The Yangcheng County government was in a state of turmoil because of the lawsuit regarding the Fang family's property, and the officials in Yangwu County in Henan Province were also having a headache.

"This is a big deal! A very big deal! Quickly mobilize the troops to search for him!"

Such shouting had been going on in the county government for half a day and was causing headaches.

The county magistrate of Yangwu put his hand on his forehead and raised his eyelids to look at the five men in front of him who were neither shady nor cheerful, neither like merchants nor rich men.

Big thing, a very big thing, there was only one very big thing in Yangwu.

"Is that so?" he said in a long voice. "Has another strong man cast a stone? Should I order the whole country to search for him for ten days?"

According to legend, Zhang Liang recruited strong men to attack Qin Shi Huang at Bolangsha in Yangwu, but he accidentally hit the auxiliary chariot of Qin Shi Huang. When he failed to find him, he ordered the whole country to search for him for ten days.

When the five people in the hall heard this at first, they didn't react.

"Whether it takes ten days or five days, we must catch this thief," one of them added.

Where did this bumpkin come from? The Yangwu County Magistrate chuckled.

"I didn't know that the Emperor was here," he said.

The five people were stunned for a moment, then they suddenly came to their senses and were immediately filled with shame and anger.

"You bastard..." One of them couldn't hold back his temper and stepped forward to grab the county magistrate.

"What are you going to do?" The county magistrate was used to dealing with ruffians, so he immediately stepped back and shouted sharply.

The officers standing on both sides also rushed over with water and fire sticks and surrounded them.

They didn't take these yamen runners, who could only scare the common people on a daily basis, seriously at all, but they couldn't make trouble now.

The leader stopped his companions with a gloomy expression.

"Sir, our things were stolen in the inn." He said in a deep voice, "Because the stolen items are valuable, please catch the thief."

The county magistrate was not an unreasonable person and smiled when he heard this.

"If it was stolen, it was stolen. Don't scream like you've murdered someone." He said, calling the master over. "Tell me, what was lost?"

"Ten thousand taels of silver," said the man.

The county magistrate widened his eyes.

"Ten thousand taels of silver?" he asked in surprise, then narrowed his eyes again, "What do you do?"

"What do you care what we do..." one of the five people couldn't help but shout again.

The county magistrate smiled and looked at them suspiciously.

"I have to verify the truth of this matter. Where did the 10,000 taels of silver come from?" he said.

"We are the ones who lost the things. Why are you investigating us instead of catching the thief?" The man couldn't hold back his temper any longer and punched the county magistrate.

The county magistrate covered his nose and screamed, and the county government office suddenly fell into chaos.

…

"Waste!"

In the dark room, Yuan Bao spoke with a grim expression, looking at the five people kneeling in front of him and a dozen people standing behind them.

"I asked you to pretend to report a crime, not to fight."

The five people knelt on the ground and trembled.

"Sir, being an official is so infuriating." One of them said in a hoarse voice.

"Infuriating?" Yuan Bao's voice suddenly became sharp. "You guys also know how to be infuriating? No matter how infuriating it is, is there anyone more infuriating than idiots like you?"

He paced back and forth in the room, waving his hands angrily.

"Three cars were stolen right under our noses. Are you dead?"

Everyone in the room lowered their heads, but as they were drugged, they were no different from the dead, so of course they didn't dare say this out loud.

"Sir, it's definitely not one person who could steal three cars without making any noise. It must be a big thief or a bandit. It seems that we have been targeted for a long time." The middle-aged businessman stood up and said, "Since our identity has been leaked..."

As he spoke, he glanced at the five people kneeling on the ground. In order to get them out of the Yangwu County Government Office, he had to reveal his identity.

"Let's just mobilize the local government troops to arrest him," he continued, "otherwise it would be inconvenient for us to search privately."

"Will it be convenient if we look for it in a high-profile manner?" Yuan Bao raised his eyebrows and shouted.

"Sir, it's not inconvenient." The businessman gritted his teeth and made a beheading gesture, "At worst, we can kill them all after this."

Anyone who came into contact with the silver, whether it was the thieves or the officers and soldiers helping to capture the criminals, must die, regardless of whether they had seen the inscriptions on the silver or not, and even more so regardless of whether they understood the meaning of the inscriptions.

Only the dead are the safest.

Yuan Bao's expression became increasingly gloomy.

He doesn't know whether others will die or not, he only knows that they are about to die.

What happened? Who did it? He was not so stupid that he was completely defenseless. After leaving Yangcheng, they had created more than a dozen cover identities and distributed more than 20 fake trucks loaded with silver. They were so mixed up that he couldn't tell the real from the fake.

They had been recruiting people all the way, changing their identities, but they were still spotted and their chariot was robbed without making any noise.

Was this premeditated or an accidental collision?

"Is there really no unusual movement from the Fang family?" he asked.

Someone stood up and said yes.

"Our people have been keeping an eye on it, and the Fang family hasn't made any moves." He said, "Miss Jun and the prince are still in the Fang family in Yangcheng. The lawsuit is getting more and more intense, and Miss Fang has already gained the upper hand..."

"I don't care who has the upper hand." Yuan Bao interrupted him sharply, with shame, "I just want to know who robbed my money!"

"Sir, this technique and speed must be done by a veteran thief." The businessman said, and asked again, "Sir, please investigate and eliminate the thieves."

…

"In fact, I should thank them for being so careful and cautious," Zhu Zan said, pouring oil barrels on the cart. "We got a cartload more silver than expected."

After the last drop of oil was poured out of the barrel, Miss Jun threw the lit torch over. With a bang, the three cars were immediately engulfed in flames.

The fire was blazing and the smoke was pungent. Miss Jun took a step back and saw that a dozen people behind her were packing the silver coins taken from the car into bags, book boxes, straw baskets, wheelbarrows, and even pig cages.

They were of different shapes and sizes, with simple and honest faces, the kind that would not attract a second glance if thrown into a crowd of people. They were also dressed differently.

Is this the legendary woodcutter?

"It's better to say he was a bandit." Zhu Zan touched his nose with a bit of pride, "He was a bandit for many years. He killed me with gold and stole my money."

"Aren't these people in the North?" Miss Jun said, looking at him, "So you brought them all here."

Zhu Zan smiled, the firelight shining on his face flickering.

"As I said, I am wary of emperors," he said, "especially this emperor who obviously dislikes us."

Miss Jun smiled.

"Brother."

Someone came over and said.

"We're done."

Zhu Zan nodded and waved his hand to them.

"Go ahead." He said simply.

The dozen or so people immediately turned around and either rode their horses or walked away with their carts and loads on their shoulders, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.

Miss Jun was staring at it in a daze until she suddenly thought of a question.

"Where do you want them to hide the silver?" she asked.

Zhu Zan exclaimed.

"Don't hide it, melt it, spend it." He said, blinking, as if her question was strange, "Isn't money meant to be spent?"

Miss Jun exclaimed, and seemed surprised by his answer.

"Really? Robbing?" she said.

She was originally going to follow the convoy transporting the silver, which was very frustrating to say, as she even had to keep the silver safe, but Zhu Zan asked her to do something together.

"Let's go and rob it," he said, "so that he can have a taste of what it's like to be tricked."

The one he was referring to was naturally the emperor.

Yes, she couldn't let the silver be exposed to the public, but that didn't mean that only the emperor could take the silver.

On the contrary, we must not let him take it away.

We cannot allow him to rest easy and recklessly destroy the enemy without any scruples.

So she followed Zhu Zan all the way, and Zhu Zan also called his men. They waited patiently, tracked carefully, and finally found an opportunity to take action.

But she really didn't think about what to do after the robbery, she just wanted to hide it.

"The best way to hide it is to use it up and make it disappear," Zhu Zan said. "Besides, keeping it is useless. Can you threaten him with it?"

Using this matter to threaten the emperor would not do her any good. Miss Jun smiled, but...

"That's a good deal for you." She said, looking at Zhu Zan who couldn't hide his smile. This was a guy who loved money. The first time they dealt with him, he stole her lanterns to raise money. Thinking of the past, Miss Jun also smiled.

"Are you happy to have snatched so much money in one go?" she said with a half-smile.

Zhu Zan laughed, then stopped laughing.

"I'm happy that everything is put to good use. It's only fair that a good person like me use the money," he said with a stern face.

Miss Jun laughed and looked back at the still burning car. Yes, it is fair to let good people be rewarded and bad people suffer.

She waved her hands and stepped forward.

Zhu Zan hurried to follow.

"Well." He suddenly coughed and pinched his fingers, "Did you forget something?"

What did you forget? Miss Jun thought about it carefully. She thought that she should have done everything well without missing anything or leaving any big traces. Because Yuan Bao and his men acted in a sneaky way, it was very convenient for them to act.

"I think I've done you a favor," Zhu Zan said. "You're always very polite and like to express gratitude."

Do you want money? Miss Jun looked at him sideways. He was really a money-grubber. He had restrained himself a lot recently because he suddenly found out that he was the Ninth Princess. Now he seems to have gotten used to it and has returned to his old ways.

"You're wrong." She looked at him. "I should have helped you. Although you had more people, I set the trap and prepared the drugs. The most important thing is that you took the money in the end, so you should thank me."

Zhu Zan said "oh" and looked at her, seeming to be a little dazed.

"Is that so? That's right." He nodded seriously. "Then I should thank you."

"Then what are you going to do..." Miss Jun said with a smile.

Before he could finish his words, Zhu Zan suddenly reached out and hugged her. His movements were hasty, stiff and clumsy.

Fortunately, this time they didn't hit her nose like they did in Dingzhou when they pretended to be a couple and hugged each other.

However, the problem is not this, the problem is that he is...

Miss Jun came to her senses and was about to speak when Zhu Zan let go of her hand.

"Thank you," he said, lowering his head and twisting his toes on the ground, then walking past her.

Miss Jun looked at the man in front of her who was walking in two steps at a time, then in three steps at a time, with a look of astonishment on her face.

What?