Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Compared to Ye Shangyuan, Mu Xue was much calmer. She said calmly, "We have to face him sooner or later. After all, he is Mu Xue's father."

Ye Shangyuan found it strange, but after thinking about it, he felt there was no problem, so he didn't dwell on it. He just asked with some concern, "I heard Leng Quan mention your experience at the Mu residence before. How about I accompany you tomorrow?"

Ye Shangyuan asked this casually, without any expectation of success, but to his surprise, Mu Xue readily agreed: "Okay, then I'll trouble Your Highness to accompany me to the Mu residence tomorrow."

Ye Shangyuan smiled and said, "It's my honor!"

While Mu Xue was thinking that she would have Ye Shangyuan bring Mu Hu and Mu Qi back to the Mu residence tomorrow, Mu Hu had already sneaked into the mortuary under the cover of night to check the corpses in Shenjing Lane.

Mu Hu first roughly examined the figures, but there wasn't a single familiar one. His worry and tension gradually eased. Then, he carefully examined the cause of death. Finally, he found a badge-like mark under the armpit of a petite corpse. He carefully made a rubbing of it and put it in his pocket.

Just as he had come, Mu Hu left without a sound.

Mu Hu did not return to the Mu residence; instead, he went straight to the Wang family's main hall, which was brightly lit.

Wang Baiqi sat in the main seat, holding a teacup, but did not take a sip.

Wang Xuanze sat at the lower end of the table, constantly looking out.

Finally, Wang Baiqi spoke first. He put down his teacup and said, "Ze'er, don't worry. Mu Hu said that Miss Xue will be alright, and he definitely will be. We have all witnessed her abilities."

Wang Baiqi only learned later that the blackfin serpent's gallbladder was obtained entirely through Mu Xue's own abilities.

This is something that not just anyone could do. Therefore, in Wang Baiqi's mind, Mu Xue was omnipotent.

As the father and son were talking, Mu Hu walked in under the cover of night.

He walked up to Wang Baiqi without saying a word before speaking, "Patriarch Wang, our master is indeed alright. She should still be somewhere in Yu Nan City. She hasn't contacted us, so she must have other plans. However, I just checked the charred corpse in Shenjing Alley and found something." With that, he took out the mark he had made from his pocket.

Mu Hu handed it to Wang Baiqi and said, "Patriarch Wang has traveled all over the country and is very knowledgeable. Could you help me take a look and identify this mark?"

Wang Baiqi didn't mind. He reached out and took it, examining it carefully by the light. After a long while, he suddenly stood up.

He looked at Mu Hu in shock, his voice filled with tension, and asked, "Has anyone else discovered this mark?"

Mu Hu was puzzled, but still shook his head and replied, "I looked carefully, and the yamen didn't even check these bodies. If I had arrived any later, they would have been hastily buried. I found this mark under my armpit, in a very hidden place."

Hearing Mu Hu's answer, Wang Baiqi calmed down a little. He said in a low voice, "This mark is incomplete, but if I am not mistaken, this should be the mark of the Jing'an Prince's Mansion of Dongli Kingdom."

Wang Xuanze was also surprised. He got up, walked to his father's side, and took the rubbing of the mark to look at it again and again.

Mu Hu was also very surprised. He asked in confusion, "The Prince of Jing'an of Dongli Kingdom? Didn't he die more than 20 years ago?"

Wang Baiqi nodded solemnly. He recalled, "At that time, I had just started to accumulate some wealth, so I went to Dongli Kingdom with a business partner. I was fortunate enough to meet this Prince Jing'an once, so I have a deep impression of him. This Prince Jing'an seemed to really like to print the emblem of his royal palace on various objects."

Mu Hu was somewhat taken aback when he heard this, as his impression of Prince Jing'an was based on the stories he had heard in his childhood.

Wang Xuanze frowned repeatedly. He glanced at his father and asked, "This Prince Jing'an is clearly mentally unstable. He's too controlling. Why would Father even think of visiting him?"

Wang Baiqi said helplessly, "At that time, relations between countries were very tense. The economic lifeline of Dongli Kingdom was in the hands of Prince Jing'an. He was also a business genius with all kinds of resources. The most convenient way to do business in Dongli Kingdom was to cooperate with Prince Jing'an."

Mu Hu and Wang Xuanze both understood. Wang Xuanze was also a business genius. The fact that he could receive such praise from Wang Baiqi for the Prince of Jing'an showed that he was quite remarkable at the time.

Wang Xuanze suddenly asked, "Father, I remember that the royal family of Dongli Kingdom does not allow people to own property privately?"

Wang Baiqi nodded and explained, "That's true, but at that time, Dongli Kingdom was practically a one-man show by Prince Jing'an. He didn't do business openly. The reason I was able to meet him was because he happened to be in control of my medicinal herb business, which gave me the opportunity to meet Prince Jing'an."

Mu Hu was completely confused. He didn't understand the intricacies of business, but he did understand the importance of medicinal herbs to a country.

Mu Hu suddenly asked, "The medicinal herb business in Dongli Kingdom is controlled by Prince Jing'an. What happens after he dies?"

Wang Baiqi was taken aback by the question. He slowly shook his head and recalled carefully, "After the war between the four kingdoms ended and trade was restored, I never went to Dongli Kingdom again."

The three fell silent.

The first to break the silence was Wang Xuanze, who asked, "The mark of Prince Jing'an, who has been dead for more than 20 years, has appeared in Miss Xue's courtyard in Yu Nan City. Could it be that someone has framed him?"

Mu Hu asked, "Who would be so bored as to frame someone who has been dead for so many years?"

After listening to their back-and-forth conversation for a long time, Wang Baiqi finally spoke up and said, "Actually, there was another rumor at the time. It was said that Prince Jing'an did not die, but was only disfigured and faked his death."

These words were another bombshell!

Mu Hu and Wang Xuanze both looked at Wang Baiqi.

Wang Baiqi also had doubts. He hesitated for a long time before speaking: "This rumor was also told by my friend. At the time, I only heard it once and didn't take it seriously. But less than a month later, my friend passed away for no reason."

Wang Xuanze asked in surprise, "Could it be that Father's friend was silenced by you?"

Wang Baiqi glanced at Wang Xuanze and slowly nodded. He said, "That's what I think too. Now that I think about it, it's even more likely, because he had very close business dealings with Dongli Kingdom at the time, and he had a lot of contact with Prince Jing'an."

He then asked, "But is it possible for a person to be alive and not have any news about them for over twenty years?"

Neither Mu Hu nor Wang Xuanze could answer this question.