The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Qin Miaoxi immediately perked up when she heard this. She took out a porcelain bottle from her arms and opened it. A pungent smell rushed to her head. After smelling it, she immediately became energetic.

She and Lu Qingchen cut open the belly of these black snakes, and sure enough, they found bones of different shapes in the belly of each black snake.

Qin Miaoxi took the bones and examined them carefully, then said thoughtfully, "They really are all human bones."

The bones of small animals such as mice are different from those of humans. Although they have been eroded a little in the snake's belly, they can still be distinguished.

"Could it be that this is a hunting trap, and a snake strayed into it and happened to swallow someone who accidentally fell into it?"

Lu Qingchen denied it without hesitation: "Impossible. I asked the villagers of Fengshui Village, and they said that this area has always been the village's cemetery. No one comes here on weekdays. Even if they worship, they do it outside."

"How do we explain these human bones?"

Lu Qingchen thought for a moment and asked, "Where do these black snakes come from?"

The words woke Qin Miaoxi up from her dream, and she immediately thought of the wall that was sealed off by someone.

Lu Qingchen looked over and saw the dark passage. "Let's go and take a look."

Qin Miaoxi grabbed him and stopped him, saying, "Wait, there might be snakes inside."

No one knows what's going on inside. If there really is a snake, the situation would be dangerous.

"Let's go up first and talk about it."

Qin Miaoxi looked at the walls around her intently. They were shiny and greasy, and she didn't know what was coated on them. She would slip when she stepped on them, and she couldn't use them to climb up.

"Then I'll call someone."

Then, Lu Qingchen shouted upwards, and immediately two hemp ropes stretched out from above.

"Is there anyone else?"

"Well, don't worry! Now that you're missing, I'll naturally need help to expand the search area."

Qin Miaoxi rarely praised him, "Reliable!"

Lu Qingchen held his head high and said, "Of course."

They climbed up the hemp rope, and then Qin Miaoxi saw many familiar faces.

"Brother Captain, why are you here?"

There were seven or eight people standing in front of her, all of them were yamen runners from the Dali Temple.

The head constable smiled and explained, "The Ministry of Justice is unable to mobilize a single person right now. The Jingzhao Yin is cooperating with them to arrest people, so now we have no choice but to mobilize the Dali Temple."

Qin Miaoxi smiled and said, "Okay, it's easier to get things done with acquaintances. Now, please find some leaves like this."

She pulled off a handful of broad leaves from the side and handed them to them one by one, saying, "Take as many as you can find."

Several people immediately dispersed and soon collected a large number of leaves.

Lu Qingchen asked curiously: "What do you want these leaves for?"

"These are the leaves of the khat plant, which have a dizzying effect when burned."

As she spoke, she swept all the leaves into the trap, then took branches from the tree and poured them down.

With a fire, the trap was instantly ablaze and billowing white smoke rose into the sky.

"Back off."

Qin Miaoxi led everyone to retreat twenty meters away. The thick smoke rose like a dragon, and the area within five meters was covered by white smoke.

Several people covered their mouths and noses. Lu Qingchen hesitantly asked, "Xixi, is it okay for us to be so close? Or should we retreat a hundred meters or something?"

Qin Miaoxi turned her head and glared at him fiercely, her eyes full of warning.

The strings in Lu Qingchen's mind suddenly tightened. It's over. This wave is coming to attack me.

He explained in a panicked but elegant voice, "I'm just worried that you've just been poisoned by a snake. What if you're also affected by this smoke? What should I do then?"

Qin Miaoxi got goose bumps all over her body when she saw his pitiful look. She pushed his face away and said angrily, "Don't look at me, you lecher."

"Me? I care about you, how can I become a lecher?" He turned around and pulled the group of yamen runners to complain and seek justice.

After spending some time together, they finally understood the young marquis's habits. He just loved to play and make trouble, but he had no bad intentions. He never bossed them around because of his status as the marquis.

Although he is easy to get along with, he has one bad point, which is stubbornness. Once he makes up his mind about something, he is very stubborn and will force others to be stubborn with him. He is simply the most stubborn of the stubborn.

"Mr. Qin, you are wrong in this matter. The young marquis is concerned about you. You can't confuse right and wrong. Look how wronged the young marquis is."

Lu Qingchen immediately nodded in agreement. His arrogance of having someone back him up was so infuriating.

Qin Miaoxi glared in dissatisfaction, "Brother Captain, how could you be like this!"

The captain of the police gave a dry laugh. He really wanted to be the first to speak out. If he didn't speak up, the young marquis would break his arm.

Under the condemnation of the crowd, Qin Miaoxi admitted her mistake and apologized reluctantly, saying, "I misunderstood the young marquis's kindness. I'm sorry!"

Lu Qingchen coughed twice in a pretentious manner and said righteously, "Alright! I'll forgive you this time."

Everyone: "..."

This guy is really... he can hold more than a sack.

While they were joking around, the smoke in the trap gradually dissipated. When there was no smoke at all, Qin Miaoxi stepped forward and prepared to jump in.

Lu Qingchen quickly grabbed the man and said, "Why are you jumping like that?"

"if not?"

"It's been burning down there for so long, maybe there's still fire going on. Why don't you pour some water down there to be safe?"

Qin Miaoxi thought about it and agreed. They poured a few buckets of water in. This time, they made sure there were no other problems below before going down one by one.

There was still some smoke in the cave, but they all had the refreshing sachets given by Qin Miaoxi on them, so they didn't feel unwell.

They came directly to the wall, and Qin Miaoxi said vigilantly: "Everyone, be careful, the black snake ran out from inside."

After some effort, the few people finally removed the wall completely. The torches illuminated the passage inside, but everyone was shocked by the scene inside.

The walls surrounding the passage were a dark red, a color like dried blood. Dense, crisscrossing scratches covered the walls, each one seeming to speak of the struggles and fears of those once trapped here.

Going further in, they saw dozens of skeletons scattered randomly on the ground, some of which were already incomplete, with snake skins shed next to them. The pale skeletons and the mottled snake skins intertwined together, forming a horrifying picture.

Just one look and the feeling of despair that penetrates deep into the bones comes over you like a surging tide, making you seem to hear the cries of the people trapped here and feel their helplessness and despair as they are shrouded in darkness and death.

Some people couldn't bear to see such cruelty and ran out vomiting. Lu Qingchen was about to follow them, but when he saw Qin Miaoxi walking forward, he restrained his trembling legs and followed her.

"There's a lot of snake excrement and sloughs in here. It seems this is the lair of those black snakes."

Lu Qingchen said subconsciously: "Who is so unlucky that he dug a trap and found a snake's nest."

At this time, Qin Miaoxi said something different.

"No, these are captive snakes. Those bones are food for the snakes."

She found traces of the same golden pigment on the snake skins. The gold color was in the same place on all the snake skins, which led to the conclusion that it was artificially applied.

"Using humans as snake food?"

Everyone suddenly felt creepy, as if a cold air was rising from the soles of their feet, making them shudder.