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

"Your Highness, I have indeed seen the corpses at this moment. The armor they wear is as strong as the armor worn by your cavalry!"

Ling Haoran frowned and said in a deep voice: "I asked the blacksmith, and there are very few people who can forge this armor. Perhaps only the one who helped you forge the armor has such skills."

As soon as these words came out, Chu Ning's face changed slightly.

Only a few blacksmiths know the method of tempering steel through repeated tempering, and currently all of them are in Bingzhou.

But now there are suddenly so many armors here, which means that someone must have leaked the forging method.

Or, there are blacksmiths under his command who help others to make armor.

Thinking of this, Chu Ning's face looked a little ugly.

"It seems that I have to investigate myself to find out who leaked this method!"

Chu Ning said coldly: "However, Third Brother should also know this, but I don't know why he deliberately didn't mention it just now."

He didn't believe that the Third Prince was a fool and would not see such an obvious clue.

Since he knew this clue, why didn't the Third Prince investigate it, but instead searched the residences of other princes?

"Perhaps, the Third Prince has other plans!"

Ling Haoran said sternly, "Now that His Majesty is furious about this matter, we can't delay any longer and must take action, otherwise we won't be able to explain to His Majesty."

Although I doubt the Third Prince's intentions, now is not the time to think about them. The most important thing is to take immediate action.

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "Alright, I will go and mobilize the troops right away, Lord Ling, you should also do as Third Brother said."

After saying that, Chu Ning turned and left.

Ling Haoran sighed.

Although he knew that the situation in Kyoto was very serious, he had no choice but to order the officials of the Ministry of Justice to gather and prepare to search the mansion.

Soon, the city of Kyoto became bustling.

The three armies were divided into ten groups and headed straight for the residences of the ten princes.

Soon, Chu Ning brought a team of Bingzhou soldiers to the eleventh prince's residence.

The overwhelming noise frightened everyone in the palace like frightened birds, and they all ran around in panic.

This scene made the Eleventh Prince very angry, and he immediately brought a team of palace soldiers to the gate of the palace.

"Be bold!"

The eleventh prince looked at Chu Ning standing on his horse and angrily shouted, "Eighteenth brother, you are so bold that you dare to lead troops to surround my palace?

Do you really think that this is Bingzhou and you can do whatever you want?"

Chu Ning said calmly, "Eleventh brother, don't be angry. I am just following orders. Father has entrusted the assassination to third brother and me. Now that third brother wants to search all the emperor's residences, I can only obey orders."

All the blame was put on the emperor and the third prince.

Of course he couldn't do anything that would offend others.

We have to find someone to take the blame.

As expected, the Eleventh Prince was furious when he heard this: "Old Third, this is outrageous. I will go and reason with him right now!"

"and many more!"

Chu Ning stretched out his hand to stop the eleventh prince and said in a deep voice: “Even if the eleventh brother wants to go find the third brother, he has to wait until I have finished searching.

Otherwise, given Third Brother's temper, he will definitely blame me for not doing my job well. After all, the residences of the other brothers will be searched, and if you, Eleventh Brother, are the only one who doesn't check, I'm afraid it will be unacceptable and will arouse suspicion."

These words calmed down the Eleventh Prince, who had originally wanted to settle accounts with the Third Prince.

All the royal palaces must be searched, so it’s not just him that is targeted.

Moreover, if I refuse the search at this moment, it would mean that I am guilty, which would arouse my father's suspicion.

The Eleventh Prince snorted coldly after reacting, "What you said makes sense, but I have made a promise beforehand. If your people damage the items in my mansion, you must compensate for it."

Chu Ning shrugged: "Brother Eleven, do you think I need this little bit of money?"

The eleventh prince twitched his lips, and without further ado, he waved his hand and said, "Everyone, step back. I'll let you go in and search!"

At the command, the government soldiers retreated one after another, and the Bingzhou troops rushed in to search.

At the same time, the Third Prince and Ling Haoran were also leading people to search the residences of other princes.

The residence of the fifteenth prince.

While Ling Haoran was apologizing to the fifteenth prince, he asked the officials from the Ministry of Justice to go in and search.

The fifteenth prince did not stop them, but with a gloomy face, he asked in a cold voice: "Who asked you to search?"

Ling Haoran smiled bitterly: "It was the Third Prince's opinion, and His Royal Highness Prince Chu was forced to agree."

"It's the third brother indeed!"

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the fifteenth prince: "Wait, if there is a chance, I will definitely make you pay!"

He took note of this account.

He cannot refuse the search now, otherwise it would mean he is guilty, which would make people more suspicious.

But the Third Prince's behavior clearly showed that he did not take them seriously. If there was a chance in the future, he would definitely let the Third Prince know the consequences of offending him!

At the same time, the third prince had brought people to the sixth prince's residence.

The Third Prince came out of the Ministry of Justice early and searched quickly. He had already searched the Fifth Prince's mansion, but found nothing.

At this moment, at the gate of the Sixth Prince’s palace.

Upon receiving the news, the Sixth Prince brought his men to block the gate of the palace.

"Third brother, what do you mean by bringing people here?" the Sixth Prince asked coldly.

The Third Prince narrowed his eyes and sneered, "I am following my father's orders to investigate yesterday's assassination attempt. I hope Sixth Brother will give me some convenience.

Just let my people go in and search, it's just a routine matter, I believe you are definitely not the mastermind, my sixth brother, I will take people away immediately after the investigation."

If the emperor is mentioned, no one can refuse.

The Sixth Prince's powerful aura suddenly diminished.

Although he didn't want the Third Prince to bring people in to search, he didn't dare to disobey the emperor's order.

At a time when there is competition for the position of crown prince, if you disobey the emperor's order at this moment, you will forget about the position of crown prince.

After hesitating for a long time, the Sixth Prince snorted coldly: "I can let you go in to search, but you must ensure that there is no damage in my palace, otherwise I will never let you off easily."

The Third Prince laughed and said, "Don't worry, Sixth Brother. The people from the City Defense Battalion dare not destroy the palace."

"Let them in!" The Sixth Prince waved his hand.

Soon, soldiers from the city defense camp rushed into the palace.

Suddenly, there was a sound of commotion in the palace.

From the front yard to the living room, to the courtyard and backyard, everything was turned upside down.

A quarter of an hour later, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Your Highness, we found this in the backyard!"

As he spoke, he handed over the armor in his hand.

The third prince took the armor and looked at it, his face suddenly changed: "This armor is the same as the one I wore yesterday!"

He turned around and stared at the Sixth Prince, saying coldly: "Okay, so it turned out that you were the one who sent the assassin yesterday!"

"Someone, come and capture him for me!"

At the command, the soldiers of the city defense camp rushed forward immediately.

The Sixth Prince was furious: "You can always find a pretext to accuse someone of something. You are framing me. There is no way this armor exists in my palace!"

Looking at the soldiers from the city defense camp rushing up, the Sixth Prince roared, "Stop them for me!"

The palace soldiers immediately rushed out, and the two sides confronted each other with swords drawn!