In the Dazhou Dynasty, if the people have something to complain, they must first submit a complaint to the government, and after the government accepts it, they can start the case interrogation procedure, and under normal circumstances, the situation of the dengwen drum being beaten is actually very rare, and it is generally the people who encounter an emergency or a major murder case, and they will not have time to write the complaint before they come to the yamen to beat the drum.

The drums were still beating.

Wu Zhishan had just arrived at the study to report the news on his front foot, and Jiang Xin also hurriedly walked into the study with his back foot, and saluted Bai Luo at the door: "My lord, someone has beaten the Dengwen drum, please decide." ”

Wu Zhishan also reacted, hurriedly retracted his face, tidied up his clothes, bowed to Bai Luo and said, "My lord, I heard the sound of the drum, please ascend to the hall according to the law." ”

The Dazhou Dynasty stipulated that when the drum was beaten, there must be a major grievance, and officials must be promoted to the court to question the case.

Only then did Bai Luo understand the meaning of this drum, and hurriedly tidied up his clothes and walked slowly to the court.

When Bai Luo sat on the public hall of "Mirror Hanging", Jiang Xin on the side saw Bai Luo sitting firmly, so he stretched out his voice and shouted in a deep voice: "Sheng~Tang~." ”

There was silence in the courtroom, and everyone waited quietly for the defendant to come up.

Jiang Xin secretly glanced at the county magistrate on the seat.

The county magistrate's delicate body like a willow sat behind the wide and solemn public court desk, with a beautiful and fair face and a serious face, a beautifully shaped red lip pursed, a beautiful willow frown frowning slightly, and a beautiful Danfeng eye at the corner of the eye staring at the entrance of the public hall.

Looking in Jiang Xin's direction, the adult's entire thin body seemed to be wrapped in the wide court chair, but he did not lean on the back of the chair because he was greedy for comfort, but stubbornly straightened his back, sitting as tall as green bamboo, extremely solemn.

In every move, it was no longer the thin and beautiful that Jiang Xin saw in the morning, but a little more heroic.

Seeing that the county magistrate remained motionless and kept his sitting posture, seriously waiting for the defendant to come to the court, Jiang confidently thought to himself: Sitting in such a posture must be very tiring and uncomfortable, right?

What Jiang Xin didn't know was that for Bai Luo, who had just graduated from the police academy, such a sitting posture was just the most basic requirement of the police academy.

On Anning County Street, where the county government is located, the sound of Dengwen drums was heard throughout the street.

The crowd began to gather outside the yamen, and as the news came out, some people came over one after another to see the excitement.

It's a pity that the gate of the county government is closed, and they can't see or hear anything.

After a while, He Sanhe Si brought in an old woman in her sixties, wearing a navy blue cloth coat and a pair of worn out coarse cloth shoes.

His hair was gray, his face was full of wind and frost wrinkles, his mouth was crying, his face was miserable, but there was no tear on his face, he was on crutches in one hand, and he was supported and led by He San in the other.

After bringing the defendant in, He San and He Si lined up on both sides, and stood neatly on both sides of the court with Jiang Xin and Wang Hai.

The old woman groped her knees with her eyes closed, knocked her head on the ground, and wept mournfully: "My lord, my lord, please do justice for my son who died tragically!" My lord! ”

Only then did Bai Luo find out that the old woman was blind, so He San helped her in.

"Who is kneeling in the hall?" Bai Luo asked seriously.

"Min...... Zhang's family, who lives in No. 5 Courtyard, West Street, Anning County, her husband's surname is Li, and her name is Li Dazhu," the old woman of the Zhang family endured her grief and answered Bai Luo's question...... Woowoo woo ......"

Speaking of her deceased husband, Zhang thought of her tragic death of her son, and from the sorrow, she began to cry again.

"Shen, can you present the paper?" Bai Luo lowered his head and asked the old woman in the hall in a warm voice.

"Yes, yes." The old woman hurriedly took out a thin piece of paper full of words from her cuff.

Wang Haihai on the side took it and presented it to Bai Luo's case.

Half a desk-sized piece of paper was full of sprinkling and writing, Bai Luo took a cursory look, and there was no punctuation in the entire quotation of scriptures, only seeing that she was two big, and she was slandered in her heart: I don't know which sour and rotten show this old woman is looking for to write.

She handed the pleadings to Wu Zhishan on the side, and instructed: "Master Wu, you come to check the pleadings and check the case." ”

Wu Zhishan was overjoyed after being stunned, carefully took the paper, and said with gratitude: "Don't worry, the little ones will live up to the trust." ”

In Wu Zhishan's view, taking the pleadings and checking the case with the defendant in court is the most brilliant and showy thing in the court, and finally has the opportunity to show his talent in front of everyone.

Wu Zhishan read it carefully with the paper, his face was full of seriousness, and he asked the old woman kneeling in the court loudly: "Zhang, your daughter-in-law Shen married into the Li family five years ago, and your husband died of illness three years later, so you live with your son and daughter-in-law in the courtyard of No. 5 Geng, West Street, Anning County, right?" ”

"Exactly." The old woman of the Zhang family, who was lying on the ground, raised her body and nodded.

"Now that your son was found dead in the hospital yesterday during the day, you accuse your daughter-in-law of adultery and kill your son with the adulterer, yes or no?" Wu Zhishan asked again.

"My son was killed by the adulterer** who deserved a thousand cuts." The old woman of the Zhang family replied through gritted teeth.

Wu Zhishan turned to Bai Luo and respectfully presented the paper in his hand, which meant that he had already checked the situation written on the paper with the old woman of the Zhang family.

Bai Luo was stunned, and then sighed in his heart.

Such a large blank piece of paper, sprinkled with so many words, the person who wrote the paper wrote such a little information?

What kind of nonsense is written in such a large article?

She couldn't help but take the paper and whispered to Wu Zhishan: "That's what is written on this paper?" ”

Wu Zhishan was so excited that his eyebrows fluttered, and he whispered in Bai Luo's ear: "My lord, this piece of paper is very well written, the case is explained clearly in a concise and concise manner in the front, and the scriptures are quoted in the back to denounce this Shen family's unruly femme fatale, it's really fast!" I don't know which brother wrote such a wonderful article, but I didn't expect that there would be such a talent in Anning County, and his subordinates will definitely meet for a while in Japan. ”

was so excited that he was gushing, and he felt the joy of finding a lifelong confidant.

Bai Luo now finally knows the reason why Wu Zhishan has tried and failed.

If you can't grasp the key point in writing, it's strange that you can be admitted to Xiucai, Bai Luo is sure that this benevolent brother who writes the paper will definitely not be admitted to Xiucai.

Because they write articles in a uniform style......

Her face stiffened, and she sat up straight in silence.

Ignoring Wu Zhishan anymore, Bai Luo cleared his throat and asked, "Zhang, how do you know that your daughter-in-law is committing adultery?" And how do you know that your son was killed by your daughter-in-law and adulterer? ”

The old woman of the Zhang family immediately said: "My son and the Shen family have lived in the west wing since they got married, and every day my son goes out to sell windmills and candy people, and the Shen family does some sewing work at home to earn some pocket money." ”

"Yesterday my son went out again, the old woman I can't see anything during the day, so I sleep in the house, I didn't think about it about half an hour later, I heard my son in the yard screaming, the old woman I hurriedly went out to call the Shen to check, but the Shen only promised in the house, and never came out for a long time, I heard my son shout 'you **', I can only moan and cry in pain, and I can't speak......" The old woman Zhang said this, thinking of her son's tragic situation, she couldn't help crying and crying a few times, Trying to suppress his sadness, he continued.

"I knew that the old woman was not good, so I hurriedly blocked the door and shouted for help on the street, but fortunately, the neighbors heard it and came in to help, only to find that the Shen family bullied my old woman and couldn't see it, and he cheated at home during the day, and my hard-working son ...... My hard-working son was given something inferior to this pair of pigs and dogs...... It's a bad deal...... Woowoo woo ......"

The old woman of the Zhang family finally finished talking about what had happened, and she began to cry one after another.