The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

Li Sheng turned around and looked at the men he had brought, shouting, "Men, go in and arrest them!"

Then, the constables in the crowd, carrying sticks, walked towards the Shen family's house.

As I approached the Shen family's gate, I saw a small figure blocking the entrance, holding a kitchen knife in his hand.

Shen Cao held up the kitchen knife in her hand. She couldn't let them take her older brother away today, no matter what. Her brother hadn't recovered yet, and if he went to the yamen, he would probably die.

"If you want to enter the Shen family's gate, you'll have to step over my dead body."

Shen Cao pointed her kitchen knife at the people holding sticks. She stood alone in front of the Shen family's gate, a formidable figure who could hold off a million men. She had the aura that she would stop even a million lions in front of her.

She wanted to use her frail body to shield her elder brother from these demons and monsters.

She had barely finished speaking when she noticed someone walking up to her. She glanced at them, and her heart clenched, her eyes welling up with tears.

She saw her younger brother and sister, small figures, holding hoes taller than herself, standing beside her, both smiling and giving her reassuring looks.

"And me! No one can bully my sister." Shen Wan puffed out her chest and shouted loudly at the people in front of her.

“That’s right! No one can take Big Brother away.” Shen Qing shouted, mimicking his second sister. After shouting, he felt his momentum was a bit weak, so he imitated his eldest sister’s posture and shouted, “If you want to enter the Shen family’s gate, you’ll have to step over my dead body.”

The village chief's eyes welled up with tears as he watched several teenagers recklessly blocking the gate.

The children of the Shen family are all outstanding. Such a family is a blessing to their Stone Village. But what about the people in the village?

Hey!

He wanted to persuade the county magistrate, but before he could even reach him, Aunt Li stopped him.

Aunt Li deliberately separated the village chief and the county magistrate, and spoke to Shen Cao and the others, "You're so young and already not learning good things. Do you know that obstructing the officials from handling cases will get you punished?"

The constables, who had been intimidated by the three children, came to their senses after hearing Aunt Li's words. Yes, they were just teenagers; what kind of intimidation could they possibly have?

They made a move to knock the weapons out of Shen Cao's hands.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from the crowd, "What's going on? Why is it so lively?" A handsome young man dressed in white, holding a jade fan, walked through the crowd.

The county magistrate was annoyed by the noise. Why was it so difficult to arrest someone when he was only handling a case?

"Who is making such a racket?" The words had barely left his mouth when Shen Yu'an walked up to him.

Why is this ancestor here?

He cautiously approached Shen Yu'an. "Young Master Shen, what brings you to this place?"

Shen Yu'an opened his jade-bone fan, glanced at the objects, and then slowly spoke, "What? If the county magistrate can come here, why can't I?"

The county magistrate immediately smiled and fawned, "No, no, is there any place in this world that you, Young Master Shen, cannot go?"

Shen Yu'an ignored him and instead put away his jade fan. "What's going on? Why are a group of people bullying a few children?"

When Aunt Li saw that the newcomer was handsome and even the county magistrate was fawning over him, she knew that his identity must be extraordinary.

If I had met someone like that sooner, my daughter might not have had to marry the county magistrate as a concubine.

She watched Shen Yu'an daydreaming. Luckily, Shen Yu'an didn't know what she was thinking, otherwise she would probably be disgusted to death.

She walked up to Shen Yu'an and gave him a hesitant curtsy. She had heard her daughter say that the more wealthy a family was, the more they valued etiquette. She was different from these country bumpkins; she was a person who knew proper manners.

Shen Yu'an frowned as he looked at the person who had appeared out of nowhere, but remained silent.

“Young master, I am Aunt Li. My daughter has married the county magistrate.”

Seeing that Shen Yu'an didn't speak, she continued, "Today the county magistrate is handling a case and has come to our village to arrest people. These people are obstructing the county magistrate's investigation, and the county magistrate is preparing to deal with them."

Shen Yu'an couldn't stand it any longer. He pinched his nose and took a few steps back. "Excuse me, but I'm quite sensitive to bad smells. Please stay away from me."

After hearing what the other person said, Aunt Li quickly sniffed herself, but she didn't smell.

Shen Cao chuckled as she looked at Shen Yu'an's disgusted expression. This Shen Yu'an was quite an interesting person.

Shen Yu'an stood far away, and Aunt Li didn't dare to move forward either, just standing there recounting the crimes of Shen Cao and the others.

"At such a young age, she has already gone astray and lied to the county magistrate. She said her older brother was a scholar, but what a worthless scholar he was. He was just a poor, pedantic student who was expelled from school."

After saying that, fearing that Shen Yu'an wouldn't believe her, she asked the villagers who were watching for confirmation. Apart from the village chief, everyone else chimed in with their guesses and nodded.

Shen Yu'an looked at the group of people watching the show, a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes. He finally understood why Shen Cao's first thing to do after making money was to move.

In this entire village, apart from the village chief's family, probably no one else can see Shen Cao's family doing well.

After everyone finished speaking, Aunt Li looked at Shen Yu'an and said anxiously, "Young master, do you see I didn't lie to you?"

Shen Yu'an ignored her and walked up to Shen Cao. Just when everyone thought Shen Yu'an was going to make things difficult for Shen Cao, Shen Yu'an stopped and gently took the kitchen knife from her hand.

"A kitchen knife is for making delicious food; it's a waste to use it here."

He gave Shen Cao a reassuring look, then turned to the county magistrate, "Li Sheng, right?"

When the county magistrate heard Shen Yu'an call his name, he shuddered in fright, for he knew the man's identity.

"The little one is here."

"I won't interfere with your case today, but before you arrest anyone, don't blame me for not reminding you that some people have eyes, but they are like blind people and can't even see right from wrong."

Upon hearing Shen Yu'an's words, the county magistrate bent over even more.

Aunt Li, who was standing nearby, realized that this young master was probably here to help Shen Cao and the others. She immediately went up to the magistrate and tugged at his sleeve, saying, "Magistrate, you are the official in charge of Xin'an County. You can't be fooled by a few words."

Upon hearing Aunt Li's words, Li Sheng was so angry that he slapped her across the face, saying, "Get the hell out of here! You're the one who should be arrested today."

Shen Yu'an snorted lightly, "Looks like the county magistrate has finally seen the light."

"Today I'll take pity on you and lend you a hand."

“On my way here today, I met someone who said he was coming to Stone Village to find Shen Chen, so I brought him along.”

After saying that, he spoke in a certain direction in the crowd, "I've brought you here, so I don't need to help you with the rest, right?"

Upon hearing Shen Yu'an's words, the man immediately stepped forward with the red notice in his hand.

"Is Shen Chen here? I was sent by the academy; I have something to discuss with him."

Shen Yu'an gestured to Shen Cao to call her brother out, and Shen Cao let Shen Wan go in so her brother could help her out.