"Did Feng Gu leave anything else behind?" Jiang Wang asked Lin Youxie.
"Of course there were other clues, but they were all planted to mislead. They were meant to confuse the investigators, and even more so the person behind the scenes. He left those clues for me to see. He knew I could see through the fog," Lin Youxie said. "Because my father was Lin Kuang."
"Forgive my bluntness," Jiang Wang said calmly. "Without ironclad evidence, nothing you do will mean anything. All we can do here is analyze."
Lin Youxie said, "I can't prove who the culprit was in the Assassination Case of Imperial Concubine Lei, but I only need to prove that my father's death was connected to the current Empress. That's precisely why Feng Gu wanted me involved in this case."
Lin Kuang had died while investigating the Assassination Case of Imperial Concubine Lei. If Lin Youxie could prove that his death was not a suicide and was connected to the Empress, then it would indeed count as important evidence linking the current Empress to Imperial Concubine Lei's death.
"How do you plan to prove it?" Jiang Wang asked.
"That's my business," Lin Youxie replied.
Jiang Wang had thought Lin Youxie came today to ask for help, and he had even been prepared to lend a hand. He hadn't expected that she hadn't. It seemed she had only jumped into his carriage halfway to tell him what she believed to be the truth.
"Why tell me all this?" Jiang Wang asked.
Lin Youxie paused, then said, "My father was the finest Green Badge since its founding. He solved countless cases in his lifetime and was utterly devoted to his duty. He wouldn't have killed himself. He shouldn't have... I hope that if something happens to me, someone