Wu Song Enters Tribulation

Seeing that the die was cast, the county magistrate, for one, cherished Wu Song as a righteous, stalwart man; for another, he coveted Ximen Qing's property.

So he placed all the blame on Ximen Qing, the better to seize his assets.

He also praised Wu Song highly and dealt with him lightly, providing a footnote for the case and setting its nature.

The official documents he submitted likewise downplayed the serious points.

The prefect of Dongping Prefecture also took pity on Wu Song, and having accepted the county magistrate's offering, followed suit in sentencing him lightly.

He further sent someone to plead with the Ministry of Punishments. In the end, the ministry's verdict was exile to Mengzhou Prison Camp.

Throughout these days, Ling Qing merely watched without intervening.

Given the Divine Firmament Sect's current state of blazing prosperity, and his standing within it—

If he had intervened, sparing Wu Song from death would have been a small matter.

If he had even granted him an official position, then killing someone could be called enforcing the law rather than committing a crime.

From this, one could see what it meant for the character "official" to have two mouths: however they spoke of it, so it was.

Yet the demonic aura upon Wu Song was sinful karma tainted from his past life. Even if he escaped calamity today, he would not evade it in the future.

In the end, he still had to undergo a trial of tribulation and wash himself clean before it would be well.

Besides, how much was a worldly official post worth?

A hundred years later, he would be but a mound of yellow earth, and still have to pass through endless reincarnations, muddled and oblivious life after life, suffering who knew how many sins and punishments.

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