it like this now! I am so busy every day, I don't even have time to rest, and I don't even get a good word from others!"
"That's right!" Yao Lao San agreed deeply and said angrily: "The Jade Emperor himself doesn't care about the three realms in heaven, so why should we worry about him? Even if the rules of heaven are rotten to the core, can they still affect us brothers?"
Boss Kang was also somewhat moved by what he said: "Since the brothers all think so, when we go back later, we will go and persuade the Second Master to resign as the God of Justice, and we will go back to Guanjiangkou together to live freely."
"Great!" The third, fifth and sixth brothers were overjoyed and agreed.
Li Laosi was not happy about this and said, "Brother, we have put in so much effort and worked for so many years. Are we going to return to Guanjiangkou in disgrace just because of a few villains? If this gets out, they will think we are afraid of them!"
As soon as he said this, it was like a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of Boss the others, and the atmosphere suddenly became gloomy.
They don't care about their current power and status, but they all want to save face. It would be embarrassing to go back to Guanjiangkou like this.
Zhang Laoer said, "Brother, what Lao Si said makes sense. Even if we don't care about our reputation, we can't let Second Master become the laughing stock of the Three Realms with us, right? Even if we want to leave, we can't leave at this time, and we can't leave for this reason!"
Upon hearing this, Boss Kang and others nodded and gave up the idea of leaving Tianting and returning to Guanjiangkou.
Zhang Laoer said again: "Brother, don't worry! This matter will not be let go like this! If they can find fault with us, we can also find trouble with them!"
"How many people in this world dare to say that they are innocent and have never made any mistakes? I don't believe it and I can't find any fault with them!"
Li Laosi added coldly, "Even if they didn't make any mistakes, we can still find their disciples and report them for not disciplining them properly, so that they know the consequences of provoking us!"
The third, fifth and sixth brothers didn't think too much and just wanted to take revenge. They agreed with what he said and were eager to find trouble with the gods.
Boss Kang was a little worried and said, "Second Brother, Fourth Brother, you can't act on your own! If you want to do anything, you must discuss it with Second Master first!"
Li Anran's eyes narrowed slightly, realizing that the storm was far from over, and it could even be said that it had just begun.
However, he didn't say much.
Deep down in his heart, he hoped that Yang Jian and the Meishan brothers would leave Heaven and not get involved in this mess again.
However, as long as the Book of Punishment for Evil was there, he would never leave Heaven no matter what.
Under such circumstances, it is obviously inappropriate to persuade the Meishan brothers to leave heaven.
The Meishan brothers were so preoccupied with revenge that they had little appetite for drinking . They quickly finished their meal and immediately returned to the Temple of the God of Justice.
Li Anran didn't know how they talked to Yang Jian, but the result was that the Temple of Justice launched a large-scale counterattack.
Yang Jian adhered to some bottom lines and did not resort to means such as framing others.
However, as long as these enemies reveal even the slightest flaw, the Temple of Justice will not let them go and will pursue them all the way. If they can be sent down to the mortal world, they will never be left in heaven, and if they can be reincarnated, they will never be given a chance to live.
In just half a year, Yang Jian demoted a large number of gods, making the Heavenly Palace seem a little deserted for a while.
Such a powerful method directly stunned the gods.
When they came to their senses, they began to fight back, but with little success.
The core of the Temple of Justice is only Yang Jian, the Meishan brothers, Li Anran and a group of grass-headed gods.
From the moment Yang Jian decided to fight back, the Meishan brothers became much more cautious in their actions. They would rather do less than make mistakes, and never give others the opportunity to find fault with them.
Ever since Li Anran became the prison god, he has been doing everything strictly in accordance with the laws and regulations of heaven, and they could not find any fault with it.
So, some gods turned their attention to the Three Holy Mothers.
It turned out that the Third Holy Mother was busy with the affairs of earthly immortals all day long and worked diligently. She was deeply believed and loved by the people around Huashan, and no one could find any fault with her.
Instead, his secret investigation of the Three Holy Mothers was discovered by Yang Jian, which made Yang Jian furious, and his methods became increasingly fierce, cruel and inhumane.
It was difficult to find flaws on Yang Jian's side, but his own side was full of loopholes. From time to time, the immortals would be reported to the Jade Emperor by Yang Jian. In the mildest case, they would be reprimanded and asked to reflect on their mistakes in seclusion, while in the worst case, they would be banished to the mortal world to reincarnate and cultivate again.
Suddenly, Yang Jian's power was even greater than before, and all the civil and military officials were so overwhelmed that they could not even raise their heads.
The group of gods who were enemies of Yang Jian were naturally unwilling to accept this. Since there was no problem with Yang Jian's subordinates and his sister, they would look for the problem with his friends.
If Yang Jian showed mercy, it would mean that the Heavenly Court was injustice.
If Yang Jian remains cruel, he will also be deserted by his friends and relatives.
The first thing they thought of was Nezha.
Nezha is impulsive and irritable, and he makes both big and small mistakes all the time. It is easy to find fault with him, but considering Li Jing, he finally gave up.
Then, there is Huang Tianhua.
But considering that Huang Tianhua's father Huang Feihu is the Great Emperor Tianqi Rensheng of Mount Tai, the Eastern Peak, who is in charge of the underworld of Mount Tai and is the representative of Xuanmen in the underworld, it is also not easy to offend him.
After choosing and choosing, they finally set their sights on Lei Zhenzi!
Lei Zhenzi was one of the seven people who achieved sainthood in the flesh during the Conferred Gods Catastrophe. After the Conferred Gods Catastrophe, he chose to stay in Zhanbuzhou to protect the Zhou Dynasty from the invasion of evil spirits.
Even after the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, he did not leave Jambu Continent, but chose to play around in the world.
These are nothing, the key is that Lei Zhenzi has a bad temper and a strong character. When he encounters injustice or evil people, he will directly use thunder from the sky to kill them, leaving behind the legend of being struck by thunder from the sky in the mortal world.
Among these evil people there are also many city gods and land gods who bring disaster to the local area.
These city gods and land gods are all under the jurisdiction of the underworld of Mount Tai. Lei Zhenzi and Huang Tianhua are good friends. If he kills these evil city gods and land gods, the underworld of Mount Tai will naturally not report to the Heavenly Court.
But if these things are examined in detail, Lei Zhenzi has violated the heavenly rules by killing the gods in heaven without authorization.
If we dig deeper, we will find that Huang Tianhua and Huang Feihu were both guilty of harboring a criminal.
However, these gods were not prepared to offend Huang Feihu and his son. They only reported to the emperor that Lei Zhenzi, a wandering immortal from the lower realm, had killed the city god and the land god without authorization, which violated the heavenly rules and should be severely punished.
After the memorial was submitted, before Yang Jian could say anything, Nezha had already jumped out and said bluntly that there must be some hidden story and Lei Zhenzi must have been wronged.
Li Jing angrily rebuked Nezha in court and asked him to leave, but Nezha once again went against Li Jing's words and expressed his willingness to guarantee Lei Zhenzi with his life and property.
The gods had already guessed that this scene would happen, and they also thought that someone would use the city gods and land gods' evil deeds as an excuse.
They directly brought out the reason why Yang Jian confronted Taishang Laojun -
If everyone can carry out lynching at will, what is the meaning of the laws of nature and the Temple of Justice?
This time, the Jade Emperor decisively stood on the side of these gods and ordered Yang Jian to go down to the earth in person to capture Lei Zhenzi and bring him to justice. After interrogation, he would deal with him as appropriate.
Yang Jian had no choice but to lead Roaring Sky Dog and Grass-headed God to the Southern Continent.
Three days later, Yang Jian returned to the Heavenly Palace with Lei Zhenzi's weapon, the Wind-Thunder Golden Stick, and said that Lei Zhenzi had resisted stubbornly and had been killed by him personally, with his soul shattered.
Naturally, the gods did not believe it and accused Yang Jian of deliberately shielding Lei Zhenzi and deceiving the emperor, and asked the Jade Emperor to punish him severely.
However, Yang Jian bit Lei Zhenzi to death in his own hands, and said that if anyone saw Lei Zhenzi again in the future, he would be willing to accept any punishment from the Heavenly Court.
As a disciple of Yun Zhongzi, Lei Zhenzi's cultivation had long since broken through to the Golden Immortal realm.
Not within the Three Realms, jump out of the Five Elements!
His name is not even in the Book of Life and Death!
The only way to find his whereabouts and determine whether he is alive or dead is through the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth.
However, even the Jade Emperor does not have such a great face as to let Zhen Yuanzi consume a ginseng fruit to open the Treasure Mirror of Heaven and Earth just to find Lei Zhenzi, who had killed several city gods and land gods who had brought disaster to a certain area.
Both sides held their own opinions and argued endlessly, but neither had any substantial evidence to prove what they said.
Finally, it was the Jade Emperor who said, "I believe that the gods of justice will never bend the law for personal gain," and promised the immortals, "If you can find evidence that Lei Zhenzi is alive, I will severely punish Yang Jian," which brought the matter to an end.
Li Anran's view on this matter is the same as that of most gods.
Some people believe that Lei Zhenzi is not dead, but was hidden by Yang Jian, or he changed his appearance and identity.
Even though later there was news that Nezha and Huang Tianhua had a falling out with Yang Jian over the Lei Zhenzi incident and had a fight in the Temple of the God of Justice.
Li Anran remained unshakable, thinking that Yang Jian was most likely afraid that he would implicate Nezha and Huang Tianhua, so he deliberately distanced himself from them.
It was not until half a month later that Nezha escorted the monsters that were causing chaos in the lower world to the outside of the Heavenly Prison.
Li Anran had not seen Nezha since Li Jing forcibly took him away that day. Seeing him again this time, he was somewhat happy: "Brother Nezha."
Unexpectedly, Nezha said in a cold voice: "Prison God, you should just call me Nezha! I don't deserve to be called your brother!"
Li Anran: “???”
Li Anran was a little confused. Seeing Nezha's stern face and unwillingness to pay attention to him, he asked in a voice transmission: "What's wrong with you? Is it because of Li Jing? Or do you really believe that Lei Zhenzi was killed by the Second Master?"
"It was Yang Jian who killed him!" Nezha was not angry with Li Anran after all, and transmitted his voice: "Bing Linggong (Huang Tianhua) saw this with his own eyes!"
“This is impossible!”
Li Anran was surprised and said in a voice transmission: "Lei Zhenzi's crime is not serious, there is no need for Second Master to kill him! Moreover, they are in the Southern Continent, and there is a Nine Cauldrons Formation to restrict the magic power. Even if Second Master wants to kill him, he may not be able to do so! Nezha, is there any misunderstanding here?"
"What misunderstanding! He admitted it himself!" Nezha was so angry that he even forgot to transmit his voice and just shouted out loud.
Of course he knew what Li Anran said.
Therefore, even though Huang Tianhua said that he saw Yang Jian kill Lei Zhenzi with his own eyes, he still didn't believe it. That's why he went to the Temple of the God of Justice with Huang Tianhua to question Yang Jian.
He also wondered if Yang Jian had any compelling reasons, and sent a message to Yang Jian to confirm.
As long as Yang Jian gave him an explanation, he would be willing to believe it!
But, no!
Not only did Yang Jian not give him any explanation, but he told him to stop being childish.
It was also said that Lei Zhenzi was arrogant and resisted stubbornly. During the fight between the two, he failed to maintain his magic power and accidentally killed Lei Zhenzi.
It wasn't intentional, but I never regret it!
When he thought of this, Nezha became extremely annoyed. He threw the monster in his hand to the ground, turned around and flew away on a cloud.
