Gu Qi's case-solving manuscript

Why is coal still being mined here?

Gu Qi knew that he was asking questions knowingly.

Now that the coal mine has collapsed, according to regulations, all coal mining activities must be stopped here, but it is obvious that not only raw coal is still being mined here, but also people are still coming and going, without any protection measures and awareness of prevention.

The reason for this is nothing more than to downplay the previous collapse events as much as possible, so as not to waste any time to mine coal in order to maximize 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 with a smile on his face: "I think this is the imperial envoy, Master Feng has already informed the villain, let me tell you what to do." The villain is here to serve the imperial envoy, and he also knows everything about the imperial envoy's problems."

Gu Qi glanced at her lightly, and sneered in his heart, knowing Feng Kejie's tricks well: "You are the one who manages this coal mine?"

"That's right, it's a villain."

"What's your name?"

"The villain's name is Yang Yan, and he will obey the adults' orders." Yang Yan bent slightly.

Gu Qi asked: "Why is this coal mine still mining coal?"

Yang Yan was puzzled and said, "Why did your lord say that?"

"The imperial envoy has known for a long time that this coal mine collapsed half a month ago. Why are there still miners mining coal here?"

Yang Yan's face remained unchanged: "Returning to the imperial envoy, the coal mine did collapse half a month ago, but it was only a small-scale collapse, less than two feet away, and there were no casualties. It is a normal thing, so there is no accident here. shutdown."

"Less than two feet?" Gu Qi repeated.

"Yes, Mr. Imperial Envoy, it may be because the mine has been used for a long time, so the soil on it is a little soft, which is normal." Perhaps thinking that Gu Qi didn't believe it, Yang Yan added at the end, "If Mr. Imperial Envoy doesn't believe it If not, why not take the adults to check it out."

Gu Qi took a meaningful look at Yang Yan, Yang Yan frowned at this glance, and couldn't help but start guessing wildly in his heart, could it be that Gu Qi has seen through their plan?

"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 matter in front of him slightly, and felt that something was wrong. Thinking of this, Xu Yihua stretched out his hand and gently grabbed Gu Qi's sleeve: "It may be dangerous."

Gu Qi glanced at Yang Yan who was leading the way, and smiled: "It's okay." After finishing speaking, he turned around and said, "Little bald head, you are waiting for the imperial envoy outside."

Just as Hui Qi wanted to keep up, she heard Gu Qi's words, and then saw the other party winking at her, she immediately understood, smiled, and understood Gu Qi's meaning.

Yang Yan led the way, until he saw Gu Qi and Xu Yihua following him into the mine from the corner of his eye, and then he gradually felt relieved.He wasn't afraid that the imperial envoy wouldn't enter the mine, what he was afraid of was that the other party wouldn't come in. If he came in, everything would be easy to talk about. If he didn't come in, some things couldn't be done.

"Master Imperial Envoy." A cold light flashed in Yang Yan's eyes, and he pointed to a mine tunnel on the right, "This is the mine tunnel that collapsed before."

The mine road that Yang Yan refers to is a branch from the main mine road. Several kerosene lamps are lit on the mine wall, and the faint light can barely illuminate a small area in front of them. Only with a light can you enter and exit without error.

The place where Gu Qi's eyes touched was pitch black, and he didn't know how far it stretched inside, but he guessed based on the mountain, the mine road that was gradually going down must be very long and winding.

"Lantern." Gu Qi stretched out his hand.

Xu Yihua handed the lantern in Gu Qi's hand.

Lighting the lantern down, Gu Qi lifted up his robe and squatted down. He stretched out his hand and gently picked up a little bit of soil from the mine on the right, and rubbed it with his fingertips.

The soil was a bit moist, and there were faint cinders on it, and when I rubbed it with my fingers, it stained it, making the fingertips black.

"What?" Xu Yihua also lifted the corner of his clothes and squatted down.

Gu Qi shook his head, did not speak, but stood up instead, turned his eyes to look at the mine tunnel on the left on the other side.

This mine is exactly the same as the one on the right, the inside is extremely dark, and the weak lights on both sides of the mine wall have no effect here, but it shows a more dull feeling.

Yang Yan's fingers hanging under his sleeves gradually tightened, and his heart became tense.

"Let's go." Gu Qi suddenly smiled, returned the lantern to Xu Yihua, and stood with his hands behind his back.

"Huh?" Yang Yan didn't react for a moment.

"Lead the way." Gu Qi said slowly.

"Yes, yes, you see, the villain almost forgot." Yang Yan's face changed slightly, but he could only squeeze out a smile.

He hurriedly got into the mine on the right, and led the way for everyone in front of them. The moment he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared, and he became preoccupied.

Last night, he received the notice, arranged everything overnight, temporarily dug a new mine tunnel on the left, and set up an ambush inside, in order to get rid of the thorn in the side of the adults.So he set up a suspicious formation and took the initiative to lead Gu Qi and the others to the mine on the right. According to the plan, Gu Qi, who is suspicious by nature, would definitely doubt them and set foot on the mine on the left. In this way, the other party completely entered them. Who knows that something went wrong right now, Gu Qi actually went directly into the one on the right, could it be that the other party discovered their plan?

No, it must not be like this. The biggest possibility is that the adults overestimated Gu Qi. In fact, Gu Qi walked on this mine road because he didn't see anything at all.But in this way, the plan he and his lord arranged would be completely useless.

It seems that we need to think of another way with adults at night.

This mine was not newly excavated, but happened to be the one that collapsed at the beginning, but by now, it has been treated almost, and the inside of the mine is extremely dark, even though there are lanterns, it is impossible to see clearly. Gu Qi can only guess some conditions based on the repaired places inside.

It seems that this time, the other party had learned of the news that Gu Qi was coming here in advance, and handled the scene very cleanly. There shouldn't be any useful clues to be found here.

Going around inside, Gu Qi didn't find any major clues, so he could only retreat out together with Xu Yihua. Fortunately, his original purpose was not to investigate the mine tunnels, and he wasn't disappointed at all.

After he came out, Yang Yan tentatively said: "Master Imperial Envoy, you have checked the mine tunnel. If you have nothing to ask, the villain will go to work first."

"You go." Gu Qi waved his hand.

Yang Yan stepped back immediately.

"What do you think of this place?" Gu Qi and Xu Yihua stood in the distance together, looking at the coal yard in front of them with a calm expression.

"It's very strange." Xu Yihua frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand all this, "Since it was handled well here and there is no evidence left, why would he still harm you? Is it?"

Gu Qi smiled slightly, his eyes were clear and calm, as if he knew everything here: "Why did you kill me so impatiently? This just shows that the other party is not fully prepared, and there must be some The place is not taken care of, and if found, it is the end of their life."

"I'm coming!" Yuan Huiqi shouted, and hopped to the side of the two.

"What did you find out?" Xu Yihua asked.

Huiqi shook his head, with a face of shame: "I didn't find out anything."

"That's right." Gu Qi said with a smile.

"Is that right?" Hui Qi was puzzled.

But Xu Yihua understood, he nodded and showed his face: "It should be so. It's correct that you didn't find out anything."

"what does it mean?"

The coal mine collapse at the beginning must be true, and it was a large-scale coal mine collapse, and many people died at that time.This matter can be concealed from people outside, but it cannot be concealed from the miners present.After a little inquiring, you can know the truth at that time, so getting rid of these people is the most important thing.

Clean up the collapsed coal mine, deal with the scene, and then get rid of all the people who knew the truth, and then replace them with new miners. Then, of course, everything before and later people will not be able to know. This kind of gossip disturbs the sight of the investigation, thus hiding all the real truth.

Really good means, really generous!

It's just that I don't know how the original group of miners were dealt with, whether they were sent away with money as a hush money, or all... lost their lives.

At the far side of the coal mine, there are several simple sheds, which must be the place where these miners rest at night. There is also a slightly better thatched hut, which is where Yang Yan lives.

Gu Qi rubbed his chin, brought Xu Yihua, Huiqi and several officials behind him to Yang Yan's house.

"May I ask the imperial envoy, what else can I do for you?" Yang Yan stood behind the door with a smile on his face.

"How many miners are there in this coal mine?"

"Not many, a hundred or so people in total."

"Bring the booklet that has been registered with me to have a look with this imperial envoy."

Yang Yan smiled, as if he had been prepared for a long time, he took out a blue booklet from his back and handed it to Gu Qi's hand: "Your Excellency, just read it here, the villain is still useful after reading it."

Gu Qi took the brochure, didn't read it, and threw it into Xu Yihua's arms directly: "Look at it, and calculate how many people there were about half a month ago."

The miners in this coal mine change very frequently. After all, this is not a comfortable job, but anyone who can find a better job will leave here, so the booklet is relatively thick, and it is densely filled with the names of the miners, including when they came. The date has left the payout date.

It was not until nearly two hours later that Xu Yihua finished the book 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 and got rid of the officials behind them, the three of them were walking on the busy street surrounded by crowds, chattering and yelling. In this environment, the conversation between them was the best. Safe to be heard by anyone who cares.

Gu Qi asked Xu Yihua: "What did you find?"

Xu Yihua said: "That brochure is fake."

"I guessed it." Gu Qi nodded calmly, "But even if it's a fake booklet, we 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, "Zhao Qing's name is not on the brochure, I think the names of the people who died in the coal mine that time should be Not in there."

"En." Gu Qi agreed.

"However, this booklet should be a counterfeit copy of the real booklet, so I roughly calculated how many miners there were in the coal mine at that time based on the registration above."

"How many people?" Huiqi couldn't help asking.

"About 170 people."

Gu Qi's eyes turned 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 mine tunnels in total, one tunnel collapsed, and the lowest one died..."

"More than 70 people!"