Chapter 491 Surveying the Site
All along to her, Long Tianyu was like a formidable character who was able to resolve any problems.
No matter what outrageous things she did, or where she was, Long Tianyu would always appear suddenly to block off any storm for her.
But now that Long Tianyu was in deep danger and she was at a loss of what to do.
Having Ling Ye disguise as Long Tianyu would be a temporary solution to fool the others.
However, Lin ngya knew very well that this would aggravate Long Tianyu’s precarious situation.
While she could use the excuse that Long Tianyu was not feeling well to get away with it temporarily when they attend the dical competition as spectators.
At this mont, she urgently needed to find out the objective of those people abducting Long Tianyu.
At the door, Ling Ye, adorned in the white costu, was frowning as he stepped out of the room.
As she fixed her gaze on the face which resembled Long Tianyu’s, Lin ngya had a brainwave.
Hongyu once ntioned that those n had kept her alive so that they could deny her identity as Prince Anle before the elders of the Pavilion of Herbs.
Nevertheless, this plan was full of loopholes.
There was a slim chance of success.
However, this was the Nation of Lintian after all. Apart from Cousin Chen and Cousin Yu, Long Tianyu was the only other person who could pledge her identity.
She finally figured out the reason those n had taken Long Tianyu quietly.
In the absence of Prince Yu, there would be no Princess Yu.
On the contrary, with Prince Yu around, he would be the one to determine who Prince Yu was!
After figuring this out, Lin ngya cald herself down as she thought of the reality she was facing.
Given Long Tianyu’s character, however, not to ntion that forcing him to deny the identity of his wife would not work, he would already try to break free from his captors along the way.
Moreover, those n had tried to abduct her first before proceeding to abduct Long Tianyu.
If these n were from the sa gang, their target might not be her after all!
“Night, you’ve co at the right ti. I’ve got a question for you. Did those n who attacked you have any special characteristics? For example, sothing that easily left an impression in you. So characteristics that would enable you to identify them.”
Seeing how anxious the princess was, Ling Ye did not dare to slight her.
Under Lin ngya’s anxious gaze, Ling Ye began to describe in detail everything he could recall that he saw.
However, because the incident happened when the sky had darkened, coupled with the fact that it had been rather chaotic, he could not think of any burst seams at this mont.
“Forget it. Let’s go there again. If I guessed correctly, these n wouldn’t dispose of the dead bodies. Give a minute while I go get Zuo Qiuyu and Liu Xuan.”
Once Lin ngya finished speaking, she dashed out into the courtyard.
Ling Ye was left looking perplexed. What had co to her mind again?
The horse carriage seed a little crowded with the presence of Ling Ye and Zuo Qiuyu in it.
Reacting in the sa way as Lin ngya, Zuo Qiuyu was surprised to find that Long Tianyu’s secret bodyguard bore such a close resemblance to him.
His gaze fell on Ling Ye’s face now and then but realized that Ling Ye was not bothered by his gaze, so he began to study the man in front of him openly.
“Are you sure you’re not Long Tianyu’s brother? Are you so illegitimate son? Are you not even his cousin?”
Ling Ye shook his head. He was rely an orphan.
If not for his strong resemblance to the prince, he would not be picked by his teacher who kept him by his side to receive careful instructions.
“That’s enough, stop your scrutiny. There are many look-alikes in the world. Moreover, don’t you understand how the emperors of Dajin were like? Stop imagining such amorous encounters. I’ve asked you to co along so you can take care of Night. It was not ant for you to pry.”
Lin ngya rolled her eyes at Zuo Qiuyu.
She realized that apart from his interests in dical journals and dicinal herbs, Zuo Qiuyu was also very keen on finding out juicy news.
On the other hand, if Ling Ye was truly Long Tianyu’s brother, she supposed Long Tianyu would never allow Ling Ye to beco his secret bodyguard.
That would be a highly dangerous job. Perhaps it would co a ti when he would have to leap out to take blows from an enemy’s attack on Long Tianyu.
Judging from how Long Tianyu treated Long Qinghan, it was very unlikely that he would have his own brother take a blow on his behalf.
Liu Xuan had personally taken up the responsibility to stand guard outside in case he needed to give them warnings of dangers.
As expected, they discovered quite many spies on the way. However, they rely followed them from a distance as if they were just onlookers.
Soon, they arrived at the place where Long Tianyu t with the attack the other night.
It was a densely wooded area that was not too extensive but during the day, the shades provided by the trees made it difficult to see into the woods clearly.
Nevertheless, the mont they entered the wooded area, a strong stench of blood ca on and Lin ngya’s brows were gradually raised to form a frown.
The stench was intense. While they had not spotted the dead bodies, they supposed they would not be too far now.
When the horse carriage finally reached the central area of the woods, a pile of dead bodies dressed in black clothing were seen lying there haphazardly.
“Your Highness, Your Highness, we’re here.”
Liu Xuan was crestfallen. He imdiately instructed the guards to surround Lin ngya and the rest as a way of protecting them.
With his sword in his hand, he gently went through the pile of dead bodies in the middle of the woods.
After ensuring that there was no one in ambush, he ordered so n to accompany Lin ngya to co forward.
“The dead bodies had softened and the cadaveric ecchymosis had spread all over the bodies. It looks like these n had died last night. Let’s do a count on how many bodies there are.”
Lin ngya instructed as she squatted down to go through the corpses.
Ling Ye and Zuo Qiuyu were by now very used to Lin ngya’s perverted action that they no longer found it strange.
Only Liu Xuan, who was seeing this for the first ti, was taken by surprise.
If he were to find out that Lin ngya had scored distinction for all her anatomy modules, would his eyes be popping out?
After their n counted the number of corpses, they moved the bodies and left them right in front of Lin ngya.
She studied the external of each dead body carefully and did not leave any details out.
“Your Highness, perhaps so evidence would be lost if we keep moving the bodies.”
Liu Xuan comnted, sounding a little unhappy. However, after shooting a glance at him, Lin ngya said, “This was not the place where the killing happened. All these bodies had been transported here from sowhere else. Moreover, every detail here had been committed to my mory.”
Lin ngya was not bragging or lying. With the help of the Sheng Nung system, she would even be able to conjure the image of a fly in her mind.
The image conjured would be well-defined and colored.
“What do you an when you say this was not the cri scene?”
Liu Xuan was finding it difficult to understand the Princess Anle before him. In terms of investigating an incident, Liu Xuan was fit to be called an expert.
From the look of the state of the trees and plants all around, it was evident that there had been so fighting that went on here.
“This area wasn’t as well-hidden as desired. Moreover, by looking at the marks on the trees, I can tell that these were not left behind accidentally as a result of fighting. Give a sword right now, Lord Liu, and cooperate with my cousin.”
Zuo Qiuyu first looked helplessly at Lin ngya, then his gaze went to Liu Xuan, who appeared to be in a sneer.
Unfortunately, at this mont, he had no choice but to suffer in silence.
“In a minute, you will pretend to chase after him to attack him. He will try to dodge and let’s see what kind of mark you’ll make on the tree after you strike.”
Lin ngya stood by like an onlooker as she shot an encouragingly look at Zuo Qiuyu.
However, Liu Xuan appeared to be overly serious.
The mont Lin ngya cried out the cue to begin, with a long sword in his hand, Liu Xuan wielded the sword at Zuo Qiuyu’s neck.
In an attempt to make this as realistic as possible (as per Lin ngya’s request), Zuo Qiuyu had worked with all his might.
Amidst wild shrieks and howls, the two n finally completed the mission Lin ngya entrusted them.
“How you have taken the attacks seriously!”
Zuo Qiuyu almost wanted to cry when he saw how Liu Xuan made a show of force, but he could only take it silently.
“It was the princess’s idea.”
Liu Xuan coolly wiped down the steel sword in his hand. He had managed a clean strike.
“Stop arguing and co over to have a look. Liu Xuan had attempted to strike Zuo Qiuyu’s head so the mark left behind was deeper. Moreover, his strike had co down diagonally from above and was supposed to land on the lower portion of Cousin Yu’s neck. Have a look at these marks left behind by those n. Not only where they shallow, but they were also lower down. Lord Liu, will you please make a few haphazard cuts on the trees.”
Liu Xuan nodded and casually wielded his sword to strike the tree next to an unsuspecting Zuo Qiuyu.
Just as they expected, the marks made by the sword were lower down.
This had to be soone acting out of habit. If one was not trying to wield the sword to kill soone, it was only natural that his arm was extended and flexed freely.
In addition, the steel sword was rather weighty and so the marks made by it would be lower down.
Initially, they had thought that these marks were made by accident, but they were actually made intentionally through so deliberate arrangent.
As the pale Zuo Qiuyu cried out for revenge, Lin ngya walked up to Ling Ye.
Her watery eyes gazed up at Ling Ye’s pale countenance with puzzlent.
“Night, are you certain that this was the very place you encountered the attack?”
Ling Ye’s expression was terrible, nevertheless, he nodded in response.
Based on his mory, this was indeed the place where the attack happened.
However, even without Lin ngya reminding her, he felt that this place was rather unfamiliar and strange.
“Are you very sure that this was the very place you encounter the ambush? Think carefully, did you kill all these n here?”
While Lin ngya looked severe, Ling Ye also began to frown deeply.
The mories of the night before ca welling up within him.
It was right. He had accompanied the prince to walk out of the town into this woods, then... then...
“Ling Ye, get your real mory back!”
As Lin ngya’s called out with her feminine voice, Ling Ye suddenly felt that everything beca clear.
All of a sudden, he spotted a burst seam in last night’s chaotic scene.
Thereafter, the seam opened up further, and finally, the scene from last night finally cracked open completely.
His real mory had erged from the deep part of his mind. Finally, he was able to discern the real mory from the false.
“Yes... we actually t with the attack when we were in the house of a man called Zhu Qiyun! Soone flashed a mirror at , and when I looked into the mirror, I was immobilized!”
Holding his head with his hands in agony, Ling Ye finally managed to recall and speak the truth.
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