After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 158: Special Mark

At their invitation, Ye Ruoruo successfully settled in.

For the next period of time, the main task every day was to help Lin Rusi take care of her health. After a while, Lin Rusi's health gradually returned to normal.

Seeing that she was alright, Li Jingyang felt much relieved.

"It's good that you've recovered, otherwise I would feel even more guilty. If my situation has affected you, I would feel guilty for the rest of my life." Li Jingyang said, but Lin Rusi didn't seem to care.

"Your words are a bit too distant. We are husband and wife, and this is what I should do. Besides, I can't possibly sacrifice the lives of innocent people to cure your poison."

Lin Rusi spoke.

Li Jingyang then nodded.

"However, the mastermind behind this has not yet been identified, which makes me uneasy. If they make a comeback, they will kill people without leaving a trace, making it impossible to guard against them."

His expression was rather unpleasant.

How could Lin Rusi not understand this principle?

“I saw them make a move that day. Most of these people are highly skilled in martial arts. I’m afraid it was someone’s doing it on purpose. We must find this person as soon as possible.”

After thinking about this, both of them looked rather serious.

"Um……"

Ye Qing entered the room at this moment, and Li Jingyang looked at him with some expectation in his heart.

"Have you finished investigating all the areas I asked you to investigate? Have you made any progress?"

Ye Qing shook his head.

"As you instructed, I checked all the suspicious individuals, but I didn't find anything, like a killer or anything like that..."

Li Jingyang's expression grew increasingly grim. It seemed that these people were quite capable of anticipating his next move.

"He is indeed a troublesome opponent."

"Your Highness, there's no need to worry. We will continue our investigation until we find out who these people are," Ye Qing said, and Li Jingyang agreed.

"Okay, you should go back first. You've been investigating these past few days, and you've worked hard. Take a good rest for a couple of days."

"No, this is what I should do."

After Ye Qing finished speaking, seeing how insistent Li Jingyang was on this matter, she could only nod silently.

After he left, Lin Rusi's expression became increasingly unpleasant.

"Actually, I've always had a doubt in my heart."

When she spoke at this moment, Li Jingyang was also somewhat surprised.

What are you trying to say?

“It’s impossible for Ye Qing not to have noticed them when they first approached. Even if they approached from underwater, I don’t think it’s possible for a normal person to swim this far away.”

After Lin Rusi finished speaking, Li Jingyang naturally realized what had happened.

"So what do you mean?"

"Although there were no other civilians on the ship that day, there were some workers. I think these assassins must have been mixed in with these people at the beginning, which is why they caught us off guard."

"This……"

Li Jingyang was unwilling to believe such speculation, since he had personally recruited all the workers.

Who would dare to do such a thing under his nose?

"I think these people must have known in advance that the two of us were boating on the lake, which is why they tried every means to sneak onto the boat first and then find a suitable time to carry out the assassination."

After Lin Rusi finished speaking, Li Jingyang remained noncommittal.

"But I arranged all these people. Before this, I had people thoroughly investigate their identities. There shouldn't be such a basic mistake."

"But who can guarantee that these people are the same group you recruited? Maybe those people have already been killed. Do you really remember what each of them looks like?"

Li Jingyang then suddenly realized what was going on.

"I completely forgot about something so important. Wanqi, hurry up and call Ye Qing back. I have something important for him to do."

After hearing this, I finally felt that I had a glimmer of hope.

Ye Qing was called back and also felt a little strange.

"Your Highness, what has happened?"

So, Li Jingyang told Ye Qing about their earlier guesses.

Ye Qing was always clever, and he quickly understood what he should do.

“We have registered all the people who were allowed to board the ship that day. I will now investigate their backgrounds thoroughly.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Qing understood their suspicions; these people might actually be the real murderers.

He then immediately left the Prince's residence.

"This is just my speculation, and it doesn't necessarily mean that these workers are related to these killers."

Lin Rusi also felt somewhat hesitant.

If I make him come all this way for nothing, then it will be my fault.

"We don't know where to start with our investigation right now, but the matter you brought up is the most likely one. It's always good to investigate it thoroughly."

Lin Rusi then nodded.

Soon, Ye Qing left the Prince's Mansion and arrived at the Dali Temple.

All the workers' files were pulled out, and even the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, Lord Zhu, looked troubled.

“We’ve been investigating for days, but we haven’t made any progress. Why don’t these people leave even the slightest clue?”

Thinking of this, Lord Zhu's expression also turned rather unpleasant.

"Lord Zhu, there's no need to worry. Give me all the information on these people first, and I'll investigate their backgrounds one by one."

"Yes, Lord Ye. If there is anything I can help with, please let me know. I also want to investigate this matter as soon as possible."

He was also in a state of great distress.

Now that the emperor and his men are keeping a close eye on this matter, if I don't investigate it thoroughly, I'm afraid I might lose my official hat.

After thinking about this, a somewhat troubled expression appeared on his face.

"Ok!"

Soon, Ye Qing visited the homes of these people, though he hadn't held out much hope for the matter.

However, it was soon learned that some of these workers had also completely disappeared.

He immediately became alert.

It's likely that all of these people had their identities switched by the assassins and are probably already dead.

After learning about this, he returned to Dali Temple.

By comparing their identities with the bodies of these workers, it was discovered that two of the bodies had a special mark on them.

"This is……"

The adults around them also found this situation strange.

After all, they had never seen this pattern before. Could it have some special meaning?

"Lord Ye, this is..."

“I think this pattern is related to that assassin organization. I need to tell the prince about this as soon as possible.”

After saying this, Ye Qing took the evidence and went back.