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

"Indeed, I have asked the neighbors of Du Pei's family three times today. Adding you, the Purple Guard, it is indeed annoying. But now Wang Youshan has been ruled out as a suspect. Although there is no evidence against Hu Min, my intuition tells me that he is not the murderer. No one has seen anyone else. Who could be the murderer?"

Chu Yunxi unconsciously stirred the remaining noodles in the bowl and fell into deep thought again. Could this murderer be a martial arts master? He used Qinggong to quietly enter Du Pei's house, raped and killed Du Pei, and then used Qinggong to leave?

Chu Yunxi immediately denied her own idea. This case did not seem to be a premeditated murder, but more like an accident. Moreover, martial arts masters usually have a high opinion of themselves, and a small figure like Du Pei is generally not in the eyes of martial arts masters.

Wen Rulan's noodles were ready, too. He thanked the stall owner and wolfed them down, chatting with him as he ate. "Boss, have you felt that someone in the village is not right these past two days? Or is very different from usual, like he used to be very talkative, but these past two days he's been in a daze, or he's always absent-minded and can't hear you when you talk to him?"

The stall owner thought about it carefully. At this time, a man came over with a pair of scissors and shouted to the stall owner, "Old Xie, I put the scissors here for you."

The stall owner responded casually without turning his head, still thinking about Wen Rulan's question. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I didn't find the situation you mentioned."

"Okay," Wen Rulan was a little disappointed and asked casually, "Who was that just now?"

"Just now?" The stall owner asked in confusion, "Did anyone come just now?"

Wen Rulan pointed to the scissors on the stall and said, "Here, I'm here to return your scissors."

"Oh, he is Mr. Chen from next door. He borrowed a pair of scissors from me in the evening and returned them just now." The stall owner put the scissors away with a smile.

Chu Yunxi just felt something flashed through her mind. She wanted to catch it but failed, so she couldn't help but knock her head, feeling a little annoyed.

Xiao Mubei hurriedly grabbed her hand and asked, "What's going on? Why are you hitting yourself?"

"I seem to have thought of some key issue, but I just can't remember it." Chu Yunxi said and tapped her head with her other hand.

Xiao Mubei grabbed both of her hands and said, "If you can't remember, forget it. We will investigate slowly and we will eventually find the murderer. If not, we can ask Du Pei's neighbors tomorrow to see if they have missed anything."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Mubei suddenly felt his hand tighten. It was Chu Yunxi who grabbed his hand. She asked anxiously, "What did you just say?"

Xiao Mubei didn't understand what she meant, so he said, "I said, if you can't remember, then forget it."

"Back."

"Behind? Let's ask Du Pei's neighbors tomorrow to see if they missed anything."

"Yes, neighbors!" Chu Yunxi slammed the table, "I know, the problem lies with Du Pei's neighbors."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Mubei and Wen Rulan didn't understand.

“Let me ask you, who are the people who are most likely to be ignored?”

"The person who is most easily overlooked?" Xiao Mubei thought for a moment, "A short person?"

"No," Chu Yunxi shook her head, "Think about it again."

Wen Rulan swallowed the noodles in her mouth and said, "It's the person who often hangs around in front of you."

"Yes."

Xiao Mubei still didn't quite understand, so Chu Yunxi explained, "Your Highness, if you were sitting in the courtyard reading a book, and Bai Yu was practicing martial arts next to you, or standing sentry on a tree, or going to the kitchen to serve food, and I came here and didn't see Bai Yu, so I asked you, where did Bai Yu go, do you know?"

"I..." Xiao Mubei imagined the scene and found that he probably really didn't know.

"If Bai Yu had come back when I came, would you think that Bai Yu had never been out at all?"

"Maybe." Xiao Mubei understood a little bit what Chu Yunxi meant. "So you mean, the person who entered Du Pei's house might be someone who has been hanging around nearby. He disappeared for a while, and no one cared. He appeared again, and no one cared because he was a local."

"Your Highness is smart!" Chu Yunxi's flattery came at the right time.

"That is to say, it is possible that one of Du Pei's neighbors sneaked into Du Pei's house that day, but no one paid attention. Afterwards, he appeared outside Du Pei's house again, and still no one paid attention. So everyone told us that only Wang Youshan and Hu Min had been to Du Pei's house."

"That's absolutely right, Senior Brother. Do you remember when we went to perform the autopsy, Qin Shiyue once said that it was her neighbor who asked her to quickly collect the deceased to prevent the body from rotting."

Wen Rulan nodded, "Yes, Qin Shiyue did say that."

"So the person who advised her to quickly put the coffin down and bury the body is probably the murderer. He was afraid that Qin Shiyue would notice something, so he advised her to put the body down in the coffin. So next we have to investigate Du Pei's neighbors to see who has the conditions to commit the crime, and then ask Qin Shiyue who advised her to collect the body."

Chu Yunxi stood up at once and said, "There is no time to lose, let's go find Qin Shiyue now."

Xiao Mubei looked at the time. It was almost midnight. He was afraid that everyone had gone to bed by now.

"No, the longer the night, the more trouble there is. If we don't find this person tonight, I'm afraid he will run away tomorrow." Chu Yunxi insisted on going there now.

Xiao Mubei always obeyed Chu Yunxi, so he summoned Zi Han and ordered her to take the Purple Guards to surround Du Pei's house and not let anyone out. He and Chu Yunxi went to knock on Du Pei's door.

Qin Shiyue had already fallen asleep. She was exhausted from handling funeral affairs, taking care of the children, and appealing for justice. Chu Yunxi knocked for a long time before she came out to open the door. She rubbed her eyes and finally saw that it was Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi. "Prince and Princess? It's so late. What's the matter?"

Chu Yunxi pulled Qin Shiyue aside and asked, "I came here now just to ask you, when you found the body, who advised you to quickly bury the body?"

Qin Shiyue was a little confused. After thinking for a while, she said, "That's what the neighbors all advised."

"Who was the first one to persuade you?"

Qin Shiyue thought for a while before saying, "It was Aunt Zhang and her son Aqiang. They helped me collect the body. Oh, Aunt Zhang was the one who told me that Du Pei and Wang Youshan were in trouble."

Chu Yunxi caught the key words, "How old is Aqiang? Is he married?"

"Aqiang, he's over 30 years old, he's still single, his legs are disabled, no girl likes him, so he's been single all this time, and he lives with Aunt Zhang."