The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Chapter 154: The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey is cooked

Ning Yi waved his hand, and immediately guards pulled out a fat man from the crowd, Yuan Dagang, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture.

The fat man Yuan Dagang exclaimed: "Your Highness, please save me. I didn't massacre the victims indiscriminately."

The Second Prince looked at Ning Yi with a gloomy expression, his eyes cold and he said, "Sixth Prince, it's inappropriate to take people away during this sacrificial ceremony, isn't it?"

"I'm still here, how can I let you arrest people at random?"

The other people from the Second Prince's faction also immediately started to cry out, asking why they were arresting people at random.

We need hard evidence and let the Sixth Prince produce the proof.

Ning Yi was too lazy to pay attention to this group of ministers and sneered: "Second brother, did he really massacre people? There are many victims and witnesses."

"Why not let the Dali Temple conduct a thorough investigation?"

Watching the guards drag away the fat man Yuan Dagang.

The second prince's face turned pale.

He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Sixth Brother, do you really want to go against me?"

Yuan Dagang was just a dog. The one who actually ordered the expulsion and slaughter was the second prince. This kind of thing cannot be investigated randomly.

But Ning Yi remained unmoved and said calmly: "Second brother, please don't say that."

"I don't mean to go against you. I just want to give an explanation to the refugees outside the city."

"If Second Brother is dissatisfied, you can go and talk to Father."

Looking at Ning Yi's back as he left, the Second Prince clenched his fists. He had been doing well recently, so the sudden provocation from the Sixth Prince naturally made him very unhappy.

Moreover, the things done by the Yingtian Prefecture Governor must not be investigated further.

He coldly instructed his trusted aides, "Have the Dali Temple release Yuan Dagang as soon as possible."

"If we can't release him, he will die in prison. We absolutely cannot let him speak."

......

Ning Yi did not return to the mansion at all. He went to the Dali Temple prison that afternoon.

Yu Zhen also happened to be once again, and this seemingly ordinary expert in solving cases saw him and bowed and said, "Your Highness."

Ning Yi nodded and looked at the fat man in the cell: "Still haven't you confessed yet?"

Yu Zhen shook his head helplessly. "Lord Yuan firmly denied massacring the victims. He only said that he arrested some thieves and troublemakers."

You can really bullshit.

Ning Yi walked towards the cell, and Yuan Dagang immediately came over and exclaimed, "Your Highness the Sixth Prince, you cannot slander me. I have never massacred civilians."

Ning Yi calmly sat down on the chair Yu Zhen had just occupied and chuckled, "Master Yuan."

"You can deny it, or you can continue to deny it."

"But many of those people from Yingtian Prefecture who massacred the people have already been arrested, and their mouths have long been pried open."

Yuan Dagang, the big fat man, stared with his eyes wide open: "This is a frame-up, they are talking nonsense."

"Whether you are talking nonsense or not, you know it in your heart." Ning Yi shook his head slightly: "When the time comes, this prince will present all the complaints of the victims and the confessions of the yamen runners and soldiers you sent to the emperor. Then you can wait for the emperor to make his decision."

Yuan Dagang's face turned pale. How could he not know that these testimonies alone were enough to cost him his life.

He said helplessly and bitterly, "Your Highness, I admit that it was indeed I who gave the order."

"But I was also worried about those refugees who were causing trouble in the area."

"Just disturbing the place?" Ning Yi snorted coldly: "They even didn't spare some thinly dressed old people and women and children. What kind of place could they possibly disturb?"

"Do you really think this prince is easy to fool?"

"Fatty Yuan, you're still unwilling to reveal the mastermind behind this, right?"

Even a fool would know that as the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, he couldn't possibly have the guts to issue an order for a massacre.

Otherwise, if he really dared to do this, someone would have dealt with him long ago.

Yuan Dagang bit his lips and refused to speak.

He knew that if he confessed his sin, he would be the only one to die.

If you tell anyone about it, your whole family will die.

Suddenly someone in the cell shouted, "There's an assassin."

Although Qin Haifeng, who was protecting Ning Yi, soon started fighting with the black shadow.

It wasn't long before the shadowy figure was no match for the opponent alone.

In fact, in addition to the powerful Qin Haifeng, there were also several Dali Temple masters rushing forward.

The man in black was forced in front of Ning Yi.

Ning Yi lowered his head and asked, "Tell me, who sent you here?"

The man in black shouted in a very tough tone: "Stop talking nonsense, kill if you want to."

Ning Yi smiled and said, "The prince sent you here, didn't he?"

The two men in black looked shocked: "You, how did you know?"

Ning Yi turned to look at the stunned Yuan Dagang: "Fatty Yuan, did you see that?"

"You're still hiding something for others, but they've already decided to kill you. Are you naive enough to think that this man in black is here to rescue you from prison?"

Ning Yi saw that Fatty Yuan remained silent.

He said calmly, "Fatty, I'm sure that even if you die now, your family won't have an easy life."

Fatty Yuan suddenly looked up at him and said, "Your Highness, do you want to kill us all?"

"This prince is too lazy to do that." Ning Yi rolled his eyes: "It's that person who likes to cut the grass and root it out."

"Once you die, all the charges will be on you. Your family, according to the law..."

Fatty Yuan suddenly realized something.

As the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, how could he not know what happened to his family?

Gritting his teeth, he said, "Since he treats me like a discarded pawn, I will give it my all. Your Highness, I confess that the Crown Prince ordered me to do all this."

"They say the unruly people outside the city are ungrateful and bring disgrace to the capital. They are also harassing the locals. All those who harass the locals will be killed."

The interrogation results came out, but Ning Yi was not very happy.

Qin Haifeng was excited: "Your Highness, tell His Majesty about this immediately. The Second Prince will be in trouble."

If the second prince falls, then the only one who can inherit the throne will be their sixth prince.

But Ning Yi shook his head slightly: "This matter ends here. It is enough to give the second brother a warning."

"Ah? Why?" Qin Haifeng was stunned.

Even Yu Zhen, who was silent and didn't want to get involved in the prince's dispute, was stunned.

"Because..." Ning Yi said leisurely: "When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked; when the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden."

Yu Zhen was the first to react. He was a little bit unconvinced: "Your Highness means, Your Majesty..."

"Impossible." He even retorted himself.

Everyone knows that His Majesty is seriously ill and has not much time left.

And many things were handed over to the second prince.

Now the second prince is nominally the crown prince, but in fact he has become the regent and is only half a step away from the throne.

Ning Yi sighed and smiled bitterly: "On the surface, the emperor is indeed in semi-retirement, but privately."

Because he had a sufficient intelligence network, he knew every move the old man made in private.

Ever since the fourth brother’s rebellion failed.

Emperor Wu first used the excuse that the Imperial Guards were involved in the rebellion and could not be trusted.

Dozens of mid-level officers of the Imperial Guard were replaced one after another.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers were drawn from the border to supplement the Imperial Guards, and all officers were replaced.

Even the eunuchs in many departments of the palace were replaced.

Normally, no one would say anything if Emperor Wu dealt with the palace guards and servants.

However, Emperor Wu transferred several guards from the capital camp who had close relations with the second prince on the grounds that the border was being targeted by barbarians.