The Jinshui River was as lively as day. As Cui Yi and the other two were rescued one after another, people soon learned that a pleasure boat caught fire when a few young men were drinking. The fire was set by a waiter on the boat.

However, the officials who arrived at this time had no time to pursue the eunuch, because they learned one thing from Cui Yi and the other two: Yang Shengcai, the grandson of the Minister of Rites, had not been found yet!

It has been so long since the four people jumped into the water, but the people have not been found yet. The situation is a bit bad.

Unfortunately, not many of these officials were good at swimming, so they could only mobilize those who made a living on the Jinshui River to help.

The Jinshui River has majestic waves. Finding a drowned person in the river is as difficult as climbing to heaven.

As it was almost midnight and there was still no progress, most people prepared to go back, except for a few people who were particularly curious and reluctant to leave.

There were only a dozen officers guarding the dock on the river bank. They could not stop them. They could only let the dignitaries riding on the pleasure boats pass. However, they conducted a detailed inspection of some flower boats and fishing boats.

Even so, most of the ships were not inspected, simply because there were too few staff.

Lao Qin mixed in with those boats to avoid the spot inspection, while Yu Jin's pleasure boat reached the shore unhindered.

The shore was shrouded in even thicker darkness, and looking far away, it was pitch black.

It was already past midnight, and all the lights in the houses had long gone out, leaving only a few sparse stars twinkling in the dark jade sky.

"Let Leng Ying take you back." Looking at the girl dressed in men's clothes in the dim night, Yu Jin swallowed the words that he wanted to send her off in person.

If that were the case, Asi would definitely reject it mercilessly.

"No, too many people would be bad. Old Qin is enough." Jiang Si refused as usual, but his tone was quite gentle, "Please take care of my second brother."

Yu Jin smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will take good care of him."

He deliberately emphasized the word "well", because the two of them had already discussed and let Jiang Zhan think it would be more appropriate to be rescued by Yu Jin. And Jiang Si had one request, which was to give Jiang Zhan a good beating so that he could learn a lesson.

Faced with the entrustment of his beloved, Yu Jin agreed without hesitation.

As for the friendship with Jiang Zhan? Haha, it doesn't exist.

"That's good." Jiang Si smiled and left with A Man.

That night, most of the capital city was bustling.

When the General's Mansion, the Vice Minister's Mansion, and the Earl of Taiping's Mansion received the message from Shuntian Mansion, everyone in the mansion was alarmed and hurriedly sent people to Shuntian Mansion to pick up the person.

When the Minister of Rites heard that Yang Shengcai who fell into the water had not been found yet, the office was in chaos and all the men they could muster were sent to the Jinshui River to search for him.

Shuntian Prefecture Governor Zhen Shicheng could not sleep anymore, so he sat in the court and began to question Cui Yi and the other two.

“How did the pleasure boat catch fire?”

When asked about this, Cui Yi and the other two became emotional and shouted, "A young man deliberately set the fire!"

"Mr. Cui, please tell me."

After listening to Cui Yi's account of the causes and consequences of the fire on the pleasure boat, Zhen Shicheng stroked his beard and said nothing.

The short silence made the three of them feel uncomfortable. Cui Yi shouted, "Master Zhen, you must find that damned eunuch and cut him into pieces!"

"Shuntian Prefecture will do its best." Zhen Shicheng certainly wouldn't guarantee it.

These dandies have offended countless people since they were young. Trying to find them by following the clue of enmity is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"There were more than four of you drinking together, right?"

As soon as Zhen Shicheng said this, the three of them changed color immediately.

Zhen Shicheng tapped the table with his fingers and said slowly, "I learned from the waiter who escaped from the pleasure boat that there were five of you drinking."

Cui Yi suddenly slapped his head and said, "Oh, and there's also Jiang Zhan, the second son of the Duke of Dongping, he also fell into the water!"

Zhen Shicheng's face darkened: "If that's the case, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Cui Yi curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "We were too nervous and forgot about it for a moment."

"Can someone who drank with you forget it?" Based on his experience, Zhen Shicheng could already conclude that there was something shameful going on.

"We don't know each other well. Yang Sheng called him here, so we forgot about him when we got nervous about such a scary thing as fire and falling into the water." The other two teenagers said in unison.

Cui Yi looked unhappy: "Master Zhen, we are the victims. Why don't you, Shuntian Prefecture, quickly find the eunuch who set the fire? Instead, you are interrogating the three of us as criminals. What's the logic?"

Zhen Shicheng suddenly slammed the alarm clock. Although there were no bailiffs standing on both sides of the court holding killing sticks and shouting "mighty", the three people were still frightened.

"What do you mean?" the three shouted angrily.

Zhen Shicheng slowly put down the alarm clock and said, "I'm telling you three gentlemen, this is called interrogation. I just came to you to understand the situation, but you think you are being interrogated as a criminal. Did you do something wrong?"

"We didn't!" the three denied in unison.

"That's good. Thank you for your hard work, the three gentlemen. You can go back home. However, if there is anything I need to know in the future, I will trouble you to come here again." Zhen Shicheng narrowed his eyes.

These brainless little bastards are not as troublesome as his son, and they want to mess with him?

Thinking of his son who had been listless recently, Zhen Shicheng suddenly felt guilty.

After Cui Yi and the other two left, Zhen Shicheng immediately ordered someone to go to the Dongping Marquis's mansion to report the news.

Thinking about Jiang Zhan's life or death, Zhen Shicheng was in a bad mood.

Although I'm used to life and death, facing complete strangers and familiar people is of course completely different.

Is that young man gone just like that?

And that little girl must be very sad knowing that something happened to her brother.

The Dongping Marquis's residence was in chaos after hearing the news. Jiang Ancheng immediately summoned his servants and rushed to the Jinshui River, scolding them all the way: "You little bastard, I'll skin you alive if I find you!"

He cursed fiercely, but his eyes were shining with tears and his clenched fists were shaking violently.

Master Jiang Er and Master Jiang San tried to comfort him, their faces looking very heavy, but the relief in Master Jiang Er's eyes was obscured by the night, and no one noticed.

In Yaxin Garden, Second Madam Xiao laughed for a long time under her quilt before she recovered and went to Cixin Hall to comfort Old Madam Feng.

After Jiang Zhan's death, the eldest branch of the family became extinct. If the old man could make great contributions like his next-door neighbor, Earl Yongchang, the title would naturally fall to their branch.

Haitang was in the middle. Ah Man looked at Jiang Si who was slowly changing into clean underwear and couldn't help but remind her, "Miss, there's a lot of commotion ahead. The eldest master and the others have gone to look for the second young master."

Jiang Ancheng was afraid that his daughter would worry, so he did not send anyone to Haitangju to pass the message. In the eyes of others, the Fourth Girl should still be sleeping soundly at this time, but they did not know that the Fourth Girl had just returned from murder and arson.

Jiang Si changed his clothes and lay down: "Don't worry about it, go to sleep."

The more noise there is in the house, the better. It will also let my second brother see what kind of pain he will bring to the family if he is not careful!