Surprise! I emptied the emperor's private treasury before exile

Soran frowned slightly, thought for a moment and then gave an order: "Send someone to look after the water source and the kitchen. Also, send two more people over at night."

For some reason, he felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

In the red building, Chu Ci went back and tossed and turned again, took a fragrant flower petal bath, and then went to sleep contentedly. In fact, he stuffed the doll that had been prepared long ago into the bedding, and then he flashed into the space.

"Xing'er, is the energy enough to generate a hologram?" Chu Ci asked anxiously as soon as he entered the space.

"The energy is less than 200 percent, and the range of the hologram has been reduced to meters." Xing'er's voice was emotionless, but Chu Ci became even more anxious.

200 meters is too little, but apart from the hologram, Xing'er's other functions may not be able to find the secrets hidden in Black Cloud Mountain.

No, wait, we don’t necessarily have to use Xing’er.

She remembered that in her previous life, when she was bored, she had bought several different types of mineral detectors out of curiosity. If this thing was used properly, it would be a big deal in this alien world where iron smelting technology was not yet developed!

Well, I am grateful for my curiosity in my previous life and my hobby of collecting. Chu Ci found an invisibility cloak that can be used for invisibility among a pile of strange and bizarre objects.

Why did I buy this thing in my previous life? Oh, I coveted Harry's invisibility cloak, so when I heard that someone had successfully developed an invisibility cloak, I bought it without any hesitation.

However, after three days of novelty, she threw it into her space and never thought about it again. Thinking about it, Chu Ci felt so distressed for herself!

No, why should I be the only one who suffers? Holding the belief that he would never let these evil Tatar bandits have an easy life, Chu Ci conducted an almost carpet search.

However, the weird thing was that apart from some valuable gold, silver, jade and furs found near the red building, nothing else was found after searching the entire village.

"This is wrong, very wrong." So, what kind of secret is hidden in Black Cloud Mountain that would make these Tatars go to such great lengths and even become bandits?

More importantly, where did they spend the money they robbed? Chu Ci thought this was crucial. Once this was found, the secret of Black Cloud Mountain would come to light.

"Xing'er, turn on the thermal imaging device." Since he is not inside the village, he must be hiding outside. Since the secret is guarded so closely, the person guarding the secret can always be found.

"Energy is less than 30%. Turn on the thermal imager. It will be effective for minutes."

30 minutes is enough. Although thinking so, Chu Ci's pace still unconsciously quickened a lot, "Ding ding ding, ding ding ding, meters to the southeast, there are a lot of signs of human activities underground."

Hearing this, Chu Ci felt relieved. "Save the footage, turn off the thermal imager."

It's better to save Xing'er's energy as much as possible, as it can save her life at the critical moment.

Chu Ci's luck was pretty good. After he had walked a few steps, he saw the roots of a big tree not far away move, and then a thin man with iron chains came out from inside.

Seeing this, Chu Ci quickly hid himself.

After hiding, he remembered that he was wearing an invisible cloak, so he walked behind the thin man. At this time, Chu Ci discovered that there was another old man in the tunnel who was also chained.

Chu Ci was excited, "Who are you and why were you captured by the Tatars and brought here?"

At this time, the old man had just climbed up the stairs in the tunnel and thought he had seen a ghost. "Disciple... Disciple, did you hear any sound?"

"I heard...heard...it arrived. It asked...asked us...who we were and why we were captured by the Tatars." The young apprentice's situation was not much better, and he stammered in his reply.

Then the master and the disciple looked at each other. Could this be a ghost from their Great Zhou? Then were they saved? "Great Immortal, the old man's name is Dugu Lie, and this is my young disciple Duan Tianji."

Duan Tianji, where have I heard of him? It sounds familiar, when did I hear him, Chu Ci tried to recall. It seemed that Qian Yan mentioned him as the missing cousin of her mother's maternal family.

So he asked tentatively: "Duan Tianji, do you know Liu Mingyue?"

"I don't know him." The answer was too straightforward, which made it seem a bit deliberate. Chu Ci was almost certain that the thin man in front of him was Qian Yan's missing uncle.

"Is that so? That's a pity. The Liu Mingyue in the palace was a fake one, and the real Liu Mingyue died so early..." What did she mean by died so early? Chu Ci deliberately didn't say anything else.

Duan Tianji immediately became anxious. "Tell me, please tell me quickly, how is my cousin?"

"She is dead. She was killed by the Tatars a long time ago. She left behind only a daughter, who has now been exiled." Chu Ci said truthfully.

However, the truth was too shocking. Duan Tianji felt a buzzing in his head and fell backwards.

The incident happened too suddenly, and Duan Tianji's master Dugu Lie was wearing chains, so he had no time to react. Seeing this, Chu Ci could not care about anything else and could only catch it with all his strength.

"Hot, hot." Duan Tianji's brain circuits were also different from those of ordinary people. His first reaction when Chu Ci called him was: "You are a human! Who are you? Are you sent by the court? Don't worry about us. Go and report the news quickly. There are Tatars on Black Cloud Mountain. They are using the local iron ore to refine weapons."

Is refining weapons really such a big secret?

No wonder in the original book, the Fifth Prince was assassinated shortly after he wiped out the bandits in Black Cloud Mountain. This was clearly the revenge of the Tatars. However, the Second Prince was the lucky one who got away with it. He was really lucky.

However, things have changed, and it was Chu Ci who got the upper hand.

After figuring all this out, Chu Ci suddenly had a plan in mind and asked, "You can refine weapons and practice martial arts, right? How is your Kung Fu?"

"Not bad." "Very good." The two were not modest at all. But they also told Chu Ci a very harsh fact: "However, our internal strength has been suppressed by the Tatars' drugs, and we are also bound by these chains."

Chu Ci was speechless and said, "So, you are useless!"

Being pointed out so bluntly by Chu Ci, the two of them felt a little embarrassed. Duan Tianji's face was even redder, but he didn't want to be called a useless person. "Not really, no one knows the situation in the tunnel better than us."

"Yes, yes, yes, if you open the chains, you won't need internal strength to deal with a few Tatars." Seeing that his apprentice had shown his value first, Dugu Lie was not to be outdone. He repeatedly expressed his sincerity, saying that their master and apprentice were still very useful.

Chu Ci was skeptical, "It's no problem to take care of a few Tatars? Then how did you get caught?"