Chapter 1981: 1978: Zhou Tianqi
Chapter 1981: Chapter 1978: Zhou Tianqi
In an instant, the other three competitors felt unwilling in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do, and they felt somewhat stifled.
Among them, Zhou Tianqi, who couldn’t stand Hu Hua’s incompetence yet high position in the Ministry of War, was so frustrated that he ran to the military camp early in the morning, training vigorously.
When Chu Heng called him over to deliver the ledger, he was so frustrated that he couldn’t keep his anger down and had little patience with him.
However, compared to the useless Hu Hua, he had no objections to Chu Heng.
Hearing his instructions, he went to get the task done, and it wasn’t long before he heard cursing from the tent.
Sure enough, after a while, several officials came out from inside.
Their expressions were not good.
“Does this Chu really think the Ministry of War is his? He even wants to intervene in auditing the ledger, I spit.”
“Isn’t he arrogant, indeed? When he was in the Ministry of Revenue, I heard he liked to do these things.”
“Hmph, so what if he discovered the ledger was fake, he actually dares to threaten us.”
“What should we do?”
“What’s there to hesitate about? Of course, we should go to Minister Xiang.”
Zhou Tianqi, not far away because he excelled at Martial Arts, had great hearing and listened to these officials’ discussions.
He rubbed his chin, thinking it was a good thing. Maybe the Ministry of War, which had been somewhat bureaucratic, might change with Lord Chu’s presence.
After waiting for those officials to leave, Zhou Tianqi lifted his foot and walked into the tent where Chu Heng was.
“Lord Chu.” Zhou Tianqi was wearing training attire, having just finished training, with sweat still on his forehead.
Chu Heng looked up at hearing this, “What’s the matter?”
“Is there anything you need me to do? I’m quite familiar with the camp.” Zhou Tianqi appeared casual, without pretense, and stated directly.
Chu Heng looked at him for a moment and said, “At the moment, I don’t need any help.”
“Hmm? Didn’t Zhou Rong and those guys just refuse to cooperate with you to deliver the ledger?” Zhou Tianqi thought he might have misheard, looking at him in surprise.
Chu Heng raised an eyebrow at this remark, “I have already obtained the ledger.”
“Are you sure these ledgers are genuine?” Zhou Tianqi said with a somewhat peculiar expression, surprised that the always deep-thinking Lord Chu would be so ‘naive’?
Chu Heng seemed to smile, opening the files in front of him, and said with a smile: “They are all genuine. They don’t dare to give fakes now, as I previously came to the camp to search.”
With that, he gestured for Zhou Tianqi to take a ledger and look at it.
Zhou Tianqi was genuinely curious and didn’t hold back, quickly flipping it open and looking through it, and then pursed his lips, saying: “It’s real, but… but this is only on the surface.”
He knew some secrets in the camp and didn’t know why he was telling them to Chu Heng now.
After speaking, he felt a bit of regret.
However, he saw Chu Heng suddenly say: “Want to cooperate with me?”
“How to cooperate?” Zhou Tianqi looked at him cautiously.
Chu Heng remained seated calmly, “I know that in this military camp, there are quite a few fake names, and some are using these vacancies to collect salaries, and you, I suppose, can obtain this evidence.”
Zhou Tianqi’s eyes shook, astonished at Chu Heng’s boldness, speaking it out directly in front of him.
“Aren’t you afraid I’d report everything you said to Minister Xiang?”
“You won’t.” Chu Heng was entirely untroubled, “If you had good relations with Minister Xiang, you wouldn’t be here today nor would you be hitting walls everywhere in the Ministry of War.”