Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 19
Zhao Lin recalled the criminal investigation movies he had watched, and the investigation of the case was mainly judged by witnesses and physical evidence, the motive of committing the crime, the time and place of the crime, etc.

Let's analyze the current situation one by one.

There are no witnesses, beards are dead, and it is impossible for them to report themselves.

Clean up the scene in time, and physical evidence will not be left behind.

As for the motive of committing the crime, the four of them are ordinary mountain hunters, and it is impossible to be an enemy of Beard as usual.

However, the time they entered the mountain was on the same day as the "disappearance" of the seven beards, so there is a problem.

Especially in this season, there are few people entering the mountain, so it is easy to find out.

Perhaps Beard may not think that they have the ability to kill, but as long as they are suspected, it will be a big trouble!

This hidden danger must be eliminated.

"What is an alibi?"

When Zhao Lin expressed his thoughts, Zhou Paotou and the others looked at each other.

"At this very moment, we are not here."

Zhao Lin explained that seeing that they were still in a daze, he asked them a question.

"What would you do if you were the head of the bearded family or the second head of the family, and one of your subordinates disappeared?"

The three fell into deep thought, and after a while, Liang Song said, "I will send people to look around, and if they still can't find it, then ask who has entered the mountain that day."

Zhou Paotou's face changed, "Yes! I would think so too."

Then I wondered: "Then what should I do? I didn't tell others about the matter of entering the mountain, and the old Zhuangtou sent us in."

Zhu Dachun said: "Hearing what you said, we are very suspicious."

The three looked at Zhao Lin at the same time, thinking that since he raised a problem, there must be a solution.

Zhao Lin didn't hold back, and said directly: "Although we can't hide the matter of entering the mountain, we can modify the time of returning to the village."

"We are not going back to the village today, but yesterday!"

Zhu Dachun was puzzled and said, "Yesterday? What do you say?"

Zhao Lin glanced at him and said with a smile, "Brother Zhu is a very good excuse."

"I?"

Zhu Dachun was even more confused.

Zhou Paotou understood Zhao Lin's intentions, slapped his forehead and said, "I understand, let's just say that when we entered the mountain yesterday, Lao Zhu accidentally rolled down the hillside and was seriously injured, so he had to go back home that day."

Liang Song also reacted, "Then let's sneak back to the village tonight, keep quiet, and tell people tomorrow that we'll be back long ago!"

"That's right, that's right." Zhao Lin nodded with a smile.

Zhu Dachun grinned and said: "It seems that my injury is not in vain."

The plan has been decided, and the most urgent task is to clean up the scene.

They loaded the beard and horse carcasses on rafts, transported them several times to the rough birch forest, and threw them into snow-covered potholes.

To be on the safe side, they hacked up the corpse with Beard's saber, and even if someone found it, it would be difficult to discern the exact cause of death.

Before doing these things, it is natural to search.

There are not many valuable things on Huzi's body, and the seven people's belongings are only about 20 taels of silver and copper coins.

But for the few people who are extremely poor, it is also a lot of money.

They also found a valuable jade pendant from Diao Liuye. Zhao Lin purposely remained silent, wanting to see what they would do with it.

Zhou Paotou just took a look and then put the jade pendant back again, Liang Song and Zhu Dachun didn't object, just pretending they didn't see it.

"Reliable!"

Seeing that his companions were all clear-cut people, Zhao Lin felt relieved. Many things were exposed because of greed and carelessness.

The two strange beasts could not be taken away, so they found another hiding place and buried them.

Zhou Paotou only took the most valuable and easy-to-carry Xionggu gallbladder and Zhuhao mane. As for the animal skins and bones, which are not easy to deal with, he had to reluctantly discard them.

At Zhao Lin's suggestion, they also threw the raft away. Zhu Dachun was inconvenient to move, so Zhao Lin carried him on his back.

As the evening approached, the mountain breeze gradually picked up.

Four people walked out of the mountain against the cold wind.

"The wind is good. If it snows again, I'm afraid only God knows about it except us."

Zhou Paotou covered his mouth and nose with his hands to prevent the wind from blowing into his mouth when he was speaking.

Zhao Lin is not as optimistic as he is. There has never been a perfect crime in the world. When you meet someone with a heart, you can find the truth of the matter through clues.

The best way to eliminate hidden dangers is to eradicate the bandits, but I don't have the ability for the time being.

When they came near Laolu Ridge, several people climbed to the side of the mountain and looked out secretly. They saw Lao Zhuangtou sitting on the snow sledge, shivering with cold, looking towards the side of the mountain from time to time.

"Old Zhuangtou is a real person." Zhou Paotou retracted his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"That's good, he didn't see us coming out, if you show up tomorrow morning, he will really think we went back last night."

Zhao Lin put Zhu Dachun down and covered him with a blanket, "Old Zhuang blames you why you didn't tell him earlier, what will you say then?"

Zhou Paotou rolled his eyes, "I just said that Lao Zhu suffered a lot, and I was too busy to take care of him."

Liang Song interjected: "Give him the car money tomorrow, it's not easy for the old Zhuangtou."

Not being able to go back for the time being, the four of them together went through the whole process of the incident, so as not to miss anything.

About half an hour later, there was a sound of barking dogs, and when I looked again, the old Zhuangtou drove away on a snow sledge.

The four of them waited for a while, then got down from the old mountain and walked back in the dark. When they got back to Zhou Paotou's house, it was already midnight.

After experiencing too many things this day, several people were exhausted, and fell asleep on the kang.

Early the next morning, Zhou Paotou, Zhao Lin and Liang Song got up early.

Zhou Paotou went to Lao Zhuangtou, explained the matter clearly, and then wandered around the village, intentionally or unintentionally telling others the news that Zhu Dachun was injured when he entered the mountain the day before yesterday and returned that day.

Liang Song went to the town to find a doctor, grabbed some medicinal materials for bruises, and returned to Zhu Dachun to take.

Zhao Lin dug a hole in the backyard, buried everyone's bloody clothes and used weapons, and then covered them with stone slabs to complete the final step of destroying the corpses.

After finishing the work, it was almost noon, and the four of them ate something briefly to discuss future plans.

Zhou Paotou put on the table all the gains from this trip to the mountain: a little more than 20 taels of silver, a bear's gallbladder, and a pig's mane.

"I'm sorry everyone, I almost risked my life to get this thing."

Zhou Paotou said shyly, "Fortunately, gallbladder is the best gold gallbladder. It should sell for three or forty taels. The mane of the pig is the best for making combs, brushes, and writing brushes, and it can also sell for 40 taels."

Liang Song explained, "It's quite a lot. I've never seen ten taels of silver in my life."

Zhu Dachun said with a smile: "You are not yet 20 years old, where did you get this life?"

Zhao Lin made a rough estimate, even if it was only divided into 20%, he would still get [-] taels, which was enough money to redeem his brother.

He pointed to the mane of Xiong Bian and Zhu Hao and asked, "Where is Pao going to sell these two things?"

A smile appeared on Zhou Paotou's face. Although his younger brother was young, he was extremely cautious, even too cautious.

"Don't worry, I'll sell it in a neighboring county. Even if it falls into Huzi's hands one day, we won't be able to be tracked down."

Zhao Lin nodded, didn't speak any more, just stared at the money on the table.

Zhou Paotou was very thoughtful, gathered the money into a pile, and pushed it in front of Zhao Lin.

"Brother Zhao said that your brother is in hard labor, and you are in a hurry to redeem him with money, right?"

"It will take some time before Xiong Fudan and Zhuhao's mane can be exchanged for money. Why don't Brother Zhao use it first? What do Lao Zhu and Brother Liang think?"

Zhu Dachun didn't even look at the money on the table, and said: "Brother Zhao is very capable and contributes the most. I don't care how much I take."

Liang Song said indifferently, "I'm not in a hurry."

Zhao Lin's heart warmed up. Although he and these people had known each other not long ago, they had experienced life and death several times.

He didn't hesitate at the moment, counted out 13 taels of silver, and said: "I have enough money for this, you spend the rest first, thank you!"

(End of this chapter)