The play began......

Throughout June, Shen Yu took the daughter of the Shen family to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing to escape the summer, feeling the rural interest, which can be described as extremely happy.

This time, Shen An's family was finally able to follow, and Shen Cheng's Cheng Yanyan, who had only started at the beginning of the year, also followed, and there were three children, Shen Yuchen, Shen Qingde and Shen Qingze, who were making trouble together.

Of course, Shen Ning also spent a comfortable month in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and when he returned to Jingzhao in early July, he still remembered Zhuangzi's melons and fruits, and Xia Ci tried his best to make a lot of delicacies to satisfy Shen Ning's cravings.

It's a pity that before he settled down for a few days, Shen Ning heard Qiu Ge's face and hurriedly reported: "Girl, something is wrong!" The Dengwen drum in front of Jingzhao Mansion was beaten! ”

"What?! Someone beating the drums? What's going on? When Shen Ning heard this, he was taken aback and couldn't help but stand up.

This is something that hasn't happened in Dayong for many years, and it's really surprising. What's going on?!

Dengwen drum, set up in front of Jingzhao Mansion, is set up by Dayong Taizu Shangguanfu, "Taizu Record" said that "Taizu Que left hanging Dengwen drum to reach the wrong." The couplet hanging next to the Dengwen drum "Stretch out the injustice of the world, reach the feelings of ten thousand people" directly reflects the role of the Dengwen drum, that is, to voice grievances for the people and reach the heavens.

In the early years of Dayong, there were also Dengwen Drum Courtyard and Dengwen Inspection Academy, but more than 200 years have passed, and these two courtyards have long been withdrawn; And because the imperial court was extremely strict with the management of Dengwen Drum. In addition to appointing officials from the Jingzhao Prefecture and the Criminal Department to take charge of the Dengwen Drum, it was also stipulated that if the Dengwen Drum was to be sounded, he must first be punished with a rod of thirty times.

This kind of "guilty before speaking" stipulation has made the role of Dengwen drum diminishing day by day. Daeyong has not beaten the drums for many years.

If Shen Ning is not mistaken, the last time the drums sounded was during the reign of Emperor Huihe. It's been more than forty years ago! More than 40 years later. The Dengwen drum sounded again, and the sensation caused can be imagined.

What is the purpose of the drum this time? What will be the impact?

From Qiu Ge's description, Shen Ning only knew that it was a woman who played the drum, and the others were not known for the time being, because the time was too short. News of the streams and grasshoppers has not yet arrived.

Who and why is it that is going to beat the drum? Shen Ning couldn't help but be curious.

The law stipulates the procedure after the drums are sounded: "There are people who have heard the drums,...... The presiding officer must be the one who receives, and those who do not receive it will be punished by one degree. Jing Zhao Yin Luo Shijing is very clear about this.

When the subordinates came down to report the news after the drum sounded. He immediately took up the matter. At the same time, someone was sent to inform Ren Hongyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to discuss the matter together.

After Ren Hongyi received the report, he hurriedly came to the Jingzhao Mansion, and saw Luo Shijing's helpless and embarrassed look, his heart jumped suddenly, this is indeed a big deal, but it doesn't have to be like this, right?

After he heard the grievances of the woman in the hall. felt that his head was bigger, and he also showed the same look as Luo Shijing. It's so hard to do!

Regardless of the faces of the two men, the woman in the hall, who had been reprimanded with thirty rods but was fortunate enough to speak out, spoke her grievances intermittently in a weak but firm voice.

It turned out that this woman's surname was Tang Mingyuan, a person from Lujiang, and she had a great grievance since Chen, and she had gone through all the hardships and traveled thousands of miles to Jingzhao to beat the drum, just to avenge her grievances!

She sued Zhou Yangxu, the servant of the ministry, and accused her of conniving at her eldest son Zhou Xueli to cheat on marriage; Second, he was accused of conniving at and shielding his people, causing his people to cause trouble and commit heinous crimes.

According to Tang Yuan's complaint, she was deceived into marriage by Zhou Yangxu's eldest son, Zhou Xueli, ten years ago, and among the crimes she sued the Zhou family, there was organized and wanton rape of young girls, and her daughter, Zhou Le, who was only nine years old, was one of the victims, and is now imprisoned in the Zhou family in Lujiang.

In order to seek justice and rescue her imprisoned daughter, she tried her best to come to Jingzhao and beat the drum!

"Please tell the grievances of the women to the heavens and the world, return me justice, and save my daughter!" At the end of the story, Tang Yuan was like a madman, crying hoarsely, and his extremely weak body, which had been punished with thirty canes, could no longer support it, and fainted.

"Put this woman in a prison first. Let's report this matter to the emperor immediately, and listen to the emperor's holy ruling. Luo Shijing said, now you can only go according to the procedure first, Ren Hongyi agreed, and also felt that the matter was tricky, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

Tang Yuan and sued Zhou Yangxu, what it means and what is involved, these two people couldn't be clearer.

In such a sensitive period as seizing the heir, before the three princes were about to get married, the Zhou family, as the mother of the three princes, was told to the front of the emperor by Tang Yuan through the drum.

Of course, Luo Shijing and Ren Hongyi also don't believe it. Therefore, they did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately began to deal with the follow-up matters.

Tang Yuan hit the Dengwen drum at the time, and when it came to the day of Shen, the excerpt about the beginning and end of the Tang Yuan's beating of the Dengwen drum had been handed to Emperor Changtai.

Emperor Changtai looked at the fold that was not long, and his joy and anger were uncertain. Zhang Sheng, who was waiting on the side, carefully observed his expression and did not dare to speak. The palace maids and chamberlains who were standing didn't even dare to breathe, and the entire Zichen Hall was quiet.

After a long time, Emperor Changtai put down his fold, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. Seeing this, Zhang Sheng hurriedly waved his hand and signaled the rest of the palace maids and chamberlains to quickly withdraw from the palace, so as not to disturb Emperor Changtai.

Emperor Changtai, who was in a false sleep, was thinking about how to deal with the matter of the Dengwen drum in Laos. What Luo Shijing and Ren Hongyi can think of, Emperor Changtai can naturally think of.

sued the uncle of the third prince, the brother of the virtuous concubine of the harem, and the official of the servant of the ministry, sounded the drums of Dengwen who had been silent for more than 40 years, and survived the punishment of 30 canes, how could a small Lujiang woman have such courage and determination?

And the Zhou family is known to have a virtuous reputation, how could someone suddenly sue them? What's going on here? Are there any other princes' handiwork? Is this a false accusation? Is it for the Zhou family and even the three princes?

These kinds of complex thoughts are intertwined in Changtai Emperor's mind. He didn't get a good idea.

"Xuanluo Shijing, Ren Hongyi, Gong Ruxi and He Ke are difficult to enter the hall." After thinking to no avail, Emperor Changtai opened his eyes and ordered Zhang Sheng.

The Dengwen Drum is set up outside the Jingzhao Mansion, and the matter of the people's woman Dengwen Drum is completely unconcealable, and it involves the servants of the court's ministry. Presumably, it has spread throughout Jingzhao by now.

No matter what. As an emperor, he must pay attention to the matter of the Dengwen Drum in Laos, because the Dengwen Drum is for the people to avenge their grievances and reach the heavens, and he must make a fair gesture and give an explanation to the people! Otherwise, the people's feelings and hearts will definitely change, and he must be prepared to deal with it before that.

Emperor Changtai's guess was not wrong. In just one day, the matter of someone Dengwen Drum has spread throughout Jingzhao, and even more capable people know what happened from the officials of Jingzhao Prefecture!

It was a Lujiang woman who was deceived into marriage by the eldest son of Zhou Yangxu, the servant of the ministry, and the young daughter was raped and imprisoned by the Zhou family, and she had no way to ask for help. That's when I beat the drums and so on. The news. It was a thunderbolt that caused a commotion among the people and officials of Jingzhao.

The people of Jingzhao almost fell to believe that it was true, and if it were not for the great grievance, how could a woman beat the drum and receive the punishment of thirty rods? This may be dead at any time, who would do such a thing for no reason? The drum hasn't been played for more than 40 years!

The Jingzhao officials had reservations about the current situation in the imperial court. They all know it very well. Some officials believe that the woman must have another purpose, the purpose is to attack the Zhou family. Thus weakening the power of the Three Princes!

Besides, the Lujiang Zhou family has a good reputation, otherwise the girl of his family would not have been elected to the palace by the emperor, and finally was canonized as a virtuous concubine, which must be a false accusation; Some officials think that there may not be no reason for nothing, this Zhou family may have really done that evil thing, if the woman's complaint is true, then the Zhou family is hypocritical, and this crime is too outrageous!

Which is true and which is false, and which is right and which is wrong, depends on how the emperor and the chief officials deal with it.

For a while, the entire Jingzhao people focused their eyes on this matter and watched the development of the situation. For this reason, the business of teahouses, liquor stores and other places has improved a lot, because these places are the most well-informed, and many people go to these places to inquire about the latest developments of the situation.

Soon, Emperor Changtai's will came down, on the one hand, he ordered Zhou Yangxu to defend himself, and on the other hand, he ordered Jingzhao Mansion, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yushitai to form an investigation team, and these four departments jointly tried the case, so that the truth must be revealed and justice should be returned to the world.

Because the matter involved the servant of the Ministry of Officials, the lineup of this investigation team is also very scary, led by Jingzhao Shaoyin Luo Shijing, Shangshu Ren Hongyi of the Criminal Department, Gong Ruxi, the Imperial Historian and He Kenan, the Dali Temple, and the Jingzhao Shaoyin Zhangjian, the Dali Shaoqing Qiu Shengnian, the Imperial History Zhongcheng Yang Jianrui, and the Criminal Department Servant Zhu Xu.

In general, almost all the main officials of these four ministries and departments are involved.

The impact of the incident in Jingzhao was extremely huge, and the investigation team has been operating rapidly since its establishment.

Luo Shijing and other four chief officials sat in Jingzhao, and according to the will of Emperor Changtai, they divided the investigation team into two ways: Zhang Jian and Qiu Shengnian led the Jingzhao soldiers and Dali Temple officials to form a team, and stayed in Jingzhao to interrogate Tang Yuan, Zhou Yangxu, Zhou Xueli and others, and improve the context of the preliminary interrogation work.

Zhu Xu and Yang Jianrui led the criminal department to form a team of officials and supervision of the imperial history, and quickly went to Lujiang to find out whether Tang Yuan's confession was true, collect relevant evidence, etc., and wait for the two teams to converge, and the four departments will be interrogated, and then the truth of the matter will be known.

The Laos Dengwen drum and the four divisions were tried, replacing the matter of the three princes' upcoming wedding, and became the focus of the people and officials of Jingzhao!

At this time, most people don't know where things are going, after all, no one has beaten the drum for more than 40 years. This time, what impact will it have on the Dayong Dynasty? No one can guess.

ps：

Midnight! Perhaps, this chapter will be familiar to everyone. Borrowing the present into the past is helpless. I still have the grief and indignation of this incident. This chapter is my attitude. If you do something evil, there will always be evil consequences, and this is a clear reason.