Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

"What did you find out?" Gu Feiyan asked casually while watching the man with the copper pliers defusing the bomb.

Chen Shao also casually told the information he had found out.

After listening to this, Gu Feiyan nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Perhaps it was related to their own lives. The rebels came on stage one after another. Some defuse bombs quickly and some slowly, but no one lost his life.

When the tenth rebel came on the scene, Chen Shao said hello to Gu Feiyan and returned to the iron mine.

Just as he sat down in the military tent, a crack soldier came to report: "Sun Guihe wants to see you, sir."

Did you make the choice so quickly? Chen Shao took two sips of tea and ordered, "Bring him here."

Sun Guihe entered the military tent and asked, "Does your Excellency keep his word?"

Chen Shao pretended to be confused: "What are you talking about?"

Sun Guihe immediately said angrily: "You forgot so quickly, do you want to go back on your word?"

Chen Shao said calmly, "I have to meet hundreds of people every day and say tens of thousands of words. If you don't tell me clearly, how can I know what you are saying?"

Sun Guihe angrily repeated what she had said in the morning.

"These words," Chen Shao nodded, "I will certainly keep my word."

Sun Guihe naturally didn't believe it: "How can you guarantee that you will keep your word?"

Chen Shao ordered the elite soldiers at the door: "Go and invite Bao Chengle over."

After Bao Chengle came over, Chen Shao said, "He is the best guarantee of whether I will keep my word or not."

Sun Guihe looked at Bao Chengle and questioned, "Who is he?"

Bao Chengle roughly guessed Chen Shao's purpose from their simple conversation. Without Chen Shao's further instructions, he bowed and consciously stated his identity.

Sun Guihe obviously refused to believe it: "Who knows whether what you said is true or not!"

Chen Shao sneered: "Whether it is true or false, do you have the right to choose?"

He then ordered his elite soldiers, “Take him down, and don’t bring him up again until you have made a good choice!”

The elite soldiers came forward to pull Sun Guihe, but Sun Guihe sneered and shook them off: "I can walk by myself!"

After walking out of the military tent, Sun Guihe found that Chen Shao was serious. He cursed angrily, turned around, pushed away the elite soldiers, and walked back into the military tent: "You'd better keep your word, otherwise I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

After saying those harsh words, he added, "Tell me what you want me to do!"

Chen Shao tapped the table twice and said slowly, "What's your name, where are you from, what did you do before, what's your elder brother's name, what did he do before, how did he become the governor of Hongyuan County, how did he collude with the princelings of the previous dynasty, where did those people who came to find Sun Guishan go, when and how did your elder brother do business with Shan State, what was his purpose, why did the iron mine collapse, etc. Answer them one by one. As I said before, as long as you behave yourself, I can spare your life and your family's lives."

Sun Guihe wanted to taunt her, but she didn't seem to have patience, so he swallowed his taunting words, snorted unwillingly, and replied stiffly: "My original name is Sun Shoulin, and my eldest brother is Sun Shoushan. He is originally from Zheng County, Huayin County. Because his family was poor, he became a robber. Sun Guishan, who was originally going to take office in Yunnan County, was spotted by my eldest brother when he went to Zheng County to visit relatives and friends. He originally only wanted to rob him of some money, but who knew that he was so eager to save his life that my eldest brother accidentally beat him to death. My eldest brother was afraid that he would be killed if the incident was exposed, so he took his documents and came to Yunnan County under his name."

"My eldest brother originally planned to deal with it for three to five months, then find an excuse to resign and go home. Who knew that the court would be so easy to fool?"

Sun Guihe, or should I say Sun Shoulin, curled his lips and said with disdain and pride: "Since the court did not find out that my elder brother was an impostor, then my elder brother will naturally settle down in Yunnan County. Although my elder brother is an impostor, you can ask around to see if the people of Yunnan County are living a good life under my elder brother's rule?"

Chen Shao admitted: "Under your elder brother's governance, the people of Yunnan County have indeed lived a good life."

Sun Shoulin had not expected her to be so frank. He sneered and asked, "You know that my elder brother has made the people of Yunnan County live a good life, so why do you want to kill him? Is it more important that he is an impostor than making the people live a good life?"

Chen Shao was too lazy to talk nonsense with him: "Continue to answer my previous question."

Sun Shoulin snorted twice in anger, and then continued to answer indignantly: "My eldest brother did not collude with any of the princelings of the previous dynasty. They found out from nowhere that my eldest brother was an imposter, and they killed Sun Guishan's family who came to seek refuge with my eldest brother. In order to blackmail him, my eldest brother had to work for them!"

"My eldest brother's business with Shan State, as well as the iron mine, was all done under the instructions of the prince's party of the previous dynasty. He had no choice but to do so!"

"But all the money my eldest brother earned was spent on the people of Yunnan County! If you hadn't come, my eldest brother wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to destroy the iron mine in order to protect himself, causing so many deaths! Also, if you hadn't locked my eldest brother up, when the iron mine issue was resolved, my eldest brother would have compensated the families of the miners who died!"

"So," Chen Shao concluded, "your elder brother killed Sun Guishan, it was Sun Guishan's fault; your elder brother killed the relatives and friends who came to seek refuge with Sun Guishan, it was the fault of those relatives and friends of Sun Guishan; your elder brother joined the princelings of the previous dynasty, it was the fault of the princelings of the previous dynasty; your elder brother killed so many miners, it was my fault."

"So what if it's not your fault?" Sun Shoulin said confidently, "My elder brother has helped so many people in Yunnan County live a good life. Killing a few people is nothing!"

Chen Shao smiled and said, "Since your elder brother has made so many people in Yunnan County live a good life, killing these few people is nothing. Then why are you so dissatisfied when your elder brother was sacrificed to save the lives of your whole family?"

Sun Shoulin was speechless for a moment.

Chen Shao suppressed his smile and asked, "Where are the remains of Sun Guishan's relatives and friends who were killed by your eldest brother?"

Sun Shoulin endured it for a moment before saying, "In the back garden of the prefect's mansion."

Chen Shao: "How did your elder brother get in touch with the princelings of the previous dynasty, or how did the princelings of the previous dynasty find your elder brother?"

Sun Shoulin looked at Bao Chengle, who lowered his head, with a strange smile: "Didn't this Brother Bao tell you that the prince party of the previous dynasty in Jiannan Road was Lord Luo from Shu County?"

Bao Chengle looked up in surprise.

Sun Shoulin laughed strangely again: "So you know nothing!"

Without giving Bao Chengle a chance to explain, Sun Shoulin looked at Chen Shao and said, "The person who threatened my elder brother was Luo Wanyou, the governor of Shu County. Except for the first few times, he met my elder brother in disguise. After that, he contacted my elder brother through the Jiading Tea and Horse Society."

Chen Shao: "Was it Luo Wanyou's idea or your eldest brother's idea to let the iron mine collapse to cover up the business dealings with Shan?"

Sun Shoulin: "Luo Wanyou asked my elder brother to hide the crossbows sold to Shan and sent to Shu County, so that the adults would not find them. My elder brother guessed that the adults must have sent people to Yunnan County to monitor him, so he dared not act rashly, and came up with this idea."

Luo Shizhong brought Wang Wuer back.

Chen Shao did not ask any more questions and ordered the elite soldiers to take Sun Shoulin away. He also wrote a secret letter and gave it to the elite soldiers, asking them to deliver it to the imperial guards who were monitoring the Yunnan County Governor's Mansion as quickly as possible. Then he ordered Chan Yi to bring Luo Shizhong and Wang Wuer in.