"Uncle Wu, this is the matter. What is the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture doing? Why hasn't he issued a judgment for a long time?" When Lu Wu came back that day, Li Zhang immediately found him and told the case of the Jin family suing the Xu family. During this period, Lu Wu often disappeared, and the evidence of the Jin family's case was there, so Li Zhang did not bother Lu Wu.

"Since you handed over this case, no one has been sent to Kaifeng Prefecture to ask the Jin family's mother and daughter to have a court hearing?" Jin Shan asked with a frown at this time.

"I still have to go through the court?" Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard this. He was not familiar with the trial process of Kaifeng Prefecture, so he was also stunned when he heard this.

"No, of course, I have to be tried. In the yamen, the yamen dare not take lawsuits such as murder cases lightly. Generally speaking, after the criminal is arrested, the plaintiff must be summoned to court to confront him, and then the trial process is recorded. In the end, there must be physical evidence, and there are testimony and seals of witnesses. These require trial, and usually only have to be decided at least three times." Lu Wu said with some annoyance immediately. The case of the Jin family has been handed over for so long, but it has not been done yet. There must be something wrong with this.

"I didn't expect Kaifeng Prefecture to be so dark, I'll go find them!" Li Zhang immediately said annoyed. He thought it would be easy to judge such a simple case, but he didn't expect that the case would be handed over and there was no news at all. You can know without asking that someone must be doing something behind it.

"What are you doing? Stay at home, I'd better go and have a look!" Lu Wu grabbed Li Zhang at this time and said, "Although Li Zhang is the emperor's cousin, he is actually just a powerless and powerful relative. As for the official position of his battalion commander, he was not made public, and even if it was made public, Kaifeng Prefecture would not take it seriously.

"Uncle Wu..." Li Zhang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Wu's hand, and then turned around and went out. In his eyes, Li Zhang was a child at any time, and when encountering such a thing, of course, the adults at home had to come forward.

Li Zhang also knew Lu Wu's temper, and sighed helplessly as he looked at his back as he left, but he calmed down at this time. At the same time, he thought that although Lu Wu served in the Examination Department, he had no direct relationship with Kaifeng Prefecture. At most, the two could only be considered different powers, and even the powers of Kaifeng Prefecture were greater. Moreover, Lu Wu and the judge in Kaifeng Prefecture could not suppress each other.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang was also a little worried, so he hurriedly ran to ask Li Yonghe to go with Lu Wu, mainly because he was worried about Lu Wu's violent temper. If he couldn't help but have a conflict with the other party, Li Yonghe could also persuade him. If Kaifeng Prefecture still refused to handle the case according to law, at most he would go directly to the palace.

I have to say that Li Zhang's concerns are still very reasonable. Just as Lu Wu left for about an hour, Li Yonghe ran back in a panic and said, "Oh no, Brother Wu beat the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture. Now Kaifeng Prefecture has detained people, and the people from the Criminal Department have to come forward before they are willing to release them!"

Li Zhang couldn't help but stand up suddenly when he heard this. Although he was mentally prepared, he didn't expect that Lu Wu would really dare to hit someone. The matter was not easy to handle, but it had to be done even if it was difficult to handle. After all, Lu Wu is his elder, and this time he came forward to help him, so he couldn't just sit there.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang immediately brought his horse and rushed to Kaifeng Prefecture with a quick horse. Li Yonghe behind wanted to stop him, but Li Zhang turned a deaf ear. However, when Li Zhang came to Kaifeng Prefecture, he was stopped.

"I want to see you Zhou Shaoyin!" Li Zhang threw his saddle and dismounted, and shouted at the yamen runner in front of the door. Although the highest commander of Kaifeng Prefecture is the prefect, the prefect is not a permanent one. For example, there is no prefecture of Kaifeng now, but the prefecture is headed by the young emperor. Li Zhang remembers that the surname Zhou is now, but he has never seen him.

"Who are you? What's the matter with our prefect?" At this time, a middle-aged man who looked like a squad walked out and said. Kaifeng Prefecture is now heavily guarded and is strictly prohibited from entering and leaving. If it weren't for watching Li Zhang ride a horse, they would have been beaten out long ago.

"I am the companion to His Majesty. This time I came to ask why Judge Lu of the Criminal Department was detained and when will you release him?" Li Zhang asked loudly immediately. He was still hopeful, but when he saw the strict security of Kaifeng Prefecture, his heart also sank. It seemed that Lu Wu was really angry, otherwise he would not have let Kaifeng Prefecture create such a big formation.

"Judge Lu?" The middle-aged man was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Li Zhang up and down and said, "It turns out that you are the nephew that Lao Lu often mentions, but I would like to advise you to go back soon. Although you are a relative of the foreigners, Lao Lu was too impulsive this time. I am afraid that no one can think of leaving except Wang Tixing of the Tizheng Department."

Li Zhang looked at the other party in surprise when he heard this, but soon he thought that Lu Wu had been in the capital for so many years. He used to be the head of the yamen and often dealt with Kaifeng Prefecture. The head of the squad in front of him was probably also an acquaintance of Lu Wu.

"I don't know what uncle calls him, what happened to Uncle Wu, why did Kaifeng Mansion get people off?" Li Zhang also became a little polite.

"I'm in the next surname Wu, you call me Wu Bantou. As for Lao Lu..." When Wu Bantou said this, he turned his head and looked around, then lowered his voice, "Lao Lu was too brave this time. He suddenly ran to find Judge Wang. It seemed that he had a dispute over something. It was nothing to argue for a few words, but Lao Lu took action this time. As a result, Judge Wang was beaten so badly. Anyway, the ground was covered with bloody teeth when I went, and he didn't stop when Shao Yin went. As a result, Shao Yin was also very angry. After we pulled Lao Lu, we immediately went to the palace, saying that we wanted to sue the people in the prosecutor's office in front of the Empress Dowager."

"Wu Bantou, didn't you just say that the people from the Tizheng Department would release the people only after they came? Why did that Shaoyin go to the palace again?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask in confusion when he heard this. Shaoyin asked the Tizheng Department to come to ask for someone. He thought the other party didn't want to make a big deal, but now it seems that it is not.

"Hehe, this is also very simple. In fact, we, Zhou Shaoyin, have never liked the Tizheng Department very much. Taking this opportunity, of course we should give Tizheng Department a little bit of color. As for letting Tizheng Department come to ask for someone, it is actually embarrassing the Tizheng Department. Even if Wang Tizheng comes in person, we Shaoyin will not release people." Wu Bantou smiled again, and he was very clear about these intrigues in the officialdom.

"What a Kaifeng Mansion. I have to take advantage of the problem if I did something wrong!" Li Zhang said even more annoyed when he heard this. Zhou Shaoyin ran to the palace to complain. Although the Secretariat could not come to Taiwan, Lu Wu would probably feel even more uncomfortable as the person involved. Even if it was not his fault, he would have to peel off his skin. What's more, this time it was indeed his move.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang immediately said goodbye to Wu Bantou, then turned over and was about to leave. At this time, Wu Bantou shouted in surprise: "Brother, where are you going?"

"Crossing the Drum Courtyard!" After Li Zhang said these four words, he immediately ran away again. Wu Banto was stunned for a while, but finally whispered in shock, "What a big deal is going to happen now!"

In ancient novels or plays, there is a word that often appears, that is, "report the imperial complaint". For example, if a person has a major grievance and cannot be extended, local officials are also connected, so there is a last choice, that is, go to Beijing to sue the imperial complaint. Although this is a plot in novels and plays, it is actually a fact, because in ancient times, it can really sue the imperial complaint.

For example, the Song Dynasty had a drum in front of the palace gate. If an ordinary person had any grievances, he could beat the drum in front of the palace. At that time, the emperor would alarm the emperor and the emperor assigned officials to conduct a trial. Later, Bao Zheng set up a drum in front of the yamen, which was actually a reference to the drum in front of the palace gate.

Dengwen Guyuan is an institution that specializes in managing Dengwen Gu. Now it is mainly managed by eunuchs. However, after Zhao Zhen took office, he replaced the eunuchs with formal officials and his power was further enhanced. Anyone who could not reach the emperor according to the rules could first go to Dengwen Guyuan to submit the case.

Li Zhang often went to the palace, and naturally he often saw Dengwengu set up in front of the palace gate. However, he never thought he could use it one day. Speaking of which, although he could enter the palace to complain to Liu E at any time, he has changed his mind now, because since Kaifeng Prefecture wants to make this big, he might as well make a bigger deal. Who will blame him for the loss?

Li Zhang rode all the way on a fast horse and soon came to the front of the palace gate. The guards at the palace gate knew him. Sometimes Li Zhang didn't have to show the waist signs to enter the palace at all, but what they didn't expect was that Li Zhang grabbed the horse when he came to the palace gate, and then jumped off the horse and walked quickly towards Jingwengu next to him.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdongdong~" Li Zhang came to the drum stand and picked up the heavy drum, then started to beat it hard. The heavy and long drum sound immediately alarmed the Dengwen Drum Courtyard next to him, and several eunuchs rushed out of it.

"Who is the drum in the drum?" The eunuch in the leader shouted loudly at Li Zhang while running, but when Li Zhang turned around, he was stunned, and then he showed a bright smile and said, "It turns out it is Li Bandu, you... you won't joke with us, this drum in the drum is not a joke."

The eunuch Li Zhang also looked familiar. He probably had seen it in the palace before, but he couldn't see the name. However, he still coughed and said, "I'm not here to make a joke, but I have wronged and wanted to go to the palace to sue the emperor!"

"Don't joke, just complain to the emperor and go directly to meet the Empress Dowager or Your Majesty. How can we be surprised to hear that the Drum Courtyard will be the master of the news?" The eunuch said with a smile again. Others may not take Li Zhang seriously, but the eunuchs, as the emperor's slave, dare not neglect Li Zhang at all, because their power all comes from the royal family, and Li Zhang is the person who can influence the royal family the most.
Chapter completed!