The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

"Don't even think about it."

Wu Lingyun's hair was disheveled, his body was covered in mud from being dragged, and his lower body was covered in blood. He looked quite disheveled.

Now he no longer has his usual arrogance and domineering attitude, and the anger in his heart can burn the entire imperial capital.

He never expected that he would be betrayed by such an insignificant and untouchable person.

"It seems you are very tough." Ning Yi raised his eyebrows and smiled as he squatted down to look at him: "I just don't know if you can withstand the torture of this prince."

"I believe you can enjoy the techniques I learned from movies."

"Untouchable, this prince is a member of the royal family, you traitor...ah...ah..."

The screams continued to echo in the secret room.

Ning Yi wiped the blood off Wu Lingyun's silk with his sword and chuckled, "Wu Lingyun, how do you feel?"

“Doesn’t it taste wonderful?”

Wu Lingyun was tortured to the point of being in unbearable pain, feeling that life was worse than death, but he could not be killed yet.

It is necessary to take control of everything Wu Lingyun has.

Otherwise, Ning Yi has nothing now. What's the use of being just the leader of the personal guards? He can be killed by the Fourth Prince at any time.

He used the Dragon Slaying Sword to pat Wu Lingyun's face, which was covered in blood, trembling, pale, terrified, and tearful.

Ning Yi still chuckled and said, "Now, can you tell me?"

Wu Lingyun looked at the pariah Ning Yi in front of him in horror. This guy, who used to be worse than a dog in his eyes, now had such a terrifying smile with that light smile.

"If I tell you, you will definitely kill me."

Wu Lingyun is not stupid, but very smart, otherwise he would not dare to recruit soldiers near the capital.

It is even more impossible to fight with the fourth prince who has a strong background.

He also understood that if he told everything, Ning Yi would kill him immediately.

Ning Yi sneered: "Wu Lingyun, Wu Lingyun, have you ever heard a word?"

"Confess and be treated leniently, go home for the New Year, resist and be punished severely, move bricks in the border areas."

"I wonder if your chicken body can withstand the torture of this prince."

"Even if I can't get what I want from you, I believe those forces will definitely contact me, right?"

Ning Yi's words calmed Wu Lingyun down.

His brain absolutely couldn't think normally now, he could only think of the good side, because Ning Yi's torture was so painful that he wanted to die.

Give yourself an excuse, thinking that Ning Yi doesn't dare to kill you now. As long as you can keep your life, you will always have a chance to escape.

Just by meeting other people, you will have enough opportunities to go to the palace to meet the emperor.

There are plenty of ways to prove his identity as a prince. If Wu Lingyun continues to resist, he doubts that he can withstand several rounds of torture from this untouchable.

Don't let him be tortured to death, that would be really unfair. He will still ascend the throne and kill Ning Yi to avenge himself.

"Okay, I'll tell you." Wu Lingyun spoke immediately after making up his mind.

"Drunken Immortal Garden"

"Hmm?" Ning Yi asked doubtfully.

"It's a restaurant in the northern part of the imperial capital."

Ning Yi's face darkened: "You dare to play tricks on me? A restaurant is nothing."

A prince was only willing to mention one restaurant, and no one believed him.

"And more, outside the city..."

Wu Lingyun told Ning Yi everything about his power.

He also hoped that among these forces he had cultivated, someone could recognize Ning Yi, the fake pariah, which would be his hope to get out.

But the next moment, his eyes were as loud as camel bells: "You, what are you going to do?"

Ning Yi stood before him, holding the Dragon Slaying Sword tightly in both hands, with the blade against Wu Lingyun's throat, and said calmly: "Wu Lingyun, are you stupid? This prince will naturally kill you, otherwise will you keep you for the New Year?"

"You, you can't kill me." Wu Lingyun screamed.

He said so many things just because he wanted to survive, not to die so soon.

"You just promised not to kill me, you can't do this..."

Ning Yi sneered: "I didn't say that, and I am avenging the Ning Mansion."

......

Ning Yi had just come out of the secret room, and he had a general understanding of all the forces of the prince.

The so-called Zuixian Garden is a restaurant on the surface, but they collect all kinds of information about the palace and ministers.

It's actually an intelligence gathering center.

It seems that Wu Lingyun has been actively preparing for the fight for the throne.

Ning Yi first went to the corner of the rockery in the back garden deep in the prince's mansion and pressed a mechanism.

A passage opened underground next to the rockery.

This is the treasure trove revealed by the Sixth Prince.

If you want to become a real prince and fight your way to the throne among the other princes, it is impossible without money. Controlling the funds is the first priority.

Going down the stone steps, who would have thought that the treasure house of the prince's mansion was built under the pond in the back garden, so damp and dark.

Ning Yi was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. The entire treasury was filled with boxes of gold and silver arranged neatly and piled up like a mountain.

I didn't feel very happy when I left the treasure house.

Even if Wu Lingyun was a prince and was favored by the emperor, he would not be able to earn so much money in all these years.

There must be enough tricks in it.

We must find out where all this money comes from, otherwise we may be killed by Wu Lingyun who is already dead at any time.

Let’s go to the mansion’s accounting office first.

The entire accounting office was empty, with no one there. Many cabinets were opened, and there was not even a speck of loose change left.

There was a pile of account books still there. Ning Yi frowned and opened a few of them to take a look.

On the surface, there was nothing wrong with these account books, as they contained business transactions between the various caravans of the Prince's Mansion and the Ministry of War.

Ning Yi only needed to look at a few records to determine that both Wu Lingyun and the Ministry of War had huge problems.

Just a few pieces of scrap iron, some low-quality coal, etc., were sold at the price of gold.

However, Ning Yi discovered something unusual. The people who registered these lists were all the prince's wife's people.

The prince's consort Yang Ziqin is quite famous in the capital and is one of the famous beauties.

Yang Ziqin is from the wealthy Yang family, and her father is the Minister of War in the Dawu court.

He holds a high position of power and has many followers in the court.

He was also one of the old ministers whom Emperor Wu relied on and trusted.

Ning Yi pondered secretly, wondering what the Minister of War meant.

Is it because she values Wu Lingyun that she is willing to marry him, support the Sixth Prince, and make advance investments to prepare for the future?