Chapter 433 Suspicion
Because of prior preparations, Shi Yu left a lot of people around Wei Qingyan.
There were many assassins, but none of them could touch a single corner of Wei Qingyan's clothes.
"Catch him alive."
When Shi Yu arrived, he heard Wei Qingyan's instructions.
"Is there anything wrong?" Shi Yu came to her.
Wei Qingyan shook his head.
Although they guessed that someone would attack her, they did not expect that those people would come so quickly after Lin Wanzhi's death.
In Wei Qingyan's opinion, this would undoubtedly add to the trouble for Shi Yu, who was already busy.
She was just pregnant, and her skills remained the same. However, she also knew that Shi Yu was worried about her, so he protected her so carefully.
He refrained from making a move and obediently let Shi Yu protect him by his side.
But it was obvious that those assassins came prepared with the idea that if they failed, they would die. If they were in danger of being caught alive, they would bite the poison sac in their mouths and die.
When there were only a few assassins left, Wei Qingyan finally couldn't hold back and pulled Shi Yu to teleport to one of the assassins.
One of them pinched his chin, and the other held a dagger to his heart, taking him alive.
"Who sent you?"
As Shi Yu asked the question, he pulled off the cloth on the assassin's face.
Deep eyes and high nose!
Chilie people?
Seeing this, Dongzang hurriedly used a dagger to pry out the poison sac in the other person's mouth.
It is not so easy for the assassin to give up.
When Shi Yu ordered Dong Zang to take the man away for interrogation, the remaining assassins saw that the situation was not right and turned around and retreated.
Jingzhe led his men to chase after him.
Before Dong Zang could come to a conclusion on the interrogation, a guard came running over and said, "Master, two assassins have escaped and are hiding in Master Cao's courtyard. They've killed his servants and kidnapped Master Cao."
"Why would he hide in his yard?" Shi Yu frowned.
The guard lowered his head and said, "Our men must have been chasing too hastily and lost their way. Another one of them entered Miss Wei's yard and was killed by her."
Shi Yu frowned and thought, "You go to the house and rest for a while, I'll go take a look."
Wei Qingyan held his hand and said, "Together."
Before they even reached the courtyard, they heard Cao Yizhao's howling like a slaughtered pig, followed by the assassin's impatient voice, "Shut up! If you cry again, I'll kill you."
But Cao Yizhao was an idiot and did not understand the threat. Instead of stopping crying, he howled even louder.
One of the assassins slashed his back with a knife, then pressed his mute point, and said to Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan who were approaching, "Let us go, or I will kill him."
Shi Yu glanced at Cao Yizhao who was dragged out of the wheelchair by them, and said calmly, "Hearing you speak Fengzhao official language so fluently, it is obvious that you have been lurking in Fengzhao for a long time.
You should also know that he is Lin Wanzhi's son. Lin Wanzhi has a grudge against me for killing my father and mother. Why do you feel that I am threatened by you? "
One of the assassins said, "If you didn't care about him, why would you keep him in your house? He is Lin Wanzhi's son and your half-brother.
We have no intention of making things difficult for a fool. As long as you let us go, we will release him once we are out of the city."
Shi Yu sneered, "He is disabled. Even if he lets you go, how far can you escape with such a hostage?
Since we will die sooner or later, why bother doing this useless work?"
His eyes suddenly became sharp, and with a flash of cold light in his hands, he threw two knives at the two assassins respectively.
The assassin didn't expect that he was not threatened. He panicked for a moment and quickly dodged. After avoiding the knife, he attacked Cao Yizhao.
Shi Yu had already stepped forward, but due to the distance, his speed could not catch up with the assassin's knife.
Seeing that the assassin's sword was about to pierce Cao Yizhao's heart, Cao Yizhao, who was mute, seemed to be frightened and didn't know how to dodge.
At the critical moment, Wei Qingyan teleported over and managed to pull Cao Yizhao out of danger.
The hostage was rescued, and the remaining guards rushed forward to besiege the assassin.
Shi Yu carried Cao Yizhao, whose face was covered with tears and snot, back to his wheelchair. He checked the wound on his back and found that although it was deep, it did not hurt any vital parts. Only then did he untie his mute acupoint.
The earth-shaking cry was heard again, and Cao Yizhao stretched out his hands desperately towards Shi Yu, "Brother... Brother..."
Jing Yang, who had come along, knew that there were many things waiting for Shi Yu to deal with, so he hurriedly stuffed a candied fruit into Cao Yizhao's mouth and said, "Be good, don't cry. Brother Jing Yang will treat your wound."
Perhaps because of the sweetness, Cao Yizhao's crying became softer, but he was still hiccuping and looking at Shi Yu pitifully.
Shi Yu instructed Jing Yang to take good care of his injuries, and sent two servants brought from Wei to take care of him, then took Wei Qingyan to the study.
"Do you suspect he is the traitor?"
When there were only two people left in the study, Wei Qingyan asked in a low voice.
When Shi Yu first thought that Lin Qianning had rebelled and caused Shi Yu to be abducted, and that Cao Yizhao was Lin Qianning's child, he never blamed Cao Yizhao for the adults' grudges and always took good care of him.
With Shi Yu's clear distinction between gratitude and resentment, now that he knows that Cao Yizhao is the queen's son, as long as he has not done anything evil, Shi Yu will still treat him as before.
Just like how Shi Yu treated Xiao Zhian, not to mention that Cao Yizhao is an idiot.
But he just said that he didn't care about Cao Yizhao, and he took action directly. But before he did so, he pressed her palm, and she knew that Shi Yu was testing Cao Yizhao.
Therefore, he waited until the last moment when the sword was about to pierce Cao Yizhao to make his move, just to see how Cao Yizhao would react when he was on the verge of life and death.
However, what they saw was still the foolish Cao Yizhao.
Shi Yu pondered, "After the death of Prince Consort Song, there must have been forces around Lin Wanzhi, but apart from the secret passage in her bedroom, no one has been captured.
Even the man in black who brought Rong An into the palace quietly disappeared from the palace after Lin Wanzhi's death.
She only has two sons. If Zhian kills her, in the eyes of those people, Zhian is in the same faction as us, so they naturally won't join him. Then the only one left is Cao Yizhao.
Furthermore, we didn't find any suspicious people in Abu's hidden mansion, and Cao Yizhao was the only one we overlooked. It's hard for me not to be suspicious."
But judging from Cao Yizhao's reaction just now, he didn't seem to be pretending to be stupid.
If Xiao Yan had been a moment later, the assassin's sword would have taken his life.
Shi Yu sighed, "Maybe I'm too suspicious."
From the moment they met Cao Yizhao, he had been in this state of stupidity. If he was pretending, there would be some flaws.
Wei Qingyan soothed him, "In extraordinary times, it's right to be cautious, and I think your suspicion is reasonable.
After all, he is Lin Wanzhi's son. Although Lin Wanzhi gave up this son for power, she also let Chun Xing take care of him for many years.
This time they asked us to bring him here, which shows that they don't completely ignore Cao Yizhao, so it is normal to arrange some people for him.
However, it is not easy for a person to pretend to be stupid for more than 20 years. I hope people will pay more attention to me in the future."
Shi Yu nodded and said, "Before leaving the palace, I ordered Liang Fusu and the Dali Temple Minister to interrogate Rong An, Chun Xing and others. The results will probably be reported tomorrow."
Dong Zang came over and said, "Admit it, the old Emperor Chilie is critically ill, and the one who is in charge of Chilie now is Crown Prince Chilie.
Most of the people who came tonight were pawns planted in Fengzhao by Prince Chilie back then, and only a few of them had just sneaked in from Chilie.
The one the master just captured happened to be someone who had just come from Chilie, and the rest of the spies were all from Fengzhao."
"Feng Zhaoren?"
Wei Qingyan was stunned.
Dong Zang nodded and said, "According to that person, the people in the border cities have had a very hard time in recent years.
Prince Chilie provided them with food and clothes, but those who could not endure it secretly turned to him and became spies for the Chilie Kingdom in Fengzhao.
This time, they were following the orders of Crown Prince Chilie and wanted to capture the Crown Princess."
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