Chapter 351 It's Others Who Should Confess
Chapter 351 It's Others Who Should Confess
"It doesn't hurt to ask, so that you can be convinced and admit your guilt!"
The Jade Emperor sneered and said, "Humph, Wen Rui, I weigh the three realms, command all spirits, and save people without limit. I dominate the fortunes and disasters of all sentient beings in the three realms and six paths. I am the most upright existence between heaven and earth. There is nothing I cannot tell others."
Wen Rui curled his lips and said, "Great, a great ruler of the Three Realms and Six Paths, upright and aboveboard. Then may I ask, are these Three Realms yours? Is this Heavenly Palace yours? Was this Jade Emperor passed down to you by your father?"
This question stunned the Jade Emperor.
The gods in the Lingxiao Palace looked at each other in confusion, wondering why Wen Rui would ask such a question.
The Jade Emperor did not answer immediately, his face changing from gloomy to happy.
Li Jing stepped forward and scolded, "How dare you, Wen Rui, speak so rudely and disrespect His Majesty!"
"It's just a few questions. If it's yes, it's yes. If it's no, it's no. Just answer it directly. What's so disrespectful about that?"
Wen Rui glanced at Li Jing and said, "Your Majesty, in front of all the immortals, silence is also a kind of answer. You must hurry up."
The Jade Emperor was silent for a moment, and then he said solemnly, "I have been cultivating since I was young, and have endured 1,750 calamities before I could enjoy this infinite great way. How dare you, a young man who is only 500 years old, question my qualifications for this honorable position?"
Wen Rui waved his hand and said, "No, I just want to confirm one thing, that is, whether Your Majesty can disregard the principles of heaven and shamelessly act like a hooligan."
The Jade Emperor didn't understand Wen Rui's modern vocabulary, and frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"The mortal dynasty is a family empire. All land under heaven belongs to the king, and all people in the world are his subjects. Tyrants and incompetents abuse their power for their own selfish desires without any checks and balances, and behave like hooligans to their subjects. If the king wants his subjects to die, they have to die."
Wen Rui smiled and said, "If Your Majesty is like the mortal kings, and thinks that the Three Realms are your private property and all the immortals are your slaves, then there is no need for us to talk. Do you need a reason to deal with me? The fact that I stepped into the Lingxiao Palace with my left foot first is a good reason."
At this point, Wen Rui restrained his expression and said, "So, before you punish me, please tell me clearly, Jade Emperor, whether the Three Realms and Heaven are your private property, and whether we, the gods, are your slaves?"
“This…” The Jade Emperor paused for a moment before shaking his head and saying, “That’s not the case. I sit on this honorable throne, and my divine duties are to follow the laws of nature, explain the way of heaven, and govern the people on behalf of heaven. Although I am the king of all immortals, I am not the master of the three realms or the master of all immortals.”
After receiving the Jade Emperor's personal response, Wen Rui smiled, nodded with satisfaction, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The Jade Emperor has a very high status and enormous power, but his power is not infinitely high or infinite; he can be foolish but not unjust.
This means that Wen Rui can reason with the Jade Emperor, and as long as he is right, the Jade Emperor cannot wantonly commit tyrannical acts that are intolerable to heaven.
"Very good, in this case, I can confidently teach these treacherous villains who, under the instructions of some unknown mastermind, have murdered loyal officials and framed virtuous officials a lesson!"
Wen Rui bared his white teeth and looked at the four fairies Li Jing, Yue Lao, Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao with a cold look, revealing a hint of the pressure from a powerful official.
Wen Rui had experienced too many things in the past, such as being slandered by political enemies in the court.
In the Shang Dynasty court, he enjoyed fighting with the love-brained tyrant, the vixen queen, the eternal treacherous ministers Fei Zhong and You Hun. So how could he be afraid of court debates?
As for the four immortals who impeached him, although Li Jing had experience in politics, they were military generals rather than civil officials. Yue Lao, Xiao Sheng, and Cao Bao were even more remote people in the mountains before they were deified. How could they understand the essence of treacherous officials stirring up trouble?
Wen Rui first attacked the old man in red: "Yue Lao, you accused me of not supervising the female fairies in the Tianyi prison strictly and indulging in private affairs, which led to the extension of the red line and chaos in marriage, right?"
Yue Lao held up the red thread in one hand and the marriage book in the other, and said confidently: "Humph, the evidence is clear and conclusive in black and white on this marriage book! Nowadays, the mandarin duck book is in a mess, and I can hardly sort out the countless red threads extended by the female fairies of the Tianyi Supervisor!" "What a conclusive evidence, are you turning yourself in?"
Wen Rui sneered and said, "My position as the Great Emperor of Jietian is to manage the way of creation and the way of craftsmen, not the creation of humans! As long as they don't delay their weaving work, I don't care if they have worldly desires!"
As he spoke, Wen Rui threw out a jade account book and said confidently: "In the past ten years, the quality of Tianyijian's fabrics has been rising year by year, and the output has repeatedly set new records. Not only have I done nothing wrong, I should be greatly praised!"
If one has a good attitude, work will go smoothly and he will do a better job.
Wen Rui indulged the female fairies of Tianyi Supervisor and created a relaxed working atmosphere, which in turn improved the work efficiency of the fairies in Tianyi Supervisor.
"But Li Tianwang clearly said that you have been slow to deliver the battle robes of the heavenly soldiers and generals..."
Yue Lao was also stunned and said, "Isn't it because the female fairy was tempted by worldly desires and disturbed her Tao heart that she delayed the construction period and failed to deliver the goods?"
Wen Rui said sternly, "The issue of Li Jing accusing me of delivering military equipment and supplies will be explained later. But your problem, Old Deng, is very serious and must be explained first!"
Yue Lao was stunned and said, "What's wrong with this old minister? It is my duty to monitor the illegal marriages of the fairies in the heavenly palace."
Wen Rui asked, "You knew that the marriages had changed and the female fairies were in a mess, why didn't you cut the Gordian knot and sever the evil fate?"
Yue Lao shook his head and said, "If the marriage is made, the red thread has been tied, then it is destined by heaven. It is not easy to cut off the relationship rashly. I don't have the great magical power to change the fate of all living beings with one hand."
"Oh, if you can't sever the marriage fate, then what else can you do? Can you only spy on other people's marriage fate? You are such an old shameless person, aren't you afraid of getting stye?"
Wen Rui was a sharp-tongued person. A few words from him made Yue Lao blush and said angrily, "This god can tie the red thread and match the couple together, making it a match made in heaven, in accordance with the great way of the harmony of yin and yang in heaven and earth!"
Wen Rui was waiting for this sentence, and immediately seized the opportunity to say meaningfully: "Oh, then please prove yourself. The female fairies of the Tianyi Supervisor are in a mess. Are you the one who secretly interfered and messed things up?"
"I..." Yue Lao's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "I didn't play matchmaker, how can I prove it? Why do I need to prove it? Why would I play matchmaker? Don't talk nonsense."
"Isn't your motive obvious enough?"
Wen Rui sneered and said, "Is it just a coincidence that you, Li Jing, Xiao Sheng, and Cao Bao attacked me together? Did you just flip through the marriage chart on a whim? I reasonably suspect that you are in collusion and are conspiring to frame me."
"In order to frame me, you moved your fingers and messed around with the female fairy of the Heavenly Clothing Supervisor, and then cried thief and said that I failed to supervise and delayed the construction period. In order to frame me, you did everything you could. It is reasonable for you to abuse the divine power to achieve your sinister purpose."
"I now have a reasonable suspicion of you, so you need to prove how much you have in your heart. Well, among the countless red strings you have tied, how many are random, and how many are truly made in heaven?"
"You should know that there are more bad karma than good karma in the Three Realms nowadays. Even the Jade Emperor's own sister has encountered bad karma and caused chaos!"
"You have to give an explanation. Otherwise, if you continue to pimp and frame others in the future, won't you be sure to harm them all?"
Finally, Wen Rui also called out to the gods in the Lingxiao Palace: "Everyone should be on high alert. If one day you are tempted by worldly desires for no apparent reason, or a fairy is tempted by you for no apparent reason, it is very likely that this old Deng is secretly causing trouble and harming people!"
Old Man Yue was dumbfounded. He had never thought that such a huge pot would fall on his head. He said in a trembling voice: "It's not me, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"
(End of this chapter)