After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

The so-called Dengwen drum was set up to redress the grievances of the people. Whenever the Dengwen drum was sounded, it was a complaint against the emperor. The emperor must publicly receive the person who beat the drum to redress the grievances.

However, the Dengwen drum is not that easy to beat. Anyone who beats the Dengwen drum must first accept the punishment, rolling on a bed of nails or walking on a charcoal fire road, before seeing the emperor.

Either way, it's torture.

If you can survive, there is hope for redress. Therefore, generally it is not a huge injustice, it is not that there is nowhere to redress, and no one is willing to come and suffer all this.

Therefore, Dengwen drums were set up in many dynasties, but they were played only a handful of times.

For example, it has been more than fifty years since the founding of Daxia, and now it is the third emperor. However, the Dengwen drum has not sounded even once. This is the first time since the founding of the country.

Therefore, Emperor Xia Wen did not dare to neglect and immediately went to court again.

All civil and military officials hurried to the back of the Jinluan Hall and watched as the man who was beating the Dengwen drum was taken to the entrance of the Jinluan Hall. There, there was a nail bed on one side, two meters long, with densely packed nails on it. If you go there, you can enter the Jinluan Palace to redress your grievances.

On the other side is a two-meter-long charcoal fire road. The charcoal fire is already burning red. As long as you walk barefoot, you can also enter the Jinluan Hall to redress your grievances.

Two paths to choose from.

The man glanced at the nail bed, and then took off his shoes and socks without hesitation: "Caomin Yan Meng was once a soldier of the Great Xia Kingdom. He participated in more than a dozen battles and survived by luck. But the great injustice that day must not No risk, but at any time, the soldiers of Daxia must stand, even if they die, they must die standing." Then he stepped on the charcoal fire.

The aroma of burnt flesh spread instantly.

Many ministers in the court couldn't bear to look at it, and the smell even made people feel sick to their stomachs.

But the man named Yan Meng didn't say a word. He walked through the charcoal road step by step, and then walked into the Jinluan Palace with bloody footprints step by step. He stumbled before taking a few steps, but still gritted his teeth and walked to the middle position. , and then knelt down.

The two paws at the back were bloody and bloody, and they were still steaming and emitting a weird meaty smell.

"Your Majesty, this man has passed the test, why not bandage his wounds first." After seeing Jiang Yan's signal, someone came forward and suggested, "After all, in such a situation, it is easy to stain the Holy Eye."

"That's right." Emperor Xia Wen nodded.

As soon as the man heard this, he returned to his train.

An imperial doctor came over immediately, gave Yan Meng a simple treatment on the spot, and then bandaged it up.

At this time, some eunuchs had already cleaned the door, and the weird smell of meat was finally gone in the hall.

Although Yan Meng's face was pale and cold sweat continued on his forehead, he still insisted on kneeling down and handed over the paper.

After Emperor Xia Wen saw it, he frowned: "Are you suing the late Dingguo General Jiang Changgong?"

When the courtiers heard this, they couldn't help but started whispering.

"Yes." Yan Meng kowtowed, "The common people are suing Jiang Changgong. He is so arrogant that he abuses his power and even withholds military pay..."

"But he's dead."

"Dead?" Yan Meng frowned, "Why did he die?" "He died last year."

"Can't you sue if you're dead?"

"This..." Emperor Xia Wen pondered for a moment, "I can sue."

"The common people will still sue him."

"Then please tell me the situation in detail. Dear friends, please listen carefully. After all, many of you are familiar with Jiang Changgong. Let's see if this person will wrongly accuse the other party."

Everyone responded collectively.

Many of the things Yan Meng said, some had evidence and some did not, but he focused on the An customs clearance battle ten years ago.

It was the twelfth lunar month of the 10th year of Ansheng, when Bei Yuan went south. At that time, Jiang Changgong was the commander-in-chief and led his troops to resist the Bei Yuan army. However, Jiang Changgong was simply a fool and did not dare to go into battle in person. Most of the time, it was his deputy general Sun Dongchuan who took action. , but the supplies were not provided in time at that time, so the opponent captured An Pass and then conquered three cities in a row.

However, it was later recaptured by Sun Dongchuan and his men. However, Jiang Changgong felt that it was his own contribution and was complacent. He felt that it was his wise leadership. Then, with the instigation of a few flatterers, he went straight out to fight with the opponent, trying to capture him. He wanted to capture the enemy's leader in order to strive for greater military success. However, he was ambushed and none of the 15,000 soldiers survived.

If Sun Dongchuan hadn't sacrificed his life to save him, I'm afraid he would have died there.

In such a battle, one must bear responsibility. As a result, he pushed Sun Dongchuan out. Anyway, there was no evidence to prove it.

Emperor Xia Wen couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yan, and then slapped the table: "Yan Meng, do you know the crime of wantonly slandering courtiers?"

"Cao Min knew it because Cao Min was a soldier beside General Dingguo. After the battle, Jiang Changgong asked his subordinates to send a letter to the Jiang family in the capital. The subordinate had been saved by Sun Dongchuan, so he took a peek. That letter, as expected, contained what Jiang Changgong confessed to the old general, so the subordinate pretended to die and left, handing the letter to Sun Dongchuan's wife..."

"Your Majesty." At this time, Wu Yizhou, the minister of Dali Temple, took a step forward. "A few days ago, a woman who claimed to be Sun Dongchuan's wife came over and handed over the writ of paper. She said the same thing."

"Let that woman come to the temple."

Because Jiang Yan had already made arrangements, Aunt Sun went to the main hall in less than half an hour.

"Tell me your grievances one by one."

"Caomin's original name was Song Nansheng. He and Sun Dongchuan were childhood sweethearts. They got married after they were hairpins. Later, he joined the army and served under General Dingguo, and later became a deputy general. But one day, news came that he had died and violated military regulations. The Cao Min wanted to follow him at that time, but in order to save his child, General Dingguo later took the Cao Min to the capital and entered the Jiang family..." Aunt Sun handed over the letter, "After getting this letter, the Cao Min kept stuffing it. In the hairpin, I just think about the day when I can clear my husband’s name..."

"What do you think of this matter?" Emperor Xia Wen looked at everyone.

Everyone had their heads lowered, and it would be easy to become cannon fodder if they spoke at this time.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." At this moment, Enwei General Sui Yuan came out, lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground.

"General Sui, please speak." Emperor Xia Wen nodded.

"The general was once supported by the veteran general Jiang Guan, but Jiang Changgong was indeed not qualified for the position of general. The general did not participate in the battle that year." Sui Yuan paused, "But last year's Antongguan battle was purely Jiang Bonian's arrogance was the result, but this time it was 60,000 soldiers and one of my son's legs. Please make sure to investigate thoroughly, Your Majesty." (End of Chapter)