Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Sun Qi glanced at Muramasa and turned back to continue, "Feng Yu, Feng Yu is Tang Yuelan's nephew's wife. When she first got married, she was a very honest person. But her husband also had an affair with Tang Yuelan. Tang Yuelan couldn't stand her being well off, so she instigated her husband to plot against her and other men... Later, her husband used this as a threat to force her to have affairs with the men who had affairs with Tang Yuelan, so as to earn money for wine and meat. Feng Yu resisted at first, but after being beaten several times by her husband and Tang Yuelan, she slowly compromised."

Chen Shao frowned and looked at Muramasa.

Muramasa said awkwardly, "That's pretty much what he said."

Sun Qi snorted coldly: "There's more than that!"

"Feng Yu had no choice but to do it at first because of the beatings and scoldings from her husband and Tang Yuelan. But as time went on, she became more and more arrogant under the instigation of those adulterers." Sun Qi said with disdain, "Just last year, she teamed up with one of the adulterers to break both legs of her husband."

Chen Shao looked at his indignant expression and asked delicately, "Did anyone in his husband's family report to the police?"

Sun Qi was choked for a moment.

Chen Shao does not agree with fighting violence with violence, but the premise is that one is in a society ruled by law. If one is not in a society ruled by law and local officials do nothing, there is no other way to protect oneself except to fight violence with violence.

With a low sigh, Chen Shao focused his attention on the current case: no matter whether it was voluntary or forced, judging from the surface, the victims were two "bad guys".

Chen Shao looked at the moonlight outside the courtyard. There is always a reason for murder. Putting aside the "doing justice for the heavens", what was the murderer's reason?

Have no idea.

We have to keep investigating until we find out.

Chen Shao retracted his gaze and asked Muramasa: "Do Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu know Tao A-mei?"

Muramasa said: "You should know her. Feng Yu's mother's home is not far from Taojiazhuang."

Chen Shao: "Do the three of them know anyone in common?"

Muramasa shook his head: "I don't know about this. I haven't had much dealings with them."

Chen Shao: "Besides the merchants who come to collect goods, are there any other people from other villages who come here regularly?"

Muramasa said: "There are only Pi Ziyun who sells tofu, Ma Dali who sells cakes, Diao An who sells manure, Gao Qiang who collects vegetables, and Zhao Liu who often works with him."

These people have already investigated and there is no problem. Chen Shao looked at Xiong San, "After Tao Amei got into trouble, did Zhao Liu tell you about it?"

Xiong San: "Yes, he did. After that, he went to Qingshui Town and said he was going to tell Tao Xiaolan."

Chen Shao: "Did you tell Zhao Liu about the light you saw and the crying you heard in the haunted house?"

Xiong San nodded.

Chen Shao: "What did he say?"

Xiong San held onto Muramasa again: "He didn't say anything, he just went back and got me two black donkey hooves and told me to take them with me when I walk at night in the future."

Chen Shao saw that he could not get any useful clues, so he ordered Muramasa: "Go and call all the villagers over."

Muramasa turned around to leave, and Kumazo hurried to follow him.

Seeing him like this, Muramasa couldn't help but look outside. Looking at the pale moonlight outside, he became a little scared.

Chen Shao glanced at Fu Jiu. Fu Jiu followed the two of them. The two of them mustered up their courage and went door to door to call for help.

After everyone came over, Chen Shao first picked out those who met the requirements based on their height, and then eliminated them based on their right thumbs.

The murderer is not from this village.

Chen Shao was not surprised by this result. After scanning the villagers who were either sleepy or whispering, he asked if anyone had ever been to the haunted house or heard any noise from it.

No one has heard of it.

Chen Shao thought about it and changed his question: "In the evening or at night, has anyone seen horse-drawn carriages or donkey-drawn carts heading towards the Dafeng River?"

"I have seen!"

"I've seen it too!"

"We've all seen it!"

They were a few children around seven or eight years old.

Chen Shao called them all over, and asked Chan Yi to take out the snacks in the carriage and give them each a few pieces before he began to question them carefully.

They had indeed seen it all.

They saw it while running and playing in the village.

However, they could no longer remember the exact time, nor could they see clearly who was driving the carriage or what he looked like.

The haunted house was a place that everyone in the village feared. In order to avoid causing panic among the children's families, Chen Shao did not ask any more questions. After letting them go back, Chen Shao sorted out his thoughts and said to Muramasa, "Let Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu's family stay, and the rest of you can go."

Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu are from the same family, and like Xiong San, they have the same surname, Xiong.

After the villagers dispersed, Chen Shao glanced at the bewildered Xiong family, and then slowly moved his gaze to the young man sitting on the cart. The young man's face was gloomy, and his legs had shrunk, which showed how ruthless Feng Yu was. Looking away from him, Chen Shao looked at the others, "Where are Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu's mothers from?"

A man who looked about ten years older than the young man on the cart stepped forward and answered, "Tang Yuelan's parents' home is in Daqiao Town, and Feng Yu's parents' home is in Wan'an Village."

Cases have occurred in Wan'an Village and Daqiao Town. Chen Shao looked at him: "What's your name?"

The man replied, "Xiong Zheng, Mr. Tang Yuelan's elder brother."

Chen Shao: "How far are Daqiao Town and Wan'an Village from Taojiazhuang?"

Xiong Zheng replied: "Wan'an Village is not far away, but Daqiao Town is a bit far."

Chen Shao: "Do Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu know Tao A-mei?"

Xiong Zheng gave a different answer from Muramasa: "Feng Yu must know her. Tang Yuelan had a bad reputation before she got married. Tao A-mei should not bother to know her."

Chen Shao glanced at the Xiong family and asked, "Since she has a bad reputation, why are your family willing to marry her?"

Xiong Zheng glanced at the man standing next to the two elderly people behind him and snorted, "He is not smart. He was fooled by Tang Yuelan's words. If he is not allowed to marry, he will die."

Chen Shao: "Although Tang Yuelan had a bad reputation before she got married and Tao Amei disdained to make friends with her, Tao Amei still knew her?"

Xiong Zhengdao: "There are few people who don't know her."

Chen Shao: "Do Tang Yuelan, Feng Yu, and Tao A-mei know each other? Maybe this person has a grudge against them or some other grievance?"

Xiong Zheng looked behind him again and ordered rather forcefully: "Come here and answer!"

The man standing next to the two elderly people shrank back and said timidly: "I, I don't know."

Xiong Zheng cursed him as a waste, walked over a few steps, and forcibly dragged him over.

Chen Shao asked the question again, but the man still answered "I don't know". Chen Shao looked at his cowardly appearance and suddenly thought, since Tang Yuelan could instigate Feng Yu's husband to do something ridiculous, would she also dislike Tao A'mei and want to drag her into the water?

Xu Guang once said that the murderer might have problems in that area.

If the murderer is the man who had an affair with Tang Yuelan...