"Chase after him. There's only one left. We absolutely cannot let him go."
If they were just an ordinary gold-mining group, they wouldn't be holding out like this!
Jiang Wenwan agreed with Zhou Yunting's words.
If they were just illegally mining gold, the punishment might be severe, but it would definitely not be as severe as being executed.
"These people are risking their lives to send out the gold they've dug up; there must be something else going on."
The man disappeared into the spruce forest.
By the time they caught up with him on horseback, the man had already abandoned his horse and fled.
"Whoa! Camp Zhou, what do we do?"
"Go down and search, but be careful!"
That man had a gun.
"Yes, sir! Don't worry, Battalion Commander, we will be careful."
The group dismounted, tied their horses to spruce trees, and entered the spruce forest.
Zhou Yunting looked at Jiang Wenwan and said:
"Be careful, I'll leave Xiao Hei to you."
Jiang Wenwan looked at him speechlessly and said:
"Have you forgotten that Xiao Hei has the most sensitive nose? How can we do without Xiao Hei at a time like this?"
Zhou Yunting also knew this.
"But now that Xiao Hei is injured and has difficulty moving, I'm worried that its injury will definitely get worse."
Besides, three legs aren't fast enough!
That's definitely true. If Xiao Hei hadn't been injured, he would definitely have been able to find the other party by smell.
"Alright, go ahead and be careful!"
We'll walk slowly behind.
Jiang Wenwan couldn't walk very fast with the limping Xiao Hei.
"Poor fellow, but you've done a great job this time. From now on, rest well and don't keep running around outside!"
"Woof!"
Little Black let out a bark and headed off in one direction.
Zhou Yunting and his group also sent people in that direction.
They hadn't gone far when they saw a soldier carrying the bag that the middle-aged man had been carrying earlier return.
"Sister-in-law, Zhou Ying asked me to bring this over first."
Jiang Wenwan was very curious about what was in the bag. It was definitely gold, but was there nothing else besides gold?
What's in here?
The soldier shook his head.
"I don't know, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou won't let us see it."
Jiang Wenwan raised an eyebrow.
"Is there any trace of that person?"
"No, that person has strong counter-surveillance capabilities. Even when he's escaping, he'll make sure to leave no trace."
What kind of people typically possess this ability?
Upon hearing her question, the soldier immediately straightened up and became serious.
"Armed personnel!"
Jiang Wenwan had guessed that Zhou Yunting and his group would likely return empty-handed this time.
Jiang Wenwan and Xiao Hei did not go any further inside.
Xiao Hei's leg injury made walking difficult, so it was impossible for him to catch up with that person.
I patted Little Black's head.
"Come on, smell this bag and remember the smell."
If you encounter someone with this smell again, please remember to tell me, okay?
"Woof!"
Xiao Hei responded and carefully sniffed the bag in the soldier's hand.
"Woof."
Jiang Wenwan and Xiaobing waited here for an hour before Zhou Yunting and the others returned one after another.
"No one was found!"
"What exactly does this person do? How is he so amazing?"
Company Commander Sun scratched his head in confusion.
The others also frowned in confusion.
"Judging from the situation just now, those people were still protecting him, which shows that this person's identity is not simple."
"The person who can command the utmost protection from gold miners must have some connections."
Zhou Yunting clapped his hands and said:
"Let's go back immediately and report this matter."
The group will surely take this matter very seriously and will definitely send more people to investigate.
We can also interrogate the four people who were sent back; perhaps we can extract some information from them.
Upon hearing this, everyone was eager to return immediately and interrogate those people.
"By the way, what's in this bag?"
Company Commander Sun looked at the bag curiously. In their minds, it must be gold, what else could it be?
That man is carrying so much gold, how could he bear to throw it away now?
Seeing their curiosity, Zhou Yunting continued:
"I'll check it when I get back!"
He was the commander, and once he spoke, everyone could only wait until they got back to see what happened.
When they took Xiao Hei back, the others had already brought the person back.
Commander Meng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they had all returned unharmed.
"It's good that you're all back. The person has been put in the interrogation room, and I believe we'll get news soon!"
Zhou Yunting handed the bag over.
"Commander, we haven't opened this bag, so we don't know what's inside."
Commander Meng nodded upon hearing this, took the bag, and said:
"Then let me open it, and you can act as witnesses!"
He then opened the bag right in front of everyone.
Everyone curiously peered over, and couldn't help but gasp in surprise.
"All gold?"
"These must weigh at least ten pounds, right?"
After a soldier finished stating his guess, Company Commander Sun shook his head.
"More than that, up to twenty jin. We'll weigh it and you'll see."
Someone immediately went and brought a scale over to weigh it.
"Hiss! Eighteen jin!"
"That's amazing! They actually managed to dig up eighteen pounds of gold!"
As they were talking, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang also came over.
He didn't look well; he felt ashamed of what Wang Jinfeng had done.
Today he went to Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou to plead for him, because he really couldn't bring himself to do it.
Especially this time, they didn't even invite him to take a military wife with them.
Is he still a member of this battalion?
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