Chapter 308 The trial begins, and the injustice is heard and drums are beaten

Jiang Yichun thought and grinned at Bai Ruozhu, then jumped out of the window.

When Deng Deng saw the others disappear in a flash, she puckered her lips and burst into tears.

Bai Ruozhu went to close the window, hugged Dengdeng and sat back on the bed, whispering: "You haven't had enough fun yet. Isn't it nice to have my mother play with you?"

But Denden cried very aggrievedly and kept looking towards the window, obviously reluctant to let Jiang Yichun leave. Bai Ruozhu couldn't help but think of her previous life when she was a child. She studied Chinese medicine at her grandfather's house. Her mother would visit her regularly and then return to the city to work. And every time her mother left, she cried very sadly, just like Deng Deng now.

"You brat, do you like him so much? You've only met him a few times." Bai Ruozhu muttered angrily, feeling sour in her heart. Sometimes she would leave Deng Deng with Guizhi and go out alone. Deng Deng had never cried like this before!

Suddenly, she thought of a question. Deng Deng liked Jiang Yichun very much, and when they were at the stall, Deng Deng also liked Jiang Yichun who was wearing a mask. Could he tell that they were the same person?

Bai Ruozhu then smiled and shook his head. How could Deng Deng notice it at such a young age? It was probably because children have the ability to distinguish the smell of the person they like.

Thinking of this, she thought of the faint fragrance that floated into her nose, which seemed to be a bit like the smell of bamboo leaves and a bit cold. When she was in a daze after giving birth, the smell quietly got into her nose and stayed there. Deep in her memory.

She hugged and breastfed Dengdeng, then lay down and fell into a deep sleep. She still had a tough battle to fight tomorrow, but now that she had an extra layer of protection, she felt more confident.

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Early the next morning, the county government office was held, and many people watched outside the court. The fraud case spread throughout Anyuan Town and even the entire Anxi Prefecture.

The imperial envoy Xue Wenhui came to the hall, and Li Shunsheng and others could only stand behind and accompany him, answering the imperial envoy's questions from time to time.

Xue Wenhui looks young, about thirty-five or six, which is considered to be in the prime of life. Li Shunsheng knew that his rank was not high, and his background should not be small, but the specifics were not something that a small county magistrate like him should worry about.

Xue Wenhui first brought the chief examiner, deputy examiner and others to the court for trial. Li Shunsheng presented him with all the evidence and testimonies he had already obtained. Xue Wenhui nodded with satisfaction and felt that Li Shunsheng had done a good job in preparation.

The evidence was conclusive. No one in the hall dared to cry out for injustice. They just kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. Xue Wenhui knocked on the door and shouted sternly: "You are so loyal to the emperor when you get the salary from the imperial court. Now the evidence Do you really have the nerve to beg for mercy? Examiner Wang Zhitong and deputy examiner Liu Wennai conspired to sell exam questions for their own benefit. They were sentenced to death, their property was confiscated, and their family members and children were exiled from the officialdom!"

The people watching outside the court gate were in an uproar. The imperial envoy's sentence was really severe.

Bai Ruozhu and her family also came outside early to watch. Bai Lu was also invited over by Bai Zehao early in the morning, leaving Bai Zeji alone to accompany him. But she was different from what ordinary people thought. The imperial envoy judged the case as soon as he came up. Who did he represent? Isn't his attitude the same as the emperor's? She heard that her country, Danliang, had never had a large-scale fraud case from the previous generation of monarchs to the current Wuning Emperor Tang Yin. Although this was just a childbirth test in a small area, it was enough to attract the emperor's attention.

If this kind of case cannot serve as a warning to others, then there will definitely be fraud cases soon. No matter when, there will be people who take risks for the sake of money.

However, the ancient law of joint family sitting is really inhumane. The original purpose was to allow family members to supervise each other to prevent one of them from making a mistake and affecting the whole family. But if you really encounter such daring people, like this time, Deputy examiner, their families are in dire straits.

Bai Ruozhu sighed quietly. If she had the chance, she would break this rule, she thought silently in her heart. This is not because her mother is worried about others, but because after this incident she is afraid that she will be involved in the old house again.

Of course, these things are not impossible to solve. As long as the old man is dead, he will not be so protective of Bai Yibo. As for the old lady, how much more trouble can there be for someone who can solve it with money?

It's just that in recent years, she didn't want the old man to die. Even if the old man was sick, she would take the initiative to treat him, so that if he died, the whole family would have to observe filial piety for him. Her eldest brother could not get married for three years, and her second brother could not take the imperial examination for three years. The lethality is too strong...

While she was so distracted, the chief and deputy examiners were already taken into custody and will be executed three days later under the supervision of Mr. Li.

The people in Anyuan Town had not seen beheading for a long time, and everyone was very excited. Many people near Bai Ruozhu made an appointment to go to the execution ground to watch the beheading in three days.

Immediately, the Imperial Envoy asked Li Shunsheng to bring up the candidates who had committed serious crimes. It was Bai Yibo's turn. The Imperial Envoy read the file and asked Bai Zepei to be brought up as well.

Bai Ruozhu glanced at her family. She had advised her family before, saying that the imperial envoy would be annoyed if he had to interrogate so many prisoners. If the whole family went up, it might make him even more disgusted. Bai Zehao said at that time that he would accompany Bai Ruozhu to the court, but Bai Ruozhu still refused. She said that she was a woman and had children. Even if something was wrong, adults would be lenient, but if she was a man, she would not be so lucky. .

At this time, beating drums to express grievances is not something you can do casually. In some places, it is even stipulated that after beating drums to express grievances, you must first be beaten twenty times. Although there is no such rule in Anyuan Town, she does not know the character of the imperial envoy and does not want to Her family went on adventures with her.

"Ruozhu, Second Grandpa will accompany you." Bai Lu said, showing an expression as if he was about to die heroically, which made Bai Ruozhu, who was a little nervous, suddenly laugh. The ancients really took drumming to call out injustices very seriously.

She nodded slightly to Bai Lu, then strode forward and knocked on the grievance drum at the door of the court. The drum had really not been played for many years. Ashes fell off it as soon as she hit it, and she was completely disgraced within a few strokes.

The drum beat sounded, and the noisy crowd outside the court suddenly became quiet. Many people looked at her in surprise. Someone was beating the drum to complain about injustice, and she was a woman!

"Who is playing drums outside the hall? Bring them into the court to talk." Xue Wenhui frowned slightly and asked the officer to bring Bai Ruozhu and Bai Lu in.

Bai Ruozhu stepped forward, bowed down to Xue Wenhui in a polite manner, and said respectfully, "To my lord, my wife, Mrs. Bai, is Bai Zepei's younger sister. I am playing the drum to avenge my brother."

Bai Lu hurriedly knelt down as she did, and said, "The villain Bai Lu is the patriarch of the Bai clan. I'll report this to your lord."