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

After a long while, Bai Yu swallowed his saliva and said cautiously: "Girl, is he dying?"

"He won't die," Chu Yunxi walked over and kicked the man on the ground, "He will recover soon. We should destroy his martial arts and tie him up."

Bai Yu immediately did it. Constable Wang Ziqi just woke up from his dream and immediately knelt in front of Xiao Mubei, "Your Majesty, I failed to do my job well. When we arrested this guy, he didn't resist at all. We didn't know his martial arts were so powerful. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Xiao Mubei snorted coldly, "He deserves to be punished. If anything happens to Chu the coroner, what will you pay him with?"

Wang Ziqi lowered his head and dared not speak. Chu Yunxi came over to smooth things over and put down the round stick. "Don't blame him. It was Hu Tianyu who deliberately concealed his martial arts. Anyone else could have been fooled by him. Am I fine? Constable Wang has made a contribution tonight and he deserves a reward."

"He has merits and faults. The mistake he made tonight is unforgivable. If he were on the battlefield, he might become an accomplice. He should be beheaded! Wang Ziqi, considering that you have made merit in arresting the murderer tonight, I will fine you three months' salary. Do you accept this?"

Wang Ziqi's sweat ran down his back. He knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration."

Chu Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Xiao Mubei would punish Wang Ziqi severely in anger. Xiao Mubei was a general who led troops into battle, and she understood that a merciful army could not be commanded.

After Wang Ziqi left, Chu Yunxi asked Hei Mu to take Lin Haifu away as well, and go to the western suburbs of the capital where he said to find the body of the murdered imperial physician.

Before leaving, Lin Haifu hesitated for a while, then came to Chu Yunxi and said, "Thank you for saving my life just now, young lady."

Just now when he was tied up and Hu Tianyu was about to kill him, if Chu Yunxi had not stood in front of him, he would have been unable to resist and would have had to wait for death.

He was wondering for a while, why was Chu Yunxi willing to take such a risk to save him?

Chu Yunxi quickly gave him the answer. She said calmly, "Don't thank me. I just don't want you to die so easily. You deserve to be cut into pieces."

Lin Haifu was stunned. He remained stiff until Hei Mu pulled him away. There was only one sentence in his mind, "She...her last name is Chu. Who is she?"

Hu Tianyu was tied up by Bai Yu and thrown into the prison. The interrogation room was empty. Xiao Mubei asked, "How long will it take for Hu Tianyu to wake up?"

Chu Yunxi yawned and said, "It may take a while. We can go catch up on some sleep before interrogating him."

Seeing that Chu Yunxi's eyes were red from staying up late, Xiao Mubei nodded, "Okay, let's go back and catch up on some sleep, but can you tell me what it was that you knocked Hu Tianyu unconscious with just now?"

"That," Chu Yunxi smiled, "that's a stun gun. You don't have this weapon here. If it touches someone, it can make them unconscious for several hours or even a day."

"So amazing," Xiao Mubei exclaimed, "Yunxi, why do you have so many weird things?"

"A secret," Chu Yunxi said with a grin, "I'm going to sleep now."

Xiao Mubei knew that she didn't want to say it, and he had promised her not to ask, so he had to suppress his curiosity and followed Chu Yunxi back to the courtyard to catch up on his sleep.

Hei Mu followed Lin Haifu to the western suburbs of the capital, and sure enough, they dug up a skeleton in the abandoned garden. Hei Mu brought the skeleton back and asked Chu Yunxi to check it. The bone age matched the age of the imperial physician, and the height was also the same. It was a pity that DNA testing was not recognized in this era, otherwise Chu Yunxi really wanted to do a DNA test to confirm it. The family members were also asked to identify the clothes on the body, and confirmed that they were the clothes worn by the imperial physician on the day he disappeared.

Lin Haifu confessed to both cases, but Hu Tianyu kept silent after waking up. However, there was evidence of landscape stones and the testimonies of the maids of the brothel women, proving that the victim followed this man when she left on the last day.

That night, Wang Ziqi also seized the horsewhip that Hu Tianyu used to drive his horse. Chu Yunxi compared it with the wounds on the necks of the female corpses, and they were exactly the same.

At this point, the case of the disappearance of the imperial physician, the murder of Yan Haosong, and the drowning of the brothel woman were all solved. The chief clerk of the Dali Temple spent a whole day sorting out the files of the three cases.

The next morning, Xiao Mubei brought the files into the palace.

Chu Yunxi had a good sleep and slept until noon. Hongyu had already learned how to give acupuncture, and Li Jinghong's mother's illness had also improved a lot. Chu Yunxi finally had a rare relaxing morning.

She felt that this was the best sleep she had since coming here. No one disturbed her and no one called her. If she wasn’t so hungry, Chu Yunxi would probably have continued to sleep.

After getting up and walking out of the yard, Chu Yunxi didn't see anyone. She knew that Hongyu went to Li's house, but why was Yue Yanran not here today?

Chu Yunxi raised her head, but she didn't see Baiyu and Heimu, and she didn't know whether they were on the tree. She gently pushed open the door of the study, but she didn't expect that Xiao Mubei was sitting upright, reading a book.

Seeing her come in, Xiao Mubei curled his lips and smiled. Chu Yunxi was stunned. She rarely saw Xiao Mubei showing such a bright smile. It was really... good-looking.

"You must be hungry. Come and have a meal." Xiao Mubei asked Chu Yunxi to sit down. A sumptuous meal had already been prepared on the table. As soon as she sat down, Chu Yunxi's stomach growled. Seeing Xiao Mubei's gaze, she said seriously, "This is my stomach protesting. It said that I haven't given it food for too long. If I don't give it food again, it will go on strike."

Xiao Mubei laughed again and handed the chopsticks to Chu Yunxi, "In order to prevent it from going on strike, eat quickly."

After finishing the meal, Chu Yunxi put down her chopsticks in satisfaction. Xiao Mubei said slowly, "Prince Anyang has been sentenced to exile."

Chu Yunxi paused and nodded. "It's pretty much what I expected. After all, he is a prince, and he didn't kill anyone himself. At most, he will be sentenced to exile. What about Lin Haifu and Hu Tianyu?"

Xiao Mubei shook his head. "Today I did not expose my fifth brother in the court, but went to the imperial study to meet with my father. After all, it is not appropriate for more people to know that my fifth brother has that kind of disease."

Chu Yunxi understood that for the sake of the royal family's reputation, Xiao Zijie's illness had to be kept secret.

"My father was furious and smashed the inkstone in the imperial study onto my fifth brother's head. His head was bleeding profusely, but he didn't say a word. The imperial concubine came crying and begged my father to pardon my fifth brother. I said at the time that if a prince breaks the law, he should be punished the same as a commoner. My father had no choice but to sentence my fifth brother to exile in the bitter cold of the far north. I guess the imperial concubine hates me to death at this moment."

Xiao Mubei smiled bitterly. Prince Anyang Xiao Zijie and Prince Jingyuan were in the same group. He had to clip Prince Jingyuan's wings bit by bit before he could bring him down. Otherwise, with Prince Jingyuan's ambition, he would probably end up fighting to the death with him.