Zhou Shixun glanced at Shi Daman and said, "Let's go. Now you know where to go, right?"
Shi Daman nodded repeatedly and hurriedly led the way. But after walking only a few steps, he asked Zhou Shixun: "Well, what did you mean when you said we should go down the mountain before tomorrow night? How do you know it will rain after tomorrow night?"
Zhou Shixun was kind enough to say a few more words to him: "The cave is damp, and water is seeping out of the stone walls. Not only will it rain, but there may also be landslides."
Shi Daman looked at Zhou Shixun in surprise: "You can see this? What do you do? Your brother is a real police officer, what about you?"
Zhou Shixun was too lazy to pay attention to him and pushed him further into the mountains. Since Zhou Luancheng went to find Mu Xiaowan, he would go and find out the private gold mine and the big fireworks plantation.
The paper that Zhou Luancheng just gave might have contained a detailed drawing of the gold mine.
Because they were not looking for anyone, the two of them traveled much faster on the road.
Shi Daming now admires and fears Zhou Shixun, so he doesn't dare to play any tricks and take Zhou Shixun to the location of the gold mine.
On the way, he introduced Zhou Shixun: "Because we were afraid of being discovered, we pretended to be bears and wolves to scare people at first. Later, we sold homemade explosives and set traps. If someone came up who was not familiar with us, they would definitely step on it. There was also one time when someone ran up the mountain and discovered a gold mine. Then my uncle and his men beat him to death, and then created the illusion that he was eaten by wild animals. Since then, no one dared to go up the mountain anymore."
Then he quickly explained: "My uncle did it. I didn't do it."
When they reached the middle of the mountain, Shi Daman pointed to the valley between the two mountains and said, "It's right there, but we can't just go there. We'll definitely be discovered. Do you see a small wooden house over there? Is there a pine tree next to the house? If someone finds someone coming, they will immediately knock down the pine tree, and the people in charge of keeping watch will quickly notify the gold diggers to hide."
"Even if we go over there, we won't be able to see anything. After all, the gold panning tools are carried with them. If they hide in the mountains, no one will find them."
"If you're not careful, you might step on the explosives and blow yourself up."
Zhou Shixun looked at them for a while and said coldly, "You guys are really brave enough to make such a big scene."
Shi Daman sighed, "What can we do? We are all poor. We can earn ten yuan a day panning for gold here, and we can't tell anyone. If we tell anyone, my wife and children will be waiting for revenge."
"You can't keep it privately, especially if someone finds nugget gold, the size of a soybean, they should think of a way to take it away. If they are found, they will be beaten to death in the mountains."
"My uncle caught three or four of them before and beat them to death in front of everyone. Since then, no one dared to hide and take them out secretly."
Zhou Shixun glanced at Shi Daman in surprise: "Why are you suddenly willing to talk so much?"
Shi Daman sighed, "I've figured it out. I can't escape your control anyway, so I might as well tell you everything directly. Then you can try to put in a good word for me and not sentence me to death."
"Also, I swear, I have never done anything to harm anyone's life."
Zhou Shixun didn't say anything, but just stared at the canyon for a while. He didn't expect that Shi Tianliang could cover the sky with one hand to this extent.
“Where are the big fireworks planted?”
Shi Daman pointed to the other side of the mountain and said, "Look over there, that area without trees. They planted crops there. The last crop has already been harvested. There are also a lot of explosives buried around. If they are discovered, my uncle said that they should blow up half of the mountain so that no one can find out."
Zhou Shixun nodded: "Where did the explosives come from?"
Shi Daman understood it even more clearly: "A lot of the money that was previously distributed to the production team for mountain excavation and dam building was withheld by my uncle."
Zhou Shixun stood with his hands behind his back, watching silently and weighing the matter freely in his heart.
Shi Daman urged from the side: "Should we go over there? I can take you there."
"Don't worry, wait a little longer."
Shi Daman saw that Zhou Shixun hadn't rested much all night and hadn't eaten or drunk anything for most of the day, but his spirits didn't change much. It wasn't like him who had just recovered a little after the shock and felt hungry. "Should we go find something to eat?"
Zhou Shixun held him down: "Just stay here quietly!"
Since he couldn't move, Shi Daman naturally didn't dare to move. He stood beside him obediently. When he couldn't stand any longer, he sat down on the ground.
Looking at Zhou Shixun who has always stood as tall as a pine tree, I began to wonder, is he really not tired?
…
Zhou Luancheng followed the cave address given by Zhou Shixun and saw the dead bear near the cave entrance, but the bear had been disemboweled and its internal organs were all over the floor.
It exudes a strong smell of blood.
He frowned and squatted over. The bear's stomach was neatly cut open. It was obvious that the bear's heart was not taken out by some wild beast, but was neatly cut open by a sharp knife.
There were still four bear paws that had not been cut off neatly.
Someone has taken away the bear’s gall and paws!
Zhou Luancheng’s first reaction was whether Mu Xiaowan had been here, but looking at the marks left on the ground, it didn’t seem like that.
I had no choice but to get up and search quickly in the cave and near the entrance. I found some dried blood at the entrance and followed the trail.
The bloodstains disappeared halfway up the mountain.
Zhou Luancheng could only squat on the ground and try to find some useful footprints or some useful traces on the trees nearby.
While investigating, I heard some rustling noises in the jungle in the distance, and when I listened carefully, I heard the footsteps of someone running...
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