Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler
chapter-164

Chapter 164: This Woman Was Really… (I)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Both Long and Shi felt happy after playing a trick on Doctor Liu.

But something ruined their good mood the next morning.

When they got up early in the morning, they heard that the blood-sucking demon committed another crime!

This time, three people were killed.

According to Shi’s analysis, the murderer didn’t necessarily need great martial arts to kill others.

Later, Shi ordered Hu Qingyuan to follow up the case.

The Shadow Guardians also paid much more attention to Zhou Yu’er.

Last night, the Shadow Guardians had been staying on the beams in her room. They watched this woman closely and found she never left the room!

However, three people died outside.

In addition to Zhou Yu’er, there were other people hidden in the imperial city!

Yes, it was impossible for her to do so many things on her own.

The three victims were not common people. Two people were from the martial arts world and the other worked for the local government.

Those two martial artists were from a third-class sect and didn’t have high status. They were just nobodies. It was said that they came to the imperial city to drink liquor last night. Then, they met a sad end.

The other victim was on duty in the government office. Late at night, he wanted to send something home, but was killed on the way…

The first two people’s martial arts were just so-so and the other man was a little powerful than them, but all the three of them didn’t escape from the murderer.

However, unlike the previous two murders, no one screamed when they were killed this time!

As for the two men who had been killed earlier, their bodies had been examined by Doctor Liu.

There was some black substance in their bodies. Therefore, it was concluded that the murderer may not be expert at martial arts.

But as for the three people who just died… that was still uncertain.

Long heard the news as soon as he got up from the bed. Naturally, he was in a bad mood.

Just like this, Long went to attend the morning meeting.

After hearing the news, Shi went to Yushang Palace with a gloomy face.

Seeing that the empress was coming, Doctor Liu raised his eyebrows.

“Did you come here to invite me to have breakfast with you and His Majesty?”

Shi looked at him and shook his head. “More people were killed.”

“What?” The doctor raised his eyebrows.

“It happened last night. All the three victims could do martial arts and one of them worked for the government…” After telling him the three people’s identities, Shi said, “Go and check if there is that kind of substance in their bodies and if they were controlled.”

The doctor yawned. “I’m more interested in the blood-sucking demon.”

Shi said coldly, “Doctor Liu, if you can catch that blood-sucking demon, I’ll allow you to study him. You can do anything that you think is interesting.”

“Oh?” The doctor’s eyes brightened. He seemed to be very interested.

Shi asked, “Where’s Zhou Huan?”

“In her room,” the doctor said.

After thinking about it, Shi said, “Did she leave here last night?”

“Although she’s got a little better, it is impossible for her to leave if no one controls her,” the doctor said.

Shi said, “I’ll go to see her.”

“Okay. I haven’t taken her pulse this morning. Let’s go together.”

Although Zhou got a little better than when she was in that mansion, she hadn’t fully recovered.

Her eyes were still dull and she couldn’t speak, but her mental state was better than before.

This time, when Zhou saw Shi coming, her eyes even rolled a little.

Shi didn’t notice the gentle movement of her eyes, but Doctor Liu did.

He smiled just as he always did and followed Shi into the room.

Shi went inside first. “Ms. Zhou.”

Zhou’s eyes were fixed on Shi, but it seemed that she couldn’t see him at all.

At this time, the doctor stepped forward and smiled. “Madam, I’ll give you acupuncture.”

While saying that, he waved and a row of gold needles appeared in his hand.

Before Shi had realized it, there were already several gold needles on Zhou’s head and hands.

Shi was confused. “Doctor Liu, you are…”

The doctor said with a smile, “Ms. Zhou, I have controlled your brain and hands for a short time. No one will know what you do except me and the empress.”

Shi was stunned.

Some strong emotions suddenly filled Zhou’s eyes.

Then, the doctor took a piece of paper and asked Zhou to dip her finger in ink. Zhou wrote on the paper, “The murderer is Zhou Yu’er. She’s gone mad.”

The murderer was really Zhou Yu’er? Shi’s eyes brightened.

The doctor narrowed his eyes.

Shi said, “We found a little bamboo on a dead man’s head. It’s so strange. Who did that?”

“I left that.”

Shi finally understood that. Then, he said, “What’s that on South Mountain?”

Zhou wrote on the paper, “I don’t know.”

It seemed that Zhou didn’t know what there was on the mountain.

Shi looked at the doctor.

Just then, Zhou’s eyes suddenly widened and she looked very painful.

Shi was shocked and the doctor withdrew the gold needles on her body.

Then, Zhou looked as calm as she was before.

Her eyes also became dull…

Shi looked at the doctor. “She’s under control?”

“Yes, I can get her out of control for a short time, but it can’t last for a long time.”

Shi frowned, and then said, “Can’t she be cured?”

“I still need several kinds of medical herbs, so I can’t cure her now.”

Shi nodded. “The herbs are not available in the palace?”

“I can get them from the palace, but it needs arrangement.” The doctor thought for a moment and said, “And it’s very troublesome. It takes time.”

Shi was not proficient in medicine, so he didn’t say anything more about it.

Without staying in Zhou’s room for a long time, Shi left Yushang Palace. The doctor also went out.

The result of the examination soon came out.

As Long just finished the morning meeting, Doctor Liu came back.

“I’ve got the result. None of the three victims has any strange substance in their bodies.”

Long pursed his lips. “So, they weren’t controlled before being killed?”

“Yes.” The doctor nodded. “They weren’t controlled.”

Long fell silent. During the meeting, all the ministers had already begun to panic.

After telling them the result, Doctor Liu went back to Yushang Palace, because there were still many studies to be done.