"Dong dong dong..."
The strange drum sound in the middle of the night has been ringing ever since it appeared.
The rhythm of the drum beat was neither fast nor slow, maintaining the same frequency as the heart, giving everyone who heard it a strange feeling of irritability and discomfort.
In the Demon Suppression Department, the night watchmen who had finally managed to endure the heat and fell asleep were woken up one after another.
When they first woke up, they were still a little dazed and failed to recognize that it was the sound of drums, so they blamed each other.
"Who the hell is this? He snores so loudly that he can't let anyone sleep?"
"Lao Shi, stop sleeping and wake up quickly. Is it because you are snoring?"
"Fuck your mother's shit, I'm awake! Besides, how can I snore so loudly? Why didn't you say it was the sound of you grinding your teeth and farting?"
"Can I fart continuously and make loud noises?"
After a brief dispute, the night watchmen became much more awake and realized that the constant "dong-dong" sound was indeed not like grinding teeth, farting, and snoring.
Zhu Xiucai did not participate in the dispute. He had been listening attentively. At this moment, he greeted: "Stop arguing, this sound is coming from outside!"
A night watchman was overjoyed when he heard this and guessed: "It's not the sound of thunder, is it? Is it going to rain? That's really an eye-opener! With this rain, the drought in Mianyuan County will definitely be alleviated." Quite a few.”
"It's not thunder."
Cui Youyou listened carefully, shook his head and said, "This sound is a bit like beating a drum."
"Drumming?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they were all surprised: "Why is there someone playing drums in the middle of the night?"
Cui Youying was also puzzled. His intuition told him that there was something strange about the sound of the drum.
So he couldn't sit still anymore, jumped up from the big bed, grabbed a piece of clothing, put it on, opened the door and walked out.
Zhu Xiucai, Monk Ma and others followed closely behind, and other night watchmen also got out of bed.
Everyone wanted to see what was going on with the drumming in the middle of the night.
Could it be that a midnight snack was delivered to your door?
As Zhu Xiucai walked away, he greeted him: "Hey, wait a minute, Master. You are wearing the wrong clothes. Those pants are mine..."
As soon as everyone walked out of Datongpu, they saw Qin Shaoyou standing in the yard, fully armed.
A patrol officer on duty at night was reporting to Qin Shaoyou with a strange expression.
Cui Youyou and others immediately joined in.
Zhu Xiucai, while holding up his trousers, also moved forward to listen.
Just listen to the patrol officer say: "Sir, this drum sound comes from the injustice drum in front of the county government office..."
The grievance drum is a drum set up in front of the government offices at all levels. It is also called the grievance drum and is specially used by the people to complain to the officials.
The so-called 'beating drums to complain about injustice' comes from this.
But who would sound the drum of injustice in the middle of the night?
You know, Mianyuan County, like Luocheng, has a curfew system.
Especially after Li Anan and other demons of the Black Lotus Sect attempted to establish the Black Lotus Buddha Kingdom in Mianyuan County, Mianyuan County's curfew became even more stringent.
So Zhu Xiucai and others were very surprised and asked all kinds of questions:
"Who is it that sounds the drum of grievance?"
"How did he escape the night patrol and go outside the county government office to beat the drum?"
"Where is the person who complained? Why wasn't he brought in?"
Hearing people's inquiries, the patrol officer on night duty shook his head and said, "No one was beating the drum. The drum of injustice was played by oneself."
"Is the drum of grievance sounding on its own?"
After hearing this, Zhu Xiucai, Cui Yougui and others finally understood why the patrol officer's expression was so strange.
Qin Shaoyou also looked surprised.
Although he recognized that it was the sound of a drum and that the sound came from outside the Yamen, he did not expect that it was the sound that the injustice drum made on its own without anyone beating it.
what is this?
Is it a false accusation that has become a reality?
Or are there demons who are good at becoming invisible, hiding in the dark and knocking on it?
No matter which possibility it is, it seems to be related to demons and ghosts.
So what is the intention of this demon ghost beating the drum of injustice?
Demonstration? provocative? Or...crying injustice?
Qin Shaoyou was surprised but also a little curious, and immediately said hello: "Let's go out and have a look."
Then he strode towards the outside of the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Department.
Zhu Xiucai, Cui Yougui and others hurriedly followed.
At the same time, he did not forget to ask his subordinates to bring enough weapons and equipment in case of emergency.
Sun Xianzong arranged for a few people who were good at archery to climb up the courtyard wall with bows and crossbows to be responsible for warning and cover.
Qin Shaoyou and the others had just walked out of the Yamen of the Demon Suppression Department when the door to the county government office also opened.
Several government officials were hiding behind the door, shivering, and peeping their heads.
An Mutongze and Fifth Sister strode out.
The fifth sister was holding a long spear in her hand and a knife hanging from her waist.
An Mutong was holding a long sword.
Seeing Qin Shaoyou and the night watchman arriving, An Mutong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded towards him.
Qin Shaoyou nodded in response, and then turned his attention to the injustice drum at the gate of the county government office.
The diameter of this drum is nearly one meter. The drum surface is dark yellow with many spots. It is placed on a wooden stand.
At this moment, there was no one around the drum, and there were no traces of demons.
Cui Yougui also used his spiritual power to sense it, and said that he did not notice any demons and ghosts sounding the drum of injustice around him.
Although everyone was watching, the drum of grievance was still sounding.
Everyone could even clearly see that its eardrum was vibrating, just like the beating of its heart.
The night watchmen quickly assumed a fighting stance and surrounded the grievance drum.
Different from the shivering government servants, they all acted very excited, with a sense of 'happy when they hear the demon', and they were still discussing among themselves in low voices:
"It's really the drum of grievance that keeps sounding on its own."
"Isn't this grievance becoming a spirit? Then won't we be able to have extra food tonight?"
"Why haven't you ordered us to rush forward and destroy this drum?"
The government officials hiding in the county government office were shocked and confused after hearing what the night watchman said.
What does this false accusation have to do with extra meals?
And why do these night watchmen look forward to extra meals so much? Could it be that the Demon Suppression Division doesn't even have enough to eat on weekdays?
Not to mention that the government officials didn't understand, the night watchmen retained by the Demon Division of Mianyuan County also didn't understand why these colleagues transferred from Luocheng had such expectations for the haunted ghosts.
It seems that what they are facing is not some monster, but...a delicious banquet?
Qin Shaoyou and Cui Youwei walked to the drum of injustice with full vigilance.
After some inspection, Cui Yougui said: "It's not that the drum turned into a spirit, but there is a ghost sealed in this drum..."
Qin Shaoyou touched the constantly vibrating eardrum with a solemn expression: "This eardrum is not cowhide, but human skin!"
"Human skin drum?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
They were not afraid of such evil things, but were surprised as to why there was a human skin drum placed in front of the county government office.
Moreover, this human skin drum was used as a grievance drum, and there was even a ghost sealed inside!
Who operated this? What is his intention? Are you provoking the county government and the Demon Suppression Department?
Also, what does this human skin drum mean when it makes sounds in the middle of the night?
Judging from the current situation, it seems that it only makes drum sounds and does nothing else.
You can't. It's really beating a drum to cry out for injustice, right?
"A ghost crying out for injustice? Such a thing is not common."
Cui Youyou looked at the human skin drum, then at Qin Shaoyou, couldn't help laughing, shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Qin, you really attract monsters and ghosts. Wherever you go, trouble will happen... "
Qin Shaoyou smiled bitterly.
This is really hard to explain.
He was even doubting whether he really had the magical physique of a 'Dead Schoolboy'. Wherever he went, something would happen, right?
However, Zhu Xiucai had a different view.
He shook his head and refuted Cui Youhang's words seriously.
"Old Taoist, what you said is wrong. This ghost is crying for injustice. Doesn't it mean that our master has decided the case fairly? Is it Master Qingtian? Even the ghost knows that when our master is here, Mianyuan County will be at peace. When our master is here, There will be a blue sky. Otherwise, why would ghosts beat drums and complain about injustice outside the gate of our Demon Suppression Department?"
Cui Yougui was dumbfounded.
Isn't this flattery too loud?
Qin Shaoyou glanced at Zhu Xiucai with satisfaction and said to himself: As expected of someone who has passed the examination, he can indeed speak!
