After Li Wei took over the power, he tried to coerce and lure the officials but failed. Instead, he went to the construction site to force the dismantling of the jade embankment section ordered by Su Shi and to replace it with stone. However, he was resisted by civilians with weapons and fled in embarrassment. Wang Runzhi sought sympathy by visiting the families of the gentry, causing the people in the city to spontaneously boycott the new officials, leaving Li and Huang in an isolated and helpless situation. Upon seeing this, Huang Pei decided to find another way, trying to accuse Su Shi on the grounds of "witchcraft", and attempted to seize the "Xuzhou Flood Fighting Map" to destroy Su Shi's reputation. The two men conspired to recruit strange people to secretly investigate the details of Su Shi's "magic pen", but the scouts under Uncle Zhao's command were lurking on the rafters and overheard.
