Inside the box lay ten gleaming gold ingots, a stack of silver notes, and a handful of jewels and jade.

Qiao Laosan and Qiao Yunni were both stunned.

"My God, how much did they give?"

This stack of silver notes has denominations ranging from small to large, with the smallest being five taels and the largest being one thousand taels.

Qiao Lian'er counted them once, and good heavens, there were exactly ten thousand taels.

One hundred taels of gold is equal to one thousand taels of silver.

These jewels and jadeite are worth at least five thousand taels.

In total, General Guan gave 16,000 taels of silver.

The three of them stood there, stunned, for a long time before they came to their senses.

With so much money, to avoid attracting unwanted attention, Qiao Lian'er quickly closed the box and hugged it to her chest.

My elder brother told me that General Guan was honest and upright, but his family ran a business, so he was still quite wealthy.

But even this 16,000 taels of silver cost a considerable amount of money.

General Guan truly felt guilty.

"Mother, Third Uncle, get on the horse quickly, let's hurry home."

If anyone in the camp finds out that General Guan has given so much in compensation, it would be bad if they started to have ulterior motives.

Qiao Laosan and Qiao Yunni seemed to have been electrocuted, and they felt no pain in their hands at all.

"General Guan gave so much money. I've never seen so much money before," Qiao Yunni said somewhat haltingly.

"Lian'er, I don't know why, but I'm a little scared."

“Mother, what are you afraid of? I didn’t intend to accept it in the first place. General Guan insisted on giving it to us. Since we have accepted it, we should accept this immense wealth.”

Qiao Lian'er said, "It's a good thing for us to cut ties with someone like Song Laosan as soon as possible. The reward given by General Guan is an extra bonus."

"From now on, uncles and brothers will fight hard for General Guan, not only for themselves, but also to repay this debt of gratitude."

“Yes, General Guan’s intentions are so profound and his loyalty is unwavering,” said Qiao Laosan.

This is over ten thousand taels of silver! It's like a windfall, something I never dared to dream of before.

No, even if it came from the ground up, there couldn't be that many.

If you spend it normally, you won't be able to spend all of this money; you simply won't be able to spend it all.

Old Man Qiao sat under the eaves with his head down, while Old Woman Qiao paced back and forth, her face full of anxiety.

"I wonder what the situation is like now. It's been so long. Has Lian'er been captured by General Guan?"

"Yes, Lian'er went to expose General Guan's son-in-law. I'm afraid General Guan will be angry because of this. Alas, I shouldn't have let Lian'er go." Old Man Qiao was very annoyed.

"Old woman, how about I go and find out what's going on? You stay home and don't tell the family about this. If there's really no other way, go and call Da Yong and the other two back and ask them to ask General Chu for help."

Up to now, the others still don't know what happened and are busy in the warehouse.

"I'm afraid that if our Qiao family members go, we'll all be sent off one by one," Old Mrs. Qiao said worriedly.

"No, we don't need to go. The people who are going to arrest us might be here any minute."

"No matter what, we still need to go and check the situation first." As soon as Old Man Qiao stood up, he heard the familiar sound of horses' hooves outside.

His eyes lit up: "They're back, they're back."

The two elders rushed out.

Qiao Lian'er dismounted at the door, followed closely by Qiao Laosan and Qiao Yunni.

"Your hands, what happened to your hands?" Old Mrs. Qiao was heartbroken when she saw the two men's wrists were ripped and bleeding.

He pulled on Qiao Yunni's hand, then looked at Qiao Laosan's hand.

"That guy surnamed Song is no human being."

"Mother, it's nothing, just a minor injury. Everyone's fine." Qiao Laosan smiled broadly.

"They were all taken to the camp, tortured, and still smiling." Old Mrs. Qiao stood on tiptoe and poked his forehead hard with her finger.