But the ledgers she saw today were the source of Shen Mu Ning's profound shock.

Although she had heard of this era in her previous life, she knew it was somewhat dark.

But I really didn't expect that there could be so many shady dealings in the office of a Red Guard in a small county town like Dingbei.

If she were only facing these people who framed loyal officials and disregarded human life, she could have simply killed them without a second thought.

What made Shen Mu Ning most at a loss was the interpersonal relationships behind it all.

It doesn't matter if these people die, because those in high positions will always have people to rely on.

In the end, it was just a matter of replacing them with a different group of people.

As for the people behind this, it won't have any impact whatsoever.

After thinking for a long time, Shen Mu Ning decided to go to Xu Wen Jie's house first.

Xu Wenjie's family lives in a detached house near the textile factory in the county town.

As Shen Mu Ning headed to the courtyard, she encountered many workers on their way to work at the textile factory.

They chatted about gossip as they passed by Shen Mu Ning.

Shen Mu Ning was focused on finding Xu Wen Jie's home and didn't pay much attention to what the people around her were saying.

It wasn't until she heard someone mention gossip about Xu Wenjie's family that she started to pay a little more attention to the gossip and receive information.

"You wouldn't believe it, Xu Wenjie went home again yesterday," a middle-aged woman in a light blue dress said mysteriously.

The short, plump woman next to her couldn't stand her knowing this big secret.

He interrupted her directly: "Everyone around here knows that Xu Wenjie came back yesterday."

Everyone around nodded in agreement. Every time Xu Wenjie came back, he would cause some trouble, and everyone around could hear it.

The woman who spoke first got angry, "If you don't let me finish speaking, how are we supposed to know what's really going on in his family?"

"Isn't it because Xu Wenjie has a mistress outside and dislikes the one at home?"

"That's right, his wife only gave birth to a girl before, and then she couldn't get pregnant again."

"Later, Xu Wenjie found another woman, and she gave birth to a big, healthy boy the following year."

Insiders rushed to reveal the truth, mainly because there were only a few people openly engaging in extramarital affairs.

So rumors about them are flying everywhere, and most people know about them.

"Ha, everyone knows that news. What I want to talk about is the news about that mistress."

Hearing the lady's words, no one had the leisure to show off what they knew.

Because what they were talking about was common knowledge, no one knew anything about the mistress.

"Big sister is amazing. There are probably not many people who know what you know."

"Yeah, we haven't received any news, how did you know?"

The middle-aged woman, dressed in a sky-blue dress, was proudly surrounded by people.

Having heard enough of the people's compliments, she finally revealed what she knew with satisfaction.

"That mistress is actually Xu Wenjie's wife's sister-in-law."

These words were like a bomb, leaving people completely bewildered.

"This, this Xu family is really so unscrupulous." The short, plump woman was also stunned and forgot about arguing with the others.

"Does Yang Yan know about this?" After a long silence, someone finally asked the question.

The group exchanged bewildered glances upon hearing the question. If Yang Yan knew the answer, she would be furious.

The woman who had been holding the large container sighed deeply before saying, "What a tragedy! Yang Yan only found out about this yesterday."

Without anyone else asking, the auntie began to explain.

"Yesterday, Yang Yan came over and I guess we talked things out, and then the two of us had a falling out."

"Yesterday afternoon, Yang Yan brought Xu Wenjie back to ask about the situation."

"Later, Yang Yan was beaten by Xu Wenjie. It was only when his youngest son cried that Xu Wenjie stopped beating her."

"Sigh, it really is a tragedy. You know Yang Yan's parents knew about this, so why didn't anyone stop them?"

"No matter what, it doesn't sound good to say that two sisters are sharing one husband."

Upon hearing this, the short, plump woman had something to say.

"You don't know, Yang Yan only gave birth to one daughter after marrying into the family, and the Yang family was afraid that Xu Wenjie would divorce her and find someone else."

"It just so happened that the youngest daughter in the family had lost her husband and become a widow. The orphan and the widow were kicked out of the house and went back to her parents' home."

"Xu Wenjie also had his eye on her, which is why he made the marriage happen with the tacit approval of the Yang family."

Shen Mu Ning was not surprised by Xu Wenjie's infidelity and domestic violence, because she had already used her mental power to locate his family's yard.

There was indeed a woman with a bruised and swollen face, and two children in the yard.

She just didn't expect that Xu Wenjie's actions could be so disgusting.

The Yang family is the same; they actually put their two sisters in this situation just to curry favor with Xu Wenjie, their son-in-law.

Shen Mu Ning quickened her pace and rushed to the outside of the courtyard.

Xu Wenjie bought this courtyard after he became the squad leader of the Red-letter soldiers.

Shen Mu Ning pretended to be a stranger passing by and used her mental power to envelop the entire courtyard.

In the spacious courtyard, only one woman was tending to the vegetable garden, while a slightly older girl was playing with a toddler of about two years old.

Shen Mu Ning came to Xu Wen Jie's house to ask him about the address of his uncle, Xu Yuan.

They just didn't know Xu Wenjie had a mistress, which is why they came up empty-handed.

However, Shen Mu Ning's mental energy swept through the courtyard and found that there were many things hidden there.

Not wanting to make a wasted trip, she changed her clothes in the space and then knocked on the courtyard gate.