Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Perhaps because he had been holding back his hatred for too long, he finally had a chance to vent it out. Master Luo's voice was loud and powerful. Several women in the east wing ran out upon hearing the noise and stood at the door to watch the excitement. Quan Shuyu sighed and came out to tell them to go back. Wu'er followed her and the moment she saw Master Luo, she blurted out, "It's you!"

When Master Luo heard her words, he also looked towards her. The moment he saw her, he blurted out, "It's you!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, "God has finally seen through me!"

Chen Shao asked Wu Er: "Do you know each other?"

Mr. Luo said: "Of course I know him!"

Wu Er shook his head and said, "I don't know him!"

Looking at the helpless Quan Shuyu, and then at the women, Chen Shao instructed Fu Jiu: "Take him downstairs to wash first, and then change him into clean clothes."

Mr. Luo also knew that he smelled bad, so he thanked her and followed Fu Jiu obediently.

Chen Shao turned around and walked towards the main hall while motioning to Wu Er: "Follow me."

After entering the main hall, Chen Shaoxian asked her, "Have you eaten?"

Wu Er nodded: "I have eaten."

"I haven't eaten yet." Chen Shao washed his hands, sat down at the table, and asked while eating, "Tell me about Master Luo."

Wu Er thought for a moment and said, "I often heard people mention him before. Later, after my eldest brother, second brother, and my parents got into trouble, I also looked for him. I originally wanted to sell myself to him, but he seemed to know me. Not only did he see through my identity at a glance, he also advised me not to do stupid things, saying that God would open his eyes one day and I should just wait. I thought he was talking nonsense, so I turned around and looked for Wang Hu."

Chen Shao asked: "After you followed Lu Yuanfei, have you ever heard him mention Master Luo?"

Wu'er shook her head. "Lu Yuanfei only started to trust me after Yu'er was born. Even so, he rarely mentioned the gardens to me. He gave me the five account books because he really didn't trust others and he had to give me two sons and a daughter because he saw that I had given birth to him."

She lied.

It was not that Lu Yuanfei had to hand over the account book to her.

After Lu Yifeng was detained, she knew that the opportunity for revenge had come. In order to find evidence, she deliberately asked Lu Yuanfei every day whether Lu Yifeng would be okay. She also deliberately woke him up in the middle of the night, crying and saying that if something happened to him, she would not live either. This eroded him bit by bit, and he finally gave her the account book with confidence.

Of course, Lu Yuanfei is not someone who is so easy to be eroded. The reason for her success is mainly due to her dormant life in the past few years.

Chen Shao glanced at her and asked, "Do you remember who beat your parents?"

Wu'er lowered his head, "When my eldest and second brothers got into trouble, my second sister was about to give birth. My parents were afraid that she would get into trouble if she knew the news, so they sent me to take care of her. After my parents were beaten, it was the villagers who went to my second sister's house to inform me. But the villagers said that those who came to beat my parents were the ones who threw the bodies of my eldest and second brothers back. Those who threw the bodies of my eldest and second brothers were the followers of the Fourth Master Wen. Even if they turned into ashes, I would recognize them!"

It's good that you recognize them. Chen Shao then asked: "Where are the remains of your parents and your elder and second brothers buried? Do you remember?"

Wu Er nodded: "I remember."

"Okay." The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and there were more things to do. Chen Shao didn't have much appetite. He put down his chopsticks, drank two bowls of soup reluctantly, and said, "Go back to the east wing and wait. I'll come back to you after I finish asking Mr. Luo."

Wu'er agreed and turned back.

Chen Shao stood up, holding a palm-leaf fan, and walked around the room twice. Then he sat back, leaned back slightly, closed his eyes, and asked, "Have they been paid their wages?"

Chan Yi stood behind her and rubbed her temple. "The thirty-six people who were escorting the shop assistants have been sent out, but the twenty-one people who were digging out bones have not been sent out yet."

Chen Shao asked lazily, "Why hasn't it been sent yet?"

"The thirty-six people who escorted the shop assistants were all civilians from the county town. They all came as soon as someone was notified." Chan Yi said, "The twenty-one people who dug the bones were mostly from the villages and towns. It would take a long time to send someone to take the message back."

Chen Shao didn't say anything else.

While he was half asleep and half awake, Fu Jiu came with Luo Ye.

Chen Shao opened his eyes and looked at Master Luo. After changing into clean clothes, he looked much more energetic. Glancing at his lame leg, Chen Shao asked, "How did you get lame?"

Mr. Luo said simply, "He was beaten by Mr. Zhu Si."

Chen Shao sat down and said, "Then tell me how your wife and daughter became the concubines of Mr. Zhu Si."

After Master Luo kowtowed and said yes, he said with hatred: "I was originally a teacher in the family of Xu Wangzu, a gentry in Hanyuan County. My wife also did some needlework with Mrs. Xu. We have a son and a daughter. Although our life is not rich, we are happy. I don't have any ambitions. If there were no accidents, I would have passed my life like this. However, the accident happened on July 13, the ninth year of Yuanhe! That morning, not long after I took the two young masters of the Xu family out to collect folk songs, Master Zhu Si entered the Xu family.

"I don't know when the Xu family owed the Zhu family a debt. Anyway, when Fourth Master Zhu forced the Xu family to pay back the debt and the Xu family couldn't pay, Fourth Master Zhu had people smash and destroy the Xu family. Madam Xu came out to plead for mercy, and my wife followed out of pity. It was during this trip that the beast Fourth Master Zhu fell in love with her at first sight!

"When I was young, I was quite romantic, and my wife was a first-class beauty. Mr. Zhu Si first forced the Xu family to use my wife to pay off their debts, and when he learned that my wife was not from the Xu family, he wanted to take her away by force. When my children heard the news, they rushed to rescue her regardless of the danger. My son was thirteen years old at the time, and was usually weak and timid, but he was extremely brave to save his mother. Unfortunately, two fists could not beat four hands, and he was beaten to death by Mr. Zhu Si's followers. When my daughter rushed to beg for mercy, Mr. Zhu Si, the beast, saw that she was so beautiful at such a young age, and snatched her away as well!

"When I got back to the Xu family and heard the bad news, I immediately got up and chased them. This leg was broken by those followers after I caught up with them. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to be alive. When I was avoiding their pursuit, I accidentally fell off a cliff and was trapped in a cage of vines, so I escaped their search.

"After I woke up, I returned to the Xu family and learned about the identity of Fourth Master Zhu and the cause and effect of the incident. After burying my son, I came to this county town. I originally wanted to come here to find an opportunity to rescue my wife and daughter, but after I arrived, I found that the Zhu family was more powerful than I imagined. I tried many ways and did many things, but I couldn't get into the Zhu family. Until one night when I stayed at the back door of the Zhu family, I accidentally overheard the conversation of several servants and learned that my wife and daughter were taken as concubines by Fourth Master Zhu, and I also learned about those gardens..."