A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 62 The civet cat exchanges for the prince

"Coroner Mu, have you lost your mind while handling this case?"

Officer Liu seemed to have heard something out of a fantasy. He looked Mu Qingcheng up and down, then suddenly took a step back, looking as if he were avoiding a snake. "Are you running a fever? Or have you gone mad? Or perhaps you can't let go of the fact that you didn't dissect Shuanzi for research?"

Even Mu Qingcheng's usual good persona eventually crumbled. She lazily raised her eyelids and sighed, "Captain Liu, it's no wonder the magistrate is annoyed with you. You're only half right!"

"Coroner Mu, what do you mean? Are you trying to belittle me again?" Officer Liu was the kind of person who wouldn't admit defeat even if he was convinced, especially since this person was a woman. When it came to a man's face, he would never back down.

Mu Qingcheng laughed, "Hehe. Now you know why your investigation of the carriage yielded no results?"

Officer Liu raised his eyebrows confidently, "Of course, because Li Yunyao didn't take a carriage up the mountain at all; she walked!"

"wrong!"

Mu Qingcheng held up a finger and waved it gently in front of Liu the constable, revealing the secret with a smile, "Li Yunyao definitely took a carriage up the mountain! I told you, given her pregnant state and the walking pace of a young lady from a secluded family, she couldn't have reached the northwest gate of Yuntai Temple in such a short time!"

"Nonsense! She is clearly..."

"That short, fat man is Li Yunyao's double!"

"what!"

"Shuanzi said that when the carriage reached the foot of the mountain, the short, fat man went to the outhouse and slipped and fell, getting covered in mud and smelling awful. The First Madam, disgusted by the short, fat man, wore a veiled hat, just like Xia Yu." "Is there a problem with that?"

"This is where the First Madam and the short, fat man first exchanged identities. They swapped clothes, and the First Madam dirtied her face and stained her clothes with a foul odor to cleverly cover up the scent of a woman's rouge, so when she got on the cargo carriage, you couldn't find any trace of a woman. As for the short, fat man, he deliberately wore a veil to cover his face, just like the Second Young Master wore a veil to impersonate Xia Yu, both to conceal their true appearance."

"But, but Li Yunyao is pregnant... Oh my god, I get it! The short, fat man's protruding belly is about the same size as Li Yunyao's pregnant belly, which has become a powerful cover!"

"Otherwise, why would Li Yunyao choose the short, fat man to do this job? And why did the short, fat man face death so calmly? Apart from Xie Da, he was the second person to be so fearless in the face of death. Obviously, he either knew about Li Yunyao's suicide plan in advance, or Li Yunyao's death caused him pain and he wanted to atone for it with his own death."

"Yes, yes, yes, the short, fat guy and Sanhu are from the eldest young master's courtyard. It will be easy for Li Yunyao to develop them into her confidants!"

"This explains why the two 'women' didn't fall too far behind when they walked up the mountain following the carriage."

"When they arrived at the northwest slope, the short, fat man got a stomachache again, delaying them by a full fifteen minutes. In fact, the two of them used this time to switch their identities back!"

"That's right!"

"Damn it, Li Yunyao is too shrewd!"

Officer Liu's face turned pale with anger again. He paced back and forth on the ground with his hands behind his back, unable to calm down for a long time. "My greatest skill is tracking. I never expected that Li Yunyao would pull a trick to evade my tracking skills, causing me to lose all my reputation!"

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