Bai Su was originally from Heyin, and he was a thief who scouted the area, so he knew the situation in Heyin very well. How many wealthy families were there in this area, how many people were in each family, whether the relationships in the inner house were harmonious or not... He knew all the gossip, big and small.
If Shen Tang needs it, Bai Su can even tell the approximate time pattern of the shift changes of the servants and guards of each household...
The detailed content amazes the listeners.
However, this is nothing in Bai Su's view.
What is her occupation
Snitch!
If a thief doesn't know the target clearly before taking action, he may lose his life if he fails. Bai Su naturally tried every possible means to use her best skills. In order to scout the area, she even had several vests, which allowed her to easily sneak into the target's inner house.
Of course, Bai Su's ease was also closely related to the general environment where women were looked down upon - who would have thought that the weak and vulnerable women in their eyes would be thieves who come and go without a trace? In the public's impression, thieves are mostly young and strong men with wretched looks.
Shen Tang listened with great interest.
Bai Su is really good at telling stories, and the gossips from the inner court that come out of her mouth are more interesting than the intrigues of the allied forces.
For example, there was a big gossip in the Zhang family, a wealthy family in Heyin. Mrs. Zhang had been married to her husband for many years and had only one son. He was born stupid and could not speak at the age of five. His mouth was crooked and his eyes were slanted. He drooled constantly. In order to protect her reputation, the lady took more than a dozen concubines for her husband, but they could not give birth to a healthy second child. The outside world was talking about it. The lady was so anxious that her mouth was bubbling. She listened to the advice of a certain expert and adopted a daughter. It was said that after a year, when the adopted daughter was in her teens, she would get what she wanted.
Shen Tang quickly asked: "And then?"
Bai Su said: "A year later, the lady was still pregnant. It is said that she was so angry that she brought her servants and guards to the door with sticks, demanding an explanation from the master. Unexpectedly, the master said that the spirit boy had arrived and was just waiting for the fruit to fall into the womb..."
There is a child, but it is not in the lady's belly.
Shen Tang had a very creative imagination and he guessed the plot instantly.
"Could it be that the adopted daughter and her adoptive father are secretly pregnant?"
Kang Shi frowned and said, "Isn't this against human ethics?"
Although the adoptive father and the adopted daughter had no blood relationship, in this era, status was more important. As long as they were recognized and given status, they would be no different from their own children. Kang Shi was more inclined to believe that the child was a concubine, but it turned out that Kang Shi did not understand the "routine".
Bai Su revealed the answer, it was indeed the adopted daughter who was secretly pregnant.
The lady went back and checked all the concubines, and none of them was pregnant.
She was just wondering, but unexpectedly her husband confessed first.
He planned to change the adopted daughter's identity and take her as a concubine.
Shen Tang added: "Don't tell me yet, let me guess. I suspect that although this adopted daughter has an improper relationship with her adoptive father, the fetus in her belly may not be her adoptive father's."
Bai Su looked at her in astonishment.
It’s true!
Mrs. Zhang was stunned when she saw her husband confessing and being lenient. She couldn't accept it! Because she was going to keep this adopted daughter who caught her eye as the daughter-in-law of her stupid son, but her husband took her away! In addition, the adopted daughter cried and begged her to agree. She was so angry that her blood pressure soared, and she scolded the two of them for being shameless!
As a result, the matter got out of hand after she made such a fuss.
Bai Su was surprised: "How can Master Shen know so much?"
She managed to find out all about these scandals.
Very few people outside know about it.
After all, no matter whether the adoptive father and daughter violated human ethics or the adopted daughter had an affair with someone while still in the boudoir and then framed the adoptive father for the child... once the news got out, would the women in this family still want to discuss marriage
This kind of thing can be done secretly in the ancestral hall.
The content of the investigation shocked the crowd of onlookers.
"It's easy to imagine. The man and his wife have had a foolish son for many years, and there are more than a dozen concubines in the backyard, but nothing has happened. The problem is most likely with the man. It just so happens that the adopted daughter got pregnant after having sex with him. It's most likely that she is cuckolded..."
Shen Tang paused, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He asked, "Who is the father of the child in my adopted daughter's belly?"
Bai Su's eyes lit up: "Can you guess this?"
Shen Tang waved his hand: "This is all old tricks."
I thought it was the adoptive father who was worse than an animal who attacked his adopted daughter, but after careful investigation, I found out that it was a conspiracy between a master and the adopted daughter, in order to change the household registration of their biological child.
Since it's so bloody, let's keep it bloody to the end.
Shen Tang continued to use his imagination: "This master and his adopted daughter are both ordinary people. How could they have the courage to do such a big thing? Is there a hidden reason behind it? For example, the illegitimate son of a side branch is unhappy with the other party and wants to seize the family wealth through this means? Or, the master and his adopted daughter are also victims, so they do this to get revenge? This kind of story is interesting only if it keeps reversing and nesting dolls."
Bai Su was completely convinced by Shen Tang after hearing this.
Looking at Shen Tang with admiration: "Almost all of them."
The master and his adopted daughter are truly two unlucky victims.
The adoptive father used despicable means to steal the fertile land from the Gao family at a low price, causing the family to starve to death, and the survivors committed suicide out of guilt. The adopted daughter also carried a blood feud. Her biological father was carrying goods to the market to sell but was hit and killed by the adoptive father's bicycle frame. The pillar of the family fell, and her biological mother went to the door to seek justice but was beaten to death by the servants and guards.
The two accidentally heard about each other's blood feud and hit it off immediately.
But as Shen Tang said, these two are just ordinary people. Without help, it would be impossible for Mrs. Zhang, who is eager to have a child, to pretend to be a master and gain her trust, not to mention the subsequent cuckolding and scandal.
The people who helped them were actually illegitimate sons of the Zhang family.
Shen Tang just made this guess casually.
I didn't expect that brothers would really fight against each other.
Bai Su can tell these kinds of dramatic operations and struggles non-stop for a whole day and night, ensuring that each story has a different plot.
As Shen Tang listened, he drew a relationship diagram between the various families in his mind.
It's a tangled mess that can't be sorted out.
Bai Su continued, "I have heard that 'brothers quarrel within the walls, but defend against external humiliation'. Although they usually fight fiercely among themselves, if Master Shen wants to take over the position of He Yin, they will definitely unite. Master Shen is short of manpower, so it may not be easy to break the situation..."
Every family has in-laws.
As the saying goes, broken bones are still connected to the tendons.
When the situation was stable, He Yin was still under the jurisdiction of Xin State. The officials sent down here either encountered wild beasts and bandits on the road, or died in various accidents within two years of taking office. The only one who served for a long time was a puppet who didn't care about anything.
Bai Su was worried that Shen Tang would be surrounded and killed as soon as he went there.
She noticed that most of the team were elderly, weak, women and children.
There are only a thousand elite young and strong men.
In the past, it was just delivering food.
Even she, a thief, understands this principle.
Shen Tang smiled and said, "I already have a solution to the problem of manpower. Breaking the impasse is not impossible. White Snake gave me an inspiration."
Bai Su was surprised: "Slave?"
Shen Tang asked, "You said that the adopted daughter of the Zhang family and that master were both in the Zhang clan ancestral hall, and were force-fed poison and their bodies were dumped in the wilderness?"
Bai Su wondered: "Is there anything wrong with this?"
Shen Tang smiled but said nothing.
Kang Shi said: "There is something wrong. Xin State was destroyed, and He Yin was taken over by Geng State a long time ago. I think they also sent people there. The case should be handled according to Geng State's laws. Zhang used private punishment to silence people in the ancestral hall to cover up the scandal. It is lawless."
Bai Su smiled bitterly and said, "If they were afraid of this, they wouldn't have been rampant in He Yin for so many years... Alas, it's useless."
Shen Tang smiled and asked, "How can it be useless? Do they dare to say that they enforce the law without any wrongful convictions?"
Bai Su was confused.
“How can there be no false and wrongful convictions?”
Were there not enough people killed by Ha Yin
Lin Feng was confused as he listened.
She looked at her teacher Chu Yao as if asking for help.
Chu Yao said, "Who can guarantee that among these unjust, false and wrong cases, there are no blood relatives that Wu Lang has been looking for, right?"
His own "blood relative" was lynched to death by them in He Yin. Is it okay for Shen Tang to come and challenge them
When they were kicking the ground, some people resisted, so the victim accidentally killed a few of the resisting thugs. Is there anything wrong with that
It's only natural!
There is a reason for everything!
If one does not take revenge when a relative dies tragically, he is not a human being!
When taking revenge, he discovered that some people were killing innocent people indiscriminately, defying the laws of the Geng Kingdom, and not respecting the country's leader, Commander Zheng Qiao. So Shen Tang took action and launched thunder attacks on each family one by one to look for evidence. Is that a problem
“Accidentally” turning to “evidence of treason”, is that okay
It’s okay to kill those who refuse to obey, right
So, what's the next question
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Shan and the others burst into laughter.
Bai Su: “???”
Shen Tang also smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I suddenly remembered that there is indeed a sister who is not out of the fifth degree of mourning who has taken refuge with He Yin's relatives... The world is so chaotic, I hope she is okay now..."
Bai Su: “???”
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