dognovel Chapter 38 As long as you're alive, you can always make money.
Chapter 38 As long as you're alive, you can always make money.
As time ticked by, not a single person returned.
In addition, it was dark at night, unlike during the day when any smoke in the woods could be seen by everyone, so none of them knew where they had gone.
Several family members wanted to go up the mountain to search for him, but Gao Wu, who had returned to the village, stopped them.
"Don't cause any trouble, just wait patiently. Those guys aren't stupid, they'll come back if they can't catch up."
Gao Wu spoke angrily, but in his heart he had already started cursing.
"If I had known, I would have led the team up the mountain myself. I must have been out of my mind to let some kid who hasn't even grown any hairs yet lead the team."
However, before Gao Wu could finish speaking, someone in the crowd guarding the foot of the mountain shouted, "They're back! They're back!"
As he spoke, the man rushed up the mountain, leading the others to follow.
Gao Wu tried to stop him, but it was too late.
"These little brats have really gone too far!" Gao Wu cursed angrily, but with a smile on his face, he followed them quickly up the mountain.
Li Mu and Gao Ga Zi, who were leading people down the mountain, were startled to see so many people suddenly surging up from below.
"Could it be that the entire village is here?" Li Mu asked in disbelief.
Gao Ga Zi glanced at Li Mu with a smile and casually said, "So, have you made up your mind? If you're going to bring a mountain of people, you have to ensure their safety."
"If you're not fully prepared, I advise you not to go in."
Upon hearing this, Li Mu's heart tightened immediately.
To be honest, in his previous life he had only gone into the mountains with that expedition team, and at that time the wild animals in the mountains had been almost all hunted and killed, far less frequently than they appear now.
Thinking this, Li Mu turned to look at the wild boar that was already dead. "Brother Gao, don't worry, if I'm going into the mountains, I will make thorough preparations."
As Li Mu was talking to Gao Gazi, the villagers who came to greet them approached them.
Only when they saw that there were still people following behind the two did people notice Liu Mancang being dragged back by tree branches and the wild boar weighing over 300 pounds.
"Oh dear! Is this the murderer?"
"He doesn't really look like a murderer."
A few bold and curious people crowded around Liu Mancang, scrutinizing him closely from head to toe, and whispering amongst themselves.
But most people focused their attention on the wild boar that cost over 300 gold.
"My God! This wild boar is huge!"
"It must weigh four or five hundred pounds, right?"
……
Gao Wu, who was standing at the very edge of the crowd, originally wanted to confront these fearsome kids and give them a good scolding.
Just then, upon hearing someone shout "wild boar," he pushed through the crowd and squeezed inside.
It's been so long since we've seen wild boar meat since the village stopped hunting in the mountains.
Seeing such a huge wild boar in front of him, Gao Wu was so excited that tears almost streamed down his face.
"Gazi, did you guys do this?"
"Yeah! Brother Mu killed it, his technique was really swift." One of the people dragging the wild boar down the mountain said with a smile.
He had a smug look on his face, as if he had killed the wild boar.
"Mu boy, did you kill him?" Gao Wu looked at Li Mu in disbelief.
Seeing the blood all over him, he believed him before he could reply and quickly took two steps closer to Li Mu, saying, "Young Mu, what do you think about selling the wild boar to our village?"
“Sure! It’s so big upside down, I’d have to spend money to hire someone to haul it away. It’s easier to just sell it.” Li Mu said with a smile, since he had been planning to do the same anyway.
Upon hearing Li Mu's words, Gao Wu immediately beamed with joy, "Don't worry, Uncle will definitely not let you suffer any losses."
"Hey! Let's not talk about losing out or not."
Li Mu waved his hand dismissively, then asked with a serious expression, "How are Old Xie and Biaozi doing?"
At this point, Gao Wu's expression also became serious.
“Biaozi heard that he went back to the village; he knew nothing about the murder.”
"Old Xie, he's lucky to have survived."
"However, this is all thanks to the hundred-odd yuan you gave Xiaohu."
Li Mu didn't care about these things; knowing that the person was still alive made him happy.
"As long as you're alive, that's enough. You can earn money and things as long as you're alive."
“Yes! That’s right.” Gao Wu’s expression relaxed when he heard Li Mu say that.
While the two were talking, Gao Ga Zi had already ordered someone to bring over a horse-drawn sled.
He tossed Liu Mancang onto the sled, then turned to Li Mu and said, "Muzi, do you want to come with me to the county?"
"Go, I'll go check on Er Gou." Li Mu said, and quickly got on the sled.
With a flick of his whip, Gao Ga Zi set off, and the horse began to gallop along.
But as soon as the horse started running, the cold wind carrying snowflakes would blow right up into people's collars.
Li Mu quickly hunched his neck, grabbed a blanket from the sled and wrapped it around himself, also stuffing one into Gao Ga Zi's hands.
But to everyone's surprise, Gao Ga Zi didn't even take it. Instead, he turned around and glanced at Liu Mancang, who was still unconscious, and said, "Give it to him! Don't let him freeze to death. This guy is related to a big case!"
Big case!
Looking at Liu Mancang, who was being trampled by four horses, Li Mu suddenly recalled a memory from his past life.
"In the winter of 1978, the criminal who committed a shocking robbery and murder on the border was finally apprehended just before the Spring Festival in 1995..."
It was a legal program about various criminal cases, which aired every night at 10 p.m.
However, the program only started airing in 2000, meaning that the case was reported on the show five years after it was solved.
Li Mu was shocked when he saw it, because the suspect came from a village near their village.
Perhaps he hadn't experienced it firsthand, so he only watched the show out of curiosity and then forgot about it.
Unexpectedly, he has now apprehended one of the criminal suspects 13 years ahead of schedule.
Li Mu's thoughts drifted away, and for a moment, the name and photo of the suspect in the major border case who was arrested on the eve of the Spring Festival in 95 flashed through his mind.
Liu Manyin!
Liu Mancang!
These two must be cousins.
Moreover, the report stated that this major border case was not a single case, but rather eight cases that occurred simultaneously.
The modus operandi and the horrific torture inflicted on the victims demonstrate just how brutal and perverse the suspect was.
Li Mu was lost in his short-lived memories and didn't notice that Liu Mancang, who was trapped in the car, had woken up at some point.
At this moment, he was like a venomous snake ready to attack the enemy at any moment, staring intently at Li Mu with a pair of cold and sinister eyes.