Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

The result of the fighting was that Chen Shao couldn't hear what anyone was saying.

"Uncles and uncles," Chen Shao calmed down and interrupted the people who were talking, and said gently, "Speak one by one, there is no rush."

"Besides their family, the brothers Tao San and Tao Wu, Tao Li, Tao Yi, and Shen Tian's family were all beaten by the people in that farm." The oldest person among them spoke first, "Tao Yi's family suffered the most. His youngest son accidentally fell into their field when he passed by their field ridge, breaking two melon vines. Not only did he die soon after being beaten by them, but they also kidnapped Tao Yi's eldest daughter, saying it was to pay off a debt. But she died a few days later. Tao Yi's mother couldn't stand such a sad thing, and she followed him not long after. Over there, they are buried there!"

Chen Shao glanced in the direction of his finger and asked, "Are they in the village?"

The uncle who spoke nodded, "They are all here."

Chen Shao said: "Could you trouble uncle to invite them over?"

The uncle who spoke immediately turned around and said, "I'll go call them now!"

"Why bother with all that? Can't you see they are all over there?" Another man grabbed him and shouted at the villagers who were watching the excitement at the entrance of the village, "Tao Yi, Tao Li, stop looking. The master wants to question you, why don't you come over here quickly!"

Tao Yi and Tao Li hesitated for a while before coming over here.

The villager who was shouting also called out, "Where are Tao San, Tao Wu, and the others? Anyone who has been bullied by the people in that village before, call them all over here!"

Tao Yi and Tao Li stopped and called out a few times. Immediately, several villagers came out in a panic, with bitter faces, and came towards this side.

"Tao Yi, you speak first." When someone came over, the villagers who were calling for help did not see his timidity. They pulled him up attentively and urged him, "Your uncle has told the adults about your situation. Tell us again."

Tao Yi looked at the leg bones placed on the straw mat next to the coffin of Wu'er's parents, and stumblingly told the story of how it all happened.

He explained in more detail that the reason why his youngest son passed through the ridge of the Wen family's field was because the land that Wen family exchanged with them was at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and if they wanted to get there, they had to pass through that ridge of the field. The land around that ridge of the field was originally the land of Dashu Village, and even the land where his youngest son broke the melon vine was originally theirs.

Chen Shao listened reluctantly and asked, "When did it happen?"

Tao Yi said timidly, "It was several years ago."

Chen Shao asked carefully: "How many years ago was it exactly?"

Tao Yi rubbed the corner of his short coat and thought for a while before answering, "Six years ago."

Chen Shao looked at the others who followed him and said, "What's going on with you? Tell me one by one."

The people who came over didn't understand and spoke anxiously.

Most of them were beaten up by the people in the village because of some trivial matters. Most of them recovered after lying down for ten days or half a month. In addition to Tao Yi, there were two people whose injuries were more serious. One was Tao San, whose leg was broken. One was Shen Tian’s eldest brother, who was beaten up two months ago and is still lying in bed. He needs to be fed to eat and drink.

Chen Shao walked up to Tao San and squatted to look at his legs. Tao San was so scared that he quickly took a few steps back, knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy with a pale face.

Chen Shao held his arm and sighed, "Uncle, I want to see your injured leg."

Tao San said anxiously: "No, there's nothing to see."

Chen Shao patiently comforted him, "I just want to take a look. Once I see clearly, I can convict those who injured you."

Tao San looked at her clothes, then looked at his own, and said shyly, "Then I, I will go back and change into clean clothes first."

Chen Shao kindly helped him sit up and slowly rolled up his ripped trouser legs and said, "No need, I'll just take a look."

Tao San's leg is dislocated between the femur and tibia, and there should be a fracture at the junction of the femur and tibia, and the patella should also be fractured. Unfortunately, it has been a few years since the injury, and he has not received good treatment. Even if she and Chan Yi are good at medicine, they can't restore him to his original state. After Chen Shao finished the examination, he stepped aside with a heavy heart and asked Chan Yi to come forward to check.

When Tao San saw such a delicate little girl coming, he subconsciously wanted to hide again. Chan Yi held his legs and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't look at my young age, I am a miracle doctor!"

Her expression was too cute and innocent, and Tao San was amused by her. Taking advantage of his relaxed moment, Chan Yi quickly checked his leg and said solemnly, "The bones are dislocated and there should be fractures. It's a pity that the treatment was not timely."

Tao San thought she was frightened, so he pretended to be nonchalant and comforted her: "It's okay, you can still walk, but you can't do heavy work."

"Uncle, please don't move." Chan Yi took off her hairpin, pulled out the silver needle hidden inside, knelt on one leg, and carefully inserted the silver needle into the fracture of his leg. "Although I can't restore your leg to its original state, I can at least alleviate your pain."

Tao San's eyes turned red.

Chan Yi didn't bother to comfort him. After carefully inserting a few silver needles, she grabbed his thigh with one hand and pinched his calf with the other, tentatively twisting it twice. No, it's been too long, and the injured bone has grown epiphyses. If you want to connect the bone back, you have to scrape the bone. After Chan Yi tried twice more, she let go.

Seeing her disappointed face, Tao San comforted her again, "It's fine this way. I've been lame for a few years and I've gotten used to it. If you really cured me, I would be uncomfortable with it."

Ordinary people can't talk about bed rest. The first lesson that Chan Yi and Chen Shao learned from Hui Yin was that when treating patients, they should not only prescribe medicine according to the disease, but also according to the person. After taking out a porcelain bottle from the cloth bag and handing it to Tao San, Chan Yi said: "Uncle, there are 20 pills in this medicine bottle. Take one pill a day. After taking it, your leg pain should be almost healed. But try not to use gravity on this leg in the future."

Tao San said awkwardly: "How much..."

Chan Yi smiled and took back the silver needle and said, "Uncle, please keep it. It's not worth much. If you really feel bad, I'll go to Wen's farm and pick out two valuable items to take away. I'll take that as the money for the medicine. How do you think?"

Tao San's eyes were red and he said many words of gratitude.

Chan Yi agreed and said a lot of things that made him pay attention.

Chen Shao waited for them to finish speaking before instructing Chan Yi, "Go back with this uncle and take a look at his elder brother's leg."

Shen Tian was envious of Tao San. When he suddenly heard his name, he instinctively knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to her. Then he quickly stood up and said enthusiastically, "Miss, please come this way."

Li Tianliu called a Yulin Guard to follow Chanyi.

After watching them walk away, Chen Shao turned around and said a few words of comfort to the villagers who had been beaten but not disabled. Then he said to Tao Yi, "Lead the way to the graves of your youngest son and eldest daughter."

"Hurry up and leave, why are you still standing there?" Tao Yi didn't know what he was thinking, he was stunned for a long time. After being pushed by someone, he raised his feet and took Chen Shao to the graves of his youngest son and eldest daughter.

The graves of Tao Yi's eldest daughter, youngest son, and his mother are not far from the graves of Wu'er's parents and others, and are also kept very clean.

After Chen Shao looked at them one by one, he turned around and asked him, "I want to open the coffins to see their injuries. Is that acceptable to you?"

Tao Yi hesitated for a while before he said vaguely, "I, I have to go ask..."

"Sure!" Before he could finish his words, a gray-haired woman carrying a hoe came over in two or three steps and said loudly, "Which one do you want to see? I'll dig it up!"

The woman was Tao Yi’s wife, her surname was Ruan and her given name was “Hong”.

When Tao Yi saw her, his frightened and tense face relaxed instantly. Chen Shao saw his expression and realized that they were a family, so he said, "If possible, I want to see the remains of your eldest daughter and youngest son."

Ruan Hong said "OK" and walked quickly to the grave, and started digging without saying anything. Several villagers who had been digging the grave wanted to come forward to help, but she drove them away, "Get out of the way, I'll dig it myself! Their father is incompetent and can't protect them, and I'm a coward as a mother, and I can't get justice for them, but I still have the strength to dig them out."

A villager who returned gave the hoe in his hand to Tao Yi. Tao Yi took the hoe, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped forward to help dig.

Although the two men moved slowly, it only took them half an hour to dig out the coffin.

The first grave to be dug up was that of their eldest daughter, Tao Ping.

Several villagers hurried forward to help the couple carry the coffin out. After the lid of the coffin was opened, Chen Shao stood over. Tao Ping's skeleton was very thin and she looked no more than ten years old. The first time Chen Shao saw her, his face suddenly darkened: "How old is she?"

Ruan Hong replied: "Fifteen years old."

Fifteen years old?

Chen Shao resisted the urge to take out her pelvis to confirm her age, and first scanned her bones from head to toe. The parietal bone of the skull was injured by impact, the hyoid bone was fractured, two ribs were fractured, the pelvis was slightly cracked, and one side of the ischial tuberosity was shattered... The owner of the skeleton, Tao Ping, had suffered inhuman torture before her death. Chen Shao suppressed the growing anger in his heart, carefully took out the pelvis, and after a careful examination, he confirmed that she was indeed around fifteen years old.

He is fifteen years old, but his bones are only as thick as those of a ten-year-old. Looking at Tao Yi and Tao Hong, and then at the villagers around him, they are all white skin and bones.

Wen family, very good!

The coffin of Tao Yi's youngest son Tao Quan was also dug out.

When the lid of the coffin was opened, Chen Shao did not rush forward. Looking at Tao Quan's coffin, she suddenly thought of Li Ba Wa for some reason. Li Ba Wa was the only boy in the family and was spoiled during his lifetime. But after he was murdered, his grandparents, uncle, aunt, and parents were reluctant to give him even a coffin. In such a poor and remote village, Tao Quan, who was also a child and was also murdered, not only had a coffin, but also a separate tomb.

Comparing the two, it's really ironic.

Chen Shao stepped forward and looked at the body in the coffin that was broken into two pieces at the lumbar spine. His anger was instantly ignited. When he saw the multiple fractures of the arms, ribs, and legs, he suddenly laughed in anger.

It’s already the end of the year.

The food has been distributed.

Tao Ming and others rushed over.

Luo Ye slept for a few hours and followed them here. Seeing the coffins dug out, he looked relieved and sad. He was relieved that someone had finally seen the evil done by the Wen family, but sad that he didn't know when he could get his revenge.

Chen Shao glanced at the sky and ordered Fu Jiu, "Take him to collect all the evidence of the Wen family's evil deeds."

"No need to sort them out. I have already separated them when I was collecting the evidence of their evil deeds." Master Luo said, turning to Fu Jiu and saying, "Master Fu should have brought back all the boxes of evidence, right?"

Fu Jiu nodded: "They have all moved back."

Mr. Luo immediately said, "I have signed a word on the lower right corner of each box. Look carefully and find the box with the word signed on it. That is the evidence of the Wen family."

Fu Jiu looked at Chen Shao.

Chen Shao asked: "How many boxes?"

Fu Jiu said, "Ten. I ran back and forth three times last night to move all the evidence out of the cave."

So many? Chen Shao glanced at Mr. Luo, motioned Fu Jiu to move the Wen family's evidence, and asked him, "How many such manors does the Wen family have?"

Luo Ye answered cautiously: "I don't know exactly how many there are, but as far as I know, there are no less than ten."

Chen Shao said: "Are all the manors you know the same as this one?"

As soon as Mr. Luo answered "almost", the sound of horse hooves came over. Chen Shao looked over and saw Ding Lisheng riding a horse and turning around. Meeting her eyes, Ding Lisheng quickly let out a "whoa", turned over and dismounted, trotting all the way to her, wiping his sweat and saying, "Sir, I've brought everyone here."

Chen Shao looked at the person coming up behind him.

Leading the way were an old man in his seventies and a middle-aged man in his fifties. The old man was dragging another man, aged between thirty and thirty-five, with his hands tied behind his back. The rope was pulled from between his hands. His clothes were torn, and blood could be seen on his hands, back, and legs. Behind the three of them, there were five or six stewards. Behind the stewards, there were twenty or thirty servants. Behind the servants, there were only fifteen or sixteen yamen runners and the two Yulin guards who followed.

A group of people rode to the place where Ding Lisheng got off his horse, and quickly got off their horses and rushed over here. When they got close, the old man pulled him close, kicked him to his knees, and said in pain: "This evil creature, I have brought him here, you can kill him or chop him up! As for those beasts who deceived their superiors and subordinates and did evil, I have sent people to capture them. When they are captured, I will definitely send them to you as soon as possible!"

After saying this, without waiting for Chen Shao to respond, he turned around and bowed deeply to the surrounding villagers with a sad face, saying: "It is Wen's fault for not disciplining the children, and you fellow villagers have suffered! Don't worry, fellow villagers, these beasts have cheated and robbed the land, and I will return it to you immediately after you have dealt with this evildoer!"