Chapter 96 Don't come over here!

"Call the coroner."

The coroner is from the Dali Temple, and the Dali Temple directly obeys the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Following the order of Sikong Yan, a coroner in his forties walked to the coffin, "I am Song Liu, the coroner of the Dali Temple."

Song Liu has been working in the Dali Temple for twenty years and has performed countless autopsies. The Dali Temple has also solved many strange and bizarre cases because of him.

With him here, even if it is a skeleton from thirty years ago, he can tell the truth for the victim.

Song Liu put on hand guards, squatted in front of the coffin, and conducted an initial examination.

He frowned slightly, his eyes were sharp and calm, and he was focused.

Not long after, he raised his eyebrows, carefully took out the skull from the coffin, held it in his hands and examined it carefully.

No trace on the bones could escape his eyes.

Sure enough, the next moment, Song Liu held up the skull and said loudly, "Your Majesty, gentlemen, the deceased was hit hard before his death. The skull of the corpse is sunken, which should be caused by a blunt weapon."

Shen Qingyuan heard this and took out an oil paper package and handed it over, "Song the coroner, here is the inkstone we dug out when we dug out this coffin. Take a look."

Song Liu took the heavy paper package and opened it.

Inside was an elliptical inkstone, which was slightly larger than a palm. It was just dug out of the grave not long ago and was still covered with mud.

But it can be seen that the inkstone is quite old.

Song Liu compared the inkstone with the depression on the skull, "This inkstone should be the murder weapon that caused the depression in the skull of the deceased."

When Lu Jinqiang saw the inkstone, his fingers in his sleeves trembled uncontrollably.

No!

It has nothing to do with him!

He is Lu Jinsong!

He is the new champion!

The person in the coffin died accidentally, and it has nothing to do with him!

At this time, Song Liu spoke again, "In addition, the toe bones of the left foot of the deceased in the coffin are different from those of ordinary people. There are six toes."

The officials who were originally quiet were directly furious because of this sentence.

"Everyone has heard what Grandma Cai Wen said. Lu Jinsong was born with six toes. So, the person in the coffin is really Lu Jinsong?"

"That's impossible! If the dead person is Lu Jinsong, then where is Lu Xiang standing in front of us? Who is he?"

"Didn't the Lu family give birth to twins? Since the dead one is Lu Jinsong, then the living one must be Lu Jinsong's younger brother!"

No one knew who said this, but everyone couldn't help but look at Lu Jinqiang.

He was very close to the coffin, and he could see the corpse lying quietly in the coffin as soon as he looked up.

Lu Jinqiang has never spoken since Song Liu performed the autopsy.

He stared at the coffin, as if he saw something extremely terrifying, his face was full of fear!

"Second brother... Second brother... Save me... I don't want to die..."

In his ears, a cry for help seemed to be far and near.

The young, painful and pleading face of Lu Jinsong poked out of the coffin, and gradually became clearer from blurry.

He climbed out of the coffin with difficulty and crawled towards Lu Jinqiang.

As he moved, a long bloodstain was dragged on the ground.

"Second brother... It hurts so much... Save me... Please save me..."

Lu Jinqiang was stabbed with silver needles by Zhong Shiwen a few days ago. After returning to the prime minister's mansion, he couldn't sleep all night.

At this time, seeing the young Lu Jinsong crawling in the dark on the ground, he couldn't tell whether it was reality or an illusion for a while.

"Second brother... Second brother..."

"Don't come over here!"

Under everyone's gaze, Lu Jinqiang suddenly yelled and hid behind Shen Qingyuan in panic, his voice trembling unnaturally, "Don't come over here! Don't call me! You've been dead for so many years, why are you still pestering me?"

"Second brother~~~~Second brother~~~~"

"Get out! Get out! I am Lu Jinsong! I am the real Lu Jinsong!"

Shen Qingyuan saw that Lu Jinqiang was so abnormal, followed his gaze and looked at the ground, and immediately realized something.

He looked at Lu Jinqiang's eyes and expression, quietly pinched a herbal bag hanging around his waist, and admired Zhong Shiwen in his heart.

Doctor Zhong is a god, he said he could make Lu Jinqiang fall into hallucination, and it really worked!

So, Shen Qingyuan raised his hand and patted Lu Jinqiang's shoulder, and said soothingly, "Prime Minister Lu, who did you see? Do you want me to arrest him?"

Lu Jinqiang nodded hurriedly, "Yes! You catch him quickly! Put him in jail!"

"But who should I arrest?" Shen Qingyuan looked at Lu Jinqiang and coaxed him, "Did he tell you what his name was?"

"What's his name?" Lu Jinqiang tried hard to think, but his brain seemed to be hollowed out. He murmured and shook his head desperately, "I can't remember? Who is he? Who is he?"

"Listen, he is calling you in the coffin! What is he calling you?"

"He, he calls me second brother!"

"What is he saying to you?"

"He said he didn't want to die!"

Shen Qingyuan asked, "Since he didn't want to die, why didn't you save him?"

The expression on Lu Jinqiang's face suddenly became gloomy and fierce, "Why should I save him? Since he graduated from high school, everyone in the family has been around him. What about him? He shows off in front of me all day long, showing off his power! Isn't he just the top scholar? If I were the top scholar, I would definitely do better than him!"

Shen Qingyuan narrowed his eyes, "So, you smashed him to death with an inkstone?"

"No, I smashed his head with an inkstone, but he was too lucky. He didn't die even after being put into the coffin. He was lying in the coffin, grabbing my hand and begging me to save him, but I didn't save him!"

"You sealed the living Lu Jinsong in the coffin?"

"No, I strangled him to death! I watched him die with my own eyes, and then I asked people to seal the coffin!"

Shen Qingyuan saw that the time was almost right, raised his voice slightly, and asked word by word, "Lu Jinqiang, so you were jealous of your brother Lu Jinsong's success in the imperial examination, so you killed him and took his place, right?"

Lu Jinqiang's eyes were bloodshot. Under the impact of reality and illusion, he completely lost his mind. "That's right! Lu Jinsong is nothing! He is pedantic and stupid. What else can he do except study? It was me, who became the top scholar, and rose step by step, and made every step carefully, that made the Lu family have the glory today!"

Although the civil and military officials had pieced together the truth of thirty years ago from Cai Wenpo and coroner Song Liu,

they were still shocked when they heard Lu Jinqiang confess that he was the murderer of his brother.

"Who could have thought that we have been working with a fake number one scholar for thirty years and have never discovered that there was something wrong with his identity!"

"The real Lu Jinsong had extraordinary talent, but he died at the hands of his own brother. What a pity!"

"It's hateful to think that we studied hard for decades, but were defeated by a murderer!"

"Yes, such people who bring chaos to the court must be severely punished!"

Shen Qingyuan saw that everyone despised Lu Jinqiang, and immediately struck while the iron was hot, "Your Majesty, Lu Jinqiang has already pleaded guilty. What should be done with this man?"

"Throw him to jail and interrogate him!" Sikong Yu was

hidden among the officials. Looking at Lu Jinqiang's numb and empty eyes, he immediately realized that something was wrong with him.

The so-called case-solving today was nothing but a play directed and performed by Sikong Xian and Shen Qingyuan! He had planned everything and finally