Chapter 211

Hearing Li Lianhua's reply, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but speak up: "Didn't His Majesty just say? Ye Gucheng has already committed suicide, and you saw the corpse yourself. How are you supposed to ask Ye Gucheng?"

"Your Majesty!"

Without answering Lu Xiaofeng, Li Lianhua only looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Ye Gucheng at least had royal blood flowing in his veins. Therefore, I assume Your Majesty should be able to obtain Ye Gucheng's birth date and time?"

"Birth date and time? If Divine Doctor Li has Ye Gucheng's birth date and time, can you ask the mastermind?" Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Lianhua in surprise and asked!

"Yes, I can!" Li Lianhua nodded calmly!

This answer left Zhu Houzhao, Lu Xiaofeng, and the old eunuch to the side feeling very astonished!

However, although they didn't know what medicine Li Lianhua was selling in his gourd, since he needed it, it wasn't a difficult task!

Zhu Houzhao gave the order for someone to retrieve Ye Gucheng's birth date and time!

Since he possessed royal blood, Ye Gucheng's birth date and time were naturally recorded in the imperial palace!

In just the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, Ye Gucheng's birth date and time were retrieved and handed to Li Lianhua!

After taking a look, Li Lianhua wiped his hand across his storage ring, and the Soul-Summoning Banner he had obtained from opening a treasure chest appeared in his hand!

Once the Soul-Summoning Banner was brought out, it gave off a gloomy and terrifying feeling; one look and you knew it wasn't a good thing!

The old eunuch to the side also reflexively stepped forward half a step, vaguely shielding Zhu Houzhao behind him!

Li Lianhua had no intention of wasting words; he wrote Ye Gucheng's name and his birth date and time directly onto the Soul-Summoning Banner.

Immediately after, he shook the Soul-Summoning Banner in his hand.

At the same time, Li Lianhua's voice rang out: "Ye Gucheng, come quickly!"

Whoosh!

As Li Lianhua shook the banner and called out Ye Gucheng's name, suddenly, a gust of cold wind swept through the side hall without warning, making everyone feel a chill in their bodies!

At the same time, Li Lianhua could see a semi-transparent soul appearing in the side hall before his eyes!

"Hey, Li, Li Lianhua, what are you doing?"

Although Lu Xiaofeng could guess what he was doing from Li Lianhua's actions, the gust of cold wind was too creepy in this enclosed side hall, and Lu Xiaofeng's speech became a bit stuttered!

Even Zhu Houzhao to the side felt his heart crawl; the hairs on his body stood up at this moment!

You said you would ask Ye Gucheng directly, but he didn't expect it to be asked in this way!

"Your Majesty, Ye Gucheng's wandering soul has been summoned. I will make him manifest now!"

Li Lianhua did not answer Lu Xiaofeng's words, but spoke to Zhu Houzhao to the side!

"Good, make him manifest!" Taking a deep breath and suppressing the palpitations in his heart, Zhu Houzhao nodded and said!

A wandering soul, does it really exist?

Zhu Houzhao felt both terror and curiosity in his heart, a typical mindset of an ordinary person watching a ghost movie: afraid, yet finding it exciting!

The thin, gaunt old eunuch to the side didn't speak either, but he silently swallowed his saliva!

Having received Zhu Houzhao's consent, Li Lianhua raised his hand again; the ability of 'Spirit Detention and General Command', one of the Eight Strange Techniques he had drawn but never used, was activated at this moment!

Black Qi instantly permeated from Li Lianhua's body, making his appearance seem as if he had transformed into a legendary demon!

At the same time, under the influence of Spirit Detention and General Command, Ye Gucheng's wandering soul was immediately controlled by Li Lianhua, manifesting Ye Gucheng's appearance!

"As expected..." Looking at the wandering soul manifested by Ye Gucheng, Zhu Houzhao widened his eyes, feeling incredibly shocked!

This wandering soul was exactly Ye Gucheng's appearance, so what now?

This Divine Doctor Li not only had profound medical skills, but could even summon souls and detain them for his own use?

"Li Lianhua, it's you. I didn't expect that even after I committed suicide, you could still detain my wandering soul!" Feeling the power of Spirit Detention and General Command that he could hardly resist, Ye Gucheng's wandering soul looked at Li Lianhua in disbelief!

Yes, he was already dead, yet he couldn't even find peace?

His wandering soul could even be controlled by him?

Who exactly is this Li Lianhua?

"So that's how it is..."

Lu Xiaofeng to the side, watching Li Lianhua display the strange technique of Spirit Detention and General Command and being able to manipulate Ye Gucheng at will, felt incredibly shocked, but more than that, he felt a sudden realization!

No wonder Li Lianhua was intimately familiar with many Jiang Hu secrets!

It turned out he actually possessed the ability to extract wandering souls!

If that was the case, it was no wonder he could learn many secrets from the mouths of wandering souls!

"Divine Doctor Li, truly a great method. Such a supernatural power is no different from an immortal!"

Seeing with his own eyes Li Lianhua summoning the soul and then controlling Ye Gucheng's wandering soul with the power of Spirit Detention and General Command, even the Emperor Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but exclaim to Li Lianhua with emotion!

Yes, such supernatural means could not be achieved by mortal power, right?

It truly gave Zhu Houzhao a feeling of having his horizons broadened!

In rumors, the Jiang Hu was full of strange people, all with various magical abilities! For example, the Daoist lineage of Mount Wangcheng possessed magic spells.

The Northern Li Imperial Preceptor Qi Tianchen was also proficient in arts and spells.

And there was the Mud Bodhisattva who walked in Lingzhou, known as the number one physiognomist in the world.

But such an ability to summon souls and drive ghosts was still something never seen or heard of before!

"Your Majesty, let's first ask Ye Gucheng for the truth of the matter!" Regarding Zhu Houzhao's exaggeration, Li Lianhua just smiled slightly and reminded him!

Hearing what Li Lianhua said, Zhu Houzhao realized what his purpose was and didn't waste words, directly saying: "Ye Gucheng, you assassinated me. Who exactly is the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"I assassinated you, no one instigated me!" Hearing Zhu Houzhao's inquiry, Ye Gucheng replied stubbornly!

This answer made Zhu Houzhao's eyebrows knit tightly, and he looked at Li Lianhua!

"Ahem, my ability of Spirit Detention and General Command is not just for driving wandering souls; it can also directly devour them to increase my power!"

Li Lianhua naturally understood what Zhu Houzhao's gaze meant, and he immediately spoke to Ye Gucheng's soul!

Sometimes, when interrogating a stubborn guy, it is very necessary to use some punishment.

And Ye Gucheng, who had transformed into a wandering soul, was naturally not afraid of ordinary punishment methods!

As his voice fell, Li Lianhua opened his mouth directly, his whole body emitting black smoke, looking like a ghost king who had walked up from hell!

"Ah!" As Li Lianhua opened his mouth and used the method of devouring spirits, Ye Gucheng really felt himself being devoured bit by bit!

"Damn it, who are you? Who exactly are you, that you can actually devour wandering souls!?" Ye Gucheng's mouth let out painful wails, and he screamed miserably!

Li Lianhua did not stop his spirit-devouring actions, and Ye Gucheng's wails were endless!

Hiss...

Zhu Houzhao and Lu Xiaofeng to the side all gasped in cold air!

Originally, Li Lianhua's impression was quite easy to get along with.

But now? The legendary ghosts were all terrifying, but in front of Li Lianhua, they were easily manipulated, and even about to be devoured by Li Lianhua?

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head; it was truly hard to link the existence like a hell ghost king before him with the Divine Doctor Li Lianhua in his impression!

"I... I'll talk, I'll talk, stop, I'll confess everything..."

Not to mention what Lu Xiaofeng was thinking, being devoured by Li Lianhua and feeling terrible pain, finally, Ye Gucheng could no longer endure it and began to beg loudly!

Hearing that Ye Gucheng had completely surrendered, Li Lianhua stopped his spirit-devouring actions!

A mere wandering soul, daring to be presumptuous in front of him?

The ability of Spirit Detention and General Command could be said to perfectly restrain all ghost-like existences!

"This, is it a case of 'evil ghosts are ground by evil ghosts'?" Looking at Ye Gucheng's appearance, which had become very miserable, Zhu Houzhao muttered to himself in his heart!

Yes, the existence of ghosts and monsters always gave people a very terrifying feeling!

But now? Falling into Li Lianhua's hands, they didn't have the slightest ability to resist!

Plus, when displaying Spirit Detention and General Command, Li Lianhua's appearance with black Qi all over his body was simply like a ghost among ghosts!

"Speak quickly, who exactly is the mastermind behind the scenes?" Suppressing the exclamation in his heart and wiping the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, Zhu Houzhao shouted at Ye Gucheng!

"It was the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis who made me assassinate Your Majesty, it was the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis Zhu Wushi!" Ye Gucheng spoke, shouting out the name of the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis!

"It really was him!" Hearing Ye Gucheng's words, Zhu Houzhao did not have much surprise, as if he had guessed it long ago!

"It really was him!" Even Li Lianhua nodded, feeling that the guesses in his heart had been confirmed!

Previously at the Lotus Building, when Lu Xiaofeng speculated that the mastermind behind Ye Gucheng must have a pivotal position in the imperial court, Li Lianhua already had such a guess in his heart!

After all, it could be seen from the original work that the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis had rebellious thoughts, but he usually hid them deeply!

Now, summoning Ye Gucheng's wandering soul and confirming from his mouth that the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis was the mastermind.

This was just Li Lianhua confirming the guesses in his heart!

"It was actually the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis?" Lu Xiaofeng to the side, however, had a look of shock!

Although Lu Xiaofeng had solved many cases, and there were indeed many murderers who were unexpected!

But, that the mastermind behind this assassination of His Majesty and the attempt to usurp the throne was actually the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis of the Dragon-Protecting Villa still made Lu Xiaofeng feel surprised!