Five True Word Pills were obtained, costing a total of 500 points.

Ying Yufu felt a little sorry for him.

However, these five people in front of us, though servants, are not ordinary servants; they must consume these five Mantra Pills.

Ying Yufu handed five True Word Pills to Granny Cao and said, "Give them one to each of them."

Granny Cao excitedly took the Truth Pill, walked over, and pried open the mouths of the five people one by one, giving them the Truth Pill to eat.

"What did you feed us?" Shi Qi's eyes widened. The pill turned into liquid as soon as it entered her mouth and flowed into her stomach, which was really strange.

Ying Yufu smiled innocently, "Don't worry, it's not something that will kill you. It'll just make you tell the truth."

She looked at the old lady with a grin, "Grandmother, go ahead and ask whoever you want."

The old lady's eyes flickered, and she looked at Shen San again. "Shen San, why did you betray us? Tell me."

Shen Sangang wanted to keep quiet, but the next moment, he couldn't help but speak.

"Why did we betray them? Naturally, it was for revenge, and also for fame and fortune. Lord Duan promised to free our family from slavery and treat us as meritorious officials."

The old lady turned pale with anger. "Release your slave status? My Shangguan family has long wanted to free you from slave status, but you refused, even threatening to die."

"Regarding the records of fame and fortune, my Shangguan family is certain that we will not treat you unfairly."

"As for what you mean by revenge?"

Shen San looked up and sneered: "Does the old lady think that Shangguan Hu saving me back then was just a coincidence?"

Haha, my surname is Shen. Haven't you ever thought about my background?

The old lady frowned and looked at him with puzzlement.

Shen San said, "Back then, when Shangguan Hu's army marched north, they passed through a village and slaughtered the entire village."

Luckily, I went to town to sell herbs, which saved me from disaster.

When I returned from town, I saw Shangguan Hu's army cleaning up the mess. The entire Shenjia Village had been burned, looted, and burned; not a blade of grass remained.

If the previous reasons were laughable, the old lady could not help but show anger and slam her hand on the table.

"You're talking nonsense! Shangguan Hu's army never harms civilians, so how could there be a massacre of a village?"

Shen San gave a cold, sorrowful laugh: "I saw with my own eyes him ordering his men to move the village's supplies to the army camp. They even buried the bodies themselves. How could I possibly wrong them?"

The old lady stared intently at Shen San. "Nonsense! I was there too. Our army was passing by when we saw the village being massacred. Shangguan Hu ordered the army to rest and help bury the whole village. As for moving things, were we supposed to just leave them to rot and break?"

Think about it carefully. Weren't the things they were carrying just worthless junk left over from the robbery? Where were the truly valuable cattle and sheep?

Shen San suddenly froze.

He slowly shook his head, as if he had suddenly lost all support. "No, it's impossible, it's impossible..."

The old lady turned pale with anger, and Shangguan Tang quickly stepped forward to pat her back.

Ying Yufu looked at Shen Shan with a sullen face, "And you, why did you betray your second uncle?"

Surely you're not doing this to avenge Shenjia Village too? Your father wasn't even married to your mother when Shenjia Village was destroyed. Don't tell me you have any feelings for Shenjia Village.

Shen Shan wanted to make excuses, but he immediately blurted out the truth: "Nothing more, the Duan family gave too much."

Ying Yufu smiled.

Shangguan Tang looked at Shi Qi and the other two.

Shi Qi said, "This servant likes the Marquis, but the Shangguan family does not allow the Marquis to take a concubine, so this servant can only keep her feelings to herself."

Why can't you be more magnanimous and grant my request, Madam?

Shangguan Tang's eyes widened in disbelief. She had never imagined that her closest maid would have such thoughts!

She gave a bitter smile, ignored Shiqi, and looked at Granny Shen and Chengxin.

Chengxin said, "I always listen to my mother-in-law."

She wasn't lying.

"Granny Shen, tell me, why did you betray us?"

The old woman who had fled sneered, "Why can't I betray them?"

"I can't possibly pledge allegiance to a master who is destined to die, can I?"

Miss, it's not that this old servant has any ulterior motives, but that you are utterly useless.

Your eldest son is insane, and your eldest daughter was given a drug that would prevent her from having children; her life is ruined.

You're not favored by the old lady and the marquis; you're doomed to die sooner or later.

Also, when you were pregnant with those twins, the first wife was very unhappy and ordered her servants to sprinkle water and oil where you passed by.

You fell and that's why you went into premature labor.

Shangguan Tang's eyes widened in anger, "You—"

Ying Yufu's eyebrows twitched, and she asked, "My mother gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. What did you do with my brother's body?"

Granny Shen was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh.

"A corpse? That boy isn't dead at all, so where did this corpse come from!"

With a start, Shangguan Tang stood up abruptly, and even the old lady's eyes widened.

Granny Shen enjoyed their bewildered expressions and said smugly, "That boy was naturally taken away by the First Madam. As for what she did with him, this old servant has no idea."

The Marquis knows about this from beginning to end; go ask him, he definitely knows.

Ying Yufu took a deep breath, glanced at her mother with concern, and said, "Guards, take them to the Dali Temple."

At the Dali Temple, Duan Yuqing and his eighteen beauties knelt below the hall.

Duan Yuqing sneered: "This humble official truly does not know why those government silver coins are in Anxiang Pavilion; someone must have framed us."

Feng Hou, as the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, was interrogating Duan Yuqing, but Duan Yuqing refused to confess.

Just then, Ying Yufu ordered her men to bring Shen San and his family to the scene.

She said, "Lord Feng, there is a witness here who can prove that he colluded with Duan Yuqing to frame my second uncle."

Duan Yuqing's expression, which had been stubbornly denying everything, suddenly changed the moment he saw Shen Shan.

But he still argued, "I don't know this person at all."

Shen Shan spoke up, intending to say he didn't know Duan Yuqing either.

But what he actually said was: "Minister Duan, of course we know each other. You even invited me to sleep with all eighteen of your beautiful concubines."

Moreover, it was you who made me imitate Shangguan Cheng's handwriting to falsely accuse him of colluding with the bandits of Qinghuang Mountain and embezzling disaster relief funds.

"Shen Shan, you—"

Just then, one of Duan Yuqing's eighteen concubines suddenly spoke up.

"That batch of government silver was hidden by Duan Yuqing."

"Yes, it was Guan Yuqing who hid it. He said no one would suspect him of hiding the silver in Anxiang Pavilion."

"I was originally a respectable woman, and I was about to get married. But because Duan Yuqing took a liking to me, I became one of his beautiful concubines."

He not only plays by himself, but he also invites others to play.

"Exactly! Duan Yuqing is incompetent and perverted. Who would want to be kept by him in some Dark Fragrance Pavilion? I was originally the daughter of a wealthy merchant and grew up in luxury. Who would want to be kept by him?"

"Although I am a courtesan, I sell my art but not my body. I had already saved enough money to redeem myself and was about to be free, but he bought me."

One by one, the concubines angrily voiced their accusations, and Duan Yuqing's face grew paler and paler.

Shen Shan then said, "Duan Yuqing is the one who colluded with the bandits of Qinghuang Mountain and embezzled disaster relief funds. His purpose was to frame Shangguan Cheng."

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