Chapter 6 Murder and Arson

"The fire is coming! The fire is coming! Come and put out the fire."

Accompanied by a loud shout, the whole Xiahe Village soon became lively. The villagers shouted loudly, holding wooden buckets and carrying water to put out the fire.

Zhong Lin looked at the scene in front of him coldly, the fire flashed in his eyes, and finally turned away expressionlessly.

"How could this... how could it catch fire? It's not time for dinner yet, and Zhang Kun's wife can't start a fire at this time?"

Villager Zhang Sheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face full of confusion.

"Did you see Zhang Kun and his wife come out?"

Another villager looked around and didn't find Zhang Kun.

"Don't worry about it for now, put out the fire quickly, otherwise the fire will spread."

"Yes, yes, put out the fire first."

The fire was quickly suppressed, but it was autumn and the weather was dry, and the fire came suddenly. The houses were mainly made of thatch and wooden frames, and even if the fire was put out, it would have been burned almost completely.

The brave few went in to search for a while, and soon ran out screaming and vomiting.

"It's Zhang Kun, and his wife."

"And, there are two more, they look like Skinny Monkey and Scar."

"All... all dead, all dead."

There were four dead people in a yard, anyone would be terrified, not to mention four charred corpses, the smell of meat would make people vomit.

"How could they all be dead? Wouldn't they run away if there was a fire? And there was no call? Yougen, your home is closest to Zhang Kun's home, did you hear the call?"

Yougen is a dark-skinned middle-aged man. After hearing the question, he seemed to think of something, his face changed, and he subconsciously looked in the direction where Zhong Lin left, and finally shook his head vigorously.

"No... no, I didn't hear anything, nor did I see anything. I... I still have some work to do in the field, I'll leave first."

After saying that, he left in a hurry, as if there was a snake chasing him.

"Look how scared he is. Why is he running? Is there a tiger?"

"Maybe there is a tiger. I saw Dalinzi coming here this morning."

The voice suddenly fell silent.

The crowd was not stupid. The fire started for no reason, and no one ran out. Four people died inside. No one would believe that there was nothing fishy.

The people who went to the "banquet" yesterday all turned pale, and those who did not go to the banquet were also shocked.

How could Zhong Lin, who was always a synonym for honesty in their eyes, become like this?

This is murder!

"You should deal with the bodies of Zhang Kun and others first. After all, they are all villagers. When they die, their debts are settled. I will go to Dalinzi's house to take a look."

A villager in the crowd sighed, put down the bucket in his hand, and walked towards Zhong Lin's house.

...

"Dalinzi, I am your uncle Yutou. Open the door."

"I am coming."

Zhong Shi took his short legs and ran over to pull out the bolt and open the gate.

"Uncle Taro."

"Shitou! Where's your brother?"

Uncle Taro touched Little Stone's head and said with a smile.

Little Stone turned around and shouted towards the kitchen: "Second brother, Uncle Taro is looking for you."

Uncle Taro glanced around, and his eyes finally stopped on the quiver in the corner. His expression was slightly condensed, and he sighed heavily.

At this time, Zhong Lin also came out of the kitchen, with the smoked deer meat in his hand.

"Uncle Taro, why are you here?"

In the memory of the previous life, Uncle Taro had a very good relationship with his father. After his father and eldest brother died in the mountains, he often helped the two brothers of the previous life. It can be said that he was the best person to them in the whole Xiahe Village.

Uncle Yutou didn't try to test him. He pointed at the quiver and asked directly, "Zhang Kun's house caught fire and four people died. Did you do it?"

Zhong Lin was silent for a moment: "If they don't die, we two brothers will be in trouble."

Uncle Yutou also knew Zhang Kun's "three evils" character, and naturally knew that what Zhong Lin said was true. He could only sigh after saying a thousand words.

"Uncle Yutou, I know what you mean. I won't offend others unless they offend me. I will only take action if Zhang Kun wants to harm me. I won't touch other people. If you still don't believe it, you can choose to report to the authorities."

Uncle Yutou pretended not to hear "reporting to the authorities", mainly because it was impossible.

Xiahe Village is geographically remote. The court officials will only come once a year to collect taxes. At other times, they will never come to this place where no one shits. Even if they really come, they will just go through the motions. No one will offend Zhong Lin for the death of a few scumbags. They dare not.

Moreover, Xiahe Village has a complex population. It is not a village with the same surname and clan. The residents living here are all refugees gathered here a hundred years ago, which means there are no clans and clan elders.

If the people do not report, the officials will not investigate.

No mistakes, just go to the 6-9 book bar!

Report to the authorities?

It's useless.

"And Shitou and I are also planning to leave Xiahe Village." Zhong Lin continued

"What? You are leaving? Where are you going?" Uncle Yutou said in surprise.

"Xiahe Village is too small. I want to go out and take a look. I just took this opportunity to leave. If I don't leave, many people will not sleep well." Zhong Lin said with a smile.

Uncle Taro ignored the jokes behind Zhong Ling, and his face was eager: "How can the stone go for a long journey with you? And do you think it is so good outside? It is not better than home, and I can help me. Outside……"

"Uncle Taro." Zhong Lin toughly said: "I have decided, and I want to go out and see. I don't want to nest in this small mountain village for a lifetime. I will come back to see you when I develop it in the future."

Uncle Zhangkou wanted to say something, and in the end, he could only sigh helplessly.

He knew that Zhong Lin was no longer the previous Zhong Lin, and Zhong Lin could not do such a thing like killing people, and he was still four people.

"Take care of the stones. If you can't wait for it, you will come back. If you eat a bite, you can't hungry your brothers."

"Well, thank you Uncle Taro."

When the two talked about it, Uncle Taro touched the head of the stone, sighed, and turned away.

Little stone looked up at Zhong Lin and asked, "Second brother, do we really want to go?"

"Don't want to go?"

"No, I will go wherever the second brother goes, when will we go?"

"Tomorrow, go to the water, and the pork meat is sent to Uncle Taro's house. If he doesn't want it, he will say that we will leave tomorrow.

"Um!"

Little stone was holding short legs, and a wooden basin with water and meat moved towards Uncle Taro. Not far away, otherwise Zhong Lin would not let him do it.

It is already planned to leave the village and go to the county seat, but the plan was originally planned to live for a while, eat more meat to raise the body, but did not expect that the killing of the killing and setting fire, so lazy to continue here to continue here Stay, it is better to do it early.

Must -smoked meat has been done well. This weather is enough to keep bad in a short time. You can continue to hunt on the road. Do not worry about being hungry with your full -level arrow technique.

After a long time, the small stone returned, but there was an additional package in my hand.

"Second brother, this was given to me by Uncle Taro, I didn't want it."

The sadness of the little stone's face is like doing something wrong.

Zhong Lin took the parcel and opened it. There were some dried meat inside, which could be eaten directly. Obviously, it was the dry food on the road of their brothers.

"Let you keep it!"