Chapter 117: Possessed by a Ghost
Princess Yu couldn't answer Prince Yu's first question.
Shi Chengze had been dead for ten years. She had long forgotten him and had no idea where he died.
The second question did not require her to answer.
The prince personally led people to capture the witch doctor who was about to escape.
Prince Yu recognized her!
Princess Yu said that she was a distant aunt of hers. After divorcing her husband, she came to Beijing to seek refuge with her. She settled her in a house in the south of the city and she would occasionally visit the prince's palace.
I didn't expect that he was such a sinister person.
He felt that it was the witch doctor who guided Princess Yu to do evil. He didn't know where he got the strength from, but he suddenly pounced on the witch doctor, pulled out the wooden hairpin on his head at an extremely fast speed, and stabbed it into the witch doctor's heart.
The prince was proud of himself for catching the witch doctor in time, so how could he let him kill him? He kicked Prince Yu, and the guards around him hurriedly pulled him away.
Prince Yu was pinned to the ground and roared, "This evil doctor is the culprit. I will kill her to avenge my Ze'er."
Gong Mingcheng hurriedly pressed his chest, where there was a paper talisman given by Wei Qingyan, who told him to keep it with him.
Previously, he thought that there was something dirty in the interrogation, so Wei Qingyan gave him a paper talisman to protect him.
Now he understood that the paper talisman must contain the unjustly killed Shi Chengze.
From the moment Prince Yu pounced on the witch doctor, the paper talisman on his heart became extremely hot, as if it was about to jump out of his arms.
It was Shi Chengze's anger and resentment that were at work.
"There's no one as foolish as you in the whole capital. You are the real culprit."
Gong Mingcheng strode up to Prince Yu and angrily cursed, "Witch doctors are not good people, so how can she be a good person?
She started doing evil before the witch doctor appeared. She was the one who killed your son, and you are still deceiving yourself."
There was a change in his tone of voice.
"I was young at the time and didn't understand her flattery. Don't you understand it either?
I told you I didn't push my brother into the water, but you didn't believe me.
I told you I didn't hang out with anyone, but you still didn't believe me. Now she has admitted with her own mouth that she killed me, and you still think it was the witch doctor who corrupted her.
I shouldn't have expected anything from you!"
"Ze'er?" Prince Yu heard the familiar tone and excitedly grabbed Gong Mingcheng. "You are Ze'er, my Ze'er, right?"
Gong Mingcheng stared at him without saying a word.
Prince Yu stepped forward and wanted to hug Gong Mingcheng, "Ze'er, tell your father where you are. Your father will come and bring you back."
Gong Mingcheng took several steps back, looking disappointed, "My body has been lying exposed in the wilderness for ten years, and I've been hoping every day that you'd find me.
But now, I feel it is no longer necessary.”
"Zer, father has never forgotten you. Father has been waiting for your return..."
"Have you ever sent anyone to look for me?" Gong Mingcheng interrupted Prince Yu. "If you were willing to investigate, you would have found many loopholes. Since I'm what she calls a playboy, how could I have been able to quietly take away most of the palace's wealth?
Since I am a lawless person who has no respect for elders, if I really fall in love with an actor, I can just keep him in the backyard. Why should I elope with him?
When you removed me from the Royal Jade Plate, did you ever think about whether your children were safe?
If I hadn't been lucky, my body would have been eaten by wild beasts, leaving no trace. The reason you're willing to take me back now is simply because you know I haven't done anything to embarrass you.
But what’s the point for me?”
After saying this, Gong Mingcheng fell down softly and was supported by someone.
When he opened his eyes again, he looked confused, "What's wrong with me?"
"Master Gong, can't you remember anything?"
"Where's Ze'er?"
The voices of the Crown Prince and Prince Yu sounded at the same time.
Prince Yu grabbed his arm and shook it, "Where's my son? Give my son back to me."
Gong Mingcheng felt dizzy from being shaken by him and pushed him away. "Isn't it too late for Prince Yu to think about his own child now?"
"You have a way, right? You have a way to get my son back, right?"
Prince Yu refused to listen to Gong Mingcheng's words and was only obsessed with the answer he wanted.
Gong Mingcheng pinched his brows and swayed slightly, "I also want to know what happened and why I have such a severe headache."
He looked incredibly tired, as if he had lost all his strength.
Wang Gangzheng helped him up and said, "I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but what happened to you just now can only be explained by ghost possession."
"Possessed by a ghost?"
Gong Mingcheng's face turned pale. "Who possessed me and what did they do?"
After saying this, he remembered something and his face turned even paler. "Shi Chengze? Did he seek justice for me?"
Wang Gangzheng shook his head, not wanting to elaborate, and simply said, "You don't look well. Find a place to rest for a while. Lord Wang and I will continue with the rest of the matter."
The three courts held joint trials, with one chief and two deputies. One of them was missing: the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, Wang Gangzheng, and an Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
Gong Mingcheng was indeed very tired, so he left the interrogation room.
Prince Yu wanted to stop him, but Wang Gangzheng signaled for someone to take him down.
After interrogating Princess Yu, it was his turn.
"Zer, come back, father was wrong. Father knows he was wrong, but he just doesn't dare to admit it.
Father doesn't want to be looked down upon for being deceived by a woman. He doesn't want to be looked down upon for not being able to teach and protect his own son. Father is wrong. Ze'er, come back.
I got married when I was thirty years old. Your mother had been unable to conceive for many years. We suffered from others' ridicule and contempt before we had you. How could I not feel sorry for you?
I just didn’t know she would hurt you so much, Ze’er, tell father where you are…”
Gong Mingcheng paused slightly and stroked the paper talisman on his chest.
There was no ghost possessing him at all. Qingyan was just telling him that if the paper talisman became too hot, he should say what he had said before.
Qingyan must have guessed Prince Yu's behavior and knew that Shi Chengze would be disappointed in Prince Yu again, so he made this arrangement.
He was also a father. Seeing Prince Yu so foolish, he felt a little distressed for Shi Chengze and whispered softly, "You don't want to tell him where your body is, and you don't want to go back to the Shi family, but there must be a place for your bones to be buried.
If you don't mind, I will find a place for you in the Gong family's ancestral land. I believe that the ancestors of the Gong family will understand what I do and will not hesitate to share some incense with you."
Gong Mingcheng didn't expect there would be a response. The paper talisman that had cooled down became warm again.
Is this an agreement?
Gong Mingcheng felt even more heavy-hearted. Shi Chengze was so heartbroken by Prince Yu that he would rather live as a guest in the Gong family's ancestral home?
But he was not sure if he understood it correctly, so he had to go find Qingyan to ask for clarification.
In the interrogation room, the prince stayed to listen to the trial.
He knew that he had stolen the credit from Prince Rong, so he didn't dare to relax at all. As long as he could get to the bottom of this case as soon as possible and get rid of the harm to the people, it would be his achievement as the crown prince.
But he didn't know that all this was guided by King Rong, and he didn't know what he would face because of this incident.
I just wanted to prevent Prince Rong from having the opportunity to succeed.
Shi Yu, whom he feared, was at the temple outside the city where he was recuperating with Wei Qingyan.
Li Shuyi, who had just been rescued from the village, was imprisoned in the basement of the temple.
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