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

The killer's cunning made Chu Ning realize that he could not continue chasing him.

After gathering the troops from the city defense camp, he prepared to return to the camp with his men to discuss the follow-up with Su Wenguang.

As the general of the State of Chu, he could mobilize all the troops, and of course the city defense camp was also under his control.

However, just as everyone was about to go back, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance.

As the sound of horse hooves gradually approached, Su Wenguang appeared before everyone under the light of the torches.

"Greetings to His Majesty the King of Chu!" Su Wenguang came in front of Chu Ning, dismounted and saluted.

Chu Ning frowned and asked, "Didn't I ask you to take the body of the seventh brother to the palace? Why did you bring people here?"

Su Wenguang explained: "Your Majesty asked me to bring people to help you chase down those assassins."

But Chu Ning shook his head and said solemnly: "This group of people are very familiar with this place. They took advantage of the moment when the king divided his troops and killed several soldiers from the city defense camp."

"Besides, the other party has been gone for a while now, and it's too late to chase them."

Su Wenguang's face changed drastically: "If I catch these bastards, I will skin them alive with my own hands!"

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard again, and a royal guard wearing black armor came running towards them.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu. His Majesty has ordered all the princes to go to the palace immediately!"

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes, and a hint of coldness flashed across his face: "I know, you go back and tell my father that I have arranged for the city defense camp to go there."

The imperial guards bowed and rode away.

Chu Ning did not waste any time and turned to look at Su Wenguang: "This is a serious matter. My father must have summoned me to investigate this matter. General Su can go with me.

As for the soldiers of the city defense camp, have them patrol outside the palace to prevent the assassins from attacking the other brothers."

Su Wenguang was shocked, then he reacted.

Now that the emperor has summoned all the princes, if these people are attacked along the way, the people in the city defense camp will probably be to blame.

"Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness!"

Su Wenguang made a prompt decision: "Come here, do as His Royal Highness the King of Chu said immediately!"

Afterwards, Chu Ning rode towards the palace under the escort of Su Wenguang.

At this moment, the sky gradually brightened, and a red cloud rose in the sky, dispelling the cold night wind.

Everyone rode their horses to the gate of the palace. Su Wenguang could not enter the palace without the emperor's summons. He saluted Chu Ning and patrolled outside the palace with the people from the city defense camp.

After Chu Ning dismounted, he told Ran Ming: "Go back home immediately and inform our people to transport all the silver to the front line as planned."

Hearing this, Ran Ming touched his huge bald head, his face full of confusion: "Your Highness, there are assassins in the city. If we transport the silver at this time, we might be targeted."

But Chu Ning shook his head and said in a deep voice: "They just killed the Seventh Prince, they must be celebrating their success, they would never have thought that I would transport the silver away at this time!"

"Okay, I'll go back and pass on the message." Ran Ming saluted and immediately mounted his horse and headed towards the palace.

Chu Ning looked at Ran Ming's departing back, then heaved a sigh of relief, straightened his royal robes, and then walked into the palace.

This group of killers appeared too suddenly and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. No one would feel at ease with this group of people in Kyoto City.

The transportation of the silver was a plan that had been decided long ago. If it wasn't delivered quickly, once the news leaked out, there was no guarantee that the killers wouldn't target the silver.

Although he didn't know why the other party wanted to kill the seventh prince, with so much silver in front of him, Chu Ning couldn't guarantee that the other party wouldn't be tempted.

The best way is to take away the silver while the other party is lax after killing the seventh prince.

The death of the seventh prince was not a big deal to Chu Ning. He only cared about whether his silver could be safely transported to the front line.

As for investigating the murder of the seventh prince, it all depends on the emperor's attitude. He is just a prince and has no power to investigate the matter.

While deep in thought, Chu Ning came to the Yangxin Palace.

Perhaps because he was chasing the killer, he was the last one to receive the news and the last one to arrive at the scene.

Inside the Yangxin Hall.

The emperor sat in the main seat with a gloomy face.

Standing on the left and right sides were a dozen princes, as well as the old Prince of Qin and the Minister of Justice Ling Haoran.

In the middle of the hall, the body of the seventh prince was placed.

Chu Ning came in and took in the situation at the scene. He then bowed to the emperor and said, "Greetings, Father!"

The emperor glanced at Chu Ning and asked coldly, "Did you catch the killer?"

Chu Ning shook his head: "Father, that group of assassins are very familiar with the terrain. They kept dispersing, forcing me to split up my forces to pursue them. Not only did I fail to catch them, but I also caused the city defense camp to lose several soldiers."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone at the scene was suddenly in an uproar.

Who is Chu Ning? He is a person who will never suffer any loss!

But now, the person who never suffered any loss actually suffered a loss at the hands of those killers.

For a time, everyone was talking about it.

"Eighteenth brother, is what you said true?"

"Even you, my eighteenth brother, suffered at their hands. Who are they?"

"Eighteenth brother and the people from the city defense camp were unable to catch up. It seems that this group of people are not ordinary people!"

The princes are not fools. Of course they have to be cautious with anyone who could make Chu Ning suffer.

Only the prince snorted coldly, stood up and stared at Chu Ning with a sneer: "Eighteenth brother, you didn't let these people go on purpose?"

Chu Ning frowned, raised his head and looked at the prince, and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean by this, prince brother?"

"What do you mean?"

The Crown Prince pointed at the Seventh Prince's body with a sneer and said, "Look for yourself how your Seventh Prince died. He was shot to death by a hidden arrow. In this world, only you, Eighteenth Prince, have hidden arrows!"

"And I just asked the people in the city defense camp, and they found out that the assassins also have crossbows, which is something only you have."

"If there was only one thing, you could still argue, but now these two things have appeared at the scene, what else can you say?"

Chu Ning's face immediately turned ugly as he was identified as soon as he arrived.

"Brother Crown Prince, do you want to say that I killed my seventh brother?" Chu Ning asked back in a cold voice.

The prince snorted coldly, "Yes, I think you killed him. Moreover, I also know that you and my seventh brother have a bad relationship. You have a motive to kill him!"

"Besides, you just said that the group of assassins are very familiar with the terrain and have superb martial arts. In this capital city, it seems that only the guards of your Chu Palace meet the two conditions you mentioned, right?"

The prince, who was getting more and more confident as he spoke, suddenly raised his doubts again from a moral high ground:

"Besides, no one knows that you never suffer any loss, but this time you suffered a loss and took the initiative to bring people back instead of continuing the pursuit. This is not like the Eighteenth Brother we know!"

"The only explanation is that those people were your guards. You didn't want them to be caught, so you let them go on purpose!"

The prince's series of accusations infinitely magnified Chu Ning's suspicion.

Even the emperor couldn't help but look thoughtful after hearing this.

Thinking about this matter carefully, Chu Ning is indeed the most suspicious!