Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

"That's right, the footprints are from downhill, they're walking backwards."

"Look at this! Master, these footprints clearly show that he realized what had happened, bumped into the tree, and took two steps straight ahead."

"And this, look at the direction the pee is coming from, sir, we've been investigating the wrong direction."

A group of people searched around the footprints for a long time.

As the sun set, the hypothesis was finally confirmed.

Lu Weiguo remained silent and simply stood aside to watch the spectacle.

After all, this is a preconceived notion, once you've decided on your approach.

The clues I found were all based on my own assumptions.

This approach has proven effective time and again in later generations.

By implanting a line of thought and letting him discover the clues himself, people will subconsciously believe that what they see is correct.

Don't just try to persuade them.

Of course, it also shares similarities with the missionary methods of Buddhism, Islam, and other religions.

"Xiao Qian, how about we go down the mountain first?"

Realizing they were going in the wrong direction, the two young police officers didn't dare to speak to Mr. Qian.

Old Liu, the police officer, looked utterly disappointed, so he had to go up and talk to him himself.

At this point, he even felt that his two apprentices were not as good as Lu Weiguo.

At least that indomitable spirit is what his position needs most.

"Damn it! We should have come down the mountain a long time ago! What the hell were we thinking?! We're freezing to death!!"

Young Master Qian, who usually sleeps on a heated kang and is always chauffeured around, could hardly stand the remote mountains of Northeast China.

The cold air felt like needles, constantly drilling into my body.

"What about you? Will you come down the mountain with us, or go back on your own first?"

Upon hearing this, the other three young forestry cadres nodded vigorously.

"We'll go back on our own. We won't go back to the forest farm tonight. There's a logging team nearby. We're all one family in the Northeast forestry industry."

"That's fine with us."

I can't stand the weather, and I can't stand the rich and arrogant temper of the man surnamed Qian.

Before leaving, he told Lu Weiguo to take care of him and tossed him a pack of cigarettes.

That's how we got to know each other.

After all, in the past half day, only Lu Weiguo dared to go against Young Master Qian.

That helped them vent their anger.

"I'm off, see you later. I'm from Fendou Village, come visit sometime."

Lu Weiguo, feeling slighted, waved goodbye to the three of them.

If you want to survive in the forest, you should try to maintain good relations with the forestry authorities.

He's been too busy lately and hasn't gone hunting in the deep mountains with Liu Dazhuang yet.

But I'll have to go sooner or later.

Especially the tiger that he couldn't forget in his past life.

If I were to live this life again, I would never want to miss witnessing the ferocity of a wild tiger.

Wouldn't that be a wasted life?

If danger arises in the deep mountains, the closest people to the forestry are the logging teams that are spread throughout the forest, and the forestry workers from the afforestation department.

In those days, the militia corps, once trained, could take up arms and go to the battlefield.

But the forestry loggers were all burly and strong, and they didn't need any training; they were all top-notch men!

"Brother Liu, the sun is about to set, are you going back?"

Why don't you stay overnight at our brigade? We still have a former educated youth settlement there; most of the educated youth have already returned to the city.

Let's just get through the night and go back tomorrow.

Lu Weiguo distributed the cigarettes he had just received to the three policemen, but not to the young master Qian.

Young Master Qian glanced at the pack of Red Plum cigarettes, which cost only a few cents a pack, and with disdain, pulled out a pack of white-packaged, unmarked cigarettes from his pocket and started smoking.

"It's not impossible, but we don't have time to go back the way we came, and it's dangerous to have them pick us up at night. Xiao Qian, what do you think? How about we just make do for the night?"

Police officer Lao Liu exhaled a puff of smoke and tentatively inquired.

He wanted to spend the night in a nearby village.

This also provides an opportunity to investigate Zhang Benmo's whereabouts.

For a veteran police officer like him, he'd be willing to sleep in a cave as long as it's for investigating a case.

But this young master beside me...

"Sure, but we need to have some fun tonight. You two brothers can play cards with me for a bit, otherwise what will we do tonight!"

Unable to find Zhang Benmo, he personally ended his life.

Young Master Qian also felt bored.

"Hey! If you want to play cards, I can find you someone. He happens to be from the county, you might even have met him before. He's one of our village cadres, you can chat."

Seeing that the man surnamed Qian had finally fallen into the trap, Lu Weiguo stopped arguing with him.

"Hey, not bad, you country bumpkin, you've finally got some sense now."

If you give someone who has been constantly beaten and scolded a sweet treat, they will be eternally grateful.

On the other hand, if you treat someone like royalty, they will be constantly complained about if you don't say a word.

Humans are inherently base.

Lu Weiguo didn't wait for the group to wander around.

They soon returned to Fendou Village.

Upon arriving at the village, Lu Weiguo led the group of five directly to the brigade's courtyard.

Without knocking, the five of them filed in.

At this moment, Zhang Dexing was bent over, repairing the bed that Liu Dazhuang had crushed.

"No way! Are you done yet? Are you crazy, talking to yourself this late at night?!"

Upon seeing Lu Weiguo, Zhang Dexing took a step back and nervously looked at the five people.

In particular, there were three people in uniform.

"Hey! Village cadre, what are you saying, Brother Zhang?" Lu Weiguo stepped forward and affectionately put his arm around Zhang Dexing's shoulder.

Zhang Dexing was so frightened that he trembled and became somewhat stressed.

It's clear that Zhang Dexing has been completely ruined by Lu Weiguo.

"This is a policeman from the county investigating. This is Young Master Qian. You know what he is, right? He wants to stay overnight in our village."

"Why don't you spend some time with them, sir, from the county?!"

Lu Weiguo emphasized his tone, afraid that the village cadre who was frightened by him would not understand.

"A leader? From the county?" Zhang Dexing was taken aback upon hearing this.

Then he looked at the mink hat that Young Master Qian was wearing.

I realized it instantly.

In less than fifteen minutes, Zhang Dexing and Young Master Qian were like brothers, arm in arm, embracing each other.

"Brother Liu, here are some blankets. I'll go get some corn stalks to burn and warm the house up."

When we arrived at the educated youth settlement, opening the door to the room felt like entering a cellar—incredibly cold and damp.

The house was like that at that time; it couldn't go a day without burning.

Fortunately, there was still the experience of being sent-down youth a while ago, so the environment here wasn't too bad.

The educated youth were all from the city and loved cleanliness; their environment was even better than that of the non-locals.

"Weiguo, I don't quite understand you." Looking at Lu Weiguo, who was busy running around.

In all his years of police work, Lao Liu has never seen such a complex person.

"What's there not to understand? Am I not human?"

Lu Weiguo spoke loudly.

The sound reached Zhang Dexing's side, and the two of them just glanced back before continuing their conversation about those shameful things.

"Look at what you're saying! Aren't you really stupid? You know quite a lot, at least more than we do up in the mountains."

If you're not stupid, why would you go against that person? You're not blind to the obvious, are you?

Now that you're running around doing all this, what kind of person are you, really?

Police officer Liu smoked the pack of Hongmei cigarettes, his eyes constantly scanning Lu Weiguo.

"He's uncultured, what kind of person is he? He's just an uncultured bumpkin. If he were cultured, wouldn't he be hanging out with them?"

Lu Weiguo bowed slightly.

Police officer Lao Liu paused for a moment, then the two looked at each other and burst into laughter.