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

After Tongxin Hall opened, Du Ruoying seldom went to Jinyu Hall anymore. Over the years, Yan Haosong still only treated the powerful and wealthy, and the consultation fee he charged was several times that of ordinary medical clinics. It is difficult to change one's nature, but he does have some real skills. The higher the consultation fee he charges, the more people come to him for help.

For the sake of his own reputation, when he encountered difficult and complicated diseases that he was not sure he could cure, he would refuse treatment with sky-high consultation fees. Du Ruoying looked down on him for this behavior, but there was nothing she could do. Her master was gone, and she could not take care of him.

She could only keep the prices of her own clinic as low as possible so that those who couldn't afford medical treatment at Jin Yu Tang could still come to her for treatment. However, since her talent was not as high as Yan Haosong's, she couldn't stop a steady stream of people from rushing to Jin Yu Tang to give her money.

Fortunately, Yan Haosong has always kept his promise to his master and goes to Qilou Street for free medical consultation every three days. Du Ruoying sometimes thinks that if Yan Haosong can't earn so much money and can't support the expenses of his free medical consultation, she will not be so angry.

Over the years, Du Ruoying only went to see Yan Haosong once. It was in the winter of that year when she picked up a boy who had fainted from the cold in the snow. Over the years, she had only lived with a female disciple, Su Mei. If she accepted a male disciple, it would be inconvenient, so she sent the boy to Yan Haosong.

After all, Yan Haosong only has his junior sister as a relative. Although his junior sister usually doesn't pay much attention to him, he knows why and feels guilty towards her. So when his junior sister comes to him for something, he agrees readily.

From then on, Xingyao stayed in Jinyutang and became Yan Haosong's apprentice.

Du Ruoying finished her talk, picked up a cup of tea and drank it all in one breath, then looked at Xiao Mubei and said, "Your Majesty, please ask anything else you want to ask."

Xiao Mubei said to Chu Yunxi: "You ask."

Chu Yunxi nodded and said, "Do you know if Yan Haosong has any enemies?"

Du Ruoying snorted coldly, "With his personality, he has too many enemies. He offends people without knowing it, and sooner or later something bad will happen."

Xingyao and Xinghao also said that he had turned away countless patients, but apart from them he had no other enemies.

The case seemed to have reached a dead end. All the patients on the list had been checked and none of them had any problems. There were also no other enemies either. So who killed Yan Haosong?

"Doctor Du, excuse me, where were you five days ago, around midnight on August 16th?"

Du Ruoying's eyes were like knives, shooting at Chu Yunxi, sneering, "Miss, are you asking this because you suspect that I killed Yan Haosong?"

Chu Yunxi ignored her glares and said calmly, "Don't misunderstand, Doctor Du. I'm just asking a routine question."

Du Ruoying was not without motives. Although she and Yan Haosong were senior and junior brothers, Doctor Luo fell ill because of Yan Haosong. It was possible that Du Ruoying would blame Yan Haosong for this.

However, Chu Yunxi didn't think that Du Ruoying did it. First, she was a woman, and the eyewitness, the night watchman, clearly saw that the murderer was a man. Second, if Du Ruoying wanted to kill him, she wouldn't have waited so many years.

Du Ruoying was very dissatisfied, but still replied: "On the night of August 16, I was treating a pregnant woman who was bleeding heavily. I was busy until the early morning. Finally, the mother and child are safe. Su Mei and the patient's family can testify to this."

That means there is an alibi. Chu Yunxi nodded, "Doctor Du is a kind-hearted doctor. I admire him. But I heard that after August 16, Tongxin Hall was closed for a few days and only reopened today. Where did Doctor Du go?"

Du Ruoying was silent for a while, then said, "I will go to Master's grave and tell him that his senior brother went to accompany him and that he was killed. I will ask Master to teach him a lesson in the afterlife and to teach him to listen to me in the next life and not to act on his own and hurt others and himself."

"Where is your master buried?"

"In Master's hometown, Jinling City, a two-day drive from the capital."

The round trip took four days, and I stayed in Nanjing for one day, so it was exactly five days. I must not have lied.

Chu Yunxi looked at Xiao Mubei, "Your Majesty, I have nothing else to ask."

Xiao Mubei stood up after hearing this and said, "Doctor Du, can you tell me the exact location of where Doctor Luo is buried? I want to take some time to burn some incense for him."

Seeing that Xiao Mubei was indeed thinking about his master, Du Ruoying's annoyance disappeared. She quickly wrote down the address and gave it to Xiao Mubei, and then asked, "Your Majesty, when can Yan Haosong's body be brought back?"

Xiao Mubei said: "I have notified Xingyao and Xinghao to pick it up today. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be in Jinyutang tonight."

Du Ruoying nodded, "Okay, I'll go there tonight. My brother and I are both orphans, and Master's home is our home. Since he has gone to find Master, I can't let his soul wander alone in the capital. I want to bring him back to Jinling and bury him next to Master, so that Master can teach him well."

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi could both see that, although she said bad things about Yan Haosong, she was actually quite sad when he got into trouble.

Xiao Mubei comforted Du Ruoying again and then said goodbye to Chu Yunxi.

West Fourth Street is not far from the Dali Temple. Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi walked back to the Dali Temple. Chu Yunxi kept thinking about Du Ruoying's words and didn't say a word along the way. Xiao Mubei didn't disturb her.

When they were almost at the Dali Temple, Chu Yunxi said, "Your Highness, send someone to Jinling Prefecture to check and see if Doctor Du has returned in the past few days. Also, what is the current situation of Concubine Rou?"

"Rou Fei?" Xiao Mubei paused, "She is the fifth brother's biological mother, and now she is the Imperial Concubine. You suspect..."

"Do you think it's possible?" Chu Yunxi looked at Xiao Mubei.

Xiao Mubei thought about it and shook his head, "It's unlikely. After all, twenty years have passed. That incident didn't have any negative impact on Concubine Rou. Because of that incident, my father was even more sympathetic to her. Not long after, he promoted her to Noble Concubine. Now she has risen to prominence and become Imperial Noble Concubine. Apart from the Queen, she has the highest rank in the harem, so there's no need for her to hold a grudge against that incident."

That makes sense, Chu Yunxi sighed. Who on earth could be Yan Haosong's enemy that would hate him so much that he wanted to kill him?

Or maybe it's not hatred? Is it something else?

Chu Yunxi felt a little overwhelmed and shook her head, deciding not to think about it for the time being. There were too many things going on in the past two days and her brain was not enough.

"By the way, where did Bai Yu go that night following Lin Haifu? Did you find out who was behind him?"

Chu Yunxi suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to ask about this matter in the past two days, so she asked. Xiao Mubei said, "I found out that he is my fifth brother, Prince Anyang's man. Wan Tang of Zui Chunfeng should be my fifth brother's spy."

Chu Yunxi suddenly stopped, and something seemed to flash through her mind, but she didn't catch it.