Kuang Shuo didn't feel anything uncomfortable, but he did feel depressed underground, because Liu Zichen couldn't recover for a while, Qin Wu took the initiative to stay and take care of her, and Kuang Shuo and Gao Kehua alone walked into the level of the explosion.

Kuang Shuo found that, as Zou Qi said, that level had been blocked, and when he reached the corner, he could not enter it again, and several large stones blocked the way. After checking underneath, Kuangsuo didn't find anything, but he still deliberately kept the terrain, layout, and equipment configuration of that area in mind in case of emergency.

In addition to the blocked level, at the halfway point between the roadway and the other levels, Kuangsuo met several workers who seemed to have just changed shifts and were leaving. Kuang Suo stopped them and wanted to ask about the scene of the explosion of the eighth gas in the first month, but they all said that they were at home for the New Year that day and did not come to work, so they did not know anything about the explosion.

Kuang Suo asked several more people to ask, and the result was the same answer, it seemed that no one came to work on the eighth day of the new year, how could this be possible? He faintly guessed in his heart that it might be that these workers did not want to provoke right and wrong, so they simply shirked and did not know, after all, they still had to work here to make money. Since none of the workers were willing to tell the truth, they had to ask the deputy mine manager around them.

"Deputy Mine Manager Gao, you should always come to work on the eighth day of the new year, right?" Kuang Shuo turned back to Gao Kehua who was following behind him.

"No!" Gao Kehua was startled by the sudden question of turning back in front of him, and blurted out and denied it.

"What's the matter? On the first day of the new year, don't you use it as a leader?"

Gao Kehua thought for a while, recalling the situation that day, he didn't actually intend to tell lies, but subconsciously didn't want to have anything to do with these things, he told Kuangsuo truthfully, "I was going to work that day, but the workers came first, and I hadn't arrived when the explosion occurred." Later, I heard that there was an accident in the mine, so I rushed here with the mine manager, and I was responsible for dealing with the aftermath later. ”

The keen Kuang Suo heard the clue from his words again, since Gao Kehua is in charge of the aftermath, then he should know everything about compensation and pacification, and as for how many casualties have been caused, it should be clear.

But Kuang Suo didn't question it directly, he was worried that Gao Kehua just wanted to conceal it, so he would definitely not answer his question honestly, and he might even startle the snake and destroy the evidence, so Kuang Suo just asked lightly, "Deputy Mine Manager Gao, how did you compensate for the death of the gas explosion accident?"

"They all came according to the regulations, except for the funeral expenses of a few thousand yuan, and a pension of 200,000 yuan per person. Gao Kehua answered honestly this time.

"So how much did you lose in total?" Kuang Shuo's eyes looked around casually, and asked in a casual tone.

"About 1.3 million. As soon as Gao Kehua's words came out, he knew that he had been fooled, and quickly changed his words, "No, no, it's about a little more than a million." ”

Kuang Suo used psychological tactics, and what he wanted was this effect, 200,000 yuan per person, and if five people died, it should be 1 million, so how could the amount of 1.3 million come from? It seems that there is indeed a cat in this, and the most unintentional words are often the most true, not to mention that Gao Kehua immediately changed his words, which shows that he does have a ghost in his heart.

Gao Kehua also knew that he had missed his mouth, so he didn't dare to look at Kuangshuo's eyes anymore, he was an honest man, and he was not very good at talking, otherwise he would not be so easy to be trapped. The money that can be given is more and less, and it is reported that there are a few deceased, which has nothing to do with him, and he still saw it in the news afterwards, not that he deliberately wanted to conceal it. In today's situation, he is dumb and eats Coptis chinensis, and he can't say anything about his suffering, so he can only continue to remain silent.

After a period of rest, Liu Zichen quickly returned to normal, and after she and Kuangsuo left the mine, they did not return to the city, but went to a family in the town where the coal mine is located, that is, Tao Sansheng's home. According to the official information, Tao Sansheng was the only survivor of the Chu Ba gas explosion accident, and he can also be regarded as the only witness in the underground at that time, so his testimony will be of great help to this investigation.

Tao Sansheng had been in bed for days, and since he had been driven home from the hospital because he had no money, he didn't want to talk to anyone anymore, especially about the explosion. For him, a broken rib is a trivial matter, losing a job is a big thing, and the family still has to feed, and his hair has not turned gray for a few days, but his son Tao Jinrong still doesn't understand, saying that he is asking for hardship, and he has already told himself not to go to the well to take risks.

So when Liu Zichen and Kuangsuo appeared in front of him, Tao Sansheng was very impatient, he hadn't heard the name of the Beiting Detective Agency, he only knew that the safety supervision department and the police who had come to investigate before had nothing to say after asking him, and he didn't dare to be interested in this foreign detective agency that he had never heard of, and he didn't want to bother talking too much.

The eldest daughter of the Tao family, Tao E, is not at home while working in the city, the second daughter Tao Mei cooks in the coal mine, and the youngest son Tao Jinrong goes out to party with friends, and only Tao Sansheng's wife takes care of him at home. He found that the family had many people and few houses, the walls were dilapidated, and the furnishings in the home were particularly simple, and household appliances such as televisions, refrigerators and washing machines were all brands that had been eliminated many years ago.

Due to the host's unpopularity, Kuang Suo and Liu Zichen did not disturb too much, and after the Tao family ran into a wall, Kuang Suo told Liu Zichen about the conversation between himself and Gao Kehua. The two felt that Gao Kehua was a person who knew the inside story, but without evidence, he would not speak easily, the current situation seems to be difficult to penetrate from the surface, and I am afraid it is not easy to find a breakthrough. So, Liu Zichen could only truthfully report to Li Yiting, although there was not much information and it was not clear, but Li Yiting, who was thousands of miles away, quickly confirmed that there were indeed many unknown secrets in the coal mine explosion case, and what the whistleblower on the Micro Alliance said was true.

At the same time, Shen Mingyue, who was not idle, also checked the details of the coal mine on the Internet, and found that before that, there was an accident almost every year, but it was not as serious as this year, and most of the miners were injured, and there were few fatalities, so it has not attracted enough attention from the relevant functional departments. After getting Liu Zichen's preliminary investigation information, she immediately communicated with the whistleblower on the Micro Alliance website, hoping to persuade the other party to provide more clues to help Beiting investigate.

Coincidentally, the whistleblower was also anxious to inquire about the progress of the investigation on the Internet, so this time, he also inadvertently revealed a detail, that is, to know if the Beiting Detective Agency had found more after investigating Tao Sansheng's home. This question attracted Shen Mingyue's attention, because only people inside the detective agency knew about going to Tao Sansheng's house, and Liu Zichen and Kuangsuo's visit was not informed of the mining area, nor did they notify the local safety supervision department or the police, how did this whistleblower know?

Li Yiting made a preliminary analysis based on this, and he felt that this whistleblower was probably a member of the Tao family, so he could know about this relatively confidential operation. But at that time, except for Tao Sansheng and his wife, no one was at home, so it may also be someone who lives near Tao's house or has been following Tao Sansheng, in short, this person must know or have some kind of internal connection with Tao Sansheng.

Shen Mingyue asked the other party's identity, but the whistleblower still did not disclose it, but said that he was just a person who was unhappy, and he had nothing to do with the coal mine explosion case, but he felt that the current situation of the Tao family was very bad. He had heard a little about the cases handled by the Beiting Detective Agency in the past, so he begged for it, hoping to find out the truth of the facts as soon as possible and return justice to the victims.

Since the conversation had already begun, Li Yiting instructed Shen Mingyue to truthfully tell the other party that he had found nothing in the Tao family, so he hoped to stimulate the whistleblower and let him provide further assistance. Sure enough, after hearing the news, the other party sent a series of sad expressions, and then was silent for a long time. In the end, he mentioned only one person, saying that if he wanted to know the real situation in the coal mine, he would have to ask this person.

The person provided by the whistleblower is Tao Sansheng's second daughter who cooks in the mine: Tao Mei!

Shen Mingyue was already impatient, she said directly to Li Yiting, "Brother Li, let me go to the scene, I'll go to this Tao sister to ensure that I can get useful clues." ”

Li Yiting is a caring person, he has heard about the black history of coal mines, and he knows some insiders, but he can't start. Obviously, this matter is indeed not as simple as reported, but it seems that it is far from enough to let Shen Mingyue go, and he is a thoughtful person, of course, it is impossible to intervene indiscriminately: "Mingyue, don't worry, even if Tao Mei can confirm that the mining area concealed a list of deaths, but there is no evidence, what can she do? Moreover, she is the daughter of the injured person, from the perspective of the victim, there will definitely be some prejudice, we can't just listen to the testimony of one person and conclude that there is something wrong with the coal mine." ”

"Then what should we do? Tao Sansheng's family is so miserable, don't we care?" Shen Mingyue replied unhappily.

"Of course, we have to take care of it, but we have to think in the long run, and Tao Mei is just cooking in the mine, and she has not gone down the mine, she will not know the real cause of the coal mine explosion, and we have to investigate this carefully." Li Yiting said calmly.

Shen Mingyue knew that this was indeed the case, but she asked worriedly: "Sister Zichen, they have already gone to the mine to investigate, haven't they found anything?" I listened to her, and the people in the mining area were silent, as if they were monolithic. ”

Chen Tianyu, who had been silent, thought for a while, and finally spoke, "So we must not act rashly and startle the snake, if we really want to succeed immediately, we can only try to break into their interior and get the real situation! A kiosk, immediately booked the nearest train tickets for the seven of us, and we all went over to investigate the case. ”

Shen Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, she was very sympathetic to the Tao family's plight, but she was out of reach, and now she can finally come to the scene in person. She didn't wait for Li Yiting to book tickets, she immediately booked all the tickets on the Internet, and notified the whistleblower, asking him to cooperate with Beiting's investigation as much as possible.

Li Yiting smiled bitterly: "Fourth brother, are you sure we have to put down the work at hand and go all the way to the northwest, in case ...... It's a minor problem. He stopped talking.

Chen Tianyu patted him lightly on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I know you can't let go of this matter, instead of guessing, it's better to understand it thoroughly." Of course he knows Li Yiting, this person is just weighing priorities, but through several communications with Liu Zichen, he already has another idea, perhaps, this seemingly insignificant little thing will poke out an earth-shattering hole.

And Beiting's mission is to expose the shady, Chen Tianyu's talent is omnipresent intuition.