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

Ning Yi entered the hall and saw six guys who were tied up like dumplings, with bruises on their faces and noses.

"Sixth Prince, we are just ordinary businessmen. We have not done anything illegal."

"Sixth Prince, please have mercy on us. We are all law-abiding businessmen."

Ning Yi looked at the group of pigs crying and begging for mercy with a calm expression.

He sneered, "Abiding by the law?"

"Is it the law-abiding act of exchanging disaster relief grain for moldy food?"

The oldest merchant explained with a scarred face, "Your Highness, you don't know."

"These moldy grains are cheap. One pound of regular grain can be exchanged for five pounds, which can save more victims. It's good enough for the victims to have something to eat."

Before Ning Yi could react, Gao Qingshui beside him was already furious and yelled, "Have you lost your conscience?"

"How can the victims eat such good disaster relief food when you replaced it with moldy food?"

"The victims are so hungry that they are gnawing on tree bark. You are still treating them like this. Are you still human?"

Ning Yi was speechless when he saw Gao Qingshui, a scholar who was barely able to even tie a chicken, angrily going up to beat them up himself.

This angry young man seems to hate them to the core.

Ning Yi waited until he had almost vented his anger before saying, "Tell me, who told you to do this?"

The six businessmen's expressions changed, and they refused to give in.

The fattest one shouted, "Your Highness, we are just waiting here to exchange for more food. No one is instructing us to do this."

"It seems you won't cry until you see the coffin." Ning Yi waved his hand and asked the guards to carry a sack over.

"These are the food you exchanged for the disaster victims. Now let me give you some."

He ordered the guards: "Feed all this food to them, don't waste it."

The six businessmen were all horrified.

"Your Highness, this is unacceptable. This food could kill people."

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

Ning Yi had already left the hall with Gao Qingshui.

Gao Qingshui looked at the closed door worriedly: "Your Highness, will this eat them to death?"

Those are all moldy and raw foods. Who can resist forcing them into your mouth?

Ning Yi didn't take it seriously: "It doesn't matter, they won't die for a while, let them enjoy the treatment of disaster victims first."

"Swoosh" suddenly broke through the air with a sharp sound.

The two arrows landed firmly in the courtyard.

Gao Qingshui was shocked and shouted, "Protect His Highness."

His weak body first blocked Gao Qingshui's way.

The guards and servants standing guard nearby also came over in unison.

Ning Yi was not panicked: "It's okay, I came just in time."

"Send someone to tell Zhou Bao that we can start now."

Qin Haifeng bowed and went out to give orders in person. The outer perimeter was guarded by the Royal Guards.

Soon, the streets outside the courtyard were filled with the sounds of weapons clashing and shouting.

Gao Qingshui was worried: "Your Highness, they are trying to make a desperate move."

"I don't know how many enemies are outside. Could you please send someone to notify the City Defense Department immediately?"

Ning Yi shook his head slightly: "They don't dare to fight to the death now."

"I just wanted to kill those pigs."

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. As expected, the fourth brother was desperate and even sent assassins to assassinate the assassins.

He brought hundreds of imperial guards with him, plus Gao Qingshui's men who were going to the dock to capture people, and they were all lying in ambush nearby.

This time, the stolen goods, witnesses, and even the killer are all here. Let’s see how you, the fourth brother, can turn things around.

Ning Yi walked back into the hall, ignoring the shouting and screaming outside.

The six businessmen in the room, who were all filled with food, could no longer bear it.

Some people were gasping for breath and looked like they were dying.

Seeing Ning Yi enter, he said weakly: "Your Highness, we recruit, we recruit everyone, we recruit everyone..."

Ning Yi smiled and said, "If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have to suffer so much."

"Gao Qingshui, take the statement."

Gao Qingshui nodded and took the brush to record it himself.

"Tell me, who asked you to do this this time?"

These businessmen no longer dared to hide anything and said everything that it was all ordered by the Sixth Prince.

But they only talked about mobilizing disaster relief grain.

Ning Yi asked anything else, but he didn't dare to say anything.

They are not stupid. If they only use the disaster relief food, only one of them will die.

If anyone else dares to say anything nonsense, the whole family will be in trouble.

Ning Yi's expression turned cold: "You are a bunch of idiots, and you are helping him hide it."

"Listen to the shouting and killing outside. Do you know who they are here to kill?"

Several people looked shocked. Are they here to kill them?

Ning Yi snorted coldly: "Could they possibly kill this prince?"

"Only by killing you can I leave no evidence. Yet you are still covering it up for him."

Several businessmen were also afraid and angry at the same time.

Fourth Prince, you are so shameless. We helped you, but you sent assassins to kill us.

The oldest one spoke first: "Your Highness, since the Fourth Prince wants to harm us, I will confess everything..."

The others were even more unwilling to lag behind: "Your Highness, we will confess as well. We will never hide anything about the Fourth Prince again."

Ning Yi nodded in satisfaction: "Don't worry, come one by one."

As they rushed to express their opinions one by one, the situation became more serious.

Even Ning Yi was quite shocked. You, Fourth Brother, are so cruel.

Not only did they trade with the northern barbarians by reselling grain, ironware, and salt.

They even resold military rations.

So brave.

Military rations are the basis for maintaining the army.

If the army can’t even get enough food, how can it have combat effectiveness?

No wonder people have been saying recently that the battles against the barbarians at the northern border are often going against us.

The fourth brother is crazy about money and dares to get involved in anything.

wrong.

Ning Yi frowned. The Fourth Prince dared to take military rations, which showed that he had already extended his hands to the army.

This touched the bottom line of Emperor Wu.

As the interrogation concluded, Gao Qingshui was equally shocked. "How dare the Fourth Prince do this? He's a member of the royal family. Isn't this digging up his own family's foundation?"

Ning Yi was speechless. On the surface, the fourth brother was harming his own family by doing this.

But before he ascended the throne, it was impossible for him to care about these things.

The shouting and screaming outside had stopped. Qin Haifeng walked in covered in blood and bowed, "Your Highness, the scoundrels outside have been cleared out."

Ning Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, tell all the brothers, everyone will receive the reward tonight."

Whether inside or outside the courtyard, everyone was smiling and felt happy following the Sixth Prince, as the rewards were huge.

Gao Qingshui frowned and bowed, "Your Highness, everything I do is just to do something for the victims, not for the reward money."

He is very noble and only wants to do good things without expecting anything in return.

Ning Yi didn't know what to say to this angry young man.

"Master Gao, these rewards should be given, and you should also take them. After all, you have been busy all night, and you can't go without any hard-earned money."

"It's a good thing that you're doing something for the disaster victims, but you can't be without your hard-earned money, otherwise it would be too weird."

Gao Qingshui was silent, then took the ingot with a wry smile.

Your Highness is right. After working hard all night, there will be rewards. If he doesn't take any, won't that make things difficult for others?

In the past, he was disliked by everyone because he was too aloof, and was collectively expelled from the Inspectorate.

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"It's already dawn, why is there no news yet?" The Fourth Prince couldn't sit still again.