Chapter 154: So Mysterious (I)
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
Long and Shi didn’t go to visit Zhou Huan or meet Zhou Yu’er.
It was said that Zhou Yu’er caught a cold last night and was resting in her room.
The imperial doctor went to check on her and confirmed that she really had a cold. She had already taken medicine this morning.
Long and Shi didn’t go to see Zhou Yu’er, either.
They sat down in the main hall and asked the Shadow Guardians and the imperial doctors about what happened yesterday.
There was nothing unusual.
After the servants brought the tea, Long and Shi waved them back.
Long and Shi didn’t want to drink the tea here.
Those creatures like zombies were so weird. They wonder if there were any other toxins that even Zhang Yuan couldn’t find out.
The silver needle didn’t always work.
So, Long and Shi just sat there, without touching anything.
After about half an hour, that eccentric doctor entered the room.
Shi sat above the salt and said coldly, “Did you find what you want?”
“Yes, I did find something.” That doctor said, while putting something on the table.
Long and Shi looked over.
That was a little powder wrapped in a handkerchief. The powder was a little dirty and there was dust in it.
Looking at the powder, Long said, “What is this?”
“A good thing that can control people.”
Long and Shi looked at each other. “Control people?” Obviously, both of them thought of something.
“Yes.” The doctor nodded. “It can control people, but it’s subject to certain conditions.”
“What do you mean?” Shi frowned.
The doctor laughed. “This powder can control a person’s mind only when it’s mixed with some other things or that person eats some other things first. I’ve heard about blood-sucking demon here. Perhaps, this powder has been used in those murder cases. However, I wonder why the powder would appear here!”
“You mean that the murderer used this powder when he killed others?” Long was shocked.
“Yes.” The doctor shrugged. “But I’m not absolutely sure.”
Shi slightly frowned. Long thought for a moment and said, “You said this powder can control humans. What about the dead animals?”
“Dead animals?” The doctor blinked. “What do you mean?”
“The animals whose blood has been sucked up should have died, but they became very powerful and aggressive. Did it have anything to do with this powder?”
“Haha.” The doctor laughed. “Of course it did. Humans are not so easy to be controlled and many conditions are needed, but for animals that have lost all the blood, only this kind of powder would be enough. Animals are not as intelligent as humans, are they?”
Both Long and Shi fell silent.
A moment later, Long said, “Have you checked on Ms. Zhou?”
“Yes, I have.” The doctor nodded. “If I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have gone there to look for this powder, but she is not the blood-sucking demon.”
“What?” Long was surprised. Then, he said, “Of course, she is not the demon. She can’t even move.”
“No, I didn’t mean that.” The doctor shook his head. “The reason why I said she is not the demon is that although she was also controlled, her martial arts wouldn’t suddenly improve a lot because of that. I know she began to practice martial arts from childhood, but she’s not a great fighter. When she was under control, only her strength could be increased and her martial arts would be still like before, unless someone with great martial arts took her to kill others. In addition, she should not have sucked human blood. There is a way to test the amount of other kind of blood in a person’s body. I’ve tested her. The amount of other kind of blood in her body is normal.”
“Normal? What does that mean?” Long was stunned.
“It’s impossible that you have absolutely no contact with others’ blood in your entire life. You may have drunk animal blood, which is different from your own blood. Just like me, I like to drink pig blood soup. So I said that the amount of other kind of blood in her body is normal.”
After keeping silent for a while, Shi said, “So she did not suck blood?”
“Absolutely not,” the doctor said.
Long looked at Shi and said, “What do you think, Qingzhou?”
Shi slowly shook his head and said nothing.
The doctor said with a smile, “I can cure Ms. Zhou’s illness.”
Long was very happy. “Really?”
“Of course, as long as no one interrupts the treatment.”
Both Long and Shi were stunned.
After a long time, Shi said, “Then follow us back to the imperial palace.”
“Oh?” The doctor raised his eyebrows. “The imperial palace…”
“Are you unwilling?” Long asked.
The doctor curled his lips. “It’s not that I don’t want to. I just think it’ll be troublesome.”
Long said, “You can just focus on curing her disease. You don’t need to care about the etiquette and no one will disturb you.”
“Well…” The doctor thought for a moment. “Fine. Since this disease is quite interesting, I’ll go with you.”
Then, Shi stood up. “Let’s go.”
The doctor didn’t feel surprised at all. After Shi said that, he just went with them.
Anyway, he just brought a medicine box when he came. As for clothes and other things, he could get them at any place.
Just like this, Long and Shi took the doctor back to the imperial palace.
On the way, the eccentric doctor said that he could be called Doctor Liu.
After arriving at the palace, Shi said, “Doctor Liu, are you well acquainted with Doctor Zhang Yuan?”
“Yes, I am,” the doctor said.
“Doctor Zhang is studying something interesting now. I’m sure you will also be interested,” Shi said.
“Oh? Are you sure?” The doctor raised his eyebrows.
Shi said, “No one can be sure until you’ve looked at it.”
“Well… I understand. I can go to have a look.” The doctor agreed.
Shi smiled. “Someone will take you there.”
After arranging all the things about Zhou Huan and the eccentric doctor, Long and Shi went directly to Qiankun Palace.
Zhou Huan and the eccentric doctor would live in Yushang Palace, where Xu You and Fang Shuoyang had always been staying.
When Long and Shi returned to Qiankun Palace, it was almost time to have lunch.
Long looked at the man beside him and said softly, “Although we’ve brought Zhou Huan back, there are still many moles in the palace.”
“Yes, I know.” Shi nodded. “It doesn’t matter, as long as Zhou Yu’er isn’t here. She’s the only one who can set traps for Zhou Huan. So let’s get Zhou Huan cured first.”
Long touched his chin and suddenly said, “Qingzhou, maybe after Zhou Huan is taken here, those people will take desperate measures.”
“Oh?” After a pause, Shi said, “You think so?”
“It’s possible.” Long shrugged. “But who knows whether they’ll do it or not?”
Shi smiled. “Well… If they come here, we’ll just arrest them.”
“That’s what I think.” Long clapped his hands. “I’m looking forward to that. But if that’s the case, the guards in Yushang Palace will have to be well arranged.”
“Yes.” Shi nodded. “I’ll make arrangements after lunch.”
“Okay. Anyway, it’s not so urgent.”
After lunch, Shi went to arrange that in Yushang Palace.
Long dealt with the remaining memorials in the study of Qiankun Palace.
In the afternoon, when Shi came back, Long also finished his work.
“You’re back? It’s all finished?” Long asked as he walked to Shi.
“Yes, everything has been well arranged in Yushang Palace. Don’t worry.”
“I trust you, Qingzhou.” Long smiled.
Shi also smiled. “You’ve also finished your work?”
“Yes, I just finished it. Qingzhou, did that eccentric doctor go to Doctor Zhang’s place?” Long asked as if he thought of something.
Shi was stunned. Then, he nodded. “Yes, he did.”