The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

“Sun Haoqiang went around trying to find people to sleep with this girl, and in the end he even tried to bribe her with money. Not many people know about this. After I came here, I bribed one of the servants in the Sun family.”

"That servant told me, so I contacted that girl, hoping she would help me and bring down the Sun family, but the girl was determined to die."

"The girl was willing to cooperate, and in the end, she offered to commit suicide in exchange for my help in seeking justice for her."

Du Mingxian understood. She had seen the scene and suspected it might be suicide. Now, everything made sense. It was indeed suicide.

"What about Sun Haojie's case?" That involved murder in the street.

Ling Silang was silent for a moment, as if hesitating whether to tell Du Mingxian. After a long pause, he spoke in a calm voice, "That one is relatively easier."

"I found someone to guide Sun Haojie, and I also found a doctor to prepare some small pills that would make people feel excited, which I then put into the food Sun Haojie ate."

"It's also thanks to the fact that this guy is only interested in gambling and doesn't pick and choose his food. It's easy to drug him. When the drug took effect, I arranged for someone to stir things up. Besides... Sun Haojie was already blinded by losses."

"Before the attack, we planned to arrange for someone to take care of the injured person. After the attack, we would provide financial compensation and help with medical treatment. The murder was an accident."

“Gamblers are not steadfast; when they are blinded by losses, anything can happen. The person who was killed had also lost a lot that day and harbored resentment.”

"When Sun Haojie was being led to attack someone, the deceased rushed forward and started fighting with Sun Haojie. As if to vent his resentment, during their exchange, Sun Haojie accidentally stabbed the man to death."

"This was really just an accident, but... the result was good."

Du Mingxian asked, "Have you found out anything about the deceased's family?"

"Yeah, the one who died was a gambling addict who loved to drink. When he went home drunk, he would either beat his wife or his children. They used to have five children, but this man sold them off and now only one is left, and that's because his wife tried so hard to protect him. Otherwise, even the last one might not have survived; they were all sold off."

"After the news of her death spread, I specifically checked the situation and found that the woman had a smile on her face, so she must have been happy."

Du Mingxian thought that if someone dared to sell her child or beat her baby, she might want that person to die.

"Fortunately, the result was good. Do you have any other plans?"

Ling Silang countered, "Are you satisfied with this result? Actually, there are still some tricks up your sleeve."

"The Sun family's two sons are dead. If the remaining people are worthless, they might still covet our belongings, or they might use even more insidious tricks."

Ling Silang understood; this meant they felt the punishment for the Sun family wasn't enough. "Then let's do something else to completely shut them up."

"How come you're completely unable to bounce back?"

“The Sun family always sends money to the government. We’ll find a way to ruin their relationship with the government so that even if they send money to each other again, things will never be the same.”

Du Mingxian thought of the magistrate's affair, "It might be a simple matter. The magistrate has a concubine who is having an affair with the head of the Sun family. The magistrate already knows about this, and as a man, he certainly won't put up with this."

“No, no,” Ling Silang said. “For a businessman, nothing is more important than profit. Even a woman is not as important as profit. He can endure anything for profit.”

Du Mingxian didn't quite understand, but she believed that Ling Silang's analysis must be correct.

“The county magistrate only has one concubine. As long as he has enough money, he can have as many women as he wants. He will not fall out with the head of the Sun family because of this woman.”

"Let's get this over with. Since they're willing to compromise for their own interests, let's make sure they can't compromise."

The two looked at each other and said in unison, "This has blown up."

The affair between the head of the Sun family and his concubine became a big scandal, and everyone knew that the county magistrate had been cuckolded by the head of the Sun family.

Men value profit and face, so in this situation, the county magistrate had no way to associate with the head of the Sun family. Even if he met him in private, he would feel disgusted. This was something that money couldn't solve.

"We don't know when that concubine and the head of the Sun family usually meet, so we need to make arrangements in advance."

"No need. We can send someone to keep an eye on the concubine. She usually only goes out with the permission of the mistress of the house, and she doesn't go out frequently. The mistress of the house definitely won't agree. We can find a way to hire a servant from the Sun family to inform us."

Both of them were action-oriented. That night, Du Mingxian secretly went to the magistrate's mansion. There weren't many servants there, and after searching around, she finally found a little maid who had stolen something.

She immediately stepped forward, exclaiming, "Thief!"

The maid was terrified and immediately knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.

"If you want me to spare you, you must do me a favor: I won't tell the master about your theft."

The maidservant immediately knelt down when she heard someone mention a thief, but when she heard Du Mingxian's unfamiliar voice, she looked up and saw a completely unfamiliar face. She immediately became wary and asked, "Who are you? You're not from this household."

"I'm an outsider, of course, but I can still catch you. Do you want to give it a try?"

"What do you want to do?"

“I’ve already told you, I’m just giving you a very small task. If you do it well, I can give you some money. That way, you won’t steal things from the master and sell them. If the master finds out, a maid like you wouldn’t be too badly beaten to death.”

The maid was wary, but the other person was right; if she were discovered, she certainly wouldn't survive.

How do I know if you're a good person or a bad person?

"I just want someone to tell me when your master's favorite concubine goes out. You need to keep an eye on her for me recently, and run to inform me as soon as she leaves the house."

"That's it?"

"That's it, simple, right? If you do a good job, I'll give you some money."

The maid agreed and reached out to Du Mingxian for some money, saying, "Could you give me some money first? I need it urgently."

"Are you a living contract?"

"No, a death pact."

"What urgent need do you have for the money that you'd be spending it on someone else?"

The maid's face was filled with anxiety. "No, I'll take it to my family."

"Your family sold you, and now that you've made some money, you're thinking of giving it to your family? You're such a good boy."

The young maid didn't understand what "good baby" meant, but hearing Du Mingxian's tone, she sensed it wasn't a kind remark. "What do you mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything, it just feels like your parents sold you off, and now you're stealing things here to sell to them for money. It's rare to find such a filial daughter."

Thinking of everything that had happened at home, the young maid finally looked up and said sullenly, "I just hope they won't forget that they have a daughter like me."