Just as Xiao Shuangbao said, Zhou Xu was a responsible and good official, and the case was handled very quickly.
However, five days later, late one night, Zhou Xu suddenly entered the palace and asked Emperor Chengxuan to see her.
"You want Shuangbao to help you with the case again?"
Emperor Cheng Xuan was somewhat speechless. "Zhou Xu, how many times has this happened? Tell me, as the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, it's your job to try cases, but you've repeatedly asked my princess to help you! Otherwise, you'd better quit as Junior Minister!"
No wonder he got so angry.
But the little princess he doted on all day long had to work for his ministers, and it was so late at night, and he had just coaxed the baby to sleep... Emperor Chengxuan felt that the child he had raised with so much effort seemed to be working for his ministers, and he felt really unbalanced.
He was so angry that if it were any other minister, he would have been scared to death.
Fortunately, Zhou Xu has developed a thick skin.
His courage also grew stronger through Emperor Chengxuan's repeated scolding.
Even though he was being scolded so harshly by Emperor Cheng Xuan, he remained calm and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I am a little incompetent, but even if I were given a hundred times the ability, I still couldn't do this. In this world, only the little princess can do it!"
"What? Is this some kind of supernatural or supernatural thing?"
Perhaps because it had happened more than once, Emperor Cheng Xuan almost knew what he would say next.
Zhou Xu didn't feel embarrassed about this.
"Your Majesty is wise, it is indeed so. I came to the palace overnight because the jailer in the Dali Temple discovered that Liu Rushi was dead."
Just listen to him continue.
"What?"
Emperor Cheng Xuan looked surprised.
"Your Majesty, Liu Rushi is dead, and his death was extremely bizarre. His head and limbs were cut off, and when the jailer discovered him, only a headless torso remained."
Zhou Xu continued.
When Emperor Cheng Xuan heard this, he was so angry that he slammed the table!
"Zhou Xu! Such a big thing! You're only telling me now?"
He really wanted to beat Zhou Xu up!
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I wanted to speak, but Your Majesty has been scolding me all the time. I only found the opportunity to speak now."
Zhou Xu knelt on the ground, looking extremely honest.
Emperor Chengxuan was so angry at him that his head hurt.
"Are you sure it's Liu Rushi's body? Did he deliberately find a body that looked similar to his, cut off its head and limbs, and impersonate him, while he himself escaped from prison?"
After a while, Emperor Chengxuan calmed down and asked.
"The coroner has examined it and confirmed that it is indeed Liu Rushi's body, but the little princess needs to go and confirm it in person."
Zhou Xu replied quickly.
"You let my precious daughter see a headless corpse?"
Emperor Cheng Xuan's anger flared up again.
"Your Majesty, calm down! I just thought that the little princess dealt with ghosts all day long and had seen corpses before, so I don't think she's afraid of these things."
I have to say, Zhou Xu was really bold. "Besides that, the jailer was very sure that there were no signs of jailbreak, and no one else had come to the prison to do anything. There were no signs of poisoning or drugs on the body.
"In other words, if what the jailer said is true, then Liu Rushi is indeed dead, but there are no signs of murder. His body shows no signs of poisoning or drugs, which means the murderer didn't kill him while he was unconscious or dead. Yet, there's not a single sound coming from the prison... I think this might be a supernatural event.
"So, I really need the little princess's help."
Zhou Xu finally said this.
"It's not impossible to help, but it will take at least until tomorrow morning..."
Emperor Cheng Xuan was reluctant to let his little baby see a dead body in the middle of the night and help investigate the case.
However, before he could finish his words, a childish voice, still a little sleepy, suddenly sounded at the door of the inner hall.
"Daddy, Shuangbao is going. Shuangbao is not sleepy anymore."
As Xiao Shuangbao said this, he opened his little mouth and yawned.
However, her eyes, which were originally a little sleepy, became brighter and brighter.
Emperor Chengxuan naturally had no choice but to agree.
So, Xiao Shuangbao followed Zhou Xu out of the palace overnight.
In the carriage on the road, Zhou Xu reported all the details of the case to her again.
"...This is the current situation. Although Liu Rushi has always refused to confess, the evidence of his crimes is irrefutable. In addition, I have also found many letters in his study that show he is collaborating with the enemy and betraying his country, most of which are letters to the Northern Rong royal family.
"However, there is only one thing that remains unclear, which is who came up with the idea of privately making the dragon robe.
"Liu Rushi implicated Liu Zhuanying. Liu Zhuanying was only a small seventh-rank lieutenant. He probably didn't have the ability to privately forge a dragon robe, but Liu Zhuanying admitted to it."
When Zhou Xu said this, he looked confused again.
Xiao Shuangbao knew about this matter.
She didn't say anything, but just quietly recalled Zhou Xu's words. Thinking of Liu Rushi's secret dealings with the Beirong royal family, a solemn expression appeared on her little face.
Not long after, she arrived at the Dali Temple prison.
Xiao Shuangbao followed Zhou Xu all the way to the cell where Liu Rushi was previously imprisoned.
"I suspect this is a supernatural event. I also remember a case where a Madam Zheng in the palace was imprisoned in the Sky Prison and was under strict guard. However, she disappeared in the middle of the night. The little princess investigated and concluded that Madam Zheng was eaten by a fox spirit. Therefore, I would like you to come and see whether Liu Rushi was murdered by himself or killed by some demonic spirit like Madam Zheng, and why his head was cut off.
"Of course, the first thing to do is to see if the body is Liu Rushi herself."
Zhou Xu did not ask Xiao Shuangbao whether he was afraid of seeing the headless corpse.
After all, she already knew that since he never said he wasn't afraid, he definitely wasn't afraid.
And just as Zhou Xu had said to Xiao Shuangbao before, she was not even afraid of ghosts, so how could she be afraid of a dead body?
The body lay in the morgue.
Zhou Xu ordered the coroner to bring the body over.
Little Shuangbao lifted the white cloth covering it, took a quick glance, and said with certainty, "It's him."
"The princess knew it with just one look? Could it be that the princess has met Liu Rushi before?"
The coroner looked at her with curiosity and suspicion.
"I calculated it."
Little Shuangbao also looked at him, but there was no expression on his little face. He just answered in a faint tone.
The coroner choked.
If things like this can be calculated, then what is the need for him as a coroner?
However, he only dared to criticize such words in his heart and did not dare to say them out loud.
Then, Little Frost Treasure began to investigate the cell.
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