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

Chu Yunxi was physically tired, but her mind couldn't stop. She lay in bed at night and kept thinking, what had she neglected?

Chu Yunxi got up early the next morning. She slept in a daze for half the night before, and the case had been on her mind. She woke up early and tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She kept wondering on what basis the murderer had chosen the person.

There are so many ladies from noble families, how did these seven people catch the murderer's eye?

After breakfast, Chu Yunxi took Xiao Mubei to Zhuque Street. This is where the Lantern Festival is held during the Lantern Festival. At this moment, all the lanterns have been removed and it has returned to its previous appearance.

On both sides of Zhuque Street, there are shops facing the street on one side and a river on the other side. It is called Qianlong River and runs through the city. The river water is clear and the small bridges are elegant. It is a good place for boys and girls to date. On the fifteenth day of every month, many people come to the river to light lanterns and pray, so there are many small vendors who set up stalls here to make money on weekdays.

According to what the maid Chunlan said, Chu Yunxi found the place where Ma Xiyan rested at that time. It was a flight of stairs, and down the stairs was the riverside. It was said that Ma Xiyan was sitting on the stairs waiting for Chunlan.

Chu Yunxi looked around and saw an old man selling candy figures on the steps, so she walked over.

The old man made many kinds of sugar figures, including various small animals, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, various flowers, plants and trees, etc. Chu Yunxi looked for a long time, picked out two adorable sugar puppies, and handed one to Xiao Mubei with a giggle.

Xiao Mubei had some idol baggage on his shoulders. It was a bit embarrassing for the King of Dingbei to stand on the street and eat candy figures, but when he saw Chu Yunxi's happy look, he knew she had a purpose, so he paid the money and started eating with Chu Yunxi.

Chu Yunxi bit off the puppy's ear and praised, "How sweet, old man, did you do all this?"

The old man opened the shop early in the morning and was in a good mood, so he started chatting with Chu Yunxi, "These are all made by my old wife. She made them at home and sent them to me, and I sell them here."

"Then you guys have a pretty good combination," Chu Yunxi took another bite, "Old man, how long have you been selling candy figures here? Do you come here every day?"

"As long as the weather is good, I come here every day. I've been selling for five or six years."

"So long?" Chu Yunxi sincerely praised the old man. You know, no matter what you do, persistence is the key. The old man has been selling sugar figures here for five or six years regardless of rain or shine, or severe cold or heat. This is not an easy thing in itself.

“Are you selling it during the Chinese New Year?”

"For sale. There are the most people during the Chinese New Year. They must come, especially during the Lantern Festival. There is a lantern festival here. I came early in the morning to prevent the stall from being occupied by others."

Unexpectedly, the old man brought up the topic of the Lantern Festival. Chu Yunxi certainly would not miss this opportunity and hurriedly took out Ma Xiyan's portrait. "Then, old man, can you help me see if I saw my sister here on the night of the Lantern Festival? She has lost her appetite since she returned from here on the Lantern Festival and has lost a lot of weight. Mother couldn't find out the reason, but she heard from her maid that she seemed to have met a man here that day. Mother asked me to ask if I can find that man. If his family background is clean, it's not impossible for the two families to discuss marriage."

The old man looked at the portrait carefully, thought for a long time, and then hesitantly said: "This girl, I seem to have some impression, was she wearing an emerald green dress that day?"

Chu Yunxi found that she had actually overlooked this problem. She glanced at Xiao Mubei about the colors of the clothes those girls wore when they went out. Xiao Mubei immediately understood, walked a little further away, and told Bai Yu to check immediately.

Chu Yunxi was still chatting with the old man. "She should be wearing an emerald green dress. I remember that she liked that dress the most. So, did you see her, old man?"

"I saw her. Many people were setting off lanterns downstairs, but she was the only one sitting on the steps, as if she was waiting for someone. Because she was quite close to me, I looked at her a few more times, wondering why this girl didn't go downstairs to set off lanterns. Just as I was thinking, a man wearing the same color clothes as her sat down next to her and handed her a lantern. I thought this must be the person the girl was waiting for, as their clothes seemed to match well. Then someone came to buy candy figurines, so I got busy. When I was done, I saw that the man had left, and the girl was standing there alone with the lantern. As for when she left, I didn't see it either."

"Did you see what the man looked like?" Chu Yunxi asked a little anxiously.

The old man shook his head. "I only saw her back, not her face. I saw her face when she was sitting there looking around, so I have an impression of her."

"What about height and body shape?"

The old man hesitated for a while and pointed at Xiao Mubei, "He is about a head shorter than him, and a little thinner. From the back, he looks quite elegant."

Chu Yunxi sketched the man's figure in her mind and had a rough idea of ​​it, so she thanked the old man, picked up two sugar figures, paid the old man and left.

After giving the sugar man to Bai Yu, Chu Yunxi walked slowly and said to Xiao Mubei: "Your Majesty, those three people were still watching yesterday, right? I suspect that they are the murderers."

Xiao Mubei paused, "The Purple Guard reported this morning that the three men went to Jingzhao Prefecture early this morning."

"Why are you going to Jingzhao Prefecture? Are you going to turn yourself in?" Chu Yunxi also stopped.

"Not likely. It is said that after the notification, they were politely invited in. As for what they did after entering, our people could not force their way into Jingzhao Prefecture, so they could only guard outside the door, and therefore had no idea of ​​what was going on inside."

Went to Jingzhao Prefecture? Could it be that there was some criminal that Jingzhao Prefecture couldn't catch, so they had to use bounty hunters privately?

Chu Yunxi secretly guessed but had no clue. While talking, she walked to the place that Dou Anyu's maid Xiaotao mentioned, the bridge over Qianlong River. This was a good place to wait for people. People standing on it could see them at a glance from below. But there was also a bad point. If you didn't come up, the people on top would talk but people below could not hear them. So when Dou Anyu and the man were arguing up there, the people below probably wouldn't care. They might even think it was a young couple having a quarrel. Only the people on top could hear it. But the people on top were all tourists and would have dispersed long ago. Even if someone saw them, where could they find them in the huge sea of ​​people?

Besides, there were too many people that day. This place was not like where Ma Xiyan had just stayed. People were lighting lights under the steps and few people stayed there for so long. There were often people standing on the bridge to enjoy the scenery. This was the center of Zhuque Street and there were probably more people that night. It was obviously not easy to find witnesses.