Chapter 10: Amazing Drum Beats
The Trojan stopped about a mile outside the Guyang Mansion. It's not that Li Zhenguan and the others don't want to sit all the way to the Yamen of Guyang Mansion, but when they reach that place, the Trojan horse will automatically stop.
According to the uncle who drove the car, this is the role of the Yamen Guardian Formation of the Ministry of Justice. It is also the rule of the yamen of each government department, the place of the yamen, and the justice of all human affairs. Whether it is a royal family or a pawn, everyone must dismount.
Therefore, Li Zhenguan and his entourage must go to the Yamen, no exception.
It was about a few cups of tea, and Li Zhenguan and his party came to the door of the Yamen of the Ministry of Mansion. In front of the door is a wide, straight road paved with white bricks,
The main entrance consists of three gates, two small on the left and one in the middle. The three doors are all made of large vermilion, but the two doors in the middle are lined with rows of yellow copper nails, and in the middle, there are two divine beasts with copper rings in their mouths.
Under the door are several bluestone steps. On both sides of the stairs are two mighty stone lions with stone beads in their mouths.
The overall feeling of this Guyang Mansion Si Yamen is solemn and upright.
And on the right side of the gate there are two drums, a large red-skinned drum and a clumsy stone drum. Both drums are for the complainant, so hit that one as you like.
Ringing red, normal grievances, normal trial. Knocking on the stone, shocking injustice, please Lei Zu of the Ministry of Thunder to come to the world, and all the chief officials of the government will sit in the hall to be righteous and moral.
Li Zhenguan had read these in the books of the Yan Pavilion, but this was the first time he had actually seen them, so an idea immediately popped into his mind that he was going to beat the stone drum.
It doesn't matter whether it rings or not, it's mainly a teenager's curiosity that no one can stop.
In a few big strides, he crossed the gallop road, came to the stone drum, picked up the stone hammer and knocked it down vigorously.
"Boom."
A deep sound pierced the surroundings. This time it was everyone's turn to be surprised, and naturally it was the turn of the authorities to be nervous.
With the sound of the voice, the official inside the door quickly ran out, and Li Zhenguan and his party were also quickly led to the lobby.
At this time, the lobby is the most solemn in these decades, generally speaking, when a case is heard, any one of the government secretaries and the three government orders can be sentenced in the main position, but because of this stone drum, the government secretary and the three government orders have come to the lobby. Bai Deyuan sat high, and Ma Mai and the other two were above the three positions below.
There were also a group of officials watching.
Before the public court, to be precise, on the door of the public hall, there was an offering table, an incense burner, several fruit bowls, and a few green cigarettes on the floor.
In front of this offering table, there were no statues, no sculptures, only a floating ethereal golden phantom.
It is an old man, with kindness and might, and majesty with inoffensiveness.
Holding a golden mace in one hand and touching his beard in the other, he looked at everything in front of him.
This is the Nine Heavens Ying Yuan Thunder God Puhua Tianzun, referred to as Lei Zu, who is in charge of judicial injustices in the world.
And the resounding of this stone drum naturally alarmed this great god to come to this world and take care of this injustice.
Of course, all the people present today will be famous for eternity, leaving a name for future generations, and attracting Lei Zu to the world, this kind of legendary thing, but it is also rare in this Qi Holy Dynasty.
Everything is ready, just wait for the next trial, and the result of the trial is generally not questionable, after all, Lei Zu is here, and there is an unjust case, so it will be repaid.
There are exceptions to everything, but I don't think it will end there.
Bai Deyuan slowly raised the startling wood, whether it was the people outside the yamen, or the officials and prisoners in this hall, they were all holding their breath at this time, waiting for the snapping sound.
In fact, Bai Deyuan didn't want to come out to try the case, after all, both the people and officials of Guyang Mansion now regard Mamai as a myth, and he Bai Deyuan is just a joke.
Perhaps the only consolation he had was that Mamai didn't dominate the crowd. And he has always helped him to check the misunderstandings of all the things he has done, and has also constantly reconciled his relations with the officials.
So he hasn't tried a case for a long time, and even the affairs of the palace are handled by Mamai. But as a result, he became less and less popular with officials and the common people.
But the stone drums sounded, and he couldn't and didn't dare to shirk it anymore. Moreover, he saw a long-lost hope in the stone drum that was beaten this time.
"Smack."
When the sound fell, people who originally thought that the tension in their hearts would be better when this sound sounded it, but they found that they became even more nervous after the sound.
"The people in the hall, what grievances, and who beat this stone drum." Although Bai Deyuan already knew most of what happened, he still asked this sentence for the sake of the people at the door and some officials in the hall who didn't know why.
"It's me, student Li Zhenguan." Looking at Bai Deyuan in the hall, Li Zhenguan did not have stage fright, and at the same time he also looked at Ma Mai, who theoretically didn't know whether to save his life or put it to death.
Mamai first gave him a jerky smirk. Then he quickly returned to his seriousness, and at the same time kept recording with a pen in his hand.
After all, this is in the public court, not in the woods of Qingyang Mountain.
Later, Li Zhenguan answered Bai Deyuan about some things before and after this case.
Li Zhenguan also answered truthfully, and the criminals did not deny it. It's just a few of the details, the criminals are vague, and Li Zhenguan himself really doesn't know the root of it.
For example, when it comes to Jiang Qianli, why does a young master of Qingyang Mountain want to be a river thief.
Who gave the old woman the formation of resurrecting Jiang Qianli and others.
The old woman just replied that Jiang Qianli wanted to unify the bandits and the river thieves, and then in a certain big event.
As for who gave her the formation, he replied that it had nothing to do with the case.
Hearing this, Bai Deyuan and all the officials were furious, and questioned Qi An if he dared to be presumptuous before Lei Zu.
With that, a few officials escorted the old woman to Lei Zu, because once the prisoner had a quibble in this kind of case, he would hand it over to Lei Zu for disposal. Divine punishment will be lowered, and then the criminals will tell the truth, after all, the thunder will destroy the soul, and it will not be able to be reborn forever.
Lei Zu glanced at the old woman in front of him, squinted his eyes, stroked his beard, and slowly raised the golden mace.
But as if he had thought of something again, he slowly put down the golden mace and closed his eyes.
Seeing this, everyone also believed what the old woman said was the matter. Whether it is Jiang Qianli's purpose or the person who sent the formation in her mouth that has nothing to do with this case.
After all, Lei Zu's movements speak for themselves.
However, Bai Deyuan seemed to be very dissatisfied with this result, and even repeatedly held himself up on top of the high seat in shock.
In the end, the old woman and several thieves were sentenced to beheading for their wickedness.
The documents were sent to Luoyi on the same day, waiting for the sentence of the strange emperor. However, it usually arrives in less than a month. After going back and forth, and entering the palace was reviewed by the Criminal Department, the emperor's instructions were only three months. Just in time they can catch the last wave of beheadings this fall.
And Jiang Qingzhuo, who doesn't have too many crimes, is sentenced to a few years in prison.
The adjustment of this case was so simple that everyone suspected that the people of the government had mistaken the sound of the stone drum and the red leather drum.
But if one person is wrong, then it may be unbelievable that all the officials in this Manchurian government are wrong.
And Lei Zu has come down, it is absolutely impossible to come out with this kind of oolong.
Then the crowd had to find a proper reason for it. After all, it's human nature, curiosity, exploration, and there must be answers.
And this reason naturally has to be found from Li Zhenguan, the number one person in our incident. After all, he himself said that he was deceived into going up the mountain alone, and then went down the mountain again.
This is as exciting as a man in a certain world who accidentally entered a pyramid scheme, and then one person kidnapped the entire pyramid scheme organization and went to the police station.
So, after the case was completely heard, after the officials left one by one.
When Zhengzhi was satisfied, Li was about to go to talk to Ma for a lesson or two.
A group of people crowded into the court and pushed Mamai away. There is no shortage of ridiculous dialogues in between.
"Master Ma, we all respect you, but there is only one such good son-in-law, if you stop it, I will spend money to prevent the old bustard of Chunhualou from opening the door for you in the future."
Maimai, who heard this, also gritted his teeth, and scolded secretly in his heart, damn, I can't finish speaking, what does it mean not to let the old bustard open the door, that is to ask the old bustard to stay at the door. Bah! It's not right, it's the door of the spring flowers.
Although he was thinking so in his heart, he, the number one master of Guyang Mansion and the first official to win the hearts of the people, was ruthlessly pushed aside.
Then the unlucky one was Li, who was grabbed by a few hands.
Lao Wang said that his daughter was more beautiful than Chunhua.
Lao Li said that his girl was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
and the old Qian family said that his girl has these characteristics in front of her, the key is that she has no objection to Li looking for a small one......
This is simply the ideal of a man's ideal. But Li Zhenguan will not be confused by these on the surface, his goal is to study and do a career, and I don't dare to speculate in my heart.
But just when Li Zhenguan was still thinking about how to get out of trouble, a shocking momentum surged behind him, approaching the Five Realms Zhitian.
And the source of this momentum is Meng Yao, who he has always thought is powerless.
He wielded a small silver sword that he had transformed into a blood spell. Then there was a wisp of green smoke in his eyes.
"Wait for you to leave quickly, this person is my master, and you don't have to worry about it."
After speaking, a cold air rose from the hands of the person who pulled Li Zhenguan.
Seeing this, everyone immediately dispersed, and then complimented them.
"Heroine mercy, we don't know that Li Gongzi is already famous, otherwise, I don't dare to offend no matter what, I'll just retreat."
Everyone was also afraid, they wanted to catch such a golden beetle son-in-law in court, but they almost lost their lives.
It was also out of the instinct to save his life, so he left quickly, but there are also those who are not afraid of death. Roared as he ran.
"If Gongzi Li and his wife discuss it that day, they can inform the old man, and my daughter can also be a little ......"
But that's all there is to it, after the court experienced this farce, it was also completely deserted. People are almost completely gone.
When he came to the back hall, Bai Deyuan was still sitting in the original seat at this time, but his eyes were completely devoid.
Lei Zu's actions made him believe that all the disasters in Guyang Mansion over the years under his rule were due to his own incompetence.
This is what the master came in to say something, but looking at this scene, he did swallow the words back from his mouth.
In fact, he wanted to say that the biggest official of Jiujiang Province also came, but ......
The daughter, who was a few years old in a goose yellow dress, was still happily catching butterflies in the garden, and a quick step did not stop in time, and trampled a butterfly to death.
At this time, Bai Deyuan was completely trampled to death like this butterfly......