The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Lu Qingchen was surprised and said, "These people shouldn't be in the Jie tribe, how could they show up in Jingzhao? No, they should..."

"They should have been executed when Crown Prince Shan Ji disappeared." Qin Miaoxi said in a cold voice.

"You wouldn't have guessed they were all part of this diplomatic mission! And they all hold high positions."

After a brief moment of shock, Lu Qingchen was filled with doubts.

"I've heard a little about what happened back then. After the Crown Prince disappeared, all of his servants were slaughtered. If these people were the Crown Prince's personal guards, how could they have survived to this day and even been given official positions?"

At this moment, this issue is really thought-provoking and needs to be explored in depth.

Qin Miaoxi walked forward, reached out and untied the cloth from one of the men's mouths. She stared at him sharply and asked coldly, "Tell me, are you related to the Crown Prince's disappearance?"

The man ignored her question and instead raised his head, shouting arrogantly, "Who are you? We are the Jie delegation. If you have any sense, release us immediately. Otherwise, you will be blatantly provoking a war between our two countries!"

Qin Miaoxi's face darkened. Without saying a word, she swung the sword in her hand and stabbed the man directly in the shoulder.

In an instant, blood gushed out, instantly dyeing his clothes red. The man screamed in pain, and the arrogance on his face disappeared without a trace.

"I don't have much patience. The first sword only stabbed the arm, and the second sword should be the leg. If you still don't tell the truth, then my third sword will only land here."

As Qin Miaoxi spoke, she placed the blood-stained sword on the man's neck. With a little force, she instantly cut a bloody mark on the man's neck.

The man's eyes were instantly filled with horror, and he shouted hurriedly, "I'm telling you, I'm telling you! The Crown Prince left on his own back then. It really has nothing to do with us!"

Seeing this, the other people nearby nodded hurriedly, as if trying their best to confirm what he said.

"How did he leave?" Qin Miaoxi asked relentlessly.

"On horseback, the crown prince left on his Arabian horse." The man replied hurriedly.

Qin Miaoxi heard this, but she didn't believe his words at all. Her face was full of sarcasm, and she snorted coldly, "Humph, the crown prince left alone, don't you have anyone to protect him?"

The man, sweat beads on his forehead, spoke nervously, "It's absolutely true. We brothers were on duty that night. We originally planned to follow them, but the Crown Prince strictly ordered us not to move, and even threatened to kill anyone who dared to follow."

"Did anything else happen that night?"

The man frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then slowly said, "I heard an argument. The Crown Prince was riding his horse towards the Jie border, where there are large, dense forests. When we chased him, we heard the Crown Prince arguing with someone."

"Was it a man or a woman he was arguing with?"

He shook his head helplessly. "Then we were noticed by the Crown Prince again. Before we could see who was arguing with him, he drove us back. So, we have no idea who it was."

"Nothing else happened that night?"

Several people looked at each other and shook their heads together. At least in the area they were patrolling, they had not made any other discoveries.

"Have you met anyone special?"

The man seemed to have suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, "Does the clan leader count?"

Lu Qingchen raised his eyebrows slightly, "The father of Crown Prince Shan Ji?"

"No, it was the third prince back then, who is now the clan leader."

Lu Qingchen's face was full of suspicion, and his tone was questioning: "You answered so quickly, are you deliberately lying to us?"

After all, it happened ten years ago. Who could remember such trivial details so clearly? Unless they had prepared it in advance, or simply fabricated it to cover up some unspeakable truth.

"Absolutely not. It was almost midnight, so I remember it very clearly."

"Zi Shi? Where did you meet him?"

"Right outside the Crown Prince's courtyard. The clan leader looked panicked at the time. He must have something extremely urgent to discuss with the Crown Prince."

"What's the emergency?"

The man smiled awkwardly. "How could we, the people of today, possibly know? But the civil unrest had just been suppressed at that time, and we all suspected that it might be something related to the rebels."

Qin Miaoxi and Lu Qingchen's eyes met, and Qin Miaoxi was the first to ask, "What is the relationship between these two brothers?"

Lu Qingchen replied, "The relationship is very good. The Third Prince is considered the Crown Prince's brain trust. Whenever there is a problem, the Crown Prince will consult the Third Prince for countermeasures. Take the suppression of the rebellion ten years ago, for example. Without the Third Prince's behind-the-scenes planning, the rebellion would never have been suppressed so quickly."

The two of them fell into a brief contemplation. After a moment, Qin Miaoxi seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked, "Is there any place in the Jie tribe that is both sparsely populated and extremely dry?"

The other party answered without hesitation, "Of course there are. The Jie people are known for their drought-stricken surroundings, and if we talk about a desolate and uninhabited place, the Death Desert is undoubtedly the best. It's also known as the 'Land of No Return,' and no one who has set foot there has ever emerged alive. Once in the desert, one loses their way and eventually succumbs to exhaustion. Rebels have hidden here before, but none of them have survived; by the time they were discovered, they had been dried to mummies."

Qin Miaoxi keenly grasped the key information and asked, "The mummy you are talking about looks like that of Crown Prince Shan Ji?"

"That's not true. The Crown Prince's body is as lustrous and radiant as jade, while those mummies in the desert are just ordinary corpses dried out by the sun."

An idea suddenly struck Qin Miaoxi. She stretched out her hand towards Lu Qingchen and said anxiously, "Quick! Take out the gold leaf that Shan Yu gave you."

Lu Qingchen looked puzzled: "What gold leaf?"

"It's the leaf that Shan Yu gave you. It's as good as gold." Qin Miaoxi explained.

Lu Qingchen finally reacted and hurriedly rummaged through his purse to take out the leaf that had been broken into two pieces.

Qin Miaoxi didn't care at all. She held the leaf and asked, "Are these leaves dried in the Death Desert?"

The man beside him shook his head and said, "This kind of leaves are first dried and then made with a special potion."

Lu Qingchen was bewildered. "Potion? What potion?"

The man patiently explained, "This potion can only be used by the nobles of the Jie tribe. It can prevent the font on stationery from rotting for many years."

Lu Qingchen asked, "Where can I buy the potion?"

The man smiled proudly and said, "This potion cannot be bought. It was carefully developed by our current clan leader."