Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

The heat is rolling and the sunset glows across the sky.

The various sins committed by the Gu family were posted on the notice wall at dusk yesterday. After a night of fermentation, they were known to everyone.

Taking advantage of the noisy discussions of the people in the city as cover, the Yulin Guards quietly selected three hundred smart and capable people from the Ding family and the Ren family. Along with the thirty capable generals selected by Master Gu Si and Master Gu Wu, they divided into six groups and silently surrounded the Gu family before noon.

Liu Deming's father also brought a few useful people with him early and scattered among the crowd denouncing the Gu family.

Everything is ready.

When the sunset was at its brightest, Chen Shao took a carriage, accompanied by the Fourth Master Gu, the Fifth Master Gu, the Fifth Young Master Gu, the Sixth Young Master Gu, and the Seventh Young Master Gu, and left the Governor's Mansion, surrounded by fifty Imperial Guards, and slowly headed towards the Gu family.

Wherever the convoy passed, countless people's eyes unconsciously fell on it.

Many people even followed the convoy and jogged all the way to Gu's house.

The door of the Gu family was closed.

Chen Shao got out of the carriage, glanced at the people gathered inside and outside, then his eyes fell on the gate and motioned to Master Gu Si and Master Gu Wu to go forward and knock on the door.

No one opened the door.

Chen Shao glanced at Fu Jiu.

Fu Jiu took a few steps forward with the whip in hand and kicked the door open.

The gate was empty and no one was around.

Chen Shao raised his foot, followed closely by Li Tianliu, Fu Jiu and Chan Yi, and slowly walked into the gate, heading towards Master Gu's Guangren Courtyard with a familiar look on his face.

After walking through a garden and passing through a crescent gate, when they were about to step into the Lotus Lake, Master Gu, Master Gu II, and Young Master Gu Da, San, and Si came to greet them, surrounded by a group of robbers.

"Please trouble Sixth Master Chen to send these unworthy descendants over here," Master Gu glanced at Fourth Master Gu and Fifth Master Gu with a sinister look before turning his cold gaze to Chen Shao. "My Gu family is deeply grateful and has prepared a small gift. I hope Sixth Master Chen will accept it!"

As he finished speaking, boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, silks, satins, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were carried up like water, filling up the vast Lotus Lake.

Chen Shao took a quick glance and saw that there were more than a hundred boxes.

It can be said that a huge amount of money has been invested and the sincerity is utmost.

Slowly retracting his gaze, Chen Shao looked at the robbers surrounding Gu Ye and others. The robbers were not very old. Except for the three people following Gu Ye and Gu Erye who looked over 40, the rest were mostly in their twenties or thirties. Except for the three robbers following Gu Ye and Gu Erye, the rest of the robbers' eyes were mostly glued to the gold, silver and jewelry, and greed inevitably revealed in their eyes.

It seems that just as she guessed, most of the robbers recruited by the Gu and Zhu families are a mob. Chen Shao raised his lips calmly and said, "Master Gu should know that I want much more than this."

Mr. Gu pretended not to understand the mystery in her words and said in a deep voice: "These are more than half of my Gu family's assets!"

"Then we can only follow the new rules I have set in the past two days." Chen Shao glanced at the robbers surrounding them again and said calmly, "Looking at the attitudes of Master Gu and Master Gu, I believe they have already seen the charges I had posted on the streets. In that case, I won't waste time. Li Tianliu."

Li Tianliu took a step forward.

Master Gu, Master Gu Er and the others were so frightened that they immediately retreated and hid among the robbers who surrounded them.

The robbers reluctantly retracted their greedy gazes, and under the command of the three middle-aged robbers following Master Gu and Master Gu Er, they faced them vigilantly with knives and swords raised.

Li Tianliu snorted disdainfully and rushed towards them like lightning, pointing directly at the three middle-aged robbers accompanying Master Gu and Master Gu Er. The three middle-aged robbers did not dare to be arrogant, and rushed towards him together, and quickly divided into three directions, surrounding him in the middle. After Li Tianliu led them slowly to the corridor without panic, he suddenly made three feints, and then suddenly kicked the corridor column, landing next to Master Gu like a cannonball. After kicking away the hairy robbers protecting him on both sides, he raised his hand and chopped off Master Gu's head quickly, and flew to the top of the corridor. Seeing this, the three middle-aged robbers also flew to the top of the corridor to avenge Master Gu. When they moved, Fu Jiu and the two Yulin guards also flew over and quickly stopped them.

Seeing that no one was trying to stop him, Li Tianliu held up Master Gu's head and shouted, "All members of the Gu family, listen up! Anyone who did not participate in the Bi Tao Yuan tragedy will be forgiven if they surrender voluntarily! All the robbers recruited by the Gu family will be allowed to join the Chen family army if they surrender voluntarily! Anyone from the Gu family, or the robbers recruited by the Gu family, who can help the Yulin Guards to capture or expose the murderers involved in the Bi Tao Yuan tragedy will be rewarded!"

With his shouting, the robbers, who had been in a panic because of his sudden action and the sudden death of Gu Ye, undoubtedly became more chaotic. Joining the Chen family army may not be the dream of every robber, but the reward is definitely. No matter how the three middle-aged robbers shouted, they could not stop the robbers from throwing swords and knives and surrendering.

As they did so, the servants or side branches and illegitimate children who had been hiding in various places of the Gu family suddenly rushed out from all directions after a moment of shock, some ran quickly to the direction where Li Tianliu was shouting to surrender, and some swarmed towards the courtyard where the direct descendants of the Gu family were hiding.

Under the general trend, there were a small number of loyal robbers and Gu family members who swore to defend the Gu family to the death. However, their perseverance was soon broken down by the thundering methods of the Yulin Guards, the capable generals selected by Gu Siye and Gu Wuye, and the people represented by Liu Deming's father who instigated the people who came to watch the fun and shouted "Down with the Gu family, avenge xx (different names of victims)".

The Gu family, which was supposed to take two hours to resolve, was resolved in less than an hour.

Standing in Master Gu's Guangren Courtyard, looking at the direct descendants of the Gu family kneeling in rows, Chen Shao looked at Li Tianliu several times with satisfaction.

The reason why today's operation was completed so quickly was almost entirely due to him.

His sudden action was not only not in her plan, but also beyond the expectations of the Gu family and all the robbers. His action was too fast, and before the panic caused by the robbers had subsided, Master Gu's head had already fallen into his hands. Master Gu was the head of the Gu family, and his sudden death was a deterrent and appeal that was absolutely beyond her earlier plan.

The original evidence collected by Mr. Luo regarding the Gu family’s crimes has been brought up here.

Chen Shao picked up two of them at random, and after quickly browsing through them, he listened to the loud shouts outside the Gu family that had not stopped, and ordered the arrogant and cool Li Tianliu: "Take all the people and deal with them outside."

The table and chairs were quickly set up outside the Gu family's door.

The executioners are also in place.

As the direct descendants of the Gu family were escorted out one after another, the enthusiasm of the people reached a new level.

Chen Shao came out last, bowed to all parties, and after the people stopped shouting one after another, he raised his voice and said, "The Gu family has done so many evil things that they should have been eradicated long ago. However, the border wars continue, and it is time to use people. I brought very few people to Hongyuan County this time, so it has been delayed until today. I thought that even if I had planned all the tricks, I would have to fight hard to take them all down. Unexpectedly, with the help of all the elders and villagers, the evil Gu family collapsed in an instant. What is this called? This is called who cares who they are. As long as they dare to oppress the people, the power of the masses will make them pay for it! I am grateful beyond words. On behalf of the innocent souls who died at the hands of the Gu family, I bow to all the elders and villagers!"

As Chen Shao spoke, he bowed deeply in all directions.

The people were all happy to receive the praise and agreed.

Chen Shao let them discuss for a while, then he bowed again and said, "All the evildoers of the Gu family have been arrested. According to past practice, they should be beheaded immediately, but thinking that this is all thanks to everyone, even if they have to be beheaded, they should be beheaded in front of everyone, so as to set an example!"

Amidst the continuous applause, Chen Shao sat down at the table, picked up the evidence of Gu family's evil deeds, and read them out one by one. With each piece of evidence, one or more heads fell to the ground.

Soon, except for Old Master Gu and Second Master Gu, all the members of the Gu family who had committed crimes were beheaded.

After asking the people from the Ding and Ren families to drag the corpses away and arranging them to wash away the blood, Chen Shao returned to the prefectural government with the surrendered Gu family members and the robbers.