The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Before leaving, Qin Miaoxi deliberately left two constables to guard near the pavilion in Jinghu Lake.

According to her years of experience in handling cases, murderers often return to the scene after committing crimes, especially in cases of serial crimes. The murderer chose to kill here twice, so it is clear that Jinghu Lake has some special meaning to her.

Just as they were about to leave, they saw several passers-by gathered together and whispering.

"Someone died again. Could there be a female ghost underwater?" a middle-aged man said mysteriously.

"What female ghost? Didn't you hear the adults say that the scholar fell down because he was drunk?" another person retorted disdainfully.

"You don't know this! I saw the female ghost with my own eyes yesterday!" The middle-aged man lowered his voice with a hint of pride in his tone.

"Have you seen it? How is that possible!" The others obviously didn't believe it and sneered.

"Who am I? How could I possibly lie to you?" The middle-aged man said anxiously, his voice rising a few degrees. "I was saying before that there were guardrails here, so how could someone fall in and drown? I came here to take a look yesterday. Guess what I saw?"

His words really piqued everyone's curiosity, and they all came closer and asked, "What did you see? Could it be a female ghost?"

"Yes, I really saw it!" The middle-aged man nodded mysteriously, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "That woman is so beautiful, beautiful... like a flower."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of sighs and sighs from the surroundings. Someone mocked him, "I think you are crazy about women!"

"Bullshit!" The middle-aged man was anxious, his face flushed red, "I saw with my own eyes that the female ghost in the lake dragged the scholar into the water, and the two were still in the water... playing in the water!" When he said this, a lewd smile appeared on his face. Those who should understand understood.

The people around him burst into laughter, and someone joked, "Your dream is so sweet!"

Because no one believed him, the man argued with them for a while, and then he heard a voice suddenly coming from behind him.

"Did you really see that?"

"Of course..." He turned around and saw that it was Liang Hongkai. He shuddered with fear and hurriedly called out, "Sir."

Liang Hongkai looked at him deeply and asked calmly, "What did the 'female ghost' you saw look like?"

Seeing his gentle attitude, the middle-aged man became a little bolder. He scratched his head and said, "Actually... I didn't see it very clearly. It was just that the moon was quite bright last night. When I passed by the lake, I saw a woman in white clothes in the water. She had long hair and a very pale face. She was pulling a man into the water. The man seemed drunk and didn't struggle at all. He kept rubbing against the woman, and then..."

The man glanced sideways at Qin Miaoxi, then approached Liang Hongkai and whispered, "Sir, that man puffed several times!"

Liang Hongkai was startled when he heard this. He also looked at Qin Miaoxi cautiously and warned her sternly, "Speak more politely."

After saying that, he asked stealthily, "How many times?"

Qin Miaoxi: "..."

At this moment, she felt she needed to remind them that she could really hear.

After their ears had been tortured for a quarter of an hour, the two finally stopped their indescribable crickets. Qin Miaoxi looked at them with a cold face, "You have seen that woman. Describe her appearance, Sir Liang. I see you are so curious about the details, why not draw it yourself?"

Liang Hongkai: "..."

The smile on Liang Hongkai's face froze instantly, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Obviously, he didn't expect Qin Miaoxi to do this - to take revenge on personal grounds!

Then the smile on his face disappeared, and he once again understood a truth: the smile will not disappear, it will only be transferred to other people's faces.

He coughed dryly, trying to save face: "Xiao Qin, this painting thing... I'm afraid I'm not very good at it."

Qin Miaoxi glanced at him calmly, her tone tinged with teasing, "Sir Liang, weren't you very interested in the details just now? Since you're so interested, why not draw it yourself so that we can understand the situation more intuitively?"

"Auntie! Keep your voice down!" If he continued, his reputation in his later years would be ruined.

Qin Miaoxi raised her eyebrows: "Hmm?"

Liang Hongkai was choked and speechless, and could only nod his head: "Okay...Okay, I'll try."

The middle-aged man was also a little embarrassed when he saw this. He scratched his head and said, "Sir, I didn't see it very clearly. The woman was wearing white clothes, had very long hair, and her face was very white. As for the rest... I don't remember it very clearly."

Liang Hongkai heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this and quickly said, "Look, this description is too vague. It's useless to draw it!"

Qin Miaoxi refused to give in and said coldly, "Sir Liang, details!"

Liang Hongkai had no choice but to continue asking, "Think carefully again. Is the woman's face round or pointed? Are her eyes big? Does she have any special features?"

The middle-aged man made a bitter face and tried to recall: "Her face shape... seems to be an oval face, and her eyes are quite big and very bright, like stars. Oh, and she has a red mole on her shoulder, on the left side."

When Liang Hongkai heard this, he immediately became excited and quickly picked up paper and pen and started drawing.

However, his painting skills were really not good enough. After drawing for a long time, only a crooked human face appeared on the paper, with one eye larger than the other. There was a red mole the size of a wrist on the shoulder that was as big as a bear, as if he was afraid that others would not see it.

Qin Miaoxi took a look and couldn't help but hold her forehead: "Master Liang, is this a female ghost or a monster?"

Liang Hongkai smiled awkwardly: "This... I have tried my best."

Qin Miaoxi shook her head helplessly, turned to the middle-aged man and said, "Tell me more, what's so special about that woman's clothes? For example, the patterns, accessories, etc."

The middle-aged man thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "That's right! There seem to be some flowers embroidered on her clothes. No, not flowers, but green bamboo."

"Lotus?" Qin Miaoxi frowned, a hint of deep thought flashing in her eyes.

Liang Hongkai also stopped writing and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Qin, have you thought of something?"

Qin Miaoxi lowered her head in thought for a moment, then looked up at Liang Hongkai, her tone solemn: "Cuizhu... Sir Liang, do you still remember that there was a painting hanging in Yan Xiao's study, and it was a painting of Cuizhu?"

Liang Hongkai thought for a moment and remembered that there was indeed a painting of green bamboo hanging in Yan Xiao's room. He asked curiously, "Isn't that a decoration of Shanhai Tower?"

"Go back and ask!" Qin Miaoxi sneered. She didn't believe this was a coincidence.

Liang Hongkai looked at Qin Miaoxi's departing back, wanting to say something but stopping himself. He raised his hand and slapped his mouth hard, cursing in a low voice: "You deserve it for being a gossip!"

When he hurriedly caught up with the main force, he found that Qin Miaoxi had suddenly stopped riding her horse. She was talking in a low voice with the captain of the police. After a moment, she jumped on the horse and rode away.

Seeing this, Liang Hongkai quickly moved closer to the head constable and asked in a low voice, "What did Qin the coroner say just now?"

The head constable replied respectfully, "Coroner Qin asked if we had found the carriage we were investigating. We found that someone saw a carriage passing near Jinghu Lake on the evening of Yan Xiao's death."

Liang Hongkai's spirits perked up when he heard this. The carriage was an important means of transportation to Jinghu Lake. If they could find it, they could follow the clues to find its owner, greatly narrowing the scope of the investigation.

He hurriedly asked, "What kind of carriage is it? Does it have any special features?"

The captain recalled for a moment and replied, "It was a van with golden flowers on it. It looked quite magnificent."

"Jinhua's van?" Liang Hongkai frowned and murmured softly, "The woman's car?"

The captain nodded. "It does look like a carriage for women. The golden flowers are intricately decorated, and there are tassels hanging from the carriage. It looks like it's used by the women of a wealthy family."

A thought flashed in Liang Hongkai's eyes, and then he asked, "Have you found out the whereabouts of that carriage? Or the identity of the owner?"

The captain shook his head. "Not yet. The carriage stopped for a moment near Mirror Lake and then left. Our people are following that trail, but we have no new leads yet."

Liang Hongkai nodded, his expression solemn: "Continue to investigate and find the owner of the carriage. This may be the key to solving the case."

The captain left immediately, while Liang Hongkai stood there, looking in the direction Qin Miaoxi had left, wondering to himself, "Jinhua's van... a woman's car... could the murderer really be a woman?"

He recalled the middle-aged man's description of a "female ghost" and a chill ran down his spine. He didn't believe in the idea of ​​a female ghost, but he accepted that the murderer was a woman. But what was her motive? And what was her connection to Yan Xiao and Nie Kangshun?