The mind-reading coroner drove the court crazy

Chapter 153 The Pretentious "Father-in-law"

As Qin Miaoxi stepped out of the Lu Mansion, she saw Zou packing her luggage at the door and about to get on the carriage.

"Mrs. Lu San, where are you going?" Qin Miaoxi asked.

Zou's face showed a hint of fatigue, but she still responded politely: "Sir, there have been many incidents in the palace recently. I thought of going to the temple outside the city to pray for blessings and will return tomorrow."

Those vixen-like concubines are turning the house upside down. That worthless man can't control himself. Why should I be the one to clean up the mess? He should handle these troubles himself.

Qin Miaoxi's mouth twitched slightly, and she almost couldn't hold back her smile.

She glanced at Zou, who was accompanied by only a small maid and two guards. She couldn't help but remind her, "Please be careful along the way."

"Thank you for your concern, sir. Goodbye!"

Zou hurriedly got on the carriage, and the carriage galloped away like a horse that had broken free from its reins. Qin Miaoxi looked at the carriage going away, her heart full of doubts.

At this moment, a burst of hurried and chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded behind me.

Qin Miaoxi turned around and saw more than a dozen heavily made-up women swarming out.

These women looked around at the door and saw that Zou had left. They immediately started crying one after another.

"Madam, how could you be so cruel to abandon us?"

"That's right, we are all sisters. Are you going to watch us suffer?"

Qin Miaoxi: "..."

Listening to their noisy shouting, Qin Miaoxi only felt a buzzing sound in her ears, as if a dozen ducks were making a lot of noise.

At this moment, she finally understood the source of Zou's resentment. If she were to spend all day dealing with this group of women, she would probably be driven crazy.

I really don’t understand why some men like to have many wives and concubines?

She really didn't want to be involved in this chaos anymore, and she didn't bother to wait for Liang Hongkai, so she hurriedly got up and left this place of trouble.

By the time Qin Miaoxi entered the Dali Temple, Lu Yuande had already been interrogated. Liang Hongkai waved at her, calling her to his side and whispering, "This guy is very stubborn and refuses to admit anything."

Qin Miaoxi raised her eyes and met Lu Yuande's. Lu Yuande rushed forward, sternly saying, "How dare you! Who allowed you to show up in public under the name of the Marquis's wife? Go back immediately and learn how to be a good wife and mother!"

Qin Miaoxi was stunned by this justifiable scolding.

She wondered in her heart, "Has this man lost his mind? Why is he suddenly speaking to her so arrogantly?"

Qin Miaoxi ignored his shouting, staring at him with a glare like a knife, and asked coldly, "Did you see Mei Niang on the night she died?"

Without hesitation, Lu Yuande replied decisively, "No."

"You'd better think about it carefully."

"What's there to think about? There's nothing! I didn't kill that person!"

Lu Yuande's eyes were filled with contempt as he glared at Qin Miaoxi and said bossily, "I am your father-in-law. You are interrogating me like this, and you have already violated the seven grounds for divorce. Be careful or I will have Qingchen divorce you!"

Qin Miaoxi was speechless when she heard this. He probably didn't know that his marriage to Lu Qingchen came with conditions, one of which was that he could get the divorce papers at any time.

Therefore, his threat of "divorce" was extremely ridiculous.

"Master Lu, you're avoiding the subject like this. Are you hiding something?"

Qin Miaoxi stared at Lu Yuande's eyes with a sharp gaze, and there was an unquestionable certainty in her tone.

A trace of displeasure flashed across Lu Yuande's face, and he immediately retorted, "Don't slander me. When have I ever felt guilty?"

He raised his voice, trying to overpower the other person with his momentum.

Qin Miaoxi took her time, pulling out a small cloth bag from her sleeve and said slowly, "We found the thread of this kind of fabric between Mei Niang's fingers. Master Lu, do you recognize this fabric?"

Her eyes were sharp, as if she could see through Lu Yuande's every thought.

Lu Yuande's expression changed slightly, but he quickly calmed down and snorted coldly, "The three of us brothers all have ready-made clothes made of this fabric. Don't you know this? Why do you say it's mine?"

Qin Miaoxi sneered and continued, "We also found another piece of cloth in a dog's stomach, and it has been confirmed to be from your clothes. Master Lu, how do you explain this?"

Her words were like a sharp blade, going straight to Lu Yuande's vital points.

Lu Yuande's eyes began to flicker and he opened his mouth to deny.

However, Qin Miaoxi did not give him any chance to quibble and directly placed the evidence in her hand in front of him. The bloodstains on the evidence seemed to emit a hint of chill.

"How should I know? Maybe the dog ate my clothes before. Don't try to frame me based on this alone. How can you prove that their deaths have anything to do with me?" Lu Yuande's voice was a little hurried, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Qin Miaoxi said slowly, "The dog and Mei Niang were killed at the same time, so it's impossible for it to have eaten your clothes before. Master Lu, do you have anything else to say?"

"I don't know about that. Anyway, don't even think about making me admit to something I didn't do!" Lu Yuande's voice was almost a roar, but his face couldn't hide the panic.

"What? Murder? Could it be those two guys who did it and are trying to frame me? Just because I didn't agree to their demands, are they really that cruel? Humph, then don't blame me for revealing what happened back then. They were the ones who did it themselves!"

Qin Miaoxi was attracted by his words, and couldn't help but murmur in her heart: Could it be that the three brothers of the Lu family have other secret deals?

"Did you see Meixiang the day after the incident?"

"No, that's the third brother's woman. Why would I meet her?"

"What about Li?"

"Not anymore."

"Do you know if they have any enemies?"

"How should I know that?" Lu Yuande looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He knew nothing about anything he was asked.

"Someone saw Meixiang go to the warehouse."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yuande exploded, "What is she doing in the warehouse again? The third branch really covets my Lu family's property."

Qin Miaoxi was disgusted by his shameless words. This was clearly Jiang's property, and he treated it as his own after enjoying it for so many years? A gigolo.

"You said she went again, so has she been there before?"

"I have been there, and during the fight, I broke a century-old vase. The loss has been charged to the third house."

Even today, Lu Yuande is still furious when he mentions this matter.

When he thought that his only treasure was destroyed by a concubine, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, as if he wanted to cut the other person into pieces.

Seeing this, Qin Miaoxi's expression suddenly froze, her eyes locked on Lu Yuande, and she said coldly: "So, you killed her?"

Lu Yuande smiled disdainfully, "No, I wouldn't kill anyone just for a collection."

Qin Miaoxi's eyes flashed, and she asked quietly, "Then what would make you kill someone?"

"Of course it's wealth..."

The voice stopped abruptly, Lawrence Lu glared at her, “What do you mean by this?”

Before Qin Miaoxi could continue asking, a yamen runner came to Liang Hongkai and whispered, "Sir, Lu Yuande's family has brought 10,000 taels of silver to redeem him."