The guards inside the yamen are also very tight, with a post at five steps and a sentry at ten steps, and soldiers patrolling back and forth from time to time. Although there are many people in the yamen, it is unusually quiet, and the occasional cough and wheezing can be heard clearly, which is extremely solemn and solemn.

Such a serious atmosphere made Qiu Yizhi dare not make a mistake, so he hurriedly tidied up his clothes and came to the yamen lobby. However, among the four chief judges, His Royal Highness Zheng Xin and Jiangnan Provincial Assassin Shi Yin Chengliang had already sat down in the hall, but Cai Min, the governor of Yuezhou, had not yet arrived.

So Qiu Yizhi bowed to Zheng Xin first, and then made a bow to Yin Chengliang, which was regarded as a greeting, and sat down under Yin Chengliang.

After a while, Cai Min also trotted to catch up with the hall, bent his knees, and bowed to Zheng Xin and Yin Chengliang. Qiu Yizhi sat side by side with Yin Chengliang, but he was Cai Min's subordinate, so he hurriedly flashed to the side, and only returned to his seat after Cai Min finished saluting.

Immediately afterwards, officials came to the church one after another to pay homage.

These officials were not subordinate officials of Gangnam Province, but officials sent to Gangnam by the Ministry of Officials, Households, and Rites to be in charge of various lines. Although they usually obey the orders of the governors of various states and provinces, the establishment still belongs to the six departments of the central government, and their identities are slightly independent, so Zheng Xin also asked them to come over to observe.

Most of these officials are of the fourth and fifth grades, but they are one or two levels higher than Qiu Yizhi, so whenever they come to salute and kowtow, Qiu Yizhi has to get up and avoid them. After going back and forth like this, he became impatient, and escaped from the lobby with urine, and meditated alone on the porch.

After half an hour, just when I arrived at the Chenpai, outside the yamen of the Taoist government, there was a sudden rush of drumbeats.

Qiu Yizhi understood in her heart: This is Yang Ying'er, the plaintiff of the "Thirteen Lives Strange Case", beating the drum of injustice at the door, which can be regarded as a report.

This case has been delayed for a long time, and Yang Yinger has been avenging her husband's grievances for nearly two years, and it has been more than two months since Qiu Yizhi received the pleadings. Arranging for Yang Ying'er to beat the drum and voice grievances is really a redundant thing, but the Han system is like this, and Jiangnan Province is not exempt from vulgarity.

So Qiu Yizhi hurriedly ran back to the lobby, and saw that Zheng Xin had taken the lead in leading Yin Chengliang, Cai Min and others to slowly walk outside the yamen to receive the paper, so he hurriedly walked to the queue, lined up behind Cai Min, and walked forward with the flow of people.

He followed Cai Min's ass out of the yamen, and sure enough, he saw Yang Ying'er kneeling on the ground, holding the paper in her hand, and shouting loudly: "The people are wronged, and I ask Lord Qingtian to make the decision for me!" ”

In this case, she has sued me many times, and I don't know how many times she has shouted the words "for the people", and she has long lost her original hoarseness, and her tone is full of numbness and indifference.

Yin Chengliang couldn't care about so much, and said very mechanically: "Who is kneeling in front of the door?" What grievances do you have to sue? ”

Yang Ying'er spent the night in Qixia Temple last night, and there were already Ya Po and Wen Po who often walked around in the yamen to tell her how to speak.

I only listened to Yang Ying'er recite word by word: "Bi Xiuwen, the husband of the people's wife, was victimized by a traitor and came to the yamen to sue for grievances. All the grievances have been recorded on the paper, and I also ask Lord Qingtian to make the decision for the people's wife! With that, he held the paper high.

Yin Chengliang was a hundred reluctant to accept the petition, but now behind him, His Royal Highness Zheng Xin, the eldest son of the emperor, was watching, and there were countless colleagues and subordinates staring at him, and he was already forced to Liangshan and couldn't help himself! So he had no choice but to reach out and take the paper, look at it symbolically, and say: "You have a great grievance, this official will open the court and try the case, okay?" ”

Yang Ying'er has long known that it is this Yin Chengliang who has repeatedly obstructed him, not allowing Qiu Yizhi to avenge himself, and his hatred for him is no less than that of Miao Zhen.

However, after all, Yang Ying'er is just a woman who has never seen the world, and she was shocked by the pomp and circumstance painstakingly created by the imperial court, so she never dared to have a temporary attack, but only dared to follow what she taught last night, and said: "The women of the people are all up to the adults!" ”

Such a set of hypocritical ceremonies was finally completed, and the Jiangnan Provincial Yamen finally began to ascend to the court to try the case.

After the officials lined up on both sides shouted Tang Wei, Yin Chengliang was about to speak, but he remembered that there was a "Great Highness" sitting high behind him, so he hurriedly turned around and said: "Your Highness, your official position is low, how dare you be big in front of Your Highness." According to the humble opinion of the lower officials, why don't you ask His Highness to sit in the hall and preside over the trial? ”

Of course, Zheng Xin would not take this errand, waved his hand and said: "I don't understand local justice, this case belongs to the internal affairs of your province, as a prince, it is inconvenient for me to interfere too much, it is better to ask Lord Yin or other officials of Jiangnan Province to preside over the trial." ”

When Yin Chengliang heard Qiu Yi's words, he immediately became angry-what is "inconvenient to meddle too much", have you not interfered enough and not deep enough?

However, Yin Chengliang only dared to think about such a thought in his stomach, and never dared to say it from his mouth. But he didn't want to be the chief judge, so he learned Zheng Xin's words and said: "Lord Cai, this case happened in Yuezhou. You are the governor of Yuezhou, and it is your responsibility to defend the land, so it is better for you to be the chief judge. ”

Cai Min secretly cursed the "old fox" in his belly, but he didn't dare to say it to his face, so he had to smile on his face and say to Qiu Yi on the side: "Lord Qiu, the place where this case occurred, the address of the plaintiff, the address of the defendant, and the display of physical evidence are all in your county. It's better for Lord Qiu to be the presiding judge. ”

Qiu Yizhi's belly does not have their full belly of ghost fetus, and in the eyes of Cai Min and Yin Chengliang, it is the chief judge of the hot potato, but he can take it on unscrupulously.

I only heard him say: "Since Yin Tingshi and Cai Zhoumu intend to hand over this errand to the subordinates, then the subordinates will be reluctant to ...... it."

Qiu Yi's words were not finished, but he heard Zheng Xin say: "The bitter master Yang Ying'er reported the case in the Yamen of Jiangnan Province, and naturally it should be tried by Lord Shi Yin, the assassin of Jiangnan Province." Don't overstep your responsibilities in the autumn! ”

Zheng Xin's tone was extremely blunt, and he seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Qiu Yizhi's self-assertion.

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he understood: Zheng Xin didn't say this to himself, but told Yin Chengliang in a roundabout way, what he wanted was to let Yin Chengliang personally try the case and make fun of himself.

Thinking about this clearly, Qiu Yizhi immediately replied: "Yes." But I was snickering in my heart.

Yin Chengliang on the other side only thought that Qiu Yizhi had just spoken, which made His Royal Highness unhappy, and he couldn't help but gloat a little, but he felt that something was a little weird, and when he was thinking about it, he heard Zheng Xin say: "Lord Yin, it's not too early, you can try the case quickly." ”

So Yin Chengliang didn't have time to think deeply, and hurriedly agreed, and said to Yang Ying'er, who was kneeling in the hall: "Woman Yang Ying'er, I have read all your papers." Your husband, that is, Bi Xiuwen, a person from Shanyin County, suffered a misfortune for no reason, which is really pitiful. He paused and said, "Simply go to the dangerous place with the new county commander of Shanyin County to capture the murderer alive - the thief Dao Miaozhen, avenge your husband." ”

After that, Yin Chengliang picked up the shocking wood, slammed the table, and said loudly: "Take someone to the court!" ”

Before he finished speaking, the guards in the hall parroted and shouted, "Take someone to the hall", and the shouts were transmitted to the hall one after another. After a while, four guards with tigers on their backs and bears carried Miao Zhen, who had been waiting in the hall, up and threw them on the bluestone ground in the lobby.

Yin Chengliang said expressionlessly: "Who is kneeling in the hall? Recruit the official from the truth! ”

Miao Zhen raised his head with a smile, adjusted his kneeling posture, and said, "Poor Dao 'Dust Palace' Miao Zhen layman, this is polite!" ”

Yin Chengliang said: "What a thief Dao Gu who doesn't know whether she is alive or dead, and she is still pretending to die when she is dying. Let me ask you, Bi Xiuwen, a person in Shanyin County, but you killed? ”

Miao Zhen said: "Yuan can't say the word 'kill'. It is the poor Tao and Bi Xiaolian who practice yin and yang, Bi Xiaolian's body can't bear it, and he can't bear it, so he dies. It seems far-fetched to say that it is a victim of poverty......"

Yin Chengliang didn't wait for her to finish, and immediately slammed the startled wood and said sharply: "Qubble!" It's clear that you are a thief, who believes in witchcraft and takes people's lives for no reason! Let me ask you, what happened to the twelve corpses that were dug out of your 'dust palace'? ”

Miao Zhen smiled and said: "Like Bi Xiaolian, they also cultivate immortals with the poor Dao, but they are not blessed to gain the Dao, so they die." ”

When Yin Chengliang heard this, he immediately scolded: "Until now, you still dare to be hard-mouthed. But this official thinks that you are a woman, and I will give you a chance-let me ask you, what is the identity of these twelve people who died in vain? If you answer truthfully, you will be spared a beating. ”

Miao Zhen shook his head and said: "It's been a long time, and the poor road has long been unrememberable. ”

"Good, good, good!" These three words seemed to be Yin Chengliang's mantra, and Qiu Yizhi heard him say it more than once or twice, "Okay, you're a demon!" I want to see if your flesh is hard or your official's stick is hard. Come on, give me a big punishment and give me twenty sticks! ”

His order had been given, but it was not the usual Taoist officials who stood in the lobby, but the Imperial Forest Army brought out by Zheng Xin from the Beijing Division, and they did not obey Yin Chengliang's orders.

The atmosphere in the hall was slightly awkward for a while.

But I heard Zheng Xin say: "This demon is stubborn, and it is good to beat a few sticks to kill her." Left and right, give her twenty sticks first, just to be merciful, not to hurt her life, Lord Yin still has something to say to her. ”

Several soldiers in the hall received the order, agreed in unison, and very skillfully pressed Miaozhen to the ground with a stick, pulled off her pants, revealing her plump and white buttocks, and beat her with a "crackle" with a stick.

This Miaozhen monk may really have some wonderful skills - at the age of nearly forty, she is still maintained like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, but she shows a charming temperament that ordinary girls do not have, and she is indeed naturally beautiful, if she is not a Taoist aunt and a dusty woman on the bank of the Qinhuai River, she must also be the best of the generation.

Therefore, when this graceful Miao Zhen was naked and allowed to be beaten by the soldiers, the officials in the court were stunned one by one, and only the dull sound of hitting between the flesh and the sticks was made.

Qiu Yizhi was still compassionate, turned his head and whispered to Zheng Xin: "Your Highness, please show mercy to your subordinates, don't really beat her to death." ”

Zheng Xin then ordered: "Okay! Don't fight, Lord Yin still has to ask! ”

Several sergeants ordered a ban and the execution was immediately stopped.

Yin Chengliang waited for these sergeants to retreat, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "Miaozhen!" Now do you know how powerful Wang Fa is? You can always answer the official's questions truthfully, right? ”

Miao Zhen was not in a hurry to reply, got up from the ground with difficulty, carefully sorted out the messy clothes, and said weakly: "What did the adult just ask the poor Dao?" Poor Dao didn't hear it clearly just now. ”

Yin Chengliang sneered: "This official wants to ask you, what is the identity of the twelve corpses dug up from under the ground of your 'Dust Palace'?" You give me the truth! ”