But why did Lao Lai admit that he had seen a black shadow? Could that black shadow be Carpenter Fan? Why did he go to the carpentry factory? What was his motive? Judging from the results of the previous investigation, at least on the surface, the fact that Carpenter Fan and the Bai family never interacted with each other has been confirmed by the neighbors, and it is impossible to find out what the cause was, but the two families did not even say hello when they met on the street, but many people mentioned it.

A series of questions made Hao Kecheng, who had a clear idea, also feel a headache, and he kept writing and drawing on the blank paper, trying to clarify his mind in the mess. In the end, under the premise of many assumptions, Lao Hao decided to start from the subtleties and formulated two breakthrough directions, one is to thoroughly figure out the reason why Bai Baixiong changed hands to the wood factory, and the other is because the preliminary investigation is too hasty, and Boss Qian is too vague, so he must find out the current situation from the mother's womb.

Because the plan was not very mature, Hao Kecheng dispelled the idea of reporting to the task force immediately, and decided that he and Li Zhong would act separately first, and then make plans when they had a certain amount of eyebrows. But unexpectedly, in the dead of night, a young man walked into the duty room of the task force, and after introducing himself and showing relevant documents, Hao Kecheng knew that the young man surnamed Gu was actually the leader of the special field team sent by his superiors.

Lao Hao's vigilance was extremely high, even in the middle of the night, he still dialed the phone number of Cui Gang of the task force, and only after asking for instructions and verifying the identity of the other party did he warmly greet the other party to sit down. As soon as he talked about the case, Hao Kecheng opened the conversation box and was out of control. The young man surnamed Gu De listened very carefully, and from time to time took a pen to record some key points, and the two chatted until the dawn of the east, and then they each left the duty room with scarlet eyes.

It was already noon the next day when Xu Wen and the others rushed back to the town, and they didn't bother to have lunch so that a few comrades from the Provincial Public Security Department and the State Security Department took a photo, and quickly learned about the relevant situation, but they did not meet the members of the field team who came from afar.

The difference is that the team leader is Director Xiao of the National Security Anti-Terrorism Department, Wang Mingxun, who is responsible for criminal investigation work in the provincial department, serves as the deputy team leader, and the original team leader Cui Gang is also the deputy team leader, but at the command level, they are similar to ordinary team members, Hao Kecheng and Li Zhong were also left in the group as local police officers because they participated in the early investigation work.

The 'Ranger' still maintained its relative independence and was not included in the task force, and Xu Wen was responsible for liaison and coordination in action. On the other hand, the field team from the ministry is very mysterious and does not attend the task force meetings, so it seems to be more independent. It wasn't until the evening that its team leader Gu Jian showed up, and he talked secretly with the leader of the task force for more than an hour before Shi Shiran came to find Xu Wen.

Xu Wen has always been very unhappy in his heart, he lost the first battle, and lost the team members one after another, and even the main team leader was lying in the hospital, which can be described as a heavy loss. At the noon meeting, when analyzing the case, it was almost talking about a few lost brothers, and Wu Fang's name was repeatedly brought out and said, which made everyone unable to raise their heads.

Although Director Xiao still emphasized maintaining the independence of the 'rangers' during the meeting, Xu Wenming confessed that he and his subordinates were no longer insignificant in the eyes of the task force.

Therefore, Xu Wen's attitude towards Gu Jian was extremely cold. The other party didn't care, and sat down with a big grin and said goodbye. But in the other party's giggling, some information about the actions of the field team was also revealed, which was obviously not a simple show-off, but intentional.

What is the purpose of the other party, Xu Wen is too lazy to delve into it, but one of them makes him feel excited, Gu Jian has sent members out of the country through secret channels, and the target is the Qin Gang in northern Myanmar, which is somewhat coincidental.

It seems that figuring out the details of the "Qin Gang" has become a consensus, since Gu Jian has taken the lead, Xu Wen is naturally not far behind, although the manpower is tight at the moment, he does not recognize the other party's ability, in case Gu Jian's people miss, it will have a significant impact on the entire task force, so he is ruthless and finds a 'doctor' overnight to explain carefully. The next morning, before the morning sun could be revealed, the 'doctor' had already left the town.

Speaking of Li Tianchou, he and Pan Lao were sitting on a dilapidated walk-behind tractor at the moment, struggling along the rugged mountain road, and the driver was the thin and weird Lang Luo.

This person seems to have a lot of experience in being a snakehead, and left the town easily with Li Tianchou and the others, and did not encounter a sentry post along the way, and he also approved various tools along the way, in addition to the tractor, the rope of climbing the cliff is also very professional, if it is not for the familiar terrain and these dependences, it is difficult for the three of them to leave Nankan without danger.

What surprised Li Tianchou even more was that when climbing the cliff, Pan Lao showed physical fitness and coordination that were extremely inconsistent with his age, and Lang Luo seemed to have expected that even safety precautions were omitted, which was very abnormal, which also made Li Tianchou more vigilant again.

There are two routes from Nam Khan to Myitkyina, one to the west via Bhamo, Miudi and Raja to the destination, and the other to the southeast, along the Sino-Burmese border to the northwest, where it eventually converges to the southeast of Laja and then to Myitkyina.

Both roads are mountainous and river-ridden, the difference is that the first one is relatively easy to walk, it is an old road built by the British during World War II, but the distance is far, the latter road is more steep and difficult to walk, many of the places passing through the cliffs are very dangerous, but the advantage is that the distance is short, Lang Luo did not hesitate to choose the latter.

Regarding Lang Luo's choice, Pan Lao had no objection, and Li Tianchou naturally did not ask more. But looking at the other party's cautious appearance all the way, it is expected that in addition to being difficult to walk, this road will not be much better in terms of safety.

Judging from the information and maps they have studied, this section of the road where the three of them walked is also a well-known and eventful place in Shan State, where sensational Kokang armed forces are haunted, and not only that, but there are also large and small drug lords gathered in this area.

Although Kokang has pledged to ban opium poppy cultivation under pressure from international public opinion, the reality is not optimistic, and the tobacco industry, which is the backbone of the economy, will be difficult to turn around in a short period of time, so it remains a paradise for drug dealers and adventurers.

When it came to drug dealers, Li Tianchou suddenly remembered Lao A, a mad inland drug lord, who had not heard from him since he fought a few months ago. According to Wu Fang's analysis at that time, this person was very likely to flee abroad, and it was a great pity that he could not take down this person in one go due to various reasons at that time.

So where is Lao A now? Where will a professional drug dealer go after crossing the border? Is the loss of contact with Yuan Hua and the others in the early stage related to this person as Wu Fang guessed? Otherwise, it cannot be explained why the other party is so familiar with the 'Ranger', but how can Lao A know the whereabouts of the 'Ranger'? Besides, this person should not have such great energy, or maybe he hooked up with a big force outside the country and changed his career? And then happened to run into a series of cases that happened in the town......

Li Tianchou sorted out these problems according to the logic of cause and effect, and found that Lao A's whereabouts should not be ignored and ruled out, and seemingly boundless coincidental reasoning often hides untold shocking secrets behind it. In this case, will he also be noticed by his opponent, and even in his eyes, he is already a prey with a transparent plate?

Thinking of this, Li Tianchou inadvertently glanced at Pan Lao, who was huddled in the corner of the carriage, and cold sweat broke out involuntarily on his back. This old man is very abnormal, he obviously has regular and convenient procedures to visit relatives, but he has to go to great lengths to live and suffer? This is by no means a normal person's thinking.

Thinking back carefully about the coincidental encounter with Old Man Pan in the tour group, the other party's performance is really untraceable, and it is not leaking. But after leaving the country, the whole person has undergone obvious changes, and it seems that he has thrown away a lot of scruples, and some things are no longer deliberately covered up even in front of Li Tianchou, and his words and deeds are not at all what an ordinary retired person in China can do.

Since he came prepared, it means that Li Tianchou has already been exposed to the other party's field of vision, which is incredible, but this feeling and judgment are beyond doubt. You must know that his level of secrecy is very high, and the only superiors in one-line contact are instructors, is it ...... In another cold sweat, Li Tianchou suddenly didn't dare to think about it anymore.

The trail ahead was already very steep, the vegetation was not as lush as the gentle slope in front of it, and the walk-behind tractor barely drove for a while and could no longer move forward. Lang Luo turned out the fire and jumped out of the car, shouting at Pan Laolian, Li Tianchou half-listened and half-guessed, and felt that the next road had to rely on walking.

Sure enough, after a short exchange with Lang Luo, the old man Pan turned his head and told Li Tianchou that from Nankan to Bamo, he had only walked more than a third of the way, and the mountains in front were steep, and the rest of the road had to be advanced on foot.

Li Tianchou pretended to be annoyed, and complained loudly why he didn't choose the easy road to take, there were still two-thirds of the way away, just relying on two big-footed girls, even if it was dark, wouldn't it be a great danger to sleep in the deep mountains and old forests at that time?

Old Man Pan no longer looked like a polite elder like he did in China, nor did he change color and suddenly turn his face as expected, but jumped out of the car with a sneer, and began to organize his backpack after moving his body slightly, very indifferent.

And Lang Luo on the side stared at Li Tianchou viciously with small eyes, it seemed that from the beginning of the meeting, he hated this strange Chinese, and now because of Pan Lao's abnormal behavior, he was even more unscrupulous.

The expected result after the test did not appear, Li Tianchou was not in a hurry, he avoided Lang Luo's gaze timidly, and then carefully climbed down from the back of the tractor, first looked around the surrounding environment with a little horror, and then asked in a low voice, "Old Pan, this road is too difficult to walk, and if you walk, you can't play anywhere at all, my vacation is coming." ”

"Oh, what does Xiao Li think?" Old Man Pan asked indifferently, unable to see the slightest scheming.

"That's what I think, or I won't go any further, and trouble this master to send me back, and I'll take a detour from the main road to Myitkyina, and maybe we'll meet there." ”