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

At the prince's command, the guards from the Ministry of Justice immediately rushed forward to arrest Wen Kaicheng and Yun Jianye.

But Chu Ning had a calm expression on his face. He raised his hand to stop the yamen runners: "Stop!"

The prince narrowed his eyes, a look of displeasure appeared on his face: "Eighteenth brother, what do you mean by this? If you knew that the person who leaked the exam questions was among them, why did you stop the criminals from the Ministry of Justice?"

Chu Ning chuckled: "Torture is too slow, I have a faster way."

"Really?"

The prince suddenly became interested: "I want to see how you can make them confess faster."

After saying this, the prince waved his right hand, and the runners from the Ministry of Justice immediately retreated.

Chu Ning raised the corner of his mouth slightly, turned his head to look at Wen Kaicheng and Yun Jianye, and chuckled: "Since you are unwilling to confess, then I will make you convinced."

Amid the surprised looks of the crowd, Chu Ning slowly said, "Ever since the last time the Ministry of Revenue registered the refugees from Bingzhou, I have suspected that someone in the Ministry of Revenue has betrayed me.

However, it is very difficult to investigate this matter. After all, no one will admit to something without evidence.

Once the matter is investigated publicly, it will inevitably make the officials of the Ministry of Revenue panic and allow others to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, the last time the Bingzhou refugees were registered, the matter was suppressed by me and has not been investigated.

However, this does not mean that this prince did not take this matter to heart, so for this imperial examination, this prince deliberately borrowed people from the Ministry of Revenue from Lord Liu. "

At this point, Chu Ning stared at the two and said with a smile: "That's just the two of you!"

Wen Kaicheng frowned, looking thoughtful.

Yun Jianye returned to his usual expression, looking unperturbed by fame or disgrace.

Chu Ning took in the expressions of the two people, and when he saw that they were silent, he continued, “In order to confirm my guess, I only told the test questions to you two!

But in fact, the prince and the princess secretly arranged another set of test questions, just in case."

The prince finally reacted after hearing this.

It turns out that this is how Chu Ning's second set of test questions came about.

This guy is so insidious, he actually prepared it in advance!

While thinking, Chu Ning glanced at Wen Kaicheng and the other man and said indifferently, "As expected by the king, this traitor leaked the test questions in order to sabotage the imperial examination.

If this prince fails to discover the cheating this time, after the exam is over, the children of the noble and wealthy families will be all over the court, and the traitor can report to his master.

If I discover cheating, you can use this to bring me down.

In short, no matter what, I cannot escape this person's scheme. "

The prince's mouth twitched and a look of contempt appeared on his face.

Can't escape from the clutches of others?

But all this was clearly arranged by you, Chu Ning, in advance!

What a good trick to lure the snake out of its hole!

This time, the prince understood everything.

This matter was a setup from the very beginning!

Chu Ning set up a plan to find out the traitor!

Thinking of this, the prince's face suddenly looked a little ugly.

Chu Ning is so powerful. If he wants to seize the throne, can I deal with him?

While thinking, Wen Kaicheng suddenly asked, "On the day of the exam, His Highness asked me and Lord Yun to go to the palace to report. Could it be that he deliberately wanted His Majesty to arrest us two?"

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Chu Ning looked at Wen Kaicheng with appreciation, nodded and smiled, "Although I suspect both of you, I don't know who among you is the traitor, so I can only find a way to lock them all up first.

Only in this way can the imperial examination continue normally and not be disrupted again."

After this series of tricks, everyone fell silent.

Even Ling Haoran, the Minister of Justice who was always good at solving cases, couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.

In order to find out the traitor, the King of Chu went to such great lengths to lure the other party out.

The key point is that no one noticed such a huge plan.

To outsiders, it was clear that the King of Chu was being plotted against.

But in reality, it was the King of Chu who was calculating against everyone.

Even the emperor was being used by the King of Chu invisibly!

Such people are so terrible!

When Ling Haoran was surprised, Yun Jianye suddenly asked, "Your Highness, even if you let His Majesty arrest the two of us, you can't conclude that we are traitors, right?"

Chu Ning nodded and smiled, "That's right, even if I lock you up, I can't tell, so I've kept you locked up here and have no intention of rescuing you.

On the one hand, I really don't want you to come out, worried that your appearance will disrupt the imperial examination, and on the other hand, I am also waiting for an opportunity!"

At this point, Yun Jianye took the initiative to take over the topic: "This opportunity must be the group of assassins, right?"

Chu Ning laughed and gave a thumbs up: "Master Yun is really amazing, yes, I am waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes!

No matter who among you is the traitor, the person behind the scenes will not let you live. On the one hand, he is worried that he will be betrayed, and on the other hand, he wants to kill you to silence you.

Therefore, I am sure that as long as you get out of the Ministry of Justice prison, the other party will definitely kill you!

For this purpose, I arranged in advance for Ran Ming to lead his troops to wait on the street. For this plan, I also specially arranged for Ran Ming to return to the palace after the exam.

On the surface, I want Ran Ming to protect the palace, but in reality, I want to paralyze the person behind the scenes and make him think that there is no one around me, so he dares to send people to assassinate you!"

After hearing this, Ran Ming finally reacted.

It turns out that I am also in His Highness's plan.

Touching his huge bald head, Ran Ming chuckled: "I was wondering why His Highness asked me to return to the palace for no reason. It turns out that the purpose was to wait for the group of assassins."

Chu Ning ignored Ran Ming, but stared at Yun Jianye and Wen Kaicheng, and asked with a smile:

"I have told you my plan. Now you should reveal the answer, right? Who is the traitor?"

The fact that the leaker turned into a betrayer was enough to prove that Chu Ning had murderous intentions!

If you dare to betray, you must pay the price for betrayal.

The prince also came back to his senses at this moment, squinted his eyes and looked at Chu Ning deeply. While he admired Chu Ning's meticulous plan, he also became alert.

"Eighteenth brother really has a brilliant idea!"

The prince clapped his hands and laughed, “Even I didn’t expect that all this was actually planned by my eighteenth brother.

But even so, Eighteenth Brother, you still haven't been able to produce any real evidence, and all of this is just your guess.

Even if it is proven that someone wanted to kill these two people to silence them, how can you prove that one of them was the one who leaked the test questions, or that both of them were the ones who leaked the questions?"

Born into a royal family and receiving royal education since childhood, the prince was no ordinary person. In just a few words, he pointed out the weakness of Chu Ning's plan.

Chu Ning raised the corner of his mouth slightly and chuckled, "Don't worry, Prince. I just gave that person a chance. Since he didn't seize the opportunity, I can only identify him!"

As he spoke, Chu Ning extended his right index finger and pointed at one of them!

The man's face changed drastically: "Your Highness, why are you sure that I betrayed you?"