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

Wang Youshan stammered, "Three...three days ago, I...I was at home at that time. I was the only one at home, and no one could prove it."

Xiao Mubei looked at him coldly. Wang Youshan's forehead was dripping with sweat. He suddenly cried out, "My Lord, I really didn't kill him. I was sleeping at home at that time. I really didn't go out."

"Sleeping at home in broad daylight?" Xiao Mubei said coldly.

Wang Youshan gritted his teeth, suddenly stamped his feet, and said, "I...I was with the widow of the Li family that day."

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi understood immediately that Wang Youshan was a pervert who was attracted to both men and women. He must have been having an affair with the widow three days ago, so he wanted to hide it.

But moral matters are not their business. If Wang Youshan is telling the truth, then he has an alibi and someone else must have killed Du Pei.

Xiao Mubei immediately asked Zi Han to bring the widow of the Li family back for questioning.

Half an hour later, the widow of the Li family was brought back. Chu Yunxi was in charge of questioning her. She got straight to the point and asked, "Widow Li, three days ago, that is, from the hour of Shen to the hour of You on the third day of the second lunar month, where were you and what were you doing?"

The widow of the Li family was a woman in her thirties, slightly plump and of average appearance. Chu Yunxi had already learned about her before asking Zi Han to lead the group. Her husband had died three years ago, and it was said that he fell to his death after getting drunk. She had lived alone since then, with no children or grandchildren. Her behavior was not very decent, and it was said that she had quite a few mistresses.

At this moment, when Chu Yunxi asked, she said indifferently, "That time, let me think, it seems to be at home, right?"

“Can anyone prove it?”

"Oh, Princess, I am a widow living alone. I must be alone at home. What do you mean by asking this? Are you trying to ruin my reputation?"

Chu Yunxi saw that she was being unreasonable, but she was not angry. She just said calmly: "Widow Li, I think you don't understand the situation. I am not chatting with you, but I am asking you questions on behalf of the Dali Temple. This is about a murder case, so you'd better answer truthfully. If what you say is untrue, the Dali Temple has the right to sentence you to a crime of obstructing the investigation. I'm afraid you will have to go back to the capital with us."

Widow Li was obviously stunned, but she probably felt that it would be embarrassing to bow her head like that, so she said reluctantly: "Princess, don't scare me. Although I am a country woman, I was not brought up to be scared."

Chu Yunxi smiled, "I never scare people." Seeing that Widow Li's expression had eased a little, she continued, "But I also never say I can't do it. I hope you can distinguish the importance of the matter. If you delay solving the case and let the murderer escape, can you bear the responsibility?"

Widow Li's face turned pale and blue, and she finally gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll tell you, that day, I was with Wang Youshan, at my house, and we...slept together."

"Are you sure you will be together from Shen to You?"

"Yes, he stayed at my house until midnight."

It seems that these two people can prove each other, so there should be no suspicion. Chu Yunxi asked a few more questions and confirmed that she was not lying, so she told her not to tell anyone about what happened today and let her go home.

Xiao Mubei had also finished interrogating Wang Youshan, and learned from Wang Youshan that he had indeed met Du Pei in the inn. Once, he went to the inn to help out and heard that kind of sound at the door of the guest room, so he secretly poked a small hole in the window and saw a scene that made his blood boil.

Wang Youshan was a bachelor who often flirted with single women in the village. He actually hooked up with a few of them, but he had never tasted a man before. When he saw this, he couldn't help but get excited. What's more, he knew the man, Du Pei from the village. The guy was fair and clean-looking, and quite likable. He already had a wife, but no one expected him to do this in the inn.

So that day, Wang Youshan blocked Du Pei in the dark alley outside the inn and threatened Du Pei to have sex with him, otherwise he would tell his wife about the shameful things he did in the inn.

Du Pei already felt guilty towards Qin Shiyue and didn't want her to know about this, so he agreed reluctantly. The two later reached an agreement that when Du Pei returned home early, Wang Youshan would sneak over while Qin Shiyue was still not home and leave before Qin Shiyue returned home.

The two had been maintaining this relationship for several months until they were discovered by Qin Shiyue. Wang Youshan felt that it was not shameful for him to hang out with women, but it was indeed embarrassing to hang out with men, so he did not look for Du Pei for the next two days. Unexpectedly, he heard the news of his death two days later.

Hearing the way he died, Wang Youshan understood that Du Pei had an affair with another man again. He was a little annoyed, but then he thought, he was not the only man, and the man was dead, so what was there to worry about? So he didn't take it to heart. He didn't expect that Qin Shiyue would suddenly frame him and say that he had killed someone.

After listening to what Xiao Mubei said, Chu Yunxi pondered and said, "It seems that Wang Youshan may not have killed the man. The murderer must be someone who has that kind of relationship with Du Pei. Your Majesty, we can go to the inn and check if there is anyone in the inn who knows who has an affair with Du Pei."

"Okay, let's go now. Qin Shiyue is crying out for justice in the street, which must have alerted the murderer. If we don't hurry up, he will probably escape."

"That's right. Although Lijia Village is not big, there are many people. In addition, it is a major transportation route, and there are many outsiders. We must speed up. If it is a villager, it would be better. If it is an outsider, maybe he will run away after killing someone. It is impossible for him to stay here and wait to be caught."

Wen Rulan, who had been listening, spoke up at this moment: "They can't be outsiders, they must be local villagers. Think about it, if they were outsiders, how could Du Pei let them go to his house? They must be doing business in the inn. Only local villagers like Wang Youshan would go to Du Pei's house, because this is not a transaction, it's an affair."

Chu Yunxi said, "Then we will split into two groups. One group will investigate the inn and Du Pei's neighbors to see if anyone knows anything, and the other group will investigate if anyone in the village has a strange look or has suddenly disappeared in the past two days. The murderer may have escaped, or he may have pretended to be calm and silent."

"Okay, let's act immediately. Yunxi and I will go check the inn and Du Pei's neighbors. Senior brother, you take people to check for missing persons."

After Xiao Mubei made all the arrangements, several people set out separately. It was already dark, but no one dared to relax, for fear that the murderer would escape if they were a little slow.

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi came to the inn where Du Pei had helped before, Yunlai Inn.