Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

"If the Gu family still chooses the Zhu family, wouldn't that be better?" Chen Shao said with a smile, "All the current actions of the Zhu family are meant to force the Gu family to make a choice. Since the Gu family wants to choose the Zhu family, they have to prove to the Zhu family that they are not joining me. What is the best way to prove it? It is undoubtedly to tell me in front of the Zhu family that they will not join me. In this way, I can control the Zhu family unexpectedly and further provoke the relationship between the Gu family and the Zhu family."

"Then wouldn't the young master be in even greater danger?" Chan Yi said dissatisfiedly, "If the Zhu family knew they couldn't escape the fate of the Wen family, they would just burn themselves together. Then wouldn't we..."

"How can there be no danger?" Chen Shao interrupted her. "The number of people in the Chen Guogong Mansion has dwindled over the years. Who didn't die in an accident? If hiding can avoid accidents, then what have I done in these years?"

Before Chan Yi could say something, Fu Jiu arrived with Ren Zhongxing's father, Ren Shoukang.

Ren Shoukang is the current head of the Ren family.

Ren Zhongxing looks almost exactly like him.

Following Fu Jiu into the main hall, Ren Shoukang lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, "I am Ren Zhongkang, greeting you, sir."

The attitude is humble.

"Get up and talk." After Chen Shao looked him up and down, he leaned back in his chair and went straight to the point, "I invited you here so late at night because I have something to ask of you."

Ren Shoukang said respectfully, "Whatever it is, just give me your orders, sir."

"I want to seal off the Zhu family, but I'm still short of manpower." Chen Shao said concisely, "You find a way to prepare for me..."

Chen Shao looked at Li Tianliu.

Li Tianliu said: "One hundred people."

Chen Shao took over the conversation: "You must find a way to prepare at least one hundred people for me. These one hundred people must be loyal and brave to your Ren family, and they must obey the orders of the Yulin Guard when they act."

After a pause, he continued, "I won't use them for nothing. As long as they work hard, they can save your Ren family's life."

Ren Shoukang was still thinking about the fact that they were going to attack the Zhu family, and they wanted the Ren family to send people, and they would not allow him to refuse. When he turned around and heard that he could save the Ren family's life, his heartbeat suddenly paused, and then it began to beat wildly involuntarily, "I wonder when the young master and the general will use people?"

The Ren family had been showing goodwill recently, originally to save their lives. Now that she had promised, how could they refuse!

"Before Chenshi." Chen Shao said without allowing any argument.

It was already the end of the Yin hour, and only one hour was left until the Chen hour. Ren Shoukang said anxiously, "Then I will go back and prepare!"

Chen Shao looked at Li Tianliu again.

Ren Shoukang also looked at Li Tianliu.

Li Tianliu asked: "Which village is closest to Wuhai Town?"

Ren Shoukang answered without thinking, "It's Changpingba, less than three miles away from Wuhai Town. It's even closer to... the Wen family's villa in Hua'an Mountain, less than two miles away."

Li Tianliu continued: "Which village near Wuhai Town is your Ren family the most powerful in?"

Ren Shoukang still answered: "It's still Changpingba. The Ren family has a farm in Changpingba, which is the largest one among all the farms of the Ren family."

"Then arrange for the people to stay at Changpingba. I will arrange for the Imperial Guards to go there later. Starting from the hour of noon, all actions must be arranged by the Imperial Guards," Li Tianliu ordered decisively. "Also, no news can be leaked, otherwise you will be punished by military law!"

Ren Shoukang replied respectfully, "Yes."

"Go ahead." After he left, Li Tianliu thought for a moment and told Fu Jiu, "Where's Mr. Luo? Go and invite him over."

Mr. Luo hasn't slept yet.

Ever since Chen Shao went to Gu's house the day before yesterday, he has been keeping a close eye on her actions over the past two days.

When he heard Fu Jiu asking him to go to Chengfeng Courtyard, he jumped up, put on his outer clothes and asked, "Are we going to take action against the Zhu family?"

Fu Jiu sighed twice, "You are well-informed."

The bitterness in Master Luo's heart surged up like waves, and after a long while, he finally found his voice and said, "It's not that I'm well-informed, but I've been waiting for this day for eleven years."

Fu Jiu grew up with Chen Zhao. Although he has always been responsible for protecting Chen Zhao, Chen Zhao has not left the gate of the Chen Guogong Mansion since he was poisoned. He guards Chen Zhao all day and rarely leaves the gate of the Chen Guogong Mansion. Compared with Chan Yi, who has traveled all over the country with Hui Yin and Chen Shao and has seen a lot, he is a person who has not seen the world and is relatively simple in his heart. He can't empathize with Mr. Luo's feelings of waiting for eleven years. He can only pat his shoulder and comfort him: "Don't worry, with our young master here, we will never let the murderer who destroyed your family go unpunished!"

Master Luo smiled bitterly and thanked him. When he arrived at Chengfeng Courtyard, he barely suppressed his excitement for revenge, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Master, if you have anything to ask, just tell me. I will never refuse, even if it means risking my life!"

Chen Shao glanced at Fu Jiu, then looked back at him: "You know everything?"

Fu Jiu jumped up and said, "I didn't say anything!"

Chan Yi curled her lips: "You didn't say anything, why are you panicking?"

Fu Jiu insisted: "I really didn't say anything. He guessed it himself."

Chan Yi asked back: "Then why are you panicking?"

Fu Jiu retorted: "I'm not panicking."

Knowing that Chan Yi was worried that her identity would be exposed and felt uneasy, Chen Shaoling watched her and Fu Jiu quarrel for a while before speaking out to stop them, "Okay, I know you didn't say anything."

Fu Jiu looked at Chan Yi proudly.

Chan Yi shook her head and stopped talking to him.

Chen Shao looked back at Master Luo and said, "Please come over here. General Li has something to tell you."

Master Luo said tactfully, "General, please tell me what you want to do. I will never refuse, no matter if it means risking my life or going through fire and water."

Li Tianliu didn't bother to be polite with him and asked directly, "Is the daughter-in-law of the second in command of Changshun Goods Company a member of the Zhu family of Wujun?"

Mr. Luo hesitated for a moment before answering uncertainly, "I've heard similar rumors, but I don't know if they're true or not."

"You haven't checked it?" Li Tianliu obviously didn't believe it.

"I have checked." Master Luo said frankly, "but the results show that the young lady is a farm girl. Because her father once gave two Hu cakes to the beggar Second In command when he was young, Second In command met her father by chance when he was escorting goods to Jiangnan a few years ago. In order to repay the kindness, he let his youngest son marry her."

Li Tianliu asked: "How did you check her?"

Mr. Luo recounted the entire process of the investigation in detail.

After listening to this, Li Tianliu said nonchalantly: "That is to say, although you have come to the governor's mansion, your brothers are still outside."

Mr. Luo's body stiffened instantly.

Chen Shao glanced at Li Tianliu calmly.

Li Tianliu said calmly: "I don't have time to pursue your crime of deception. I only ask them to do one thing for me, that is to supervise the two trading companies. If the two trading companies make any rash moves, they must inform me immediately! Of course, you can also refuse, as long as you can give up revenge for your wife and children."

"No," Master Luo said without thinking, "I'll go and ask them to keep an eye on those two shops."

Li Tianliu said indifferently, "I will arrange for someone to escort you to the docks where the two cargo companies are located. You don't need to deal with the people in the cargo companies. Just use your understanding of the cargo companies to see how they are different these two days from usual."

Mr. Luo readily agreed.

Li Tianliu raised his hand and gently knocked on the armrests of the chair twice. Two Yulin guards walked into the main hall lightly. After receiving the instructions, they took Master Luo and disappeared into the dim sky like a cat.

"Alright." Li Tianliu stood up. "You guys should take a rest. I'll go and make some arrangements for the Yulin Guards."

Chen Shao said: "Be careful."

Li Tianliu didn't even turn his head and said, "Sleep peacefully, it's just a small Zhu family."

Daybreak came quickly.

After washing up and having breakfast, Chen Shao saw Quan Shuyu coming out of the east wing. He quickly told Chan Yi, "Go and tell her not to leave the prefect's mansion for the next two days."

When Chan Yi came back, Chen Shao looked at the worry on her face and reminded her with a smile, "Just prepare some more poisons. No matter how powerful the Gu and Zhu families are, can they be better than the Chen Guogong Mansion?"

Thinking of the deadly situation they had encountered in Duke Chen's mansion two years ago, Chan Yi realized, "That's true. The Gu and Zhu families killed so many people. Even if they were all poisoned to death, it wouldn't be considered killing innocent people. If Master wants to blame me, I will take her to those gardens and let her take a good look at the bones of those people they killed."

"That's right." Chen Shao said, "Can you feel relieved now?"

Chan Yi chuckled, lay down on the couch first and said, "The poisons I made in the capital are finally useful."

Chen Shao also lay down on the bed, went over Li Tianliu's arrangements in his mind twice before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

The sun rose and set, and soon it was evening.

Chen Shao woke up and looked at Chan Yi who was fiddling with the poison, and reminded her: "Try to use the drug and don't cause panic."

People are naturally resistant to the unknown.

Even if their starting point is to eliminate harm for the people, just sprinkling some poison can kill a large number of people. For most people, it is undoubtedly like hanging a deadly sword over their heads.

The biggest reason why Medicine King Valley did not submit to any country was this. Although, through Chen Zhao, she also learned that the demise of Medicine King Valley was also due to this.

"I know." Chan Yi said brightly, "What I prepared is the drug. I won't use it unless it's absolutely necessary."

Chen Shao said "hmm", got up and had dinner. After discussing the action tonight with Li Tianliu, she set out for Huimin Pharmacy. After asking about the situation of the pharmacy in the past two days, Chen Shao called Zhang An to the side hall. Although the action would be taken in the evening, she had to stabilize the situation before the action to prevent the Zhu family from being on guard.

Zhang An was only about 20 years old. He knelt on the ground, shivering all the time. "Please spare my life, sir. I will never speak nonsense again."

"Don't be afraid," Chen Shao didn't care whether his fear was real or not. "I asked you to come here just to ask you, where did you hear those words from?"

Zhang An slapped himself twice. "I took advantage of the situation and went to Tianshui Lane to take a walk. I heard someone mention it. I don't know those people, but judging from their clothes, they should be from the goods store. I didn't dare to be lazy for too long. I just walked around Tianshui Lane and came back. When I came back, Liang Shi stopped me and said that he knew I didn't go to the toilet, but sneaked out to play. He wanted me to pay him ten cents to keep my mouth shut. I didn't want to give him money, so I told him what I heard. I told him to keep it a secret because I didn't know whether it was true or not, but he still spread it to everyone."

Chen Shao asked someone to invite Liang Shi over.

Liang Shi was even more frightened than Zhang An. While begging for mercy, he pushed all the blame onto Zhang An. He also revealed that Zhang An often used the excuse of going to the toilet to sneak out to play.

Chen Shao did not punish them. He just called over the shopkeeper Zhao from Anrentang and told him, "The number of people coming to see the doctor has gradually decreased in the past two days. Anrentang does not need to come to help tomorrow."

Shopkeeper Zhao panicked and said, "I can take the guys back. Doctor, please stay for a few more days. The medical students in the academy are still here. Even if the common people don't need them, it would be good to let them teach the medical students."

"No need." Chen Shao refused mercilessly, "I already know that the owners of Anrentang are the Gu family and the Zhu family. Official pharmacies will not employ the assets of the gentry, let alone attack and destroy the pharmacies of the owners."

Shopkeeper Zhao said unwillingly, "It's not just Anrentang that is owned by the aristocracy. The owners of Sizhentang, Wanhetang, and Kangletang are also aristocrats! If you don't believe me, you can call them over for questioning."

Very good, I was just worried about not finding a chance to get rid of them! Chen Shao suppressed the smile on his face and deliberately said to Fu Jiu with a stern face: "Go and invite Shopkeeper Xu, Shopkeeper Zhang, and Shopkeeper Peng over!"

Shopkeepers Xu, Zhang, and Peng, who were secretly watching Shopkeeper Zhao's joke, came over and looked at Chen Shao's cold face. They lowered their heads in a bad mood. Chen Shao looked at the three of them coldly and asked, "Tell me, who is the owner of your medicine shop?"

Shopkeepers Xu, Zhang, and Peng all felt their hearts sink at the same time. After a quick glance at Shopkeeper Zhao, who looked pale, they knew they could no longer hide it. Shopkeeper Xu gritted his teeth and bowed first, saying, "To answer your Excellency, the owners of Sizhentang are the Dong and Qi families."

Shopkeeper Zhang followed closely and said, "To answer your question, the owners of Wanhetang are the Zhou family and the Hu family."

Shopkeeper Peng finally replied: "The shopkeepers of Kangle Hall are also from the Zhou and Hu families."

"Very good." Chen Shao sneered, "Not only have they bought a lot of manors and occupied the people's fields, but they also want to get involved in the official pharmacy. They are really bold!"

Shopkeeper Zhao, Xu, Zhang and Peng all knelt down.

Chen Shao said coldly: "Get out of Huimin Pharmacy with your people immediately, and tell your boss that as long as I am here, no noble family or wealthy family will dare to get involved in Huimin Pharmacy!"

Several shopkeepers did not dare to argue. They walked out of the side hall in disgrace and left quickly with the doctor and the waiter.

There are several doctors treating the people.

After being suddenly called away, the people who stayed behind looked at each other and couldn't help but start talking.

Huimin Pharmacy has been a hot topic among the people recently. When they saw several pharmacies that had helped suddenly evacuate, they couldn't help but gather around to inquire about the news.

After Chen Shao checked in with the Seventh Master and Zhao Liangzhu, and told them to take precautions tonight, he returned to the prefect's residence amid everyone's discussions.

it's getting dark.

Perhaps it was in line with the saying "On a dark and windy night, murders and arson are the time", the originally fine weather suddenly became overcast and the wind blew violently the moment Chen Shao returned to the prefectural government. Not only did the stars and the moon disappear, but the air was filled with dust, the branches and leaves rustled, and it was almost impossible to open one's eyes.