Ever since the imperial court issued a stipulation that anyone who beats the Dengwen drum must first receive twenty sticks, the Dengwen drum has been ignored for many years.

This is also to prevent the common people from banging the drum on big and small matters, which will affect the officials' handling of government affairs.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, a common man beat the Dengwen drum in grief because he lost a pig, and was later compensated with a thousand coins.

Once the Denwen drum is beaten, it means something big has happened.

And Zhao Ceying had already arranged for people to go to Wenguyuan to prevent anyone from causing trouble.

After the fisherman beats the Denwen drum, she will be punished.

She lay there as if she were dead, gritting her teeth and accepting the judgment of fate.

She didn't even know if she would still survive after twenty strokes.

The fisherman has little knowledge and has never read a book. I've only heard of dramas about a heartless man who lost his breath after being beaten twenty or thirty times with a cane.

She was worried that the same would happen to her, and she was terrified.

But even if he is gone, he has lived up to the princess's request.

The princess is a good person, and the fisherman can see that. Those dignitaries looked at her with disdain like an ant.

Only the princess had sympathy and appreciation in her eyes, but no contempt.

Such a princess is worthy of entrusting her son to her. As long as she is willing to fight for it, even if the princess will not treat her son badly, she is still much better than her husband who kills a thousand people.

The executioner had been warned, and he raised the board high. It seemed that he had used 10% of his strength to hit the fisherman's buttocks with less than 10%.

This kind of small official who specializes in cane punishment is generally a craft passed down from ancestors.

If you want to beat someone to death, it may look like your clothes are intact, but in reality the skin and flesh have been broken.

If you make a show, it looks like you've beaten someone's skin to pieces, but in fact it's just a superficial wound that will heal in a few days.

Some are so powerful that they can even break the tofu into pieces on the inside, but keep the outside intact.

The fisherman was determined to die, but she didn't expect that when the twenty sticks came down, the pain was not as painful as she had imagined, and she suddenly felt like she had narrowly escaped death.

After the execution, the grievances can be stated.

In the Song Dynasty, two academies were established, namely Denwen and Physician Examination.

After beating the Dengwen drum, the Dengwen Drum Court will accept the complaint, notify the Medical Examiner's Court, and then go to Datian to listen.

Of course, if it is not a major case, such as throwing a pig, Denwen Drum Court will not accept it.

After all, the fisherman was beaten twenty times, and the pain was severe no matter what.

He managed to kneel on the ground, but his voice was very sharp.

"My concubine, Wu Qiuniang, wants to accuse Gao Shilin, Chongban of the Inner Palace, of murdering people, slandering General Duan, and using her son to force me to commit suicide!"

As soon as these words came out, the judge took a deep breath.

The few words spoken by the woman in the audience touched upon two courtiers of the day!

Among them is General Xiao Duan, the center of the recent turmoil!

The judge suddenly realized that the matter was too serious and hurriedly took over the lawsuit and sent it to the Medical Examiner's Court.

At this moment, a chamberlain came.

It is said that the officials heard the sound of drums and sent people to investigate the situation.

Yes, the officials heard it.

Because of Xiao Duan's incident, it caused a bigger fuss than in the play, and it has already spread to the ears of the officials.

Zhao Ceying simply told the plan.

When the officials learned that the fisherman would play the Dengwen drum today, they walked around the palace and chose a place closest to the Dengwen Drum Courtyard.

Sure enough, I heard the faint sound of drums.

The only drum sound that can be heard in the palace is the Dengwen drum.

The official family then naturally asked the chamberlain to go to Denwen Drum Courtyard to check the situation.

Ask someone to bring in the people who beat the drum.

He wants to accept the case in public.

Take this to give another blow to the shaky Queen Mother's followers.

Now that you have stretched out your hand, you should be prepared to have your hand chopped off!

The officials went directly to court to hear the fisherman's case.

After receiving the letter, all the courtiers hurried over, all panic-stricken.

You know, these are all human spirits, how could they not know that the Dengwen drum was being beaten?

And those who can be tried by officials in court are probably related to courtiers.

I don’t know who is going to be unlucky today.

The Cao family has been very proud of themselves recently.

With just one move, they destroyed an official's confidant.

When you are happy, why do you care who is beating the drum?

It doesn't matter who they sue anyway.

The Gao family also thought so.

The official glanced at the red-faced Cao Gao family and said in a deep voice: "You must have heard that the Dengwen Drum was beaten. The Dengwen Drum has been set since Taizu's time. Whenever the Dengwen Drum is sounded, Anyone who beats the drum will accept the case. Those who beat the drum and hear the drum will sue the ministers of the court. My heart is shocked and I want to hear the grievances in public!"

Gu Tingye immediately took the lead and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

All the court officials responded one after another, and the atmosphere in the court was very solemn.

Everyone is guessing who will be the unlucky one...

"Let her come up."

The official gave an order.

Where has Mrs. Wu seen such a battle, where have she seen so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries?

In addition, after being beaten twenty times, I just felt like I was shaking all over.

But he still mustered up the courage and knelt down on the ground with a plop.

The officials asked her to tell her grievances.

"Wu Qiuniang, a civilian woman, sued Gao Shilin, the Chongban of the imperial palace, for slandering General Duan and using his son to kill the civilian woman!"

As soon as these words came out, the Cao family and the Gao family were shocked.

"What nonsense!"

The Gao family hurriedly spoke, but were interrupted angrily by Gu Tingye.

"Why, I didn't know that the Gao family doesn't even want anyone to air their grievances."

The Gao family rolled his eyes.

Gao Shilin's official rank was not high enough and he was not qualified to go to court.

The man wanted to say something else, but the official was displeased and reprimanded him.

"How can there be no noise in the court hall?!"

The Gao family opened their mouths and backed away angrily.

He wanted to see what this woman was going to say!

Madam Wu mustered up her courage and said loudly: "Wu Qiuniang, a civilian woman, is the one who slandered and was raped by General Duan a few days ago."

"You bullshit!"

The Cao family couldn't bear it anymore.

"The fisherman obviously committed suicide, how dare you pretend to be someone else and talk nonsense?!"

"If I didn't escape by pretending to die, how could I still be alive and be able to express my grievances in front of the officials?"

Mrs. Wu was filled with anger when she thought of what she had experienced these days.

What happened to her lowliness? Don’t you deserve to live a good life if you are lowly? !

She straightened her back and glared fiercely at the Cao family who made a sound.

Although the fisherman didn't know who this person was, since he spoke for the Gao family, he must not be a good person!

"Since a civilian woman dares to beat the Dengwen drum, she is not here to die! A civilian woman has met the Kaifeng governor. The Kaifeng governor will know at a glance whether the civilian woman is Wu Qiuniang."

The Cao family wanted to say something else, but Uncle Shen quickly answered the question.

"Master Cao has repeatedly interrupted Wu Qiuniang's grievances, and the Cao family has a marriage relationship with the Gao family. Could it be that he did it on purpose?"

"You, you spit out blood!"

The Cao family was trembling with anger, but Uncle Shen Guo snorted coldly: "You know whether it is yes or no!"

To be honest, if he hadn't been unable to defeat Uncle Shen Guo, this man would have wanted to go up and scratch their ears.

The tone of this speech is so irritating!

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