Inside the breakfast shop.
Jiushu's daughter looked at Su Tianyu with red and swollen eyes, and suddenly asked: "Brother Xiaoyu, why... why are you asking this?"
Su Tianyu didn't want to tell Jiushu's daughter the real reason. He paused for a moment and replied, "This is a bit complicated to explain, and I can't explain it to you clearly for a while, but this is very important to the mining accident case. Think back and remember where your father and brother worked? Especially those places where they had to travel for a long time."
Jiushu's daughter thought for a long time and replied, "My brothers all work with my father, but... but they rarely tell me about their work. And I lived in the school dormitory most of the time, so I don't really know where they worked."
"No location at all?" Su Tianyu was a little anxious.
Uncle Jiu's daughter shook her head and fell silent.
Su Tianyu looked at her expression, feeling a little desperate. He had just found a clue, and who knew that the information this girl provided was limited.
While everyone was thinking, Jiushu's girl suddenly looked up: "Hey, I remember, my brother has a work notebook at home!"
Su Tianyu was stunned for a moment: "He still has work notes?"
"Yes, although my brother is not well educated, he still loves to study. He wanted to study architecture before, but... but our family is not well off, and my mother has always been ill. He works most of the time and has no chance to study systematically." Miss Jiushu lowered her head and said, "He has the habit of taking notes at work, recording the working methods of some professional engineers, and drawing pictures or something."
"Okay, okay, can you take me back to have a look?" Su Tianyu asked.
"Okay." Uncle Jiu's daughter stood up immediately.
"Let's go, let's go now." Su Tianyu stood up and called.
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Inside the special task force office of the police department, Fei Zizheng, who had not slept the whole night, was looking at the huge information board, rubbing his chin with his hand, and his thoughts gradually became clearer.
Why did the criminals blow up the tunnel and even use a no-entry sign to warn passing vehicles
The explosion point chosen by the bandits was extremely tricky, it was the most important load-bearing beam at the north entrance. Would ordinary people know so much about this tunnel
The amount of explosives used in both explosions was not low. Where did the criminals get this stuff
All the details in the case were gathered in Fei Zizheng's mind at this moment, and he felt that he had figured out the trick.
"Team leader!" At this moment, a member of the task force ran in from outside.
"What's wrong?" Fei Zi was turning around.
"Baolong Company called and said that Yang Decheng, the deputy general manager of the mining company, and two senior executives of the mining company were all missing."
"When did it happen?" Fei Zizheng asked excitedly.
"It should be the night of the explosion at the mining company. The exact time is still uncertain. But... I roughly guess it should be after the explosion, because he had several phone calls before that."
"She's been missing for almost two days. Why did you notify us only now?" Fei Zizheng glared and shouted, "Such an important clue, why did you tell us only now?"
The member of the task force immediately replied: "I also asked Baolong Mining, but their senior management said that after the mining company's accident, Yang Decheng was originally planning to leave Longcheng to avoid the limelight. He had talked with Miao Ziwei before, so no one at the head office noticed him. But last night and today, the senior management called Yang Decheng several times, but the other party did not answer, which attracted attention. Later, we found out that the person who left with him that night was also missing."
After listening to the other party's narration, Fei Zizheng suddenly turned back to look at the information board: "If Yang Decheng is also missing, then all the clues are clear. One explosion was a revenge, and all those killed were the project managers of the mining area. Then the bandits kidnapped Yang Decheng and his entourage as hostages."
"What's the purpose of the second explosion? The tunnel doesn't seem to be related to these things at all?" asked the task force member in confusion.
Fei Zizheng was silent for a while before replying, "The second explosion was a demonstration. He wanted to draw widespread social attention."
The task force members were stunned.
"The tunnel is a public place with many vehicles passing by. If an explosion occurs, the news cannot be concealed." Fei Zizheng reached out to pick up his coat and immediately shouted, "Gather a small group and follow me to the disaster mining area, now!"
Five minutes later.
Fei Zizheng led more than 30 people to the lobby of the police station, but when he looked up, he saw that the media had blocked the main entrance. When they saw Fei Zizheng coming out, they immediately surrounded him.
"Team Leader Fei, I want to ask, are there any connections between the Baolong Mining explosion and the 403 tunnel explosion?"
"Why did the criminals blow up the tunnel but not hurt anyone?"
"What is the current progress of the task force, Team Leader Fei? Please tell us some information!"
“…!”
Reporters with cameras and long guns surrounded Fei Zizheng and asked him questions.
I don’t know whether these media were brought in by the Li faction or whether the liberal media in society have already paid close attention to this matter. In any case, the explosion in the tunnel last night caused quite a stir.
The Propaganda Department of Longcheng City tried to suppress the news several times, but it failed because a lot of passing vehicles gathered around the tunnel last night and these people were stuck there. They had nothing to do so they took pictures of the scene with their mobile phones and sent them to groups on multiple self-media platforms and social software in District 1 of Longcheng, causing a strong reaction.
Fei Zizheng had no time to deal with the media. He just stepped back a few steps, asked the security guards to stop the group of people, and quickly slipped away through the back door.
It was almost noon when Fei Zizheng and his men hurried to the mining area and found members of the city rescue team and senior executives of the aftermath department of Baolong Company.
In the office, Fei Zizheng intervened and looked at everyone, saying in a serious tone: "Time is running out, so let's not exchange pleasantries. I came here to ask one thing, how far has the cleanup of the mining area progressed? Have the bodies of all the miners who died been found? Also, is there any chance that the miners have survived by chance?"
Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they heard the sound.
"Let me tell you." A cadre from the rescue team frowned and said, "We have cleared out 65 bodies so far, and the rest have not been found yet. Because the underground river broke through the tunnels in the mining area and some of the rock layers in the cave, connecting the underground spaces, it makes sense for the bodies of the miners to appear anywhere. Our search is currently very difficult, and I personally think it is unrealistic to find all the bodies."
"Is it possible that there are survivors?" Fei Zizheng asked.
"That's... hard to say. We conducted three surveys and found that due to the heavy rain, the underground river swelled and broke through the rock layer and the mine tunnel. We also found a flood in a natural lake three kilometers outside the mine. Theoretically, there is a connection between the underground space and the outdoor space." The other party paused and replied, "But if one person or several people... want to walk out of a cave with extremely complex terrain without light, clear direction, and professional positioning equipment... the probability is definitely very low. This requires a strong psychological quality, a very good sense of direction, and absolute luck."
"So, it's not completely impossible?"
"Of course, nothing in this world is absolute." The rescue team member frowned and said, "Wasn't there a report 30 years ago? A worker at a construction site had his throat pierced by a steel drill while working, but he survived in the end."
Upon hearing the sound, Fei Zizheng immediately stood up and shouted, "Select all the miners who are skilled in blasting and have a record of being there. We are in trouble!"
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At Uncle Jiu's house, Su Tianyu was looking at the work notes of Uncle Jiu's son.