In the ancient society where the interests of the powerful were above all else, it was very common for aristocrats to force women to be concubines and for tyrants to bully delicate young ladies. As long as the background was strong enough, they could do whatever they wanted. Hedonistic sons full of evil were everywhere on the street. There were more of them than stray dogs, and they were more annoying than stray dogs.
Rich sons teasing young ladies on the street could be regarded as a common scene in later generations of movies and TV series. As long as you saw a potbellied rich son wandering on the street with a few henchmen behind him, then you could probably guess that there would be a handsome young lady who would suffer. You could even guess that there would be a hero who would save the beauty and beat the rich son and a large group of henchmen to the ground.
These were common routines in movies and TV series. Many movies and TV series probably had such a plot. It could be regarded as a routine on the street, but it could also stimulate people's various emotions every time, making people want to continue watching.
However, all the tyrants and hedonistic sons were not arrogant for no reason. They must have a background to support them. Because no one could control them, they could do whatever they wanted.
This kind of situation mostly happened in remote counties where the emperor was far away. In those very remote counties, the county magistrate was the highest official, no different from a local emperor. The son of the county magistrate was a miniature version of the crown prince. His relatives and friends had become tyrants who no one dared to provoke. Even the bigwigs who relied on the county magistrate had become big shots who no one dared to provoke. Because of the lack of information in these places, the law of the imperial court was difficult to effectively affect here. In these places, the words of the county magistrate were the law of the land. Even the words of a favored bigwig could become the law of the land. It was the law of the land that they snatched women. No one dared to interfere.
The unfair bullying of the bigwigs naturally aroused the anger of the hot-blooded heroes, the so-called chivalrous men. These chivalrous men hated evil as if it were their enemy. They cleaned up the hedonistic bullies with their swords. It was not a general satisfaction.
However, there were still too few chivalrous men. Too few chivalrous men were not enough to deter all the hedonistic tyrants in the world. This made the bullying of the hedonistic tyrants in the world more and more.
Even if they were not the hedonistic tyrants, ordinary rich businessmen would have thoughts when they saw beautiful young women. As long as there was a chance, they would take advantage of other people's difficulties. For example, if the girl had no money, the generous businessman would buy her with money so that he could legally own a beautiful girl.
The premise of all this was under the premise that he could predict it. That was to say, only those who stayed in a place for a long time and had a better understanding of the local environment would dare to do these things. If they did not know anything, they would not dare to be presumptuous unless they were brainless fools. When they went to a strange place, they did not know anything about the situation and went on a rampage on the streets. It was easy to die in a foreign land. After all, a person had a foundation in his own territory, but he did not have it in a foreign land. There would not be many henchmen around him. If the local tyrant wanted to clean up the foreign hedonistic tyrants, there were at least a hundred ways to make the foreign hedonistic tyrants die.
Especially rich businessmen, they were generally more shrewd. They cherished their lives very much. They would not lose their lives for a moment of pleasure. They would do these things very carefully. After they were familiar with a place, they would dare to take action. When they saw an abnormal phenomenon, they would be very vigilant. They would first understand it clearly.
Li Hanlu came from a minority ethnic group in the borderlands. She didn't really believe in supernatural things like cursing people. Therefore, when she heard that a local scoundrel had died for no reason after taking liberties with two girls, she immediately felt that these two girls were very suspicious. She didn't believe in the so-called cursing people to death.
Moreover, the more the two girls could justify themselves, the more suspicious it was. Because this was a deliberate cover-up, it would increase Ang Lee's suspicion.
"Husband, will it arouse their vigilance if you send people to investigate the two of them?"
Li Hanlu asked worriedly.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "No, the people I sent are very clever. They got the information when they were chatting with others. Moreover, they got the information from many people. The reliability is very high. Moreover, these people are all small fries. They have nothing to do with the two girls' lives. They may see them usually, but they will never take the initiative to talk. Naturally, their safety is higher."
"Husband, you are so thoughtful. If these two girls are really the Horse Gang's informants, then we should be able to dig out more of the Horse Gang's informants in Summer State City. We can even find the Horse Gang's lair."
Li Hanlu said.
Li An nodded and said, "Madam is right. Therefore, it is very necessary to keep an eye on these two young ladies. As long as we can find the person who is in contact with them, we will be able to find more horse gang informants. The complete elimination of the horse gang will be just around the corner."
For Ang Lee, it was really not difficult to eliminate the Horse Gang. With his ability, as long as he took the initiative to write to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to send more people to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Horse Gang, the problem of the Horse Gang in Summer State would have been solved long ago. However, Summer State was only a small place. It would be a waste to go to war for such a small place. It would be like using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken. As long as it was not impossible to solve, he could not easily ask the imperial court for too many soldiers.
In order to eliminate a small number of Horse Gang, it was necessary to mobilize a large number of troops from the imperial court. This would be ridiculed by the whole world. Lao Guo's reputation would also be greatly affected. Ang Lee's own reputation would also be greatly affected. This was a fact that could be guessed without thinking.
Ang Lee also told Li Hanlu in detail about several suspicious points. Because there were too many suspicious points, although most of them were guesses with a certain degree of subjectivity, there was a possibility that they were true. After listening to so much, Li Hanlu began to believe in Ang Lee. She felt that the situation described by Ang Lee was very likely to be true. Therefore, she admired Ang Lee's imagination and strong analytical ability even more.
"Assistant Minister Li, the house with the lotus and osmanthus stickers is just ahead of us. It is their residence."
The guard reported in a low voice when he was 30 steps away from the house of the two young ladies.
Ang Lee nodded and let the guard leave first, in case there were too many people and they would attract the attention of the Horse Gang's spies in the surroundings. If they were noticed by the sisters, it would be difficult to deal with the following matters.
"Husband, there are too many people in this place. There are people everywhere. Other than pedestrians, there are also many small merchants. There might be the eyes of the bandits among them. If we want to monitor their residence here, it's too conspicuous. We have to find another place."
Li Hanlu also found the problem here. She felt that if a stranger spied on the residence of Lotus and Osmanthus, it would definitely arouse suspicion. In that case, it would be difficult to achieve the purpose of spying on them.
Ang Lee naturally also found this situation. He also knew that spying on the residence of the two young ladies was too difficult and would arouse suspicion. However, if he sent people to take turns strolling around, it would still arouse suspicion after a long time. This was more difficult.
Ang Lee carefully observed the surroundings. In order to make it seem that he was not deliberately observing the surrounding situation, Ang Lee deliberately went to a stall selling pastries. He asked about the price of the pastries and stopped to carefully observe the surrounding situation.
"Sir, three copper coins for ten pastries."
"Okay, then I'll buy ten pastries."
Ang Lee took out three copper coins and handed it to the stall selling pastries. Then he took the freshly baked pastries and tasted them with Li Hanlu.
"Let's go! Let's go to the left street and have a look. "
After finding a suitable place, Ang Lee took Li Hanlu to the next street.
"Darling, what's on the next street? Why do we have to go there?"
Li Hanlu didn't understand and asked.
Ang Lee said with a smile, "The next street is more prosperous than here, and the houses are taller. It's the most suitable place to go."
Although the houses on the next street were also two stories high, the height was a little higher. In addition, the terrain of the next street seemed to be higher. In this way, it had the prerequisite to monitor from above.
Ang Lee believed that Li Hanlu must have also discovered this. Unfortunately, Li Hanlu didn't have the ability to take advantage of this. After all, the height of the next street was not very high. She had to stay on the roof to monitor. If a living person stood on the roof, wouldn't he be discovered? Therefore, it seemed that it was safer to monitor the residence of the two young ladies.
Of course, Ang Lee naturally had a way to solve this problem. How could such a small problem be difficult for Ang Lee? It was simply too simple.
"Darling, are you planning to rent a house on the next street and then send someone to stand on the roof to monitor them?"
Li Hanlu guessed and asked.
Ang Lee nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, that's the case. I just don't know if there is a house to rent!"
Indeed, the houses along the street were very popular. Many people would use the houses here to do business. The possibility of a vacant house was not high. Therefore, it was difficult to rent a house along the street. They could only try their luck.
"Sending someone to monitor on the roof is easy to be discovered. There are usually no people on the roof. If passersby see someone on the roof, they will definitely watch. In this case, how can we complete the task?"
Li Hanlu said worriedly.
Ang Lee knew that Li Hanlu would have this concern. He smiled and said, "Madam, you worry too much. I naturally have a way. As long as I can rent a house, I can solve this problem."
That's right, Li An was that confident. He was so confident that he was in a mess. There was nothing that he couldn't handle.
Soon, the two arrived at the next street and asked along the way if there were any vacant houses to rent. However, what made Ang Lee very regretful was that all the suitable houses along the way were operated by businesses. There were no vacant houses to rent at all. This made Ang Lee very worried.
"Darling, there are no vacant houses on the whole street. It seems that the method of monitoring from the roof won't work."
Li Hanlu said.
Ang Lee sighed and said, "It's really bad luck! There are no vacant houses. What should we do? "
If there were no houses to rent, then Ang Lee's plan could not be carried out. He could not monitor the residence of the two young ladies very well.
"Darling, wasn't there a hotel just now? Why don't we book this hotel? As long as the price is right, the shopkeeper should agree. "
Li Hanlu said.
This was a good idea. Ang Lee felt that it was very feasible. However, there should be guests in the hotel. If they booked it all, they would have to drive away the guests inside. This seemed to be too big of a commotion. It could easily become news in Xia State City, so it was not very appropriate.
"I remember now. There is indeed a hotel, but this hotel is not small. The scale is relatively large. There must be a lot of guests inside. It will be too conspicuous to book all of them. Let's go and take a look first!"
Ang Lee said. He went to the hotel just now with Li Hanlu. He was ready to investigate first to see how many vacant rooms there were and whether the vacant rooms were in a suitable location. If the rooms were on the first floor, then there was no need to rent them.
Soon, Ang Lee and Li Hanlu arrived at the hotel just now and walked in.
"Do you want to stay in the hotel?"
A waiter came over and asked.
Ang Lee nodded and replied, "Yes, I want to stay in the hotel. How many vacant rooms do you have? By the way, let's not talk about the first floor. I only want the rooms on the second floor."
"Oh, dear guest, this is such a coincidence. The first floor is already full, and there are still five empty rooms on the second floor. Two of them are good rooms, and the other three are located a little farther away, but the price is affordable. How about I take you there to have a look?"
The waiter said politely.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Okay, lead the way!"
The waiter saw that Ang Lee was well-dressed, so he naturally took them to see the two better rooms.
"Not bad, not bad. The environment is very elegant. However, the room I rent is not for myself. It is for the servants. There is no need to be so luxurious."
Ang Lee said.
What he meant was that he wanted a cheaper room.
The waiter immediately reacted and quickly said, "Dear guest, the rooms here are cheaper. Three rooms are only the price of one room. Please take a look."
After that, he led the way.
When Ang Lee walked over, he covered his nose slightly because there seemed to be a bad smell in the air. It should be a musty smell. In addition, the lighting of this room was not good, and the ventilation was relatively poor. The environment was really incomparable to the rooms just now. No wonder it was only one-third of the price. A decent businessman would not live in such a room.
The moment he opened the door, Ang Lee instinctively took a few steps back. The smell in the room was even worse. If such a room was not opened for half an hour, no one could enter.
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