Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

"Then do you know where the people who were dug out were taken?"

Liu San shook his head: "Then I don't know. I came quite late, and those things were already over when I arrived. I also heard about it from others."

Yu Qiutang raised his fist, and Liu San quickly shrank his head and said helplessly: "I really didn't lie to you. It has come to this point. What's the point of continuing to lie to you? I really don't know."

Yu Qiutang put down his fist: "Who knows?"

Liu San hesitated for a moment. "The mine manager must know. He is the real person in charge and can access more things. I am just a worker, and people are not willing to tell me too much."

"Where is the mine manager?"

“It’s hard to say. The mine manager doesn’t come here often. He only comes once every three to five days, and he doesn’t stay long each time.

But it's been five or six days since he last came here, so it's time for him to come and take a look."

Yu Qiutang pondered for a while, looked around, and found a file cabinet in the room, so he tied up Liu San and stuffed him in.

"Brother, I've said everything I need to say, why won't you let me go?"

Liu San was so frightened that he trembled.

Yu Qiutang glanced at him and asked, "So you want to die?"

"?"

Liu San's eyes widened and he quickly understood. Yu Qiutang put him in there, so at least he was still alive. If he really wanted to kill him, wouldn't it be better to just kill him and stuff him in there?

I felt a lot more relaxed immediately.

"Brother, if you put me in the closet, what if someone comes in to look for me? I will be exposed by then, and I will have to make arrangements with them."

Liu San said helplessly.

Yu Qiutang thought it made sense and pulled Liu San out again, "Okay, you sit at the table honestly, and do what you did before, just as before, don't reveal any flaws, and wait until your mine manager comes over."

"Okay, got it."

Yu Qiutang asked Liu San to sit in his seat, and he himself sat on the ground behind him, leaning against the wall, so that he could not be seen at first glance when coming in from the front.

"Brother, if I involve the mine manager, what will I do next? They won't let me go!"

Liu San had a sad face.

"That's your problem. I can only guarantee that I won't kill you. As for how you survive their hands, that's something you should think about.

However, you'd better not play any tricks in front of me, otherwise, I can guarantee you that you will not survive this night."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Liu San wiped the sweat from his head.

"Brother, what if the mine manager doesn't come back tonight?"

"You're lucky you didn't come back. Tell me where the mine manager is. As long as I can find him, I won't bother you again."

"Really?"

Liu San's words were full of surprise.

Yu Qiutang glanced at him with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

Liu San quickly turned away.

During the one hour or so, several staff members came in and asked Liu San for instructions on some matters. Liu San remained calm and handled the situation fairly well.

After the next group of people left, Liu San was silent for a while. Finally, he couldn't help but turned around and squatted in front of Yu Qiutang, "Brother, does what you just said count?"

"Which sentence?"

"So, if you find our mine manager, you will go to him and let me go completely?"

Yu Qiutang looked at him with contempt, "Of course it counts. If I didn't want to let you go, why would I go through so much trouble? Wouldn't it be better to just kill you?"

"That's it, that's it!"

Liu San rubbed his hands nervously, his eyes flickering, as if he had experienced a struggle between heaven and man, and finally clapped his hands, "Well, since big brother said so, I'll go all out. I can tell you where to find the mine manager, but you have to promise me that no matter what, you won't involve me!"

Yu Qiutang said nothing, just looked at him.

Liu San felt uneasy when he was looked at, and he almost pleaded with Yu Qiutang: "Brother, you are a heretic, no matter what happens, you can just walk away, but I can't. I was born and raised here, and if I offend these people, I will have no way to survive.

It's okay for me alone, but I have a wife and children. What if they are involved? You may not know that they are very cruel. If you offend them, no matter what, your whole family will suffer.

Please give us a chance to live for the sake of our wives and children. You are not a cruel person, otherwise I would not be alive today, right?"

You have learned how to control me.

Yu Qiutang laughed secretly in his heart.

But there is nothing wrong with what this person said.

He is definitely not the kind of person who is cruel and ruthless and would kill someone.

Facing Liu San here tonight, a lot of my toughness was actually just pretended.

But when he told Liu San that he didn't care about Liu San's life or death, it was not intentional, but he really thought so.

People like Liu San, as a lackey, have done countless evil things.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he is very obedient and looks pitiful now, that is because he is controlled by himself. If Liu San had not had the upper hand due to his overwhelming strength, he would immediately change into a different face.

As for family, it doesn’t matter even more.

They say that misfortune should not affect one’s wife and children, but that’s bullshit.

His wife and children enjoy the benefits brought by Liu San, so they should bear the crisis brought by Liu San.

If they could be completely separated, it would be too easy for people like them.

"Brother, look..."

Liu San was still testing cautiously.

Yu Qiutang stood up and said, "Okay, I can promise you that as long as you tell me where the mine manager is, I can find him easily, and I won't disclose your affairs to anyone."

"Thank you very much..."

"However," Yu Qiutang continued, "the information you provide had better be useful. My patience is limited, and the trust I can give you is also limited.

If you don't cherish it and use up my trust in advance, you can't blame me!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Liu San heard the relaxation in Yu Qiutang's tone and was overjoyed.

Ten minutes later, Yu Qiutang left the mine.

When Liu San finished speaking, he knocked Liu San unconscious. If nothing unexpected happened, the boy would be able to sleep for a while.

Before he left, he warned Liu San to be honest and not to tip off the authorities after he left, as he would make Liu San, his wife and children die miserably if he did so.

Liu San agreed at that time.

But Yu Qiutang didn't know whether he would regret it later.

He just felt that the possibility of Liu San going back on his word was low.

Not to mention his intimidation of Liu San, which let Liu San see his ability and know that there would be no good consequences if he offended him.

Let’s say Liu San is the deputy mine manager. If the mine manager is not there, he will have greater power and hope for promotion, so he has the motivation not to report.

After about forty minutes, Yu Qiutang returned to the hotel.

He first communicated with the two people inside, then left again and came to a small alley on the west side of the town alone.

There are four or five families living in this alley, and they are the earliest aboriginal inhabitants of the town.

Yu Qiutang came to the gate of the third courtyard on the west side of the alley in the dark night, struck a match, lit it, looked at the house number, then went around to the side and jumped up to the wall with all his strength.

After making sure that it was pitch black inside and there was no movement, he turned over and jumped in, tiptoeing to the yard.

This yard is exactly where Liu San told the mine manager to appear.

The yard was originally a public housing in the mine, but the owner died underground two years ago, leaving behind a widow. Later, the mine manager had an affair with the widow.

Yu Qiutang listened carefully outside the doors of each room and heard heavy snoring outside the west door.

He pushed the door and found it was not locked, so he went straight in and followed the sound to the kang.

"Bah!"

The match was lit again, illuminating the figures of the two people on the bed.

The woman is plump and the man is big and strong, with arms much thicker than Yu Qiujiang's.

The moment the light was lit, the two people on the bed were awakened at the same time. The man looked at Yu Qiutang against the firelight. He was a little confused at first, and after a few seconds he shouted at the same time as the woman next to him.

“Who the hell are you!!”

At this time, the match went out.

Yu Qiutang saw the man's shadow sitting up in the darkness, and without any hesitation, he punched the man in the neck.

He had seen a photo of the mine manager in the mine and had good eyesight, so he was sure at a glance that the man on the kang was the mine manager. Without any hesitation, he used all his strength.

With just this one blow, let alone a human, even a wild boar would probably be knocked unconscious.

"Ahhh~"

The woman was terrified and screamed in terror.

Yu Qiutang didn't hold back and slapped the woman in the face, knocking her unconscious.

Appearance reflects the heart. Just by taking a glance at this woman, I could tell that she was not a good person, with a very coquettish look on her face.

Yu Qiutang lit the match again, looked around, found the light cord and pulled it, and the room immediately became bright.

He walked back to the kang, tore off the mosquito net next to it, tied the man's hands behind his back. After tying them tightly, he slapped the man hard in the face until he woke up in a daze.

The man was probably around fifty years old, not considered young, but he was very sturdy and strong, with wrinkles all over his face. It was obvious that he was not a kind person.

After he woke up, he felt a burning pain on his face. For a moment he couldn't figure out what had happened and just stared at Yu Qiutang.

After a full half minute, he finally reacted.

His expression immediately turned grim.

"Who the hell are you?!"

Yu Qiutang bent down to pick up the mine director's shoes, sat down on the edge of the kang, and while the man was confused, he slapped the man on the mouth with the sole of his shoe.

How strong he is.

The man's mouth immediately became swollen, and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth.

"My day..."

"Snapped!"

Yu Qiutang always maintained a calm expression. Whenever the mine manager cursed at him, he would spank him with the sole of his shoe, as if he were a machine.

In the first half of the night, he used this method to deal with Liu San.

Liu San was not convinced at first, but after being beaten many times, he became obedient.

The same is true now.

In the eyes of the mine manager, Yu Qiutang was like a cold, emotionless machine. As long as he kept talking, Yu Qiutang would keep beating him.

Slowly, he gave in.

The only one who suffers from this meaningless struggle is yourself.

Being beaten with shoe soles not only hurts on the face and mouth, but also causes psychological humiliation.

Yu Qiutang raised the soles of his shoes in the air again, but found that the mine manager did not say anything else, but just looked at him viciously, so he threw the shoes back to the ground.

"Calm down?"

The mine manager asked coldly: "Who are you, how did you get in, and what do you want to do?"

"These are three questions. You are more anxious than me," Yu Qiutang took out a dagger and gently scraped the dead skin between his hands.

“But I can answer you.

First of all, I am a person looking for my relatives. My brother disappeared here, and now I have found out about this.

What was the second question? How did I get in? The fact that you can ask such a childish question shows that you are not smart. I can also answer you by climbing over the wall. The height of your wall is no different from the peace land to me..."

The mine manager subconsciously looked out the window.

Is that wall still low?
The walls of the houses built in this kind of town are much higher than those in the countryside.

The walls in the countryside are only two meters high, less than three meters, but the walls here are at least three meters wide.

Most people can't reach the wall when they jump.

It can effectively prevent thieves from climbing over the wall.

Unexpectedly, in Yu Qiutang's words, this wall was so low that it was not worth mentioning at all, it was as easy as walking on flat ground.

Considering that the other party was able to enter the bedroom without anyone noticing, if he really wanted to do something bad to me, I would have been killed long ago.

"What is the other question? Oh, what am I doing here? This question is somewhat related to the first one. I am here to find my brother.

Don't try to talk nonsense. Since I can find you here, you should know that I have already found out a lot of things. You must be a smart person to be the mine manager here.

I'm not stupid either.

I like to deal with smart people. It can save a lot of time and won’t affect my mood.

Now it's like this, I'll tell you my request directly, and you'll tell me the answer directly. I must find my brother, otherwise I wouldn't come here.

I won't give up until I find it, so there's no need for you to put up a pointless resistance, suffer so much, and implicate the people you care about."

As Yu Qiutang spoke, he took out his brother's photo and placed it in front of the mine manager.

"You just need to tell me which of these people are still alive and where to find them. Don't tell me anything else. I don't want to know anything else."

Yu Qiutang spoke without giving the mine manager much chance to react, and he subconsciously looked at the photo.

Yu Qiutang kept watching the changes in his eyes.

Sure enough, when the mine manager looked in a certain direction, he subconsciously opened his eyes and was controlled for a few seconds.

Yu Chunsheng happened to be in that area.

"So, tell me now, is this maintenance worker named Yu Chunsheng still alive?"

Yu Qiutang took the photo away and looked straight at the mine manager.

“Why am I…Ah!!”

The mine manager subconsciously retorted, probably wanting to say something like "Why should I tell you?", but Yu Qiutang directly inserted the dagger into his thigh through the quilt, causing an immediate pain.

"I told you I don't like to hear nonsense. Although I didn't pierce your aorta, I injured the subordinate artery. If you keep dragging on like this, I estimate that you won't be able to hold on for more than half an hour."

Yu Qiutang laughed cruelly and said, "Isn't it good to be alive?" (End of this chapter)