Princess, she is the one who facilitated the extradition.

"My God, it's all gold!"

At the Yang family cemetery, following Gui Yao's instructions, Zhi Jian and the others dug up a large bronze box filled with gold nuggets.

Even the lamp holder was almost blinded by the light. He estimated, "If the whole box is full of gold bricks like these, judging by the size of the box, this box should be worth 30,000 taels."

Gui Yao circled the box. "Zhan Deng's calculations are correct. It totals 30,000 taels. With eight of us and one bird, divided into nine parts, each person and each bird can get about 3,300 taels."

"So many?"

Zhi Jian was surprised that they were actually going to distribute the gold among themselves, and even divide it equally.

Gui Yao pointed to another spot, "That's not all, keep digging."

With real gold in their pockets, the swordsmen were full of energy.

Gui Yao put the box into her spatial storage, picked up the iron hoe, and said to Xiao Huaijin, "Let's go over there."

Xiao Huaijin asked curiously, "How did you determine the location of the gold, young lady?"

Could it be that her spiritual power can detect gold?

Gui Yao smiled and said, "It's all about practice."

Having dug up so many graves, one inevitably develops some judgment.

Xiao Huaijin gave her a thumbs up, "You're very capable, young lady."

Gui Yao laughed, "It would make me seem cruel to always let Mao Dan take care of me."

Such a small bird, yet it takes so much effort to raise such a large person.

After they were able to rob tombs, their lives changed dramatically, and they never had to worry about making a living again.

"How will it take care of you? By pretending to be a myna bird?"

Xiao Huaijin was curious about her past and asked the question casually.

But in his mind was a bird carrying a naive and ignorant girl, wandering around trying to make a living.

Gui Yao couldn't help but laugh when she thought of how Mao Dan had disguised himself as a myna bird to fool Xiao Huaijin, only to be seen through by Xiao Huaijin.

"I don't remember much, but I know it fed me."

Otherwise, how could she, someone with no memory, who knew nothing, could do nothing, and who even thought she was going to die when she had her period and went to the mountain to dig a pit in advance, have survived the first two years when she had no memory of anything?

Of course, those stories about menstruation were just jokes she told Mao Dan when she teased him later, and Mao Dan retaliated against her.

"I'm lucky to have it."

Gui Yao was truly moved.

Xiao Huaijin felt that she was rare and precious, without a trace of complaint about life.

"You will be even better off in the future."

He and Mao Dan will protect her together.

Gui Yao smiled and said, "Of course, I've always been lucky."

Upon arriving in the capital, they encountered Zhao Mingyue and the prince.

As they were talking, a delighted voice came from the other side: "We've dug it up! Another big bronze chest!"

Gui Yao smiled and said, "Two of you come over here to help."

The man holding the lamp arrived with two black-clad guards, making a total of three people. Before long, the iron hoe also hit a hard object.

Meanwhile, the swordsman had already pulled the box out of the pit, opened it, and said happily, "Miss, another box of gold."

Gui Yao put the box into her spatial storage. Just as she was about to look at the direction where the lanterns were lit, Mao Dan, who was keeping watch, came over.

"Master, a large army is heading this way."

Upon hearing this, the group quickly worked together to drag out the third box, opened it, and said with some regret, "It's silver."

It's not as valuable as the first two boxes.

Xiao Huaijin glanced at him. "Carefully erase all traces."

He quickly changed his tune, saying, "Today's harvest has been quite substantial."

It was incredibly profitable with no investment; he was just greedy.

Gui Yao didn't take it to heart; greed is human nature. She put the third box into her spatial storage as well. "You guys leave first!"

They dug up all the money Yang Bokang had stored in the cemetery; there won't be a fourth box.

The men wielding swords were cleaning up the footprints.

Upon hearing Gui Yao's words, Xiao Huaijin knew that she had other plans, so he led the others away.

Gui Yao channeled his spiritual power, and a gust of wind swept away all the footprints in the graveyard.

Therefore, when the Yilong Guards arrived, apart from three pits indicating that the Yang family's wealth had already been taken by someone else, they could not find any other traces.

Only half of the people could be left to search the vicinity, while the other half went back to report to the Crown Prince.

Gui Yao and the others managed to avoid them and successfully returned to the city to go home.

Take a bath and change clothes.

Mao Dan didn't need to take a bath. After entering the city, he went to the Yang family's old house and quickly gathered information.

"Master, this Yang Bokang is truly a giant rat, you know? The gold and silver found in his old house is more than in his study."

He really knew how to hide things; he dug them up from the outhouse, the kitchen, and under the flower beds, and they were all filled with copper boxes of gold and silver.

The Imperial Guards have summoned several carriages, and the Crown Prince himself is overseeing the operation. A large crowd of people has gathered. Would you like to go see what's going on?

Gui Yao tied her slightly dry hair with a black silk ribbon, picked up a bag of gold beans and threw it into her spatial storage. "Let's go take a look."

Mao Dan hurriedly followed.

However, Gui Yao did not go directly to the Yang family's old residence, but went to the west of the city first.

As she expected, after that night's hurricane, the already dilapidated western part of the city was now even more ruined.

Gui Yao slipped into a house. There was no one else in the house except for a blind old woman lying on the bed.

Perhaps because he was blind, he had a keen mind; he entered the house silently, yet the old woman was still able to sense him.

"Apricot Blossom, have you returned?"

Gui Yao remained silent, and the old lady continued, "Did you not manage to borrow any money?"

Don't be sad, it's spring now, Mom isn't cold, even though the roof is leaking, Mom still feels bright..."

From the old lady's rambling, Gui Yao learned that the roof of the old lady's room had been blown off that night.

The daughter-in-law was filial and worried that her mother-in-law would feel cold, so she went to her parents' home to borrow money to repair the roof. But judging from the old lady's words, the daughter-in-law was probably going to return empty-handed.

Gui Yao took out three gold beans and placed them on the table.

Before she could leave, hurried footsteps sounded outside. "Mother, your daughter-in-law is late. Are you hungry?"

A rough, dry sound rang out. With nowhere to hide inside, Gui Yao leaped out of the window.

The old lady was taken aback. "Xinghua? You're only getting back now?"

Thinking her mother-in-law was unhappy, daughter-in-law Xinghua explained, "Mother, my eldest brother went out to work, and my sister-in-law doesn't manage things. I was thinking of waiting for him to come back, which took some time..."

As she spoke, her voice lowered, "Mother, I'm sorry, your daughter-in-law couldn't borrow any money."

Her older brother was deliberately avoiding her, so she had no choice but to come back first.

"That's not what Mother meant."

The old woman struggled to her feet. "Before you, I felt someone had been here. Quickly check if anything is missing from the house!"

Although the family was poor, even a broken home was worth a fortune; losing even one item would be a significant loss for them.

"What? Someone came in?"

The daughter-in-law immediately grabbed a stool and stood guard in front of her mother-in-law's bed, cautiously scanning the room.

Finally, her gaze fell on the gold beads on the table. She took two steps forward in disbelief, then two more.

She carefully squeezed it with her hands, and said in a trembling voice, "Mother, nothing is missing, and there's even more stuff."

She looked around and handed the gold bean to the old woman. "Mother, it's gold."

The old woman's hand trembled suddenly. "Gold?"

Why would we give them gold for no reason?

She returned the gold to her daughter-in-law, saying, "Don't touch it yet; there's no such thing as a free lunch."

The daughter-in-law was very obedient and did not covet the gold beans at all. She hid them under the old lady's pillow.

Seeing this, Gui Yao lightly leaped onto a hidden spot on the roof, letting the sound drift down from above.

"Do not be afraid, I am an earth immortal. I was surveying this place and saw that you and your mother-in-law get along well and your family is harmonious. Therefore, I am giving you this gift as a reward for your good deeds."

She wouldn't have spoken if the two men hadn't been afraid to use the gold, so after saying that, she remained silent.

Watching from the shadows as the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law expressed their heartfelt gratitude, then embraced each other and wept with joy, saying that the money would be enough to repair the house and buy plenty of food.

Gui Yao smiled slightly and quietly left for the second house. The second house was also very poor, with only a little girl washing clothes in the yard. Gui Yao put the gold beans in their rice jar.

Then came the third and fourth houses. After walking around for more than an hour, Gui Yao finally arrived at the Yang family's old residence.

The Yilong Guards haven't withdrawn yet.

Gui Yao paused slightly, put on her tassel hat, and squeezed into the crowd.

Hearing the onlookers say, "The Crown Prince was furious and ordered the Imperial Guards to search every inch of the stolen silver again, to find all the stolen silver, and to punish Yang Bokang severely according to the law."

"This kind of corrupt official deserves to be torn to pieces."

Some people were indignant.

Some people also hoped, "Since the Crown Prince has taken so much money, will he use some of it to benefit the people?"

Some people think he's dreaming.

However, some people say, "It is possible that His Highness the Crown Prince cares about the people. When he was fifteen years old, he went to war and destroyed the State of Lu, which had invaded Dasheng."

However, he divided the money he captured from the State of Lu in two, giving half to the soldiers who had fought alongside him.

The other half was converted into grain and distributed to all the poor people. Several subsequent great victories also benefited the people.

"I remember, I remember, they gave us cotton-padded coats one year too."

An old woman said gratefully, "If it weren't for that cotton coat, I might have frozen to death that winter."

However, His Highness has not gone to war for three years, so there is nothing to distribute.

Her old man quickly covered her mouth, saying, "The peace we have now is thanks to His Highness's efforts in five years to restore order to the land. This is a good thing. Can't you watch your mouth?"

If people misunderstand and say that the old woman wants a share of the spoils of war and is hoping for war, will her family still have a chance to survive?

But soon someone said to the old man, "Don't be alarmed. His Highness is the most kind and benevolent. He won't hold a grudge against us common people over a single word."

A chorus of praise and agreement arose from the side.

Gui Yao listened and thought that the Crown Prince's act of scattering wealth was somewhat similar to her own.

She always felt that if all the money was handed over to the national treasury, not much would actually reach the people, but it would certainly enrich people like Yang Bokang.

The Crown Prince might have thought the same way, so when he left the Yang residence, she squeezed to the front to see what this person, who might share her thoughts, looked like.