The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Qin Miaoxi had a vague guess, "Let's not talk about whether Tian Mao is the murderer, let's talk about how Zhu Cui dumped the body."

Liang Hongkai said vaguely: "Did he swim over there?"

"Young Marquis, you took the aquatic plants from Xiaoxiang Lake to investigate earlier. Did you get any results?"

"You mentioned that, and I remembered. I've already found out that the waterweed beneath Xiaoxiang Lake is Zhanhualuo, a species unique to the Outer Tribes. Its leaves are velvety and can absorb powder. It can survive in extremely harsh environments, so after being brought to Jingzhao, it grew rapidly and soon covered the entire Xiaoxiang Lake."

Lu Qingchen paused and said, "But the grass is light gray. The white powder we see on the surface is a kind of luminous powder, taken from night-shining pearls, which makes them glow at night. Luminous powder is rare and expensive, and is mostly used by royal nobles."

"Foreign vassal?"

Qin Miaoxi muttered to herself, "Is it unique to the foreign vassal states?"

She had a vague guess in her mind, but she could never grasp the key point.

As the two were talking, someone suddenly came to report, "Sir, the Supervisory Commissioner, Mr. Zhou, has come to see you. He said he has something important to discuss."

Liang Hongkai was slightly stunned, and said to the two of them with a gloomy face: "I will go to meet him, you continue to deduce the case."

About a quarter of an hour later, he hurried back with uncontrollable anger on his face. "We must find the real murderer before noon tomorrow."

Qin Miaoxi thought about it for a moment, "But there's pressure from above."

"Someone wants Tian Mao dead?" Lu Qingchen asked. His first guess was that it was the Tian family.

Unexpectedly, Qin Miaoxi shook her head and said, "No, someone wants the case to be concluded as soon as possible."

Liang Hongkai nodded, a cold light flashing in his eyes, "I can only give you one day, you must find out the truth within this day."

Lu Qingchen was puzzled: "Why are you so anxious?"

Liang Hongkai shook his head. He had been asking for a long time but had not been able to find out the truth. Lord Zhou only said that it was a request from above. He suspected that it was that person's intention, but he didn't understand why the other party was so anxious. Didn't he want to find the real murderer?

Lu Qingchen calculated the time. It was already evening, and there were only ten hours left until noon tomorrow. How could that be enough?

"Young Marquis, come with me!" Qin Miaoxi had a plan in mind. She stood up, greeted Lu Qingchen, and walked out with big strides.

Lu Qingchen followed closely behind, and the two of them came to Zuihualou again.

It was already dark at this time. According to the guarding yamen runners, apart from those utensils, they did not find any other suspicious items in the Zhucui room.

Qin Miaoxi wandered aimlessly in the room, her behavior seemed disorganized.

"What are you looking for?"

"I don't know. I always feel that there is something strange about this house."

Lu Qingchen imitated her and searched the house, but unfortunately still found nothing. However, at this moment, the two heard the sound of water coming from the house.

"What is this sound?"

Lu Qingchen pricked up his ears and listened, saying with certainty, "It's the sound of the tide."

"The sound of the tide?"

Qin Miaoxi frowned in disbelief and said, "There's no sea here, so how can there be the sound of the tide?"

A gleam of light flashed in Lu Qingchen's eyes, and he quickly ran to the top floor of Zuihua Tower. Looking from above, he saw a whirlpool appearing in the center of the lake in the distance.

"What do you think that is?"

When Qin Miaoxi saw the whirlpool, horror appeared in her eyes. She took out a stone-like object from her mouth and threw it into the air. Suddenly, the area in front of her was illuminated by white light and turned into sparks that fell down.

The shore of Xiaoxiang Lake was clearly visible in the light, and the two of them couldn't help but exclaim, "It's low tide."

Large areas of wet mud appeared on the shore, and the water level was still dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Is Xiaoxiang Lake connected to the sea? Why is the tide receding?"

Qin Miaoxi immediately ran back to Zhucui's room. She closed her eyes and listened to the source of the sound, and soon her eyes fell on the big bed.

She quickly drew out a sword and chopped at the bed. With a loud "bang", the bed frame was cut in two, but the bed did not move at all.

"Young Marquis, please get me a hammer."

Lu Qingchen swallowed subconsciously, went out for a walk, and then dragged a sledgehammer weighing over a hundred pounds with the yamen runners.

"Do you think this is okay?"

After seeing this, Qin Miaoxi shouted "good" and effortlessly swung the hammer towards the bed.

There was another "bang" sound, and a huge hole was smashed out on the bed. The two were terrified and couldn't imagine how "comfortable" it would be to have this weight fall on them.

However, when the hammer was removed, the sound of the tide became more violent, and they discovered that the bed was hollow, with a slide underneath that led directly from the back edge of the bed into the lake.

Lu Qingchen looked at it in confusion, "What is this for?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the lake water began to backflow, and soon it surged out of the ground, soaking the soles of their shoes.

The water surged up quickly, but receded just as quickly. The water only flowed to the edge of the bed and then swirled back down.

Qin Miaoxi's eyes lit up terrifyingly. She reached out and stripped Lu Qingchen's coat off, then tied him to a porcelain pillow and threw him directly into the lake.

Lu Qingchen, wearing his inner clothes, stood there blankly.

Who am I? Where am I? Was I just stripped by this woman?

"Once Xiaoxiang Lake has recovered, immediately send someone to the center of the lake to look for the porcelain pillow."

Lu Qingchen suddenly realized, "You mean, this is how Tian Guangyuan's body was sent to the center of Xiaoxiang Lake?"

"Just go and take a look and you'll find out."

Lu Qingchen curled his lips in dissatisfaction. "I still don't understand. There's a passage under the Zhu Cui bed that connects to Xiaoxiang Lake. Why hasn't anyone heard about it for so long? And the people having fun at Zui Hua Lou are completely unaware of it."

Qin Miaoxi recalled and said, "I remember the last time we came to Zuihualou, it was around this time. There was singing and dancing on the stage. I think that sound covered up the sound of the tide."

When Lu Qingchen heard this, he immediately exploded. "Great! That madam is still hiding this. I'm going to use the ten tortures on her right now."

"Young Marquis!" Watching him leave angrily, the bailiff looked at Qin Miaoxi anxiously, "Coroner Qin, this...?"

"Let him be!"

Qin Miaoxi walked out of Zuihualou and went straight to the tavern. There was something she needed to ask clearly.

At noon the next day, Lu Qingchen walked into the yamen with dark circles under his eyes and cursing.

"It's really abominable. It turns out that Zuihualou has a boss behind the scenes."

He sorted out the clues he had uncovered during the night's interrogation. "The madam was brought to see him every month, but she never knew his appearance or identity. She could only report recent events through the curtain. It was also he who requested the dancing and music to be played at that time every night."

Liang Hongkai pondered and said, "It seems that the person behind this is the real murderer we are looking for."

"So what if we know? There are still two hours before the execution. We don't have any substantial evidence to prove Tian Mao's innocence. He will still be executed."

"That's not possible."

Qin Miaoxi walked in slowly, accompanied by a woman with a cold face who was holding someone in her hand.

Lu Qingchen stared at the other person for a long time, and finally realized that he looked familiar. "You are Wen Ran from Zuihualou."

[He's the one who's being called "sister" by women left and right.]

Qin Miaoxi's mouth twitched, and she said awkwardly, "Young Marquis, you should call her the boss behind Zuihualou."

Lu Qingchen frowned in surprise. He had spent the entire night questioning the person behind the scenes, but he still couldn't find out. And now this woman had found out just like that? Didn't everyone agree to share good news?

Liang Hongkai looked at the two of them curiously, "What's going on? Is she going to kill Tian Guangyuan?"

"Not only Tian Guangyuan, but also Pan Xun, a doctor from the Ministry of Rites, who died from Pinellia ternata poison."