The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

A quarter of an hour later, the blood color in the bowl had completely disappeared, a little red powder was floating on the water, and the glutinous rice had also turned red.

Qin Miaoxi's face was stern, and her voice was low: "Now we can confirm that this is blood. And Cuihua is probably in great danger."

"Why do you say that?" Lu Qingchen asked.

Qin Miaoxi frowned slightly, her eyes calm. "There were bloodstains on the clothes found in the woodshed. Judging from the amount of bleeding, most people would have died long ago."

"The bones in the pot..."

As Lu Qingchen spoke, he couldn't help but feel a sour feeling rising in his throat. After suppressing it, he stammered, "Is that Cuihua?"

Qin Miaoxi slowly narrowed her eyes and glanced at him, then remained silent.

? ?

What does she mean?

Shi Xinzhe looked at the yamen runner and asked, "Whose meat cleaver is this?"

The bailiff immediately stepped forward and said, "We found this cleaver on the shopkeeper's person."

"Yes, he took the knife from me."

Qin Miaoxi frowned slightly, and after a moment's contemplation, she said, "I noticed flies gathering around the knife. Normally, flies only attract after a while of blood on the knife, whether it's pig blood from cutting meat or other blood. But the tofu shop makes soup every day, and cutting meat is a daily routine, so it shouldn't attract flies so quickly."

Shi Xinzhe nodded in agreement and looked at the meat cleaver carefully, as if he could see some clues from it.

Qin Miaoxi squatted down gently, moved closer to the bowl of red glutinous rice, and observed the red powder floating on the water with focused eyes.

After a moment, she slowly stood up, her eyes quickly scanning the surrounding environment, thinking in her mind: "There are already fly eggs laid in the cracks of the knife handle, which means that the bloodstains have been there for some time. Flies are extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, so it will continue to attract more flies."

Lu Qingchen boldly guessed, "Could it be that the shopkeeper used this knife to dismember Cuihua's body?"

"We cannot rule out the possibility that the meat cleaver was the murder weapon."

Qin Miaoxi lowered her head in thought for a moment, then looked up at Shi Xinzhe and asked, "Sir, can you find out anything from the store owner and Sun Dong?"

"No, Sun Dong only admitted that he planted the rice sac, but he denied ever having seen Cuihua. The shop owner even insisted that Cuihua had returned to her hometown and that he had not killed anyone."

Lu Qingchen held his chin, lost in thought, and slowly said, "Sun Dong's shoe prints were found in the woodshed, where Cuihua's blood-stained dress was also found. This is suspicious. The shopkeeper had a meat cleaver used to dismember bodies, and there were human bones in the soup pot, which is also suspicious."

Qin Miaoxi made the final decision, "Since both of them are suspicious, why not invite them out together!"

"Two of you together?"

"Yes, both of you, face to face."

Shi Xinzhe had no suspicion and without hesitation immediately ordered the yamen runners to make arrangements.

Lu Qingchen continued to ask, not giving up, and said coquettishly: "Tell me! Is the deceased Cuihua?"

Qin Miaoxi pushed him away in disgust and warned him angrily: "Get out of the way! Be careful or I'll hit you."

Unexpectedly, Lu Qingchen puffed out his chest and shamelessly leaned forward, "Madam, you must love me well!"

Qin Miaoxi could no longer control her anger. She slammed her fist on the table and roared throughout the hall, "Shut up! If you say another word, I'll kill you first."

Lu Qingchen was like a soft fish lying beside her, and he challenged her shamelessly, "Come on!"

Qin Miaoxi: "..."

Unable to bear it any longer, she stepped forward and threw him over her shoulder. Lu Qingchen fell to the ground with a bang, splashing a cloud of dust, followed by his miserable screams.

Everyone in the field looked on in amazement. Shi Xinzhe couldn't bear it and wanted to persuade them, but after being given a cold look by Qin Miaoxi, he behaved himself.

Ahem! This might just be the taste of the young couple! As an outsider, you should not meddle in other people's family affairs.

"It hurts! Wife, please help me get back to normal, please."

Lu Qingchen no longer cared about the pain in his back at this moment. He felt that his hand was about to break.

All he got was a cold snort from Qin Miaoxi. He immediately took out a silver note from his pocket, but it was snatched away before he could open his mouth.

"That's another price."

Lu Qingchen was about to bargain, but Qin Miaoxi shrugged helplessly and said, "If you're late, it won't be this price."

"I give."

Suddenly another silver note was stuffed into her arms, and Qin Miaoxi finally forced a smile on her tense face.

She grabbed Lu Qingchen's wrist and twisted it twice casually. There were two more "clicks", and the wrist returned to its original shape. The piercing pain also dissipated. The whole set of movements was smooth and flowing. If it weren't for someone's screams, it would have been a pleasure to watch.

"Isn't it shameful for a grown man to cry like an old woman?"

"you……"

Lu Qingchen pointed at the woman and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

[My wife really wants to have close contact with me.]

"..."

Qin Miaoxi nearly fainted, her back teeth creaking from biting her teeth. Seeing that she was about to rush forward again, Shi Xinzhe quickly signaled the bailiff to stop her, as the more important thing now was to solve the case.

She roared angrily: "Don't stop me, I'll kill him today."

Lu Qingchen, however, had forgotten the pain and said provocatively, "Come on!"

Shi Xinzhe: “…”

His eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Lu Qingchen in shock. He had seen people who were rude, but he had never seen someone so rude. Who would have thought that the young marquis had such a habit in private.

While they were joking around, Sun Dong and the shop owner were brought to the court.

Sun Dong saw the shop owner at a glance and was instantly furious. He suddenly exerted force from the control of the yamen runners and broke free from the control of the yamen runners like a wild horse. His arms and legs seemed to be full of strength and rushed towards the shop owner.

"You killed Cuihua. I will kill you to avenge Cuihua."

The shopkeeper saw Sun Dong's expression was very strange. There was surprise in his small eyes, then attachment, but no fear.

【It’s him, it’s really him! 】

Yes, Qin Miaoxi blinked, she suspected that she had heard it wrong, but when she looked carefully, she saw that kind of admiration and attachment, which gave people goose bumps.

Suddenly she felt a chill. Don’t tell her that this burly shopkeeper is in love with Sun Dong?

Lu Qingchen suddenly leaned close to her ear and exclaimed, his eyes wide as if he were his age, looking at her in disbelief, "Who did you just say admired who?"

Qin Miaoxi took a deep breath and resisted the urge to slap him away. "Did I just say what was in my heart?"

Lu Qingchen nodded repeatedly, "But your voice was very soft, and I was the only one who heard it."

Qin Miaoxi suddenly felt a sense of fear. If she had accidentally revealed her biggest secret that day, would it bring her fatal disaster?

"Now that you mention it, I've noticed something's wrong with the way this shopkeeper looks at Sun Dong." He observed for a while longer, then said with a sigh, "He's really quite affectionate. Could this guy be having some kind of affair with someone else?"

After saying that, he quickly hid behind Shi Xinzhe, leaving the other party confused.

"Young Marquis, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just hope he doesn't fall for me, a handsome, dashing, and charming man like Pan An! Lord Shi is a good man, go take a look at him."

Shi Xinzhe: “…”

Qin Miaoxi almost choked to death on her own saliva. What kind of weird declaration was this guy making?

Sun Dong's fist from the audience finally landed on the shop owner, and soon the shop owner was beaten and screaming.

The yamen runners around them also recovered from their shock and hurried forward to pull the two apart, warning them: "How can you be so presumptuous in the court?"

Sun Dong was still unconvinced and jumped up and down, shouting, "Where is Cuihua? Hand Cuihua over to me."

The shop owner was beaten black and blue. He knelt quietly in the hall with his head lowered. He did not ask for severe punishment and did not say anything.

Qin Miaoxi coughed twice and asked the two of them, "Sun Dong, where were you three days ago?"

"Didn't I tell you I was in the woods east of the city three days ago?"

"Who can testify for you?"

"No."

"Very good! Since you can't produce any witnesses, we have reason to believe that you are the murderer of Tofu Xishi."