As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there will always be monsters.

I was not sure at first, but now that Director Han said this, I am more and more sure of my guess.

According to my observation, since we got onto the expressway, the willow trees on both sides of the road have been covered with a thick layer of white ash. Only the section where the bus accident happened was not covered, and once we pass this section, the road will be covered with a thick layer of white ash.

The willow trees on both sides were once again smeared with white ash.

This is obviously unreasonable. If it was just to prevent insects, how could it be possible to leave this hundreds of meters of road alone? Could it be that the problem lies in these willow trees smeared with white ash?

Thinking of this, I quickly asked Director Han to park the car in the emergency lane, then got out of the car and carefully observed the willow trees on the roadside.

Brother Zhang also got out of the car, and while looking at the willow trees, he asked doubtfully: "It seems... there is nothing wrong? Isn't it just to prevent insects, a layer of lime was painted on it? Maybe, this is a coincidence

Maybe..."

"Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"

I shook my head. Although I didn’t see the reason either, I firmly believed that the problem must lie in this! How could there be so many coincidences in the world?

After thinking for a while, I climbed over the guardrail and came to the foot of a willow tree. I gently scraped off a layer of white ash with my nails, then put it to my nose and sniffed. Soon, the corners of my mouth rose slightly.

After a while, he suddenly realized with a look on his face: "That's it!"

Facts have proved that my guess was almost completely correct. The problem really lies in the white ash! This is not an insect-proof lime at all, but a saltpeter powder!

Saltpeter, also known as saltpeter and fire saltpeter, is also called "Northern Emperor Black Pearl" in ancient books. It is a white, bitter crystal mineral.

After learning that the white ash turned out to be saltpeter powder, almost in an instant, I was able to clear up many confusions in my mind!

According to Taoist views, willow trees belong to ghosts and are yin in nature. They are the favorite things of ghosts. There are often a large number of ghosts hiding under many willow trees of a certain age. This is why old folk often tell children that when it gets dark,

The last reason not to stay under the willow tree.

But once you apply saltpeter powder on it, it will be completely different. Because this saltpeter is yang, its effect is even better than cinnabar. Once it is smeared on these willow trees, a kind of yang fire will be formed immediately.

, ordinary ghosts would not dare to approach it.

No wonder the previous section of the road had been peaceful. It turned out that the ghost in the car was trapped by the saltpeter on both sides of the road! We arrived at the place where the incident just occurred, because on the entire highway, this was the only willow tree that had not been brushed.

Add saltpeter powder. If I were a ghost, I'd probably choose to "break out" here too!

Seeking good fortune and avoiding harm is not only the preserve of humans, but also ghosts.

Strictly speaking, those willow trees that have been painted with saltpeter powder can barely be regarded as a formation. However, this formation is quite simple. Its only function is to arrest the ghosts in the car on the road.

You can never escape.

Having said this, I have to feel that this middle-aged man named Sima Yin is really a big deal! You know, the highway from Qianyang to Dafang County is at least a hundred kilometers long! I took a rough look

At a glance, the distance between two adjacent willow trees is about ten meters. Calculated this way, the total number of willow trees on both sides of the road is nearly 20,000!

Excluding the willow trees along the stretch of road where the incident occurred, if every remaining willow tree was to be painted with saltpeter powder, what a huge project would it be?

However, I soon figured out the key to this. In order to accomplish this, he doesn’t necessarily have to do it himself!

Let's assume that if it happens that the road administration department needs to paint the willow trees on both sides of the road with insect-proof lime in the near future, and he knows this news in advance, then he can secretly apply all the lime from the highway administration department.

Replace with saltpeter powder!

In this case, wouldn't there be staff from the road administration department who would paint all the willow trees with saltpeter powder for him for free? At that time, he would only need to remove all the saltpeter powder from the dozens of trees at the scene of the incident.

Just wipe it off and you're done, right?

As a result, the amount of this project was suddenly reduced hundreds of times!

After thinking about it, I feel more and more that my assumption is correct! Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to accomplish this by himself!

Of course, it is not ruled out that he can ask the followers of the Red Lantern Sect to help. It is even more likely that their followers have already infiltrated the road administration department! That is why he single-handedly facilitated this matter!

"Jingle Bell--"

Just when I was thinking hard, the cell phone in Director Han's pocket suddenly started ringing loudly. Director Han quickly answered the call, but before he said a few words, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing this scene, I stopped the thoughts in my mind and asked with a puzzled look on my face: "What happened?"

"You bastard, that kid actually got in touch with Political Commissar Li!"

Director Han cursed loudly, and then said angrily: "Just now, Political Commissar Li's secretary has directly issued an ultimatum to the Dafang County Traffic Police Department, asking them to let it go immediately!"

"Grass!"

Upon hearing this, Brother Zhang and I couldn't help but cursed, and quickly climbed over the guardrail and returned to the car.

"What should we do now?"

Brother Zhang was originally a little lacking in confidence, but when he heard that even Political Commissar Li had come to interfere, he couldn't help but hesitate. Then he asked with a weak face: "Are we still pursuing him?

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"Chase! Why don't you chase?"

Although I knew that the chance of catching up with Sima Yin was slim, I still said firmly.

Regardless of whether we catch up or not, don't Brother Zhang and I have to go to Dafang County anyway? We have already come here, we can't let Director Han send us back and take the bus again, right?

After what happened just now, I think Brother Zhang will probably have a shadow of the bus for the rest of his life.

"good!"

Director Han acted vigorously and resolutely. As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped on the accelerator with a loud bang and sped forward again!

As expected, we still failed to catch up with the bus. By the time a group of us arrived at the toll station, it was already more than an hour later. Only if we could catch up would we be lucky!

Anyway, it was all expected, so we were not upset. After getting off the highway, we switched to Brother Zhang to drive. After a bumpy journey, we finally arrived at Brother Zhang’s home, Babao Township.

What I really didn't expect was that Brother Zhang's family actually lived in Miao Village!

How come a Northeastern man still lives in a Miao village?

Later, through the introduction of Brother Zhang himself, I learned that the reason why his grandfather chose to settle here was because his grandmother was from the Miao ethnic group. Later, his father also married a Miao girl, so he lived here.

Naturally, it became a matter of course in the Miao village.

Entering the Miao Village, Brother Zhang greeted the people inside warmly, but he spoke in Miao language that Director Han and I could not understand at all.

The Miao people are very hospitable. When they saw Brother Zhang bringing back two strangers, they immediately gathered around them and kept waving to me and Director Han. Two of them, two little girls aged seven or eight, even came directly to drag them.

He grabbed the corner of my clothes and opened his hands directly to me.

The little girl spoke fluent Chinese, which I could understand. They were asking me for candy.

However, I was in a hurry all the way, and even my suitcase fell off the cliff with the bus. Where did the candy on me come from? I could only spread my hands to them with a look of helplessness, and said that I didn’t have any candy on me.

No candy.

But the two little girls were still holding on to the corners of my clothes. I couldn't help but subconsciously pointed to Director Han next to me and asked, "Why don't you ask this uncle for it?"

Unexpectedly, one of the little girls dismissed me with just one word: "Afraid!"

Well, you won, co-authored. Now even the children think I am easier to bully...

Of course, this is actually not difficult to understand. Director Han has been a criminal policeman for half his life. He is like a stone in the Yangtze River. He has experienced strong winds and waves, and naturally has a majesty that ordinary people do not have. The two little girls are afraid of him.

It is also excusable.

To put it bluntly, after lingering for nearly five minutes, the two little girls let me go with disappointment. Looking at their disappointed eyes, I finally couldn't bear it. After thinking about it, I took it out of my pocket.

I received two hundred dollar bills and gave one to each person.

It’s not that I’m being generous, it’s that I spent a long time digging around and couldn’t find any change at all. In desperation, I could only pretend to be fat...

The little girl took it in surprise, and after saying thank you, she quickly disappeared in front of me, as if she was afraid that I would go back.

After sending away the two little girls, I breathed a sigh of relief and was about to follow Brother Zhang into the house. At this moment, a skinny old man squeezed in.

"Hey, are there guests in the village again?"

He also spoke in Chinese, so Director Han and I both understood him, and quickly nodded to him. Director Han even handed over a cigarette.
Chapter completed!