Crazy Detective

Two days later, Zhao Yu and Xi menna once again climbed up Xiaoyao mountain.

At that moment, Zhao Yu and the others were standing in an octagonal pavilion near the top of Xiaoyao mountain. On one side of the pavilion was the path that led to the crime scene.

From here, he could vaguely see the cave where the victim had been found.

"It's too far, it's really too far!" Manager Liu of the scenic Area said,"after I heard the news, I also asked a lot of old comrades.

"Some people can vaguely remember that in the 1990s, there were indeed people who grew Lingzhi on the mountain, but it's hard to say exactly where it was ..."

Captain Zhou from Kangle city explained,"I heard that there was the linye society at that time. The linye society was in charge of all the affairs in the mountains."

"Back then, Bai Wenhai and the others established the Lingzhi plantation base through a contract with the linye society ...

"We've been looking for a few staff members these past few days, but they've all passed away!"

"Oh?" Captain Shi, who was with Zhao Yu, asked,"didn't you say that you found an old expert who knew the situation? Where is he?"

"Oh, Mr. Zhao Ji is on his way." Captain Zhou looked at his watch and then at the foot of the mountain."He should be here soon, right?"

"Oh, this is Mr. Zhao Ji, an expert in growing Lingzhi in Kangle city. We spoke to him before, and he said that he knew Bai Wenhai and knew some things about growing Lingzhi back then!"

Zhao Yu first looked down the mountain, then turned his head to look out of the pavilion.

It was also a beautiful day, but there was a sea of clouds outside the pavilion, which was as beautiful as a Fairyland.

"Manager Liu," Zhao Yu asked as he admired the beautiful scenery,"you said last time that the cave where the victims were found was natural, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Manager Liu nodded."It has been there since the reconstruction of the scenic Area!"

"Oh ..." Zhao Yu nodded slightly."The murderer put the person in that hole, maybe ... There's a reason?"

"Oh? "You mean," Captain Zhou asked hurriedly,"there was a story about that cave in the past?"

"Or ..." Zhao Yu turned around and looked at the cave hidden in the mountain path."Their farm was near the cave?"

Just as Zhao Yu finished speaking, a few police officers came down the stairs. Among the police officers, there was even an old man with glasses.

"They're here! They're here!" Captain Zhou quickly introduced,"this is the expert I was talking about, Mr. Zhao Ji!"

"Oh, it's the main family!" Zhao Yu quickly shook hands with the expert."Nice to meet you, nice to meet you! I'm really sorry to make you come all the way here!"

"Aiyo, don't say that. It's my responsibility to help the police!" Mr. Zhao Ji said humbly,"I'm good at growing Lingzhi, but I'm not an expert. I'm not!"

"Captain Zhou said," Zhao Yu got straight to the point,"you know Bai Wenhai?"

"Yes, of course I know him!" The expert said,"he's five years older than me. Back then, he worked at our Lingzhi base.

"This kid only used two years to learn all the skills from my family!

"Also, this guy has brains and guts. He dared to plant purple Lingzhi in the wild and made a lot of money. He even set up a company. I'm so envious!"

"Then ... Can you tell me the specific year?" Zhao Yu asked,"which year did he leave your family to set up his own business?"

"Hmm ... It's probably the one in 1986," The old expert recalled,"after he left our house, he and a few of his friends found a forest in the mountains and started to plant purple Lingzhi!

"It's said that he lost everything in the first year and only looked better in the second year. By the third year, he finally made a lot of money!

"Because it's cultivated outdoors, his Lingzhi is almost no different from the wild ones. At its peak, it could be sold for 500 yuan per 500 grams. In the 1980s, that was a sky-high price!" The old expert said enviously,"in China, not many people dare to accept it!

"But, those kids were very wild. They actually managed to get a connection overseas and sold the Lingzhi overseas! After a few years, they each bought a car ..."

"Then ..." Zhao Yu asked,"do you know where they planted the purple Lingzhi?"

"I don't know," the old expert replied."This is basically a trade secret. They wouldn't easily reveal it, right?"

"But, when they set up the company, I heard that they signed a lease agreement with the linye society," the old expert said."So, I guess it's most likely in a remote mountain.

"Although the purple Lingzhi is valuable, it's especially tender. Even after we got it in the greenhouse, it's sometimes good and sometimes bad!

"I think they'll have to find a natural environment that's especially suitable for the growth of the purple Lingzhi. It'll be a place with high temperature and humidity, and the outside environment won't change much!

"Moreover, we also need to find a suitable cultivation root and high-quality spores. In short, although the return of planting purple Lingzhi is high, the investment is high, and the risk is high!

"But Bai Wenhai still succeeded. I don't know if he's lucky or if his skills are really good ..."

"What happened after that?" Zhao Yu asked,"have you still been in contact with him?"

"Hehe, people in the same industry are enemies!" The old expert smiled indifferently."At most, we'll just say hello after we meet!

"However, Bai Wenhai's company seemed to be short-lived, about ..." He recalled for a moment."About five or six years?

"I think his company went bankrupt in 1993 or 1994!

"I'm not too sure about the exact situation. It could be that the purple Lingzhi was not planted well, or it could be that the gradual rise of greenhouses had an impact on them. It could also be that there was an internal conflict!

"In short, after that, they separated," the old expert said."But Bai Wenhai had the skills, after all. After that, he continued to work in the Lingzhi industry and set up a greenhouse. He was doing pretty well!

"Unfortunately ..." The old man said regretfully,"something happened to him! His brother didn't know anything about business, and such a big business gradually declined.

"After that, his brother couldn't do it anymore and started to transfer the base. I even took over a few greenhouses ..."

"Then ..." Zhao Yu pondered for a moment, then asked,"besides Bai Wenhai, do you have any impression of the other people in his company?"

"No, of course I don 't!" The old expert said,"everything I know is from what I heard from others!

"I only know that their plantation base is in the mountains, but their warehouse and company office are in the suburbs Kangle, which is Ying village.

"Because it's a transportation hub, it's easy to deliver goods. At that time, my family also had a warehouse there ...

"I still remember that there was a robbery in their warehouse one year. I think ... Someone even died!"

"Ah?"

"Ah!" Zhao Yu and Xi menna exclaimed at the same time, giving the old expert a shock!

"You're saying ... Someone died in their company?!" Zhao Yu quickly asked,"quick, tell me, who was the person who died, Hanhan!!?"