Zhou Shixun pushed Shi Daman in front and asked: "Is there anything hidden on this mountain road?"
Shi Daman was shocked. Zhou Gongan even knew this? He quickly pretended to be confused: "What do you mean by sending something? Every family is so poor now, how can there be anything hidden here?"
Zhou Shixun deliberately pushed him to the side of the road. Shi Daman was so frightened that he staggered and almost lost his balance. He screamed, "Don't push me. It will kill you."
"Shut up, now you know what's going on? Walk properly and don't have any bad thoughts."
Shi Daman admired Zhou Shixun a little. He actually knew everything. Maybe because it was dark, he was a little bolder. He whispered to Zhou Shixun: "How did you know there were traps and explosives on the road?"
Zhou Shixun threw two words at him coldly: "Guess."
Shi Daming suddenly didn't dare to speak again, and Zhou Shixun pushed him and An Jing led the way in front. However, it was too dark and there was no light in the woods.
He was stumbling as he walked ahead, so he was curious as to why Zhou Shixun's steps were always steady.
…
Shi Tianliang waited until midnight, but his nephew Shi Daman did not come back to report the news. He frowned and felt that something was wrong, so he asked Li Xiumei to go and check: "Go to Daman's house to see if he is at home. If he is, ask him to come over. I have something to tell him."
Li Xiumei has been feeling uneasy these past two days. Her son is gone, and her husband has been acting weird lately. She feels like something is going to happen, so she asks carefully, "Why are you looking for Daman so late at night?"
Shi Tianliang glared at her: "Just go if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? Go now!"
Li Xiumei could only find a flashlight and hurried over. Ten minutes later, she hurried back: "Daman's wife said that he went out early in the morning and hasn't come back yet. She asked you what you wanted to see him for."
Shi Tianliang frowned and thought for a while. Could it be that Zhou Gongan had not gone to bed so late, so Dama had not come back either?
Or was Daman discovered?
It shouldn't be that he was discovered. Daman is very smart. Nothing happened half way yesterday and the whole day yesterday. How could he be discovered today?
The more I think about it, the more uneasy I feel, mainly because this Zhou Gongan seems really unpredictable.
He kept walking around the room with his hands behind his back.
Li Xiumei looked anxious and worried: "Daman's wife said that you asked him to do other work these two days, and he was still counted as work points even if he didn't work. Is that true? So what did Daman do? You didn't say anything, which made me very worried."
Shi Tianliang turned his head and looked at his wife, glaring at her fiercely: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? What does it have to do with you? You are a woman, but you are really inexperienced."
Li Xiumei suddenly gained courage: "You have been acting weird these past two days and it's scary. The thunder is gone. If something happens to you again, how are we going to survive?"
Shi Tianliang was already irritable, and after hearing Li Xiumei's unlucky words, he became even more angry. He slapped her without saying anything, "You jinx, how can there be a spendthrift woman like you!"
The more you cheer, the bigger the blow will be.
It seemed that this was the only way to calm his inner anxiety. Li Xiumei didn't dare to cry when she was beaten. She could only hold her head tightly and let Shi Tianliang punch and kick her.
Years of experience taught her that if she dared to make a sound or resist, she would be beaten even harder.
…
On the mountain, Shi Daming was still thinking about how to escape from Zhou Shixun's eyes.
However, Zhou Shixun seemed to be able to see through his thoughts and pushed him away without saying a word.
Moreover, this man doesn't like to talk. No matter what he says, he responds with silence.
No matter what he asked for, the other party ignored him.
Shi Daman walked slower and slower, and suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, saying dejectedly: "It's too dark, I really can't see, do you have a flashlight?"
Zhou Shixun still ignored him, stopped and stared at him with an unreadable expression.
Shi Daman could only vaguely see Zhou Shixun's outline, and couldn't see his expression clearly, let alone guess what he was thinking. He was still making excuses for himself: "No, it's too dark, and I'm not sure where some things are buried. If you keep walking like this, if we step on something, you'll be killed too."
Zhou Shixun suddenly said, "Okay, let's rest here and go up again when it's daybreak."
But he was thinking about other things in his mind. Zhou Luancheng must know that Mu Xiaowan was missing, and he must have discovered clues in the mountains. But he didn't meet Zhou Luancheng in these two days.
And these people mistook him for Zhou Luancheng, which meant that Zhou Luancheng had already entered the mountains.
Zhou Luancheng had been in the mountains for more than three days. What had he discovered during these three days? Where was he hiding?
Have you found Mu Xiaowan?
Shi Daming stared at Zhou Shixun, who had been silent since he sat down. He couldn't guess what he was thinking, but he knew it was impossible to escape from under his nose.
If I wait until daybreak and really take him to the mine, I will lose my head.
Decided to fight for herself: "I will take you to find Mu Xiaowan, will you let me go back? I have old people and children at home, if I don't go back for one night, they will definitely be worried."
"Besides, I didn't capture Mu Xiaowan. I just heard about it."
"I don't know anything about the gold mine you're talking about. I grew up here and have never heard of it. Besides, if there really is a gold mine, whoever dares to open a private mine will lose his head."
"I've never even been out of town, and I don't have much experience. If I really knew about the gold mine, I would definitely tell you."
"I really don't know!"
As he spoke he started to sob.
Zhou Shixun ignored him completely, and when he couldn't stand it anymore, he yelled, "Shut up! If you keep making noise, I'll make you roll off the mountain."
Shi Daman didn't dare to cry anymore, but he didn't give up: "I really don't know anything."
Zhou Shixun asked him back: "Don't you know how the calluses on your fingers came from?"
Shi Daman was stunned for a moment, then said with a guilty conscience: "It fell from my body while I was doing farm work, I dared not use a gun."
After saying that, he felt something was wrong and quickly changed his words: "I was a militiaman for several years before, and this was left over from training. I didn't expect you to find this out."
Zhou Shixun asked again, "You still smell like gunpowder. Where did you go before you followed me? We have been in the mountains for such a long time, and wild animals are active at night. Why didn't we hear any sounds from wild animals?"
Shi Daman opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything...
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