The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Shan Yu's gaze wandered hesitantly between the few people. Then, as if he had given up struggling, he slowly lowered his head and admitted with difficulty: "I found an item belonging to a woman on my eldest brother's body."

After he finished speaking, he slowly spread out his palm, and an exquisite and gorgeous ruby ​​earring was shining faintly in the palm of his hand.

Qin Miaoxi tilted her head slightly, staring at Shan Yu thoughtfully, and asked softly, "So, it was because you discovered this evidence that you concluded that the murderer was a woman, not the Ghost-faced Judge?"

Shan Yu kept his lips tightly closed and did not respond, but his tacit attitude was obvious.

At this moment, the Taoist nun's eyes fell on the earring and she couldn't help but exclaim.

Shan Yu noticed it keenly and immediately turned to look at her, asking anxiously: "Have you seen this earring? Is it the eldest princess's?"

The Taoist nun's eyes reddened slightly. After a moment's silence, she finally nodded and said slowly, "This is indeed the eldest princess's. Back then, when the eldest princess had just reached the age of marriage, the late emperor showed his favor and rewarded her with a set of ruby ​​jewelry, and this ruby ​​earring was one of them."

The Jie envoy's eyes widened in anger, and he roared at the top of his voice, "Great! Great! Today the truth is finally revealed. The person who murdered my Jie Crown Prince is none other than the eldest princess of your Longyuan Kingdom! I will immediately go to the palace to report to your Majesty and demand justice!"

[Very good, this time we have a legitimate reason. Let's see how Long Yuan Nation justifies itself.]

Qin Miaoxi was stunned. What did he mean by this?

Lu Qingchen quickly stepped forward, blocking his path. With a serious expression, he advised, "Sir, please calm down and remain calm. A mere earring doesn't prove anything."

The envoy's eyes widened in anger as he retorted, "How can it not be proven? This earring is irrefutable evidence that your eldest princess is plotting to murder our crown prince."

At this moment, Qin Miaoxi moved lightly and said in a slow voice, "Your Excellency, your words are quite biased. The Princess and your Crown Prince have known each other for many years and have a deep friendship. Perhaps the Princess gave the Crown Prince a beloved item, and the Crown Prince, missing the Princess so much, always carries it with him. How can you be so sure that the murderer is the Princess based on just this dead item?"

She suddenly realized that in this situation, regardless of whether the princess was the murderer, the envoy would pin the blame on Longyuan State. Their intention was obvious: they wanted to take advantage of the death of the crown prince and princess to demand an undue punishment from Longyuan State. After all, the deceased was gone, and it seemed pointless to dwell on the true culprit.

After hearing this, Lu Qingchen nodded hurriedly in agreement: "Indeed, this matter is full of doubts and we must not make hasty conclusions."

The envoy wanted to bypass Lu Qingchen and leave, but he was unable to get rid of his entanglement. "You don't need to say this unless you can prove that the princess didn't kill anyone."

"I can prove it."

Qin Miaoxi's tone was icy as she demanded, "You keep insisting that the Princess killed the Crown Prince. Now, let me ask you, the Princess committed suicide a year after marrying into the Xiongnu clan. During that time, where was the Crown Prince's body placed? And how was it transported to Lata Valley?"

The envoy was startled by Qin Miaoxi's questioning, a flicker of panic in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "This... this was naturally done by the eldest princess secretly arranging people. Since she was so cruel as to kill the crown prince, she naturally has a way to deal with the follow-up matters."

Qin Miaoxi sneered, "Such a far-fetched excuse, do you think it holds water? Not to mention the Princess's many restrictions on movement in the Xiongnu, if such a major move really took place over the past year, how could the Xiongnu remain completely unaware? As far as I know, the Xiongnu have never relaxed their surveillance of the Princess. How could she have managed to dispose of the body and transport it to Latagou without anyone noticing?"

Beads of sweat gradually seeped out of the envoy's forehead, but he still insisted, "Perhaps the princess bribed the Xiongnu and conspired with them to do this."

Lu Qingchen spoke up at the right moment, "If it's true, as you say, that the Princess bribed the Xiongnu, then there's a huge conspiracy behind this. The Xiongnu and Longyuan Kingdom have always had a delicate relationship. If they were to join forces to murder the Crown Prince, their purpose would definitely not be simply to provoke conflict between the two countries. Yet, you so easily pinned the crime on the Princess alone. Are you deliberately concealing something?"

The envoy's expression grew increasingly grim. He glared at Lu Qingchen fiercely, "Stop talking nonsense and trying to sow discord. We're only here on orders to find out the truth. The eldest princess is the most suspicious, so we'll naturally start with her."

Qin Miaoxi pressed on, "On orders? On whose orders? As an envoy, you should have investigated this matter impartially and objectively, yet now you are blindly accusing the Princess. Could it be that someone is behind you, deliberately pushing Longyuan Nation into the forefront of the storm?"

The envoy was speechless for a moment, his lips trembling slightly, as if he wanted to refute but didn't know where to start.

At this moment, the atmosphere around became extremely tense. Everyone was waiting for the envoy's response, while Qin Miaoxi and Lu Qingchen stared at him firmly, as if they could see through all the conspiracies and tricks from his expression.

Shan Yu hurried out to smooth things over, saying slowly, "He's just anxious to catch the murderer, he has no other intentions. I hope the young marquis won't think too much about it."

A hint of sneer appeared on Lu Qingchen's lips, "Oh? Really?"

Qin Miaoxi's eyes suddenly turned to Shan Yu at this moment, "Actually, I have always wanted to ask you a question."

Shan Yu quickly responded, "Just say it."

He naturally hoped to get over the embarrassing topic just now, and even glared at the envoy in private. The envoy's intention was too obvious, and Shan Yu just felt that his behavior was really annoying.

"How exactly did you determine that the body was that of the Crown Prince?"

That day, he hurriedly took the body away, and soon after, news spread from the palace that it was the remains of Crown Prince Shan Ji. This process seemed to be a natural process, without any flaws, but this question was like a thorn that deeply pierced her heart and she could never let it go.

Moreover, if the source of the corpse is wrong, then all the directions of the investigation are wrong. She must get to the bottom of it today.

Shan Yu looked dazed and said in a daze: "Anyway, I can be sure that he is my eldest brother."

[Why does she keep asking, could I possibly have mistaken someone for someone else?]

Qin Miaoxi raised an eyebrow and pressed forward, "How did you determine this? The characteristics of the corpse? The valuables it carried?"

At this point, she suddenly had an idea: the body did not carry any valuables at all.

Shan Yu seemed to have thought of this as well. His expression grew more serious. After a moment's silence, he slowly spoke, "My eldest brother has a unique birthmark on his arm. It's shaped like a strange maple leaf, and its color is bright red. I saw the same birthmark in the same spot on that corpse, so I'm so sure it's him."

Qin Miaoxi frowned slightly after hearing this, her heart full of doubts: "It's just a birthmark, isn't it too hasty? Similar people and things can exist in this world. Could it be that someone did it on purpose?"

Shan Yu gritted his teeth and finally said, "Impossible, that's actually a wound. It was left when I fell from a tree and broke my brother's arm. Because my brother was afraid that I would be punished, he concealed it. Outsiders just thought it was a birthmark." Lu Qingchen frowned slightly, full of confusion: "Why should he hide this?"

Shan Yu took a deep breath, his expression solemn, and spoke word by word: "Anyone who harms my brother is a sinner of the Jie tribe."

Qin Miaoxi and Lu Qingchen met eyes and understood each other.

Now that the source of the corpse had been confirmed, new doubts quietly rose in their hearts like fog.

"Where are the ornaments on Crown Prince Shan Ji?"