The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Lu Yuande was so angry that his face turned blue, "You... are disrespectful."

Lu Qingchen was too lazy to waste time talking to him. "Get out of here right now. I'm already giving you face by letting you live in the Marquis' Mansion. Don't be so shameless."

We don't want to face some facts because the evidence is irrefutable, and trying to refute them would seem pale and powerless, even laughable.

After saying that, he walked straight into the yard without giving any face.

He picked this specially for his wife. Who do they think they are to dare to get their hands on it?

Inside the courtyard, Wen Zhu's face also darkened. He immediately apologized, "Master, I failed to stop Madam Tian from entering the mansion. I will kick her out right now."

"No need. How could I not know her character?" Lu Qingchen said meaningfully, "Besides, it would be much more interesting to keep her than to drive her out."

Wen Zhu was puzzled. Didn’t his master always dislike Madam Tian?

Lu Qingchen kindly pointed out, "Look, aren't there a lot of unfamiliar faces in the mansion?"

"A lot of servants have come."

Ever since those servants without indentures were driven away last time, the mansion has been quiet for a while, but it has become noisy again in the past few days.

"You said that Lu Yuande's private funds were emptied. Who paid for the servants?"

Wen Zhu suddenly realized that since someone had fallen into a trap, she should feel the power of these ungrateful people.

If the board doesn't hit you, you naturally won't feel the pain.

The next day, Lu Qingchen dressed up again and went out with a proud and heroic look.

Wen Zhu was forced to come along because of his unreliable master.

"Master, you are having a tryst with Miss Yan, and it is inappropriate for me to follow you."

"Why is it inappropriate? If you don't follow me, how can you appreciate up close the way that woman is completely captivated by me?"

Wen Zhu: “…”

When they arrived at the paper-making shop, the door slammed open before they could knock.

Qin Miaoxi ran out in a hurry and bumped into Lu Qingchen.

Lu Qingchen hurriedly supported the man and asked, "Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Qin Miaoxi was furious when she saw him, and her good mood after just receiving the thirty-day reward was completely gone.

She scolded him fiercely, "You still show up, you irresponsible fellow."

Wen Zhu couldn't stand it anymore and stood up for her master, "Miss Qin, how can you say that to me? He thinks of you the moment he opens his eyes. How can you be so irresponsible to him?"

Lu Qingchen was secretly happy, well said!

On the surface, she glared at him angrily and said, "Shut up. Beating is love, scolding is love, not beating or scolding is a disaster. What do you know, you have no wife?"

He turned around and gave Qin Miaoxi a flattering smile.

Wen Zhu almost lost his composure and took a deep breath. Who was so bewitched by whom?

He doesn't understand, but respects it.

Qin Miaoxi didn't buy his tricks, "A mummy was found in the moat, why weren't you waiting at the government office?"

"Mummy!?"

Lu Qingchen bit her lip guiltily, "I've been busy preparing the betrothal gifts these past few days, and for a moment I forgot that I still have an official position."

Qin Miaoxi: "..."

She was so irritated by this really out-of-touch guy that she lost her temper and said angrily, "Stop arguing with me and get out of here."

After saying that, the three of them rushed towards the moat.

Soldiers are guarding the area, and dozens of skeletons have been fished out of the river.

When Liang Hongkai saw the two of them, he felt like he had seen his saviors and rushed over.

"You guys are finally here?"

The first person Lu Qingchen saw was the arrogant man beside Liang Hongkai. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why are people from the Ministry of Justice here too?"

Liang Hongkai finally found someone to vent his frustrations to, and he immediately began to pour out his sorrows, saying, "This case was originally discovered by the Ministry of Justice, but because they had other difficult cases to deal with, they passed it on to the Jingzhao Yin. The Jingzhao Yin really couldn't find a clue, so he turned to our Dali Temple for help."

Lu Qingchen sneered, "What kind of difficult case can the Ministry of Justice have? It's just an excuse to shirk responsibility."

Liang Hongkai shook his head with a serious expression and whispered mysteriously, "That's not the case. It's said that the Ghost-faced Judge issued another order. All the people in the Ministry of Justice were sent out to investigate his whereabouts. Now only the Minister of Justice is left in charge."

Hearing this, Qin Miaoxi opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Really? The Ghost-Faced Judge appears again."

Then, she patted her head in regret and said to herself, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come to the Dali Temple these days. Maybe I could have seen the Ghost-Faced Judge himself."

"You're not going to capture him and collect the reward?"

Lu Qingchen's eyes were full of meaning, with a hint of mischief, but the lazy ending of the tone was long.

Qin Miaoxi glared at him and said viciously, "I'll catch you first and claim the reward."

Lu Qingchen stared at her with a gloomy gaze, "That won't do. I still have to warm the bed for my wife!"

In an instant, Qin Miaoxi's face turned red. She glared at him unhappily and turned to walk towards the mummy.

Wen Zhu felt forced and nauseous. How come he never knew that his grandfather had such a greasy side?

Most importantly, is it really okay for you to behave like this at the scene where the body was found?

Liang Hongkai looked at the two of them suspiciously, "Young Marquis, what are you and Xiao Qin doing...?"

Lu Qingchen coughed twice and said solemnly, "Sir Liang, from now on, Qin the Coroner will be the Marquis' wife. You can't treat my wife like an ox or a horse."

Liang Hongkai's eyes widened in disbelief, and then his face turned bitter, as if he was about to cry. "It's over, what should I do?"

Lu Qingchen was furious, staring at him with a pair of sinister eyes, "What did you say? Are you having any inappropriate thoughts about my wife?"

Liang Hongkai shook his head repeatedly and explained, "Of course not. I just feel sorry that after Qin's marriage, the Dali Temple has lost another important general."

Hearing him say this, Lu Qingchen finally smiled again and said with a grin, "Don't worry, we will still work in the Dali Temple after we get married. With us, one civil and one military, you can rest assured!"

The corner of Liang Hongkai's mouth twitched violently. Both the civil and military positions were occupied by Qin Miaoxi, and it turned out that the young marquis had occupied "our"!

Here, Shao Kun looked at Qin Miaoxi scrutinizingly, "Are you the coroner with superb autopsy skills that Lord Liang mentioned?"

Qin Miaoxi bowed to him and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency, it's me."

Shao Kun didn't waste any words and said directly, "The bodies were discovered yesterday. There are 21 bodies in total, 17 female bodies and 4 male bodies. After verification, the skeletons are all around 50 years old. Most of their clothes have been washed away by the current, but judging by the remaining clothes, they are probably not wealthy and are wearing the coarsest linen."

Qin Miaoxi nodded and went to the skeleton to check them one by one.

"The damage and weathering of the skeletons are consistent, indicating they were dead five or six years ago. Judging by their skeletons, they likely engaged in farming or weaving, hence the prominent protrusions in their leg bones and lumbar vertebrae."

At this moment, Lu Qingchen and the other two came over. He glanced at the bones on the ground and made a bold hypothesis, "Could it be that a heavy rainstorm somewhere broke through the graveyard and washed out the bones?"

This kind of thing has happened before, especially in mass graves, where the bodies were buried shallowly and some were dug out and eaten by wild dogs.

Qin Miaoxi said solemnly, "We can't rule this out. The femurs and tibias of these twenty-one skeletons show obvious signs of atrophy. Judging from the fractures, the bones are very fragile. This is a symptom of long-term hunger."

She held a tooth up to the sunlight and could clearly see the texture on it.

"From the tooth wear found, it seems the deceased must have gnawed on tree bark or grass roots before death, which is why the teeth were worn so badly."

To sum up, these twenty-one people died five or six years ago. They were so poor that they could only eat tree bark to fill their stomachs. Their deaths were miserable.

"So was this an accident? Or murder?"