Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Chan Yi didn't realize his teasing and said sarcastically, "Hasn't General Li been on the battlefield before? How come he couldn't hold on for just two days?"

"What does it have to do with me?" Li Tianliu asked in confusion, "I'm talking about you!"

"General Li, just take care of yourself. No matter how weak we are, we won't lie on the tree whenever we have free time like General Li." Chan Yi snorted coldly and turned to Fu Jiu and said, "Why don't you hurry up and have someone bring us food? General Li is weak, are you weak too?"

Fu Jiu chuckled twice, jumped down from the tree nimbly and said, "I'm not weak!"

Li Tianliu laughed angrily, "Young Master, I..."

Chan Yi interrupted him and said, "Young Master, save your energy and take a rest, or you will be too weak to even get down from the tree."

After saying this, without waiting for his response, he dragged Chen Shao into the main hall. Li Tianliu was so angry that he could only kick the tree trunk twice to vent his anger.

After lunch, Chen Shao didn't want to rest, but seeing Chan Yi staring at her, she had to say, "Okay, rest, rest now."

There were too many things to do, and she thought she would not be able to sleep, but as soon as she touched the pillow, Chen Shao fell asleep. Chan Yi saw her fall asleep, and she also fell asleep on the reclining chair beside her.

……

Coming out of Chengfeng Courtyard, Ding Lisheng asked his followers who were waiting for him under the shade of a tree, "Where are Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu?"

The attendant followed his footsteps and answered, "In the record office."

Ding Lisheng immediately went to the registrar's office.

Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu were distributing compensation plans to the victims one by one. When they saw him come in, even though Lei Dehou's official position was half a level higher than his, they stood up out of habit.

Seeing his imposing appearance, Hu Qinglu asked with a smile, "Master Ding, have you finished your work?"

"Why so fast?" Ding Lisheng strode up to the two of them and tilted his head to glance at the few pages of paper on their desk. "What are you doing?"

Hu Qinglu picked up the paper and handed it to him, saying, "I'm thinking about the compensation plan. Does Lord Ding have any good suggestions?"

"Haven't you already discussed it?" Ding Lisheng's eyes fell on the two people's faces, "Did the young master reject it?"

Knowing that he came here to get information, Lei Dehou took the paper from him, sat down and said, "The young master is very satisfied with our plan and has given us full authority to handle this matter."

Ding Lisheng said with his hands behind his back, "That's right. A few days ago, Lord Zhao and I were very envious of you. We were busy every day, but you were idle and had nothing to do. Now you are finally going to start being busy too."

"Just be happy," Lei Dehou said half jokingly and half sarcastically, "Investigating the case is originally the job of you lawyers. It is because of your inaction that the young master came to Hongyuan County. And because of your lack of ability, the young master assigned the tasks that were originally yours to us. Not only do you not want to set up a table for us to thank us, but you also come here to say these sarcastic words. You are simply heartless!"

Ding Lisheng's face darkened, but he smiled again in an instant. He fought back to Hu Qinglu without showing any weakness: "What's wrong with Lao Lei? Did you have a quarrel with your sister-in-law? I'm not saying anything bad about you, Lao Lei. You had a quarrel with your sister-in-law, and you are holding back your anger and want to vent a few words to us. We can bear it, but we can't say things like you do. You are the recorder and military officer in charge of all the Caos. If we don't do anything, isn't it you who doesn't do anything? I can admit other things, but I don't admit this!"

Lei Dehou said indifferently: "What's the use of whether you admit it or not? It depends on whether the young master admits it or not!"

"Old Lei, what do you mean by this?" Ding Lisheng asked loudly, "You look down on me, right?"

"Master Ding, do you have anything else to do? If not, please go back." Lei Dehou ignored him and said, "You are very capable, and the young master values ​​you. If you can't do this job, there is another one. We only have this one. If you don't work hard, you will lose this one, and your sister-in-law will really quarrel with me."

"Okay." Ding Lisheng snorted coldly and left.

Hu Qinglu hurriedly chased him out, wanting to apologize to him, but seeing that he was in a hurry and didn't even turn his head, he didn't want to bother himself any more. He came back and sat down unhappily. After taking a sip of tea, he looked at Lei Dehou and said, "What's wrong with you today? Where is your usual calmness?"

Lei Dehou took two deep breaths, glanced at the door, and said in a low voice, "Go ahead and do your work. I'll tell you later."

Hu Qinglu guessed that it was related to the fact that Chen Shao left him alone in the study, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After leaving the clerk's office, Ding Lisheng first spat a mouthful of thick phlegm viciously, angrily cursed a few words "ungrateful person", and then took out the two wooden signs that Chen Shao gave him.

Chen Shao only knew that Luo Jian, Luo Zhong, Ren Yujie, Wen Gui, and Zhao Letian were sworn brothers, but he didn't know that the Ren family, the Wen family, and Lei Dehou were mutually dependent. Since Lei Dehou was unkind, don't blame him for being unrighteous.

It’s this Zhao Letian…

Zhao Letian is the son of Zhao Lin's half-brother.

If you want to use Ren Yujie and Guo Wengui to deal with Lei Dehou, you can't bypass him.

Ding Lisheng frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "I can sacrifice Ding Yichang, Ding Fu, and Ding Rong, but Zhao Letian is nothing!"

Thinking of this, Ding Lisheng immediately put aside his worries and hurried to the warehouse. Zhao Lin was not there, he was out to check the identities of the female corpses in the ice cellar, and the yamen runners on duty did not know where he was now. After a little thought, Ding Lisheng decided to go back to the Ding family first, to persuade Ding Yichang and others to pave the way for his high position and generous salary, and then he would be more confident to persuade Zhao Lin.

When he returned to the Ding family, the owners of various drug stores competing for the official drug store also came to the prefectural government.

When the bailiff on duty at the Fa Cao Gong Fang heard the news, he hurriedly ran to the Ding family to report.

Chengfengyuan.

Although Chen Shao fell asleep quickly and deeply, she still woke up after only half an hour. Seeing that Chan Yi was still asleep, she came out quietly, glanced at Li Tianliu and Fu Jiu who were also sleeping in the tree, then went back to the house, took the cattail leaf fan, and slowly walked out of Chengfeng Courtyard.

It was the hottest time of the day, and even the wind was scorching hot.

Chen Shao wanted to walk around casually, but when she looked up, she accidentally met the gaze of a woman in white in the distance. When the woman in white saw her, she immediately turned around and ran away. When she ran, something seemed to fall out of her body. Chen Shao was about to go over to find out what was going on, when a yamen runner hurried over to report: "Sir, the shopkeepers of those medicine shops have arrived."

"Take them to the second hall first." Chen Shao ordered.

After the bailiff left, Chen Shao glanced at the direction the woman in white left, then turned back to Chengfeng Courtyard. Seeing that Fu Jiu and Li Tianliu had both woken up, he said, "I just saw a woman in white looking around over there. When she saw me looking over there, she immediately turned around and ran away. Send someone to look for her and find out who she is and what she wants."

Fu Jiu was surprised and asked, "She started to dress up as a ghost and scare people during the day?"

Chen Shao glanced at him: "Do you know him?"

Fu Jiu quickly shook her head: "I don't know her. I just saw her pretending to be a ghost to scare people a while ago, but it was at night."

Chen Shao looked at Li Tianliu, who raised his eyebrows at Fu Jiu and asked, "Looking for you?"

Fu Jiu immediately denied: "I don't like ghosts!"