"Uncle Wu, that's the way it is, what is the judge of Kaifeng Mansion doing, why hasn't he made a verdict for a long time?" When Lu Wu came back that day, Li Zhang immediately found him and told him about the case that the Jin family had sued the Xu family, and Lu Wu often disappeared during this time, and the Jin family's case was evidence, so Li Zhang did not trouble Lu Wu.

"Since you handed over this case, Kaifeng Mansion has not sent anyone to call the mother and daughter of the Jin family to pass the court?" Jin Shan asked with a frown.

"Still going through the hall?" Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard this, he was not familiar with the trial process of the Kaifeng Mansion, so he was also stunned when he heard this.

"Nonsense, of course, you have to go through the court, the general murder case is a lawsuit, and the yamen does not dare to take it lightly, generally speaking, after the criminal is arrested, the plaintiff must be summoned to confront the court, and then the trial process will be recorded, and finally there must be physical evidence, in addition to the testimony and drawing of witnesses, these need to go through the court, and generally have to go through at least three times before the case can be decided." Lu Wu immediately said with some annoyance, the Jin family's case has been handed over for so long, but it has not yet passed the court, there must be something greasy in it.

"I didn't expect Kaifeng Mansion to be so dark, I'll look for them!" Li Zhang immediately said angrily, such a simple case, he thought it would be easy to adjudicate, but he didn't expect the case to be handed over like a mud cow into the sea, there was not even a little news, you can know without asking, there must be someone behind this.

"What are you going to do? Stay at home, or I'll check it out! Lu Wu grabbed Li Zhang at this time and said, don't look at Li Zhang is the emperor's cousin, but in fact, he is just a powerless relative, as for his official position as the commander of the battalion, first, it has not been made public, and second, even if it is publicly revealed, the Kaifeng Mansion will not be taken into account.

"Uncle Wu......" Li Zhang still wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Wu waving his hand, and then turned around and went out, in his eyes, Li Zhang is a child at any time, and when this kind of thing happens, of course, the adults in the family must come forward.

Li Zhang also knew Lu Wu's temper, and sighed helplessly when he looked at the back of him leaving, but he also calmed down at this time, and at the same time thought that although Lu Wu served in the Criminal Division, he had no direct relationship with Kaifeng Mansion, and the two could only be regarded as different powers at most, and even the authority of Kaifeng Mansion was greater, and Lu Wu was at the same level as the judge of Kaifeng Mansion, and no one could suppress anyone.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang was also a little worried, so he hurriedly ran to ask Li Yonghe to go with Lu Wu, mainly because he was worried about Lu Wu's violent temper, in case he couldn't help but have a conflict with the other party, Li Yonghe could also persuade him, if Kaifeng Mansion still refused to handle the case according to law, it was a big deal for him to go directly to the palace.

I have to say that Li Zhang's worries are still very reasonable, and he asked Lu Wu to leave for about an hour, Li Yonghe ran back in a panic and said: "Oh no, Brother Wu beat the judge of Kaifeng Mansion, and now Kaifeng Mansion has detained people, and he will only release people until someone from the Criminal Division comes forward!" ”

Li Zhang couldn't help but stand up suddenly when he heard this, although he had been mentally prepared, but he didn't expect Lu Wu to really dare to hit someone, this time the matter is not easy to do, but it has to be done if it is not easy to do, after all, Lu Wu is his elder, and this time he came forward to help him, he can't just sit like this.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang also immediately brought his horse, and then hurried to Kaifeng Mansion, Li Yonghe in the back wanted to stop it, but Li Zhang turned a deaf ear, but when Li Zhang came to Kaifeng Mansion, he was stopped.

"I want to see you Zhou Shaoyin!" Li Zhang threw the saddle and dismounted at this time, and then shouted at the official in front of the door, although the highest governor of Kaifeng Mansion is Fu Yin, but Fu Yin is not permanent, for example, there is no Kaifeng Mansion Yin now, but Shao Yin is in charge, Li Zhang remembers that the current Shao Yin's surname is Zhou, but he has not seen it.

"Who are you, what is the matter with our Fu Yin?" At this time, I saw a middle-aged man who looked like a squad leader walking out and said, the current Kaifeng Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to enter or exit, if it weren't for watching Li Zhang ride a horse, I'm afraid he would have been beaten out by them a long time ago.

"I'm Your Majesty's companion, and I'm here this time to ask, why was Judge Lu of the Criminal Division detained, and when will you release him?" Li Zhang immediately asked in a loud voice, he still had a glimmer of hope, but when he saw the heavily guarded situation in Kaifeng Mansion, his heart also sank, it seems that Lu Wu's anger is really big, otherwise he would not let Kaifeng Mansion make such a big formation.

"Judge Lu?" The middle-aged team leader was also stunned when he heard this, and then looked Li Zhang up and down a few times and said, "It turns out that you are the nephew that Lao Lu often mentions, but I still advise you to go back quickly, although you are a relative, but Lao Lu is too impulsive this time, I'm afraid that no one wants to take people away except for the king of the Criminal Division." ”

Li Zhang also looked at the other party in surprise when he heard this, but soon he thought that Lu Wu had been in the capital for so many years, and he was also the head of the yamen before, and he often dealt with Kaifeng Mansion, and the team leader in front of him was probably also an acquaintance of Lu Wu.

"I don't know what Uncle is called, what happened to Uncle Wu and what happened to him inside, why did Kaifeng Mansion detain people?" Li Zhang also asked a little politely at the moment.

"Under the surname Wu, you call me Wu Bantou, as for Lao Lu ......" I saw that when Wu Bantou said this, he first turned his head and looked around, and then lowered his voice and said, "Lao Lu is too bold this time, he suddenly came to Judge Wang, as if he was arguing over something, and it was nothing to quarrel a few words, but Lao Lu did it this time, and as a result, Judge Wang was beaten so badly, anyway, when I went, there were bloody teeth all over the ground, and he didn't stop when Shao Yin went, and Shao Yin was also angry, After we pulled Lao Lu down, we immediately entered the palace, saying that we were going to sue the people of the criminal department in front of the queen mother. ”

"Wu Bantou, didn't you just say that you would only release people if the people from the Criminal Division came, why did that young Yin go to the palace again?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask a little puzzled when he heard this, Shao Yin asked the Criminal Division to ask for someone, he thought that the other party didn't want to make a big fuss, but now it seems that it is obviously not.

"Hehe, this is also very simple, in fact, our Zhou Shaoyin has always been very fond of the Criminal Division, take this opportunity, of course, to give the Criminal Division a few colors to see, as for letting the Criminal Division ask for someone, in fact, it is to embarrass the Criminal Division, even if Wang Tixing comes in person, I'm afraid our Shaoyin will not let people go." Wu Bantou smiled again at the moment, he knew all too well the intrigues in these officialdoms.

"It's a good Kaifeng Mansion, and if you do something wrong, you still have to use the topic to play!" Li Zhang was even more annoyed when he heard this, Zhou Shaoyin ran to the palace to complain, although he couldn't get off the stage, but Lu Wu was afraid that it would be more uncomfortable as a party, even if it wasn't his fault, I was afraid that he would have to peel off his skin, not to mention that this time it was indeed his first move.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang immediately said goodbye to Wu Bantou, and then turned over and was about to leave, but at this time, Wu Bantou shouted in surprise: "Little brother, where are you going?" ”

"Dengwen Drum Temple!" After Li Zhang said these four words, he immediately beat his horse again and galloped away, but Wu Bantou was stunned for a while, and finally said in a shocked voice, "This is going to be a big incident!" ”

In ancient times or in dramas, there is often a word, that is, "sue the emperor", for example, if a person has a major grievance and cannot be redressed, and the local officials are also connected, so there is one last choice, that is, to enter Beijing to sue the emperor, although this is a bridge in the drama, but it is actually a fact, because in ancient times, it was really possible to sue the emperor.

For example, the Song Dynasty set up a Dengwen drum in front of the palace gate, if ordinary people have grievances, they can beat the Dengwen drum, and then the emperor will alarm the emperor, and the emperor will appoint officials to try it in person.

Dengwen Drum Courtyard is the institution that specializes in the management of Dengwen Drum, and now it is mainly managed by eunuchs, but later after Zhao Zhen took office, he replaced the eunuchs with formal officials, and the power was further enhanced.

Li Zhang often enters the palace, and naturally he often sees the Dengwen drum set up in front of the palace gate, but he never thought that he would be able to use it one day, although he can enter the palace at any time to complain to Liu E, but he has changed his mind now, because since Kaifeng Mansion wants to make this matter bigger, then he will simply make a bigger fuss, and then see who will be at a loss?

Li Zhang rode a fast horse all the way and galloped, and soon came to the palace gate, the palace gate guards all knew him, sometimes Li Zhang didn't need to show the waist card to enter the palace at will, but what they didn't expect was that Li Zhang came to the palace gate but reined in the horse, and then jumped off the horse and walked quickly to the side of the shocking drum.

"Knock knock~" Li Zhang came to the drum rack and picked up the heavy drum, and then beat it hard, the heavy and long drum immediately alarmed the Dengwen Drum Courtyard next to it, and several eunuchs also rushed out of it.

"Who is drumming and drumming?" One of the eunuchs led by him shouted at Li Zhang's side while running, but when Li Zhang turned around, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a bright smile, "It turned out to be Li Banyu, you ...... You're not kidding us, it's not a joke. ”

This eunuch Li Zhang also looked familiar, it was estimated that he had seen it in the palace before, but he couldn't see the name, but he still coughed and said: "I'm not here to make a joke, but I have a grievance and want to go to the palace to sue the emperor!" ”

"Don't be joking, just go directly to see the Queen Mother or Your Majesty, where is the need for us to be shocked by the Drum Academy?" I saw that this chamberlain smiled flatteringly again, others can not take Li Zhang in their eyes, but the eunuchs who are the emperor's domestic slaves dare not snub Li Zhang, because their power is all from the royal family, and Li Zhang is the person who can influence the royal family the most.

"I'm not joking, you report it immediately, and say that I will sue Kaifeng Mansion for taking people's lives and perverting the law for bribes!" Li Zhang said very seriously at this time, he was determined to stab this matter into the sky.