She took out the ancient copper coin and passed it in front of her eyes. Suddenly, her eyes saw what was hidden in the cell.
"Liu Rushi was killed by a ghost."
Soon, she said.
“It’s true!”
Zhou Xu knew that his guess was correct!
The coroner standing by was still a little skeptical.
"How did the little princess know?" he asked quickly.
"Here, there's a ball of black ghost energy. Of course, you and Lord Zhou can't see it. Wrapped in the ghost energy is a pool of blood. It was the ghost that killed Liu Rushi and then chopped off his head and limbs, and then accidentally splashed out."
Xiao Shuangbao pointed to a place that looked empty to others, but she could see clearly. "This ghost is very clever. It used a trick to collect and clean up all the blood on the ground, walls, tables, and beds, and then wrapped it with this ball of ghost energy, causing it to slowly dissipate along with the ghost energy.
"Master Zhou, you really did the right thing by coming to see me at night.
"If tomorrow, at dawn, the light of day shines into this cell, the ghostly aura will disappear along with some of the bloodstains. Perhaps this princess won't be able to see the evidence left behind by the ghost after it killed someone."
Zhou Xu straightened up happily after being praised by her.
As the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, he now looked like a student praised by his teacher, with a look of pride written all over his face.
This made the coroner standing by dumbfounded.
Is this still the Zhou Shaoqing from the past who always had a cold face and was sharp-tongued and mean when handling cases?
Also, is all this really as mysterious as this little princess said?
"Since the little princess is so perceptive, could you please use your fingers to calculate which ghost killed Liu Rushi and where it is hiding now?"
The coroner asked this deliberately.
He was serious and didn't look like he was deliberately trying to make things difficult for anyone.
But Zhou Xu still glared at him fiercely.
However, the coroner has always been a bad-tempered person who won't turn back until he hits the wall, so he just pretended not to see it.
Fortunately, Xiao Shuangbao didn't think of arguing with him about these things.
"Some ghosts have entered the Dao and become ghost cultivators. They are very advanced, just like the disciples of the Xuanmen Sect, and they know how to conceal their secrets. This princess cannot calculate the whereabouts of such ghosts. The ghost that killed Liu Rushi is exactly that kind of ghost, so this princess cannot calculate it."
Little Frost Treasure looked at him and said.
"Oh, so even the princess has trouble figuring things out."
The coroner couldn't help but sneer when he heard this.
Now, the sarcasm in those words became somewhat obvious.
"But I can tell you your last name is Wang He, you're thirty-four years old, left-handed, and you used to enjoy drinking. But once, you missed work and caused a woman to be framed and killed. Since then, you've stopped drinking. Instead, you carry an empty wine gourd filled with water, pretending to drink every day."
Little Shuangbao looked at him and told him his life story in a few words.
Wang He, the coroner, opened his mouth in disbelief.
"I've long told you that the little princess is incredibly capable, a deity from our Dali Temple! But you refuse to believe me!"
Zhou Xu laughed at him mercilessly.
Wang He’s old face turned red.
"I was wrong, I hope the little princess won't blame me."
He quickly bowed and admitted his mistake.
"Don't worry, I won't blame you. I'm saying all this just to stop wasting my time by asking me stupid questions."
In response to this, Xiao Shuangbao smiled sweetly.
However, what he said made Wang He's old face even redder.
It was rare for her to be so sharp-tongued, which made Zhou Xu unable to help laughing. He thought that this must be because she had been with the emperor for a long time and was influenced by him.
After that, Wang He became much quieter, fearing that if he said one more word, he would make a fool of himself in front of the little princess again.
The question now lies in where the ghost is hiding.
Xiao Shuangbao said that it was a powerful ghost cultivator with profound Taoism, and she couldn't figure out his summary, which was more or less tricky.
Zhou Xu and Wang He both looked sad.
However, she smiled easily.
"Why are you looking at me like that? This princess can't figure out where that ghost cultivator is, but she can figure out where Liu Rushi's head and limbs are. This ghost cultivator stole these things specifically, so he must have other motives. If we find them again, aren't we afraid that he'll show up and fall into our trap?"
She said so.
Zhou Xu and Wang He's eyes lit up!
"Little Princess Sheng Ming! The little princess is truly the smartest person in our Dongqi Kingdom!"
"The little princess is worthy of being our little deity from the Dali Temple!"
The two of them took turns praising Xiao Shuangbao.
Not to mention how disgusted and suspicious Wang He was before, how true it is now!
He also quickly joined Zhou Xu's "Little Frost Treasure Fan Club"!
Next, Xiao Shuangbao began to calculate the position of Liu Rushi's head and limbs by counting on his fingers.
Zhou Xu immediately sent someone to look for him.
"You alone cannot accomplish this. This princess will send someone to assist you."
As he said that, Xiao Shuangbao sent out Mianmian, Wang Xingxian, the female ghost Yan Yuan, Xiao Maotuan, and the Ice Demon.
"A head, as well as limbs and hands, were hidden by this ghost cultivator beneath statues in five dilapidated temples and Taoist temples near the capital. I've marked the specific locations. Go and bring these items back quickly, or if he finds you, a fight is inevitable."
Little Frost Treasure ordered.
"Haha! The little fur ball wants a demon to go to work alone!"
The little ball of fur was quite excited about this.
After Xiao Shuangbao marked the location, Mianmian and the others took the people assigned to them by Zhou Xu and headed towards their destination.
It can be said that none of the other four, Mianmian, are human.
They are goblins, zombies, female ghosts, monsters and demons.
When the people sent by Zhou Xu learned this, they were all terrified, but they had no choice but to follow.
After they left, Xiao Shuangbao and Zhou Xu continued to wait in the Dali Temple.
"Sir Zhou, I'd like to see Captain Liu. Could you please make it convenient for me?"
At this time, Xiao Shuangbao suddenly asked, "What happened to Liu Rushi? I'm a little worried about Captain Liu. He is my master after all. What's more, I have something to ask him."
"Of course that's possible. I'll take you there right away."
If it were someone else, someone as upright as Zhou Xu, there would be no way they would agree.
However, the person in front of him is the god of Dali Temple!
Zhou Xu immediately opened the back door for Xiao Shuangbao without saying a word, regardless of his own principles, and took her to the cell where Liu Ruanying was imprisoned.
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