The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Chu Yunxi wrote down the similarities and doubts and showed them to Xiao Mubei. "Your Highness, I think that no matter whether it is the murder of the brothel woman or the murder of Yan Haosong, there must be a thread connecting these things together, and what we need to do now is to find this thread."

"Then let's split up and look for this clue." Xiao Mubei made the decision. Now that they had a direction, they just had to find evidence.

So that morning, Chu Yunxi went to get an IV for Li's mother, and then went to Jinyutang on Xisi Street.

Hei Mu went with Chu Yunxi because today was the seventh day after Yan Haosong's death and his body had just returned to Jinyutang, so the body was kept for a day to receive condolences from relatives and friends.

Chu Yunxi lit three sticks of incense for Yan Haosong, as a gesture of gratitude to the people of Qilou Street. The people of Qilou Street did not know that Yan Haosong had been killed. Most of them did not even know where Yan Haosong came from. Yan Haosong never revealed his identity.

So those who came to pay their respects today were all people from nearby. When Yan Haosong was killed, some people sighed that the capital had lost a good doctor, while others applauded and thought that a black-hearted doctor was gone.

Right and wrong are no longer so important. In his life, he has saved many lives and also been greedy for money. Now everything has returned to dust and will be buried forever with the passage of time.

Xingyao and Xinghao wore mourning for Yan Haosong and gave gifts to the guests who came to pay their respects one by one. Du Ruoying was also there, but she was just helping out in the back hall and didn't want to go to the front to be seen by the neighbors.

She has already made an agreement with Xingyao and Xinghao that she will bring the coffin back to Jinling early tomorrow morning and bury Yan Haosong next to her master.

After offering incense, Chu Yunxi did not leave in a hurry. After saying hello to Xingyao Xinghao, she sat down in an inconspicuous corner nearby. She wanted to see if she could find any clues from the guests who came to pay their respects.

Not many people came. Yan Haosong's popularity was average, and most of his patients were from wealthy families. These people were proud of their status and would not come to pay their respects to an ordinary doctor. Instead, more people came because they cared about their neighbor.

The owner of the wonton stand next door also came. After paying his respects, he saw Chu Yunxi. He already knew her, so he came over to greet her, "Miss, are you here to pay your respects to Dr. Yan as well?"

Chu Yunxi nodded and said casually: "My colleague saw the patient here, but he was too busy, so he asked me to come and pay my respects."

The boss sighed, "It's really unpredictable. I saw Doctor Yan when he was out on a visit that day. He was carrying a medicine box. I greeted him and asked him where he was going. He told me not to ask around or I'd lose my head. I didn't expect that he would meet with an accident just two hours later. It was really unexpected."

Chu Yunxi's heart moved, and she asked, "He said that if you ask around, you might lose your head?"

"That's right. I was thinking that this guy was too alarmist. But he was like that on weekdays, with a stern face and he didn't joke with us very often. I just thought he was just talking casually. I didn't expect that he would actually lose his head."

The wonton stall owner looked frustrated.

Chu Yunxi's mind started racing. Yan Haosong was a rather old-fashioned person who seldom joked. He said to be careful of losing his head, which proved that he might really lose his head in the place he was going. Where could a doctor go to see patients and possibly put his life in danger?

There is no single answer, but the most likely place is the palace and the people who come out of the palace, such as the prince's residence.

Could it be that Yan Haosong was killed after coming out of Anyang Palace that day?

Chu Yunxi immediately said to Hei Mu, "Go and ask around Anyang Palace to see if anyone has seen Yan Haosong on the night of August 16th."

Hei Mu sent Chu Yunxi back to the Dali Temple and immediately went to the vicinity of Anyang Prince's Palace. At the same time, Xiao Mubei was also a guest at Anyang Prince's Palace.

He sent a visiting card to Xiao Zijie early in the morning, saying that he had not had time to visit his fifth brother at home since returning to Beijing. Today, he happened to be free, so he wanted to come and see his fifth brother. He had not seen him for many years and missed him very much.

When Xiao Zijie received the visiting card, he intuitively felt that Xiao Mubei had ulterior motives. As far as he knew, Xiao Mubei had not deliberately visited his other brothers, but he chose to come to his house at this critical juncture. He didn't believe that he had no ulterior motives.

But he couldn't refuse. If he did, he would seem guilty, so he had no choice but to agree.

So, Xiao Mubei came to Anyang Palace with a piece of white fox skin.

The Prince of Anyang's Palace is larger than the Prince of Dingbei's Palace. After all, he is the son of the Imperial Noble Consort and has a higher rank than Xiao Mubei's mother, Concubine Xian, so his palace is naturally larger than Xiao Mubei's.

But Xiao Mubei didn't care about this. What's the big house? He still lived in the small courtyard of Dali Temple all day long. What's the difference?

Xiao Zijie was wearing a moon-white robe with a piece of gauze on his neck. When he saw Xiao Mubei, he immediately gave him a big hug and patted Xiao Mubei's shoulder and said, "Xiao Ba, you've grown so tall."

"Fifth brother, what's wrong with your neck?" Xiao Mubei looked at Xiao Zijie and felt a little strange. It seemed that except for his face, no part of his body was exposed, and the only exposed part, his neck, was also covered.

Xiao Zijie touched the gauze on his neck and said casually, "I accidentally touched it, and the court doctor made a fuss and insisted on wrapping it up."

Xiao Mubei nodded in understanding, then took out a fox fur and said, "Fifth brother, this is a white fox that I hunted when I was in the north. Its fur is the softest. Winter is coming soon, so I'll make you a fox fur coat."

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness, eighth brother." Xiao Zijie ordered his servants to collect the fox skin and took Xiao Mubei to the front hall. Xiao Mubei secretly paid attention along the way, especially when he saw rockery and other places containing landscape stones, he would go forward to take a closer look.

"Fifth brother, the scenery in your mansion is nice. Which master designed it? Recently, the Dingbei Palace is preparing for renovation. I will ask him to renovate my mansion later. Fifth brother, can I go to your back garden? I want to see the layout. The decoration of your mansion is really to my liking."

Xiao Mubei flattered himself a lot and finally walked around the Anyang Palace. Unfortunately, he did not find any stone that was the same as the one he fished out from the bottom of the river.

Is the direction wrong?

"Fifth brother, where is Fifth Sister-in-law? I just returned to the capital, and I should pay a visit to her." Xiao Mubei tried again.

Xiao Zijie said with a smile: "Where is the fifth sister-in-law? Father has not yet arranged a marriage for us."

"Not engaged yet?" Xiao Mubei was surprised. "Fifth brother is old enough now, it's time for him to marry a princess to warm his bed."

Xiao Zijie chuckled, "I don't lack bed warmers, but they are all not up to par. I'm sorry to embarrass you, eighth brother."