61: Drumming

The Lei family in Jiangnan Perak Hall has a long history and profound heritage. Although because of the old-fashioned ways, it is unable to expand its territory. However, the progress is not enough, and the harvest is more than enough. In the Perak Hall, it can be said that there are many masters. Although these masters are not well-known in the rivers and lakes, the Lei family's own children have always been familiar with their abilities and deeply respected.

Just like the two brothers Lei Zhongtong and Lei Zhongtie, they practiced copper skin gong and iron bone gong respectively, and they have reached the realm of perfection. In the Lei family's internal martial arts conference, it is rare to fall out of the top ten. In the eyes of these Perak Hall disciples present, Lei Zhongtong and Lei Zhongtie brothers are almost synonymous with "invincible" and "invincible".

But no one could have imagined that the brothers Lei Zhongtong and Lei Zhongtie, who were already first-class masters on the rivers and lakes, couldn't even block a move in front of the black devil, and they were defeated on the spot, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead.

In an instant, more than 300 Thunderbolt Hall disciples above and below the city gate were stunned and inexplicably frightened. It feels like you're in a nightmare, and no matter how much you struggle, you can't get out of it.

In fact, not to mention defeating Lei Zhongtong and Lei Zhongtie, even if these two brothers are killed, it is not difficult for Cheng Li. However, the two brothers' protective skills are indeed unique, and after a punch, they only lost half of their old lives, and half of them were left to survive.

Anyway, the two brothers already had one of their arms shattered. The body is damaged, and the hard work is broken. Even if he can be saved, he will still be just a waste person for the rest of his life, and it will be difficult to do evil again. Therefore, Cheng Li will no longer rush to kill.

He retracted his fist and waved it casually, dispersing the remaining black qi and turning it into nothingness. Then he took the reins and beckoned to the horses, "Go, let's go into the city." Ignoring the two brothers who were still embedded in the city wall, they led their horses and walked away.

Those Thunderbolt Hall disciples, when they saw Cheng Li leading the horse over, their legs trembled one by one, and their morale and fighting spirit had already collapsed and disappeared without a trace. Unless they wanted to kill themselves, where would anyone dare to stay where they were and stand in the way?

Cheng Li smiled, smiled and nodded to the group of Perak Hall disciples, walked straight into the city gate, and then walked through the city gate cave and stepped on the East Gate Street of Hangzhou City. Go straight to the Hangzhou City Yamen at the end of the street.

On Dongmen Street, it was deserted. Wherever Cheng Li walked along the road, the original pedestrians on the street avoided one after another, and each got into the side streets and alleys next to the main road. However, on the roofs of the houses on the left and right, there were shadows and shadows, and people were constantly flying around. Cheng Li turned a blind eye and didn't pay attention to it at all.

On Dongmen Street, there were originally a few shops that opened their doors to do business, but when I saw Cheng Li passing by, and then on the roof of his house, there was a sound of tiles ringing. The owners and shopkeepers of those shops immediately knew that there was a good chance that they were making trouble again.

It seems that this big war is inevitable today. The fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, if your own shop was smashed, could it be that you could still find Perak Hall to compensate?

In order to minimize losses, the shopkeepers of these shops were busy closing the door panels one by one, shrinking into the shop, one by one Amitabha, one by one to save the suffering Tianzun, praying to God and worshiping the Buddha, only hoping that this big fight would not affect themselves.

Although Dongmen Street is very long, Cheng Li's pace is also fast. In a moment, he had already walked in front of the gate of the county government. In front of this gate are two stone lions, and on the left side stand a drum of grievances. If the common people have grievances, as long as they beat the drums, the county magistrate will immediately be promoted to the court to ask the case, and there will be no delay.

On the right side of the gate, there is a very tall sign. Whenever there is any news from the government that wants to be announced to the people of the whole city, a notice will be posted here and widely announced. There are also special scribes in the yamen, who are responsible for explaining the content of the notices. It is convenient for those who are illiterate to know what the notice is talking about.

Cheng Li let go of the reins, stepped forward, and walked towards the drum of grievances. In front of the gate of the county government, there were originally four officials holding water and fire sticks. Seeing Cheng Li coming over, he was stunned at first, and then he was shocked.

The Lei family of Perak Hall has been located in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and Hangzhou is its base camp. Over the past 100 years, its strength has penetrated into every corner of Hangzhou. Within this county ya, except for the county lord and the master, who are outsiders, all the other members, either surnamed Lei, or related to the surname Lei, in short, belong to the family.

The Lei family set up checkpoints, blocked the whole city, and openly searched for Cheng Li and others. At the same time, he also drew shadow graphics, painted the physiognomy of Cheng Li, Xiaoqing, Huang Lei, Jian Dongshen and others on paper, and distributed them to people everywhere, so that they could identify the physiognomy of Cheng Li and others.

The painter who holds the pen really has a good hand. Although he did not see Cheng Li and others with his own eyes, he was still able to depict the physical characteristics of Cheng Li and others as at least seven points similar based on oral accounts alone. Therefore, whether it is the children of the Perak Hall who set up a card at the city gate to check before, or these officials in front of the Yamen gate now, they can tell at a glance that this beautiful young man like Zhilan Yushu in front of him is Cheng Li.

At the moment of the great enemy, these officials panicked, trembling one by one, and did not know what to do. You must know that the twelve stars of the Lei family have all folded in the hands of this black demon, and they, the ordinary children of the Lei family, are not born with bear hearts and leopard gall, where do they dare to step forward and send them to death?

Cheng Li didn't pay attention to those officials, walked straight to the drum, picked up the drumstick, and struck the big drum.

"Knock knock~~knock knock~~knock knock~~"

The drums beat in all directions. In a moment, everyone inside and outside the entire yamen could hear it clearly. The officials stared at each other, not knowing what to do.

According to the rules of the yamen, if someone beats the drum of injustice, those of them who are officials should come forward to inquire, and then bring the person into the public court and ask the county magistrate to come out and ask the case.

Of course, rules are rules, and reality is reality. As the saying goes, the yamen is open, and there is no reason to come in without money. So usually if someone comes over to complain, just beat a few drums, and don't even think about seeing the county lord. I have to give each of these officials in front of the gate a rich red envelope.

If you don't give red envelopes, but insist on going in to see the county master, the water and fire sticks in the hands of the officials are not vegetarians, and they will definitely beat the people out of the mess.

But now it's the Black Demon who is beating the drum. These officials prayed to God and worshiped the Buddha, hoping that this demon would not provoke him, and where would they dare to come forward to extort them?

Cheng Li didn't care, he just took the drumstick and beat the drum surface unhurriedly, and the sound of the drum beat continued. It lasted for a whole cup of tea, and finally someone couldn't help it.

I saw a figure walking out of the yamen quickly, and shouted sharply: "Who is so bold as to dare to make noise here?" Without waiting for an answer, he turned his head and lectured the officials: "How many of you, are you all eating dry rice?

The officials lowered their heads and said in unison, "See Lord County." In his heart, he slandered: "You are also surnamed Lei, can't you see the appearance of this evil star, and don't know who he is? ”

That person is the county magistrate of Hangzhou City, and he is also a member of the Lei family, named Lei Heng. He taught the servants a few words, and when he saw that everyone was pretending to be dead dogs, he had no choice but to turn around and scold: "Who are you? It is a big sin to beat the drum indiscriminately, do you know?"

Cheng Li put down the drumstick and said calmly: "This is a drum of injustice." Since I am beating the drum, of course I am going to complain. I also asked this lord to take me in and meet the county magistrate to redress my grievances. ”

The county's face was ugly, as if it was covered with pot ash. Reluctantly asked: "Who is your surname, who is you, and what grievances do you want to reveal?"

Cheng Li said lightly: "I'm Cheng Li." Today I am going to report to the Lei family in Perak Hall, planting blame, plotting to frame me, and even intending to kill people and steal the treasure I carry. Please ask the county magistrate to make the decision for me. Clearing the Lei family and returning the people of the world to a blue sky and a bright day. ”