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

After the three of them sat down, Chu Yunxi said, "Zhen'er, tell my second brother what's going on."

Han Zhener nodded and said, "I am from Southern Xinjiang. I met Yuan Xi in Southern Xinjiang. One time, Yuan Xi led his troops into the mountains for training. When they encountered a rainstorm, he took shelter at my house. That's when we met."

Chu Zhongxi nodded, "Brother often led the soldiers into the mountains for training at that time, so that if they encountered the enemy in the mountains one day, the soldiers could become familiar with mountain warfare and gain the upper hand."

Han Zhener said: "Yes, that's what he told me. We didn't see each other again after we took shelter from the rain. One day, when I went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, I accidentally fell off a cliff and broke my leg. I lay on the ground and cried for help. Yuan Xi heard me and carried me back home. He also came to see me every now and then. Gradually, we..."

Han Zhen'er didn't say anything more, but her face turned red. Chu Zhongxi and Chu Yunxi understood. Chu Zhongxi said, "No wonder my brother went to the mountains so often for a while. It turned out to be this reason. He kept it a secret from me."

Chu Yunxi felt that if her eldest brother was here at this moment, he would definitely be blamed by her second brother.

"What happened next?" Chu Yunxi asked impatiently.

"Later, we got engaged secretly. My parents met him and were very satisfied. Yuanxi said that he would take me to meet his father after he finished fighting. But later, he didn't come for several days. I was a little worried, so I went down the mountain to look for him."

Chu Yunxi and Chu Zhongxi were both worried, listening to Han Zhener's words, "As soon as I got down the mountain, I saw a lot of corpses in the canyon, and the ground was covered with blood. I was so scared that my legs went limp, but a force supported me and allowed me to walk into the sea of ​​blood and corpses. God bless me, I saw Yuanxi at first sight."

Chu Yunxi's heart was in her throat. Listening to Han Zhener's narration, she seemed to understand how she felt at that time, as if she had also witnessed the scene.

Chu Zhongxi, the person involved, felt the same way. He once again thought of his comrades who had died in that battle and felt great pain in his heart.

Han Zhener continued, "I didn't care about anything else at the time. I crawled to Yuanxi's side and checked his breath. Fortunately, he still had a faint breath. I don't know where I got the strength from, but I immediately carried him on my back and brought him home."

Chu Yunxi and Chu Zhongxi breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. This meant that Chu Yuanxi did not die in that battle.

Han Zhener continued, "Yuanxi had to wait for more than a month before he could get out of bed and walk. When he was able to get out of bed, he immediately went to the place where the battle took place, saying that he wanted to find his brother, but there was nothing there."

Chu Zhongxi's eyes were red. It turned out that his eldest brother had gone back there to look for him, but unfortunately they did not meet.

"Later, Yuan Xi left home early and came back late every day. I didn't know what he was doing until more than a month ago. One day, he suddenly came back and gave me this jade pendant. He said he was going out for a while and wanted me to take this jade pendant to the capital, find the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion, give it to his wife or younger sister, and tell them that he was still alive, but his mission was not yet completed and he couldn't come back. He had to do something important and find the remains of the Marquis and his brother and bring them home. He also said that he wanted to give me a status because I had been with him for so long and couldn't marry anyone else. I happened to be coming to see my mother, so I just got married first. So, with my parents as witnesses, we got married... He left the next day after the wedding, and I set out for the capital. I didn't expect to contract a serious disease on the way, so I found this Ruyun Tower and ran into you by accident."

Han Zhener finished speaking in one breath and paused. Chu Yunxi and Chu Zhongxi took a while to digest what they had said before they finally came to their senses.

Chu Zhongxi said: "In fact, I also looked for him everywhere at that time, but I didn't expect that he would hide in the mountains. No wonder I couldn't find him after searching all the nearby villages."

Chu Yunxi asked, "Didn't my elder brother tell him where he went?"

Han Zhener said: "He said at the time that he was going to Nandi."

"Going to Nandi?" Chu Yunxi and Chu Zhongxi exclaimed in unison.

Han Zhener nodded, "He seemed to have something important to do, and he left in a hurry. He only told me to wait for him in the Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion after I arrived in the capital, and that he would take my parents back to the capital after he was done. Now more than a month has passed, and there has been no news from him. I don't know how he is doing now."

Why did Chu Yuanxi let Han Zhener go to Beijing alone? Did he really just want her to come to the loyal and brave mansion to report the news? Chu Yunxi thought it might not be that simple.

She glanced at Chu Zhongxi and saw that he seemed to have something to say, so she said, "Zhen'er, you've talked so much, you need to rest. I'll ask Yanran to warm up the medicine. You should recover from your illness in Ruyun Tower. I feel more at ease here with Yanran taking care of you. When you are well, you can return to the Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion to settle down."

Han Zhener nodded, "Everything will be arranged by Yunxi."

Chu Yunxi asked Yue Yanran to come and take Han Zhener to rest, and then asked Chu Zhongxi, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Chu Zhongxi said, "Here is the jade pendant. It must be true that Han Zhen'er met Big Brother. But we can't just listen to her one-sided story. She said Big Brother went to Nandi and that Big Brother asked her to come and tell him the news. But it's a long way from Nanjiang to the capital. She's a weak woman who doesn't know martial arts. How could Big Brother let her go to the capital alone? Isn't she afraid of any accidents on the way? And according to what she said, her parents are still at home. Even if Big Brother is relieved, how can her parents be relieved?"

"This is indeed a suspicious point. Also, is the mountain that eldest brother often goes to steep? Are there many people living in the mountain?" Chu Yunxi asked.

Chu Zhongxi shook his head. "That mountain is sparsely populated, so my elder brother often takes soldiers to train. But I'm not sure about this because I don't like climbing mountains. That mountain is indeed steep, and I'm too lazy to climb. So I'm not sure if there are people living in the deep mountains."

"If the mountain is very steep, and Big Brother is tall, and Han Zhen'er is so thin, how could she carry Big Brother up the mountain by herself? Big Brother was so seriously injured at the time, if it took a long time to carry him up the mountain, would he still be alive?"

The more the two talked, the more doubts they felt, and for a moment they didn't know whether they should believe it or not. Intellectually, Han Zhener's words had too many loopholes, but emotionally, they hoped that what she said was true, so that the eldest brother was really still alive.

"Whether it's true or not, I'll go to Southern Xinjiang." Chu Zhongxi made up his mind, "This is the only clue about my brother in such a long time. I can't just sit there and wait, right?"