Chapter 288

"In that case, did I judge wrongly?"

If only Miss Yun Zhi had said that what Master Daoist Bu Yu sold was the real thing, Mo Danxin wouldn't have found it very credible.

But with Minister Xu's words added, the credibility was greatly increased.

Master Daoist Bu Yu laughed heartily, beaming with joy. Although it wasn't the Fourth Elder who came but his good disciple Miss Yun Zhi, no matter who came, as long as they could save him: "No matter, no matter. It's good that Mo knows he judged wrongly. I don't want any compensation from the imperial court; just let me out."

According to the laws of this dynasty, Mo Danxin represents the imperial court. If he judges Master Daoist Bu Yu wrongly, it is equivalent to the imperial court making a mistake, and the imperial court needs to pay compensation.

Mo Danxin shook his head: "That still won't do. You just attempted to escape from prison. The escape was aborted, so you still need to be locked up in the cell."

Master Daoist Bu Yu: "..."

"Then take care, Master. I will take Little Junior Brother back first." Seeing that Master's grievance had been cleared and the matter resolved, Miss Yun Zhi could return with peace of mind.

"No, wait a moment! I haven't gotten out yet!" Master Daoist Bu Yu hurriedly called out to stop Miss Yun Zhi.

Miss Yun Zhi cupped her hands, her words carrying a trace of respect: "Master often says, it is not the height that makes a mountain famous, but the immortal who dwells there. It is not the depth that makes a river spiritual, but the dragon that resides there. This is a humble dwelling, but my virtue makes it fragrant. Although the prison environment is simple, with a noble and lofty person like Master, the environment of this cell will not feel simple."

Hearing the familiar words, Master Daoist Bu Yu's memory was pulled back to hundreds of years ago.

Hundreds of years ago, Master Daoist Bu Yu had just taken Miss Yun Zhi as his disciple and was preaching and teaching at Tianmen Peak. Originally, only Master Daoist Bu Yu was on Tianmen Peak, so the vast Tianmen Peak had only one house. After little Miss Yun Zhi arrived, she also needed a house. Master Daoist Bu Yu was lazy and casually built a simple small wooden house.

Facing little Miss Yun Zhi's ignorant eyes, Master Daoist Bu Yu patted little Miss Yun Zhi's head with a kind face:

"It is not the height that makes a mountain famous, but the immortal who dwells there. It is not the depth that makes a river spiritual, but the dragon that resides there. This is a humble dwelling, but my virtue makes it fragrant. The last sentence means that a person with noble character will not feel the house is simple. Little Yun is a good child, so you won't feel the small wooden house is simple, right?"

"Yes!" Little Miss Yun Zhi clenched her fists and nodded vigorously.

Now the retribution had come.

Master Daoist Bu Yu watched with longing as the resolute Miss Yun Zhi left, feeling dejected.

Before long, Lu Yang trotted back to the prison, making Master Daoist Bu Yu cheer up again.

"Good disciple, did Little Yun call you here?"

Lu Yang nodded.

Master Daoist Bu Yu cheered: "Good disciple, I didn't expect you to have reached the Core Formation stage, and a first-grade core at that. It was my fault for not educating you well before. After I get out, I must guide your cultivation!"

Lu Yang scratched his head awkwardly: "Eldest Senior Sister told me to deliver food."

"... Delivering food is fine too."

As Lu Yang spoke, he took out sets of food boxes from his storage ring. Before opening the lids, one could smell the fragrance, which made Master Daoist Bu Yu, who had been fasting for days, twitch his nose. He could smell that this was food from the best restaurant in Yan County.

Then Lu Yang placed the sets of food boxes at the doors of other cells. After placing them once, he ran out just as he reached Master Daoist Bu Yu's cell.

"What about mine?" Master Daoist Bu Yu was dumbfounded. He was now drooling from the smell of the fragrance.

Lu Yang said honestly: "Eldest Senior Sister said she heard that bullying is common in prison. She was worried that you were old and frail and would be bullied, so she had me order food from Juyuan Restaurant and give it to your cellmates so they wouldn't bully you."

Master Daoist Bu Yu: "..."

The Minister of Justice on the side nodded frequently. One thing subdues another, indeed. Who would have thought that the lawless Master Daoist Bu Yu would be subdued by his own disciple?

Well done!

After the meal delivery, Lu Yang left the prison and met up with Miss Yun Zhi at the gate of Yan County.

Miss Yun Zhi beckoned to the sky, and a cloud of auspiciousness descended, lifting the two of them.

Strangely, although Miss Yun Zhi did this in full view of everyone, with countless pedestrians coming and going, no one paid any attention to this place, as if Miss Yun Zhi and Lu Yang did not exist.

On the auspicious cloud, Lu Yang asked curiously: "Eldest Senior Sister, is the technique Master took out really the one practiced by the Thief Ancestor?"

Lu Yang learned the news from the Decayed Fairy, who said that this technique was extraordinary and not a mundane object.

Miss Yun Zhi stood on the clouds, overlooking the blue sky. Sunlight shone through the clouds, forming rays of light that pierced through them.

Miss Yun Zhi withdrew her gaze and said slowly: "Considering the relationship between the Thief Ancestor and Master, it should be the one practiced by the Thief Ancestor."

"The relationship between the Thief Ancestor and Master?"

"The Thief Ancestor and Master are friends across generations. It should be that the Thief Ancestor wanted to take a predestined person as a disciple and asked Master to release the first quarter of his technique. If anyone could practice the first quarter, he would take them as a disciple."

"So the Thief Ancestor didn't pass away or fall? He is still alive?"

"He is living very well."

After Miss Yun Zhi and Lu Yang left, Mo Danxin pondered for a long time and felt that locking the Minister of Justice here was not very good.

He was not afraid of offending the Minister of Justice, but the Ministry of Justice had many matters that required the Minister's decision. Even if he were locked up for ten days or half a month, the Ministry of Justice would be in chaos.

"I remember there should be a legal clause for exemption... Found it."

Mo Danxin flipped to one of the articles of the criminal law, which listed six situations where criminal responsibility would not be pursued:

One of the clauses roughly meant that after interpretation by the Ministry of Justice, it was deemed unnecessary to pursue criminal responsibility.

The local government had no power to decide whether criminal responsibility needed to be pursued; only the Ministry of Justice had that power.

Mo Danxin wrote down the situation clearly and asked someone to send it to the Ministry of Justice at top speed.

The second-in-command of the Ministry of Justice, the Vice Minister of Justice, soon received the inquiry from Yan County, saying that an official in Yan County had knowingly broken the law and openly helped a prisoner escape, but considering the importance of this official, they requested an exemption from criminal responsibility.

The Vice Minister of Justice snorted coldly: "I heard that this Mo Danxin is called Mo Qingtian, but seeing him today, he is nothing more than this. An official knowingly breaking the law should be punished more severely; how can there be any talk of exemption? It's ridiculous!"

"I don't know if this official has connections in the Imperial City or if he sent gifts to Mo Danxin."

"Exemption requires approval from Minister Xu. Even if I agree, Minister Xu won't!"

"Let me see which official has such a big face to dare to knowingly break the law... Minister Xu?!"

The Vice Minister of Justice rubbed his eyes, applied the Cleansing Heart Mantra to himself three times, and read the statement from Yan County again, thinking he hadn't woken up yet.

"I heard Minister Xu suddenly disappeared during a banquet yesterday. So he rushed to go to jail?"

The Vice Minister of Justice had a strange expression. According to the criminal law, he needed the approval of his superior, the Minister of Justice, to exempt the other party from criminal responsibility.

Minister Xu would definitely approve.

But the problem was that Minister Xu was the party involved in this case, and according to the criminal law, he needed to recuse himself and could not make a decision.

(End of chapter)