The legitimate daughter returns to the capital and embarks on a splendid life, tearing apart the fak

Yun Heting winked at Ping An beside him and lowered his voice, saying, "Take two guards and go with Miss. Make sure to protect Young Master. As for the silver... bring it back if you can."

Ping An understood immediately, responded, turned around and selected two burly guards, who followed behind with swords slung over their shoulders.

Accompanying Yun Jin were two skilled fighters led by Chai Qing and Chai Hu, as well as four guards sent by Chu Duanshan.

With Dongxue by his side, the two of them rode horses and led a group of people to protect two carriages loaded with silver, heading towards the land temple outside the city.

Once outside the city, Xiao Jingyan waved his hand and led his men into the forest.

Yun Jin then led the rest of the group to continue their journey.

After traveling for more than an hour, the carriage finally stopped in front of the local temple.

Chai Hu led the two inside and searched the land temple thoroughly. When he came out, he nodded to Yun Jin and said, "Miss, there's no one inside."

Yun Jin told them all to retreat three miles, leaving only Dong Xue to accompany them.

Chai Qing was still worried and whispered, "Miss, please leave me to wait nearby. In case something happens..."

Yun Jin shook her head and resolutely refused: "No! If they find out, they might do something desperate and hurt Lang Ge'er, that would be a real disaster."

Chai Qing gritted his teeth and ultimately led his men away.

Ping An glanced back at the carriage carrying the silver, his eyes flickered, before turning around and following Chai Qing away.

Dongxue looked at the increasingly dark night, held up her torch, and asked Yunjin, "Miss, are you cold?"

Yun Jin shook her head: "I'm not cold."

The two waited for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before a cloud of dust rose from the dirt road opposite.

Two fast horses galloped up and stopped a few feet away.

Immediately, two masked men scanned Yun Jin and Dong Xue with their four eyes, and one of them called out, "Are you Miss Yun?"

Yun Jin stepped forward, shielding Dong Xue behind her, her voice cold and clear: "It's me. I've brought the money you wanted. Where's my brother?"

The man sneered, "Miss Yun, we agreed that we would be alone. Now that you've brought someone else, you're breaking your promise."

Yun Jin said matter-of-factly, "As an unmarried young lady, wouldn't I be afraid if I didn't have a maidservant by my side in this desolate wilderness? Are you men afraid of two unarmed girls?"

The man glanced at Yun Jin's face a few times before saying, "Tell your maid to step back."

"No." Yun Jin refused without hesitation. "I'll be scared if she's not by my side. Either she stays, or we both take the money and leave together."

The man seemed surprised by Yun Jin's firm stance, staring at her for a long while before slowly saying, "Aren't you afraid we'll kill you?"

Yun Jin scoffed, her tone laced with sarcasm: "To tell you the truth, I'm just an adopted daughter of the Yun family, and Yun Lang isn't my biological brother. If it weren't for the fact that the eldest daughter of the Yun family was too timid to come, crying and making a scene, this job wouldn't have fallen to me. Instead of using him to threaten me, you should really think about whether you even want this money."

The man's eyes flashed with a sinister light as he questioned, "Aren't you afraid of what you'll have to say when you get back?"

Yun Jin frowned impatiently: "What's so hard to explain? You did the work, what does it have to do with me? At worst, I'll just sever ties with the Yun family. I'm only asking you, are you going to do this deal or not?"

The man hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "Where is the silver? Let me see."

Yun Jin said, "You can see him. But I have to see Yun Lang first. I won't give you the money until I see him."

"Didn't you say you didn't care about him?"

Yun Jin said calmly, "If I rescue the young master of the Yun family and bring him back, the Yun family will owe me an enormous favor. When I marry as a daughter of the Yun family, will our status be the same?"

Upon hearing this, the masked man laughed instead: "Miss Yun is truly insightful."

Yun Jin ignored him and instead opened the boxes in the car one by one with Dong Xue.

The man was taken aback when he saw the silver in the box: "We wanted silver notes, how can we take so much cash?"

Yun Jin raised an eyebrow and pointed to the open box: "You only gave us one day, how could we possibly have time to do it so perfectly? We happen to have 20,000 taels of silver at home, and the rest of the silver notes are all here, all from Huitong Bank."

As she spoke, she opened the box containing the silver notes and showed them to the man.

The two dismounted and checked the silver and banknotes in the box.

The man who had spoken then mounted his horse, said to Yun Jin, "Just wait," winked at his companion, and then turned his horse around and galloped back the way he came.

His companion stayed behind, staring intently at Yun Jin and the other person.

Before long, a cacophony of hoofbeats rang out.

Seven or eight masked men, carrying torches, rode out of the night, raising clouds of dust and surrounding the small open space in front of the local temple.

The man in the lead was burly and must be the leader of the group.

Yun Jin preemptively asked, "Where's my brother?"

Without a word, the leader waved his hand behind him. On the last two horses, a child lay face down on the horse's back, hands and feet bound behind their backs, eyes blindfolded, and mouths stuffed with rags.

Yun Jin shouted, "It's too dark, I can't see clearly. Put him down, I need to examine him."

The leader nodded, and the two men lifted the child off the horse.

Yun Jin looked closely and saw that it was indeed Yun Lang and Fu Sheng.

Yun Jin withdrew her gaze and said coldly, "Let them come over. I'll give you the silver carriage."

The leader chuckled, "You know the rules. You release the car, we release the people, and we each go our own way."

Yun Jin shouted to Yun Lang and Fu Sheng, "Lang-ge'er, your sister is here to pick you up, come here!"

Yunlang and Fusheng quickly ran towards her.

Yun Jin and Dong Xue quickly stepped forward, pulled Yun Lang and Fu Sheng to their sides, tore the rags out of their mouths, and used a dagger to cut the ropes binding their hands.

As soon as Yunlang was free, he excitedly said, "Sister, I'm sorry for making you worry..."

"It's good that he's alright." Yun Jin checked him over from head to toe, and only breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that he was not injured.

Dongxue said urgently, "Miss, let's go quickly."

Yun Jin nodded. The four men and two horses, Yun Jin with Yun Lang and Dong Xue with Fu Sheng, turned their horses around and rode away.

The carts loaded with silver had already been pulled away by the group of masked men.

They had only taken a dozen or so steps when a jumble of footsteps suddenly sounded behind them.

Yun Jin turned around and saw Ping An rushing out of the roadside woods with two guards, shouting, "Thieves, where do you think you're going! Leave the silver behind!"

Yun Jin's heart sank suddenly, and she cursed inwardly, "Oh no."

The robbers were taken aback at first, then realized what was happening. The leader cursed, "That son of a bitch, the Yun family, they're trying to double-cross us! Brothers, catch that brat!"

(The previous statement said four million taels of silver, but upon checking today, it turned out to be four million 20,000 taels in several dozen carriages, which doesn't fit the plot, so it's been changed to the silver notes the other party wanted.)