The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

The sound of hitting the wall stopped abruptly. The fourth prince leaned against the wall and sat down on the ground, chuckling self-deprecatingly.

"Lord Xuanwu, what else is there to talk about? Haven't you already brought me in?"

The man took off his hood, revealing Qin Miaoxi's delicate face.

"Simply sending it in isn't enough. Shouldn't the Fourth Prince explain the origin of this book?" She took out a tattered scroll from her sleeve; it was the forbidden book about the puppet-making maniac.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Lord Xuanwu to be so capable, even finding this. No wonder you know that I'm the one pulling the strings behind the scenes."

"Tell me! Where did the book come from?"

"If I tell you, will you let me out?"

"The Fourth Prince is talking nonsense."

"If we can't get out, why should I tell you?"

Qin Miaoxi narrowed her eyes slightly, "Are you sure you don't want to tell me?"

The fourth prince smiled provocatively. As long as he didn't speak, the four imperial guards wouldn't take his life, since they couldn't guarantee that the madman would stop when he reached them.

As long as he lives, he is absolutely confident that he can reclaim everything that belongs to him.

Qin Miaoxi suddenly burst into laughter, "Fourth Prince, you really are just like your father, one arrogant and conceited, the other eager for quick success and instant benefits. Why do you want to leave behind a life of luxury and enjoy the prison instead!"

The fourth prince could no longer maintain his smile; his expression turned sinister, as if he wanted to devour someone.

"It seems the Fourth Prince doesn't want to talk anymore. You don't think this is your bargaining chip, do you?"

"Whether it's a bargaining chip or not depends on whether Lord Xuanwu wants an answer."

Qin Miaoxi smiled gently and brightly, "I'm not interested in the answers, but I have some different opinions on the methods recorded in this booklet."

She stared sharply at the other person, "I'm sure the Fourth Prince would be happy to give it a try!"

These words struck him like a hammer blow to the heart, causing his heart to stop beating and his blood to run cold.

"What...what do you mean by that?"

"Of course, it means exactly what it sounds like. I will carry out these cruel methods on you one by one, so that you can personally experience the pain of being turned into a puppet maniac."

"No, you can't do this! I'm a prince, I..."

A pill flew into the fourth prince's mouth, and his scream stopped abruptly. He clutched his neck, looking pained, but couldn't make a sound.

Qin Miaoxi approached step by step. Following the records in the manual, she recreated the cruel tortures on him one by one. Immediately, cries and pleas for mercy filled the air, echoing out of the prison and drawing sneers and mockery from the jailers.

"Shouldn't we go over and take a look?"

"What's so interesting? The Fourth Prince has been howling all day. I'm afraid he's just coming up with a new trick to lure us over. Anyway, I'm not going."

"That's right. A beast who murdered his father and kept a maniac as a pet, he deserves to die eight hundred times over no matter which one of these crimes he committed. Why should we bother with him?"

The constable nodded in agreement, saying that just hearing about the way those people died was horrifying, and even if he was a prince, he deserved to die.

"Mind your own business, let's drink. The new emperor has made donations upon his ascension to the throne; good days are ahead."

The wailing didn't gradually subside until late into the night.

Inside the cell, the fourth prince was too weak to shout. His body was numb and he felt no pain. His whole body felt as if it had been torn to pieces.

Seeing Qin Miaoxi approaching him with a sharp dagger, he cried out in horror, "No, you are one of the Four Imperial Guards, you cannot kill!"

"Heh!" Qin Miaoxi sneered, "Who said that? We, the Four Imperial Guards, are here to eliminate evil and protect the people of Longyuan Kingdom, and you are the one who is supposed to eliminate evil."

"No, you can't do this to me."

At this moment, the tip of the knife cut through the Fourth Prince's skin, exposing his flesh to the air. Drops of blood fell to the ground, splashing up blood flowers. His eyes were glazed as he looked at the figure in front of him.

"Let me die."

"How can death be transformed into a mad demon? I will definitely bring you back to life."

The fourth prince closed his eyes in despair, his former high spirits and confidence gone, and his breath stopped abruptly in the next instant.

Qin Miaoxi held the blood-dripping dagger in her hand, silently watching the lifeless corpse and feeling the rapid loss of body temperature.

"Even you couldn't survive the process of becoming a madman, do you know how those innocent people endured it?"

She continued talking to herself, her ruthlessness undiminished. She slashed the dagger in her palm before plunging it fiercely into the Fourth Prince's heart.

The knife twisted in her heart, blood staining her clothes, but it couldn't stop her.

If she could, she would love to grind the Fourth Prince to dust, but... she still had to leave him a corpse, and she needed to give an explanation to the millions of people.

Qin Miaoxi stood in the prison for a full hour, waiting for the Fourth Prince's body to completely cool down, before disappearing from the spot in a flash.

No sooner had she left than two more figures descended from the sky.

"Tsk tsk, Junior Sister really hates the Fourth Prince to the core; she's ruthless enough to take action."

The speaker was none other than her second senior brother, Xie Baiyan, and the woman standing next to him was Xia Liqian.

She sighed, "Junior Sister has fought against the Mad Demon many times. At first, she hated the Mad Demon's brutality, and later she hated the person who created the Mad Demon. Now, it is her limit that the Fourth Prince can be left with a whole body. Didn't you see that Emperor Meiji was crushed to ashes as soon as he was carried out of the main hall?"

Xie Baiyan raised an eyebrow dismissively, "He deserved it. He tried to scheme against us, but he didn't even consider whether he was qualified."

"Now that our identities have been exposed, I'm afraid we'll never have a peaceful day again." She touched the piece of paper in her sleeve and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

Xie Baiyan comforted him, "You mean the Jiang family? Don't worry, your senior brother will help you get rid of them."

"I can do it myself." Xia Liqian's eyes were full of determination. A letter of divorce came into view. She tore it up without hesitation and said proudly, "It's not up to the Jiang family to write the letter of divorce. I'm the one who divorced him."

After she was arrested, the Jiang family immediately wrote her a letter of divorce. She had always firmly believed that Jiang's mother was behind it all, but the moment she saw the letter, she completely lost hope.

"Alright! I will definitely help my junior sister spread this news to the world."

Xie Baiyan laughed heartily. He had long disliked the Jiang family. They were taking advantage of his junior sister's influence but didn't cherish it. He would expose them and show them that what doesn't belong to them will eventually be returned.

Seeing her frown, Xie Baiyan let out a long breath, "Are you still going to soften your heart now?"

"Second Senior Brother, don't worry, I won't be soft-hearted this time. I'm just worried about Eldest Senior Brother."

"News has come from the senior brother's side that Emperor Meiji's private army has been suppressed and should be able to return to the city soon."

Xia Liqian nodded and pointed to the Fourth Prince's corpse, asking, "What should we do with him?"

"Hang his body on the city wall and make his crimes public."

As they were talking, a carrier pigeon landed on the prison window and chirped twice.

But when the two finished reading the letter, they were as if their souls had been instantly ripped out, and they stood frozen in place.

"An epidemic has broken out in Jiangnan."

Xie Baiyan read it out blankly and numbly, a chill suddenly shot up his spine to the top of his head, and his blood froze instantly.