The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

After dealing with the soldiers, Ning Quan turned around and went back to the house.

"who?"

At this moment, Lu Bu suddenly shouted coldly, drew his sword and pointed it outside the door.

"Swish swish~"

Before he finished speaking, dozens of imperial guards suddenly rushed into the palace, led by a commander of the imperial guards.

"Commander of the Imperial Guards Bai Chong pays homage to His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince."

"Your Highness, I am following His Majesty's orders to conduct a city-wide search to apprehend the bandits. I beg your pardon for any offense."

Coming closer, the commander of the imperial guards, Bai Chong, clasped his fists respectfully.

"Catch the bandits?"

"General Bai, did I hear correctly? You are coming to this prince's house to arrest the bandits?"

Ning Quan frowned.

"Your Highness, please do not misunderstand. Yesterday, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works were robbed. His Majesty is extremely angry and has ordered us to conduct a thorough investigation throughout the city!"

"Your Majesty has issued a clear order that all residences of princes and nobles, even those of princes and grandsons, must be thoroughly searched."

Bai Chong explained.

"Oh I got it."

"Since it is His Majesty's order, then you can investigate."

Hearing this, Ning Quan's expression looked better.

Ning Quan originally thought that the search was only aimed at him. Since all the princes and nobles were to be searched, Ning Quan naturally had nothing to say.

Ning Quan was also secretly glad that Liu Bowen reminded him yesterday to take back the silver he had stolen from the Ministry of Revenue, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness!"

"Come here, search for me. Be careful not to break anything and don't scare the women."

Bai Chong bowed and then gave the order.

"Yes."

Dozens of imperial guards were ordered to immediately conduct a search in the palace.

Ning Quan said nothing, just watched quietly.

All the stolen goods were in his space, so he naturally had nothing to worry about.

"found it."

Not long after, shouts from the imperial guards suddenly came from the backyard.

"what?"

Ning Quan was startled when he heard the shout.

I don’t understand what the soldiers found?

He had obviously put away all the stolen goods.

Bai Chong was also shocked. While looking at Ning Quan, his right hand subconsciously reached for the knife at his waist.

"Commander, we found a body in the backyard!"

Just as the two were pondering, a guard came running over to report.

"What? A corpse!"

When Bai Chong heard this, he was immediately surprised.

After hearing this, Ning Quan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, Commander, we found more than a dozen bodies in the backyard."

The imperial guards continued to report.

"More than a dozen? How is that possible?"

"Your Highness...you..."

Bai Chong's pupils suddenly shrank, and he turned his head to look at Ning Quan, his eyes full of questions.

"Don't look at me, the dead are all servants in my house, and I was the one who killed them."

"As for the reason, I think Commander Bai will probably understand even if I don't explain it."

Ning Quan looked at Bai Chong and said in a calm tone.

"Yes, I understand."

Bai Chong understood instantly after hearing this and took a deep breath.

It was no secret that the Ninth Prince was enslaved and oppressed by the mansion, and Bai Chong had heard about it a long time ago.

Now that the Ninth Prince is in power, he must of course seek revenge.

"Well, Commander Bai, I'm glad you understand. Let's continue the search."

Ning Quan waved his hand.

"As ordered!"

"Come here, ignore the bodies and continue searching!"

Then, Bai Chong shouted to his imperial guards.

"Yes!"

The imperial guards obeyed the order one after another.

"Reporting to the commander, no suspicious items were found."

Half a quarter of an hour later, a guard reported.

"Commander, nothing found!"

"Reporting to the commander, they still haven't found it!"

Immediately afterwards, the other imperial guards returned.

"Okay, got it."

"Your Highness, we have completed the search. Please forgive us for any offense."

Bai Chong bowed to Ning Quan.

"That's fine. Now that we're done, Commander Bai, please return."

Ning Quan nodded and said lightly.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After saying that, Bai Chong led his men away.

"Hey, how could I forget about this? Will we be in trouble now?"

After Bai Chong left, Ning Quan sighed slightly.

Bai Chong was the commander of the imperial guards and a close confidant of His Majesty. It was impossible for him not to report the killing of such a servant by Ning Quan.

In theory, this is nothing. After all, these people deserve to die, and they are all servants of Prince Ning's Mansion, so Ning Quan has the right to deal with them.

I don't think His Majesty will say anything, at most just a few words of reprimand.

But Ning Quan was afraid that the Third Prince and others would take the opportunity to stir up trouble, which would not be a good thing.

Ning Quan was not afraid of the Third Prince and others, but he was about to leave Beijing and did not want to cause any more trouble.

"Forget it, let's see."

Ning Quan shook his head and returned to the room.

.......

the other side.

After Bai Chong left the palace, he immediately returned to the imperial palace.

Just as Ning Quan expected, since the Ninth Prince had killed so many servants, Bai Chong could not possibly fail to report this to His Majesty.

"Bai Chong, what's the hurry?"

Ning Yuanwu was surprised when he saw Bai Chong rushing in from outside.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

"I just went to search the Ninth Prince's residence and found more than a dozen bodies in the backyard."

"Those who died were all servants of the palace, and His Highness the Ninth Prince also admitted that he was the one who killed them all."

Bai Chong quickly explained the matter clearly.

"Oh?"

"He actually killed dozens of people?"

"Haha, I didn't expect that he has such a cruel side."

Ning Yuanwu sneered.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true."

"But Your Majesty, it's not surprising that the Ninth Prince is acting this way. Those servants should have died long ago. The Ninth Prince has indeed endured a lot of humiliation over the years."

Bai Chong whispered.

Bai Chong was not speaking well of Ning Quan, he was only loyal to His Majesty and told the truth.

"Well, I know everything you said, and it is indeed as you said."

"Forget it, let him vent his anger if he wants to. Don't worry about it."

"I ask you, how is the search going?"

Ning Yuanwu said calmly.

"Your Majesty, I have searched for a whole day and still haven't found any clues."

Bai Chong reported back.

"Well, that's not surprising."

"It would be strange if such a miraculous method could be easily discovered."

Ning Yuanwu was not surprised at all when he heard the report.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I am still searching and I believe we will find clues." Bai Chong said in a deep voice.

"Well, I'm naturally confident in your work, so continue investigating."

"By the way, do you think the Ninth Prince is a suspect?"

Ning Yuanwu suddenly changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, you doubt His Majesty!"

Bai Chong was shocked.

"Haha, not really."

"I don't believe he did it either. But thinking about what Ning Jun said before, it really seems too coincidental."

"He went to the Ministry of Revenue, but the money was lost."

"He went to the Ministry of Works. Although he only wandered around outside the Ministry, his weapons and armor were indeed lost."

"And those robbed banks, he seems to have been there too."

Ning Yuanwu pondered for a moment and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, this is probably just a coincidence. After all, His Majesty the Ninth Prince doesn't have the ability to do so."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Chongsi replied.

"Well, you have a point. Maybe I'm overthinking it."

"Okay, back off."

After listening to Bai Chong's analysis, Ning Yuanwu nodded and signaled Bai Chong to leave.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Bai Chong bowed and retreated.

"Wang Cheng."

"Inform the secret guards to keep a close eye on Ning Quan from now on and report any unusual movements to me immediately."

After Bai Chong left, Ning Yuanwu said to Wang Chengdao beside him.