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The two of them searched the study for a long time. Finally, Yun Ruo found the hidden mechanism under a book on the clothes rack.

The stone door of the secret room opened and the two quickly entered.

This was a secret room that led to the underground. The two of them walked down the stone stairs, and below them was a sealed room that was over ten square meters in length. Inside the room, there were over ten wooden boxes with seals on them.

Yun Ruo You used her dagger to pry open one of the wooden boxes. It was filled with silver taels!

Ling Xiao stared at the box full of silver coins, as if he had never seen this much before. He was dumbfounded as he could not believe his eyes at the silver coins in front of him.

"Military Advisor Yun, how did you know that Tan Zhi County's study has a secret room? And the silver is kept here? "

Ling Xiao looked at Yun Ruo Lu with suspicion, as if she was familiar with the Tan Mansion.

"This silver was obtained through embezzlement. It belongs to a private property, so it cannot be placed in the treasury. Almost every large family or official would build a secret room at home. This is their common ailment. "

Yun Ruo gave a simple explanation. She recalled that she had stumbled into Yuchi Chen's secret chamber in the King's Manor. Furthermore, there were plenty of gold, silver, and jewelry inside.

"Let's leave this place first. We can think of a way to move the silver back!"

Yun Ruo Lu returned the items back to their original positions, and left the secret room with Ling Xiao.

After leaving the Tan Mansion, it was already late into the night. Yun Ruo Lu told Ling Xiao to go back first, and then she herself returned to the inn.

The construction of the Tan Residence was much more complicated than she had imagined, so in order to steal the treasury, one needed to have a thorough plan.

And they didn't have much time, just one day tomorrow, so she had to write out her plan tonight.

It was only after half the night had passed that Yun Ruo finally completed her plan. Looking at the map that had been drawn and the proposal that had been written, the sense of fullness that had disappeared a long time ago returned.

On the second day, Yun Ruo Lu went to the mountain cave and met up with Ling Xiao and the rest.

When she showed the map to everyone, they were amazed once again, because the map was very detailed, even the most stupid of people would be able to see it with a glance.

Yun Ruo let everyone familiarize themselves with the map, and explained her plans to Ling Xiao.

When Ling Xiao heard this, he did not have any objections and asked Yun Ruo to explain it to everyone.

Everyone formed a circle and maintained their silence, waiting for Yun Ruo Lu to tell them their plan.

Yun Ruo Lu looked around at the crowd, and said slowly: "This operation is very simple, we have successfully entered the secret room of the Tan Residence, and then removed all of the silver from within."

"But with the Tan Residence being so heavily guarded, it's too difficult for everyone to do this without anyone noticing."

A young man dressed in brown said. The others nodded in agreement and then began to discuss the matter.

Yun Ruo Lu gestured to everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "It's not easy to be invisible, so this time, I feel like we should bring everyone in! "I've already heard that a small team from Tan Zhi County will return to Cloud City early today. We only need to ambush them outside the city, then attack that small team, and then have our men disguise themselves as Tan Zhi County's men. That way, we can enter the Tan Mansion successfully."

Once those words were spoken, everyone began to discuss once again. Some people even started to clap and cheer.

"Our operation will be carried out mainly at night. As long as we put knockout drugs in the food for dinner, we can charm all the people in the Tan Mansion. It won't be difficult for us to move the silver into the secret room."

The small team's early return was something she had unintentionally learned this morning. This caused her to temporarily change her plans, but it was very effective for them.

"Soldier Yun's plan is so thorough, the brothers admire it!"

Towards matters that no one dared to think about, Yun Ruo Lu's few perfect sentences had made everyone look up to her from the bottom of their hearts, and the respect they had for her had increased by quite a bit.

After discussing the plan, they headed to the ambush site.

Wolf Mountain was the only way to enter Cloud City. Furthermore, Ling Xiao's people often moved about in the Wolf Mountain, so they had a good understanding of the terrain and environment of the Wolf Mountain.

Therefore, the place they chose was naturally Wolf Mountain. They then waited patiently for the group to arrive.

Actually, Yun Ruo did not feel assured either, because she did not know if that news was reliable or not. However, she had a second plan. If she didn't meet the group that had returned after the hour had passed, they would immediately execute the second plan.

After waiting for about half a day, just as Yun Ruo Lu was about to give up, a spy suddenly came to report that they had discovered the whereabouts of the guards who had returned in advance.

Not only that, but the guards had also escorted a cart full of provisions.

To Yun Ruo Lu, this news could not be any better!

"Notify everyone to be ready, and hold the provisions and guards down!"

Yun Ruo Lu said with a firm tone. Those guards could not leave anyone alive, otherwise their plans would be ruined.

Moreover, these people usually helped Tan Zhixian commit evil in order to bully the common people. Even if they died, they deserved to die.

Yun Ruo Lu and Jin Se were hiding behind a big tree, quietly observing the troop that was escorting them back.

Suddenly, a whistle sounded in the forest, and before the guards who were escorting the food had time to react, they had already fallen into the trap that Yun Ruo Lu had set beforehand.

Everyone who had been lying in ambush in the forest immediately rushed out. Only Yun Ruo Lu and Jin Se remained motionless, and did not intend to reveal themselves.

Even so, Ling Xiao still led his men to a complete victory.

The cheers of victory echoed in the forest. Seeing that all of the guards had fallen into pools of blood, Yun Ruo walked out of the forest.

"Advisor Yun, look! There's a lot of food! It's enough for us to eat for months!"

Ling Xiao waved to Yun Ruo Lu excitedly, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Don't be happy yet. This carriage's grains will act as bait for us to enter the Tan Residence. Let all the brothers change into the guards' clothes, we will return to the city immediately!"

Earlier, Yun Ruo Lu was wondering why a group of people had come back so early. So they were escorting the food. However, with this carriage of food, it would probably be even easier for them to enter the Tan Residence.

After everyone disguised themselves as guards, the group of people began to walk in the direction of Cloud City.

It was as Yun Ruo expected, Ling Xiao brought his men and smoothly entered the Tan Mansion, moreover they did not encounter any suspicion.

Yun Ruo Lu did not join Ling Xiao's group, but hid herself instead.

What she needed to do now was to wait for the sky to turn dark, and then mix the knockout medicine she had developed into a meal for dinner.

"Gongzi, big brother Ling and the others have made all the arrangements. Everything can go according to plan!"

After she finished inquiring about the news, Jinsi immediately returned to Yunruo's side. This was the first time she did this sort of stealing with a bandit, so she felt a little uneasy in her heart.

"Mm, let them wait for my message. After the hour, I will throw the signal detonator!"

Yun Ruo nodded, and jumped over the wall, entering the Tan Residence, and ran straight towards the kitchen.

Previously, she and Ling Xiao had already familiarized themselves with the layout of the Tan Mansion, so finding the kitchen was an easy task for her.

When Yun Ruo Lu arrived at the kitchen, smoke had already been lit on the roof, indicating that dinner was already being prepared.

Yun Ruo Lu flew straight up to the roof, took out a piece of debris, and dropped a thin thread that was as thin as spider silk into the water tank in the kitchen.

Following the line that was so thin that no one could see, Yun Ruo Lu poured out a bottle of knockout medicine that she had prepared, leaving not a single drop behind.

After things were done, Yun Ruo Lu found a big tree in the Tan Mansion and sat on the tree trunk to rest, waiting for night to come.

After waiting for over two hours, Yun Ruo Lu heard the sound of a bowl shattering and a heavy object falling to the ground within the residence. Before she could get up, the beautiful woman had quickly arrived by her side.

"Young master, you're so awesome. Everyone in the Tan Residence has fallen to the ground at this moment!"

There was even more excitement in her voice than when she first went to the military camp with Yun Ruo Ran and Yuchi Chen.

Yun Ruo Lu was silent for a while, then calculated in her mind, thinking that it was about time, so she said to Jin Se: "Jin'er, release the signal flare! Inform Ling Xiao and the rest to make their move!

Jin Se nodded her head and took out a short bamboo tube from her bosom. Then, she pulled open the lead wire. Suddenly, a signal flare flew out and exploded into a colorful fireworks in the sky.

Seeing the signal detonator, Ling Xiao arranged for his men to split up. Most of them went into the secret room to carry the boxes of silver while the other two went to pull the carriages.

Only an hour had passed, and all ten boxes of silver had been emptied.

Tan Zhixian would probably faint from anger if he came back to find out that the silver had been stolen.

The moon was bright tonight, and everyone was excited about the full moon.

Returning to the forest, everyone lit up a bonfire and happily celebrated with wine. Although there were only fifteen people here, the place was bustling with noise and excitement.

Yun Ruo Lu was in a very good mood tonight. She hadn't done such an exciting and exciting thing in a long time. She felt that she finally had the right to make a choice. This feeling was very good.

Although Ling Xiao and the rest were bandits, they gave her an unprecedented feeling of relaxation, and she was willing to stay with them.

"Advisor Yun, it's all thanks to you that we were able to smoothly obtain these silver taels. I'll take the place of those poor villagers and toast you to thank you for joining us!"

Ling Xiao poured a bowl of wine, and drank it all in one gulp after making contact with Yun Ruo Lu. His straightforward character gave off the demeanor of a great general.

Yun Ruo Lu was in a good mood. She did not have any worries as she drank all the wine in the bowl in one go.