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

After destroying the He family, Chu Ning's anger was largely gone.

When they returned to the palace, Liu Shouren and Deng Hongwen, who had received the news, had already arrived.

At the same time, the soldiers sent out to collect the bodies also returned with a pile of ashes.

"Your Highness!" Liu Shouren and the other man stepped forward and saluted.

Chu Ning frowned, nodded slightly, looked at the row of soldiers holding the boxes, and asked in a cold voice:

"Didn't I ask you to go find your master's body?"

"Your Highness, when we arrived outside the city, the fire had already burned the body, and we couldn't find the body of Master Ni Heng at all."

The soldier replied cautiously: "We had no choice but to pack up the ashes of all the burned bodies and bring them back."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a deathly silence at the scene.

Ni Heng was the governor of a county, but unexpectedly he died without a complete body, and even his body could not be found.

So many bodies were burned in a fire, no one knows which ashes are yours.

Liu Shouren and Deng Hongwen looked at each other, and a hint of horror flashed in their eyes.

They knew Chu Ning's character very well. If Chu Ning lost his temper, the situation might still be salvageable.

But once Chu Ning said nothing, it would definitely be the calm before the storm.

Just as the two were thinking about whether to persuade him, Ran Ming glared, clenched his hands tightly, and said indignantly:

"Although Niheng and I often quarreled, this guy just died like this, I... I..."

As he spoke, tears as big as beans began to slide down from the corners of his eyes.

Such a big man actually shed tears at this moment.

He did not shed tears when he was wounded on the battlefield, but now he cries for your violent death.

Ran Ming's actions also completely aroused everyone's emotions. The soldiers lowered their heads, their faces full of anger.

Although they were not familiar with Ni Heng, they knew that Ni Heng was loyal to the King of Chu. Now that he had ended up like this, they could not help but feel resentful.

Chu Ning looked at the depressed mood of the crowd and ordered expressionlessly: "Bury all the ashes and erect a tombstone!"

"In addition, all future expenses of Ni Heng's family will be borne by the Chu Palace, and they will be given 10,000 taels of silver as pension every year."

"The compensation for the soldiers who followed you and died in this disaster will be tripled."

"The deceased migrant workers will also receive compensation, and their families must not be treated unfairly."

Liu Shouren nodded repeatedly: "Your Highness, please rest assured. I will handle this matter personally."

At this time, Chu Ning looked at Deng Hongwen and said, "Leave the people in your hands to the one in my backyard. From now on, those people will be called Jinyiwei, and they will be responsible for intelligence."

Although Deng Hongwen has been in charge of this matter, his energy is limited after all. Now that Jia Yu is around, it is of course more appropriate to let Jia Yu be in charge of the Jinyiwei.

Deng Hongwen nodded and agreed: "Your Highness, please rest assured. I will personally hand over this matter to him."

After a pause, he continued, "Your Highness has wiped out the He family today. I'm afraid Lord He and the Crown Prince will not let it go easily."

Liu Shouren couldn't help but speak up: "If a quarrel breaks out, I'm afraid it will benefit the Fourth Prince. Please think twice, Your Highness the Prince of Chu!"

"Think twice?"

Chu Ning said coldly: "It is not this king who should think twice now, but the prince. If he really wants to interfere in this matter, this king does not mind asking him to step down!"

One sentence to express one's feelings.

This time, he was completely determined to get rid of He Peng.

As for the consequences of this matter, he took full responsibility.

Deng Hongwen frowned when he heard this. Seeing that he could not persuade him, he could only say in a deep voice: "If Your Highness really wants to take action, you need to prepare in advance."

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "I will ask that person to order the Jinyiwei to collect evidence of He Peng's crimes over the years. The two of you just need to handle your own affairs during this period."

But Liu Shouren sighed and said worriedly, "Your Highness, I am worried that the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince will take this opportunity to join forces and report you for taking the spoils of war from Zhao."

"Then let them participate!"

Chu Ning snorted coldly: "I want to see what they are going to do!"

"Ran Ming, send someone to inform Han Xing immediately that the Bingzhou troops have conquered Zhao and the soldiers need to rest. Ask him to mobilize 20,000 troops to Kyoto City for rotation!"

"Yes!" Ran Ming responded and immediately went down to make arrangements.

This scene made Liu Shouren and Deng Hongwen's faces change slightly.

It was a serious crime to mobilize troops into the capital without notifying the emperor.

"Your Highness, do you need to reconsider this matter?"

The cautious Liu Shouren frowned and said, "Such a big thing, if someone catches us, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end it."

Mobilizing troops has always been a big deal, let alone mobilizing local troops to the capital without notifying the emperor in advance. What is the difference between this and treason?

"handle?"

Chu Ning sneered: "I want to give them something to hold over me, otherwise how can they do it?"

"Some people have lived too long and think their lives are too long. I am here to help them!"

The meaning of this statement is very clear. Whoever dares to jump out this time, Chu Ning will target him.

Although Liu Shouren and Deng Hongwen had prepared for the worst, they were still shocked when they heard this.

They didn't expect that Chu Ning actually wanted to use Ni Heng's incident to escalate the matter!

If a fight really breaks out, it will be a fight between you and me!

Seeing Chu Ning's firm attitude, Deng Hongwen had no choice but to remind him, "Your Highness, Zhao State has just been pacified and is not yet peaceful. If we recall 20,000 troops at this moment, will the front line be short of troops?"

There is no problem in transferring the troops back, but we cannot ignore the front line.

Chu Ning was confident about this and said calmly, "Don't worry. Over the past year, trade between Liangzhou and Zhou Dynasty has been very smooth, and the number of troops there has increased to 100,000."

"Although 50,000 of them are new soldiers who have only been recruited for half a year and have never been on the battlefield, transferring them to Zhao State will just make up for their shortcomings of never having been on the battlefield."

Although Liu Shouren and Deng Hongwen knew something about the situation in Liangzhou, they didn't know much.

They only knew that Chu Ning ordered Zhao Yu to recruit soldiers last year, but they didn't expect that the number would increase from 50,000 to 100,000 in just half a year!

This is simply a miracle!

Transferring these 50,000 new soldiers from Liangzhou to Zhao State will not only stabilize the front line, but also allow these 50,000 soldiers to be trained.

“I didn’t expect Liangzhou to develop so fast!”

Deng Hongwen sighed, "I was worrying too much."

Chu Ning shook his head: "You two adults are also thinking about this king, but this time Ni Heng's death made this king completely understand a truth."

"Even though I command a large army and serve my country, some people do not consider me as one of their own."

"The Chu State has been thriving under my leadership over the past two years, but some people, for their own benefit, have resorted to despicable means to target me."

"This time they killed Ni Heng, and the next one might be you two. If I don't deal with this matter, it will happen again in the future!"

"The death of Ni Heng is already difficult for this king to accept. This king does not want to lose anyone else."

Having said that, Chu Ning took a deep breath and said with a firm look in his eyes:

"So, this time, I have to deal with some people!"