"Knock knock......" The sudden drum beat broke the silence of the Kaifeng Mansion, and made Xue Yuanpeng, the general judge who was lying on the case, tremble, and almost drew a paperwork, and after frowning and thinking about it, he suddenly reacted, this drum sound came from the drum of injustice at the yamen!

This made Xue Tongju's face even more surprised, so suddenly someone would beat the drum for no reason. You must know that in the real history, the drum of grievances outside the yamen of the state capitals and counties is not something that any people with grievances can knock on, the court has its own laws, and the government has its own rules, and such behaviors that can alarm Sili can only be sounded when there are serious criminal cases such as murder and bandits, not like in later film and television works, where a small dispute has to be beaten to the drum to voice grievances, then local officials will not be able to spare their hands to do other government affairs.

What's more, it is now the tenth day of the lunar month, and it seems that it is about to be sealed because of the New Year's Festival, and this is still the Kaifeng Mansion under the emperor, and there are countless various government affairs on weekdays, so how can it be possible to accept the people's complaints.

Just when Xue Yuanpeng put down the pen in his hand and was about to send someone outside to inquire about the situation, a messenger had hurried over: "Xue Tongju, a few people suddenly beat drums outside, saying that there is a big grievance to be reported to the government, and the meaning of the government is to be judged by you." ”

Hearing this, Xue Yuanpeng's brows furrowed more and more tightly, but he couldn't go against the will of his boss, so he nodded and said, "Then let them bring the relevant people to the official hall for questioning." "According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, the governor of a place does not have to personally intervene in the case, but it is the general judgment of his subordinates who really investigates and handles the case. Therefore, Yin Baozheng, the Kaifeng Mansion of the Renzong Dynasty, is actually not as discerning as mentioned in the story, so he can be called Qingtian by later generations, or because of his iron-faced selflessness and not afraid of the outspoken words of the powerful.

After a while, several ordinary people came to the front of the official hall under the escort of several errand soldiers, and after seeing Xue Tongju sitting upright, and feeling the powerful aura from here, these people fell to their knees with a hula, and shouted one after another: "Lord Qingtian is above, please avenge our grievances!" ”

But Xue Yuanpeng's gaze didn't stay on them much, but fell on the other young man who came in with them, because after this person came in, he was not as frightened as ordinary people saw officials, but looked relaxed, as if he went to a restaurant to eat.

After looking at the young man for a while, he patted the startled wood lightly and said, "What is your identity, why are you beating drums and harassing me outside Kaifeng Mansion?" If there is no major grievance, dare to do so, don't blame the official for being ruthless! In order not to let the latecomers follow suit, he still had to say these words.

Those people were frightened by him, and sure enough, their faces changed, showing surprise, and a few of them subconsciously turned their heads to look at the young man who was still standing calmly behind, obviously this was their backbone.

The young man did not disappoint them, and immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists and saluted: "Xue Tong's judgment is wrong, since there are people who have come here to complain, the most important thing for you to do as a court official is to ask about your grievances, not to use such words to scare us." ”

"Who are you?" The young man's words made Xue Yuanpeng realize more and more that this person was not ordinary, and asked with a solemn expression.

"In Xia Sun Tu, he is just an ordinary person who is so uneven." Sun Tu replied to the other party's scrutinizing gaze.

"You're a lawyer?"

"No, I just want to get justice for these innocent people who have grievances." Sun Tu said again: "What's more, the government has never explicitly stipulated that if you are not a lawyer, you can't help people redress their grievances. ”

Sun Tu...... Xue Yuanpeng silently recited this somewhat familiar name in his heart, and immediately remembered, wasn't the young man who made a fuss in the household yamen a few months ago called Sun Tu? This made him immediately swallow back the rebuke that had just come to his lips, because as a person in the officialdom, he already knew what kind of backer he had behind him, and he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of that household official.

As his mind turned, he suppressed his dissatisfaction and spoke again: "This official asks you and others, what grievances are there that want to beat the drum of grievances outside my Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

After Sun Tu nodded to those people, these people calmed down a little and said nonsense: "This official, I am wronged, my son was killed two years ago......

"Official, after my daughter entered the Zhang family three years ago, she has been silent, I am afraid that she has already been poisoned by them, and I ask Qingtian to avenge me......

"Officials ......"

These people each talked about their grievances, so that Xue Yuanpeng, who was sitting on it, couldn't hear it, and he patted the wood again: "Don't wait for such chaos, let's talk about them one by one!" ”

Sun Tu glanced at these obviously cowardly bitter masters, and sighed secretly before saying, "Xue Tongju, it's better to come down and explain to you the grievances they have encountered." After the other party's head, he pointed to a person and said: "This Cheng Lao Er, his wife was invited by the Zhang family to be a needlework three years ago, but she never came out again; This Wang Jia, whose daughter was a servant girl in the Zhang family, failed to come out again; There is also this Ge Si, two years ago, his family's land property was taken away by the Zhang family by means, but although he had a land deed, the government just didn't recognize it, but broke one of his legs, and almost couldn't save his life. ”

As Sun Tu appointed someone to tell him his grievances, that one looked sad and kowtowed to Xue Yuanpeng again, hoping that he could give him justice. In the blink of an eye, after all the seven or eight grievances related to human lives or property were finished, Sun Tu hugged his fists and bowed down and said: "Please also ask Xue Tong to judge that he can avenge them and give justice to the people of the world." ”

It was only at this time that Xue Yuanpeng understood a little, and squinted his eyes and looked at Sun Tu: "Sun Tu, is the criminal you are accusing of only one person?" Who is the Zhang family you are talking about? ”

"Xue Tong judged that the Zhang family we are suing is indeed a family, that is, the Zhang Bingcang family of the Hubu Langzhong who has just recently submitted his resignation to the imperial court, and they are the ones who bullied men and women outside because they are official eunuchs, causing countless innocent people's families to be ruined!" Sun Tu puffed up his chest, looked back at the other party, and said clearly word for word.

Xue Yuanpeng's face became more and more solemn, sure enough, this Sun Tu came for a purpose, in order to deal with Zhang Bingcang! Thinking of his identity attached to Tong Guan, Xue Tongju even had to guess that Tong Guan was behind all this, and this was his killing of his political enemies!

Zhang Bingcang has taken the initiative to resign because of the case of his two sons, and now Tong Guan still refuses to stop, and wants to take this opportunity to completely beat him to death, which is what Xue Tongju, who is also a civil official, cannot agree with. However, the other party took so many cases out and sent all the sufferers to him, but it made him feel that it was difficult to help him solve the siege, because if he was not careful, even he himself would be implicated.

So after being silent for a while, Xue Yuanpeng could only say with a cold face: "Although what you are telling is shocking, it is only one side of the story after all. I ask you, Is there any conclusive evidence for these things? Although these words were asked by the bitter people, his eyes were still fixed on Sun Tu's body.

The latter showed a sneering smile on his face, these officials really protect each other to the extreme, isn't it what the government should do to find evidence, why did they ask them? This is not partiality, what else is partiality?

But fortunately, he had already prepared, otherwise he would not have brought everyone to Kaifeng Mansion to beat the drum and voice the grievances!