He was quite satisfied with the man's quick wit, and with a laugh, he asked, "I hear Magistrate Zhao has quite a few tricks up his sleeve. Is it true that General Feng now obeys no one but you?"
Zhao Huaimin gave a hollow laugh and confessed honestly, "He was severely wounded at the time, and the physician gave him some pain-relieving white powder. Later on... he became addicted."
Assisting Prince Rui in the assassination of a meritorious official was a matter of extreme gravity. Should the truth ever surface, he needed a trump card to save his own skin. That was why, during the cleanup after the incident, he had saved Feng Kang, who was left on the brink of death.
Chapter 64