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The thug recognized Liu Zhengxing that night.

When Liu Zhengxing asked them for a favor, he gave each of them ten yuan, which was very generous.

The petty thug had been poor for so many years and had never seen such a generous person, so he subconsciously followed Liu Zhengxing for a while and then saw him digging a hole to bury something.

It was late at night, the wind was howling, the roasted sweet potato stalls had all closed up shop, and there were no pedestrians around.

Liu Zhengxing squatted on the ground and even opened the box to count the yellow croakers inside.

He brought two boxes with him, but only opened one to count the contents.

Even on a dark winter night, the thug was still dazzled by the gold inside.

He definitely didn't see wrong!

At that moment, the thug was thinking that he would find a chance to steal this thing.

But Liu Zhengxing stayed up very late when he was suddenly arrested by the Revolutionary Committee.

The thugs were so scared that they hid.

But he couldn't resist the urge to buy that box of yellow croaker, so he came back again today.

I can't help but want to dig.

The thug paced back and forth along the base of the wall, searching for a while, but he couldn't pinpoint the exact location.

Wang Xue nervously whispered to Qiao Lanshu, "Qiao, do you think what he said is true?"

Qiao Lanshu shook her head: "Sister, why don't we call the police?"

Wang Xue quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, let's call the police first."

As she spoke, she pointed at the thug again and asked, "What about him?"

Qiao Lanshu was silent for a while, then said, "Why don't we tie him up now, so he doesn't run away and then blame us for making a false police report if we don't find anything later?"

Of course, if something is actually unearthed, whether that counts as redeeming oneself through meritorious service is a matter for the Public Security Bureau.

So, while the hoodlum was still looking for something under the wall, he suddenly found that several women from the food factory had surrounded him.

Four or five women surrounded him and punched and kicked him, completely stunning him.

He stared at Qiao Lanshu in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Didn't we agree that he would atone for his crimes by doing good deeds? Why are we beating him up again...?

Qiao Lanshu coughed and looked away somewhat guiltily.

Wang Xue pinned the thug to the ground, then gagged him with a handkerchief, saying viciously, "You committed a crime and now you're going to a labor camp? You think you can atone for your crimes? Dream on!"

Several women were scolding him, telling him to reform through labor and try to get a chance to start anew.

They chattered on and on until the thug was completely shut up.

Soon, the police officers who received the report also rushed over.

Li Jianlin and Guan Wenjun both came.

Because Guan Wenjun was focused on catching this last petty thug.

He couldn't find the person, but Qiao Lanshu did.

He circled the thug, kicking him twice in a row, and angrily said, "You bastard, you're quite the hider! Tell me, where have you been hiding these past two days?"

The thug's legs were tied, his mouth was gagged, and he lay on the ground like a dead fish.

He didn't utter a sound no matter how Guan Wenjun kicked him.

Qiao Lanshu and Wang Xue have already relayed what the thug said.

Standing next to Guan Wenjun, Li Jianlin asked, "Director Guan, do you think what he said is credible?"

Guan Wenjun immediately said, "I don't know if it's believable, but if Liu Zhengxing really has that much wealth, then his identity is not simple."

The cadres of that era were all poorer than the last; how could they possibly have these things?

Even if there were any, they would have been handed over to the state long ago. How could they possibly have kept them at home, with a whole box of them?

There are only two possibilities now: either this thug is lying.

Either Liu Zhengxing embezzled funds.

Guan Wenjun, leading Li Jianlin, said, "He said he wasn't sure of the location, so let's have someone start looking from here."

Li Jianlin said, "This area is quite large, and it's the foundation of a state-run restaurant. I don't know if digging will affect their walls. How about we ask Qin Tuan for help? Aren't the people in their army quite good at finding things? It would save us the trouble of searching one place after another."

Wang Xue and Qiao Lanshu, who had filed the report, were waiting there.

With her here, Li Jianlin felt that Qin Yuanzheng would come over no matter how busy he was.

Upon hearing this, Guan Wenjun wanted to refuse:

"What Qin Yuanzheng can do, I, Guan Wenjun, can do too! Deputy Director Li, I'm not trying to criticize you, but this case is our responsibility. If we handle it well, we'll both get credit. Why are you always thinking about Qin Yuanzheng? If he handles it well, the credit is his; if he messes it up, the responsibility will fall on us, won't it?"

Li Jianlin: "..."

Although Guan Wenjun's words made a lot of sense.

But Li Jianlin still said, "But we can't just dig up this whole area by ourselves, can we?"

Guan Wenjun started rolling up his sleeves; "You wait here, I'll go look for it."

Guan Wenjun searched while having people dig, but they dug in three or four places and still couldn't find the right spot.

Hearing the commotion, the staff of the state-run restaurant rushed out and found Li Jianlin, saying, "Officer, what are you doing? Why are you digging up our restaurant's grounds?"

Li Jianlin couldn't say it outright, only explaining, "Comrade, we need this information for the case, so we can't reveal it right now. I hope you understand."

The staff at the state-run restaurant said somewhat awkwardly:

"Police officers, it's not that I don't understand you, but today is a special day. The investigators from above are sitting and eating in the innermost private room of the restaurant."

"You've been digging around here, and they can hear everything clearly from inside the private room. I was afraid the investigators would get angry, so I rushed out to see what was going on... How about you wait another half hour, until the investigators leave, and then you can start digging again?"

Li Jianlin: "..."

Guan Wenjun: "..."

The two looked at each other, both speechless.

Because they both forgot about the investigator.

Both of them were trying to avoid the investigators because they were afraid of being scolded.

As a result, the investigators are now eating at a state-run restaurant, and neither of them has offered to go in and say hello.

Guan Wenjun immediately stopped digging.

He whispered to Li Jianlin, "Deputy Director Li, how about we dig again later?"

Li Jianlin wiped the sweat from his brow and nodded: "I think it's a good idea."

The two turned and left without going to the state-run restaurant.

Qiao Lanshu and Wang Xue sat on a stone bench not far away, eating sunflower seeds as they watched the digging work being paused.

Qiao Lanshu asked Guan Wenjun, "Director Guan, why have you stopped digging?"

Guan Wenjun was concerned about his reputation, so of course he couldn't say that he wanted to stop digging because he was afraid of the investigators.

He couldn't possibly say that he didn't want Qin Yuanzheng to take credit, so he refused to borrow professional personnel from the army.

Otherwise, if professionals arrive on site with their specialized equipment, they could probably find the item in less than ten minutes.

He wiped the dirt off his hands, walked over to Qiao Lanshu, stood against the wall with his arms crossed, and said with a deep expression, "According to my professional investigation, there is nothing in this area."

He pointed to the spot where they had just dug.

Wang Xue didn't dare to say anything, but Qiao Lanshu told the truth: "You've already dug, so there's definitely nothing there."

What is this "professional investigation"? Does professional investigation just involve digging up the ground to investigate?

Guan Wenjun; "..."

Guan Wenjun added, "We've stopped digging now because I think Liu Zhengxing's motives for burying things here are wrong."

Li Jianlin looked at Guan Wenjun with a puzzled expression: "Director Guan, what's wrong with your motive?"

Guan Wenjun coughed and made up some wild guesses: "Look, if Liu Zhengxing really wanted to hide something, he wouldn't need to hide it under the wall of the state-run restaurant. The state-run restaurant is full of high-ranking leaders. If he really wanted to bury something there, it certainly wouldn't be money. It would be easy for someone to find it and secretly dig it up."

Qiao Lanshu nodded, agreeing with Guan Wenjun's analysis: "Director Guan is right, so what will he bury?"

She hesitated for a moment and said, "We can't just plant explosives, can we? Even if we planted them, would they still explode?"

Guan Wenjun: "..."

Li Jianlin: "..."

The two suddenly stared at each other for a whole day, both seeing terror in each other's eyes.

Qiao Lanshu was still eating sunflower seeds when she asked curiously, "I remember last time it was on West Street or somewhere, wasn't there an explosion one night?"

The investigators came because of that explosion.

Qiao Lanshu lowered her voice and said, "How was that explosive detonated? Was it lit by a fuse? Or how was it done? Could Liu Zhengxing be a suspect...?"

Before Qiao Lanshu could finish speaking, Guan Wenjun had already turned and run away.

Li Jianlin remained where he was, his expression serious. He quickly ran to the base of the wall and shouted to the Revolutionary Committee members who were carrying hoes and pickaxes, "Stop! All of you, stop!"

His expression was serious, and his face was somewhat pale. He pointed at everyone and said, "Now, everyone, step back, step back slowly, slowly, don't rush."

Qiao Lanshu: "..."

Wang Xue and Qiao Lanshu exchanged a glance, then lowered their voices and said, "Qiao, could it really be explosives buried here?"

Qiao Lanshu swallowed hard and said nervously, "I don't know, I just said it offhand..."

Without saying a word, Wang Xue grabbed Qiao Lanshu's arm and ran towards the intersection: "Let's go, let's go, let's hurry up and leave."

Whether it's gold or silver buried there, it's none of their business.

Life is the most important thing, but running away is the priority.

Thinking back to how they had actually believed there were two chests of gold buried underneath, and how they had even excitedly said they wanted to dig them up, it's hard to believe they'd actually found them.

After all, neither of them had ever seen a yellow croaker before.

it's good now.

What yellow croaker? That thing is probably explosives.

The two ran all the way to the opposite side of the state-run restaurant, with Qiao Lanshu panting heavily.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became: "No way? No way..."

She was just saying it casually, following Guan Wenjun's lead.

Since Guan Wenjun said this place is not suitable for burying gold, silver and valuables, it must be suitable for burying explosives.

After all, if there is an explosion, not only passersby will suffer, but also the cadres eating in the state-run restaurants.

With a wall separating them, the cadres wouldn't die if they were lucky.

Then they will come and arrest people, hold them accountable, and replace a group of leading cadres in Longcheng.

If you're unlucky and the cadres get killed in the bombing, then it's all over.

The entire city of Longcheng will be under close scrutiny, and even provincial officials will have to be replaced.

That's really insidious.

Wang Xue felt a chill run down her spine as she thought about how she had spent the whole morning sitting in a place where explosives might have been planted.

Her arms were trembling slightly: "Xiao Qiao, luckily you're smart. Director Guan dug for a long time but didn't find anything. We're lucky to be alive."

Qiao Lanshu said in a low voice, "Sister, it could really be gold and silver valuables, not necessarily explosives. I was just saying it offhand."

Although the more I think about it now, the more likely it seems.

Wang Xue swallowed hard and said nervously, "It's hard to say. I think Director Guan was scared away, and Deputy Director Li's face changed. They are definitely more experienced than us."

Guan Wenjun wasn't scared away.

He rushed to get his car and headed straight for the military base in the mining area.

He returned in less than twenty minutes.

Qin Yuanzheng's car followed behind.

Qin Yuanzheng got out of the car, followed by a company-level officer.

The company commander was also carrying a Type 69 electromagnetic mine detector on his back.

When Qin Yuanzheng saw Qiao Lanshu across from the state-run restaurant, he simply nodded to her from afar, and then hurriedly led his men into the alley behind the restaurant.

When Qiao Lanshu saw Qin Yuanzheng approaching, she abruptly stood up. Frowning, she asked with a worried expression, "Brother Zheng, what brings you here?"

Could there really be a bomb buried there?

Will Qin Yuanzheng be injured in the explosion?

The incident where Qin Yuanzheng was injured by an explosion during a mission in his previous life has not yet occurred.

Qiao Lanshu never knew which mission caused her injury, so she had been worried ever since she married Qin Yuanzheng.

Now that she saw Qin Yuanzheng had arrived, she became worried again.

Could it be this time?

But this time, Qin Yuanzheng suspected that Liu Zhengxing had planted explosives and even brought a mine detector. So, would he not be injured by the explosion?

But what if?

Qiao Lanshu paced anxiously in circles, wanting to go and check on Qin Yuanzheng, but fearing that Qin Yuanzheng would be distracted and it would be even more dangerous.

Wang Xue comforted her, saying, "Oh, Xiao Qiao, don't worry. Your Qin Tuan is a professional; he must be very good at this. Don't scare yourself."

Qiao Lanshu nodded, looking worried, and said, "I know..."

Even though I know it, I still feel nervous.

When Qin Yuanzheng arrived with his men, Li Jianlin had already cleared the area and had people put up ropes at the intersection to prevent ordinary people from entering.

At the same time, he didn't allow anyone to go back to the area that had been dug, for fear of any accident.

The thug was still tied up and lying on the ground. He couldn't understand why these people had suddenly stopped digging.

Li Jianlin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, ran up to Qin Yuanzheng and Guan Wenjun, and said to them, "Commander Qin, Director Guan, I've cordoned off the area around here, but I haven't spoken to anyone inside the state-run restaurant yet; should we go and tell them?"

He was unsure, mainly because he didn't know whether he could tell the investigators about the suspected planted explosives incident.

What if the investigators find out and then dismiss them?

Before Guan Wenjun could speak, Qin Yuanzheng immediately said, "Say it, go now and clear out everyone from the state-run restaurant, just in case."

As he spoke, he said to his subordinates who were carrying mine detectors, "Begin the detection."