When the old horse went to that village, he usually left early and returned before the evening. It's already past ten o'clock, and it's dark when I leave now. The night in these places is not as safe as imagined, and even the old horse, for so many years, has always carried some self-defense medicine and a knife.

What do we do now? Go back to the autonomous county and recheck the situation of the remittances? Of course, there is no need for that.

Zhou Linwu discussed with Lao Ma, and planned to let Lao Ma follow him in the form of a reward, but Lao Ma refused, he was a very responsible postman, and it was impossible to collect money from the Zhou team, and he did not plan to change his itinerary. But Lao Ma still introduced a local young man to the Zhou team, who could be a guide for 50 yuan a day.

Team Zhou trusted Lao Ma very much, so he agreed.

Civil servants have a subsidy standard for business trips, and under normal circumstances, the four of them take the train, but the situation is special, such as this case is urgent and the distance is long, and they can apply to take a plane. In addition to this, there is a fixed daily meal allowance and accommodation allowance. This money is basically just enough to spend a little, and there is no reimbursement for such expenses as renting a car. Fortunately, the prices here are indeed very low, the accommodation fee is dozens of yuan, and the food is also very cheap, so everyone is estimated to have a few hundred yuan to spare, and this money is used to rent a car and now rent a horse and hire a guide.

The Yunnan horse is a kind of southern horse with good endurance, short stature, and acceptable weight, and there is basically no pants left for the track, but it is solid and hardworking, rough skin and thick meat, and it is the main force of traffic and transportation here. The most important thing is that this kind of horse, which weighs only six or seven hundred pounds and is less than 1.6 meters tall, is extremely docile and not fast, and the four of them are novices and can still ride.

The local young man introduced by Lao Ma is an ethnic minority, and his Han name is Ma Zhiyuan. I have to say that when the locals here give Han names, there are many people with the surname Ma.

Xiaoma is twenty-four years old this year, and he has been doing a small business here since graduating from junior high school, and he also works as a guide.

Due to the war of that year, many nearby villages were left by people who had taken refuge in those years, and there were many Han people, and the village where Baisong and they were going was mainly inhabited by Han people.

After meeting Xiaoma simply, Ma Zhiyuan meant to have lunch early and set off, and live in the village at night, where he knew villagers and could spend the night at the villagers' houses.

There is only this way, and Team Zhou doesn't want to delay another day.

Ma Zhiyuan went this time and brought eight horses, two of which also brought goods, and six horses for riding, although there were only five people, but he still brought one more. The four of them also had their own backpacks, brought some food and forest medicine prepared in the county last night, and all wore long sleeves and long pants, and had a full meal.

Along the way, it was not as deserted and muddy as I had thought, but more like a pressed road and a stone path, and you would see a few horses or people after walking a distance.

Riding a horse is a little lighter than riding an ox cart, but it still has back pain, and the four people who are not familiar with the nature of horses are simply scared to death when they pass through some narrow sections, so they can only listen to the pony, lower their bodies, and let the horse walk through on their own.

After walking for about two hours, the team rested in a vacant area.

Halfway through the journey, it was quite smooth, but the people and horses were tired and needed to rest. It's been two hours, and the freshness of riding has long since passed, replaced by pain in the sides of the thighs and back pain.

While resting, there was a shouting sound from the road ahead, the sound came from far and near, and a minute later, a group of three people and three horses walked out of the path.

Two police officers, one suspect.

It is estimated that in all parts of the country, only this place has this kind of characteristic, arresting people with horses, and the police can't ride a horse with the suspect, because the Yunnan horse is not big enough. The suspect was handcuffed, holding the reins with both hands, and his horse skills were obviously much better than Bai Song and others, and his hands were still able to ride smoothly when his hands were handcuffed. The two policemen sandwiched the suspect's horse in the middle, and the policemen behind him tied ropes to the suspect's horse to prevent him from escaping.

Two horses in front and behind, two cages tied to each side of the horse's buttocks, two of which were empty, and the remaining two were covered with cloths, and it seemed that there was something in them.

When the police saw that there were five people here, they were also nervous, and then when they saw Ma Zhiyuan, they were relieved. There are so few villagers and residents in this neighborhood that almost everyone knows each other. The ponies who run around here every day to do business naturally know each other.

"Brother Liu, Brother Sun, have you caught the poacher again?" Ma Zhiyuan took the initiative to say hello.

"Hmm. The policeman who was called Brother Sun nodded, and didn't say much, there are outsiders here, and he doesn't want to make trouble.

Team Zhou stepped forward alone, took out his police ID card and showed it to Officer Liu, and briefly explained his intentions. Officer Sun saw the situation, it was actually a peer, the police in the world are a family, of course their own people can rest assured, and the four of them have a kind of policeman's temperament at a glance, he and the policeman who was called Brother Liu got off the horse together, greeted everyone, and handed each other cigarettes.

There is no grass or trees in this resting place, as long as the cigarette butt is extinguished, there is no hidden danger, a few people smoked, the conversation became closer, and they chatted.

Sun Yi is a police officer in the police office of this place, Liu Tianhua is an auxiliary policeman, and both of them are not police officers in the police office of the common public security police station, but police officers in the forest public security.

"This kid, if you don't learn well, you won't do anything serious since you were a child. Sun Yi dragged the poaching young man off his horse: "You kid, you are in front of such a police officer and senior, let me say a few more words to you, if you catch these two animals this time, you will sell them here for 1,800, you can go in for several years, are you worth it!"

The young man who was arrested pressed his head very low, he was a child who grew up with Ma Zhiyuan, he was one year older than Ma Zhiyuan, he went to junior high school together, they were familiar with each other, and when Ma Zhiyuan saw something, he was even more uncomfortable.

"Let you guys laugh. Sun Yi turned to Team Zhou and said: "There are few people on our side, not as big as big cities, sometimes we are caught and arrested, it is these groups of people, unrepentant stupid boys, when will it be over when they are shot." ”

"It's all the same, and so are we. There is still a long way to go in the training of detainees. Team Zhou sighed.