The happy life of the great landowner

Chapter 67
When Wang Youtian heard Chen Ye's question, he pointed in the direction of Baisha Village: "That's the mountain."

"What? That mountain!" Zhou Bo was taken aback, and then said to Wang Youtian, "Village Chief, why don't you send someone to follow you? I've heard that there are tigers in that mountain before. If Professor Zhao is caught by a tiger, What can I do?"

Hearing this, Wang Youtian's expression turned bitter, and he explained: "I want to follow, but Professor Zhao won't let me. Why don't I discuss this matter with Chen Ye in the morning? Something happened not long ago."

"Okay, don't talk about it, now is not the time to find the person responsible." Chen Ye was also anxious, and now he didn't care about Qin Hancheng and Hu Zhouquan's affairs. After all, human life is at stake. Bear, that would be bad, and there is no signal on that mountain, it would be really dangerous if people get lost in it.

Wang Youtian was anxious, and now he was counting on Chen Ye: "Chen Ye, you are smart, think of a way."

After taking two steps back and forth, Chen Ye asked, "What did Secretary Peng say?"

Wang Youtian quickly replied: "Secretary Peng has already contacted the county party committee, and the county party committee has also agreed to send police to assist. Now Secretary Peng is going to contact the senior village officials of Baisha Village. I hope he can arrange people in the village who are familiar with the mountain environment to search together."

Chen Ye nodded. In the current situation, there is no other way but to go to the mountain to find someone: "Village chief, go back to the village to mobilize the young and strong, and bring a hoe and stick to the mountain, just in case."

"Hey, I'll go right away." Wang Youtian came back before running two steps, "What about you?"

"I'm going back to lead the dog now," Chen Ye replied, and immediately ran towards home with Zhou Bo.

Wang Youtian saw that Chen Ye had already run away, so he hurried to the direction of the village committee.

When Chen Ye arrived home, he didn't see Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, so he went out immediately and met Wang Feng, a villager who had just returned from the field with a hoe.

Chen Ye hurriedly stopped Wang Feng and asked, "Brother Feng, have you looked at my Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai?"

"Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, just now I saw them wandering around with a group of dogs." Wang Feng pointed his hand forward as he said.

"Brother Feng, thank you, then I'll go first." After Chen Ye finished speaking, he patted Zhou Bo on the shoulder, signaling him to hurry up.

Sure enough, Chen Ye and Zhou Bo saw Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai playing with more than a dozen stray dogs on the field ridge that had just been harvested.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai" Chen Ye immediately shouted at the two dogs.

When Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai heard their master's call, they immediately turned their heads and ran towards Chen Ye.

Taking Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai with them, Chen Ye and Zhou Bo went to Wang Youtian's house first.

Because for the past few days, Professor Zhao has been living in the yard of his house, so he can find Professor Zhao's luggage here.

Chen Ye ignored Mrs. Wang Youtian's question, and went directly into the house, found Professor Zhao's shoes, and then sniffed them for Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai: "Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai, help me find Professor Zhao now."

Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai yelled twice, and immediately ran out of the yard.

Seeing this, Chen Ye and Zhou Bo hurriedly followed behind the two dogs.

Not long after he left, he met Wang Youtian. At this time, Wang Youtian had brought all the young and strong people in the village with him, each holding a hoe and stick in his hand.

Wang Youtian still had a hatchet stuck in his waist, and he seemed ready to fight for his life: "Chen Ye, we are all ready."

"Well, let's quickly catch up with Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai." After Chen Ye finished speaking, he trotted all the way to catch up with Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai.

"Everyone follow closely!" Wang Youtian yelled, and then waved his hand, quite like the commander-in-chief of the whole army.

A group of hundreds of people arrived at the foot of the mountain in a mighty way, and it happened that Peng Yan also brought Li Xue and the villagers from Baisha Village who were familiar with the mountain environment.

"Auntie, let's go up the mountain, you and Li Xue are waiting at the bottom of the mountain." Chen Ye didn't intend to let Peng Yan and Li Xue go up the mountain, because the environment in the mountain is complicated and changeable, with rugged rocks, thorns, and They may encounter wild boars, bears, and tigers, but Peng Yan and Li Xue are both women after all. If they encounter danger, the two of them will not only be unable to help, but will also hinder them.

"Well, we will wait for you at the foot of the mountain. You must be careful." Peng Yan is not an ignorant person. She knows that Chen Ye is also concerned about him, so she is not allowed to go up the mountain, and she has to wait at the foot of the mountain. The police here come over.

"Okay, then let's go up first." After Chen Ye finished speaking, he took the lead up the mountain.

Zhou Bo, Wang Youtian and others followed closely behind, holding the hoes and sticks tightly in their hands.

After going up the mountain, Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai started to sniff around, while Chen Ye and the others lowered their steps and looked extremely nervous.

After about half an hour, Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai stopped suddenly.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai, what's wrong?" Chen Ye walked to Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai.

Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai lowered their heads, pointed at the ground, and yelled a few times.

After receiving their prompts, Chen Ye immediately lowered his head and observed carefully.

The ground is very clean, without any footprints. This is normal, definitely a very common thing. After all, this mountain is too remote, and even the villagers of Baisha Village seldom come up.

But today is different, because Professor Zhao went up the mountain today, and as Xiaohei and Xiaobai's ability to distinguish smells proves, Professor Zhao has indeed been to this place just now, but since he has been here, why did the smell disappear here? And the footprints that were searched before disappeared under this tree?

At this time, Wang Feng took a white granular powder on the ground and smelled it, then frowned.

"Brother Feng, what happened?" Chen Ye's heart tightened. Although Wang Feng was also a farmer, he had also been a soldier in the past, and he was also a good scout.

Wang Feng sprinkled the powder in his hand on the ground, and then clapped his hands: "This powder is called titanium dioxide, and it can cover up the smell."

"Titanium dioxide? Cover up the smell?" Chen Ye frowned. How could there be titanium dioxide in this deep mountain and old forest? Then who would need to use titanium dioxide to cover up their atmosphere.But what is certain is that that person is definitely not Professor Zhao, because he will never come to the mountain to play hide-and-seek with everyone when he is full.

"Chen Ye, look at this again. There are traces of branches being swept here. Someone must have passed by here before and used branches to remove their own footprints." After Wang Feng finished speaking, he searched for it in the surrounding trees. Looking for it, I saw a broken branch.

Chen Ye reacted immediately: "No, Professor Wang is in danger."

"What! It's dangerous!" Wang Youtian turned pale with shock, his body began to tremble, and hurriedly said, "Chen Ye, don't scare me. If something happens to Professor Wang, then I will become a sinner in our village." Already!"

"According to Xiaohei and Xiaobai leading the way, and the footprints we found, it can prove that Professor Zhao has indeed been here before, but after arriving here, Professor Zhao's footprints and smell have disappeared. According to what Brother Feng said before, these are all Man-made, and here is a deep mountain and old forest, who would be unreasonable to cover up his aura?" Chen Ye said at the end, his face became more and more ugly.

"You mean the wanted criminal?" After Wang Youtian finished speaking, both the guide of Baisha Village who was familiar with the mountain and the villagers of Bairuo Village all had nervousness on their faces.

Wang Feng continued to search for clues nearby, and found that the surrounding traces were covered up very high, and it was impossible to find out the direction the fugitive was going: "And what is certain is that this wanted criminal must have been a soldier before, and it is very likely that he is also a soldier." From Scouts"

"Then what should we do now!" Wang Youtian's face was more than panicked and confused.

Chen Ye didn't answer his question immediately, but walked up to the guide of Baisha Village: "Uncle, is there any place where Tibetans live near here? It's like a cave or a karst cave."

The guide thought for a while, then hesitated for a while, and replied: "There are quite a lot of Tibetan places in this mountain, especially there is a big rock crevice in front of it. After walking inside, it leads in all directions, just like a maze. "

"In this case, let's split up and look for the cave first. After the cave is found, we will go to the cracks in the rocks. But everyone, be careful, this fugitive may have a weapon in his hand. If you find him, immediately Call out, don't do it alone." After Chen Ye finished speaking, he was a little worried, and asked Wang Feng to teach everyone some tips to prevent problems before they happen.

After the explanation, Chen Ye asked the guide to show everyone the approximate location of the cave, and then he divided more than 100 villagers into groups, and a group of more than ten people began to search the mountain.

The progress of the search for the mountain was not as fast as expected, because the terrain on the mountain is too rugged, and if you are not careful when you wrinkle it, you will step on the ground. Several times, some villagers almost fell down the mountain by accident, which made the search work difficult bigger.

Zhou Bo stopped in his tracks and said: "Chen Ye, this is not the way to go on looking for it. The sun is going to set and the lights are in the dark. Let alone looking for someone, you can't even see the way. Be careful, if you fall, it will be dangerous.”

"Zhou Bo, I also know that the conditions are difficult now, but saving people is like putting out a fire. Time is life. If we find Professor Zhao one minute late, then Professor Zhao will be in more danger." Chen Ye doesn't know that walking on the mountain at night is dangerous It's dangerous, and at night when wild animals come and go, although the villagers all carry hoes and sticks, if they really encounter animals like tigers and bears, then there is really no chance of winning except for running for their lives.

"Alright then." Seeing that Chen Ye had made up his mind, Zhou Bo didn't say anything else.

Seeing that the sun was gradually setting, Chen Ye asked Zhou Bo to call out to everyone to gather first.

Wang Youtian walked over panting, and asked anxiously: "Chen Ye, did you find anything?"

Chen Ye shook his head, raised his head and pointed to the direction where the sun had already set: "Tianma Mountain is going to be dark."

As soon as Chen Ye forgiven me, Wang Youtian said excitedly: "What's wrong with it, why don't you look for someone when it's dark?"

"Village chief, after dark, the difficulty of searching will become several times more difficult, and the chance of encountering danger will also increase. Let's go down the mountain first, make a torch, and then go up, or else we will walk on the mountain at night without a torch. An easy target for wild beasts"

As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, all the villagers except Wang Youtian nodded in agreement. After all, the situation on the mountain is too complicated. If you are not careful, you will have problems with your own safety, let alone whether Professor Zhao can be found.

"Okay, let's go down the mountain first." After Wang Youtian finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the villagers walked down the mountain one after another.

Finally, Chen Ye turned his head and looked around. At this moment, a bush caught his attention. He squatted down and saw a piece of khaki-colored rag on the bush.

(End of this chapter)