Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

After dealing with Baili Xing, Chu Ning immediately took his men to a manor in the west of the city.

The manor was serene under the night sky. There was not a single light in the dark courtyard, just like an ordinary person's home.

From a distance, if you don't look carefully, you would definitely mistake this place for an ordinary manor.

When Chu Ning and his men arrived here, a troop of soldiers had already surrounded the place. The leader was none other than Feng Mulan, who looked very heroic!

Seeing Chu Ning coming, Feng Mulan snorted coldly, pouted her lips, and looked unhappy: "Why don't you let me make the first move?"

In fact, when Chu Ning left the inn for the first time, he did not do nothing. Instead, he sent someone to notify Feng Mulan immediately and asked Feng Mulan to bring the Feng Mansion guards to the place immediately.

Baili Xing was too cunning, and Chu Ning was not sure he could deal with him quickly, so he could only ask Feng Mulan to lead people to surround the place first and find out the situation in the mansion.

But Feng Mulan was very dissatisfied with this.

Since they called me to come, why don’t they let me do it myself?

This is Chu Ning's distrust of himself!

Once a woman gets angry, she becomes unreasonable.

Chu Ning looked at the angry Feng Mulan, touched his nose and said with a wry smile: "I am worried about your safety, afraid that there is an ambush inside."

Feng Mulan, who was originally angry, was stunned.

He...was actually worried about himself.

After a moment of silence, Feng Mulan's expression eased a lot, but she still snorted coldly: "This lady has already checked it out, there are about fifty people in it.

However, they were indeed very cautious, not only setting up many sentries, but also several secret sentries."

Chu Ning was relieved to see that she was not angry.

Compared to Shen Wanying being angry, he was more afraid of Feng Mulan being angry.

After all, he couldn't beat Feng Mulan.

What's more, Feng Mulan is an unreasonable person.

While thinking, Feng Mulan saw that he didn't speak, and couldn't help but frowned: "Tell me, what are you going to do next?"

Chu Ning came back to his senses and grinned: "First, get rid of their sentries, and then lead the others to attack!"

Such a rough method made Feng Mulan's eyes light up: "Leave the secret sentry to me, wait until I deal with these people, then you can lead the attack!"

After saying this, without waiting for Chu Ning's consent, he rushed towards the secret sentry with the Feng Mansion guards.

After the investigation just now, the position of the secret sentry has been exposed. With Feng Mulan's strength, it would be easy for her to capture these people.

In less than a cup of tea, Feng Mulan sent someone to bring the news that all the secret sentries had been eliminated!

Upon receiving the news, Chu Ning ordered an attack without saying a word.

The Dayan spies who were still asleep were killed one by one, but Chu Ning left three alive for the sake of caution.

Only after finding the eight trapped craftsmen did Chu Ning execute the remaining Dayan spies one by one.

There is no use keeping these people. Instead, they will bring disaster to the Great Chu. They must not be handed over to the emperor!

"Thank you, Your Highness, the King of Chu, for rescuing us!" The eight rescued craftsmen wept with gratitude and knelt on the ground one after another.

Chu Ning glanced at the eight people and found that they all had some injuries, and he couldn't help but frowned and said:

"After you were arrested, you were severely beaten by them?"

One of the elderly craftsmen smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, after we knew they wanted us to make a crossbow, we refused to comply and they tortured us for it.

At first we were not afraid of the pain and just refused to agree, but they threatened us with our families, so we dared not disobey. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

The other seven people also pleaded for mercy at this moment.

Making repeating crossbows for other countries not only leaks secrets, but also raises the suspicion of funding other countries, which is tantamount to the crime of treason.

Chu Ning looked at the eight panicked people, with an amusement on his face.

These eight people were noticed by the spies of the Great Yan Dynasty, so they must have been investigated. If they didn't have some skills, how could they be noticed?

Now that this group of people is in my hands, I must make good use of them.

"okay!"

Chu Ning put on a cold expression, stared at the eight craftsmen and said in a deep voice: "Whether you did it intentionally or not, the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau has committed a great crime against my Great Chu Dynasty!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the eight craftsmen broke out in cold sweats.

"Your Highness, please spare my life. Please spare my life!"

"We really don't want to help these people forge the crossbow, but they are threatening the lives of our families."

"Your Highness, I have elderly and young children at home. If I die, they will have no way to survive."

"It was all unintentional on our part. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

Chu Ning's words were like a sharp sword that could take their lives at any time. How could they not panic?

At this moment, their life and death are in Chu Ning's hands.

However, Chu Ning did not take action immediately. Instead, he seemed to be moved with compassion and remained silent.

When the eight craftsmen saw this, they thought they could survive and immediately shouted:

"Your Highness, we forged the crossbow for you, which enabled you to defeat the Great Zhao. Please spare our lives for our hard work."

"Yes, sir. The eight of us worked hard for a month to help you forge the crossbow."

"We really have no intention of betraying our country. Your Highness, please understand."

As small people, they could only use words to impress Chu Ning and find a way to make a living for themselves.

Seeing everyone resisting like this, Chu Ning couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, after all, it was I who asked you to forge the crossbow, which led to the subsequent events.

If I hand you over now, you will definitely be executed, or even your property will be confiscated and your clan will be exterminated!

However, you got into trouble because of me, and I cannot ignore you.

How about this, if you are willing, I can announce to the public that you were killed by Dayan’s spies, and then secretly transfer you to Bingzhou.

Don't worry, your family will go with you, but Bingzhou is located on the border and there are often dangers, so you must think carefully. "

The eight people were stunned and looked at each other, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

According to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, they don’t have to die?

Although it is a bit dangerous to go to Bingzhou, it’s fine as long as I can survive now.

What's more, you can bring your family with you and they won't have any worries.

The eight people nodded to each other and shouted: "Thank you, Your Highness, King Chu, we are willing!"

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "Very good, when you go to Bingzhou, I will arrange you in the army, and from now on you will forge crossbows for my soldiers.

Of course, there are definitely not enough craftsmen. When the time comes, you can each train some people to make amends. How do you do that? "

Not only do he want to trick these eight people into going to Bingzhou, but he also wants to trick them into working for his own benefit!

The eight desperate craftsmen had no choice but to shout in gratitude: "Don't worry, Your Highness. We will do our best to forge the crossbow!"

Chu Ning grinned, revealing a satisfied look. He waved his right hand and ordered, "Come here, escort these eight people and their families to Bingzhou overnight!"

After saying that, Chu Ning turned his head to look at the sky which was gradually getting brighter, with a hint of amusement on his face.

Judging from the time, the crown prince and the other princes should be returning to the city!

It's time to meet these people!

I just wonder what the Prince and others’ expressions will be like when they hear the news that the mastermind behind this has been arrested!