Lu Qingchen wanted to say something, but the fear in his eyes still lingered, and he stammered and couldn't speak.

Chen Youcai covered his mouth in horror and looked at Lu Qingchen in disbelief, "Young Marquis, was it really you who killed him?"

Wen Shibin: [Lu Qingchen killed him, haha! Lu Qingchen, you're dead.]

Liang Hongkai hurriedly pulled her back, rubbing his brow with a splitting headache, and whispered in her ear, "Didn't you say that the young marquis wasn't the murderer?"

Qin Miaoxi's face was solemn. "He is not. The murderer may be Chen Youcai, but I have no evidence. Now I can only let the young marquis suppress it first and don't alert the enemy."

"What's next?"

"It's better to send someone to the Chen family to investigate."

Liang Hongkai looked embarrassed, "Xiao Qin! Chen family, this is a bit difficult!"

"What are you afraid of? You are a third-rank doctor, and Doctor Chen is only a sixth-rank court judge."

"But he is a favorite of the Empress in the Harem. What should I do if nothing is found out?"

Qin Miaoxi gave him a disdainful look, "You're still the emperor's favorite!"

"Haha! Let's talk about what to do with the young marquis first?"

Qin Miaoxi's gaze circled around Lu Qingchen. If that's the case...

She smiled sweetly and said, "Young Marquis, since you say it's all right, then please bear with it and stay as a guest in Guangdefang for a few days. Once we find the real culprit, we will immediately clear your name."

Lu Qingchen widened his eyes in disbelief and took him to the backyard to keep him under guard without giving him a chance to refute.

As for the other two, they were politely escorted out of the yamen.

Chen Wencai and Wen Shibin remained silent all the way. Soon, carriages from various mansions stopped in front of them. They both got on the carriages without saying a word to each other.

They don't know that the shadows behind them will record their every move.

When the news reached the government office, Qin Miaoxi was silent for a moment and then said, "I need to go to the crime scene again."

Liang Hongkai waved his hands tiredly. He had had enough of this living father.

Returning to the cave, Qin Miaoxi carefully observed and found the stone pillars of the three dead bodies.

The stone pillar that pierced Miss Qian's body was sharpened by someone, and the crystal particles on the surface were scraped off, so it was so sharp.

The stone pillar that broke Madam Qian's waist was a thick and flat stone pillar. There was some flesh stuck on the crystals on the surface, and it seemed that it had suffered multiple impacts.

As for the stone pillar where Master Qian's body was hung, she looked up at the top of her head, tapped her toes lightly, and leaped onto the top of the cave as lightly as a bird.

The figure was as fast as lightning, with fluttering clothes, which stunned everyone.

She paused in the air for a moment before slowly falling back to her original spot. The stone pillars on the top of the cave were all integrated, but strangely, only the outer sides of the four stone pillars that bound Master Qian showed signs of wear from the hemp ropes, while the other half was intact.

How is this going?

If we use this method of tying traces, we will not be able to fix the body.

Just as she was lost in thought, a stranger blocked her way.

Her brows furrowed, and after confirming that the man wasn't wearing the uniform of a yamen runner, she demanded sharply, "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The man pointed at himself in disbelief and asked, "You're asking me?"

Qin Miaoxi glared at the yamen runner beside her with displeasure, "What's wrong with you? How can you let a stranger in?"

Several yamen runners looked at each other in bewilderment, then walked up to Qin Miaoxi and whispered, "Coroner Qin, this is the Marquis of Xuanping!"

Qin Miaoxi's eyelids suddenly jumped, her eyes dodged twice, and she coughed awkwardly, "Young Marquis, why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be..."

Lu Qingchen looked at her thoughtfully. Just now, she looked at him as if she were an unfamiliar stranger.

He leisurely took out a bright yellow scroll from his bosom and said, "The emperor has issued an imperial decree, ordering me to participate in the investigation of the case and prove my innocence."

Imperial decree?

Qin Miaoxi subconsciously took the bright yellow scroll and opened it to read.

Lu Qingchen's eyes swept over the kneeling yamen runners, and he couldn't help but pursed his lips, and the strange feeling in his heart surged up again.

Qin Miaoxi couldn't help but sneer after reading the contents of the imperial edict. This emperor was quite smart. Instead of handing the case of the tragic death of a family of three to the Ministry of Justice, he let the Dali Temple and a playboy marquis handle it.

The imperial edict reads:

According to heaven’s destiny, the emperor issued an edict:

I am deeply saddened that Lu Qingchen is imprisoned in this case. To clear his name, I have ordered him to work with the Dali Temple and other officials to crack the case and apprehend the real culprit.

There is the imperial seal underneath, so it is obviously authentic.

Qin Miaoxi returned the imperial edict, "Young Marquis, since the emperor asked you to prove your innocence, then please do so!"

After Lu Qingchen collected the imperial edict, he said confidently, "The emperor asked me to investigate with you because he values ​​my ability. I already know the cause of their death."

Qin Miaoxi's eyelids twitched unnaturally twice, "I'd like to hear the details."

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