Doctor Shi stared at Wei An with resentment, as if he was looking at a monster. A girl from an ordinary family, even if she had a deep hatred, would not say something like killing your whole family. This princess was really too cruel.
He said indignantly, "Everyone has to take responsibility for their own actions! Why should my mother be implicated for my fault? Killing an old man who is already so old, I am afraid that people all over the world will think that the princess and the prince are unkind..."
"Unkind?" Wei An raised his eyebrows and smiled, then suddenly took out the hairpin that he had already held in his palm and stabbed it hard at Doctor Shi.
Doctor Shi was stunned for a moment, but soon he was so painful that he couldn't help but scream out. He fell to the side, covering the wound on his shoulder, and was in excruciating pain.
He had lived a good life for so long that he had never suffered such flesh wounds. This little flesh wound was enough to hurt him for a long time. He rolled to the ground, still struggling to look at Wei An, King Zheng and the others: "You, you are setting up a private punishment hall, which is an abuse of private punishment..."
"Yes." Wei An admitted with a smile, and looked around at Doctor Shi who was in great pain. His face turned cold again in an instant: "Then what did you do? You attacked Bao Ge'er, so we could kill you on the spot. You should know that killing a doctor is not a big deal. There are so many witnesses here, including Kong Gongfeng, the old doctor, and the maids and servants. They can all testify. They all heard you admit that you hurt people. Since you hurt people, if we accidentally killed you in anger, would the emperor punish us? Don't you understand in your heart which life is more precious, the life of a prince or the life of a doctor?"
Doctor Shi was speechless when asked. He covered his wound and looked at Wei An in fear, fearing that Wei An would give him the hairpin again, or really kill her without hesitation. He kept backing away, crying and struggling: "Princess, please let me go. Although I wanted to harm the prince, he is fine in the end..."
These people who harm others are never afraid of the harm they do. What they are afraid of is the losses they will suffer when the truth is revealed.
This is what Doctor Shi is like now. He doesn't feel any guilt at all about attacking the child. The only thing he feels is regret, pity and panic for being discovered.
Wei An didn't want to waste time talking to such a person, and said in a cold voice: "You are a smart person, you should know clearly why we are still standing here and saying these things to you. If you want to save your life, it's useless to beg us, and it's useless to roll around like a tantrum. If you are still not sober, I believe that the hairpin I hit you with just now should have made you a little more aware of your current situation. Now there are only two paths in front of you. One is that you explain the cause and effect of this matter clearly, and who is instigating you to do this. The second is that we will send you to Shuntian Prefecture now and accuse you of murdering the royal family. You should also know whether what I said was exaggerated or not. The crime of murdering the royal family is certain. Do you think you can still stay out of it?"
After Wei An finished speaking, he looked at Doctor Shi who seemed to be weighing the pros and cons seriously, and said softly: "If I were you, I would not be so stupid to take all the blame on myself. Is what you want worth risking your whole family's lives for? It was not easy for your mother to raise you. As a weak woman, she must have suffered a lot since you were a child. She hasn't lived a good life for many years, and hasn't enjoyed your blessings yet. Now she is implicated in the mistakes you made and loses her life..."
The difficulties and criticisms during his youth were still fresh in his mind. He would never forget how those people insulted him and his mother. His mother had worked so hard to raise him and made him a useful person. But he had not let her enjoy the good life. His mother even had to endure the anger of her daughter-in-law. She worked so hard every day...
He closed his eyes and felt a sudden pain in his dry eyes. After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at Wei An in front of him and asked her: "If I tell the truth, will the princess let me go?"
He fully expected Wei An to at least say something nice to the audience, but he didn't expect Wei An to directly shake his head and said without any hesitation: "You know in your heart that this is not possible. People always have to pay the price for their mistakes. You should have thought that we would never let you go the moment you dared to attack Bao Ge'er. But there are degrees of severity in not letting you go. If you resist stubbornly and want to bear the consequences alone, then needless to say, you and your mother will definitely not survive. And if you can give out the person behind the scenes, then you are at best an accomplice. You should know the difference between an accomplice and the mastermind, right?"
Doctor Shi was of course aware of this. He swallowed and felt that he was so nervous that his mouth and tongue were dry and his throat was smoking. He looked at Wei An for a long time before slowly stepping back, as if he was still thinking and hesitating.
King Zheng laughed coldly and said, "What else can I say? Let him go to the Ministry of Justice. If he is not afraid of death, let him have a taste of the punishments. After he has gone through them all, if he can still survive and not speak, then I will have nothing to say."
But how could someone who was in the Ministry of Justice and was given special care hold out? He would either die or confess. Doctor Shi was nervous and afraid, and finally said, "No, no, no, I'll tell you!"
King Zheng and Wei An looked at each other, and then saw Tian Bo pull a chair over, sit down, and ask him with his chin raised: "Speak, I will listen. If it is true, I will not lie to you. If I should not kill, I will not kill. If I should not implicate your mother, I will not implicate your mother."
Doctor Shi lowered his head and struggled for a long time. He knew that if he told the truth, he would not have a good ending. However, he cherished his life too much. He had a hard life since he was a child, so he was even more afraid of death. Nothing was more important than his life. If he told the truth, at least he would not die. But if he didn't tell the truth, he would die now. He calculated the account, pursed his lips, and said to King Zheng and Wei An, "Yes...it was Lord Dong who found me."
Mr. Dong, Wei An immediately reacted: "Which Mr. Dong?"
King Zheng also frowned and thought for a while, but felt that he had no impression. He looked at Doctor Shi in surprise, waiting for him to say his full name.
Doctor Shi's tone was very low and depressed. Seeing Wei An's questioning, he added: "Yes... it was Master Dong Chengqi... He asked me to do this. I don't know anything else..." (To be continued)