After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 328 Eavesdropping

The two correctional mothers were locked up for several days, during which time they were completely cut off from the outside world and could not get any news. They had long been filled with anger.

But even so, they immediately started to behave strangely after moving out of the Tang family, which still surprised those who were monitoring them. Everyone thought that they would stay in the small house for at least three or two days, and then consider contacting their accomplices after confirming their safety. They were so restless, and it seemed that they were really anxious inside.

In fact, these two upbringing mothers are not really so brainless and reckless. They did not trust the two-bedroom family members sent by the Tang family. After moving to the small house, they were not allowed to enter the backyard, and they were only willing to have two confidants brought from the capital to serve them closely. At night, they stopped the two families in the front yard, closed the backyard door tightly, and lit lanterns and candles, illuminating the entire yard as if it were daytime. Anyone sneaking in would be immediately discovered. After making these preparations, the two nuns and their two confidants gathered in the main room with all the doors and windows open, and met to discuss secrets. If someone is eavesdropping nearby, they will never be able to hide it from their eight eyes.

However, such caution could not prevent the Tang family from making thorough preparations in advance.

This small house and the house next door are actually Mrs. Tang's private property. She took out one of them and used it as a property to accommodate the two correctional mothers. The Tang family also sent out close servants to work overtime and day and night to dig out several tunnels and install copper pipes with eavesdropping capabilities.

After the correctional mothers entered the house, they checked it from front to back, including the thickness of the walls, to ensure that there were no mezzanines, dark rooms, or spaces where people could hide and eavesdrop. But they never thought that the real place where they were tampered with was under their feet.

When the two nuns and two confidants gathered in the house and talked quietly, in the tunnel under the floor, the Tang family's confidants who were responsible for eavesdropping and monitoring were translating every word they said through hidden copper pipes. Hear it clearly.

The soldiers wrote down the contents of their conversation and immediately ran through the tunnel to the house next door. Representatives of the Zhou and Tang families were already sitting there, waiting for a long time.

The nursing mothers were very anxious. They didn't know what happened to the Tang family recently, or whether any new Sun family spies had been arrested, but something big had happened to the Tang family, which they could tell without asking. Now that they have been kicked out of the Tang family in disguise, they can no longer use the Tang family's channels to inquire about information about the Northwest Frontier Army and the Zhou family. What are they going to do next? Should he stay in Chang'an and find another solution, or should he go back to Beijing directly?

The fatter one among them wanted to return to Beijing even more: "We are too old. Once we are discovered doing such risky things, we won't be able to run away. It's better to take advantage of the opportunity to escape and return to Beijing as soon as possible." Forget about retirement. Our savings over the years are enough for us to support ourselves."

Another tall and thin nun said with a straight face: "It's easy for you to say, how can the Sun family let us go so readily?! I just hate that when we were young and ignorant, we were greedy, took the benefits of the Sun family, and became their The eyes and ears of the old lady have offended both the old lady and the concubine Gong. Now the Zhang family doesn't pay attention to us at all. Even if we return to the capital, we can only look at the Sun family's face. If they can easily let us go and see that we are old, Just let us leave, and we won’t be thrown into Chang’an by them when we left the palace!”

What did the Sun family say back then? As long as they follow Mr. Sun Ge's wishes, quietly tell him the news about Concubine Zhang De and Prince An, and help the emperor ascend the throne, they will enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future. How is the result? There is not even a shadow of glory and wealth, they still have to be slaves in the palace, serving the ladies of the Zhang family, but they have changed from aunts to nieces. For decades, they have not even become serious and high-ranking female officials. After leaving the palace, they wanted to live in peace and contentment, but they were thrown by the Sun family to Chang'an, two thousand miles away, to work as spies. They have been serving others all their lives. In the past, they only served the queen in the palace. Now, even the women of the martial arts family can look down on them...

The thin nun became more and more angry as she thought about it, and said angrily: "With the temper of the Sun family, as long as we are not dead, they want us to continue to work! They will never give up until they squeeze all the oil out of us! Let's go back It’s easy, it’s just a matter of a few taels of silver for transportation. But let them know that we have returned in vain, how will they let us live a good life?!”

The fat nanny was so frightened that her face turned pale: "What should we do then? Should we stay in Chang'an to retire? I'm afraid that one day, the people here will discover our true identity, and then we will really die!" "Skinny Nanny said: "If we want to return to Beijing smoothly for retirement, we must first make the Sun family happy and feel that we did not leave Chang'an in vain!"

"Do you want to... find out the news here clearly and take it back to the capital?" Fatty Aunt hesitated, "We have only been responsible for inquiring about the news in the Tang family. At most, we follow the female family members of the Tang family when they go out to visit. Inquiring about other people's affairs, but have you never been a spy outside? We have been in Chang'an for several years, and we have only gone out a few times. Without a coachman, I don't even know how to navigate the roads in Chang'an. How can I find out the news?"

Thinking of this, she felt guilty and shook her head repeatedly: "No way, no way. I don't know the road, and I don't know how many people the Sun family has planted in Chang'an. If I just go out to inquire so rashly, I'm afraid someone will notice it immediately. From the twelfth lunar month Since then, spies have been arrested everywhere in Chang'an. If any general sees me and becomes suspicious, how can I escape?"

The thin nanny comforted her: "It's okay, you don't need to take risks. Although the Sun family has never told us how many people they have in Chang'an, last year the Zhenguo Palace discussed Miss Hui's marriage with the Tang family, and the superior ordered me I wanted to find a way to become Miss Hui's dowry and follow her into the Zhenguo Palace. I thought this idea was ridiculous and not like the usual method of the Sun family, so I was more cautious and asked Xiaocui to follow the people from the outer courtyard. The messenger found out the identity of the person he was communicating with."

The fat nanny was surprised: "Why didn't you tell me?" Then she nodded, "This idea is indeed ridiculous. We are not Miss Tang's nanny, how can we be her dowry? Who do the Sun family think we are?" We just come to the Tang family to teach students, not to be slaves of the Tang family! Who else is worthy of us being slaves except the nobles in the palace?!"

The most important thing is that they entered the Tang family as spies in the name of nurturing mothers. As long as the students are all married, they will be successful and retire. The Sun family will also fulfill its promise to them in the past and let them live a prosperous and stable life. A decent retirement life. But if they followed Miss Tang to her husband's house, they would probably have to continue working as spies until they die of old age, and how could they have a chance to take care of themselves in peace? !

Why do the Sun family always keep their words like this? !

The fat nanny snorted heavily, and then asked the girl with a thin head next to her: "Xiao Cui, do you know where they are connected?"

Xiaocui nodded and replied: "At that time, I watched the man enter a tavern near Tang's house. He stayed there for less than two quarters of an hour and then returned to Tang's house smelling of alcohol. I guessed that he must have The information was given to the people in the tavern. But the slave bribed a few children nearby and asked them to help keep an eye on the tavern. She found that there was only one shopkeeper inside, and there was nothing suspicious about it. However, every three or five days, someone came to the tavern. There was a man who would go to the tavern, neither drink nor stay for a long time. He would say a few words to the shopkeeper and then leave with a small cloth bag. This was always the case. The slave girl guessed that this man must be theirs. He became an accomplice. So I kept an eye on them for a while, and once I quietly followed them when they were meeting, and found the accomplice’s whereabouts..."

(End of this chapter)