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The crowd surrounded Jun Tianci, and came to the gate of the official yamen in a mighty manner.

I saw a big red lacquer drum standing a head taller than an ordinary tall man standing next to the gate of the yamen. The paint has faded after years of wind and rain. According to the rules of this dynasty, no matter how big or small, there is this grievance drum at the gate of the yamen. The drum, but not everyone can hit it, only extremely tragic unjust cases can use this drum, otherwise they will be severely punished.

Meizhen is not a big place, most of them are the ancestral home of the clan, there are not many outsiders, and the family members have their own rules, and they usually prefer to solve the incident in the ancestral hall compared to the Shangguan Yamen.Therefore, this drum has been standing here for nearly a hundred years, and no one has ever played it.

It was the first time they heard the drumbeat today, and their hearts shook violently.

The sound of this drum is different from those small drums that are played during festivals, weddings and weddings. The sound of the drum is extremely deep and deep, and it seems to have power. Being slammed, I felt anxious with the sound of the drum.

The local official secretly thought that he couldn't return to his original position with all his heart. This imperial envoy is a sick child, maybe his heart can be shattered alive!But I heard that the person who beat the drum was Luo Jinyu, and I also heard that Luo Jinyu has a very close relationship with Shen Gonggong, if I ask someone to forcibly take Luo Jinyu away at this moment, I will definitely offend the surname Shen.The man surnamed Shen has always been self-willed and reckless because of his meritorious deeds from the dragon. The court ordered officials to kill him as soon as he said so. Master Xu's body is still in the yard of his uncle's house. Shen Wuji refused to bury him in those few days , It stinks after dragging.

He hesitated, and looked at Jun Tianci: "Master Jun, this...don't go any further, it's too loud and hurts your body."

Jun Tianci didn't speak for a while, the one who pushed him was his confidant, seeing that he didn't speak, naturally he wouldn't listen to others, and continued to push him forward.Getting closer like this, Jun Tianci really felt that his heart couldn't take it anymore, so he slightly lifted his finger resting on the armrest of the wheelchair, and his confidant saw it sharply, and immediately stopped.

Jun Tianci took out the medicine bottle from his arms, poured a medicine into his mouth, took a while, put the bottle away, and then raised his eyes to look at the source of the noise.

At this moment, the people surrounding there have been driven away by the local officials, and they will not block Jun Tianci's sight.

Jun Tianci saw that on the crude drum stand, stood Luo Jinyu in white. Luo Jinyu held a drumstick in his hand, raised his head, raised his hand, and beat the drum head hard again and again. The big sleeves of the robe fell down, exposing his small white lotus arm.

This is a pure literati. When he was in the Taiyuan Academy, he didn't like riding and archery courses. If the ranking results of the Taiyuan Academy were not counted, Luo Jinyu might be dragged down and couldn't be a stable No.1.

Coupled with the three years of torture in prison, Luo Jinyu's body was very thin. The waist that was hidden under the veil was probably thinner than that of ordinary women, and the small arms that were exposed were also very thin, white and thin. .

Jun Tianci's eyes stayed on that small arm for a moment, and then looked at his face.

From Jun Tianci's position at the moment, only Luo Jinyu's profile can be seen.

Jun Tianci suddenly coughed, and he coughed for a long time without stopping. The local officials were so frightened that he was afraid that he would die here, so he boldly stepped forward and raised his voice to stop Luo Jinyu: "You——don't knock! Stop knocking! The imperial envoy is here, you——stop knocking! You said stop knocking, the imperial envoy will be knocked to death by you!"

Only then did Luo Jinyu stop and turn around to look.

He hadn't been able to hear Jun Tianci's cough from the deafening drumbeat just now, but now seeing this man hunched over in a wheelchair and coughing desperately, he couldn't help being startled and embarrassed.

Fortunately, he stopped knocking, and not long after, Jun Tianci stopped coughing, drank a few sips of water, smiled, and said to Luo Jinyu: "I'm fine, I won't die, don't worry." Then he said, "Don't Knock, go back to Beijing, be obedient."

The tone seemed as if the two were friends who had known each other for many years.Luo Jinyu was a little strange, but he didn't think too much about it, he just said: "The imperial decree only let Shen Wuji return to the capital, not me, Luo Jinyu."

"Oh? So you're back again?" Jun Tianci said with a smile, "Forget it, follow me to the official office, we'll talk in private."

"No." Luo Jinyu flatly refused, "I didn't come back to talk privately with you, I came to beat the drums and complain."

Jun Tianci sighed: "Zi Shi, don't get entangled, things in this world cannot be useful if you get entangled."

"I don't intend to talk nonsense with you." Luo Jinyu said lightly, "The rules of this dynasty are to beat the drums to appeal for grievances, and the government must accept the case and be promoted immediately. There must be no excuses. Now that I have played the drums, I don't know who Meizhen is now. My lord sits in town, please raise the hall to accept it immediately."

"The rule of this court is that it is not a case of a serious injustice. Drumming is not allowed, otherwise it will be punished by torture." Jun Tianci said.

Luo Jinyu said: "The Cultists of the Meizhen Cult slaughtered the people for worship, and the number of victims reached hundreds of people. The murderer is still at large, and the bones of the dead are still under the river. Isn't this a serious case of injustice?"

After hearing this, the people around looked at each other, and their faces became more and more ugly.

Unexpectedly, the difficult Shen Wuji was finally driven away, but the scholar surnamed Luo was so ignorant of good and bad, and he ran back single-handedly.

Jun Tianci sighed again: "Zi Shi, where is Mr. Shen at the moment?"

Luo Jinyu said: "He's not here."

"That matter will be difficult," Jun Tianci said quietly, "If you are stubborn and insist on entangled in this matter, you will be the enemy of Meizhen, and it will definitely arouse public anger, and even a civil uprising. You must be killed on the spot. Although I guess he also sent someone to follow you secretly, but two fists are no match for four."

While he was speaking, the people of Meizhen were already murderous, looking at Luo Jinyu coldly like a beast eyeing its prey.

"Of course, the soldiers dispatched by Eunuch Shen haven't had time to leave, but if they protect you, this matter will be unclear," Jun Tianci said slowly, "You are now a commoner, without fame, and Shen has no selfishness. Send troops to help you massacre the people of Meizhen. Tell me, how should this crime be counted? He didn’t leave at first, that is, he refused to obey the order. Now it’s like this, if it’s bigger, it’s a self-respecting soldier It is not unreasonable to be suspected of treason."

"You don't need to scare me." Luo Jinyu said coldly, "Shen Wuji will not send soldiers to help me privately, so I will complain here alone. If you want to kill me at the gate of the government office, just come and kill me. If you don't kill me, you can kill me." Please immediately ascend to the court, and end the serious case of injustice that I want to complain about."

Everyone in Meizhen looked at each other in blank dismay.They wanted to kill the scholar, and they were not afraid of killing the scholar. They had killed too many people. The one more was not too many, and the one less was quite a lot, but——they had never done anything in such a fair and honest situation.Besides, although the imperial envoy is from his side, is it possible that he really wants to kill Shen Wuji in front of him?

Although they had murderous intentions, they didn't dare to act rashly for a while, they just kept winking and whispering occasionally.

Luo Jinyu waited for a while, and seeing that the crowd around the drum platform did not move, she fixed her eyes on the local officials in official uniforms, and asked lightly: "Have you thought about it, whether to kill me or not?" Ascension immediately?"

The official didn't want to offend the fathers and folks of Meizhen, nor did he dare to offend Shen Wuji. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and said bravely, "Mr. Luo, take a step to speak..."

"I ask you, should I be killed or promoted immediately!" Luo Jinyu raised her voice and said sharply, "The law of this dynasty, if I beat the drum to complain, I should be promoted immediately, otherwise the local officials will be punished for negligence. My lord, if you don't get promoted again, it won't be your turn to make decisions here. According to the regulations of this dynasty, Meizhen will be temporarily taken over by the imperial envoy—Master Jun," he looked at Jun Tianci, "Then are you going to kill me, or go to court immediately?"