The queen must start from the head

Chapter 137
In the morning of the next day, Huang Chang came to the Wushuang faction, and after handing over his name card to the disciples guarding the gate, he began to guard at the foot of the mountain, anxiously waiting for the result.

Mu Lian is still retreating at this time.

Wu Mei who received this name card was a little surprised, because this was the first time she saw a scholar visiting her head in the name of the same year.

However, the other party was also very sincere, and even wrote down what he asked for on the name post concisely.

After reading the name post, Wu Mei thought about it carefully, and decided not to disturb the sect master's cultivation, but to send a disciple of the sect to accompany Huang Chang to the warden, ask the ins and outs of the matter clearly, and then make a decision.

Huang Chang waited for less than half an hour, but still no one came to pick him up. Just when he thought that the famous post he had put in would be lost forever, a beautiful girl in a lotus-colored dress walked towards him. come over.

The girl glanced at him and said, "Are you the Huang Chang whose father-in-law and mother-in-law were arrested and sent to the warden?"

"Exactly." Although Huang Chang didn't understand the meaning of the girl's question, she still replied.

"Let's go then."

"Where to go?"

"The warden."

It was only then that Huang Chang realized that this woman must have been sent to help him, so he quickly followed her and rushed to the warden department together.

Just as the two of them were heading to the Department of Prisons, in front of the yamen of the Imperial City Department, a cardamom girl in filial piety with a white silk flower on her head thumped the grievance drum at the yamen's door with her slender arms.

The dull drum beat sounded one after another, attracting many people on the roadside to watch.

Just as the passers-by were pointing around the girl in filial piety, two government servants with knives walked out of the Imperial City Secretary and came to the girl.

"Who beat the drums to complain?"

Seeing someone coming out to ask questions, the girl immediately put down the drum in her hand, knelt down and said, "Little girl Shan Xuefang, a person from the north of the city, is beating the drum today to appeal for grievances, just to sue Zhou Shun, the prison official! The theft of the Beihou Mansion, framing good people, and taking away my only surviving brother Shan Xueqi! Yesterday evening, people from the prison department came to the door, but they sent back my brother's body! They also said that he I have already confessed to the theft! What an injustice! The little girl begged the master in charge to try the case and return my brother's innocence!"

The two yamen servants looked at each other and realized that this matter was difficult to handle.

One person turned around and went in to report, while the other stood guard at the door, and the latter said to Shan Xuefang, "Whether your brother is innocent or not, we can only find out after the trial of the case by the Master Chief!"

The girl kneeling on the ground didn't say a word, but pressed her head heavily on the cold ground.

After the death of her parents, she and her elder brother were the only ones left in the dilapidated wooden house in the north of the city.

On weekdays, my brother is such a kind-hearted person, even if he sees his neighbor killing rats, he would feel unbearable, so how could he be the sinner who committed a heinous crime?As long as the lord in charge is willing to stand trial and handle the case impartially, she believes that her brother's grievances will be washed away!
Not long after, the yamen servant who had just entered came out, and said to Shan Xuefang, "Bring your pleading paper and come in! Mr. Si is willing to take your case for trial!"

The latter immediately burst into tears of gratitude, couldn't help but kowtowed in the direction of the court, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang Si!"

Soon, the girl stepped into the gate of the Imperial City Division. After she entered, two yamen servants stretched out their hands to close the gate, thus isolating the curious eyes of the common people outside.

In the yamen of the Imperial City Department, a group of yamen servants held water and fire sticks. After a sound of "Wei~wu~", the head of the office, wearing a red gauze hat and a crane feather official uniform, sat on the official position in the center of the court.

"Crack!" sounded, the director slapped the gavel, and the case of civil daughter Shan Xuefang suing the prison guard Zhou Shun immediately opened for trial.

After he read the pleading paper at a glance, he began to ask Shan Xuefang a few questions.

"Shan Xuefang, you said in the pleadings that Zhou Shun led someone to break into your house on the afternoon of the fifth day of this month and took your brother Shan Xueqi away, right?"

"Yes."

"Since Zhou Shun was able to come to arrest people, he must have received a report from others and had an arrest warrant before entering the people's homes. And after Zhou Shun entered the family, he did find the stolen goods lost by the Hou Mansion on Shan Xueqi. How do you explain this matter?"

"My lord, on the morning of the fifth day of the lunar new year, Minnv had just changed and washed my brother's clothes, and there was absolutely nothing in the lining of his newly changed outer robe. After that, my brother did not go out until after lunch. However, at noon Just after that, after Zhou Shun brought people over to capture my brother, he immediately found a golden jade hairpin from his body, how could this be possible? It is obvious that someone is trying to frame him!" As she spoke, her emotions became agitated .

Lord Chief frowned, and continued to ask, "Then is there any enmity between your brother and Zhou Shun?"

"Elder brother has always been kind to others, and has never been hostile to others. The neighbors around Minnv's house can all testify to this!"

The two had no grievances and no enmity, but they were framed by innocent people. Such a case is a bit strange!The boss picked up the roll of paper and read it carefully again.

After reading it this time, he promised Shan Xuefang, "This case is a bit strange. Zhou Shun is the prison guard. Although I am the head of the Imperial City Department, I have to report to my superiors before I can accept the case." Send him to this place for questioning. How about this, put this roll of paper here first, and you go home first, and take care of your brother's funeral. After the official sends Zhou Shun, I will send the yamen servant to send you here , and then confront this person in court, what do you think?"

Although Shan Xuefang wanted to clear her brother's name immediately, but since the Master Chief had spoken, she had no choice but to bow her head and say, "It's up to Master Chief to decide!"

After hearing this, Mr. Zhang Si slapped the startled wooden door and said, "Retire!"

After Shan Xuefang walked out of the gate of the Imperial City, she was thinking about something in her mind and did not notice the two men who were sitting in a nearby tea shed drinking tea hanging quietly behind her.

In the government office, the director who accepted Shan Xuefang's case reported the situation of the case to his immediate superior, the director of the Huangcheng Department.

After listening to what he said, the director played with the two colorful glass balls in his hand, which contained insects, fish, birds, beasts, sun, moon, stars and other objects. After a moment of silence, he said, "The theft case at Zhenbei Hou Mansion." , there are some secrets inside. The theft case was taken over by the people from the Warden Department, so you just need to transfer the girl’s case to them as well, and you don’t have to worry about the rest."

"Yes! The next officer obeys the order!"

Master Chief is a smart person, and the chief will not ask if he doesn't take the initiative to explain things in detail.

In June, the baby's face can change as soon as it is said.

Originally, the sky was still bright and sunny, but suddenly there were several thunderclaps, and the big raindrops soon fell down.

On Huangcheng Street, Shan Xuefang was walking towards her home alone.

Seeing the downpour, she couldn't help but gritted her teeth, covered her head with her hands, and ran all the way to her home.

She ran through one unmanned alley after another, and just when she turned the next alley to reach her home, a dagger suddenly appeared from nowhere and stabbed her in the back.

Shan Xuefang's footsteps stopped, and then she fell limply on the ground, with blood dripping from her back.

The pouring rain seemed to be trying to wash away the blood on the woman in filial piety.The bloody water mixed with the sewage on the ground, meandering out, and drifting into the underground ditch beside it.

Her face was soaked in muddy water, her eyes were looking forward unwillingly, brother, brother is still waiting for her to be buried at home!
But her eyelids are so heavy, so heavy...

Vaguely, she seemed to hear someone talking.

"Miss Liu, look ahead, there seems to be a person lying there!"

"You can't protect yourself, do you still care about others?"

After her eyes suddenly went dark, she passed out completely.

The torrential rain is still falling, and many street vendors have closed their stalls to hide. There are no pedestrians on the road, and many streets and alleys have become empty.

At this time, a man in a coir raincoat and a wide rain hat walked into an alley.

In a tavern in the alley, a man walked out with an umbrella and was about to leave.

As the two passed by, a small bamboo tube appeared in the coir raincoat's hand.He didn't stop walking until he reached a safe place before opening the bamboo tube.

Someone stuffed a note into the bamboo tube, and after unfolding, there were only six black characters written on it, "Zhou has gone crazy, kill him quickly."

(End of this chapter)