Transformed into a vicious stepmother, invincible

"Catching someone doesn't necessarily require brute force." Bai Sui'an said, "I will do my best to help you recover your lost property."

Perhaps because he saw Bai Sui'an's strong belief, Liu Yuanwai asked the servants to leave and left Bai Sui'an with him.

He slowed down his tone appropriately: "This matter is not as simple as recovering lost property. Of course, catching the thief alone is possible, but now there is a reward order. You want to capture the thief under the hands of the government, which is harder than climbing to the sky!"

"Oh? You know the story behind the bounty?"

Mr. Liu snorted, "We're from the same town, there's nothing we don't know. I can tell what those people in the government office are talking about even if they stick their butts out!

Only you common people think it's a free lunch and want to try it."

"I also know these things, so I announced the results." Bai Sui'an said.

"Are you stupid? Why did you come here even though you knew about it?"

Bai Sui'an smiled and said, "You only need to tell me what you know, and I will arrange the rest myself."

"You really don't know how to die. I'm afraid that before you even saw the thief, those people from the government office would have beaten you to a pulp."

Although Mr. Liu kept pouring cold water on him, he still finished telling everything he knew. At the end, he emphasized:

"I just happen to have a little money. If anything happens to you, I can give you some money for medicine, but don't expect me to take care of you for the rest of your life."

Bai Sui'an bowed to him and said, "You are so thoughtful, but I will be fine. Wait for good news."

After coming out of Mr. Liu's house, Bai Sui'an realized that someone was following her.

The three people who had followed her before had been knocked unconscious by her with needles, and now someone suddenly followed her.

Or maybe Mr. Sun passed the message to the people in the yamen after she left.

Or maybe there are people from the government guarding Mr. Liu's place.

Considering that Mr. Liu just said that he asked the yamen to send someone to guard the place, but the people in the yamen were unwilling to do so.

So it is highly likely that it was Mr. Sun who spread the news.

He used the same method to get rid of the person, but this time Bai Sui'an did not knock the person down. He got rid of the person, changed his clothes back, and went to Baili Mo's house again.

Lin Rongle had finished her homework at this moment.

He saw his stepmother once when Bai Sui'an came today, and he hasn't seen her since then. He thought his stepmother was still at home, so he went to find her after finishing his homework.

After searching around and asking my master, I found out that my stepmother had passed away a long time ago.

When he saw Bai Sui'an coming back, the little guy's eyes suddenly brightened.

"Mom, Master said you went to look for work. Did you find any?"

Lin Rongle trotted over, Bai Sui'an circled him and patted his head.

"I found it. I can come to the town to work and see you when I come."

Not wanting Lin Rongle to know the specific details, Bai Sui'an changed the subject: "How do you feel today? Is learning difficult?"

"It's not difficult. They are all words I knew before, and I remembered their meanings quickly." Lin Rongle said with her little face raised.

"Great!" Bai Sui'an pinched his face and led him inside.

"I need to talk to my husband later. Can you practice outside by yourself?"

"it is good."

When he was almost at the study, Lin Rongle turned around and went to the yard to busy himself.

The study door was open. Bai Sui'an looked inside and saw Baili Mo marking books.

"You're back? What did you find?"

Just by listening to the footsteps, Baili Mo could tell that the person coming was Bai Sui'an.

Bai Sui'an went straight in and closed the study door to prevent Lin Rongle outside from hearing their conversation.

"This is a strange matter. The government deliberately fabricated the identity of a thief. First, they used the Sun family's night-shining pearl to make a fuss, and then they actually stole Mr. Liu's herbs worth hundreds of taels. Their movements are unclear."

Baili Mo put down his pen and asked doubtfully, "Are you saying that the Night Pearl wasn't stolen, but that Mr. Sun voluntarily gave it to the thief?"

"Yes, I just went to investigate at both the Sun and Liu families. Mr. Sun was very calm at the beginning. He also took me to where he kept the night pearl. It was hidden very well, and the door lock showed no signs of being damaged. It didn't look like it was stolen."

"Could it be that someone assisted and stole the Night Pearl and gave it to the thief?"

"No, Mr. Sun said he saw with his own eyes that the thief came out of the collection pavilion alone."

Bai Sui'an found a seat and continued, "Mr. Liu's side was the real thief, and the victim's emotions and narrative are both reasonable."

"And Mr. Liu said he knew that issuing a bounty meant the thieves were being protected by the government, but Mr. Sun trusted the government immensely."

Baili Mo: "This also shows the relationship between the two and the government office. Although I have little contact with people and things outside, I know that Mr. Sun often donates money to the government office. The relationship can be said to be very good."

"So, we can't trust all the information from the government office," Bai Sui'an said. "If the government officials will take action against those who reveal the notice, they must have made preparations in advance. If I go to Mr. Zhu or Mr. Wang's house tomorrow night, I'm sure the soldiers waiting for me will be soldiers disguised as accomplices of the thieves."

Baili Mo took out the map he had put away and unfolded it again.

The markings above are still there. Apart from the Zhu and Wang families, there are four other houses marked as vulnerable to theft.

They are all ordinary families.

After learning about the valuables in the homes of these five families, Bai Sui'an shook his head.

"I think the thieves' target tomorrow night will be the Wan family." Bai Sui'an said.

Baili Mo speculated, "Because the herbs stolen from Mr. Liu's house actually came from the Wan family, do you think the thieves wanted the herbs in the Wan family's hands?"

After saying this, Baili Mo immediately shook his head and denied this statement: "Medicinal herbs can be bought anywhere, there is no need to go to the trouble of stealing them."

"The Wan family specializes in purchasing and trading medicinal herbs. They must have many purchasing channels. They must have a lot of common medicines, and they also have ways to purchase rarer ones. That's why Mr. Liu went to the Wan family to order medicinal herbs."

For some reason, Bai Sui'an remembered the incident when Chang An and Ye Lingche were hit by poisoned arrows.

She looked at Baili Mo and said hesitantly, "I seem to have stumbled upon something incredible."

"What does this mean?" Baili Mo asked.

"Today at the gate of the government office, I picked and chose someone who seemed to have no support behind him. Now, this person is probably the most difficult to deal with."

Baili Mo held his chin up and said, "Don't worry, just tell me. No matter how difficult it is, I will find a way to help you solve it."

Bai Sui'an chuckled. She really felt that Baili Mo was a reliable person, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten out of the car and headed straight here after listening to Li Xi's words.

"There should be a base nearby that specializes in poison research. My husband went out hunting a few days ago and was shot by a poisoned arrow. I don't know who shot him, and he became paralyzed shortly after returning.

A few days ago, I found a tiger in the mountains that had been shot by a poisoned arrow. Ordinary people hunt for the skin and meat, so they definitely wouldn't poison the arrows. They let the tiger go, confident that it would die on its own after being poisoned, so they didn't chase it out."

After hearing what Bai Sui'an said, Baili Mo was stunned for a moment and murmured: "To think this would happen..."

"So I suspect the thieves' real goal is to get the Wan family's delivery list in large quantities..."

"Not good!" Baili Mo slammed the table and stood up. "This might be a plot by the remnants of the Tianxuan Nation! They were secretly researching poison before, and recently they've been testing it and trying to steal medicinal materials. I'm afraid they've already developed the poison. We can't let the remnants of the Tianxuan Nation succeed!"

Facing Baili Mo's sudden excitement, Bai Sui'an opened his mouth but didn't dare to speak.

After all, she is also a remnant of the Tianxuan Kingdom, and the one with the highest status.

If the country had not been destroyed, the original body would probably have become the king of Tianxuan.

"I... I am a woman who has always lived in the countryside and doesn't understand the affairs of the court. I want to know why we attacked the Tianxuan Kingdom in the first place?" Bai Sui'an asked.

The original body used to be a free and easy person. After finishing his homework every day, he would go out of the palace to have fun. However, it was heard that before he was born, the Qianheng Kingdom and the Tianxuan Kingdom had stopped trading.

Nothing happened for more than ten years after that, and then suddenly it was said that Qianheng Country sent troops to attack.

That day, my parents let my original body go out to play. While I was playing, I heard that the prince of Qianheng Kingdom led his cavalry into the palace of Tianxuan Kingdom and slaughtered everyone inside.

So from that day on, the original body became the only descendant of the royal family of Tianxuan Kingdom.

Recalling these things, Bai Sui'an felt a little sad. Was it the memory of this body, or was it a sense of substitution?

Baili Mo snorted coldly and said, "Although the two countries have different political strategies, they were able to coexist peacefully in the past. I just didn't expect the people of Tianxuan to be so ambitious. They dared to poison the tonic presented to Your Majesty, killing the first and last. Not only did they deny it, but they also threatened to attack our territory."

"It was the people of Tianxuan who first blew up our food supplies and killed our general. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not stand it any longer and volunteered to lead the troops to fight. However, the people of Tianxuan were vicious and determined to fight to the death, killing many of our people with poison."

At this point, Baili Mo took a deep breath and said in grief and anger: "After the war, the remnants of the Tianxuan Kingdom hid deeply and actually killed the Crown Prince while he was accompanying the Crown Princess on a visit. All four members of the family were killed."

Bai Sui'an was in a complicated mood. She didn't know anything about what Baili Mo was talking about.

A person from Tianxuan Country actually doesn’t know what the people of Tianxuan Country have done?

She attended court every day, but she had never heard her mother order an attack on Qianheng Kingdom.