Zhao Lin recalled the criminal investigation movies he had watched, and the investigation of the case was mainly judged through human and physical evidence, the motive for the crime, and the time and place of the crime.

Let's analyze the current situation one by one.

The witnesses don't exist, the beards are dead, and it's impossible for them to report themselves.

Clean up the scene in time, and no physical evidence will be left.

As for the motive for the crime, the four of them are all ordinary mountain hunters, and it is impossible for them to be enemies of Beard according to common sense.

However, the time of their entry into the mountain was the same day as the "disappearance" of the seven beards, which is problematic.

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

Maybe the beards don't think they're capable of killing, but as long as they're suspected, it's a big problem!

This hidden danger must be eliminated.

"What's an alibi?"

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

"This is the moment, we are not here."

Zhao Lin explained, seeing that they were still at a loss, he asked them a question.

"What would you do if you were the bearded boss or the second boss, and someone else disappeared?"

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

Zhou Paotou's face changed, "Yes! I would think the same way. ”

Then he asked, "What then?" I didn't hide it from others about entering the mountain, but the old man sent us in. ”

Zhu Dachun said: "Hearing you say this, we are very suspicious." ”

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

Zhao Lin didn't sell it, and said directly: "Although the matter of entering the mountain can't be hidden, we can modify the time of returning to the village." ”

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

Zhu Dachun was puzzled: "Yesterday? How so? ”

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

"Me?"

Zhu Dachun is even more confused.

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

Liang Song also reacted, "Then let's go back to the village secretly tonight, don't make a noise, and then tell people tomorrow that we will be back a long time ago!" ”

"Yes, exactly." Zhao Lin smiled and nodded.

Zhu Dachun grinned: "It seems that my injury was not in vain." ”

The plan has been decided, and the top priority is to clean up the scene.

They loaded the beards and the carcasses of the horses on rafts and transported them in several batches to the rough birch forest, where they threw them into pits hidden by heavy snow.

To be on the safe side, they chopped the corpse to pieces with a bearded saber, and it was difficult to discern the exact cause of death even if anyone found out.

Before doing these things, it is natural to have to scavenge for them.

There were not many valuable things on his beard, and the belongings of the seven people together were only about twenty taels of silver and copper coins.

However, for a few people who are so poor, it is also a lot of money.

They also searched out a jade pendant that looked very valuable from Diao Liuye, and Zhao Lin deliberately didn't speak, wanting to see what they did.

Zhou Paotou only glanced at it and then stuffed the jade pendant back again, Liang Song and Zhu Dachun had no objections, but they didn't see it.

"Reliable!"

Seeing that his companions were all people who could carry it clearly, Zhao Lin was relieved, and many things were exposed because of greed and carelessness.

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

Zhou Paotou only took the most valuable, and at the same time easy to carry the bear gall and the mane of the Hao, as for the animal skin and bones, which are not easy to handle, they can only be abandoned.

At Zhao Lin's suggestion, they also threw the raft together, and Zhu Dachun had difficulty moving, so Zhao Lin carried him on his back.

Towards evening, the mountain breeze gradually rose.

The four of them braved the cold wind and walked out of the mountain.

"This wind is coming well, if it snows again, I'm afraid that only God knows about this except us."

Zhou Paotou covered his mouth and nose with his hands to prevent the wind from pouring into his mouth when he spoke.

Zhao Lin is not as optimistic as him, there has never been a perfect crime in the world, and when he meets someone with a heart, he can find the truth of the matter through clues.

The best way to eliminate the hidden danger is to cut down the bandits to the roots, but they don't have the ability to do so for the time being.

When they came to the vicinity of Lao Ou Ling, several people climbed to the side of the mountain and secretly looked out, and saw the old Zhuang Tou sitting on the snow climbing plow, shivering from the cold, and looking at the mountain from time to time.

"The old man is a real person." Zhou Paotou retracted his head and said with a smile and tears.

"That's fine, he didn't see us come out, and if you show up tomorrow morning, he'll really think we went back last night."

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

Zhou Paotou's eyes rolled, "I just said that Lao Zhu suffered a lot, and I was busy taking care of it." ”

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

I can't go back for the time being, and the four of them have to go through the matter correctly, so as not to miss any of them.

About half an hour later, the barking of the dog sounded, and when I looked again, the old farmer rode away on the snow plow.

The four of them waited for a while, came down from Lao Ou Ridge, walked back in the dark, and when they returned to Zhou Paotou's house, it was already the second half of the night.

There were so many things that day that several people were so tired that they squeezed on the kang and fell asleep.

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

Zhou Paotou went to find Lao Zhuangtou, explained the matter clearly, and then wandered around the village, telling others the news that he had entered the mountain the day before yesterday, wished Dachun was injured, and came back that day.

Liang Song went to the town to find a doctor, grabbed some bruised herbs, and came back to give Zhu Dachun to take.

Zhao Lin dug a pit in the backyard, buried all the bloody clothes and used weapons, and covered them with stone slabs to complete the final step of destroying the corpses.

When the matter was done, it was close to noon, and the four of them had a simple meal and discussed their future plans.

Zhou Paotou put all the gains from this entry into the mountain on the table: a little more than twenty taels of silver, a bear with gall, and a mane with a mane.

"I'm sorry for the ranking, I almost lost my life to get this thing."

Zhou Paotou said embarrassedly: "Fortunately, gall is the best golden gall, and it should be able to sell for thirty or forty taels." The mane of Yu Hao is the best for combs, brushes, and brushes, and it can also be sold for twenty taels. ”

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

Zhu Dachun said with a smile: "You are not yet twenty years old, where did you come from in this life?" ”

Zhao Lin roughly estimated that even if it was only divided into three percent, he would be able to get twenty taels, and the money from ransom his brother was enough.

He pointed to Xiong Zhen's gall and Yan Hao's mane and asked, "Where is Brother Pao going to shoot these two things?" ”

Zhou Paotou had a smile on his face, although his brother was not very old, he was very cautious, and even too cautious.

"Don't worry, I'll take it to a neighboring county to sell, even if it falls into the hands of the beard one day, I won't be able to track us down."

Zhao Lin nodded, didn't speak again, and only stared at the silver money on the table.

Zhou Paotou was clear-minded, put the silver money into a pile, and pushed it in front of Zhao Lin.

"Brother Zhao said that your brother is in hard labor and is in a hurry to ransom people, right?"

"It will take some time for Xiong Zhen's gall and Yu Hao's mane to be exchanged for money, or Brother Zhao will 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 has great ability, and he has the most effort, so I don't have an opinion on how much to take." ”

Liang Song didn't care: "I'm not in a hurry. ”

Zhao Lin's heart warmed, although he and these people have known each other for a short time, they have experienced life and death several times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a lifelong friendship.

He didn't twist it at the moment, counted out thirteen taels of silver, and said, "I have enough money, and you can spend the rest first, thank you!" ”