"You...you are simply slandering me! Sheng Yichen! You usually play around but you are not allowed to talk nonsense in front of Commander Zheng and me!"

Somehow, seeing Sheng Yichen acting so casually, Sheng Dehai felt a deep sense of fear in his heart.

"What nonsense?"

Sheng Yichen seemed to be amused by his words, with a smile on his face.

"Second Uncle, I think you are talking to the wrong person. It's not you who just shouted that I had secretly buried something unpleasant and brought tens of thousands of imperial guards to search the mansion, but found nothing."

"Hey - as far as I know, according to the laws of Southern Qi, if you slander others at will, you will be beaten with a stick. Second uncle, you are an official in the court, so you should know better than me, right?"

At this time, Sheng Dehai slowly came to his senses.

The eldest wife must have known their plan long ago and had a plan to deal with it.

His old face turned pale and red with anger, but he could not speak for a long time.

Zheng Jichang had a gloomy look on his face. He had never expected that the plan that should have gone smoothly would turn out like this, and he hurriedly interrupted Sheng Yichen who was about to say something else.

"Enough! Mr. Sheng San, I know you are always unrestrained, but this is not the place for you to mess around, leave immediately!"

"How can I report the case if I retreat?"

Sheng Yichen put away his joking expression at this moment. He went up to Zheng Jichang and saluted in a formal manner, and then loudly repeated what he had just said:

"I heard that Vice Commander Zheng is investigating a major case of witchcraft in the court. I, Sheng Yichen, am here to report that my uncle, Sheng Dehai, has secretly kept something unsavory!"

Seeing Zheng Jichang and Sheng Dehai's faces look uglier than eating shit, Sheng Yichen sneered and didn't give them a chance to react. He gathered his inner strength in his chest and said loudly:

"Why? Only the officials' reports count as reports. But the deputy commander turned a blind eye to the reports from the common people?"

"So, the lenient and people-loving policies that the emperor advocated years ago are all nonsense?"

He used all his internal strength in this shout so that people in the nearby streets could hear it.

Earlier this year, in order to suppress several popular riots, the young emperor did issue some policies to improve the treatment of the common people, which was used by Sheng Yichen to force Zheng Jichang to compromise.

Sure enough, after he finished shouting, Zheng Jichang's face became even darker.

After thinking for a moment, he finally waved his hand behind him and said in a deep voice:

"Send a team to search the place pointed out by Third Master Sheng!"

"Zheng... Commander Zheng, why do you want to listen to the nonsense of this young man?!"

Sheng Dehai felt as if he was being dragged into the abyss by an invisible hand and could not escape. He subconsciously tried to stop the imperial guards from searching the second room.

"Shut up!"

Zheng Jichang flicked his sleeves and glared at Sheng Dehai fiercely.

To put it bluntly, he came here to search today just on the orders of His Majesty.

Now, the reason why we didn't find any evidence against the direct descendants of the King of Qin as planned was because Sheng Dehai didn't do his job well. It had nothing to do with him.

But as soon as Sheng Yichen shouted like that, people in the nearby streets all listened to what he said.

If he really didn't verify Sheng Yichen's report and confirmed the rumor that the emperor didn't love his people, he would be the one who would be in trouble.

"Hehe! As I said, Commander Zheng is upright and incorruptible. He will never shield a criminal!"

Sheng Yichen played with the dialogue walnut like a person with nothing to do, with a relaxed tone:

"I wonder if I could go with you so I can be a witness?"

Zheng Jichang's face was terribly gloomy, but he still nodded.

"Third brother, I will go with you."

Suddenly, a cool and clean voice came from behind.

Sheng Yichen turned around and saw Sheng Donghan walking towards him slowly in a wheelchair.

He was dressed in a snow-white fox fur coat. He was thin, had gray hair, and a face as pale as paper. He looked like an overly delicate yet fragile porcelain doll, as if it would break if touched.

It was the original owner's elder brother, the top scholar, who was poisoned and paralyzed.

"Brother, it's better for you to go alone. You should go back and stay with grandma and the others."

Seeing Sheng Donghan's face getting paler in the cold wind, Sheng Yichen was worried, and there was more disapproval in his tone.

"It's okay, grandma and the others don't need you to accompany them now."

Sheng Donghan said calmly, pushing the wheelchair without hesitation and following Sheng Yichen's footsteps.

Ever since Sheng Yihan was paralyzed by poison several years ago, he has been living in seclusion. After learning in advance that the Qin Palace would be confiscated, Sheng Yichen was afraid that his elder brother would worry, so he did not tell him.

But they grew up together and had a tacit understanding. Sheng Han saw his brother moving around so fast that he had guessed what he was thinking.

No matter what you say now, he will not be left alone to face the sinister Second House and the imperial forces.

"Brother, brother wants to go! Take him with you!"

Sheng Nanxi walked towards Sheng Yichen on her short legs.

She likes to watch famous slapping scenes the most. Especially watching Sheng Dehai get slapped in the face up close, how can she miss such a good thing? !

"Little sister, don't be naughty. Go back to mother!"

A hint of worry flashed across Sheng Han's pale and handsome face, and he hurriedly shouted to stop him.

Sheng Yichen knew that his little sister was now strong enough to protect herself, so he lifted her up and spun her around with a smile.

"Okay! Since you want to see the excitement, I'll take you there!"

Sheng Nanxi was amused by him and laughed.

Seeing the heartless look of the brother and sister, the Princess of Qin could not stop them. She could only warn them harshly:

"Big brother and third brother, you two should take good care of Xier. If she loses even a hair, you two will be in trouble!"

"I know, my dear mother!" Sheng Yichen said impatiently.

"Yes, mother." Sheng Bohan said in a cold and polite tone.

…

The people on the upper floor walked towards the back garden of the second house in a mighty manner.

Sure enough, as soon as the guards used their hoes, they dug up a dozen puppets wrapped in yellow cloth!

This play was directed and performed by the royal family. You can't write the emperor's birthday on the puppet like a real witch, and really curse the emperor.

But these dozen or so look-alikes were enough to convince.

Sheng Dehai looked at the dozen or so familiar little people, and his eyes widened in shock. He couldn't help but shout:

"How could these things be in my back garden?! Sheng Yichen, this must be a trap you set up! You want to frame me! It was you who secretly buried these dolls in my second room's back garden!"

"Haha, Second Uncle, you're really not afraid of the strong wind blowing your tongue!"

Sheng Yichen held Sheng Nanxi in one hand and played with a white walnut in the other. He looked carefree:

"Your second room is guarded by a number of secret guards all day long. People who don't know would wonder what big thing you are plotting."

"How can I wait so long to trap you under the noses of so many covert guards?"

Sheng Han couldn't help but sneer and said sarcastically:

"Since Second Uncle refuses to plead guilty, let's have someone check it out. Look at the wood, it has a warm color and clear texture. It's not ordinary willow wood. It's Jinghong wood from Jinghong Town." .

"Jinghong Town is not big anyway. What happened in one village cannot be hidden from others. We just need to let people follow this line all the way."

"It won't be long before everyone knows who made these puppets."

Hearing this, Sheng Dehai was so frightened that he looked pale. If he continued to investigate, he would probably implicate many people he dared not offend. Then his sin would be even greater.

Zheng Jichang knew the seriousness of the matter and interrupted immediately: "Enough! There is something fishy about this matter..."

"Strange? If she is taken in by the first wife, it is suspicious, but if she is taken in by the second wife, it is strange? What kind of logic is this?!"

Sheng Yichen spoke in a contemptuous tone, but he deliberately raised his voice very high.

Since the royal family wanted to quietly frame the Qin Palace, he had to tear off their fig leaves and show their calculations directly to everyone!

The voice wrapped with 100% of his internal strength resounded throughout the northern city area again, reaching the ears of every dignitary, merchant, and peddler:

"Or maybe what you just said is wrong. Commander Zheng just wants to harm loyal officials and generals and falsely accuse the King of Qin?!"

"So, we won't accept accusations from others, but it's slander for us to accuse others?!"