Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

After Chen Shao wrote down the leader of the bandits and their location, he quickly wrote a secret letter, summoned his elite soldiers, and handed it to him, saying, "Send it quickly to General Li of Hongyuan County."

It has been almost a month since she left Hongyuan County, and during this period, Li Tianliu has not sent her any news.

When asked about his anti-bandit campaign, Chen Shao knew nothing about it.

Chen Shao understood him. He was a young general who had fought in the battlefield. He naturally did not take mere bandits seriously, and there was no need for him to report everything to her.

He didn't say anything, and Chen Shao didn't ask. He just asked him to send someone to investigate the situation of the fifteen bandits to see if there was any way to catch them all. If not, then try to find a way to wipe out the leaders of the fifteen bandits.

By now.

She was no longer afraid of alerting the enemy.

She is in the light, while the princelings of the previous dynasty are in the dark.

Her every move will be monitored by the prince's party of the previous dynasty.

Rather than walking on thin ice and being restricted everywhere, it is better to launch an all-out attack and give up the small to focus on the big.

Her current goal is only one, to capture Zhang Xiu and all his disciples.

Even if it means letting Luo Wanyou and his gang escape, it would be worth it.

She wanted to make sure whether they were the only ones who carved the jade, wooden boxes and weapons.

If so, eradicating them would mean eradicating the foundation for the growth and development of the princelings of the previous dynasty.

If not, then continue to eradicate it.

Cha Luowan had his minions planted in Mengshe Smelting Prison and had his elite soldiers deliver letters to the imperial guards who were monitoring the Yunnan County Prefectural Governor's Mansion, asking them to search for the remains of the relatives and friends who had come to seek refuge with Zhen Sun Guishan. These two things were all to cover up for Zhang Xiu and his disciples.

The elite soldier took the letter and left. Chen Shao continued: "Who is the person from Jiading Tea and Horse Society who contacted you?"

Zhou Shan first said his name, and then he told his age, height, appearance, etc.

After saying this, he waited for Chen Shao to stop writing, and then went on to tell him about the people in the Jiading Tea and Horse Society that he knew.

Still letting the elite soldiers hold the portrait and search secretly, Chen Shao looked at Wang Wuer, thought for a moment, and asked Zhou Shan: "Are you willing to fake your death and get away?"

Before Zhou Shan could answer, Wang Wuer knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I am willing!"

Zhou Shan was extremely angry.

Ever since Chen Shao asked him about the appearance of Yang Shun and others, he knew that his chance had come.

He did not lie. As long as Chen Shao could verify it, based on his understanding of Luo Wanyou, he would definitely be valued by her. Then, whether it was to save his family or to avenge them, he would have no shortage of opportunities.

But he never expected that someone would come and snatch his opportunity.

Zhou Shan took a quick look at Wang Wuer, then looked at Chen Shao, waiting for Chen Shao's decision.

Chen Shao did not make a ruling, but looked at him and asked again: "Don't want to?"

Zhou Shan quickly said, "Yes!"

Chen Shao said "hmm" and then looked at the disappointed Wang Wu'er: "Whether you can redeem yourself depends on your value."

Wang Wuer said quickly: "Every word I said is true!"

"Whether it's true or not depends on whether we can catch them." Chen Shao said this calmly, then retracted his gaze and said to Zhou Shan, "It's hard to fake a public execution. When you go back later, find an opportunity and devise a way to fake your death. I'll take care of the rest."

Zhou Shan kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Of course, Chen Shao didn't let him fake his death to get away with it for no reason.

If his confession is true, then he faked his death to get away. If his confession is false, then fake death can be turned into real death.

it's getting dark.

Gu Feiyan hasn't come back yet.

Chen Shao dealt with the matters in his hands, walked out of the military tent, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and then looked at the brightly lit iron mine. He originally planned to go to the Ordnance Depot to see how the bombs were being handled and the iron digging room was doing, but when he saw Kang Tian running around the iron mine, he paused for a moment and walked towards him.

Kang Tian was surrounded by a group of people who came to help. He was holding a pen, leaning over a stone table, and writing something quickly.

Chen Shao approached quietly and heard him ask, "Anything else?"

"Yes," some people rushed to answer, "Zhao Laosan from our village also knows some carpentry skills."

"Which village?" asked Kang Tian.

The common people rushed to answer and said, "Zhaojiazhuang is only seven or eight miles away from here."

Chen Shao didn't say anything.

After Kang Tian finished asking and taking notes, and came out from the crowd of people, he asked, "What is this for?"

Kang Tian heard her voice and realized that she was there too. He handed over the paper and said, "After hearing that the adults would arrange coffins to send the miners back to their homeland, almost all the families of the miners who died decided to carry the coffins back home. It is difficult to prepare more than 300 coffins in a short time. I thought that everyone just wanted their families to return to their homeland, and the requirements for coffins were not high, so I simply found some people who are good at carpentry to come and make them on the spot. This way, it may be faster."

Chen Shao returned the paper: "That's a good idea."

Kang Tian said: "I hope you don't blame me for doing it on my own."

Chen Shao smiled and said, "Since I have handed these matters over to you, it is up to you to decide how to do them. As long as the results are good, that's fine."

Kang Tian said: "Then I will continue to be busy."

Chen Shao nodded: "Go ahead."

Watching him blend into the crowd of people again, Chen Shao stood and listened for a while before turning around and leaving.

The rescue of the iron mine was carried out in an orderly manner.

Whether it was the original miners or the people who came to help later, everything was in order under Kangtian's command and control.

Chen Shao walked around several mines one by one and saw that the basic safety facilities, whether it was rescue, storage of corpses, drainage, ventilation, etc., were all in place. He nodded with satisfaction and then went to the Military Equipment Depot.

The defusing of the bomb continues.

As more opportunities came to try, everyone became more and more skilled at bomb disposal.

What is rare is that, so far, there has been no explosion due to improper operation.

Looking at the bomb disposal team that had been divided into two groups, Chen Shao joked, "I didn't expect you have the talent to be a teacher."

Gu Feiyan joked, "Yes, do you want to become my disciple? I promise that I will only accept you as my last disciple."

Chen Shao thought about it seriously and said, "It's not impossible."

Gu Feiyan laughed twice: "Although I taught well, no accidents happened. It's not because they learned well, but because many of these bombs were not mixed properly. No matter whether they can defuse the bombs or not, they will not explode."

After a pause, he continued, "In fact, I guessed it from the beginning. However, the other party is also very smart, and the truth and falsehood are mixed together. It is difficult to rule them out based on the surface alone."

Chen Shao was surprised for a moment, but quickly reacted: "That's right. If these bombs are the same as the ones in Yunluo Mountain, they are quite powerful. With the number of bombs here, the princelings of the previous dynasty would not have to try every means to lure us here. They would have blown me to death in Hongyuan County long ago."

Gu Feiyan looked at her, smiled and shook her head.

Chen Shao raised his eyebrows: "Did I say something wrong?"

Gu Feiyan shook her head again: "That's right."

Chen Shao smiled and said, "Since you didn't say anything wrong, then why are you laughing and shaking your head?"

"I was just thinking," Gu Feiyan laughed twice and then sighed, "You are such a smart person, but you also have moments of confusion."

Chen Shao thought for a while, and didn't realize he was confused, so he said, "Tell me in detail."

Gu Feiyan laughed again, "Think about it, if these bombs are really as powerful as Yunluoshan, why didn't the bomb found in the iron mine explode?"

Unexpectedly, she had just finished saying this.

There was a loud bang.

Two people who were defusing the bomb in the big pit were blown into the sky.

The gust of wind carried sand and stones, and blew away the people who were waiting to defuse the bomb.

Chen Shao instinctively took the lead at the moment of the explosion and flew back with Gu Feiyan, avoiding the gusts of wind and sand.

As several elite soldiers looked at her in shock at her martial arts skills, Chen Shao frowned and looked towards the direction of the big pit.

The air was filled with dust and nothing could be seen clearly.

Gu Feiyan said: "It has been peaceful and sound all along, they have lost their due caution."

Chen Shao said solemnly: "It's quite powerful."

Although she had never come into contact with a bomb, she knew how carefully Gu Feiyan had arranged the large pit for bomb disposal.

But even so, through the yellow sand, it can be clearly seen that the big pit has been destroyed.

"It is a little beyond my expectations." Gu Feiyan said.

She had always thought that the explosion at Yunluo Mountain was caused by the accumulation of bombs. Now it seemed that she had underestimated the methods of the former prince's party.

Looking at the big pit covered by the yellow sand, Gu Feiyan had a thoughtful expression on her face, and a gleam of light slowly welled up in her eyes.

"What happened?" Fu Jiu, who loved the hustle and bustle, rushed out of Jiafang Office and asked repeatedly.

Chen Shao looked at him, then at Gu Feiyan. Seeing the light in her eyes, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

She originally wanted to ask how the bombs in the army compared to the bombs of the prince's party in the previous dynasty.

Looking at her eyes, I already have the answer without asking.

"What happened?" Fu Jiu scratched her head without getting an answer and walked towards the pit.

Chen Shao stopped him: "Come back!"

Fu Jiu came back obediently, nudged the elite soldier with his shoulder, and asked unwillingly, "What happened?"

The elite soldier replied, "The bombs that were taken out of the iron house exploded."

Fu Jiu was shocked.

Dust fell.

The chaos appeared.

After Gu Feiyan confirmed that there would be no more explosions, Chen Shao walked towards the pit.

The bodies of the two people who defuse the bomb were scattered here and there, and it was too late to look at them.

Many people waiting to defuse the bomb were injured by the sand and stones and cried out in pain. Several people were hit in the chest or head by the sand and stones and fell to the ground and died.

Chan Yi healed the wounds one by one.

Chen Shaoze looked at the destroyed pit and asked Gu Feiyan, "Is this pit unusable?"

"It can be used." Gu Feiyan said, "Just clean it up and make it wider."

Fu Jiu immediately said, "I'll arrange it!"

Chen Shao nodded, and Fu Jiu excitedly called two elite soldiers to go to Jiashufang to keep an eye on the people digging the iron house. He then organized the uninjured bomb disposal personnel and divided them into teams to clean up the big pit.

Chen Shao watched them clean up tremblingly and asked, "What should we do next?"

Gu Feiyan did not answer.

Chen Shao looked at her.

"There were 400 bombs, and we defused about 200 of them, but only one exploded." Gu Feiyan said in a low voice, and then asked, "What are your arrangements?"

Chen Shao briefly explained the current situation and her plans.

Gu Feiyan concluded: "Your goal is to first eliminate the jade carving gang, then eliminate the Jiading Tea and Horse Society, and finally use benefits to induce the Shan Kingdom to cooperate with you and eliminate all the forces of the former prince's party in Jiannan Road."

Chen Shao nodded: "This is the plan for now."

Gu Feiyan thought for a moment and asked, "You want to eliminate the power of the former princelings in Jiannan Road, not the people. Do you intend to make these people lose their power and scatter like birds, and then follow the clues to find more power of the former princelings?"

Chen Shao did not answer but asked: "Do you think it is not possible?"

Gu Feiyan shook her head: "We are in the light, and the former princelings are in the dark. Your plan is very good, but how effective it will be remains to be seen."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Chen Shao sighed. "We found out about the princelings of the previous dynasty by accident. Now that the Yunnan incident is over, if they lie dormant again, even if we can continue to investigate based on the existing clues, I'm afraid they will be unimportant minions."

"Very good." Gu Feiyan said, "When you investigated the case before, you were always restrained, or you always wanted to take all aspects into consideration. I know you wanted to protect the people, but it was too petty."

"I don't know how to investigate the case, so I can't tell you."

"Now that you have come to your senses, I can't help but say a few more words."

Chen Shao said: "You say."

Gu Feiyan said: "The princelings of the previous dynasty are not the murderers of a murder case you investigated earlier. They are a huge organization. What you should do is to dig out the roots of this organization. It is said that when a tree falls, monkeys scatter. Without roots, even the most luxuriant tree will die. When the tree dies, you can cut off the branches and vines, and love and protect the people. As for this process..."

Gu Feiyan paused for a moment before calmly saying, "It is inevitable that some people will be sacrificed in this process."

After another pause, Gu Feiyan said, "This is not about the train going left and hitting one person, and going right and hitting five people, but... think about our martyrs."

Chen Shao's heart was slightly shaken. Since she took over the position of Dali Temple Chief Justice as Chen Zhao, it was the first time that she seriously examined herself.

Although she is a forensic scientist, the education she received, or the environment she grew up in, all put the people first.

Therefore, even though she had been in this world for more than ten years, when she returned to the job of investigating cases, she subconsciously put the people first in everything.

Even though she had felt lost and indignant during the process, she could immediately draw strength to continue when faced with the people's enthusiastic gratitude.

Therefore, even if she did not fulfill her duties as the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, she had a clear conscience.

but now……

Listening to Gu Feiyan's words, Chen Shao suddenly felt that she might have gone in the wrong direction from the beginning.

"You are not wrong." Gu Feiyan spoke again, "Your identity is to protect justice for every citizen. The reason why I say this is because my identity is to defend my country."

Chen Shao didn't respond.

Gu Feiyan didn't bother her anymore.

After standing in silence for a moment, Chen Shao turned around and returned to the iron mine.

Standing in front of the military tent, watching the miners coming and going and the people who came to help, Chen Shao silently recalled what Gu Feiyan said.

half an hour.

Chen Shao withdrew his gaze and entered the military tent.

Gu Feiyan is right.

The princelings of the previous dynasty are not simple murderers. To deal with them, you must give up and gain!