Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

The area of ​​the iron house is about 80 square meters.

Pig iron and wrought iron were scattered around the house.

Chen Shao followed Fu Jiu and walked to the first corner.

Seeing more than ten bamboo tubes piled on the pig iron, he motioned Fu Jiu to move aside and then stepped forward to examine them for a moment.

The bamboo tubes were stacked neatly, and their size was about the same as the ones seen in the iron mine, all one foot and two inches, with the wicks soaked in saltpeter facing outwards.

Although he knew that they would not explode easily without ignition, Chen Shao was still cautious and did not touch them.

After counting the bamboo tube bombs in the four corners of the iron house and making sure there were exactly fifty, Chen Shao carefully searched the iron pile in the middle of the iron house before leaving.

Afterwards, under Fu Jiu's guidance, she went to the iron house in the baggage camp.

The iron house in the supply camp is about the same size as that in the forge, and has the same number of bamboo tube bombs.

After taking a look at the collapsed Jiafang Office, the Sword Workshop, and the iron house of the material warehouse, Chen Shao asked Gu Feiyan, "How do you destroy these bombs? You have no experience?"

Gu Feiyan said: "It is simple to destroy it, but it is a pity to destroy it like this."

After thinking for a moment, she said, "Take out two or three first and split them apart to see the ratio. If it's suitable, send it to the border with the food. If not, it won't be too late to destroy them together."

Chen Shao nodded: "How to get it? Tell me a method."

"First, find an open area and dig a deep pit. Cover the pit with wet sand in double-layer sacks, at least three feet thick. If conditions permit, it would be best to mix some broken porcelain pieces in the wet sand to cushion the explosion fragments. Otherwise, forget it." Gu Feiyan said slowly, "Also prepare a pair of long-handled copper pliers, preferably six feet long. I forgot to mention that the radius of the deep pit should be at least five feet."

"In addition, we need to prepare vinegar-soaked quilts, vinegar-soaked cloth strips, black plum juice, soapberry water, stone trays, wet cow stomach bags, arsenic solution, lime pools, reed stalks, copper cones, peach gum solution, wooden hammers, magnets, etc."

Chen Shao looked at Kang Tian.

Kang Tian counted on his fingers and repeated what he was going to prepare. After Gu Feiyan confirmed that it was correct, he said, "I'll prepare it right away."

"Go ahead." Gu Feiyan said.

Chen Shao called two elite soldiers to follow him to protect his safety.

After he walked away, Chen Shao asked again: "Where are those collapsed iron houses?"

Gu Feiyan looked at Qin An, Luo Shizhong and the others and said, "Let them dig down along the wall of the iron house and be gentle. Also, let the people in each prison and office go home and rest for half a month."

"I'll arrange it!" Fu Jiu volunteered.

Chen Shao reminded: "It's getting late. Just ask them to leave before Chen time tomorrow. After Chen time, you lead people to patrol one by one and make sure no one stays."

"I see."

After Fu Jiu happily went to work, Chen Shao and Gu Feiyan, along with Sun Guishan and others, also returned to the iron mine.

After a simple meal, I took a nap for two hours.

Chen Shao got up, changed the medicine for Gu Feiyan, walked out of the military tent, and ordered the elite soldiers outside the tent: "Take Song Baotian out and chop him up."

What happened in Yunluo Mountain is already known to the elite soldiers.

Ten brothers died here, and everyone was filled with anger.

Upon hearing that the culprit was finally going to be executed, the two elite soldiers guarding the military tent where the mine supervisor was imprisoned immediately went in and dragged out Song Baotian, who was dozing off in the corner.

After Gu Feiyan came back injured yesterday, Song Baotian had been severely beaten.

This time when he was dragged out, thinking he was going to be beaten again, after being thrown down rudely, Song Baotian instinctively hugged his head and curled up into a ball.

"Get up!" One of the elite soldiers kicked him in the arm.

Song Baotian felt pain and shrank even tighter.

Another elite soldier grabbed his arm, lifted him up and said, "Killing him like this would be too easy for him. Go and call out the other overseers and let them see the consequences of deceiving the general!"

"I'll go and call them!" The elite soldiers guarding Gu Feiyan's tent walked into the tent where the mine supervisors were imprisoned, kicked them one by one and said, "Wake up, everyone! Go out and watch the execution!"

The supervisors came out one after another, and when they saw Song Baotian, who was being stepped on on the back and lying on the ground struggling and begging for mercy, many of them changed their expressions immediately.

"Watch out," the elite soldier who was stepping on Song Baotian drew his sword, "If you dare to lie to our general and Lord Chen, you will end up like him!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the sword was drawn.

Blood splattered.

Song Baotian's eyes widened, he struggled weakly for a few times, and then died silently.

The elite soldier wiped his sword twice on his body, put it back into the scabbard, dragged one of his legs, and threw him down the mountain. Turning back, he looked at the mine supervisors, grinned viciously and said twice: "Let me see who is next!"

The mine supervisors scrambled to retreat like frightened birds.

"Bring up Edward Yang and Zhou Shan!" After the elite soldiers finished threatening, Chen Shao spoke.

Edward Yang had already been tried yesterday.

When he saw the pool of blood outside the military tent, he knelt on the ground with weak legs as soon as he entered the tent, begging for mercy.

Chen Shao did not beat around the bush. He motioned to Chan Yi to bring him a pen and paper, and ordered: "Write down how many of your accomplices are in Mengshe Prison! How many of your accomplices are outside Mengshe Prison? Write down ten of them. After I confirm that they are correct, your crime can be reduced by one level! Similarly, if you dare to conceal it, you will end up like Song Baotian!"

Edward Yang started writing without thinking.

Zhou Shan was thrown in, and when he saw the name he wrote, his face changed again and again.

Chen Shao did not rush to interrogate him. After Yang Dechang handed over the list, she took out the list Qin An wrote yesterday and compared them one by one.

The number of people Yang Dechang confessed to was seven more than that of Qin An.

The seven were all middle and lower-level managers of the iron mine.

After asking Chan Yi to take the list to the elite soldiers outside the military tent and ask them to go and arrest the people, Chen Shao looked at Zhou Shan and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Zhou Shan glanced at the terrified Yang Dechang, and after two breaths of silence, he honestly replied, "I wonder what the lord wants to know?"

"Just tell me what you know." Chen Shao said calmly.

Zhou Shan was silent for a moment before he said, "I was only entrusted by Lord Luo to come and monitor Sun Guishan, so I don't know much."

Edward Yang looked at him in surprise.

Chen Shao asked: "Which Lord Luo?"

Zhou Shan replied, "The governor of Shu County, Luo Wanyou."

Chen Shao continued to ask: "Why do you want to monitor Sun Guishan?"

Zhou Shan was silent again for a moment: "The entire 39 counties of Jiannan Road are under the surveillance of Lord Luo."

Edward Yang opened his eyes wide and forgot to be afraid.

Chen Shao glanced at him and continued: "Who asked him to monitor, and what was the purpose of the monitoring?"

"I don't know who asked him to monitor them." Zhou Shan said seriously, "The purpose of monitoring them is to find evidence of their corruption and abuse of power, so as to force them to work for him."

Chen Shao: "How many counties are currently under the control of Lord Luo?"

Zhou Shan thought for a moment and replied, "As far as I know, there are already nineteen counties."

Nineteen counties.

The same number of county towns already occupied by the Wen and Ren families.

Chen Shao motioned for Chan Yi to bring him a pen and paper, "Write down all your accomplices."

Zhou Shan did not take the paper and pen: "If I write this, will you let bygones be bygones, just like you did with Bao Chengle?"

Chen Shao said calmly: "That depends on how much use you can make!"

Zhou Shan took the paper and pen and wrote down the names of nearly two hundred people.

After handing the list back to Chan Yi, he said, "Lord Luo has already recruited fifteen bandits. If you can forgive them, I can not only confess the names of all these bandits, but also provide evidence of the crimes of the nineteen county governors controlled by Lord Luo!"