There are no big mountains in Nanyang County. There is Yanshan Mountain in the south of the county and Tianmu Mountain in the north of the county.
Qin Shaobai did not immediately send people to search on the mountain. Although the mountain is not big, it would be a waste of time to search inch by inch.
He first found a few old farmers and asked them in detail where Xanthium could be found.
"Sir, I have already asked, this cocklebur tree likes soft, breathable, fertile soil, and also likes a place with sufficient sunlight. I guess it should be in Yanshan."
Seeing how meticulous Qin Shaobai was in his work, Song Ci couldn't help but nodded slightly.
Yanshan is not very high, but it would take more than half an hour to search around the entire Yanshan Mountain.
Qin Shaobai stood at the foot of Yanshan Mountain. He really wished he had a telescope so that he could see which mountainous areas were rich in grass and forests.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he asked someone to bring some pieces of paper, rolled them up gently, and a simple telescope was ready.
"Let's go look for it on the south side of the mountain."
Qin Shaobai said and took the lead to walk up the mountain.
The mountain road is not easy to walk, so we have to check whether there are cockleburs along the way. After half an hour of searching, there is still no trace of cockleburs.
"I said Mr. Qin, you took two pieces of paper and a roll and led us on a wild rampage. Half an hour has passed and we haven't seen any cockleburs or white ears. You can tell us what happened.
Let’s do it.”
The person who spoke, Xiao Shan, had been a policeman in Nanyang County for nearly ten years. He had excellent eyesight and his martial arts was considered to be one of the better among the policemen in Nanyang County. So this guy refused to accept anyone, so he submitted to the arrest.
Now the arrested boss resigned and went home without explaining the reason, and was replaced by such a young boy. Moreover, he was the one who personally arrested this boy in jail a few days ago, and suddenly became his immediate boss, Xiao Shan.
Naturally, he was dissatisfied.
On the first day he put on the arresting uniform, Qin Shaobai had already asked his father-in-law, the arresting officer, about the personalities of each agent.
The so-called knowing yourself and your enemy meant that he, a paratrooper with a poor background, had to understand what the people under his command were capable of and what kind of petty tempers they had in order to be able to control them.
Now, hearing Xiao Shan muttering dissatisfiedly, Qin Shaobai just smiled slightly: "Brother Xiao, don't worry, maybe the cocklebur is not far away. I know everyone is working hard and everyone is looking for it. I will ask everyone after we get down the mountain.
Have tea.”
Seeing that Qin Shaobai was not angry, Xiao Shan regretted his rashness just now. Now that Qin Shaobai's tone was gentle and he even offered to invite everyone to tea, he felt even more apologetic to Qin Shaobai.
"Captain, look." Li Xian in front suddenly shouted, "Then, is that Xanthium spp.?"
Everyone hurriedly ran towards it, and sure enough, behind a huge rock, there were a lot of cockleburs growing there.
"Let's all look around to see if there are any cockleburs nearby."
Qin Shaobai sent everyone away, just because he was afraid that they would be too crowded and ruin the scene.
This bunch of cockleburs has obviously been trampled by someone. Although no footprints can be seen, judging from the traces of falling, it does not look like it was stepped on by an adult man. Instead, it looks like it was gently carried by someone's clothes.
It's generally crooked.
Qin Shaobai put on his gloves, squatted down, and carefully pulled out the bunch of cockleburs. He wanted to find even the slightest trace here.
But nothing was left except traces of being trampled on.
People who inquired nearby also came back.
"How about catching the head?" Li Xian asked, while gently plucking the cocklebur bushes with his hands.
"Brother Xiao, Li Xian, look at this bush, it's obviously been stepped on."
"Yes, he was stepped on, but he must have been a child." Li Xi said, and stopped in the cocklebur bush, "If you were an adult like me, this patch of cockleburs wouldn't be like this."
It was easy to get back on my feet within a few days.”
Sure enough, the place Li Xian stepped on was much deeper than the place he had just discovered. Many cockleburs were trampled to the ground by Li Xian, and it was impossible for them to stand up again.
Li Xian's trouser legs were also covered with cocklebur seeds.
Qin Shaobai stared at Li Xi's trousers, his mind thinking rapidly.
Song Ci once said that the Drunken Arhat's Qing Gong was so good that this area of cocklebur seeds was not severely trampled. But who would use Qing Gong during normal walking? There is a more serious problem, even if the Drunk Arhat uses Qing Gong.
After spending this land of cockleburs, the cockleburs should have only stained his trousers, not his collar.
unless……
Unless the Drunken Arhat was not the only one who passed through this field of cockleburs, the Drunken Arhat must have been chased to this mountain by someone, and while fighting with the opponent, he accidentally jumped into a cocklebur tree in his collar.
However, something seems not quite right.
Qin Shaobai frowned tightly and stared at the cocklebur bush. He wished he had the ability to see through the cocklebur tree and see what happened to the cocklebur tree.
"Captain Qin," Xiao Shan suddenly shouted, "Look, there's one here too."
The three of them ran towards what Xiao Shan was pointing at, which was a small cliff behind the row of rocks. There was also a small cluster of cockleburs growing on the cliff, but the cluster of cockleburs seemed to be pulled by someone's hands.
After that, the soil became much looser.
Qin Shaobai looked carefully at the cliff, which was a little far away from the grassland below.
A light flashed in his mind, and he knew where the cocklebur seeds on the Drunken Arhat's collar came from.
The man chased the drunken arhat closely, and the drunken arhat passed over the cockleburs at the stone, leaving shallow traces. However, he did not expect that there was a cliff behind the big stone. He was nervous for a moment and held his hand on the cliff.
At this moment, the cocklebur jumped into the drunken man's collar.
Yes, that must be the case.
"Let's go down there and have a look."
As soon as Qin Shaobai's voice fell, he saw two swishing shadows. Looking again, Xiao Shan and Li Xian had already jumped off the cliff steadily.
My God, although it's not very high here, you guys are jumping too fast.
Please, can someone help me, how should I jump down?
Qin Shaobai stood on the cliff and felt sad secretly.
He couldn't let the two people below find out that he didn't even dare to jump off this small cliff.
If he dies, he will die. The most he can do is go back and find a plaster and apply a few plasters on it.
He could only pray secretly in his heart, then closed his eyes, raised his breath, raised his legs, and jumped down.
"Captain, did you jump down by yourself?" Li Xian looked at Qin Shaobai in disbelief, "It's quite high, Captor, you weren't injured, were you?"
"What's the matter? If you can jump down, I can naturally jump down." Qin Shaobai didn't care to think about why he could land safely. He stood up straight and patted his chest, looking like it was no big deal.
No matter what, you have to build up your morale first.
"We didn't jump down, we pulled down the tree vine." Xiao Shan said lightly and glanced at Qin Shaobai, "However, Luo Baotou said that you have some martial arts skills, now I believe it.
.”
Qin Shaobai raised his head, and sure enough, there were several pine trees and vines swinging there beside the cliff.
He immediately felt his legs throbbing with revenge.