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

Su Tingmei’s nod made Chu Ning’s eyes light up!

In the past, he had only heard of this man's name but had never seen his true abilities.

But now, after a series of events, he realized that this person did have some ability.

Now, this person's nod made him realize that this was a guy with a clear mind.

He even knows what he is thinking. This person is not simple.

"You are smarter than I thought!"

Chu Ning said calmly: "How about this, you first tell me how you targeted the Chu Palace. Lord Deng, please write it down and give it to the emperor for review."

After all, destroying the Sizhou army was a big deal. If there was no suitable reason, the emperor would definitely take action against him.

But with the confession of the instigator Su Tingmei, everything is different.

He is trying to suppress the rebels, the emperor will have no reason to take action against him, and may even reward him!

Deng Hongwen, who arrived quickly, did not dare to delay and immediately ordered someone to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Su Tingmei had no intention of hiding anything. Since she had already lost, the truth should be made known to the world.

With a long sigh, Su Tingmei said in a deep voice: "After the Xiahou family was destroyed, the soldiers in the Sizhou camp were filled with righteous indignation and clamored to avenge General Xiahou."

"But I know that with the ability of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, if I lead my troops directly to Kyoto City, you will definitely be on guard."

"You have elite soldiers and generals around you, and there are also imperial guards in the city. It is not easy to kill you, so I strongly advise them to act according to my plan."

"I first used the connections that the Xiahou family had in the city to learn that the princes had a conflict over the fiefdom, so I killed the seventh prince first and put the blame on you, the King of Chu."

Hearing this, Ran Ming reacted and showed a look of sudden enlightenment: "It turns out that the crossbow that killed the Seventh Prince was a flaw you deliberately left!"

Su Tingmei nodded slightly: "Yes, in order to provoke trouble, we can only use the most easily recognizable crossbow, so that we can put the blame on the King of Chu."

"Afterwards, I received news that the King of Chu was going to send someone to deliver the 10 million taels of silver, so I sent someone to rob the silver."

"However, although I have received the silver, I am not satisfied with the status quo. My goal is to make all of you princes kill each other, so I ordered the commander of the city defense camp, Su Wenguang, to lead His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu to the Fourth Prince's manor."

"I sent people to dig a tunnel to deposit the silver. If you find the silver, you will definitely take action against the Fourth Prince."

"But what I never expected was that the silver was actually a bait deliberately put out by His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu. Your Highness, am I right?"

As he spoke, Su Tingmei looked up at Chu Ning, wanting to get an answer.

Chu Ning raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a smile: "Yes, that is indeed the bait thrown out by the king."

Su Tingmei frowned: "I don't understand why Your Highness thinks that someone will rob the silver."

Chu Ning chuckled and said, "It's very simple. If you dare to kill the Seventh Prince in the city, there must be someone inside the city who is behind it. So I bet you will get the news that I have taken away the silver."

"Of course, the person I suspected at the time was the commander of the city defense camp, Su Wenguang, so I just wanted to lure him out of his shell."

"As expected, you all thought that I was fooled, which is why Wei Kangping also showed up and was caught by me in one fell swoop."

"However, I am very curious, how can you be so sure that I will transport silver again?"

Chu Ning already admired Su Tingmei's wisdom.

But he still wanted to know how Su Tingmei robbed the silver again and gave it to the ten princes.

Su Tingmei sighed and said, "This batch of silver is related to the battle situation on the front line. Your Highness will definitely find a way to transport it, so he has arranged people outside the city."

"Of course, silver has never been my goal. I just want the ten princes to get the silver, so as to cause a conflict between you and them."

"From the beginning to the end, this old man's purpose has been to disrupt the situation and let other princes weaken your power."

"When the whole city of Kyoto is in turmoil, you will definitely send troops to Kyoto, but you are also worried that His Majesty will be wary, so the troops you send will definitely not be too many."

"At that time, His Majesty will definitely dispatch troops nearby in order to check and balance you, and the Sizhou Camp is the closest barracks to Kyoto City!"

After saying this, Ran Ming's eyes widened: "So it's you who's been causing all this trouble. I'll kill you!"

As he spoke, he swung the spear in his hand, ready to smash Su Tingmei to death.

"and many more!"

Chu Ning frowned and glared at Ran Ming: "Back off, no one is allowed to take action without my order!"

"But he..."

"Ok?"

Ran Ming wanted to say something, but Chu Ning narrowed his eyes, which frightened him so much that his neck shrank. He immediately stepped aside and dared not speak.

Chu Ning turned to look at Su Tingmei, with admiration on his face: "You are very good. Among all my opponents, you are the first one who makes me feel exhausted."

But Su Tingmei smiled bitterly: "Your Highness is too modest. In fact, you suspected from the beginning that it was done by someone in the army, and someone who had received favors from the Xiahou family, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Chu Ning burst into laughter and clapped his hands while laughing.

"Clap clap~"

"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect you to guess this."

Chu Ning nodded and smiled, "I did suspect from the beginning that the person who killed the Seventh Prince was someone in the army, and I also knew that the other party's real goal must be me, so I transferred troops from Liangzhou to Beijing in advance!"

"The Xiahou family has been operating in Kyoto for many years and has influence throughout the military. Although the Xiahou family has been destroyed, these people are still here. It is natural for them to want to avenge the Xiahou family."

"However, I did not expect that you were the one commanding from far away in Sizhou at first!"

In Chu Ning's opinion, it should be some generals who came together and secretly promoted this matter.

I didn’t expect that these things were planned by Su Tingmei, a scholar!

"No, Your Highness the King of Chu is wrong!"

Su Tingmei suddenly laughed and said, "In fact, I have been in the city all the time, but to the outside world, I have been in the Sizhou camp all the time."

It turns out that this person had secretly come to Kyoto City a long time ago!

That makes sense.

How could two military generals, Su Wenguang and Wei Kangping, have such a thorough plan?

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "It seems that I still underestimated you. If it weren't for the opposition, I would really like to take you in."

After saying that, he shook his head and said, "Okay, everything is clear now. Now you should tell me the news that I want to know!"

Su Tingmei was about to speak when a voice suddenly came from outside the barracks: "Eighteenth brother, are you injured?"

Immediately afterwards, a group of people rushed in from outside the barracks.

It turned out to be the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Fifth Prince and others!

After knowing the battle situation here, they did not dare to stop the Liangzhou troops. Not only did they let the Liangzhou troops come over, they also brought their own troops over.

The name is - save Chu Ning!