Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

It is a non-standard courtyard house with one entrance.

There are two rooms in the south. One is used to store carriages and some farm tools, and the other is a stable with an old donkey tied up.

The moment she saw the old donkey, Chen Shao suddenly remembered that she had met Mr. Shi at the West Gate, and she still remembered that the gatekeeper had asked him if he was going to collect wheat for Uncle Niu. At Liu Deming's house, Zeng Yun also mentioned that Mr. Shi had collected wheat for Uncle Niu in their village. It can be seen that the Mr. Shi she met was the same person as the murderer, Mr. Shi.

His eyes passed over the old donkey and fell on the carriage and the farm tools. Chen Shao went over and searched the farm tools twice. The farm tools were all hoes, sickles, plows and rakes, but he didn't find the butcher knife.

Asking Chan Yi to call Gao Han, Luo Zhengxin and Jiang Zilin in, Chen Shao asked, "Are these farm tools used by Master Shi?"

Gao Han and Luo Zhengxin paid little attention to Shi Xing in their daily lives, and they visited his home no more than three times. Fortunately, Jiang Zilin was one of Shi Xing's few friends, and although he visited his home only a few times, he still knew the basic situation.

Jiang Zilin said, "It's his. He used it to do work for his mother-in-law's family earlier."

"Why is it so clean?" Chen Shao asked, picking up a hoe. The sickle was fine, but the hoe and the plow were also clean, without a trace of mud. There really wasn't a trace of mud, even in the gap between the hoe handle and the hoe, there was no trace of mud, only a thin layer of natural sand covering the surface.

Jiang Zilin said: "Every time he used them, he would rinse them thoroughly. If they were not used for a long time, he would rinse them once every half a month. This was not only for these farm tools, but also for everything inside and outside his house. He had rinsed everything inside and outside the house the day before he was injured while subduing Crazy Horse."

The day before Crazy Horse was subdued... He had already prepared to be arrested. Chen Shao's heart sank slightly, and he immediately put down his hoe and walked to the carriage. Sure enough, the carriage was also cleaned, and there was no mud even on the seams of the wheels.

Fu Jiu and Li Tianliu moved the carriage to the yard. Under the bright afternoon sun, Chen Shao checked the outside inch by inch without believing in evil. He took down the lid and checked the inside inch by inch. He had to say in disappointment that it would be great if there was a blue light reagent for occult blood. No matter how clean he cleaned it, it would have nowhere to hide.

Too bad she didn't.

The east and west wing rooms were designed as normal living rooms. They were the residences of Shi Xing's two sons, Shi Chengliang and Shi Chengguang, who were born to his previous wife. Both of their residences were in a mess, with leftovers, fruit snacks, wine pots and glasses scattered on the table, the floor, and even on the bed in the inner room. It was unknown when they were left behind, but they already emitted an unpleasant sour odor.

The main room was the residence of Shi Xing's second wife, Wu Tao, and his third son, Shi Cheng'an. It was not only tidy and clean, but also looked very expensive, from the bedding to the decorative vases and basins.

Shi Xing's residence was in the side room to the left of the main house. It was a single room with only a table, a bed and a cabinet. It was simple but clean. Chen Shao first walked around the room and then stood in front of the bed. The weather was getting hotter, and his bed was only covered with a straw mat and a thin quilt. In front of the bed were three pairs of shoes neatly placed, three pairs of shoes of seven inches and eight inches in size, with linen soles and satin uppers.

The shoes were very clean, as if they had been washed but not yet worn.

Chen Shao squatted down and turned the soles of the shoes upwards. The stitching on the soles of the three pairs of shoes was equally dense, and the lines were slightly worn, indicating that they were old shoes. Turning them over, the satin patterns were delicate and bright, indicating that they were shoes from Changshun Shoe Shop.

Changshun Shoe Store was one of the four shoe stores that she focused on searching.

She couldn't remember the list of more than 2,300 people during the large-scale screening, but she had read the list of 63 people who frequently bought 7-inch and 8-inch shoes in the four shoe stores provided by Zhao Qiang many times and remembered it very clearly: Shi Xing was not on the list.

Chen Shao looked up at Gao Han, who was famous on the list, and saw that his face was pale and sweat was pouring down his forehead. The moment he met her eyes, he quickly lowered his head to avoid her and asked directly, "Did you buy all these shoes?"

Gao Han's legs went limp and he knelt on the ground, "Sir..."

Chen Shao did not urge him. After asking Chan Yi to put away his shoes, he looked at the bloody handprints on the edge of the log bed. The fingerprints on the handprints were blurred, and there was no scar on the thumb. Judging from the formation of the bloody handprints, they were left there intentionally.

There really is no three hundred taels of silver here.

Chen Shao stood up and picked up the two bloodstained clothes that were on the wooden bench beside the bed. The blood was bright and still wet, obviously having been stained not long ago.

Fu Jiu said, "Shi Xing changed it before he went to the prefect's mansion."

Chen Shao looked at the bloody spots on his clothes. "In addition to his right arm and palm, his waist and back were also injured?"

Fu Jiu nodded: "The injury is not light."

After asking Chan Yi to put away the bloody clothes, Chen Shao walked around the room twice and looked through the cabinets. There were no other people's belongings, no butcher knife, and no evidence of Shi Xing as the murderer.

After leaving the ear room, Chen Shao walked around the yard and found no signs of recent construction.

Thinking of what Sun Qi and the others said about how they were the ones who took care of Shi Xing after he was injured, Chen Shao called Jiang Zilin over and said, "Which students took care of Master Shi after he was injured? Go and call them all over."

When he called for help, Chen Shao looked at Gao Han again, "Wait for me to ask you to speak?"

"Sir..." Gao Han also knelt on the ground again, but still refused to confess.

Chen Shao picked up a clean and flat stone and sat down. After glancing at the school buildings and the students watching the excitement in the distance, he withdrew his gaze and said slowly, "If you can guarantee that Mr. Shi, Mrs. Shi, or a few Mr. Shis are as stubborn as you, then you can continue to play dumb."

"Please have mercy, my lord," Gao Han kowtowed and cried, "I know I was wrong, and I will never make such a mistake again. Please forgive me, my lord."

Chen Shaojing waited for a moment, and seeing that he still refused to speak, he stood up and said, "Take it away."

Gao Han quickly knelt down and chased after him: "My Lord, spare my life. I will tell you the truth. It was Jiang Zilin who harmed me. He was the one who secretly sent Wu Tao to me for fun in the name of finding a husband for Shi Xing. I was just confused for a moment and made a big mistake. What I said is true. Supervisor Luo can testify for me!"

Jiang Zilin, who had just returned with Tao Ming and others, collapsed to the ground when he heard this.

Tao Ming and the others were struck by lightning. After a moment's silence, they started talking loudly.

Chen Shao glanced at them, and when they gradually quieted down, he said calmly, "Speak clearly."

"That's not the case!" Jiang Zilin crawled over frantically and spoke before him, "It was him. He had an affair with Mrs. Gao's niece Xue Meilan, and he didn't want to give people a chance to talk about him, so he introduced Xue Meilan to Shi Xing as a matchmaker. Shi Chengliang is the bastard between him and Xue Meilan!"