One or two rumors will not shake the prestige of the Shui family. After all, the Shui family has Shangguan Yuntao's testimony, the eight princes' personal guards testified, and there are also the prince's personal letters, jade slips and other physical evidence. It is not a few rumors.

It can be overthrown.

However, strangely, Shui Qianzhou sent a large amount of manpower and searched for a day but failed to find the mastermind behind it.

I only know that these news spread from civilians, and as for the murderer behind the scenes, there is no news at all.

In the backyard, Shui Lingshi was complaining about this with Mu Chen and said, "I didn't expect that the eight princesses were hiding so deeply. My father arrested a large group of civilians, but he didn't ask for any clues from them.

It's really strange."

"Civilians? You said that these news were all spread by civilians."

Shui Lingshi nodded and said, "That's right, my father followed these rumors and clues all the way. He found that these news were spread from the mouths of civilians. He ordered many civilians to be arrested. He just asked for a long time, but he didn't ask.

The person behind the scenes.”

Mu Chen chuckled and said, "It's quite smart, it's not bad."

"You... know, who is behind the scenes."

"I know, I won't tell you, too, you can let all the civilians go, you can't ask for anything."

Shui Lingshi asked in confusion: "Ah... let the civilians go? Why... unless you tell me the murderer behind the scenes, I will let those civilians go."

Mu Chen put away his smile and said seriously: "If you don't let go, I'll go to the prison and think about it for yourself."

After saying that, Mu Chen turned around and waved his hand to leave.

Shui Lingshi stomped her feet hard and said shyly: "Hmph, I'm so domineering, I'll bully me. One day, I want you to be nice."

Although he said this, Shuiling Shi still ordered that all civilians be released.

………………………………………

On a quiet night, in the hall of He family's house, Mu Chen sat upright at the front of the hall, and Yan Qing stood beside Mu Chen.

He Wugong, He Wei, and He Qing were all suppressed and knelt in front of Mu Chen.

He Wugong: "Who are you? Why did you break into my He family's mansion for no reason?"

Mu Chen: "These rumors today are spread by you... My people have discovered that you have sent people to the homes of several civilians and left something, but this is the case."

He Wugong was shocked and said, "It's definitely not true, you're talking nonsense."

"You are using the character of a civilian to spread news to you, right? Your He family mainly engages in coarse grain cultivation. For this reason, it requires a lot of labor and has the most contact with civilians. Naturally, it is clear about the character of a lot of civilians, such as... some talkative words

civilians.”

Mu Chen also recruited civilians. Some civilians often chatted during their work to kill time. These people are commonly known as big tongues.

And some bold big tongues dare to say anything.

As long as He Wugong reveals some explosive news to these big tongues, they will definitely not be able to help but talk nonsense, one passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds, and soon the news will spread.

In this way, even if the Shui family investigated, they could not find out the He family, because they had never seen anyone from the He family, and they didn't know that the He family was the first to spread the news.

Such a method is best to be concealed, but one must know the character of the civilians so that the news can spread so quickly.

After having this idea, Mu Chen asked the people from the MI7 to verify that among all the nobles, the family was the one who contacted the most civilians.

With the conceit of the Eight Princes, the person who should disdain to recruit civilians as his subordinates and spread rumors for him must have some identities.

The He family also appeared in Mu Chen's eyes because of this.

Afterwards, the spy from the 7th Military Intelligence Department secretly followed He Wugong and found that the guy's behavior was a bit suspicious, which led to the scene of Mu Chen coming to the He family.

He Wugong has frequently entered civilian areas recently and left many letters in some civilian houses. These civilians happened to be connected with many nobles.

With the rumors rising in the city, He Wugong passed on the news to many noble families. With rumors, He Wugong's actions were hidden. If it weren't for someone to follow He Wugong in advance, Mu Chen would not have been able to do so.

I will think of the He family.

He Wugong was shocked, but at this time, he absolutely could not admit it and said, "What is the lord talking about, the villain... don't know."

"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. I don't need a reason to kill you anyway." After saying that, he waved his hand and prepared to take everyone from the He family away.

"etc……"

In the end, He Wugong still couldn't hold on and said, "I'm asking for help from the elders and young people of the He family to let go. All of this is done by me alone."

"Just admit it, I'm very curious, what news did you convey to those noble mansions?"

"this……"

"These news should be passed on by the Eight Prince. Your He family has no contact with the Eight Prince, so how could it be the Eight Prince's eyeliner?"

"Sir, I don't know. A few years ago, Shangguan Yuntao fell in love with my little girl and wanted to marry her as a concubine, but the little girl disagreed..."

It turned out that the Eight Prince was preparing to attack Qingfeng City a few years ago and specifically asked Shangguan Yuntao to cause trouble for the He family. The He family was forced to do nothing and could only agree to do business for the Prince's Mansion.

Because this little thing is very small, no one will take it seriously. Just because Shangguan Yuntao met He Qing in a restaurant, he felt that He Qing was very beautiful and had evil intentions.

In order to protect his little daughter, He Wugong agreed to do things for the Eighth Princes.

The Eight Prince happened to be putting in a spy line, and he was happy to have an additional Qingfeng City nobleman do his job for him.

It is precisely because the He family has no connection with the Eight Prince that the Shui family made a mistake and missed the nail of the He family.

Now, the news that the Eight Prince wanted to spread has spread. The letters that he wanted to send to various nobles were also sent to the noble mansion by He Wugong. The He family is useless, so the Eight Prince naturally would not care about their lives or death.

"So, the Eight Princes wanted to use the aristocratic handles collected over the years to threaten those nobles to do their jobs for him. What is the specific content of those letters? Let's hear it."

In order to prevent it, He Wugong copied the letters and now he can only hand them all over to Mu Chen. Mu Chen picked up the letters and read them carefully.

"Oh, there seems to be a lot of exciting news here."

"Sir... I've said everything, I hope you can spare the He family."

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. You just need to stop all actions and wait patiently for the results."

After saying that, he left with the spy from MI7.

Yan Qing: "Young Master, do you need subordinates to silence the He family?"

Mu Chen waved his hand and said, "No, He Wugong is quite smart. They have a good reputation among the civilians and are more in line with my appetite. If they are in danger, they can save them. First enter the talent pool and observe their nature. If they are qualified,

, tasks can be dispatched appropriately."

"The Young Master intends to take them as his subordinates! This is their honor."

"I can't say it yet, I can observe it first."

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

The Shui family has been operating in Qingfeng City for decades and still has the ability to calm rumors. Although the mastermind behind it was not found, the Eight Princes' warship had arrived at the upper reaches of Qingfeng City. The war was about to break out and he had no time to investigate.
Chapter completed!