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Ever since Shu Xiang threatened the Lü Spring Flower, her ears had indeed been quiet for a few days. However, she had finally calmed down while someone else had bad luck.

That day, after being taught a lesson by Shu Xiang, Lu Chunhua felt indignant. When he got home, he told this story to Village Head Soong Changshou.

Soong Changshou was not a brainless person like Lu Chunhua after all. After hearing everything, he keenly felt that something was wrong.

With Shu Xiang's current personality, she shouldn't be so easy to fool. If she wanted to buy land, not only would she not retort to him when she took the rent, but she should curry favor with him instead. However, Shu Xiang had talked back to him in front of everyone, which was intriguing.

Soong Changshou stroked his beard. With a glint in his eyes, he immediately understood.

This Shu Xiang had probably set a trap for him. First, he talked back to him about the matter of him getting angry and then bringing up the matter of buying land. Naturally, he wasn't willing to give in. He would definitely make things difficult for her. This Shu Xiang must have grasped onto his feelings and done it on purpose!

What a cunning Shu Xiang! Now, he must have given her a weakness!

One had to know that the five mu of land was an ownerless wasteland. The thirty silver taels were more or less a waste of money. It was laughable that he actually took the initiative to stick his head into her trap.

It was really unexpected that Soong Changshou, who had been rampant in the village his whole life, had now fallen into the hands of a junior! He had been too careless. When she and constable Huang were still facing each other in court, he already knew that this woman was different from before!

Soong Changshou was so angry that he was trembling all over. He couldn't find trouble with Shu Xiang either, so he poured all of his resentment onto Lu Chunhua.

The pitiful Lu Chunhua who was just beaten up by Shu Xiang turned around and was scolded right in the face by his own man. After being lectured, Lu Chun Hua knew that she could no longer talk about the fish pond, but she could not take it in. She could not sleep at night, so after thinking for a while, she finally thought of a solution.

Shu Xiang's ears had just had a few days of peace when a new wave of rumors came from the village. This time, the rumors were even more serious than last time.

No matter what, a woman's reputation was always an existence that was easy to be rumored.

Especially since Shu Xiang was a widow with two children and lived with two grown men, Zhao Sheng and Loong Qi, it was easy for people to gossip about her.

Plus, the thirty taels of silver she had bought was enough to make people jealous, and Loong Qi was helping him dig out a fish pond in the back mountain every day, and both men looked pretty good. Especially Zhao Sheng, the elegant and graceful young master was simply too eye-catching.

The weak may be compassionate, but they are also the easiest to bully, and Shu Xiang is in the latter. Although she didn't think of herself as a weakling, she really hadn't avoided suspicion.

This time, Lu Chunhua had become smarter. He did not show himself, but rather showed off to Li Xiufeng and Wang Guiyue. The two of them didn't go straight to Shu Xiang. Instead, they intentionally chatted with others on the path that Shu Xiang had to take.

"Aiyo, let me tell you, Shu Xiang, there are two men hiding in the room!"

"What are you talking about? Is it fair and square for me to do that?" Everyone directly followed them to the back of the mountain.

It was unknown if the two of them were frightened last time or if Lu Chunhua had specifically instructed them, but they did not directly clash with Shu Xiang and even distanced themselves when they saw her.

Shu Xiang never thought of breaking rumors. Many people started to believe it, and the rumors spread even more. Shu Xiang was described as a prostitute that hadn't been seen in hundreds of thousands of years!

Now that Shu Xiang was on the road, there was no one within five feet of her. The villagers looked at her as if they had seen a plague and were afraid of touching her.

However, Shu Xiang herself did not care much about these matters. As long as they didn't offend her, they could say whatever they wanted. Besides, she was very busy now and didn't have the time to care about them.

On the other side, Loong Qi, who had been busy for several days, finally dug out the shape of the fish pond. On the other side, he was sent out by Zhao Sheng as soon as Shu Xiang let him go.

"Mistress."

"Did you get the account book?"

"Got it."

Zhao Sheng took the account book from Loong Qi and looked through it. He then said with a stern voice, "This Ding Xiang is indeed a greedy official. He actually accepted a bribe worth two hundred thousand silver taels in the short period of half a year!"

"Master, please calm your anger!"

"According to the secret decree, how many people have not been investigated?"

"Reporting to Master, there are still 21 people."

"No rush, we still have time to slowly check this out. Oh right, is there any news about the fan?"

"Master, according to the latest information I received, all I know is that the place where the fan appeared was in Liyang City. There is no other specific information."

"Alright, I understand. You can leave now!"

"Yes."

Loong Qi withdrew. Zhao Sheng took out a yellow booklet and opened it to see that it was densely packed with people's names. The Ding Xiang that they had just mentioned was among them.

So the reason Zhao Sheng was here was because he was ordered by the emperor to investigate the case of the local officials taking bribes. At the same time, an extremely important fan was lost in the palace. The Emperor ordered him to secretly search for it.

More than half of the list given to him by the emperor had now been crossed out, but the fan was still there.

Zhao Sheng lifted up the cinnabar stained brush on the table and heavily drew a line on Ding Xiang's two words. Zhao Sheng, who threw away the brush, pressed it against his temple. It seemed like he had to hurry up.

It was night, and two black figures were falling down from the roof of the Liyang City. Finally, the last one landed on the roof of the Salt Transport Emissary's residence. The last one landed on the mansion of the richest man in the city.

The two carefully avoided all the guards, carefully inspecting every nook and cranny of the mansion.

A quarter of an hour later, the two of them flew out almost one after the other, and met up in a remote alley.

"Mistress."

These two people were Zhao Sheng and Loong Qi.

"Did you find anything?"

"Nope."

"We can't stay here for long, let's leave."

"Yes."