Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

"Look, sir!" Chan Yi suddenly pulled Chen Shao.

Chen Shao looked in the direction of her finger and saw Liu Deming directing his father and a group of elderly people to carry wood to the two ends of the sinkholes in Lanes 3 and 5.

"There are some here too!" Chan Yi looked back a few times and reached out to pull Chen Shao.

Chen Shao looked in the direction of her finger again and saw Xu Xianmin and Sun Qi directing the people in Alley 7 and Alley 9 to constantly adjust the positions of the wood. Judging from the positions of the wood, they were building a bridge for the passage, just in case.

Chen Shao couldn't help laughing.

After walking to the sinkhole, Chen Shao helped to arrange the wood and walked back and forth twice. The wood was of similar thickness, three in a row, very stable. But thinking that there were many elderly people and children walking on the wooden bridge, Chen Shao looked down and reminded them: "Although it is very stable, just in case, we still need to find thick hemp ropes to tie these wood together."

"Don't worry, sir," Liu Deming said, holding a bundle of thick hemp ropes, "We have thought of this a long time ago."

Chen Shao praised: "Not bad."

Seeing that he had tied the wood in good shape, Chen Shao turned to the Seventh and Ninth Alleys. The wood in the Seventh and Ninth Alleys had been adjusted, and after leaving a few people to tie the wood, Xu Xianmin and Sun Qi had moved to the Eleventh and Thirteenth Alleys. Chen Shao chased to the Eleventh Alley, and Sun Qi saw her. He walked towards her while continuing to direct the people to work. When he got closer, he said before she could ask, "This morning, Xianmin accidentally saw people coming and going in these alleys, and few people were willing to take a detour or borrow the road. He was worried that the situation in the Third and Fifth Alleys would happen again, so he asked me and Deming to discuss building a bridge for each alley. After Deming told his father, his father came to take a look and also thought that a bridge should be built. After looking for an adult for a while and not finding one, he took the initiative."

After saying this, he saw that the wood had been placed in the correct position, so he ran back quickly. After walking back and forth on the wooden bridge twice, he said, "Leave two people to tie the wood in place, and the rest of you go to Lane 15."

"There is no more wood." said one of the people.

"Then go drag the wood first." Sun Qi said.

After the people left, he came back and said, "All this wood was cut down in Anshan. There aren't that many trees nearby to choose from."

After that, without giving Chen Shao a chance to speak, he continued, "The three of us have already seen it. When we go back to fill the passage below, we can use the rocks over there. If that's not enough, there's also Shiwei Pi. Rocks are more stable than mud and can be filled faster. The three of us did a simple calculation and found that if we can organize three to five hundred people, it will be filled in less than ten days or half a month. If we can be that efficient, we don't have to rush to build the thatched house."

As he said this, Chen Shao looked at him.

After several months of hard work, both he, Liu Deming, and those students had darker skin colors, and the bookish air and numbness in their bodies had almost disappeared. In addition to their increasingly strong bodies, they also had increasingly strong self-confidence and composure.

"These are just some of our ideas," Sun Qi felt a little embarrassed by her stare, scratched his head and said, "Whether it is applicable or not, it still depends on your decision."

"Whether it is suitable or not, you won't know until you use it." Chen Shao said, "How about this, I will still let you three be responsible for filling the passage. As for the people who will fill the pit, the prisoners from the Zhu, Gu, and Fan families will come to do the labor. You can figure out how to direct them. At the same time, I will let Wang Dangjia watch from the side. If you can't make up your mind or encounter any difficulties, you can also discuss it with him."

As she spoke, she turned her head and glanced in the direction of the thatched hut. "As for how much should be built over there, you can decide for yourselves."

Sun Qi praised it.

They had no choice but to show off. The future of Zhang Ruyuan, Chang Si and others had been arranged, but there was no news from them. If they asked, they certainly didn't dare to ask. They could only do more work in the hope of catching her eye.

Chen Shaotou was still a little depressed and didn't understand what he was thinking. After looking around the Ninth Alley again, he returned to the prefectural government.

Since they volunteered to take on the responsibility of disaster relief, she naturally had to give them the opportunity to perform and exercise.

"After a few months of training, I've become more and more capable of doing things." Chan Yi brought the charcoal stove over and asked with a smile, "Have you thought about how to settle them?"

Chen Shao stretched out his hand to warm himself by the fire: "Do you have any ideas?"

"If I had an idea, I would definitely tell you directly." Chan Yi said, "It's only because I don't have one that I'm asking you, sir."

Chen Shao thought for a moment and said, "We need to send a few more people to the Law Department, Household Department, and Warehouse Department. We can't leave it all to Zhang Ruyuan and the others."

Chan Yi nodded, "They are indeed not as thorough as Liu Deming and his team. Let's not talk about the distant past. For example, during the landslide, they followed Shu Yu to the Shipailou. Although they helped, they basically did what they were told to do. They were not trained like Liu Deming and his team, and most of the time they couldn't do it. Young Master Tianhei told them not to go there the next day, and they really didn't go there again."

After Chan Yi finished speaking, she didn't respond. When he turned his head to look, he found that she was supporting her head with one hand, with a bored look on her face. She didn't have any energy at all. He couldn't help but remind her, "Sir, do you want to take a nap?"

"Sit for a while first." Chen Shao pinched his brows and drank two cups of tea. He still felt uncomfortable, so he went back to his room and slept for half an hour. After waking up and drinking two bowls of medicine, he finally felt better.

"Let Fu Jiu prepare the carriage and go to Huimin Pharmacy." After dinner and a short rest, Chen Shao stood up and said as he walked out, "Take the eighteen pairs of footprints with you."

The eighteen pairs of footprints were the ones who emptied the weapons in Uncle Fang's cellar at night. She drew them during the rescue days. Although Bao Chengle said it was Han Zihou, he was just guessing. Whether it was true or not, he had to wait for the results of Liu Zizhuang's investigation, and it was unknown how long they would take to investigate.

She couldn't wait.

Regardless of why the prince's party of the previous dynasty sent secret guards to assassinate Chan Yi, just analyzing this action, she could only think of one thing: the people of the auxiliary general were about to arrive in Hongyuan County.

If the person who moved those weapons is really Han Zihou, we should identify him as soon as possible. When the people from the Auxiliary General arrive, we can use them to carry out the cleanup.

The fastest way to determine their identities is undoubtedly to draw portraits of them and find people who have seen them.

Of the eight people rescued, the little girl was too young to express herself clearly, and she had been making a fuss about looking for her parents and brother these days, so we put that aside for now. Among the remaining seven people, four were seriously injured, and Chen Shao did not disturb them. He questioned the remaining three people repeatedly, and made repeated adjustments. After barely drawing six portraits, Chen Shao went back to the Shipailou without stopping, found the people he had questioned on the day of the sinkhole, and questioned them repeatedly. Finally, he finally drew eleven complete portraits.

After returning to the prefect's residence with the portrait, Chen Shao ordered without stopping, "Go and invite Bao Chengle over."