Elaborate on the world of mortals

Chapter 20
It has been more than ten days since Yi Shuyuan came to Yuanjiang County. In the first few days, he was conscientious and meticulous. After Huo Mu went back to Xihe Village for the first time to start work, he relaxed.

Although no colleagues speak, but there is no nonsense, and there is no superior supervision. Yi Shuyuan's work is completely self-conscious, but the main premise is to at least maintain an appropriate progress. When asked by the county magistrate or the county magistrate Can show the results of a certain stage.

But now is the early stage of compilation, and Yi Shuyuan's main job is to understand the basic content through reading, not only to read the county, but also to read some surrounding documents that are included.

It was already late at night, and an oil lamp was placed on the corner of the table, illuminating the case but not the entire library.

Yi Shuyuan was wearing a coat and sitting in front of the table reading a book "Shanshui Yaozhu". This book roughly included some famous mountains and waters in the entire Dayong Dynasty. A rare geography book in this library.

"Hoha~~~"

Yi Shuyuan yawned. Seeing that the room was dark, he took off the paper lampshade and lifted the wick out with bamboo clips. As the flame grew stronger, the room became brighter.

"Hoohoo."

It was windy outside the house, and Yi Shuyuan also felt a chill, and couldn't help tightening the clothes on his body.

"Dong dong dong dong dong."

In front of the yamen, there was a sudden sound of drums. Yi Shuyuan was slightly taken aback, subconsciously put down his book and stood up, grabbed the lapel of his coat, walked to the door, and opened the door of the library.

"Hoohoo."

The wind shook Yi Shuyuan's temples, and the sound of the drum became more and more obvious.

"Dong dong dong dong dong."

It's so late, and it's impossible for the county government to beat the drums to summon the officials, so someone beat the drums to express their grievances?
Yi Shuyuan suddenly became interested, quickly put on his coat, and then gently closed the door of the library. He has never seen a real Shengtang in two lifetimes. Not to mention he hasn't slept yet, even if he has already laid down, maybe he will Get up and have a look.

Of course, it is allowed to watch the promotion of the yamen, and the common people can watch it from a certain distance, not to mention that Yi Shuyuan is also an official of the yamen now.

When Yi Shuyuan walked through the corridors, he saw candlelights in several dormitories. Hearing the voices and yelling inside, he knew it must be the servants of Zaoban. These people were going to stand on both sides of the courtroom. Get dressed and get up quickly.

But in reality, if the public drum sounded, in theory, all the ministries of the yamen had to send people there.

Yi Shuyuan didn't care so much, he walked quickly, and came to the court ahead of many people, and there would already be a strong squad officer who was on duty at night to hold the lights in the court.

"Mr. Yi? Are you still asleep?"

Several servants in the court were wondering who the person who came suddenly from the inside was, someone recognized Yi Shuyuan, but the other party was not someone Yi Shuyuan knew, so he could only fold his hands and smiled.

"I was editing papers in the library late at night. I haven't seen the drumming incident before, so I came to take a look. After all, there are many cases included in the county annals."

"Mr. Yi, you really put your heart into it. Who doesn't want to sleep this late at night?"

Several other servants also bowed to Yi Shuyuan one after another. After all, his superiors valued him very much. Naturally, Yi Shuyuan returned the salutes one by one, and followed the two servants to the main entrance curiously, watching them remove the latch and open the gate together.

"clang clang"

Accompanied by a low sound, the main gate of the yamen slowly opened, and the people who were beating the drums gradually stopped.

The light inside the courtroom illuminated the drummer, and the people outside also looked inside through the opening of the door. He saw the yamen servant who opened the door, and of course he saw Yi Shuyuan standing behind the door.

"Who's playing the drums here?"

The yamen servant let out a loud roar, obviously he had practiced both hands, but at this moment, Yi Shuyuan's eyes were slightly widened, and the pupils in his eyes were slightly dilated.

The drummer was around thirty, shivering a little from the cold, and his face was a little pale, but although his expression was a little restless and apprehensive, his voice was still loud.

"My lord! Caomin is from Dujia Village by the Ejiang River. I want to sue Jiangzhou businessman Jia Yuntong for robbing and killing the villager's daughter—"

The drummer shouted these words and saluted Yi Shuyuan. Yi Shuyuan stepped aside and explained aloud.

"I'm not an adult, I haven't arrived yet."

Two yamen servants also went out, one on the left and one on the right, "invited" people into the door, and sternly shouted.

"Wait here, your lord will be here soon!"

But at the moment when the drummer was carried into the gate by two yamen servants, a faint light flashed away, and a white shadow was directly bounced away from the drummer.

"what"

With a woman's exclamation, the white figure fell to the ground a foot outside the gate.

Yi Shuyuan stepped back to the side of the gate, and also looked at the man playing the drum, but glanced out of the door inadvertently from the corner of his eyes.

It was a woman in white clothes, her pale face was bluish, and there was a wound on her forehead where red and black blood flowed. She got up immediately after being bounced and wanted to enter the court.

brush~
Another white light lit up.

"what--"

The woman screamed and was bounced away again, this time falling farther, directly onto the street, she struggled to get up again, and quickly approached the gate of the court, but did not dare to take a step, just looked around in panic, then was helpless lingering in front of the door.

The moment Yi Shuyuan just opened the door, he saw the woman standing with the drummer. At that time, Yi Shuyuan didn't think about this situation at all. It was just a momentary intuition and visual impact that made him Understand what a woman is.

Yi Shuyuan felt a little panicked in his heart, but he couldn't help but pay attention to all this, and he didn't choose to leave. At the same time, he was also thinking about why he could see ghosts?
With this kind of doubt, Yi Shuyuan looked at other people. The other yamen servants obviously couldn't see the woman at all. Even the drummer was looking around at the moment as if looking for something, but even his eyes swept the direction outside the door. It seemed that he had never seen where the woman was standing.

He can't see it either?Yi Shuyuan felt an inexplicable strangeness in his heart.

At this moment, a burst of intensive footsteps came from behind the yamen, and soon, two rows of yamen servants holding water and fire sticks trotted into the courtroom, and after a while, an official wearing an official robe and a black gauze cap was standing next to a regular uniform Accompanied by Confucian scholars, he strode into the courtroom.

As the county magistrate was seated, the master also sat down at a small table on the side to prepare to record, Yi Shuyuan retreated to the area outside the hall wisely, and tried to keep himself calm, but he still couldn't help but pay attention to the woman who was not far away from him .

In the process, some yamen servants and even policemen from the outside came one after another, and everyone did not salute or politely, but just waited quietly in the area outside the hall. Once the drum was played, more than half of the people in the yamen came. Yi Shuyuan felt that if Wu Minggao It's not that my family lives far away, so I have to come when I hear it.

Soon, the gavel in the hands of the county magistrate also fell heavily on the case.

"Crack~"

"Ascension!"

Two rows of fire sticks are connected to the ground: "hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"mighty--"

The magistrate of Yuanjiang County, surnamed Lin, has been in office for two years. He has a thin beard and a thin face. At this moment, he is looking sternly at the drummer who was brought up from the hall.

"Who beat the drums? Sued for what?"

If it was a trivial matter, the drummer would definitely be beaten first, otherwise the disturbed people in the entire Yuanjiang county government would not agree.

The drummer was obviously absent-minded, looking around.

"Crack~"

"People in the hall, answer quickly, or you will be served by water and fire sticks!"

The drummer trembled for a moment, and mustered up the courage to arch his hands and say loudly.

"Caomin is Du Fang from Dujia Village by the E River. I want to sue Jia Yuntong, a businessman from Jiangzhou, for robbing and killing the women of the people. He was persecuted to death, please make the decision—"

In the court here, there is actually no need to kneel to meet officials, but at this moment Du Fang became agitated as he spoke, and knelt down directly after speaking.

"Please let the adults be the masters!"

It was windy at night, and the candles in the courtroom fluttered even with lampshades. The county magistrate looked at the people in the hall, obviously looking like a young ordinary farmer.

Jiangzhou?This is no longer a cross-county, is it a cross-state?What about the witnesses? The murder happened in this county, right?County Magistrate Lin frowned, still planning to ask clearly.

"Where is the Jiangzhou merchant now? Who was killed by him, and what is the relationship with you?"

"More than one person was killed, and the villain only knows one person, named He Xin, who was originally from Luo County, Wuzhou. He was kidnapped from Wuzhou by that evil merchant. The pier in the county seat, my lord will send someone to arrest him, and we will definitely bring that evil businessman to justice!"

Thanks to the books he had read before, Yi Shuyuan immediately thought of Wuzhou, where the E River also crossed the border, and the boat might have come all the way from Wuzhou along the E River.

The county magistrate frowned when he heard the words. The person in front of him hadn't explained the details yet. Of course, it was impossible for the county government to send someone with just one word.

"What is your relationship with the dead man?"

Du Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and said truthfully.

"And, it doesn't matter."

"Huh? Then where did you know about He Xin's murder?"

Du Fang began to look around again.

"Crack~"

"Aren't you guilty of being a thief? Tell me the truth!"

The county magistrate was obviously a little angry, and he was promoted to the court in the middle of the night.

County magistrate Lin's scolding made Du Fang, who was in the audience, tremble violently, and opened his mouth to answer.

"Returning to my lord, it was He Xinzhi's ghost who told the grass people herself. She appeared in the grass people's dreams every night, and from time to time she begged in her ears at midnight. Come and report to the police!"

ghost?

County magistrate Lin frowned in disbelief, but drumming late at night was really strange, so he hesitated and said.

"Since you came to play the drums, you must have a way to convince me to trust you?"

Du Fang looked at the county magistrate and kept looking around.

"Girl, Miss He, we are in court, Miss He! Don't you say that there is a way for adults to hear your voice at midnight? Girl, tell your adults quickly!"

Seeing Du Fang watching and talking there, waiting for half a cup of tea, the patience in the county magistrate's heart was worn out, and his anger was rising. How could he want to believe such absurd things?
"Crack~"

"Bold and unreasonable, I think you are talking nonsense, and you dare to tease this official! Come, give me twenty big boards!"

This county magistrate is really angry!
(End of this chapter)