Hu Qingzheng blew his beard and glared at Zhou Zheng, but there was no other way, he couldn't scold him, and he couldn't do anything.

He was angry, snorted angrily, and said, "You go ahead!" ”

Zhou Zheng raised his feet and walked, his steps were neither fast nor slow.

Hu Qingzheng was behind Zhou Zheng, secretly sneered, and deliberately slowed down, wanting to learn Zhou Zheng's method just now to make Zhou Zheng ugly.

After walking a few steps, the official behind Hu Qingzheng approached and said in a low voice: "Hu Yushi, the delay will be over for a few more hours." ”

Dengwen drum is not a trivial matter, if you don't see anyone at the time of day, and you get angry on it, then you can get over it with two scoldings.

Hu Qing Zheng turned his head violently and stared viciously at the official who spoke.

The official was startled and hurriedly retreated, not daring to say more.

Hu Qingzheng was angry today, but he had nowhere to vent, he was angry for a while, but he still sped up his pace and followed Zhou Zheng, side by side with him, holding his stomach and putting on official ceremonies, as if to tell everyone that he was the leader.

The Dengwen drum was set up outside the noon gate, which was set up by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, but it was basically a formality in the back, and even had to be abolished for a time during the Xuanzong period.

Now, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is only routinely on duty, sitting for half a day.

Zhou Zheng, Hu Qingzheng and others led a group of officials to the noon gate, and after checking the Dengwen drum, they entered the noon gate and walked up to the arrow pavilion and sat down in the duty room.

Hu Qingzheng looked at Zhou Zheng coldly, took out something from his arms, turned his back to Zhou Zheng, and looked at it with relish.

Zhou Zheng didn't feel any sense of this person, took out the "Records of the Divine Sect" from his arms, leaned on the small table, and looked at himself.

Yao Tongshun looked at the behavior of the two of them, and breathed a sigh of relief, if these two really got into trouble, it would really not end well.

Zhou Zheng read the book very seriously, and he had to carefully figure out the words and sentences in it, not to mention that the Wanli Dynasty had a huge impact on the current situation, and many drawbacks were continued by various struggles at that time.

Zhou Zheng was concentrated, Hu Qingzheng turned around several times and didn't catch the evidence of his coy posture, so he couldn't help but snort coldly, and continued to carry Zhou Zheng on his back, not knowing what he was doing.

Time flew fast, and soon it was noon, Yao Tongshun approached Zhou Zheng and said in a low voice: "Zhou Yushi, should they send the food up, or go down to eat?" ”

Zhou Zheng put down the book, looked up for a while, and then said, "Send it up." ”

Hu Qingzheng reacted suddenly, took the things in his hand into his arms, stood up, snorted, glanced at Zhou Zheng lightly, and said, "This official wants to go down to eat." ”

Yao Tongshun naturally didn't say anything, and said: "Yes, Hu Yushi, please, the villain let them arrange it." ”

Hu Qingzheng squinted his eyes, held his big belly, and Shi Shiran walked out of the small room.

Zhou Zheng ignored him, the biting dog didn't bark, but people like Hu Qingzheng didn't have to worry much.

Not long after, the official brought the food up, Zhou Zheng looked at it as a simple side dish, and said to Yao Tong by the way: "You tell the brothers below to take turns to change shifts and go to dinner." ”

According to the rules, these officials could not go to eat until they left the noon gate in the afternoon.

Yao Tongshun was stunned, thought for a while, and hurriedly said, "Yes, I'll arrange it." ”

The group of officials below are also frequent visitors here, and when they heard Zhou Zheng's arrangement, they were naturally overjoyed, and shouted 'Xie Zhou Yushi', and then discussed taking turns to eat.

Zhou Zheng did casually, ate a few bites, and continued to read.

I don't know how long it took, Hu Qingzheng came in with a red face, spewing wine, and sat on the other side of Zhou Zheng, burping, trying to open his eyes, smashing his mouth, and having a retrospective expression.

Zhou Zheng ignored him and continued to look down at the book.

Hu Qingzheng glanced at Zhou Zheng and smiled, as if he was a little proud.

Zhou Zheng ignored it, took a sip of tea, and his eyes were on the book.

The bell in the palace rang several times, and when Zhou Zheng looked up again, Hu Qingzheng was already asleep, holding his stomach with both hands, snoring and snoring, and his head twitched, as if he would turn his back at any time.

Zhou Zheng shook his head and continued to read.

Knock knock knock

Suddenly, there was a burst of drumming outside the noon gate, which woke Zhou Zheng up from the book, and even startled Hu Qingzheng and woke him up from his sleep.

Yao Tongshun was also very shocked, the Dengwen drum had not sounded for many years, and this sudden sound made him a little unsure of how to react.

A servant hurriedly ran in and said to Zhou Zheng: "Zhou Yushi, it's not good, someone is drumming!" ”

The Dengwen drum is outside the noon gate, if it is beaten, it may be heard by the Qianqing Palace, not to mention the cabinet of the outer court, the six branches. And the yamen of the various ministries outside the Daming Gate may also hear it!

Even if they can't hear it, someone will tell them when the drums go on!

Because there is a rule in the Dengwen Drum: 'Hit the Dengwen Drum, and the supervision of the imperial history will be played immediately, and those who dare to sue will die.' ’

That is to say, if someone beats the drum, the superintendent of the imperial history should immediately take it into the palace to meet the emperor, and those who dare to block it will die!

What can alarm the emperor, who dares to ignore it?

Zhou Zheng and Hu Qingzheng glanced at each other, hurriedly left the small room, came to the arrow tower, and looked down.

I saw a pair of young men and women each holding a drumstick and beating the Dengwen drum desperately, and the other officials did not dare to stop them, so they surrounded them and looked up at the arrow pavilion.

Hu Qingzheng also encountered this kind of thing for the first time, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "What should I do?" ”

Zhou Zheng didn't know, and thought about it: "Let's go down first and find out what is going on." ”

Hu Qingzheng hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, let's go, no, no, no, you go first." He was obviously panicked, and he insisted on hiding behind Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng didn't bother to pay attention to him, got off the arrow tower, went out of the noon gate, and came to the Dengwen drum.

The man and woman watched Zhou Zheng and the others come over, put down the drumsticks, knelt on the ground, each holding two thick documents, and said loudly: "Please also ask Lord Yushi to be the master of the grass people, and return the innocence of my father!" ”

Beating the drum, there must be grievances, Zhou Zheng looked at the man and woman, because he raised his hands and lowered his head to see his faces clearly, but judging from the clothing, it should not be an ordinary family.

Zhou Zheng was about to step forward when he heard this, but Hu Qingzheng grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Don't take this kind of thing, otherwise it will be a big trouble." ”

Zhou Zheng suddenly woke up, this is the Dengwen drum outside the noon gate, and being able to get here is not a big deal but also an extremely tricky thing!

Zhou Zheng was not a person who was with the mud, and turned to Hu Qingzheng and said: "Now that they have beaten the Dengwen drum, what do you say?" ”

Hu Qingzheng blinked, his face cloudy.

Yes, this is Dengwen Drum, if it is beaten, it will definitely be accepted, and it is impossible to drive it away directly, otherwise they will be in big trouble, it is a capital crime!

But if you take it, it will definitely be troublesome, and if you introduce it to the palace according to the rules, then no matter how small it is, it will be a big thing.

Hu Qingzheng's face turned fierce and said, "You can take it." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't expect him to be able to take care of things, thought for a moment, and stepped forward to take the paper in the woman's hand.

As soon as he took it, the woman raised her head and looked at Zhou Zheng.

Before Zhou Zheng could speak, Hu Qingzheng suddenly sighed, his eyes widened, and he stared directly at the woman.

This woman looks like she is seventeen or eighteen years old, her facial features are cold, her skin is delicate, her eyes are like water, her nose is like jade, and her red lips are tender.

Hu Qingzheng's throat moved, and he couldn't help but step forward.