It was two o'clock in the afternoon, and no one was in a hurry, so they smoked another round of cigarettes and continued to chat. After all, Sun Yi and others were very familiar with this area. Sun Yi told Captain Zhou that if there was no place to stay in the village, he would mention his name and there would definitely be several families who could stay overnight. Captain Zhou thanked him again and again.
Out of curiosity, the four of them also took a look. The small animals in the two cages were two birds. One was an owl with white hair, and the other looked like an owl, but its head was a bit like...
A bit like a monkey...
"This, is a monkey-headed owl?" Bai Song complained.
"Haha, little brother, you almost got it right. This is called a monkey-faced eagle, which is a national second-level protected animal. Its wingspan is 50 centimeters. It is an adult monkey-faced eagle. It was slightly injured when it was caught by this kid. Let's go back and treat it before releasing it." Sun Yi looked at the monkey-faced eagle with a slightly gentle gaze. A tough guy with a tender heart, this can also be considered an explanation.
"Oh, right." Bai Song suddenly thought of something: "Master Sun, let me ask you, does anyone here catch wild pangolins?"
"Pangolin? Why do you ask that?" Master Sun thought for a moment and said, "Yes, there are pangolins in this forest. There are several different species, including the Malayan pangolin, the Indian pangolin, and the Chinese pangolin. I heard about this from the local residents. To be specific, I have only seen a Malayan pangolin once, and it was smuggled in."
"Well, it's okay. I just asked. I once found one of these things in Tianhua City, and I don't know where it came from." Bai Song said.
"Oh? Chinese pangolin? They are really rare. I estimate that if some places continue to eat them, the Chinese pangolin will be functionally extinct in less than ten years, even if it is not extinct. Sigh..." Sun Yi sighed, "What do you think is delicious about these wild animals? Don't you know that diseases come from the mouth? Aren't you afraid of catching any plague?"
These people are obsessed with money and profit. No matter how many police there are in the world, they can't stop the profit-seeking crowd.
"Sigh..." Captain Zhou and others also sighed. It's true that they handled a lot of cases, but they couldn't compare with the forest police in this regard.
"Let me give you an example." Sun Yi mentioned this with some sadness: "Do you know how large the range of activities of our national treasure, the giant panda, which is also the best protected by us now, was? Hundreds of thousands of years ago, their range of activities once extended to the North China Plain in the north, to Hu Jian in the east, to Vietnam in the south, and to the Hengduan Mountains in the west.
Now, only the Qinling Mountains to Liangshan Mountains, which accounts for one-third of the country's land area, are considered to be the habitat of giant pandas. This protected area, which was built with the efforts of countless people in recent decades, is home to tens of thousands of wild animals and plants. It is estimated that a real national protected area will be established in a few years. Over the years, our ancestors have sacrificed their lives and blood, and many of them died in the fight against poaching, dying in the desert, and only then can we have today. "
Sun Yi glared at the poacher again and said, "If you do this again this time, I will throw you back to your tribe and let the elders in your tribe break your legs!"
After the chat, everyone was almost done resting, so they left their contact information with each other and set off. The police are one family, and with contact information, there is no distance between us.
Ma Zhiyuan and four other people unloaded some goods in a village they passed by and arrived at the village at five in the afternoon.
This is a Han village with 70 to 80 households. The houses are mostly old, made of wood and ash. The roads in the village are only wide enough for horses to pass. People here have been farming for generations, and only in recent years have some people gone out to work. The things Ma Zhiyuan brought are basically what is needed here. Ma Zhiyuan is very popular here. In addition to using money as a means of transaction, he also supports barter. This is also an important Pu'er tea producing area. Although it is remote, the quality is quite good.
After asking around for a while, I finally found Li's home. It was a nice looking house, although it still had earthen walls and wooden structure, it still looked very new, forming a clear contrast with the surrounding houses.
Ma Zhiyuan brought four outsiders to the village, and the villagers were no longer surprised. In recent years, there has been a craze for hiking, crossing, and exploring in China, and these remote villages are still sought after by geeks. In fact, the more remote the place, the more people want to go.
Ma Zhiyuan had an impression of this family. He didn't know about it before because he couldn't match it up with Zhou Dui and others. After coming to the village to ask, Ma Zhiyuan also had an impression. This family had asked him to buy things for them in recent years, and even bought large items such as sewing machines from him, which needed to be disassembled before being transported in. But Ma Zhiyuan told Zhou Dui and others that this family was not easy to mess with.
After knocking on the door, a middle-aged woman with a suspicious look on her face opened the door. She was wearing a lot of silver jewelry. Although she was Han Chinese, her decorations were not inferior to those of some ethnic minorities. When she saw Ma Zhiyuan, she asked, "I haven't asked you to order anything recently, have I?"
"No, I just came here..."
Before Ma Zhiyuan finished speaking, the woman interrupted, "The road has been open for several days. Have you seen old man Ma? When will he come?"
"The roads nearby are not very good recently. He is still packing his things and should come tomorrow." Ma Zhiyuan knew that she was asking about the postman Lao Ma.
"Okay, tomorrow, that's fine," the woman said, and was about to close the door: "Then let's talk about it tomorrow. If you come back and save two bags of salt for me, I'll pay you tomorrow."
"Hey, wait a minute, these people want to see you for something." Ma Zhiyuan stopped the woman who was closing the door.
"Who? No outsiders live here." The woman waved her hands arrogantly.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Li's home?" Captain Zhou stepped forward and asked.
The woman was stunned for a few seconds before she realized, "Oh, yes, you are talking about Dafang. What do you want to see her for? I tell you, she is not at home."
Wei Zixiang was very upset by the woman's behavior. He walked directly to the door and took out his police ID. "We are the police from Tianhua City. Your family member Li has been murdered. We are here to investigate."
"It's my fault if he was murdered..." The woman was stunned for a moment: "Dead?"
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief at this time. They didn't know why, but they always felt that this person who might be Li's mother was a little too casual. But after a while, the woman's behavior still left the four of them speechless.
"It's better to be killed, so I don't have to embarrass myself. By the way," the woman looked at the four people, "Government, how much money do you have?"
None of the four understood what the woman meant, and it was only after Ma Zhiyuan explained it to them that the woman actually thought that the government would compensate her if Li died?
"No money? Why come here without money?" The woman rolled her eyes and said, "Xiao Ma, did Lao Ma tell me how much money Dafang sent?"
"Two thousand." Bai Song said expressionlessly.
"What a damn thing! She only remembered to send such a small amount of money after she died. Her brother is getting married next month..." The woman muttered and slammed the wooden door shut.
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