Chapter 441 The County Magistrate's Plan
Feng Zhihuan's face suddenly changed, and he quickly ordered people to prepare a carriage to go to a house.
As he got off the carriage, he smelled a strong smell of blood.
Feng Zhihuan stood beside the carriage, looking at the half-open gate, his face darkening as he walked into the yard with steady steps. He saw officers and soldiers lying in the yard in a chaotic manner, blood spilling everywhere, soaking the ground.
He clenched his hands at his sides and walked towards the corpses, finding that they were all killed with a single blow.
The fatal wounds were to the neck and chest.
Li Yong came over and reported, "Sir, no one is left alive. All the beggars imprisoned in the house have escaped."
Feng Zhihuan's forehead veins throbbed, and he suppressed his anger: "Have you found out who did it?"
Li Yong's expression was serious: "I haven't found out yet."
Feng Zhihuan's face turned pale, and his first thought was that the mob had killed him, so he rescued the beggar.
Then I changed my mind and felt it was impossible.
After all, all the mobs were blocked outside the city. If they sneaked into the city, they would definitely alarm him.
But apart from the mob, he couldn't think of any other forces that dared to go against the government.
Suddenly, he thought of a person - Prince Guangling.
Could it be that Prince Guangling has come to Yongqing County?
At this time, Li Yong spoke up, "Our men have been guarding outside the city for several days, but haven't seen Prince Guangling yet. According to the normal schedule, Prince Guangling should have arrived in Yongqing County yesterday at the latest."
He asked suspiciously, "Do you think... Prince Guangling has guessed our intentions and disguised himself to enter the city?"
Feng Zhihuan's tone was unclear: "Do you also think that these officers and soldiers were killed by Prince Guangling?"
When Li Yong heard the word "also," he knew Feng Zhihuan had also guessed it was Prince Guangling. He couldn't help but say, "The mob is incapable of rescuing the beggars. Apart from Prince Guangling, I can't think of anyone else. After all, other forces are either after wealth or power. Why would they offend the government over a bunch of beggars?"
"Prince Guangling lurked within the city, so he must have understood his position. He openly murdered officers and soldiers for a group of beggars. If I report this to the emperor, he'll be in big trouble." Feng Zhihuan frowned, raising a question: "Prince Guangling shouldn't be so clueless."
Having said this, Feng Zhihuan suddenly thought of something and ordered, "Go to the Plum Garden."
He never let his guard down against Zhao Yi.
Now that the officers and soldiers were killed, he became even more suspicious of Zhao Yi. He suspected that Zhao Yi was Guangling Prince's man, who had successfully sneaked into Yongqing County under the cover of a merchant and was working for Guangling Prince.
At the beginning, Feng Zhihuan even suspected that Zhao Yi was the King of Guangling, until Zhao Yi sold grain for thirty coins per catty, and then he dispelled this suspicion.
Prince Guangling wanted to seize the throne, so he would never dare to sell grain at such a high price.
Otherwise, once it was exposed, Prince Guangling would lose his reputation among the people.
But the timing of Zhao Yi's arrival in Yongqing County was too coincidental.
Even if he is not King Guangling, he is inseparable from King Guangling.
Feng Zhihuan planned to test it out. If Zhao Yi had the support of Prince Guangling, it would be a good opportunity for him to get hold of something that would allow him to put the blame for the assassination of officers and soldiers on Zhao Yi.
In this way, not only could Zhao Yi's property be confiscated, but the situation could also be used to overthrow King Guangling.
Kill two birds with one stone.
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Meanwhile, Zhao Yi sat in his study, listening to Jiang Mu's report: "Master, seven or eight grain merchants have been transporting grain to Yongqing County. Once their grain arrives in the city, it will probably temporarily alleviate the food shortage."
He had previously been unable to understand why his master wanted to sell grain, but after this incident, he understood everything. His master was using high grain prices to attract grain merchants.
Jiang Mu thought of something else and said worriedly, "We sold the grain for thirty coins per pound. Will it be okay?"
Zhao Yi was about to answer when Jiang Chao's voice came from outside the door: "Master, the county governor is here."
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