Chapter 491 - Surveying the Site (2/2)

“The dead bodies had softened and the cadaveric ecchymosis had spread all over the bodies. It looks like these men had died last night. Let’s do a count on how many bodies there are.”

Lin Mengya instructed as she squatted down to go through the corpses.

Ling Ye and Zuo Qiuyu were by now very used to Lin Mengya’s perverted action that they no longer found it strange.

Only Liu Xuan, who was seeing this for the first time, was taken by surprise.

If he were to find out that Lin Mengya had scored distinction for all her anatomy modules, would his eyes be popping out?

After their men counted the number of corpses, they moved the bodies and left them right in front of Lin Mengya.

She studied the external of each dead body carefully and did not leave any details out.

“Your Highness, perhaps some evidence would be lost if we keep moving the bodies.”

Liu Xuan commented, sounding a little unhappy. However, after shooting a glance at him, Lin Mengya said, “This was not the place where the killing happened. All these bodies had been transported here from somewhere else. Moreover, every detail here had been committed to my memory.”

Lin Mengya 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 mean when you say this was not the crime 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 some 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 me a sword right now, Lord Liu, and cooperate with my cousin.”

Zuo Qiuyu first looked helplessly at Lin Mengya, then his gaze went to Liu Xuan, who appeared to be in a sneer.

Unfortunately, at this moment, 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 Mengya stood by like an onlooker as she shot an encouragingly look at Zuo Qiuyu.

However, Liu Xuan appeared to be overly serious.

The moment Lin Mengya 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 Mengya’s request), Zuo Qiuyu had worked with all his might.

Amidst wild shrieks and howls, the two men finally completed the mission Lin Mengya 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 come 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 come 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 men. 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 someone acting out of habit. If one was not trying to wield the sword to kill someone, 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 some deliberate arrangement.

As the pale Zuo Qiuyu cried out for revenge, Lin Mengya walked up to Ling Ye.

Her watery eyes gazed up at Ling Ye’s pale countenance with puzzlement.

“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 memory, this was indeed the place where the attack happened.

However, even without Lin Mengya 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 men here?”

While Lin Mengya looked severe, Ling Ye also began to frown deeply.

The memories of the night before came 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 memory back!”

As Lin Mengya’s called out with her feminine voice, Ling Ye suddenly felt that everything became 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 memory had emerged from the deep part of his mind. Finally, he was able to discern the real memory from the false.

“Yes… we actually met with the attack when we were in the house of a man called Zhu Qiyun! Someone flashed a mirror at me, 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.