Boom!
As the last drum beat fell, a large number of people gathered outside the county government hall, looking inside.
It's a pity that all the view is blocked by a screen wall with a picture of mountains and rivers rising to the sun.
"Someone's drumming!"
"This drum hasn't been played for I don't know how long. Who is so bold?"
"Most of them are people from out of town. We have clear skies in Yuncheng, so we can just submit the complaint directly without beating the drum."
"Regardless of whether you have any grievance or not, if you knock in, you have to get a cane first. Who can bear this?"
"Even if we are beating drums to complain, we have the right to go in and watch. Why are you gathering here?" A scholar squeezed through the crowd and walked into the court without any obstruction from the government officials.
"Chenghong is a Confucian scholar, so you are right to listen to him."
A crowd of people suddenly crowded into the court hall and stopped outside the red line.
Not all cases will be heard in court, and the cases that can go to court...most of them will not prohibit civilians from watching.
This is to reduce favoritism and bend the law, and it is also a supervision mechanism. This is one of the reasons why the county government hall is set up at the gate.
It's just that many people are afraid of the county government. In the past, even if there were cases being heard, how many people would dare to risk their lives to go in and check?
If you don't have time, you might get into trouble if you take a look. Under normal circumstances, not many people would go to the court to hear the case.
However, beating drums to complain is different. Generally, there are serious grievances.
Moreover, most cases involving non-locals will not offend the local squires after just a few glances, so there will be much less trouble.
In the court, two arresters came in with a woman and girl.
The woman was about twenty-four or five years old. Her clothes were ragged, her face was wounded, and her features were sad.
There was also a girl who was only five or six years old at the feet. With tears in her eyes, she timidly hid behind her and pulled on the woman's tattered trouser legs.
"Who is in the hall, and what do you want to sue?"
boom!
The woman pulled the girl and knelt heavily on the ground, kowtowing.
"Please tell the county master to make the decision!"
"I am not the county magistrate of Yuncheng, but the local chief arrester. If you have any grievances, just say it."
The woman raised her head suddenly when she heard this, and two lines of tears fell down her dirty face, leaving two white marks.
"But Yuncheng Qingtian, Mr. Tie is on top?"
Tie Tang waved his hand: "Qingtian doesn't dare to take the position, but the chief arrester of Yuncheng is indeed Tie."
"Meng Ying'er, a civilian woman, is from Yangjia Village, Fengquan Township, You County.
Because the officials of You County protected each other, the women had no way to sue. I heard that there was a Qingtian lord in Yuncheng, so I came here to play drums and complain. "
"Who do you want to sue?"
Meng Ying'er cried: "Li Zheng of Yangjia Village in You County, and Yang Zhengye, the village tyrant."
Li Zheng, equivalent to the village chief, is also considered an official, but he is not in the ninth grade or eighteenth grade and belongs to the outsider establishment.
Tie Tang was silent for a moment and whispered a few words.
"It means the people are suing the people!"
"Did you know...that if what you accuse is false, you will suffer the consequences?"
"A commoner woman has studied elementary school for several years and knows these things."
"good!"
Tie Tang slapped the alarm: "If you sue the people from the people, you should receive ten strokes of the cane first. Have you thought carefully about it, do you really want to file a complaint?
If the lawsuit is withdrawn, I can pretend that nothing happened. "
"As long as I can seek justice for my beloved, I will never regret it!"
After saying this, Meng Ying'er kept kowtowing, and there were already stains of blood under the courtroom, like plum blossoms blooming in the snow.
"Woo~wow!" Seeing his mother dripping with blood, the girl next to him was so frightened that he cried and squatted on the ground, at a loss.
"stop!"
"Make her stop!"
The two policemen in green clothes were a step ahead of the yamen officers, walked under the court hall first, and pulled up Meng Ying'er.
"Please Tie Qingtian...make the decision for the common people!"
She was at the end of her rope, and her last hope was the 'Qingtian' from Yuncheng, but she didn't know what kind of person he was.
Will you never regret it?
People in this world seek justice, why do they end up like this?
Tie Tang circulated the blood energy in his body, forced down the fog in his eyes, reached out and pulled out a red-tipped stick from the stick.
With a snap, the red lottery ticket fell to the ground.
There are three kinds of sticks in the tube: white-headed sticks, black-headed sticks, and red-headed sticks, which represent one, five, and ten strokes of the spine stick respectively.
boom!
The people watching the case from behind couldn't help it anymore. The scholar named Cheng Hong was the first to speak: "Mr. Tie is arresting the head. They are orphans and widowed. They are living here and are extremely sad. Why not spare her this time?"
"Tie Qingtian, spare her!"
"Spare her. Knock on her bones, ten blows with the cane, even one blow can kill half of her life."
"Tie Qingtian, please spare her!"
"Tie Qingtian, please spare her!"
........
Meng Ying'er arrived in Yuncheng after many twists and turns. Her already thin body was like a candle in the wind. How could she withstand the punishment of the cane?
She came to complain with determination to die!
The people shouted loudly, but Tie Tang turned a deaf ear.
"The law has no mercy. Since you have beaten the drum to complain, you should first receive ten strokes of the cane."
A yamen servant brought a long bench and asked Meng Ying'er to lie down on it.
Two government officials in black and red robes stood on the left and right sides, holding eyebrow-level water and fire sticks that were black on top and red on the bottom, round at the top and slightly flat at the bottom, and were about to execute the execution.
"cough!"
Tie Tang coughed, causing them to stop their movements.
"I'm being arrested in Duan County. Why don't you do the execution? I need to be beaten ten times. Don't be lenient."
Duan Jingrui stood up from his seat at the bottom, looked at Tie Tang's meaningful eyes, and accepted it happily.
He stepped forward and took the water and fire stick from a government servant, and without thinking, he smashed it down.
Bang!
The huge sound echoed in the court, making all the people lose their minds.
The young girl stumbled to Duan Jingrui's feet, hugged his calf and shook him vigorously.
"Don't hit my mother, don't hit my mother."
She has also suffered a lot. She has not had a mouthful of hot food for an unknown amount of time. She is pitifully thin. Her height is only about Duan Jingrui’s knees. How can she pull this marrow-washing martial artist?
"Really...really fighting?"
"Boss Tie arrests the head, how can this be done?"
"This is not the Tie Qingtian I know, wuwu." A woman couldn't help crying.
The timid ones even closed their eyes directly, not daring to continue reading.
The scholar Sheng Hong felt a little helpless: "The imperial court has laws first, and Mr. Tie's arrest of the head must be carried out according to the laws, otherwise he would be bending the law for personal gain.
No wonder him, no blame him! "
Bang! Bang!
The sound of heavy blows was as real as reality, constantly resounding in the courtroom.
If you close your eyes and only hear the sound, even an iron man will be interrupted.
"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"
After finishing the ten strokes of the spine stick, Duan Jingrui threw the water and fire stick to the Yamen servant, turned around and sat back.
"Okay, Duan County arrest is implicated."
"Since Meng Ying'er has been punished, she must have been unable to state her grievances for a while. She must be taken back to the inner court first, and then she will be sent to court an hour later!"
Snapped!
The gavel fell.
"Quit!"
"Power~~~Wu!"
"Power~~~Wu!"
Three guards came out, one on the left and one on the right, supporting Meng Ying'er, and one picked up the little girl and walked into the courtroom.
When they left, a group of people exploded.
"I'm afraid the woman is already dead, so what grievances are there to state?"
"Even if you are not dead, you are still half disabled. If you hit the cane ten times, how can you still survive?"
"He is still arrested and executed by Duan County. He is a master of martial arts. I am afraid he will be more ruthless. He will be beaten more than ten times by an ordinary government servant."
"Shh, you don't want your life. What nonsense are you talking about? Go home and farm."
"Liu Laosan, who are you trying to scare? Go ahead and pick your own shit."
At this time Chenghong shook his head and blocked everyone's mouths.
"Have you ever heard that woman scream?"
"Huh? It seems that I really didn't hear it."
"It doesn't seem to happen at all."
"With such torture, I'm afraid I would have fainted from shock."
Cheng Hong showed a smile: "No, if the cane were to hit you ten times, not to mention you fainting from fright, even if you took the drug, I would wake you up alive.
The woman remained silent...because she had no feelings. "
"What does this mean?"
"Brother Hong, please make it clear."
Chenghong smiled as he walked and left the county government office without explaining much.
.............
County government office, second hall.
Meng Ying'er, who looked bewildered, held the girl's little hand and sat on the edge at a loss.
"Meet the Chief Catcher!"
"Meet the Chief Catcher!"
The two female catchers who came were here. This was what Tie Tang had ordered before. He had four to five hundred men under his command. Who didn't have them?
It's just that there are only a few women who are still willing to work as agents and slaves.
"Take them down to freshen up and put on new clothes, and also tell the restaurant to prepare some good dishes."
"Yes, the chief catcher!"
Meng Ying'er had already realized what she was doing. She stood up and was about to kneel down to Tie Tang, but was stopped by his hands.
"It doesn't have to be like this. Tie is just trying his best. After you freshen up, you can state your grievances again."
"Thank you...Thank you, Mr. Qingtian."
Tie Tang waved his hand, and the two female catchers stepped forward and took the mother and daughter away.
"It's a good idea to catch the boss. He steals the limelight, but Duan is asked to do such a 'villain' thing."
Picking up a cup of tea, Tie Tang drank it in a big gulp, and then said slowly: "I'm afraid that the outside world will scold me half to death, so how can I be in the limelight?
Furthermore...did Duan County's arrest really think it was a 'villain' thing? "
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Haha~"
Duan Jingrui and Tie Tang looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
With the cultivation strength of the Marrow Cleansing Realm, controlling the strength of the whole body is as easy as drinking water and eating.
The spine staff seemed very powerful, but it was just picked up high and put down gently.
The huge noise was just the sound of water and fire sticks blasting the air. With Duan Jingrui's cultivation strength, it was not difficult to do this.
Tie Tang also thought of this before letting him take action, and the other party also understood clearly and cooperated.
"It is no lie to say that the law will not tolerate mercy. I will certainly fight, but how to fight... I still have the final say."
Duan Jingrui cupped his hands and said, "I admire you, but I don't know how the boss will handle himself next...?
The leader of a village must have deep roots and belong to another county. I'm afraid that the strong dragon will not overwhelm the local snake. "
Tie Tang's expression turned cold: "Meng Ying'er beats the drum to complain, I have enforced the law according to the law, and I should do the same from now on.
If anyone dares to stop...Tie Mou will enforce the law impartially! "
"I am willing to lend a helping hand!"
