When Father Yang heard what Yu Jin said, he immediately said, "It wasn't my son who did it!"

He knew Yang Shengcai too well, and when he heard this, he knew that this was indeed something his son would do. However, his son was dead, and he would never allow this basin of dirty water to splash on his son.

Yu Jin chuckled: "Why are you so eager to deny it, Master Yang? I didn't say it was your son who did it."

Only then did Yang's father realize that Yu Jin had only mentioned a pair of hands and did not specify who they were.

"So, Your Highness didn't see that person?" Zhen Shicheng only thought that Yang Shengcai and his friends were just hanging out together, but he didn't expect there to be such a secret.

Yu Jin smiled and said, "I didn't see it, but there were only a few people in the pleasure boat at that time. Although Master Yang unfortunately fell into the water and died, the others are still fine. Lord Zhen can find out who the owner of the hands is by asking."

He finally realized that the Minister of Rites hated Jiang Zhan.

It's really funny. It was Yang Shengcai who harmed people, and the accomplices were Cui Yi's three guys, but it was the victim who was hated.

Of course, the Minister of Rites did not hate the wrong person, after all, it was Ah Si who killed Yang Shengcai. However, hating Jiang Zhan without knowing the truth is bullying.

Yu Jin is a person who protects his own shortcomings. Although he usually dislikes Jiang Zhan's intelligence, he can't stand others being so arrogant.

In that case, he decided to provoke them a little and see what choice Yang Shengcai's three good brothers would make.

In fact, Yu Jin knew exactly how those three people would choose: one person died, and the other three were still alive. Moreover, it was Yang Shengcai who did it at that time. If those three people didn't tell the truth, would they put the blame on themselves?

That is absolutely impossible.

As for the Shangshu Mansion, which was angry even at the victim, it would be strange if they had no complaints towards the other three families who pointed out Yang Shengcai's crime in the future, and they would naturally ignore Jiang Zhan. As for whether Jiang Zhan and Yang Shengcai's affair would expose Jiang Zhan and make Zhen Shicheng suspicious, Yu Jin was very confident that it would not happen.

Jiang Zhan was tricked into the boat, and he seemed to have a good relationship with Yang Shengcai at the time, so the murderer could not have been arranged by him. And the fire burned away all traces left by everyone on the pleasure boat.

Zhen Shicheng immediately ordered someone to summon Cui Yi and others.

The first one to arrive was Cui Yi.

Zhen Shicheng said to Father Yang and Yu Jin, "Please wait here for a moment. I will ask you a few questions."

When Yang's father proposed to sit in on the trial, Yu Jin said directly, "That's not appropriate. What if they see that Mr. Yang is affected?"

Father Yang insisted: "This is about my son. I have the right to know the situation."

"How about this, you two just listen behind the screen when the time comes." Zhen Shicheng proposed a compromise.

Father Yang's arrogance was also directed at different targets. Now one was the Shuntian prefect who was favored by the emperor, and the other was the newly-appointed Prince of Yan. Of course, he could not stick to his own opinion, so he agreed reluctantly.

Zhen Shicheng blinked at Yu Jin, suggesting that he had kept an eye on the person.

Yu Jin understood and nodded imperceptibly.

Soon the two of them hid behind the screen and listened to the conversation between Zhen Shicheng and Cui Yi.

Cui Yi was not afraid of Zhen Shicheng. In his opinion, a small Shuntian prefect was far inferior to his parents.

"Master Zhen, what is it that you want me to come again?"

"There is a situation that I need to understand."

Cui Yi looked impatient and said, "Master Zhen, why don't you hurry up and find the murderer who set the fire? Why are you staring at me every day?"

Could it be that he is so bold because he sees that his mother has gone to escape the summer heat and is not in the capital at the moment?

Cui Yi knew his mother, Princess Rongyang, very well. If his mother was in the mansion, she would definitely whip him if she knew that he fell into the Jinshui River at night. However, Shuntian Mansion did not even want to invite him over, unlike his father.

Cui Yi thought of General Cui and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He was forced to come here by his father. In his father's words, if you make trouble, you should clean up the mess yourself and don't make him upset.

"Was Jiang Zhan, the second son of the Dongping Marquis's Mansion, pushed into the water by someone?" Zhen Shicheng asked suddenly, ignoring Cui Yi's attitude.

Because the question was too abrupt, Cui Yi was not mentally prepared and his expression suddenly changed.

Zhen Shicheng stared at every expression on Cui Yi's face, and then he said something shocking: "Someone saw you push Jiang Zhan down!"

"Nonsense!" Cui Yi almost jumped up and blurted out, "It was obviously Yang Sheng who pushed it. Is that person blind?"

Father Yang, who was hiding behind the screen, couldn't bear it any longer after hearing this. He opened his mouth to scold Cui Yi for talking nonsense, but Yu Jin quickly covered his mouth.

Father Yang's mouth was covered so he couldn't speak, his eyes were blazing with anger as he stared at Yu Jian.

Yu Jin leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Master Yang, please listen patiently, or I will knock you out."

Father Yang's eyes widened even more, and his face twitched with anger.

How dare the Prince of Yan treat him like this? He is the father-in-law of the Crown Prince. Even the Emperor would have to give him some face when he saw him!

He went back to complain to the emperor!

Outside the screen, Zhen Shicheng stroked his beard slowly and nodded with satisfaction.

He said that these kids were far inferior to his son, and he revealed the truth in just one sentence.

Tsk tsk, you really are a simple-minded person.

Zhen Shicheng was very satisfied with Cui Yi's performance. He said calmly, "It seems that person was wrong. Then Mr. Cui, please tell us in detail the situation that you have not mentioned before, so that you can be completely cleared of suspicion."

Cui Yi hesitated for a moment, his eyes flickering around.

Zhen Shicheng said sympathetically, "Don't worry, Mr. Cui. This is not a courtroom, and there is no one else here. Besides, I have already asked your other two friends."

Yu Jin, who was behind the screen, curled his lips as if he was used to it, while Yang's father rolled his eyes in anger.

He must go to the emperor to file a complaint, not only to accuse Prince Yan of rudeness, but also to accuse the prefect of Shuntian of lying.

The human mind is so strange. When you are hesitant about something, once you hear that someone else has already said it and no one else knows about it, you suddenly lose the motivation to persist.

Cui Yi quickly said, "It was Yang Sheng who took a fancy to Jiang Zhan. Jiang Zhan and I had conflicts before, so he invited Jiang Zhan to the boat to drink under the pretext of reconciling us. We forced Jiang Zhan to drink, and waited for him to get drunk so that it would be easier to attack him. Unexpectedly, he resisted, so Yang Sheng got angry and pushed him into the river..."

Zhen Shicheng listened expressionlessly, anger flashing in his eyes.

It turns out that evil people know no age, and the younger they are, the more they dare to express their evil.

It is perfectly normal for such people to be targeted for revenge.

After Cui Yi was sent away, the other two teenagers were questioned one after another.

Zhen Shicheng used almost the same method to coax the two teenagers into confessing the truth, and what they said was similar to what Cui Yi said.

At this point, there was no objection to Yang Sheng pushing Jiang Zhan into the water.