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

After hearing what Chu Yunxi said, the people all expressed their willingness to cooperate, so Chu Yunxi's investigation work went particularly smoothly.

After walking for a whole morning, she had collected testimonies from many people. Together with what Li Jinghong and the detectives had collected, she had almost visited every corner of Qilou Street. Most of them had conflicts with Li's eldest sister-in-law, but Chu Yunxi, who did not have time to commit the crime that night, was directly ruled out, and the elderly were also directly ruled out. The remaining men and women, a total of 32 people, were capable of committing the arson.

Chu Yunxi carefully studied the confessions of the thirty-two people again. Most of them said that they were sleeping alone at the time and there was no one around them who could prove their whereabouts that night.

Temporarily listing these people as suspects, Chu Yunxi discovered that among them, two were butchers and three were doctors. They were all familiar with the human body structure and very skilled in using knives, and should be considered major suspects.

After Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei discussed it, they decided to focus on investigating these five people first.

These five people are four men and one woman. The only woman is a doctor. Female doctors are very rare in this era. Chu Yunxi decides to meet this female doctor first.

The female doctor's surname is Wei, and everyone here calls her Doctor Wei. She is about 40 years old and tall. It is said that one time, the eldest sister-in-law of the Li family came to see her for a medical consultation. Because she thought the consultation fee was too high and she was not completely cured after taking a dose of medicine, she came and made a big fuss, saying that Doctor Wei was a quack and a black-hearted doctor. She insisted on asking her to refund the consultation fee and refused to return the unfinished medicine. Doctor Wei was of course unwilling to do so, so the eldest sister-in-law of the Li family blocked her door for three days and kept making trouble. There was no patient left in the clinic. During this period, Brother Li came to persuade his wife several times, but failed. The eldest sister-in-law of the Li family refused to leave no matter what. Doctor Wei had no choice but to refund the consultation fee of the eldest sister-in-law of the Li family.

When Chu Yunxi came, there were not many patients in the clinic. Doctor Wei was reading a book. When she saw Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei come in, she put down the book and asked habitually: "Sir, Miss, please sit down. What's wrong with you?"

Chu Yunxi sat down opposite her and said with a smile, "Doctor Wei, we are from the Dali Temple. We came here today to learn about you and the eldest sister-in-law of the Li family who was burned to death, and your whereabouts last night."

Doctor Wei asked in confusion, "Didn't you come over to ask this this morning? Was I not clear enough?"

"Please forgive me, Doctor Wei. This is a serious case and we cannot miss any clues, so I will inevitably ask you repeatedly. Please cooperate." Although Chu Yunxi's voice was soft, her words were irresistible.

Doctor Wei was not very happy. Anyone would feel uncomfortable being interrogated as a suspect. But she knew that if she did not do as the woman in front of her asked, she would be taken back to the Dali Temple for interrogation. By then, she would probably not be as gentle and soft-spoken as she is now.

So Doctor Wei had to say, "In fact, I didn't argue with that woman because of the eldest brother of the Li family. That woman is really unreasonable. Girl, if you buy something and feel that it is not to your liking and want to return the money, don't you have to take the thing back to the owner, and then the owner will return the money to you? But the eldest sister-in-law of the Li family insisted on doing so. She had her own plan. She wanted to return the money and take the medicine. Isn't it infuriating? I originally wanted to report to the police and hand over that unreasonable woman to the government for discipline, but the eldest brother of the Li family begged me again and again, but She secretly gave me the silver again, and I agreed to return it to her. That stupid woman was still happy, thinking that she had finally gotten the upper hand, not knowing that it was the eldest brother of the Li family who was sensible and helped her to clean up the mess. Alas, that woman died, and I don’t know how many people applauded, but it was a pity for the eldest brother of the Li family, such a good man, married such a wife during his lifetime, and never had a comfortable day in his life, and was burned beyond recognition after his death, which was really a miserable life. And the two elderly people in the Li family were both good people, and the murderer was really inhumane, not even letting the elderly go.”

Chu Yunxi saw that the regret on her face did not seem fake, and if things were really as she said, even if she killed someone, she should not have killed the eldest brother of the Li family. After all, the eldest brother of the Li family gave her money and said a lot of good things about her.

"Does your clinic have any drugs?" Chu Yunxi asked.

"Drugs?" Doctor Wei shook his head, then nodded. "We don't have drugs, but we do have anesthetics. Does that count?"

There is a difference between drugs and anesthetics. Chu Yunxi knew this. She stood up and said to Doctor Wei, "Don't leave the clinic recently. If there is anything we need your help with, we will come to you."

"Okay." Although Doctor Wei was reluctant, he knew that he had no right to refuse, so he agreed. Chu Yunxi walked to the door and suddenly turned back, "Oh, by the way, where were you from 12:00 to 11:00 last night? Did anyone testify for you?"

"I closed the clinic before 10 p.m. and arrived home at 10 p.m. I live alone and there is no one who can testify." Doctor Wei said helplessly.

"So where do you live? On the way home, did you meet anyone who you think left a lasting impression on you?"

Doctor Wei frowned and thought, "My home is at the easternmost end of Seventh Floor Street, only a few dozen steps away from my clinic. Any shop that is open along the way can see me, but I don't know who saw me and who remembered me."

There's nothing wrong. It seems that we can only look for witnesses along the way. Going home from Doctor Wei's clinic and going to Li's house are two opposite directions. If someone saw her returning home before the hour of Xu, but no one saw her coming out later, then she can basically be ruled out as a suspect. After all, there is only one street on Qilou Street. The hour of Xu is not early, but it is not too late either. There must be someone on the road.

"Okay, we will check it out." Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei left Doctor Wei's clinic. Chu Yunxi asked, "Did you find anything wrong with Doctor Wei?"

Xiao Mubei shook his head. "Although she was unhappy, her attitude was still very sincere, and it corroborated what she said this morning. This matter is not difficult to investigate. We can send someone to investigate the conflict between her and Li's eldest sister-in-law, as well as her whereabouts last night. We just need to investigate them all."

"Well, I also think that what she said is true. If we verify it again, we can rule out her suspicion." Chu Yunxi also thought so. "Let's focus on the four men. It is more likely that a man committed the crime in this case."