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

"Lord Zhang, Mr. Ma, why are you two doing this?" At this time, Chu Ci pretended to be confused.

"I... am... um... " Zhang Yaoyang was about to explain when Ma Ming slapped him in the face. He smiled apologetically and said, "Lord Sima was just too excited."

The relationship between these two people is led by Ma Ming? Chu Ci turned to look at Fan Jingrui: "Husband, when did you guess it?"

Fan Jingrui shook his head. The Fifth Prince's anger had dissipated, replaced by a strong interest. "Ma Ming, let him go."

Ma Ming had imagined many situations where he would be exposed, but he had never expected this one. But facing the fifth prince, he didn't even have a chance to resist.

He had to slowly release his hands that were covering Zhang Yaoyang.

As soon as Zhang Yaoyang's mouth was free, he started to act stupid again. "Are you really the fifth prince? Are you trying to trick me?"

Ma Ming tried desperately to make amends, "My master was cheated before, so he is more cautious."

Zhang Yaoyang was about to deny it when Ma Ming pinched him hard. "Ah——"

Zhang Yaoyang then remembered the warning he had given before coming here, and quickly responded, "Yes, yes."

It's interesting that Lord Sima, the second-in-command of Lianzhou City, is actually controlled by his own staff.

Chu Ci's interest was immediately piqued, his eyes flickering with gossip. "Seriously? Who is the person who lied to your master?"

When Chu Ci asked this question, Fan Jingrui and the Fifth Prince not only did not stop him, but instead pricked up their ears. After all, they were quite interested in such outrageous things.

"Second... Second Prince, that man claimed to be the Second Prince's Chief Clerk Yao Qilin." Zhang Yaoyang's face flushed red, but he still told the truth: "In fact, that man is just an actor."

Ma Ming also added: "And I also found out that the actor is a member of the Holy Mother Church. It seems that he knew that the plague was about to happen in Lianzhou before the outbreak of the plague."

Chu Ci and the other two were not surprised that the scammer was committing fraud in the name of the Second Prince's Chief Secretary.

When they learned that the other party was from the Holy Mother Church, they did not show any surprise.

However, when Ma Ming mentioned that the other party knew in advance that the plague would break out, they really couldn't sit still.

The fifth prince even grabbed Ma Ming by the collar and asked sternly, "Are you serious? Do you know that your words will appear on my father's desk before dark?"

"I swear." Ma Ming certainly knew what his words meant.

But only by tearing off the last fig leaf can his lord be invincible.

Upon hearing this, the Fifth Prince's face turned serious.

But Chu Ci wanted to know why Ma Ming treated Zhang Yaoyang so wholeheartedly.

Chu Ci asked what he was thinking: "With Mr. Ma's ability, he can definitely handle things on his own. Why is he so devoted to Sima Zhang?"

Ma Ming didn't expect Chu Ci to ask such a question in such a tense situation. He was slightly startled and asked back: "Then why did you give the credit for the potatoes to your grandfather?"

"It's different. I just simply don't want to think about it." Chu Ci paused slightly and explained.

Ma Ming just smiled at her and said, "Don't want to? How many people in this world can escape the shackles of fame, wealth and power? You are just running away."

Chu Ci knew that Ma Ming had misunderstood, but the word "escape" hit her heart hard.

After a long while, Chu Ci came back to his senses and fought back: "I am avoiding it, what about you? Are you interested in telling your story?"

Story? It turns out that my own suffering and my own inability to obtain what I want are just a story in the eyes of some people.

Ma Ming had to admit that Chuci knew how to hurt people's hearts.

"I am a commoner. No, I should call myself a pariah. It is because the parents of pariahs are actors and they were made pariahs. I was born a pariah. Even if I study hard, it is useless."

When Ma Ming said this, his eyes were red, as if he was confiding something, but more of it was reluctance.

Since the beginning of his journey, Chu Ci has been obsessed with watching the drama and making predictions. It seems that only in this way can he remember his own world and prevent himself from being assimilated by this world.

But now Chu Ci regretted it, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I thought it was just that the Zhang family was doing you a favor, I..."

Unexpectedly, Ma Ming smiled and comforted Chu Ci: "Young Madam guessed correctly. Mr. Zhang has indeed been kind to me. If it weren't for him, there would be no Ma Ming today."

Having said that, Ma Ming turned and looked at Zhang Yaoyang who was also kneeling.

"The young master is just a little cruel and straightforward. But he does a good job as an official for the people. Otherwise, he would not have insisted on staying despite the master's obstruction."

Being praised by his staff, Zhang Yaoyang became modest instead, "That's because you help me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to handle it at all."

At first Chu Ci thought they had a deep brotherly love, but then Zhang Yaoyang showed Chu Ci what it meant to "If a brother stabs me in the back, I will stab him twice."

"Although you used the disguise technique to steal the Holy Mother Church's Saint, which caused me a lot of trouble. And now, I haven't even found out such a big news as the Fifth Prince in Liancheng."

Zhang Yaoyang kept talking, while Ma Ming looked up at the sky, with an attitude of leaving everything to fate.

Never mind. The young master is hopeless. He has given up.

Chu Ci: I really feel like I have been implicated by my brother.

It was so funny, no, she couldn't help it.

However, laughing out loud was too disrespectful to Ma Ming, so Chu Ci could only pinch his thigh hard a few times.

However, Chu Ci held back.

The Fifth Prince didn't have this kind of awareness. He burst out laughing. "Sima Zhang, how did you survive in the officialdom with your personality?"

"Because the young master's father-in-law is Lord Situ Xing Zhang." At this time, Ma Ming was too lazy to cover up for Zhang Yaoyang anymore.

Even if the Fifth Prince did not participate in court affairs, he was familiar with the important officials in the capital.

"As far as I know, Xing Zhang has five sons and one daughter, and his daughter married my eldest brother. Where did Sima Zhang's wife come from?" The fifth prince thought to himself, could it be that these two people and the Zhang family were deceived? It seems that the Zhang family is favored by the scammers!

Thinking of this, the Fifth Prince felt a little pity for the two people kneeling below.

However, the truth is that he showed his sympathy too early. "Lord Situ married a wife in his early years, but she died early. My wife has been in the countryside to take care of her father, so not many people know about it."

The fifth prince felt choked, but Chu Ci found the point. "Master Zhang, I find that you don't seem to be so sharp-tongued about everything."