The pain from being burned by the fire made him lose all his rationality for a moment. He could no longer utter the words he had prepared to ridicule Wei An. His hands uncontrollably moved away the branding iron, and he covered his face and rolled on the ground.
It hurts so much! It was an unexpected pain. Even the previous punishments were on his body, and never on his face. His face must be ruined. He howled in pain on the ground, rolling over and shaking with his hands, wanting to pounce on Wei An.
But it was only a moment, Xie Liangcheng came up and kicked him hard in the chest, kicking him far away. The pain on his face and the severe pain in his chest made it difficult for him to breathe smoothly for a while, and he lay on the ground gasping for breath.
King Zheng looked at him and sneered. He finally felt that the fear and pain caused by Bao Ge'er's illness had dissipated a little. He asked coldly, "How is it? Are you really going to bear it without saying a word?"
He waved his sleeves heavily: "You have to think it over carefully. This is just the beginning. If you tell me, I promise to leave you an intact body and not implicate your family. But if you don't tell me, I promise that you will suffer this kind of pain every day. Don't even think about dying. I will find a royal doctor to treat your injuries..."
These two father and daughter are really devils, disgusting! Dong Chengqi covered his face and trembled as he sneered, trying his best to maintain his dignity: "You are dreaming, I know nothing! You will never know who really wants to deal with you!"
Wei An said "oh", put the iron back into the brazier, squatted down, looked into his eyes and asked him: "Yes, if you don't tell us, there is nothing we can do." Seeing the smug look in Dong Chengqi's eyes, she was not angry, but looked at the brazier on the ground with her slender phoenix eyes, and said softly: "Since there is no other way, we can only take it out on you. After all, among the people we have captured, you are the most important one. If we can't find the mastermind, we can say that you are the one. You are not wronged, right?"
As soon as she finished her sentence, she picked up the red-hot iron and stabbed it towards Dong Chengqi. Because it happened suddenly, Dong Chengqi could only block it with his hand. The iron in Wei An's hand did not hit his face, but suddenly imprinted on the back of his hand.
His fingers were connected to his heart and he was immediately stunned by the pain. He screamed in agony and almost jumped three feet high.
But he didn't dare to speak without restraint anymore. In addition to disgust and wariness, there was also a layer of fear that was almost impossible to conceal when he looked at Wei An.
This woman really knows how to kill people. She dares!
Wang Tuiguan was also shocked. He smiled awkwardly, touched his nose, glanced at the yamen runner next to him, and whispered, "Tsk, an old-fashioned man like me is simply not good enough in front of the princess..."
The yamen runner coughed and looked agreeable.
Prince Zheng and Xie Liangcheng didn't think there was anything wrong. Prince Zheng even took a step forward and said, "Think it over. An An is right. Someone has to be held responsible for Bao Ge'er's injury. If you insist on being stubborn, that's fine. You will have to bear the consequences. This daily punishment is still light. Do you believe it or not? I have a way to make your Dong family infamous and let you be cursed by your clansmen for the rest of your life?!"
Dong Chengqi believed it, but he looked at the person in front of him with shock and fear, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.
What King Zheng and his daughter said were not lies, they were extremely angry now, if he really refused to speak, then they would definitely do what they said and make his life worse than death. If such punishment was repeated every day, even an iron man could not withstand it, let alone he was not an iron man. The punishments last night had already made him suffer terribly, if these were added... then he would really be in a state of being unable to live or die.
But does he have to give out Princess Linjiang
Thinking of this, he could not help but shudder, frowning and rejecting this decision in his heart. He knew very well how vicious Princess Linjiang was, and this woman was not an easy person to deal with. What's more, Princess Linjiang had only talked about it from beginning to end, and had not provided them with any support, nor left any evidence. Even if he had said it, and even if the Xu family really wanted to involve Princess Linjiang, would Princess Linjiang admit it
Will King Linjiang believe it? !
Then he would only die a more miserable death.
What should he do? Should he just keep silent? He looked at Wei An's face and shuddered. He felt the hairs on his back stand up.
I have to say it, but I can't bring up Princess Linjiang either... He lowered his eyes with soreness, thinking again and again, and when he saw Wei An had raised his hand again, he hurriedly stepped back: "I'll tell you!"
Wang Tuiguan raised his eyebrows in surprise. It turned out that evil people need to be punished by evil people. Dong Chengqi had endured the punishment all night yesterday. He really thought that he was invulnerable to swords and guns. But then again, it was mainly because Wei An’s words were too scary. What about not letting him die? He was tortured every day and had to invite imperial doctors to treat him... Who could stand this
But no matter what, he came to his senses and quickly signaled the people below to get paper and pen and start taking notes.
Dong Chengqi started to cough violently after he finished speaking, and it took a long time for him to calm down. He folded his hands, tried his best to ignore the pain on his face and hands, pulled the corners of his mouth and pursed his lips and said: "It's the steward of the Xu family..."
He looked up at Wei An and Prince Zheng, and seeing that they were staring at him intently, he did not try to hide anything anymore: "The steward of the Xu family found me and asked me if I wanted to avenge my uncle... Of course I did, and the steward of the Xu family told me about Shen Chen sending medicine to the Sixth Prince... So we planned to let Doctor Shi harm Prince Zheng, and then let Princess Zheng think that it was Shen Chen and the princess who did not save him..."
Prince Zheng and Wei An both knew that what he said was not entirely true and that he was holding back, but they had not originally expected him to reveal everything at once. To be honest, all they wanted was an opportunity to expose the person behind the scenes, and Dong Chengqi was that breakthrough.
Although he only mentioned the steward of the Xu family, the following matters could not be dealt with by the steward of the Xu family alone. Without the permission of the master, who would believe a steward who dared to contact people in private to do such a thing? The memorials from the censors alone could drown the Xu family.
He hummed, smiled with satisfaction and said to Wang Tuiguan: "Then I'll trouble you, sir."
Wang Tuiguan glanced at Dong Chengqi, who was standing beside him with his head down like a defeated rooster, and could not help but gasp. When he came to his senses, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's my duty, it's my duty!" (To be continued)