Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu looked at each other, and Lei Dehou bowed and said, "It's hard to choose any of the three, but if I have to choose one, the first one is the easiest, the second one is the least troublesome, and the third one is the most troublesome."

Chen Shao smiled, "Why is the first one the easiest?"

Lei De said: "When I say it's the easiest, I mean if you don't care about what happens to them after they get the money. Five strings of cash may not seem like much, but it's half a year's income for ordinary people. It's easy to give the money, but who should it be given to is a big problem. For example, the money of those victimized elderly people should be collected by their children, but they often have more than one child, so who should it be given to? For example, the women who were victimized, according to the common sense that women should obey their husbands after marriage, the money should be collected by their husbands' families, but for women like Tao A-mei and Feng Yu who are obviously tortured by their husbands' families, if the money is allowed to be collected by their husbands' families, it obviously goes against your original intention."

"What's the second most worry-free thing?" Chen Shao asked with interest.

Lei Dehou pondered for a moment and said, "In fact, all three plans face the same problem, that is, who should be compensated? Solving this problem is just a matter of more or less trouble."

Chen Shao asked, "Who do you think should be compensated?"

Lei Dehou was about to answer when Liu Deming's father also came.

Chan Yi wanted to ask him to wait in the hall, but Chen Shao stopped her and said, "Let him in."

When Liu Deming's father entered the study and saw other people there, he immediately greeted them politely. He was invited by Chen Shao, so Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu didn't dare to accept his greeting. They both avoided him and returned the greeting.

"Okay." Chen Shao stopped him and motioned to Lei Dehou, "Go on."

Then he said to Liu Deming's father, "Listen to it too."

Lei Dehou continued, "I think compensation cannot be generalized. In the case of Tao A-mei, it is undoubtedly best to reduce the taxes of her family for five years. For elderly people like Zhou Lan, most of them are mean to other children because they favor one of their descendants. I think the best compensation is five strings of money, which should be divided equally among the children they have been mean to. For those children who were killed, it would be more appropriate to compensate them with two acres of land, a pig, etc."

Chen Shao nodded and briefly explained the compensation to Liu Deming's father. After explaining, he let him digest it for a while and asked, "Uncle Liu, which one do you think is better?"

Liu Deming's father was surprised at first about the compensation. It was the first time in his life that he heard that the government had to pay compensation after someone was killed. Although no one in his family was harmed, he still knelt on the ground with gratitude and kowtowed to her on behalf of the victims' families. He stood up and thought carefully for a while before replying, "I don't understand these things either, but what the lord just said should be the most appropriate."

"Then let's do it this way." Chen Shao immediately decided, "Let the two of you handle this matter. Get it done as soon as possible."

After the two agreed, Chen Shao continued, "There is one more thing I need to tell you. Luo Zhengxin and Wu Dong have been executed. Although their property has been confiscated, it has not yet been counted. I am not confident in leaving this task to others, so I have to trouble you to take over."

After the two looked at each other, they couldn't hide their excitement and agreed. Afterwards, seeing that she had nothing else to ask, he excused himself and left. When they reached the door of the study, Chen Shao stopped Lei Dehou, "Wait a moment, I have something to ask you."

Hu Qinglu tactfully left first.

After asking Lei Dehou to wait for a while, Chen Shao first said to Liu Deming's father, "Uncle Liu, please do me a favor and help me find thirty people. Ten who can cook and fifteen who can do odd jobs. These twenty-five people can be men or women, as long as they can do the work. I also need to find five women. It doesn't matter how old they are, but they must be diligent, gentle, and considerate."

Liu Deming's father agreed readily.

After he left, Chen Shao looked at Lei Dehou again and asked, "How many years have you been in the prefectural governor's mansion?"

Lei Dehou said cautiously, "It's been fourteen years."

"Fourteen years, that's not a short time. I should have known everyone in the prefectural governor's office." Chen Shao said, "Tell me, who do you think is qualified to be the prefectural governor at the moment?"

Lei Dehou's heart skipped a beat. He subconsciously glanced at the silver fish bag and the letter on the desk, and then asked, "Sir, are you going to promote someone from the prefectural government to be the prefect?"

Chen Shao said, "I have this idea, but I have been busy investigating the case and I don't know much about the people in the prefectural governor's mansion, so I want to ask you, I wonder what you think..."

At this point, she suddenly stopped talking and said with a smile: "Of course, you have a chance too."

Lei Dehou's heartbeat could not help but speed up a little, "Your subordinate, your subordinate..."

When Chen Shao used the certificate as bait again, outside the gate of the prefectural government.

The body was quickly taken away.

Basins of water were poured out, and the blood was quickly washed away.

Under the leadership of Liu Deming's father and a group of Chen Shao supporters, the small market became lively and bustling as usual.

Ding Lisheng wiped the sweat from his forehead with satisfaction, turned around and went back to the prefect's mansion. He was hesitating whether to go back to change clothes first or report to Chen Shao first, when one of the two followers who delivered the umbrella last night hurried over and said, "Master Chen Liu invited Master Lei and Master Hu to Chengfeng Courtyard."

Ding Lisheng was startled and rushed to Chengfeng Courtyard. After a few steps, he stopped. Rushing there in such a hurry would inevitably make him look impatient, so he decided to go back and change his clothes first. Just as he made up his mind and before he could even turn his head, another yamen runner came running over and said in a hurry, "Sir, this is bad! Outside, there are rumors that Sir Chen did not execute Shi Xing, but only executed Luo Jianyuan and others, and he is deliberately protecting Shi Xing!"

"Who!" Ding Lisheng wanted to laugh out loud three times. Just as he was about to doze off, someone brought him a pillow.

Hiding his excitement, Ding Lisheng immediately followed the bailiff out of the prefectural government.

Outside the prefect's mansion, there was a bustling crowd of people talking. Ding Lisheng walked quickly into the crowd and was about to ask everyone to be quiet when suddenly someone pushed the others aside and rushed over, asking loudly, "Sir Ding, why is Shi Xing still safe and sound after killing so many people?"

Ding Lisheng was about to scold him for being so rude when he suddenly found a ball of paper in his hand. He quickly looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, then he looked at the person who asked the question.

The person asking the question looked unfamiliar, but Ding Lisheng noticed the two green bamboos embroidered on his lapels.

He is from the Fan family.

Ding Lisheng clenched the paper ball tightly and said loudly to the people who looked over at the sound, "Shi Xing will also be executed, you can rest assured. But the young master said that his case spanned too many cases and caused panic among everyone in the county, so we have to investigate the process of his murder in detail before executing him."

"I've already said that Lord Chen is not someone who would protect a murderer."

"Everyone has seen how Lord Chen investigated the case. Only a heartless person would slander Lord Chen."

Listening to the wind direction gradually changing, Ding Lisheng shouted a few more words of compliment to Chen Shao with satisfaction, then turned around and went back to the prefectural government.

This time he was not afraid of being frivolous and headed straight for Chengfeng Courtyard.

On the way there, he deliberately found a secluded place and asked his followers to keep watch in a well-lit area. Then he immediately opened the paper ball.