The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Before he finished speaking, the smoke in the room suddenly rolled violently. He Chengyu rushed over with bloodshot eyes and a gleaming dagger in his hand.

Ge Shu's eyes widened, He Chengyu's hideous face reflected in his pupils. The moment the knife fell, he subconsciously closed his eyes.

"boom!"

A loud bang of metal colliding exploded beside Ge Shu's ears, shaking his eardrums. Then, a sharp gust of wind passed by him, and before he could react, he heard a shrill scream.

Ge Shu suddenly opened his eyes and saw He Chengyu's dagger being deflected by a long sword, sparks flying everywhere. He Chengyu was also knocked away, and the dagger drew a parabola in the air and landed heavily in the distance.

"He Chengyu, you are finally here."

Qin Miaoxi walked out of the darkness, accompanied by Liang Hongkai and other Dali Temple runners.

In an instant, the dim room was lit up, and He Chengyu's true face was revealed. He was a handsome man.

He Chengyu lowered his head. Before he could make a move, Qin Miaoxi had already placed her sword on his neck. She coldly demanded, "Should I call you He Chengyu? Or Xia Zhu? Or Yuanyuan?"

He Chengyu slowly raised his head, a strange smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes: "Qin the coroner of the Dali Temple is indeed well-deserved. He guessed my identity so quickly."

His voice was soft and high-pitched, forming a sharp contrast with his handsome face.

Liang Hongkai stepped forward and asked, "He Chengyu, did you kill Yan Xiao and Nie Kangshun?"

"Lord Liang, please don't talk nonsense. When did I kill those two people?" He Chengyu looked at them calmly. He didn't have the tension and fear of being caught on the spot at all. His mentality was very stable.

Qin Miaoxi raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "Yes, it's not you. We have already caught the murderer, it's Liu Ruyan."

"No, it has nothing to do with her! Let her go." He Chengyu immediately panicked when he heard Liu Ruyan's name.

If you dare to wrongly accuse Ruyan, you bunch of crooked officials, I will not let you go.

Qin Miaoxi turned and bowed to Liang Hongkai, reporting, "Sir, from what I've seen, He Chengyu is very likely Liu Ruyan's accomplice. We should bring him back to the Dali Temple for a thorough interrogation. Perhaps we can find irrefutable evidence to convict Liu Ruyan."

Liang Hongkai nodded in understanding, a look of approval on his face. "Mr. Qin is absolutely right. This case is very complicated and requires a thorough investigation. Come on! Capture this accomplice and bring him back to the Dali Temple!"

Upon hearing this, several yamen runners immediately stepped forward and grabbed He Chengyu behind his back.

He Chengyu struggled, his voice filled with anger and unwillingness: "Let me go! I didn't kill anyone! You are framing me!"

At this moment, Ge Shu finally recovered from his earlier shock. His gaze was no longer distracted, but was replaced by a fierce and malicious look.

He suddenly jumped up, pointed at He Chengyu and cursed: "You useless person should have died long ago! How dare you come out and hurt others? Why don't you just die!"

"You useless man, I became a useless man because of you!" He Chengyu stared at him with his scarlet eyes, wishing to tear him into pieces.

[Yan Xiao deserves to die, and so do you.]

Ge Shu was frightened by his ferocious appearance and quickly hid behind Liang Hongkai for help, "Sir, he actually dared to threaten me in front of you, take him away quickly, he is the murderer."

Liang Hongkai turned to look at him, "How do you know he is the murderer?"

Ge Shu was stunned for a moment, "He was about to kill me just now, can't he prove it?"

"Why did he want to kill you?"

Qin Miaoxi watched every change on his face. Ge Shu's expression changed from hesitation to guilt. Finally, he said confidently, "He was jealous of us getting the top scorer and being able to participate in the imperial examination."

He added, "Yes, he was jealous of us because he failed the provincial examination. He was seeking revenge. He couldn't take the exam, and he wouldn't let us take it either."

Glancing at He Chengyu, who was trembling with anger, Qin Miaoxi muttered to herself, "Any student can take the imperial examination. Why would he be jealous of you? Unless he has some unspeakable secret that prevents him from taking the exam."

When these words were spoken, not only He Chengyu was stunned, but even Ge Shu was stunned where he stood.

Qin Miaoxi continued to talk non-stop, "Those who cannot take the imperial examination include women, low-class people, serious criminals and their families, monks and Taoists, and people with physical disabilities..."

How did she know?

[No, that's impossible. Only a few of us know about what happened.]

Qin Miaoxi looked at the two calmly, her gaze finally landing on He Chengyu. "Someone with a physical disability? He Chengyu, when you were at Qingyuan Academy, you were known as one of the Four Great Talents along with Yan Xiao, Nie Kangshun, and Ge Shu. But then you missed the provincial examination because you got drunk, and you never recovered from it, eventually leaving the academy. Is that true or not?"

"Drunk and absent?" He Chengyu laughed miserably. "It's these bastards who made me look like neither human nor ghost."

Ge Shu stuttered and retorted, "Don't talk nonsense, it has nothing to do with me, it was all done by Yan Xiao."

He Chengyu roared at the top of his lungs, "Then you and Nie Kangshun are also accomplices. It was you who forced me to drink the spiked wine, and it was you who helped him to make me unable to be a man anymore."

Suddenly there was a silence on the field, and everyone's eyes involuntarily shifted to a certain part of him.

At this moment, Qin Miaoxi suddenly understood why He Chengyu hated these three people so much, and even why the deaths of those two people were so bizarre and unbearable.

"Make things clear."

He Chengyu was silent for a moment and then began to tell the story. When he was in Qingyuan College, He Chengyu's grades were always excellent. Yan Xiao came from another college, and because Yan Xiao was generous and cheerful, they soon became friends.

The four of them usually discussed articles together until the night before the provincial examination, when Yan Xiao insisted on asking him out for a drink. He refused at first, but could not resist the other party's enthusiasm, so he had a drink.

But this one cup had a problem. Soon he felt dizzy and lost consciousness. When he woke up the next day, it was already evening. Not only did he miss the exam, he also discovered something more important: his vital parts were missing.

At this moment, Yan Xiao and others came to find him, asking why he didn't go to the exam, but found that he had almost bled to death. They rushed him to the clinic, and only then did he barely save his life. But that thing was gone, and he could no longer take the exam, or even be a man.

He questioned the three, but they all said they had sent him back home after he passed out that night. He didn't know how this could have happened. He saw their sincerity, and since he'd likely be dead if it weren't for them, he didn't suspect anything. However, the incident was a huge blow to him, and he left the academy after a short time.

He felt that his life was over, that it was meaningless, so he prepared to jump into the river to end his life, but was rescued by Liu Ruyan. Since he was no longer a man, he disguised himself as a woman and stayed with Liu Ruyan to repay her for saving his life.

Many years passed, and he unexpectedly met Yan Xiao and the other two again, and even heard shocking news from them. Yan Xiao was jealous of him, so he designed to make him take Chinese medicine and took the opportunity to get rid of his disease.

He still clearly remembered the three of them gloating over their misfortune, "Thanks to Brother Yan's prompt decision that day, otherwise we would all have a powerful enemy."

"Yeah! That kid is also stupid. With so many suspicious points, didn't he ever doubt it?"

"So people like him don't deserve to study at all. Brainless people shouldn't take up places in the imperial examinations."

"Where do you think he went?"

"Where else can I go? Of course I'll go to the palace and become a eunuch! Hahaha!"

The devilish voice echoed in his ears, and he knew the truth. It turned out that everything was not an accident, but was done by three people.

At that time, he swore that the three people would pay for their crimes with blood.