"Drink."

Gai Nie pulled out the long sword at his waist and slashed at the ground, this sword he used ten layers of ten strength. But even then, it only cracked a crack in the rocks.

"This is a good mountain stone, and it is more than enough to mine it and use it directly to build a city." Gai Nie knew the strength of his sword, and these rocks were really hard.

"Let's go to the tunnel." Li Chen said.

At the foot of the mountain, a dark cavern opened its mouth like a beast about to devour people. The cave is surrounded by a handful of plants and trees, and the entrance of the cave is still dripping with water.

The collapsed cave has been cleared out of a path, and some rubble is piled up on both sides of the cave.

"Hmph, hmph."

"What a taste." Li Chen sniffed, and suddenly felt that there was a different smell in the cave.

Zhao Que leaned the torch in his hand around, "Zi, zi, zi." "When the flames hit the stone wall, there was a sudden sizzling sound.

"Master Hou, it's the smell of gunpowder left over from the tunnel." Zhao Que looked at the dark stone wall, which was the trace of the explosion of gunpowder.

The hardness of the stone wall required the use of gunpowder to successfully excavate, and how could the tunnel collapse due to a mere rain.

"Smack, smack."

"Smack, smack."

The sound of footsteps stepping on the stagnant water on the ground makes a "popping" sound. The darkness around him poured in cold winds from nowhere, and torches swayed in the darkness.

The tunnel was not yet completed, and was only carried out to a depth of a few tens of meters. Soon, the group of three came to an end.

"Master Hou, this is where the accident happened in the first place." Zhao Que poked around with the torch in his hand and said.

"Zhao Que, take a look at where." Li Chen pointed to the stones piled up around. Without exception, these stones are stained with black particles from the explosion of gunpowder, and it is clear that these stones were cleaned from the construction process.

Now Li Chen is even more sure that this is not just a simple landslide accident, if it is a tunnel collapse, then there should be traces of falling rocks falling from the stone wall, and it is impossible for so many black powder particles to be attached to the stones of a normal collapse. The existing stones in the cave were obviously removed during construction.

It's just that what Li Chen couldn't figure out was that if it wasn't for the collapse accident, why would these hundreds of migrant workers die in this tunnel. Could it be that there is something hidden in this tunnel.

Dongshan, the compound of the Ministry of Industry

"Guo Langzhong, please tell Ben Hou about the before and after of the accident that day." Li Chen sat in the main hall and asked.

Jiang Wei of the Criminal Department glanced at him, and Guo Langzhong said slowly: "Because of the continuous rainy days, the road outside cannot be constructed, but the workers are still waiting for money at home, and this day off will be less than one day's wages." No, in order to allow the migrant workers to get more money, the steward of the Wang family arranged for the workers outside to work in the tunnel at night. In this way, the progress of the project can be accelerated, and the workers can earn more money. But there were unforeseen circumstances on this day, and this happened within a few days of construction this night. ”

Obviously, the Ministry of Industry's rhetoric has been embellished, and it has perfectly removed itself from the case, and has given the Wang family a reputation of sympathy for migrant workers.

But when Sister Yao was pregnant, none of the prostitutes were innocent. Now it's not the case that anyone who wants to take himself out can take himself out.

"Guo Langzhong."

"You haven't been in charge of various projects for a day or two, and you should know that the rocks that fell from this collapse should have fallen vertically from the mountain. Most of these rocks should be from the inside of the mountain. But why are the stones cleared out of this tunnel stained with gunpowder particles, and they are obviously all stones cleaned during construction. If it is a landslide, where do the rocks go from the landslide? Li Chen said this, his tone heavy.

"This ......"

"This ......"

Guo Langzhong was sweating profusely, and seemed to be a little anxious, obviously Li Chen was far more difficult to deal with than he imagined. It's just that this is an old fritter who has been in the shadow of Daqin officialdom for a long time, and he is naturally a bit of a wise person.

"After all, everyone is dead, and the landslide caused by the rain is just speculation. As for the gunpowder particles attached to this rubble, it was negligence on our part with the Criminal Department. Based on my experience over the years, it may have been caused by the construction crew's overuse of gunpowder. Guo Langzhong stroked his beard and said proudly.

"This dog thing, it's really a push. Dead people can't speak anyway, and this time it pushes the blame out. Li Chen looked at the old fox, and sure enough, there was no good bird in this officialdom.

"These people in Dongshan Village are really pitiful, I'm afraid that they will be reincarnated as cooks in the next life." Li Chen sighed.

"What do you mean, Master Hou?" Guo Langzhong didn't seem to understand the meaning of Li Chen's words.

"This common man is dead, and I have to help you carry the blame, won't it be the life of a cook in the next life." Li Chen mocked mercilessly.

Jiang Wei Jiang Langzhong of the Criminal Department also seems to be a particular person, and when he saw his companion being scolded, he asked: "Master Hou has been busy for a day, I don't know if there is any substantial progress in the case." ”

"Could it be that Lord Jiang is so anxious to enter the prison of my Hanging Mirror Division, and Lord Jiang can't eat good wine and meat in my Hanging Mirror Division." Before Jiang Langzhong's voice fell, he was scolded back by Zhao Que. They are all summoners of a canyon, and no one's jungler has come to catch them once.

The entire Great Qin is intimidating, and our people in Lijiazhuang have never been soft. Great Qin Zu'an, it's definitely not just talking.

"The official didn't do anything wrong, and he wasn't afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." Jiang Langzhong said angrily.

The three of them returned to the courtyard and began to sort through the case.

"Master Hou, according to me, there is no collapse in the tunnel. Yes, it's more like someone blocked the exit and blocked the workers in the tunnel. Zhao Que said.

"Yes, I thought of it when I saw those rocks with gunpowder attached to them."

"Just, who's going to do that?"

"That's hundreds of lives, what do you get by doing this?" Li Chen couldn't figure out these points.

Even if this person didn't expect the villagers of Qingshan Village to be so difficult, there were still 200 lives in this cave. Who would take such a big risk to do such a thing, and what is involved?

The anomaly in the tunnel is not evidence, as the Ministry of Industry said, it is completely possible to blame the excessive use of gunpowder by migrant workers, which caused the collapse. Evidence, what Li Chen urgently needs is evidence. This case involves the prince and the imperial concubine, pulling the gourd and the scoop, and maybe it can also involve a bunch of imperial relatives and civil and military officials. Only by turning the case into an ironclad case can these people be uprooted.

Although there was no actual progress in the case on the first day, it also confirmed Li Chen's guess that the case was not so simple.

"Call the servant, let's go and examine the body." Li Chen suddenly seemed to think of something.