Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

His wife, two concubines, five children, and two grandsons were all pushed out by the yamen runners.

The whole family was standing two meters away from him, and behind them were people watching the fun.

"Father, please save us," the youngest son cried loudly in fear, listening to the people's gloating discussions, "They have seized our farm, robbed our home and shop, and taken away all our valuables."

The two young concubines also cried, "Master, we have nothing now. How can we live?"

Wu Dong looked at his wife and two older sons without saying a word.

His wife wiped her tears, protected her two little grandsons, and said nothing. The eldest son was indignant, but he tried hard not to get angry. The second son met his gaze and couldn't help crying, "Dad, the adults have made us all slaves, and ordered that our descendants of the Wu family are not allowed to enter the examination hall for generations. What should we do?"

Wu Dong's heart suddenly tightened. He was not afraid of the confiscation of his property. He even lost his life to cover up for them. They could always help them secretly. But if they were not included in the slavery and were not allowed to enter the examination hall for generations, they would always be inferior people. What was the point of him doing all this?

Wu Dong's eyes were red, and he knelt and turned around: "I have confessed everything I should confess. Although the two women in the dark room were ordered by Luo Jianyuan, they were indeed killed by me. I am willing to die to atone for my crime. But they are all innocent, they know nothing, please forgive them and let them live!"

Chen Shao sneered: "You are just Luo Zhengxin's follower, how much can you earn per month? Even if Luo Zhengxin treats you well and gives you ten taels of silver per month, it is only one hundred and twenty taels a year, one thousand two hundred taels in ten years, and three thousand six hundred taels in thirty years. But you have five farms, twenty-three big shops, three luxurious mansions, and groups of servants. Can three thousand six hundred taels support you to live like this for many years? Or are they not your wife, not your concubines, not your children, and they don't know who you are and what you do?"

"I am willing to die to atone for my crime," Wu Dong kowtowed vigorously, "Please let them go, sir."

Chen Shao sneered, "If I hadn't found out that you had killed someone, why would you be willing to die to atone for your crime?"

After ordering the Yulin Army to pull him over, Chen Shao walked out of the shed and walked towards his family step by step.

Amid Wu Dong's repeated pleas, Chen Shao stood between him and his family. After scanning the crowd, he looked at his family and said indifferently, "You should be thankful that you are just his pawns to protect Wu Jun's wife and children. Otherwise, your fate would be far more than just the confiscation of your family property!"

After saying this very obvious sentence, she turned around and went back to the shed.

Wu Dong's family members were so frightened and confused that they just stood there without reacting.

However, the nobles and wealthy families hiding among the people, as well as Wu Dong and Luo Zhengxin, all felt a chill run down their spines after hearing these words.

Many of the noble families and wealthy people quietly squeezed out of the crowd and ran back home quickly to report this sudden situation.

Wu Dong knelt down anxiously, turned around and begged Chen Shao for mercy again.

After being caught, Luo Zhengxin, who always acted tough, couldn't help but kneel down and turn around, ready to surrender.

The Yulin Guards did not give him a chance to speak. They kicked their legs roughly. After kicking them back, they stepped on their backs and knocked them to the ground.

Wu Dong was still crying and begging for mercy.

The pain in his chest and back made Luo Zhengxin's temper come out again. Knowing that he was doomed, he simply cursed loudly: "As the sixth son of the Duke of Chen's Mansion, you killed innocent people indiscriminately. It is unjust and you will be punished by heaven! The Duke of Chen's Mansion will also be because of you..."

The Yulin Guards stepped hard, and Luo Zhengxin felt a pain in his chest and a mouthful of blood spurted out immediately.

As soon as Mrs. Gao was pushed out of the gate of the prefect's mansion, she saw him being trampled and vomiting blood. She forced herself to swallow the words she was about to beg for mercy and knelt down beside them obediently.

"No need to wait any longer." Chen Shao looked at the crowd with a cold face, then looked at the sun outside the awning, and ordered Ding Lisheng, "Go and take down the charges, read them out to the people, and then execute the sentence."

There is still more than half an hour until noon.

Now there are so many things to do that she wants to use one hour as two hours, so she naturally doesn't want to waste it here. And she doesn't know how many people she will have to kill in the future, and if she has to be so particular about each one, it will be too much.

Ding Lisheng agreed, walked quickly to the notice wall, took down their charges, stood in front of Wu Dong's family, glanced vaguely at the various nobles in the crowd, cleared his throat, and loudly read out the evidence of the crimes of the people who were about to be beheaded.

After reading it, he turned back and said respectfully, "Sir, I have finished reading it."

Chen Shao pulled out the beheading token from the sign tube and threw it on the ground: "Execute!"

The Yulin Guards stepped back, and the executioner who had been waiting on the side quickly stepped forward, took a big gulp of wine and sprayed it on the guillotine, then neatly pulled out the death card on the prisoner's body and chopped off the back of his neck.

Several heads fell to the ground with blood splattering.

The onlookers immediately screamed and retreated, but in a moment they gathered around again and shouted loudly.

Chen Shao did not respond to their enthusiasm. After asking Chan Yi to give the interest money prepared in the morning to Fu Jiu and have Fu Jiu distribute it to several executioners, she instructed Ding Lisheng, "Throw their bodies into the mass grave and arrange for someone to clean up the place!"

After Ding Lisheng hurried away, Chen Shao also stood up and returned to Chengfeng Courtyard. After changing out of her official uniform, she told Chan Yi without taking a rest: "Send someone to invite Liu Deming's father, Lei Dehou, and Hu Qinglu over."

Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu arrived first.

The two entered the study, bowed, and saw the silver fish bag on the desk at a glance, and then saw the official letter. Although the two had some thoughts in their minds, they did not think about themselves.

Chen Shao didn't say much to them, but just asked casually: "How is the identity check going?"

After a long time without the two answering, Chen Shao raised his eyes and looked at them.

Lei Dehou smiled and said, "The person who checked the identities of those women was Lord Zhao."

Chen Shao was stunned for a moment, then he clenched his fist and hit his forehead, "I was so busy that I lost my mind. You are..."

"This is the compensation plan that I discussed with Lord Hu," Lei Dehou quickly took out a piece of hemp paper from his waist bag and handed it over, "Please take a look at it, young master."

After Chen Shao opened it, he saw that they had listed three compensation plans. He couldn't help but laugh twice in approval and said, "With so many plans, it's hard to choose. Tell me what you think."

The first of the three options was pure compensation of money, that is, five strings of cash per person. The second was a three-year tax exemption. The third was to give each person two mu of land, a pig, a sheep, ten chickens and geese.