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

Chapter 285: The Yan State Spy

To avoid unnecessary trouble, she and Li Jingyang have been living in the government office ever since they received the Suzhou prefectural seal.

Inside the manor, they arranged for guards to disguise themselves as Prefect Su and make brief appearances every few days to reassure those secretly watching.

The old man's skills were truly exceptional. Ever since Li Jingyang had his men save his entire family and forcibly revived the entire city of Suzhou, the old man had followed him wholeheartedly.

They did manage to recruit a decent talent.

Lin Rusi sighed softly, a smile appearing on her face.

As soon as she approached the government office, she found it to be very lively inside.

A group of people were kneeling in the backyard of the yamen. She glanced at them and felt that they were very familiar.

Isn't that the same group of spies who infiltrated Suzhou City that I just mentioned to Ye Ruoruo?

"What?" Lin Rusi looked at Li Jingyang, who was sitting at the head of the table.

"Very cunning, sensing something was wrong, it tried to run away."

Li Jingyang was fiddling with a bunch of things in his hand, which seemed to have been taken from these people.

"Even the most cunning fox will eventually fall into the net."

Lin Rusi was too lazy to look at these self-proclaimed smart people. She simply tossed the medicine bottle to the guard beside her and gestured to the leader of the spies: "Put it in for him."

“That’s right. No matter how cunning he is, what can he do? With my elixir, Ye Ruoruo, I guarantee he’ll spill all his secrets.” A clear voice rang out; it was Ye Ruoruo, whom they had just parted ways with not long ago.

"Didn't I tell you to rest more?"

Lin Rusi was surprised. She turned her gaze and then noticed that Ye Ruoruo was accompanied by a thin middle-aged man: "Who is this?"

"It wasn't my idea to come; my master insisted on seeing you..."

As Ye Ruoruo was speaking, she suddenly remembered something and quickly glanced at Li Jingyang: "Ahem, well, I wanted to see you. This is my master, Tian Lingzi."

How could she forget that this man was very petty? If she only said that her master wanted to see the princess, this man would probably secretly try to trip her up.

"Greetings, senior." Lin Rusi quickly greeted her.

"You, if you're so capable, just kill me."

The man seemed to know Ye Ruoruo's master and suddenly began to struggle violently.

Unfortunately, Li Jingyang's men were professionals at binding people, so it wasn't easy for them to break free.

After being poisoned with a mind-altering pill, the leader of the spies quickly lost his focus and his eyes became vacant.

Li Jingyang signaled the guards to acupuncture the others, threw what he was holding onto the table, and slowly walked up to the man: "Where did you come from?"

"Yan...the State of Yan."

The man initially stuttered a bit, but quickly became fluent.

"To disrupt the two prefectures of Suzhou and Lingzhou, triggering uprisings in both prefectures, and paving the way for the Yan army."

Lin Rusi, who was examining the pile of things on the table, immediately stopped.

Such grand ambitions!

The mind-controlling pill was indeed very effective; in no time, it extracted everything they wanted to know.

The spy from Yan Kingdom went to great lengths to get in touch with the prefect of Suzhou, but unfortunately, the prefect disappeared as soon as he entered the city.

Lingzhou was even worse. The prefect there was unyielding and wouldn't budge, making it impossible to even get to the first step. He was a tough nut to crack. The Yan Kingdom had been unable to conquer Lingzhou for a long time and had begun to consider assassinating the prefect.

However, it seems these people's plans are about to fall through.

Given the prefect's abilities, it's hard to say whether those people could even infiltrate Lingzhou Prefecture, but even if they did, they wouldn't succeed.

Last time, when the prefect of Lingzhou came to his residence for a detailed discussion, Li Jingyang sent many guards to Lingzhou to protect him.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from the doorway, and a guard rushed in to report: "Master, a large number of people in the city have suddenly developed diarrhea, the cause of which is unknown, and the clinics are already full."

After the guard explained the situation in detail, Lin Rusi suddenly looked at Ye Ruoruo and said with certainty, "Ruoruo, it's good that you're here. Come with me quickly."

Ye Ruoruo can be quite mischievous at times, but when faced with such a big event, she instantly abandons her playful mood and runs outside with Lin Rusi.

After visiting several clinics, Ye Ruoruo's expression grew increasingly serious: "It must be poisoning, and I can't cure this poison."

"What?" Lin Rusi felt a sudden emptiness in her heart.

Ye Ruoruo was the best doctor among the people she knew. If even she couldn't save her, who else could she ask for help?

Furthermore, since it is poison, the consequences are unpredictable, and how long can the people in this city endure it?

Suzhou City has only just come back to life...

It was rare to see Lin Rusi so distraught. Ye Ruoruo racked her brains for a long time before suddenly slapping her forehead: "Look at me, I'm such an idiot."

Lin Rusi's heart skipped a beat: "You've thought of a way?"

"No, but just because I can't solve it doesn't mean my master can't either." Ye Ruoruo excitedly pulled her back.

Lin Rusi paused for a moment, then suddenly realized.

She almost forgot that when Ye Ruoruo appeared, she brought someone with her, who was said to be her master.

She followed Ye Ruoruo and unconsciously quickened her pace back to the yamen. Fortunately, the person was still there.

Ye Ruoruo pulled Tian Lingzi aside and chattered on about what had happened: "Master, please help us. Those people have just started to live a good life, they are so pitiful."

Tian Lingzi was so dizzy from Ye Ruoruo's shaking that he barely managed to steady himself: "Alright, alright, your shaking is going to break my bones. I can save people, but there are conditions."

"Please feel free to ask, senior." Li Jingyang personally brewed tea and served it to him.

Tian Lingzi took it, but his gaze fell on Lin Rusi: "You will leave with me for three days."

"Senior, if you have any requests, please feel free to ask me to do them." Li Jingyang felt sorry for Lin Rusi, who had suffered a lot on the way with him. He was quite unwilling to take her away again.

"It's just about finding one medicinal herb. Whether you go or not is entirely up to you two," Tian Lingzi said, then began to drink his tea.

There is a choice, but the choice is only whether she goes or not, not who goes.

"I can take care of myself." Looking at the back of the figure blocking her way, Lin Rusi couldn't help but smile.

She suddenly felt that all the exhaustion over the long period of time had been worth it.

Lin Rusi gently patted Li Jingyang's back with her small hand, then walked around to his front and calmly looked at Tian Lingzi: "Please, senior, lend a helping hand."

Tian Lingzi finally smiled. He gently put down his teacup, tossed her a pill, and left: "Dissolve it in water and drink it directly."

Even after his figure disappeared around the corner, a sentence could still be faintly heard in the wind.

"I knew I hadn't misjudged him."

Tian Lingzi truly lived up to his reputation as Ye Ruoruo's master. With just a small pill, he dissolved it in a large vat of water, and each of the poisoned people took a small sip. The poison that had left Ye Ruoruo helpless was actually cured just like that.

……

"Senior, are you sure that snow lotus really grows here?" Lin Rusi asked, her feet sinking into the thick snow. She was exhausted after climbing the snow-covered mountain.

After Tian Lingzi cured the people of the city, Lin Rusi left with him for three days as agreed.