Attunement into fine rules

"It's dangerous for children to play with fire." Wei Yuan walked up to Goudan'er.

"You, what do you know?" The child stepped back step by step, stammering more and more, "He, they... all, all deserve to die!"

"I know, they want your life, so you want to set a fire and burn them to death, right?" Wei Yuan lowered his voice, "Don't worry, I'm on your side."

Goudan'er was stunned when he heard this.

His father was a regiment commander of the Guardian Army. He died in battle when he was five years old. His mother was weak and had a deep relationship with his father. After being depressed for a year, she also passed away.

The family held a solitary meeting, and finally handed him over to his uncle to raise him, and his uncle managed the family property on his behalf, saying that it would be returned to him after he became an adult.

From then on, my uncle's family moved into the big courtyard where he lived. In recent years, my uncle and aunt treated him well in front of outsiders, but actually treated him harshly in private.

He grew up in a favorable environment, and his parents loved him very much. Faced with such a situation, of course he cried and made trouble.

But as a child, how could he know the calculations of adults?

Uncle and the others are used to pretending to be good people, and they will win over the neighbors with small favors. Every time in the eyes of outsiders, they make him look like a vexatious person, and the uncle's family will bear it in every possible way.

At the beginning, some people felt that he was pitiful for losing his father and mother, but after a year or two, everyone's sympathy has almost worn away. They think he is bad and stubborn, and gradually no one even says a word to him.

He didn't care for these blind and deaf people who always helped his uncle's family to talk. If his aunt didn't give him food and drink, he would go outside to steal.

Anyway, his aunt was trying to save face outside, and he could only feel a little bit better when he saw other people coming to the door, and his aunt had to come forward to pay for gifts and money.

He is like a little beast walking alone, neither getting approval nor needing any approval, holding back energy in his heart, rampaging in his own way, resisting this malicious world.

Since his father and mother passed away, several years have passed, and all he heard from others were "little mourner", "little bastard", and "starving ghost", which made him numb.

This is the first time, someone said to him——

"Don't worry, I'm on your side."

With such a dazed effort, he saw the fragments of pottery urns on the ground jump up one by one, gather together again, and return to their original shape.

The oil he poured on the firewood glistened in the moonlight and merged into a trickle, and every drop flowed back into the pottery urn.

Wei Yuan took Goudan'er's little hand and led him out of the woodshed.

The pottery urn filled with oil also followed behind them, flew out wobbly, and flew back to the kitchen automatically.

The child walked out of the woodshed with Wei Yuan, saw Wei Yuan's face clearly in the bright moonlight, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Human, human god grandfather!"

Hearing him call Grandpa, Wei Yuan reached out and touched his chin involuntarily, but forgot that he now had the appearance of a young man, and there was no beard there anymore, so he felt nothing.

"You, you, you,... is, is it because, because I stole tributes several times, so, that's why you found me?" Goudaner became suspicious and shrank again, "This, this can't be blamed on me. "

"You, you don't bless my father, and you don't bless me... Besides, when I, my parents are around, they take me with me every month, donate money to you, burn incense and kowtow to you, I, I'm just taking back one, some."

Wei Yuan had seen a temple with a statue of himself before, and heard what Goudan said, so he guessed something, so he leaned down, looked at Goudan and said, "I'm sorry, I'm late."

Goudaner was ridden on his back, and he didn't cry when he pressed his head into the mud, and he didn't cry when he heard his aunt and daughter-in-law discussing his death, but now he pursed his mouth, his nose turned red, and he let out a wow cry out.

Goudan'er was crying and clutching Wei Yuan's clothes tightly with his small hands, as if he was afraid that he, the "grandfather of man and god", would disappear in a blink of an eye.

Wei Yuan didn't persuade him, he waited until he had cried enough, and said again: "Have you ever thought that if you burn this family to death, you will be discovered by the government and arrested?"

"I, I can't control that much." Goudan'er said bitterly, wiping away tears.

Since the death of his parents, the whole world has been bullying him, and he can only release his hatred in this way.

"How about this." Wei Yuan said, "It's getting late now, you go rest with me first, and I will take your revenge tomorrow, how about it?"

Goudaner thought about it seriously for a while, then nodded towards Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan smiled slightly, and led Goudaner to ride the wind and clouds, and arrived outside the temple in a short time.

At this time, all the lights in the city were dimmed, only the temple was still brightly lit, a few servants were doing the final cleaning for the night, the young Miao Zhu piously knelt on the futon, muttering something.

Goudan'er took Wei Yuan's hand and walked into the temple, the servants and young Miao Zhu acted as if they hadn't seen them, they were still doing their own things.

Wei Yuan led the child into the shrine, walked around behind the statue, and the child's eyes widened immediately.

There is a hole behind the statue, which is a room with carved beams and painted screens, with high beds and soft pillows, and paintings and pianos hung on the walls with diamond-shaped square patterns.

Goudaner had never lived in such a comfortable and beautiful room when his parents were still there.

"Go to sleep." Wei Yuan led the child to the bed and said aloud.

It may be that he is enshrined in the incense of the world, and the divine power he possesses now is much stronger than that of his life as a fairy. Changing such a room is just a trivial matter.

Goudan'er glanced at Wei Yuan, and didn't show any politeness to him. He rolled into the beautiful bed, closed his eyes comfortably after a while, and fell into a deep sleep.

It's been a long time since I slept so soundly, and I woke up until dawn.

Rubbing his eyes and getting out of bed, as his feet stepped on the floor, the scene in the room changed again, turning into a steaming bathroom.

"Today is your day of revenge, clean up and don't lose face." Wei Yuan stood beside him and said.

The child took a look at Wei Yuan, only to feel that his heart was pounding violently, but his face was forced to pretend to be calm: "I know, I know."

Because he was afraid of gossip in front of outsiders, although his uncle and aunt had treated him harshly all the time, his clothes and shoes were considered decent, and his body was not dirty.

However, he washed it carefully from head to toe, even the navel and toes were not spared, brushed his teeth, changed into a new set of clothes and shoes, and then followed Wei Yuan to the yamen.

"Knock." Wei Yuan pointed to the drum of grievances standing at the gate of the official mansion.

Goudan'er picked up the drumstick knowingly, and beat down on the big drum that was taller than him.

Usually, he never thought of going to the government to sue his uncle's family. On the one hand, he did not believe that others would believe him, and on the other hand, he was naturally afraid of the majesty of the government.

But now Grandpa Human God is beside him, standing on his side, so he is not afraid.

The big drum of Niumianpi rang softly, and then the child stammered: "I, I want to sue..."

Putting his hands in his sleeves, Wei Yuan spoke from the side: "Ji Fei, the orphan of the Guardian Army, sued his uncle's family for years of abuse, deprivation of food and drink, with the intention of seizing the family property."

Goudan'er clenched the drumstick tightly in his hand, took a deep breath, knocked once, and said: "God, God...Ji Fei, the orphan of the guard, sued, sued his uncle's family for perennial abuse, deprivation of food and drink, with the intention of seizing the family property! "

Again: "Ji Fei, the orphan of the Guardian Army, sued his uncle's family for perennial abuse, deprivation of food and drink, and intention to seize the family property!!"

Again: "Ji Fei, the orphan of the Guardian Army, sued his uncle's family for perennial abuse, deprivation of food and drink, and intention to seize the family property!!!"

The knocking was louder and louder each time.

He usually stutters when he speaks, but this time he doesn't stutter anymore. The clear and exciting child's voice accompanied by the heavy drum sound resounded through the morning in front of the official gate, and the crows on the branches flew away with a fright. bird.

The yamen servants came out in a file with water and fire sticks, and when the grievance drum sounded, there must be officials intervening, but it was not so easy to beat.

Ordinary people beat the drum of grievances, and they must first hit [-] big boards, and survive to prove that you really have grievances that have to be redressed, and the government will go up to the court to hear the case.

However, Goudan'er is an orphan of the Guardian Army, and his parents, as people who have contributed to the city, can omit this step.

The Mingyuan Drum is played only twice a year. Once it is played, there must be a great excitement to watch. When the nearby people hear the sound of the drum, they all gather outside the Yamen to watch through the wooden fence, chirping and pointing.

Goudaner knelt down in the hall, and heard the official in the red robe and black yarn slap the gavel: "Silence!"

As the yamen servants on both sides yelled "mighty", the official prestige rose, and the people onlookers dared not speak loudly any more, only dared to discuss in a low voice.

"Who is kneeling in the hall?" The official asked as usual.

"Ji Fei, the orphan of the Guardian Army, sued his uncle's family for perennial abuse, deprivation of food and drink, and intention to seize the family property!" Goudaner clenched his fists in full view, and the child's voice answered clearly and resoundingly.

The official is in his forties, he is capable, and he has seen many cases. Once he sees Goudan'er and listens to his reply, he knows that it was taught by others, not the child's own language.

"How did your uncle's family abuse you, and how did they intend to seize the family property?" the official asked leisurely.

Goudaner really stuttered next: "He, he, he, he hid, hid, no, didn't let me eat, and even discussed that he wanted me to die!"

"Don't believe this kid, he's just a habit of stealing, he's a good man!" Some people outside couldn't help but say, "His uncle and aunt are good people, every time you steal something, you will be followed by a subsidy, and you lose money and lose money." Is it a door-to-door apology, and you will be short of a bite? You have to be believed when you say it!"

Outside the wooden fence, there were a few sufferers who had been stolen by Goudan, and they also complained.

Before the officials above could speak, Goudan'er's eyes turned red, and he looked at the group of people behind like wolf cubs viciously, looking more and more unkind.

"No matter what other people say about me, since I have sounded the grievance drum today, the elder has already been promoted to accept the case, please discuss the matter and bring the uncle's family to trial." At this moment, Wei Yuan's voice burrowed into the child's ear.

Goudan'er's restless heart slowly calmed down for some reason.

He looked up at Wei Yuan, yes, Grandpa Renshen is on his side, he won't be wronged anymore, and he doesn't have to be afraid anymore.

Children are stuttering, but people are actually very smart. Wei Yuan said it once, and he repeated it in the hall: "No matter what others say about me, since I beat the grievance drum today, the elder has already been promoted to accept the case." , please let the elder discuss the matter and bring the uncle's family to trial."

The official was already suspicious of Goudaner, but these well-founded words convinced him, so he nodded, patted the gavel and said, "Quiet, bring me Uncle Ji Fei's family!"

A team of yamen servants took the tokens, and Xiong Jiu went out in high spirits. After a while, they brought Ji Fei's uncle, aunt, cousin, and cousin's daughter-in-law over to kneel with Goudaner In front of the hall.

The official looked at Ji Fei's uncle, and asked according to the usual practice: "Zheng Yongwang, your nephew has accused you of abusing him all year round and plotting family property. Is there such a thing?"

Ji Fei's uncle was about forty, surnamed Zheng, and he looked honest and honest. He kowtowed to the official and said solemnly: "There is absolutely no such thing!"

Wei Yuan pinched a mantra mantra beside him and drove it into Zheng Yongwang's body, and he continued to say righteously and sternly: "My sister married the regiment commander of the Guardian Army back then, thinking it would bring some benefits to the family, who knows This guy surnamed Ji doesn't like to be a fool, he insists on playing the role of selfishness, and his younger sister and girl are extroverted and help him, as an uncle, I didn't make much money at all!"

"Fortunately, both he and his sister are short-lived, leaving only a little bitch! As long as this bitch is tortured to death, the [-] acres of paddy fields, the box full of money, and the mansion left behind by Ji Shouldn’t all the courtyards be enjoyed by my family?”

The whole hall was silent, and Zheng Yongwang also knew that what he said was wrong, but he couldn't control his mouth at this moment, and he was so anxious that his head was dripping with cold sweat.

"You've lost your mind and gone crazy, you've lost your mind and gone crazy!" Ji Fei's aunt next to him screamed and pushed Zheng Yongwang to the ground without regard for dignity, and explained anxiously to the officials in the hall, "It's not like this , my lord, his uncle is insane, listen to me!"

"On the surface, we dress that bastard decently and clean up, but in fact we don't give him food and drink, forcing him to go outside to steal." Unexpectedly, my aunt's face twitched, and the truth came from her. The mouth kept saying, "He stole and robbed, we will compensate people for money and gifts, and let everyone know that he is broken from the root. In this way, if he has an accident in the future, it will be taken for granted. Sleep……"

From the officials above to the people gathered outside to hear the trial, they were all dumbfounded at this moment.

I have never seen a case like this before, just after the questioning, before the punishment was used, or even oppressed with majesty, the defendant recruited completely and clearly.

Finally, after the official heard it, he slapped the gavel and shouted: "Slap them and me for [-] boards, and then lock them up!"

The yamen servants swarmed up, knocked down the uncle's family whose faces were ashen, and whose legs and feet were as soft as noodles, and began to beat the board in front of so many people.

The Guardian Army is an army that protects the land and water of this area, and persecuting the orphans of the heroes of the Guardian Army is no small crime.

The first offender should be beheaded, and the accomplices would also have to do decades of hard labor.

With the sound of crackling boards, the people outside had an afterthought: "I saw that something was wrong with Zheng Yongwang's family, so it turned out that they had such evil intentions behind them!"

Someone next to him yelled at him: "You can pull it down, didn't you help the Zheng family just now?"

"It's true that you know people, know faces, but don't know your heart."

"Yes, it's the child who suffers."

After the board was beaten, the uncle's family was dragged away screaming. The official looked at the dog who was still kneeling in the hall, and said kindly, "Get up."

Goudan'er stood up as promised, blinked, and looked at the county magistrate.

"Your uncle's family has been punished according to the law, but you are still so young, who will you live with in the future?" The official looked at Goudan'er's thin face and short body, feeling a little embarrassed.

At this moment, the people outside the wooden fence suddenly fell silent collectively, they all gave way to a passage, and bowed respectfully to salute, someone walked quickly along this passage.

"I have seen the servant of the god." The official also hurriedly walked down the high hall, ordering the yamen servant to open the wooden fence, and greet this person.

This person was dressed in spotless white clothes, and was wearing a simple and neat bun. He was the young Miao Zhu in the temple.

The juvenile Temple Zhu and the officials nodded, looked at Goudaner and said, "He has a good relationship with Grandpa Human God. Now that the truth is revealed and the villain is punished, he will be raised by the temple until he reaches adulthood."