Transformed into a vicious stepmother, invincible

All the households known to have valuable items were divided out. Among them, there were only five rich households, two of which had their items stolen, two were pending, and one was left.

"This is the Wan family. They started out in the pharmaceutical industry. Their ancestors were from the imperial city, but later branched out and moved south to Chengui Town. They specialize in purchasing medicinal herbs from surrounding villages and supplying them to various medical clinics. They don't have any rare treasures at home."

Baili Mo helped Bai Sui get rid of the Wan family.

The remaining few families were ordinary families who were once rich, and they just had some calligraphy works by famous artists.

"Mr. Zhu's family has a valuable golden pig, which was awarded by their ancestors in the palace. Mr. Wang's family won a colorful gauze dress at an auction a while ago."

Baili Mo deduced, "The golden pig is not easy to move, and the gauze dress is precious and portable. I think tomorrow's target is the Wang family."

Bai Sui'an shook his head.

Perhaps because of what Li Xi said when he came here, Bai Sui'an still doubted the clues provided by the government office.

How could a gang of thieves release useful information?

"There's still some time. I'll go visit Mr. Sun and Mr. Liu and then make a conclusion."

"Okay, be careful."

Bai Sui'an changed back into his previous outfit and went to visit Mr. Sun in the order in which the items were stolen.

Mr. Sun’s house is beautifully decorated, and the front door alone looks golden.

There was a servant waiting inside the door. The moment Bai Sui'an knocked on the door, it opened.

"May I ask you are?"

Bai Sui'an said, "I received a bounty from the government and came to investigate the theft of the Night Pearl. Could I see Mr. Sun?"

The servant made a gesture of invitation: "Please follow me."

It seemed that they had been prepared for this. Without any notification, the servant brought Bai Sui'an into the house.

The Sun family and the Baili Mo family both have large mansions, but one has a more lively atmosphere than the Baili Mo family.

Many servants passed by along the way. When passing by a certain place, Bai Sui'an could still hear the laughter and joking of the young ladies and masters in the mansion.

The living atmosphere is pretty good.

Bai Sui'an was led outside the study by a servant. The servant knocked on the wooden door and said respectfully, "Master, a young man has accepted a reward and wants to investigate with you."

A response came from inside: "Let him in."

After Bai Suian entered the house, the servants returned to their posts.

Mr. Sun sat behind the desk, holding a half-read storybook in his hand.

After seeing Bai Sui'an, Mr. Sun did not show any emotion and was very calm.

"What is your name, sir?" asked Mr. Sun.

Wearing a mask, Mr. Sun could not see the changes in Bai Sui'an's expression, but he himself relaxed a lot after looking at Bai Sui'an.

"My last name is An." Bai Sui'an skipped the polite part and went straight to the point. "Sir, can you describe the scene when the theft occurred?"

"can."

Mr. Sun pretended to be casual, lowering his head and continuing to read the storybook. He said, "Half a month ago, I went to the toilet at night and saw a dark shadow flying out of my collection cabinet. So I went to check the collection in the house and found that the night pearl was gone."

Bai Sui'an kept his eyes fixed on Mr. Sun's face, observing every change in his expression.

"Can you take me to the collection hall?" she asked.

"Okay." Mr. Sun put down the book in his hand and walked out with Bai Sui'an.

After passing through two corridors and walking around for a long time, we finally arrived at the Collection Pavilion.

It is a small two-story house built between the main hall and the backyard.

Bai Sui'an took a few steps back, looked up to estimate the height of the collection pavilion, and asked, "Where did the thief appear from?"

"It flew out of the second-floor window."

"I want to see where the night-shining pearls are kept."

Mr. Sun used his personal key to open the door of the collection pavilion and led Bai Suian in.

I thought Mr. Sun would take people to the second floor, but unexpectedly he used the key to open a locked cabinet, and there was a green vase inside.

Turning the vase, the ground shook and a downward passage appeared in the corner.

Bai Sui'an followed Mr. Sun all the way inside. There was only one path, not very long. At the deepest part, there was an open door.

There was an unlocked iron padlock hanging on the handle.

Mr. Sun walked in and lit the candle inside, saying, "The night-shining pearl was stored here before."

No one responded to him. He turned around and found that the White Fox Prince who had been following her was fiddling with the door lock with his head down.

Walking over, he explained, "There's only one important thing inside, the Night Pearl. I left this door unlocked after it was stolen."

Bai Sui'an nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

She had just checked and there was no sign of the door lock being pried open, and to enter she had to pass through two locks on the outside.

It's so strange that it could be stolen even though it was kept so well.

Go inside and continue exploring.

The whole environment was very dark, and without candlelight, it would be difficult to see what was inside.

Bai Sui'an knocked in every corner but found no other way in.

Seeing her careful inspection, Mr. Sun gave a stiff smile: "Mr. An, did you find anything?"

"No, it seems the thief was very skilled and didn't leave any trace."

Sun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes, the county magistrate has sent people to check me several times, but he still can't find the answer."

Bai Sui'an curled his lips and said, "The heirloom was stolen, but you don't seem to be very worried?"

"Oh, how can I not be anxious?" The official who was very calm just now suddenly slapped his thigh with a worried look on his face.

"But there's nothing I can do. I've issued a bounty order, and I'm just hoping the government and you, sir, can recover my night-shining pearl!"

"I have understood the situation. I will help you recover the night pearl tomorrow night." Bai Sui'an said.

The two of them went out together, and Mr. Sun asked, "Master An, do you have any plans to deal with this?"

"The government office has also prepared people. I will go there together tomorrow and arrest him with some punches and kicks. Don't worry, sir."

Mr. Sun nodded and said, "Since you dare to reveal the list, you must be quite powerful. I feel relieved to have your help."

Bai Sui'an had already made up his mind about leaving the Sun family.

All the signs indicate that Mr. Sun voluntarily allowed someone to steal the night pearl.

If the people in the yamen accept bribes, they will protect the thieves.

But if you want to protect the person, why issue a reward?

With doubts, Bai Sui'an went to visit Mr. Liu's home again.

Similar to the decoration of Mr. Sun's house, Mr. Liu's house also looks richer than ordinary families.

Although both of them knocked on the door and revealed their identities, the servants' attitudes were very different.

The servants of Mr. Liu's family were delighted when they heard Bai Sui'an say that he was here to investigate the theft case.

He quickly welcomed the person into his home, with a brisk pace and the joy on his face that didn't seem fake.

"Master! Someone has come to help investigate the case!" The servant started shouting before he saw anyone.

Mr. Liu was walking with his wife in the yard. When he heard the noise, he helped his wife sit on a stone bench under the shade of a tree before coming to see them.

"Which gentleman is here to help investigate the case? I..." Mr. Liu fell silent halfway through his excited words.

After looking him up and down, Mr. Liu looked at Bai Sui'an with an embarrassed look on his face: "Sir, this bounty order is not an easy task. You are... so petty, so you'd better not join in the fun."

It was a very subtle adjective. Bai Sui'an pursed his lips and smiled softly.

It is true that she is a little short in height when she dresses as a man.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see the difference, so there was no need for her to be angry.

"Of course I'll take the lead. I'm absolutely sure I can earn the reward."

After a pause, Bai Sui'an continued, "I am also trying to help you recover your losses. It's a good intention. Why don't you trust me for once?"

Although Liu Yuanwai was disgusted, he did not deny what Bai Sui'an said: "Then tell me how to help. That was the century-old ginseng I spent a lot of money to order from the Wan family some time ago, as well as some precious medicinal herbs, and they were all stolen."

"Are all the stolen herbs medicinal?"

"They're precious medicinal herbs!" Mr. Liu emphasized. "My mother is weak, and my wife is pregnant, so I wanted to buy some medicine to nourish them. Who knew this bastard would come and snatch all the medicine!"

"What was the situation?"

"That evening, the Wan family brought the herbs, and I went with the servants to make a decoction. Before I could even open the medicine box, a man in black suddenly appeared and snatched the huge box away from me!"

Mr. Liu even gestured and said the box was as big as his belly.

"Those were the medicinal herbs I spent hundreds of taels on. What a bastard! I reported them to the police, but those idlers didn't care and just issued a crappy bounty!

That medicine can't be bought with money. I have to spend hundreds of taels of silver to go to the Wan family to order the medicine again, and ask people from the government office to guard my house to prevent the thieves from stealing again.

I didn’t expect that group of good-for-nothings to actually say that they wouldn’t steal again after having stolen before. They want to lead troops to guard other people’s houses? Fuck them…”

Later, Mr. Liu cursed several times in a row, expressing his extreme anger.

There is no harm without comparison. At this moment, Mr. Liu's emotions and Mr. Sun's calmness formed a sharp contrast.

The price of a night-shining pearl is more than a few hundred taels.

"Did you see what that man looked like?" Bai Sui'an asked.

Liu Yuanwai suppressed his anger, thought carefully, and replied, "He doesn't look strong, and is a head taller than you. Tsk, I'm not saying you can't catch him with your small body."