Chapter 323 The Secret of Li Mansion The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, whose real name is Li Jing, is a disciple of the Taoist master Du'e. His cultivation cannot be said to be extremely high, but it can be said that he is only slightly better than a dog. Of course, that was once upon a time. Li Jing rose to prominence during the Conferred Gods List, but his name was not listed as a true spirit. He was a saint in the flesh. After ascending to heaven, the Great Celestial Venerable valued his ability to lead troops and conferred him the title of Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Army, in charge of 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals. Of course, the 100,000 here is just a figurative number. The actual number is definitely many times more than this. As the largest violent organization in the Three Realms, it would be nonsense if Heaven only had 100,000 heavenly soldiers. However, Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of the army, only has the power to command 100,000 heavenly soldiers in normal times, and only in times of war can he have more military power. Similarly, after being deified, Li Jing’s cultivation was definitely not enough, so the Great Celestial Venerable specially bestowed Ling Xiao’s blessing. As long as Li Jing is still the god of heaven, with the blessing of Ling Xiao, he will have power comparable to that of Taiyi Jinxian. Li Jing's strength before he was deified was probably that of a true immortal. From this, it can be seen that Ling Xiao's blessing was unreasonable. It can be said that when Li Jing was in the Lingxiao Grand Review, he was able to rank second only to Marshal Tianpeng and Emperor Zhenwu in the line of military officers, and even before generals like Wang Lingguan. This was not due to his strength, but his talent.

In other words, loyalty. Li Jing is a very complicated person, not in terms of his personality, but in terms of his background. He studied under the Taoist master Du'e, but he always held a Buddhist glazed pagoda in his hand, although the pagoda was given to him by a past Buddha before he entered Buddhism. But, who can tell clearly now? What's more, the Li family's background itself is ridiculous. He has three sons, two of whom hold high positions in Buddhism, and one is a well-known evil star and killer in the Taoist heaven. My wife also got a place as the mother-in-law at the bedside. As for myself, I am a disciple of Taoism, but I show off my Buddhist stuff in public every day. I only dare to let go for a while when I am in Lingxiao Palace. So in this regard, Li Jing has been criticized a little. But Li Jing didn't want to change at all, absolutely not, because if he dared not to take the tower, except in front of the Great Heavenly Venerable, there would always be a thing called a fire spear pointed at his heart, ready to try. A certain being named Nezha didn't mind giving Li Jing a hard blow when the pagoda left his body. The kind that runs towards death. The only surprise might be that when Monkey King was in the bottomless pit, he came to the Heavenly Palace with the tablet to confront Lao Li. Lao Li forgot to take the tower, while Nezha held the sword but did not kill him. Because Monkey King was next to him at that time, Nezha knew very well that Monkey King would never allow him to kill Li Jing, because Monkey King needed Li Jing to save him from the disaster on his journey to the West. So Nezha simply didn't take any action, because it would be useless even if he did. We have to give the monkey some face. Nezha just has a strong desire to kill, but he is definitely not stupid. Li Jing also knew this, but he didn't dare to gamble at all, so his first reaction was to take the tower first and then talk. It can be said that the tower is Li Jing’s other lifeline, and it is three points more important than the one under his crotch. Now Jiang Lin was staring curiously at the glazed pagoda that was filled with many legends.

It is said that there are Buddha statues on every floor of this tower, which is the most precious treasure of Buddhism. Otherwise, it would not be able to suppress the evil Nezha who protects Buddhism for three days. Some also say that there are not Buddhas on every floor of this tower, but rather small worlds, and in each small world there are demons and monsters that Li Tianwang once wiped out and defeated. There is also a beautiful legend that the tower is full of fairies, especially female fairies, and it is Lao Li’s crystal palace. Jiang Lin was really curious about this rumor and wondered whether it was true. Of course, now is definitely not the time to ask this. "Deacon, please, this is Kunlun Mountain's Enlightenment Tea this year. If it weren't for my contribution in wiping out the monster tide in Northern Juluzhou some time ago, and if it weren't for the gift from Young Master, I would not have been able to drink such a delicacy." Tota-Bearing Heavenly King Li smiled and raised his teacup, motioning to the guest Jiang Lin. At this moment, Jiang Linzheng brought Tan Daozheng to the main hall of Li Tianwang's mansion, visiting under the banner of the Judicial Palace Deacon's Office. It was called a visit, but in fact everyone knew what was going on. To investigate the case. This matter concerns a third-rank god in heaven, so even the Hall of Justice has to treat it with caution. At this moment, Tan Daozheng was holding a notebook and a brush, writing down every word and action of Li Tianwang in detail, including Jiang Lin's, of course. This is all part of the case file. When investigating a case, you have to act like you are investigating a case. It seemed as if Li Tianwang could not see Tan Daozheng, and there seemed to be only Jiang Lin in his eyes. "It seems that I also owe a lot to the Heavenly King." Jiang Lin picked up the teacup and took a sip with a smile, praising: "Good tea, good tea, good tea!" "Hahahahaha! The butler is also a tea lover." Li Tianwang laughed and said, "If you don't like tea, you must not know the story of the Tea Saint Lu Yu." Jiang Lin smiled reservedly and said nothing. He just didn't know how to praise, so he only praised three times. Who knew he could come up with an allusion. Jiang Lin knows nothing about tea. No matter whether it is Gaomo tea or Wudao tea, they all taste the same. After tasting the tea, the next thing is naturally to get down to business. "Your Majesty, I am new to the Judicial Palace, and even this Office of Stewards is newly established, so I may have acted improperly. If I have violated any rules, please forgive me, Your Majesty." Jiang Lin spoke very seriously, which set the tone. "Deacon, you are too kind. My family is a minister of the Heavenly Court, so we must accept the supervision and questioning of the Judicial Hall. This is reasonable. Moreover, this case was filed by Li himself. Deacon came here according to the rules. How can there be any impropriety?" Li Tianwang also answered seriously. At this point, the real inquiry has just begun.

"A few days ago, the Heavenly King wrote to Ling Xiao, saying that there was something illegal going on within his family, and that he would file a complaint on his own initiative, asking Young Master to make the final decision." Jiang Lin recalled the case files of the Judicial Hall Deacon Department and asked softly, "It's just that the letter submitted by the Heavenly King did not contain any specific information, so I came to ask." That’s right, this case was filed by Li Jing himself, and the person he was suing was Li Jing himself. However, in the official document, the only sentence that said the family had committed illegal acts was that; nothing else was mentioned. "Alas, please forgive me, Deacon." Li Jing sighed and said with shame: "My family is unfortunate and has suffered a sin. I am too ashamed to be listed in the official document." "I originally wanted to wait until Young Master was free to explain it privately, so as to save some face. I never thought that Deacon Jiang would be here in the Hall of Justice." "In that case, there is nothing to hide." As he spoke, Li Jing looked at Tan Qingzheng and said, "Please record this." Jiang Lin looked at Li Jing in surprise. He thought that Li Jing said so much just to let Jiang Lin be more lenient and not record too much details. You know, after the case is solved, the files in the Hall of Justice will not be kept confidential, and by then many people will know about it. But Li Jing took the initiative to propose that everything be recorded. It's a bit strange. Is Li Jing really the kind of person who is extremely upright? This is really hard to say... Jiang Lin thought to himself, his expression unchanged, nodded, and said: "Please tell me clearly, Your Majesty, so that I can deal with it." "It's very simple." Li Jing sighed and said, "I'd like to let the deacon know that before I ascended to heaven, I had three sons, Jinzha, Muzha... and Nezha." "After ascending to the divine realm, he and his concubine gave birth to a daughter named Xiuying." "All of this is known to my colleagues in the heavenly court." Jiang Lin also nodded. Old Li is definitely not remarrying, otherwise he would not be able to get past Nezha. If he dares to marry another woman, even if she is a concubine, Nezha will severely punish her. The concubine he was referring to was Concubine Teng, who was brought out from the Yin family when he married Madam Yin when he was still a mortal. In other words, the concubine who gave birth to a daughter for Old Li could be said to be one of Mrs. Yin's dowry at the time. Even according to etiquette, Nezha has to call her aunt. After all, Lao Li was also a high-ranking official of the Shang Dynasty at that time, and the Yin family was also a descendant of the Shang Dynasty royal family. Although it was only a small clan, the ceremony of marrying a daughter would naturally be great. But what does this have to do with the case? "Could it be that the culprit is the noble lady of the Li Mansion?" Jiang Lin asked. Li Jing shook his head and said, "Although my daughter has become a little spoiled, she is not guilty of any crime." Li Jing paused and continued, "Everyone thinks that my family only has three sons and one daughter, but... in fact, I have a younger son named Chi Zha, who is the same son as Xiu Ying'er."

"It was because when he was born, Xiuying'er, who was born earlier, took away too much of his fetal energy, so he was born with congenital deficiencies and couldn't even withstand the pure and blessed energy of heaven. So he was raised in the mortal world by a certain family and entrusted to the care of the descendants of a former general." "However, after all, he was born after a family became immortal, so his congenital deficiencies are relative. He cannot withstand the pure and peaceful aura of heaven, but he has no such worries in the human world. Although he has never entered the Tao, his life span is far longer than that of ordinary people, and he also has the strength to catch tigers and lions." "Only a few people in Heaven know about this." Jiang Lin listened quietly, feeling somewhat surprised. This was indeed a secret, but that was all. After all, it was the private matter of the Li family. "Is this Chi Zha the one who committed the crime?" Jiang Lin asked again. Li Tianwang nodded helplessly and said, "Some time ago, the demons in Northern Juluzhou were rioting. A certain family received an imperial decree and went down to the mortal world to clear them out. With some selfish motives, I recognized my son Chi Zha and took him to the battlefield." "What I want is to gain some merits and be granted a divine position. With the blessing of the Heavenly Court, my son won't have to worry about not being able to withstand the immortal energy of the Heavenly Court, and he can go to heaven to reunite with his father." "Don't be afraid of being laughed at by the deacon. I have done a little bit of good things and have given my son some credit. Of course, the young master also knows about this." Li Jing spoke openly about "abusing power for personal gain", but it was not a big deal if you really looked into it. The general who went on a military expedition had the power to set up a temporary shogunate and recruit soldiers. We can only say that Lao Li is selfish, but we cannot say that he is breaking the rules. Moreover, nepotism is actually something that everyone does. Even Jiang Lin was a beneficiary of nepotism. "Originally, after returning to heaven, my son would be rewarded with a reward from heaven and free from his cage. But during this period, he had to wait in the human world. Unexpectedly, something went wrong at this juncture..." Li Jing sighed again and said, "After he learned about his life experience, he became spoiled and regarded himself as the son of a great general in heaven. He ignored the laws of the world and did some... evil things." Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin suddenly asked, "Innate deficiency... can't be made up for by the power of the Heavenly King?" It is actually not uncommon for one of the twins to take away the other's fetal energy, or even the innate qi. But when it happened to Mr. Li, it was a bit strange. It is simply nonsense that the great Marshal of the Heavenly Court's army and a third-rank great god did not give his child the ability to replenish his innate Qi in the womb. "There is some hidden secret..." Li Jing said helplessly: "My family was destined to have five sons, but Nezha took away too much fortune and took up too much karma." "If Xiuying'er and Chizha'er were not born from the same mother as Nezha, they would not have had the chance to be born." "It's also fortunate that Xiuying'er is a girl, so she has the opportunity to be born intact." "It's just that I, Chi Zhaer... Alas, I am incompetent." Jiang Lin understood that it didn’t matter who Lao Li had children with. What was important was Lao Li himself. He was destined to have five sons. But Nezha was too vicious and evil, and he took over the karma of three sons. In other words, Lao Li did some "edge operations" and had a child with his concubine, which barely circumvented the cause and effect of Nezha. But this also resulted in Li Xiuying being a girl, and although the youngest child was a boy, he also had congenital deficiencies that even the eldest Li was helpless to deal with.

"I don't know, what evil things did Chi Zha do?" Although Jiang Lin felt emotional, he would not stand on Lao Li's side to fight Nezha. After all, no matter what, Jiang Lin's relationship with Nezha was much closer than that with Lao Li. There is obviously no middle ground between Lao Li and Nezha. So, after expressing my feelings for a while, I got back to business. No matter what difficulties and privacy your Li family has, the important thing now is the case. "he……" Li Jing was a little embarrassed to speak, but he finally gritted his teeth and said: "I took possession of several women on earth and defiled their bodies, but I never married them. Instead... I was the son of a god, so I couldn't be a match for a mortal. So I took all these women away..." He didn't finish his words, but Jiang Lin already understood what was going on. His eyes suddenly turned cold, he knocked on the armrest, looked at Tan Qingzheng, and said, "It's on the record." Once these words were spoken, it meant that from this moment on, everything would be handled in a completely impartial manner. Li Jing could only shake his head helplessly. After all, he was the one who exposed this matter, and he was mentally prepared. "I guess there's more to it than that?" Jiang Lin looked up at Li Jing. It was obvious that Li Jing had not finished speaking. "besides……" Li Jing glanced at Jiang Lin, a little hesitant. "My good brother has set his sights on the throne of the mortal world. He wants to experience the thrill of being the supreme ruler of the mortal world before ascending to heaven." At this moment, a cold voice came from outside the hall. Nezha appeared at the door with a mocking smile on his face, not hiding his contempt for Li Jing. "So, he rebelled in Chixian Shenzhou, under the banner of acting on behalf of heaven, and wanted to pull down the emperor of the Great Zhou and sit on the throne himself." "Moreover, the rebellion was very successful and effective." Nezha looked at Li Jing with a smile, not caring at all about Li Jing's dark face. "And the reason why I, a good father, exposed it myself was not because I wanted to sacrifice my relatives for the sake of justice, nor was it because the law was above emotion, but because I couldn't cover it up anymore." "Xuanying, others may not know, but you should know the background of the current emperor and prime minister of Zhou." Hearing this, Jiang Lin couldn't help but look at Li Jing. If that's the case, then things will be interesting. The current emperor of Zhou is the man of destiny chosen by Ziwei, and even the prime minister of Zhou is the reincarnation of Zuo Fu Dongming Mingjun. The emperor, who has a very good family background, is himself the prime minister who is the reincarnation of a god in heaven. Rebellion against such a configuration? "It's because my second brother set up a deacon department and brought you here to be the chief officer. Otherwise, it would not be easy for you to know the truth."

Nezha sat down without any hesitation, still with that mocking smile on his face. "After all, Xuanying, you are not only from the Beiji faction, but also the agent of Ziwei Emperor and Fengdu Emperor." "So now, for my father, he must sacrifice his relatives for the greater good, and the law must be above emotion!" After saying that, Nezha looked at Li Jing, who had a gloomy face. She seemed to be looking forward to seeing how Li Jing would react after she had exposed all the whitewashing he had done. (End of this chapter)