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

Chu Yunxi came to the morgue again and looked at the body of Li Jinze which had been brought in not long ago. All the gauze on the body had been removed. She knew that this was done by Doctor Lu to facilitate her autopsy. She sighed and began to examine Li Jinze's body.

Li Jinze's skin had already charred in many places, but he was still alive when he was rescued. Although his burns were severe, he was considered to be in a better condition compared to the other four bodies.

Chu Yunxi checked his body and found no other scars except burns, so she went to look at the scar on Li Jinze's ankle. She suddenly discovered that the scar on Li Jinze's ankle seemed different from those of other people in the Li family. Chu Yunxi took out a silver needle, pierced it into the wound, and took it out again. After taking a look, she took out another silver needle and pierced it into the wound on Li's eldest sister-in-law's ankle. After measuring the depth of the wounds of the five people, Chu Yunxi had an idea in her mind.

Walking out of the gate of Dali Temple, Xiao Mubei had already prepared a carriage and was waiting at the door. Seeing Chu Yunxi coming out, he habitually put his arms around her slender waist and helped her into the carriage, and then he sat on it himself.

The carriage went towards the Seventh Floor Street. Chu Yunxi said, "Your Majesty, I don't think Butcher Zhang is the murderer. The murderer must be someone else."

Xiao Mubei nodded, "I feel the same way, but if Butcher Zhang is not the murderer, then who is the murderer?"

Chu Yunxi thought for a while and said, "Actually, I already have someone I suspect, but I still have some questions to verify, and some questions I can't figure out for the time being."

Xiao Mubei asked, "Did you go to Seventh Floor Street today just to figure out all these issues?"

Chu Yunxi said “hmm” and Xiao Mubei stopped asking. He believed in Chu Yunxi; her intuition was always accurate.

Qilou Street, near the fire scene.

Chu Yunxi found an old lady in her sixties who lived next door to Li Jinze's house and asked her about Li Jinze's mother.

When the old woman heard that she was asking about the Li family, she immediately started talking. "Ask Ah Tao. Alas, she had such a miserable life. She gave birth to two sons. We were all envious of her. Unexpectedly, the eldest son met a daughter-in-law like that, and the second son didn't even have a wife when such a thing happened in the family. We have been sisters for so many years, and suddenly we are separated by the Yin and Yang. I feel so bad these past two days."

As the old woman spoke, she began to shed turbid tears. Chu Yunxi hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it to her. The old woman waved her hand and wiped away her tears, saying, "Miss, your handkerchief looks very valuable. It would be a waste to give it to an old woman like me."

Chu Yunxi stuffed the handkerchief into her hand and said, "It's just a handkerchief. It's nothing compared to you, mother-in-law. Take it. By the way, the Tao you mentioned is Jin Ze's mother, right? What's her maiden name?"

The old woman touched the silky handkerchief, and was touched that Chu Yunxi did not look down on her. She said, "Atao, her last name is Yan, so she is Yan Atao. We are sisters who have played together since childhood. We still sit together and chat every day when we are old. We were still joking together a few days ago, talking about her daughter-in-law quarreling with others again. I laughed at her and said that she must have done something wrong in her previous life to meet such a daughter-in-law. Atao also said that it would not be long before her son would divorce her daughter-in-law, and then their family would be quiet. Unexpectedly, she did not wait until that day. I guess it must be that Atao's daughter-in-law offended someone she shouldn't have offended outside, which implicated Atao's whole family."

It seems that everyone thinks so, which is enough to show that the character of the Li family is unanimously recognized by the neighbors. The only trouble for the Li family is the eldest sister-in-law of the Li family.

Chu Yunxi took out the longevity lock and showed it to the old woman, "Old woman, please take a look at this longevity lock. Have you seen it before?"

The old woman took the longevity lock, looked at it, and murmured, "I think I've seen it somewhere."

Chu Yunxi's heart trembled, and she hurriedly said, "Mother-in-law, please think carefully about where you have seen her before."

The old woman thought for a while and said uncertainly, "About 20 years ago, a lady from a wealthy family came to Qilou Street to give out porridge for several days. At that time, she was holding a child in her arms and wearing what seemed to be this kind of longevity lock around her neck. Girl, you know, we are poor in Qilou Street, and the children here can't wear this thing. Because my daughter was just born at that time, I looked at it a few more times and was very envious. I hoped to make one for my daughter, but we have no money, so this is just a luxury."

Seeing the wealthy family giving out porridge, Chu Yunxi was excited. "Mother-in-law, do you still remember the name of that family?"

The old woman thought for a long time, and finally shook her head, "I don't remember."

After all, it happened more than 20 years ago, and it was not easy for the old woman to remember so much. Chu Yunxi didn't want to force her anymore, but she finally made a breakthrough. There were not many families who could distribute porridge, and if they wanted to distribute porridge, they had to register with the government. By going to Shuntian Prefecture to check, they would naturally know who had distributed porridge on Qilou Street more than 20 years ago.

Now we know that this longevity lock was not made by Li Jinze's mother for Li Jinze. Excluding the Li family, the owner of this longevity lock must be the murderer!

Chu Yunxi felt that they seemed to be very close to the truth.

He went to Shuntian Prefecture without stopping to check the families who had distributed porridge on Qilou Street more than 20 years ago, and found that not many people came here to distribute porridge. There were only three families in five years, namely the family of Mr. Zhao in the south of the city, the family of Mr. Du, the member of the Ministry of Rites, and the family of Mr. Chen, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War.

Seeing these three families, Xiao Mubei was stunned for a moment. Chu Yunxi was sensitive enough to notice it and looked up to ask Xiao Mubei, "What's wrong, Prince? Is there something wrong?"

"The Chen family of the Minister of War is gone. More than a decade ago, it was heard that the wife of Lord Chen had an affair, which caused a sensation throughout the capital. Mrs. Chen was forced to jump into the river by the rumors. Lord Chen couldn't stand the blow and committed suicide with a sword. The entire Minister's Mansion was destroyed overnight."

"Is this true?" Chu Yunxi couldn't help but feel sad for the Minister of War. It was really not worth it to die in the mouths of others. "By the way, where are their children?"

"I don't know. I heard that they had a son. After Minister Chen and his wife both died, no one has seen the child since then." Xiao Mubei didn't know Minister Chen, but he had read a lot of case files since he took over as the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple. He happened to have seen this case. At that time, he thought it was a case of family annihilation. The Dali Temple even intervened and investigated. In the end, it was discovered that it was a suicide case, so the case was dropped, but the file was kept.