The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Back then, these people were still strong middle-aged men, and the situation in Fengshui Village was not that bad. At least there was some food left after eating. It was not like now, where people are not only not full but are almost cannibalizing each other.

"Everyone in the village said that my brother's brain was damaged because our family was poor when he was young and had no money to treat his illness."

The old woman tore at the skin on her face, peeling it off piece by piece, while continuing, "Actually, those twenty or so people deliberately locked him up in the cowshed overnight, causing him to be so frightened that he became stupid. That's why he ended up becoming the village guard."

With that, her true face was revealed. It was a festering, yet youthful face. Her once fair, smooth skin was now covered in a crisscross of bloodstains and pustules, emitting a sickening odor. Yet, her delicate features still stubbornly displayed their former beauty amidst the devastation. Beneath her high nose bridge, her lips, though chapped and slightly swollen, seemed unconcerned with the horror and disgust of others who saw her in this state. She simply stood there quietly, staring intently at the village chief and the others with a hollow gaze, her eyes revealing resentment and murderous intent.

Everyone gasped, frightened by her appearance.

"It's him. He's back to take my life."

Several old men retreated together tremblingly, tightly grasping their crutches as weapons, but their trembling bodies revealed their inner fear.

Qin Miaoxi glanced at them with a frown on her face and continued to ask her, "Why did they attack your brother?"

"Because my brother has been different from others since he was young, he can analyze the soil at the time and figure out what to add to increase grain production. He has shown his extraordinary talent since he was eight years old."

With a proud smile on her face, she said, "Because of this, our family has a good harvest every year. We soon surpassed other families in the village and gradually became the richest family."

At this, her expression suddenly changed. Her eyes, like sharp swords, shot towards them fiercely. She gritted her teeth and said, "But after his abilities were known to those with ulterior motives, they united to commit evil. Even when my brother became a fool, they didn't let him go. Every night they would find something to scare him. They scared him out of the yard in the middle of winter and he ran into the desolate snow, where he eventually froze to death."

It turns out that this is the truth behind the death of the village guard.

She looked at the pale faces and laughed sarcastically, "You may not know that the person who truly has this ability is me, not my brother. My brother died in my place."

Hearing this, the village chief and the surviving old man looked at her in disbelief. "Impossible! How could it be you? How old were you then?"

She sneered and said, "Since you care so much about the fields, I will turn all the land in the village into wasteland. You will have to eat dirt instead of a single grain grown in your own fields."

"I just used a little trick to make the whole village think that the fields were abandoned because they had offended the Earth God. As long as they personally sent their mothers and fathers into the living graves, they would be forgiven by the Earth God and get seeds and fertilizer to plant."

At this point, she laughed heartily. "Sure enough, those heartless children are just as despicable. They sent them to despair without hesitation. I want you to be despised by your own descendants when you're old, and to die in a living grave."

The villagers began to attack her, "You are so cruel! What does their mistakes have to do with us? Why did you even destroy our fields?"

"That's because you stood by and watched. You wanted my brother dead, too. You were afraid my family would surpass you. Your jealous inaction is just as disgusting and terrifying as theirs."

Lu Qingchen looked at them with anger and helplessness. As the saying goes, there must be something hateful about a pitiful person.

"Since you know that nothing can be grown in the village, why don't you move away and leave? Why do you insist on staying here?"

A tree that is not moved will die, but a person who moves will live. He doesn't believe that these people have no chance to go out and find another way to make a living, but are just lazy, content with the status quo, and don't want to find another way to make a living.

The villagers who were questioned lowered their heads at the same time, and shame was felt on everyone.

She suddenly burst into laughter, her sinister gaze sending shivers down her spine. "Even if they wanted to leave, they couldn't. I've already placed my own concoction of digitalis in every well in the village. If they leave Fengshui Village for more than thirty days, they'll experience symptoms like palpitations, nausea, and labor pains. They'll only feel better if they return to Fengshui Village."

The villagers pointed at her and shouted, "Look, she used poison."

Lu Qingchen and Qin Miaoxi exchanged glances, each revealing a look of disgust. These people had probably never left Fengshui Village! Otherwise, how could they not even know the symptoms they were talking about, and only now were they making comments after the fact?

Qin Miaoxi looked at her, a flash of pity in her eyes, "Is that why you tortured them before you died?"

"They are the ones who don't know what's good for them. Since they were sent to the living tomb by their own children, they should have waited for death in there. But they insisted on escaping and causing trouble. Of course, I can't let them have a peaceful end. How can I let go of the resentment I have felt for many years without torturing them?"

Now everything is clear. She disguised herself as an old man and lurked in the village, watching the enemies who had killed her brother die one by one, and finally killed them all to avenge her brother.

Don't teach others to be kind without experiencing their suffering. Where had she been during the years she left the village? How did such a small child survive? You don't need to ask to know the hardships of the process. She used her youth to complete her plan of revenge for her brother.

Qin Miaoxi would never question the murderer, no matter what had happened before. But if someone killed someone, they must be punished, not only her, but also those who killed her brother twelve years ago.

Lu Qingchen glanced at the expressionless Qin Miaoxi and winked at the bailiffs, asking them to go up and arrest the man.

"Take him back to the prison and await trial by the Minister."

But at this moment, the villagers stepped forward to stop them, "Wait, she hasn't taken out the antidote from the field yet, she can't leave."

She smiled at everyone, and with a "puff", a mouthful of blood spurted out.

"what happened to you?"

The guards who were escorting her were also startled. Qin Miaoxi immediately stepped forward to check and shook her head helplessly, saying, "She's been poisoned. It's too late."

Lu Qingchen looked at her in shock. Could it be that this woman had guessed in advance that she would be exposed this time, so she took the poison in advance?

She suddenly grabbed Qin Miaoxi's hand and said, "I have a question. How did you know I was the one behind this? I thought I did it perfectly."

"You did a good job, but the corn you planted betrayed you."

Qin Miaoxi put a hand on her back, which made her feel better, and explained, "There are no corn seeds in Jingzhao right now, and you are from Yangzhou, so I guessed that you brought them from Yangzhou."

"Later, we found the remains of burned corn and cycads in your brother's abandoned house. I'm afraid you're using the ash mixed with that residue as fertilizer for the fields! Not only will it kill leaf-cutter ants and other pests, it will also turn those insects into fertilizer, allowing the crops to grow more vigorously."

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and blood flowed down her mouth again.

"You're right. Did you also guess the black snake in the trap?"

Lu Qingchen looked at the two of them in confusion. Is there any necessary connection between them?

Qin Miaoxi nodded. "Burning corn and gentian will attract those snakes. Actually, the most important thing is the cattail you planted outside your brother's house. You should have installed it to prevent people from entering your brother's house without permission, but you accidentally dropped the seeds on the land temple. That's how I realized the whole thing is related to the village guard back then."

Her eyes showed admiration and regret, "If you were here back then, my brother wouldn't have died unjustly."

Dark red blood continuously flowed from the corner of her mouth. She pleaded in a hoarse voice, "Can you bury me and my brother together? Please!"

Qin Miaoxi felt as if a huge rock weighed down her heart. "Okay."

She looked up at the sky with empty eyes and smiled as innocently as a child. "My brother is here to pick me up. It's great."

The hand holding Qin Miaoxi gradually lost its strength and fell to the ground. She also stopped breathing and left the world with more than ten years of hatred.