Jiang Zhan's attitude made Jiang Si feel relieved.

Her brother is kind-hearted, willing to make friends of all kinds, and loyal.

These are actually rare advantages, but what he needs to learn is to distinguish who are true friends and who should be kept at a distance.

Not everyone in this world deserves your sincere treatment, and not everyone can be forgiven.

For example, Yang Shengcai. When she saw him push his brother into the river as if he had just thrown a used wine glass out of the window, she knew that this man was rotten to the core.

Such a person has targeted my brother. Even if he can escape this time, what about next time?

Without the foresight of her previous life, she didn't know when and how her second brother's next disaster would come. So it was better to kill Yang Sheng, which was the only way to solve the problem once and for all.

Jiang Si had no regrets about personally ending Yang Shengcai's life. This life was earned, and as long as she could ensure her loved ones' peace in this life, she would not regret it even if she went to hell after death.

"Fourth sister, second brother is really wrong. Please persuade father for me and tell him not to be upset."

Jiang Si nodded: "I will, second brother, get up too and eat first. Shuntianfu may come to question you soon."

It looks like the second brother won't act recklessly for the time being. As for whether he will return to his old ways in the future, we'll just have to wait and see.

Speaking of which, I wonder how Yu Qi "takes care" of his second brother?

Jiang seemed to feel a little curious and glanced at Jiang Zhan.

Jiang Zhan was confused by his sister's look. He raised his hand and scratched his head: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, but my second brother looks particularly pale. Did he drink too much last night? I think we should ask a doctor to check on him, in case there's something wrong with his body—"

"No need!" Jiang Zhan hurriedly interrupted Jiang Si.

Jiang looked at him in confusion.

Jiang Zhan suppressed his panic and patted his chest: "I'm fine, there's no need to call a doctor."

If Fourth Sister knew that he—Jiang Zhan shuddered violently.

Looking at his brother's increasingly pale face, Jiang Si became more curious.

It seems that Yu Qi takes good care of his second brother.

"By the way, why did Shuntian Prefecture call me for questioning?" Jiang Zhan was afraid that Jiang Si would continue to ask questions, so he quickly changed the subject.

"The people who were rescued last night said that the fire on the pleasure boat was caused by a young waiter who deliberately set it. Now that the son of the Minister of Rites has drowned, the Yang family will certainly urge the government to vigorously track down the arsonist, so Lord Zhen will most likely ask my second brother about what happened last night."

"I think the eunuch who started the fire was trying to get rid of harm to the people." Jiang Zhan hated Yang Shengcai half to death at this moment and felt deeply grateful to the unknown eunuch.

Just as Jiang Si expected, someone from Shuntian Prefecture came not long after and asked Jiang Zhan to go to the yamen.

Jiang Zhan was the victim, and the people in the yamen were quite polite.

Jiang Ancheng said to the officer, "I will go with my son."

The father and son came to Shuntian Mansion together, but they did not meet Zhen Shicheng in the court, but in a pavilion in the backyard.

Zhen Shicheng personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to Jiang Ancheng: "Brother Jiang, I am glad to hear that my nephew is safe and sound."

In front of outsiders, Jiang Ancheng returned to normal. He glared at Jiang Zhan fiercely and said angrily, "The little beast never gets into trouble. If he hadn't gone to Jinshui River to fool around last night, he wouldn't have caused such a thing..."

Zhen Shicheng listened patiently to Jiang Ancheng scolding his son and nodded in agreement.

Although his son has the reputation of being a handsome man, it is actually a false image to deceive the world.

Well, in the final analysis, a daughter is less of a worry, just like this young lady of Brother Jiang. Not only will she not cause trouble, she can also help him solve cases.

Zhen Shicheng has interrogated all the eunuchs and servants who escaped from the pleasure boat. Even the owner of the pleasure boat is now detained in the government office and has been interrogated several times.

After asking around, no one could tell me anything about the young man who set the fire.

Zhen Shicheng was almost certain that the young waiter came prepared and his purpose was to seek revenge.

It should not be difficult to investigate such an obvious relationship as revenge, but as Zhen Shicheng got to know these playboys better, he felt what a difficult problem it was.

It is true that these playboys have done a lot of bad things over the years, and the reason they have been able to live peacefully until now and only got into trouble is purely because of their good family background.

Not to mention anything else, just one thing made Zhen Shicheng feel extremely uncomfortable.

The grandson of the Minister of Rites turned out to be a homosexual. Last year, he fell in love with a poor scholar and raped him. Unexpectedly, the scholar was arrogant and jumped into the river after being humiliated.

The poor scholar had only been married for half a year, and his wife had just found out that she was two months pregnant.

When the scholar's wife saw the blood letter left by her husband, she reported the case to Shuntian Prefecture. However, she did not even meet the then Shuntian Prefecture Governor, who dismissed her with a simple statement, "There is insufficient evidence and it is all based on conjecture."

The woman was unwilling to accept this, so she ran to the residence of the Minister of Rites to seek justice. However, Yang Shengcai, who happened to be out, kicked her and caused her to miscarry. She eventually became insane.

The Shangshu Mansion used a sum of money to settle the matter, and not long after, the scholar's parents married his two brothers. The marriage of this originally impoverished family was very decent. As for the crazy eldest daughter-in-law, she didn't even show up at the wedding, as if she didn't exist.

All of this was gathered by Zhen Shicheng who sent people to inquire about it from neighbors. If Yang Shengcai were still alive, it would be sheer wishful thinking to convict him of this.

Zhen Shicheng is an official with ideals, but he is also very realistic.

The prince would be punished the same as the common people if he broke the law. This was his dream, but it was ultimately just a fool's dream.

He only wants to do his best to give justice to the people.

As for Yang Shengcai - thinking of his son saying that he had received an invitation from Yang Shengcai not long ago, Zhen Shicheng could only sneer.

"Xiao Yu has already told me that he saved you by chance last night." Zhen Shicheng said to Jiang Zhan in a warm tone.

"My nephew is lucky."

Thanks to his sister, he could even call himself nephew in front of the respected Shuntian prefect.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhan felt proud but also a little uncomfortable, and secretly made up his mind: one day he would let his fourth sister benefit from his fame and make her proud of him.

"Nephew Jiang, please tell us what happened last night."

"My nephew is still confused now because he drank too much at that time." Jiang Zhan had received Yu Jin's warning that the more he said in front of an old fox like Zhen Shicheng, the more mistakes he would make. In order to avoid trouble, it was best to blame everything on drunkenness.

Zhen Shicheng didn't get any useful information, so he changed his tone and said, "It is said that Jiang Shiji and the young master of the general's mansion didn't get along well in the past."

Jiang Zhan nodded calmly: "Yes, that's why Yang Sheng called us together to drink, to put aside the past little conflicts."

Zhen Shicheng asked a few more questions, but seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, he turned and started chatting with Jiang Ancheng.

Jiang Zhan breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Qige was right. Yang Shengcai pushed him into the river in front of Cui Yi and the other two. The others were all accomplices. Now that Yang Shengcai was dead, those three people would not tell the truth about last night unless they were stupid.

After leaving Shuntianfu, Jiang Ancheng paused and said calmly, "Take me to your friend's house to thank him."