At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

As soon as I got downstairs, I saw a shocking scene. The waiter, one in black and one in white, had bewitched all the people in the post station and then came to the backyard. They were opening the box on the escort cart. Under the moonlight, there was a silver glow inside. It turned out to be ancient silver ingots, neatly placed in the box. The three escort carts were all filled with silver.

"Boss, we counted it and it's wrong. It's 100,000 taels, and we're still short of 50,000 taels. How are we going to explain this to our master?" said the man in black.

She originally thought it was the Black Impermanence, but these two had internal strength and were quite powerful. The two painted pale faces looked even more terrifying under the moonlight. No wonder her father said that ghosts were all disguised as humans. But who were these people pretending to be escorts, and who were this waiter and the Black and White Impermanence?

"Never mind. Call the brothers in quickly to take the silver away, and put paper money on their escort carts." Bai Wuchang said.

Soon, more than a dozen masked men in black came into the yard, led by a one-armed man with a long sword.

They quickly put the silver into bags and carried them on their shoulders. Just as they were about to turn around and walk out, they were stopped by Yu Tinghai and Yu Linshan who had been standing at the door for some reason.

"Who are you and why did you rob this escort vehicle?" Yu Tinghai asked.

"Master Yu, please stop meddling in other people's business and go back to your Wangshan County to take up your post! What happens here has nothing to do with you." said the masked man, who was led by a one-armed man with a knife.

"But I have to make it clear today when I meet them." Yu Tinghai held up the sword in one hand in the moonlight, his green robe fluttering in the wind. He looked at the dozen people with firm eyes, his whole body like a bow, ready to go.

“Nie Changfeng’s gentleman swordsmanship wiped out the top ten masters and thirty-six people of the Wei family in one night twenty-five years ago. It’s a pity that Nie Changfeng is dead. Although you are his only successor, you have long since sealed your sword and entered the court as an official. I’m afraid you don’t have the strength that Nie Changfeng had back then?” said the one-armed man in black.

"It is enough for you to know how powerful the Gentleman's Swordsmanship is. Although I have not practiced swordsmanship for twenty-five years, I still practice several times every night. Although my swordsmanship is not as superb as my master's in the past twenty-five years, it is not much worse." Yu Tinghai replied.

"Eighth Master, you'd better be careful. Wait for the master and the four Rakshasas to come." Hei Wuchang came up to the one-armed man in black and said.

"You go first and I will deal with him." replied the one-armed man in black.

After the one-armed man in black finished speaking, he raised his sword and rushed towards Yu Tinghai. There were flashes of swords and sabers. Yu Tinghai faced the one-armed man in black with his sword skills. Every swing of the sword was like the flowing water of running script, elegant and powerful. With a few moves, he pushed the one-armed man in black back more than ten steps.

"I told you there is only one door here. With us uncle and nephew here, none of you should go out of this door." Yu Tinghai stabbed the one-armed man in black in the chest with his sword.

"Don't hurt Lao Ba. It's okay for us to tell you, Lord Yu." Bai Wuchang said, "In fact, this 100,000 taels is the disaster relief funds allocated by the Ministry of Revenue to the three states of Nachuzhou, Cizhou, and Huzhou."

"The imperial court asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate 300,000 taels, but why are there only 100,000 taels here? And wasn't this silver robbed by bandits outside Nanjun City? How did 100,000 taels appear here?" Yu Tinghai asked.

"We don't know. I only know which bandits took away 100,000 taels." Black and White Impermanence replied, "We don't know where the other 100,000 taels went either."

"Really? Who are these people?" Yu Tinghai asked.

"My lord, haven't you noticed that? They are not from the escort agency, but the palace guards." Hei Wuchang replied quickly.

"I've said so much now, Lord Yu, you can decide what to do?" said the one-armed man who was being pointed at by the sword.

At this moment, a strong wind blew, and five people, all wearing various Shura masks, jumped down from the roof of the third floor of the inn and landed in front of the one-armed man in black. One of them pulled the one-armed man more than a meter away.

The leader was heroic, dressed in gold and purple brocade, while the other four people behind him were dressed in red, gray, green and blue.

Yu Yunxin also only saw the backs of the five people. The internal strength of these five people should not be underestimated.

"My lord." The men in black respectfully bowed to the man in gold and purple brocade clothes.

"The gentleman's swordsmanship that disappeared from the world 25 years ago is quite good. I also want to see how powerful the gentleman's swordsmanship is." The leader said to Tinghai with a sharp gaze and a voice as loud as a rainbow.

"Shura Sect, it seems that you are the boss of Shura Sect?" Yu Tinghai asked.

"My Shura Sect has only been around for a few years, so it's naturally not as good as the Qingyi Sect which has been around for a hundred years. I didn't expect that Lord Yu knows so much about my Shura Sect." The leader replied.

"Black and White Impermanence, why didn't Meng Po show up? One-armed Single-blade Master Ba, aren't you all from the Ghost Market in the suburbs of Beijing? It seems that the Ghost Market belongs to your Shura Sect?" Yu Tinghai asked, "I really didn't expect that the Shura Sect is in charge of the Ghost Market. My people told me that the Shura Sect also inquired in the Ghost Market."

The man in golden and purple brocade clothes laughed loudly: "Ha! Hahaha!" The voice was very hearty and evil, like a devil who had just entered the world.

"It seems that the leader of the Shura Sect is a young man. If I'm not mistaken, you should be someone of Duke Li! Three years ago, after the Li Kingdom issued an edict for treason and 200,000 soldiers were burned to death in the Luoxia Valley in Xizhou, the Shura Sect came into the world." Yu Tinghai analyzed.

"Sir Yu, why did the emperor ask you to continue investigating the old case of Duke Li's treason three years ago? Your deduction is good and brilliant." The golden and purple young man clapped his hands and said, "You can deduce the events of that year so well, then how come you don't know who is behind the 100,000 taels of silver? Or is it that you don't want to know? You and Duke Li are very similar. Both of you are loyal to the emperor, but in the end, you still died under the imperial power." After speaking, he shot the golden fan in his hand towards Yu Tinghai.

Yu Tinghai used the move of Shanwai Qingyin to block the golden fan's attack, but the young man in golden purple clothes quickly jumped behind Yu Tinghai and wanted to attack from behind. However, Yu Tinghai discovered this move and swung his hand directly to his right shoulder and then dodged the attack from behind with a flying swallow.

"That's right. I didn't expect that although you have not used the sword for more than 20 years, you are still so skilled in using it. You are a sword master worthy of respect." Although the young man in golden purple was wearing a Shura mask, one could still see a hint of surprise from his eyes as deep as a lake.

Yu Yunxin hid behind the door without moving. She wanted to move her feet, but was suddenly startled by a black cat that walked out from under her feet. She stepped on the tail of the black cat in the inn. The cat screamed: "Meow!..."

Everyone looked towards the sound of the cat's cry, and Bai Wuchang pulled the door open with the chain, dragging the door panel several meters away.

Yu Yunxin was exposed in front of everyone. At this time, Yu Tinghaihai saw Yu Yunxin and called out, "Xin'er."

Before he could react, he was hit hard on the left shoulder by a golden fan. The fan was poisonous because it emitted a dark purple light in the moonlight.

Yu Yunxin yelled, "Dad!" Just as she was about to rush over, a red-robed Shura dodged behind her and hooked her shoulder with a silver hook. Yu Yunxin dodged the move by bending down.

Yu Tinghai watched the Red-clothed Shura launch a second attack on Yu Yunxin's back. He immediately broke free from the silver fan that was flying towards him with the golden and purple-clothed youth. The sword and the fan collided in the air and slid down from the sky. He dodged and wanted to protect Yu Yunxin, but he didn't expect that the golden and purple-clothed youth flew over and hugged Yu Yunxin's lower waist. The silver hook slid across Yu Yunxin's shoulder. The silver hook was poisonous and flashed dark green under the moonlight. When Yu Yunxin's skin touched the silver hook, a bloody wound slid down her shoulder.

The golden and purple young man held Yu Yunxin firmly. Yu Yunxin fainted in the golden and purple young man's arms because of the poison.

"Xin'er." Yu Linshan, who was standing at the door, leaped up with a sword in his hand and wanted to attack the golden and purple young man, but the white-clothed Shura Bai Ling on the side directly blocked his attack and knocked him to the ground with a palm.

"Baiji, you hit me too hard!" said the young man in golden purple clothes as he looked at Yu Linshan who was knocked unconscious to the ground by a palm strike.

"My lord, if I don't take action, he will stab me." The white-robed Shura said in a clear female voice.

When Yu Tinghai saw his daughter in the hands of the enemy, his sword fell to the ground in order to block the golden fan. "Let Xin'er go." He said to Yu Yunxin who was in the hands of the golden and purple young man.

The Black and White Impermanence jumped behind Yu Tinghai together. The White Impermanence directly hit Yu Tinghai on the back of the neck with a palm, knocking him unconscious. Yu Tinghai fainted on the ground.

"Old Eight, write a letter and put it on their carriage, and send them to the outskirts of Liuzhou City. Wipe away the wheel marks here." After the golden and purple young man said this, he directly carried Yu Yunxin into the three largest carriages, took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, and sprinkled the medicine powder directly on Yu Yunxin's wound.

Soon everyone disappeared into the post station in the dark night. At the same time, three carriages sped through the mountains and forests.

"Hey, Lao Jia! Why do you think the master didn't kill Yu Tinghai and his group?" Bai Wuchang and Hei Wuchang asked while driving the carriage side by side.

"Lord Yu is a good official and cannot be killed." Hei Wuchang replied.

"Give Lord Yu some more medicine later. When we get to the tea stand on the official road outside Liuzhou before dawn, feed him and prepare some breakfast for him. This is what the master ordered." Bai Wuchang said, "I've sent you so far, you won't go back to investigate the case, will you?"

"Do you think Yu Tinghai and his people are stupid? It will take at least one day to go back by the official road. Even if they go back, they won't know anything. We have prepared dry food for them. They will only head towards Nanling County and may not even enter Liuzhou City." Hei Wuchang said.

After dawn, Yu Yunxin woke up and saw Lian Qiao, Chun Yu, Qiu Shuang and the other two lying beside her in a carriage. She pushed all three of them awake and said, "Lian Qiao, Qiu Shuang, Chun Yu, wake up quickly."

"Miss, why is it so crowded? I'm clearly sleeping alone!" Chunyu said dazedly, rubbing his eyes.

"Ah!" Qiu Shuang shouted, "Aren't we in the inn? How come we are in the carriage?"

Yu Yunxin just stretched out her hand and felt some pain in her left shoulder, but she didn't say anything yet.

"Miss, you are hurt." Chunyu screamed.

"It's okay, miss. Didn't you apply medicine?" Lian Qiao glanced at Yu Yunxin's shoulder and said.

Qiu Shuang quickly jumped off the carriage and saw three carriages parked neatly on the side of the road. The horses were still eating hay on the ground, and there was a bundle hanging on the head of each horse.

After Lian Qiao was bandaged, Yu Yunxin also jumped off the carriage without paying attention to the three bundles. Qiu Shuang directly picked up the bundle on the front of the carriage.

Yu Yunxin came to the front carriage and saw Yu Tinghai. Yu Linshan also climbed out of the carriage in a daze.

"Xin'er, what's wrong with you? Who bandaged the wound on my shoulder?" Yu Linshan said, moving his hands.

"We met people from Shura Sect at the post station yesterday." Yu Tinghai said, "These are really strange."

He Bo also opened his eyes and asked, "Where is our driver?"

"Master, we are in the last carriage." one of the coachmen replied.

Another said, "We were supposed to sleep in the guest room at night, so how come we slept in the carriage?"

"Look, there's a bundle on the horse's head." The coachman pointed to a bundle in front of his carriage.

Qiu Shuang opened the bundle in her hand and shouted, "Miss, here are some white rice porridge and meat buns that are still warm?"

When everyone heard this, Uncle He and the driver also took up the bundle on the horse's head. Uncle He said, "There is a letter in this bundle, sir."

Then he gave it to Yu Tinghai, who took it, opened the envelope, and said, "This person's handwriting is really bad."

"What did my godfather write?" Yu Linshan asked curiously.

"There are five thousand taels of silver in the carriage, as small change. Take care on your journey, Shura Gate." Yu Tinghai said.

"Is that all?" Yu Linshan asked.

Yu Tinghai handed the letter to Yu Linshan and said, "Look for yourself, the handwriting is really ugly."

"Master, what should we do with all these food and dry rations?" asked Uncle He.

"Since they've given it to me, just eat it without worry." After saying that, he took the bundle, opened the bowl of porridge and buns inside, and started eating.

When Yu Yunxin saw this, she got on the carriage and started sharing the food with the other three.

"Miss, who is it that sent us to the outskirts of Liuzhou city at night and gave us buns to eat? Is it because the master has done too many good deeds and someone has come to repay the favor?" Qiu Shuang asked.

"It's possible." Yu Yunxin said, and seeing Qiu Shuang still thinking, she took a bun and stuffed it into her mouth and said, "Eat it quickly, we still have to hurry on our way after eating!"

Qiu Shuang looked at Yu Yunxin and smiled as she bit the bun in her mouth. After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Yu Yunxin checked the carriage and found that everything inside was intact. There were a few more bows and arrows, daggers, and a few more sets of clothes. The same was true for Yu Tinghai's carriage.

"Let's get on with the journey?" Yu Tinghai gave an order, and the three coachmen returned to their carriages and started on their journey. After walking about a hundred steps, they saw a tea stall on the side of the road, which was also a small market. Everyone thought about it, and Yu Tinghai asked Yu Linshan to get off the carriage and ask for directions, buy some tea, and then continue on their journey.

Li Cong, the Minister of Finance in the capital, was now in a state of panic, standing on tiptoe in his room. This time, he and Wang Wei, the Vice Minister of Finance, embezzled 200,000 taels of silver, 100,000 of which were robbed by bandits outside the city of Nanling County. They reported directly that the 200,000 taels were all robbed.

But now he had tried several times to get the embezzled silver back into his own hands secretly. The imperial guards still borrowed more than a hundred people from General Wang, saying that they would give him half of it if the matter was settled. Now the silver had become worthless.

"Master Li, why didn't the eunuch guards I borrowed from you bring back the silver? Why did you bring back paper money for me? How do you want me to explain to my master?" said a eunuch guard who was in charge of uniforms.