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

Chapter 522 Wanfu Pavilion

After Chu Yunxi finished speaking, she began to look around. Suddenly, her eyes fixed on one place. She pointed at an attic in the backyard and asked, "What is that place?"

The Wan family father and son looked up and Wan Jinghao said, "That is the viewing point of our home. When guests come, we will receive them there on weekdays. Because it is built high, the view is wide and you can overlook the river view outside the mansion."

Chu Yunxi narrowed her eyes. If the murderer was standing there at the time, he would be able to see the scene in the yard clearly.

"Can I go up and take a look?" Chu Yunxi asked.

Wan Jinghao said quickly: "Of course."

Xiao Mubei was unable to move around easily, so he stayed in the courtyard to check. Li Jinghong and Chu Yunxi went to the attic with Wan Zisheng. Chu Yunxi found that the attic was built very cleverly. It just happened to bypass the inner courtyard where the women lived, but you could see the river view outside the mansion and the situation in the front and back yards of the Wan mansion. It was quiet in the midst of noise and was a good place to relax and purify your mind.

As they walked, Wan Zisheng said to Chu Yunxi and the others, "Grandfather usually spends most of his time in the attic, and the others only come up occasionally. Grandfather has been in poor health recently, so he rarely goes up to the attic. This place has been vacant recently."

Chu Yunxi went up to the attic and looked around. The view here was indeed wide. The layout here was that there was only one wall, and the other three walls were only half a person's height. The tops were empty and covered with gauze curtains. Normally, the gauze curtains were drawn up, and this was an open space. When there were guests or when resting, the gauze curtains were put down, and this became a relatively private space.

On the side against the wall was a whole wall of bookshelves filled with books. Chu Yunxi walked over and took a quick look. Most of them were military books, and there were other books as well, but not many. In front of the bookshelf was a desk, with pens, ink, paper and inkstone. On the side facing the river was a soft couch, and in the middle of the attic in front of the couch was a tea table. Although the layout was simple, it was very warm, and people couldn't help but want to stay for a while and sit down to drink a pot of tea.

Chu Yunxi was standing facing the backyard and looking down. Xiao Mubei was looking up at her. The two looked at each other, and Chu Yunxi couldn't help but curl her lips. It was indeed very clear from here, and if the people below didn't look up, they wouldn't notice that there were people here. There were so many guests that day and the scene was chaotic. Everyone was greeting each other and chatting, so I'm afraid no one would look up here. Even if someone saw it, they would think it was someone from the host's family and wouldn't care.

Chu Yunxi lowered her head to check. After a while, she picked up a small branch from the ground and held it up to her eyes. Li Jinghong stepped forward and said, "Princess, is there anything strange about this branch?"

Chu Yunxi said calmly: "This should be the murder weapon used by the murderer."

"What?" Wan Zisheng didn't understand what it meant, "Didn't Lord Li stab himself to death?"

"This is a long story. General Wan, is there only one entrance to this attic?" Chu Yunxi pointed to the place where they had just come up. That place came out of a small door in the backyard, and then there was a special passage leading up.

"That's right. Because we have to bypass the inner courtyard, we built a special passage leading to the attic. You can't get up from other places."

"Besides the people at home, who else knows about this passage?"

Wan Zisheng thought for a moment and said, "The guests who came to our house before knew it."

"Who has visited our home? Is there a list?" Chu Yunxi asked hurriedly.

Wan Zisheng said awkwardly: "You have to ask grandpa and father. I don't spend much time at home on weekdays, so I don't know who has visited."

Chu Yunxi nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go down and ask Lord Wan and General Wan." She said this to Li Jinghong.

Li Jinghong agreed, and they went downstairs and came to Xiao Mubei and Wan Jinghao. Chu Yunxi took out the branch and showed it to Xiao Mubei, saying, "I checked. There are no trees around the attic, and the attic is clean. Only the appearance of this branch is strange. I suspect that the murderer was standing in the attic and commanded Li Ruixian with this branch."

"But we asked the guests who were present at the time, and found out that there were quite a few guests missing from each table when the accident happened." Li Jinghong raised a new question.

"What if the murderer is not a guest who came to watch the ceremony?" Chu Yunxi said, "For example, the accompanying servant?"

"This..." Li Jinghong couldn't answer, he actually ignored this point.

"Master Wan," Chu Yunxi said to Wan Jinghao, "On that day, there should have been quite a few people with servants, right?"

"Yes, there are indeed quite a few. Some of the gifts are quite large, so many of them were delivered directly to the mansion by servants. We didn't pay much attention to these people because they came with acquaintances, so the exact number of people is difficult to count." Wan Jinghao wiped the sweat off his forehead.

As expected, since the murderer had sneaked into the Wan Mansion, he would definitely choose an inconspicuous way, and sneaking in with the guests was the easiest way.

"Okay, Lord Wan, please work with your father, General Wan, to draw up a list of people who may know the entrance to the attic, and send someone to the Dali Temple. We will not bother you today." Chu Yunxi stood up and said goodbye.

Wan Jinghao and Wan Zisheng also saw him off. Wan Jinghao said, "I will go to see father in a moment. We will prepare a list and send it over as soon as possible."

After leaving Wan Mansion, Xiao Mubei asked, "Do you think the murderer was in the attic and controlled the killing?"

"It's not a feeling, it's a certainty." Chu Yunxi held the small branch. "Originally, there were some details that I couldn't figure out. For example, how did the murderer grasp the time and act when the groom just toasted to this table? How did he know when to kill? After looking at the terrain of Wan Mansion today, I figured it all out. This is the only explanation that makes sense. Moreover, I have another guess. The murderer should not be alone. He has an accomplice. It can even be said that his accomplice may be the mastermind. The murderer may just be an accomplice, or someone who gets paid to do the job."

After hearing what Chu Yunxi said, Xiao Mubei suddenly realized, "Yes, the murderer was brought in by his accomplice, and his accomplice is someone among the guests."

"That's right. This man probably has a grudge against Li Ruixian. Otherwise, why would he let him stab himself so many times? If he just wanted to kill someone, it would be much easier to just kill him with one knife. But he had to let him stab himself so many times in front of so many people. I can't think of any other reason other than a grudge."

"So, should we go to the Hanlin Academy next?" Xiao Mubei helped Chu Yunxi tidy up the messy hair on her forehead, and Li Jinghong turned his head away consciously.

Chu Yunxi was already used to it. She smiled and said, "Your Highness is getting smarter and smarter now."