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

After breakfast, Yun Jin took a bowl of porridge to Huang Weixue's room and fed it to him, adding spiritual spring water to the porridge.

Huang Weixue drank a little less than half a bowl of water and then drifted off to sleep.

After settling him in, Yun Jin walked around the mansion, found the granary, and stored most of the rice and flour in her spatial storage.

When she returned to the main courtyard, Qiu Niang and San Ni'er were standing there with four unfamiliar maids.

Qiu Niang said to her, "These women were all forcibly taken by Liu Sanlaizi, or their families were killed by him. I explained things to them, and they are all willing to work with me."

Seeing that their favorability ratings were all positive, Yun Jin nodded in acquiescence.

Over the next two days, the women subjected the thugs to severe torture, demanding to know what heinous things they had done with Liu Sanlaizi.

Chen Mengyao took notes while they wrote, and then forced them to put their fingerprints on the document.

When it was Liu Sanlaizi's turn, he saw that the people questioning him were all women from the household, so he cursed and threatened to release him.

Qiu Niang angrily struck him with a stick after a stick, while San Ni'er pointed at his nose and recounted the girls he had stolen, the land he had occupied, and the lives he had caused, cursing him with tears streaming down her face.

Liu Sanlaizi finally couldn't withstand the beating and signed the confession.

Huang Weixue recovered extremely quickly thanks to the effects of the spiritual spring water and medicine, and was able to get out of bed and walk around the next day.

When he first saw the women attacking Liu Sanlaizi, he couldn't help but say to Yun Jin, "Isn't that too ruthless?"

Yun Jin simply said, "To be merciful to the wicked is to be cruel to the good."

Huang Weixue then said no more and quietly recuperated in the house.

Occasionally, when he saw the confessions compiled by Chen Mengyao, the bloody atmosphere between the lines made him feel dazed, perhaps he really was too soft-hearted.

When asked about their plans, Qiu Niang said, "People like us won't have a good life if we go back to our parents' home, so I want to take the money and find a place far away to cultivate our own land and be self-sufficient. The others have the same idea as me."

Yun Jin felt that Qiu Niang lived a very insightful life, and couldn't help but admire her.

On the morning of the third day, just as dawn was breaking, Yun Jin got up to prepare to set off.

She walked to the courtyard where Qiu Niang and the others lived and saw several girls sitting around a table, counting things with expressions of both nervousness and anticipation on their faces.

"We should go," Yun Jin said bluntly.

Qiu Niang and the others immediately stood up, their eyes flashing with reluctance.

"Everything is ready!" Qiu Niang nodded.

Yun Jin gave each person one hundred taels of cash and one hundred taels of silver notes: "Keep this money safe and don't tell anyone. This is your financial security for the future, understand?"

The girls nodded solemnly, "We understand, thank you for saving our lives, young master!"

After arranging them, Yun Jin turned and went to the main house. With a swift and decisive stroke, she killed Liu Sanlaizi.

Then, she and Qiu Niang and others dragged him outside the gate, made him kneel facing outwards, tied the confession full of sins around his neck with a rope, and posted a notice next to him that read, "Liu Sanlaizi voluntarily distributes the property of his mansion to the poor people to atone for his sins."

After doing all this, she opened the gates of the Liu residence and let the news spread.

The thugs in the mansion had already been tied up and thrown into their rooms; the women in the backyard were all asleep, their ropes untied, and the backyard door had been locked from the inside.

As for their fate, they can only hope for the best.

Suddenly remembering something, Qiu Niang said to Yun Jin, "Although the family physician follows Liu Sanlaizi, he has never done anything bad. He has even helped us in private, and his medical skills are not bad. Let's spare his life; perhaps he can save more people."

Yun Jin didn't object: "You handle it. Tell him to leave Yizhou as soon as possible and never come back."

Before long, Qiu Niang drove out in a carriage. The physician and several women sat in the carriage, waved goodbye to Yun Jin, and the carriage quickly disappeared around the street corner.

Yun Jin turned and went back to the courtyard, took out two sets of short men's clothing and said to Huang Weixue and Chen Mengyao, "Change into these, they'll be more convenient on the road."

Huang Weixue didn't ask any questions, took the clothes and went to change.

Chen Mengyao hesitated, holding the men's clothing. Looking at Yun Jin's veiled face, she suddenly asked softly, "You...are you a woman like me?"

Yun Jin looked up at her, and instead of answering, asked, "What do you think?"

Chen Mengyao pointed at her and suddenly realized, "Oh~" and went inside to change her clothes with a smile.

Yun Jin changed her clothes as well, and the three of them pulled a carriage to Weiyuan Escort Agency.

On the way, Yun Jin had already explained the follow-up matters clearly.

When they arrived at the escort agency, Chief Escort Wang was directing the convoy in preparation for departure. Upon seeing them, he hurriedly came forward: "Brother Xiaobai, you've finally arrived!"

His gaze swept over Huang Weixue, then landed on Chen Mengyao, his brows furrowing slightly. "Why is there another person here?"

Yun Jin took out fifty taels of silver from her bosom and handed it over: "For each additional person, pay an extra fifty taels. We'll take care of our own food, drink, and expenses along the way, and won't trouble the caravan at all. We'll settle the remaining seventy taels when we arrive at our destination."

Chief镖头 Wang took the money and readily said, "Alright, get in the car, let's go!"

Yun Jin drove the carriage and left Yizhou City with the escort agency's team, embarking on their journey to Ningcheng.

The caravan's carriages traveled along the official road, the wheels rolling over gravel, making a "clattering" sound. Accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves and the occasional shouts of the caravan's guards, the journey was not lonely.

Yun Jin drove the carriage, while Huang Weixue and Chen Mengyao sat inside.

At first, Huang Weixue felt that it was somewhat impolite for a man to ride in the same car as Chen Mengyao.

Chen Mengyao mocked him for being old-fashioned, pointed to their clothes, and asked, "We're both dressed as men. If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, how will anyone know our identities? When you're out and about, there aren't that many rules. Don't be so pretentious!"

Huang Weixue blushed as she scolded him, and then came out to accompany Yun Jin to catch the carriage.

He tried to learn it, but failed and had to give up.

Chen Mengyao, no longer as nervous as when she ran away from her wedding, relaxed and occasionally lifted the car curtain to peek at the scenery. Later, after a long bumpy ride, she leaned against the car wall and became drowsy.

Huang Weixue was also feeling sleepy and was sitting on the carriage shaft. Yun Jin chased him into the carriage, where he leaned against the carriage and closed his eyes to doze off.

The first day of travel went relatively smoothly, except that they missed their lodging in the evening. Wang, the head镖师 (bodyguard), being experienced, immediately decided to set up camp in the wild.

The镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) moved swiftly and quickly chose a flat open space, surrounding the dozen or so镖车 (caravans/vessels) in the middle, where everyone ate and slept.

Some of the bodyguards went to gather firewood and start a fire, some took out insect repellent powder and sprinkled it around the camp, and others were responsible for guarding. The division of labor was clear, and they were obviously used to each doing their own job.

Yun Jin drove the carriage to the inner side of the escort vehicle circle. As soon as it came to a stop, Chen Mengyao jumped down, stretched, and whispered, "Finally, I can rest for a while. My bones are about to fall apart from sitting so long."

Yun Jin warned her along the way to speak as little as possible and not let the people from the escort agency find out that she was a woman. After all, they were not familiar with each other, and it was still necessary to be wary of others.

Huang Weixue also got out of the car, looked around, and said to Chen Mengyao, "Mr. Chen... it's chilly at night, you should rest in the car, I'll make do outside for the night."

Chen Mengyao glanced at him sideways, thinking to herself: If I don't live in the carriage, am I supposed to live outside?

She felt that this scholar Huang was too pedantic and pretentious, and that someone like "Xiaobai" who was straightforward and easygoing was much better.