Xhaka thought that Riggins would be timid due to his large number of people, but he and Riggins looked at each other for more than ten seconds. Instead of seeing any fear in Riggins's eyes, Xhaka was alerted by Riggins' roar.

It’s not that they don’t know the embarrassing situation that the Bemat people are in now. They have no backers or support, and they can only rely on themselves for survival. If they really become enemies with the security group, the connection between the old city and Nodia will inevitably be cut off.

Special people will definitely be affected by it, not to mention that the garrison is the armed force of the church. Offending the garrison is equivalent to offending the church. If the church sends troops to wipe out the old city, the strength of the Bemat people will be like a mantis trying to control the chariot.

But Zaka is also the leader of a tribe after all. He must maintain his image as a leader in the hearts of the Bemat people, even if he has to make sacrifices for it, so he can only bite the bullet and find a way to drive away Riggins as soon as possible.

: "Don't use the church to pressure Zhaka. You, a small captain, are not qualified to point fingers in front of Zhaka."

"Xhaka!" Xhaka was unreasonable and unreasonable, which made Riggins furious. "You don't want to drink wine as a penalty! Even if we all die in your hands today, we can't let you be arrogant!

"

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Zaka quickly raised his voice and shouted to see off the guests. The guards heard the sound and took a step forward.

Riggins gritted his teeth with hatred, but he also knew that it was really not worthwhile to fight hard now, so he chose to lead the team to leave. Before leaving, he left a sentence: "Xhaka, this matter is not over yet, we will see!"

After returning to the camp, Kevin took a few gulps of strong liquor and then dove into the quilt.

This operation made Kevin feel pressure that he had never experienced before. This pressure was different from the life-and-death fight with the wolf, and also different from the various hardships in training. This pressure came from powerful opponents, from

The arrogance and ferocity of Yu Zhaka and his men came from the despair of being trapped in a group of enemies and being helpless. This pressure turned into a chill in Kevin's heart. He seemed to see the brutal fighting with swords and shadows, and saw corpses littering the fields with blood.

Flow into a river. This feeling is just like what Harry described, it is a fear of death, and alcohol anesthesia is the best way to treat this fear.

When alcohol filled Kevin's brain, he suddenly felt that all this was not so terrible. After all, he had the same strong body, held the same sharp weapons in his hands, and had the same excellent comrades, even the enemy

What can you do if you are strong? What is there to be afraid of? As the saying goes, the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road. As long as we have the fearless courage and the belief to defeat the enemy, no matter how powerful the opponent is, we can still be defeated. No matter how difficult the situation is, we can still fight for a chance of survival.

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Riggins reported the investigation to Herak in detail. Like Riggins, Herak also had a headache because of the number of people in the caravan. Judging from all the evidence collected so far, only the number of people provided by the Chamber of Commerce can be accepted.

Although Zaka, the leader of the Bemat people, had a bad attitude and did not get any valuable information from him, his reasons for committing the crime were not sufficient and should be put aside for now.

Several other captains did not find anything unusual during their unannounced visits to Nodiya. After all, Nodiya has a population of thousands. If there are no relatives and friends paying attention, one or two people disappearing in a short period of time will not attract the attention of others.

, but in this way, the murderer remains a mystery.

Herak has been idle for the past two days. Such a big incident has never happened in Nodiya during his tenure. He is very aware of the weight of this matter. If the culprit cannot be found as soon as possible and the people can give an explanation, the church will punish him.

, the official position is not a big deal, and being regarded as useless by the people of Nodia is what he cannot tolerate the most.

"What on earth should we do?" Herak racked his brains and couldn't come up with a clue. It has been two days since the incident. If no clues can be found and the culprit cannot be caught, once the news is leaked, negative consequences will follow.

The captains were thinking hard in Herak's office. Some people would put forward some ideas from time to time, but they would be refuted immediately by others. In fact, everyone knew that in the face of the existing evidence, all inferences were groundless unless they could come up with something.

A way to find new clues, otherwise everything is empty talk.

Time seemed particularly long in the suffering of the captains. In order to come up with an idea, the captains seemed to have spent countless years. Seeing that it was already midnight, Herak sighed and said to everyone: "Everyone is tired today, go back

Rest, I hope no one will notice this matter by tomorrow, and I hope everyone can come up with a good solution tomorrow."

The captains stood up silently and were about to leave. Suddenly Reik said: "Why don't we let the news out?"

Everyone looked at Reik in surprise, wondering why he suddenly proposed such an idea. Herak's eyes seemed to light up, and he quickly asked: "Let the news out? Why?"

This idea suddenly occurred to Lei Ke. He thought and explained: "The special thing about this case is that there are too many falsehoods on the surface. The murderer just wants us to guess their true purpose, but no matter how they cover it up, the murderer

There should always be a purpose for committing a crime."

"That's right, keep talking." Herak and the captains have sorted out this idea more than once, but they will always get stuck somewhere. Reik mentioned it again now. Although Herak does not expect to have a new idea,

A breakthrough, but Reyk's idea of ​​going the opposite way did give him a little hope.

"We really have no way to accurately rule out the possible motives of the murderer. In this case, can we go the other way and boldly assume a motive, and then use this motive to see through the illusions one by one, maybe we can find something from them

Give me clues."

"Which motive?"

"Robbery and murder."

"Robbery and murder?" Herak had a premonition that Reik would think this way, but he knew that if this kind of news was released, it would not only cause panic to the merchants passing by, but it might also trigger conflicts with the Bemat people.

, "Captain Leiike, have you ever thought that once this news is released, it is likely to cause other unexpected consequences and cause unnecessary trouble to our investigation work."

"I have just figured this out. Captain, look, after the murder occurred, although we did not find the murderer, are we not sure that the murderer did not leave the underground passage? Therefore, when we release the news, we can tell the details of the case

Carry out some processing to minimize the adverse effects." At this point, Reik looked up at Herak.

Herac thought for a moment and understood Reik's intention: "You did this because you suspected that someone was behind the murderer?"

"Yes." Reik confirmed, "Of course I hope that the case will be as simple as possible, but in the past two days, no matter what I think, I feel that there is something wrong with this case. Let's take the vendetta as an example. If it is a personal grudge,

, there is no need for the murderer to make enemies of more than a dozen people. It would be too risky. He could find another opportunity to attack the enemy alone or challenge him to a duel. But now, the murderer actually killed the entire team. If he hadn't attacked this businessman

Most people in the team have hatred towards the organization behind the caravan, and this hatred is often caused by conflicts between organizations. In addition, the murderer made the scene so suspicious that it made me even more suspicious.

I am convinced that if this is a vendetta, there must be someone behind it secretly planning it.

"As for robbery and murder, although I personally prefer this guess, the evidence at the scene does not support this hypothesis. Even if we can guess that the murderer's target is something not listed in the cargo list, this guess is too much after all.

Take risks. The murderer may have caught on to our mentality and deliberately lured us in the direction of vendetta. Therefore, I personally prefer to think that this case is a robbery and murder case.

"So under this hypothetical situation, if there is really some kind of special cargo in the caravan, the recipient only needs to wait for the cargo to be delivered to the door. However, the cargo was hijacked halfway and the insider was silenced, which is enough to prove

There is another party coveting the goods. Let’s not care about what the goods are. Just as far as the recipient conceals the goods and the hijacking party sets up a bureau to rob and kill them, these two parties do not seem to be individuals, but more like two organizations.

Fighting in secret."

Lei Ke made a long inference in one breath. Seeing everyone's approval, he continued: "So, whether it is a vendetta or a robbery, I think there is someone behind the scenes. As long as we let the news out,

There will always be people who can’t sit still.”

"However, there is no guarantee that there will be no reaction after the news is released." Soapy interjected.

Reik replied: "Even if there is no response, we have gained something. At least we can overturn some assumptions, and the sooner this case is announced, the less negative impact it will have on us."

Herak couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "This can be regarded as a way to kill two birds with one stone. Although it is risky, it also makes sense. Since the news will be known sooner or later, it is better to take the opportunity to test it out before the news leaks." Herak continued.

A task was assigned, "Early tomorrow morning, everyone will announce the murder in the underground passage to the outside world and ask for a unified statement. Let's say that this afternoon, remember, this afternoon, a murderer ransacked a caravan in the underground passage and killed

Although the 13 members of the caravan and the security group failed to arrive in time for rescue, they successfully intercepted the criminal. During the process of apprehending the criminal, because the criminal resisted, the security group had to take tough measures and kill all the criminals.

The looted property was also closely guarded by the security team."

After arranging these, Herak emphasized two more points, "Everyone must remember to keep the number of criminals vague. Another point is to continue to deploy more manpower at both ends of the underground passage to ensure that no one escapes."

The captains were ordered to disperse. Riggins was relieved of his worries. The lies he told and the promises he made to the president of the Chamber of Commerce were all justified by this plan.

In the afternoon of the next day, a soldier came to report that there were two people asking to see Herak at the entrance of the old city's underground passage. One of them claimed to be the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the other said that he was Zaka's military advisor Fusen. Their appearance was at the entrance of the old city's underground passage.

As expected, Herak ordered people to bring them to the security group, and also ordered Riggins to receive them together.

As soon as they met, the president attacked Riggins: "Captain, didn't you promise not to make things difficult for my men again? But they are all dead now, how do you explain it?"

Seeing that the president was agitated, Riggins hurriedly tried to comfort him. He told the president that the incident was purely accidental, and he did not expect that after releasing Stone and others, they would be killed in the underground passage.

The president said angrily: "Isn't the underground passage guarded by your security group? How could you let the bandits do whatever they want? Did you kill them and then deliberately fabricate a lie?"

Riggins was not angry and continued to comfort him: "If we were the ones who killed the person, there would be no need for me to make a special visit, and there would be no reason to fabricate such a murder case. Although we guard the underground passage, the criminals disguised themselves as

We are really on guard against the vendors passing by, so I ask the president for your understanding."

"Be considerate? Who can be considerate of the thirteen lives of my men?"

"We are very sorry about this matter, and we are trying our best to make up for it. Now, the murderer has been punished, which can be regarded as an explanation for the victims. In addition, after the security team completes the follow-up investigation work, a pension will be paid to

In the hands of the families of the victims.”

"Everyone is dead, what's the use of that little money..." The president was beating his chest there. Fusen, who came with him, pulled him to the chair and pushed him to sit down. He helped comfort him for a while, and waited.

After the commander calmed down a little, Fusen turned to Herak and said: "Sir, the leader of the group, I came here under the entrustment of leader Zaka to learn about the incident from the leader, and together with the president, we will rescue the victims.

Take the body and goods back, and ask the head of the group to tell us the details."

Herak recounted the case, and then told Ferson: "You can't take away these remains and goods yet, because the matter is very important and we need further investigation. But please don't worry, we will take good care of the remains and the goods."

They will be counted one by one and handed over to you after the investigation is completed."

Ferson tried to continue fighting: "My lord, Chief Zaka has repeatedly told me to take the bodies back no matter what. He said that we cannot let those people die and not be able to return to their hometown."

"Then we can only ask the military advisor to go back and explain the whole story to Chief Zaka, and ask him to give us about five days, and then we will make a special trip to send the body to the old city."

Seeing Herak's resolute attitude, Ferson had no choice but to say: "Then can I go and see the body of the deceased first?"

"This is okay." Herak had arranged for the people who gathered the room to wrap the corpses in white cloth, leaving only the faces exposed. He also specifically ordered the soldiers on duty that no matter who came to inspect the corpses, they were only allowed to look at them and not touch them.

, so you don’t have to worry about abnormal injuries on the body being discovered by outsiders.

Fusen and the president identified the bodies of the thirteen people one by one. The president didn't know whether it was due to excessive pain or other reasons. After seeing the bodies, he became even more silent and expressionless. Only Fuson asked to take a look.

In response to the request for the murderer's body, he said: "These murderers are very likely to have a feud with the Bemat people. Maybe I can see some clues that can provide some help to the captain's investigation."

Herak declined Ferson politely: "Thank you for your kindness, military advisor. However, the investigation of the murderer by the security group is still secretly underway. We don't want to get involved for the time being. After we get more evidence, we may really need the military advisor's help.

Until then, I hope the military advisor will not delay."

Fusen had no choice but to give up because he couldn't force it, but he couldn't help but have doubts in his heart. He tentatively asked Herak: "Master Captain, when I came here with the president before, I saw a caravan stranded at the entrance of Nodia in the underground passage.

, since the security group has eliminated the bandits, why not restore normal traffic in the underground passage?"

"We have to wait two days for this." Herak glanced at Fusen and saw a hint of cunning flashing in his eyes. He thought to himself that this military advisor was really thoughtful. Maybe he had some suspicions. What he said next would be...
To be continued...