The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Qin Miaoxi picked up the gold bracelet and examined it for a long time. "Besides this, is there any other evidence to prove the identity of the body? For example, what characteristics does your daughter have?"

"There is a birthmark on her calf." A hoarse voice came from behind. Mrs. Wang woke up. This time her condition was much better, but her legs were still weak and she needed two people to support her.

Qin Miaoxi looked at her in embarrassment, "Madam Wang, the skin of the corpse was burnt, so the birthmark cannot be distinguished."

Mrs. Wang couldn't hold back her tears again and said inconsolably, "Yes! I can't recognize her anymore."

"Did Miss Wang suffer any serious injuries before her death? For example, a broken leg?"

The couple looked at each other and shook their heads together: "No, she..."

"Madam, the young lady has injured her toe." Miss Wang's maid suddenly spoke up to remind her.

Mrs. Wang was startled for a moment, then said excitedly, "Yes, she did injure her toe on her left foot, but it has since healed."

Qin Miaoxi was delighted, "As long as there has been an injury, we can find traces of the injury."

Qin Miaoxi quickly examined the deceased's left foot. After a moment, she stood up and said with certainty, "This is not your daughter."

"no?!"

Lord Wang looked at the corpse sharply, "Who is she then? Why is she wearing my daughter's gold bracelet on her wrist?"

"The deceased's left big toe was missing half. This was not congenital, but acquired due to doing heavy work."

Qin Miaoxi looked at the other maids in the yard and asked solemnly, "Is there anyone among you who is about the same age as Miss Wang?"

After saying this, three maids immediately came out and said, "We are the same age as the young lady."

Mrs. Wang wiped her tears, and her expression became relieved after hearing that the deceased was not her daughter.

"My daughter has four maids of similar age. I originally wanted them to keep her company."

"Four?" Qin Miaoxi's eyes swept over the three of them. "Where's the other one?"

"This...?" One of the maids said hesitantly, "We haven't seen Dongxue since we woke up this morning."

Madam Wang demanded sternly, "Didn't you see her? The young lady has always been looked after by the four of you. If she's missing, why didn't anyone come to report it?"

The three of them stammered and were unable to speak, but finally told the truth under severe punishment. It turned out that Dongxue was good friends with a steward in the mansion, and she often went to sleep in the steward's room on weekdays, and would come back after Miss Wang finished breakfast.

Upon hearing this, Madam Wang was immediately enraged, cursing them for being shameless. If they had feelings for each other, they could have just told her. Wouldn't she have obliged them? Instead, they did such a rotten thing in the mansion, destroying the reputation of the Wang family. Their crime was unforgivable.

Soon, the steward was also brought before them, but according to him, Dongxue did not go to see him last night.

Even so, what he and Dongxue did was not allowed in the mansion. They were immediately tied up by the servants and thrown into the woodshed, waiting for the case to be over before further investigation.

After knowing that the deceased was not her daughter, Mrs. Wang felt mixed feelings of sadness and joy.

"So where is my daughter?"

They couldn't find any trace of Miss Wang in the whole mansion.

Qin Miaoxi kept her eyes on the three maids. "Can you tell me when was the last time you saw Miss Wang?"

"We helped the young lady bathe and change clothes last night. She said she wanted to be alone, so the three of us left."

"You all left?" Qin Miaoxi's eyes were filled with more doubts. The young ladies of these wealthy families had maids who were supposed to guard outside the door at night. How could none of them stay?

The maids hurriedly explained, "It was the young lady who wouldn't let us stay because she couldn't stand the slightest sound. Whenever she was in a bad mood, she couldn't sleep if there was even the slightest noise."

Mrs. Wang immediately confirmed their statement, "Indeed, my daughter is a light sleeper, and we rarely ask them to keep watch at night. Moreover, what happened in the palace yesterday..."

After saying this, she did not forget to glare at Lord Wang. If she had not been ill yesterday and did not go to the palace, she would never allow that crazy woman Fan Lihua to bully her daughter like this.

Lord Wang also had a gloomy expression on his face. "It's all that damn woman's fault."

Qin Miaoxi couldn't help but think of what happened last night. Only Lu Qingchen and Liang Hongkai looked at them blankly, not knowing what they were talking about.

"Did you hear any noise last night?"

The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads in unison, "We didn't hear anything."

"Yes! We slept through the night and didn't hear a single sound."

"Yeah, I slept very soundly last night. I haven't slept so well in a long time."

Their sighs immediately caught Qin Miaoxi's attention. "Did you say you slept well last night?"

"Yeah! Were you too tired yesterday?"

They didn't comment on this statement, but Qin Miaoxi asked them to take her to see where they slept.

It was a big bunk bed where the four of them lived.

"Dongxue remained humiliated all night without moving?"

All three quilts were scattered, only one was neatly laid out.

The three maids' faces immediately turned awkward. "That's because we got up a little late, so we couldn't fold it in time."

Qin Miaoxi said thoughtfully: "Then you really slept very well!"

She walked around subconsciously and saw a pile of burnt ashes in the corner.

"This is?"

She twisted the crumbs between her fingers and smelled a strange scent. "This is a sleeping incense. No wonder you slept so soundly."

"Aphrodisiac incense? Why is there aphrodisiac incense in our house?" The three maids were immediately shocked. They could not imagine why such a thing would happen.

"Does anyone know what characteristics Dongxue has?"

"Dongxue said that when she was young, she fell off a cliff while trying to pick herbs and broke her leg."

Qin Miaoxi returned to the scene where the deceased was found again. She rubbed the deceased's legs inch by inch with her hands, and indeed felt the broken part of the leg.

In addition, there were traces of work on the body, so she was now almost certain that the deceased was Dongxue.

At this moment, the yamen runners had almost finished their investigation.

"What did you find?"

The captain said seriously, "Coroner Qin, we found several sets of footprints in the yard, especially on the tree where the body was hanging. The footprints there are the most dense. Because of the overlapping of different footprints, we can't find a complete footprint."

Qin Miaoxi followed him to the tree and saw that the bottom of the tree was in a mess.

"Are there any remains on the tree trunk?"

"There was some dirt. Someone must have brought the body over and carried it up the tree."

Qin Miaoxi looked in the direction he pointed, and then saw spots of soil on the tree trunk, extending all the way to the top of the trunk.

However, the tree trunk above was clean and showed no signs of being struck by lightning.

This made her certain that the deceased had been transferred here after death. But if the person had already been struck by lightning, why would the murderer have gone to such great lengths to transfer the body to the tree trunk? Was there any special meaning behind this?

"Coroner Qin, according to our interrogation and investigation, the Wang family has patrols every hour after dark. It's impossible for them to be from outside. Therefore, the murderer is most likely a member of the Wang family."

Mr. and Mrs. Wang were immediately horrified. "Could it be that the murderer is still in the Wang family?"

Lu Qingchen walked up to her and asked, "Since the deceased was Dongxue, why did the murderer disguise her as Miss Wang?"

"This..." Qin Miaoxi hesitated, "It may be related to the murderer's method of killing."

She looked up at Lord Wang and his wife, "Now that it's confirmed that the deceased is not Miss Wang, Lord Wang, you should immediately go and find Miss Wang's whereabouts."

Lord Wang woke up as if from a dream and immediately sent his servants to investigate.

"Whoever finds the young lady will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver."

Qin Miaoxi's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, "Master Wang, are you still short of people?"

"what?"

She volunteered, "When it comes to finding people, I have endless energy and means."

Lu Qingchen: "..."

Liang Hongkai: "..."

Lord Wang: “…”

Everyone: "..."