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

Mrs. Cao and her mother thanked them profusely. Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi finally came out of the Cao family at noon. If they had not been locked up for a few days and there was no food at home, they would have insisted on keeping them for lunch.

After returning to the Dali Temple and having a simple meal, Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi went to the prison to interrogate the Three Heroes of Meilin.

Zi Han deliberately imprisoned them together with Cao Dong and Chen Ruiqi. When they saw that the two were still alive, the three of them were stunned. It was Yu Xi who reacted first, "Today's beheading is a trap."

Cao Dong sneered, "You three have come to this day."

Zhao Tingyu was furious. "You actually colluded with the Dali Temple to deceive us. Aren't you afraid that your parents, wife and children will be killed?"

Chen Ruiqi was a sturdy man. He had lost a lot of weight in the past few days of worrying day and night in the Dali Temple. Hearing what Zhao Tingyu said, he couldn't help but get angry and cursed: "You guys are beasts in human form. Even if we really help you take the blame, do you plan to let them go? They are just old people, children and women, and you actually want to kill them all. Now that you have been caught, it is what you deserve. Wait for your execution."

"Shut up!" Zhao Tingyu couldn't stand being executed. He was still hoping that his father could rescue him. When he committed crimes before, he didn't feel afraid at all. He always felt that his father was omnipotent and could handle any matter how big the problem was. But now that he was really in jail, he thought of the excited crowd he saw in the morning and suddenly felt a little scared.

What if my father can't settle this matter? Will I really be executed immediately?

Zhao Tingyu suddenly felt that death seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.

When Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei arrived, they saw five people and five cells, making the whole prison as noisy as a vegetable market. Everyone was arguing and no one was willing to give in. Zi Han, the Purple Guards, and the prisoners in other cells were all watching the show quietly. Occasionally, someone would discuss a few words and say what they understood.

Chu Yunxi listened for a while, then came to Zhao Tingyu's cell and asked the jailer to bring him out for questioning. Zhao Tingyu quickly backed away and said, "I won't go. I want to see my father."

"Don't worry, he will be here to accompany you soon." Xiao Mubei said lightly, and asked Bai Yu to carry the man out and bring him to the interrogation room.

Zhao Tingyu looked at the torture instruments in the interrogation room and felt the fear in his heart growing.

Chu Yunxi followed his gaze and looked at the torture instruments, then smiled and said, "Why, there are no torture instruments in the Jingzhao Prefecture's prison?"

Zhao Tingyu managed to steady his voice and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Chu Yunxi smiled and slowly walked to Zhao Tingyu. She lowered her voice and whispered in his ear, "We don't want to do anything. As long as you honestly confess your crimes, I can consider not letting you suffer any extra physical pain before the people throw eggs at you. But if you don't tell the truth..."

Chu Yunxi took out the red-hot iron from the brazier and said in a tender voice, "It depends on where you want me to brand you. To be honest, I branded a flower on the back of a prisoner last time, and it was quite fun."

After these contacts, Chu Yunxi realized that although Zhao Tingyu was already an adult, he was very dependent on his parents in life, and when committing crimes, he was more dependent on the other two. It was obvious that his mind was not that mature, and this was the easiest gap to break through.

For people like this, threatening them is the best way.

Sure enough, after hearing what Chu Yunxi said, Zhao Tingyu's face turned pale. He couldn't help but asked, "How can you, a woman, be so vicious?"

"Vicious?" Chu Yunxi shook her head. "I don't think so. After all, that man killed dozens of people in other people's families. I just branded him five or six times and arranged it into a flower. I took good care of him. Don't you think so, Mr. Zhao?"

Zhao Tingyu bit her lip tightly and said nothing. Chu Yunxi returned to her seat and said calmly, "I'll give you another stick of incense to think about it. When the time is up, I'll immediately brand you with a flower, and I guarantee that one flower will be no less than the one you gave me before."

After saying that, Chu Yunxi drank her tea and discussed with Xiao Mubei how those prisoners who had remained silent before started to speak.

"I remember Jia Liu. He refused to confess at first. Later, I used a needle as long as a chopstick to poke his nails one by one. Jia Liu was quite patient. He didn't make a sound even after I pricked three of his fingers. I said, "Don't they say that the fingers are connected to the heart? How could this guy not feel pain?" But when I looked up, I found that he had fainted from the pain. I splashed water on him to wake him up. As soon as I picked up the needle, he confessed. It was really unsatisfying."

Chu Yunxi had a regretful expression on her face. Xiao Mubei laughed secretly in his heart. There was no such thing as Jia Liu. Chu Yunxi was just too good at making up stories.

But of course he had to cooperate. He scratched Chu Yunxi's little nose and said lovingly, "You are just naughty and fearless. You even dug up the evidence of my third and fifth brothers' crimes. How many tricks do you have that I don't know?"

Zhao Tingyu was shocked. He was usually not in the capital. He followed his master and brothers to learn skills in the mountains. He always felt that his father's official position in the capital was already very high. If Chu Yunxi wanted to touch him, she would always have to be cautious. Unexpectedly, this woman dared to touch even the prince, and successfully brought the prince down?

That father was just a prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, a mere third-rank official. Wasn't he nothing in her eyes?

What should I do? Should I confess or not? If I confess, can my father still save me?

Chu Yunxi was still echoing Xiao Mubei. "My methods are many that you haven't seen yet," Chu Yunxi smiled. "Once you enter the Dali Temple, don't imagine that someone will rescue you. Even the prince can't get out. I only have one principle, that is, leniency to those who confess and severity to those who resist."

"I've learned a lot from you." Xiao Mubei was full of admiration. Although he was talking, the three of them kept their eyes on the incense stick. Seeing that the incense stick time was about to expire, Chu Yunxi put down the teacup, stood up and walked towards the brazier.

"Wait," Zhao Tingyu was sweating profusely. Seeing Chu Yunxi getting closer and closer to the brazier and reaching out to grab the branding iron, he finally couldn't help but shouted.

Chu Yunxi kept bending over, with her hand only half an arm's length away from the soldering iron. When she heard Zhao Tingyu shouting, she slowly straightened up, turned around, and looked at Zhao Tingyu with a smile, "Why, have you figured it out? Do you want to confess?"

"Then can you let me see my father?" Zhao Tingyu thought, even if he confessed, as long as he got rid of his father and then told his father about this matter, with his father's influence in the court, it should be no problem to save his life. Thinking of this, he finally made up his mind.