Chapter 111 Gold Mine
In order to save time, Chu Ci asked "Xing'er" to capture the actions of the captured person at all times, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't tell the truth.
Time is life, and Chu Ci didn't bother to explain the reason. He said directly: "Don't listen to him, he must be trying to delay time. Continue forward in the direction he came from."
In fact, the Fifth Prince and Fan Jingrui also noticed that something was wrong, but things happened too suddenly and too frequently that they failed to react for a while!
Now that Chu Ci has pointed it out so clearly, what else is there for them to not understand?
However, before the Fifth Prince could give the order, with a sharp whistle, the white tiger, covered in blood and wounded in many places, suddenly pounced towards them.
"Quick, stop it!" Chu Ci heard a voice not far away and looked at the white tiger getting closer and closer. He shouted, "This beast is actually saving people. It seems that we can't get through unless we get rid of it."
As he said this, he raised his hand and shot an arrow at the white tiger's eyes, but it was dodged.
You know, with "Xing'er" around, Chu Ci almost never failed, but this time he fell on a tiger.
Fortunately, as soon as Chu Ci moved, Fan Jingrui and the secret guards around the fifth prince also moved.
No matter how brave Baihu was, he was still stabbed by Fan Jingrui in a round-robin battle.
Chu Ci instantly remembered the method the two of them had used to deal with the wild boar, and raised his sword to stab towards the same position.
The others followed suit, and soon Baihu staggered due to excessive blood loss. Chu Ci was overjoyed when he saw this and shouted, "Hold your breath!"
He threw the drugs in his hand away.
The white tiger's movements had become much slower due to excessive blood loss. Seeing this, Chu Ci threw the drug directly on the tiger's head.
Under the dual effects of blood loss and drugs, the white tiger finally couldn't hold on any longer. Even so, it still forced itself to take several steps forward before collapsing to the ground.
Seeing this, the soldiers around rushed forward to finish off Baihu, and finally stopped when he became motionless.
Without the interference of the White Tiger, and with the help of Niu Niu's father who had been rescued by Chu Ci, oh no, to be more precise, Ding Yong leading the way, they soon found the entrance to the gold mine.
But they were still a step too late, as someone had deliberately sprinkled poison at the entrance.
The Fifth Prince knew that Chu Ci had studied medicine under the divine doctor Tong Hua, so Chu Ci became his good cousin-in-law again: "Cousin-in-law, do you have any ideas or antidotes?"
Speechless is no longer enough to express Chu Ci's feelings at the moment.
Reluctantly, she took out a small, exquisite porcelain bottle from her bag and said, "Use it sparingly. Doctor Hua didn't give me much."
In fact, Chu Ci, or rather, the Fifth Prince, was quite lucky. Due to the busy migration, more than half of the gold and houses in the mines were still left.
Although there is no account book, the harvest is still quite considerable.
However, the fifth prince was not satisfied with this.
Because the entire mine had been searched thoroughly, and the Purple-Robed Envoy and his group of more than 20 people did not see a single person.
"Could it be that Zi Yi's disappearance was not caused by these people?" Chu Ci thought, could it be that they had misunderstood and made a big mistake?
Thinking of this, Chu Ci still felt a little guilty.
But Fan Jingrui's words soon dispelled Chu Ci's guilty conscience, "It's also possible that he was caught and then escaped."
The Fifth Prince was also convinced by Fan Jingrui's statement. "Expand the search area."
The situation of the Purple-Robed Envoy and his group was exactly as Fan Jingrui had guessed. They were indeed tricked by someone else at the beginning, but they escaped halfway. However, due to their unfamiliarity with the terrain, they mistakenly entered the underground river under the mine in a panic.
They walked further and further along the underground river, and what did they discover?
It turned out to be a gold mine that was even larger than the previously excavated mine, and the key point was that it had not been developed yet.
The purple-robed envoy felt as if a pie had fallen from the sky. His first reaction was, "Quick, send a message to the Emperor."
The subordinate was speechless, "Sir, we are still trapped in the underground river!"
The purple-robed envoy held his breath and said: "Keep going forward, I don't believe that we can't get out!"
However, just as the Purple Envoy had gathered himself and stood up, he heard Jin Mingdao say, "Wait, sir. Listen, is there anyone above us?"
Upon hearing this, everyone listened attentively.
At the same time, Chu Ci also stopped. There was no other way. "Xing'er" had detected the presence of the Purple-Robed Envoy and his group. "Husband, I seem to hear the sound of a river. Do you think there's an underground river in the mine? Did the Purple-Robed Envoy happen to be hiding there?"
Fan Jingrui knew his wife well enough not to lie at this moment. He exchanged glances with the Fifth Prince, and they both said in unison, "Dig! Dig down!"
Although it is called an underground river, the ground is really thin and it was dug through in just over ten minutes.
The place chosen by Chu Ci happened to be above the head of the Purple-Robed Envoy.
Thus, the dignified Purple-robed Envoy was turned into a clay figure.
Even so, the Purple Envoy was more concerned about: "Fifth Prince? How did you know we were here?"
"My cousin-in-law said she seemed to hear the sound of a river." The fifth prince did not hide anything. Upon hearing this, Chu Ci almost rushed up and bit the fifth prince.
This person is so quick to destroy the bridge after crossing it.
But he couldn't deny it, with so many people watching. He could only force a fake smile, "I thought I was hallucinating. It's rare that the Fifth Prince is willing to play along with me."
The Fifth Prince: "That's because my cousin has good hearing."
Chu Ci and the fifth prince kept praising each other awkwardly for a long time.
Finally, the purple-robed envoy couldn't help but said, "Fifth Prince, the situation here needs to be reported to the Emperor as soon as possible."
The Fifth Prince was stunned when he heard this, and immediately realized that the Purple-Robed Envoy not only knew the secret of the gold mine, but also knew other more important things, so he no longer bothered to praise Chu Ci.
However, the Fifth Prince only thought that the Purple-Robed Envoy was looking for physical evidence such as account books, but he did not expect that they had actually found a gold mine that was larger than the one they had mined before.
"Could it be that Chu Ci's fate is really extraordinary?" the fifth prince murmured.
Previously, the Purple-Robed Envoy used the Chu Ci couple to catch all the problematic officials in Lianzhou. He thought it was just a coincidence, but with so many coincidences, it is no longer just a coincidence, right?
Suddenly, a secret thought came to the Fifth Prince's mind: if Chu Ci gave his all to help the Crown Prince...
But it was only for a moment. Thinking of Chu Ci's rejection of him, he felt discouraged again.
But once you have that thought, you can't let it go easily.
Chu Ci also noticed that the Fifth Prince's attitude towards him had changed a lot since the trip to Shenjia Village.
However, Chu Ci misunderstood. He thought that his demands were too much and the emperor did not agree, and the fifth prince was too embarrassed to convey his boast!
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