After trading for the man's goods, Li Long laid the Fritillaria out to dry as he thought things over, and soon sorted out the situation.
First, anyone who could ride over on horseback carrying a gun was most likely connected to the Forestry Team. Otherwise, the Forestry Team would certainly investigate him in these mountains.
He just did not know whether the man was a Forest Ranger still working for the Forestry Team or someone who had already left.
But since the man had timed his visits so precisely for when Li Long was absent, confiscating Fritillaria from people exchanging it for goods and money, Li Long guessed he was a current Forestry Team employee.
Otherwise, he could not have known the situation here. Bolati patrolled this area, and he had tacitly allowed these people to remain.
That meant this man not only had to know Bolati's patrol schedule, but also exactly when Li Long came here. Or perhaps he watched Li Long from somewhere and came over during the gaps when Li Long was away.
To find this man, he would mainly have to go through Bolati or Team Leader Aili.
Li Long asked the Herb Gatherer who had just exchanged Fritillaria for money for details about the man confiscating it.
But the man had not observed him up close. Someone else had warned him when he came to trade, which was how he knew a little about it. He had only vaguely seen that the fellow was a fairly young ethnic minority man.
Narrowing the suspects down would be troublesome too. Li Long decided to trade for Fritillaria here today first. If Bolati came, that would be perfect. If not, he would have to find time to visit the Forestry Team.
This matter had to be resolved. Otherwise,