A piece of Japanese incense

Chapter 104 Parade

Lord Xin seemed to have heard about this and was waiting at the gate of the yamen: "You are so bold and unruly people! Who is leading the parade? How dare you disregard the law!"

Guard Zhou ignored Lord Xin and the bailiffs behind him and struck the drum to report the incident. The sound of the drum was as powerful as thunder and shook everyone's heart.

"Stop him! Stop him!" Lord Xin roared, "You can only beat the drum when it concerns military and national affairs, or when it involves strange and tragic cases. Otherwise, you will be punished as a serious crime!" Lord Xin rebuked harshly.

"Lord Xin! Can't you see? We are here because of a serious injustice!" Yu Tuan held high the banner in his hand.

Lord Xin took the complaint from someone and read it: "How outrageous! It's just robbery, how can it be an injustice!" He threw the complaint on the ground.

Lord Xin pointed at Guard Zhou and roared, "Before beating the drum, this troublemaker will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane! Catch him! Give him thirty good beatings!"

When I heard this, I realized that this drum cannot be struck casually. I felt heavy-hearted. This was a bad start...

Guard Zhou took off his coat without hesitation and prepared to be punished, but Yu Tuan cried, "No! Girl! You have to think of a way! Brother Song is not fully recovered yet, how can he be beaten again? We can't let him suffer this injustice! Don't touch him!"

"Yutuan! Don't worry! If I can get rid of that scourge for everyone, these mere thirty lashes of the cane will be nothing. I can definitely bear it!" Guard Zhou said in a firm tone.

"Girl! What should we do?" Yuyi held my hand, sweating profusely.

Yu Nian stepped onto the steps with his head held high, and said righteously, "Brother Zhou is ill, and I am here with him to sue Bai Xian, the son of the Bai family's assistant minister of war. I am willing to take the thirty lashes on his behalf!"

"Do you think this Jingzhao Prefecture is a joke? How dare you take the punishment for him! I think you all deserve a beating!" Lord Xin looked down at him, his eyes wide open, staring.

I suddenly had an idea and responded, "Sir Xin! The things we are accusing include corruption, robbery and murder, and even the most grievances. We dare not even beat the drum outside the court. Moreover, we are united as one. More than 50 people have jointly sued one person. Even if it is 30 strokes of the cane, each person will only bear half of it. If you think this is not a problem, please do it."

Yu Tuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Ah? Only half a blow! Well then, Brother Song and I will take this blow together."

Everyone laughed out loud:

"I originally thought that everyone would be beaten with thirty sticks. If it can bring justice to my daughter, I will just bite my tongue and let it go. Now it's only half a stick, which is nothing! Beat them if you want!"

"Yeah, for the sake of my broken leg, it doesn't matter if I take half a beating, hahaha!"

"For the sake of my ancestral home, I will do anything! Fight now!"

"Execute it quickly!"

……

The noise continued one after another, and Lord Xin covered his ears in pain.

I turned to look at Xiao Zhu. She understood what I meant. She took off her cloak, knelt down on the steps, raised the petition above her head, and appealed loudly:

"I am Huang Shuzhu. On the night of the Lantern Festival, the evil young man from the Bai Mansion broke into my humble home and brutally killed my grandmother, grandfather, father and mother. He also forcibly took me back to his mansion for fun and imprisoned me in the Bai Mansion. I have suffered such a great injustice. I beg you to seek justice for me and expose his evil deeds!"

"It turns out that she is the missing granddaughter of the Huang family."

"She was imprisoned. No wonder we couldn't find her for several months."

There was constant discussion. Lord Xin frowned and waved his hand, saying, "How can I tell that you are the daughter of the Huang family? Stop causing trouble here!"