Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

Chapter 157: A False Alarm (II)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

“That’s right.” Doctor Liu nodded. Then, he said, “Your Grace, you’ve burned them?”

Shi nodded slightly. “Yes. Luckily, it didn’t cause a disaster.”

“Haha. Your Grace, you don’t have to worry about it. Even if it’s burnt like that, as long as there’s no one around, it will have no effect at all after half an hour. If some animals smell it, they’ll just kill each other.”

Once again, Shi thought of the situation in South Mountain.

“Doctor Liu, I think there’s a place you need to go.”

“Where is it?” Doctor Liu asked. Then, he immediately realized it. “The place where the bodies were burned?”

“Yes.” Shi nodded. “Doctor Liu, I want you to see if there’s anything else over there.”

Doctor Liu nodded. “Okay, I’ll go to have a look.”

“In addition…” Shi’s eyes flashed with coldness. “Doctor Liu, I hope you can check on the two dead people again and see if there’s such a thing in their bodies.”

“Well, I really need to have a check,” Doctor Liu said, “If there is, it’s not necessarily that the murderer can do great martial arts.”

Shi was stunned. “What do you mean?”

“It’s very simple.” Doctor Liu laughed. “Just let the man have this during the day. Then, at night, the man can do whatever the murderer wants him to do!”

Shi was not a fool. He immediately understood Doctor Liu’s words.

Indeed, if the victim could be cooperative, he could be easily killed by someone, who didn’t need to be that powerful.

Suddenly, Shi thought of a person, Zhou Yu’er.

However, there was another problem.

No matter whether the victim was under control or not, when he was screaming…

Wait! Who could prove that the screams were from the victim?

Shi’s heart was thumping and he looked very serious.

What if the screams were not from the victim, but were made by the murderer with some special methods?

It was possible that the victim had died a long time ago. When the murderer was about to retreat, or when he had retreated to a certain place, some screams were made. When the guards rushed over, the murderer had already fled.

That was how the murderer killed!

Shi finally thought it through.

“Doctor Liu, I’ll ask someone to take you to South Mountain. Please check on the corpses again,” Shi said.

“No problem.” Doctor Liu saw what Shi was in a hurry and immediately agreed.

Shi didn’t stay any longer.

Soon, two Shadow Guardians came and took Doctor Liu to South Mountain…

After Shi left that place, he summoned Hu Qingyuan at once.

So, after Long finished the morning meeting, Hu followed him to Qiankun Palace.

Long asked, “Minister Hu, the empress summoned you?”

“Your Majesty, the empress sent someone to call me.”

“Oh.” Long nodded. After taking several steps forward, he asked, “Minister Hu, why do you think the empress wants to see you?”

Hu thought about it and said, “It should be about the case.”

“Well…” Long pondered. About the case… It was the only possibility, but… Why didn’t his empress tell him in advance, but directly sent someone to summon Hu?

Long felt a little sad because his empress ignored him.

Hu didn’t know what the emperor was thinking about at the moment. In fact, he was wondering why the empress summoned him…

Soon, they arrived at Qiankun Palace. Long entered the main hall.

Hu followed with his head lowered.

Shi had been waiting there for a long time. “Your Majesty, you’re back.”

“Yes.” Long smiled. “You asked Minister Hu to come here?”

“Yes.” Shi nodded. “I found something important.”

“Oh?” Long was a little surprised and immediately asked, “What’s that?”

Shi told the whole story to them without missing anything.

“Whoa!” Both Long and Hu were shocked.

Shi’s analysis of the murderer’s action was especially shocking.

Hu immediately said, “Your Majesty, Your Grace, I know what to do. I will go now.”

Shi nodded. “Minister Hu, I trust you, but you must be very careful. It can control people’s minds.”

“I understand.”

Then, Hu left the palace.

Long didn’t look very happy. “What’s the matter with Doctor Liu? How could he ask you to smell something so dangerous?”

Shi was surprised. He blinked and looked at Long. “Your Majesty, are you angry?”

Long said, “Of course I’m angry!”

Shi smiled.

“Your Majesty, you can rest assured. I’m fine.”

Long snorted. “That’s because you have a strong will. If something goes wrong…”

“Your Majesty.” Shi smiled. “Then what are you going to do?”

“What?” Long blinked.

Shi said, “Your Majesty, you’re angry, right? Then what are you going to do? Will you punish Doctor Liu?”

“Well…” After a pause, Long said, “I’ll punish him after we’ve made full use of him.”

Shi narrowed his eyes. “Oh?”

“Right,” Long explained, “He’s very useful now and he’s still working for us. We need to wait until we no longer need his help, don’t we? If we punish him now, he won’t do his best to help us. Then we’ll lose a lot, right? However, he did go too far this time. It is necessary to warn him.”

After a short silence, Shi smiled. “Yes, Your Majesty, you’re right. We really need to wait until he is useless for us.”

Long laughed. “Yes, that’s right!”

Later, Long happily held Shi in his arms and went to have breakfast.

After breakfast, Long went to deal with the memorials. After thinking about it, Shi decided to go to South Mountain again.

Long didn’t stop Shi from going there. He just told Shi to be careful.

When Shi was about to leave, Long hugged him before letting him go.

When it was almost noon, Long felt a little hungry, so he went out to ask servants to bring him some snacks.

Unexpectedly, there was no one outside!

Long had some doubts. “Shadow Guardian!”

Then, a Shadow Guardian appeared in front of him.

“Why didn’t I see any servants? Where are they?”

The Shadow Guardian reported the whereabouts of the servants in detail.

Long was a little shocked, because it happened once in Qiankun Palace. That time, all the servants left the palace because of different kinds of things.

No one even knew when Lady Shan came in to see the little prince!

Long frowned. “Where is the little prince?”

“In the bedchamber,” the Shadow Guardian replied.

Long thought for a moment and said, “Let’s go have a look.”

The Shadow Guardian followed Long to the prince’s bedchamber immediately. Just as they walked outside, two maids came back together.

“Greetings, Your Majesty.” The maids greeted the emperor.

Long looked at them. “Why did all of you disappear again?”

The two maids immediately apologized.

After hearing their explanation, Long thought that it was normal for them to go out.

The two maids said again, “Madam Hu is here.”

Long was stunned. Then, he saw that Madam Hu and the wet nurse came here with the baby in her arms.

Long was surprised.

Then, Long learned that the servants just left for a short time.

It was a misunderstanding.

Finally, Long felt relieved.

When seeing Long, the little boy was so happy that he wanted to hug Long.

Long held the boy in his arms. “Long Huan, you’ve gained too much weight. I almost can’t hold you.”

While saying that, Long deliberately showed that he disliked the boy.

Kids were very sensitive. Looking at Long’s expression, the boy immediately began to cry!

“Oh no.” Long was just joking with him. He didn’t expect that the boy would really cry!

Long panicked and could only cuddle the baby.

After a while, the boy finally felt a little happy, but there were still tears in his eyes.

“What a crybaby!”

The boy curled his lips and then kissed Long on the cheek.

Long found the baby was so cute. Then, he flicked the boy’s forehead with his forefinger.

The boy burst into tears again.

“Haha.” Long laughed.

Seeing that Long was laughing, the boy also began to giggle…