Chapter 444 Riot
"Master, why don't you keep Feng Zhihuan?" Jiang Chao looked at Feng Zhihuan's departing back, his thick black eyebrows knitted tightly. "It's obvious that this man has a black heart. He will definitely make trouble behind my back."
Zhao Yi said calmly, "I concealed my identity when entering the city. He didn't see through my identity and suspected that I had arranged for someone to kill the officers and soldiers who were detaining the refugees."
"If I arrest him for this one incident, and then find evidence of his guilt and submit it to the emperor, it would be forgivable in the eyes of a reasonable monarch."
"The Northern Qi Emperor is not a wise ruler. He intends to suppress me. If he gets any evidence against me, he'll have a pretext to punish me."
After a brief pause, Zhao Yi continued, "Some things require Feng Zhihuan to come forward so that we can follow the clues and find evidence."
A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Once Feng Zhihuan gets into trouble, his minions will destroy the evidence, which will make it much more difficult to thoroughly investigate the mob.
Jiang Chao's face turned grim, and he gnashed his teeth in hatred towards the Northern Qi Emperor: "How can a father treat his own son like this?"
Zhao Yi disagreed: "There is no father-son relationship between him and me."
Jiang Chao stared at Zhao Yiqingjun's face for a long time, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that he did not show any sadness.
But even so, I still feel a little uneasy.
Just because half of the blood of the Great Zhou flows in the master's body, will he become a victim of the imperial power?
"Loss in one place, gain in another." Zhao Yi saw Jiang Chao's grief and anger and said softly, "You don't have to grieve for me. The Northern Qi Emperor and I don't have the warmth of a father and son, but I have the love and affection of my uncle and the closest relatives in the Duke's Mansion, and that's enough."
"That's fine. We originally had a different stance from the Northern Qi Emperor. If he had shown you a fatherly love, and ultimately turned his sword against you for the sake of Northern Qi, I'm afraid it would have hurt you even more." Jiang Chao felt somewhat relieved at this point, scratching the back of his head. "Who killed those soldiers?"
Their people didn't have time to take action yet.
Zhao Yi did have a suspect: "Prince Yu."
Jiang Chao looked at Zhao Yi in astonishment. "Prince Yu?" He said in disbelief, "Why would Prince Yu help us?" Then he understood. "Could he have deliberately stayed in Yongqing County to clear the way for you and help you ascend the throne?"
Zhao Yi's eyes flashed with thought: "I can't rule out this possibility."
Judging from what Prince Yu did, Zhao Yi vaguely guessed the purpose of Prince Yu's staying. He was like a sharp sword to him, doing things that he could not do in person.
Prince Yu is so smart that he is almost a demon. He can bend and stretch for the sake of interests and endure what ordinary people cannot endure. Unfortunately, he lacks kindness and righteousness.
This alone was enough to ensure that Prince Yu would never be able to ascend to the throne.
Zhao Yi sighed.
At this time, Jiang Mu rushed over and said urgently, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened. The grain merchants were transporting grain, but they were stopped by the mob at the city gate. Lord Feng has sent troops there, and I'm afraid there will be a conflict."
Zhao Yi's face darkened and he said coldly, "Prepare the horses."
Jiang Mu quickly responded, "Yes."
Zhao Yi walked quickly towards the door.
Jiang Chao hurriedly followed behind him.
The master and his servants led a group of soldiers and horses towards the city gate.
But the people in the city seemed to have heard the news and swarmed towards the city gate, blocking the official road.
Zhao Yi and his group were stuck in the middle of the road and couldn't get through.
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