“So, are you saying that I made a wrong judgement?”
If only Yun Zhi claimed that the goods sold by Bu Yu Taoist were genuine, Mo Danxin would not be entirely convinced.
But with Xu Xin’s words added, the credibility greatly increased.
Bu Yu Taoist laughed heartily, his face beaming with joy. Although it was not the Fourth Elder who came, but his good disciple Yun Zhi, it didn’t matter who it was, as long as they could rescue him: “No harm done, as long as Mr. Mo realizes his mistake, I don’t need any compensation from the court, just let me out.”
According to the laws of the dynasty, Mo Danxin represented the court. If he misjudged Bu Yu Taoist, it was equivalent to the court making a mistake, and the court needed to compensate.
Mo Danxin shook his head: “Still no, you just attempted to escape from prison. The escape was halted, but you still need to be kept in jail.”
Bu Yu Taoist: “……”
“Master, take care. I will take the junior brother back first.” Yun Zhi, seeing that her master’s grievance had been redressed and the matter resolved, felt relieved to go back.
“Wait, I haven’t gotten out yet!” Bu Yu Taoist quickly stopped Yun Zhi.
Yun Zhi bowed her hands, her words carrying a hint of respect: “Master often says, ‘It’s not about height, but the presence of immortals that matters. It’s not about depth, but the presence of dragons that matters. This is a humble room, but it’s filled with my virtue. Although the prison environment is simple, with a person like Master who is noble and proud, the prison environment will not feel simple.”
Hearing the familiar words, Bu Yu Taoist’s memory was pulled back to hundreds of years ago.
Hundreds of years ago, when Bu Yu Taoist had just taken Yun Zhi as his disciple, he was teaching and solving doubts at Tianmen Peak. Originally, there was only Bu Yu Taoist on Tianmen Peak, so the vast Tianmen Peak only had one house. When little Yun Zhi came, she also needed a house. Bu Yu Taoist, being lazy, casually built a simple wooden house.
Facing little Yun Zhi’s innocent eyes, Bu Yu Taoist patted her head, his face full of kindness:
“It’s not about height, but the presence of immortals that matters. It’s not about depth, but the presence of dragons that matters. This is a humble room, but it’s filled with my virtue. The last sentence means that a person of noble character will not feel that the house is simple. Little Yun is a good child, you won’t feel that the wooden house is simple, right?”
“Yes!” Little Yun Zhi clenched her fists and nodded vigorously.
……
Now the retribution has come.
Bu Yu Taoist watched Yun Zhi leave decisively, feeling downcast.
Before long, Lu Yang came back to the prison in a jog, which cheered Bu Yu Taoist up again.
“Good disciple, did little Yun ask you to come?”
Lu Yang nodded.
Bu Yu Taoist was excited: “Good disciple, I didn’t expect you to have formed your Golden Core, and it’s a first-grade one at that. It’s my fault for not teaching you properly before. When I get out, I will definitely guide your cultivation!”
Lu Yang scratched his head awkwardly: “Senior Sister asked me to bring food.”
“……Bringing food is fine too.”
As Lu Yang spoke, he took out a set of food boxes from his storage ring. Before even opening the lid, the fragrant smell could be smelled, which made Bu Yu Taoist, who had been practicing Inedia for several days, sniff. He recognized that this was the food from the best restaurant in Dayan County.
Then Lu Yang put the sets of food boxes at the doors of other cells. When he finally got to Bu Yu Taoist’s cell, there was none left.
“Where’s mine?” Bu Yu Taoist was dumbfounded. He was now salivating at the smell.
Lu Yang honestly said: “Senior Sister said that she heard that there are often bullying incidents in prison. She was worried that you, being old and frail, would be bullied, so she asked me to order food from Juyuan Restaurant and give it to your cellmates. This way, they won’t bully you.”
Bu Yu Taoist: “……”
The Minister of Punishments at the side nodded repeatedly. One thing subdues another, indeed. Who would have thought that the unruly Bu Yu Taoist would be subdued by his own disciple.
Well done!
After the meal delivery, Lu Yang left the prison and met up with Yun Zhi at the city gate of Dayan County.
Yun Zhi made a hooking gesture towards the sky, and a lucky cloud descended, lifting the two of them up.
Strangely, despite Yun Zhi’s actions being in full view of the public, with countless passers-by, no one paid any attention to them, as if Yun Zhi and Lu Yang did not exist.
On the lucky cloud, Lu Yang asked curiously: “Senior Sister, is the cultivation method that Master took out really the one that Daozu practiced?”
Lu Yang got the news from the Immortal Maiden, who said that this cultivation method was extraordinary and not a mundane thing.
Yun Zhi stood on the cloud, overlooking the blue sky. The sunlight shone through the clouds, forming rays of light that pierced through the clouds.
Yun Zhi withdrew her gaze and slowly said: “Considering the relationship between Daozu and Master, it should be the one that Daozu practiced.”
“The relationship between Daozu and Master?”
“Daozu and Master are close friends despite their age difference. It should be that Daozu wanted to take a destined person as his disciple, and asked Master to release the first quarter of his cultivation method. Whoever could practice the first quarter, he would take as his disciple.”
“So, Daozu hasn’t passed away or fallen, he’s still alive?”
“He’s doing very well.”
……After Yun Zhi and Lu Yang left, Mo Danxin pondered for a long time, feeling that it wasn’t quite right to keep the Minister of Justice locked up here.
It wasn’t that he was afraid of offending the Minister of Justice, but rather that the Ministry of Justice had many matters that required the Minister’s decisions. Even if he was locked up for ten days or half a month, the Ministry would be in chaos.
“I remember there should be a law that grants immunity… Found it.”
Mo Danxin found a clause in the penal code, which listed six situations where criminal responsibility would not be pursued:
One of them essentially stated that after interpretation by the Ministry of Justice, it was deemed unnecessary to pursue criminal responsibility.
Local authorities did not have the power to decide whether to pursue criminal responsibility, only the Ministry of Justice did.
Mo Danxin wrote down the situation and had someone rush it to the Ministry of Justice.
……
The second-in-command at the Ministry of Justice, the Vice Minister, soon received an inquiry from Dayan County, stating that an official in Dayan County had knowingly broken the law by openly helping a prisoner escape. However, considering the importance of this official, they requested that he be exempted from criminal responsibility.
The Vice Minister snorted coldly: “I’ve heard that this Mo Danxin is known as Mo Qingtian. Seeing him today, he’s nothing special. An official who knowingly breaks the law should be punished more severely. Where is there any talk of exemption? Ridiculous!”
“I wonder if this official has connections in the capital, or if he has given gifts to Mo Danxin.”
“Exemption requires approval from Mr. Xu. Even if I agree, Mr. Xu will not!”
“Let me see, which official has such a big face, daring to knowingly break the law… Mr. Xu?!”
The Vice Minister rubbed his eyes, recited the Purification Mantra to himself three times, and looked again at the statement from Dayan County. He thought he was still dreaming.
“I heard that Mr. Xu suddenly disappeared on his way to a banquet yesterday. So, he was in a hurry to go to jail?”
The Vice Minister’s face was strange. According to the penal code, his superior, the Minister of Justice, needed to approve the exemption from pursuing the other party’s criminal responsibility.
Mr. Xu would definitely approve.
But the problem was that Mr. Xu was the party involved in this case. According to the penal code, he needed to recuse himself and could not make a decision.
(End of Chapter)