Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

These men were able to get involved with Tang Yuelan after she got married, which meant they were not decent people. It was impossible for an indecent man to have only one Tang Yuelan by his side. Excessive indulgence, physical depletion, and no longer being valued by people like Tang Yuelan would easily lead to psychological distortion.

This can be seen from the fact that they instigated Feng Yu to deal with her husband and followed Feng Yu to break her husband's legs.

The Xiong family must have been laughed at by many people behind their backs for having two daughters-in-law like this. Asking Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu who their adulterers were in front of their entire family was no less than a slap in their faces. Chen Shao glanced at the Xiong family, asked Xiong Zheng, his brother, and Feng Yu's husband to stay, and after sending everyone else away, he first asked Feng Yu's husband: "Who are the people who have had an affair with Tang Yuelan?"

Mr. Feng Yu's face twisted for a moment, like a locked beast, trying to struggle and resist, but his body was firmly locked by the fine iron. Chen Shao did not sympathize with him. Seeing that he did not answer for a long time, he repeated the question: "Who are the people who are in love with Tang Yuelan?"

Feng Yu's husband pounded his broken leg and said the names one by one with hatred. After motioning Chan Yi to take a pen and write it down, Chen Shao asked Tang Yuelan's husband, "Do you have anything to add?"

Tang Yuelan's husband shook his head repeatedly.

Chen Shao looked at Xiong Zheng again.

Xiong Zheng mentioned two more names.

After Chan Yi wrote it down, Chen Shao then asked Feng Yu, "Who are the people that Feng Yu is in a relationship with?"

Mr. Feng Yu's face became even more distorted, and he read out the names one by one with gnashing teeth. He had already read out most of the names, and only five names were new. Chen Shao waited for him to finish reading, and then looked at Xiong Zheng, who said sarcastically: "He remembers them clearly!"

Feng Yu's hatred instantly dissipated like smoke, and after a moment, he collapsed as if he was about to die.

Xiong Zheng sneered: "Who are you doing this for? Did I try to persuade you? Did you listen? You are asking for your own death. Who can you blame?"

Seeing that he was scolding without mercy, and seeing that he was very familiar with Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu's lover, Chen Shao waited for him to finish scolding and asked, "Do you know where these people live?"

After Xiong Zheng calmed down, he told them one by one.

It was already late, so Chen Shao asked them to go back and asked Muramasa to take the children to the location where they said they had seen the carriage.

Located at Shiba in the village.

Chen Shao stood in the middle of the stone dam and looked towards the road behind the village.

The stone dam is about six or seven feet away from the main road.

The children said that the carriage was heading towards Dafeng River from the direction of the road that Tao A'mei took to return to Zhaojia Village.

Xiong San came back from Changning Village and heard the crying when he passed by the haunted house.

There were no victims in Changning Village.

All the victims were taken away by the murderer without alerting anyone, which is sufficient to prove that the murderer was familiar with the village where the victims lived. In contrast, there were no victims in Changning Village, which proves that the murderer was probably unfamiliar with this place. Therefore, the murderer took the victims from the main road that Tao Amei took to return to Zhaojiazhuang.

Chen Shao walked up the stone steps in the village to the main road. Standing on the main road and looking towards the village, he could see everything in the village. He walked along the main road towards the haunted house. After reaching the haunted house, Chen Shao stopped again.

The haunted house is only five or six feet away from the main road, closer to the road than the village.

But even if it was close, it was still about 50 to 60 meters away. At this distance, if you whispered, you would definitely not be able to hear it. And Xiong San heard the sound first, and then saw the light in the haunted house, proving that the crying sound was not low. Thinking of this, Chen Shao told Fu Jiu: "Go to the haunted house and talk, I want to see how loud it is, I can hear it."

The haunted house was guarded by Yulin guards and yamen runners, and there was bright firelight.

Xu Guang was also still studying the bloody footprints on the ground in the haunted house. He wanted to figure out how Chen Shao determined the murderer's height and weight from these bloody footprints.

When Fu Jiu arrived at the haunted house, he was squatting in front of a bloody footprint, puzzled. After Fu Jiu advised him not to waste his thoughts, she deliberately started to pull him. After pulling for a while, he raised his voice and said, "Did you hear it?"

Chan Yi replied: "Besides this sentence, did you say anything just now?"

Fu Jiu raised the volume a little more.

When it was the fourth time, Chan Yi said, "Okay, I heard it."

Chen Shao looked back and saw that Xiong San had not followed him. Chan Yi asked, "Should we go call him over?"

"Forget it." Chen Shao looked towards the haunted house again. And based on Fu Jiu's current voice, which was much louder than usual, the murderer did not cover the victim's mouth.

The victim cried because he was afraid and also begging for mercy.

The murderer did not shut them up not because he was reckless, but because he was enjoying the supreme pleasure of holding other people's lives in his hands.

This summary is more and more consistent with the men who are in love with Tang Yuelan and Feng Yu.

Having Chan Yi take the list to the yamen runners, Chen Shao ordered, "Send more people to follow and arrest all the people on the list and bring them back to the prefectural governor's mansion. I will come back to interrogate them."

The number of yamen runners and Yulin guards who came with them was about the same, 22 in total, and four of them were guarding the haunted house. When she said she wanted more people to go with her, and saw that there were 21 people on the list, the remaining 18 yamen runners all went.

After Fu Jiu came back from the haunted house, Chen Shao walked towards the Dafeng River again. After walking about 180 feet, the sparkling Dafeng River immediately appeared before his eyes.

Dafeng River is at the foot of the mountain, some distance from the main road. Chen Shao did not rush down, but looked at the village far away in the moonlight and asked, "Is that Changning Village over there?"

Sun Qi rushed to answer: "Yes, it is Changning Village. Tao Ming is in charge of the search."

Chen Shao looked at it for a moment and then looked away, following the winding downhill road to the Dafeng River. The clear weather over the past few days has caused the water level of the Dafeng River to drop significantly. With the moonlight, it can be seen that the flow of the river is also slower than in the past few days. However, it may take some time for the beach to be exposed.

After walking back and forth along the river bank for a while, Chen Shao saw someone coming towards this side from the direction of Changning Village.

When people got closer, they found that they were from Tao Ming's group.

Tao Ming and the others all looked unhappy.

The members of Sun Qi's group, who were already excited, became even more excited when they saw them like this.

Tao Ming looked at Chen Shao and others who were searching for traces in the river and asked coldly, "I heard you found the place?"

Sun Qi straightened his chest and said, "Yes, I found it."

Tao Ming snorted twice, and said unwillingly: "Has it been confirmed?"

Sun Qi smiled and replied, "Yes, my Lord has confirmed it."

Tao Ming couldn't help but hum.

Sun Qi said generously: "The sooner we find and catch the murderer, the sooner the people will stop panicking, right?"

Tao Ming said sarcastically, "That sounds nice."

Sun Qi shrugged and stopped provoking him.

Chen Shao searched the river bank for a few times but didn't see any clues. He thought it was because of the heavy rain that all traces were covered. When he got to the main road and saw Tao Ming, he asked casually, "Did you find anything on the way here?"

Tao Ming shook his head, and said with a hint of reluctance: "No."

Chen Shao looked at him for a few seconds, then looked towards Changning Village. She really wanted to go to Changning Village to see what was "different" there, so that the murderer would let them go. But thinking that everyone was still asleep at this time, going there would inevitably disturb them, so she gave up.