Qiankun Storyteller

Chapter 240
Dengwen Drum is also called Mingyuan Drum.

There are clear laws in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and all states, prefectures, and counties must set up a drum outside the yamen for boarding, hearing and complaining.

Dengwen is equivalent to sending a message on a beacon, and it can ring the whole city with a single knock, and it should not be moved lightly if it is not a military or national event.

In the same way, complaining of grievances is also common. In general litigation, drumming is not allowed, and there is no need to drumming. The lawsuit is directly submitted immediately.

Of course, this is just a hidden rule. There is a tacit understanding in secret, and the laws of the Great Zhou are clear. If the people have a grievance, they can directly sue with drums.

One is dark rules, the other is clear rules, which one counts?

Most are the former.

Therefore, many of the news and grievances in Dazhou have become decorations.

Ningzhou Mansion is no exception. The Dengwen Drum standing in front of Ningzhou Mansion's Yamen has not been played for many years.

What happened today?

When the Wenhua Festival came to an end, and the whole city was celebrating together, someone beat the Dengwen Drum of Ningzhou Prefecture.

Not others, but Jiang Huang, were very surprised.

"This……"

Jiang Huang looked at Su and asked: "The Wenhua Festival has just ended, and the leader, Jiazi, is still parading through the streets. Someone is beating drums at this time. Is this a coincidence, or...?"

Su Wen smiled and didn't care about it: "Wouldn't you know if you go and have a look?"

"makes sense."

Seeing his indifferent appearance, Jiang Huang also chuckled lightly: "Sir, will you go with me?"

Su asked with a smile: "Since we bumped into it, let's go and have a look, it's rare to be lively."

……

Ningzhou government office is not far from Huangtian Tower, when Su Wen and Jiang Huang arrived, a group of people had already gathered outside the government office.

They were all attracted by the sound of the drums and came to watch the crowd.

"what happened?"

"Who's playing the drums?"

"In this year, there are still people playing drums?"

"It's still at this time, I'm afraid it has been planned for a long time?"

"How much grievance is this, do you have to beat the drums at this time?"

"The Wenhua Grand Meeting has just ended, and with this drumbeat, I don't know how many big shots will be alarmed."

"Who is suing, who is suing, and the official who watches the drums, why don't you stop him?"

"Why didn't you stop it? It's just that you can't stop it. It was carried away just now, and the drummer dared to force his way directly."

Outside the government office, everyone was discussing and kept looking inside the government office on tiptoe.

Su Wen and Jiang Huang looked at each other in surprise.

Forcibly breaking into government offices, injuring people, and beating drums to appeal for grievances?

This development seems reasonable, but it is actually abnormal.

Although the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty are clear, people can sue the drum if they have a grievance, but because of the special nature of the Dengwen drum, many people do not want it to sound, so the government and county government will arrange officials to take care of it. drum.

If this procedure is followed, it will be a normal lawsuit, and there is no need to beat the drums to make a noise in the whole city.

But the person who played the drum just now did not follow this procedure, but chose to forcibly break into the government office, beat the drum forcibly, and even injured the guarding officials... This is clearly to make things big!
At this time, at this juncture, such an incident would inevitably make people's imagination run wild.

Who is behind it?
What intention, what purpose?
What, coincidence?

How can there be so many coincidences in this world?

Will those who have the guts and ability to injure state officials come to the state capital to beat drums to complain of grievances by coincidence on the day when the Wenhua Conference ends?

This must be...

"Ascension!"

"Wei~wu!"

Ningzhou government office, in the lobby, Ningzhou state shepherd respectfully came to the hall, looking at the two kneeling and standing in the hall, his brows were frowned, his eyes were full of surprise, but he still slapped the hall wood according to the procedure, and calmed down. He shouted: "Who is in the hall, what is drumming?"

"Minister Qin Hongniang, from Huanhua Village, Qingxi County, Huaihe Prefecture, Ningzhou!"

A woman in filial piety with a pretty face, but with tears in her eyes full of hatred, held up a roll of pleadings in her hands: "Sue Wenhua Guild Chief Chen Quan, Li Lu'er, the daughter of the Li family, for killing me. There are 190 people in Huanhua Village!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar. Everyone looked at the woman holding the paper in their hands, they were dumbfounded, and suspected that they had heard the wrong words.

what?
She wants to sue Chen Quan, the leader of the Wenhua Club, and the third Miss Li Men, for killing her 190 people in Huanhua Village?

This……

Simply ridiculous!
This is the only feeling everyone has at the moment.

In the high hall seat, Ningzhou State Mu also frowned.

He also thought it was ridiculous.

But it is not without reason.

This matter is of great importance, and it may also involve the royal family dispute that has just subsided.

Li Men, Chen Quan, Li Luer...

The more I thought about it, the more shocked I became.

The more I think about it, the heavier it gets.

Therefore, he did not dare to jump to conclusions.

"Hand over the pleadings."

"Yes!"

Immediately, a subordinate official presented the pleading paper.

Ningzhou Zhoumu spread out the paper, and after reading it, he frowned even more.

But the woman in the hall didn't care about it, and said directly: "The woman Qin Hongniang is from Huanhua Village, Qingxi County, Huaihe Prefecture, Ningzhou, and her father is Zheng Qinyang from Huanhua Village. Although she is not rich, she is also lucky and healthy."

"In Huanhua Village, all of us are members of the Qin clan. They live on fishing, hunting and farming, with the exception of one family, the Chen family who settled in our village 20 years ago."

"Twenty years ago, three members of the Chen family encountered robbers while traveling on a boat. Her husband was killed. Only the wife escaped by chance and was rescued by my father. Only a few months later, Mrs. Chen died because of her husband's death. Painful, overly sad, passing away, leaving only one son to be raised in my family?"

"This son is Chen Quan!"

Qin Hongniang raised her head, her red eyes were full of pain and deep-seated hatred, she lost her spirit and said: "My father has no children under his knees, and I am the only daughter, so he treats Chen Quan as his own, and provides him with education. And marry me to him as his wife."

"But I don't want to..."

"This person is actually an ungrateful, heartless beast in clothes!"

Qin Hongniang grabbed her dress with both hands, and she couldn't control herself anymore, she shouted hoarsely: "He killed my father, my mother, and everyone in Huanhua Village, he is a beast, a beast! !!"

"..."

Facing Qin Hongniang who lost control of his emotions, Ningzhou Zhoumu frowned, but still said: "Let me explain in detail."

Hearing this, Qin Hongniang calmed down a little, gritted her teeth, and continued to talk.

"Two years ago, he said that he wanted to attend the Wenhua Conference and wanted to study in the state capital."

"My parents heard this, so they raised enough money for him, let him study in the state capital, and prepare for the literary conference."

"But I don't want to. He has been away for half a year, and there is no news for half a year. My parents were worried, so they took me to Ningzhou Mansion to visit."

"I came to Ningzhou Mansion, and only after I found him did I realize that he had already married a new lover!"

"That person is Miss Li Jiasan - Li Lu'er!"

Qin Hongniang raised her head, her pretty face had been distorted by pain and hatred: "At that time, I didn't know that the person next to him was Miss Li Jiasan, and wanted him to change his mind, but he begged me to let him go, don't hinder me." His future..."

Between the words, there was already a miserable smile: "I actually agreed to him, I didn't tell my parents about this matter, and even played tricks with him to hide the past."

"Afterwards, my parents and I left the state capital and returned to the village."

"At first, I thought that this matter would pass like this, but how could I expect..."

Qin Hongniang lowered her head, her body trembling uncontrollably: "The night my parents and I returned home, that night, that night..."

"A group of men in black, a group of men in black, rushed into my house, killed my father, and killed my mother!"

"They set it on fire, a big, big fire..."

"I remember, I still remember, my father, my mother, everyone in my family, and other villagers in the village, their screams, their cries, their pleadings, their painful struggles in the sea of ​​fire look."

"They... are all dead!"

"Except for me, everyone is dead!!!"

(End of this chapter)