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

"I'm sorry." Chu Ci thought of the love and care shown to him by the women of the Fan family, and finally apologized sincerely.

Fan Jingrui was unwilling to accept that his importance in Chu Ci's heart was not as great as that of his grandfather, grandmother, Qian Yan, Qian Xue and others. But he had no way to deal with Chu Ci, after all, he had agreed to it in the first place.

A feeling of frustration surged in his heart, and Fan Jingrui had to force himself to let it go.

Chu Ci, a straightforward woman, was completely unaware. "My husband, you won't blame me, will you? In fact, if you want to blame someone, you should blame the people who framed me. If it weren't for them, those men in black wouldn't have gone crazy. I wouldn't have been forced into a helpless situation..."

"So my husband, I am really just a victim. There is no reason to place resentment on a victim like me."

Fan Jingrui: It turns out that it's all someone else's fault, and she is not at fault at all.

However, what Chu Ci said was indeed reasonable, so Fan Jingrui had no choice but to change the subject. He turned to look at Dugu Lie and Duan Tianji, master and apprentice, and asked, "Who are these two?"

"My dear husband, you will never guess them. Let me introduce them to you. Duan Tianji is Qianyan's uncle. Mr. Dugu, Dugu Lie is the master of Uncle Tianji." He did not forget to brag about himself, "My luck is really good. I just came out for a walk and found that the Tatars were building an arsenal in Heiyun Mountain..."

Before Chu Ci could finish his boasting, he was interrupted by a high-pitched tenor voice: "Tatars? Arsenal? There are iron mines on Black Cloud Mountain?"

Chu Ci turned around and saw an official wearing a bright red official uniform and a silver fish bag on his waist striding towards him. The high-pitched tenor was from this gentleman.

Uncle Master came at the right time, Fan Jingrui muttered to himself. But he couldn't lose the proper etiquette: "Uncle Master Shen."

Then he turned to Chu Ci and introduced him, "Madam, this is Lord Shen Zhengnan, the governor of Shuzhou. He was also Grandpa's registered disciple. This time..."

Just as he was about to talk about Shen Zhengnan's efforts in finding Chu Ci, he was interrupted by the other party. "Don't say those polite words. It's only natural for me to do anything for the teacher."

At this point, Shen Zhengnan paused before continuing, "Besides, Tatars, I believe you understand what iron ore means. You have really helped me a lot."

Shen Zhengnan had said so much, what else could Fan Jingrui say? He could only act as the introducer again: "It's Jingrui's fault, please don't blame me, uncle. Uncle, this is Chu Ci, my new wife."

Shen Zhengnan nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Okay, okay. My niece-in-law is really my lucky star. Tell me quickly, what is the situation in Black Cloud Mountain? And these, are the ones under my feet still alive?"

When asked about this, Chu Ci suddenly woke up from his dream and realized that they were now like being in a pile of "dead bodies". If someone who didn't know the situation saw this, they would probably be terrified.

Chu Ci didn't want to leave a murderous impression on people, so he quickly explained: "They are alive, they are all alive! It's all my fault for being impatient. With a fire, Jingrui came. The Tatars were also shocked. I had no choice but to ask Senior Dugu and the others to perform some small tricks."

After saying this, he was still afraid that people would not believe him, so he pulled out Dugu Lie and his apprentice as a shield. "If you don't believe me, why don't you ask Master Dugu?"

Dugu Lie knew he couldn't escape, so he admitted it openly. "Yes, these people, as well as the people in the underground arsenal, were drugged."

As long as the person is still alive, Shen Zhengnan immediately shifted his focus to the arsenal. "Tell me in detail."

Dugu Lie knew what Shen Zhengnan was concerned about, so he skipped the issue of human trafficking and said, "My master and I were captured in Black Cloud Mountain five years ago, and since then we have been locked up in an underground arsenal to forge iron day and night. In five years, we have forged a total of 239 top-quality swords. The details of the rest of the people are all recorded in these two account books. Please take a look, sir."

After Dugu Lie finished speaking, he took out two account books that were still warm from his arms and handed them respectfully to Shen Zhengnan.

Shen Zhengnan took it and quickly flipped through it. After a long while, he angrily said with a sullen face: "How can a mere Tartar dare to act so recklessly in my Great Zhou."

This made Chu Ci, who had been influenced by the people-oriented ideology since childhood, quite dissatisfied. "Master Shen, please calm down. There are even more shameless ones. They not only set up an arsenal, but also kidnapped and sold many people from my Great Zhou and forced them to have children for the Tatars."

As expected, Shen Zhengnan's face turned extremely ugly. The place under his jurisdiction was run rampant by spies from the enemy country. If it weren't for today, if it was exposed in the future? Not only would he be skinned alive, but his family would also be implicated.

Thinking of this, Shen Zhengnan's voice became much gloomier: "Are there any other situations?"

Chu Ci was not afraid and nodded: "Although many people in the arsenal were captured at the beginning, some of them were corrupted later. Master Dugu is really amazing. Not only did he find the exit, but he and Duan Tianji also found the account book."

After praising Dugu Lie and his apprentice, Chu Ci did not forget to take credit for himself. "As for me, I was almost there. I discovered the secret of Black Cloud Mountain in just one day. Not only did I save Uncle Qianyan and Master Dugu, I also taught them a lesson and burned down their mountain stronghold."

Perhaps Chu Ci has a histrionic personality, and he can't let go in front of acquaintances. But in front of strangers, Chu Ci is like a different person. He even actively asks for a reward: "Master Shen, can you get a reward for the iron mine and the Tatar spy for the two merits?"

Forgive Shen Zhengnan, he really couldn't keep up with Chu Ci's train of thought. So he asked blankly: "What gift do you want?"

"As a wise ruler, you should clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. Rewarding meritorious service is the only way to inspire people. Of course, I know that this little merit is not enough to reinstate Grandpa. But it shouldn't be too much to exempt him from the crime, right?" Chu Ci spoke with a big move as soon as he opened his mouth. Not only did he dare to comment on the emperor, but he even made the reward arrangement clear.

If this thought had not just flashed through his mind, Shen Zhengnan would probably have thought that Chu Ci had placed someone around him.

If Mr. Fan had made an exception because of the Chuci incident, which had caused Shen Zhengnan to have a bad impression of him and was mostly polite in his conversation, then at this moment, Shen Zhengnan could not help but sigh that the old man was still the wisest, the teacher was worthy of being a teacher, and the grandson's wife he chose was not an ordinary woman. What was important was to be proper in words and deeds and to behave in moderation.

Proper words and deeds, and proper manners? Fortunately, Fan Jingrui didn't know Shen Zhengnan had such an evaluation of Chu Ci. If he knew, he would definitely ask in return, how thick is your filter for grandpa?

Unfortunately, Fan Jingrui didn’t know.

He could only helplessly watch as Master Shen unknowingly became more indulgent towards Chu Ci.