A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 265 Headless Female Corpse (53)

"I did not rebel!"

Shen Che hurriedly protested, saying, "I...I didn't look down on women! Those words weren't mine, they were my blind guard's..."

"The consequence of lax governance is that the master pays the price." Mu Qingcheng's eyes held a hint of coldness. "Prince Zhongshan, you are not wronged!"

Shen Che's face immediately fell. "Okay, I'm sorry."

Mu Qingcheng was slightly surprised that this arrogant member of the royal family would admit his mistake so readily.
However, Shen Che's expression suddenly changed, his eyes filled with curiosity, and he eagerly asked, "May I ask how to address you, heroine? I just heard them call you Master Mu, are you... a master clerk from the Jingzhao Prefecture? How could a young girl like you become a government master clerk?"

Mu Qingcheng frowned slightly. Was this young master some kind of idiot? He had been beaten so badly by her that he was kneeling on the ground and had lost all face, yet he could still chat with her without caring at all?
She paused for a moment before saying, "Mu Qingcheng, the criminal clerk of the Jingzhao Prefecture."

"Wow, he's a legal advisor in charge of criminal matters? That's impressive!" Shen Che's eyes widened suddenly, looking like a complete idiot who had never seen anything like it before.

Mu Qingcheng ignored this lunatic and raised her voice, "Officer Liu, Officer Duan, take all these rebellious masters and servants back to the Jingzhao Prefecture and lock them in jail! These seven horses, take them back to the yamen and confiscate them!"

"Yes!"

The two people who were called out had unusually loud voices!
"Clap clap-"

"Master Mu is mighty!"

"The Jingzhao Prefecture is mighty!"

The people were overjoyed, and thunderous applause lingered for a long time!
Seeing Liu Heng come up to tie him up, Shen Che looked on in disbelief. "Master Mu, didn't I admit my mistake?" As he spoke, he swiftly grabbed Mu Qingcheng's skirt and pleaded, "Don't go to jail, okay? It's dark and cold in jail, you won't get enough to eat or sleep in. I... I just finished making my face look fair and tender..."

Mu Qingcheng was certain: this person was definitely a brainless idiot!
So she raised her foot and kicked Shen Che to the ground!
"Aren't you afraid of being beheaded? Rebellion means the extermination of your entire family!"

"I didn't rebel, heroine, don't slander me! It's just that your constables have bad tempers, that's why I..."

Seeing Mu Qingcheng raise her foot again, Shen Che, who had fallen to the ground, finally shut his mouth in embarrassment!
Seeing Shen Che's pathetic state, Liu Heng was both shocked and speechless. He picked him up and tied his hands with a rope.

Duan Qianzhong showed no mercy to his six subordinates. Since they were injured and unable to walk, he simply tied them together with ropes and dragged them along the road!
This comical scene not only made the common people laugh, but even their master, Shen Che, couldn't help but laugh so hard he bent over!

Mu Qingcheng stared at Shen Che for a long while until Liu Heng took him away, then she slowly withdrew her gaze.

This young prince is either genuinely simple-minded and foolish, or... wise beyond his years!
The crowd gradually dispersed.

Mu Qingcheng returned to the nearest bookstore and handed the shopkeeper the only half-bag of copper coins he had on him. "The situation was urgent just now, and I grabbed a handful of your chess pieces. I'm really sorry."

The shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly, "No need, no need. Master Mu used these chess pieces to capture the bad guys. Their value far exceeds the value of the chess pieces themselves!"

"no……"

"Master Mu, you'd better hurry back to the yamen and clean up this mess. You've captured a big shot; a storm is brewing!"

Since that was the case, Mu Qingcheng had no choice but to thank him and leave with the money bag.

……

Jingzhao Mansion.

Shen Che and his servant were imprisoned in the Northern Prison. Shen Che was in a single room, while the other six shared a room.

As Mu Qingcheng passed through the passageway outside the prison cell, he heard the guards conducting a routine body search on them.

Shen Che's haughty temper flared up again, and he shouted, "Get your filthy hands off me! I am of noble birth, how dare you touch me? Call your Master Mu over here, I only allow her to come near me!"

The constables exchanged bewildered glances. Although this man was in jail, he hadn't been convicted yet, so he wasn't considered a criminal. With the Prince of Zhongshan's status as his heir holding sway, they certainly didn't dare offend him!

Mu Qingcheng frowned, quickened her pace, and appeared outside Shen Che's cell.

"Master Mu!"

The constables breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had seen a savior.

Shen Che crossed his arms, tilted his head, and looked at Mu Qingcheng with a strange smile in his eyes. "Please don't be offended, heroine, but I have a phobia of germs and don't like others touching me. Would you please do me the trouble of searching me yourself?"

"Heh." Mu Qingcheng chuckled noncommittally. "Your Highness may not know, but I am not only a criminal investigator, but also a coroner. The only people I can personally search and touch are the dead!"

Shen Che's smile froze on his face!

Mu Qingcheng gestured to the constables, "Search him! If he still doesn't behave, tie him to a wooden bed and leave him lying there like a corpse for three days and three nights!"

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the order, the constables immediately stepped forward, one grabbing Shen Che's arms while the other began searching his body.

Shen Che sighed leisurely: "How ruthless you are, heroine! I was originally thinking that if you searched me yourself, I would find the surprise I had prepared for you!"

As Shen Che finished speaking, the yamen runner paused his hand on Shen Che's chest, then took out a book from his clothes!

"A surprise?" Mu Qingcheng narrowed her eyes. "Prepared in advance?"

Shen Che chuckled, "It can't be brought forward. I never expected to be defeated by the heroine today. It's just a favor I did for her."

The yamen runner presented the letter.

"The Records of Customs and Scenery of the Great Zhou Dynasty!" Mu Qingcheng read out the title, then looked at the author, "Sui Wuyou?"

Shen Che looked smug. "How about it? Isn't this pen name I chose nice?"

"You are Sui Wuyou? You wrote this book?" Mu Qingcheng asked in surprise.

Shen Che nodded emphatically, "That's right! My purpose in coming to the capital this time is to have this book reviewed and revised by the Hanlin Academy, and then print it in large quantities and sell it throughout the country!"

Mu Qingcheng was stunned. She couldn't help but look at Shen Che again, her eyes filled with suspicion.

Shen Che suddenly became anxious, "Hey, what kind of look is that? Do you think I, the young master, am really a playboy?"

"Let's keep things separate. It's a fact that you rode your horse at full speed and killed the officials!" Mu Qingcheng hit the nail on the head. "Don't try to confuse the issue here!"

Having said that, she turned to the constables and ordered, "Anyone who commits a crime shall be given twenty strokes of the cane, and then a doctor shall be called to treat them afterwards. They shall bear the costs themselves! Also, calculate all the expenses for food, bedding, water, incense, candles, and candle wax during their detention, and collect them together with the fines!"

"Yes!" the constable replied.

Shen Che was shocked, his mind racing. "Heroine, if I pay more of the fine, can I get rid of the beating? By the way, I can compensate the injured officials tenfold for their medical expenses!"

“Okay, I’ll give you a round number.” Mu Qingcheng thought for a moment and held up one finger.

Shen Che's eyes lit up. "Ten thousand taels? Okay, it's a deal!"

Mu Qingcheng's lips twitched slightly; her original intention was one thousand taels...

(End of this chapter)