The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Inside the Dali Temple, there were angry voices.

"How could you not find out? Street watchmen, city patrolmen, have you ever asked the Jingzhao Yin? Do you need me to teach you this?"

As Qin Miaoxi walked in, she heard Liang Hongkai's furious voice and saw the yamen runners standing in rows with their heads lowered receiving training. She hadn't seen this scene for many years.

She quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it over, "Master Liang, calm down! You have to eat the steamed buns one by one, don't be impatient."

Liang Hongkai took the tea and drank it all in one gulp. "How can I not be anxious? They haven't found anything yet, and the one who died was a fifth-rank official of the imperial court."

Qin Miaoxi looked at the captain and the others and asked quietly, "Tell me about the situation."

According to the captain of the police, people could go boating on Xiaoxiang Lake many years ago, but later it would always burn or break inexplicably. Some people said that Xiaoxiang Lake was cursed, and since then there has been no means of entering the lake.

Qin Miaoxi frowned. There was no boat. Could it be that the murderer took Tian Guangyuan to the center of the lake?

"Where are Tian Guangyuan's relatives and friends?"

"We've checked, and he has no enemies. He's timid and a bookworm, looked down upon by his colleagues, and he has few friends among the censors."

"And his life was very simple. Apart from going to the study and attending poetry gatherings with his classmates at the academy, there was no other interaction."

Qin Miaoxi asked thoughtfully, "Has he ever been to a brothel or other place?"

"Yes, he did. Sometimes poetry gatherings would be held in brothels. His classmates said that Tian Guangyuan was very resistant to this and would always have to be dragged into it because he hated the smell of rouge on the women."

"He really doesn't have a mistress?"

"No, he usually keeps himself clean. It is said that the maids around him were also forcibly replaced by his family. They were all servants before."

Qin Miaoxi rubbed her brows. Why was the information from this investigation so completely different from what was found on the deceased?

If Tian Guangyuan was such a self-disciplined person, how could he die in the tent? This is unreasonable.

"Did Tian Guangyuan behave in any unusual manner before his death?"

The captain thought for a moment and said, "Does going to the pharmacy to buy medicine count?"

"When should I buy what medicine?"

"About a month ago, he went to buy borneol and gold wound medicine."

Qin Miaoxi murmured, "Cold flakes are used to invigorate the mind and treat convulsions and coma. Why would a civil servant like him need a gold wound medicine?"

The captain of the police and the bailiffs looked at each other in bewilderment.

Liang Hongkai clashed his fists and palms together, "That's right, could it be that the Tian family doesn't have any golden medicine?"

As the only child of the Tian family, Tian Guangyuan is the apple of everyone's eye. If he has a headache or a cold, they would mobilize a large force. How could they possibly let him get hurt?

The reason why he avoided everyone and went out alone to buy medicine for wounds was precisely because he didn't want his family to know that he was injured. Where did his injury come from?

Thinking of this, Liang Hongkai shouted anxiously to everyone, "Go check it out quickly."

"Yes, my lord."

After the man left, Liang Hongkai rubbed his brows and said with a headache, "Xiao Qin! What did you find during the autopsy?"

"There were green plants under Tian Guangyuan's fingernails, which are different from the algae under Xiaoxiang Lake. This shows that he did not die in Xiaoxiang Lake. There were three hundred taels of silver in his clothes, but they were not taken away. This shows that the murderer was not after money."

Qin Miaoxi continued, "Also, I found a bamboo leaf in his hair, and his shoes were missing. It's not ruled out that he died in a dormitory with bamboo."

"There's no bamboo forest near Xiaoxiang Lake, and he died in such a miserable way..."

Liang Hongkai slapped his forehead with a splitting headache, "I can't figure it out. I really can't figure it out."

Qin Miaoxi asked, "Sir Liang, the Censor supervises all officials. Didn't Tian Guangyuan offend anyone in the court?"

Liang Hongkai shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I wouldn't dare to speak for others, but Tian Guangyuan is a notorious coward among the censors. Not to mention reporting someone, he wouldn't even dare to submit a petition on behalf of others."

Qin Miaoxi thought for a while and said thoughtfully: "Since it is not a revenge killing and there is no emotional dispute, then what is the purpose of killing?"

"Xiao Qin, why are you so sure that Tian Guangyuan's death was an accident?"

Liang Hongkai said with a hint of embarrassment on his face, "Couldn't he have been having too much fun and killed himself? After all, that's pretty shameful, he wouldn't necessarily let anyone know."

"Master Liang, remember what I said about this method of seeking excitement? There are certain dangers. When a person's emotions are overwhelmed, they cannot control their behavior or save themselves. Therefore, there must be another person to help them eliminate this danger."

Qin Miaoxi said coldly, "And the direction of the rope buckle that binds his hands is not something he can do by himself. Can you tie your hands behind your back?"

Liang Hongkai shook his head repeatedly. She continued, "So that person helped the body put clothes on, and he was also the one who dumped the body."

Seeing Liang Hongkai still looking confused, she further explained, "The liquid on the underwear wasn't on the inside, but on the outside. There was also slight friction on the back of the body, which is enough to prove that Tian Guangyuan took off all his clothes when he did this."

Liang Hongkai's face couldn't help but heat up. "So, the person who could watch him do this must be closely related to Tian Guangyuan. Who could it be?"

"Wife, lover."

"The young marquis's aunt?" Liang Hongkai pondered. "It seems we should ask this Madam Tian to come to the yamen."

As he was speaking, a yamen runner came hurriedly and reported: "Sir, Madam Tian wants to see you."

Qin Miaoxi and Liang Hongkai exchanged a glance, and Liang Hongkai quickly waved, "Please ask her to come in."

Lu Yingxue stumbled in, staring at Qin Miaoxi with red and swollen eyes, and said in a tearful voice, "I have something to tell you alone."

Liang Hongkai was stunned and said "OK" twice in a row. He went into the back hall and left the space for the two of them.

Lu Yingxue rubbed her hands nervously, tears streaming down her face before she could say a word, "I...he..."

"Stop crying and control your emotions."

Qin Miaoxi was about to pat her on the back, but she was opened with a "snap". She looked up and met Lu Yingxue's disgusted gaze.

Her tears stopped and she said with an evasive look, "Your hands were used to touch the corpse."

Qin Miaoxi withdrew her hand coldly, "You can say whatever you want to say now."

Lu Yingxue wiped her tears and said, "I'll answer the question you asked me last time. To put it nicely, Tian Guangyuan and I treat each other with respect. To put it bluntly, he doesn't want to enter my room."

This statement further aggravated Qin Miaoxi's doubts. "So you have been married for many years and still have no children?"

Lu Yingxue suddenly became crazy, "No, we were in love at the beginning, but later he became more and more cold towards me, and even slept in the study every day."

"Since when?"

"A year after we got married, the old lady said we had no children and wanted to take a concubine for Guangyuan. Guangyuan has changed since then."

"He has another woman?"

"No, he's mad at me for agreeing to take a concubine." Lu Yingxue's tears kept flowing. "He said he would only have me as his woman for the rest of his life, but I've seen a doctor, and he said I've had a cold uterus for years and can't have children. I want to leave him a child!"

She cried helplessly, "I have been begging Guangyuan for forgiveness all these years, but he is extremely disappointed in me. He said I will always be Mrs. Tian, ​​but only Mrs. Tian."

Qin Miaoxi's eyelids twitched when she heard this. Tian Guangyuan was not close to his wife and had no other women. Did this man rely entirely on his imagination to have desires and wants?

"Who does he usually hang out with?"

Lu Yingxue sobbed, "Usually he's alone, and occasionally when he goes out he'll have a servant follow him."