Chapter 427: Being Too Clever May Lead to Mistakes

Geng Jing couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's hard to imagine that a person can play dumb for more than ten years."

Ning Chen smiled and said: "I was also shocked when I found out. Playing dumb for more than ten years is definitely not something that ordinary people can do."

"But there is always a loophole. He is too smart for his own good."

Geng Jing asked curiously: "What do you mean?"

Ning Chen snorted coldly and said: "Now that the position of the crown prince is vacant, according to the current situation, he will naturally become the crown prince."

"But everyone knows that he is a fool, and His Majesty also knows it. How can he give him the position of the crown prince?"

Geng Jing was stunned for a moment, then he laughed, "This is really a case of being too smart for one's own good."

Ning Chen's face suddenly became solemn, "Old Geng, next, everything else is trivial, there is only one important thing, that is to protect His Majesty!"

Geng Jing was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood, and said in a deep voice: "You mean he might hurt His Majesty?"

Ning Chen said: "The emperor, holding the power of the world, the temptation of that position is too great... The royal family has no family affection since ancient times, and there are many dramas of fathers and sons killing each other, and brothers killing each other."

Geng Jing nodded slightly.

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "So, try to stop him before he hurts His Majesty."

Geng Jing thought for a while and said: "I think I should report to His Majesty!"

Ning Chen looked at him, "Do you have evidence to prove that he is playing dumb? If not, then you are framing the prince."

Geng Jing didn't say anything else!

Ning Chen smiled and said: "Now that Old Pan and Old Feng have been rescued, it's time to move this venomous snake that has been dormant for more than ten years."

The two returned to the room.

Ning Chen ordered Chen Chong, "Old Chen, go find the gatekeeper on the 27th of last month."

Chen Chong nodded, and didn't ask why? He went directly.

"Are you full?"

Ning Chen looked at Feng Qizhen, who was leaning on the chair with his hands on his stomach, and asked with a smile.

"I'm full!" Feng Qizhen rubbed his stomach, and suddenly his face was full of anger, "Damn it, don't let me know who put me and the boss in the box, otherwise I will definitely crush his balls."

"Do you know how I have been these days? I have been in the Supervisory Department for so long? I didn't expect to be put into a box. It's a great shame."

"Ning Chen, you must help me find this bastard. If I don't chop him into meat paste, I won't be named Feng."

Pan Yucheng said nothing with a dark face.

He is a golden-clad official in the Supervisory Department, and he was stuffed into a box like a pig or a dog? Now he just wants to find this bastard and chop him into pieces to feed the dogs.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, who is this person? We will find him out sooner or later."

"What I'm curious about is that with your skills, even if the ship was sunk, you wouldn't be captured alive, right?"

Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizhen were shocked.

Pan Yucheng said, "The ship was sunk? You are so bold that you dare to touch even a warship?"

Ning Chen looked surprised, "You don't know?"

Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizhen shook their heads.

"After we finished drinking, I went back to the room and fell asleep. When I woke up, I was in the box... I suspect that someone had tampered with the wine and food that night."

Feng Qizhen said, "My situation was the same as the boss's. When I returned to the room, my eyelids were fighting. I thought it was because I drank too much and it was because of the bumpy water, so I fell asleep."

Ning Chen finally understood. When he returned to the room, the situation was similar to Pan Yucheng and Feng Qizhen... At that time, I just thought it was because I drank too much and it was bumpy on the water, so I didn't think much about it.

Pan Yucheng frowned and said, "We checked the food and wine before we started eating, and there was nothing wrong... The drug should not be in the food and wine."

Ning Chen nodded slightly, "It should be in the chopsticks or the wine glass."

Feng Qizheng asked curiously, "Ning Chen, how are you okay?"

"I... I know where the poison was put? If nothing unexpected happens, it should be smeared in the wine glass... I have a habit of rinsing the cup with water or wine when eating outside, so the amount of drug I was poisoned was small, so I escaped!"

Pan Yucheng was about to speak when Chen Chong came back with two red-clothed people.

"Ning Chen, I checked the records, and they were the ones guarding the gate that day... The other few people were off duty, do you want to find them back?"

Ning Chen waved his hand, looked at the two red-clothed people, and asked, "You were on duty on the 27th of last month. Did you receive a letter tied to an arrow?"

The two red-clothed people looked at each other and nodded repeatedly.

They were deeply impressed by this incident. The arrow was shot at their feet, and a letter was tied to it.

"Where's the letter?"

One of the red-clothed people hurriedly said, "My Lord, it's been handed over to the Seventh Office!"

Ning Chen was not surprised. All the letters and clues were handled by the Seventh Office. After being collected and summarized, they were reported to Geng Jing.

If Geng Jing saw the letter, he would not be indifferent.

"Who did you give it to?"

A red-clothed person said, "It was given to Jiangcun Jiang Yinyi of the Seventh Office. I gave it to him personally."

Ning Chen looked at Chen Chong, "Old Chen, please go find Jiangcun. If he dares to resist, just take him down!"

Chen Chong nodded, "I know Jiangcun. Among the five people seconded to us by the Seventh Office today, there is Jiangcun... I'll go and bring him over."

After waiting for a while, Chen Chong brought Jiangcun back.

"Your subordinate Jiangcun, I meet the Marquis, Geng Ziyi, and Pan Jinyi!"

Ning Chen looked at him, pointed to the red-clothed person next to him, and asked, "Jiangcun, did he give you a letter on the 27th of last month?"

Jiang Cun turned his head to look at Hong Yi, thought for a moment, and said, "My Lord! He did give me a letter that day."

"Where's the letter?"

"The letter is of unknown origin, I gave it to Han Jin Yi."

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "Old Pan, Old Feng...you two have a good rest!"

"Lord Geng, shall we go and talk to this Han Jin Yi?"

Geng Jing nodded.

The few of them came to the seventh place.

The light in Han Ji's room was still on.

Ning Chen waved his hand to stop Yin Yi and Hong Yi from coming forward to pay their respects, and went directly to the door of Han Ji's room and pushed the door open.

Han Ji sat behind the table, his eyes flickering, wondering what he was thinking?

Ning Chen suddenly pushed the door open, startling him, and was about to get angry...When he saw that it was Ning Chen and Geng Jing who came in, he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Ning Chen pointed at Jiang Cun, "Han Jinyi, where is the letter that Jiang Cun gave you on the 27th of last month?"

Han Ji's face changed slightly, and then he pretended to think about it, and said with a flattering smile: "My Lord! I receive countless letters every day. I wonder which one you are asking about?"

Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "Did I not make it clear enough? It's the one that Jiang Cun gave you."

Han Ji looked at Jiang Cun with a puzzled look, "Did you give me the letter that day?"

Jiang Cun nodded, "Han Jinyi, it's the letter of unknown origin. I told you that someone tied it to an arrow and shot it at the door of the Supervisory Office."

"By the way, you opened it and read it at that time!"

Han Ji thought about it, and should have realized that it was useless to pretend to be stupid, and hurriedly said: "Look at my brain, this is the case."