Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Chen Shao did not answer but asked: "Regardless of whether Huichuntang's shop is rented or not, let me ask you. His shop is on the main street, and the annual rent is 60 strings of cash. Your shop is on the second or third street, and the annual rent is 80 strings of cash, or even 100 strings of cash. What would you do?"

Fu Jiu answered without thinking: "I will definitely go to the landlord to argue."

Chen Shao continued to ask: "His herbs are usually more expensive than others, but on this list they are cheaper than anyone else's. What would you do?"

Fu Jiu still didn't think twice and answered, "Of course, expose him."

Chen Shao looked at him and said, "If you both have evidence against each other, and you dare to expose him in person, he will dare to die with you, what will you do?"

Fu Jiu said: "Is there any need to think about this? They must be exposing him behind his back."

Chen Shao nodded: "Any other questions? If not, go and bring Huang Jiangnan and Ji Qinglin over."

"So the young master just deliberately asked about Huichuntang's rental and deliberately told them the price of Huichuntang's medicine so that they could go back and expose it secretly." Fu Jiu leaned on the table and asked curiously, "The young master knew that they would cheat a long time ago?"

"I don't know." Chen Shao denied and urged him, "Go and get some people!"

Of course, she didn't have the ability to predict the future. According to her original plan, after getting these credentials, she would drive them away under the pretext of evaluation. After finding out the employers behind each of them, she would pick out three or four of them and let them compete with each other under the guise of trials.

Unexpectedly, the plan could not keep up with the changes.

To be precise, she knew that these competing drugstores were all owned by various noble families and gentry, and she also knew that they would use various tricks to win the qualification to operate official drugstores, but she did not expect that their trick was to "bully" her.

If she didn't know the market price of medicinal materials and prescriptions, and really selected people according to the list they gave, then the people who were selected would naturally be happy, and those who were not selected would probably attack her.

Fu Jiu didn't like to get to the bottom of things, so when she saw that she didn't want to say anything, she happily went to the prison and brought Huang Jiangnan and Ji Qinglin over.

Huang Jiangnan and Ji Qinglin were thrown into prison last night and happened to witness Luo Zhengxin, Wu Dong, Luo Jian, Luo Zhong and Mrs. Gao being dragged out and beheaded.

When Fu Jiu called their names, the two mistakenly thought they were also going to be beheaded. Huang Jiangnan's legs were just too weak to walk, but Ji Qinglin was so scared that he urinated on the spot. They stumbled all the way to the second hall. The moment they saw Chen Shao, they immediately knelt on the ground, crawled to the center of the hall, and kowtowed, saying, "Sir, please spare us, sir, please spare us, we know we were wrong, and we will never dare to do it again. Please forgive us this time..."

Hearing the sound of the two people kowtowing, Chen Shao looked at the wet mark behind Ji Qinglin and silently asked Fu Jiu what was going on.

Fu Jiu said disdainfully, "He became like this after I called his name."

Another scum who has no guts but does all kinds of bad things. Chen Shao asked coldly, "What is the relationship between Huang Xiu and Ji Shuyun and you?"

Huang Jiangnan kowtowed more frequently.

Ji Qinglin suffered from urinary incontinence again.

"Drag them away and give each of them twenty lashes with the stick!" Chen Shao said angrily.

"Sir, spare my life!" Huang Jiangnan cried in fear, "Huang Xiu is my sister, I didn't mean to harm her, it was Dad, it was Dad who forced me to give her to Luo Jianyuan because he heard Shi Dajiang say that if he gave her to Luo Jianyuan, I could go to the Imperial College to study."

"Me too," Ji Qinglin said even more unbearably, "I heard from Li Hong that as long as I send my cousin to Abbot Luo, she can go to the Imperial College to study, so I tricked my cousin to go to the county town and send her to Abbot Luo."

The names Shi Dajiang and Li Hong both sound familiar.

Chen Shao thought for a moment and immediately remembered that Shi Dajiang was one of the twenty or so adulterers of Feng Yu, the victim of Shi Xing's serial murder case. And Li Hong was a student involved in the case who was not on the list of students who confessed after being brought back to the Imperial College yesterday.

Li Hong is easy to understand, as he is a student of the Imperial College. Shi Dajiang is just a gangster in Daqiao Town, so how did he suddenly get involved with this case?

After asking Li Tianliu to arrange for someone to bring Li Hong back, Chen Shao asked Huang Jiangnan, "Where are you from?"

Huang Jiangnan glanced at the yamen runner beside him and replied in a trembling voice: "Taiping Village, my home is in Taiping Village."

Chen Shao: "How far is Taiping Village from Daqiao Town?"

Huang Jiangnan: "Yes, it's nearly ten miles away."

Chen Shao: "What is Shi Dajiang's relationship with you?"

Huang Jiangnan: "Shi Dajiang has nothing to do with my family. He is the nephew of Aunt Shi from our village."

Chen Shao stared at him closely, "What is the relationship between Shi Dajiang and Supervisor Luo?"

Huang Jiangnan shook his head: "He has nothing to do with Luo Jianyuan. He just followed a man named Luo Ye to find beautiful women for Luo Jianyuan."

Chen Shao asked uncertainly, "Find a pretty woman for Luo Zhengxin?"

Huang Jiangnan nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that's what he told my father."

Chen Shao ordered Fu Jiu, "Go and bring Shi Dajiang over!"

Shi Dajiang arrived soon.

After entering the second hall, he saw Huang Jiangnan, his legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground, "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life..."

After kneeling in the middle of the hall, Shi Dajiang kowtowed and said, "I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have deceived you. I beg you to spare my life."

Chen Shao looked at him coldly: "Since you know you shouldn't lie, just confess it now."

"I confess, I confess now!" Shi Dajiang cried out, "It was Master Luo, Master Luo said that if I could find a pretty virgin girl for Luo Jianyuan of the Imperial Academy, I would get 500 coins. I have been an orphan since I was a child, and I often didn't have enough to eat for three days. That's why I was confused and went astray. Please spare my life, Master. I won't dare to do it again."

What a great five hundred coins!

A woman's life, or even her life, is only worth five hundred coins in their eyes!

Chen Shao was furious: "Who is Master Luo and where is his home?"

Shi Dajiang said in panic: "Master Luo is Master Luo. Master Luo lives in Qiwan Lane, Shipailou, south of the county town."

Shipailou Qiwanxiang? Shipailou Qiwanxiang! Chen Shao immediately ordered: "Fu Jiu, take him to invite Master Luo back to me. If he can't come back, he doesn't have to come back!"

"Please forgive me, sir..."

Fu Jiusan took two steps forward, grabbed the back of his neck, and dragged him away.

Chen Shao signaled Li Tianliu: "Arrange two more people to follow him. No matter what, we must find Master Luo!"

After Li Tianliu arranged the people, Chen Shao's eyes fell back on Huang Jiangnan and Ji Qinglin. As one began to kowtow and beg for mercy, and the other urinated incontinently, he asked in a cold voice, "Where are Wu Dong's family members?"

Li Tianliu said: "He is in prison."

"Send them and all the students to those gardens immediately!" Chen Shao ordered indifferently, "Let Wu Dong's family take over the work of digging bones, and let all the students follow Xu Guang to piece together the bones! Arrange people to bring their families back to the prefectural governor's mansion immediately!"