Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

"Liu Deming made it too simple about the conflict between the villages," Yu Linwei followed her and quickly got on the horse after getting on the carriage. He drove the horse to the side of the carriage and continued, "When the three villages clashed and fought in the village, seven people were killed, 23 people were seriously injured, and 56 people were slightly injured. After being persuaded by Liu's people, they each took food and money and went back. I don't know how, the people from Qingping Township ran to Dannan Village and Sanwan Village and fought with them, saying that the two villages killed people from their village, and they wanted to take revenge. In this fight, 11 people were killed, 39 people were seriously injured, and 41 people were slightly injured. We went over..."

The people who had dispersed earlier were still gathered outside the prefectural government office. When they saw Chen Shao's carriage coming out, most of them moved aside, and a few brave people shouted loudly, "Your Excellency has misunderstood us, we don't distrust you." Yulin Guards had to stop talking and wait until the carriage left the market before continuing, "When we passed by, the people of Dangnan Village and Sanwan Village were angry and gathered a lot of people to go to Qingping Township to seek justice. Although we stopped them in time, it seems that they did not give up. Miss Chanyi had to persuade people and treat injuries at the same time. She was so busy that she didn't know what to do. Moreover, those villagers did not seem to believe Miss Chanyi, so the general asked me to come back and ask you to go over."

"Have you found out who started it first?" Chen Shao asked.

The Imperial Guard shook his head. "Everyone is angry and won't listen to Miss Chan Yi's words. The general wanted to use force, but Miss Chan Yi wouldn't let him. She said that they are already angry and using force at this time would be like fanning the flames. Who knows, they might make a bigger fuss later."

"What casualties were suffered by those students and Mr. Liu's men?" Chen Shao paused for a moment before asking again.

Yulin Guards sighed, "One of Liu's men died while trying to protect those students. He was hit on the head by a hammer from the people in those villages. Three of those students died. Two were beaten to death in the conflict, and one was too seriously injured and died just before we rushed over."

Chen Shao urged the imperial guard who was driving the carriage to go faster, and then asked the imperial guard who had returned from the manor, "Is Xu Xianmin and Sun Qi okay?"

Yulinwei shook his head: "Not yet."

He added: "The general has arranged four Yulin Guards to go to their side. The general has also instructed that if there are any more troublemakers over there, they should be directly caught and killed if necessary."

Looking at the rapidly retreating street shops, Chen Shao's eyes were filled with a hint of frost. No matter in which era, the death of more than ten people in a conflict is a major accident that affects social security. And in order to destroy the alliance between the Duke of Chen's Mansion and the General of the State, or in other words, to destroy her, they did not hesitate to use the lives of so many people to stir up trouble, which was undoubtedly challenging her bottom line!

The carriage sped along.

Half an hour later.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the carriage finally stopped in front of the farms of the Zhu and Gu families where the accident occurred.

The dead students, Liu Dangjia's brothers, and the people from the three villages were scattered all over the ground.

The injured students, Liu Dangjia's brothers and people from several villages were lying in every room inside and outside the manor.

There were constant cries of pain and curses.

Chan Yi had a cold face and was busy scolding and treating the wounds at the same time.

Seeing her coming, the screams of pain and cursing stopped instantly, and Chan Yi immediately stood up and called out "Young Master".

Chen Shao had a cold face and said nothing. After walking around several rooms, he returned to the room where several students and Liu Dangjia's brothers were lying and asked, "How are their injuries?"

"Huang Anren and Peng Yongnian were seriously injured, but the rest are fine." Chan Yi replied quickly.

Chen Shao followed her to the two men, first quickly glanced at their injuries, then took their pulses, and after confirming that they were no longer in danger of death, he said to the Yulin Guards who followed him, "Use my carriage to send them back to Huimin Pharmacy, and arrange a few more carriages to take the rest back! Tell Master Qi to heal their injuries and take care of their bodies as soon as possible, regardless of the cost."

After supervising the Yulin Guards to carry Huang Anren and Peng Yongnian onto the carriage, Chen Shao looked at the injured civilians. In their expectant eyes, he asked, "How many people have not been treated yet?"

Chan Yi replied, "We just finished treating the seriously injured."

"Then there's no need to treat him anymore." Chen Shao said coldly, "They started the fight, so let them bear the consequences themselves! After returning to Hongyuan County, tell Master Qi that all the people from their three villages who go to the pharmacy for treatment will be charged according to the normal price of the medicine, and no discounts are allowed!"

The faces of the injured people all changed.

Chen Shao continued nonchalantly, "Those who can still move, get up and go back. Don't lie here and take up space! And tell the family members who can't move to send someone to take them back. If no one comes to take them back within two hours, throw them out and let them die!"

Seeing that no one took action, Chen Shao's face turned cold, "Don't you understand what I'm saying, or do you need me to ask you to get out?"

Seeing that she was not joking, the injured people finally got up in a panic and stumbled away.

Looking at their backs, Chen Shao ordered again: "Go and call the village chiefs of several villages over!"

They were just asking for help, but before the Yulin Guards could take any action, the bailiffs ran away.

Watching them go away, Chan Yi asked worriedly, "Master, are you really not going to care about them?"

"Why bother with them?" Chen Shao said this coldly, and walked to the three dead students outside the village. After carefully checking their injuries, he went to see the brother of Liu Dangjia who died to save the students, "Where is Liu Dangjia?"

"Master Liu is with Sun Qi." The Yulin Guard who had returned to the county city to report the incident replied, "After something happened here, someone was sent to inform him. He said that after the young master has resolved the issue and is sure that no one will cause trouble again, he will come and give him a ride."

Chen Shao closed his eyes, took two deep breaths, and then opened his eyes again and asked, "Where is your general?"

The Imperial Guards replied: "The general should take his men to guard those villages to prevent them from causing trouble again."

"Go tell your general that there is no need to defend anymore." Chen Shao suppressed the anger that was surging in his chest, "Tell your general to tell the people in those villages that from now on, if anyone dares to take action again, I will exterminate all nine clans of theirs. If there are no nine clans left, then I will dig up their graves, dig up their bodies, and whip all nine clans of theirs!"

The Yulin Guards responded immediately.

Chen Shao stood up, looked at the three dead students, and then looked at the men of Liu who died to protect the students, then turned around and walked towards the students and Liu's brothers who were standing in the corner of the courtyard with red eyes. He walked closer to them, and his eyes slid over them one by one. Everyone had more or less wounds on their bodies, and everyone's face was mixed with anger and fear, especially the students.

Retracting his gaze, Chen Shao looked at Liu Deming: "Take two people and go pick up their families."

Liu Deming choked up and agreed. After he told the other two students to leave, Chen Shao's eyes fell on Liu's brothers again, "What was the name of the brother who died?"

"Qin Guishan." Someone answered.

"Do you have any family?" Chen Shao asked.

"Have."

"Do you know where his family is?"

"It is in Dongda Village, Pingqiang County, Qianwei Prefecture."

"How far is it from Hongyuan County?"

"It will take at least ten days to go back and forth."

Chen Shao turned around and asked Chan Yi: "Do you have any money on you?"

Chan Yi pulled down the purse and handed it over. "All together, there are nearly ten taels of silver."

Chen Shao handed the purse to the person who had been answering the questions: "Please take the two brothers to fetch his family and discuss his funeral arrangements."

The person who answered took the money bag and couldn't help but shed tears, "Don't worry, sir, we will definitely bring the person here!"

Chen Shao nodded, "Be careful on the road."

After watching them walk away, Chen Shao retracted his gaze and looked at the students and Liu's brothers again, and said in a slow voice: "Go back to Hongyuan County to rest for two days first. After you have rested, go directly to the next manor and don't worry about this place."

"We don't need to rest." The students answered in a scattered manner.

"We don't need to rest either." Liu Dangjia's brothers also answered in succession.

Chen Shao insisted, "Let's stay at Juxian Building when we get back. There have been a lot of fish coming to Juxian Building recently. Let's go and have a taste."

"Sir, we..."

Chen Shao interrupted them: "This is an order, obey!"

Seeing her stern face, the students and Liu's brothers led their horses back to Hongyuan County one after another.

After they left, Zhuangzi suddenly felt empty.

Chen Shao walked outside the manor and looked at the scene where everything was withering in the cold winter wind, except for the lush wheat seedlings. For the first time, he felt disgusted with the princelings of the previous dynasty. Not only did they ignore the suffering of the people, but they also ignored their lives. How was such a person different from a rioter?

Don’t they want to overthrow Datong and restore the old dynasty?

She refused to give in!

As emotions were surging, the village chiefs of Qingping Township, Dangnan Village and Sanwan Village, as well as the villagers who came to take away the seriously injured people, also arrived.