"Captain, I think the key to this matter still lies with those treasures. The mountain villagers were all murdered, but all those treasures have disappeared," Beibei poured herself a cup of hot water from the thermos. The insulation in this guesthouse was subpar; it was somewhat cold at night.
"I think so too, treasures wouldn't just vanish into thin air. Also, the army that came to suppress the bandits wiped out the villagers without leaving a single survivor for interrogation, which is illogical."
"Silencing them?" Beibei raised an eyebrow.
"Something like that," Yang Xiao recalled what Teacher Zhou had said. "According to the battle reports, these mountain villagers were not adept at warfare. Even with the advantages of terrain and numbers, they were extinct within four days. How could such fighters dare to rob army provisions?"