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

Chapter 93 Give You a Chance to Survive

Prison Department of Punishment.

Chu Ning came riding a horse wearing royal robes and a purple gold crown on his head.

Behind him was a team of personal soldiers, led by two tall men, one was Zhao Yu, and the other was a bald man with a fierce look.

This man was wearing a coarse linen shirt, but the collar was open, revealing his black hairy chest. With his ferocious appearance, he looked like the reincarnation of the judge of hell!

This person was none other than Ran Ming, whom Chu Ning had secretly recruited before!

When Chu Ning saw this person for the first time, he couldn't help but be shocked.

He was nearly two meters tall, looked like a bandit, and had bulging muscles all over his body. Even Guan Yun was at a disadvantage in a competition of strength.

The reason why this person appeared in Kyoto City was because he accidentally touched someone in his hometown, causing the other person to fall to the ground and be seriously injured. He was then arrested by the government, sentenced, and taken to Kyoto City to await execution by the Ministry of Justice.

However, the Minister of Justice felt that Ran Ming was not at fault, so he punished Ran Ming with fifty sticks and let him go.

But Ran Ming was penniless, and he was injured after being beaten with fifty sticks, so he couldn't go back at all.

It happened that Chu Ning was recruiting personal soldiers during that period, and Ran Ming joined with the attitude of giving it a try. He was then discovered by Guan Yun and eventually recommended to Chu Ning.

It was because of Ran Ming's appearance that Chu Ning came up with another plan in his mind - recruiting prisoners!

He doesn't want ordinary prisoners, but only those who have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution!

Only this kind of person has the determination to fight to the death!

"Your Highness, we have arrived at the Ministry of Justice prison!" Zhao Yu dismounted from his horse and took the initiative to hold Chu Ning's warhorse.

Chu Ning dismounted, took out the token Ling Haoran gave him and was about to step forward.

But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard behind them. Everyone turned around and saw a thin middle-aged man in red official uniform riding a horse towards them.

When he arrived in front of Chu Ning, he dismounted and saluted: "Minister of Justice Ling Haoran greets the Prince of Penglai!"

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and looked the man up and down.

Although Ling Haoran is thin, his sharp eyes are filled with determination and his face always seems to be stern. One can tell at a glance that he is an iron-faced and impartial person.

"It's Master Ling!"

Chu Ning smiled and said, "You came at the right time. This will save me from having to explain to the people below. You can personally take me to select the prisoners."

Ling Haoran's face darkened: "Your Highness, you can choose the prisoners, but you must pay attention to safety!"

The reason he came here in person was to accompany Chu Ning in selecting the prisoners. Otherwise, if something happened to Chu Ning, Ling Haoran would not be able to bear the consequences.

But just as he finished speaking, Ran Ming behind Chu Ning smiled and said, "Don't worry, with me here, no one can hurt Your Highness!"

Ling Haoran glanced at Ran Ming and sighed in his heart.

Ling Haoran naturally had an impression of this person. He had let Ran Ming go before. Although he handled the matter impartially, he also wanted the prince to recruit him secretly.

After all, Ran Ming is born with supernatural powers. If he practices more, he will definitely be a powerful general!

It's a pity that Chu Ning got the chance by mistake.

"Let's go!"

Ling Haoran didn't want to say more, and immediately took Chu Ning and his men into the prison.

The Ministry of Justice prison was built underground. One had to walk through a dark and damp path and go down two steps to reach the prison.

"Greetings to His Highness, and to Lord Ling!"

Although the jailer did not recognize Chu Ning, he recognized the royal robes on his body, and they all bowed and saluted.

Chu Ning nodded slightly: "No need to be polite, lead the way, I want to see the death row prisoners sentenced here."

"Your Highness, please come this way."

Led by the prison boss, everyone passed through the ordinary cells and came to the deepest part of the prison.

The wooden fence divided the place into many small rooms, where four or five people lived. However, all of them had their hands and feet chained, making it impossible for them to get close to each other.

Hearing the noise outside, many people started shouting wildly.

"Sir, I was wronged!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

"I still have an old mother at home, please let me go!"

Knowing that they were sentenced to death, this group of people were extremely panicked and pulled the chains separately in an attempt to buy themselves a chance of survival.

Ling Haoran frowned upon seeing this: "Shut up, this is His Royal Highness the Prince of Penglai. Today I have brought you a chance of survival. If you don't want to die, be quiet!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd of death row inmates fell silent.

Even some people who were completely disheartened at first couldn't help but brighten their eyes at this moment and quickly leaned over to listen.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Chu Ning frowned and asked, "Master Ling, there are not 10,000 death row prisoners here, right?"

Ling Haoran shook his head: "Your Highness is joking. There are not likely to be 10,000 prisoners imprisoned here. The Ministry of Justice has gathered all the heavy criminals in the entire Chu State, so they built ten dungeons. This is just one of them.

There are nearly 20,000 death row and serious criminals in the ten prisons, including more than 8,000 death row prisoners! "

After hearing this, Chu Ning suddenly realized.

He said, how could a dungeon hold so many death row prisoners? So if you calculate it this way, there are probably about two thousand people in a dungeon, which is consistent with the scale of this place.

"I see!"

Chu Ning turned his head and looked at the group of death row prisoners, and said in a cold voice: "I don't care what crime you have committed, nor do I care about your past behavior. Now I only ask you one question, do you want to live?"

"Yes!" all the prisoners said in unison.

Instantly, the sound was like a loud bell, shaking the entire dungeon.

Chu Ning nodded with satisfaction. This was exactly what he wanted!

"I can give you a chance to survive!"

Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "But if you want to survive, you must first fight for your life!

Now, the Great Zhao army of 300,000 is approaching our border, and our army is losing ground at the front line and is in danger. I, in the name of the emperor, will rush to the front line!

If you are willing to go to the front line with me, and after we defeat the Zhao army, I can spare your death!

But this battle is extremely dangerous, and there is a high possibility that you will never return. It is up to you to decide whether to go or stay."

As soon as these words were spoken, the prisoner, who was originally in high spirits, suddenly became dispirited.

Go to the front line to fight?

What's the difference between that and committing suicide?

The Great Zhao had an army of 300,000, while the Great Chu had only 100,000. With such a huge gap in military strength, how could they possibly win?

It’s better to die here than to go to the front line and die.

Someone immediately shouted, "You want me to go to the front line to die? Humph, I won't go!"

Someone took the lead, and someone immediately echoed: "That's right, I'm going to die anyway, I might as well die in Kyoto."

"Yes, if he died on the front line, there might not even be a tombstone left!"

Some people who were unwilling to fight to the death also started to take the lead in making trouble.

After all, they are extremely vicious people, and it is impossible to make them fight to the death.

Why would we travel so far to the frontline when we would die anyway? Wouldn't it be better to just die here?

This scene made Ling Haoran narrow his eyes, he was not surprised.

He was now very curious about how Chu Ning would deal with this group of people.

But what Ling Haoran didn't notice was that at this moment, Chu Ning's mouth corners were slightly raised, and he looked calm and composed.

Chu Ning had already anticipated the reaction of the death row inmate!

And he already had a solution!