Chapter 5 The beating of the drum and the beating of the unjust bride
Li Mo followed Zhao Wu into a wide street, passed by a few shops selling cloth, and came to a medical center in the middle of the street. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The opening of the medical hall was an old man who was almost old, with a red face, two overly long eyebrows and white flowers like a beard.
Seeing Li Mo and them coming in, the white-eyed old man walked over slightly, cut his pulse with one hand, stroked his beard and said, "This is the wind and cold entering the body, wait for me to prescribe a prescription." ”
After speaking, he took the pen to write the prescription, and read the words while writing, "Three coins of white onions, one coriander root, two coins of ginger, decoction of water and boiling hot drinks." ”
"Elder Shen, not only does he have a cold, but he may also suffer from soul disorder." Zhao Wu lowered his head with his hand.
The white-eyed old man known as Shen Lao glanced at Li Mo and said slowly, "Doesn't this look good?" There is no cure for soul disorder. It may or may not recover in the next moment, or it may never recover. It is useless to take medicine. ”
"Really incomprehensible?" Zhao Wu asked regretfully.
Shen Lao nodded slowly, "Sure enough, there is no solution." ”
Li Mo was worried that he would take messy medicine, and when he heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Thank you, Elder Shen, if you don't remember what happened before, it's not necessarily a bad thing, so I won't force it!" I'd better trouble you get me some medicine! ”
Shen Lao glanced at Li Mo, "This little brother, you just need to go to the vegetable market to buy these things." ”
"Ahem, yes." Li Mo hurriedly nodded, "So, how much does it cost to give a consultation?" ”
For Li Mo's strange question, Shen Lao felt that something was inappropriate, what is how much does it cost to give a consultation?
However, in view of the patient's poor brain, he did not correct his inappropriate wording, and spread his hands to ask for medical fees, "Just pay the little old man five cents." ”
Li Mo groped all over his pockets, but he didn't have a penny at all, so he had to ask Zhao Wu to borrow it, "Wu'er, can you borrow me first?" ”
Zhao Wu reluctantly took out the money bag he was carrying, counted out five copper coins and handed them to Shen Lao, "I know you don't have it, I'll pay it for you." ”
After paying the consultation fee, the two left the hospital one after another, and before they had walked a few steps, they heard a rapid earth-shattering sound.
"Boom! Knock knock! ”
Zhao Wu immediately sped up his pace and trotted up, and at the same time urged Li Mo repeatedly, "Quick, someone is beating the drum and shouting grievances, we have to go back quickly." ”
Li Mo didn't expect that he couldn't stop for a moment, so he had to grit his teeth and keep up. Although the clothes were half dry, the wet taste of running was really uncomfortable!
The county government of Zhenjiang Prefecture was at the end of this long street, and Li Mo and the others didn't run long before they rushed to the county office.
I saw more than a dozen newly-dressed people surrounded in front of the drum, and standing in front was a thin woman, who was smashing the drum with a drumming pestle, and cried as she smashed, "Wronged! Give back my daughter! ”
"What are you doing? Let's go! Zhao Wu pushed Li Mo, who was distracted, "I'm about to be promoted, hurry up!" ”
Li Mo hurriedly followed Zhao Wu into the court, took the killing stick he handed over, and shouted as the servants who stood on both sides, "Ascend to the hall!" ”
The curtain on the east side of the door leading to the back hall was lifted, and Li Mo took advantage of the situation to look at it, only to see a county magistrate wearing a silk robe, a virtuous crown, and soapy shoes coming out of the room.
This man is tall and slender, with an angular silhouette; The black eyes are slender and sharp, and the thin lips are tight and indifferent; Except for the fact that his complexion is a little too pale, he is still very handsome.
The county magistrate hurriedly walked to the front of the main hall and sat down, grabbed Xingtangmu and slapped it vigorously, "Who is crying out outside the hall?" Get your name now! ”
As soon as the words fell, everyone waiting outside the door walked in one after another, knelt on the ground, and did not dare to raise their heads with their heads down.
The thin woman who was playing the drum knocked her head and shouted, "The master of the blue sky is above, and the people have a great grievance, and they ask the master to be the master of the people's women!" ”
"Big master, the little one also asks you to call the shots!" The man kneeling beside the woman followed suit.
"Smack!" The county magistrate grabbed the awakening wood and shouted, "Above the public court, how can you wait for the noise!" Let's talk about it one by one, if what is said is not true, the master's board is not easy to suffer! ”
"Might--Might-!" All the officials lit the killing rod and cheered in unison, and Li Mo hurriedly shouted.
With such a decent shout, the public hall was really solemn, and it was so quiet that you could hear the embroidery needle falling on the ground.
The county magistrate pointed to the thin woman and said, "What grievances do you have?" Quickly speaking, Master Ben is in charge for you. ”
The woman kowtowed again and again, "Thank you, Lord Qingtian!" He is the one the woman wants to sue! ”
As she spoke, the woman pointed her finger at the man who was crying out with her, and said hatefully, "Sir, the daughter of the folk woman got married a few days ago and married the son of his family, and it was still a sedan chair sent by the folk woman herself. Yesterday, the folk woman waited for her daughter to return to Ning for a long time, so she went to his house to inquire, and they actually said that the daughter of the folk woman was missing! ”
When the woman said this, tears fell from her eyes, and she kowtowed vigorously, "Lord Qingtian! My good daughter got married, and she just disappeared! Ask the lord to be the master of the people's wife! ”
Seeing that the woman's sad words were incapacitated, the county magistrate asked the man she accused, "You say." ”
The man was so anxious that he shouted injustice, "Wronged, lord!" A few days ago, I did marry my son. But who would have thought that the bride would disappear halfway through. The little one thought that the bride was dissatisfied with this family affair and secretly eloped with someone, so he had to consider himself unlucky! ”
"But who would have thought, who would have thought that this woman with red lips and white teeth would have to say that I murdered her daughter!" The more the man spoke, the more angry he became, and he pointed at the woman kneeling beside him with trembling fingers, "How can a small generation be loyal and duty-bound, and do such a harmful act!" Please ask the big man to call the shots of the little one! ”
"You kill people and bury corpses, and you can't die well!" The woman who cried out was furious and scolded on the spot.
The man did not show weakness either, and retorted, "You are reversing right and wrong, and you are spewing blood!" ”
"Smack!"
The county magistrate fell down again, "Above the public court, if you dare to make noise again, one person will be rewarded with ten strokes!" ”
"Might--Might-!"
Li Mo once again co-ordered the officials to cheer on the killing stick, and felt that he really had a bit of official authority all of a sudden.
The deafening cheers frightened the two people who shouted injustice, and lowered their heads and did not dare to raise them again.
"You came to complain, did you have a written pleading?" The county magistrate asked unhurriedly, his sharp gaze swept to the two kneeling under the hall.
"Yes, yes!" The woman who shouted grievances hurriedly took out the pleadings that she had asked someone to write, opened them tremblingly, raised them above her head and said, "Master Qingtian, this is the women's papers." ”
"Bring it in."
As soon as the county magistrate's voice fell, a clear-eyed official handed over the paper in the woman's hand.
After taking the paper, the county magistrate looked at it carefully, and his eyes swept to the two classes of officials below, "The official already knows about this case, and he must visit to find out and verify, which officer is willing to go?" ”