Chapter 448 A place where you won’t freeze to death and won’t be discovered at night
"With such a huge explosion, the government will definitely investigate. If Qi Jing is lucky enough not to be killed, they will probably investigate why the explosion occurred."
"Do you think he can find out?" Ran Qingxuan was a little uncertain.
Gu Yanchen sneered: "He knows how much explosives he brought, and he will first consider whether the damage was caused by mistakes made by people on both sides.
Even if he noticed something temporarily, we had already left by then and he would have no reason to suspect us. ”
Ran Qingxuan looked at the mountainside where the flames were rising to the sky and said in a deep voice, "I guess he might suspect Duan Yi. To be on the safe side, even if Duan Yi asks us after we go back, we should just pretend we know nothing."
"The Salt Gang suffered heavy losses this time. I think even if Qi Jing and Bai Kangning were working together, he would be held responsible for the explosion."
"Oh, let them fight each other. Let's leave quickly and go to the dam. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to find the kidnapped children."
Gu Yanchen nodded, and the two of them looked back at the village where ghosts and wolves howled, then turned around and left without hesitation.
As the two were leaving, a large group of frightened civilians and soldiers gathered in Xianshui Town. It seemed that they had also heard the deafening noise in the Salt Gang’s camp.
The people didn't know what was going on. The county magistrate, who looked sleepy and had his clothes untied, was talking loudly about something.
The two of them listened from afar, and the general meaning was that a dragon had appeared on the mountain behind them, and they warned the people not to be too frightened.
They are just some evasive words. I think once they get there they will find that things are far more cruel than they imagined.
And no one knows whether Qi Jing is dead or alive, but no one will have an easy time at that time.
Soon the group of officers and soldiers set off and ran towards the back of the mountain. The two men avoided them and headed straight for the dam.
After bypassing Xianshui Town and several mountains connected to the outside of the town, the two men moved forward along the path downstream of the dam without daring to stop for a moment.
It took more than half an hour to drive and another half an hour to ride on horseback to the dam along the small road. It was almost five o'clock.
"How long will it take?"
"Almost, about ten minutes."
Early morning is the coldest time of winter. Even if Gu Yanchen wrapped her in a cloak, the biting cold wind would still blow in through the gaps.
"It's really hard for you!"
Gu Yanchen had tried his best to wrap her up, and feeling that her body was still shaking uncontrollably, Gu Yanchen felt a little guilty.
"It's okay. If we're lucky, maybe we can rescue those children tonight. It doesn't matter if it's cold."
Compared to the miserable conditions of those children, what they are experiencing now is nothing to mention.
When the two men rode over the mountain in front of the dam, they saw a faint red light coming from the top of the mountain on the east side of the dam. The back of that mountain was where the Salt Gang was located.
It is not easy to get onto the dam. After climbing up the steepest path on the mountain, the two finally stood completely above the dam.
Only after coming up did Ran Qingxuan see the dam clearly through the night vision goggles. The place where they were standing was solid, and the dam was sloped, which ensured that it would not be immediately destroyed by the strong water flow when the water rose.
The dam's spillway was on the side, turning a corner from the ground beneath their feet and flowing through the river at the foot of the opposite mountain to other places.
According to Gu Yanchen, the water of the Black Water River flows down from the Wumen Dam, and the main channel of the Black Water River is just outside Yinyue City, leading all the way to Cuishan Town...
Ran Qingxuan couldn't imagine what the people living downstream would do in the cold winter if the ground beneath his feet was destroyed and countless amounts of water rushed down.
The two men did not see any signs of digging around with the help of night vision goggles, and Gu Yanchen speculated that it might have been dug from a hidden location on the side.
There is not much point in looking there, and there are only a few scattered households around, so Ran Qingxuan plans to go there directly to see if there is any trace of the child.
After searching five houses in a row, except for the fourth house where someone got up early and chopped firewood, there was no trace of the child. Ran Qingxuan was almost about to give up.
The layout of each courtyard is almost the same, all of them are adobe houses plus a large courtyard, and the whole picture can be seen at a glance.
When Ran Qingxuan and Gu Yanchen found the seventh family together, they were completely numb.
"Of course there won't be any. If those kids were digging for explosives day and night, they wouldn't be outside at night. Otherwise, they would definitely freeze to death in this weather."
It can be said that the two of them were unable to see whose house the children were hiding even with night vision goggles. A trace of anxiety appeared on Gu Yanchen's face, and it can be seen that he also wanted to find the children as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, there are still a few houses left to find. Maybe the child is there!"
It seemed that he was comforting Gu Yanchen, but in fact, Ran Qingxuan was comforting himself.
"I have to think about it as soon as possible, otherwise if Qi Jing doesn't want to suffer this loss, he will definitely vent his anger on these children."
"After all, his plan failed and even caused such a huge loss to the Salt Gang. He will definitely not let it go. What if..."
Gu Yanchen's words reminded her. After that, Ran Qingxuan said nothing and became more serious about looking for someone.
After searching every last family, neither of them saw a child. She was completely desperate.
She squatted on the ground and scratched her hair anxiously. Gu Yanchen suddenly woke her up with a word.
“Logically, the place where the children are located should not exceed the scope of the hole being dug. If we want them to survive and continue digging the hole, we must not let them freeze to death.
Moreover, these children were abducted, and their family members must have reported the incident to the authorities. In order to avoid being found, they might have hidden the children. ”
Ran Qingxuan's eyes lit up. A place where he wouldn't freeze to death and wouldn't be discovered at night...
Observing the surrounding mountains, there was no flashing of fire on the mountains, proving that the child was not imprisoned on the mountains.
After much thought, it can only be the area closest to the dam.
Just when Ran Qingxuan was frowning, wondering whether he should look for it again, he suddenly noticed something unusual.
"Guards! The ones we found didn't have any guards!"
Gu Yanchen then said: "Since the child was able to escape back, it means that even if there were guards, they were very lax. Now that the weather is so cold, it is impossible for the child not to keep warm."
The clothes and shoes Huahua wears are the best proof that the only way to survive a cold winter night is by keeping warm.
Ran Qingxuan's eyes lit up. Thinking of the man who was chopping wood in the yard when she found the fourth house, she couldn't wait any longer.
"Hurry, hurry over there."
The two returned to the fourth courtyard they had searched at the beginning, but the man was no longer in the courtyard.
When they got closer, they saw the man walking out from the back of the room, even cursing.
"Damn it, if I had known I would have to get up in the middle of the night and freeze, I shouldn't have taken that money. It's only enough for me to gamble for a few days..."
"Next time I come back, I will definitely extort more money. Otherwise, it will be a shame for me to get up so late at night to serve these little beasts..."
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