Suddenly, the clerk rushed in from outside, looking flustered and shouting as he ran.
"My...my lord! Something terrible has happened!"
At this crucial moment, the prefect suddenly lost his nerve, his face darkened, and he glared fiercely at the clerk at the door.
"You surnamed Duan! If you can't give me a straight answer, I'll castrate you and send you to the palace!!"
The advisor froze in fright, but when he thought about what he had just seen, his face became even more miserable.
"My lord, please go and see!"
It turned out that after the night watchman reported the incident, the constables on night duty quickly brought the body back. Because it had been half-eaten, the body looked extremely disgusting and bloody. Even the coroner who performed the autopsy couldn't help but frown, exclaiming that he had never seen anything like it in his decades of life.
When the advisor was dragged over, he was so frightened that he wet himself on the spot, and his face turned pale instantly. Only then did he hurriedly run over to call for help.
When the prefect, furious and dissatisfied, walked to the front hall, he first glanced at the white cloth on the ground, and then roared.
"Can't you let people sleep in the middle of the night?! Can't everything wait until tomorrow? Do you all want to get a beating?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the constables, who had just vomited and were already pale, remained silent. Duan, the clerk, had no choice but to give a hint, but was only given a disdainful glance by the prefect.
"You've been with me for so many years, what's a corpse? It's not like I've never seen one before. The way you're acting now is utterly shameful!"
As he spoke, the prefect arrogantly ordered the constables to lift the white cloth. To his surprise, the head constable's face changed immediately, and he rushed to the side to vomit violently. Enraged, he walked down without paying any attention to Master Duan's attempts to stop him!
The prefect waved his hand, his calm and disdainful gaze instantly freezing. After the white cloth fell down, the raw meat came into full view. It had probably been sitting there for several hours and was starting to smell bad, with torn pieces of meat scattered all over the ground.
Seeing that the prefect had been staring at the corpse for a long time without moving, and showed no sign of vomiting, Master Duan and the head constable looked at each other, both seeing the prefect's respect in each other's eyes!
I thought my parents were cowardly and afraid of trouble, but yesterday's incident was a clear example. Didn't you see that they really didn't dare to arrest anyone afterward?
Unexpectedly, his master remained so calm, even in the face of such a corpse. The advisor walked over obsequiously, not daring to look at the ground a second time.
"Hehe, you are truly calm, composed, and collected in the face of adversity..."
Before he could finish his flattering words, a shadow rushed straight at him, and before the advisor could dodge, he was hit squarely!
Both men fell flat on their faces. When the clerk came to his senses, he saw that the prefect's face was pale, his eyes were rolling back, and his lips were trembling uncontrollably. He quickly reached out to help him up and then realized that the prefect's body had been trembling slightly the whole time...
She had already fainted from fright!
Upon seeing this, the advisor quickly pinched the man's philtrum and shouted.
"What are you waiting for? Go find a doctor!"
The government office was thrown into chaos, and the whole night was far from peaceful.
The next morning, Qin Qing went to make a cake as promised. Before she could even take out her things, a group of constables stormed in, shouting.
"Where is Mu Qinshi?!"
Hearing that the person calling her name, Qin Qing assumed that the prefect had come to cause trouble again. She calmly put the items into her spatial storage and strode out.
"Oh, who do we have here? Isn't this Officer An? Coming to my place so early in the morning, does the Prefect miss me again?"
When Constable An saw the newcomer, he choked. Ever since he arrested this woman, he hadn't had a good time! First, his own prefect was threatened and he could only watch helplessly. Then, he was criticized for being useless because he hadn't protected the prefect. Last night, he saw such a disgusting and gruesome corpse and couldn't sleep all night!
In just two days, he felt like he had aged ten years!
Thinking about it, he forced a smile, which looked very strained.
"You're joking. The master summoned you to come and help, so I came here specifically to invite you!"
In his mind: This time, once I've caught you, you won't be able to escape! Murder, dumping the body, feeding it to stray dogs—it was all this woman's doing. Just thinking about it is thrilling! He's determined to get revenge for the humiliation he suffered last time!
Seeing his strange expression, Qin Qing couldn't help but frown slightly and nod.
"Alright, as long as they can be back before noon!"
The constable's smile widened, and he nodded repeatedly in agreement! In his heart: Want to come back? Bah! Back to the prison!
When Qin Qing arrived at the yamen again, he saw a large crowd of people gathered at the entrance. It was clear that this was a court hearing, and the case being tried was probably not an ordinary one.
When she entered, the first thing she smelled was a stench. As a doctor, her intuition told her that there was a corpse here! She then turned her gaze to the white sheet covering the ground, her eyes grave.
"bump!"
The sound of the gavel snapped her back to reality. She saw the familiar prefect sitting high up, his face pale and weak, but his eyes filled with schadenfreude.
"Is the woman before you the criminal Mu Qinshi?!"
Although it was a question, the tone was very smug and certain, which drew a strange look from Qin Qing.
"My lord, did you not sleep well last night? We've only been apart for a day or two, and you've already forgotten me? What's wrong? Have you not served your new concubine well?"
Upon hearing this, gasps of surprise erupted from the doorway, followed by whispers. The prefect's face turned red and then black, and he pointed angrily at Qin Qing with a trembling hand.
"You...you..."
That's such an ambiguous statement; anyone would overthink it, but he has absolutely no relationship with this old woman! He only likes delicate young women! He has no interest in this kind of old hag!
"Don't talk nonsense, you shrew! I have absolutely nothing to do with you!"
Qin Qing couldn't help but chuckle. A dignified prefect, hopelessly stupid! He then feigned surprise and confusion.
"What are you saying, sir? I never said we had any relationship! I was just expressing concern for your sex life, showing consideration for your hard work during the Ming Dynasty, and offering my condolences! I never expected you to call me a shrew..."
As she spoke, she looked completely innocent and aggrieved, which made the people at the door feel indignant!
The prefect's face darkened further, and just as he was about to continue his rebuttal, he was stopped by Master Duan, who whispered something to him.
"Sir...the case is the priority!"
But the prefect glared at him fiercely, and the words he was about to say were swallowed back down, almost choking him to death! Especially the questioning looks from the people outside, he was furious!
"Last night, the night watchman, Ah Niu, found a corpse being eaten by stray dogs in the alley and came to report it. This morning, someone else reported seeing you beating the deceased in the alley yesterday afternoon! Is this true?"
Qin Qing was taken aback. No one should have seen what happened in the alley yesterday, since there were only two exits, one of which was directly facing her. She was sure no one was there!
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