After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

"quick!"

"Follow me all!"

Upon receiving the news, Lin Yuchuan immediately led a large group of people to the destination.

Upon arriving at the site, without saying a word, he began to rummage through a pile of unfired and fired pottery.

After a chaotic commotion, they quickly located the mechanism of the underground passage.

"Fuck them all!"

At a command, the officers from the Investigation Division rushed in through the passage and immediately discovered the underground kiln beneath the pottery factory.

Then, the following scene appeared:

A scholar, over seventy years old and claiming to have lived a life of integrity, was drunkenly reciting his sentimental poems to a group of young women.

The girls' faces contorted with embarrassment from the sourness, but for the sake of the silver the scholar had placed on the table, they still managed to force a competent smile.

Although that smile contained tears.

"Hey hey..." Lin Yuchuan walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

The moment the scholar turned around, he was so frightened that he fainted.

A scholar who had just passed the imperial examination this year was beating a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl.

The reason was that the girl said he had bad breath.

Then he was kicked by one of Lin Yuchuan's hot-tempered detectives, leaving him partially paralyzed.

There was also some rich kid who was playing a game of torturing prisoners in the house without any restraint.

He was just the "prisoner" who got beaten.

After glancing at it twice, Lin Yuchuan silently closed the door and asked the girl with the whip to continue...

Another game involves playing "Eagle Catches Chicks" in the room. Because the eagle is so fierce, the chicks almost died from exhaustion.

Finally, when they found Xie Yunxiang, who was named in the anonymous letter, everyone realized that everything before was just a minor incident.

Four or five girls, who had just been kidnapped from somewhere and were clearly untouched, were being tied up and tortured by Xie Yunxiang.

The cries and pleas for mercy blended together, but none of them were as jarring as Xie Yunxiang's maniacal laughter.

Lin Yuchuan went up and slapped Xie Yunxiang twice, knocking out several of his teeth.

"You...you..." Xie Yunxiang was beaten to the ground, his eyes bulging as if he wanted to eat someone alive. After seeing Lin Yuchuan's clothes, he didn't dare to utter a word.

Although Lin Yuchuan had a bad temper, he was extremely upright and would not easily lay a hand on prisoners.

Once the action was taken, his men naturally understood what it meant. Immediately, two inspectors came up and dragged Xie Yunxiang to a corner to give him a good talking-to.

After dressing him, they didn't even let him put on an extra layer of clothing. They dragged him directly to the lobby, leaving him with only a pair of underpants to cover his private parts.

"You, how dare you!"

"I am... *slap*!"

Another slap landed, and He San, a professional slapper, kicked him squarely in the back of the knee. "What do you mean, 'what the hell'?! Kneel down properly for me!"

"What are you looking at?!"

"If you keep this up, I'll make you regret it!"

"..." He San hit Xie Yunxiang several more times with the scabbard, and Xie Yunxiang didn't dare to challenge him anymore. He could only kneel down trembling.

Lin Yuchuan stood on the second floor, watching the group of dignitaries who were dragged into the hall, some kneeling, some squatting, some lying down, and some standing.

At this moment, they were all afraid of losing face, covering their faces tightly, afraid of being looked at by others.

But the inspectors, deliberately playing a trick on them, refused to let them cover their faces, and the resulting scuffle turned into an extremely comical scene.

However, Lin Yuchuan couldn't laugh at all; he felt like his internal organs were on fire.

This underground kiln was extremely large. Looking up and down from the second floor, the space was very spacious, suggesting that it must have cost a lot of money and time to build.

That is to say...

Gradually, Lin Yuchuan's expression grew increasingly grim.

"Boss, we couldn't find it."

"Hmm?" Lin Yuchuan frowned. He actually let He Shoufeng get away?!

"What are you all good for?!"

Seeing Lin Yuchuan raise his hand to hit someone, the man quickly covered his head and dodged, shouting, "Boss, boss, don't hit him! He can't hide forever!"

"..." These words were like a wake-up call.

Lin Yuchuan lowered his hand, his expression softening considerably. He looked at the group of brothers from the Investigation Division and roared, "Twenty men, come with me to the He residence!"

"Take the rest of these people back to the Investigation Division!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, many people, including Xie Yunxiang, collapsed to the ground.

On the He family side, He Yao did not leave immediately after visiting her mother.

Instead, she dismissed the palace maids and guards and sat in He Shoufeng's study for a while.

He leisurely sipped his tea while engrossed in reading a book.

Madam He, who was in charge of entertaining the guests, stood to the side and observed for a long time, but she couldn't figure out what He Yao was thinking.

Just as her legs were getting tired from standing, He Shoufeng suddenly rushed in in a panic.

"Daughter! Help! Help me!"

He Shoufeng rushed in, grabbed He Yao's hand, and burst into tears, wailing, "My precious daughter, you must save your father, save the He family!"

"Woooooooo..."

After crying for a while, seeing that He Yao didn't react, He Shoufeng looked up and asked, "Daughter, you..."

He Yao smiled faintly, "What did you call me?"

"..." He Shoufeng immediately held back his tears.

A moment later, tears naturally flowed again. "Your Highness, Consort Xuan, you must stand up for this humble subject! The Investigation Division is abusing its power! I, I..."

He Yao calmly put down her book, then slowly wiped her hand, which had been wet with tears, while He Shoufeng stared in astonishment.

"Miss?"

"Miss!"

When He Shoufeng was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and Madam He also started to sob and squeeze out tears, He Yao threw down her handkerchief, got up and walked to a chair closer to the door, straightened her skirt and sat down.

"mother..."

Before He Shoufeng could finish his sorrowful cry, He Yao interrupted him indifferently, "Tell me, what inhuman things have you done this time?"

"..." He Shoufeng was speechless for a moment.

I can't figure it out for him.

Instead, Madam He, with tears in her eyes, stepped forward, looking aggrieved. "No matter how favored Consort Xuan is, she can't speak to her own father like that. He's always doted on you since you were little. How could you..."

"Say one more word and I'll tear your mouth apart," He Yao said to Madam He without a trace of joking.

Madam He suddenly felt a chill run down her spine from He Yao's gaze, and immediately stopped feeling aggrieved, shutting her mouth and getting out.

Once only the father and daughter were left, He Shoufeng saw that He Yao didn't seem to care, so he stopped pretending.

She straightened up, adopting an utterly unfamiliar attitude, and asked, "Does Consort Xuan intend to destroy the He family?"

“Isn’t this much better?” He Yao gently placed her hand on the armrest, completely unconcerned about what He Shoufeng was thinking. “Why pretend to be such a loving father and daughter?”

He Shoufeng sneered and sat down in the chair opposite He Yao. "Don't forget, your mother's medicine and life are in my hands."

"If I die, she has to die with me."

So, you're still alive.

He Yao spoke bluntly, practically rubbing He Shoufeng's face in the dirt, "Your time is probably running out, so please get to the important things."

"Otherwise, even I, your 'filial' daughter, wouldn't be able to save your life."

He Shoufeng gritted his teeth in resentment, "..."

But he quickly realized, "It's not a big deal..."

After listening briefly, He Yao's fingernails left several marks on the armrest.

I held back and held back until my stomach started hurting so badly that I didn't grab the teacup next to me and smash it.

Seeing He Yao like this, He Shoufeng was displeased. "What are you pretending to be so innocent and upright for!"

"Isn't this what your father did to support you and your mother?"

"What? Now that you've climbed up the social ladder, you think I'm dirty?"

At this point, he couldn't care less about propriety, honor, or social hierarchy. "I should think of a way to get myself out of here first."

"Otherwise, I can't guarantee that His Majesty the Emperor will be able to pay the soldiers' salaries next month, and—"

“Your mother is still able to embroider in the side courtyard.”

"..."

After a long while, He Yao finally let go of the armrest, her smile gentle yet extremely distant, "Then please, Father, hand over Fourth Sister to me, and then open the gate to welcome the Investigation Division into the mansion."