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

I originally thought that I would have to wait for a long time, but I didn't expect that Bai Yuke would come back to report just after a while.

Chu Yunxi saw Bai Yu and asked in surprise, "So fast?"

Bai Yu said, "The couple paid a sum of money to the fortune teller, and then returned to Guanyin Temple and lit ten ever-burning lamps for worship. I asked a purple-robed guard to inquire why they lit so many ever-burning lamps. They told the purple-robed guard the reason, saying that they wanted to resolve the resentment of the child in their belly in the previous life, so they offered these ever-burning lamps and asked the monks in the temple to chant scriptures every day to purify and dispel the resentment, so as to ensure peace in this life."

“That’s it?” Chu Yunxi opened her eyes wide.

"That's it." Bai Yu said helplessly: "The young couple has already gone down the mountain. I have also sent people to follow them to see if there will be any accidents on the way."

Chu Yunxi didn't answer. She frowned and thought, was her thinking wrong? These things had nothing to do with the fortune teller? Or was she just imagining things? Was this fortune teller just an ordinary fortune teller?

No, this is the only reasonable way of thinking. Otherwise, how can we explain why these couples followed the monk to the remote mountain ridge? The women were all pregnant and had difficulty moving, but they still had to walk so far. If it wasn't for the children in their bellies, how could they have such a strong motivation?

Something must have gone wrong.

"Bai Yu, let Zi Han keep an eye on the fortune teller for a few more days. Also, send someone to protect the young couple for a while. We probably haven't alerted the enemy yet."

Xiao Mubei was also shocked. "When did we alert the enemy? Today, only the two of us entered the temple. Bai Yu and the others were all protecting us in secret. Besides the abbot, Master Xuanhong, no one else knew our identities. Ah Cheng also knew that we were from the government. Could it be Ah Cheng? No, if it was him, why would he tell us about the monk taking the couple to the ridge? Wouldn't that be giving away his true colors? What went wrong?"

Chu Yunxi shook her head. "I haven't figured it out yet, but I just exchanged glances with the fortune teller. I wonder if he saw anything. If he is really one of the murderers, then his vigilance is really too high."

Unable to figure out the reason, they could only go down the mountain and return to the Dali Temple to wait for the results of the investigation. After returning, the constable who was responsible for investigating the wealthy families in the western suburbs of the capital came back and was waiting for Xiao Mubei in the Dali Temple. When he saw them coming back, he immediately came to report, "Your Highness, we went to the western suburbs of the capital to investigate today. There are many villas in the western suburbs, and many wealthy families have concubines in their villas. I found a midwife in the western suburbs. In the past year, there are a total of five families with more than four children, but their children were all delivered normally by the midwife. I asked the midwife if there were any families with extra babies that were not delivered by them, and the midwife did not find any."

"The midwife didn't find out, so maybe he was deliberately avoiding her. After all, it would be very troublesome if this was discovered. So, you go to the western suburbs for investigation again tomorrow. This time, focus on investigating the stores that buy baby products. Combined with the list given by the midwife, check to see which family has a new child but didn't hire a midwife." Chu Yunxi instructed.

The constable immediately agreed. Chu Yunxi sat down on the armchair, poured two glasses of water, handed one to Xiao Mubei, drank one herself, and then sat there with her chin in her hand, thinking about things.

Seeing that she was still thinking, Xiao Mubei said, "Take a rest first. When the investigation results come back, we will know what happened."

Chu Yunxi said: "I always feel that something is wrong. That man is too suspicious. Is it really my preconceived notion?"

"Anything is possible, but there is only one truth. We will try our best to investigate, and there will definitely be results soon." Xiao Mubei comforted her.

"I'm mainly afraid that if we are too slow, there will be more victims." Chu Yunxi sighed, feeling under a lot of pressure.

"There are always people guarding Longyu Mountain. Even if the murderer finds the target, it will not be easy to kill him. We have eyes everywhere."

"That's right, unless he changes his modus operandi. But if we have really alerted them, I believe they will not dare to act rashly in the near future. This has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that there may be no more victims in the short term, but the disadvantage is that the murderer may also lie dormant, and it will be more difficult for us to find their traces."

"When you get to the mountain, there will always be a way out. We will definitely find the opponent's weakness."

As they were talking, Li Jinghong also came back from outside. As soon as he entered the room, he sat down, poured a glass of water and drank it, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and then said, "Prince, Princess, we went to Fenglai Tower today and met Caifeng. According to her, Ma Mingxuan did go to her place for fun last night. They spent the night together and Ma Mingxuan left her at about three quarters past midnight."

The time of Ma Mingxuan's death was approximately between the first quarter of the Chou hour and the first quarter of the Yin hour. The time matches, which means that Ma Mingxuan was killed when he walked to the door of his house when he returned home from Fenglai Tower, and he did not go anywhere else in between.

"Then have you walked the route from Fenglai Tower to Sishui Lane and investigated the people along the way to see if anyone saw Ma Mingxuan at that time?"

Li Jinghong nodded. "There are three routes from Fenglai Building to Sishui Lane. We walked through all of them and investigated along the way. It was too late at night, so no one saw it. We also asked Ma Mingxuan's neighbors in Sishui Lane. Everyone was asleep at that time, and no one saw or heard anything unusual outside."

Chu Yunxi frowned. That was to say, there was no witness to the whole incident. Whether the murderer was a man or a woman, tall or short, fat or thin, everything was unknown now. It was another difficult case.

Chu Yunxi held her forehead with her hand. It was really one problem after another. At first, the cases came one by one, but now before one case is solved, another one comes. And they are all such difficult cases.

"Okay, continue investigating Ma Mingxuan's relationships to see if there's anyone who knows his whereabouts. Also, investigate Caifeng and see who had guests. We can't rule out the possibility that someone killed someone out of jealousy." Chu Yunxi couldn't spare the time to follow up the case herself, so she could only ask Li Jinghong to do it first. After he came back, he would collect the information he had obtained, analyze the case, and find the suspect.

Li Jinghong responded, drank another glass of water, and immediately went out to continue working without stopping. He was really too busy.