"What?"
"Someone poisoned it?"
Xie Churan was so shocked by Chen Nan's words that her scalp tingled and she felt a chill down her spine.
"The water in the Qingshangou Reservoir meets drinking water standards."
"The bottled water in the city is also disinfected and bottled from here."
"Not only that."
"Many villages downstream rely on the Qingshangou Reservoir to irrigate their crops."
"Even the tap water plant is built downstream."
"If someone really poisoned it, this is no trifling matter!"
Chen Nan hadn't expected the Qingshangou Reservoir to be so vital. He hurriedly said, "Sister, call the police immediately and close the floodgates."
"We absolutely cannot let the water here affect the villagers' crops."
It hadn't rained for over a month this year.
Therefore.
The Qingshangou Reservoir had been continuously releasing water for downstream irrigation.
Of course.
Many people in the village also used water pumps for irrigation.
With the autumn harvest still more than two months away.
If this water was used, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Xie Churan also realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately called the police.
She also called the employees managing the orchard on the mountain and told them to stop irrigation.
As they anxiously awaited the arrival of the police from the station.
A white Honda Civic drove into the village.
Its speed was fast.
Kicking up a cloud of dust.
Screech!
When the car stopped in front of the two, it braked sharply.
Then Tao Dazhuang, with a cigarette in his mouth, got out of the car with a smile.
He glanced at the dead fish in the reservoir and grinned, "Sister Xie, what's going on? Why are all your fish dead?"
"That's quite a loss!"
Xie Churan's face turned pale with anger.
After she took over the Qingshangou Reservoir, she had directly invested one million yuan in silver carp fry.
First, because silver carp could purify water quality.
Second, silver carp were also the main economic fish species for fishermen.
She had fed them for two years and was preparing to sell them. Now that they were dead, how could she not be heartbroken?
Of course.
What truly angered her was the water pollution, and the prospect of restoring it to its former state was unrealistic.
Xie Churan clenched her fists and asked angrily, "Tao Dazhuang, did you do this?"
Tao Dazhuang's lips curved upward. "Sister Xie, you need evidence to speak. You're accusing me of poisoning without proof. That's defamation. Do you believe I can sue you?"
Xie Churan was speechless.
They knew who had poisoned it.
But without evidence, it was all talk.
Crack!
Tao Dazhuang lit a cigarette and said disdainfully, "Fine, even if I did pour dichlorvos, do you have any proof?"
"Do you remember what I said yesterday?"
"I said I would drive you out of Qingshangou."
"This is the consequence of opposing me." He spat viciously.
"You are a beast, a scumbag!" Xie Churan said, her face full of rage. "Even if you dislike me and want to drive me out of Qingshangou, you don't have to use such despicable means!"
"Do you know that the Qingshangou Reservoir is vital to the lives of tens of thousands of people downstream?"
"It's vital for irrigating hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land!"
"It's currently the time for farmers to irrigate. Have you considered the consequences of polluting that land?"
Tao Dazhuang frowned and asked with confusion, "I am me. They are them."
"What does their life or death have to do with me?"
At this moment.
Comrades from the town police station and personnel from the Water Resources Bureau arrived at the scene immediately.
"Ms. Xie, when did you discover that the fish in the reservoir were dead?" Director Hu asked, looking at the scene.
Xie Churan said, "I went out for a morning run earlier. It was still dark, so I didn't notice the situation."
"It wasn't until dawn that I saw the dead fish on the shore."
"I strongly suspect that someone poisoned it." At this point, her cold gaze fell on Tao Dazhuang.
Tao Dazhuang snorted. "Xie, why are you looking at me? I said before, if you suspect me of poisoning, show me the evidence. If you don't have evidence, shut your mouth."
The comrades from the Water Resources Bureau also quickly completed the sampling and testing.
Their expressions were grave. "Director Hu, Ms. Xie, the test results are out. The water in the reservoir contains a large amount of DDVP, also known as dichlorvos."
"This area of water is... completely ruined. It cannot be used for aquaculture or agricultural irrigation." Wang Jiadong from the Water Resources Bureau sighed deeply.
The Qingshangou Reservoir had not been famous before.
Although the reservoir covered more than three thousand mu.
But due to the uneven terrain, even fish farming was difficult to catch.
Coupled with the lack of management, the water source could only be described as mediocre.
However, after Xie Churan returned, she spent a lot of money to transform it.
She brought the water source of Qingshangou up to drinking water standards.
This was a good deed that benefited the local area.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a meritorious deed.
But who would have thought.
Things would turn out like this?
Director Hu said, "Although dichlorvos is a highly toxic substance, a single bottle of dichlorvos is not enough to destroy such a large body of water. This incident was clearly intentional." At this point.
His peripheral vision glanced at Tao Dazhuang.
As an experienced police officer.
His professional intuition told him.
Tao Dazhuang was directly involved in this matter.
However.
There was no evidence.
"Ms. Xie, do you have any surveillance cameras here?" Director Hu asked.
Xie Churan looked dispirited. "There's only one on the reservoir dam, and it can't monitor the entire reservoir."
Director Hu nodded slightly. "Dichlorvos is a highly toxic pesticide, and ordinary farming households usually wouldn't have it. The perpetrator who wanted to destroy the Qingshangou water area must have bought a large amount of dichlorvos."
Saying this.
He looked at a young police officer. "Xiao Wang, you go back to town and investigate the surveillance footage at a few pesticide shops to see who has purchased a large amount of dichlorvos."
"Following the clues, I don't believe we can't find the culprit."
This time.
Director Hu was also enraged.
The nature of this incident was too malicious.
It would affect tens of thousands of people and hundreds of mu of fertile land.
He had to find the culprit.
No matter who it was.
He would bring them to justice.
Tao Dazhuang, standing nearby, also said indignantly, "Director Hu is right. The culprit is wicked and has committed heinous crimes. We must catch him and make him pay a heavy price."
Having said that.
A knowing smile appeared on his face.
He wasn't a fool.
How could he leave so many loopholes?
"Actually, this matter isn't that complicated," Chen Nan's voice rang out. "The murderer must have left behind the medicine bottles when they poisoned it. As long as we find the bottles, we can determine the murderer's identity based on the fingerprints on them, right?"
Director Hu said, "I was just about to plan to search for medicine bottles by the reservoir."
Chen Nan smiled. "The other party probably wouldn't leave such a fatal clue. It's not certain we'll find medicine bottles by the reservoir."
Director Hu frowned. "Then what do you mean?"
"Actually, I am a cultivator." Chen Nan formed a hand seal.
A surge of immortal power spread out.
The dozens of dichlorvos bottles flew out of the calm water surface.
However, they were now filled with sand.
Seeing this scene.
Tao Dazhuang was struck by lightning.
His face turned pale, and he slumped to the ground.