Chapter 160: Traitor (I)
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
Zou recognized the famous eccentric doctor so fast because of some characteristics of his.
For example, his appearance, his unique expression and the jade pendant that hung around his waist!
Therefore, Zou recognized him at a glance.
Doctor Liu smiled and glanced at Zou, but he didn’t say anything.
Zou knew that Doctor Liu was eccentric, so he didn’t dare to say more. He was afraid that he’d annoy the doctor.
Zou also knew that this doctor had superb medical skill and he was an expert in poison. Common people wouldn’t tell how capable he was. According to the investigation of Tianji Sect, he should also be able to do martial arts and he was extremely powerful, even though almost no one had ever seen he fought against others.
The intelligence showed that the doctor could definitely do martial arts.
Otherwise, it was impossible for him to live so leisurely.
His medical skill was superb, so there must be a lot of people who wanted to work with him, who wanted him to treat diseases, and who wanted to ask him for some poison.
Even so, this doctor still insisted on living in his own way.
And he hadn’t been killed by others. If he couldn’t do martial arts, it was just impossible!
Therefore, Zou was sure that the doctor could do martial arts! Definitely!
No one would try to offend such a powerful person. Zou still didn’t want to leave this world so soon.
At this time, Shi asked, “Qingyuan, why did you ask me to come here?”
Hearing this, Zou immediately said, “Qingzhou, it’s like this. I received your message about the three animals, so I intended to burn them with fire. They were originally buried in the earth. I went to dig them with my men, but I didn’t expect that when we got there, the bodies had been missing!”
“What?” Shi was stunned. “They’re missing?”
Zou smiled bitterly. “Yeah, they’re missing. I sent someone to investigate immediately, but…”
Speaking of this, Zou became a little hesitant.
Shi felt there must be something wrong. “But what?”
“The clue to those bodies pointed to your mansion.” Zou lowered his voice.
Shi was stunned again. Then, he narrowed his eyes. “Oh?”
“That explains it.” Doctor Liu laughed suddenly.
Shi looked at the doctor. “Doctor Liu, what did you find?”
The doctor laughed. “Didn’t I tell you I found something interesting by the pool? I was a little confused, but now I understand.”
Shi fell silent, because he understood what the doctor meant.
Zou opened his mouth and wanted to ask, but in the end he didn’t say anything.
Then, Shi nodded. “I’m aware of it. Qingyuan, did you find out the mole in Tianji Sect?”
Hearing this, Zou smiled bitterly again and shook his head. “No. It’s so hard.”
After thinking about it, Shi said, “If that’s the case… maybe that person isn’t an ordinary man, so he can deceive you.”
Zou was stunned and looked very serious. “There’s something very strange. I sent a message to my leader a few days ago, but he still hasn’t replied to me. Qingzhou, if I don’t receive his reply by tomorrow evening, I will go to the south in person. I’ll ask Miss Wu to handle things here.”
Hearing those words, Shi frowned.
Zou said seriously, “Don’t worry, Qingzhou. Miss Wu is very capable. If you need any help, she will surely deal with it properly.”
Shi pursed his lips and nodded.
Doctor Liu looked at Zou up and down. Then, he glanced at Shi, but didn’t say anything, just smiling like he always did.
After saying goodbye to Zou, Shi left Tianji Sect.
On the way back, Shi asked that doctor. “Did you find anything there?”
“Oh?” The doctor raised his eyebrows. “What do you mean?”
Shi glanced at him. “You know what I mean.”
“Haha.” The doctor laughed. “I found nothing.”
Shi fell silent.
The doctor laughed again. “I really didn’t find anything. It was clean.”
“Although you’ve been to that place, you didn’t go to every corner.”
“No, no.” The doctor shook his head. “I can smell if there’s something fishy. In fact, the nose of the doctor is as sharp as that of the murderer.”
Shi narrowed her eyes. “Oh? So there’s no problem there?”
“I’m not sure,” the doctor said with a smile, “Maybe something was hidden well, so it was clean. Even though I have a good nose, I can never smell what is hidden in the secret room. But I know Zou Qingyuan is a reliable man. He has done his best to investigate, but still found nothing. It only shows that that person is hiding very well, or that even if that person hides something, no one would doubt him. That person has either a high status, or… a very low status that no one will notice him!”
After a short silence, Shi asked the doctor, “In your opinion, what kind of person is that?”
“I don’t know.” The doctor waved. “I’m not familiar with Tianji Sect.”
Shi thought it might not be as simple as the doctor said, but he didn’t expect to get something useful from this doctor.
So, Shi stopped saying anything.
The doctor didn’t say anything, either. He touched his pocket from time to time, as if what was hidden in there was not grass, but some living things.
After the two of them returned to the palace, Shi went back to Qiankun Palace, while the doctor leisurely walked to Yushang Palace.
When Shi returned to Qiankun Palace, Long had finished dealing with all the memorials.
Seeing that Shi was back, Long immediately went to greet him.
Shi smiled. “What’s the matter?”
Long put his arms around Shi’s waist. “You’re back. Did anything bad happen?”
Shi shook his head. “No.”
Long kissed Shi on the cheek. “That’s good. By the way, I’ll tell you something. Although I have checked it and it seems that there is no problem, I don’t know why… I always feel a little bit…”
“What is it?” Shi became serious.
Long patted Shi’s arm. “No big deal. It’s just today…”
Long told Shi when he went out earlier, he found all the servants left Qiankun Palace.
After Shi heard that, his face darkened. Long paid close attention to Shi’s expression. Seeing that Shi was unhappy, he immediately held Shi’s hand.
“Maybe I overthought it.”
Shi looked at Long seriously. “You didn’t overthink it… There’s something fishy.”
Long was slightly surprised. “Are you sure, Qingzhou?”
“Mhmm,” Shi responded, “I need to go out.”
Long said at once, “You just came back. Where are you going now?”
“Yushang Palace.” Shi did not hide it from Long. “I’ll ask Doctor Liu for help.”
“What?” Long raised his eyebrows. “You need his help?”
“Yes.” Shi looked a little gloomy. “He has some good things, which are better than what Doctor Zhang has.”
Long blinked and understood that the “good things” in Shi’s mouth would not be some real good things in the ordinary sense.
Long sighed. “All right, just go.”
Shi nodded and left.
Long sat in the chair, holding a cup of tea in his hand, but he wasn’t in the mood for enjoying it.
In fact, it was not so hard to guess who did that.
There were only two people who had the power to manage the eunuchs in Qiankun Palace…
Zhou Qing and Liu Xiangyang.