"Hey, although everyone is gone, blaspheming the deceased when he says this," Aunt Zhang hated iron and said: "Even what Lao Qian has done in recent years, it is not authentic, and his death is not necessarily a bad thing for your sister." ”

Aunt Zhang's complaint made Ji Liu barely sober up, she suddenly remembered something, grabbed Aunt Zhang's arm and asked, "Aunt Zhang, are you saying that the corpse in the lake yesterday was Qian Qingfeng's?" ”

"Sister Yu's husband is Qian Qingfeng?"

"That's right!"

Ji Liu, who received an affirmative answer, faded in seriousness, leaving her face full of questions, she turned around and ran towards the yamen, the umbrella did not hold up or say hello, and her mouth kept muttering: "It shouldn't be...... How is that possible? I'll have to ask! ”

"Remember Liu! It's raining too much, come back soon! The vegetable seller couldn't help but worry when he saw Ji Liu's depressed appearance, but his stall and ox cart were all in the rain, and it was inconvenient to chase him, so he could only do it in a hurry.

Seeing this, Aunt Zhang proposed, "I'll go over and have a look." After speaking, he chased after him directly with an umbrella, and the rain in all directions could not be stopped at all, but it was better than nothing.

When Aunt Zhang chased to the yamen against the wind and rain, Ji Liu was already standing in front of the yamen soaking wet, her eyes staring at the county yamen.

"Girl, you better go back in such a heavy rain!" There were two guards in front of the county yamen, and they couldn't let her in for no reason, Ji Liu's two consecutive collisions made them feel a little angry, but they had to maintain the literati demeanor that Wenyue City had been highly praised for nearly half a year.

Ji Liu couldn't care about the muddy water on her body, and she and the yamen guards' push and shove, after all, her physical strength couldn't compare, but she still didn't want to leave, and insisted: "I want to see the yamen master." ”

The resolute tone made the guards a little embarrassed for a while, and they continued to persuade: "Entering the yamen is either a crime, or something to report." If you have to go in, you have to let the little ones go in and report it, the girl suddenly broke in, and there was no reason, what did the little ones do? ”

Aunt Zhang heard that she hurriedly stepped forward to grab Ji Liu, she tilted the paper umbrella in her hand towards Ji Liu and whispered in Ji Liu's ear to persuade: "Ji Liu, you go back with me first, what is there to think about in the long run, you are so reckless, you can not get in or not, if you are beaten, the reputation of the girl's family is not good, how can you marry in the future?" ”

Ji Liu raised her right hand and slowly pressed down the hand that Aunt Zhang was holding on her left arm, her eyes were full of firmness and said, "Aunt Zhang, they just said that Sister Yu was locked up, I don't worry." You go back first, it's hard for you to rush to the market to tell me about it, otherwise it will be too late when I go back to Lotus Village. ”

As soon as the words fell, Ji Liu strode forward, almost trotted to the drum and pulled out the drumstick, and hit the drum hard.

The two guards didn't notice for a while and couldn't stop her, one of them saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly went in to report, while the other stayed where he was, and said helplessly to Ji Liu: "Girl, this is a drum of injustice, but it is going to hit the board." ”

Ji Liu couldn't listen to it, she still kept beating the drum.

Knock knock ~ knock knock ~

One after another, it reached the backyard of the county government, interrupting the conversation between Sheng Li and Wen Yuecheng.

"Who? This kind of day beats the drum of injustice," just discussed the suspicions in the case with Sheng Li, he was suddenly frightened by the sound of the drum: "Do you think Lord Ben has been too comfortable in the past two days?!" ”

Complaining and complaining, Wen Yuecheng immediately stood up and said to Sheng Li, who was standing on the side: "Let's go, Xiao Lizi, do things for the people with Master Ben." ”

"......" Sheng Li watched Wen Yuecheng walk out of the room with a reluctant face, he had nothing to say, he hurriedly put the things on the table into his cuffs, and followed Wen Yuecheng out of the backyard all the way.

Not far away, a servant was panting and running towards them, and ran to the two of them soaking wet and replied: "My lord, there is a girl outside the yamen who insists on seeing you. The little ones couldn't stop her, so she beat the drum of injustice. ”

After the official guarding the gate finished speaking, he wiped the rainwater that had accumulated in front of his eyes, and respectfully waited for Wenyue City's order.

"Take that girl to the county government hall," Wen Yishun instructed him, "You didn't tell her that there is a price to be paid for beating the drum of grievances?" ”

The official was ashamed in his heart, he didn't expect that the two big men couldn't stop a little girl who looked weak, he lowered his head and replied: "Back to the adult, she rushed up rashly before the little one could say." The little one came to report first, and I thought that Chengzi would tell her ......"

"Okay, Master Ben knows, you bring people to the county hall, just go and freshen up, don't go to work with illness, it looks like I'm inhumane." Wen Yishun flicked his sleeves, and the rain of beans wet his sleeves, losing his previous sense of elegance.

Then he turned to Sheng Li and ordered: "Don't follow Lord Ben yet, you will escort Li Yu to Zhaofeng Prison within half a day, and before that, you can see if you can take something out of her mouth." ”

"Yes, sir." After hearing this, Sheng Li bowed down and replied, and went to the prison cell where the prisoner was temporarily held in the county government alone.

When Sheng Li stepped into the room where Li Yu was being held, Ji Liu was also taken to the county hall by the concierge officer, and she stood in the middle with a pool of rain condensed under her feet.

Her clothes could no longer absorb the rain at all, and the sparse dripping onto the slippery green bricks, the sound of water dripping was accompanied by the whispers of the officials hiding behind the palace, and her face turned blue.

Ji Liu shook her head, since she heard that Li Yu had an accident, she couldn't calm down anymore, and the cleverness in the bazaar disappeared completely, this appearance was seen by Wen Yuecheng, who was standing at the side door of the lobby, he tilted his head suspiciously, and whispered softly: "This girl, it's a little familiar." ”

"The girl came in the rain to ring the drum of grievances, there must be a big grievance," Wen Yuecheng walked in expressionlessly, regardless of whether he was familiar or not, he just wanted to solve the matter here as soon as possible, and go to the prison as soon as possible to listen to the interrogation of Sheng Li, thinking of this, his next words did not even pause, and immediately ordered to the officials who were watching the excitement: "Come on, this woman rings the drum of grievances, according to the laws of our dynasty, re-hit the twenty boards, and implement it immediately." ”

Wen Yuecheng walked as he spoke, and as soon as he finished speaking, he sat on the Taishi chair in the middle of the lobby.

He panted for a long time, Ji Liu was still standing in place unharmed, and the officials stood aside and looked carefully, who made Ji Liu the first person who dared to sound the drum of injustice in so many years.

This touched Wenyue City even more, obviously the current Ji Liu is like a female ghost who climbed up in the river to ask for her life, but she still attracted everyone's attention, but she didn't expect to work hard last night, because a woman was blind, he shouted angrily: "Don't do it quickly!" ”

The officials present were frightened, and their thoughts returned, only to find that Wen Yuecheng was looking at them with fire in his eyes, and before the two young officials could react, they were pushed forward, and under the whispered reminders of others, they served the torture chair and pulled Ji Liu to lie on it.

If it were the past, these officials would not have obeyed Wen Yuecheng's orders at all, and the sloppy eyes were more powerful than the other, no matter what work he arranged, it was all gags and hasty things, but even so, Wen Yuecheng was all smiling with a smile on his face, and there was no blame.

But since last night, they have not been interested in a table of delicious dishes, and a little brighter dishes can stimulate the stomach and nausea.

These are all because of the men sitting in the high hall, with the appearance of a breezy and beautiful moon, full of black ink and black intestines, they never dare to underestimate Wenyue City anymore.

The two young servants did not hear the voices of the old slippery heads, and they alternated left and right, striking her hips with the execution rods in their hands.

Ji Liu didn't struggle the whole time, let them be tortured, her buttocks began to numb after three or two blows, and after a few more blows, a dull pain spread all over her limbs.

Ji Liu bit her lower lip tightly, she was worried that if she shouted in pain, she would be listened to by Aunt Zhang, who was stopped outside the county office, and she would only be able to do it for twenty times, and it would not hurt if she stayed up for two days.

Xu is stubborn appearance touched the young officer, and in the end, Ji Liu felt that the board was much lighter, and it was no longer as violent as at the beginning.

After the cane punishment was over, Wen Yuecheng saw that she was not as pretentious as a woman from a high-ranking official and wealthy businessman, she nodded with relief, and looked at her face slowly becoming more pleasing to the eye, and her questioning was much gentler.

He waved his hand at the staff and motioned for them to stand down, and then waited patiently to give Jiliu time to regain his strength and sanity.

When he saw Ji Liu exhale lightly, and his slightly stiff cheeks softened, Wen Yuecheng supported his head, looked at her with interest, and asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall?" What is the grievance? ”

"Lord Hui, the people's girl's surname is Liu, a native of Lotus Village," Jiliu pondered carefully, and replied with a slight tremble: "The people's girl is here for the Baihuahu case." ”

If someone sent a pillow when he dozed off, it wasn't sent in a hurry, Wen Yuecheng plucked out his ears, and he laughed coldly: "Huh? Do you know the fat corpse in the lake that is as fat as lard and green onions? ”

According to the usual, Wen Yuecheng's words are to offend the deceased, and Sheng Li must have coughed on the side to remind him, but at this time, Sheng Li was not there, Wen Yuecheng had no scruples at all, and the essence of the poisonous tongue sealed in his heart by Sheng Li came out, and he grinned two rows of big white teeth and said, "Remember the girl...... Right? I heard that the deceased was often entangled with a widow during his lifetime, so he ......"

His words, the real number offended, Ji Liu heard this, raised his head in fright, and the neurosis in his eyes was naked in front of Wen Yuecheng's eyes, he could see that Ji Liu and the widow had nothing to touch, but this mouth was cheap, and even he couldn't control himself.

Wen Yuecheng coughed embarrassedly: "You continue, you continue." ”

"Back to my lord, the day before yesterday, the folk girl and her grandfather came to the county together, preparing to go back after participating in the Hundred Flowers Festival in the past few days," Ji Liu carefully recalled what happened in the middle of the night, she looked forward to the black shadow she saw that night was the murderer, Li Yu was just blinded, so she continued: "I'm not afraid of adult jokes, the afternoon before yesterday, the folk girl slept in the inn for a long time, which caused her to not sleep at all at night, so she went out for a walk, and happened to be playing in the water by Baihua Lake......"