Zhou Ting clenched his fists and veins popped out on his forehead. However, in front of Mr. Mei, he could only suppress the pain of losing his son and his anger towards Li Mu and Zhang Chun.
He didn't believe in divine punishment at all. The Way of Heaven was mysterious and the so-called divine punishment was just an excuse used by foolish people to comfort themselves.
The evil spirit incident in Yang County wasn't caused by her injustice, but by the truth. Zhou Chu's death was definitely not due to divine punishment!
His eyes were bloodshot. He looked at Mr. Mei and said, "Mr. Mei, do you also believe in divine punishment?"
Mr. Mei wasn't sure. He glanced at Li Mu and said, "No matter what, the Heavenly Thunder of Purple Cloud isn't something that can be attracted by cultivators in the Assembled God State. This has nothing to do with Li Mu. We'll only know the details after the investigation."
Many commoners and officials heard the thunder in broad daylight in the Luoyang City.
Two constables from the Ministry of Justice arrived late. When they saw the charred pit, two corpses, and Zhou Ting, whose veins were popping out on his forehead, they knew they couldn't get involved. They were about to leave when Zhou Ting suddenly said, "This case involves the Luoyang government. They should avoid arousing suspicion and hand it over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation …"
The two constables from the Ministry of Justice stopped in their tracks. Their faces fell completely.
One of the constables gritted his teeth and walked forward. He asked, "What happened here? Who killed these two?"
The two corpses on the ground were the most eye-catching things. The constables recognized them as Zhou Chu's guards. Both of them died on the street, but they didn't know where Zhou Chu went …
Li Mu said, "These two tried to assassinate me. I've killed them in front of everyone. The people around can testify."
"I can testify that these two tried to kill Constable Li. They deserved to die!"
"They did evil with Zhou Chu all day long. They should've died long ago!"
"Why didn't those thunderbolts kill them too …"
…
With the people around as witnesses, it was easy to cover up what happened to the two guards. The constables' job was to chase after criminals and bandits. Their lives were easily threatened when faced with the Heretical Cultivation of Demonic Ghosts.
In the case of a fatal crisis, they had the right to kill the villains who threatened their lives on the spot.
As a constable, he could empathize with Li Mu. He understood Li Mu's actions very well.
He skipped over this matter and asked again, "What about those thunderbolts just now?"
One of the commoners said, "Zhou Chu committed all kinds of evil and was disrespectful to the heavens. The heavens sent down a few bolts of lightning and struck him to death."
That constable was stunned on the spot. Giving Zhou Ting a glance, he said in disbelief, "Young Master Zhou was struck to death by lightning?"
The development of the matter had greatly exceeded his expectations. This was no longer a matter that the two of them could handle. The constable hurriedly said, "This case is of great importance. It must be decided by the Ministry of Justice. Those related to this case, please follow us back to the Ministry of Justice for trial …"
Li Mu wasn't directly related to Zhou Chu's death, but it was also indirectly related. Naturally, he had to make a trip to the Ministry of Justice.
Zhang Chun swallowed a pill and said, "I'll go with you. I'll also go to the Ministry of Justice to demand an explanation for Lord Zhou's palm strike just now!"
Zhou Ting's face darkened. The Minister of God's Capital, Zhang Chun, was as strong as him, but he pretended to be injured by him. How shameless …
"We'll go with Constable Li too. We'll testify for him!"
"Go to the heavens and demand justice if you can. Constable Li is innocent!"
"Everyone, let's go to the Ministry of Justice and support Constable Li!"
…
The commoners were furious. They followed Li Mu to the Ministry of Justice.
At the entrance of the Ministry of Justice, the bailiff guarding the door was scared out of his wits when he saw this scene. He thought that the people in God's Capital were rebelling and attacking the Ministry of Justice. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the people at the front were two of his colleagues from the Ministry of Justice.
"What's going on?"
"Why did you bring so many people here?"
The bailiff walked forward and said, "Quick, get the minister and the assistant minister here. Something big has happened …"
The minister and assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice were not here. The person in charge of the Ministry of Justice was the Minister of Justice.
The Minister of Justice was shocked when he heard this. "What? Zhou Chu is dead? Wasn't he sentenced to prison?"
The bailiff said, "Minister, you'll know when you go out …"
In the court of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Justice spent 15 minutes before he finally learned the truth from the commoners present.
After Zhou Chu was sentenced to exile, he threatened the family of the victim in front of Li Mu and the commoners. His attitude was extremely arrogant.
Li Mu could not tolerate this evil. He pointed to the heavens and cursed, hoping that the heavens would get rid of this evil for the people.
Then, the heavens sent down several lightning bolts and struck Zhou Chu until his soul was scattered.
If not for all the witnesses saying this, the Minister of Justice would have thought that he was listening to a story.
If the heavens really had eyes and would punish the evil of the world, then what was the use of the Ministry of Justice?
Logically speaking, with the enmity between him and Li Mu, the director of the Ministry of Justice would definitely do his best to give Li Mu an unforgettable experience in the Ministry of Justice since Li Mu had finally fallen into his hands.
But he did not dare.
The facts had already proven that the person standing in front of the court was a reckless young man who was not afraid of anything. He had just attracted the wrath of the heavens and killed an evil person. If he was angered, and he continued to point to the heavens and curse, the next person to be struck by lightning might be the Minister of Justice himself.
As the Minister of Justice, he had handed down countless cases. This was the first time he had encountered such a strange and tricky case.
It was impossible to say that Zhou Chu's death had nothing to do with Li Mu.
But to say that he had something to do with it, he had to admit that the heavens could hear his pleas and struck Zhou Chu to death according to his wishes.
In this case, what crime should he pin on Li Mu?
Hiring someone to kill someone?
Hiring the heavens to kill Zhou Chu …
The employer was caught. Should they also arrest the murderer?
The problem was — how would the Ministry of Justice arrest the heavens?
As a cultivator, he did not even dare to have such disrespectful thoughts towards the heavens. After all, not everyone had the guts of Li Mu.
The Minister of Justice looked at Zhou Ting and said, "The idea of the wrath of the heavens is ridiculous. Is there a possibility that the person who killed your son was actually a fifth level master who was hiding in the dark? He did not like Zhou Chu's actions but did not dare to act openly. So he took the opportunity when Li Mu was cursing the heavens to kill your son with the Heavenly Thunder of Purple Clouds, eliminating evil for the sake of the people …"
Zhou Ting's son had just died. The Minister of Justice originally wanted to choose his words carefully, but in the end, driven by his conscience, he said this word.
Although he had done many evil things in the past few years against his conscience, he could be considered a good person compared to Zhou Chu.
He killed an innocent person with his horse. The Zhou family had paid a great price to get Zhou Chu out of prison. But not only did he not restrain himself, he became even worse. As soon as he was released from prison, he threatened the family of the victim he killed in front of the constable of the Fairy's Capital. Was this something a human could do?
If he had a shred of humanity left, he would not have done such a thing.
It was obvious that the Zhou family had been too prominent in the Fairy's Capital in the past three years. As a result, Zhou Chu had relied on the Zhou family and was so arrogant that he had lost his humanity.
Zhou Ting's face darkened. He said, "A fifth level master is just your guess. No matter what, Li Mu is related to my son's death. How will the Ministry of Justice deal with him?"
When the Minister of Justice heard this, he was already a little angry.
The Ministry of Justice did not rely on the New Party. The Zhou family was powerful, but this was the Ministry of Justice. What right did he have to speak to him like this?
Taking a step back, how would the Ministry of Justice deal with Li Mu?
If they dealt with Li Mu, it would mean that they approved of him using the heavens to kill someone. If they dealt with the person who hired the murderer, they could not let the murderer go unpunished, right?
How would they deal with the heavens?
What kind of person would have the guts to judge the heavens?
The Minister of Justice said, "The heavenly wrath still needs to be investigated."
Zhou Ting said darkly, "The heavenly wrath is just an excuse they made up. My son's death must have something to do with him. If the Ministry of Justice takes him into custody and interrogates him, we'll definitely be able to get something out of him."
The Minister of Justice said with a cold expression, "Lord Zhou, are you teaching me how to do things?"
At this moment, Zhang Chun stepped forward and said angrily, "Lord Zhou, your son's death is unforgivable. However, as an official of the imperial court, you actually tried to kill me and the imperial court's official. How will you deal with this?"
He sat cross-legged in the court and said coldly, "If the Ministry of Justice can't give me a satisfactory explanation today, I won't leave!"
Lord Zhang, who had always been as timid as a mouse, suddenly became unyielding and dared to fall out with the Zhou family. Li Mu only needed to think for a moment to figure out Lord Zhang's motive.
Lord Zhang was determined to make a big deal out of this and achieve his goal of being transferred out of the Fairy's Capital.
At this time, he could not be left to fight alone.
Making a big deal out of this matter would be greatly beneficial to Li Mu.
As long as they were in the right, the bigger the matter, the better it would be for them. At most, they would resign and go to Mount Baiyun to live together with Liu Hanyan and Wanwan.
Li Mu stepped forward and pointed at Zhou Ting. He said sternly, "You invert right and wrong, and you can't differentiate between right and wrong. No wonder you taught such a beast. He kills people everywhere, and he doesn't repent. He's waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. Everyone knows that he's a beast. It's satisfying that he died under the heavenly wrath.
His voice was loud and clear. It spread to the ears of everyone in the court and outside the court.
The people were in high spirits, and the Psyche Power in their bodies surged. They looked at Li Mushi in the hall, and some kind of colorless emotion surged in their bodies.
Countless officials in the Ministry of Justice were stunned for a moment when they heard that. Then, they felt a surge of pride in their hearts.
Regardless of their position, to be able to say such words in front of the Zhou family, even if he was their enemy, was worthy of their respect.
This was how a man should be!
The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice walked to the entrance of the Ministry of Justice and stopped. He looked at the court and reminisced.
The Minister of Justice asked, "Assistant Minister Zhou, what's wrong?"
The assistant minister looked forward and said, "He looks like an old friend of mine."
The Minister of Justice's eyes flickered. He had been an official for many years, but he had only seen the scene in the Ministry of Justice twice.
Coincidentally, the mastermind of both incidents was here.
In the court, the muscles on Zhou Ting's face twitched and the veins on his forehead throbbed. He said sternly, "Who do you think you are? How dare you insult me!"
Li Mu looked straight at him and said coldly, "I've cursed the heavens above and the earth below. I've cursed all the injustices in the world. I'm not afraid of the heavens and earth. Who do you think you are?"
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