Chapter 13 5. Stealing mines
While Ding Nengtong was reading Gu Huaiyuan's novel heartily, a dozen black shadows sneaked into the mine with picks and shovels on their backs. It was obvious that these dozen people were very familiar with the route of the mine. There was no light, and they reached the mouth of the pit that had been closed by barbed wire with ease.
They tore open the barbed wire and jumped down, followed a track of more than 30 meters to the second door, and then twisted the lock on the second door.
A tall and thick man said: "You go in and dig, and I will show you the wind on the top with Xiaoliuzi. The **** Luo Hu doesn't pay us, so we dig every night."
Among the dozen or so people who entered the alleyway, someone responded: "Brother, just watch!"
Seeing that more than a dozen people disappeared along the alleyway, the big man and the little six returned to the entrance of the pit.
"Come on, little six, smoke a cigarette." The big man said in a low voice.
The little six quickly lit the big man, and the two smoked while looking around, when the mountain wind blew, the two of them covered their skirts in unison.
"Brother, how many days do we have to dig to sell our hard-earned money for half a year?" Little Six asked.
The big man said indifferently: "Never mind him, little six, these days, the bold and the timid are starved to death, and even the mayor's note is hard to get, so we have to do it ourselves, and I want to, as long as We brothers are united, courageous enough, and not afraid of getting rich!"
The little six said happily: "Brother, if you really have money, you have to help me find a daughter-in-law!"
"You're worthless, what kind of daughter-in-law do you marry, and if you have money, all the ladies in the city are yours."
The big man threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, then stepped on his big foot, gnashing his teeth and stomping around.
In the morning, Qiancha Town, surrounded by mountains, is hidden in a mist. The houses are simple and clear, quiet and deep. People who get up early walk through the street without haste, and a detached and leisurely state of mind comes to mind.
Luo Xiaomei didn't sleep well last night, and her left eyelid kept twitching in the morning. As the old saying goes, it's not a good thing for a woman to have a twitching left eyelid. She was thinking about Ding Nengtong, who drank too much last night, and drove a Mercedes-Benz early in the morning. The car drove into the front courtyard of the hotel.She wanted to finish breakfast with Ding Nengtong and take him to the mine.
When Luo Xiaomei knocked on the door, Ding Nengtong was still sleeping soundly, dreaming that his wife Yixue, who was far away in Canada, was shopping on the arm of Xin Zeyin. Yixue and Xin Zeyin walked into a coffee shop talking and laughing, he wanted to shout, but he couldn't open his mouth anyway, when he was moaning, he was awakened by the doorbell, and he sat up suddenly, a little oozing from his head sweat.
"Who? Wait!" Ding Nengtong shouted sleepily.
The strange dream made Ding Nengtong feel a little ominous.
"Brother Tong, I'm Xiaomei! It's time to get up."
Ding Nengtong quickly put on his clothes and opened the door and said, "Xiaomei, sit down first, and I'll wash your face."
After Ding Nengtong finished speaking, he walked into the bathroom.
Luo Xiaomei picked up Gu Huaiyuan's novel "The Manor of the Soul" from the bedside, flipped through it casually and asked, "Brother Tong, you seem to have finished reading this novel?"
Ding Nengtong came out of the bathroom, wiped his face with a towel and said, "After waking up last night, I watched it all night and went to sleep at dawn."
"How is the writing?" Luo Xiaomei asked charmingly.
"The writing is very soulful. Maybe Gu Huaiyuan will get a blessing in disguise and become a great writer in the future."
"Since you've finished reading it, I'll take it back and have a look."
"However, return it to Zhang Tienan for me after reading it."
The two were talking when Luo Xiaomei's cell phone rang. "Luo Hu, why call early in the morning?" Luo Xiaomei asked impatiently.
"Sister, it's not good, something happened!"
"Look at you flustered, are you dead?"
"It's not a dead person! Someone stole mines and was poisoned to death last night!"
Luo Xiaomei's heart suddenly rose to her throat. She didn't expect that someone in her mining area would dare to steal the mine and die in the mine.
Luo Xiaomei hung up the phone and said nervously: "Brother Tong, you can have breakfast by yourself, something happened at the mine, I have to rush there."
Ding Nengtong heard some clues from Luo Xiaomei's intermittent conversation, and he asked with concern: "Why did someone die in the mine?"
"I don't know exactly what's going on, I have to hurry over there."
"Xiaomei, I'll go with you."
After Ding Nengtong finished speaking without hesitation, he picked up his coat and left.
On the way, Luo Xiaomei talked on the phone with Zhang Tienan, Niu Lushan, Huang Yuewen and others while driving, and then stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the Mercedes-Benz drove towards the mine at high speed.
When he arrived at the mine in Tiangou Township, Luo Hu was waiting at the foot of the mountain with a few people.
"Have Secretary Zhang and County Magistrate Niu arrived?" Luo Xiaomei asked as soon as she got off the car.
"Not yet, Director Huang of the County Public Security Bureau has arrived, and he is at the mouth of the No. 6 pit!"
"What's going on?" Luo Xiaomei asked sharply.
"Wei Guoshan, who led the disturbance a few days ago, is the organizer of this mine piracy."
"Where are people?"
"Already ran away."
"Who found it?"
"It was reported by a mine robber named Wei Xiaoliuzi. Sister, who is this?"
"It's Director Ding of the Beijing Office."
"Hello! Director Ding, I often hear my sister talking about you."
Ding Nengtong shook hands with Luo Hu politely.
At this time, the cars of Zhang Tienan, the secretary of the county party committee, and Niu Lushan, the county magistrate, also arrived. Zhang Tienan got out of the car and said to Ding Nengtong, "I'm sorry. I wanted Xiaomei to accompany you for a while. thing."
"Tie Nan, how many people died? Hurry up and organize a rescue!" Ding Nengtong said anxiously.
"Director Ding doesn't know something," Niu Lushan said calmly, "The people in the mine haven't come up all night, and there is no hope of surviving. Secretary Zhang, I don't mean to invite Director Ding to go up the mountain. Yes. Xiaomei, I think you can continue to accompany Director Ding, as long as there is Luo Hu in the mine to take care of it, and Secretary Zhang and I will deal with the aftermath. Luo Hu, is Director Huang here?"
"It's at the mouth of the pit!" Luo Hu replied.
"Okay, Director Ding, I won't accompany you. Luo Hu, let's go!"
Niu Lushan's words clearly meant chasing guests away.Ding Nengtong was very upset, but he couldn't say anything.
"Nengtong, County Magistrate Niu is right, Xiaomei, you should accompany Nengtong!"
After Zhang Tienan finished speaking, he whispered a few words to his subordinates and went up the mountain.Ding Nengtong immediately understood that Zhang Tienan didn't want to expose his family ugliness, and he didn't know how many people died on the mountain. Normally, such things should be reported to the city government immediately.
Seeing that Ding Nengtong was thinking, Luo Xiaomei hurried over and said, "Brother Tong, since Secretary Zhang and County Magistrate Niu have personally handled it, we will transfer it to us."
At this moment, Ding Nengtong's cell phone rang, and it was Bai Lina calling.
"Lina, how are you doing at home?"
"Boss, come back quickly. Secretary Hong of the Municipal Party Committee went to Beijing last night."
"Who answered the phone?"
"It's Huang Mengran, and I'm still with you now!"
After Ding Nengtong heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, Huang Mengran has been in Dongzhou all this time. Why did he suddenly return to Beijing? He must have got the news that Secretary Hong was going to Beijing in advance. , just in case, give me some medicine, enough to drink a pot by myself.
Ding Nengtong hung up the phone and said, "Xiaomei, Secretary Hong has entered Beijing. I have to rush back to Beijing today. It is a big deal for someone to die in the mine. Just leave me a driver and take me to Dongzhou Airport. You hurry to deal with the accident." Let's go."
"Well, let my driver Xiao Liu take you off, Brother Tong, I will go to Beijing to see you some time!"
"Okay, Xiaomei, take care!"
Ding Neng got into Luo Xiaomei's Mercedes, rolled down the window and waved to Luo Xiaomei, the driver Xiao Liu stepped on the accelerator and the Mercedes Benz went down the mountain.Ding Nengtong saw Luo Xiaomei reluctantly looking at the Mercedes-Benz from the rearview mirror until no one was seen.
Along the way, Ding Nengtong was in a heavy heart. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this incident of robbery and death was strange. Ding Nengtong thought, for the sake of Xiaomei, I have to understand the matter clearly. Maybe the driver Xiao Liu knew the truth, so he ordered a A cigarette, pass it to Xiao Liu.
"Xiao Liu, how long have you been with Mr. Luo?"
"When Mr. Luo was in the flower restaurant, I drove her."
"Are mines often stolen?"
"Indiscriminate digging is more serious in other mines, but this kind of thing rarely happens in our mine."
"Why? You Luo is always a woman, and you don't have three heads and six arms."
"Our Mr. Luo has a strong background. There are people in the county and city. Mr. Luo's younger brother Luo Hu is the captain of the mine protection team and the director of the mine office. trouble!"
"Then why did such an incident happen last night?"
"You're talking about that bastard in Wei Guoshan, he's a thorn in the side. He used to work in our mine and often led troubles. Director Luo took care of him. I didn't expect this kid to steal the mine!"
"How can stealing mines kill people?"
"Those guys spent a whole night digging with picks, planers, and shovels. The miner's lamp must have run out of electricity. The underground was completely dark. Someone lit the discarded plastic pipes in the underground for lighting. There is no ventilation in the underground mine that has stopped production. The harmful gas after the burning of plastic is easy. Smoke people down, and the former pirates were smoked to death like this."
The driver Xiao Liu inadvertently revealed the number of dead people underground, which made Ding Nengtong gasp.Sure enough, more than a dozen people died, and the Huangxian county party committee and county government did not report to the next level according to the regulations. Once the matter was revealed, the consequences would be disastrous. Ding Nengtong became more and more worried about Luo Xiaomei!