Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Chan Yi said disdainfully: "He only knows how to conceal his crimes when he kills people. He killed so many people. If it weren't for the young master, no one would know that he was the murderer. If he really wants to be filial to his parents, with his ability to kill people, I don't believe there is no way to do it."

Fu Jiu asked subconsciously: "What method?"

Chan Yi glanced at him and said in a cold voice, "Tongwang County is too far away. It takes a long time to go back and forth. He can't go back to visit his parents in person, but he can ask someone to help him visit them. Let's not talk about those far away. Just take Tao Ming and his friends. I don't believe they won't help him. Even if they don't help, he can always ask people from the same county or village to bring some money back to his parents. Isn't there Yi Yao in Rongfa Trading Company who is from the same village as Lu Zian?"

Fu Jiu nodded: "That makes sense."

"It was obvious that he was bullied by Gao Han, Luo Zhengxin and others, and ridiculed by the Xue family, Xue Meilan and Shi Chengliang, so he killed people out of anger," Chan Yi said disdainfully, "but he insisted on saying that it was because of the Xue family that killed his parents, bah!"

Fu Jiu chuckled and said, "Didn't he say it himself? He killed Wang Sanwa because Wang Sanwa beat that old dog in front of him. He mistook Wang Sanwa for Gao Han and the others, and himself for that old dog. A cornered dog will jump over the wall, and he got desperate."

Chen Shao did not join in their conversation.

Judging from the people Shi Xing killed, he was a typical "bully the weak and fear the strong". His enemies were stronger than him, and he didn't even dare to provoke them. He could only secretly choose "substitutes" who were weaker than him to vent his revenge.

From a moral perspective, he is a typical person who is lenient to himself but strict to others. He talks about courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame, but his actions are not good enough. His parents were humiliated by the Xue family, but he dared not stand up. In particular, under the slogan of leaving a descendant for the Shi family, he also had a son, Shi An, with his widowed sister-in-law. But when he saw those he killed were immoral and violated the law, he turned into a "righteous person" and said that they deserved to die.

Of course, the most important conclusion to draw from Shi Xing’s case is not why he killed people or what flaws in his personality he had, but her various shortcomings in investigating the case.

Take the interrogation for example.

Given Shi Xing's character of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, if it were his colleagues in his previous life who were good at interrogation, they would have pried evidence out of him and closed the case long ago, but she had delayed for so long.

take it easy.

Rome was not built in a day.

People can't walk right after they are born.

After returning to Chengfeng Courtyard, Li Tianliu had a simple meal and rested for a while. Then he stepped into the house and said, "Bring back the people from the Xue family. They don't admit to having beaten and killed Shi Xing's parents, eldest brother, and nephew."

"Shi Xing didn't admit to killing anyone at first." Chen Shao said disapprovingly, "Lock them up for one night and try them again tomorrow."

"They can be locked up," Li Tianliu asked, "but what about the Luo and Wang families?"

Chen Shao glanced at the night outside and asked, "Are they following us too?"

Li Tianliu said lazily: "They came, but I sent them away again. I asked them to come back tomorrow."

Chan Yi said, "Shi Xing's case is not over yet, it comes again."

"Be prepared," Chen Shao said, "The Luo and Wang cases are simple, but the series of problems involving Gao Han and Luo Zhengxin are the real trouble."

"Since it's troublesome," Chan Yi urged Li Tianliu as she chased him, "Young Master, go to bed early tonight, otherwise you'll be busy later and won't be able to keep up with the pace again."

"You should go to bed early," Chen Shao agreed. "I've been too busy lately and my body can't hold on any longer."

Li Tianliu sneered: "So Mr. Chen Liu is still concerned about his own body?"

"Of course I'm worried about you," Chen Shao joked. "Even if I'm not worried about myself, I have to think about you. It's not easy for you to follow me all the way here, isn't it?"

Li Tianliu walked away with a cold face.

Chen Shao looked at his back as he flew up the tree, chuckled softly, and went back to the house to rest.

The next day, I woke up naturally without being disturbed. It was almost noon.

After washing up, having breakfast and taking a short rest, Chen Shao asked, "Have the people from the Luo and Wang families arrived?"

Just as Chan Yi was about to answer, Ding Lisheng rushed in anxiously: "Sir, this is bad, a fight has started, a fight has started!"

Chen Shao asked: "Who fought with whom?"

Ding Lisheng wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Liu Deming's father and... and the person who said that the young master took bribes had a fight."

"Fu Jiu!" Fu Jiu immediately flew out of the prefect's residence. Chen Shao also stood up and walked out. Ding Lisheng followed her closely, saying carefully as he walked, "Not only Liu Deming's father, but also many people who followed Liu Deming's father to sell goods outside the prefect's residence also fought with those who said that the young master took bribes."

Chen Shao asked coldly: "How did the fight start?"

Ding Lisheng hesitated and said, "Many of the families of those killed by Shi Xing came to the prefect's residence early this morning to inquire about how the young master would deal with Shi Xing. Those who spread rumors that the young master took bribes took the opportunity to spread rumors in front of them. When Liu Deming's father heard about it, he went up to argue with them, and then they started fighting."

"Who are the people spreading the news that I took bribes?" Chen Shao asked.

"All of them..." Ding Lisheng wiped the sweat from his forehead again. "It started from Fenglong Commercial Bank. It was Wei Liangzhi. He said that when Manager Shen bribed the young master, one of the guys who carried the bribe money got drunk and told them. Later, Manager Shen of Fenglong Commercial Bank brought the money to apologize. I don't know who spread it. Then, then what the young master said to the people who came to plead for Shi Xing yesterday was also spread by them, and then... I tried to stop them just now, but the more I tried to stop them, the more excited they became."

The prefectural government was quite large. When Chen Shao arrived at the gate, Fu Jiu had already directed the bailiffs to pull the two groups of people apart.

Liu Deming's father and some of the people selling goods were not good at fighting, and they were all injured to varying degrees. After asking Chan Yi to treat the seriously injured people and asking Ding Lisheng to quickly call a doctor, Chen Shao walked up to the fourteen people surrounded by the yamen runners.

The fourteen men were all around thirty years old, and judging from their appearance, most of them were hooligans or gamblers.

These hooligans and gamblers were arrogant and domineering before Fu Jiu came. After Fu Jiu came and told the yamen runners to not care about their lives, they were so scared that they surrendered. Now seeing Chen Shao coming, the timid ones have already knelt down and begged for mercy, while the brave ones stiffened their necks and said, "It was Uncle Jiang from Yunhe Town who said that you admitted to taking bribes. I just told the truth. What's wrong with that!"

"Sir," Manager Shen of Fenglong Trading Company also came over. He ran over and knelt on the ground and kowtowed as soon as he got off the carriage. "Sir, I am innocent. I gave you the money willingly and without any coercion. These damn people heard some gossip from somewhere and used it to frame me. Sir, please help me."

Chen Shao listened to his words and looked at the strange looks from the onlookers, and couldn't help laughing.