The Imperial Prison is the largest prison in Kyoto City, and there are also cells on the side of the Gyeonggi Yamen, but the prisoners are also some small thieves.

Xiao Zhi was sitting, watching his father and a certain convicted old man in the cell next to him talking, talking about the people's livelihood from the art of war, from the people's livelihood to the history of the previous dynasty, counting the romantic characters who came and went from nearly a hundred sides, and their heads were getting bigger.

His father's heart has always been very big, except for the things in the household yamen, his father basically doesn't ask about other things. Xiao Zhi thought that his father was in charge of the big things of the Xiao family, and his mother was in charge of the small things, and the only major thing that happened over the years was that they were in prison, but seeing that his father was calm and a little alone, he didn't seem to want to care......

Mrs. Xiao snuggled up with Mrs. Tai on the side, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law used to fight openly and secretly, but now they have all extinguished the fire and warmed each other.

Xiao Zhi thought that his family had seen strong winds and waves, and death was not terrible, and he would still be a good man eighteen years later. But...... Eighteen years later, where will he go to find Xi Hongdou?

Thinking about what Xi Hongdou said about suing the royal court, Xiao Zhi became more and more worried.

Mrs. Xiao woke up at this time, looked at her son leaning against the corner of the wall with a sad face, and said: "Okay, that Xi Hongdou looks soft and weak, how can she go to sue the emperor for such a thing?" ”

"It's better not to go." Xiao Zhi said.

Mrs. Xiao was speechless: "Look at you, I really hope that she will go, and everyone will have a chance to live when the time comes!" ”

Xiao Zhi looked over and said, "She is a little girl, the big man with the nail board can't stand it, she is going, I'm afraid she will die in front of me!" Thinking of this, he sighed again.

Seeing her son sighing like this, Mrs. Xiao also felt something, when did Xiao Zhi feel so low? People with the same temperament as the sun are now about to collapse their shoulders.

"Alas, I don't know who you two are!" Mrs. Xiao gave up, and she didn't expect Xi Hongdou to really go to sue the royal court.

Xi Hongdou on the other end went out of the inn, and did not go directly to the gate of the palace, but first found a medical officer. The nails on the nail board must be blood and rust, she has to consult Lang Zhong first, in case it breaks, is there a way to deal with it, don't nail the board didn't stab her, and finally she died of tetanus!

Xi Hongdou found the nearest medical hall from the palace gate, Xinglin Hall, and the queue in front of Fang Langzhong, who was sitting in the clinic, was very long, and when Xi Hongdou arrived, Fang Langzhong asked, "Where is it uncomfortable?" "As you speak, you have to take the pulse.

Xi Hongdou shook his head: "I'm not uncomfortable now, but it may be very uncomfortable later, I just want to ask, if you call a nail with blood stains and rust, can you handle it?" ”

"Yes, our Jinchuang medicine is the best, not to mention that there is blood and embroidery, just soak the nail in fecal water, we can also cure it!" Fang Langzhong understands very well.

Xi Hongdou was relieved, so he said, "Can I pay in advance, tomorrow morning, you go to the palace gate to save me." ”

Fang Langzhong was stunned: "...... are you?" ”

"I'm going to step on the pegboard, I may have fainted by the time you go tomorrow, you must save me then!" After Xi Hongdou finished speaking, he asked, "How much do you want?" I'll give it to you first! ”

Fang Langzhong was very shocked, so he said, "You want to sue the emperor?" I've been in Kyoto City for a long time, and the last time I sued the emperor was ten years ago, and the nail board was not finished, and people were dizzy, can you do it......? He was a little worried that the kid would die.

Xi Hongdou also felt that it was not good, so he said, "Why don't you ...... I'll pay a little more, and if I die, bury me......"

"It's easy to die, even if you don't die, this foot, I'm afraid it's useless." Fang Langzhong said, some people would rather die than be disabled, not to mention that the next life in front of him doesn't look very old, just a child.

Xi Hongdou rolled his eyes, and finally said, "Lang Zhong must go tomorrow, give me a pair of anesthetics first." "She didn't know her life well, she came to Kyoto City alone, and when she died, no one helped her collect her body.

Early the next morning, Xi Hongdou left a letter at the inn before she went out, if she was really dead, let the shopkeeper help her send a letter to her home. There was a boiled anesthetic on the table, and after drinking it dry, he went out in a hurry.

All the way to the gate of the palace, the previous guard happened to be on duty, and when he saw that Xi Hongdou was really here, he hurriedly muttered to the people around him.

"Can't you? I guess I'm here to take a look. Another guard said.

Xi Hongdou puffed up his breath, and finally picked up the drumstick, and then beat the drum under the eyes of everyone.

The drum at the gate of the palace has not sounded for many years, and as soon as it sounds, it means that someone is going to sue the emperor, and the people are all coming to see the excitement.

The guards hurriedly entered the palace to report to the Internal Affairs Office, and soon someone came out.

Zhao Zhen has been in charge of the Internal Affairs Office for some years, and he has also seen the royal complaint, but at such a young age, it is really the first time to meet it. Fang Cai came over in a hurry after hearing the letter, and directly asked the person next to him, Qianhu Xu Min, to come over and ask.

Xu Min has followed Zhao Zhen for some years, he is Zhao Zhenshu's godson, although he is not very old, he has also seen the world, and when he came over, he asked Xi Hongdou not to beat the drum first.

"Okay, don't knock, the Internal Affairs Office knows that you are going to sue the royal court." Xu Min said.

Xi Hongdou directly threw the drumstick in her hand, and the internal official in front of her was really young, but she still said: "I really want to sue the emperor." As he spoke, he handed over the paper he had written a long time ago.

Xu Min took it, but still reminded: "Suing the royal court is not nonsense, if you don't have a big deal, go back quickly, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin!" ”

"I know what I'm doing, is this paper going to be sent to the emperor at the end?" Xi Hongdou was a little worried, don't die or live by yourself, but in the end, you can't go up to the sky.

Xu Min nodded: "Indeed." "That's the good thing about suing the emperor, as long as you pass the nail board, don't care who you are suing, even if you sue the Son of Heaven, this paper will be sent to the Son of Heaven.

"That'll do." Xi Hongdou said that she has reached this point, and she has to step on today's nail board, and she has to step on it if she doesn't step on it. She couldn't do it watching Xiao Zhi die, and now that's all she can do.

Xu Min looked at Xi Hongdou, he rarely saw this stubbornness, opened the paper and looked at it, and asked, "Are you going to speak for the Xiao family?" What is your relationship with the Xiao family? "If you can risk your life to help the Xiao family, it's definitely not an ordinary relationship, right?

Xi Hongdou took a deep breath, and finally said: "Xiao Zhi, the son of Lord Xiao, is my fiancé!" ”

Xu Min was surprised and asked, "Are you a woman?" ”

Xi Hongdou untied his hair, but he was afraid that the difference would not be big, so he took the official registration again. Xu Min looked at it, and what was written on it was really a woman.

Xu Min felt that this woman was bold enough, although the emperor did not want to destroy the three clans, and the engaged ones were not within the scope of prison, but now people who have something to do with the Xiao family should also want to completely clear up, but this woman sent it to the door by herself......

With the official registration, Xu Min turned around and went to Zhao Zhen's side to tell him about the matter, and Zhao Zhen's face sank: "There are still such women?" Okay, tell her to start, as long as the five-zhang nail board is passed, this paper miscellaneous family will be sent to the emperor! "At the moment, no one is as good as this fluttering paper tube.

Xu Min nodded, stepped forward, and asked the guards to move the nail board, a foot long nail board, full of five, Xi Hongdou looked at the nails on the nail board, although it is not long, but it can definitely cut meat. There were brown marks on it, and I don't know if it was blood or rust, or both.

Fang Langzhong of Xinglin Hall also heard the sound of drums, remembering that the young man said yesterday that he was going to sue the emperor, and someone really beat the drum today, thinking if it would really be the person from yesterday, so he brought the two guys in the store together. 、

"Sir, it seems that it was really the person from yesterday, it turned out to be a girl's family." Man, Chunlai, recognized Xi Hongdou.

Fang Langzhong nodded, and said: "Let's take a look first, yesterday people gave the consultation money in advance, and when you save people for a while, you should be sharper in your hands and feet, don't smash our Xinglintang signboard!" ”

was watched by everyone, and Xi Hongdou's face was almost out of the bun folds, but he couldn't back down at this time.

Xu Min reminded: "If you give up halfway, this piece of paper will be returned to you, if you faint, it is the same as giving up, do you know?" If you know, take off your shoes. ”

Xi Hongdou nodded, she already knew this.

Xu Min asked people to put a brazier in front of Xi Hongdou, which means to drive away evil spirits, and after stepping over, any demon and evil can't be nailed.

Xi Hongdou took off his shoes, and when he crossed the brazier, he was nervous enough, he hadn't walked far with his feet, he didn't even have a cocoon, he had fine skin and tender meat, and he knew what the consequences would be after he got on the nail board for a while.

Everyone held their breath at this time, and the scene was quiet for a while. Xi Hongdou closed his eyes, raised his right foot and stepped on the nail board, but at this time, the center of gravity was still on his left foot, and the feeling was not very strong, and the cold nail tip had already scared Xi Hongdou.

Xu Min frowned, the torture of the Internal Affairs Office was not so terrifying......

Zhao Zhen sat at the end of the nail board, holding a tea bowl in his hand, and said leisurely: "If you want to go up, hurry up, the emperor will have lunch in a while." "It seems that stepping on the nail board is just watching the excitement, and there is some impatience.

Xu Min was entangled and persuaded: "It's still too late to go!" ”

But as soon as his words fell, Xi Hongdou directly raised his left foot, and both feet stood on the nail board.

Everyone exclaimed, Xi Hongdou only felt pain under her feet, her head was blank now, she couldn't find any adjectives to describe this pain, and she just wanted to scold her mother. Blood soon flowed from the soles of her feet, and the length of nearly sixteen meters was still waiting for her, but she only took a step and wanted to jump off quickly.

She used to feel pain when there was a barb next to her fingernails, but now there are nails under the soles of her feet, and she understands why those who have passed through the nail board get dizzy, and when they do, they can escape from reality.