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

Is this old man a thief who steals hearts?

Chu Yunxi felt confused. How could this be possible? Although she was not good at criminal psychological profiling, according to her autopsy, the incision on Lou San's chest was smooth and the operation was done quickly. It was absolutely impossible for such an old man in his sixties to do this.

Unless this is a master, he is either disguised or pretending.

Xiao Mubei obviously thought so too. He strode forward, pinched the old man's chin and forced him to raise his head. He looked left and right, but there was no sign of disguise.

I grabbed his wrist and felt it again, and found that he had no internal strength. He was not pretending. He really didn't know martial arts and was very weak.

Xiao Mubei shook his head at Chu Yunxi. Chu Yunxi walked to Li Jinghong and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Li Jinghong looked at the old man and said, "He heard from someone that the heart of a recently deceased person can be used as medicine to treat heart disease. His wife has a serious heart disease and she doesn't have much time left, so he wants to take the risk and steal a heart."

Chu Yunxi's heart sank. She felt that something might be wrong. Someone actually spread such a rumor. There are many people with heart diseases. There is no guarantee that there won't be someone like this old man who wants to try to save the situation.

"Have you sent someone to check?"

Li Jinghong nodded, "I have sent someone there, and they should be back soon."

As he was talking, a constable came back to report, "We have verified that Old Qin's wife is indeed suffering from heart disease. She usually lies in bed and Old Qin takes care of her. The neighbors around have also asked and confirmed that this is true. Old Qin has lived in Maoyan Hutong for thirty years."

When the kneeling old Qin heard this, he immediately kowtowed again, "Gentlemen, please have mercy on me. If I don't go back, my wife will definitely be worried. She can't stand being provoked. It may cost her life."

Chu Yunxi knew that what he said was true, and her heart disease could not bear any stimulation.

Those who spread rumors deserve to be cut into pieces.

Chu Yunxi looked at Xiao Mubei, who understood what she meant, so he stepped forward and said, "Old Qin, right? I am Xiao Mubei, the Minister of the Dali Temple. According to the Dasui Law, theft is punishable by imprisonment. I am thinking that you are a first-time offender and that you have extenuating circumstances, so I will let you off lightly. I hope you will be careful with your words and actions in the future and don't believe in rumors. For your wife's illness, see a doctor as soon as possible and don't think of those crooked ways. If you do it again, I will not let you off easily. Do you understand?"

Old Qin was filled with gratitude and knelt down in front of Xiao Mubei, kowtowed repeatedly, "Thank you, Your Highness, the King of Dingbei. Your kindness will never be forgotten. I will never blindly believe what others say again. Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"

He kept kowtowing, Xiao Mubei supported him and said, "Go back and take good care of your wife, let's go."

Old Qin thanked Xiao Mubei again, then stood up and staggered out. When he was almost at the door, Chu Yunxi asked, "Who told you that using the heart of a recently dead person as medicine can cure heart disease?"

Old Qin paused and turned around. "Recently, people on the streets have been saying that someone has already eaten. I went to buy vegetables that day and overheard what the vegetable vendor Qiao said, so I asked a few more questions."

Chu Yunxi nodded, walked up to him and gave him a few bottles of medicine, saying: "Tell your spouse to take one pill each morning and evening with warm water. If it works, you can come to Dali Temple to get the medicine from me in the future. My name is Chu Yunxi."

Old Qin stared blankly at the medicine in his hand that he had never seen before. It took him a long while to remember to thank him. He was about to kneel down and kowtow again, but Chu Yunxi stopped him. "Come and thank me when it works. Let's go."

Old Qin didn't expect that it would be a blessing in disguise. He felt that the medicine given by the people around King Dingbei must be very precious. After thanking them profusely again, he left with the medicine in his hands, as if he were holding a treasure.

As soon as he left, another constable came in and reported: "Your Majesty, we caught another thief who stole the heart."

"Bring it in."

The constable soon brought in a thin and frail woman. She walked in and cried, saying, "Sir, I was really wronged. Believe me, I just wanted to go and buy a heart from that family. The person was already dead, so they might as well sell it to me to save a life. But they refused to agree. I had no choice but to take the risk and try to steal it, but it didn't work. I really asked the family to buy it. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask them."

"What do you want a dead person's heart for?" Chu Yunxi asked.

The woman raised her tear-stained face and said sadly, "My husband has a heart disease. Now he can't breathe because of the pain in his chest when he walks. The doctor said he can't be cured and asked us to prepare for his funeral. But he is only in his twenties and he still has a bright future. We have been married for only three years and our child is still young. If he dies, what will happen to me and the child?"

The woman burst into tears. Chu Yunxi remained silent. Xiao Mubei said in a deep voice, "Tell me your name and where you live."

The woman sobbed and said, "My name is Lin Wan'er. I live in Caiwei Lane. It's the second house on the right after you enter the lane."

Xiao Mubei signaled the constable to verify. Chu Yunxi sighed helplessly, fearing that this was the other party's method of confusing people. They wanted to spread rumors and let ordinary people find ways to steal the heart, thereby increasing the workload of the Dali Temple and the Imperial Guards, and gradually making them numb enough to let down their guard.

"Your Majesty, inform everyone not to let down their guard. This is a trick by the other party to confuse us. The more we are at this time, the more we must be vigilant. The other party may attack at any time."

Xiao Mubei immediately gave the order.

Chu Yunxi said to Li Jinghong, "Li Shaoqing, all suspects brought back must be carefully questioned and verified. For first-time offenders, if they will not cause serious consequences, they will be sentenced to three days in prison to teach them a lesson. Their families will be given some medicine to treat heart diseases. If the situation just now may cause loss of life, they will be educated and released. But what we need to pay special attention to is to distinguish the true from the false. We must verify carefully and don't let the real murderer go."

Li Jinghong also agreed.

Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei handed over the interrogation to Li Jinghong, then left the prison and returned to the study. Xiao Mubei asked, "What should we do next?"

"We need to dispel the rumor first," Chu Yunxi sighed. It takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to dispel it. "Tomorrow, we will post a notice to explain that the claim that heart medicine can cure heart disease is a fabrication. If anyone in your family has heart disease, they can come to the Dali Temple to get a bottle of special medicine and register their name and address. In this way, we can first control the people who may become scapegoats, so that the murderer will have no one to use."

"Good idea." Xiao Mubei slapped the table, "In this way, I wonder what tricks these people can come up with."