"Oh, these damn mosquitoes, it's already cold, but there are still such poisonous mosquitoes, they can bite me to death."

The sounds of "pa", "pa" and "pa" rang out, and a group of people were walking deeper and deeper into Datong Mountain. Among them was a young man with fair skin, a little fat, wearing an auxiliary police uniform.

The young man in costume complained loudly as he walked, and slapped his body from time to time.

"Hahaha... Ma Xiaoqing, you look like a woman. My blood is probably sweeter than ours. Mosquitoes won't bite you." Some people in the crowd began to gloat.

"Go, go, go..." Ma Xiaoqing said angrily, and then said with a bitter look on his face: "You said that if this crazy murderer is not caught for a day, I won't have to live like this every day, right?"

"I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, and I get bitten by mosquitoes every day. I heard people say there are wolves in the mountains!"

When he said this, the crowd fell silent. Apparently everyone had thought of such a scene and had many concerns involuntarily.

"Huh, if you ask me, it's just the incompetence of the county officials. You say the other party is just one person, but you can make people run away, and you rush to Datong Mountain. It's really like 'one general is incompetent and a thousand troops are exhausted.'"

The speaker was a volunteer wearing a red vest. He was a resident of Datong Town, and his family owned a store. This situation has directly caused his family to close the store and lose hundreds of dollars a day, so he has a strong opinion of the police. Lai Dang

This volunteer also wanted to catch the murderer early so that the store could open early.

"You can't say that. I heard that this murderer is a master. Seven or eight policemen were no match for him, and two of them were seriously injured."

"Seven or eight?...Why did I hear it was more than a dozen?"

"I heard it's twenty!"

"Twenty...? Li Jun, you are going too far. There are only twenty of us. Twenty policemen can't do it. Are we, a motley crew of soldiers, delivering food to others?"

Therefore, as long as there is gossip, any serious topic can make you misunderstood. This principle is applicable all over the world.

"Okay, okay, don't be so playful. The key is to complete the task well now. After all, if this person can't be caught in a day, our wives, children, and children will all be in potential danger."

A dark and strong man in the crowd spoke. He looked like a warrior from ancient times, especially his two arms, which were extremely thick, almost as thick as an adult's thigh. At first glance, he looked like a master with amazing strength.

This man's name is Li Xiang, a butcher who sells meat in the town. I heard that he had learned kung fu before, and no adult male in the town could do three moves with him. Even the gangsters had to shout respectfully when they saw him.

A "Brother Xiang".

Moreover, although Li Xiang has a fierce appearance, he never resorts to violence to commit crimes, and he is also generous and loyal, so both black and white people respect him.

This team is basically composed of Datong Town policemen and residents. It seems that the policeman is the leader, but in fact everyone has defaulted to letting Li Xiang be their leader.

Ma Xiaoqing also knew very well why his uncle Ma Congjun, the director of the Datong Town Police Station, put him in this team. He probably considered that if he encountered a suspect, his life safety would be guaranteed with Li Xiang in the team.

As soon as Li Xiang spoke, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and the team became much quieter. Several people held tools such as sickles in their hands and continued to chop down the weeds in front of them as they moved forward slowly.

After walking for who knows how long, a few people finally walked through a dense forest in a mountain col, and their eyes suddenly opened up.

Someone with sharp eyes in the team pointed forward and shouted: "Look, there is a house ahead."

Everyone looked around and saw a corner of the wooden house exposed through a gap covered by weeds on the right front.

He quickened his pace and hurried over, and a row of wooden houses came into view. Ma Xiaoqing cheered loudly: "It's alive, it's alive! No need to sleep in a tent at night."

"There is actually a wooden house here..."

"You didn't know this! This was the former employee dormitory of Datong Forest Farm. This area used to be all over the place, but it has been almost demolished. Otherwise, why would there be only these two dormitories left?"

Ma Xiaoqing showed off his knowledge to the police officers from out of town.

At this time, Li Xiang said: "It's getting dark soon, and everyone is tired after walking for a day, and it's cold outside, so why not just rest here. I think the place is quite big, and everyone can squeeze in."

"

"And don't sleep to death when you're resting. It's best to patrol in shifts to prevent murderers from coming over."

"Professional!" Ma Xiaoqing praised.

Li Xiang didn't say anything and continued: "After eating compressed food for a day, it's too cold to eat something hot. I see there are pots and pans here, but there's not enough firewood. I need two people to pick up some firewood. Let's cook.

Order some hot soup!”

After giving instructions, several other people just finished searching the house and walked up to them and said, "Brother Xiang, it seems like someone has lived here!"

Someone took a piece of clothing, shook it and said, "The mattresses and sheets are all complete, and there are several pieces of clothing. I think they are all quite new."

"It shouldn't belong to the suspect." Li Xiang frowned: "The target in the wooden house is so big, there is no difference between the suspect running here and dying. Moreover, the size of the clothes is quite large. The suspect is not even 165cm tall. I guess it may be a forest farm employee.

, or it was left behind by travel friends who came up the mountain."

"It's not the suspect's... yawn..." Ma Xiaoqing stretched out: "Then I'm going to go to bed and take a nap for a while. Brother Xiang, call me if you need anything."

Everyone glanced at Ma Xiaoqing and said nothing. Everyone knew that Ma Xiaoqing was a bit lazy and had many shortcomings, but he had a good heart. In addition, he had the reputation of his uncle Ma Congjun, so he would not talk too much.

Ma Xiaoqing entered the room, lay down on the bed without taking off her clothes, and fell asleep as soon as the quilt was covered.

He didn't know how long he slept. When he woke up and took out his cell phone, he saw that it was already past seven in the afternoon. It was already dark outside. He remembered that Brother Xiang had told him to cook hot soup, but for some reason it hadn't been cooked yet.

When I went out, I found that there were only three or four people there, and I didn't know where the others were. So I grabbed a volunteer who was patrolling and asked, "Why are there only these few people? Where are the others?"

"Oh, just now Robin and Li Chuang went to collect firewood, but they didn't come back for almost two hours. Brother Xiang took someone to look for them."

"Don't they have mobile phones and walkie-talkies? Don't they have any contact?"

"It was because we couldn't get in touch that Brother Xiang felt something was wrong, so he took someone out to look for him."

Ma Xiaoqing's heart skipped a beat, feeling a little uneasy for no reason, and said, "What about you? Why didn't you follow me?"

"Brother Xiang said that our supplies are all stored here and someone needs to keep an eye on them, so he asked a few of us to stay here."

After listening, Ma Xiaoqing nodded and walked away thoughtfully.

At this time, deep in the mountains, several beams of flashlight light pierced the night sky. A group of people searched the surrounding area for several hundred meters, but did not find Robin and Li Chuang. Everyone's hearts gradually sank.

Li Xiang stared into the dark night void, speechless for a long time.

It was one of the old policemen who broke the silence: "They are all adults. There is no reason to disappear with us. Even if there are wild beasts in the mountains and they encounter them, there should be traces. They can do it without any movement at all."

Apart from ghosts, only humans can make people disappear."

He told a fact that no one wanted to admit, and he might have actually met the suspect.

A trace of panic flashed across everyone's face, including worry about the missing two people and fear of facing a vicious opponent.

"Let's go a little further. If we can't find anyone again, we'll call for reinforcements." Li Xiang seemed to be more calm than everyone else.

"That's the only way!" Everyone agreed.

After walking forward for almost twenty meters, he still found nothing. Seeing how exhausted everyone was, Li Xiang knew that he could not go any further and could only turn back to seek support.

Just when everyone was about to return, Li Xiang, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around, startling everyone.

As a butcher, he was too sensitive to the smell of blood. In the breeze just now, he smelled a faint smell of blood.

He gently opened the bushes beside him, and his fingertips were the first to touch a trace of smoothness. When the flashlight illuminated it, a trace of blood-red came into view.

Everyone was immediately happy and scared. What they were happy about was that they finally had clues about the two of them, but what they were afraid of was whether the fate of these two people was in danger.

Li Xiang took the lead and walked through the bushes. From a distance, he saw a black figure falling on a tree in front of him. It turned out that the figure was the missing Li Chuang.

Everyone hurriedly ran over to save people, only to see Li Chuang's face covered in blood, unconscious, and with his shirt stripped off. It was so cold at night, and his whole body had an abnormal blue color.

Li Xiang cut the rope, and his whole body was caught lightly by him. Someone quickly took off his coat and put it on the ground, placing Li Chuang on it.

"You still have energy!" Someone in the crowd checked Li Chuang's breathing and said loudly.

"Old Zhang, call for reinforcements quickly!" Li Xiang turned to the old policeman and said: "Leave half of the people guarding Li Chuang and waiting for rescue. The rest follow me to find Robin. The sooner we find him, the greater the chance of finding him alive."

Police officer Lao Zhang nodded, immediately turned on the intercom to explain the situation to the headquarters, and then followed Li Xiang to continue searching for Robin's whereabouts.

Finally, Robin was found hanging upside down in the same manner on a tree about fifty meters away from Li Chuang.

Everyone rushed to rescue him, but Li Xiang's brows furrowed even deeper.

"Thank God, it's okay if these two people are fine, just fine!" Lao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and murmured to himself.

"Old Zhang, I remember we are in the northwest of Datong Mountain now!" Li Xiang suddenly asked

"That's right, further north are the real deep mountainous areas, which are inaccessible. The Forestry Bureau only uses drones to fly there every year and doesn't even send inspection personnel."

Li Xiang opened the map on his mobile phone and looked at it for two minutes: "Looking over here, it seems to be Hubei Province!"

"That's right, turn over and you'll find National Highway 206, which happens to be in Hubei Province."

Li Xiang stared at the map, lost in thought, and suddenly screamed: "No, he is trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

"What?" Lao Zhang was a little confused.

"Old Zhang, call for reinforcements and go directly to the forest farm dormitory. He wants to seize supplies and cross the deep mountains to Hubei Province. We have been targeted from the beginning!"

"You take care of the two of them here, wait for reinforcements, and prevent the other party from turning back. I'll go to the forest farm dormitory first. They may be in danger." After saying that, he disappeared like an old cow in a hurry. The speed was staggering.

, leaving a bunch of people looking at each other.

At this time, in the forest farm dormitory, Ma Xiaoqing felt restless. After eating half an energy bar, he lost his appetite, so he took over someone else's shift and started patrolling.

As soon as he went to urinate under a nearby tree, he suddenly heard a noise from the kitchen. He thought a mouse was stealing food, so he took a flashlight and prepared to drive it away.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a dark figure squatting in the middle of the kitchen.

When the light shone, it turned out to be a person! Moreover, this person was unkempt, wearing a red vest only worn by volunteers, and was crazily stuffing cookies into his mouth.

"Who!" Ma Xiaoqing's heart trembled and she shouted coldly.

The man slowly turned his head, and under the light of the flashlight, what caught Ma Xiaoqing's eyes was a pair of bloodshot eyes.
Chapter completed!