Transformed into a vicious stepmother, invincible

"Hey, Li Xi, why don't you just say this directly!" someone expressed dissatisfaction.

In this situation, if the people talked about officials in the street, they would be charged with treason. At the very least, they would be made into slaves, and at the worst, many people would be implicated.

"It doesn't matter if I die, you can report me as you like." Li Xi continued to talk to Bai Sui'an calmly.

"If you need to find other work, I can help you find it. Don't take the risk. It's not worth it."

Bai Sui'an could sense Li Xi's good intentions, so she asked, "What kind of work can you take me to do?"

Li Xi took off the package from her body and opened it to reveal various exquisitely embroidered handkerchiefs.

"I know someone in the cloth shop. She has a lot of plain silk. We can take it back and embroider it. We can get 50 coins for one piece of plain silk. If we can embroider two or three pieces a day, that would be coins."

Bai Sui'an looked at the handkerchief in Li Xi's hand. The stitching patterns on it were very special, and the embroidered patterns were lifelike.

Seeing Bai Sui'an's hesitation, Li Xi said, "Even if your embroidery is a little worse, you can still get 30 coins. You don't have to embroider it like mine."

"Sister..." Bai Sui'an touched his nose and said, "I can't say that my embroidery skills are bad, but I can only say that I can't do it at all..."

Li Xi's expression showed a rare surprise. She looked at Bai Sui'an's white and tender palms. It seemed that his fingers had never touched water before, but he couldn't even do needlework?

"Then why are you still going to take down the list?" she asked.

I don’t know how Bai Sui’an hunted the wild boar with his thin arms and legs. Li Xi doesn’t think Bai Sui’an has the ability to take the challenge.

"Not only did the yamen help the thieves escape, they also framed those who uncovered the notices. Many people who uncovered the notices were left as useless as cripples after being carried back."

Li Xi told these things in order to make Bai Sui'an give up.

This is why the bounty issued by the government office is so high and so much.

If you think about it more deeply, you might think that all those people who were rewarded had paid protection fees to the government office. They were rewarded on the surface, but in fact they were committing crimes openly under the protection of the government office.

If this kind of bounty is completed, it might backfire.

This money is not easy to make.

Bai Sui'an remembered what Chen Bandxia had said before, that the officials here were protected by high-ranking officials of the imperial court.

It seems that the officials here are not clean.

"Thank you for telling me this, sister. I won't go to take the list. I'll look for some work on my own."

When they arrived in the town, everyone went their separate ways. Bai Sui'an got off the car and left without hesitation. Li Xi watched him from behind for a long time until his figure disappeared from sight, then he left.

Bai Sui'an followed the route he had taken before and went to Baili Mo's house.

In the afternoon, a thin young man in gorgeous clothes appeared outside the yamen. He wore an exquisite white tiger mask on his face, and only a pair of bright eyes and plump thin lips could be seen.

Bai Sui'an stood at the bounty board and glanced around. There were five names on the daily list, all of which were people who had caused trouble in recent days.

The five lists include these people: a prison robber, a jailbreaker, a thief, and two murderers.

The prison robbers and the jailbreakers are in the same group, and there must be more than one prison robber, but only a known list has been released.

The two murderers have been on the list more than once. The list says that they have teamed up to kill more than ten people and have not been caught yet.

Only one thief, whose name is unknown, was left. He stole valuables from the two wealthy families, a night-shining pearl, and a century-old ginseng.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Sui'an decided to accept the bounty order for the thief.

She took the wanted poster of the thief and walked into the government office.

There is a small table on the right side of the entrance, where there will be special people to provide clues to the person who solves the puzzle.

Zhang Hao was still dozing on the table. It had been a while since anyone came to pick up the bounty order, and he was very idle on duty every day.

Since there were no coworkers to play cards with, he would just lie on the table and take a nap.

There was a knock on the table. Thinking that an adult had caught him slacking off at work, he quickly looked up, but sleepiness was still lingering on his face.

Unexpectedly, what caught my eye was a young man with his face covered.

Bai Sui'an lowered his voice and spoke in a youthful tone, "Could you please provide me with any clues about this person? I want to reveal the list."

Zhang Hao was unhappy about being disturbed in his sweet dream: "Can't you see I'm resting? Why don't you ask later?"

"I'm sorry, I thought there was someone on duty when the yamen was open. It turns out you were resting, sir. Next time I will ask the county magistrate about the duty hours and come back to ask again." Bai Sui'an said.

Zhang Hao's facial features paused slightly, and he impatiently took the form from Bai Sui'an's hand: "Don't bother, I'll show it to you now."

"Oh... well, he stole the Sun family's heirloom night-shining pearl and the Liu family's century-old ginseng. The two officials offered a reward of one hundred taels for this man. His name and whereabouts are unknown, but his thefts are regular, occurring every seven days. Calculating the days, tomorrow night will be the time he'll strike."

"We infer that his next burglary will be at Mr. Zhu's or Mr. Wang's house. We have already arranged for personnel to protect the valuables in their homes. You can capture him tomorrow night. The houses of the two men are not far away. If you hear any noise, you can go over and help."

"That's all. Anything else you want to ask?"

Bai Sui'an memorized the other person's words and asked, "Can I go to the homes of the two officials whose property was stolen to investigate?"

Zhang Hao said: "What's there to investigate? All your belongings are missing, who would want to bother with you?"

"I just want to see if there are any clues I've missed. Maybe I can find the lost items before he shows up?"

"Do you think our officers are not as capable as you?" Zhang Hao retorted directly.

The young man in front of him, apart from being pale and thin, didn't seem to have any real kung fu skills. It was possible that he was just some young master from a certain family who came here for fun to accept the bounty order.

waste time.

"One more person means more strength. I just want to do my best to preserve the situation." Bai Sui'an said calmly.

Zhang Hao didn't want to pay any more attention to her and waved her away: "Okay, I've told you everything I need to tell you. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do."

"Thank you, sir." Bai Sui'an bowed and left slowly.

After she left the yamen, someone followed her quietly.

Bai Sui'an quickly turned a few corners and successfully got rid of the people behind him in the busy street.

He went to an empty alley, put on the coat he had prepared in advance, combed his hair again, took off the mask, and came out as a completely different person.

Using his true appearance to conduct counter-reconnaissance on the streets, Bai Sui'an successfully found the three people who were tracking him.

After knocking people down one by one with silver needles from a distance, Bai Sui'an returned to Baili Mo's house.

"There's no news of anyone being murdered in this town. If your husband knew about this, he wouldn't have let you take the spotlight."

Baili Mo dipped his brush in ink and left a mark on the paper. "This area is Mr. Sun's residence, and the other side is Mr. Liu's yard. But the people in the government office have deduced that the next target is Mr. Zhu and Mr. Wang's homes in the north.

It doesn’t make sense.”

A map of Chengui Town was spread out on the table, and Baili Mo had thoughtfully circled all the known households in the town that had treasures.

This morning, Bai Sui'an came to tell him what he had heard. He was worried that the official's problem would affect Lin Rongle's future imperial examinations, so he came to find Baili Mo to discuss how to deal with it.

It's about corruption. As long as someone is willing to be corrupt, and as long as someone is willing to pay during the imperial examination, the officials will dare to take the money and falsify the results.

Baili Mo, who used to be an official, despised such things, and since it concerned the future of his students, he agreed to help Bai Sui'an.

Bai Sui'an directly expressed his thoughts: "A thief must have a target when stealing, but these night-shining pearls and ginseng don't necessarily have a connection, right? If they just wanted to resell them for a profit, the government would definitely know about it."

"What if a buyer has already been found?"

"Then this buyer is so easy to find, and he's quite kind."

Bai Sui'an had taken on the task of stealing things before. In order to avoid future troubles, he needed to detonate a certain place to destroy the clues.

But this thief steals without hurting anyone, and his theft can be quickly detected. Isn’t this a coincidence?