When Lao Lu learned that Lu Feiqi's kidnapping case was actually a trick for me, and I saw through the assassination trick of Qu Mo's criminal group on the 'Yangtze River Shenlong', Lao Lu lifted the confinement of me and restored my identity as a consultant detective of the criminal investigation team.

Of course, I am happy that my status has been restored, because it means that I have a regular source of income again, and there will be no more precarious situations. In fact, I am exaggerating a little, I don't have a strong concept of money, the reason is not that I don't value money or regard money as dung, but because even if I am paralyzed at home every day and have nothing to do, I have no worries about food and clothing.

And what I'm really happy about is that I was able to use the platform provided by Lao Lu to show my talent in the field of detection.

It's already winter, but the temperature that has just entered winter doesn't make me feel particularly cold, and I think this winter may be another warm winter.

There is a group of people who are particularly fond of this kind of weather, and this group of people is the fishing enthusiast. Of course, I wasn't very interested in fishing, because I thought it was a complete waste of the precious time I spent thinking about the case.

But fishing enthusiasts don't think sitting by a fish pond, river or lake with fresh air and surrounded by nature is a waste of time, they think it's a pleasure to live.

Tang Zhenguo's father-in-law is an out-and-out fishing enthusiast, and his hobby actually has a small impact on Tang Zhenguo. In fact, I found a very strange phenomenon, I think that people who love fishing will always affect the people around him intentionally or unintentionally, so that the people around him will gradually fall in love with this leisure sport.

I'm not talking baselessly. Because Tang Zhenguo told me that his father-in-law, Pan Tianping, had five brothers, and at first only Pan Lao was keen on fishing. But later, under the influence of Pan Lao, not only his four brothers fell in love with fishing, but even his brother's children were also enthusiastic about the sport.

Since Pan Lao bought a car, his retirement life has begun to be enriched, and he often takes his wife and others to go fishing in the mountains. Moreover, they joined a folk fishing association and made more aquarists, and the living atmosphere of the old couple gradually became cheerful and happy.

Tang Zhenguo said that this was a good thing, because his father-in-law and mother-in-law had lost their daughter, and his granddaughter had a strange disease that could not speak. He felt that these things were too heavy for Pan Lao. If it weren't for this hobby of fishing, how could this old couple get out of the haze so quickly and regain laughter?

I also understand Tang Zhenguo's thoughts, although he is now with Chi Xue, he still treats the old couple as his own parents.

This is first because Tang Zhenguo's ex-wife did die under his knife, although Tang Zhenguo can't be blamed for this, but Tang Zhenguo's heart is flesh after all, so he is more or less full of guilt for the second elder.

This is second because the two elders have never complained about Tang Zhenguo's death about their daughter, and still treat Tang Zhenguo as their good son-in-law.

These are not my blind guesses, everyone knows that Tang Zhenguo is a wine can, although he has the ability to not pour a thousand cups, but he can't do a thousand cups without getting drunk. So I listened to it more or less after drinking and spitting out the truth, and with my excellent analytical skills, of course I gradually understood what Tang Zhenguo was thinking.

I guess if Chi Xue hadn't taken the initiative to appear by Tang Zhenguo's side, this black-faced tough guy wouldn't have had the slightest involvement in his children's private affairs.

Speaking of Chi Xue, this girl really makes me admire. She doesn't have the twisting posture of an ordinary woman, but has a chivalrous demeanor at any time, which I think is why she and Tang Zhenguo are attracted to each other.

Tang Zhenguo did not hide Chi Xue's appearance from the second elder, and took Chi Xue to the second elder's house for a meal. In order to make the atmosphere of this dinner less embarrassing, Tang Zhenguo also called me and Liu Lili. In fact, I didn't understand at the time, just call me, why call Liu Lili, who has a formalin flavor? Although I don't dislike the taste of formalin, it doesn't mean that the second elder likes the taste.

It turned out that I was thinking too much, as if no one could smell the formalin smell on Liu Lili except me.

Of course, Chi Xue's appearance still made the second elder a little surprised, but in my opinion, Chi Xue brought more surprises.

Chi Xue is not like an ordinary woman, she didn't bring any tobacco, alcohol, tea and tonic to the second elder, she brought her family's ancestral medicinal wine, a bottle for external use, and a bottle for internal use. This is all because Tang Zhenguo told Chi Xue before that the second elder's legs and feet are a little rheumatistic.

I didn't expect this to be in Chi Xue's arms, and we also knew that Chi Xue was actually the daughter of an old Chinese medicine doctor, and her father was best at treating rheumatoid arthritis, which not only had a good prescription, but also had a unique massage technique.

After this dinner, Chi Xue naturally became the goddaughter of the second elder. The second elder was very satisfied with Chi Xue, and he was very relieved to hand over Tang Zhenguo and Xiao Tangtang to Chi Xue. Of course, Chi Xue had already conquered the hearts of Tang Zhenguo and Xiao Tangtang.

So I always think that Chi Xue, a heroine-like girl, is really not simple.

It is precisely because of the previous happiness that on this weekend, when the winter sun is high and the temperature is like spring, Pan Tianping invited everyone to go fishing in Lujiaba Reservoir.

I thought that Pan Lao's car was for five people, and his second elder plus Tang Zhenguo, Chi Xue and Xiao Tangtang happened to be a family, so they wouldn't drag me anymore. Unexpectedly, Pan Lao also invited a person that I didn't expect, Liu Sanxun, the car god of the criminal investigation team.

I wondered in my heart, I only knew that Liu Sanxun was very interested in cars and wine, and I had never heard that he, a young man in his twenties, would love fishing?

Later, I learned that it was not Liu Sanxun who loved fishing, but Liu Sanxun's father, Mr. Liu, who loved fishing, and Mr. Liu and Mr. Pan were still in the same fishing association.

So, I still can't escape this weekend that is a time for them to enjoy and a waste of time for me.

It is less than 10 kilometers from the city to the Lujiaba Reservoir, and this reservoir is a drinking water reservoir, so the water quality is very good. In the car, I heard Mr. Liu say that this Lujiaba Reservoir fishing crucian carp is very good, authentic Huangjia soil crucian carp. I don't have a lot of interest in fishing, but I do have a lot of interest in eating fish.

The two cars entered the country road from the city road and finally arrived at the Lujiaba Reservoir.

There is a parking lot next to the reservoir, which was not built to cater to anglers, but is a small parking lot for the reservoir management unit.

It was 9:20 a.m., which was late for anglers. There were already four cars parked in the parking lot, and it seems that anglers had already arrived first.

Everyone got out of the car, took their fishing gear, and headed for the reservoir.

At this time, we passed by a middle-aged man wearing a brown down jacket with a beard, and this middle-aged man said in a commanding tone: "No silver carp fishing." Several old people said yes again and again.

As for the reservoir that does not allow silver carp fishing, anglers actually understand the reason. Because silver carp uses algae as its main food, it is an important part of controlling algae outbreaks in the reservoir and protecting the water quality of the reservoir, and is known as the scavenger of the reservoir, so fishing is generally not allowed.

Mr. Pan and Mr. Liu were in the highest spirits, carrying bulging fishing bags and shiny tin fish boxes, chatting and laughing, and striding at the front of the team.

Tang's mother-in-law was wearing a dark green woolen scarf around her neck, tugging at the edge of the scarf from time to time, and followed closely behind Pan Lao.

Little Sugar Candy rode on Tang Zhenguo's neck, with a happy smile on his face, Chi Xue held Tang Zhenguo's arm, and the three of them walked by the reservoir, which was very warm.

Liu Sanxun and I walked at the end of the line, Liu Sanxun looked at the sparkling reservoir and sighed: "It's really rare, I can finally rest for two days." "It seems that there have been a lot of cases in Xiao Liu's hands recently.

The group walked from the dam of the reservoir to the dirt road next to it, and through a bamboo forest standing on the shore, we came to a clearing.

Some melon peels and snack pockets can be seen in the open space, and traces of melon seed shells can be seen everywhere on the ground.

I won't talk about the environmental consciousness of the anglers, but at least I know that this location seems to be a place where anglers often come to fish with their families.

Of course, on the shore of the water in front of this clearing, there were already seven people pulling fish side by side.

Pan Lao couldn't wait to find a place, took out his fishing gear, and began to tinker with it. Of course, Liu Lao was not to be outdone, and the two seemed to be competing to see who was faster and more skillful when they took out their fishing gear. In the end, in my opinion, it is Liu Lao who is superior. It seems that this fast word, the Liu family is genetic.

Liu Sanxun went to his father's bag and took out a hand rod, and began to tinker with a look of confidence, ready to return with a full load.

Chi Xue pulled Tang Zhenguo and Xiao Tangtang to take pictures around the reservoir, and their laughter could be heard from a distance. However, the anglers did not envy their show of affection, but complained a little: be quiet, scare the fish away!

So Chi Xue pulled Tang Zhenguo and Xiao Tangtang to take pictures and play frolicking farther away, and the complaints of the anglers did not seem to affect their joyful mood.

Tang's mother-in-law took off the dark green woolen scarf around her neck, folded it and put it in her satchel. After that, she took the fishing rod that Pan Lao had prepared for her, and seriously threw the hook towards the reservoir. The movements are quite skillful, and it seems that they have practiced a lot of times.

It seems that everyone at the reservoir has their own things to do, and I, who prides myself busy, have nothing to do at this time.

Nothing could be in my life, so I crouched down and picked up a stone beside me.

It wasn't an aimless and boring move for me to pick up rocks, because as a detective, mastering some geological science is very helpful in solving crimes.

This is a piece of shale. Because shale is formed in a still water environment, sediment is deposited for a long time, so it often exists in lakes and river deltas, and shale is also formed in the marine continental shelf, and shale often contains fossils of ancient animals and plants. Sometimes there are fossilized animal footprints, and even traces of ancient raindrops may have been preserved in the shale.

After studying this shale, I felt that I had nothing to do, so I simply stood up and began to walk along the shore of the reservoir.

At first, the road on the shore was relatively easy to walk, as the saying goes, there is no road in the world, and the more people walk, it becomes the road. These roads are clearly the ones that anglers have walked step by step. But the farther away from the dam of the reservoir, the more difficult the road becomes. Because these places go deep into the reservoir, there are significantly fewer people coming to these places.

It can only be said that the number of people has decreased, but it cannot be said that no one has entered, and there are some traces on the ground that prove that someone has walked here, one is the dead grass that is lodging, and the other is half of the footprints on the mud.

Of course, I can imagine that the people who come here are still anglers, and people who have a deeper emotion and a unique perspective on fishing. These people can be described in one word, that is, fishing enthusiasts, who pay more attention to the choice of fishing locations than those who are fishing enthusiasts, so they go deep into the heart of the reservoir to choose the best spots.

But I headed out into the heart of the reservoir not to choose the best fishing spots, but to seek the joy of adventure.

I like to take risks, real men like to take risks, and real men as detectives are even more adventurous, because adventures can always make people have unexpected gains. And this adventure of mine really caught me off guard.

As I walked through a grove of trees on the edge of the reservoir and came to the shore of the reservoir again, I found a man wearing a black cap, a black down jacket and down pants, and black basketball shoes collapsed on the edge of the reservoir. There were also three fishing rods beside him, and one of them was lying next to him, but instead of hanging into the water, it was lying horizontally on the shore.

I checked the man who had fallen to the ground and found that he had been dead for a long time, and the cause of his death was a steel needle with white feathers inserted into his throat. I hurriedly dialed Lao Lu's phone and asked him to send someone over as soon as possible. It seems that the perfect fishing holiday is over.

I frowned and checked the cause of the man's death, and the preliminary judgment was that it was suffocation, and the time of death should have been between 11 pm yesterday and one am this morning. It seems that it was the steel needle that caused the man's suffocation to death.

I couldn't believe what I saw, because the steel needle stuck in the man's neck was left over from a hunting weapon called a *tube.

*The tube is the most common hunting tool used by Native Americans in the Amazon River basin and the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. These* are not powerful weapons, but they are accurate. Even without the aid of poison, it is possible to hunt small animals, birds, and small mammals. Curare is usually smeared with curare (i.e., poison*), which is usually made by extracting the roots, shoots, and bark of several plants. Poison* relaxes muscles and can be fatal once the muscles that control breathing are relaxed. Some poisons can kill small animals in seconds, larger animals take minutes, and humans take more than an hour to die.

Obviously, in the hinterland of the reservoir, far away from the populated reservoir, after the deceased was hit by an arrow, no one would come to the rescue, and his death was inevitable.

The deceased fell to the right facing the reservoir, and he should have been sitting on a small folding bench behind him before he fell to the ground.

From the point where the steel needle was inserted into the neck of the deceased, it can be seen that the steel needle flew towards him from the front of the deceased. To attack the deceased head-on, it means that the murderer is in the water. Careful examination of the steel needle reveals that the tail of the needle with white feathers is tilted downward, which proves that the murderer fired at a slightly lower position than the deceased.

The shore on which the deceased was fishing was almost parallel to the surface of the water, so in order to shoot at the deceased at a lower position than the deceased, it had to be at a level level. From this I can be sure that the murderer was floating on the surface of the water and launched an attack on the deceased with a * canister.

Another point puzzled me, how could such a small steel needle easily take this person's life?

According to common sense, after the victim was shot by a flying needle, his first reaction was to pull out the flying needle, but the deceased did not pull out the flying needle, and his hands were still far from the fatal injury, but his hands were closer to his fishing rod.

This shows that the deceased lost consciousness in an instant, and he did not have time to pull out the flying needle.

Can make a big man lose consciousness in an instant, I guess this flying needle should have an extremely strong poison, as for what kind of poison, only through the technical laboratory can get the answer.

At this time, I heard the rustling sound of the woods behind me, and quickly turned around. It turned out to be Tang Zhenguo and Liu Sanxun, it seems that Lao Lu has notified Liu Sanxun and asked him to cooperate with me to investigate the scene.

At this time, I gave an order to Tang Zhenguo and Liu Sanxun, which was to search around the reservoir. The content of the search is suspicious footprints, what kind of footprints? A footprint that is larger than the average person's footprint, which I believe is left by the flippers used by divers.

The reservoir is very large, and when we were looking for flipper prints on the shore, the police car from the nearest police station had already arrived at the scene of the crime.

Sure enough, Liu Sanxun found huge webbed footprints on the muddy ground on the shore. This location is not far from the machine plow road next to the reservoir, and it can be inferred from the traces of dead grass that have been trampled along the way that the murderer drove to the machine plow road, and then carried the crime tools into the water and pounced on the victim.

Standing on the plowway, I found that this position was exactly where the deceased was, and although it was far away, I could still see the deceased with a telescope. Apparently, the killer had been in ambush before, just waiting for the prey to come.

I checked the machine plow road and found that this machine plow road was paved with gravel, and it was difficult to leave wheel prints, so I couldn't start with the clue of wheel prints.

The shore was overgrown with weeds, and although the weeds were trampled on by the murderer, they did not leave any footprints that would provide evidence.

Lao Lu brought Liu Lili and the investigation team to the scene, and Liu Lili's judgment of the deceased's death was no different from mine.

I have a lot of amazement in my heart about this case.

The first is that the murderer's physical fitness must be wonderful. At this time, it is already winter, although the winter in Wanzhou is not very cold, but soaking in the reservoir, it will also make people's teeth fight and shiver from the cold. In this case, the murderer can also accurately use the * barrel to kill the target with one blow, which shows that its cold resistance is quite good.

The second is that the murderer's swimming skills must be outstanding. Because if you want to launch a long-range attack on a target in the water, it is not like being stable on land, you must stabilize your body and ensure that you can launch an effective attack.

The third is that the murderer's * barrel is skillful. Most of the users of this type of * cartridge are hunting tools used by indigenous people in the Amazon basin and the jungles of Africa and the Americas.

Fourth, the killer must have extremely advanced scientific and technological equipment. The first is that you must have night vision equipment, such as night vision binoculars, to squat at the target in the middle of the night. When attacking the target, you must have a night vision device with a waterproof function, otherwise can you kill the target with such precision with the naked eye?

Fifth, killers possess an extremely rare drug-making process. I don't think of any poison that could cause the deceased to lose consciousness and suffocate in an instant.

Based on the above five points, I first thought of Qu Mo's criminal group members, because the only professional criminals I can think of now are Qu Mo's subordinates.

I seem to have committed a big taboo in solving cases, and that is prejudice.

After that, Lao Lu provided me with the identity information of the deceased.

The deceased male, named Xie Shikun, 42 years old, divorced 10 years ago, did not remarry, had a 16-year-old son, and lived with his ex-wife. Xie Shikun runs a grocery store, and although the business is average, it is not poor, and it is more than enough to support himself.

Xie Shikun's interpersonal relationship is not complicated, except for occasional contacts with the eldest sister and third brother in the family, most of the people he deals with are related to the business of non-staple food stores.

I learned that Xie Shikun had never had an argument or grudge with anyone, he was a taciturn person, and his only hobby was fishing. As long as he does not run a grocery store, he will take fishing gear and ride a motorcycle to fish around, and he is considered a senior fishing friend in the fishing circle in Wanzhou, and many fishing enthusiasts know him. Everyone was confused about his bizarre death.

During the visit, we finally discovered that Shikun has a bad habit, that is, love prostitution. However, this matter can also be understood, Xie Shikun is a normal man, he did not remarry after his divorce, and he can only solve his physical problems through prostitution without a family.

So is this a breakthrough in this case? I'm not sure for the time being, so I'll keep it in mind.

At the forensic center, Liu Lili carefully removed the flying needle with white feathers.

The flying needle was seven centimeters long, with a sharp needle and grooves, which were used to store more poison. The whole needle is extremely straight, and the tail of the needle is covered with delicate conical soft leather, and the soft leather is inlaid with white feathers, which are soft and smooth, and I feel that they are not ordinary bird feathers.

I handed this flying needle to Lao Lu next to me and asked him to take it to the technical department to identify what kind of bird the venom, flying needle material and feathers on this flying needle came from.