Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

"They are too much!" Shi Xing's eyes were red. "They killed my father and mother, and didn't let me see a doctor or take medicine for them, nor did they let me go back to fulfill my filial duties. My eldest brother and nephew came to the county town to report my death. I only gave them ten cents, but the Xue family wanted to take it back and even hired someone to beat them up! My nephew was only fourteen years old, and he was beaten to death by them! After my eldest brother carried my nephew's body home, he also died from the serious injuries! I went to the government to sue them, but they colluded with the government and threatened that if I dared to sue them again, they would ruin my reputation!"

Chen Shao asked: "You were treated unfairly, but you didn't dare to point your butcher knife at them, so you turned around and killed those who were not as good as you. Have you ever thought that this is also unfair to them?"

Shi Xing clenched his fists and pounded the floor, saying, "They all deserve to die!"

Chen Shao asked coldly, "No matter how much they deserve to die, it's not your turn to kill them! No matter how much they deserve to die, they are not as deserving as Gao Han and Luo Zhengxin who are against you. Why don't you kill them?"

Shi Xing said confidently: "They threatened me!"

Chen Shao said contemptuously: "Are they threatening you, or are you incompetent?"

Shi Xing, like a beast that was stung, suddenly raised his head and looked at her with a fierce look in his eyes.

Chen Shao stopped Li Tianliu and Fu Jiu and said disdainfully: "I want to see if he dares to do it!"

Under her intimidating gaze, Shi Xing lowered his head in fear.

"Since you admit that you are incompetent," Chen Shao said calmly, "then quickly explain what your relationship with Hu Lilan is."

Shi Xing said honestly: "She is my sister-in-law."

Chen Shao questioned: "Sister-in-law?"

"Yes." Shi Xing looked at the spirit tablet not far away, tears in his eyes, "After my father, mother, eldest brother, and nephew were killed by them, they were still unwilling to accept it, and even sent people to spread rumors in the village that I was unfaithful and unfilial. My eldest sister-in-law and Ah Hui were abused all day long, so they had to secretly escape. One time, I came back from helping someone with work and saw them begging, so I took them back to the county town. I knew that the Xue family and Xue Meilan could not tolerate them, so I secretly bought a small courtyard for them on Shipai Street to live in."

Chen Shao: "What year did you encounter them begging?"

Shi Xing: "December of the sixth year of Yuanhe."

December of the sixth year of Yuanhe was almost fifteen years ago. Shi An was just over ten years old. Shi An looked similar to him and called him dad... Chen Shao glanced at the people in the hall and did not continue asking. Instead, he asked a different question: "Do they know that you killed someone?"

Shi Xing quickly denied: "They know nothing!"

Chen Shao did not ask whether it was true or not, and continued to ask: "Setting fire to the house..."

"I told them to do it!" Shi Xing interrupted. "When the master was searching for people with feet about seven inches and eight inches long, heights between five feet and five feet three, and scars on the right thumb, I knew that the master would catch me sooner or later. I didn't want them to be implicated by me again, so I told them to burn down the yard and hide somewhere else as soon as I was caught."

Chen Shao still didn't ask whether it was true or not. "Tell me, how did you trick those people into the carriage, how did you kill them, and how did you dump their bodies in those places?"

After the first two questions, Shi Xing became more honest and answered properly: "I found out the time when the elderly people go out, and then I waited on the road. Sometimes it was when they went out, and sometimes it was when they came back, and I took them away under the pretext of giving them a ride. I also deceived the young women in the same way, and some...sometimes I deceived them because I wanted to get close to them, and then I deceived them away. I deceived the children, and coaxed them with food, and they followed me."

As soon as he finished speaking, whispers began to emanate, most of them were trying to teach their children not to eat anything handed to them by others.

Since the voice was not loud, Chen Shao did not stop him and just urged Shi Xing to continue.

Shi Xing said, "I prepared snacks on the carriage, and added drugs that can make people unconscious. After they finished eating the snacks and lost consciousness, I tied them up, killed them, and threw them back to the village at night when no one was around."

Chen Shao looked at him, "Where did the drug come from?"

Shi Xing tensed up slightly and replied, "I did it myself."

He was lying. Whenever he was nervous, he would subconsciously tense his body. Chen Shao did not expose him. "Among the people you want to kill, are there any who didn't eat snacks and escaped by luck?"

Shi Xing: "Yes, I didn't intend to kill Tao A-mei at first. I wanted to kill Yu Feng from Taojiazhuang, but I gave her a ride twice and she didn't eat any cakes. I was afraid she would get suspicious, so I chose Tao A-mei. I thought it would take some effort to kill her, but I didn't expect her to be fooled so easily."

Tao A-mei's eldest and second brothers glared at him angrily.

Tao Xiaolan had already cried so hard that she couldn't speak.

"After December 30th of the Yuanhe period, you didn't kill anyone for nearly seven years," Chen Shao asked, "Why did you start killing people again later?"

Shi Xing's anger was rising again at a speed visible to the naked eye. "In January of the eighth year of Yuanhe, that bitch Xue Meilan said she was pregnant with my child. She also promised that she would live a good life with me in the future and would no longer have an affair with Gao Han. I believed her, but she lied to me again! That child is just like that little bastard Shi Chengliang, they are both Gao Han's children!"

Chen Shao confirmed for the last time: "Did you kill Zhou Lan before you found out that Xue Meilan and Gao Han were having an affair, or did you kill her after you found out that they were having an affair?"

Zhixing said: "After the discovery."

That is to say, the first time he killed someone was when he discovered the affair between Xue Meilan and Gao Han. Not only did the Xue family not appease him, they also mocked and targeted him in various ways, and even forced his parents to death. The second time he killed someone was when he discovered that Xue Meilan had deceived him. The third time he killed someone was when he discovered that Wu Tao, like Xue Meilan, had an affair with Gao Han and the others.

After finding out the reason why he killed people and letting the people who pleaded for him recognize his true face, Chen Shao ordered Tao Ming and others to send them all away.

The remaining interrogations involve each person's privacy and it is no longer appropriate for them to participate.

After everyone had gone away and Fu Jiu had asked Hu Lilan, Shi Hui, and Shi An to come out, Chen Shao got straight to the point and asked, "What is your relationship with Shi An?"

While Shi Xing was still hesitating whether to say it, Hu Lilan had already kowtowed and said, "He and I gave birth to the son of the Shi family."

Chen Shao asked: "What year were you born?"

Hu Lilan replied: "June of the ninth year of Yuanhe."

Chen Shao looked at Shi Xing: "Since you and her already had a son, why did you commit another crime when you found out that Shi Chengguang was not your child?"

Hu Lilan wanted to answer for him, but was stopped by Shi Hui, as she also wanted to know the answer.