Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Gu Feiyan has already gone to the Military Equipment Bureau to supervise them in setting up the sand pit.

It won’t get better in a short while.

Chen Shao didn't rush over.

After reading the confessions of Edward Yang and Zhou Shan from beginning to end twice and sorting them out carefully, he fell into deep thought.

If what Zhou Shan said is true, then Luo Wanyou is the chief person in charge of the prince's party in Jiannan Road of the previous dynasty.

Luo Wanyou, the general person in charge, secretly investigated the criminal evidence of the prefects and magistrates of various counties and prefectures, and used this as a handle to force them to surrender.

To prevent these surrendered people from rebelling, he arranged for people like Zhou Shan to monitor them secretly.

Then, through the Jiading Tea and Horse Society, we can contact or supervise these minions who are secretly monitoring us at any time.

Chen Shao took out the list of minions written by Zhou Shan, and then took out the map of Jiannan Road. By comparing the number of minions distributed in various counties, he came to the conclusion:

In a county town like Shangjun or one with a governor's office, the number of minions is at least twice that of other county towns.

Based on the clues we have found about the prince's party of the previous dynasty, we can basically infer that these county towns either have a large amount of food stored, or have built weapons workshops, or...

There are a large number of bandits stationed there.

After circling all the county towns with a pen, Chen Shao asked Chan Yi to bring her three or four crossbow arrows from the assassination attempt on Yang Dechang that day, as well as the crossbow arrows found in the iron house in Xinzi Cave and the crossbow arrows found in the iron house at the Military Equipment Bureau.

When Chan Yi came back with the crossbow, Kang Tian followed.

When Chen Shao saw him, he took out a prescription from under the confession and said, "You came at the right time. This is a prescription for preventing the plague. Ask Miss Quan for money and quickly arrange for someone to buy it and boil it for everyone to drink. In addition, the bones that have been dug out must be dealt with quickly."

Kang Tian took the prescription and said, "I came here to discuss this matter with you, my Lord."

Chen Shao said: "Then tell me what you think first."

"I have asked many people who came to help," Kang Tian said cautiously, "most of them want to take the remains back home for burial, and only a few are willing to obey the arrangements."

Chen Shao looked up at him: "So, what do you think?"

Kang Tian looked at her cautiously and said carefully: "My idea... fallen leaves return to their roots, and I believe those who suffered would also like to return to their hometown, but..."

After hesitating for a long time, Kang Tian said with a stiff upper lip: "But many people are poor and may not be able to carry the coffin back home. If we let them carry the body like this, I'm afraid..."

"Then ask where there is a coffin maker, and quickly arrange for someone to buy it or place an order," Chen Shao instructed. "After you agree on the price, go and ask Miss Quan to withdraw it."

Kang Tian smiled and said, "I'll arrange it right away!"

Chen Shao pointed to the prescription in his hand and said, "This must also be arranged as soon as possible! In addition, if someone has unfortunately been infected, don't delay and come and notify Chan Yi immediately and ask her to go and treat it."

Kang Tian said: "I know!"

After he left.

Chen Shao placed on the desk in order the crossbow arrows used to assassinate Edward Yang, the crossbow arrows found in the iron house in Xinzi Cave, and the crossbow arrows found in the iron house at the Military Arsenal.

A crossbow arrow is composed of an arrowhead, an arrow shaft, feathers and a quiver.

Normal crossbow arrows, which are the crossbow arrows used by Datong now, are called Fuyuan crossbow arrows. They are twenty-four inches long in total and use a steel four-sided armor-piercing cone arrowhead that is one inch and eight long and weighs more than five cents. It has a hemp-wrapped and painted mulberry wood arrow shaft with a diameter of three-point six, and four-inch and five-inch long glue-painted and cured carved feather arrow feathers.

The crossbow arrows found in the iron house in Xinzidong are such Fuyuan crossbow arrows.

The crossbow arrow used to assassinate Yang Dechang was 25.5 inches long, a full 1.5 inches longer than the Fuyuan crossbow arrow. The arrowhead was made of a wrought iron armor-piercing spike, 2.1 inches long, 3 centimeters longer than the Fuyuan crossbow arrow. It weighed more than 5 cents, less than 6 cents, but obviously a little heavier than the Fuyuan crossbow arrow. The arrow shaft was made of a composite bamboo with a core of bamboo and a fir, with a diameter of 4.5 centimeters. The feathers...

The arrow feathers are carved from composite bamboo and wood.

That is, it is carved from fir wood.

Chen Shao's gaze fell on the arrow feathers that were shaped like thin wings.

There are lotus patterns on the arrow feathers!

He asked Chan Yi to take a jade pendant with lotus pattern. After careful comparison, Chen Shao further confirmed that the pattern on the arrow feathers was the lotus pattern.

The crossbow arrows found in the iron house of the Armory were only twenty-two and a half inches long, one and a half inches shorter than the Fuyuan crossbow arrows; the arrowheads were made of iron with barbed blood grooves, only one and a half inches long; the arrow shafts were made of birch wood soaked in tung oil to prevent moisture, and had a diameter of only three centimeters; the arrow feathers were goose feathers.

Whether it is the arrowhead, arrow shaft, arrow feathers, or arrow frame, they are all inferior to the Fuyuan crossbow.

According to Qin An, Zhao Asan and others, these inferior crossbows were resold to the Shan State.

The crossbows that were resold to the Shan Kingdom...

Chen Shao's gaze once again fell on the crossbow arrows that were higher quality than Fu Yuan's crossbow arrows, and suddenly a plan came to his mind.

The reason why the princelings of the previous dynasty set up such a large business in Jiannan Road and had close contacts with the Shan Kingdom was that, in addition to wanting to use the Shan Kingdom to share the firepower when the uprising started, they must have also planned to borrow troops from the Shan Kingdom.

However, it can be seen from the fact that the prince's party of the previous dynasty sold lower-grade crossbows to the Shan State at a high price that the prince's party of the previous dynasty did not fully trust the Shan State.

In other words, they planned to use the Shan Kingdom and then get rid of it.

If we can make full use of this, we can not only sow discord among them, but also use them to help wipe out the power of the previous dynasty's prince's party in Jiannan Road!

only……

These few arrows alone may not be enough to gain the trust of the Shan Kingdom.

If the Shan State wants to completely believe that the princelings of the previous dynasty are just using them, the only way is to block all the excuses of the princelings of the previous dynasty.

For example: find more crossbow arrows that are stronger than Fuyuan's crossbow arrows.

Chen Shao raised his head and looked through the military tent towards the direction of the Military Equipment Bureau. He slowly instructed Chan Yi, "Go tell Fu Jiu to bring people to dig out those iron houses for me!"

Chan Yi responded and was about to leave, but Chen Shao stopped him again: "Be quick, but also be safe!"

After the cicada shell is gone.

Chen Shao thought about it again and again, and then asked someone to bring Sun Guihe up.