Chapter 343 What Kind of Complaint

"Brother, brother! Wake up, wake up!" Su Chenyan shook his brother violently.

"Hmm..." Su Shiyan was sleeping soundly, but his second brother shook his head until he felt dizzy.

He opened his eyes and looked at Su Chenyan, who looked anxious, confusedly, "Second brother, what's the matter?"

"Grandpa, grandma is missing!" Su Chenyan said anxiously.

"Gone?" Su Shiyan turned over and sat up, "Where did he go?"

"I don't know! I asked the store owner and he said that the two of them left at dawn." Su Chenyan rubbed his hands nervously.

"Where is the complaint?" Su Shiyan touched under the pillow and asked his second brother.

"?" Su Chenyan was stunned. "They took it away?"

"It's over, something big has happened!" Su Shiyan hurriedly got out of bed and dressed tremblingly.

Now the two brothers were really panicked. They had originally planned to delay by claiming to be recuperating, but they didn't expect their grandmother to cut off the source of their trouble.

The two brothers hurried out of the inn and headed towards the county government office.

"Have you all finished eating?" Su Zhongyan asked the children.

"We're done eating!" the children said in unison.

"Okay, everyone will divide into groups and move freely. Follow the arrangements of Mr. Fu and Mr. Hu! Don't get separated and be careful!" Su Zhongyan arranged.

"Ah Hei, please take good care of them. I'll take my two younger brothers back to Qin Village."

"Sir, please go now!" Ah Hei bowed. After being out for a few months, he gained a lot of experience and looked calm and confident.

"Zhaoyan, Bingyan, come on, follow me!" Su Zhongyan shouted at a pile of tangerines.

"Yes, brother!" Two young boys came out of the tangerine.

The orange vests played a big role. When counting the children along the way, we just kept looking at the orange vests.

The two brothers followed their cousin out of the restaurant.

On the way here, Su Zhongyan learned that Xingyang was also in the famine, so he had to go to Qinjia Village to take a look.

See how grandma and second aunt’s family are doing and see if they need any help.

"Bang!" Su Zhongyan was unable to dodge and was hit directly on the chest. "Ouch!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Su Chenyan didn't even raise his head. He said sorry and pulled his brother forward.

"Shi Yan, Chen Yan?" Su Zhongyan called out hesitantly, thinking he had admitted his mistake.

"Big brother, second brother!" Su Zhaoyan shouted happily.

Su Shiyan and Su Chenyan stopped, turned around, and saw three tangerines.

"Why are you here?" both sides asked at the same time.

"We came here with the Fu family for study tour and are planning to go to Qinjia Village to visit our grandmother and second aunt's family. Are you going to Qinjia Village too?" Su Zhongyan asked.

"Hmm..." The two brothers responded randomly, absent-mindedly.

"You guys go ahead and do your work, we still have things to do!" After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Wait, Shi Yan, Chen Yan, what happened? Why are you so panicked?" Su Zhongyan grabbed his two cousins.

"Oh, it will be too late if it's any later!" Su Chenyan shook off Su Zhongyan's hand and walked away with his brother.

"Let's go and take a look!" Su Zhongyan felt something was wrong and followed with his two cousins.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of the drums at the gate of the county government office could be heard from afar, and many people ran there.

The sound of drums in front of the yamen indicated that someone was crying out for justice, something that had not happened for many years, and the people came running to watch the excitement.

The thumping sound hit the brothers’ chests, making their feet weak, and their hearts sank a little more with every sound!

"It's unfair! It's unfair! The governor of Henan Province abused his power to bully people, took human lives lightly, and beat my son to death! Woo woo..." The old woman knelt in front of the yamen, holding up the complaint and crying out for justice.

Qin Fangcheng held up the drumstick and kept beating the drum.

The onlookers were confused. They had never heard of the prefect beating anyone to death!

"Grandpa, grandma!" The two brothers squeezed into the crowd, one pulling Qin Fangcheng and the other pulling the old woman.

Both old men were wearing the same tattered clothes they had worn before.

"Grandfather! Please! Even after death, one must be reborn! Let's go back to Chang'an!" Su Chenyan held his grandfather's hand.

His brows were full of anxiety, and he couldn't understand why his grandfather, who had always been sensible, would get involved.

"Chen Yan, let go! If your grandmother dies, I won't live either!" There were tears in Qin Fangcheng's eyes.

What’s the point of being sensible? I have lost everything. If my wife passes away, I will be alone and won’t live for many days. It’s better to go crazy with my old wife.

"Grandfather, you are dragging the Su family into this! You are going to destroy the Su family!" Su Chenyan said angrily.

"I have nothing left, so why should I care about the flood after my death?" Qin Fangcheng said resolutely.

The Su family divorced their own daughter, causing her tragic death, yet their family wants to prosper and rise to prominence! Forget it! Let's go to hell together!

He shook off his grandson's hand and continued to beat the drum.

"Grandma, get up quickly! Let's go back!" Su Shiyan felt so regretful.

I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to write the complaint, and I shouldn't have told my grandfather that the Su family had become rich. Now they are destroying everything the Su family had worked so hard to gain.

Grandma and the others did it on purpose! Su Shiyan finally understood the meaning of his grandmother's strange smile yesterday.

"Get out!" The old woman pushed her grandson away. Although she was obviously exhausted, she was surprisingly strong.

Su Shiyan staggered back a few steps and was supported by Su Zhongyan who squeezed in later.

"Tokihiko, Tatsuhiko, what happened?"

Su Zhongyan looked at Qin Fangcheng beating the drum and the old woman crying out for justice on the ground, and recognized them as the grandfather of his two cousins.

"Clang!" The sound of the bolt was heard at the gate of the county government office.

"Squeak..." The gate slowly opened, and a group of police officers rushed out, shouting, "Who is beating the drum to complain?"

"I am Qin He, a native of Qinjia Village. I am suing the Governor of Henan, Lord Qu Tu, for brutally killing my son!"

The old woman held the petition high and crawled forward on her knees. She was as thin as a stick and had white hair. She looked so miserable that it made people feel pity.

Qin Fangcheng knelt down together, "Please, sir, please help me! Avenge my son!"

Upon seeing this, Su Shiyan and Su Chenyan turned pale, their legs went limp, and they sat down on the ground dejectedly.

Qu Tu Shou, the prefect of Henan Province, was the eldest son of Qu Tu Tong, a famous general of the previous dynasty. Qu Tu Tong was also a famous general of the previous dynasty. In the 13th year of the Sui Dynasty's Daye period, he was ordered to guard Tongguan. He was defeated and captured and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

In the ninth year of Wude, he followed Li Shimin in launching the Xuanwu Gate Incident and killed Crown Prince Li Jiancheng.

Later, Qu Tutong was stationed in Luoyang as the acting minister of the imperial court and was granted the title of governor of Luozhou. He died of illness while in office in the second year of Zhenguan.

The eldest son Qu Tu Shou inherited the title.

(Note 1: The term "Fu Yin" is used here to replace "Du Du". Official positions changed frequently in the Tang Dynasty, and the position of Fu Yin was established during the Kaiyuan period.

Note 2: The third son of the prefect is a fabricated story; Qu Tutong was only the second son.

When the police officers heard this, they looked at each other in confusion. No one dared to take the petition and sue the prefect. They must be so bold!

The squad leader ran back to the court and said, "Sir, there are people outside who are suing the prefect."

"What? Suing the prefect?" Xingyang County Magistrate Yang Yingchuan's sleepiness had completely disappeared. "Who is so bold?"

He was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by the drum of complaint. He hurriedly put on his official robe and went to the yamen, but he couldn't file a lawsuit against the prefect!

"Your Excellency, it seems that it was the Qin family who offended the prefect's third son last year." The squad leader replied.

"?" County Magistrate Yang was confused for a long time.

He offended the prefect's third son and resorted to underhanded tactics! I remember he was sentenced to thirty lashes of the cane. It happened to be the prefect's visit to Xingyang, and he personally passed the sentence.

How dare such a scoundrel dare to sue the prefect? ​​Old Master Qu Tu died of illness last year, so what kind of lawsuit is this?

You didn't file a complaint last year, so why are you beating the drum to complain this year?

"Go and tell the Qin family that old Master Qu Tu has died of illness, and that I am a seventh-rank county magistrate and cannot take on the case of the prefect!"