I am a super cop

Chapter 845 The old man and the beard

In the dark night, Gu Chen finally found the so-called "Hanyin Temple" on a mountainside.

What is surprising is that the scale of Hanyin Temple is ridiculously small.

Although the appearance is no different from other temples, this is the first time Gu Chen has encountered such a small-scale temple.

While passing Hanyin Temple, Gu Chen intentionally slowed down the speed of the car.

On the other hand, Yuan Shasha lowered the car window in a sensible way, and took pictures of the Hanyin Temple on the side of the road with her mobile phone.

Everyone did not stay too much outside Hanyin Temple, and continued to drive towards Hongshan Reservoir.

"Accordingly, there must have been no such building in this location before, and it has only been built for less than a year, and it has developed so rapidly?" Officer Wang sat in the car thoughtfully, feeling the speed of development inside, It is really impossible to penetrate.

Especially old ladies like Liu Qiuxiang and Wang Xiuqin who live in the urban area come here every Saturday to participate in the release, which shows that this monk Xingyun still has some skills.

Gu Chen said indifferently: "Brother Wang, don't forget, we are here to fish in Hongshan Reservoir tonight."

"Ah?" Police officer Wang was stunned for a moment, glanced at Nie Xiaoyu beside him, and then said, "Yes, yes, yes, I am here to fish tonight, fishing."

Nie Xiaoyu:? ? ?

I just feel that these people are weird, just fishing for a fish, is there any need to be so nervous?
Everyone followed the navigation and soon came to Hongshan Reservoir.

This reservoir is smaller than expected. Due to the recent hot and dry weather and less rain, the total water volume of the reservoir is not very high.

Gu Chen parked the car on the reservoir dam, then got out of the car, ready to take out fishing tools from the trunk.

Only then did Gu Chen discover that there was a monument of meritorious deeds standing next to the reservoir, and the full name on it was "Hanyin Fangsheng Reservoir".

The stele of meritorious deeds was erected half a year ago, on which were engraved the names of many meritorious deeds. Gu Chen shone a flashlight on it and looked it up roughly.

A total of more than 150 people's names are engraved on the merit tablet, and the names of Liu Qiuxiang and Wang Xiuqin are also among them.

Not only that, but there are also many vacancies reserved on the monument of merit and virtue, probably for latecomers.

Looking around, an ordinary small reservoir has become a release pond in the eyes of everyone.

It is conceivable that the release activity is held every Saturday, and each time more than a thousand creatures are put into the reservoir. Over the years, wouldn't the creatures in Hongshan Reservoir become saturated?
I feel like this group of people really should pay their IQ tax.

Gu Chen sighed, then took the fishing rod and walked towards the steps of the reservoir.

When everyone found a suitable location, they began to prepare bait.

But at this moment, a middle-aged bearded man and another tall and thin old man suddenly spotted the car parked on the dam.

The two picked up sticks and flashlights, and walked over aggressively.

"Hey, what do you guys do?"

"You can't fish here, don't you know?"

Gu Chen turned his head to take a look, and said that he was worried that he couldn't find anyone to understand the situation, but he didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to deliver it to his door.

So Gu Chen handed the fishing rod to Nie Xiaoyu, stood up, smiled at the two people on the dam and said, "Whose family owns this reservoir?"

"Whose family owns what? This reservoir is a release pond, so you can't fish." The tall and thin old man walked down step by step, shining the flashlight in his hand on Gu Chen.

Gu Chen blocked the light with one hand, and then said again: "But I remember that you can fish here before, so the reservoir has been contracted by someone?"

"Of course." The bearded man walked to Gu Chen's side, only to realize that except for Police Officer Wang, they were all young people.

So he said bluntly: "This place has been contracted out by private parties, and fishing business is not accepted."

"Who contracted it? I was fishing here the year before last." Officer Wang stepped forward and said involuntarily.

Seeing that the two were difficult to deal with, Nie Xiaoyu took the initiative to stand up and said, "Hey, why don't you just catch a fish? It's not that you don't give money."

Seeing the two people looking at each other, Nie Xiaoyu said again: "How much is the fish in your reservoir per catty, I will give you the market price."

"Besides, my dad runs a cafeteria, and there is a great demand. If you offer wholesale prices here, you can also consider long-term supply, but it's a bit far away. I don't know if you have door-to-door delivery. business?"

The two were also stunned for a moment, and the tall and thin old man stepped forward and asked, "Are you really here to fish?"

"Hehe." Lu Weiwei laughed as soon as she heard it, and took out the fishing net in her hand directly: "We don't fish, why bring these things here? I heard that there are many fish in Hongshan Reservoir, and the meat is delicious, so it's good for fishing , so we came here."

When the bearded man heard the words, his mouth was broken: "I don't know which bastard leaked it? He actually provoked people here."

"I don't think it's nothing anyway, the big deal is to charge some money and let them fish well, let's not take it as an example." The tall and thin old man seemed to value money, so he went up to negotiate with Gu Chen: "It's okay for you to fish here, then you can go fishing here." How much?"

"Fishing is just for fun. I will pay for it. At worst, the catty will be calculated at twice the market price. What do you think?" Gu Chen said.

Seeing that Gu Chen looked like a seasoned fisherman, the tall and thin old man wanted to make money, but he hesitated.

Gu Chen saw that twice the price was not enough to whet the appetite of these people, so he said again: "Two times is not enough, three times is not enough. As long as the fish here is delicious, it is not too bad to be three times higher than the market price. We are not short of money."

"Yes, it's not short of money." Yuan Shasha also said.

"How about this? On my side, there are some aquatic products salvaged from the reservoir, such as fish, turtles, and loaches. Everything you expect to find."

"If you want to buy, I can sell you some cheaply, what do you think?"

The tall and thin old man also gave his own ideas. He seemed to want to earn a little money from these people, but he didn't want them to stay here too much, so he gave a compromise plan.

When Gu Chen heard that there was something interesting, he pretended to agree, "Then we have to see what it looks like? If it's good, we can buy some back."

Glancing at Nie Xiaoyu, Gu Chen said again: "Xiaoyu."

"Ah?" Nie Xiaoyu was taken aback, and quickly asked Gu Chen, "Brother Gu Chen, what's the matter?"

"Buy some loach back home, Master Nie should ask for it?" Gu Chen asked.

Nie Xiaoyu smiled and said: "As long as it's food, there's nothing you don't want. If you have it, he can do it."

"Okay, let's... go and have a look?" Gu Chen looked at the tall and thin old man.

The tall and thin old man nodded, then glanced at his chin with a smile, and let the bearded man lead the way.

The two walked in the front row, while everyone followed in the back row, walking along the reservoir dam together.

After walking for about ten minutes, everyone discovered that there was a small house built with red bricks under the slope of the reservoir.

The house is not big or small, about 40 square meters.

Gu Chen feels that it should be the room where these two people are on duty.

The tall, thin old man and the bearded man are mysterious, and they have been together for a long time, and there seems to be some small differences, but it is not a big problem.

When they came to the door, the tall and thin old man told the bearded man to open the door first, and then the tall and thin old man came to Gu Chen, and said: "We can sell some aquatic products to you at a lower price, but you don't want to buy them here." Too long."

"Why?" Gu Chen pretended not to know, and after looking around for a week, he suddenly asked him with a smile: "Could it be that there are still tigers here?"

"No." The tall and thin old man waved his hand, and then said again: "Because around the early morning, someone will come to buy goods and go to the market. These are the aquatic products they ordered."

"I also see that you guys like fishing, so I'll sell you some, but don't let these haulers find out, or we will be deducted money."

"Hehe." Hearing what the tall and thin old man said, Lu Weiwei smiled curiously: "Didn't you contract this reservoir? Sell us some aquatic products, and you are still afraid of being blamed by the hauler? Aren't you the boss?"

Of course Lu Weiwei knew that these two people were not the bosses, but she just said that on purpose so that the two people would not blame themselves.

Sure enough, under Lu Weiwei's verbal complaints, the tall and thin old man said: "We are not bosses, we are just working for others, responsible for salvaging the aquatic products of the reservoir, and then handing them over to the sellers in the market to take them away."

"The main reason is that these people are not easy to mess with and have a bad temper. I am also afraid that you will suffer. Therefore, it is best for you to leave before midnight."

Glancing at Nie Xiaoyu, the tall and thin old man said again: "You guys like to eat aquatic products, so I can sell you some cheaply at the worst. Anyway, it's better for you to come to this place less often."

Seeing that the tall and thin old man spoke so clearly, Gu Chen naturally knew that there must be tricks in it, so he pretended to be embarrassed and said:

"But we came all the way from the urban area to fish here. You can't let us leave right after we arrive, right? You have to let us wander here anyway. I feel that the scenery and air here are good, and it's very pleasant. It's cool."

Gu Chen glanced at Lu Weiwei beside her.

Lu Weiwei immediately understood, so she said, "That's right, it's such a nice place with fresh air, it's rare to come here, no matter what, you have to enjoy fishing."

Seeing the helplessness on the tall and thin old man's face, Lu Weiwei continued: "Master, just let us fish here for a while, we promise to leave before midnight, oh no, 11 o'clock, the head office before 11 o'clock, right?"

"No, really not." The tall and thin old man seemed determined.

But at this moment, the bearded man also came out and said to the tall and thin old man, "It's all inside, let them come in and pick out what they need."

"Okay." The tall and thin old man nodded, he glanced at Gu Chen and said: "You guys go ahead and take a look, the aquatic products here are very good, and they are all caught from the reservoir, compared to where you go fishing , time is saved for you.”

Gu Chen didn't struggle this time, so he readily agreed: "That's fine, just go in and have a look."

Everyone followed the bearded man and the tall and thin old man and walked into this hut together.

At this moment, everyone discovered that cooking tools were placed in the living room of the cabin, and on the other side was a double bed with bunk beds.

And in another room, it is the warehouse of this building.

Only then did everyone discover that there were many buckets inside, and in the buckets were all kinds of fish, loaches and turtles.

According to the buckets of different colors, the types of creatures are also different. There are a lot of them and they are very big, which makes people dazzled.

Gu Chen secretly turned on the camera of the mobile phone, intentionally or unintentionally holding it in his hand to take a video.

And Lu Weiwei also stepped forward to cover, and asked weakly: "So many? Are they all from the reservoir?"

The tall and thin old man hesitated for a few seconds before asking Lu Weiwei, "Where do you all live?"

"Furong District." Lu Weiwei said.

"Oh, that's quite far." Knowing that these people came from the urban area and far away from Hongshan Town, the tall and thin old man relaxed his vigilance and replied:

"All the species here are raised in the reservoir, which are exactly the same as those in the reservoir. You can actually buy them here."

Seeing Nie Xiaoyu take the initiative to step forward and start picking fish like an expert, the bearded man also said indifferently:
"Usually our aquatic products are not sold to the outside world. It depends on you coming all the way to fish. I don't know that this reservoir has been contracted by someone. Otherwise, we would not sell it to you."

"Then it looks like we got a big deal?" Gu Chen deliberately teased.

The bearded man smiled diligently and said: "Isn't it? But it's only this time, next time I come here, I won't sell it. If you want to eat aquatic products, you can go to the market to buy them. Our aquatic products are usually ordered by others. The method can be wholesaled to other people on a large scale, and one or two can be given to you.”

"That's true." Officer Wang saw that these aquatic products were being taken away, so he smiled teasingly: "We don't know the situation here very well, so we thought it was a waste of time, but fortunately, we met you guys. Two nice guys."

"Where is it?" The tall and thin old man took out a pack of cigarettes, picked up two cigarettes, and handed one to Officer Wang and the other to Gu Chen.

Officer Wang accepted, but Gu Chen refused.

Then the tall and thin old man put the cigarette in his mouth, took out the lighter and lit it for Officer Wang and himself.

Gu Chen saw that he was almost successful with the tall and thin old man, so he couldn't help but asked him curiously: "Master, I was at the other side of the reservoir just now, and I seemed to see a merit card, and there was something written on the merit card 'Han Yin releases life in the reservoir'" ", and many people's signatures, what is this thing?"

"Harm, it's nothing." The tall and thin old man took a puff of his cigarette before puffing and saying, "It's built in the Hanyin Temple below. They use it as a pool for releasing animals, and they organize people to release animals here every week. .”

"Release?" Gu Chen pretended to be surprised, and then said: "I feel that this place still needs to be released? A lot of aquatic products are thrown into the reservoir, isn't it too crowded?"

"Isn't it? There are too many fish, loaches and so on." The tall and thin old man took a puff on his cigarette and said, "It's popular to release animals these days."

"If you go to the flower, bird, fish and insect markets in various places, you will find that wild sparrows, starlings, thrushes and other animals are collectively called 'release birds' and have become new species with unique functions."

"There is such a thing?" Lu Weiwei pretended to be surprised, and said flatteringly: "That...that's quite strange, it's the first time I've heard of it."

"Haha, I can see that you are a little girl with little experience." Seeing Lu Weiwei's face of an elementary school student humbly asking for advice, the tall and thin old man couldn't help explaining:

"It's actually not a big deal. For example, every year in August and September, there will be a large number of whitened dead catfish on the surface of the sea in front of Shichahai in the capital, ranging from hundreds of catties to thousands of catties."

"Eh? I know this. My hometown is in the capital." Lu Weiwei finally found the starting point, and quickly echoed: "When I was young, I really found these places. There are always some dead catfish that turn white. I don't know what it is. What's going on, it's a pity to look at it."

"So you are from the capital?" The tall and thin old man couldn't help being stunned, and then he said politely: "Isn't that right? These catfish were actually released during the blessing ceremony of the Shichahai Fire Temple."

"These catfish were originally bred artificially, they are not the 'aboriginal people' of Shichahai, and they are not adapted to the water environment there at all."

"So after being released, they would die soon. I worked as a long-term worker there for a period of time, and I carried catfish for these released people."

"So that's the case?" Lu Weiwei looked surprised, and said involuntarily: "It seems that the mystery of the catfish's death has finally been solved. I wonder why I always saw this kind of situation back then."

"Hehe." The tall and thin old man saw that Lu Weiwei was a girl from the capital, and he also let go of the catfish there, so he said familiarly:

"Let me tell you, little girl, in fact, such tragedies of 'release life' and 'release death' really happen quite often."

"Like the days after the seventh day and the eighteenth day of the lunar calendar every year, hundreds of sparrows will appear in some parks and suburbs in many cities, and they will die in the grass. You may not see many such situations. .”

"Yeah." Lu Weiwei nodded silently, and said with a smile: "This is quite rare."

"It's quite rare, that's right. If there is a place where there is a group of life release groups, then it will be no surprise." The tall and thin old man smoked a cigarette, also leisurely.

Gu Chen curiously asked him: "How?"

"How do you say?" The old man smiled and shook his head: "Actually, these sparrows were bought and released. Because sparrows have always had the characteristic of not eating 'food that comes from you', and the environment for releasing them is not suitable. It is easy for the released sparrows to die in large numbers."

Gu Chen frowned, and continued to ask: "Then releasing life like this, doesn't it deviate from the original meaning of releasing life? It even causes endless harm?"

"That's the reason." The tall and thin old man threw the finished cigarette on the ground, rubbed it with his toes a few times, and then said: "Releasing animals like this actually doesn't care about the life or death of animals. Let die'."

"So, releasing animals is actually a technical task, which pays attention to 'time and place'. Professionals are required to study whether the environment is suitable for the survival of the released organisms, and the season and climate of the release also need to be considered."

Glancing at the reservoir in front of him, the tall and thin old man said again: "It's like some artificially bred animals in the wild, they basically can't survive."

"Wild animals also need rewilding training to re-adapt to living in the wild, but now many release animals only buy live animals to release, and don't pay attention to the life or death of the released life."

"Then this Hongshan Reservoir should be suitable for releasing animals, right?" Gu Chen interjected and asked.

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(End of this chapter)