The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Shan Yu's face was filled with panic and suspicion. He loudly demanded, "Third brother? Are you crazy? My eldest brother cared for you so much and loved you so much. How could you have the heart to kill him?"

Deep in Shan Yu's memory, among his brothers, it was his eldest brother, Crown Prince Shan Ji, who took the most care of Shan Hao. As the son of a maid, Shan Hao was of low status and sickly from childhood, often being bullied as a child. It was his eldest brother who always protected him.

But now, Shan Hao actually killed his elder brother. This fact was like being struck by lightning and was hard for Shan Yu to accept.

Shan Hao's eyes were red, as if bleeding. He stared at Shan Yu and roared, "What do you know! Don't I respect and love Big Brother? To me, Big Brother is like a god. Big Brother is ambitious, so I will give him advice and be his think tank. I will wholeheartedly help Big Brother lead the Jie tribe and raise him to the highest position."

"Then why do you still...?"

Before Shan Yu could finish his words, Shan Hao's emotions were already out of control, nearly collapsing. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "It's because he shouldn't be so emotional! Do you know why Big Brother suddenly seized power? He did it for a mere woman! I always believed that Big Brother was pacifying the troubled times for the bright future of the Jie people. Who would have thought that all this was planned with all his heart and soul for the eldest princess of Longyuan Kingdom, just to give her a stable home."

Shan Yu couldn't help but be slightly startled, but then he angrily scolded: "So what if Big Brother has someone he likes? Do you really expect Big Brother to live out his life in solitude?"

In Shan Yu's eyes, such reasons are really absurd and ridiculous. No matter who his elder brother loves, it doesn't matter. As long as the Jie tribe can be stabilized and his elder brother can marry safely, wouldn't it be a good thing and everyone will be happy?

Shan Hao was furious and accused him, "How can you be so soft-hearted? How can a woman be compared to the Jie people's great ambitions? I will never allow that woman to become my fatal weakness and be exploited by others."

"When I first heard the news that the eldest princess was going to marry, you can't imagine how happy I was. I just felt that finally no one could hinder my brother."

The smile on his lips froze instantly, and he turned with a ferocious expression, "And yet he actually tried to find that woman. He wanted to abandon the Jie tribe and give up everything to find her. How could he do that? And where would he put us brothers?"

He looked down at his hands and muttered to himself, "I tried to stop him the moment I found out, but he accused me of not understanding emotions and yelled at me for that woman. From childhood to adulthood, he has always protected me and never once spoken harshly to me, but that time he actually yelled at me for a woman."

"I knocked him out while he was defenseless, intending to take him back. Unexpectedly, he woke up on the way and tried to kill me. I'm his younger brother, a blood relative. How could he be so cruel to his own brother just for a woman?"

Shan Hao's face was grim, and he sneered. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grasped Shan Yu's neck tightly like an iron clamp, roaring, "I am strangling his throat like this, and I must get to the bottom of it! Who knew he would die like this? He died, did you know? I killed my most beloved big brother with my own hands."

Shan Yu was strangled until his face turned as pale as paper and he couldn't breathe.

"How dare you be so arrogant in front of His Majesty!"

Qin Miaoxi was like a flash of lightning, striking towards Shan Hao.

Everyone saw a shadow flash by, and in an instant, Shan Hao's shrill screams echoed in the hall.

He curled up in pain, his hands protecting his vital parts, and knelt on the ground, his facial features distorted by the severe pain.

Several men present suddenly felt a chill in their lower body and subconsciously clamped their legs together. At the same time, they all cast sympathetic glances towards Lu Qingchen. The fierce attitude of this woman was really frightening!

Qin Miaoxi seemed to be oblivious to everyone's gazes. She just looked at the painful Shan Hao quietly, without any emotion in her eyes.

She spoke slowly, "So, after you killed Crown Prince Shan Ji and dumped his body in the Death Desert, why did you remove the body a few years later?"

Suddenly, bursts of fragrance wafted out of the hall again. This time, not only Lu Qingchen smelled it, but even the other people subconsciously took two breaths of air.

At this moment, Shan Hao took advantage of the situation and leaped up from the ground with a somersault, like a fearless warrior revived to full health. He showed no trace of the embarrassment or confusion he had endured after the attack. Instead, he spoke with unwavering vigor and determination, saying, "That corpse has already turned to jade in the desert. Do you know what jadeification means? In the Jie tribe, it's a miracle! Does this mean I've done something wrong? Absolutely not! I'm merely correcting those who have made mistakes. What I do is the right thing."

Everyone looked at him with an indescribable look in their eyes. Goodness, even with such serious injuries, he still acted like nothing had happened, like he'd been revived with new energy and full health.

Qin Miaoxi continued to ask: "Then why do you point the finger at Liu?"

"She was close to the eldest princess, yet she harbored hatred for the princess's failure to save her family. My brother died because of the princess, so I must pin the blame on her. She is the perfect choice."

His remarks made the emperor and everyone present furious. Why did Crown Prince Shan Ji die? How could he be so shameless as to frame the princess of an entire country for this?

Qin Miaoxi's face was icy, and she spoke with a hint of sarcasm, "Don't make yourself sound so righteous. You were simply afraid that your rule over the Jie tribe would be threatened, so you went through the trouble of transporting the body thousands of miles to Longyuan Country to dispose of it. Even if the truth came to light, you could easily pin the blame on Longyuan Country, thus successfully evading suspicion and even attempting to use this as an excuse to demand compensation from them. And you did just that later, which shows you had been planning this for a long time."

"No, I didn't!"

"If it weren't for you, how could there be news of 10,000 gold in exchange for a judge's order? If it weren't for you, why would you inform the Ministry of Justice that the Ghost-Faced Judge had appeared in Latagou?"

Shan Hao was panicked and collapsed to the ground, muttering: "No, it was the eldest princess who killed my eldest brother."

Qin Miaoxi ignored him and went straight to the emperor to report: "Your Majesty, the true culprit has now been revealed. The Jie tribe leader framed the eldest princess for selfish reasons and then blackmailed our Longyuan Kingdom. He deserves death. I beg Your Majesty to make a ruling."

The emperor's face was gloomy, like a dark cloud. He stared at Shan Hao intently, his heart in turmoil, wondering how to deal with the difficult matter before him.

At this moment, the air in the hall seemed to have frozen, and the only sound in the silence was the emperor's heavy breathing.

Suddenly, Shan Hao raised his head to the sky and burst into wild laughter. The laughter was as deafening as a bell and echoed in the empty hall.

"You want to punish me? That's wishful thinking! Before I even set foot in Longyuan Country, I had already issued an order. If I don't send a message to the border today, the army there will attack like a surging tide to avenge me!"

"What did you say?"