It has been more than ten days since Yi Shuyuan came to Yuanjiang County, and the first few days were conscientious and meticulous, and he returned to Xihe Village for the first time to start work, and his state was relaxed.

Although there are no colleagues to speak, there is nothing bullshit, and there is no supervision from superiors, Yi Shuyuan's work is completely conscious, but the premise is to at least maintain appropriate progress, and can show a certain stage of results when asked by the county order or the county official.

However, it is now the early stage of compilation, and Yi Shuyuan's main job is to understand the basic content through reading, not only to read the county, but also to read some of the surrounding literature.

It was already late at night, and an oil lamp was placed in the corner of the table, illuminating the bookcase but not illuminating the entire library.

Yi Shuyuan sat in front of the table with his coat draped and read a book of "Notes on Mountains and Rivers", which roughly included some famous mountains and rivers in the entire Dayong Dynasty, although many of them are relatively general, but it is also a rare geography book in this library.

"Hoha~~~"

Yi Shuyuan yawned, and saw that the room was a little dim, so he took off the paper lampshade and used a bamboo clip to lift the wick out a little, and as the flame grew a lot, the room suddenly became brighter.

"Whew...... Whew......"

The wind was blowing outside, and Yi Shuyuan also felt a chill, and couldn't help but tighten the clothes on his body.

"Knock Knock ......"

In front of the yamen, there was a sudden sound of drums, Yi Shuyuan was slightly stunned, subconsciously put down the book and stood up, grabbed the placket of his coat and walked to the door, and opened the door of the library.

"Whew...... Whew......"

The wind made Yi Shuyuan's sideburns sway, and the sound of the drum became more and more obvious.

"Knock Knock ......"

It's so late, it's impossible for the county government to beat the drum to summon the messengers, so someone is beating the drum to voice grievances?

Yi Shuyuan suddenly became interested, quickly put on his coat, and then gently closed the door of the library, he had never seen a real ascension in his two lives, not to mention that he hadn't slept yet, even if he had already laid down, maybe he would get up and take a look.

Of course, it is allowed to see the promotion of the yamen, and the common people can watch it from a certain distance, not to mention that Yi Shuyuan is now also a member of the yamen.

When Yi Shuyuan walked through the corridor, he saw that several dormitories had been lit up by candlelight, and when he heard the talking and scolding inside, he knew that it must be the officials of the soap class, and this group of people was about to stand on both sides of the public hall, and now they were all hurrying to get dressed and get up.

However, in practice, if the public drum sounds, theoretically all the departments of the yamen who heard it will have to send people over.

Yi Shuyuan didn't care so much, his steps were fast, and he came to the front hall one step ahead of many people, and there would already be a strong squad messenger who was on duty at night in the public hall to hold the lamp.

"Mr. Yi? You haven't slept yet? ”

A few servants in the public hall were wondering who the person who suddenly came from the inside was, and someone recognized Yi Shuyuan, but the other party was not a person Yi Shuyuan knew, so he had to laugh.

"Late at night in the library to revise the text, I have never seen the drumming, so I came to take a look, after all, there are many cases included in the county annals."

"Mr. Yi, you are really attentive, who doesn't want to sleep this big night......"

Several other errand officers also surrendered to Yi Shuyuan, after all, the boss valued this one very much, and Yi Shuyuan naturally returned the salute one by one, and then curiously followed the two messengers to the main gate, watching them remove the latch and open the door together.

"Boom ......"

With a low sound, the main entrance of the yamen slowly opened, and the people who were beating the drums gradually stopped moving.

The light inside the public hall illuminated the drummer, and the people outside also looked inside through the gradually unfolding crack in the door, and he saw the official who opened the door, and of course Yi Shuyuan standing behind the door.

"Who's beating the drums here?"

The official burst out with a loud roar, obviously he had also practiced two hands, but at this moment, Yi Shuyuan's eyes had already widened slightly, and the pupils in his eyes dilated slightly.

The drummer was about thirty years old, his body was shivering from the cold, and his face was slightly pale, but although he looked a little uneasy and apprehensive, his voice was still loud.

"My lord! The grass people are from Dujia Village on the edge of the Ejiang River, and I want to sue Jia Yuntong, a businessman in Jiangzhou, for forcibly robbing and killing the people's daughter-"

The drummer shouted these words and saluted Yi Shuyuan, who quickly stepped out of the way and explained aloud.

"It's not an adult here, and the adult hasn't arrived yet."

The two officials also went out, one left and one right, to "invite" people into the door, and shouted sternly.

"Wait here, your lord will be there soon!"

But just as the drummer was carried into the gate by two servants, a faint light flashed, and a white shadow was bounced directly past the drummer.

"Ah......h

With a woman's exclamation, the white figure fell to the ground a foot outside the gate.

Yi Shuyuan stepped back to the side of the door and also looked at the man beating the drum, but the afterglow of his eyes casually glanced out of the door.

It was a woman dressed in white, her pale face was blue, and there was a wound on her forehead that was bleeding red and black, and she immediately got up and wanted to enter the courtroom after being catapulted.

Brush~

Another white light lit up.

"Ahh

The woman screamed and was bounced again, this time farther away, directly into the street, she struggled to get up again, and quickly approached the door of the court, but did not dare to take a step, only looked around in panic, and then wandered helplessly in front of the door.

The moment he opened the door, Yi Shuyuan saw the woman and the drummer standing together, and at that time Yi Shuyuan didn't think about this situation at all, just a moment of intuition, as well as visual impact, let him understand what a woman was.

Yi Shuyuan was a little panicked in his heart, but he couldn't help but pay attention to all this, and he didn't choose to leave, and at the same time he was thinking about why he could see the ghost?

With this kind of doubt, Yi Shuyuan looked at the others, the other officials obviously couldn't see the woman at all, and even the drummer had been looking left and right at the moment as if he was looking for something, but even if his eyes swept in the direction of the door, he didn't seem to see where the woman was standing.

He can't see it either? Yi Shuyuan felt an inexplicable weirdness in his heart.

At this moment, a dense sound of footsteps came from behind the yamen, and soon, two rows of officials with water and fire sticks trotted into the public hall, and after a while, an official wearing an official robe and a black gauze hat strode into the public hall, accompanied by a Confucian scholar in regular clothes.

As the county order sat down, the master also sat on the small table on the side to prepare for the record, Yi Shuyuan retreated to the area outside the hall with interest, and tried to keep himself calm, but Yu Guang still couldn't help but pay attention to the woman who was not far from him.

Some of the officials on the periphery and even the catchers also came one after another in this process, and everyone did not be polite, but waited quietly in the area outside the hall, and when the drum was beaten, more than half of the people in the yamen came, Yi Shuyuan felt that if Wu Minggao did not live far away, he would have to come when he heard it.

Soon, the shocking wood in the hands of the county magistrate also fell heavily on the public case.

"Smack~"

"Ascension!"

The two drainage fire sticks and pestles connect the dots to the ground: "Aggressive ...... aggressive"

"Might-Force-"

Yuanjiang County Ling's surname is Lin, he has been in office for two years, his beard is sparse and his face is thin, and he is looking sternly at the drummer who was brought up in the hall at the moment.

"Who's drumming? What is the complaint? ”

If it is a trivial matter, the drummer will inevitably be beaten first, otherwise the entire Yuanjiang County Ya will not agree to be disturbed.

The drummer was visibly absent-minded, looking around.

"Smack~"

"The people in the hall, answer quickly, otherwise the water and fire sticks will wait!"

The drummer shuddered, plucked up the courage to arch his hands and shouted.

"The grass people are Du Fang, a native of Dujia Village by the Ejiang River, I want to sue Jia Yuntong, a businessman in Jiangzhou, for forcibly robbing and killing the people's daughters-Jia Yuntong deceived many women from good families in the name of a businessman, and he will even make a robbery, and some people are humiliated and persecuted to death by him, please call the shots——"

In fact, there is no need to kneel to see the official in the public hall here, but at this moment, Du Fang became excited as he spoke, and knelt down directly after speaking.

"Please call the shots!"

It was windy at night, and the candle flame in the hall was slightly beating even if there was a lampshade, and the county magistrate looked at the people under the hall, obviously looking like a young ordinary peasant.

Jiangzhou? This is no longer cross-county, this is cross-state? What about the physical evidence, the murder happened in this county, right? Lin Xianling frowned, still planning to ask clearly.

"So where are the Jiangzhou merchants now? Who was killed by it, and what does it have to do with you? ”

"There is more than one person who was killed, the villain only knows one person, his name is He Xin, he was originally from Luo County, Wuzhou, he was captured from Wuzhou by the evil businessman, and the body sank in the water after being killed, and the building ship of the evil businessman is now parked at the county wharf, and the adults will send someone to arrest it, and the evil businessman will be arrested!"

Thanks to the book he had read before, Yi Shuyuan's mind immediately thought of Wuzhou, which also crossed the Ejiang River, and the boat might have come all the way from Wuzhou along the Ejiang River.

The county magistrate frowned when he heard this, and the person in front of him had not yet explained the specifics, of course, it was impossible to let the county government send someone with a word.

"What is your relationship with the deceased?"

Du Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, hesitated for a moment and said truthfully.

"No, it doesn't matter......"

"Huh? Then where did you learn about He Xin's murder? ”

Du Fang began to look around again.

"Smack~"

"Aren't you a thief? Give the official the truth! ”

The county magistrate was obviously a little angry, and it was just a matter of ascending to the court in the middle of the night, and the complainant's eyes were dodging, his body was cowering, and he looked around, despising the court.

Lin Xian ordered this scolding, so frightened that Du Fang's body in the hall shook violently, and he opened his mouth to answer.

"Lord Hui, it was He Xinzhi's ghost who told the grass people personally, she appeared in the grass people's dreams every night, and from time to time pleaded in her ears at midnight, the grass people were very scared at first, and then they were resentful, so they came to report to the official under their pleading!"

Ghost?

Lin Xianling frowned in disbelief, but the drumming in the middle of the night was indeed a little strange, and he hesitated for a moment but still spoke.

"Since you came to beat the drum, there must be a way to make this official believe you?"

Du Fang looked at the county order and kept looking around.

"Girl, Miss He, we're in court, Miss He! Didn't you say that there was a way for adults to hear you at midnight? Girl, tell the adults quickly......"

Seeing Du Fang looking at and talking, waiting for half a cup of tea, the patience in the county commander's heart was worn out, and the anger was rising, he actually wanted to believe in such a ridiculous thing?

"Smack~"

"Boldly Diao Min, I think you are talking nonsense, and you dare to tease this official! Come on, give me twenty boards! ”

This county order can be said to be really angry!