"Three days, I will give you three days at most."
The middle-aged man thought for a long time and said in a deep voice,
"If you can't find out this matter within three days, then you are the real culprit!"
When Yang Dong heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement.
When the middle-aged man saw this, he immediately waved his hand and asked the group of strong men behind him to bury the body properly, while he followed Yang Dong.
Yan Bingyue frowned slightly, turned to stare at Yang Dong and asked:
"Are you sure about this?"
"Just do whatever I want."
Yang Dong had a guess in his mind, but he still needed to explore the village again to confirm his guess.
He led Yan Bingyue and the others into private houses again.
Only this time, they bypassed the bedroom and headed towards the kitchen.
When he opened the wooden cover of the rice vat, he saw that there was still a small amount of grain in the vat.
Look at another one, and it’s still the same.
Although the amount of grain in the rice jar varies from house to house, it has not been touched.
Yan Bingyue and the middle-aged man followed him, their expressions gradually becoming serious.
"As you have just seen, the food in these victims' homes has not been lost."
"But as we all know, after the flood in Luozhou, the people were extremely short of food. But these murderers obviously killed people but did not take food. Why is this?"
After Yang Dong finished speaking, his eyes glanced at the two people behind him. After pondering for a moment, he opened his mouth and said:
"From this, we can draw a conclusion that the purpose of these murderers is not to kill for food."
"Therefore, they are not the group of people from the Qinglian Sect."
Hearing the other party mention the Green Lotus Sect, the middle-aged man looked at Yang Dong with an even deeper look.
"You are indeed not an ordinary person. No wonder even the saint is willing to testify for you."
"Now, I somewhat believe that you are not the murderer. But if I rely on these alone, I still can't clear away your suspicion."
Yang Dong nodded slightly,
"That's natural, but I have a question."
"I came from the capital to the Jiaocheng Prefecture Mufu. The purpose is to provide disaster relief."
"In that case, why would I attack these victims?"
"Unless it's... to seek military glory!"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Yan Bingyue and the middle-aged man changed.
If we really follow what Yang Dong said, all this can be explained.
But the crux of the matter is that there is no evidence.
Moreover, they and the people of Longwu Army have always been in harmony with each other. Even for military merit, Long Wujun did not have to kill these old, weak, women and children.
By doing this, aren't they letting the White Lotus Sect fight to the death with them?
"Okay, these are the only clues we can get here."
Yang Dong spread his hands and scanned the entire shelter with cold eyes.
More than three hundred people were massacred so easily.
Does the perpetrator have any humanity at all?
Is it worth taking such a desperate risk just for a mere three hundred people?
Why not fight an upright battle with the White Lotus Sect? In this way, wouldn't the military merit be even greater?
unless……
Unless they don't have enough manpower to organize a large-scale war!
Thinking of this, Yang Dong's thoughts instantly became extremely clear.
"I think I know who did it!"
"Who is that? Don't let your men bury the body first!"
"Using our position as the center, we immediately went to the surrounding villages to search. If my prediction is correct, the real murderers may still be continuing their atrocities at this moment!"
As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged man's expression also changed.
He immediately shouted and summoned the strong men under his command.
"Everyone, immediately go to the village twenty miles away to investigate. If you find anything unusual, report it immediately!"
Hearing this, a group of strong men were about to turn around and gallop away.
Suddenly, a voice interrupted their actions.
"Wait!"
Yang Dong suddenly stepped forward and stopped these strong men.
When the strong men saw it was him, their faces were immediately filled with hatred.
Being stared at by so many people, Yang Dong's scalp felt numb.
But there is no other way. In order to clear himself of his grievances, he has no choice but to find the real culprit.
So he clasped his fists with both hands, bowed his hands to the strong men and said:
"Everyone, please don't be impulsive. If I am the real murderer, you can behead me in three days."
"But at this moment, I guess the real culprit may still be killing those poor people."
"Even if you don't care about me, you should still care about those innocent people. Because among them, there may be your relatives!"
When the strong men heard this, they couldn't help but have a look of worry on their faces.
After all, many of them join the White Lotus Sect's army just to earn a meal for their relatives!
Time was tight, and Yang Dong didn't want to be long-winded.
He took out more than ten homemade flares from his arms and placed them in front of everyone.
"This object is called a signal flare. Point it at the sky and pull the thin wire to form a short-lived brightness in the sky."
"You take this thing and divide it. If anyone discovers the real culprit, pull the thin thread immediately. Only in this way can others rush to support quickly."
"Is there such a good thing?"
"Why have I never seen this before?"
"Sure enough, the people who come out of the palace have a lot of good things. Last time I heard that a palace maid bought a whole cart with just money after leaving the palace!"
The middle-aged man raised his hand to suppress the discussion among the strong men, picked up the signal flare and looked at it carefully.
When he was young, he was a school captain and participated in the Pingzhou Guard Battle that year.
Therefore, he knew very well how significant this signal flare was!
In ancient times, marching and fighting were usually fought by large corps, with large numbers of people and widely distributed battle formations.
Many times, even if the flag bearer is ordered to convey the general's order, the order transmission speed is still very slow.
If there is another war, there will be no way to send messages and they will have to fight on their own.
Because of this, since ancient times, unless one side is pushing the other side, as long as the two armies are facing each other, the speed of intelligence transmission, dynamic feedback of the wartime situation, etc., are the key to determining the outcome of a war.
Therefore, middle-aged people can see the function of the signal flare at a glance.
Although it has no lethality.
"Boy, where did you get this thing?"
"I have observed that even the soldiers of the Longwu Army have never used this object in their hands."
When Yang Dong mentioned this, he couldn't help but look proud.
This kind of thinking that transcends the times can only be thought of by him, a time traveler.
"This thing was made by my order. It seems that you already understand its value."
"It's just that this thing is not yet mass-produced, so it has not been allocated to the army. It is normal that the Longwu Army does not have it."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man looked at Yang Dong with increasingly complicated eyes.
At this moment, he finally understood why Yan Bingyue insisted that this boy was not Lin Luo's spy.
Have you ever seen something a secret agent pull out that is better than the stuff produced by the factory owner?
"Split them all into teams of ten and immediately go to the surrounding villages to investigate."
"If you find that something is wrong, evacuate immediately after using the signal flare. I will personally lead everyone and go over to help!"
