80s Taoism

People in Zaonan Village were very wary of strangers. As soon as they saw Zhang Jiaohua and his party, several villagers immediately surrounded them, and they were relieved when they saw Xu Jinlin.

"Director Xu, you must get our cattle back! It looks like we are about to rob them. Without this cattle, our village's hundreds of acres of rice fields will not be able to be cultivated." An old man said forward.

"Old man, you have to trust the people's government. Not only the county, but also the city and the province are very concerned about the case of the theft of farm cattle in Matouqiao Township. The police officers from our Gezhuping Town Police Station have been guarding Matouqiao Township since the incident occurred. Don't worry, we will do our best to solve the case and try to find all your farm cattle. Now we have to go to the scene where the cattle were lost." Xu Jinlin said so boldly. In fact, he was not at all sure of recovering the lost cattle. He is not like Luo Changjun and Zhu Kaixun who have seen the diamond mountain leopard.

"Okay, I'll take you there." The old man hurriedly led Zhang Jiaohua and his party to the house of a farmer who lost a cow with several fellow villagers.

The situation of Zaonan Village is similar to that of Meiziao. It is a very ordinary small mountain village scattered at the foot of the mountain. I thought that the smell in the cowshed was relatively strong, so they were all built at a certain distance from the house.

"This is the cowshed of Ding Laosi's family. The cow was lost the night before yesterday. This Ding Laosi's family is poor, and only one buffalo is worth more. It was stolen by short-lived cattle thieves. Five cows were stolen in one night in our village. There was a family of children who kept the lights on at night, but their cattle were not stolen."

The corks of the corral were still lying on the ground, and the corral was empty. A stench of cow dung and urine spread from afar.

Drilling Mountain Leopard walked around the bullpen, then returned to Zhang Jiaohua's side.

"Old man, don't tell others about our coming to the village. The fact that the cattle thieves came to your village to steal cattle so familiarly means that someone must guide them. Maybe this group of people is hiding somewhere and watching." Luo Changjun, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

"That's right, someone must have led them the way. If we find out who this person is, we must dig out his conscience and feed it to the dogs!" the old man said angrily.

"Woof!" Diamond Mountain Leopard protested.

The old man stared blankly at the Diamond Mountain Leopard, a little confused. He didn't understand why the dog barked all of a sudden.

Zhang Jiaohua and Luo Changjun looked at each other and smiled, Zhu Kaixun found it strange.

The old man took Zhang Jiaohua and his party to several stalls in the village where the cows had been lost.

After the people from Zaonan Village left, Luo Changjun asked, "Beggar, can you find all these lost cows?"

"It's hard to say. First go to Banshan Village to meet my father and the others. Now we have to see if the mountain sweeper dogs can search all the surrounding mountains. These people are not so easy to go far with so many cows. They must not dare to go on the main road, otherwise, people along the road will see them. So they can only walk in the mountains. But Uncle Guo's police dogs can't find any traces. This is really strange. Even if they can use something to interfere with the police dogs' tracking, it is impossible to completely hide all the traces." Zhang Jiaohua feels very good. strange. It is easy to leave traces where the cow walks. After all, the weight of the cow is so heavy, and it will leave footprints on the ground casually. With such a large herd of cattle, it is impossible for cattle thieves to hide all the traces of the cattle. "Zhang Jiaohua is still a little confused about all this.

"That's right. That's what we thought at the time. Even if these people moved their hands and feet to create obstacles for our tracking, they will never be able to erase all the traces. But we extended our search and found no traces. The group of people seemed to have disappeared completely. Could it be that they were able to drill into the ground?" Zhu Kaixun also thought of something unusual.

"Disappeared? Director Xu, go and ask the villagers to see if there is a cave in the mountains where cattle can pass through?" Luo Changjun said hastily.

Zhu Kaixun ran over quickly, and came back after a while, "County Luo, no, the caves in the mountains are very narrow, and there is no way to pass the cattle."

"Let's meet up in Banshan Village first." Luo Changjun frowned, thought for a while, and could only put these thoughts aside.

When Zhang Jiaohua and his party rushed to Banshan Village, they found Zhang Youping who had already arrived in the mountains above the mountain road to Meizitang.

Dozens of mountain dogs were neatly lined up in the forest like soldiers on parade. Zhu Kaixun is an expert, and he just glanced at the mental outlook of these coyotes, and he knew that these coyotes were completely different from the coyotes he had at the police dog base.

"This is the real mountain dog." Zhu Kaixun praised.

With a wave of Zhang Jiaohua's hand, all the mountain dogs rushed out following the diamond mountain leopard. Zhang Jiaohua didn't know how the Diamond Mountain Leopard passed on the information it got. Then dozens of mountain dogs immediately began to scatter and search in the forest. When I searched the mountains and forests not far from Zaonan Village, I finally found it. The coyote found the traces left by the lost cattle.

"The footprints here are very clear. They must be left by the lost cattle. Look hard, and we must find their traces." Luo Changjun said.

Zhu Kaixun looked at the very clear cow footprints there, and shook his head, "I remember that we have been to this mountain, why didn't we find anything?"

"You don't even look at how many dogs other people have. You only have a few dogs. There are not so many dogs on such a big mountain. It is impossible to search every corner. Besides, isn't your dog in the wrong way? These people are really ghosts, and they even choose the road that is not easy to walk." Luo Changjun laughed.

"Yes. I didn't expect the cattle thief to escape from our noses." Zhu Kaixun was a little frustrated.

"That's out of the question. He's gone out a long time ago." Luo Changjun didn't continue to attack Zhu Kaixun this time.

After finding the trace, the coyote immediately swarmed up and followed the trace.

Zhang Jiaohua and the others quickly followed and followed them all the way to a mountain stream.

"I said how could they cover up their tracks so cleanly, so they followed the mountain stream when they got here!" Xu Jinlin suddenly realized.

"Following here, we will arrive at Shiqihe County in Wuxi City. It is very likely that they sent the stolen cattle to Shiqihe County." Zhang Youping is quite familiar with this place.

"No wonder we couldn't find any trace of them no matter how we deployed control in Xintian County. So that's how it is." Xu Jinlin murmured.

"Pursue! No matter where they go! We will continue to chase them. This big cattle robbery case has attracted the attention of the province, and no one dares to protect this group of black sheep." Luo Changjun naturally realized that the reason why this group of cattle robbers are so arrogant is because they committed crimes across districts. Since the two places belong to different jurisdictions, communication will be difficult. Some places are even unwilling to admit that this kind of thing happened in their own jurisdiction because of the local face.

The water in the mountain stream is not very deep, and the bottom of the water is a thick layer of gravel. If you step on it, even if you leave footprints, it will soon be submerged again under the impact of the current.

"Biaohua, can you determine the direction they are walking in?" Luo Changjun asked.

Zhang Jiaohua stepped into the mountain stream, and quickly peeled away a layer of small stones in the water, immediately revealing the clearly visible cow footprints at the bottom of the water. Naturally, you can see the direction the cattle are heading.

"They're going that way." Zhang Jiaohua looked for a series of footprints, finally raised his head, and said with certainty.

When they got here, the cattle thieves never thought that Zhang Jiaohua could find their traces in such a way, so they didn't play any more tricks. On the contrary, it gave Zhang Jiaohua and his party a lot of convenience.

After walking for several miles along the mountain stream, when we reached a low-lying place, the mountain stream widened and the ravine deepened. At this time, the mountain dogs who had been searching both sides of the river made a discovery. The cattle thieves have come ashore here!

After going ashore, the cattle thief had already undisguisedly followed the area where the trees in the mountain were relatively sparse.

"What I am most worried about now is that all these cattle have been sold by cattle thieves. If that happens, it will be difficult to find these cattle. There are not so many cattle, and it should not be easy to deal with them in a short period of time. After all, the province attaches great importance to this case. I believe that Shiqihe County has also received the notice from the province." Luo Changjun said with some concern.

But Zhang Jiaohua quickly gave everyone good news, "Those buffaloes seem to be nearby."

All the coyotes suddenly entered a state of alert, obviously they seemed to have found the target.

"Where is it?" Luo Changjun was very excited.

"It's not far ahead." Zhang Jiaohua pointed to a mountain in front of him and said.

"It seems to be Wuxi Reservoir over there. Did they hide the stolen cattle around the reservoir?" Zhang Youping said. Although the Wuxi Reservoir is within the scope of Wuxi City, the scope of irrigation also includes Shiqihe County and Xintian County. This is a very large reservoir. Near the Shiqi River, there is also a large hydropower station called Wuxi Hydropower Station. During the production team, the people from Meiziao came here to repair the reservoir. At that time, Zhang Youping was really a brat the size of Zhang Jiaohua. But the memory here is still very clear.

"Just go and have a look." Luo Changjun said.

After climbing to the top of the mountain, I saw a large reservoir with no limit. At the foot of the mountain, someone shouted loudly.

"Why are there so many wild dogs here?"

"Who knows. It's a pity that I didn't bring the dog whistle with me, otherwise I would have eaten dog meat today!"

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As soon as they heard the word "dog whistle", everyone knew they had found the right one!