When they went to the hospital, Yan Yan was about to buy breakfast, Zuo Luohuan handed over the packed breakfast: "We want to visit the mine."
"I already applied yesterday." Yan Yan took the breakfast, "I can go there later."
"Your mother...do you want to take it to the capital to see?" Jiang Hong kicked Zuo Luohuan, "Money is not a problem. The 377th Army also belongs to the Cold Winter Army, and the Zuo family can afford it."
Zuo Luohuan nodded: "The best brain hospital is in the capital."
Yan Yan glanced at his mother lying on the hospital bed, hesitated and said: "If my mother is still awake before leaving, then I will trouble my sister."
After Yan Yan and his father had finished their breakfast, the group of people wore masks and walked to the mine. Along the way, large transport vehicles kept coming, the road was dusty, and the sky, the ground, and the road were almost all mixed together, making it impossible to tell them apart.
A large part of the reason why the 377th Army was sent to the Xijiang Exile Star was that they were not strong enough in the Winter Army, and they could only make unnecessary sacrifices on the frontier before being sent here. Many children born in the army like Yan Yan stayed away from Xijiang Exile Star by virtue of being admitted to the military academy.
"There is still a year to go, and if nothing is dug here, the 377th Army will be able to return." Yan Yan explained along the way, "Many people have already started planning to leave, and there is only one area that has not been explored."
"Which area is your parents going to blast?" Zuo Luohuan asked.
"Yes, there is no silver green there, but my mother insists on opening the mine and inspecting it before closing the mountain." Yan Yan's mother is the captain of No. 377 Squadron, responsible for part of the mining. This time she was injured, and the final project has to be handed over. to another squadron.
Ji Yuezhi suddenly asked: "The 377th Army is not funded by the star master, and everything depends on itself?"
Yan Yan nodded: "By selling ordinary mineral materials, I can gather the necessary equipment." It's just that life is a bit difficult, and the head of the 377th Army feels that he can't complete the task, and he doesn't want to apply for funding from the Winter Army.
Most of the mine has been shut down, only a large machine is still digging ore in the far east, and a small team is working there.
A person who seemed to be the leader of the team turned around to see them and walked over: "Xiaoyan, is this the classmate you brought?"
"It's senior sister and senior." Yan Yan stood aside and said to the leader, "They want to come to Xijiang Exile Star to have a look."
Zuo Luohuan took the initiative to reach out and introduced himself: "Zuo Luohuan."
"Left... are you the daughter of General Zuo?" The leading captain was startled, immediately tore off his gloves, and reached out to hold her hand, "Squadron Leader of the Sixth Squadron of the 377th Army, Lu Hui."
"Let's come and have a look. I heard that the mine is going to be closed?" Zuo Luo asked with a smile.
Lu Hui nodded and said: "Yes, soon, after checking that there is no silver in the mountains on the east side, we will close the mountains and go back."
"Can we take a look around?" Zuo Luohuan scanned the surrounding area, "I've never been to the mine before."
"Yes, but the mine is very dusty and there is nothing interesting to do. It is better to go to the city center. I heard that the entertainment industry is developed there. In addition, those places marked with red warning lines cannot be entered casually, and there is a possibility of collapse at any time." Lu Hui After giving instructions, he pointed to a khaki pickup truck, "I'll give you a car, and you can drive around by yourself."
"Uncle Lu, I will lead the way." Yan Yan led Zuo Luohuan and the others to the car next to him, and he was in charge of driving.
Indeed, as Lu Hui said, there is nothing to see here. After mining, the area is white, and it goes down round and round, like a huge spiral coil that is always on the surface until no minerals are mined.
"It used to be a barren mountain here, but after it was mined, and the ground was dug so deep, no useful minerals were found." Yan Yan pointed to the bottom and explained, "The row of green houses in the distance is 377 The place where the army lives, we go out from there every morning, stay in the mine for a day, and go back at night."
Often they go out clean in the morning and come back in the evening covered in dust, not to mention their hair is covered in dust, even their nostrils are full of dust from mines. It's not that there is no mask. Sometimes I stop to rest and eat, and I always have to take it off.
In the entire mine, only the side mountain in the east has not been developed. Some time ago, Yan Yan's parents went to blow up the mountain, and an accident happened, so they handed over the follow-up tasks to Lu Hui.
"Uncle Lu and my parents are good friends, so they agreed to lead a team to help." Yan Yan explained, "There are not many people in the 377 Army who agree to mine the last side mountain. People from the testing team come to test every three months. No trace of Yinqing was found, and even ordinary mineral materials could not be detected on this side mountain. Everyone felt that they were doing useless work and were already preparing to leave."
Yan Yan actually didn't know the reason why Zuo Luohuan wanted to visit the mine, but the people in the capital might not have seen it, so they were curious.
The pickup truck happened to have five seats, and Ji Yuezhi, Zuo Luohuan, and Jiang Hong sat in the back row, and they took off their masks after getting in the car. Sitting in the middle, Ji Yuezhi turned his face to look at Zuo Luohuan. She was looking out the car window without blinking her eyes, as if she saw something interesting.
The five of them walked around the mine, then returned to Xijiang Mansion, and agreed to go to the underground black market, while Yan Yan went to the hospital first, and joined them at night.
"Why do you keep looking at me?" Zuo Luohuan suddenly asked Ji Yuezhi when he walked into the gate of Xijiang Mansion Hotel.
Ji Yuezhi was slightly taken aback, thinking she hadn't noticed, he pursed his lips and denied: "I'm looking at the mine."
Zuo Luo raised his eyebrows happily, not knowing whether to believe it or not, he walked into the elevator first.
Ji Yuezhi stood beside her, and when Jiang Hong and Luo Shaoyuan came in, he turned his back to them. After a while, he turned his face close to Zuo Luohuan's ear, and asked softly, "Have you been to the mine before?"
Zuo Luohuan looked down at the ground: "Guess."
From the elevator surveillance camera, the two standing on the innermost side whispered in each other's ears, like countless intimate couples.
As soon as Luo Shaoyuan turned his head, he saw Zuo Luohuan who was talking next to Ji Yuezhi's ear. She looked disgusted: "What are you doing? Talking bad about me?"
In the northern military academy, those who like to chew their tongues will get together like this, whispering behind others' backs.
Zuo Luohuan moved his upper body away from Ji Yuezhi, leaned against the side glass in the elevator, and laughed loosely: "You don't need to hide when you speak ill of you."
Luo Shaoyuan: "..."
"I've checked, Xijiang Exile Star underground black market sells everything, and stepped on the high-risk line several times." Jiang Hong turned his head and said to the others, that is to say, no one in the Federation is currently engaged in the black market. Once it crosses the line, it will be destroyed immediately. The black market.
"Sell everything?" Luo Shaoyuan asked curiously, "Do you sell robot dogs?"
"Even if you sell it, do you have any money?" Jiang Hong clicked his tongue.
Luo Shaoyuan: "... If you have money, you don't buy it."
After several people washed off the dust in the hotel, Yan Yan also arrived at the gate of Xijiangfu Hotel at seven o'clock in the evening. After meeting, they walked towards a large bar opposite.
"Is it here?" Luo Shaoyuan looked at the crowd of people dancing in the bar, but didn't see the black market at all.
"Over there." Jiang Hong scanned around and found some people who didn't fit in with the bar, and walked straight in one direction.
There were too many people in the bar, Ji Yuezhi was squeezed away several times, he looked at Zuo Luohuan's back, wanted to call her to stop, but finally followed quietly and tried his best.
"Come here." Zuo Luohuan seemed to hear the voice in his heart, and turned around to reach out to him.
Under the colorful lights in the noisy bar, the crowd was surging, but Zuo Luohuan was the only one left in Ji Yuezhi's eyes. She stretched out her hand to herself, waiting for him to pass by.
Ji Yuezhi stepped forward quickly, put his hand in her palm, and before he could speak, he was pulled towards her.
Zuo Luohuan hugged most of Ji Yuezhi's body, blocking the reckless people coming and going: "The underground black market is ahead, it's almost here, don't get lost."
"En." Ji Yuezhi's attention was attracted by her slightly cool hand, and he responded in a daze.
The further you go in, the less noisy people are, until they approach a door, and after pushing it open, there are long stairs. They followed the crowd and walked in. It took a long time to find that there was a complete street underground, surrounded by various pavements on both sides. . From a distance, this is not an underground black market, but more like an underground city.
"What is this?" Luo Shaoyuan moved closer to a street lamp, looked at the thing posted on it, "Wanted warrant?"
"The bonus is quite high." Jiang Hong glanced at it and pointed to the lamp post in front, "Every post has it."
"Shuibai, is there a reward of 5 million?" Luo Shaoyuan looked all the way over and saw the highest wanted warrant, his eyes glowed, and he was obviously moved.
"Who is this person? What did he do to make people offer such a high reward?" Jiang Hong leaned over to look, "Everyone who provides information about the theft of important items from the Hong family will receive a reward of 500,000 yuan. offer."
"The Hong family is the largest family of exiled stars in the Xijiang River. There are their shadows behind all the industries here. The star master also cooperated with the Hong family to develop this piece of entertainment industry." Yan Yan said, "I seem to have heard of this person. I don’t know what the theft was, but it is said that he killed the heir of the Hong family.”
"Sounds like a ruthless person." Luo Shaoyuan tore off the arrest warrant and stuffed it in his pocket, "Keep it for now, in case it happens, there is still a reward of five million if you catch it."
Ji Yuezhi was stunned for a moment when he saw the picture on the wanted warrant. It should be a printed out surveillance screen. This man was wearing a black sportswear and standing beside the car. He looked ordinary, but he could tell at a glance. make out…
Zuo Luohuan lightly squeezed Ji Yuezhi's fingers, motioning him to regain his senses.
Ji Yuezhi was led forward by her, and his heart sank for no reason.
The black market is indeed huge, there is no difference between the entire underground and the ground, there are also tall buildings, and even cars come and go.
"What is this?" Luo Shaoyuan stopped at a hidden booth, frowning and looking at the various injections on it.
"Happy water." The stall owner got up and introduced, "It is something used between alpha and alpha. After an injection, the happiness is like a fairy, and there is no pain when combined."
Luo Shaoyuan had a half-knowledge: "Why should alpha and alpha be combined?"
The stall owner looked at her for a long while, opened the drawer, and signaled Luo Shaoyuan to come over and look: "You can also call Omega if you want."
"This kind of thing is a contraband, so you're selling it?" Luo Shaoyuan said with a black face, "Do you still use it on Omega?"
The stall owner rolled his eyes: "Are you sick? This is not the kind of drug that compels omega. Do you understand sex toys? It's just a slightly higher concentration. Are you here to make trouble?"
After finishing speaking, he drew two machetes from the ground of the stall, and the stall owners of the stalls next to him were also eager to move and stare at this place, and they were about to rush over in the next second.
"Sorry, my friend's brain is not working well." Jiang Hong squeezed over, pointing at the potion on the booth, "So, we bought everything."
The stall owner slowly retracted his knife and slashed at the side of the stall: "You guys are wise, everything is worth a hundred thousand."
"One hundred thousand? You grab it!" Luo Shaoyuan struggled to overturn the booth.
"Shut up." Jiang Hong paid the money, packed a stall of sex potions, carried them in his hands, and let Zuo Luohuan, Yan Yan and the others share some.
"This is a black market, don't act rashly." Zuo Luohuan reminded Luo Shaoyuan, "Things that are really illegal will not be sold on the stalls."
"I want to go over there and have a look." Ji Yuezhi turned his head and said to Zuo Luohuan.
He was referring to a reflection building in the distance, which looked exactly like the casino building on the ground, but it was upside down.
"That should be a black market casino." Jiang Hong stretched his neck to look, "I heard that there are all kinds of gambling."
As soon as a few people entered, they immediately noticed that the atmosphere inside was completely different from the outside, resplendent and luxurious, countless beautiful omegas shuttled around holding wine glasses, and the lobby on the first floor was full of people in front of countless gaming tables.
"That's... a robot dog?" Jiang Hong looked at the things hanging from the top four corners of the building, a little startled.
"It's just a model bought by the Hong family at a high price, but there are real light guns for sale here." A man in a suit passed by next to him, raised a wine glass in his hand to salute them, and then left with an omega in his arms.
"I'll go to a place first." Jiang Hong said to Zuo Luohuan, he had already found out where the person in charge of collecting information from the Jiang family was.
A few people sat in the corner of the first floor, and someone brought over free drinks, but Zuo Luohuan didn't touch them, leaning on the sofa, his eyes fell on the gambling table in front.
There are chips in front of them.
When Jiang Hong came back, an hour had passed. He sat down on the opposite side of Zuo Luohuan, and said all the information he found: "The heir of the Hong family who died was just adopted by the Hong family thirty years ago. Adopted son, but this adopted son is better than his own son, so he has always held the power of the Hong family. After he was killed last year, the successor became Hong Tongdao, the son of the Hong family."
Luo Shaoyuan took out the arrest warrant: "Could this man be a killer hired by Tongdao Hong? He's calling for a thief?"
Jiang Hong shook his head: "Everyone in the Hong family listened to the adoptive son's words, and there was no dispute. This Shui Bai seemed to appear suddenly, but the news I got was that this person had been dealt with secretly. It is said that the Hong family had arrested him. After more than half a month of interrogation, it was found that he was only murdered for money, and finally he was sent to a mine to be buried alive."
"It's already dead, and there's still a wanted notice attached." Luo Shaoyuan looked at the wanted notice, and was about to throw it away, when Ji Yuezhi moved it over.
"Why was it sent to the mine to be buried alive?" Yan Yan asked with a frown. That was where their 377th Army was. The handler of the Hong family ran to the mine
Jiang Hong pointed to the door: "You have never been to the black market, so I don't know much about it. The underground black market is very developed, and it goes to the end, just behind the mine."
Yan Yan's face is still not very good-looking, the mine was dug out bit by bit by the 377th Army, and it turned out to be the place where the Hong family handled people.
The few people didn't stay here for long, when a man in his thirties with a suit and leather shoes and a big belly walked towards them, followed by a bunch of people who looked like thugs.
"Welcome Miss Zuo and Young Master Ji." The man with a big belly clapped his hands, and someone sent a few chips. "You can play whatever you want. You can gamble a few times here. .”
"You are?" Zuo Luohuan sat on the sofa without getting up, picked up a glass of wine and shook it lightly.
"Tongdao Hong, the person in charge of the underground casino." The man with the belly bent down and said, seeing the wanted warrant on the table, his expression changed, and he said, "How many of you are also interested in this wanted criminal?"
"Just take a look." Zuo Luohuan put down the wine glass and pressed it on the arrest warrant, "I want to know what a head worth 5 million looks like."
Tongdao Hong smiled: "There is a wanted list in the underground black market. If you two want it, I can send it to you."
"No need." Zuo Luohuan glanced at the chips, "Since we're here, let's play a few hands first."
"Please." Hong Tongdao didn't stay long, it seemed that he just came to say hello to them.
Yan Yan and Luo Shaoyuan didn't know how to gamble, so they didn't touch the chips, and they ate all the way to the dining table, but Zuo Luohuan and Ji Yuezhi walked together and played every kind of bet.
"Small or big?" Zuo Luohuan looked at Ji Yuezhi and asked, the two sat together, talking so intimately, others thought they were a couple.
Ji Yuezhi brushed against Zuo Luohuan's ear: "Small."
Jiang Hong was sitting at another table. Although he saw them getting close, he rarely said anything, just playing with himself.
"I lost." Ji Yuezhi looked at the points drawn by the croupier and said in a low voice.
"Then stop playing." Zuo Luohuan pulled him off the table.
The group of people didn't go shopping anymore, as if they just came to have a look casually, and then went back.
Before falling asleep, Jiang Hong in the room suddenly received a communication message from Ji Yuezhi: [What other information did you find about Shui Bai?]
Jiang Hong: [No, our Jiang family doesn't have many news channels on Xijiang Exile Star.]
Ji Yuezhi: [Well, so you don't know that Shui Bai is Zuo Luohuan.]
In the dark, Jiang Hong stared at the light brain for a long time before replying: [Did Luo Huan tell you?]
When he saw the arrest warrant, he didn't notice it until later, but he didn't dare to ask Zuo Luohuan.
Ji Yuezhi: [Send me the found information.]
Jiang Hong: [All the information I know has been told to you today, there is only a privately shot video of a few minutes.]
Jiang Hong hesitated for a while, and sent the video obtained today to Ji Yuezhi, and after thinking about it, he still sent a message to Zuo Luohuan: [I showed the video to Ji Yuezhi.]
Ji Yuezhi put on his headphones before clicking on the video.
The video was shaky. At the beginning, it was aimed at a table full of injections, and then the camera moved forward to reveal a chair with a person tied on it. Her head was lowered, and her upper body was covered in blood.
At this time, a person came by, and only the back was visible. The person who made the video probably felt that he couldn’t get a picture of it, so he moved a few steps and walked to the side, just showing the person’s profile.
It was Hong Tongdao they saw tonight. He reached out and grabbed the waist of the person on the chair. There should be a wound there, and blood flowed from his fingers in an instant.
The person in the chair didn't even struggle, only the backs of the hands tied to the armrests of the chair were bruised.
"What do you know?" Tongdao Hong asked gloomily.
The person on the seat lowered his head and remained silent, even though the other party tried a little harder.
Tongdao Hong took a step back, wiped off the blood on his hands, and turned to get the potion on the table: "I just got the experimental product, just try it."
He sucked up the liquid medicine in the bottle with a needle, and then stuck it directly in the arm of the person on the chair.
I don't know what the ingredients of the medicine are, and it works immediately after being injected. The person on the chair seemed to be swept away by great pain, and he raised his head silently. .
"It's bearable." Tongdao Hong admired it for a while, then said with a dark smile, "There's no rush, it's just the beginning."
The video ended here, Ji Yuezhi's face was pale, as if he had also been tortured, his fingertips trembled slightly, and he touched the upturned person on the seat in front of the optical brain.
she…
When Zuo Luohuan received Jiang Hong's news, she was ready to rest. After seeing the news, she asked Jiang Hong: [What video?]
Jiang Hong quickly sent the video, Zuo Luohuan turned it off after watching it for a few seconds, turned around and strode out, knocking on the door of Ji Yuezhi's room.