Xue's mother sold all her family property and rushed to Guiyang Mansion with her daughter. She asked people all the way and learned that the highest yamen in charge of punishment and prison in Guizhou was the Criminal Procuratorate. After entering Guiyang City, she asked for directions. The yamen of the criminal department rushed to it.
Shui Wu's face became more and more haggard. She looked sadly at her kind and even cowardly mother, but now she was blinded by hatred and became so strange. She felt extremely painful and couldn't help crying: "The one who killed Dad They are members of the Yang family, and they died at the hands of Ye Xiaotian, which means that Ye Xiaotian avenged his father, mother! Why are you so obsessed and insist on taking him to court?"
Mother Xue glanced at her daughter coldly, there was a hint of madness in that indifferent and stubborn gaze, Mother Xue said to her daughter word by word: "What did your father say when he was dying, have you forgotten? Do you trust your father?" Do you still believe what he says?"
Shui Wu wept and said: "I..."
Mother Xue said bitterly: "If it wasn't for him, your father would still be alive and well. Even if he killed your father, he would have to pay with his life!"
Shui Wu cried, "Mother..."
Xue's mother ignored her, turned around and stopped a passerby, her cold face quickly changed into an amiable and even humble look: "Excuse me, how can I get to the prosecutor's office?"
Shui Wu stared blankly at her mother, who was completely different from the past, with a look of despair gradually appearing in her eyes: "Mother is crazy, mother must be crazy..."
As a first-level yamen on a provincial road, the Guizhou Tixinganchasi is a facade of the imperial court in Guizhou, so the yamen is quite grand, with green bricks on the ground, lions guarding the gate, and chilongs on the wall, majestic and majestic.
Xue's mother dragged Xue Shuiwu's hand to the gate of the yamen, she usually ducked her head down when she saw the village official, but now she held her head up high and rushed over with big strides.
The four yamen guards with knives didn't pay attention to the disheveled old woman with dull eyes at first, but when they saw her walking straight towards the yamen gate, the four of them realized that something was wrong, and immediately two of them went up to greet her and raised her hand. With a stop of the knife, he shouted sharply, "What are you doing?"
Xue's mother looked around, and asked the two yamen servants with a look of surprise: "You two servants, is this the yamen for probation and punishment?"
One of the yamen servants said angrily: "Nonsense! You can't see such a big sign hanging there?"
Mother Xue immediately smiled all over her face, and said, "Master, this is the Yamen of the Criminal Division, why... there is no drum?"
The yamen servant was stunned for a while, and said strangely: "What drum? This is not an opera troupe, why do you want drums?"
Xue's mother was beating the drum and said: "The drum for complaints, there is no drum, how can women complain?"
The yamen servant laughed loudly, and said, "It's unreasonable! What do you think this is? This is the Criminal Division!"
Mother Xue said earnestly: "That's right, it's the punishment department, and the women come here, and the women want to file a complaint."
The yamen servant said impatiently: "Go, go, and the Criminal Division will accept the case. Who did you listen to? I think you have read too many dramas! You can go back to which county you are from and file a complaint at the Criminal Division. Thank you, you can figure it out, if the common people all go to the criminal justice department to file a complaint, our master will be Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands and eyes, and he will die of exhaustion."
Mother Xue said: "Master the officer, the women have already been to the prefectures and counties, but they shielded the criminal and refused to investigate the murderer. The women have a blood feud, but they have nowhere to go, and there is no way to ask for help. In desperation, they came here Guiyang Mansion, I beg you, the official, to be fulfilled, and report to the old man on behalf of the women."
When the yamen servant heard that the county magistrate refused to accept her case, his heart jumped: "Why didn't the magistrate handle her case? Don't let the chieftain be stubborn for a while and cause a murder case Well, if the chieftain committed a crime, it would be as difficult for me to raise a criminal case. I don’t directly accept lawsuits from the people when I raise a criminal case. There's nowhere to go."
Thinking of this, the yamen servant straightened his face and shouted: "Let's go! If there is a grievance lawsuit, you have to go through the prefecture and county. If he doesn't accept it once, you will sue again. How can you go to the next level to sue? If the prefecture and county refuse to be fair If the law enforces justice for you, then you should sue the county magistrate, and if you want to sue the magistrate, you should go to the governor's office."
Mother Xue said in surprise: "Huh? Sue the officer?"
The yamen servant said: "Let's go! Hurry up! If you get stuck here again, I'm going to interfere with your official duties. Go, go."
The yamen servant pushed and shoved Xue's mother far away, and then turned back. Mother Xue stood still, staring blankly at the background of the yamen servant, feeling sad from it. She had worked so hard to come from Tongren, she pinned all her hopes on the Judiciary, but she didn't want the Judiciary to refuse to accept the lawsuit from the people, and to just prevaricate her. The world is so big, is there no place to appeal for grievances
The more Xue's mother thought about it, the angrier she became, Shui Wu took the opportunity to persuade her, "Mother, let's go back to Tongren."
Xue's mother pushed her daughter away, and burst into tears: "God damn Ye Xiaotian, you ruined my family, and I have a vengeance with you! God, the government is not willing to avenge the women, you let me What should I do with this lonely old woman, please give me a thunder and chop up the beast that killed my whole family!"
Many passers-by on the street suddenly saw the old woman crying loudly and saying some inexplicable words, they felt that she was a little abnormal, so they all ran away, fearing that she would suddenly go mad, but there was a man in green robes, Originally, he was walking slowly, but when he heard the word Ye Xiaotian, he stopped immediately.
He stopped by the side of the road with a servant, and listened quietly to Xue's mother crying and cursing. Seeing what Mother Xue was crying about, the man's eyes lit up immediately.
He turned his head and whispered a few words to the servant, then smiled slightly in Mother Xue's direction, turned and left. The young man walked over and said to Xue's mother who was crying and scolding: "This old man invited you. My master heard your cry just now. Please go back with me. Our master wants to listen carefully to your case." , if there is indeed a grievance, my master is willing to make the decision for you!"
When Xue's mother heard it, it was like a drowning person suddenly grabbed a life-saving straw. She didn't even ask who the master was talking about, and said: "I'm going! I'm going! I'm going with you!"
Mother Xue followed the boy excitedly and left, even ignoring Shui Wu. Shui Wu was afraid that something might happen to her mother, so she hurriedly chased after her. The three of them hurried for a while, but saw a majestic yamen in front of them, which was no less than that of the Criminal Division.
Shui Wu looked up, and saw a plaque on the lintel: "Guizhou Chengxuan Political Commissioner". The young man stopped and said to Xue Mu: "My master works in this yamen. Come with me and enter through the corner gate. Be careful all the way and don't speak loudly."
Xue's mother only asked for someone to accept her case, so she obediently and repeatedly agreed. Shui Wu saw that the place where the young man led them to was the chief envoy Si Yamen, knowing that he was not a wicked person, she felt relieved, seeing her mother follow the young man into the corner gate, Shui Wu had no choice but to follow in .
The young man led the mother and daughter not to follow the right path of the Yimen in the yamen, but to zigzag along the path of the corner gate on one side, pass through the courtyards of the side rooms, and suddenly appeared in a secluded courtyard with a sign hanging on the door. A sign with three big characters "Zhaomosi" written on it.
The young man led the two of them into the main hall, and there was an official sitting in the middle, only 30 years old, with a clear appearance, dressed in a green robe, Xue's mother had been a maidservant in the Beijing government, although she didn't have much experience, but The rank can still be distinguished from the official robe. This person is wearing a green robe, and should be an official of the eighth or ninth rank. But at this moment, she was already fascinated, and regardless of the size of this person's officialdom, she took a step forward, bowed her head and said: "Master Qingtian, I beg you to avenge the justice of the women!"
The official didn't expect Xue's mother to come in and worship, so he hurriedly bypassed the public case, helped her up with his own hands, and said with a smile on his face: "You don't have to stick to your status here. I was on the way just now, and I heard that you seem to have a big grievance. It's always best to uphold justice for others, don't worry, sit down and talk slowly."
After the official finished speaking, he ordered the young servant to serve tea, asked Mother Xue to sit down, and let her start from the beginning. The process of the dispute and killing was said again.
Shui Wu listened to her mother's incomplete and untrue words, several times she tried to intervene, but Xue's mother sternly stopped her. After hearing this, the official smiled, nodded and said: "I understand, this person's marriage proposal is not successful, so he will be deceived." face to kill, thinking of getting rid of your husband, so that no one will interfere with it, and you can marry your daughter."
Mother Xue clapped her hands and said joyfully, "Master is wise! That's it. He hates my husband for refusing to marry his daughter to him, so he wants to kill my husband. By then, I will be an orphan old woman at his mercy? But I don't believe it." This evil, this revenge, I must avenge!"
The official thought for a while, and said with a smile: "I don't care about punishment and prison. If I rashly stand up for you, I will inevitably feel that I have exceeded my authority and will arouse the fear of my colleagues. How about this, I will write a letter and introduce you to a good friend of mine. , His name is Li Qiuchi, the number one litigator in Guizhou, you ask him to come forward for you, first hand over the lawsuit, the chief secretary, I will take care of it for you, and I will definitely let you see the chief political envoy."
Mother Xue was so grateful that she thanked her repeatedly: "Okay! God open your eyes, God open your eyes. If this bloody feud can be avenged, the women will definitely build a longevity tablet for you, the old man, and worship you every day with three sticks of incense in the morning and evening."
The official chuckled, waved his hands and said, "The old man is serious."
Xue's mother wiped her tears, and said gratefully: "I haven't asked for advice yet, sir, are you..."
The official smiled slightly and said: "My official Guiyang Mansion Zhaomo Si Zhaomo, Xu Boyi!"