Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Luo Shizhong and Wang Wuer knelt down as soon as they entered the military tent.

Luo Shizhong said: "Reporting to the Lord, I have brought Wang Wuer back."

Wang Wuer trembled and said, "I am Wang Wuer, the humble one, and I am honored to meet you, sir."

After Chen Shao glanced at Wang Wuer and then at Luo Shizhong, he lowered his head and slowly sorted out the information confessed by Sun Shoulin.

First of all, it can be confirmed that the current Yunnan County prefect Sun Guishan is a fake.

The impostor was from Zheng County, Huayin County, and his original name was Sun Shoushan.

The real Sun Guishan had been killed by the two brothers Sun Shoushan and Sun Shoulin.

The relatives and friends who came to Yunnan County to seek refuge with the real Sun Guishan were also killed by Sun Shoushan, and their bodies were buried in the back garden of the Yunnan County prefectural government (this has yet to be verified).

Secondly, it can be determined that the agent of the prince's party in the previous dynasty in Jiannan Road was Luo Wanyou, the prefect of Shu County.

The witnesses are: Sun Shoulin and Zhou Shan.

Luo Wanyou collected evidence from the governors of various counties through Zhou Shan and others in order to manipulate them for his own use.

There are currently nineteen county governors under his control.

Zhou Shan confessed that there were nearly two hundred monitors in various counties (a list exists, but its authenticity is yet to be confirmed).

Luo Wanyou was in contact with nearly two hundred people through the Jiading Tea and Horse Society.

At the same time, Luo Wanyou also recruited fifteen gangs of bandits.

After a pause, Chen Shao wrote down solemnly: This plan was proposed by Zhou Shan’s cousin Cheng Yuanlang.

Furthermore, Edward Yang, Qin An and others confessed that it was Sun Shoushan's idea to blow up the iron mine. His purpose was to lure her here and kill her and Gu Feiyan here in order to cover up his relationship with the prince's party of the previous dynasty.

But judging from Sun Shoulin's confession, there was another person who blew up the iron mine, and Luo Wanyou was behind it. The purpose was to cover up the business dealings between the princelings of the previous dynasty and the Shan State, as well as their private manufacture of weapons.

In other words, although Edward Yang, Qin An and others were highly valued by the brothers Sun Shoushan and Sun Shoulin, they were not their confidants.

When it comes to the classification of green jade, Edward Yang, Qin An and others are at most at the same level as Ding Lisheng.

Therefore, next, in eradicating Luo Wanyou, or the power of the previous prince's party in Jiannan Road, she only needs to focus on Sun Shoulin and Zhou Shan.

In the end, in the distribution of profits in the business between the princelings of the previous dynasty and the Shan Kingdom, it seemed that Sun Shoushan took the lion's share, Qin An and others took small profits, and the rest went to the princelings of the previous dynasty.

If it is true, then we need to find out whether Sun Shoulin has some unfavorable evidence against Luo Wanyou or the prince's party of the previous dynasty.

While Chen Shao was sorting out this information, Luo Shizhong and Wang Wu'er were kneeling on the ground. After not hearing her voice for a long time, he became more and more panicked.

When Chen Shao stopped writing and looked up at the two of them, he asked, "Where did you find him?"

Luo Shizhong quickly replied, "My Lord, in Taohong's boudoir in Zuixinglou!"

Chen Shao looked at the dark and thin Wang Wuer.

Wang Wuer kowtowed and admitted his fault: "I know my crime, please spare my life!"

Chen Shao laughed: "What crime do you know? Tell me about it."

"I am a humble villain, I know all my crimes, please spare my life!" Wang Wuer didn't care and kept kowtowing.

"That's enough," Chen Shao stopped him, "Answer my questions properly. If you do, I'll spare your life. If you don't, you must have heard about what happened to Song Baotian."

Wang Wuer quickly assured: "If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. I will tell you everything I know!"

Chen Shao said: "Then tell me first, what do you do at the Military Equipment Bureau?"

Wang Wuer answered without hesitation: "I am in the Military Equipment Bureau, carving lotus patterns on weapons."

Chen Shao: "Why do you want to carve lotus patterns on weapons?"

Wang Wuer shook his head: "I don't know, my master asked me to follow my fellow apprentices here, so I came here."

Chen Shao: "Who are your fellow apprentices?"

Wang Wuer still did not hesitate and answered: "The brothers who came here are Chang San, Liu Dequan, Zhou Shuisheng, Song Qingming, and Sun Huaian. The brothers who did not come here are Zhao Sheng and Li Tianming..."

Wang Wuer recited thirty-seven names in a row, and finally said, "Our master's surname is Zhang, his given name is Xiu, and he has always lived in Beiqiu Mountain Manor, thirty miles away from Kunlun Town."

Chen Shao mixed the portraits of Chang San and others among the other portraits, and then motioned Bao Chengle to give them to him: "Which of these portraits are your fellow apprentices?"

Wang Wuer took the portrait and quickly found the portraits of Chang San and others.

When Chen Shao was about to ask more questions, Wang Wuer took the initiative to say, "I can't draw a portrait, but I can describe the appearance of Master and the other fellow disciples to the painter."

It's positive.

Looking at his trembling hands and legs, Chen Shao did not try to tell whether what he said was true or false, and continued to ask: "We will talk about the portrait later. Answer my question first. When did you come to Mengshe Smelting Bureau?"

"Early March!" Wang Wuer answered quickly.

Chen Shao: "Did your master say anything when he asked you to come to Mengshe Prison?"

Wang Wuer recalled carefully before answering, "Master asked us to come and find Master Sun, and then we should do things as usual."

Chen Shao: "What do you usually do?"

Wang Wuer: "Carving Buddha statues and lotus patterns."

Chen Shao: "Where are you from? How did you learn this craft from your master?"

Wang Wuer: "I don't know where I am from. When I was begging for food, my master took me back and asked me to work with him. He took care of my food and accommodation. I saw that he had good food and clothes, so I stayed."

Chen Shao took a look at the Wu Ling clothes he was wearing and continued to ask, "For whom is your master carving Buddha statues and lotus patterns?"

Wang Wuer shook her head again.

Chen Shao asked him a few more questions, such as the specific location and surrounding environment of Beiqiu Mountain Villa; whether there were other hiding places besides Beiqiu Mountain Villa; which route they, the brothers, took every time they went back, etc.

After he finished answering one by one, Chen Shao deliberately changed the order and asked all the questions again once or twice. After his answers were always correct, Chen Shao ended the interrogation.

After taking two sips of tea and relaxing for a while, Chen Shao handed over the task of painting portraits of his fellow apprentices to Bao Chengle after having Luo Shizhong taken away.

When Zhang Shoulin confessed, Bao Chengle was instigating him intentionally or unintentionally, fearing that Chen Shao would come after him after he had interrogated Wang Wuer. Now that he had accepted the task and knew that Chen Shao did not suspect him, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief and started working immediately.

Chen Shao simply sorted out Wang Wuer's confession, and re-arranged several elite soldiers to rush to Kunlun Town. After arriving in Kunlun Town, she asked them to contact the previous group of elite soldiers who tracked Chang San and others, as well as the imperial guards she had arranged to go to Kunlun Town to supervise Zhang Xiu and others based on Bao Chengle's confession, and secretly arrest Zhang Xiu and his apprentices.

Afterwards, she took out the list of nearly two hundred people Zhou Shan confessed to, who were scattered all over the place and secretly monitoring the prefects of various counties.

In addition to Zhou Shan, there were three other people who were monitoring Sun Guishan and Mengshe Smelting Supervisor in Yunnan County.

After Chen Shao wrote down the names separately, he asked someone to bring Zhou Shan up and asked, "What do Yang Shun, Chen Ping, and Liu Jinzhong look like? Please describe them in detail."

Zhou Shan was a smart man. When he heard her words, he immediately knew that she was going to verify the truth of his confession. He immediately described the appearance and characteristics of the three people in detail.

Originally, Wang Wuer had only given a simple description of the appearance, and most of the time, he would only answer when Bao Chengle asked. After hearing Zhou Shan's words, he immediately became competitive and racked his brains to give a more detailed answer than Zhou Shan.

After taking a glance at him, Chen Shao wrote down the address on the portraits of Yang Shun, Chen Ping and Liu Jinzhong, and then handed it to elite soldiers, asking them to search secretly, monitor, and write back to her to report the situation.

After the elite soldiers left, Chen Shao drank a few more sips of tea and rested for a while before asking, "Who are the fifteen bandits that Luo Wanyou recruited, and where are they?"

Zhou Shan looked up.

Without waiting for him to ask, Chen Shao said, "Answer honestly and verify the facts, and I can grant you what you ask for."

Zhou Shan immediately confessed the truth.