Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Ren Yujie wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and nodded, "I know him."

Chen Shao: "How did you meet?"

"They are..." Just as Ren Yujie was about to answer, he was kicked in the back again. Master Ren San angrily scolded, "You evil son, you still don't answer properly when the time comes to try to get leniency from the young master. Do you want me and your mother to be buried with you?"

His kick was really heavy, and Ren Yujie fell to the ground, curled up in pain. Seeing this, Ren Sanye took two steps forward and tried to kick him. Chen Shao slammed the gavel hard, "How dare you!"

Third Master Ren quickly withdrew his feet and bowed: "Master, calm down. This evil creature really has to be beaten..."

"It's not your turn to decide whether to fight or not in court!" Chen Shao interrupted him, "I respect your age and gave you some face just now. If you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for arresting you too!"

Mr. Ren San's face twitched twice, then he looked up at her intently.

"He openly challenged me in court. Yulin Guards, arrest him!" Chen Shao ordered in a cold voice.

The Yulin Guards, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly stepped forward and kicked him in the popliteal fossa, and grabbed his arm the moment he knelt on the ground. The action was too fast, and Master Wen San, who wanted to persuade him to surrender, did not have time to speak.

However, Master Ren was an elderly man, and he was supported by others in everything he did, so he didn't think it was unusual. The Yulin Guard's actions were just a little rough, and he was immediately in pain and sweated profusely, unable to speak.

Chen Shao ordered: "Make him kneel down to the side. If he dares to say something rude again, slap him in the face without asking for permission."

The Yulin Guards dragged him away.

The Yulin Guards were really rude. The anger in Master Ren's heart could be compared to a volcano on the verge of eruption, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. Chen Shao withdrew his gaze with satisfaction, and took the opportunity to glance at Master Wen. Master Wen didn't want to suffer like this, so he quickly bent his waist and showed a humble and pleasing look.

Chen Shao snorted inwardly and continued to ask: "Tell me, how did you get to know them?"

Ren Yujie glanced at Master Ren San happily, then he knelt down and answered, "They are the thugs we kept outside."

Chen Shao asked, "Who are you?"

Ren Yujie replied: "Me, Guo Wengui, Zhao Letian, Luo Jian, and Luo Zhong."

Chen Shao asked: "Besides you guys, who else knows about your hiring of thugs?"

The shopkeepers of Dongjin, Shiweizhai and Changshun Shoe Store raised their heads one after another, but unfortunately they were kneeling at the back and Ren Yujie couldn't see them at all. Ren Yujie replied: "Many people know."

Just as Dong Jin and the others breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Shao continued to ask, "Are they just your thugs, or are they also working for others?"

Ren Yujie replied: "They are just our thugs."

Chen Shao questioned: "Why do you have thugs?"

After a moment's hesitation, Ren Yujie replied, "You can help us do some things that are not presentable."

"What are the things that are not acceptable?" Chen Shao asked. "Give me some examples."

"That's it..." Ren Yujie hesitated and couldn't finish his words. Chen Shao didn't urge him, just waited quietly. After a long while, Ren Yujie finally said, "It's just that the students in the academy have found someone useful, and if the other party is unwilling to cooperate, they will go over and teach him a lesson."

Chen Shao got to the bottom of it and asked, "What kind of people are available?"

Ren Yujie suddenly shuddered, "Yes, just some pretty boys and girls."

Chen Shao turned to Guo Wengui and Zhao Letian, "Is that so?"

They both timidly said yes.

Chen Shao looked back at Ren Yujie: "Has anyone ever died in the process of teaching him a lesson?"

Ren Yujie's voice trembled a little, and it was unclear whether it was out of fear or remorse: "I did make a scene."

Chen Shao said calmly: "How many?"

"No, I don't remember." Ren Yujie said.

Chen Shao turned to Guo Wengui and Zhao Letian again. The two of them also quickly knocked their heads to the ground and said, "I don't remember it either."

Chen Shao looked at Jiang Shu, Yang Zhi and Li Zheng again. Yang Zhi and Li Zheng kowtowed and begged for mercy, while Jiang Shu slapped himself in the face: "I know I was wrong, please spare my life, I know I was wrong, please spare my life."

Chen Shao ordered: "Drag them outside the prefect's mansion and tie them up overnight, then behead them tomorrow."

The Yulin Guards came up quickly and dragged the three men away before they could resist.

As their cries for mercy faded away, Chen Shao continued to ask, "Who came up with the idea of ​​riding a horse to commit the crime? Zhao Letian, you answer."

Just as he was panicking, Zhao Letian was suddenly called out, and his face turned deathly pale like a startled bird. He knew they were here to die, but when the time came, he couldn't help but said in horror: "We discussed this together."

Chen Shao asked repeatedly: "Who are you, how did you discuss it, and what is the complete plan?"

Zhao Letian quickly glanced at Ren Yujie and Wen Gui, then subconsciously glanced at Ding Lisheng. Ding Lisheng had been slightly hunched over, and after Chen Shao asked him a question, he had been looking at him with a warning. Seeing that he was indeed looking at him in panic, his eyes could not help but turn cold. Zhao Letian saw the murderous intent in his eyes, and quickly retracted his gaze. He honestly answered according to what he had said on the way to the prefectural government: "It's just the three of us. After learning that Shi Dajiang was taken to the Shipailou by the Yulin Guards, we got together to discuss how to save our lives. After discussing for a while, we decided to get rid of Lu Yuanfei, but the Imperial Academy was guarded by the Yulin Guards, and we couldn't get in. After thinking about it, we decided to wait until the Yulin Guards captured Lu Yuanfei and brought him back to the prefectural government, and then we found the three of them."

Chen Shao looked at him: "Why did Shi Dajiang say he was working for Master Luo?"

"He is a fence-sitter," Zhao Letian said. "He will go to whoever offers him more benefits."

Shi Dajiang had already been executed. Chen Shao did not continue to investigate, but continued to ask: "Did you arrange the location where Jiang Shu and the others took action, or did they find it themselves?"

Dong Jin and the others looked over again.

Zhao Letian replied: "We arranged it."

Chen Shao asked slowly, "Why would Huichuntang, Shiweizhai and Changshun Shoe Shop listen to your arrangements?"

Zhao Letian glanced at Ren Yujie and Wen Gui again before answering in a low voice: "Huichuntang and Shiweizhai are the Wen family's shops, and Changshun Shoe Shop is the Ren family's shop."

"Huichuntang is the Wen family's shop?" Chen Shao looked at Dong Jin and Mr. Wen Sanye and repeated the sentence word by word.

Dong Jin quickly knelt down and crawled out, kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Third Master Wen also knelt on the ground quickly. "My lord, you are wise. After all the children in our Wen family come of age, we will assign two or three shops to their names. They will run the business on their own and be responsible for their own profits and losses. After the official medicine shop incident came out, this wicked boy told the family that he would participate in the competition, but the family also warned him not to be cunning and cunning. The case of Zong Ma's atrocities became more and more serious, and this wicked boy knew that he could not bear the consequences, so he confessed everything to the family."

Dong Jin's kowtow to beg for mercy suddenly stopped after hearing his words. He also began to tremble as if he had a stroke.

He should have thought of it earlier. Since they had pushed Ren Yujie and Wen Gui to take the blame, how could they let them go? But, but... Dong Jin just raised his head and received the vicious gaze of Mr. Wen Sanye.

It was a threatening look.

According to Chen Shao's treatment of Wu Dong, she only demoted Wu Dong's family to slavery, at least they were still alive. But if he dared to say that Huichuntang was not allocated to Wengui, then whether his family could still live or not would not be up to him.

Dong Jin lowered his head again in resignation.

Chen Shao pretended not to see it, and looked at Mr. Ren San and asked, "Is it the same for the Ren family?"

Fearing that Third Master Ren's stubborn temper would anger her again, Third Master Wen rushed to answer, "This is basically the case with the big families in Hongyuan County."

"Really?" Chen Shao asked calmly, "Then what does Fenglong Commercial Bank say?"

"Fenglong Commercial Bank..." Third Master Wen was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He didn't dare to look her in the eye, so he could only answer while considering, "Fenglong Commercial Bank is a joint business of the Wen and Ren families. It has always been managed by the same generation of the Wen and Ren families. Originally, this business was managed by the Second Master and the Third Master Ren, but more than half a year ago, the two went to the capital to develop business, so this business was temporarily handed over to them."

After a pause, he added, "It was they who persuaded the Second Young Master and the Third Young Master Ren, and it was the Second Young Master and the Third Young Master Ren who handed Fenglong Commercial Bank over to them to manage."

Chen Shao said coldly: "Shopkeeper Shen asked the associates of Fenglong Commercial Bank to spread the news that I accepted bribes. Who instructed him to do that?"

Master Wen gritted his teeth and said, "It was this bastard! He was the one who was forced to tell us after they couldn't hold it in anymore!"

Chen Shao mocked: "So, the Wen family is still killing relatives for the sake of justice?"

Third Master Wen said ashamedly, "The Wen family is unworthy of this. It was my failure to discipline him that led to the disaster today. I arrested him and brought him here, but it is just my responsibility."

"Since you think that it is your own failure to discipline that has led to today's disaster," Chen Shao said slowly, word by word, "then why don't you tell me what crime they should be sentenced for for the disaster they have committed?"

Third Master Wen hurriedly said, "Let the young master decide. The Wen family will have no complaints!"

Chen Shao looked at Master Ren. The Imperial Guard twisted his arm a little harder, and Master Ren immediately cried out in pain: "The Ren family is just like the Wen family. We will let you do whatever you want without any complaints!"

Chen Shao looked at Zhao Letian again.

Under Zhao Letian's horrified gaze, Ding Lisheng said, "The Zhao family also means this."

After Chen Shao glanced at him, he looked at Ren Yujie, Wen Gui and Zhao Letian, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Several people were silent.

"According to Li Hong, he has only been in the Imperial Academy for four years, and during these four years, he has found more than 20 to 30 boys and girls for you," Chen Shao looked at the three people and said slowly, "In addition to him, there are Duan Zhong, Xiang Yancai, Huang Jiangnan, Ji Qinglin and others, each with 20 to 30 people, which adds up to more than a hundred people. Where are these boys and girls now?"

Chen Shao deliberately left this question to last.

The Ren and Wen families pushed Ren Yujie and Wen Gui out to make them confess all the crimes, which was exactly what she wanted! The fact that they could push out someone to take the blame showed that the bait of her official pharmacy worked! Their agreement to unite and deal with her was not going to collapse immediately due to the conflict of interests, but they were already starting to stand by and watch!

well.

She now wants the Ren and Wen families to insist that all the crimes were committed by Ren Yujie and Wen Gui. She wants to execute them by means of slow slicing to comfort those who died from their torture. She also wants to prevent the two families from venting their anger. In this way, she will make this "drama" complete and let those who stand by and watch enjoy it, and then become one of the driving forces behind this eradication war!

"Speak!" After a long while, no one answered, so Chen Shao picked up the gavel and knocked. Still no one spoke. Chen Shao called out directly, "Ren Yujie, you speak!"

It was a calm question, but Ren Yujie felt a chill in his heart for no reason. He suppressed his fear and replied reluctantly, "They are all dead."

"Are they all dead?" Chen Shao asked.

Ren Yujie curled his fingertips and replied, "Yes."

Chen Shao pressed, "How did he die?"

How did he die? Ren Yujie didn't know how to answer, and couldn't help looking at Master Ren San. Before coming here, they didn't give a precise answer to this question. They only told him that if Chen Shao wanted to question the entire Ren family, Wen family, or Zhao family, he should also involve the rest of the nobles and gentry. If Chen Shao only wanted to question their crimes, he shouldn't involve others and let them take the blame themselves. But he was not sure whether Chen Shao was questioning the crimes of just a few of them, or the crimes of the entire Wen family, Ren family, and Zhao family.