What does "a thief in a long room" mean in geography books?

There is a child stealing in the long room.

From the ancient book "the princes broke the house".

Former residence of Liu Shengkan in Hanoi. Born childless, moved out of the mansion, my concubine gave birth to a son, and my first wife stole it, claiming to be dead.

The maharaja said, "Look at your house carefully. If this son is not dead, it must be your first wife's third brother and his wife who stole it and hid it. " . The thief's door was opened in his home, so he stole the children. The thief's door is the root door, so it is called the third brother, and the door is outside, so it is called the wife and the third brother. Fortunately, the thief's door was not inside, so his son didn't die. Why is the door outside, so his house is separated by three rooms. His brother divided the East Room, and according to the original old root door, (Liu) divided the Westinghouse, and opened a dry door to separate the Westinghouse. However, although the roots are outside and the brothers are connected, they keep attracting thieves. In order to preserve gold for a long time, gold was born in the soil to vent its gas and its feelings were revealed. There is also Jinke Xunmu, whose first wife is not presumptuous, and his later son has indeed found it.