The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Qin Miaoxi looked nervous and asked hurriedly, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Lu Qingchen was about to shake his head in response when his feet suddenly went weak, his body became unstable, and he fell backward uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Qin Miaoxi reacted quickly and reached out to hold him firmly.

Lu Qingchen raised his hand to support his forehead, his face showing pain, and murmured: "I feel a little dizzy. Could that insect be poisonous?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Miaoxi immediately turned her gaze towards the red bug.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but gasp. The insect had become as thick as a caterpillar, and its body was filled with a strange red liquid, as if it would burst at any time.

"Blood-sucking worm."

Qin Miaoxi blurted out, and then she quickly lowered her head to look at Lu Qingchen's fingers.

As expected, when Lu Qingchen's fingers extended to his arms, the skin had turned an unnatural white, completely bloodless.

Her expression was solemn, and her voice was stern. "Blood-sucking worms specialize in sucking blood from animals. They evolved from blood-sucking insects. Once they burrow into the human body, they will continue to suck blood until the host's blood is completely drained, causing death."

Lu Qingchen swallowed subconsciously, a trace of fear on his face: "So powerful? How can it grow on a corpse? Is it growing on the corpse's rotting flesh?"

Blood-sucking worms never live on corpses. This corpse must have been infected with blood-sucking worms during its lifetime. After its death, the blood-sucking worms crawled out from the corpse because they could no longer obtain blood.

"It sucked so much blood from me in the blink of an eye. A person can be sucked dry in the blink of an eye, but these three corpses were sucked dry by humans. How could there be blood-sucking worms?"

Qin Miaoxi was lost in thought. Lu Qingchen looked at his pale and numb hands and muttered to himself, "In that situation just now, if the blood-sucking worms had penetrated his body, would there be no way he could survive?"

"There is a way."

Qin Miaoxi's face suddenly darkened, and she spat out two words, "Go suck other people's blood."

After hearing this, Lu Qingchen's eyes flashed with light, and he instantly understood what she meant: "That means..."

The two of them met eyes, understood each other, and nodded in tacit understanding.

In the Lu Mansion, Qin Miaoxi and Lu Qingchen looked hurried and hurried towards Lu Yuande's study.

When we walked to a quiet courtyard, we suddenly heard several shrill screams from the courtyard. The sound was sharp and abrupt, making people tremble all over.

Lu Qingchen's body suddenly paused, his steps coming to an abrupt halt. He turned slightly to the side, his ears as sharp as an eagle to catch the source of the sound, and he said subconsciously: "Listen to this voice, it sounds like Meng's."

The deep voice was filled with unquestionable certainty. Qin Miaoxi's eyes flashed, and she said without hesitation, "Let's go and take a look!"

After saying that, the two of them strode towards the yard where the sound came from.

In the blink of an eye, they reached the door. Just then, it creaked open, and Zhao walked out of the courtyard. Seeing Qin Miaoxi and Lu Qingchen, she immediately showed displeasure. She glared at them and said tartly, "Hey! What are you doing here? You've sent my master to jail, and you're still not satisfied? What else do you want?"

The tone was full of resentment and dissatisfaction. She still remembered everything that happened in the Dali Temple court. She didn't expect to see them in her own home. It was really unlucky.

Qin Miaoxi ignored Zhao's questioning. She pushed Zhao away and walked straight into the yard.

The scene in the courtyard came into view. There was a bright red slap mark on the face of Lu Yuande's other concubine, Meng. Her eyes were full of fear and grievance, and she sat on the ground pitifully.

Qin Miaoxi's eyes instantly turned cold. She slowly turned her head and looked at Zhao. Her voice was calm but with a hint of chill: "Did you hit her?"

Seeing Qin Miaoxi questioning like this, Zhao's eyes flashed with a fierceness. She put her hands on her hips and cursed viciously, "So what? She's just a servant girl by my side. She doesn't even consider her status. She dared to climb into the master's bed while I was away. Even if I beat her to death, she deserves it!"

Her face was full of arrogance, with a hint of contempt at the corner of her lips. Her vicious eyes were as sharp as an eagle, staring straight at Meng, making people shudder.

Under this unbearable gaze, Meng's whole body trembled violently, her neck involuntarily shrank, and her face instantly lost all color.

Like a drowning person grabbing a piece of driftwood, she held Qin Miaoxi's arm tightly with all her strength, her fingertips turned white and her arm trembled slightly.

Her eyes were filled with fear and pleading, and her voice was filled with tears as she pleaded miserably, "Sir, please, please save me! If I go back this time, I will be beaten to death!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Meng hurriedly rolled up her sleeves, revealing her originally slender and white arms.

But at this moment, the smooth skin was covered with crisscrossing bruises and hideous whip marks, like twisted green snakes, which looked particularly shocking on the fair skin.

Zhao's tears rolled down her pale cheeks and dripped onto her scarred arms.

She choked up and said, "Look at these wounds, they're all from being beaten! I have absolutely no improper thoughts about you, Master. It's you who... wuwuwu!"

Qin Miaoxi stared at her wound, and suddenly her eyes flashed. It seemed like something was beating there.

Zhao's eyebrows arched, her eyes wide, and she cursed angrily, "How dare you say that! It's all my fault for being too lenient and merciful to you. Humph, for a criminal like you, selling you off would be too light a punishment!"

Upon hearing this, Meng's already pale face instantly turned even paler. She subconsciously shook her head repeatedly and cried, "No, Madam, you can't sell me! The master has always been kind and compassionate, and he would never agree to you doing this!"

Seeing Zhao's unreasonable behavior and jealousy in her quest for favor, Lu Qingchen frowned and warned, "Zhao, stop it. Don't go too far."

Upon hearing this, Zhao not only didn't hold back, but responded scathingly, "Hmph! Young Marquis, didn't you always say you had nothing to do with the Lu family? Why are you meddling in the Lu family's affairs now?"

At this moment, Qin Miaoxi's face showed displeasure. She sneered coldly and said, "Since the Dali Temple has taken over the Lu family murder case, the young marquis has been ordered to assist in the investigation. Are you saying this because you are dissatisfied with the Dali Temple's Minister Liang, or do you have objections to the emperor's order to appoint the young marquis to investigate the case?"

When Zhao heard this, she turned pale with fright. She knew she was in the wrong, but she was unwilling to give in. She could only snort coldly, shake her sleeves, and leave in a hurry.

Qin Miaoxi helped Zhao up and asked carefully: "Does Zhao often beat you?"

Meng nodded, lowered her head and said aggrievedly, "Well, Madam is not happy with the master's favor for me, and she enjoys beating me. I have at least eighty wounds on my body, if not a hundred. If it weren't for the master protecting me, I probably wouldn't have survived this year."

"Besides whipping you, how else did she punish you?"

Meng said in horror, "The tiger bench, the dripping wax, the pouring of dirty water... As long as I get close to the master, Madam has plenty of ways to punish me."

Qin Miaoxi nodded, comforted her a few words, and then pulled Lu Qingchen away.

Lu Qingchen looked at her blankly, "Don't you need to give her some medicine?"

Qin Miaoxi couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard this, with a hint of teasing in her eyes, and said teasingly: "Young Marquis is really kind to women!"

Lu Qingchen hurriedly explained: "No!"

Qin Miaoxi continued to speak to herself, "Well, the young marquis's hearing is extraordinary. He can even distinguish it from such a distance."

Lu Qingchen was slightly stunned, and then there was a bit of inexplicable confidence in his embarrassment, and his eyes were invisible due to his smile.

"Look at what you said. I've been training in the Dali Temple for a long time, and this is a new skill I've acquired. Otherwise, I'd be a drag when I investigate cases with you in the future."

[Oh my god! Is she jealous? I'm truly charming!]

Qin Miaoxi: "..."

As expected, any more words said to him are just nonsense.