Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

The elite soldiers brought Sun Guihe over and kicked him to his knees.

Seeing Sun Guihe holding his head high, with an expression that said if he had the guts, he could kill him, Chen Shao said straight to the point: "Give you two choices."

"First, follow your brother to die."

"Second, put all the blame on your brother, and I will spare your life and the lives of your family."

"Don't rush to answer me. You can think about it for a few hours and tell me the answer when it gets dark."

Without giving him a chance to reply or hesitate, Chen Shao simply ordered: "Take him away."

The elite soldiers held his hands and asked, "Do you want to continue to be detained in the T-shaped hole, or be detained in another place?"

"Keep him in the Dingzidong." Chen Shao stood up, walked around the desk and approached, looking down at Sun Guihe, and said without emotion, "The evidence of his elder brother impersonating a senior official of the court is solid, and the evidence of their collusion with the former regime to privately manufacture weapons and sell them to the Shan State is almost there. No matter which crime, killing nine generations of the clan is a light punishment. It's up to him to choose whether to live or die."

Sun Guihe's body had already gone limp, and he was dragged by the elite soldiers without resisting.

Originally, before entering the camp, he had already prepared to fight to the death.

But he didn't expect that Chen Shao didn't interrogate him.

He also didn't expect that Chen Shao would find out so quickly about his brother's impersonation and their defection to the former dynasty's regime.

Kill the Nine Tribes...

Sun Guihe couldn't help but shiver.

He wanted to make some excuses, but Chen Shao didn't give him the chance: "Drag him away!"

Chen Shao didn't interrogate him because he didn't want to waste words or time.

Sun Guishan repeatedly killed people from the Sun family who came to live with him just because he didn't want his impersonation to be exposed.

In other words, he was very clear about the consequences of impersonating an important court official.

He has killed almost all members of the Sun family. Unless there is solid evidence, he will not admit to impersonating others.

Therefore, instead of getting entangled with him or Sun Guihe on something for which there is no definite evidence, it is better to lure them with "benefits".

The chance to survive is profit.

The reason why she did this, besides being too lazy to get entangled with them, was for two reasons: one was to get solid evidence as soon as possible to cut off the cooperation between the former dynasty *** and the Shan State; the other was to uproot the former dynasty ***'s roots in Jiannan Road as soon as possible, so as to avoid them secretly moving away if it was delayed for too long.

After walking out of the military tent and watching Sun Guihe's changing expression, Chen Shao didn't think much about it. After watching him being thrown back into the T-shaped hole, he walked to the weapons depot.

A deep pit for destroying the bomb has been dug and covered with wet sand.

Right now, Gu Feiyan was instructing dozens of miners transferred from the iron mine to prepare quilts, cloth strips, plum juice, etc. She was so busy that she had no time to talk to Chen Shao.

Chen Shao watched for a while and seeing that there was no one who needed help, he went to the iron house of Jiafang Office.

The workers from all the workshops and offices have already left.

Fu Jiu directed more than 20 miners who were also transferred from the iron mine to carefully clear the mud and rocks around the iron house.

Seeing her coming, Fu Jiu gave a few words to the old miner in front of her, then quickly came out and said, "It will take about an hour or two to finish cleaning. Sir, go back and rest first. I'll come and call you when we're done."

"Just do your thing and don't worry about me," said Chen Shao.

"Okay then." Fu Jiu returned to the old miner, snatched the hoe from his hand, pried out the two stuck hard rocks with his skillful strength and threw them aside. He said dissatisfiedly, "I have told you so many times that when digging out stuck rocks like this, you should use the tip of the hoe to pry it into the cracks and then use the force backwards. Don't use brute force to dig. Why don't you listen?"

The old miner said, "That's how I dig."

Fu Jiu didn't argue with him and returned the hoe: "Then dig another one for me to see."

The old miner dug another one, but his face turned red and he still didn't dig out the stone.

Fu Jiu grabbed his hoe again and dug out the stone easily.

Fu Jiu looked at the old miner.

The old miner said: "You must have taught me wrong."

Fu Jiu was shocked.

The old miner asked again: "Why can you dig it out but I can't?"

“You, you, you…” Fu Jiu was so angry that she dug a few stones and returned the hoe to him. “I’ll teach you again. If you still can’t learn it, it’s because you are too stupid, not because I can’t teach you!”

The old miner took two steps back and said, "Then you teach me."

Fu Jiu taught me.

The old miner still couldn't dig out any stones.

Fu Jiu got there before he could and forcibly adjusted the position of his hand holding the hoe, "Try digging again."

The old miner subconsciously returned his hand to its original position. Fu Jiu shouted, "Wait a minute!"

When the old miner stopped, he adjusted the position of his hands and said, "Just dig like this."

The old miner said, "I'm not used to this."

Fu Jiu said: "You have to get used to it even if you're not used to it, otherwise you will never be able to do it!"

The old miner was not convinced: "I have been farming and mining for many years, and I have always mined like this, and no one has ever said that I am doing something wrong."

Fu Jiu: "This is not mining, hurry up!"

The old miner wanted to argue, but Fu Jiu urged him, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"

The old miner had no choice but to shut up and, as he said, he pushed the hoe under the stone and tried to pull it out. He was planning to laugh at him when he failed to pull it out, but he used too much force and his feet became unstable, so he sat down on the ground.

Fu Jiu laughed out loud. After helping him up, she said proudly, "You figured it out. It's obviously you who are too stupid, and you still say I can't teach you."

The old miner patted his butt and muttered, "Who knows that after using the hoe all his life, he still uses it wrong?"

"You're not using it wrong," Fu Jiu said casually. "Digging rocks is definitely different from digging the ground. Digging the ground doesn't require much effort, but digging these rocks requires not only strength but also ingenuity. Using your method of digging the ground, it will definitely not work."

The old miner said nothing more, and awkwardly used the method he taught, reducing his strength, and dug two more stones. After it really saved a lot of effort, he finally gave in.

Seeing Fu Jiu's smug expression, Chen Shao couldn't help but curl his lips. He had improved. Although he was still impetuous, he could control people. After watching him for a while, and seeing that he could handle both big and small matters, he turned and left.

Standing outside the Jianufang.

Chen Shao ordered one of the elite soldiers who followed him: "Go and bring Qin An over."

Qin An came quickly, "Sir."

Chen Shao said 'hmm' and walked towards the baggage camp, saying, "Follow me."

Arriving at the iron house of the baggage camp, Chen Shao went in and took out a few crossbow arrows. "Are all the crossbow arrows here sold to the Shan Kingdom?"

Qin An carefully said yes.

Chen Shao raised his eyes and looked at him: "How many types of crossbows have you produced in the Crossbow Workshop?"

Qin An secretly glanced at the crossbow in her hand: "Three categories."

Chen Shao: "Which three? Tell me about them."

"One is the Dahuang crossbow arrow that you are holding. It is one and a half inches shorter than the crossbow arrows we use, and its range is also nearly half of that of the crossbow arrows we use. These crossbow arrows are all produced to be sold to the Shan Kingdom." Qin An introduced, "The other is the crossbow arrow required by the Ministry of War, which is the Fuyuan crossbow arrow we use. The one found in the Xinzi Cave over there is the Fuyuan crossbow arrow we use. Another is the Shenbi crossbow arrow produced according to the drawing handed over by Lord Sun. The size of the Shenbi crossbow arrow is better than that of the Fuyuan crossbow arrow, and its range is also the same."

Chen Shao asked again: "When did the Shenbi crossbow arrows start to be produced? How many have been produced so far?"

Qin An replied: "We started production at the beginning of the year, in March. So far, we have produced a total of..."

Qin An counted on his fingers for a while and said, "There should be more than 6,500."

Chen Shao: "What about the crossbows? Are there also three?"

Qin An nodded: "Crossbow machines are equipped with crossbow arrow production, also three kinds."

Chen Shao: "Where is the crossbow? Show it to me."

Qin An took her to the crossbow workshop first, took a few Dahuang crossbows and Fuyuan crossbows from the workshop, and then took her to the small courtyard where he lived.

After taking out the two hidden crossbows from under the bed in the bedroom, Qin An said, "The crossbows are not produced very often. Every time they are produced, they need to be sent away. I stole these two and hid them."

There is also a lotus pattern on the Shenbi crossbow.

Chen Shao stroked the lotus pattern with his fingertips and asked slowly, "Why are there patterns on it?"

Qin An shook his head: "I don't know, it's on the drawing that Lord Sun sent over."

Chen Shao looked at him calmly: "Who carved these patterns?"

Qin An didn't even think twice and said, "It was Chang San, a subordinate of Luo Shizhong."