Ning Chen came to Yue Congyun's tent. There were seven or eight bodies lying on the ground, and their wounds were almost all concentrated in the throat. There were also several assassins captured. "General, my Lord!" Everyone saluted. Ning Chen waved his hand and his eyes fell on Yue Congyun. Yue Congyun was dressed in military uniform, holding a red tasseled spear, and looked heroic. "Did you kill them?" Yue Congyun nodded, "Yes, they wanted to snatch the box." "Have you killed anyone before?"
"My Lord, no!" Ning Chen smiled and said, "Your spear skills are good. You killed someone so cleanly for the first time. Your courage is commendable... How does it feel to kill someone for the first time?" Yue Congyun thought for a while and said, "It's a bit disgusting." Ning Chen smiled. It was indeed disgusting to kill someone for the first time. He came to the captured assassins, "Tell me, who sent you?" The assassins were silent. Ning Chen glanced at Yuan Long. Yuan Long said in a deep voice: "Why don't you confess the truth in front of the prince?" Several assassins remained silent. Bang!!! Yuan Long smashed a rebar on the neck of an assassin, accompanied by a sharp bone cracking sound, and the latter's neck bone died on the spot. The other assassins trembled violently, and fear appeared in their eyes. The rebar in Yuan Long's hand pressed against the throat of an assassin, "Tell me, who sent you?" The latter finally spoke, raised his head and shouted: "Kill if you want, I am a Xiliang warrior, never afraid of death!" Yuan Long was surprised, "Are you from Xiliang?" "Yes!" Yuan Long looked at Ning Chen, "Prince, it seems that Xiliang is unwilling to be fooled by you, so it sent people to assassinate." Ning Chen sneered, "The people of Xiliang are very capable, they can actually sneak into the Western Border Army camp... Even a first-class master would find it difficult to do this." Yuan Long understood, "Your Majesty means that someone Are you assisting them?"
"Will you know if they have been interrogated? Take them down first and find a captive to identify them to see if these people are from Xiliang?" "I will ask Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizhen to find you later. They come from the Supervisory Department and are best at interrogation." Yuan Long leaned over, "I will obey your orders!" Ning Chen suddenly looked around and asked, "Where is the fourth prince?" Yuan Long said, "I haven't seen him!" Ning Chen frowned slightly, "Okay, you go and get busy first!" "Yes!" Yuan Long asked people to take the captured assassins away, leaving some people to deal with the bodies on the ground. Ning Chen looked at Yue Congyun, "Are you afraid?" Yue Congyun shook her head, "I am not afraid!" Not only was she not afraid, she was also a little excited. Ning Chen smiled and said, "Then rest early and set off early tomorrow morning." "Yes!" Ning Chen returned to his tent, and Wu Tiezhu and his men were waiting at the door. "Your Majesty, as you expected, someone sneaked into your tent after you left." Ning Chen nodded slightly, "Have you interrogated him?" Wu Tiezhu said, "I have interrogated him, but this person is very stubborn and won't say anything." Ning Chen sneered, "He didn't say anything because he hadn't tried the methods of the Supervisory Department...Take him to Yuan Long and let Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizhen interrogate him." "I obey your orders!" ....... The next day, early in the morning. After Ning Chen woke up, Chen Chong brought breakfast. "General Yuan and the boss are all outside." Ning Chen was surprised, "Why don't you come in?" Chen Chong said, "You are too tired these days, I want you to sleep more!" Ning Chen felt warm in his heart and smiled slightly. "Let them in." Chen Chong went out and called Yuan Long and others in.
Ning Chen held a bowl of steaming horse milk tea, which is a specialty of the Western Territory. While drinking it, he asked, "How is the interrogation going?" Pan Yucheng nodded, "I have found out clearly that it is indeed from Xiliang." Ning Chen said, "How did the Xiliang people sneak in? They were able to find my tent smoothly and know who has the box containing the Immaculate Ice Lotus?" Pan Yucheng said, "According to the assassins, it was General Yan Hongxin who has been helping them." "Yan Hongxin?" Ning Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is he still alive?" Pan Yucheng was stunned for a moment and said, "When we arrived, he had committed suicide." Ning Chen sneered. He was not surprised at all. There is only one way to completely cut off the clues, and that is to kill and silence them. Only the dead can truly keep secrets. "Have you checked the identity of Yan Hongxin?" Pan Yucheng nodded, "Yes, Yan Hongxin is from Xiangzhou, and he is both civil and military. He was promoted to the position of the commander-in-chief in just a few years. He was promoted by the fourth prince himself." Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "Xiangzhou? Old Pan, ask the secret agents of the Supervisory Department in Xiangzhou to check the details of Yan Hongxin." "Yes!" Pan Yucheng said, and took out a letter from his arms, "This is the suicide note left by Yan Hongxin before his death." Ning Chen waved his hand, "Let me guess, does it say that he was obsessed with money and accepted the silver from Xiliang, and he made a mistake that will last forever, and he is ashamed of the promotion by the fourth prince, ashamed of His Majesty and Daxuan?" Pan Yucheng and others were shocked. They suspected that Ning Chen had peeked at the suicide note because what he said was almost right. Looking at the reactions of several people, Ning Chen knew that he guessed right. Yan Hongxin committed suicide, and he must have been covering up for the people behind the scenes. It is normal to take the responsibility on himself. Ning Chen frowned slightly, "Where is the Fourth Prince?" Yuan Long said, "I asked the Fourth Prince's deputy general. The Fourth Prince left the camp before dark last night and has not returned since." "Where did he go?" Yuan Long shook his head, "I asked the Fourth Prince's deputy general. He said he didn't know, but I think he knows." Ning Chen was silent for a while, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, put everything else aside! The most important thing now is to send the Immortal Ice Lotus back to the capital safely." "Yuan Long, pass on my military order. In half an hour, the army will set out and return to the capital as soon as possible!" "I obey your order!" Yuan Long took the order and left. Half an hour later, the Ning'an Army was ready to go.
Just as Ning Chen was about to give the order to set off, several fast horses came galloping. "Ning Chen, wait...wait..." It was the Fourth Prince. He rode all the way to Ning Chen. "Meet the Fourth Prince!" Pan Yucheng and others saluted. The fourth prince waved his hand, then stared at Ning Chen closely, "I heard that you were assassinated last night?" Ning Chen looked at him and nodded slightly. "Are you okay?" "Nothing!" The fourth prince breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately you are okay, if something happened to you, my father would have skinned me alive." "I led people to patrol the city last night. If I were here, this would never have happened." Ning Chen looked at him and said lightly, "In the Daxuan military camp, assassins are rampant... and the fourth prince promoted the general Yan Hongxin, who colluded with Xiliang and betrayed the country." "This bastard, why didn't I see his wolfish ambitions before?" The fourth prince cursed angrily, but suddenly his face changed suddenly, looking at Ning Chen, "You don't suspect that I sent someone to assassinate you, do you?"