Chapter 277： : beating drums to cry out grievances

If you keep such a venomous snake that does not recognize its relatives around you, if you are killed, you will bring it upon yourself, and you will have no one to blame others for.

Du Tang was afraid that he had not stimulated enough, so he leaned against the box and smiled contortedly: "Do you know how Xu Jin died? Haha, if it weren't to deal with you, would I like such a weakling? Will Du Tang After the family was completely in my hands, I poisoned him to death. When he died, he stared at me and said the word 'poisonous woman' before dying. "

After saying that, Du Tang stared at Du Li carefully, trying to see what her expression was.

Unfortunately, this time she was disappointed.

Du Li smiled: "Is Xu Jin dead? Or was he poisoned by you? Then I really want to thank you."

She said this sincerely.

Just smiling, tears fell on her face again, and she hurriedly turned around and wiped them away.

But it was not for Xu Jin, but for the child who had never been masked.

Shen Yizhi stroked her shoulder, "Ms. Du, what are you going to do with these two people?"

With the past flashing through her mind, Du Li once thought about how to take revenge on Du Tang and Xu Jin after she came out. However, now that Xu Jin is dead, Du Tang has an unbroken blood relationship with her after all, and she cannot be as cruel as her.

“Leave it to the government.”

The law will have the final say on how to judge at that time.

“Dong dong dong—” The grievance drum outside the county government office sounded.

The drummer is Du Li, who is freshly dressed after washing himself.

The two government officials standing guard at the door looked at each other, and one of them came to Du Li: "Who is beating the drum!"

Du Li put down the drumstick and faced the Yamen: "The eldest lady of the Du family, Du Li."

Ya Li is over thirty years old, born and raised here, and still has some memories of Mrs. Du's wife, but didn't Mrs. Du die more than ten years ago? Why are you here now to avenge yourself?

Could it be a ghost?

Yamen felt a little nervous, and subconsciously looked at Du Li's feet. He saw a shadow under her feet, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It didn't look like a ghost.

“Ms. Du, before you can beat the drum to retaliate, you must first receive the rod from Xingtwenty. Are you sure you want to continue beating it?”

Generally, there is a process for reporting grievances to an official. The general step is to first write a petition and submit it to the petition box in front of the county government office. It will be accepted by a dedicated person and then handed over to the county magistrate, that is, the assistant of the county magistrate. If the county magistrate The prime minister can't handle it either, so he will submit it to the county magistrate for further information.

The grievance drum is set up for those people who have serious grievances and can't wait to go through the process.

After beating the drum to report a grievance, the county magistrate will immediately summon the person who beat the drum and take the lead in handling the person's case.

But since you are jumping in line, you have to pay a certain price, which is twenty sticks. Otherwise, everyone will come to retaliate, and will the county magistrate be busy with other things?

Twenty sticks are not something everyone can bear. The wooden sticks used to make boards are all heavy solid wood. Often, if the stick is used, the buttocks will burst, let alone twenty boards.

Even ordinary strong men cannot bear it.

However, if you can bear this board, it also shows the determination of the drummer.

To avenge an injustice, the drum should be beaten twenty-four times.

Du Li hadn't finished beating the drum yet, so he continued to bang the drumstick down, as if he wanted to vent the anger and pain in his heart.

The sound of drums attracted a lot of people.

“Who is this? How dare you come to avenge yourself?”

“Could it be that there is a great grievance?”

“Why does that woman look familiar to me?”

"Ah! Isn't that the eldest lady of the Du family who has been dead for more than ten years?"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately exploded.

Soon, the news that "the eldest lady of the Du family, who had been dead for more than ten years, beat the drum in front of the county government office to report her grievances" spread quickly throughout Jincheng like wings.

When the people behind arrived, Madam Du had disappeared.

The first comers started telling them stories one after another.

At this time, Du Li, who had beaten the grievance drum twenty-four times, was receiving the stick.

She lay on the stool, clutching the edge of the stool with both hands, and moaned in pain from time to time.

However, in fact, she didn't feel any pain at all. These were just pretending according to the instructions of Shen Yizhi, who was hiding on one side.

After learning the rules of beating the drum to report injustice, Shen Yizhi put a diamond talisman on Du Li.

So what she was enduring at the moment was all resolved by the diamond talisman. The board seemed to hit her **** her buttocks, but in fact it did not cause any harm to her.

In order to be realistic, Shen Yizhi also cast an illusion spell on Du Li and created a series of special effects, which made Du Li look miserable in the eyes of everyone.

Everyone gathered around the gate of the county government office was talking a lot.

"Mrs. Du is obviously still alive, so why did she say she was dead back then? And she even had a funeral?"

“What’s not clear about this? Who benefits the most from Mrs. Du’s death? It must be Mrs. Du’s fault.”

The people’s eyes were sharp and they quickly restored the truth of that year.

After finishing playing with the boards, Du Li was carried to the main hall where the four characters "Mingjing Gaohang" were hung. The county magistrate slapped the hall and asked, "Who is there in the hall!"

In fact, he had already received the news, but the interrogation process still had to be carried out. Otherwise, how would the penman recording the interrogation process be recorded?

Du Li said angrily: "The eldest lady of the Du family, Du Li."

Although his voice was weak, his enunciation was clear and every word fell into everyone's ears.

“What grievance do you have?”

Du Li took out the petition that had been written by someone, and handed it to the Yamen beside him, who then presented it to the county magistrate.

After seeing it, the county magistrate looked shocked and took a deep look at his trustworthy subordinates.

Liu Ran, the upright figure at the top left, felt uneasy when he saw him, and had the urge to run away.

Years ago, Liu Ran was not in charge of the inspections of many yamen officials now. He was not even a yamen official. He was just a green skinned man who made a living on the streets.

Later, he tried every means to hook up with Du Tang and did a lot of dirty things for her. Gradually, he gained Du Tang's trust and became her adulterer. With the financial support she provided, he infiltrated the yamen, and then rose up step by step, becoming Inspection of a county.

There is a department in the county government, called the Inspection Department, which is responsible for arresting thieves, interrogating traitors, and maintaining public security. It is equivalent to the modern Public Security Bureau, and the inspection department is the director of the Public Security Bureau.

It can be said that in the entire Jincheng, Liu Ran was only under the county magistrate.

As Du Tang’s mistress, Liu Ran was very wary of Du Li’s appearance. Why did this sister who died many years ago suddenly appear today? Is it related to Du Tang?

He already had something in his heart, but when the county magistrate looked at him like that, he suddenly became more and more uneasy.

What exactly was written on the petition?

After the county magistrate read the petition, he handed it to the county magistrate standing aside.

After both of them finished reading, they looked at each other.

The county magistrate ordered the deputy inspector: "Kang Dayou, go to Du's house and bring Mrs. Du."

Sweat suddenly broke out from Liu Ran's back.

The county magistrate has always relied on him, but now he has surpassed him and used Kang Dayou! There is definitely something wrong here!

But now he was standing in the hall, unable to run even if he wanted to, and it was so painful in his heart!

Soon, Du Tang was brought over.