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

Prison Department of Punishment.

The prince looked at the cheating candidate imprisoned in his mind with a gloomy face and was extremely angry.

Nine days, nine days have passed, but still nothing has been gained from these people.

Now that the imperial examination is over, once Chu Ning finishes marking the papers, he will definitely come here to interrogate in person.

If Chu Ning is involved in this matter, it would not be a big deal if nothing is found out, but once it is found out, the credit will belong to both of them.

Chu Ning must not be allowed to get involved in this matter!

The prince's eyes turned cold, his heart hardened, and he said in a cold voice: "Master Ling, according to the newly revised laws of our dynasty, what crime should be punished for cheating in the examination?"

Ling Haoran thought the prince wanted to scare the candidates, so he said truthfully: "At the very least, he will be disqualified and exiled to the frontier, and at the worst, he will be beheaded!"

A ruthless look appeared on the prince's face: "In that case, then drag these people out and kill them!"

In order to get clues, he had no choice but to kill people to establish his authority.

In the past few days, no matter what threats, inducements, or torture were used, these cheating candidates refused to confess.

In this case, we can only kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

As soon as these words were spoken, all the candidates were shocked.

Ling Haoran even whispered, "Your Highness, this is absolutely not allowed. They are all from aristocratic families. Killing them will definitely lead to disaster!"

Just as the prince was about to retort, he heard several footsteps, followed by a violent cough.

"Your Highness, Lord Ling is absolutely right. You can't kill them!"

Then, Wen Kaicheng and Yun Jianye were escorted to the prison by Ran Ming.

The prince was slightly stunned: "Aren't you two adults going to the examination room to mark the papers? Why are you returning here?"

Yun Jianye sighed and said, "On the way back just now, I and my subordinates encountered an assassin. Fortunately, General Ran Ming arrived in time and we were saved."

Encountered an assassin?

The prince and Ling Haoran looked at each other, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Everyone in Kyoto City knows that these two people are Chu Ning's men. Who dares to assassinate these two people in Kyoto City?

These two men are fourth-rank officials of the Ministry of Revenue. How dare you take action against them? Do you have the guts to do that?

The prince frowned: "Under the emperor's feet, there are people who act so recklessly. It's simply lawless!"

After a pause, the prince frowned and said, "Since General Ran Ming saved the two of you, you should go back to the examination room. Why are you here?"

Yun Jianye shook his head: "I am also wondering why His Royal Highness the King of Chu asked me to come here."

It turned out to be Chu Ning's order.

What does this kid want to do?

Just as everyone was surprised, a loud laugh suddenly appeared in their ears:

"The reason why I asked you to come here is naturally to investigate the leak of the exam questions!"

As the words fell, Chu Ning's figure appeared in front of everyone.

The prince was shocked.

Could it be that Chu Ning already knew who leaked the information?

This kid is here to steal the credit!

The prince became alert and stared at Chu Ning coldly: "Eighteenth brother, I have been investigating for nine days and there is no news. You have been invigilating in the examination room for nine days and you can find out the leak of the exam questions?"

Chu Ning looked at the prince who was alert, and chuckled, "Brother Prince, there is no need to be so surprised. These nine days were just for others to see!"

In the surprised eyes of the Crown Prince and Ling Haoran, Chu Ning turned to look at Wen Kaicheng and Yun Jianye and said calmly:

"Were you two adults frightened just now?"

The two were flattered and quickly bowed, "Thank you for your help, Your Highness."

"No need to thank me, Your Majesty."

Chu Ning raised his lips slightly: "I just want to use you to lure the mastermind behind the scenes to make a move, so that the leaker can see the true face of that person."

When these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed.

The Crown Prince and Ling Haoran looked as if they didn't understand, Yun Jianye frowned as if he was thinking about something, and Wen Kaicheng's face was filled with horror.

Chu Ning took in everyone's expressions, then looked at Wen Kaicheng and the other man, and said slowly:

“The test questions are confidential. At first, only the prince and the princess knew about them. I only told you the questions one day before the test.

It is impossible for the prince and the princess to leak the secret, so the only possibility is you two."

The prince on the side was overjoyed when he heard this.

Chu Ning actually attacked his own people!

That would be great. Regardless of whether the truth can be uncovered or not, at least Chu Ning will have one less helper in the court.

The prince narrowed his eyes and immediately agreed, "Eighteenth brother is right, these two are the most suspicious, come and arrest them!"

The runners from the Ministry of Justice rushed over immediately.

But Chu Ning waved his hand and smiled, "Brother Crown Prince, don't worry. Although they are all suspects, we have no evidence!

Moreover, we still don’t know whether it was the two of them who leaked the test questions together, or just one of them. We can’t let a bad guy go, but we can’t wrongly accuse a good guy either!”

The prince rolled his eyes: "Eighteenth brother, what do you want?"

Chu Ning said calmly: "Of course, let the person who leaked the test questions confess himself."

Confess yourself?

What are you thinking? Without evidence, who would confess?

The prince was disdainful in his heart, and a hint of amusement appeared on his face: "Really? Then I want to see what tricks you have to make the person who leaked the test questions confess!"

Chu Ning didn't care about the prince's reaction. He stared coldly at Wen Kaicheng and Yun Jianye.

"Now that things have come to this, don't you still want to confess? The person behind you wants to kill you to silence you. If it weren't for my help, you would have died on the street just now!"

As soon as these words came out, Wen Kaicheng's face suddenly changed, and he turned around and stared at Yun Jianye: "I can't believe it, I really can't believe that Lord Yun, you are such a person!"

Yun Jianye was stunned: "Master Wen, what do you mean by this?"

Wen Kaicheng sneered: "What else could it mean? I didn't leak the test questions, so the person who leaked the test questions must be you!

No wonder you dared to ask to stay behind just now, it turns out that you are in the same group with them. You know they won't kill you, they are actually here to save you, right?"

Yun Jianye was furious when he heard this, and he pointed at Wen Kaicheng and cursed: "Wen Kaicheng, I have worked with you for more than ten years, don't you know what kind of person I am?

I took the initiative to stay behind to cover your retreat just now because I saw that you had a chronic illness and was worried about your safety, so I risked my life to stay behind to cover your retreat!

If I had known you were such a heartless person, I should have left you alone!"

The two of them actually blamed each other at this moment.

The prince was secretly delighted.

Chu Ning, ah Chu Ning, you can't even discipline your own subordinates, why do you think you can fight with me?

Thinking of the excitement, the prince couldn't help but tease: "Eighteenth brother, is this what you meant by finding the person who leaked the exam questions?

But you have no evidence, and these two people will never admit their guilt. Now they are accusing each other. Can you tell who leaked the test questions?

Or maybe, in fact, the two of them leaked the secret together, and now they are performing a double act in front of you!

In my opinion, it is better to arrest the two men and torture them to extract a confession. I don’t believe they will not confess!”

The prince couldn't wait any longer and prepared to use his own methods to force a confession in order to win credit!