Zhou Shixun rarely spoke more, and he patiently persuaded Shi Daman: "Gold mining and opium are both illegal. If you break the law knowingly, your crime will be even more serious. Then, who will take care of your wife, children and parents?"
"You should also understand the principle of leniency for those who confess, so don't rely on luck."
"Do you think I can find this place, find you, know the existence of the gold mine, or know nothing?"
"I'm giving you a chance to make your own decision."
Shi Daming stopped talking. He was indeed weighing the matter in his mind. He didn't know whether what Zhou Shixun said was true or not, but he was sure that he really knew the existence of the gold mine, otherwise he wouldn't have said it so confidently.
Moreover, the police must have certain evidence in their investigation.
The more he thought about it, the more flustered he became. Zhou Shixun's silence made him even more flustered. His brain was already in a mess, and he tried to find an excuse to excuse himself: "I don't know, actually. My uncle asked me to do it. I usually stand guard in the mountains, and bury some explosives and traps to catch wild animals."
"Sifting gold sand and growing opium were both my uncle's ideas. This time he asked Shi Dalei and the others to go out and look for buyers. As for opium, my uncle said it was legal and that we could grow it and sell it to a medicinal herb company."
"Besides, every household in our village has three or five of these trees planted in their private plots. If someone has a headache or toothache, just put a little in their mouth and the pain will go away immediately."
“No one said it was illegal.”
The more he spoke, the more he felt that he was innocent: "I really didn't mean to do anything illegal, I just wanted to feed my family. You city people don't know what it feels like to be hungry, but there are more than a dozen people in my family, and we can hardly eat rice once a year."
Zhou Shixun frowned and said, "Shut up. Take me to find someone before going to the gold mine at dawn."
No matter how much Shi Daman complained, he dared not to defend himself. He just curled up and waited for dawn.
After a night of tolerating, when the first rays of sunlight penetrated the jungle and fell in, Shi Daman started to look for trouble again: "I followed you for a whole day yesterday without eating anything. Now I'm very hungry and can't walk. Can we find something to eat?"
Zhou Shixun gave him a look and moved his wrist over. Shi Daman was so scared that he quickly struggled to stand up: "I'm not hungry anymore, we're leaving now."
He knew that Zhou Shixun didn't have such a good temper, nor did he have that much patience, and most importantly, he would really hit people.
Zhou Shixun raised his chin and said, "Let's go."
Shi Daman could only lead the way obediently, looking back every few steps, but he had to bite the bullet and move forward, knowing that no one would come to save him.
When Shi Daman led Zhou Shixun to the entrance of a cave based on his memory, he couldn't help but step back: "I remember it was this cave, but it has been several days, and his hands and feet were tied. I'm afraid he has starved to death."
As he said this, he couldn't help but shudder and didn't dare to get closer.
Zhou Shixun looked around the cave entrance. The fallen leaves were trampled into a mess, and there were animal footprints on the soil at the entrance. They looked quite large, probably left by a bear or something like that.
At the same time, there were bloodstains on the soil, which had already dried up.
Zhou Shixun was not in a hurry to go in. He squatted down, picked up some blood-stained soil and smelled it. He also found some brown hair on the rocks on the side of the cave entrance, which were obviously left by a brown bear.
Then I smelled a strong foul odor, followed by a rustling sound in the cave.
Zhou Shixun quickly stood up, went over and pulled Shi Daman, who was about to run away, to hide behind a tree.
Shi Daman was so frightened that his teeth were chattering and his body was shaking. He didn't dare to look at the cave entrance, let alone Zhou Shixun.
Soon, a brown bear staggered out of the cave. It was a strong bear weighing at least two hundred kilograms.
Apparently it had detected a strange scent, so it sniffed around and walked towards the big tree where Zhou Shixun and Shi Daman were hiding.
Shi Daman's hair stood up. He knew there was a bear cave in this area, so they never came to the mountains here.
He thought that Zhou Shixun would definitely rush into the cave at all costs to save people, and then be beaten to death by the bear inside, so that he would be fine.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Shixun did not fall for it, but instead lured out the bear inside.
As he listened to the bear getting closer and closer, and even heard its heavy breathing, he was so scared that his legs were shaking and he wet his pants.
Zhou Shixun glanced at Shi Daman and was still fooled by this man. He quickly tied him to the tree, and Shi Daman was so scared that he shouted: "No, I will die."
He didn't have the strength to speak. He turned around and saw a bear standing less than two meters away, staring at the two intruders with murderous eyes.
Shi Daman's eyes rolled back and he fainted from fright.
When Zhou Shixun tied up Daman, the bear roared and ran towards them. Its huge body seemed to be shaking as it ran.
There was also a pungent odor.
Zhou Shixun held the dagger and quickly dodged to the side the moment the bear approached.
When the bear saw the man running away, it turned around and pounced on Zhou Shixun, waving its paws at him.
If this palm lands on the head, the brain will be blown out.
Zhou Shixun lowered his head and dodged, doing the opposite, running flexibly towards the armpit of the upright bear, while at the same time stabbing the dagger deeply into the bear's heart.
Before he could recover from the pain, he punched the handle of the dagger again, and the entire dagger pierced into the bear's heart, and Zhou Shixun quickly dodged.
The bear growled twice, took two slow steps, and then fell down with a bang.
The moment the bear fell, Shi Daman opened his eyes and watched Zhou Shixun go over, push the bear's body away, and reach out to pull out the dagger that was embedded in the skin.
Some couldn't believe it, and there was fear, his lips turned pale: "I..."
Zhou Shixun wiped the blood from the dagger on the bear skin. There was still blood on his face from when he drew the knife just now. His already cold and hard face looked even more evil.
Shi Daman swallowed his saliva and no longer dared to have any evil thoughts: "I was wrong, we have to climb over this mountain to get to..."
Zhou Shixun stood up and went over to loosen the rope that tied him up: "Go into the cave and take a look. The bloodstains at the cave entrance just now were left by someone. Go and see if there is anyone in the cave."
Shi Daman was already crying with fear: "I don't dare...what if there is another bear? Besides, if there really is someone, he will definitely be eaten by the bear."
Zhou Shixun ignored his crying and pushed him towards the cave.
Shi Daman arrived at the cave entrance and refused to go in, but Zhou Shixun pushed him in and kicked him in the butt.
Then one hears Daman's screams of "ah ah ah" echoing in the cave.
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