Chen Yi and his entourage rushed to the yamen in a hurry, but before they arrived at the yamen, they saw that outside the yamen, it was already crowded with people, and people surrounded the yamen.

In ancient times, there was no entertainment, and people's lives were always in order, with sunrise and sunset, so as long as there was a little thing in ancient times, these things would become a topic of discussion.

When I approached the yamen, I saw people talking in small voices, some people were still pointing, and the crowd was dressed differently, most of them were wearing gray long shirts, and only a few people were wearing colorful clothes, and they stood in the crowd, very conspicuous. On the whole, the living conditions of the people in this town are not very good.

"Uncle, what are you looking at?" Chen Yi asked the middle-aged man in the gray robe.

"You don't know? I also heard from others that this morning, there was an argument between a guest who bought pork and a butcher who sold pork, and the butcher who sold the meat said that the pork buyer did not give him money, and the person who bought the meat said that he gave the money, and said that the butcher who sold the pork did not find him money. ”

Chen Yi could only squeeze forward in the crowd, and it was easy to get to the front of the crowd with all his strength.

Raised and measured carefully, only to see a plaque erected in the middle of the house, on the plaque there are two dragons flying phoenix dancing big characters yamen, on both sides of the plaque, not far from the erection of two dark red pillars, the pillars can have "according to the king's order to guard the state, two butterfly flying, only to the head of the blue sky, the eyes of the child; With its people, this land, eight years of claws, the most unforgettable mountain white stone, the temple clear spring. The pillar has been eroded by wind and rain, and with the passage of time, it has left time marks on the pillar, which not only reminds us of a proverb "The iron of the yamen and the soldiers of flowing water" The yamen is still this yamen, but the people in the yamen do not know how many county officials have been replaced.

Outside the yamen, there are two stone lions, the right side is male (because the right is up), that is, the one with the ball in its mouth and the ball under its feet. The one on the left is the one with no ball in his mouth and a lion cub at his feet. (This is the left and right of your own back to the direction of the gate.) ）

In the yamen, the plaque hanging high in the middle of the mirror hangs high, the sea water and the river teeth below set off a round of red sun, the signs on both sides say to avoid silence, a bookcase in the middle, there is a shocking wood, pen holder, at this time a person wearing a green robe with a plate collar on the right, made of leno silk, the sleeve width is three feet. There is a delicately made, ingenious, and lifelike Lian Que on the clothes (the official uniforms of the Yuan Dynasty in this world are more detailed, with one to four scarlet robes, five to seven green robes, and eight or nine officials wearing green robes. ）

In the solemn public court, the county magistrate sits behind the public case, and a small table is placed in the lower left of the county magistrate, in the back position, which is the secretary or scrivener who makes records in the court. There are also four pillars in the yamen divided into two rows, neatly opposite, like wolves and tigers of the officials are divided into two shifts, and there is a crisp sound in the hall: "Ascend to the hall—oh—"

"Don... The Place... Who is kneeling? What did you commit? ”

"Lord Qingtian, you have to be the master for me!" The middle-aged man, dressed in sackcloth with many grease stains on his shirt and a thick beard, knelt and took two steps forward.

"Who are you? Why don't you report your name quickly? ”

"Lord Qingtian, the villain is a small town to buy pork Zhang butcher, this morning, I as usual, set up the meat stall early, who knows that after a while, he, buy pork from me, I gave him good pork, or him, he took my meat, even did not give me money to buy meat, Lord Qingda, the villain is a small business, I grabbed him, refused to let him leave, let him give me money, but he beat a rake, said that he had given money, and said that the villain did not find money for him, we quarreled, just Deng Zhutou passed by, So let's come to the county government and let the master of the blue sky call the shots. Zhang Butcher pointed at Shui Sheng and said.

"Well, it's... Is that so? Deng... Deng catches the head? The county magistrate plucked his ears with his hands and said, took a closer look at the earwax he took out with his fingernails, and bounced out the earwax in his nails.

"Lord Qiqi, that's the case, the villain can't distinguish which of the two of them is lying, so he has to bring the two of them to the adults to distinguish between right and wrong."

"Well, Ben... This officer, since... Self-reliant... Clear... Clear. The people outside whispered.

"Su... Silence, you... Your name is... What's the name... Name? Seeing that the county magistrate picked up the startled wood and slapped it vigorously on the public case, there was a snap, and the discussion of the people outside gradually stopped.

"My lord, the villain's name is Chen Shuisheng, his family lives in Chenjia Village, 5 miles away, this morning, I came to the town with the dog egg in the village, and gave the dog his mother medicine, after catching the medicine, I saw the meat stall, and wanted to buy some meat for the dog and his mother, to replenish the body, so we went to Zhang Butcher's meat stall, sold the meat, who knew that Zhang Butcher did not give us money, and insisted that we took his meat, and did not give him a bite and gave him money." Shui Sheng didn't know where the courage came from, and he didn't stammer and finished the words at once.

"You, you're spewing blood"

"Lord Qingtian, he's lying, you have to be the master for me." Zhang butcher snorted and tears and said to the county order.

What can I do about this, the public says that the public is reasonable, the mother says that the mother is reasonable, the county order is in a dilemma, his hands are secretly placed under the board, and the two hands keep grabbing each other's palms. looked at the master not far away, and the master knew that his master was in trouble.

The master walked to the side of the county order, bent down and whispered in the ear of the county order: "Master, I don't think it's as good as this, we will torture the two of them respectively, if Shui Sheng still refuses to admit it, it means that he is not lying." ”

"Well, you... You... This one... If it's good, just... And just like that," everyone pricked up their ears and leaned forward, wondering what the prefectural commander was whispering.

With a startled crackle.

"Water... Aquatic you... Can... Conviction of sin. The county magistrate glared angrily and pointed to the aquatic life kneeling below.

"Adults, villains... The villain is wronged! "Shui Sheng is just a child, and he was already trembling with fear when he was drunk so loudly by the county order.

"I... I think... Look at you, don't you want to... Admit it, come... Come... Greatly... The Great Punishment... Punishment awaits. (Torture is a legal means of obtaining confessions.) In order to avoid unjust imprisonment caused by the abuse of torture, the law is very strict about the procedure of torture. The so-called "big punishment service" is mainly to play the board. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, a special interrogation staff with a length of 3 feet 5 inches, a large head of 3 cents and 2 cents of a small head, and a small head of 2 cents was used during torture, and only the back, legs, and buttocks could be hit, and these three parts were required to be punished equally. No more than three tortures can be used, and the total number of sentences must not exceed 200. If the defendant refuses to confess after the statutory number of prisoners has been examined, he may be released on bail and the plaintiff will be tortured in turn. ）

"My lord, my lord, I have wronged, my lord!" The aquatic was pressed to the ground by two catchers, and the executed catchers had just lifted the big board and had not yet hit it.

"My lord, I can testify that he was wronged." Dogan hurriedly broke into the court.

"Come... Someone who comes, will... Into... The people of the court, give... Charge me... Charge up. ”

The two men who lifted the slab, leaning the slab in their hands against the pillar, brought the dog's eggs to the front, and knelt with the butcher.

"My lord, Shui Sheng and I are both from Chenjiazhuang, I am a dog, I can prove that Shui Sheng was wronged." Dog Dan knelt on the ground and said to the county order.

The county order's gaze kept wandering over the dog's egg, aquatic life, and Zhang butcher.

"Lord Qingtian, wronged, they are in a group, if it is really like Goudan said so, why didn't Zheng Zhukuai see Goudan, and Shui Sheng didn't mention to Deng Zhutou about buying medicine? Lord Qingtian, they must be in a group. ”

"Deng... Deng Zhutou, is... It's... Is that so? ”

"Lord Qiyu, that's right, I didn't see the dog at that time, and I didn't hear the name of the dog mentioned by Shui Sheng." Zheng Zhutou bent over, his left hand clenched into a fist, his right hand into a palm, his right hand in front, and his left hand in the back, sticking together.

"Come... Come... Will... Combining aquatic and... And dog eggs... The two of them gave... Drag me ... Drag it down, and the big punishment will serve... Waiting, each playing forty... Board. As soon as he finished speaking, the dog was also dragged down, and both of them were pressed into the county office, and at this time, the four catchers raised the big board together and beat them down one after the other.

Uncle Zhao, who was standing next to Chen Yi, was anxious, how could it go on like this, middle-aged people couldn't bear such a beating, let alone two children? Some of the surrounding viewers were also a little unbearable.

"Chenyi, is there a way you can help them?" At this time, Uncle Zhao really had no choice but to be a dead horse doctor.

"There is a way, and I will ask Uncle Zhao to do something later?" Chen Yi thought for a moment and said.

"You say, even if I go up to the knife mountain and the sea of fire, I will never frown." Uncle Zhao said to Chen Yi sonorously.

"Okay, then ...... like that," Chen Yi whispered to Uncle Zhao.

"Okay, I'll go." After speaking, Uncle Zhao walked out from the crowd.

At the back of the crowd, there were two brightly dressed girls standing behind, surrounded by several attendants with knives, one should be a young lady from the eunuch's house, and the other should be a maid in costume.

"Miss, should we help these two children?"

Dressed in a moonlit pleated long Confucian skirt, her eyes reveal a naughty and clever fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. Said to the girl next to him who was wearing a pale pink dress wrapped in a white gauze dress.

"Let's take a look, if there is really no way, Biyun, you take your brother's token and go to the county order and ask him to deal with the two children lightly."

"Miss, I knew you were the best, the kindest."

"Miss, look at that person"

"Biyun, look at that person?" A girl wrapped in a pale pink dress and a white gauze dress.

"Miss, you stand on tiptoe and see that he is a man in a blue robe, what do you think he is going to do?" Biyun looked curiously at the man in the blue robe.

"From where he walked, he should be going to hug the drum." What is he going to do? Do you want to judge grievances? The girl wrapped in a pale pink dress and a white gauze dress was also full of doubts at this time? (Put a drum in front of the ancient yamen, and the shouting drum in front of the ancient yamen is called "hugging the drum.")

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This boy in a blue robe is Chen Yi (did you guess it?) ）

I saw Chen Yi pick up the drum hammer on the drum rack and beat it vigorously with both hands, knock, knock, knock...... The deafening sound of drums kept coming out of the drums.

"Stop... Stop, you go... Take a look at it, what exactly is the hair... What happened... What's up? The county order interrupted the execution of the officer, and the officer hurriedly put down the big board in his hand, they couldn't bear it, who has no children, after all, people's hearts are long.

"Miss, Miss, you really guessed it, do you have a good idea?" Biyun said happily to the girl wrapped in a pale pink dress and a white gauze dress.

"Okay, Biyu, you ghost girl, make fun of Miss me, I'll see how I clean you up" The girl wrapped in a pale pink dress and a white gauze robe turned around violently, and launched an attack on the armpit of the maid Biyun, and after a while, Biyun, laughing non-stop, begged for mercy from her own young lady.

"Miss, Miss, stop, hurry... Stop, I'm wrong, let's go to the front of the crowd, shall we? So far away everything is clear. The girl wrapped in a pink dress and a white gauze robe stopped what she was doing and thought for a while.

"Okay, let's go ahead, we're going to hurry after that, you guys are waiting for us here."

"Miss, this is very dangerous, I'm afraid that someone will be bad for you, I'll accompany you and let the others rest here in place." A middle-aged man dressed in dark blue said.

"Our whereabouts are so secretive, nothing will happen."

"Miss, please don't embarrass us." The middle-aged man in dark blue clothes said this time, and his attitude was not humble or silent.

"Alright then, you guys rest here in place, let's go ahead and have a look, and we'll be back in a moment."

"Yes, miss." Several other guards with knives replied in unison.

The three of them walked towards the front of the crowd like this, but they didn't know that someone was already staring at them at this time, and their eyes were full of sinister viciousness.