"There is no choice but the flowers fall away, and the familiar swallows return."
Looking at the swallows flying in the sky, Zhao Lin remembered a poem from his previous life.
Time passed by for more than half a month, and the weather became completely warm.
During this period, he did not go into the mountains to kill Hu Hu, but only observed twice in secret.
The Zuanshan Leopard group has moved its position and entered Fuli Valley deeper in Baekdu Mountain.
The entrance to the original lair, Qizhu Peak, was blocked with rocks, and a large number of animal traps and spikes were placed inside. It seemed that they were not planning to come back in the short term.
At this time, recalling the last experience, it was still very thrilling. The mountain leopard actually got a crossbow arrow!
Although I don’t know if it was smuggled out from the military, judging from the range and rate of fire, it is not far off.
If he hadn't mastered the flying skills, overheard the bandits' conversation, and prepared in advance, he would probably have been injured.
He planned to lie dormant for a period of time, on the one hand to accumulate strength, and on the other hand to keep the bandits mentally tense for a long time, so as to experience the feeling of not being afraid of thieves stealing, but being afraid of being missed by thieves.
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That morning, Zhao Lin inspected the area and turned to the Xinglong Escort Agency in Xicheng.
Liuhemen has a stake in the Xinglong Escort Bureau and regularly sends people to the Escort Bureau to understand the business situation. Zhao Lin specifically asked his master for this job.
The reason is still related to beards.
That day at Qizhu Peak, he overheard Zhuan Shan Bao and his men discussing the mountain fee. Tong Fu Escort was only willing to pay 70%.
From Zhuan Shanbao's tone, it seemed that he wanted to teach Tongfu Escort a lesson.
Zhao Lin felt that if an escort car from the Tongfu Escort Agency passed through the Paektu Mountain area, Huzi would probably come out to rob the escort, which would be an excellent opportunity for him to snipe.
The escort bureau usually informs the local escort bureau in advance before sending out escorts out of etiquette, so Zhao Lin came here to check the business status of the escort bureau, but in fact he was trying to find out about the Tongfu escort bureau.
"Junior Brother Zhao, please come in."
The head escort who received Zhao Lin was named Zhu Qinggang. He was in his forties and had worked in Xinglong Escort Bureau for nearly twenty years. He was a veritable veteran.
Zhao Lin represents the Liuhe Sect, so Zhu Qinggang calls him junior brother to show his closeness.
"Senior Brother Zhu, the escort agency's business has been good recently."
Zhao Lin put down the business records of the escort agency and said with a smile.
Zhu Qinggang also smiled and said: "It's all thanks to the care of everyone. The road has been safe recently, and there hasn't been any trouble."
Zhao Lin nodded, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked casually: "By the way, I have a friend I haven't seen for many years. I heard that he is the head escort at Tongfu Escort Agency."
"Let me ask Senior Brother Zhu whether a convoy from the Tongfu Escort Bureau has passed by here recently?"
Zhu Qinggang thought for a while, shook his head and laughed at himself: "I have received a few letters, but I can't remember which one they are from. Junior Brother Zhao, wait a moment, I will check it out right away."
"Thank you very much, senior brother." Zhao Lin said politely.
After a while, Zhu Qinggang walked back quickly, holding an opened letter in his hand, and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Zhao, there really is one!"
Zhao Lin stood up, took it with both hands, and glanced at the envelope, which had the name and emblem of Tongfu Escort printed on it.
"Senior Brother Zhu, can I read what's written inside?"
Zhu Qinggang said indifferently: "It is inconvenient to pass the book to outsiders, but Junior Brother Zhao is one of our own, so you can read it and don't pass it on to others."
"Senior brother, don't worry."
Zhao Lin thanked him, took out the letter paper, and opened it to read. The content of the letter was very simple. It said that the Tongfu Escort Bureau planned to pass through Qinghe County in April and informed his colleagues in advance so that they could take care of each other.
The time is very general, but this is normal. There are risks in escorting, so naturally it must be kept secret.
But for him, this information is enough. He has dozens of agents under his command, and he also has acquaintances on the dock. It is not difficult to get the news.
After returning the letter to Zhu Qinggang and chatting for a while, Zhao Lin stood up and left.
After leaving the escort agency, it was already past noon.
Zhao Lin returned to the county office and changed into casual clothes. He left the city and headed north to Hejiatun on the outskirts of Baitou Mountain. He found the hunter named Jin Bao who helped him catch the golden leopard last time.
"Dr. Zhao, what does the needle-tailed swift you mentioned look like?"
Zhao Lin called Jin Bao out of the village and said that he wanted to catch a bird called the white-throated needle-tailed swift. Jin Bao scratched his head and thought for a long time, but he never thought that there was a bird with such a name in Baektu Mountain. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Look at this, can you remember it?"
Zhao Lin took out a piece of paper from his arms. On the paper, there was a drawing of a bird with sickle-shaped wings and a needle-like tail feather.
The bird has a patch of white under its neck.
"It looks like a swallow." Jin Bao looked at it for a while and said.
"Yes, they are swallows, but they are a special kind."
Zhao Lin nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Are there such swallows in the Baektu Mountain area?"
Ever since he absorbed Skylark's spirit and gained the ability to fly, Zhao Lin has been planning to upgrade the spirit.
Bears and leopards are both representatives of strength and speed. Although the skylark has good flying ability, it is not the best among birds.
Birds are hard to find in winter, but now that the weather is warm and migratory birds have returned, you can start preparing.
Zhao Lin thought deeply about which bird to choose.
The fastest flying birds he knows are probably the white-throated needle-tailed swift, the peregrine falcon and the frigate bird.
Of these three birds, the peregrine falcon is probably the most famous.
However, the peregrine falcon’s strength lies in its flat, streamlined body and its unrivaled diving speed. The needle-tailed swift should be even better at flying speed by flapping its wings alone.
Frigatebirds are similar to peregrine falcons, and their strength lies in diving.
The white-throated needle-tailed swift not only flies fast, but also has excellent flying ability. It even completes mating and sleeping while flying. It can be said that it is a bird born for the sky.
Zhao Lin just wanted this ability.
In fact, Skylark's spirit continues to release white mist every day to stimulate the twenty-four acupoints, and there is still some time before the bottleneck is reached.
However, Zhao Lin felt that preparations should be made first, otherwise when needed again half a year later, the swallows would return to the south to spend the winter.
Jin Bao thought for a while in silence, then suddenly patted his head and said, "I remembered it. I saw it in the mountains when I was hunting."
Zhao Lin glanced at him and asked, "Why didn't you think of it just now?"
Jin Bao laughed and said, "Swallows eat insects and don't harm crops, so why beat them? The swallow you painted flies so fast, you can hear the swish swish when you get close."
Hearing the second half of the sentence, Zhao Lin felt relieved, took out two taels of silver and gave it to him, saying: "Old rule, help me catch a live one. After that, you have someone go to the county government office to find a catcher named He Qingquan." .”
He didn't want to come forward personally. It was too unusual to pay someone to catch swallows, so it was better to keep a low profile.
Jin Bao was startled, and waved his hands repeatedly: "How can you get so much money for catching a swallow? I will go hunting in the mountains when I meet you, and I can just catch one by the way."
Zhao Lin shook his head slowly, "These swallows are difficult to catch, especially alive ones. You keep the money first, and if you catch it, you will be rewarded."
(End of chapter)
