He Ruichang waved his hand and said,

"You think wrong about this auspicious yuan, the more you get to the end of the year, the easier it will be to do things, because almost most people will settle the general account at this time, and the debt collection is also limited to this time, so in comparison, there will be more trouble."

"I see......"

Quietly listening to the adult's patient explanation to her, Zong Jiyuan couldn't help but think that this is indeed the case, at this time, his own family is also the busiest time, his mother is really tired, how good it would be if his father was still alive......

At this time, He Ruichang saw that the conversation was almost over, so he said,

"But these trivial little things, just leave it to others to do, now our county government is also very well-manned, if it is not necessary, Ji Yuan does not have to take care of everything, take a good rest, and when someone beats the drum in front of the hall, or there is really a big case, you can handle it."

"In that case, thank you for your care."

Zong Jiyuan said, stood up,

"The student quit first."

"Okay."

He Ruichang nodded and motioned for her to be free.

Coming out of the second hall, Zong Jiyuan turned around and walked towards his house, but just walked to a place about ten meters away from the door, when he suddenly heard a noise from the entrance of the yamen, mixed with the shouting of the servants and the crying of women.

Zong Jiyuan sounded strange, although Master He had already told her not to worry about those little things, but after hesitating, he was still driven by the sense of responsibility in his heart, and changed the direction of his head to the place where the noise came from.

When I came to the gate and looked up, I saw a middle-aged woman in bright clothes, sitting on the ground crying and shaking her head and talking about something, while the two officers on duty looked at me and I looked at you, all with a crying and laughing expression.

Zong Jiyuan came to the front a few steps and asked,

"What's going on? What the hell is going on here? ”

"Master?"

When an officer saw her, he hurriedly came to her and said,

"Why did I alarm you?"

"Nothing, what's going on?"

Zong Jiyuan nodded at him and asked again.

The officer smiled bitterly and said,

"Isn't it, this woman came to her in a rage and said that she was going to cry out for injustice, and I told her to go and beat the drum if she wanted to complain, but she refused, saying that beating the drum is a complaint, and if she complains, she will be beaten, and she doesn't want to be beaten, so she only shouts injustice and does not sue. Master, do you say that there is still a reason to separate the shouting of grievances from the complaint at the yamen? ”

"Sounds fresh,"

When Zong Jiyuan heard this, he couldn't help laughing, turned to the woman and said,

"This woman, you listen well, you are already complaining when you shout injustice, so whether you beat the drum or not, you must follow the rules, and the thirty canes are inevitable."

"Huh? What's going on, but that's not what our guests say, you kid, don't talk nonsense here, ah......"

As she spoke, the woman sat on the ground and looked like she wanted to cry again.

Hearing her say this, Zong Jiyuan didn't do anything, but the two messengers didn't agree, and shouted in unison,

"You mother-in-law is the one who doesn't talk nonsense! Do you know, this is the lord of our county, Lord Bo! ”

"Ah......h

With the roar, the woman was so frightened that she didn't dare to cry anymore, and glared at Zong Jiyuan with an incredible face.

Zong Jiyuan thought it was funny and said slowly,

"This woman, don't be afraid, although it is said that according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, beating the drum is to be punished with a rod for thirty years, but that is only for those who have nothing to do and who have malicious lawsuits, if you really have grievances, this church can be exempted from this criminal responsibility."

"Yes, is it true......

The woman still asked with trepidation.

When the two officers saw this, they were very impatient, and one of them said,

"What the hell do you want? Anyway, you're already here, and it's your business whether you want to sue or not, if you want to sue, go to the drums, and if you don't want to sue, leave from this door quickly! Otherwise, if you mess around in front of the county yamen, you will also be beaten! ”

"Okay, good, I'll ......"

The woman was very agile, got up from the ground with a bone, trotted to the "Dengwen Drum", picked up the drumstick, and seemed to use all her strength to knock it.

When Zong Jiyuan saw it, he couldn't help but shake his head, turned around and walked directly to the front of the lobby.

As soon as the drum sounded, he immediately ascended to the church.

Lord He wore a neat crown and came out of the second hall, and when he saw Zong Jiyuan who was already seated next to him, the two couldn't help but smile at each other, they had just said that if no one played the drum, they could relax, but this drum sound just came.

Everyone in front of the hall has been in place, Lord He patted the hall wood, with the order of "the person with the drum to go to the hall", passed down by the shouting hall officer, the hall was full of prestige, and the woman who was crying outside the door just now was brought to the hall, and her legs knelt down.

"The little woman knocked on the county master."

"This official has come to ask you, who are you and why are you beating the drum?"

Seeing that the person who complained was already forty or fifty years old, still showing off and wearing heavy makeup, He Ruichang frowned, and his tone was a little stern.

When this woman saw it, she was so frightened that she quickly kowtowed and said,

"Don't be angry, sir, the little girl really has grievances, she is not here to mess around, please don't beat me......"

"Who said they were going to hit you,"

He Ruichang sighed, after all, he was an honest official, and when he saw that this woman was frightened, he softened his tone in time,

"If there is a grievance, if it is true, this official will definitely make the decision for you."

"Master Xie, Master Xie......"

The woman kowtowed again, and said,

"My lord, the little woman is the old mother of the 'Yichun Courtyard', yesterday, there was a girl in our courtyard who didn't know what was going on, and she disappeared out of thin air...... Ask the adults to make the decisions for the little woman and get my girl back, please ...... adults."

As soon as these words fell, although the expressions of everyone in front of the hall were different, they were all a little subtle.

What Zong Jiyuan noticed was the word "missing", because the previous cases were all involved in this line, so she was more sensitive to this, but when she looked up at the others, she was a little surprised.

I saw that the officers standing on both sides, including Diao Saburo, looked very strange, and they were even more embarrassed when they looked at Lord He.

didn't understand what was going on, and Zong Jiyuan didn't want to ask in the court, so he turned his head to look at the adult, because if there was really something difficult to do, He Ruichang would definitely call her to the front to discuss.

But after being quiet for a while, she didn't see the adults beckoning her to come forward, so she had to watch like this.

After a while, He Da said,

"This official came to ask you, when did you not see that girl in your family?"

"It was last night...... Ah, no, it's this morning......"

The woman replied in a slurch.