In the early morning, before I had done anything, I was faced with a lot of things, and I hadn't even had breakfast yet.
Several people readily agreed to the invitation from Raymond and Xue Shuqin.
While the two of them were busy making breakfast, Lu Lu and others sat on the kang and drank tea.
Talking about what just happened, Lu Lu couldn't help but sigh slightly: "Now the person has been brought out, but the root of the matter has not been found. The tobacco paste was not made by Brother Meng, so someone must have put the blame on it. Look,
Wang Xingliang was frightened like that, and what he said is probably true. He probably wasn't the one setting it up this time, so who could it be?"
"Why should we consider this? Let's wait until someone comes from above to investigate!" Zhang Shaofeng didn't care.
"I don't know how long we have to wait for them to investigate!" Lu Lu shook his head.
Liang Kangbo had not said much, but now he interjected: "Didn't you say that now that management is strict, those who cut tobacco pulp have always lived in the planting base, and those who framed the blame can only be in the base. However, they
You have to wait until the matter is completed before you come out of the base. You have to go through a body search. If you steal it inside, it will definitely be difficult to bring it out. What is the purpose of doing this?"
"What do you mean..." Lu Lu frowned slightly.
"What I mean is that this matter must have been done by someone in the base. It could be the employees or the guards. The most likely one is the manager of the drying yard. He was in direct contact with the tobacco paste.
people."
Liang Kangbo smiled and said, "That's what I thought anyway. Maybe the person who put the blame on this is still working in the base right now."
"Didn't Wang Xingliang say that everyone working there has been searched and nothing was found?" Chen Xiuqing scratched her head and said.
"Everything has been put on Meng Ge's bed. How can others search it and find it?"
Meng Zhaohua turned to Chen Xiuqing, who was sitting next to him, and whispered: "Besides, can you believe everything Wang Xingliang said?"
Lu Lu listened silently, thought for a while, and said: "The key to the problem now is where is the remaining tobacco paste. The fist-sized ball of tobacco paste on Brother Meng's bed does not have much weight. You know, it is thrown away, but
It’s a full five kilograms, even if it’s a piece of iron, it’s still a big lump... If you find the tobacco paste, you’ll know who did it.”
"Could it be that the inside should be in harmony with the outside?" Zhang Shaofeng asked again.
"Ji Yuansheng doesn't look like that kind of person. He has been doing the sun-drying ointment in the planting base for many years, and there has never been any mistakes. If the things disappear, he is the first person responsible and cannot escape the relationship.
Yes, as for the cooperation between inside and outside, there are also guards patrolling outside..." Lu Lu hesitated for a moment, then said: "It's also possible...Brother Meng..."
When Lu Lu said this, he shouted at Raymond who was busy in the kitchen.
Being obsessed with profit, it is easy to take risks, and he cannot rule out the possibility of cooperation between inside and outside.
Raymond walked out: "What's wrong?"
"So is Ji Yuansheng outside or in the base now?"
Lei Meng was still imprisoned, and Ji Yuansheng was released after three days. Lu Lu felt that this treatment was too casual.
"They insisted that it was me who did it, so they released Ji Yuansheng. There are so many big peaches that need to be cut into pulp. They can't miss the time and can't afford to delay. Therefore, Ji Yuansheng is still in charge of the drying yard and should not have left the base!"
Raymond thought for a moment and said, "I heard Wang Xingliang say this when I was locked up."
"Do you work in the base, or live in Datongpu?" Lu Lu asked again.
In the Honghua No. 100 planting base, there are not many manpower on weekdays. The busiest time is cutting pulp. It is only at this time that the alert will be strengthened. Therefore, although it is in the base, two plants are simply prepared.
The brick house is divided into male and female workers, each living in one room, which is directly like a large wooden floor. If they live like that, the people will be mixed, and it will be too difficult to check.
After two years, Lu Lu returned to the farm again. He found that the farm had changed greatly. There were fewer shacks such as straw houses and horse racks that were common in the past. Most of the employee accommodations had been replaced by brick houses. He could not help but feel that the farm had changed a lot.
I wonder if the safflower planting base has also changed.
"The house has been rebuilt and replaced with partitions. There are two beds in one room, so two people can live in one room. You only need to bring bed covers and toiletries to move in, and you won't bring anything valuable inside.
We only live here for a period of time, and there is a special canteen for eating and drinking, so the door is usually just closed and almost never locked."
Knowing that Lu Lu and others were still thinking hard about their own affairs, Raymond also explained in detail: "There are still several rooms left. I snore a lot when I sleep at night, so I live in a separate room."
That doesn't mean that everyone in the base may have been framed.
For a moment, several people shook their heads slightly, still confused about the matter.
"It seems that we can only wait for someone from the farm headquarters to investigate." Zhang Shaofeng sighed and said.
"Brother Lu, you said that Yuan Bao and their noses are so powerful, it would be great if they could also smell the scent of tobacco paste." Chen Xiuqing suddenly said this.
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Lu Lu and others all looked at him.
Chen Xiuqing, who looked confused, couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just think your kid is suddenly smart!"
Lu Lu laughed.
Using police dogs to detect narcotics is something that has been going on for a long time. Yuanbao, Bailong and Heizui are all three dogs with excellent scents. They seem to be used to find the remaining cigarette paste. It is not a big problem, right?
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Being able to track prey by scent, it is also possible to find things.
Chen Xiuqing made a mistake and made a few words flash in their minds.
"After dinner, let's go find the people from the security office, take a look at the scene, and let Yuan Bao and the others track it down. Maybe the truth will be revealed soon," Lu Lu said excitedly.
Zhao Yongke and others also nodded repeatedly, pinning their hopes on Yuan Bao and the others.
Even if it was a breakfast, Raymond and Xue Shuqin were very attentive. They prepared eight dishes within an hour. They were very grateful for the arrival and help of Lu Lu and others.
Therefore, Lu Lu didn't try to dissuade them and just let them do their best.
Although the food on the table was ordinary, it was still delicious for several people.
After finishing the meal, a group of people set off to the field headquarters again, preparing to call Wang Xingliang and the steward of the security department to check on the planting base.
Who would have known that before anyone arrived at the field headquarters, several jeeps were already approaching, and they were the leaders of the police and the main field.
When I saw Lu Lu and others, I asked them who Zhang Shaofeng was.
Obviously, these people are here for Zhang Shaofeng.
Seeing how they all greeted Zhang Shaofeng enthusiastically, Lei Meng finally couldn't help but touched Lu Lu and asked in a low voice: "Where did you come from, Brother Feng?"
"Descendants of old heroes of the Anti-Japanese War!" Lu Lu said in a low voice.
Raymond himself is also a demobilized veteran. When he heard this, he knew that his identity and background were not simple, and he sighed: "No wonder!"
Zhang Shaofeng had a brief chat with a few people, and knew that these people were here to deal with the theft of tobacco cream, so he simply told them that they also wanted to see the scene and use dogs to track it by scent.
Knowing that there are good dogs and a few good hunters who are experts in tracking, the police who came readily agreed, not to mention anything else, but for Zhang Shaofeng's sake.
The group of people got into the car one after another and headed straight to the safflower planting base in the northwest corner of the sideline team.
After a simple handover, the group easily entered the base.
A police department was separated to summon the people who worked at the base and interrogated them one by one and took notes. Lu Lu and others followed several leaders into the drying yard.
On the rows of wooden shelves inside, there are frames with film-covered bottoms, and the smoke slurry is poured into these frames to dry.
Lu Lu and others walked around inside. Zhao Yongke was the first to make a discovery. He reached out and touched Lu Lu and signaled to him. Lu Lu looked along the shelf he pointed to and found that one of the wooden frames had been dried.
There are small footprints on the blackened and thickened tobacco paste.
I looked carefully at other places and found the same thing.
"Look at these footprints, what are they?" Lu Lu asked Zhao Yongke next to him softly.
"This foot shape and size should be that of a wild cat!" Zhao Yongke whispered.
Lu Lu nodded: "I think so, but it's not necessarily from Wildcat... Lao Ji..." Lu Lu said, looking back at Ji Yuansheng, who had been standing aside since a group of people came in, and shouted.
"Xiao Lu, what's wrong?" Ji Yuansheng walked over and asked nervously.
Hearing Lu Lu speak, others also looked over.
"Do cats often come in when drying tobacco paste?" Lu Lu asked directly.
"There are cats that come here. There are high walls and barbed wire around the drying area, so these wall-climbing things will come in. I haven't seen them come during the day. I only saw one when I got up one night."
A wild cat slithered up the wall a few times, ran away along the fence, and got out of the gap in the barbed wire fence over there.
You can see some cat footprints on the cigarette paste that is hanging out every morning, so cats must come here often and cause no damage, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.”
Ji Yuansheng was always a little uneasy. He didn't know what Lu Lu asked, but he knew that although he was still working in the drying yard, there was still suspicion.
This was something that could be fatal. He was afraid that he would be implicated in any small matter.
Therefore, when Lu Lu asked about it, he spoke very seriously.
Lu Lu nodded: "Are you sure it's a wild cat?"
"I couldn't see clearly at night, but I took a quick glance and realized that the fur color is that of a wild cat!" Ji Yuansheng said quickly.
Lu Lu turned to ask Raymond: "Brother Meng, does anyone have a cat on the farm?"
"There are several families here. I know of seven or eight families that keep black cats, white cats, tabby cats, and yellow cats. They are all used to catch mice when mice get into the house and make them very noisy."
When Raymond said this, he paused and asked Lu Lu strangely: "Why are you asking the cat? Can a cat steal cigarette cream?"
Lu Lu laughed: "Who said cats can't steal things? Some cats can not only steal things, but they are also very powerful. In the past, some people specially tamed cats to steal gold, silver and jewelry. That was just to prevent accidents.
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Cats can steal things, he is right.
Cats these days are not like those pets in later generations. They are taken care of and live more delicately than people. Most people who raise cats now have limited conditions. When raising cats, they need to feed them something when they are young and wait until they grow up.
, they almost always rely on themselves to catch mice or birds to satisfy their food rations. Moreover, cats are extremely curious animals and always like to drag and hide things they are interested in at home.
Therefore, if a pair of women's panties, socks, etc. appear inexplicably in a house with cats, don't be surprised, it is most likely caused by the cat.
Some people have long discovered that cats can steal things. Combined with cats' ability to move quickly and almost ignore obstacles, they have been specially tamed to steal other people's valuables. Often, they can do so without anyone noticing.
Therefore, Lu Lu then asked Raymond another question: "Does anyone have a civet cat at home?"
The civet cat is a native cat species in China. It is a natural cat species formed after thousands of years of natural selection. It is especially good at catching mice. The reason why Lu Lu specifically asked about it is because the coat color of the civet cat is closer to that of wild cats.
This time, while Raymond was still thinking about it, Ji Yuansheng said first: "I know, He Qing has one at home. Two months ago, he had one at home and was fed casually.
The thing was left at his house, it was a black and gray striped civet cat... Hey, it's really possible, the cat that came to the drying yard at night is very similar to the one raised by He Qing!"
"He Qing lives next door to me. He said he was not feeling well eight days ago and left the base to go home. I also saw a tabby cat coming in and out of his room... He also lives alone!" Raymond said.