The charm of that axe

  The next afternoon, Bai Guang was at home helping his grandmother chop firewood, which was also one of the tasks he had to complete every time he returned home.

  Prepare more at one time, so that when he returns to Xijiang, grandma won't have to worry about doing these physically demanding tasks.

  In front of the house and behind it, the sound of chopping wood echoes, monotonous yet exceptionally pleasant.

  Just as he thought today would be another peaceful day, a warm greeting came from the small path paved with green stone slabs below the slope: "Zeng's wife, are you okay? I see your body is not bad, and your grandson has also returned!"

  Bai Guang looked up and took a glance, it was Zhou Zhengwu, the old people's policeman from the rural police station, who was in charge of security patrol work including Nanmu Gou and other 5 natural villages. This man had been working at the grassroots level for decades, although due to his lack of education and certificates, he couldn't get promoted, but he had developed a set of slick skills, and in his jurisdiction, he was also a small-time local tyrant.

  Although Zhou Zhengwu is just a grassroots civil policeman, he is still far from being able to wield power and dominate others.

  But he, like many people with a little power in their hands, although they won't bully men and women, have already practiced the skill of eating, taking, and carding to a pure and perfect level.

  He is the kind of person who is not very popular, but can't be dispensed with either.

  Bai Guang's grandmother saw this person, her heart muttered endlessly, but she couldn't bear to neglect a district director of public security, so she quickly stopped the work in her hands, wiped her hands on her apron, and smiled: "Ah, good, it's Officer Zhou! Come, sit here, I'll go get some water..."

  "Don't bother, don't bother." Zhou Zhengwu waved his hand: "Just take a casual visit and understand the situation, you don't need to care about me!"

  That's what he said, but after walking onto the empty space in front of the house, he sat down with a thud and looked around with great interest.

  After scanning back and forth several times, Zhou Zhengwu's gaze finally fell on the young man chopping firewood, as if chatting with an old friend: "You're called... White... White Guang? Didn't get it wrong, did I?"

  Typical feigning ignorance, in fact, he had found him in the morning and said there was a situation to report, regarding this family's situation, he roughly understood it.

  Bai Huang didn't know that he had been tricked and thought this guy was really going down to the countryside for a visit.

  One hand wielding an axe, the other smiling and nodding in agreement: "That's right, his name is Bai Huan. Officer Zhou is really dedicated! You have to manage four or five villages with several thousand people, and you can still remember each person's name, impressive!"

  When seeing a human, speak human language; when seeing a ghost, speak ghost language. These basic qualities, Bai Huan still has them.

  Zhou Zhengwu burst out laughing, his face also showing a humble and gentle expression, but the next question had a different tone.

  "Xiao Bai... Xiao Huan, I came over today to understand the situation. I heard that when you were studying at Xijiang University, you were also helping your fellow villagers sell mountain goods? Is it about selling things online?"

  Grassroots police are not negotiation experts, but in actual work, they have also summarized their own set of skills.

  Zhou Zhengwu was now probing and testing, his bright and shining eyes were like high-speed cameras, fully capturing every subtle change in Bai Huan's expression.

  If Zhang's report is true, then there's nothing to say. Immediately take this reckless and arrogant kid and send him to the detention center for two years of government-funded meals!

  And can also receive recognition and rewards from superiors.

  Even if the report is false, this kid hasn't been selling rare animals and plants, he still needs to be taught a lesson, somehow they have to squeeze some benefits out of it.

  Drew didn't have telepathy, and naturally Bai Huan wasn't clear about Zhou Zhengwu's true intentions either.

  However, just listening to the man's tone and his darting eyes, Bai Huan felt a sense of disgust: "Yes, there is such a thing, but all the goods were brought by fellow villagers, I'm just responsible for helping them advertise and mail them out... won't this be a problem? It's just smoked bacon, dried mushrooms and wood ears, and also wild honey."

  Zhou Zhengwu smiled ambiguously and then got up, walked to the side of the courtyard, took a look around, didn't find any valuable clues, and turned back: "Then how did I hear that you cut down a mountain peach tree? And someone saw you catch a crucian carp and a muskrat, and take them to the market to sell?"

  The mountain peach tree is the Bo Le tree, and the fragrant musk deer is the forest musk deer. Both are nationally protected plants and animals. Add to that the large salamander, and if these charges stick, those without connections will be enjoying life behind bars.

  Bai Huan stopped his actions.

  He was speechless, what is this? Accusing a Druid of destroying nature?

  No wonder I saved someone and didn't get any feedback from nature's power. Have people's hearts become so vicious to this extent now?

  After showing an innocent expression, Bai Huai scratched his head: "The mountain peach tree was hollowed out by insects, and I just cut it down. Everyone in the village knows about this. As for the fragrance of the deer and the doll fish, they are completely non-existent. Officer Zhou, if you don't believe me, you can investigate at will."

  At this moment, his face was filled with the simplicity of a mountain man and the shyness of a student.

  Matching with the earth-toned clothes on my body, I can directly enter the scene and play the role of Rontu without any problem.

  "Haha, is that so..."

  Zhou Zhengwu's voice was dragged out, with a deep tone and a hint of profundity. His face had the typical sly look of a grassroots policeman, making people want to punch him: "The informant also said that you've been quite extravagant lately, is this true? You're still a junior student, how do you have so much money?"

  "When did a town police station also manage the property issues of residents in its jurisdiction? I won the lottery, is that not allowed?"

  Zhou Zhengwu hehe smiled, his eyes with the excitement of catching a big fish: "Lottery? I'm an old lottery fan myself. In the past month, which lottery point has won what prize, there's nothing I don't know about."

  Damn it! This stuff!

  It seems I finally understand now, they were well-prepared and had done their homework!

  Since you're looking for trouble, there's nothing more to say.

  He rolled his eyes and then said seriously: "This money is actually a reward for assisting the public security agency in cracking a big cultural relics case."

  What nonsense!

  Zhou Zhengwu snorted in derision, now more convinced than ever that this young whippersnapper was indeed a problem.

  "Since you can't reasonably explain the origin of your property, then sorry, let's go, follow me to the police station."

  With a burst of laughter, the axe swung round and fell, splitting the thick wooden stump in two with one hand: "Go to the police station? No problem, but do you have a warrant, Officer Zhou? And are you alone in executing the arrest, isn't that not quite following procedure? Besides, since it involves rare animals and plants, shouldn't it be handled by the Forest Police?"

  The wood that had been split in two was still swaying on the drying rack, and Zhou Zhengwu's gaze fell on it, his eyelids twitching with each movement.

  The style of this axe suddenly made him think of Dog Head Chopper, Liu Hulan and the Executioner.

  After a moment of trepidation had dissipated, what followed was an outward surge of perverse fire.

  Zhou Zhengwu, although just a small policeman, was also used to people smiling and welcoming him. If someone dared not to care about his tiger skin, he would definitely remember the hatred in his heart and find an opportunity to get revenge later.

  Anyway, the crime of detention for maintaining public order has a very wide range of application, and is used to suppress all kinds of dissent.

  Dare to threaten the police? Just don't cry when you get to the station later!

  ……

  Bai Huan shook his head and bumped into this unscrupulous old policeman, what else could he say?

  It's just a pity that there is no signal in the mountains. Otherwise, I would have called the Xijiang Municipal Bureau directly and this world would be clean.

  As for obediently following Zhou Zhengwu on a trip, he hadn't even considered it.

  If his own home was close to the rural police station, it wouldn't take much effort to go back and forth, so Bai Huang didn't mind pretending to be arrogant for a while, letting Zhou Zhengwu know what it means to easily invite a god but find it hard to send him away.

  You can go to the rural police station, and it takes half a day for a round trip! Just to pretend to be cool and waste so much time, only stupid people would do that.

  So he simply leaned on his axe and ordered in a domineering tone: "Alright, isn't Officer Zhou suspicious of the source of that money? You go back and call your city bureau yourself, report my name directly, and see what they say."

  His face was written with two words - owed a beating!