Xu Lanyin came up to the woman and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, Auntie. Relax. You just need to answer a few simple questions. I'm not going to torture you. Relax..."

Xu Lanyin comforted the woman and said a few indifferent words. When she saw that her mood had gradually calmed down, she took out a small purse from her bosom and waved it in front of her.

She whispered, "Be good and watch your purse... Well, you're doing very well, just like that..."

Under Xu Lanyin's verbal hints, the woman's eyes gradually became blurred and finally closed.

Xu Lanyin asked, "Are you going to the market to buy vegetables?"

The woman closed her eyes and answered, "Yes, my daughter and son-in-law are going back to their parents' home today, so I'm going to buy some meat and tofu."

Xu Lanyin asked again, "There are so many people here. You want to go around that old locust tree to get into the market, right?"

The woman replied, "Yes, it's a market day today, so there are a lot of people."

"Did you see a young lady in a pea-green dress?"

When Xu Lanyin ran to the crime scene, she met a little girl in a green shirt running away from the murder scene screaming.

The woman replied, “No, I didn’t see it.”

Xu Lanyin said, "You saw it. Think about it carefully, you must have seen it."

The woman closed her eyes and thought carefully for a moment, her head resting on the back of the chair and turning left and right, as if searching for someone. After a moment, she said with surprise, "Oh, I see her. She's wearing a pea green shirt and a long bun. She's a very pretty young lady."

"Yeah, that's right. Did you see another guy in black shorts?"

This is a witness who came to the yamen together.

The woman looked again and said, "Oh, there he is, carrying a fish from the market."

"Excellent. Then do you see a man in a dark blue gown approaching?"

This is the deceased.

"I didn't notice. Let me think about it... Oh, I see him. He came out of the alley on the left. He looked very panicked and walked very fast. In the blink of an eye, he was right in front of me."

"Is there anyone following him?"

Because the victim was stabbed in the back, the murderer must have come from behind.

The woman's neck moved again, as if observing her surroundings. "Oh, I see it! A man in his thirties wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt. He has his head lowered. He's quite tall, with a small mustache. His right hand is in his bosom, and there's a scar two fingers wide on his wrist. Oh my god, he took his hand out of his bosom and stabbed the man in front of him."

"Which direction did the man run to?"

"He ran north and almost hit a little kid..."

Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wu looked at each other. They were just to the north of the scene.

Zhao Wu stared and whispered, "I remember now. When I was running towards the scene, I saw a man in a brown collar running towards me. He almost bumped into me. I thought he was a frightened witness at first. I wondered if he was the murderer..."

Xu Lanyin felt that she had asked all the questions she needed to ask. At least she knew the suspect's appearance and the alleyway they had come from. The rest was the government's business.

She said to the woman, "You've done very well. Okay, let's end this hypnosis. I'll count down to five, and you slowly wake up. Five, four, three, two, one, open your eyes."

The woman opened her eyes and saw the people in front of her, especially the two majestic officials, and she began to tremble with fear again.

Lord Qin loudly called in a yamen runner, who helped the woman out and asked the witnesses to go downstairs to rest and not leave for the time being.

After listening to Zhao Wu's narration and combining it with the characteristics described by the woman, Master Ji began to draw a portrait of the suspect.

It was already afternoon, and Zhao Wu declined to eat here and said goodbye, as they had to hurry back home.

Min Hu clasped his fists and thanked Xu Lanyin, saying with a smile, "If we really catch that murderer with hypnosis, I will definitely send someone to Miss Xu's house to express my gratitude in person."

Qin Che also smiled at Xu Lanyin and said, "If that's the case, I will ask for a reward for Miss Xu." He added, "Of course, I won't tell anyone that Miss Xu has this special ability."

He is truly an amiable and understanding elder.

Xu Lanyin knelt down and said a few polite words before leaving with Zhao Wu. In fact, she really wanted to stay and chat with Lord Qin, but she knew it was impossible.

What Xu Lanyin didn't know was that even after she had walked out of the lobby door, Qin Che still hadn't taken his eyes off her back.

Qin Che was also wondering in his heart, this young lady looked somewhat familiar.

Xu Lanzhou and his brother were waiting anxiously outside the yamen, and they were relieved only when they saw Xu Lanyin and Zhao Wu coming out.

The few of them did not dare to delay and hurriedly got on the car and rushed to the north city gate. They even had lunch as snacks in the car.

Arriving at the city gate, Xu Lanyin insisted on going to the shop run by the Hu people. There really was butter and milk curds. She bought less butter and more milk curds. There was no refrigerator here, so milk curds could be kept longer, but butter could not.

Because there was a driver outside, Xu Lanyin did not tell her about her hypnosis, but only said that several witnesses had recorded their statements. When Xu Lanyin closed her eyes to rest, Qin Che's face would always flash before her eyes, and she herself felt strange.

Also, why did both Min Hu and Qin Che die unexpectedly after trying that case? The book doesn't elaborate on this, simply stating that things are unpredictable and that genius is often overlooked. Xu Lanyin didn't dwell on it much while reading. Later, she learned that Min Hu had been taking that chronic poison for a long time, and she felt that his sudden death was normal, not a natural death due to old age.

Seeing Qin Che today, and knowing that two lives had been lost after that case, she couldn't help but think more about it. Of course, it was probably just her overthinking, as the deaths of those two people were indeed accidents. However, if she wanted to get involved, she had to be cautious...

"Sister, I'm asking you a question." Xu Lanting pulled her sleeve.

Xu Lanyin looked at Xu Lanting and finally understood why she felt a sense of closeness to Qin Che. He and Xu Lanting were a bit similar. Of the three Xu siblings, Xu Lanting was the one who looked most like Qin.

The surname is Qin, and they look somewhat similar. Qin's life experience is a mystery... Qin escaped from home and must have hated her father's family. "Qin" may not be her original surname. It is very likely that she changed it to her mother's surname like Zhao Wu... Is it a coincidence, or is there a connection between them?

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Xu Lanting asked again.

Zhao Wu and Xu Lanzhou also looked at Xu Lanyin in surprise.

Xu Lanyin stroked her head and said, "I have a headache."

Zhao Wumang whispered, "You must be tired from hypnosis. Take a good rest, we won't bother you anymore."

The hypnosis he was referring to was hypnotizing the woman, but the Xu brothers thought he was hypnotizing Lord Min last night.

No one spoke anymore. Xu Lanyin closed her eyes and thought about her own affairs. She wanted to go back and test Qin's reaction. She also wanted to know whether she should get involved in that matter. If she did, how would she remind Min Hu and Zhao Wu...