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

After checking the body and finding no other fatal injuries, Chu Yunxi pulled out the sword, wiped off the blood, picked up the scabbard on the ground and put the sword back in. It was indeed the same sword.

"Aunt Xiangming, was this sword placed here before?"

Chu Yunxi placed the sword on the sword rest next to the altar and asked Xiang Ming, who nodded, "Yes, girl, this is Elder Li's sword. After Elder Li passed away, this sword was placed in the ancestral hall along with his tablet."

The murderer used Elder Li's sword to kill Li Zhihao, who was also from Lijia Village.

Chu Yunxi walked around the ancestral hall and asked Xiang Ming, "Is there any secret in this ancestral hall? Otherwise, why did the murderer come here? Why did Li Zhihao attack him? He must have done something that was detrimental to the sect, and Li Zhihao discovered it, so he wanted to kill him to silence him."

Xiang Ming was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know about this. You should ask the old lady."

Chu Yunxi nodded and looked at Wen Rulan, who also nodded, indicating that he had finished his investigation.

The three of them left the ancestral hall, and Chu Yunxi said, "I wonder if Aunt Xiangming can come with me to the place where the suspects are being held. I want to ask those people for their confessions and see if I can find anything."

Xiang Ming agreed, and the three of them left the ancestral hall.

While Xiangming was closing the door, Wen Rulan whispered to Chu Yunxi, "There is a secret compartment under the altar."

When he looked down from the roof, he saw that the murderer was indeed bending over to pick up something, but then Li Zhihao appeared and the two started fighting. The murderer took the sword next to the altar. Everything happened so quickly that he didn't see clearly whether the man got the thing.

Just now he went over to take a look and found the secret compartment under the altar. It was empty and there was nothing in it. He didn't know whether the things were taken away by the murderer or by Madam Wan.

Chu Yunxi nodded, knowing what was going on. Before the three of them reached the wing room, a man ran over quickly. Chu Yunxi looked closely and found that it was one of the people who had been sent by Madam Wan to search the room.

"Aunt Xiangming, we found the clothes the murderer was wearing." He handed over a black garment. In the light of the torch, one could see stains all over it. Although the black garment did not appear bloody, the pungent smell of blood indicated that it was covered in blood.

The bloody shirt was unfolded, and the front was dotted with marks. Chu Yunxi nodded, "This is exactly the clothes the murderer was wearing when he committed the crime. He stabbed Li Zhihao in the heart with a sword, and the blood splashed just on his front. Where did you find this shirt?"

The disciple said, "It was buried under a tree on the way to the disciples' dormitory. It was not easy to be found. But when Xiaohu walked there, he had to pee urgently, so he ran under the tree to relieve himself, and that's when he found it."

Xiang Ming sighed, "The net of heaven is vast and wide, nothing can escape it, it's all God's will."

Chu Yunxi held the clothes in front of Wen Rulan and gestured, "The murderer is slightly taller than my senior brother."

In this way, the scope can be narrowed down again. The three of them came to the room where those who had not yet been cleared of suspicion were staying, and Chu Yunxi questioned them one by one.

Because the crime happened in the middle of the night, most people had already gone to bed, so many people did not have time to testify. In addition, the senior disciples of the Wanjian Sect all had their own dormitory, so they did not have time to testify either.

Chu Yunxi knew that the murderer was among those senior disciples, but she couldn't say it out loud because Wen Rulan had seen that person's skills. Now she could only judge that the murderer was more skilled in martial arts than Li Zhihao. But although Li Zhihao was a martial arts genius, he had only studied for three months after all, and there were many people in Wanjian Sect who were more skilled in martial arts than him.

Chu Yunxi first eliminated some people based on the size of their clothes, and then filtered out those who had only been in the company for less than three months. The number of suspects was reduced from thirty-nine to sixteen.

Among these sixteen people, four were senior disciples of the Wanjian Sect. Wen Rulan hinted to Chu Yunxi that the murderer was among these four because the martial arts of the others could not reach that level.

Chu Yunxi was interested in these four people, namely Chen Wenguang, who was ranked second in the Wanjian Sect, Du Shixuan, who was ranked sixth, Yan Songbo, who was ranked seventh, and Ning Zhuoming, who was ranked ninth.

Because of his height, Xiao Mubei was also on the suspect list, but the rest of them were ruled out as suspects. Xiao Mubei said to Chu Yunxi, "It doesn't matter, just investigate as you should."

Chu Yunxi felt more confident when she met his trusting gaze. She secretly observed the four people and saw that they were all calm and composed, and no one seemed panicked, which showed that the murderer had a very good psychological quality.

Now the murder weapon is on the victim, and the clothes he wore when committing the crime have been thrown away. If we want to find the murderer, we must find out what he did in the ancestral hall.

Seeing that it was already dawn outside and the long night was finally over, Chu Yunxi ordered someone to invite Madam Wan and Wan Ruwei over.

After a night's rest, Madam Wan's complexion recovered a lot. She ordered people to prepare breakfast and had breakfast with Chu Yunxi first.

Xiang Ming had already told Madam Wan everything Chu Yunxi had done that night. The old lady personally served Chu Yunxi a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of her. "Thank you for your hard work, Miss Chu. I am really ashamed that you have to take care of the affairs of our Wanjian Sect."

"No problem, Yunxi is happy to help." Chu Yunxi nodded politely.

In order to facilitate the discussion of the case, only Chu Yunxi, Wan Ruwei, Wen Rulan and Madam Wan were at the table, with Xiangming serving beside them. Chu Yunxi was not polite and asked, "Madam Wan, the case has been investigated to this point, and I'm afraid we need to find out the murderer's motive before we can continue. Forgive Yunxi for being so presumptuous, but is there any secret in your sect's ancestral hall that is worth the murderer's night visit?"

Madam Wan's expression did not change, and she said calmly, "Young lady, you are smart. Some things were indeed lost in the ancestral hall last night. The sword manual of the sect's Thirteen Green Wave Swords was stolen. I would like to ask you to help me find it."

Chu Yunxi frowned, "The sword manual of the Thirteen Jade Wave Swords?"

If they were from the Wanjian Sect, wouldn't they have already learned the Thirteen Jade Swords? Why would they steal the sword manual?

Madam Wan nodded and said, "I didn't tell you last night because the manual of the Thirteen Jade Swords is the key to our sect's survival. If the disciples knew about it, it would cause a stir. So please keep it a secret."

Chu Yunxi said, "Don't worry, Madam. I will not reveal a single word to anyone. But I would like to ask you, Madam, how many people know that the manual of the Thirteen Jade Wave Swords is in the ancestral hall?"

Madam Wan said, "Only my son and I know about this. Even Xiaowei doesn't know. After all, this is our sect's unique skill. Moreover, although the sword manual is hidden in the ancestral hall, the mechanism is very secret. It is not easy for ordinary people to find it."

Chu Yunxi and Wen Rulan looked at each other. Just now in the ancestral hall, the secret compartment was open, which meant that the murderer did not have time to close it, and the mechanism was indeed not next to the secret compartment.