"Hey, what are you going to do with the Buddha's relics?"
As they ate, Long Baoyu suddenly asked Li Rui, who was sitting beside her.
Li Rui put down his chopsticks and sighed. "You saw what happened in Xinguang Village today. I was so busy that I didn't have time to deal with the Buddha's relics. I'll call the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau tomorrow morning and ask them to send someone to collect the Buddha's relics. It's a national treasure. Of course, it should be handed over to the country. Since it was unearthed in Qingyang, it's most appropriate to hand it over to the Cultural Relics Bureau of Qingyang City. "
Long Baoyu shook her head and said, "It's just that these three relics are unlucky. They were burned out of the bones of the dead. If they were gems, I would keep one as a souvenir."
Lan Shan sneered. "The elements of the relics are almost the same as gems. They also look like gems. Do you think they're gems? To put it bluntly, you're just a coward. You're afraid that if you keep the relics, the ghost of Buddha will punish you. "
Long Baoyu scolded, "Shut up, Lan Shan. If you don't speak, no one will sell you as a mute! Buddha's ghost is coming to settle the score with me? Does Buddha have a ghost? Buddha is Buddha and God. Do you understand? Have you read the Journey to the West? "
When everyone saw the two of them bickering again, they were all amused. Xie Duzhong took the lead and called for everyone to raise their cups and drink. Only then did this bickering end.
After dinner, Xie Peilan and Xie Duzhong said that they would go back to Huangzhou tomorrow. Lan Shan and Murong Rong would also go back to the capital. Long Baoyu didn't have enough fun and planned to stay in Shuanghe for a while. During the May Day holiday, she would go to Jingnan with Li Rui to attend Xu Da's wedding and become sworn brothers.
Li Rui had to go to work tomorrow and didn't have time to take the four people to the city to take the train. He gave the car key to Xie Duzhong and asked them to drive to the city. When they arrived at the railway station, they could park the car in the parking lot nearby. The car key was handed to Chen Chen who worked at the railway station and asked her to keep it.
After everything was arranged, they said good night to each other and went back to their rooms to wash up and rest.
It was more than ten o 'clock in the middle of the night. Xigang Village in Guyang County, which was close to the mountainous area, was even more silent. There was no light, no sound of people, and even the most common sounds in the countryside could not be heard, as if this place had been forgotten by the world.
In this pitch-black silence, a black Passat was parked on the side of the main road leading into the village. The engine of the Passat had been turned off, and there was no light from inside or outside the car. There were two people standing at the front of the car. One was standing directly on the road, and the other was riding an electric bicycle with one foot on the ground. The two of them were talking in a low voice.
"Do you all understand? ...................
. "No need. We all understand." The man on the electric bike nodded and answered.
The man on the road nodded and walked to the back of the Passat. Seeing that there was no one on the road, he opened the trunk and took out a paper bag. He walked to the man on the electric bike and handed him the paper bag, saying, "There are two fire detonators in here. The fuse is ready. It's for you to do things. You must bury it deep before detonating it, so that others won't know that it's a man-made explosion. Remember one more thing. Don't hurt people or kill them. There are 10,000 yuan in cash in the bag. It's for you. You can spend it as you wish. "
The man on the electric bike took the paper bag and said, "Okay. Don't worry. I'll do it beautifully."
The man standing on the road finally said, "The car has been arranged. It's an Iveco and will be in place tomorrow morning. If anyone asks about it or investigates you afterward, just say that the driver is your friend and that you're borrowing his car. Tomorrow morning when you get in the car, you can talk to the driver. Don't make any mistakes. Okay, that's about it. I'm going back. You should also go back and prepare. "After saying that, he turned back to the Passat. He started the car and turned around. Soon, he disappeared into the night.
The man on the electric bike reached into the paper bag and pulled out a stack of 100 yuan bills. He twirled the money between his fingers and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He put the money back into the bag and put the bag into the basket in front of the car. Then he drove back to Xinguang Village.
The next day at 4 am, when the sky was still dark and most of the villagers were still asleep, a dark shadow sneaked into a house in the southwest corner of the village. The house was already abandoned. No one lived in it. The house was dilapidated, the walls collapsed, and the yard was full of withered grass. It was a desolate and desolate scene.
The dark shadow easily found his way into the yard. He found the well in the middle of the yard that had dried up for god knows how many years. First, he threw a brick into the well. After confirming that there was no water in it, he held a thick string in his hand and tied a plastic bag to it. When the plastic bag fell to the bottom of the well, he wrapped the remaining thick string in his hand around a brick and carefully put it on the ground. After that, he flashed away.
Five minutes later, the dark shadow returned to the yard. He was carrying a burlap bag on his shoulder. The bag was half full. From the way he walked, it seemed that the bag was very heavy. He came to the side of the well and put the bag on the ground. He untied the bag and aimed the mouth of the bag at the well. He grabbed the bottom corner of the bag with both hands and suddenly lifted it up. Everything in the bag fell into the well. He took a deep breath and left again with the bag in his hand. Five minutes later, he returned to the yard again and repeated his previous actions …
He didn't know how many times he ran. It was already past 5 am and the sky was already bright. The man wiped the sweat on his forehead and panted heavily. He used the light of the sky to observe the situation in the well. When he saw that the soil in the well was less than two meters away from the mouth of the well, he let out a long breath. He stood up and straightened his back. He sat on the ground and rested for a while. After he rested enough, he took the brick with the string in his hand and untied the thick string on it. His left hand held the end of the thick string and his right hand took out a lighter from his pocket. When he was about to light it, he stopped. He pricked up his ears and listened to the surroundings. After confirming that there was no one around, he resolutely lit the end of the thick string.
Once the thick thread was ignited, it immediately shot out sparks with a sizzling sound. The burning speed was extremely fast. It was actually a fuse. After the man lit it, he didn't hesitate. He threw the thick string into the well and turned around to run. He jumped over the collapsed courtyard wall and quickly disappeared into the depths of the alley.
After thirty to forty seconds, most of the villagers who lived in the middle of the village, who were still sleeping, heard a muffled boom coming from the ground. Following that, the ground trembled and the houses shook as if there was an earthquake. The villagers were frightened. How could they sleep? They woke up almost at the same time. They all thought of the collapse that happened in the afternoon two days ago and were all frightened. They all put on their clothes and ran out.
Soon, thirty to forty villagers gathered on the road in front of the village's two committees. More and more villagers ran out. Everyone had the mentality of gathering together. When they saw that there were already people gathered, they all rushed forward to inquire about the situation. Soon, there were seventy to eighty people gathered outside the two committees. The villagers discussed the loud noise and tremors that had just happened. They all thought that the ground had started to collapse again:
"I was scared to death. I thought I wouldn't be able to run out!"
"Me too. I was so scared that I peed. My pants were wet and my legs were weak. If it wasn't for my husband helping me run out, I would have been paralyzed on the kang bed!"
"Somewhere must have collapsed again!"
"When I came over just now, I saw that Shu Lin's pigsty had collapsed. Their house must be in danger too!"
"F * ck, how are they going to survive if it collapses every day?"
"Yeah, who knows when they will be smashed to death in the middle of the night!"
"Motherf * cker, can't this matter be solved? Are they not going to let us, Western Mine Village, survive?"
Some of the villagers expressed their terrible feelings after being frightened, some cursed the hateful collapse, and some were sullen and silent. The atmosphere was oppressive and irritating, and there were already some bad signs.
At this moment, another discordant voice emerged from the crowd: "If you ask me, we should blame the government for this. When Zhang Jingui and the other bastards were digging, the government didn't care. When our village was in trouble, if we didn't go to the village to make trouble, they wouldn't care. Even now, they seem to care, but it's been two days and they haven't done anything. They didn't manage the collapse, nor did they evacuate us. They only evacuated the people living in the west side of the village. They don't care about the rest of the village, but aren't we humans living in other places? Look, we were almost killed today! "
As soon as someone took the lead, others were immediately incited. One after another, people said,
"Yeah, if the village and county had caught those b * stards coal mine owners earlier, this wouldn't have happened!"
"I think those government officials must have received dirty money from the coal mine owners. Otherwise, they wouldn't turn a blind eye to it."
"The government really didn't do anything. Yesterday, they only set up a temporary settlement, and it can't accommodate many people …"
"Why are they in such a hurry to set up a temporary settlement? They should have treated the collapse first!"
"Why don't you say it? They can't even tell the priorities. They only know how to receive dirty money …"
The discordant voice sounded again: "Yeah, the government is just messing around. They don't think about us at all, especially that County Magistrate Li from yesterday. He's full of nonsense and has no integrity at all. How can such a person be a county magistrate? If you ask me, we can't bear it anymore, and we can't just wait like idiots. We have to report the situation again. If we don't do that, the government won't take us seriously. "
"Yeah, we should report it again. The collapse today is serious again."
"Are we still going to the village? When should we go? "
"If we want to go, we should all go. There's strength in numbers. The officials are afraid of us moving together. This is our biggest reliance."
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