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

"Keep a close eye on Fenglai Building. If there is any suspicious place, immediately block it off and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving." Chu Yunxi asked Hei Mu to arrange people to keep an eye on Fenglai Building, and asked Li Jinghong to hurry back and have a rest.

At 5 p.m. in the afternoon, Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei came to Fenglai Tower again.

Mother Du came over and said with a bitter face: "Prince, Princess, we will have guests soon, you..."

Xiao Mubei said coldly: "If it is confirmed that the murderer is really in Fenglai Tower, the entire Fenglai Tower will be closed. You still want to open the door to welcome guests. Do you think the guests are too long to live?"

"This..." Mother Du was about to cry, "Could the murderer really be in Fenglai Tower?"

Chu Yunxi looked up and saw that there were girls standing in groups of three or four upstairs looking down. It was no longer as deserted as it was in the morning. Some of them covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and talked in low voices, some stood quietly and looked, and there were servants coming and going to prepare to welcome the guests.

Chu Yunxi did not see Caifeng, but saw a woman with outstanding temperament. She was dressed in white and had a cold temperament. When she stood there, people could not take their eyes off her. Her temperament was obviously much better than Caifeng, but why was Caifeng the oiran?

"Who is that girl?"

Mother Du followed Chu Yunxi's gaze and said, "She is Bai Xue, the zither player of our Fenglai Tower. She sells her art but not her body."

Chu Yunxi looked at Mother Du suspiciously. It's not that she didn't believe that there were girls in the building who sold their art but not their bodies, but Bai Xue was so outstanding, how could Mother Du resist forcing her to sell her body? If she was willing, then what would happen to the courtesan in Fenglai Building, and Caifeng?

As if she saw Chu Yunxi's doubt, Mother Du smiled and said, "Bai Xue is a great zither player. I value her talent and want to keep her. Since she doesn't want to sell herself, I didn't force her."

Chu Yunxi was skeptical, but this was someone else's building's business and had nothing to do with her. She was just curious, but she didn't forget the purpose of her trip, so she said to Mother Du: "Call all the guards in your building over. I want to ask them one by one."

Mother Du quickly asked someone to call them. She just wanted to get rid of Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei as soon as possible so that she could open the door to welcome guests. Otherwise, if they wasted time and no guests came, she would lose a lot of money.

After a while, more than twenty security guards gathered in the huge hall. All of them were strong and looked ferocious.

But it's just their appearance that's a little scary. As the security guards of the brothel, being fierce is part of their job. At this moment, in front of Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi, everyone is behaving well.

Chu Yunxi first counted the number of people and found that there were only twenty-seven. She frowned and asked, "Didn't you say there were twenty-eight people this morning? Why is there one missing?"

Mother Du apologized with a smile, "Princess, you have a really good memory. It was that Mao Xiaolei who sent a message saying that he had a stomachache today and wanted to ask for leave. I didn't even approve his leave, and he didn't come. Wait until tomorrow, and I'll give him a good beating."

Mao Xiaolei, Chu Yunxi remembered that Mother Du said that he was the best among the guards. How could it be such a coincidence that he got a stomachache as soon as she came to investigate the case?

With doubts, Chu Yunxi divided the guards into four groups. She, Xiao Mubei, Li Jinghong and Hei Mu each questioned a group. The questions they asked mainly included name, age, home address, who was at home, and whereabouts after work yesterday morning and this morning, and whether there was anyone to testify.

After a round of questioning, the two people who were on duty the night before and the two people who were on duty last night were ruled out first. The two people on duty were patrolling in the building and served as witnesses to each other. The servants and girls who got up at night and the guests who stayed overnight also saw them from time to time, so they did not have the time to commit the crime.

Fifteen people also said that they went back home and slept, and their wives could testify. Chu Yunxi asked the detectives to investigate at their homes one by one. The remaining eight people also said that they went back home and slept, but they didn't have wives, so there was no one to prove their whereabouts during those two nights.

Chu Yunxi asked the constable to measure the height of each of them and record it, and then said to Mother Du: "You can receive guests tonight, but no one in the building is allowed to leave tonight. Only the guests can leave. Also, send someone to take me to Mao Xiaolei's home to take a look."

Mother Du said in embarrassment: "It's fine if you don't leave, but I don't know where Mao Xiaolei's home is."

She also said in the morning that she didn't know where these guards lived. Chu Yunxi asked, "With so many people, no one knows where his home is?"

Mother Du asked hurriedly, "Does anyone know where Xiaolei's home is?"

In the crowd, a square-faced man raised his hand and said, "I, I know where Brother Leizi's home is."

Mother Du was in high spirits. "Xu Sheng, take the prince and princess to find Mao Xiaolei. Be sure to cooperate well."

"Yes." Xu Sheng hurried out with Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi, "Your Majesty, Princess, please follow me."

After Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi left, Mother Du finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she was allowed to open the business, she would not leave if she was not allowed to leave. She clapped her hands and said, "Don't stand here, go do what you need to do, the customers will be here soon."

After that, she looked up again, "Girls, hurry up and get dressed, the guests will be here soon."

The girls upstairs dispersed in a hurry, only Bai Xue's expression was still cold. No emotion could be seen on her face. She just turned back calmly. The moment she turned around, a silver light flashed on her hand, but no one saw it.

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi followed Xu Sheng to Mao Xiaolei's home. Chu Yunxi asked, "Your name is Xu Sheng, right?"

Xu Sheng nodded quickly, and Chu Yunxi asked again: "How is your relationship with Mao Xiaolei on weekdays?"

"Brother Leizi takes good care of me. He is good at martial arts and is our leader in the building. He sees that my family is in financial difficulty and my parents are in poor health, so he often uses his money to help me. I feel bad about it, so when I am free, I will bring some wine and food and go have a drink with Brother Leizi. Then I know where his home is."

After hearing what Xu Sheng said, Chu Yunxi felt that Mao Xiaolei seemed to be a good person. Could he be the murderer of these two cases?

"Isn't Mao Xiaolei married?"

Xu Sheng shook his head. "No, my uncle and aunt have been urging him to find a girl to marry so that he can continue the family line, but Brother Leizi is unwilling to find one."

"Why? Is it because there is no girl you like?" Chu Yunxi asked deliberately.

"That's not the case," Xu Sheng looked around as if he was going to tell a secret, then said mysteriously: "Princess, now that Mother Du is not here, I will tell you secretly, actually Brother Leizi likes Miss Bai Xue in the building."