Sure enough, the problem soon arose. Many citizens gathered around the posthouse, shouting for Zhongyuan people to get out, and throwing stones, rotten vegetables, smelly fish, and other things into the posthouse.

Bai Ruozhu seemed indifferent, "The army couldn’t even breach it, so what’s throwing things? Xiaoyuan, just keep an eye on the array."

"Alright, no problem. It’s just that this feels a bit suffocating." Yuan Licheng mumbled.

The others also had grim faces. Not everyone could be as unconcerned as Bai Ruozhu. After all, they had helped the Fusang people with many things, but ended up being cursed at. Even if they left now, their reputation wouldn’t be good, and it would seem like they were fleeing in disgrace.

"It’s alright, Achun is arranging it." Bai Ruozhu said with a smile, not worried at all.

Fo Lanying was extremely curious and leaned over to ask, "Ruozhu, what are you going to do? Do you need my help?"

"No underhanded deed would be complete without you," Bai Ruozhu said irritably. It wasn’t her teaching Fo Lanying bad things, and Xiaoyuan better not find trouble with her.

Fo Lanying chuckled twice, "That’s good, that’s good."

Later, news also spread that Bai Ruozhu’s group opened the Tangfen Restaurant, and the Fusang people resolutely boycotted it. Some even went to the restaurant to smash things, almost causing Gong Feng to lose his temper and use demon techniques.

"This is too much!" Shanhu was so angry she wanted to take action, but fortunately, Qiu Zhi held her back.

"The master said not to rush, and you shouldn’t be angry. The son-in-law is already making arrangements." Qiu Zhi said.

It was rare for Shanhu to be so furious. She glared at Qiu Zhi and asked, "Then how long do we have to wait?"

Qiu Zhi scratched his head, "Soon, I guess."

So, three days passed like this, and Bai Ruozhu’s plan finally began to unfold.

"Ruozhu, why did it take so long to prepare?" Fo Lanying asked somewhat disgruntledly, seemingly not needing to prepare anything.

"It’s about creating a time gap. When things are at their peak, the citizens’ emotions are too agitated, and they might not hear or see any explanations. With three days to buffer, they’ve calmed down a bit, and that’s when our plan can be carried out." Bai Ruozhu said leisurely.

"Alright, alright, as you say. Now quickly go and deal with them." Fo Lanying urged.

Not long after, a crowd gathered in front of She Zongyi’s residence, because there were people tied to the stone lions at their gate.

The two tied men looked fierce and evil, with dark and dry skin, clearly people who often went out to sea.

One of them even wore an eye patch, looking like a pirate.

Unfortunately, the two couldn’t act fierce now. Their mouths were gagged, and they were tied up like meat dumplings, unable to move, only letting out continuous muffled sounds. Seeing more and more onlookers, a look of terror appeared in their eyes.

"Who are these people? Pirates? Why are they tied up here?" someone in the crowd asked curiously.

"Didn’t you see the note on it? It says: Pirates returned to you, keep your subordinates in check." someone read out loud.

Some nearby chuckled, "I can’t read, but now I understand. But why are pirates tied at the Divine Residence gate? Isn’t Master She a good man?"

"Who knows, maybe it’s a business rival hitting back?"

"Could be."

At this time, a sudden thunderbolts echoed, and rain unexpectedly started falling from the sky, but soon the onlookers noticed it wasn’t raining anywhere else, only at the Divine Residence gate.

In an instant, the rain stopped falling but formed several large characters in the air: Evil deeds abound, confusing black and white.

Many people exclaimed in shock, and then someone shouted, "The god has manifested, the god has manifested!"

Many began to kneel and kowtow. Bai Ruozhu, hiding not far away, said to Fo Lanying, "They believe in their god, isn’t the Imperial family a descendant of the god? So I’ll let the god speak."

Fo Lanying gave a mischievous grin, "My turn!"

Her mechanical puppet stealthily moved out, a small inconspicuous thing like a mouse darted to the Divine Residence gate, then sprang onto their plaque. With a clang, the plaque fell off, shattered even before it hit the ground.

It wouldn’t be anything special if the plaque shattered upon hitting the ground, but it had already shattered before it fell.

No one approached the plaque, yet under the watchful eyes of the crowd, it broke apart spontaneously—a definite sign from the god.

The steward from the Divine Residence rushed out with people and shouted to the crowd, "Someone is falsely accusing our Divine Residence, don’t believe it, please disperse!"

Just then, several blood-red characters suddenly appeared on the gate’s pillars.

She Zongyi secretly harbors pirates, kills, and robs, framing and deceiving the people.

The place where the plaque fell also showed four blood-red characters: Unforgivable crimes.

If this matter were directly told to the people, they wouldn’t believe it at all. She Zongyi is the richest merchant in Fusang and a great philanthropist, often casting spells for the people during festivals. The She family sells higher-quality salt at very affordable prices. How could Master She be a pirate leader who kills and robs?

But now, it’s the god manifesting—so many blood-red characters appearing out of nowhere on the wooden pillars, the god is angry and wants to punish the She family.

"Quickly check if there’s any trickery on the pillars, wipe it off now!" the She family steward yelled.

But the subordinates were terrified; those were god’s manifest words—how could they just wipe them off?

"What are you all doing? This is Zhongyuan people’s demon techniques, are you really fooled?" the steward shouted.

The subordinates finally cautiously went to wipe the characters on the pillars, but using sleeves or wet cloths, they couldn’t remove them.

The steward was furious, wondering how to explain this to the master.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and drew his samurai sword, slashing at the pillar. He didn’t believe he couldn’t remove the characters.

But the next moment, the crowd gasped again as he shaved off quite a layer of wood from the pillar, only to reveal more bright red characters underneath.

It was as if those characters grew from within the pillar.

"How is this possible?" the steward himself was stunned, losing the confidence he had before.

Bai Ruozhu smirked from afar, "The real show is just beginning."

Outside the backyard of the Divine Residence, Qiu Zhi and Shanhu received the signal. Qiu Zhi took out the prepared talisman and tossed it into the air.

By now, he was quite composed doing such "bad deeds," though he quickly looked at Shanhu with some embarrassment and explained, "This can be considered using special means to punish evildoers."

Shanhu laughed, "If you didn’t do it, I’d scold you for being stubborn."

They watched as the talisman flew into the sky, transforming into a golden stream of light, which from afar looked like a giant lightning bolt.