53 Chapter 53
Why is coal still mined here?
Gu Qi knew that he was knowingly asking.
Now that the coal mine has collapsed, according to the regulations, all coal mining activities must be stopped, but it is clear that not only is the raw coal still being mined, but also people are still coming and going, and no protective measures and awareness of prevention have been taken.
The reason why this is the case is nothing more than to downplay the previous collapse event as much as possible, so as not to delay any time to mine coal in order to seek maximum benefits.
The little leader who was patrolling back and forth in front of the mine saw Gu Qi and his party, and immediately ran over in a hurry, with a smile on his face: "Presumably this is Lord Qincha, Lord Feng has already informed the villain, let the villain serve Lord Qincha here, and also know everything about Lord Qincha's problems." ”
Gu Qi glanced at her lightly, sneered in his heart, and knew Feng Kejie's tricks: "You are the one who manages this coal mine?" ”
"Yes, yes, it's a villain."
"What's your name?"
"The villain's name is Yang Yan, and he is all at the command of the adult." Yang Yan bent down slightly.
Gu Qi asked, "Why is this coal mine still mining?" ”
Yang Yan was puzzled: "Why did the adults say this? ”
"Ben Chin Cha has long known that this coal mine collapsed half a month ago, why are there still miners mining coal here?"
Yang Yan's face remained unchanged: "Back to Lord Qincha, half a month ago, this coal mine did collapse, but it was only a small area of collapse, less than two zhang, and there were no casualties, which is a normal thing, so there is no shutdown here." ”
"Less than two feet?" Gu Qi repeated.
"Yes, Lord Chincha, it may be because the mine has been around for a long time, so the soil on it is a little soft, which is normal." Perhaps because he felt that Gu Qi didn't believe it, Yang Yan added at the end, "If Lord Qincha doesn't believe it, it's better for the villain to take the adult to check it out." ”
Gu Qi glanced at Yang Yan meaningfully, Yang Yan's brows jumped at this glance, and he couldn't help but start guessing in his heart, could it be that Gu Qi had already seen through their layout?
"Lead the way." Gu Qi flicked his long sleeves and strode forward.
Xu Yihua frowned slightly, and hurriedly followed Gu Qi's side.
He thought about the things in front of him slightly, and felt that something was wrong in the dark, thinking of this, Xu Yihua reached out and gently tugged Gu Qi's sleeve: "There may be danger." ”
Gu Qi glanced at Yang Yan, who was leading the way in front, and smiled: "It's okay." After that, he turned back and said, "Little bald head, you are waiting outside for Ben Qincha." ”
As soon as Hui Qi wanted to follow, she heard Gu Qi's words, and then saw the other party winking at her, and immediately understood, smiled, and understood what Gu Qi meant.
Yang Yan led the way in front, and it was not until Yu Guang saw that Gu Qi and Xu Yihua had followed him into the mine, and then he gradually relaxed his heart. He is not afraid that this Qin will not enter the mine, what he is afraid of is that the other party will not come in, and if he comes in, everything is easy to say, and if he does not come in, some things will not be able to be carried out.
"Chincha-sama." A cold light flashed in Yang Yan's eyes, and he stretched out his hand and pointed to a mine tunnel that branched out on the right, "This is the mine road where the collapse occurred before." ”
The mine road Yang Yan refers to is a branch from the main mine, and there are several kerosene lamps lit on the mine wall, and the faint light can only barely illuminate a small area in front of them, and the miners must bring their own lamps to enter and exit without mistakes.
The place where Gu Qi's gaze touched was pitch black, and he didn't know how far it extended, but according to the mountain, this gradually downward mine road must have been very long.
"Lanterns." Gu Qi stretched out his hand.
Xu Yihua handed the lantern in his hand to Gu Qi's hand.
Shining the lantern down, Gu Qi lifted his robe and squatted down, he reached out and gently twisted a little bit of the dirt in the mine on the right, and rubbed it on his fingertips.
The soil was a little wet, and there were faint cinders on it, and I rubbed my fingers on it, making my fingertips black.
"How?" Xu Yihua also squatted down with a corner of his clothes.
Gu Qi shook his head and didn't speak, but stood up, turned his gaze, and looked at the mine on the left hand side on the other side.
The mine was exactly the same as the one on the right, it was pitch black, and the faint lights on both sides of the mine walls did not do much here, but rather took on a more dreary feel.
Yang Yan's fingers hanging under the sleeves gradually tightened, and his heart became nervous.
"Let's go." Gu Qi suddenly smiled, returned the lantern to Xu Yihua, and stood with his hands in his hands.
"Huh?" Yang Yan didn't react for a while.
"Lead the way." Gu Qi said slowly.
"Yes, yes, you see the villain almost forgot." Yang Yan's face changed slightly, and he could only squeeze out a smile.
He hurriedly burrowed into the cave on the right-hand side and led the way for everyone in front of several people, and the moment he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared and became preoccupied.
Last night, he received a notice, arranged everything overnight, temporarily dug a new mine road on the left, and made an ambush in it, in order to solve the thorn in the eye of the adult. According to the plan, Gu Qi, who is suspicious by nature, will definitely suspect them, so he will step on the left mine, so that the other party will completely enter their trap, who knows that something is wrong now, Gu Qi actually directly entered the right one, could it be that the other party discovered their plan?
No, it must not be the case, the biggest possibility is that the adults overestimated Gu Qi, in fact, Gu Qi didn't see anything at all, so he walked on this mining road. But in this way, the plan he and the adults laid out was completely useless.
It seems that I need to think of another way with the adults at night.
This mine road is not newly excavated, but it happens to be the one that collapsed at the beginning, but now, this place has been almost dealt with, and the mine road is extremely dim, although there are lanterns, it is not clear to see, Gu Qi can only guess some conditions based on the repaired places inside.
It seems that this time the other party learned the news that Gu Qi was coming here in advance, and handled the scene very cleanly, and there should be no useful clues here.
After turning around inside, Gu Qi didn't find any major clues, so he could only retreat with Xu Yihua, but fortunately, his original purpose was not to explore the mine road, and there was nothing to be disappointed about.
After coming out, Yang Yan said tentatively: "Lord Qincha, you have also checked this mine, if you don't have anything to ask, the villain will go and get busy first." ”
"There you go." Gu Qi waved his hand.
Yang Yan suddenly retreated.
"What do you think of here?" Gu Qi and Xu Yihua stood in the distance, looking at the coal yard in front of them, with a calm face.
"It's weird." Xu Yihua frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand all this, "Since it was handled very well here and there was no evidence left, then why did he harm you, wouldn't this still fall into the hands of others?" ”
Gu Qi smiled slightly, his eyes were clear, and his expression was calm, as if he knew everything here: "Why are you so eager to kill me, this just shows that the other party is not completely ready, there must be some places that have not been dealt with well, and once they find out, it will be their end." ”
"I'm coming!" In the distance, Hui Qi shouted and jumped to the side of the two.
"What did you hear?" Xu Yihua asked.
Hui Qi shook his head, ashamed: "I didn't hear anything." ”
"That's right." Gu Qi said with a smile.
"That's right?" Hui Qi was puzzled.
Xu Yihua understood, he nodded and said, "It should be so." It's only right that you don't hear anything. ”
"What do you mean?"
The original coal mine collapse must have been real, and it was a large-scale coal mine collapse, and a lot of people died at that time. This matter can be hidden from the people outside, but it cannot be hidden from the miners present. After a little inquiry, you will be able to know the truth at that time, so the most important thing is to get rid of this group of people.
Clean up the collapsed mine cavern, deal with the scene, and then solve all the people who know the truth, and then replace them with new miners, then everything before and later people will naturally not be able to know, plus all kinds of gossip that comes out disturb the sight of the investigation, so as to hide the real truth.
What a good means, what a big deal!
It's just that I don't know how the original miners were resolved, whether they were given money as hush money and dismissed separately, or all of them...... Lost his life.
At the very side of the mine, there are several simple sheds, presumably where these miners come to rest at night, and there is a slightly better thatched hut, where Yang Yan lives.
Gu Qi touched his chin and took Xu Yihua Huiqi and several officials behind him to Yang Yan's house.
"Dare to ask Lord Qincha what else needs a small service?" Yang Yan blocked behind the door, a smile on his face.
"How many miners are there in this mine?"
"Not much, a total of more than a hundred or so people."
"Take the books that have been registered and show them to Benchincha."
Yang Yan smiled, as if he had been prepared, he took out a blue-skinned booklet from his back and handed it to Gu Qi's hand: "Adults just watch it here, it's still useful for the villain after reading it." ”
Gu Qi took the booklet, didn't even look at it, and threw it directly into Xu Yihua's arms: "Just take a look and calculate how many people there were half a month ago." ”
The miners in this coal mine change very frequently, after all, it is not a comfortable errand, but anyone who can find a good errand will leave here, so the booklet is relatively thick, and it is densely filled with the names of the miners, including the date of arrival and the date of departure and payment.
It wasn't until nearly two hours later that Xu Yihua finished reading it and returned the booklet to Yang Yan.
Gu Qi didn't ask Xu Yihua about the result, and said directly: "Go back to the city." ”
When they returned to the city, they got rid of the officials behind them, and the three of them walked on the lively street, surrounded by crowds, and the sound of conversation and shouting was endless.
Gu Qi asked Xu Yihua: "What did you find?" ”
Xu Yihua said: "That booklet is fake. ”
"I guessed it." Gu Qi nodded calmly, "But even if it's a fake booklet, you should be able to find some clues." ”
"You're right, I did find a lot of clues." Xu Yihua showed a smile on his face, with a little excitement, "There is no name of Zhao Qing on the booklet, I think the names of the people who died in the coal mine should not be in it." ”
"Hmm." Gu Qi responded.
"However, this booklet should be a copy of the real booklet, so I can roughly calculate how many miners were in the coal mine at that time based on the registration above."
"How many?" Hui Qi couldn't help but ask.
"About one hundred and seventy."
Gu Qi's eyes were cold, and the chill in his heart couldn't stop spreading to his whole body.
Xu Yihua said in a low voice: "There are two mines in total, one of the mines has collapsed, and the lowest one is dead......
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