More than ten days have passed since Yi Shuyuan came to Yuanjiang County. In the first few days, he worked diligently and meticulously. When he returned to Xihe Village for the first time, he started his work and started his work. He also relaxed.

Although there is no colleague speaking, there is no bullshit, and there is no supervision from superiors. Yi Shuyuan's work is entirely conscious, but the main premise is to at least maintain appropriate progress and show a certain stage of results when asked by county magistrates or county magistrates.

However, it is the early stage of compilation, and Yi Shuyuan's main job is to understand the basic content through reading. Not only do you have to read the county, but you have to read some of the surrounding documents.

It was already late at night, and an oil lamp was placed on the corner of the table, illuminating the desk but not illuminating the entire library.

Yi Shuyuan was sitting in front of the table wearing a coat and reading a book called "Landscape Notes". This book roughly contains some famous mountains and rivers in the entire Dayong Dynasty. Although many of them are more general, it is also considered a rare geography book in this library.

“Haha~~~”

Yi Shuyuan yawned and saw that the room was dim, so he took off the paper lampshade and lifted the wick out a little with a bamboo clip. As the flame grew a lot, the room suddenly became brighter.

“Hu…Hu…”

The wind blew outside the house, and Yi Shuyuan also felt a chill, and couldn't help but tighten his clothes on his body.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong..."

A drum sound suddenly came from the front of the yamen. Yi Shuyuan was slightly stunned. Subconsciously put down Shu and stood up, grabbed the collar of his coat and walked to the door, and opened the door of the Wenku.

“Hu…Hu…”

The wind blew Yi Shuyuan's hair shaking, and the drum sound became more and more obvious.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdong..."

It's so late that the county government can't beat the drum and summon the officials. So is someone beat the drum and complaining about the wrongdoing?

Yi Shuyuan suddenly became interested, so he quickly put on his coat and gently closed the door of the library. He had never seen a real promotion in his two lives. Not to mention that he had not slept yet, he might even get up and take a look even if he had already lie down.

Of course, it is allowed to see the yamen to go to the hall, and the people can watch it from a certain distance, not to mention that Yi Shuyuan is now an official in the yamen.

When Yi Shuyuan walked through the corridor, he saw that there were candlelights in several bedrooms. He heard the words and scolding inside and knew that they must be runners from the Zaoban. These people were standing on both sides of the court, and now they were all dressing and getting up quickly.

However, if the drum sounds, theoretically all departments of the yamen heard it have to send people there.

Yi Shuyuan didn't care about that much, he was quick and came to the court ahead of many people. At this time, there were already a squad officer who was on duty here at night in the court to hold the lights.

"Mr. Yi? Are you not asleep yet?"

Several servants in the court were wondering who the person who suddenly came from inside was, and someone recognized Yi Shuyuan, but the other party was not the one Yi Shuyuan knew, so he had to bow and smile.

"I have never seen drum beats in the library late at night, so I came to take a look. After all, there are many cases included in the county annals."

"Mr. Yi, you are really attentive. Who doesn't want to sleep at this night..."

Several other officers also bowed to Yi Shuyuan. After all, the superiors valued this person very much, so Yi Shuyuan naturally returned the gifts one by one. Then he curiously followed the two officers to the main gate and watched them remove the latch and open the door.

"Bang chuck..."

Accompanied by the low sound, the main door of the yamen slowly opened, and the person who was beating the drum gradually stopped.

The light inside the court illuminated the drum beaters, and the people outside also looked inside through the gradually unfolding cracks of the door. He saw the yamen runners opening the door, and of course, he also saw Yi Shuyuan standing behind the door.

"Who is playing the drum here?"

The yamen runners burst out loud, obviously they had practiced their skills, but at this moment Yi Shuyuan had already opened his eyes slightly, and his pupils spread slightly.

The drumbeater was about thirty years old, his body was trembling slightly due to the cold, and his face was slightly pale, but despite his expression of uneasiness and trepidation, his voice was still loud.

"Sir! Caomin is from Dujia Village by the E River. I want to sue Jiangzhou businessman Jia Yuntong forcibly robbing and killing a young woman--"

The drumbeater shouted and said this, and bowed to Yi Shuyuan. Yi Shuyuan quickly moved out of his way and explained.

"I'm not an adult, I haven't arrived yet."

Two yamen runners also went out, one left and one right to "invited" people into the door and shouted sternly.

"Wait here, sir, will be here soon!"

But just as the drummer was carried into the gate by two yamen runners, a faint light flashed and a white shadow was bounced away directly from the drummer.

"ah......"

With a woman's scream, the white figure fell to the ground ten feet outside the gate.

Yi Shuyuan stepped back to the door and looked at the man who was beating the drum, but the light of his eyes glanced out of the door inadvertently.

It was a woman in white, with a pale face glowing with blue eyes, and a wound on her forehead was flowing with red and black blood. After being bounced away, she immediately got up and wanted to enter the court.

Brush ~

Another white light lit up.

"ah--"

The woman screamed and was bounced away again. This time she fell further and fell directly to the street. She struggled to get up again and quickly approached the gate of the court, but did not dare to take a step. She just looked around in panic, and then wandered helplessly in front of the door.

The moment the door was opened, Yi Shuyuan saw the woman standing with the drumbeater. At that time, Yi Shuyuan had never thought about this situation. It was just a moment of intuition and visual impact that made him understand what a woman was.

Yi Shuyuan felt a little panicked, but he couldn't help but pay attention to all this, and he didn't choose to leave. At the same time, he was also thinking about why he could see a ghost?

With this doubt, Yi Shuyuan looked at the others. The other yamen runners obviously couldn't see the woman at all. Even the drumbeater was looking around at the right moment, as if he was looking for something, but even though his eyes swept across the direction outside the door, he seemed to have never seen the woman standing there.

He couldn't see it either? Yi Shuyuan felt an inexplicable strangeness in his heart.

At this moment, a dense sound of footsteps came from the back of the yamen. Soon, two rows of yamen runners holding water and fire sticks trot into the court. After a while, an official wearing an official robe and a black hat strode into the court accompanied by a scholar in a regular dress.

As the county magistrate sat down, the master also sat on the small table on the side to prepare for the record. Yi Shuyuan tactfully retreated to the area outside the hall and tried his best to keep himself calm, but Yu Guang would still involuntarily pay attention to the woman not far from him.

Some yamen runners and even constables around the country also rushed over in the process. Everyone was not polite, but just waited quietly in the area outside the hall. Once a drum beat, more than half of the people in the yamen came. Yi Shuyuan felt that if Wu Minggao didn't live far away, he would have to come when he heard it.

Soon, the gavel in the county magistrate's hand also fell heavily on the public case.

"Ba~"

"Ascending to the hall!"

Two rows of water and fire sticks connected to the ground: "Aggressively..."

"mighty--"

The magistrate of Yuanjiang County is Lin. He has been in office for two years. He has a few beards and a thin face. He is now looking at the drumbeater who was brought up from the hall.

"Who beats the drum? What's the matter?"

If it is a trivial matter, the drum beater will definitely be beaten first, otherwise no one who was disturbed by the entire Yuanjiang County Government will agree.

The drumbeater was obviously absent-minded, looking around.

"Ba~"

"The people in the hall will answer quickly, otherwise the water and fire sticks will be served!"

The drumbeater shivered for a moment, and plucked up the courage to whisper, urging his hands.

"Caomin is Du Fang from Dujia Village by the E River. I want to sue Jiangzhou businessman Jia Yuntong forcibly robbed and killed a civilian girl. Jia Yuntong used the name of a businessman to deceive many good women, and even used means to force robbed. Some people could not bear the humiliation and persecuted to death by him. Please make the decision-making-"

There is actually no need to kneel down to meet the officials in the court, but Du Fang became excited as he spoke, and then he knelt down.

"Please make the decision!"

It was windy at night, and the candlelight in the court even with the lampshade was slightly pounding. The county magistrate looked at the person under the hall, and it was obviously a young ordinary farmer.

Jiangzhou? This is no longer a cross-county, this is a cross-county? What should I do if that person has evidence? Did the murder occur in this county? County Magistrate Lin frowned and planned to ask clearly.

"Where is the Jiangzhou businessman now? Who was killed by him and what is his relationship with you?"

"There are more than one person killed, and the villain only knows one person, named He Xin. He was originally from Luo County, Wuzhou. He was captured from Wuzhou by the evil merchant. After being killed, the evil merchant's ship was now parked at the county wharf. The adults sent someone to arrest him and he would definitely arrest the evil merchant!"

Thanks to the book I read before, Yi Shuyuan immediately thought of Wuzhou, which also crossed the E River. The ship might have come from Wuzhou all the way along the E River.

The county magistrate frowned when he heard this. The person in front of him had not explained the details yet, so of course it was impossible for the county government to send someone in just one sentence.

"What's your relationship with the dead?"

Du Fang, who was kneeling on the ground, hesitated for a moment and said truthfully.

"And, it doesn't matter..."

"Well? Then where did you know about He Xin's murder?"

Du Fang began to look around again.

"Ba~"

"Are you a thief and feel guilty? Let me tell you the truth!"

The county magistrate was obviously a little angry. It would be fine if he went to the court in the middle of the night. The complainant looked away and his body shook, looking around, and he looked despised the court.

County Magistrate Lin was so scared that Du Fang, who was in the hall, shook his body and opened his mouth and replied.

"Sir, it was He Xinzhi's ghost who told Cao Min himself that she appeared in Cao Min's dream every night, and she also begged in her ears from midnight. Cao Min was very scared at first, but then became very angry, so she came to report to the official at his begging!"

ghost?

County Magistrate Lin frowned and looked disbelief, but it was indeed strange to beat the drum late at night. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke.

"Since you are here to beat the drum, I guess there is a way to make me believe you?"

Du Fang looked at the county magistrate and kept looking around.

"Girl, Miss He, we're in court, Miss He! Don't you say there is a way for adults to hear your voice at midnight? Girl, tell me..."

Seeing Du Fang watching and talking, waiting for half a cup of tea, the county magistrate's patience was wiped out and his anger was rising. He would have such a slight desire to believe such a ridiculous thing?

"Ba~"

"Bold and unruly people, I think you are talking nonsense, and you dare to tease me! Come on, give me twenty big shots!"
Chapter completed!