329, Beat the Drum of Admission
329, Beat the Drum of Admission
Two days later——
On this day, Lu Lao Er and Lu Lao Si brought a large group of people to an old grave overgrown with weeds at the foot of a mountain.
This is where their eldest daughter is buried.
In recent years, Lu Laoer and Lu Wulang, father and son, would secretly come here to worship during the Qingming Festival, so they can find this place accurately.
Brothers Lu Wulang and Lu Liulang brought people to clear the weeds on and around the grave, revealing the grave mound hidden inside.
Lu Mingfei and his father also came today.
Lu Mingfei had brought people along specifically, including a few officials and a coroner. Otherwise, if he hadn't come along, it would have been difficult for the Lu family to get officials to come along and handle the case.
"dig!"
"yes!"
At the command, the people they brought began to dig up the soil on the grave and found the coffin buried underneath.
After so many years, the thin wooden coffin had long since decayed, and even the flesh and blood on the corpse had rotted away, leaving only a skeleton here.
Then, following the instructions of the Yin-Yang master, Lu Lao Er went into the grave himself, picked up a piece of bone and put it in the new coffin, and let the Yin-Yang master pick up the rest.
Only those who know Yin and Yang can understand these things.
While the Yin-Yang master was picking up the bones, Lu Mingfei and his father stood by and watched.
Looking at the bones he had picked up from the ground, Lu Youtian said with some emotion: "In the blink of an eye, your eldest cousin has been gone for so many years."
When they learned that their daughter had passed away, they knew that she had been murdered, but they were unable to seek justice for her.
In fact, Lu Youtian had never really wanted his son to get involved in the affairs of the old house. Even though he felt sorry for his niece, her own parents could push their daughter into the fire pit, so what could he, as an uncle, say?
But this time, the eldest son had his own plans, so Lu Youtian did not stop him from doing anything.
After the Yin-Yang master finished collecting the bones, Lu Mingfei said to the coroner who was accompanying him, "Please ask the old man to come over and help us find out what exactly caused the death."
"Yes." The coroner responded and came over to check the body.
He touched the skull with his hand, took a look, and said with certainty: "The deceased died from a severe blow to the head, which caused the skull to be shattered."
"There are still many serious injuries on the body, and several bones are broken..."
"Moreover, the deceased was already seven or eight months pregnant before her death, and the fetus was already formed. There is also the remains of a baby in this part of her stomach."
The last point can also be proved by the fortune teller who picked up the bones, because it was he who picked up the baby's bones.
The coroner's words made everyone present look pale.
"This beast!" Lu Laoer's body went limp. If his brother hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground. "My daughter, Daddy, Daddy is so sorry for you... Ahhhh..."
"Sister, you died so tragically..." Lu Wulang also burst into tears. His sister was beaten to death!
"Beast, beast! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but this beast dares not let go of his wife and children!" The elder who came with him was so angry that he pounded the ground with the crutch in his hand, wishing he was pounding the beast who killed their Lu family girl.
The Lu clan members who came with them were shocked to learn that a married girl from their clan had been inhumanly abused and died when she was seven or eight months pregnant. They all hated the evil man who killed the girl from their clan.
If they don’t avenge this, what dignity will the men of the Lu family have in this world!
Lu Mingfei pursed his lips tightly, saying nothing. He only clenched his hands at his sides into fists and said, "Let's go! Back to the city!"
"Ahua, daddy will take you to the city, and daddy will definitely seek justice for you!" Lu Laoer wiped his tears and called for people to come and carry the coffin.
Lu Laosi had the big hole dug on the ground simply covered up with the excavated soil.
Soon they got out of the mountain, onto the official road, and carried the coffin into the city.
***
On this day, the sun was shining brightly in the early morning, but disappeared without a trace in the morning. The sky was gray, the wind was blowing, and the trees hanging on the roadside were swaying from side to side.
I don’t know whose wronged soul is crying in broad daylight.
Lu Mingfei was wearing an official uniform and riding a horse to lead the way. The generals guarding the city did not dare to stop them. He successfully led the team behind him into the city and arrived at the palace gate.
There is a big drum outside the palace gate, called the "Dengwen Drum", which is used to redress the grievances of those who have been wronged.
By beating the drum, one could report grievances directly to the emperor.
In order to prevent the common people from running to beat the drum for even the slightest matter, there is a clear rule for beating the drum, that is, anyone who beats the drum will be beaten with a stick 100 times.
After a hundred blows, the person beating the drum will surely die. This is like exchanging life for life.
Therefore, anyone who dares to sound the drum to report a crime and exchange his life for another's must be someone who has suffered a great injustice.
Lu Lao Er, who knew this well, snatched the gavel from his son's hand and said, "Come for the father!"
"Dad!" Lu Wulang tried to snatch the hammer from his father's hand, but was pushed away by his father.
Lu Laoer swung the wooden hammer and hit the drum hard.
"Bang!"
"Boom! Boom!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sound of the drums seemed to fall on everyone's heart.
As soon as the Dengwen drum was struck, half of the people in the capital city heard the drumbeat.
The emperor in the palace also heard it at this time. He asked the chief eunuch standing beside him: "Did you hear the drum?"
"Your Majesty, I heard it," replied the chief eunuch.
"Go out and see what's going on outside." The emperor put down the brush in his hand. The sound of the drum made him lose the mood to continue reviewing the memorials.
"Yes, I'll go right away." The eunuch chief responded, bowed and went out, taking people to the palace gate to see what was going on.
The sound of the drum was still ringing, and many common people had already come to the palace gate, surrounding the place where the drum was placed and the person beating the drum.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Why are they beating the drum to report the incident?"
"Isn't this Lu Zhuangyuan?"
"These people seem to be the family of Lu Zhuangyuan."
"Could it be that Mr. Lu has some grievance that he needs to file a complaint with the emperor?"
“…”
The common people gathered together, pointing and talking at the man beating the drum and at Lu Zhuangyuan, who was standing nearby in an official uniform and whom they couldn't ignore even if they tried.
Lu Mingfei stood here, he could feel the people around him pointing at him and whispering to him, but he didn't care. Since he dared to stand here today, he had already made preparations and plans in his heart.
When the eunuch chief led his men out, he saw the entire palace gate filled with people. He asked the guards at the palace gate to clear the way and squeezed his way to the front.
I didn't expect to see a familiar face here.
"Oh, isn't this Lord Lu? Why are you here?" The eunuch chief recognized this Lord Lu at a glance. He was the Lord who had been summoned into the palace frequently by their Majesty recently.
"Eunuch Wei." Lu Mingfei nodded slightly to the eunuch in charge and handed the written petition to Eunuch Wei. He simply said, "I am here to seek justice for my deceased eldest cousin. Please help me deliver this petition to His Majesty."
Here he did not directly tell Eunuch Wei that the person they were suing was Prime Minister Wan's servant.
He was worried that once the Emperor learned that his cousin's case was also related to Prime Minister Wan, he would not accept the case. However, since they had already sounded the drum to report the case, the Emperor had no choice but to accept it or not!
Unless the master in the palace does not care what the common people outside think of him.
"Okay, I will hand it over to Lord Lu right away." Eunuch Wei took the petition and agreed.
Then he took the two young eunuchs and returned to the palace with the petition.
At this time, officials in the six ministries close to the imperial palace also heard the drumbeats.
Prime Minister Wan, who was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, also clearly heard the drumbeats outside. He felt a little strange and called the guards outside to come over and ordered, "Go to the palace gate and see what's going on over there."
"Yes, sir." The guard responded and led his men out.
After hearing the drum sounds, the officials from the six ministries all sent people to the palace gate to find out who had struck the drum and what was going on.
Not long after, the chief eunuch returned to the imperial study with the petition in his hand and handed it to the master sitting on the throne, "Your Majesty, this is the petition that Lord Lu asked me to give you."
"The person beating the drum outside is a member of Lord Lu's clan."
"Oh, Lord Lu, if you have any grievances, why don't you come to me directly, but let your clansmen run outside to beat the drum to report the matter?" The emperor felt a little strange and took the petition to read it.
After reading the petition, the emperor felt that this was just a simple case. He was a little confused as to why Lu Mingfei did not let his clansmen go to Fengtian Prefecture to report the case, but instead asked them to go to the palace gate to beat the drum to report the case.
However, he was not a fool. He knew that Lu Mingfei's action of asking his clansmen to beat the drum to report the case was to force him, the emperor, to accept the case.
What kind of case is this that even the Fengtian prefect refuses to handle it?
The emperor was puzzled. Could there be something he didn't know? Was there someone else behind the person who had brought the lawsuit?
Almost immediately, he thought of his grandfather, Prime Minister Wan.
"Go and check whether the man named Chen Qing that Lu Mingfei is suing has any connection with Prime Minister Wan." Otherwise, he really couldn't figure out why Lu Mingfei asked his clansmen to beat the drum to report the incident instead of coming directly to him, the emperor, to make the decision.
"Yes." Eunuch Wei replied and went out again.
Today's update.
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