Thirteen deadly sins
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
There have been frequent accidents in coal mines recently, such as gas explosions, or mine flooding, causing casualties ranging from a few to tens of hundreds.One day, I invited Xia Jianfeng to drink tea in a newly opened teahouse. He suddenly pointed to a newspaper and said that if I met such a mine owner, I would have to shoot him.When I looked, it turned out that there was a piece of news related to the mine accident in the newspaper.I said that now this kind of news makes people numb. Didn't there be a mining accident in Xiulin City in the early years?Xia Jianfeng said yes, it was a serious landslide accident in the Xiulin Coal Mine affiliated to the Xiulin Mining and Metallurgy General Factory, which also involved criminal crimes, and I was the one to investigate this case.
1
This morning, Xia Jianfeng, who had just solved a major murder case and was given a one-week holiday by the leader, packed a suitcase and was about to go to Zhangjiajie for a vacation. Before he could cross the threshold, the phone rang Yes, as soon as I answered, it turned out that there was an urgent mission in the bureau.
Without saying a word, he dropped his luggage, drove the car, and hurried to the city bureau.
When I came to the office of the bureau, Zhang Huaishan, the director of the bureau, who was in his fifties this year, was sitting at his desk, with thick brows furrowed, half a cigarette butt in his mouth, and an open letter in front of him.
As soon as Xia Jianfeng ran in, he frowned at the smell of smoke that filled the room.
He thumped in his heart, knowing that something serious must have happened, otherwise the director would not have trouble with cigarettes.
Sure enough, seeing him coming in, Director Zhang pushed the letter in front of him to him without saying anything.
He hurriedly took a look, and saw the letter read:
Dear city leaders:
Hello!
Here, I want to report to you an extremely serious case involving the death of more than [-] people, hoping to attract your attention.
On July 7 this year, a serious landslide occurred in the Xiulin Coal Mine under the Municipal Xiulin General Mining and Metallurgy Plant. At least 13 miners were buried alive in the mine.After the incident, the owner of the mine, Yu Rongzong, the director of the Xiulin General Mining and Metallurgy Factory, was afraid that the news would cause a big stir and the relevant leaders would hold him accountable, which would lead to the seizure of the "cash cow" of the Xiulin Coal Mine. Instead of trying to rescue the underground miners who still had hope of survival, they instead filled the well and flattened the mine, cleaned up the scene, blocked the news, created false appearances, and concealed the truth of the accident.His behavior not only seriously violated discipline and law, but also reached the point where people and gods were indignant and heaven could not tolerate it.Because most of the miners who knew the news and the families of the victims were threatened by the mine owner, they dared to be angry and dare not speak out, so outsiders know very little about this matter.
In order not to let the person responsible for the accident go unpunished, and to return justice to the families of the dead miners, I hereby write a letter to report to you, please pay attention to it, and please investigate thoroughly.
A woman from Xiulin City
8/5
After Xia Jianfeng finished reading the letter, he slammed his fist on the table with a "bang", and the teacup jingled and jumped up.He gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay to be so greedy for profit and careless about human life!"
Zhang Huaishan glanced at him, nodded, pressed the cigarette butt in his hand firmly into the ashtray, exhaled the last smoke ring and said: "After receiving this letter, the city leaders have attached great importance to the situation reflected in the letter. At 07:30 in the morning, Deputy Mayor Yao called me and passed this letter to me, telling me to deal with it in a timely and proper manner. I have called the local police station and talked with their director Jiang Dajun. He said they It is true that he has received a similar report call, and he also went to the mine to check it himself, there is no such thing at all, it is purely a false accusation. What do you think?"
Xia Jianfeng frowned slightly, and said in thought: "In recent years, there have been frequent coal mine accidents across the country. It is not uncommon for mine owners to block the news for their own self-interest. It is not uncommon for the mine owners to conceal the truth of the accident. He has done his superficial work well, so the investigation in Mingli will naturally have no results."
Zhang Huaishan looked at him and asked, "You mean..."
"I think this case should only be visited unannounced, not openly investigated."
Zhang Huaishan nodded, took out another cigarette, lit it and said, "I agree with your opinion. Of course, the possibility of someone writing a false accusation cannot be ruled out. Whether the situation is true or not, it is still too early to draw conclusions." , after a thorough investigation, we will find out. Who do you think is the most suitable person to handle this case?"
Xia Jianfeng puffed up his chest and said, "Ju Zhang, I worked in a coal mine when I was young, and I am familiar with this industry. I should go there myself, besides, the young people assigned to the bureau are all thin-skinned and tender. Yes, and it’s not material for digging coal in wells.”
Zhang Huaishan also smiled and said, "But you are on vacation."
Xia Jianfeng smiled and said, "After you solve this case, you can make up another month's vacation for me to have a good time."
Zhang Huaishan pressed most of the cigarettes in his hand into the ashtray, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, no problem, I will give you a month's leave immediately after you finish this case. Oh, yes, the local police station Chief Jiang Dajun is my old subordinate, you go down and find him first, and then start your work, which will be beneficial to your investigation."
Xia Jianfeng nodded vigorously and said, "I understand, Chief, just wait for my good news."
2
Xiulin Mining and Metallurgy General Factory is one of the largest private enterprises in Xiulin City. The factory director Yu Rongzong is not only an outstanding entrepreneur in Xiulin City, but also a member of the CPPCC.Xiulin Coal Mine has more than 500 miners and managers, and it is the largest open-pit mine in Xiulin City.
Due to the high labor intensity of mining and coal mining, it is generally difficult for miners to work for a long time, so the turnover of miners in the mine is also very large, which forces the mine owners to often post recruitment advertisements at the entrance of the mine.No, early this morning, a job advertisement was posted at the entrance of the Xiulin Coal Mine, saying that it wanted to recruit 50 new miners, requiring males, in good health, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, with a monthly salary of 3000— 4000 yuan.These days, if the recruitment flag is really planted, there will be people who eat food.In less than half a day after the job advertisement was posted, 50 miners were recruited.Xia Jianfeng is one of them.
After completing the recruitment procedures, Xia Jianfeng was led into the mine together with other new miners.The mine is backed by the majestic Xiulin Mountain, and there are two dark mine shafts exposed on the mountainside. Miners dragged coal carts in and out of the mine. scene.
There is a row of work sheds a few hundred meters away from the mine, and the work sheds are divided into small rooms, which are the dormitories of the miners.Not far from the work shed, there is a one-story house, which is the place where the senior managers of the mine work and live.
A work shed is only six or seven square meters, and there is an iron frame bed with two floors above and below, and two people live in each room.The person who shared the room with Xia Jianfeng was a thin middle-aged man named He Zhenfei, a local.As soon as the two of them put down their luggage and made the bed, the captain of the miners ran over yelling and urged the new miners to go to work quickly, saying that the factory manager was about to come to the mine to inspect the work.
The new miners dared not neglect, immediately changed into work clothes, put on safety helmets with miner's lamps, came to the mine mouth, and waited for the captain's deployment.Some were assigned to dig coal in wells, some were assigned to drive pilings in wells, Xia Jianfeng and He Zhenfei were assigned to pull coal trucks.
Xia Jianfeng pulled a coal cart and walked deep into the mine.
The mine shaft is dug very low, only as high as half a person, and people walking in it must face the ground with their hands to get through.Wooden piles are driven on both sides of the mine, and thick planks are laid across them to support the soil above.The mine shaft is very narrow, just big enough for two coal cars to pass, one coming in and the other going out.
Due to the imperfect drainage system, the bottom of the mine is very humid, and the ventilation and light transmission conditions are not good. The air in the mine is very stuffy and the light is dark. find out the situation.
He was secretly surprised, working in such an environment, death is always with him, how can there be no accidents?
The mine is nearly 200 meters deep. After Xia Jianfeng dragged the coal cart in, the coal miners quickly filled the coal cart, and he began to drag the coal cart back.A cart of wet raw coal weighed more than 200 kilograms, and the road under his feet was muddy and difficult to walk. Xia Jianfeng basically crawled forward on the ground with hands and feet.
When the first load of coal was pulled out, he was exhausted, his body was covered with mud and water, and his face was also covered with a thick layer of black coal.
Halfway through the road while pulling the third car of raw coal, an old miner in his fifties in front of Xia Jianfeng fell down, and the coal car kept sliding backwards.
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Xia Jianfeng hastily stretched out a hand to hold the coal cart. Only then did the old miner get up from the ground. He looked back at him gratefully, and continued to move forward with the cart.
At the mouth of the well, Xia Jianfeng saw a beautiful car slowly driving in from the gate of the mine, stopped in front of the bungalow where the administrator worked in the mine, and came out of the car. A fat, white, wearing glasses A middle-aged man, a group of people immediately rushed out of the bungalow to meet him.They walked towards the mine together.
As he got closer, Xia Jianfeng could see clearly that the middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes was imposing, with "Great China" in his mouth, pointing at the miners who were sweating in the mine from time to time.On his left stood a man in his thirties who was talking to him with a smiling face.On the right arm of the middle-aged man was a beautiful girl in her twenties who was wearing a short dress and a long skirt.
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being curious, caught up with the old miner in front of him, and asked quietly: "Uncle, who is that middle-aged man wearing glasses? He is so majestic."
The old miner curled his lips and said, "Except for the boss, who else has such a grand style?"
Xia Jianfeng let out an "oh", and then realized that it was the factory director Yu Rongzong who came to inspect the work.
The old miner continued: "Boss Yu doesn't usually go up the mountain easily, and the affairs of the mine are usually handed over to Supervisor Qin—the man on his left, his name is Qin Bao, and he is the supervisor here. He is fierce to the miners all day long." Yes, when you meet your boss, you become a pug."
"Who is that woman holding the boss's arm?"
"Her name is Wang Qianna. It is said that she is a college graduate. She is Boss Yu's assistant in name but actually his 'Xiaomi'. She has only been in the mine for more than ten days, but Boss Yu trusts her very much. Director Qin has the final say, and now she and Director Qin are in charge of it. Assistant Wang is a celebrity around the boss, and has more power than Director Qin."
While the two were talking, the captain of the supervisor ran up and kicked them, yelling, "Damn it, you're still lazy when you see the boss coming, don't you want to do it?"
The two hurriedly dragged the coal cart into the mine.
After a while, Xia Jianfeng slowed down when he couldn't hear the captain's voice, and asked the old miner in front, "Uncle, have you worked here for a long time?"
The old miner replied: "I have been working for more than two years, so I am an old miner. Hey, are you new here? What's your name? How old are you? Why did you come to this place to work?"
Xia Jianfeng said: "I'm new here. My surname is Xia. Xia's name is Xia Jianfeng. I'm almost forty this year. My family is poor and I haven't married a wife yet. Wife."
The old miner stopped in his tracks, looked back at him, and said, "What a coincidence, my surname is Xia, and we were still a family 500 years ago. I have a son who is the same age as you and also works in this mine. Unfortunately... ..." Having said that, he sighed, and a bleak look flashed across his absent-minded eyes.
Xia Jianfeng was very surprised, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
"It's a pity, it's a pity that he..." As soon as the old man Xia said this, Xia Jianfeng's coal car was kicked hard with a "bang", and someone behind him shouted: "What are you dawdling in, hurry up!"
Xia Jianfeng looked back, only to realize that the person behind him was his roommate He Zhenfei who lived in the same room with him.He had no choice but to stop talking, quicken his pace, and dragged the coal cart forward.
There was the team leader and supervisor outside, and He Zhenfei kept urging him down the well. Xia Jianfeng didn't find a chance to talk to the old man until the end of the day until the evening.
After dinner, the team leader came to tell Director Qin that the factory manager came down to inspect the work today and was very dissatisfied with the speed of the miners' work. In order to catch up with the progress, he had to work overtime for two hours every day after dinner.After working overtime, each person will be given a pack of instant noodles.The miners had no choice but to work overtime again.It wasn't until after ten o'clock in the night that I finished working overtime.
When the miners returned to their dormitories, everyone was so tired that their bones fell apart, and they didn't even bother to take a shower, so they fell into bed covered in mud and sweat and went to sleep.Xia Jianfeng couldn't fall asleep anyway, he didn't forget the reconnaissance task assigned to him by the leader, let alone his purpose of sneaking into the mine.But after his initial observation of the mine, everything was calm and normal, and nothing suspicious could be seen.
Could it be that the information provided in the report letter is false?Or is the fox clamping his tail too tightly so that he can't see the flaw?Where should we start investigating this case?He tossed and turned, thinking hard.
Time passed by, the night was already very deep, and he still didn't feel sleepy at all.At this moment, he suddenly heard a faint cry, the sound was desolate and terrifying.He couldn't help being startled. In the middle of the night, who is crying sadly outside?
He got up quietly and walked out of the shed, wanting to find out.
The moonlight was hazy outside, everything was silent, and the crying could be heard more clearly.
Holding his breath and concentrating on it, he tiptoed towards the direction where the weeping came from behind the shed.
Not far behind the shed, there is a small forest.
A man was kneeling in the woods, with a stick of incense sticking in front of him.The incense was extinguished, and the man cried louder and more sadly, and while weeping, he sobbed bitterly and said: "My dog, you died so badly! Dad is useless, there is no way to save you, there is no way to help you!" For revenge, don't blame father, if you want to blame, blame the god-killed Boss Yu..."
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being amazed, walked over gently, and when he was seven or eight steps away from that person, he finally saw his face clearly.He was taken aback, and couldn't help shouting: "Uncle Xia, is it you?" It turned out that this person was the old man Xia who had talked to him during the day.
The old man Xia was startled suddenly. Seeing someone coming, he hurriedly stomped out the incense sticks on the ground. Before he could wipe away his tears, he stood up and left.
Xia Jianfeng felt that something was wrong, so he quickly caught up with him and said, "Uncle Xia, you don't know me anymore? I'm Xia Jianfeng."
The old man Xia still said without turning his head: "I know you, brother, just pretend you didn't see anything, go back to sleep."
Xia Jianfeng said: "But I saw everything. Tell me what happened? What happened to your son?"
The old man Xia glanced at him, wanted to say something, but hesitated to speak, and shook his head after a while and said: "Brother, this matter has nothing to do with you. I don't tell you, it's for your own good. Don't ask any more, move."
Xia Jianfeng seemed to understand something from his expression, grabbed his arm, and said, "Uncle Xia, tell me, did a landslide happen here last month? Was your son buried alive under the mine? Yes Didn't Boss Yu threaten you and tell you not to say anything?"
Old man Xia was stunned for a moment, then suddenly squatted on the ground and cried.
Xia Jianfeng helped him up and said loudly: "Tell me quickly, is that so?"
Old man Xia raised his tear-ridden face, looked at him, suddenly his eyes dimmed, his lips trembled, and he was about to speak, when suddenly a strong flashlight came over, and a voice shouted: "Hey, You two, sneaking around in the middle of the night, what do you want to do? Do you want to steal something? "
Xia Jianfeng was startled, and when he looked up, the person who came was Qin Bao, the supervisor of the mine.
The old man Xia's face changed, and he said in fear: "Master, supervisor, I, I... came out to pee..." As he spoke, he hurried away with his head lowered while wiping the tears on his face.
Qin Bao pointed the flashlight at Xia Jianfeng's eyes: "What about you?"
Xia Jianfeng hesitated and said, "It's too hot, I, I can't sleep in the middle of the night, I want to go out for a walk..."
Qin Bao swept his face with a flashlight and said, "Are you called Xia Jianfeng? From tomorrow onwards, you don't have to work. You have been fired."
Xia Jianfeng was taken aback: "Why?"
Qin Bao glared at him and said, "Looking at you, you must not be a good person. Staying here will only cause me trouble, so..."
"Wait a minute!" Before he finished speaking, a person, a woman, came out of the darkness suddenly, with a short dress and a long skirt, and a shawl with beautiful hair. She was slim and charming. It turned out to be Wang Qianna, the assistant to the factory manager.
She walked up to Qin Bao, frowned slightly, looked at him and said, "Director Qin, you are being careless in doing this. I observed him during the day and he worked very hard. How could you just fire such a good guy so casually?" What about the employees? Let’s forget what happened today.”
"Hmph!" Qin Bao's face turned pale, and he was very ugly. He glanced at her, then at Xia Jianfeng, turned off the flashlight, and walked away resentfully.
Wang Qianna looked at Xia Jianfeng, suddenly smiled, and said in a low voice, "There are dangers in the mine, you must be careful!"
Xia Jianfeng was startled, not understanding why she said such a sentence to him, just about to say something, but she already smiled, turned and left.He also had no choice but to go back to his room to sleep with full of doubts.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw He Zhenfei, who was in the same dormitory, lying on the window and looking out.As soon as he stepped through the door, he quickly slipped onto the bed and pretended to be asleep.He frowned, didn't think much, and went to bed.
3
The next day, Xia Jianfeng was still assigned by the captain to pull coal trucks.
But the strange thing is, he pulled back and forth in the mine several times, but he didn't see the old man Xia.He thought that the old man Xia was sent by the captain to work elsewhere, and he didn't take it to heart. He only thought that when he saw him again, he must ask him clearly.He knew that maybe the breakthrough of this case was in Old Man Xia.
However, until dinner at night, there was still no sign of Old Man Xia.
Only then did he seem to realize something, and secretly felt something was wrong.
In the evening, in the middle of the night, when He Zhenfei fell asleep on the lower bunk, he jumped out of the bed again, and with the last hope, he went to look in the woods last night, but there was no one in the woods.
Old man Xia seemed to have been evaporated, and he could never be found again.
An ominous omen rose in his heart, and he secretly blamed himself, maybe it was his recklessness and impulsiveness last night that hurt Old Man Xia.In this way, his only clue was broken.
He was thinking and wandering outside the woods, when he looked up by chance, he suddenly saw a figure flashing out from the back door of the administrator's dormitory not far away, after looking around for a while, he quickly ran towards the mine.
He froze for a moment, who is this person?What are you doing at the mine so late?
He couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, so he quietly followed.
The moonlight was clear, and he quickly followed that person. Looking from his back, that person should be Wang Qianna, assistant to the factory manager.She walked quickly to the foot of the mountain, bypassed the two mines being mined, came to the other side of the mountain, stopped on a weedy hillside, and looked back to see if anyone was following her.
Xia Jianfeng hurriedly dodged behind a rock, and at the same time saw her face clearly, it was indeed Wang Qianna.
After Wang Qianna confirmed that there was no one around, she suddenly pushed aside a clump of weeds on the hillside, revealing a dark cave.
She put on a set of work clothes for miners, put on a hard hat, turned on the miner's lamp above her head, walked into the cave with a bow, and then turned around to close the weeds at the entrance of the cave.
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't expect there to be such a secret cave here, let alone guess what Wang Qianna was doing here in the middle of the night.
He followed quickly and also got into the cave.He drilled in and found that it was not a cave, but a mine. Moss had grown on the walls of the well, and the wooden piles on both sides and the planks above the head had begun to rot. It was obviously an old mine that had been abandoned for many years.
What is Wang Qianna doing in this old mine?
She didn't notice that someone was following her tens of meters behind her, and she still walked forward with the miner's lamp on.
This old mine is about 200 meters deep. At the end of the mine, there are tools for digging and picking soil such as shovels and baskets.
After Wang Qianna reached the end, she picked up the shovel and dug up the soil.
Looking at the two sides at the end of the mine, there is new soil more than [-] meters away. Obviously, this last section was dug by her recently. It seems that she has been digging here quietly for a long time.
The more Xia Jianfeng looked at it, the more incredible he became.
He hid in the dark mine and observed for more than an hour. Seeing that Wang Qianna had no other suspicious actions except digging with a shovel, he quietly retreated from the mine.
In the next few nights, he discovered through follow-up observation that Wang Qianna would go to the secret old mine to dig soil after twelve o'clock every night, and she would not go back to her room to rest until the waning moon set in the west and the sky was twilight.The old mine shaft was dug forward several meters by her.
On the fifth night, at midnight, Xia Jianfeng quietly came to the old mine again to observe Wang Qianna's actions as usual.Just after walking more than 100 meters in the dark in the mine, I heard a voice talking inside.
He couldn't help being taken aback. In the past, Wang Qianna would come in quietly alone. How could there be other people in the well tonight?
He hurriedly quickened his pace, walked to a place only tens of meters away from the end and hid, listening to the voices inside.Wang Qianna said angrily: "You are so despicable, you actually followed me secretly."
"So what about following you? If you haven't done anything wrong, why are you so sneaky?" Ling Xia Jianfeng never dreamed that it was Qin Bao's voice who said these words.
Wang Qianna said loudly: "Qin, don't spout blood. Tell me, what did I do wrong?"
Qin Bao sneered twice, and said, "Okay, since you haven't done anything wrong, then I won't say anything more. I'll call the boss tomorrow morning."
"You..." Wang Qianna's voice dropped significantly, "What do you want?"
In the darkness, Qin Bao let out a series of sinister smiles and said, "Little beauty, my request is very simple. As long as you satisfy me once, I will pretend that nothing happened tonight."
"You... dream!"
"Don't refuse so quickly. I don't know what you intend to dig in this old mine in the middle of the night, but I believe that if the boss finds out, he will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. Do you believe it? "
Wang Qianna was silent for a long while before she said helplessly, "...Okay, I promise you..."
Qin Bao triumphantly let out a series of obscene laughter, followed by Wang Qianna's struggling sounds and Qin Bao's rustling sounds...
Xia Jianfeng finally couldn't bear it anymore, quickly grabbed a handful of wet mud from the ground, wiped his face with a big face, then rushed out like lightning, and kicked Qin Bao's buttocks heavily on Wang Qianna, who was jumping on top of Wang Qianna like a wild dog .
With a grunt, Qin Bao rolled to the ground like a winter melon.
He hurriedly got up from the ground, turned his head and saw that there was an unidentified big man with muddy face in front of him, he couldn't help being surprised and angry: "Damn, who are you? How dare you spoil my good deeds!" Xia Jianfeng rushed over and hit with a raised fist.
He has a burly figure and heavy punches, if he hits him, it must be uncomfortable.
Xia Jianfeng waited for his fist to stretch out halfway, suddenly lowered his head and dodged his fist, at the same time inserted his right knee between his legs, hugged his thigh with both hands, and made a beautiful "leg hugging and throwing" movement, and the opponent was thrown Picking it up from the ground, turning around on the spot, he threw him heavily on the ground.
Qin Bao was thrown so badly that his eyes were staring at him. Just as he was about to get up, Xia Jianfeng stepped on his back heavily.
He couldn't get up from his feet with all his strength, so he slapped the ground and begged for mercy: "Heroic man, spare your life! Good man, spare your life!"
Xia Jianfeng said: "Let's spare your life today, if you dare to bully this Miss Wang and other miners next time, I will kill you! Get out!"
As soon as he lifted his foot, Qin Bao heaved a sigh of relief, and ran out of the mine while scrambling.
Xia Jianfeng looked at Wang Qianna and saw that she was fine except for her jacket being torn, so he took off a jacket and put it on for her, without saying much, he turned his head and walked outside.
At noon the next day, when he was having lunch in the cafeteria, he suddenly found that his rice bowl, which had never been filled with oil and water, was filled with a lot of dishes, as well as some fish and chicken. The opposite sat down, winked at him and said softly, "Thank you for saving me last night."
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being startled, not understanding why she recognized him.She smiled sweetly and said, "You forgot, there is your ID card in the pocket of the jacket you took off to me."
Only then did Xia Jianfeng suddenly realize.
After eating, when Wang Qianna got up to leave, she suddenly pushed a small note from under the table into his hand.
He picked it up and saw that it said: Someone is going to kill you, be careful!
He couldn't help being taken aback, and when he looked up, he saw that Wang Qianna had already walked away.
4
A few days later, the captain suddenly changed Xia Jianfeng's job and asked him to dig coal underground.
When he arrived underground, he found that his roommate He Zhenfei had also been assigned to dig coal.
He Zhenfei's body was already very thin. After experiencing this hard life as a miner, he became even thinner. His eyes were sunken, his cheekbones were high, and he looked like he hadn't recovered from a long illness.
Xia Jianfeng greeted him, picked up the shovel, and started to work.
After digging for a few days, the raw coal in the mine gradually decreased, and the mining work of this mine was nearing completion.
That afternoon, Xia Jianfeng, He Zhenfei and others were digging the last bit of raw coal at the bottom of the well, when they suddenly heard a muffled "boom", and suddenly felt the mountains shake, and a dusty breath rushed towards them.Then, the mine suddenly fell silent, not a single sound could be heard.
Xia Jianfeng was the first to react, "No, it's a landslide!"
He hastily used the miner's lamp above his head to illuminate the direction of the mine exit, only to see that the place 30 meters away from the bottom of the mine had been completely sealed by the collapsed mud and rocks above his head.
"What?" The miners behind him couldn't help but turn pale with shock. They were stunned for a while, and then panicked.
After everyone realized that they were buried alive in the mine, someone suddenly burst into tears.
Xia Jianfeng collected himself, tried to calm himself down, then turned his head, illuminated it with a miner's lamp, and found that besides him and He Zhenfei, there were a dozen or so miners trapped in the mine, and everyone was very excited.
His mood suddenly became heavy.
At this time, a miner suddenly knelt down on the ground, beat his chest and patted the ground, and cried loudly: "God, why are you so cruel... It wasn't enough to bury my brother alive in the landslide last month, and today I was told to die in this well." ... I have a pity that there are old and young in my family, how will I live in the future..."
Xia Jianfeng's heart shook, and he lifted him up from the ground: "What did you say? Last month your brother..."
The miner wept sadly and said: "On the 13th of last month, a mine shaft in the mine collapsed severely. At that time, more than 40 miners who were working underground did not survive. Among them was my younger brother... Afterwards, the boss He gave me 8 yuan in compensation and told me not to tell anyone about it, otherwise not only will the compensation be withdrawn, but my house will also be set on fire...Unexpectedly, even I will..."
Xia Jianfeng clenched his teeth and punched the wall of the well: "Such a thing really happened!"
He Zhenfei sighed, and said in a strange way: "Oh, who said we are poor. The lives of poor people are so worthless. Last time no one organized a rescue, and presumably no one will come to rescue us this time. Let's not cry too Stop making trouble, just sit here and wait for death."
Xia Jianfeng said angrily: "Fart! If others don't come to rescue us, why don't we save ourselves? I have observed before entering the mine. The left side of the mine is closest to the ground. If we dig from the left side, we will definitely survive. Opportunity."
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed and picked up their shovels to dig on the left side of the well.
He Zhenfei sneered and said, "Don't blindly light the lamp, it's useless. If we dig like this, even if we don't die from exhaustion, we will starve to death."
Xia Jianfeng was startled, looked at him with a smile and said, "Thank you for reminding me." Then he dug a deep pit one meter square on the ground with a shovel. Due to the damp ground, the pit was half full of clear water in a short while.Then peel off the bark on the stake and soak it in water.
He said: "We drink water when we are thirsty, and eat bark when we are hungry. We will dig it out even if we are desperate. Yu Rongzong is a bastard who ignores human life. We must not let him go." The miner's lamp was turned off, leaving only two lamps on to save power.
Everyone nodded in agreement, all excited, as if the way out was in front of them, they all waved their shovels to dig up the soil.Xia Jianfeng took out a watch with a calendar from his pocket, looked at it, and wrote down the current time.
On the first day, everyone worked so hard that they even forgot about their hunger. They dug more than ten meters to the left front of the mine in no time.
Drank a little water the next day and continued digging forward.
But on the third day, everyone couldn't hold on any longer. There was nothing else, but the hunger was so starving, the hands and feet were weak, and they had to pick up the bark soaked in water and chew it.The first time I tasted the bark, the taste was not pleasant, it was smelly and hard, and it was hard to swallow. Everyone didn't want to eat it.
Xia Jianfeng bit the bullet and ate a piece, suddenly felt his stomach churn, and with a "wow", he vomited.But he didn't even frown, and stuffed the vomited bark into his mouth again.
Seeing that he was eating so happily, everyone frowned and swallowed the bark in their mouths.
5
On the fourth day, we had already dug tens of meters forward, but there was still a thick layer of soil in front of everyone, and it seemed that we would never be able to dig to the edge and never see the sun.
In the past few days, everyone has not eaten or slept well. They are already extremely tired and depressed. Some people have begun to complain and curse.
Xia Jianfeng was very worried when he saw it. He looked at his watch and deduced that it should be the fourth night they were trapped underground.
He stopped the shovel in his hand and said, "Everyone is tired, stop and turn off the lights and get some sleep before we talk."
So everyone threw the shovel in their hands, lay down on the wet ground, and fell into a sweet dreamland.
Xia Jianfeng also lay down in the dark, holding his head in his hands, worrying about his future.He has already dug tens of meters, but he still hasn't reached the ground. Could it be that he miscalculated?Until now, he couldn't think of a better way, so he had to resign himself to fate.Thinking about it, sleepiness welled up, and he gradually fell asleep.
After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, he vaguely felt that his ankle seemed to be pricked by a needle, which was hot, painful and numb.
He turned on the miner's lamp suspiciously and saw a snake the size of chopsticks swimming past his feet. "There are snakes!"
Surprised, he picked up a shovel and cut the little snake in half.
Everyone was also awakened. A miner looked at his feet and exclaimed, "Oh, no, brother Xia, your feet were bitten by a snake!"
Xia Jianfeng looked down and saw that his right ankle was swollen like a fermented steamed bun, and it was indeed bitten by a snake.After a while, his entire calf swelled up, his entire right leg became numb, and he lost consciousness.It seems that this is a very poisonous snake.
Xia Jianfeng's face was pale, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead.
"Don't move!" A middle-aged miner yelled, and suddenly fell on the ground, hugged his right leg, and sucked hard on the wound with his mouth.After three or four mouthfuls of black and smelly "poisonous blood" spit out from his mouth, a trace of bright red blood emerged from Xia Jianfeng's wound.
The middle-aged miner tore off a piece of clothing to bandage his wound, rinsed his mouth with water, and smiled honestly at the miners who were worried about him: "Don't worry about me, my family's three-generation snake doctor, this poisonous snake I can't be bothered."
Seeing Xia Jianfeng's swollen ankle gradually shrinking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Xia Jianfeng also cast a grateful look at the middle-aged miner who risked his life to save him.
At this moment, someone suddenly heard shouting: "Don't make noise, listen quickly, what's that sound?"
Everyone was startled, and immediately quieted down. They listened carefully, and they heard a few tinkling sounds.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. There was no one knocking on anything in the mine. Where did the strange clanging sound come from?
At this time, the clanging sound rang again, Xia Jianfeng's heart moved, and he said, "This sound seems to be coming from outside."
"Outside?" The miners were stunned for a moment, then understood immediately, cheered, and hurriedly picked up the shovel on the ground and dug out desperately - since they could hear the sound outside, the outside world would not be too far away.
Xia Jianfeng couldn't stop his excitement, so he picked up the shovel and started digging furiously.
While digging, there was a sudden "boom", and the mud wall in front of them collapsed, revealing a black hole about one meter high.
"It's been dug through! It's been dug through!" All the miners threw down their shovels and cheered.
But Xia Jianfeng felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly went through the hole to have a look, but was shocked again.It turned out that the outside was not the sky and the earth they had been praying for, but the same dark and oppressive mine. In the mine, there were many corpses of miners lying here and there. Hitting the shovel made a clanging sound.
Suddenly, behind Xia Jianfeng, the miner who lost his younger brother in the landslide accident on the 13th of last month rushed up, hugged a pale young man on the ground, and exclaimed in surprise: "Second brother, second child, really Are you? Are you still alive?"
Only then did Xia Jianfeng suddenly realize that they dug through the mine that collapsed last month by mistake.What is amazing is that there are still eight living lives in this mine that has collapsed for more than a month, which is really incredible.
At this time, among the eight people, a man with a beard covered in muddy water stood up with difficulty, looked at them and said hopefully: "I, we heard voices outside and wanted to call you, but we had no strength, so we had to Hit the shovel to get your attention...you, are you here to save us?"
Xia Jianfeng's heart sank, he didn't know how to answer.
He Zhenfei interrupted and said, "We are also miners who were buried alive in the mine. We dug into this ghostly place full of dead people just because we followed this old man's advice... Sigh, I thought it was real." It’s a joy to be on the ground. Let’s stop messing around and wait for death in peace.”
When the man heard it, his eyes darkened, because his body was too weak, he couldn't catch his breath, and he fainted on the ground.
"Wang Hu, what's the matter with you? What's the matter?" The other seven miners hurriedly surrounded him, calling out anxiously.
Xia Jianfeng hurried back to the original mine, cut open the poisonous snake that died on the ground with a shovel, took out the snake gall, stuffed it into the mouth of this man named Wang Hu, and asked someone to bring some water to feed him to drink.After a long time, he coughed and finally woke up.
He stared at Xia Jianfeng with absent-minded eyes, and stared at it for a long time before choking out a sentence: "Why didn't anyone come to save us?"
Yes, why no one came to rescue us?Everyone was stunned for a moment, asking and shouting in their hearts, why no one came to save us?No one could find an answer or hope. Some people were sighing, while others knelt on the ground and cried.
Looking at this group of desperate and helpless men, Xia Jianfeng's eyes became moist.He knew that it was time for him to stand up.
So, he puffed up his chest, stood up, glanced at all the people present, and said loudly: "Who said that no one will rescue you? I am here to rescue you. I am the police, and I am sent by the government to rescue you. "
As soon as this remark came out, more than 20 miners present were stunned: "You, what you said is true? Are you really a policeman?"
Xia Jianfeng glanced over everyone's face, nodded firmly, and said, "That's right, I'm really a policeman, but I'm here as an undercover agent, so I can't carry a police officer's ID on me, please believe me."
A miner punched him on the shoulder: "Why didn't you say it earlier!"
Wang Hu held his hand tightly, as if he had found a savior: "Comrade police, what do you think we should do now? We all listen to you."
Xia Jianfeng glanced at everyone, and said: "There are two roads before us now. One is to sit and wait for death; the other is to pull together and dig a way out. So many of our miner brothers have fallen to this point today, dead or injured The injury was completely caused by Yu Rongzong, a black-hearted bastard. Even if we are the last person left, with our last breath, we must fight to get out alive. Not for anything else, just to sue Yu Rongzong. You bastard, avenge so many of our miner brothers who died in vain!"
"Yes, yes, we want to get out alive, and we want revenge!" Everyone cheered up.
6
Inspired and inspired by Xia Jianfeng, everyone picked up their shovels one after another and was about to dig out from the well wall when suddenly a large piece of soil collapsed on one side of the well wall, revealing a big hole and a strong light Shot in from the outside.
Everyone was shocked.
Xia Jianfeng was about to go over to see what was going on, but suddenly a person jumped in from the hole, it was actually a woman with long hair.
He was taken aback, and cried out: "Wang Qianna? You, why did you come here?"
Wang Qianna was also stunned when she saw him.
At this time, Wang Hu suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Little sister?"
When Wang Qianna heard his call, she came back to her senses, threw herself into his arms, hugged him and said in surprise, "Brother? Brother, is it really you? You, you are still alive..."
Everyone stared at the two of them in bewilderment, not knowing what happened.
After Wang Qianna calmed down a little, she told everyone the ins and outs of this matter.
It turned out that Wang Qianna was a college student in a small mountain village in the countryside of Xiulin City. She had been relying on her brother Wang Hu to work in the mine to earn money for her education.In July this year, when she returned home after graduating from university, she found that the home was enveloped in an atmosphere of grief. Her mother cried and washed her face with tears all day long. She couldn't help being very surprised.After her repeated questioning, the mother finally explained the whole story.It turned out that her brother Wang Hu had an accident in the mine. After the owner of the mine, Yu Rongzong, compensated her family with 7 yuan, he threatened her parents not to tell anyone about it. To recover the 8 yuan, they will also set fire to their house.
Wang Qianna was deeply angry when she heard this, but at the same time felt that there was something strange about it, her brother was not alive or dead, what happened?Regardless of her parents' dissuasion, she decided to sneak into the mine to investigate the truth of the matter alone.She came to the mine, but the person in charge of recruiting said that the mine did not recruit female workers. She had no choice but to deliberately make a scene at the mine gate, which alarmed Yu Rongzong who was inspecting the mine.Yu Rongzong saw that she was young and beautiful, and also a college student, so he kept her and asked her to be his assistant to manage the daily work of the mine together with Qin Bao.
Not long after she arrived at the mine, she vaguely heard about the serious landslide in the mine on July 7, Yu Rongzong gave up the opportunity to save people for his own self-interest and concealed the truth of the accident, and found the location of the accident mine.She first called the mayor's hotline to report the case, but there was no response, and then wrote a letter to report, but still no one came down to investigate.She was very anxious and decided to investigate the matter herself.She knew that if she wanted to find out the truth, she had to find her brother.
Just at this time, she found an old map of the mine in the file cabinet of the mine office. Through observation, she found that there was an old mine that was abandoned a long time ago, only 30 meters away from the mine where her brother had an accident. It was not difficult to find her brother by digging through these two mines.
So, she found this old mine shaft covered by weeds, dug out the soil accumulated at the mouth of the well, came to the bottom of the well, and after calculating the direction, she began to dig forward...Of course, all this happened It was carried out quietly in the dark night that no one knew.
Tonight, she finally dug through two mine shafts and met her miraculously alive brother.
After the catastrophe, the two brothers and sisters met at the bottom of the well, and they couldn't help being overjoyed and tears filled their eyes.
Xia Jianfeng also briefly told Wang Qianna about her experience of being trapped underground. Only then did she know that he was a policeman who came down from the Municipal Public Security Bureau to secretly investigate the truth after receiving her report letter. She couldn't help being very excited.
She held his hand and said, "I overheard Yu Rongzong calling Qin Bao many times from the office telephone extension, telling him to pay attention to you and deal with you. At that time, I thought you were coming to the mine just like me. What about the family members of the killed miners who secretly investigated the truth of the accident.”
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help laughing, and said, "So you've been taking care of me in secret."
Wang Qianna glanced at him, her face turned red, and she said, "Yes, I want to investigate with you, but I am afraid that I will make a mistake in judgment, get your identity wrong, and cause trouble for myself, so I dare not act rashly—— By the way, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, it is now dark outside, let's hurry up and leave here in the dark, if Qin Bao and Yu Rongzong find out, I am afraid they will not easily let us go."
"Yes, it's very dangerous here, let's go." Xia Jianfeng said, leading everyone through the hole Wang Qianna just dug, to the old mine, and walked out of the mine.
Just walking halfway, Xia Jianfeng suddenly heard an exclamation: "Be careful!" Then, Wang Qianna, who was walking on the right side of his body, rushed towards him and pushed him one meter away.
Almost at the same time, a shovel came down from the place where he was standing with a gust of wind, cutting a big hole in the ground.
He couldn't help being taken aback, if Wang Qianna hadn't pushed him away in time, he might have been split in half already.
Looking back, He Zhenfei was holding a shovel, looking at him with a cold smile.
Xia Jianfeng said angrily: "You, are you crazy? What do you want to do?"
He Zhenfei smiled wickedly and said, "I want your dog's life!"
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being startled: "Why? I have no grievances with you, why did you kill me?"
He Zhenfei stared at him and said coldly: "You have no grievances with me, but you have a feud with Boss Yu, so Boss Yu told me that no matter what, I can't let you get out of this mine alive."
Xia Jianfeng was taken aback: "Are you sent by Yu Rongzong?"
"Yes, I was indeed sent by Boss Yu. As soon as you arrived at the mine, Boss Yu already knew that you were a policeman from the city, so he specially arranged for me to live with you and asked me to monitor you day and night. You were talking to Old Man Xia in the woods, why did Manager Qin appear suddenly? Why did Manager Qin know about Wang Qianna’s mining in the middle of the night? I told him all about it after I followed you. Originally, Boss Yu just wanted to force you to leave the mine, don’t Just intervene in the mine, but later you know more and more things, so Boss Yu decided to let you die in the mine without anyone noticing, so as to avoid future troubles."
Xia Jianfeng suddenly understood: "Then we were trapped in the mine, and he did it too?"
"Yes, he loaded the mine with dynamite, knocked down the soil, and buried you alive in the mine."
"Then you were also trapped in the mine?"
"I was specially sent by Boss Yu to deal with you. He put a poisonous snake in a bamboo tube and asked me to take it down the mine. If you are not dead, I will release the poisonous snake to bite you to death. Who knows that you are so fucking dead, you were bitten by a poisonous snake Not a single bite died."
"You are trapped in the well with us, if we die, how can you get out alive?"
He Zhenfei smiled sadly, and said: "I didn't plan to get out alive. I'm suffering from cancer, and I'm not far away from death. Boss Yu promised me that as long as I die with you in the mine, he will give my wife and children 20 yuan." Wan. So no matter what, I can't let you get out of here alive." As he spoke, he raised his shovel again and slashed at Xia Jianfeng's head.
Xia Jianfeng hurriedly dodged to the side, the shovel swung past his shoulder, his clothes were torn, and a bloodstain appeared on his arm.Wang Qianna was shocked, and in desperation picked up a shovel and threw it at him.
At the same time Xia Jianfeng caught the shovel, He Zhenfei's shovel quickly struck towards him.Without thinking too much, he raised the shovel in his hand, held it up, and at the same time kicked out his right leg like lightning.
He Zhenfei was kicked in the chest by him, flew backward two or three meters, fell to the ground, and dropped the shovel in his hand.
"Kill him! Kill him!" Suddenly, someone among the miners shouted angrily.
He Zhenfei was so scared that his face turned pale and his head was sweating coldly. Seeing that the situation was not good, he suddenly got up and turned around and ran away. After a while, he ran out of the mine without a trace.
Xia Jianfeng hurriedly said to everyone: "He will definitely find Qin Bao and Yu Rongzong when he goes out, let's get out of here quickly."
However, there were a few weak miners behind who couldn't stand up. Xia Jianfeng had to carry them on the back with a few healthy miners. Afraid that their eyes would not be able to withstand the stimulation of the light, they covered their eyes and walked step by step. go outside.
But when they walked outside the mine, before they had time to take a breath of fresh air they hadn't seen for a long time, they were stunned.
I saw that the lights at the foot of the mountain were brightly lit, as bright as daylight, making everyone's eyes hurt. Yu Rongzong and Qin Bao had already led dozens of burly men to block the only way they had to go down the mountain. He Zhenfei was standing behind Yu Rongzong Smiled triumphantly at them.
"What should I do?" Someone asked in a trembling voice.
"Fight with them!" Wang Hu roared.
"Wait a minute, don't be impulsive!" Xia Jianfeng hurriedly stopped them, pointing at the gate of the mine with his hand, "What do you think is that?"
"It's a police car!" Wang Qianna exclaimed in surprise.
While speaking, four or five police cars with flashing lights and sirens drove into the mine quickly, the door opened, and a group of policemen with live ammunition jumped out of the car, surrounding Yu Rongzong and Qin Bao and others.
A tall police officer with piercing eyes walked towards Xia Jianfeng.
Xia Jianfeng's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Director, is that you?"
It was Zhang Huaishan, director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, who came.Zhang Huaishan stepped forward and held his hand tightly, saying, "Old Xia, thank you for your hard work!"
Xia Jianfeng asked excitedly: "Director, why are you here?"
"A few days ago, we received a letter from the girl who wrote the report last time. We learned that a person named Xia Jianfeng was buried alive in a landslide in the mine. We knew it must be you. And obviously, Yu Rongzong must have known your identity, so he killed you. But how could he know your identity? Your secret operation is only known to you and me, and I remembered you later When I came here, I greeted Jiang Dajun, the director of the local police station. Did he leak your identity to Yu Rongzong? Our special case team immediately launched a secret investigation on him. If you don’t check, you don’t know. Suddenly, it turns out that Yu Rongzong is his brother-in-law, and he also has some shares in Xiulin Coal Mine. After an overnight surprise interrogation, Jiang Dajun explained to us that he planned and implemented the concealment of the Xiulin Coal Mine collapse accident. , We just got the news that Yu Rongzong was in the mine tonight, so we came here immediately... I thought you were really killed by Yu Rongzong, I didn't expect you to live so vigorously!"
Xia Jianfeng smiled and said, "It's hard to explain this matter. You guys came too soon, let's go back and talk about it. The miners behind me have just narrowly escaped death. They are very weak and need hospital treatment."
Zhang Huaishan nodded and said, "Okay."
Xia Jianfeng turned to look at Wang Qianna, shook hands with her, and said, "Miss Wang, thank you for your help. If you need anything in the future, please come to the Public Security Bureau to find me."
(End of this chapter)
There have been frequent accidents in coal mines recently, such as gas explosions, or mine flooding, causing casualties ranging from a few to tens of hundreds.One day, I invited Xia Jianfeng to drink tea in a newly opened teahouse. He suddenly pointed to a newspaper and said that if I met such a mine owner, I would have to shoot him.When I looked, it turned out that there was a piece of news related to the mine accident in the newspaper.I said that now this kind of news makes people numb. Didn't there be a mining accident in Xiulin City in the early years?Xia Jianfeng said yes, it was a serious landslide accident in the Xiulin Coal Mine affiliated to the Xiulin Mining and Metallurgy General Factory, which also involved criminal crimes, and I was the one to investigate this case.
1
This morning, Xia Jianfeng, who had just solved a major murder case and was given a one-week holiday by the leader, packed a suitcase and was about to go to Zhangjiajie for a vacation. Before he could cross the threshold, the phone rang Yes, as soon as I answered, it turned out that there was an urgent mission in the bureau.
Without saying a word, he dropped his luggage, drove the car, and hurried to the city bureau.
When I came to the office of the bureau, Zhang Huaishan, the director of the bureau, who was in his fifties this year, was sitting at his desk, with thick brows furrowed, half a cigarette butt in his mouth, and an open letter in front of him.
As soon as Xia Jianfeng ran in, he frowned at the smell of smoke that filled the room.
He thumped in his heart, knowing that something serious must have happened, otherwise the director would not have trouble with cigarettes.
Sure enough, seeing him coming in, Director Zhang pushed the letter in front of him to him without saying anything.
He hurriedly took a look, and saw the letter read:
Dear city leaders:
Hello!
Here, I want to report to you an extremely serious case involving the death of more than [-] people, hoping to attract your attention.
On July 7 this year, a serious landslide occurred in the Xiulin Coal Mine under the Municipal Xiulin General Mining and Metallurgy Plant. At least 13 miners were buried alive in the mine.After the incident, the owner of the mine, Yu Rongzong, the director of the Xiulin General Mining and Metallurgy Factory, was afraid that the news would cause a big stir and the relevant leaders would hold him accountable, which would lead to the seizure of the "cash cow" of the Xiulin Coal Mine. Instead of trying to rescue the underground miners who still had hope of survival, they instead filled the well and flattened the mine, cleaned up the scene, blocked the news, created false appearances, and concealed the truth of the accident.His behavior not only seriously violated discipline and law, but also reached the point where people and gods were indignant and heaven could not tolerate it.Because most of the miners who knew the news and the families of the victims were threatened by the mine owner, they dared to be angry and dare not speak out, so outsiders know very little about this matter.
In order not to let the person responsible for the accident go unpunished, and to return justice to the families of the dead miners, I hereby write a letter to report to you, please pay attention to it, and please investigate thoroughly.
A woman from Xiulin City
8/5
After Xia Jianfeng finished reading the letter, he slammed his fist on the table with a "bang", and the teacup jingled and jumped up.He gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay to be so greedy for profit and careless about human life!"
Zhang Huaishan glanced at him, nodded, pressed the cigarette butt in his hand firmly into the ashtray, exhaled the last smoke ring and said: "After receiving this letter, the city leaders have attached great importance to the situation reflected in the letter. At 07:30 in the morning, Deputy Mayor Yao called me and passed this letter to me, telling me to deal with it in a timely and proper manner. I have called the local police station and talked with their director Jiang Dajun. He said they It is true that he has received a similar report call, and he also went to the mine to check it himself, there is no such thing at all, it is purely a false accusation. What do you think?"
Xia Jianfeng frowned slightly, and said in thought: "In recent years, there have been frequent coal mine accidents across the country. It is not uncommon for mine owners to block the news for their own self-interest. It is not uncommon for the mine owners to conceal the truth of the accident. He has done his superficial work well, so the investigation in Mingli will naturally have no results."
Zhang Huaishan looked at him and asked, "You mean..."
"I think this case should only be visited unannounced, not openly investigated."
Zhang Huaishan nodded, took out another cigarette, lit it and said, "I agree with your opinion. Of course, the possibility of someone writing a false accusation cannot be ruled out. Whether the situation is true or not, it is still too early to draw conclusions." , after a thorough investigation, we will find out. Who do you think is the most suitable person to handle this case?"
Xia Jianfeng puffed up his chest and said, "Ju Zhang, I worked in a coal mine when I was young, and I am familiar with this industry. I should go there myself, besides, the young people assigned to the bureau are all thin-skinned and tender. Yes, and it’s not material for digging coal in wells.”
Zhang Huaishan also smiled and said, "But you are on vacation."
Xia Jianfeng smiled and said, "After you solve this case, you can make up another month's vacation for me to have a good time."
Zhang Huaishan pressed most of the cigarettes in his hand into the ashtray, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, no problem, I will give you a month's leave immediately after you finish this case. Oh, yes, the local police station Chief Jiang Dajun is my old subordinate, you go down and find him first, and then start your work, which will be beneficial to your investigation."
Xia Jianfeng nodded vigorously and said, "I understand, Chief, just wait for my good news."
2
Xiulin Mining and Metallurgy General Factory is one of the largest private enterprises in Xiulin City. The factory director Yu Rongzong is not only an outstanding entrepreneur in Xiulin City, but also a member of the CPPCC.Xiulin Coal Mine has more than 500 miners and managers, and it is the largest open-pit mine in Xiulin City.
Due to the high labor intensity of mining and coal mining, it is generally difficult for miners to work for a long time, so the turnover of miners in the mine is also very large, which forces the mine owners to often post recruitment advertisements at the entrance of the mine.No, early this morning, a job advertisement was posted at the entrance of the Xiulin Coal Mine, saying that it wanted to recruit 50 new miners, requiring males, in good health, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, with a monthly salary of 3000— 4000 yuan.These days, if the recruitment flag is really planted, there will be people who eat food.In less than half a day after the job advertisement was posted, 50 miners were recruited.Xia Jianfeng is one of them.
After completing the recruitment procedures, Xia Jianfeng was led into the mine together with other new miners.The mine is backed by the majestic Xiulin Mountain, and there are two dark mine shafts exposed on the mountainside. Miners dragged coal carts in and out of the mine. scene.
There is a row of work sheds a few hundred meters away from the mine, and the work sheds are divided into small rooms, which are the dormitories of the miners.Not far from the work shed, there is a one-story house, which is the place where the senior managers of the mine work and live.
A work shed is only six or seven square meters, and there is an iron frame bed with two floors above and below, and two people live in each room.The person who shared the room with Xia Jianfeng was a thin middle-aged man named He Zhenfei, a local.As soon as the two of them put down their luggage and made the bed, the captain of the miners ran over yelling and urged the new miners to go to work quickly, saying that the factory manager was about to come to the mine to inspect the work.
The new miners dared not neglect, immediately changed into work clothes, put on safety helmets with miner's lamps, came to the mine mouth, and waited for the captain's deployment.Some were assigned to dig coal in wells, some were assigned to drive pilings in wells, Xia Jianfeng and He Zhenfei were assigned to pull coal trucks.
Xia Jianfeng pulled a coal cart and walked deep into the mine.
The mine shaft is dug very low, only as high as half a person, and people walking in it must face the ground with their hands to get through.Wooden piles are driven on both sides of the mine, and thick planks are laid across them to support the soil above.The mine shaft is very narrow, just big enough for two coal cars to pass, one coming in and the other going out.
Due to the imperfect drainage system, the bottom of the mine is very humid, and the ventilation and light transmission conditions are not good. The air in the mine is very stuffy and the light is dark. find out the situation.
He was secretly surprised, working in such an environment, death is always with him, how can there be no accidents?
The mine is nearly 200 meters deep. After Xia Jianfeng dragged the coal cart in, the coal miners quickly filled the coal cart, and he began to drag the coal cart back.A cart of wet raw coal weighed more than 200 kilograms, and the road under his feet was muddy and difficult to walk. Xia Jianfeng basically crawled forward on the ground with hands and feet.
When the first load of coal was pulled out, he was exhausted, his body was covered with mud and water, and his face was also covered with a thick layer of black coal.
Halfway through the road while pulling the third car of raw coal, an old miner in his fifties in front of Xia Jianfeng fell down, and the coal car kept sliding backwards.
With sharp eyes and quick hands, Xia Jianfeng hastily stretched out a hand to hold the coal cart. Only then did the old miner get up from the ground. He looked back at him gratefully, and continued to move forward with the cart.
At the mouth of the well, Xia Jianfeng saw a beautiful car slowly driving in from the gate of the mine, stopped in front of the bungalow where the administrator worked in the mine, and came out of the car. A fat, white, wearing glasses A middle-aged man, a group of people immediately rushed out of the bungalow to meet him.They walked towards the mine together.
As he got closer, Xia Jianfeng could see clearly that the middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes was imposing, with "Great China" in his mouth, pointing at the miners who were sweating in the mine from time to time.On his left stood a man in his thirties who was talking to him with a smiling face.On the right arm of the middle-aged man was a beautiful girl in her twenties who was wearing a short dress and a long skirt.
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being curious, caught up with the old miner in front of him, and asked quietly: "Uncle, who is that middle-aged man wearing glasses? He is so majestic."
The old miner curled his lips and said, "Except for the boss, who else has such a grand style?"
Xia Jianfeng let out an "oh", and then realized that it was the factory director Yu Rongzong who came to inspect the work.
The old miner continued: "Boss Yu doesn't usually go up the mountain easily, and the affairs of the mine are usually handed over to Supervisor Qin—the man on his left, his name is Qin Bao, and he is the supervisor here. He is fierce to the miners all day long." Yes, when you meet your boss, you become a pug."
"Who is that woman holding the boss's arm?"
"Her name is Wang Qianna. It is said that she is a college graduate. She is Boss Yu's assistant in name but actually his 'Xiaomi'. She has only been in the mine for more than ten days, but Boss Yu trusts her very much. Director Qin has the final say, and now she and Director Qin are in charge of it. Assistant Wang is a celebrity around the boss, and has more power than Director Qin."
While the two were talking, the captain of the supervisor ran up and kicked them, yelling, "Damn it, you're still lazy when you see the boss coming, don't you want to do it?"
The two hurriedly dragged the coal cart into the mine.
After a while, Xia Jianfeng slowed down when he couldn't hear the captain's voice, and asked the old miner in front, "Uncle, have you worked here for a long time?"
The old miner replied: "I have been working for more than two years, so I am an old miner. Hey, are you new here? What's your name? How old are you? Why did you come to this place to work?"
Xia Jianfeng said: "I'm new here. My surname is Xia. Xia's name is Xia Jianfeng. I'm almost forty this year. My family is poor and I haven't married a wife yet. Wife."
The old miner stopped in his tracks, looked back at him, and said, "What a coincidence, my surname is Xia, and we were still a family 500 years ago. I have a son who is the same age as you and also works in this mine. Unfortunately... ..." Having said that, he sighed, and a bleak look flashed across his absent-minded eyes.
Xia Jianfeng was very surprised, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
"It's a pity, it's a pity that he..." As soon as the old man Xia said this, Xia Jianfeng's coal car was kicked hard with a "bang", and someone behind him shouted: "What are you dawdling in, hurry up!"
Xia Jianfeng looked back, only to realize that the person behind him was his roommate He Zhenfei who lived in the same room with him.He had no choice but to stop talking, quicken his pace, and dragged the coal cart forward.
There was the team leader and supervisor outside, and He Zhenfei kept urging him down the well. Xia Jianfeng didn't find a chance to talk to the old man until the end of the day until the evening.
After dinner, the team leader came to tell Director Qin that the factory manager came down to inspect the work today and was very dissatisfied with the speed of the miners' work. In order to catch up with the progress, he had to work overtime for two hours every day after dinner.After working overtime, each person will be given a pack of instant noodles.The miners had no choice but to work overtime again.It wasn't until after ten o'clock in the night that I finished working overtime.
When the miners returned to their dormitories, everyone was so tired that their bones fell apart, and they didn't even bother to take a shower, so they fell into bed covered in mud and sweat and went to sleep.Xia Jianfeng couldn't fall asleep anyway, he didn't forget the reconnaissance task assigned to him by the leader, let alone his purpose of sneaking into the mine.But after his initial observation of the mine, everything was calm and normal, and nothing suspicious could be seen.
Could it be that the information provided in the report letter is false?Or is the fox clamping his tail too tightly so that he can't see the flaw?Where should we start investigating this case?He tossed and turned, thinking hard.
Time passed by, the night was already very deep, and he still didn't feel sleepy at all.At this moment, he suddenly heard a faint cry, the sound was desolate and terrifying.He couldn't help being startled. In the middle of the night, who is crying sadly outside?
He got up quietly and walked out of the shed, wanting to find out.
The moonlight was hazy outside, everything was silent, and the crying could be heard more clearly.
Holding his breath and concentrating on it, he tiptoed towards the direction where the weeping came from behind the shed.
Not far behind the shed, there is a small forest.
A man was kneeling in the woods, with a stick of incense sticking in front of him.The incense was extinguished, and the man cried louder and more sadly, and while weeping, he sobbed bitterly and said: "My dog, you died so badly! Dad is useless, there is no way to save you, there is no way to help you!" For revenge, don't blame father, if you want to blame, blame the god-killed Boss Yu..."
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being amazed, walked over gently, and when he was seven or eight steps away from that person, he finally saw his face clearly.He was taken aback, and couldn't help shouting: "Uncle Xia, is it you?" It turned out that this person was the old man Xia who had talked to him during the day.
The old man Xia was startled suddenly. Seeing someone coming, he hurriedly stomped out the incense sticks on the ground. Before he could wipe away his tears, he stood up and left.
Xia Jianfeng felt that something was wrong, so he quickly caught up with him and said, "Uncle Xia, you don't know me anymore? I'm Xia Jianfeng."
The old man Xia still said without turning his head: "I know you, brother, just pretend you didn't see anything, go back to sleep."
Xia Jianfeng said: "But I saw everything. Tell me what happened? What happened to your son?"
The old man Xia glanced at him, wanted to say something, but hesitated to speak, and shook his head after a while and said: "Brother, this matter has nothing to do with you. I don't tell you, it's for your own good. Don't ask any more, move."
Xia Jianfeng seemed to understand something from his expression, grabbed his arm, and said, "Uncle Xia, tell me, did a landslide happen here last month? Was your son buried alive under the mine? Yes Didn't Boss Yu threaten you and tell you not to say anything?"
Old man Xia was stunned for a moment, then suddenly squatted on the ground and cried.
Xia Jianfeng helped him up and said loudly: "Tell me quickly, is that so?"
Old man Xia raised his tear-ridden face, looked at him, suddenly his eyes dimmed, his lips trembled, and he was about to speak, when suddenly a strong flashlight came over, and a voice shouted: "Hey, You two, sneaking around in the middle of the night, what do you want to do? Do you want to steal something? "
Xia Jianfeng was startled, and when he looked up, the person who came was Qin Bao, the supervisor of the mine.
The old man Xia's face changed, and he said in fear: "Master, supervisor, I, I... came out to pee..." As he spoke, he hurried away with his head lowered while wiping the tears on his face.
Qin Bao pointed the flashlight at Xia Jianfeng's eyes: "What about you?"
Xia Jianfeng hesitated and said, "It's too hot, I, I can't sleep in the middle of the night, I want to go out for a walk..."
Qin Bao swept his face with a flashlight and said, "Are you called Xia Jianfeng? From tomorrow onwards, you don't have to work. You have been fired."
Xia Jianfeng was taken aback: "Why?"
Qin Bao glared at him and said, "Looking at you, you must not be a good person. Staying here will only cause me trouble, so..."
"Wait a minute!" Before he finished speaking, a person, a woman, came out of the darkness suddenly, with a short dress and a long skirt, and a shawl with beautiful hair. She was slim and charming. It turned out to be Wang Qianna, the assistant to the factory manager.
She walked up to Qin Bao, frowned slightly, looked at him and said, "Director Qin, you are being careless in doing this. I observed him during the day and he worked very hard. How could you just fire such a good guy so casually?" What about the employees? Let’s forget what happened today.”
"Hmph!" Qin Bao's face turned pale, and he was very ugly. He glanced at her, then at Xia Jianfeng, turned off the flashlight, and walked away resentfully.
Wang Qianna looked at Xia Jianfeng, suddenly smiled, and said in a low voice, "There are dangers in the mine, you must be careful!"
Xia Jianfeng was startled, not understanding why she said such a sentence to him, just about to say something, but she already smiled, turned and left.He also had no choice but to go back to his room to sleep with full of doubts.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw He Zhenfei, who was in the same dormitory, lying on the window and looking out.As soon as he stepped through the door, he quickly slipped onto the bed and pretended to be asleep.He frowned, didn't think much, and went to bed.
3
The next day, Xia Jianfeng was still assigned by the captain to pull coal trucks.
But the strange thing is, he pulled back and forth in the mine several times, but he didn't see the old man Xia.He thought that the old man Xia was sent by the captain to work elsewhere, and he didn't take it to heart. He only thought that when he saw him again, he must ask him clearly.He knew that maybe the breakthrough of this case was in Old Man Xia.
However, until dinner at night, there was still no sign of Old Man Xia.
Only then did he seem to realize something, and secretly felt something was wrong.
In the evening, in the middle of the night, when He Zhenfei fell asleep on the lower bunk, he jumped out of the bed again, and with the last hope, he went to look in the woods last night, but there was no one in the woods.
Old man Xia seemed to have been evaporated, and he could never be found again.
An ominous omen rose in his heart, and he secretly blamed himself, maybe it was his recklessness and impulsiveness last night that hurt Old Man Xia.In this way, his only clue was broken.
He was thinking and wandering outside the woods, when he looked up by chance, he suddenly saw a figure flashing out from the back door of the administrator's dormitory not far away, after looking around for a while, he quickly ran towards the mine.
He froze for a moment, who is this person?What are you doing at the mine so late?
He couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, so he quietly followed.
The moonlight was clear, and he quickly followed that person. Looking from his back, that person should be Wang Qianna, assistant to the factory manager.She walked quickly to the foot of the mountain, bypassed the two mines being mined, came to the other side of the mountain, stopped on a weedy hillside, and looked back to see if anyone was following her.
Xia Jianfeng hurriedly dodged behind a rock, and at the same time saw her face clearly, it was indeed Wang Qianna.
After Wang Qianna confirmed that there was no one around, she suddenly pushed aside a clump of weeds on the hillside, revealing a dark cave.
She put on a set of work clothes for miners, put on a hard hat, turned on the miner's lamp above her head, walked into the cave with a bow, and then turned around to close the weeds at the entrance of the cave.
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being taken aback, he didn't expect there to be such a secret cave here, let alone guess what Wang Qianna was doing here in the middle of the night.
He followed quickly and also got into the cave.He drilled in and found that it was not a cave, but a mine. Moss had grown on the walls of the well, and the wooden piles on both sides and the planks above the head had begun to rot. It was obviously an old mine that had been abandoned for many years.
What is Wang Qianna doing in this old mine?
She didn't notice that someone was following her tens of meters behind her, and she still walked forward with the miner's lamp on.
This old mine is about 200 meters deep. At the end of the mine, there are tools for digging and picking soil such as shovels and baskets.
After Wang Qianna reached the end, she picked up the shovel and dug up the soil.
Looking at the two sides at the end of the mine, there is new soil more than [-] meters away. Obviously, this last section was dug by her recently. It seems that she has been digging here quietly for a long time.
The more Xia Jianfeng looked at it, the more incredible he became.
He hid in the dark mine and observed for more than an hour. Seeing that Wang Qianna had no other suspicious actions except digging with a shovel, he quietly retreated from the mine.
In the next few nights, he discovered through follow-up observation that Wang Qianna would go to the secret old mine to dig soil after twelve o'clock every night, and she would not go back to her room to rest until the waning moon set in the west and the sky was twilight.The old mine shaft was dug forward several meters by her.
On the fifth night, at midnight, Xia Jianfeng quietly came to the old mine again to observe Wang Qianna's actions as usual.Just after walking more than 100 meters in the dark in the mine, I heard a voice talking inside.
He couldn't help being taken aback. In the past, Wang Qianna would come in quietly alone. How could there be other people in the well tonight?
He hurriedly quickened his pace, walked to a place only tens of meters away from the end and hid, listening to the voices inside.Wang Qianna said angrily: "You are so despicable, you actually followed me secretly."
"So what about following you? If you haven't done anything wrong, why are you so sneaky?" Ling Xia Jianfeng never dreamed that it was Qin Bao's voice who said these words.
Wang Qianna said loudly: "Qin, don't spout blood. Tell me, what did I do wrong?"
Qin Bao sneered twice, and said, "Okay, since you haven't done anything wrong, then I won't say anything more. I'll call the boss tomorrow morning."
"You..." Wang Qianna's voice dropped significantly, "What do you want?"
In the darkness, Qin Bao let out a series of sinister smiles and said, "Little beauty, my request is very simple. As long as you satisfy me once, I will pretend that nothing happened tonight."
"You... dream!"
"Don't refuse so quickly. I don't know what you intend to dig in this old mine in the middle of the night, but I believe that if the boss finds out, he will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. Do you believe it? "
Wang Qianna was silent for a long while before she said helplessly, "...Okay, I promise you..."
Qin Bao triumphantly let out a series of obscene laughter, followed by Wang Qianna's struggling sounds and Qin Bao's rustling sounds...
Xia Jianfeng finally couldn't bear it anymore, quickly grabbed a handful of wet mud from the ground, wiped his face with a big face, then rushed out like lightning, and kicked Qin Bao's buttocks heavily on Wang Qianna, who was jumping on top of Wang Qianna like a wild dog .
With a grunt, Qin Bao rolled to the ground like a winter melon.
He hurriedly got up from the ground, turned his head and saw that there was an unidentified big man with muddy face in front of him, he couldn't help being surprised and angry: "Damn, who are you? How dare you spoil my good deeds!" Xia Jianfeng rushed over and hit with a raised fist.
He has a burly figure and heavy punches, if he hits him, it must be uncomfortable.
Xia Jianfeng waited for his fist to stretch out halfway, suddenly lowered his head and dodged his fist, at the same time inserted his right knee between his legs, hugged his thigh with both hands, and made a beautiful "leg hugging and throwing" movement, and the opponent was thrown Picking it up from the ground, turning around on the spot, he threw him heavily on the ground.
Qin Bao was thrown so badly that his eyes were staring at him. Just as he was about to get up, Xia Jianfeng stepped on his back heavily.
He couldn't get up from his feet with all his strength, so he slapped the ground and begged for mercy: "Heroic man, spare your life! Good man, spare your life!"
Xia Jianfeng said: "Let's spare your life today, if you dare to bully this Miss Wang and other miners next time, I will kill you! Get out!"
As soon as he lifted his foot, Qin Bao heaved a sigh of relief, and ran out of the mine while scrambling.
Xia Jianfeng looked at Wang Qianna and saw that she was fine except for her jacket being torn, so he took off a jacket and put it on for her, without saying much, he turned his head and walked outside.
At noon the next day, when he was having lunch in the cafeteria, he suddenly found that his rice bowl, which had never been filled with oil and water, was filled with a lot of dishes, as well as some fish and chicken. The opposite sat down, winked at him and said softly, "Thank you for saving me last night."
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being startled, not understanding why she recognized him.She smiled sweetly and said, "You forgot, there is your ID card in the pocket of the jacket you took off to me."
Only then did Xia Jianfeng suddenly realize.
After eating, when Wang Qianna got up to leave, she suddenly pushed a small note from under the table into his hand.
He picked it up and saw that it said: Someone is going to kill you, be careful!
He couldn't help being taken aback, and when he looked up, he saw that Wang Qianna had already walked away.
4
A few days later, the captain suddenly changed Xia Jianfeng's job and asked him to dig coal underground.
When he arrived underground, he found that his roommate He Zhenfei had also been assigned to dig coal.
He Zhenfei's body was already very thin. After experiencing this hard life as a miner, he became even thinner. His eyes were sunken, his cheekbones were high, and he looked like he hadn't recovered from a long illness.
Xia Jianfeng greeted him, picked up the shovel, and started to work.
After digging for a few days, the raw coal in the mine gradually decreased, and the mining work of this mine was nearing completion.
That afternoon, Xia Jianfeng, He Zhenfei and others were digging the last bit of raw coal at the bottom of the well, when they suddenly heard a muffled "boom", and suddenly felt the mountains shake, and a dusty breath rushed towards them.Then, the mine suddenly fell silent, not a single sound could be heard.
Xia Jianfeng was the first to react, "No, it's a landslide!"
He hastily used the miner's lamp above his head to illuminate the direction of the mine exit, only to see that the place 30 meters away from the bottom of the mine had been completely sealed by the collapsed mud and rocks above his head.
"What?" The miners behind him couldn't help but turn pale with shock. They were stunned for a while, and then panicked.
After everyone realized that they were buried alive in the mine, someone suddenly burst into tears.
Xia Jianfeng collected himself, tried to calm himself down, then turned his head, illuminated it with a miner's lamp, and found that besides him and He Zhenfei, there were a dozen or so miners trapped in the mine, and everyone was very excited.
His mood suddenly became heavy.
At this time, a miner suddenly knelt down on the ground, beat his chest and patted the ground, and cried loudly: "God, why are you so cruel... It wasn't enough to bury my brother alive in the landslide last month, and today I was told to die in this well." ... I have a pity that there are old and young in my family, how will I live in the future..."
Xia Jianfeng's heart shook, and he lifted him up from the ground: "What did you say? Last month your brother..."
The miner wept sadly and said: "On the 13th of last month, a mine shaft in the mine collapsed severely. At that time, more than 40 miners who were working underground did not survive. Among them was my younger brother... Afterwards, the boss He gave me 8 yuan in compensation and told me not to tell anyone about it, otherwise not only will the compensation be withdrawn, but my house will also be set on fire...Unexpectedly, even I will..."
Xia Jianfeng clenched his teeth and punched the wall of the well: "Such a thing really happened!"
He Zhenfei sighed, and said in a strange way: "Oh, who said we are poor. The lives of poor people are so worthless. Last time no one organized a rescue, and presumably no one will come to rescue us this time. Let's not cry too Stop making trouble, just sit here and wait for death."
Xia Jianfeng said angrily: "Fart! If others don't come to rescue us, why don't we save ourselves? I have observed before entering the mine. The left side of the mine is closest to the ground. If we dig from the left side, we will definitely survive. Opportunity."
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed and picked up their shovels to dig on the left side of the well.
He Zhenfei sneered and said, "Don't blindly light the lamp, it's useless. If we dig like this, even if we don't die from exhaustion, we will starve to death."
Xia Jianfeng was startled, looked at him with a smile and said, "Thank you for reminding me." Then he dug a deep pit one meter square on the ground with a shovel. Due to the damp ground, the pit was half full of clear water in a short while.Then peel off the bark on the stake and soak it in water.
He said: "We drink water when we are thirsty, and eat bark when we are hungry. We will dig it out even if we are desperate. Yu Rongzong is a bastard who ignores human life. We must not let him go." The miner's lamp was turned off, leaving only two lamps on to save power.
Everyone nodded in agreement, all excited, as if the way out was in front of them, they all waved their shovels to dig up the soil.Xia Jianfeng took out a watch with a calendar from his pocket, looked at it, and wrote down the current time.
On the first day, everyone worked so hard that they even forgot about their hunger. They dug more than ten meters to the left front of the mine in no time.
Drank a little water the next day and continued digging forward.
But on the third day, everyone couldn't hold on any longer. There was nothing else, but the hunger was so starving, the hands and feet were weak, and they had to pick up the bark soaked in water and chew it.The first time I tasted the bark, the taste was not pleasant, it was smelly and hard, and it was hard to swallow. Everyone didn't want to eat it.
Xia Jianfeng bit the bullet and ate a piece, suddenly felt his stomach churn, and with a "wow", he vomited.But he didn't even frown, and stuffed the vomited bark into his mouth again.
Seeing that he was eating so happily, everyone frowned and swallowed the bark in their mouths.
5
On the fourth day, we had already dug tens of meters forward, but there was still a thick layer of soil in front of everyone, and it seemed that we would never be able to dig to the edge and never see the sun.
In the past few days, everyone has not eaten or slept well. They are already extremely tired and depressed. Some people have begun to complain and curse.
Xia Jianfeng was very worried when he saw it. He looked at his watch and deduced that it should be the fourth night they were trapped underground.
He stopped the shovel in his hand and said, "Everyone is tired, stop and turn off the lights and get some sleep before we talk."
So everyone threw the shovel in their hands, lay down on the wet ground, and fell into a sweet dreamland.
Xia Jianfeng also lay down in the dark, holding his head in his hands, worrying about his future.He has already dug tens of meters, but he still hasn't reached the ground. Could it be that he miscalculated?Until now, he couldn't think of a better way, so he had to resign himself to fate.Thinking about it, sleepiness welled up, and he gradually fell asleep.
After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, he vaguely felt that his ankle seemed to be pricked by a needle, which was hot, painful and numb.
He turned on the miner's lamp suspiciously and saw a snake the size of chopsticks swimming past his feet. "There are snakes!"
Surprised, he picked up a shovel and cut the little snake in half.
Everyone was also awakened. A miner looked at his feet and exclaimed, "Oh, no, brother Xia, your feet were bitten by a snake!"
Xia Jianfeng looked down and saw that his right ankle was swollen like a fermented steamed bun, and it was indeed bitten by a snake.After a while, his entire calf swelled up, his entire right leg became numb, and he lost consciousness.It seems that this is a very poisonous snake.
Xia Jianfeng's face was pale, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead.
"Don't move!" A middle-aged miner yelled, and suddenly fell on the ground, hugged his right leg, and sucked hard on the wound with his mouth.After three or four mouthfuls of black and smelly "poisonous blood" spit out from his mouth, a trace of bright red blood emerged from Xia Jianfeng's wound.
The middle-aged miner tore off a piece of clothing to bandage his wound, rinsed his mouth with water, and smiled honestly at the miners who were worried about him: "Don't worry about me, my family's three-generation snake doctor, this poisonous snake I can't be bothered."
Seeing Xia Jianfeng's swollen ankle gradually shrinking, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Xia Jianfeng also cast a grateful look at the middle-aged miner who risked his life to save him.
At this moment, someone suddenly heard shouting: "Don't make noise, listen quickly, what's that sound?"
Everyone was startled, and immediately quieted down. They listened carefully, and they heard a few tinkling sounds.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. There was no one knocking on anything in the mine. Where did the strange clanging sound come from?
At this time, the clanging sound rang again, Xia Jianfeng's heart moved, and he said, "This sound seems to be coming from outside."
"Outside?" The miners were stunned for a moment, then understood immediately, cheered, and hurriedly picked up the shovel on the ground and dug out desperately - since they could hear the sound outside, the outside world would not be too far away.
Xia Jianfeng couldn't stop his excitement, so he picked up the shovel and started digging furiously.
While digging, there was a sudden "boom", and the mud wall in front of them collapsed, revealing a black hole about one meter high.
"It's been dug through! It's been dug through!" All the miners threw down their shovels and cheered.
But Xia Jianfeng felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly went through the hole to have a look, but was shocked again.It turned out that the outside was not the sky and the earth they had been praying for, but the same dark and oppressive mine. In the mine, there were many corpses of miners lying here and there. Hitting the shovel made a clanging sound.
Suddenly, behind Xia Jianfeng, the miner who lost his younger brother in the landslide accident on the 13th of last month rushed up, hugged a pale young man on the ground, and exclaimed in surprise: "Second brother, second child, really Are you? Are you still alive?"
Only then did Xia Jianfeng suddenly realize that they dug through the mine that collapsed last month by mistake.What is amazing is that there are still eight living lives in this mine that has collapsed for more than a month, which is really incredible.
At this time, among the eight people, a man with a beard covered in muddy water stood up with difficulty, looked at them and said hopefully: "I, we heard voices outside and wanted to call you, but we had no strength, so we had to Hit the shovel to get your attention...you, are you here to save us?"
Xia Jianfeng's heart sank, he didn't know how to answer.
He Zhenfei interrupted and said, "We are also miners who were buried alive in the mine. We dug into this ghostly place full of dead people just because we followed this old man's advice... Sigh, I thought it was real." It’s a joy to be on the ground. Let’s stop messing around and wait for death in peace.”
When the man heard it, his eyes darkened, because his body was too weak, he couldn't catch his breath, and he fainted on the ground.
"Wang Hu, what's the matter with you? What's the matter?" The other seven miners hurriedly surrounded him, calling out anxiously.
Xia Jianfeng hurried back to the original mine, cut open the poisonous snake that died on the ground with a shovel, took out the snake gall, stuffed it into the mouth of this man named Wang Hu, and asked someone to bring some water to feed him to drink.After a long time, he coughed and finally woke up.
He stared at Xia Jianfeng with absent-minded eyes, and stared at it for a long time before choking out a sentence: "Why didn't anyone come to save us?"
Yes, why no one came to rescue us?Everyone was stunned for a moment, asking and shouting in their hearts, why no one came to save us?No one could find an answer or hope. Some people were sighing, while others knelt on the ground and cried.
Looking at this group of desperate and helpless men, Xia Jianfeng's eyes became moist.He knew that it was time for him to stand up.
So, he puffed up his chest, stood up, glanced at all the people present, and said loudly: "Who said that no one will rescue you? I am here to rescue you. I am the police, and I am sent by the government to rescue you. "
As soon as this remark came out, more than 20 miners present were stunned: "You, what you said is true? Are you really a policeman?"
Xia Jianfeng glanced over everyone's face, nodded firmly, and said, "That's right, I'm really a policeman, but I'm here as an undercover agent, so I can't carry a police officer's ID on me, please believe me."
A miner punched him on the shoulder: "Why didn't you say it earlier!"
Wang Hu held his hand tightly, as if he had found a savior: "Comrade police, what do you think we should do now? We all listen to you."
Xia Jianfeng glanced at everyone, and said: "There are two roads before us now. One is to sit and wait for death; the other is to pull together and dig a way out. So many of our miner brothers have fallen to this point today, dead or injured The injury was completely caused by Yu Rongzong, a black-hearted bastard. Even if we are the last person left, with our last breath, we must fight to get out alive. Not for anything else, just to sue Yu Rongzong. You bastard, avenge so many of our miner brothers who died in vain!"
"Yes, yes, we want to get out alive, and we want revenge!" Everyone cheered up.
6
Inspired and inspired by Xia Jianfeng, everyone picked up their shovels one after another and was about to dig out from the well wall when suddenly a large piece of soil collapsed on one side of the well wall, revealing a big hole and a strong light Shot in from the outside.
Everyone was shocked.
Xia Jianfeng was about to go over to see what was going on, but suddenly a person jumped in from the hole, it was actually a woman with long hair.
He was taken aback, and cried out: "Wang Qianna? You, why did you come here?"
Wang Qianna was also stunned when she saw him.
At this time, Wang Hu suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Little sister?"
When Wang Qianna heard his call, she came back to her senses, threw herself into his arms, hugged him and said in surprise, "Brother? Brother, is it really you? You, you are still alive..."
Everyone stared at the two of them in bewilderment, not knowing what happened.
After Wang Qianna calmed down a little, she told everyone the ins and outs of this matter.
It turned out that Wang Qianna was a college student in a small mountain village in the countryside of Xiulin City. She had been relying on her brother Wang Hu to work in the mine to earn money for her education.In July this year, when she returned home after graduating from university, she found that the home was enveloped in an atmosphere of grief. Her mother cried and washed her face with tears all day long. She couldn't help being very surprised.After her repeated questioning, the mother finally explained the whole story.It turned out that her brother Wang Hu had an accident in the mine. After the owner of the mine, Yu Rongzong, compensated her family with 7 yuan, he threatened her parents not to tell anyone about it. To recover the 8 yuan, they will also set fire to their house.
Wang Qianna was deeply angry when she heard this, but at the same time felt that there was something strange about it, her brother was not alive or dead, what happened?Regardless of her parents' dissuasion, she decided to sneak into the mine to investigate the truth of the matter alone.She came to the mine, but the person in charge of recruiting said that the mine did not recruit female workers. She had no choice but to deliberately make a scene at the mine gate, which alarmed Yu Rongzong who was inspecting the mine.Yu Rongzong saw that she was young and beautiful, and also a college student, so he kept her and asked her to be his assistant to manage the daily work of the mine together with Qin Bao.
Not long after she arrived at the mine, she vaguely heard about the serious landslide in the mine on July 7, Yu Rongzong gave up the opportunity to save people for his own self-interest and concealed the truth of the accident, and found the location of the accident mine.She first called the mayor's hotline to report the case, but there was no response, and then wrote a letter to report, but still no one came down to investigate.She was very anxious and decided to investigate the matter herself.She knew that if she wanted to find out the truth, she had to find her brother.
Just at this time, she found an old map of the mine in the file cabinet of the mine office. Through observation, she found that there was an old mine that was abandoned a long time ago, only 30 meters away from the mine where her brother had an accident. It was not difficult to find her brother by digging through these two mines.
So, she found this old mine shaft covered by weeds, dug out the soil accumulated at the mouth of the well, came to the bottom of the well, and after calculating the direction, she began to dig forward...Of course, all this happened It was carried out quietly in the dark night that no one knew.
Tonight, she finally dug through two mine shafts and met her miraculously alive brother.
After the catastrophe, the two brothers and sisters met at the bottom of the well, and they couldn't help being overjoyed and tears filled their eyes.
Xia Jianfeng also briefly told Wang Qianna about her experience of being trapped underground. Only then did she know that he was a policeman who came down from the Municipal Public Security Bureau to secretly investigate the truth after receiving her report letter. She couldn't help being very excited.
She held his hand and said, "I overheard Yu Rongzong calling Qin Bao many times from the office telephone extension, telling him to pay attention to you and deal with you. At that time, I thought you were coming to the mine just like me. What about the family members of the killed miners who secretly investigated the truth of the accident.”
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help laughing, and said, "So you've been taking care of me in secret."
Wang Qianna glanced at him, her face turned red, and she said, "Yes, I want to investigate with you, but I am afraid that I will make a mistake in judgment, get your identity wrong, and cause trouble for myself, so I dare not act rashly—— By the way, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, it is now dark outside, let's hurry up and leave here in the dark, if Qin Bao and Yu Rongzong find out, I am afraid they will not easily let us go."
"Yes, it's very dangerous here, let's go." Xia Jianfeng said, leading everyone through the hole Wang Qianna just dug, to the old mine, and walked out of the mine.
Just walking halfway, Xia Jianfeng suddenly heard an exclamation: "Be careful!" Then, Wang Qianna, who was walking on the right side of his body, rushed towards him and pushed him one meter away.
Almost at the same time, a shovel came down from the place where he was standing with a gust of wind, cutting a big hole in the ground.
He couldn't help being taken aback, if Wang Qianna hadn't pushed him away in time, he might have been split in half already.
Looking back, He Zhenfei was holding a shovel, looking at him with a cold smile.
Xia Jianfeng said angrily: "You, are you crazy? What do you want to do?"
He Zhenfei smiled wickedly and said, "I want your dog's life!"
Xia Jianfeng couldn't help being startled: "Why? I have no grievances with you, why did you kill me?"
He Zhenfei stared at him and said coldly: "You have no grievances with me, but you have a feud with Boss Yu, so Boss Yu told me that no matter what, I can't let you get out of this mine alive."
Xia Jianfeng was taken aback: "Are you sent by Yu Rongzong?"
"Yes, I was indeed sent by Boss Yu. As soon as you arrived at the mine, Boss Yu already knew that you were a policeman from the city, so he specially arranged for me to live with you and asked me to monitor you day and night. You were talking to Old Man Xia in the woods, why did Manager Qin appear suddenly? Why did Manager Qin know about Wang Qianna’s mining in the middle of the night? I told him all about it after I followed you. Originally, Boss Yu just wanted to force you to leave the mine, don’t Just intervene in the mine, but later you know more and more things, so Boss Yu decided to let you die in the mine without anyone noticing, so as to avoid future troubles."
Xia Jianfeng suddenly understood: "Then we were trapped in the mine, and he did it too?"
"Yes, he loaded the mine with dynamite, knocked down the soil, and buried you alive in the mine."
"Then you were also trapped in the mine?"
"I was specially sent by Boss Yu to deal with you. He put a poisonous snake in a bamboo tube and asked me to take it down the mine. If you are not dead, I will release the poisonous snake to bite you to death. Who knows that you are so fucking dead, you were bitten by a poisonous snake Not a single bite died."
"You are trapped in the well with us, if we die, how can you get out alive?"
He Zhenfei smiled sadly, and said: "I didn't plan to get out alive. I'm suffering from cancer, and I'm not far away from death. Boss Yu promised me that as long as I die with you in the mine, he will give my wife and children 20 yuan." Wan. So no matter what, I can't let you get out of here alive." As he spoke, he raised his shovel again and slashed at Xia Jianfeng's head.
Xia Jianfeng hurriedly dodged to the side, the shovel swung past his shoulder, his clothes were torn, and a bloodstain appeared on his arm.Wang Qianna was shocked, and in desperation picked up a shovel and threw it at him.
At the same time Xia Jianfeng caught the shovel, He Zhenfei's shovel quickly struck towards him.Without thinking too much, he raised the shovel in his hand, held it up, and at the same time kicked out his right leg like lightning.
He Zhenfei was kicked in the chest by him, flew backward two or three meters, fell to the ground, and dropped the shovel in his hand.
"Kill him! Kill him!" Suddenly, someone among the miners shouted angrily.
He Zhenfei was so scared that his face turned pale and his head was sweating coldly. Seeing that the situation was not good, he suddenly got up and turned around and ran away. After a while, he ran out of the mine without a trace.
Xia Jianfeng hurriedly said to everyone: "He will definitely find Qin Bao and Yu Rongzong when he goes out, let's get out of here quickly."
However, there were a few weak miners behind who couldn't stand up. Xia Jianfeng had to carry them on the back with a few healthy miners. Afraid that their eyes would not be able to withstand the stimulation of the light, they covered their eyes and walked step by step. go outside.
But when they walked outside the mine, before they had time to take a breath of fresh air they hadn't seen for a long time, they were stunned.
I saw that the lights at the foot of the mountain were brightly lit, as bright as daylight, making everyone's eyes hurt. Yu Rongzong and Qin Bao had already led dozens of burly men to block the only way they had to go down the mountain. He Zhenfei was standing behind Yu Rongzong Smiled triumphantly at them.
"What should I do?" Someone asked in a trembling voice.
"Fight with them!" Wang Hu roared.
"Wait a minute, don't be impulsive!" Xia Jianfeng hurriedly stopped them, pointing at the gate of the mine with his hand, "What do you think is that?"
"It's a police car!" Wang Qianna exclaimed in surprise.
While speaking, four or five police cars with flashing lights and sirens drove into the mine quickly, the door opened, and a group of policemen with live ammunition jumped out of the car, surrounding Yu Rongzong and Qin Bao and others.
A tall police officer with piercing eyes walked towards Xia Jianfeng.
Xia Jianfeng's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Director, is that you?"
It was Zhang Huaishan, director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, who came.Zhang Huaishan stepped forward and held his hand tightly, saying, "Old Xia, thank you for your hard work!"
Xia Jianfeng asked excitedly: "Director, why are you here?"
"A few days ago, we received a letter from the girl who wrote the report last time. We learned that a person named Xia Jianfeng was buried alive in a landslide in the mine. We knew it must be you. And obviously, Yu Rongzong must have known your identity, so he killed you. But how could he know your identity? Your secret operation is only known to you and me, and I remembered you later When I came here, I greeted Jiang Dajun, the director of the local police station. Did he leak your identity to Yu Rongzong? Our special case team immediately launched a secret investigation on him. If you don’t check, you don’t know. Suddenly, it turns out that Yu Rongzong is his brother-in-law, and he also has some shares in Xiulin Coal Mine. After an overnight surprise interrogation, Jiang Dajun explained to us that he planned and implemented the concealment of the Xiulin Coal Mine collapse accident. , We just got the news that Yu Rongzong was in the mine tonight, so we came here immediately... I thought you were really killed by Yu Rongzong, I didn't expect you to live so vigorously!"
Xia Jianfeng smiled and said, "It's hard to explain this matter. You guys came too soon, let's go back and talk about it. The miners behind me have just narrowly escaped death. They are very weak and need hospital treatment."
Zhang Huaishan nodded and said, "Okay."
Xia Jianfeng turned to look at Wang Qianna, shook hands with her, and said, "Miss Wang, thank you for your help. If you need anything in the future, please come to the Public Security Bureau to find me."
(End of this chapter)
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