A middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a sheepskin waistcoat, holding a double-barreled shotgun in his hand. Although the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the ground, his eyes were cold and his expression was unkind. For these two intruders,

Men, be very vigilant.

Strangely, Han Wei stared at the man's face and suddenly exclaimed: "Are you... Xin Minghao?"

The man was stunned for a moment, looked at Han Wei carefully, recognized him, and asked tentatively: "You look familiar. Is your surname Han?"

Han Wei grinned and nodded: "Uncle Xin, I am Han Wei."

"Oh, what do you mean?" Xin Minghao, who had a tense face, put away his shotgun in embarrassment, strode over and held Han Wei's hand tightly, feeling emotional.

Han Wei shook hands with Xin Minghao for a while and then introduced Li Yuanlang to him. When Xin Minghao heard that Li Yuanlang was the newly appointed head of Shuiming Township, he equally enthusiastically held Li Yuanlang's hand and said repeatedly: "Mr. Li, morning."

I’ve heard of your name. When you were the deputy head of the township, I heard that you secured a donation of 200,000 yuan for Hanjiatun Primary School and settled one month’s salary arrears for all the teachers in the township. Before the holidays, you gave

They distributed welfare packages. You don’t know that behind your back, the people praise you as a good cadre and a good official who does real things for the people.”

Li Yuanlang said hurriedly and politely: "Uncle Xin deserves the award, but I haven't done enough."

Xin Minghao quickly invited Li Yuanlang and Han Wei to sit down and was busy boiling water and making tea. Han Wei was the first to help, so that Xin Minghao could chat with Li Yuanlang.

I heard from Minghao that he was originally the village director of the Liu family. He had a disagreement with Liu Wanquan and was ostracized by Liu Wanquan.

Moreover, Liu Wanquan's youngest son, Liu San, had always been eyeing his daughter Xinrui with ill intentions. In the end, Xinrui had been studying away from home and was afraid to go home. He was forced to go to the mountains to become a forest ranger.

Li Yuanlang asked Xin Minghao why he had a conflict with Liu Wanquan and was forced to resign.

"Alas!" Xin Minghao sighed, took the cigarette from Li Yuanlang, lit it and took a deep breath and said, "How should I put it, Mayor Li, I still can't figure out whether what I did was right or wrong.

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"Uncle Xin, I have a very good relationship with Han Wei, and you and Han Wei are old acquaintances. If you have anything to say, just say it without any scruples." Li Yuanlang saw that Xin Minghao had trouble speaking, so he simply gave him a reassurance.

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Xin Minghao looked at Li Yuanlang's sincere eyes and saw Han Wei's affirmative nod, and then he opened his heart and spoke his innermost thoughts.

When Liu Wanquan started building quarries, Xin Minghao was quite critical. He was worried that the quarries would over-exploit the mountains and forests, causing natural damage and easily causing mudslides or flash floods. This was a short-sighted act that would damage everyone's wealth and family.

But Liu Wanquan was very loyal to the Liu family. The key is that the Liu family is a big family in the Liu family. Relatives are related to relatives, and relationships are connected. The Liu surname accounts for 80% of the Liu family. People with the Liu surname raised their arms and said,

Lots of people responded.

A person with a foreign surname like Xin Minghao is lucky to be able to become the village director. Trying to influence Liu Wanquan's thoughts is simply a daydream.

Therefore, Xin Minghao could only let Liu Wanquan do what he did. Unexpectedly, Liu Wanquan was favored by the God of Wealth. In just a few years, he made a lot of money, turning the impoverished Liu family into a wealthy place, and the people's pockets were bulging.

Naturally, he admired and supported Liu Wanquan very much.

On the contrary, people like Xin Minghao who initially held opposing views became the target of public criticism. Bad words and strange words were spread all over the place, and a man named Liu took the lead. Everyone jointly wrote a letter to the village to remove Xin Minghao.

The township head at that time was quite upright and was not deceived by the illusion. When he was about to investigate the truth, he was squeezed out by Ma Shengran and left Shuiming Township sadly.

Taking advantage of the fact that the new mayor was not in place, Ma Shengran blocked the sky, accepted the people's impeachment letter, and used his power to remove Xin Minghao from office on the spot, fulfilling the wishes of the people of the Liu family.

Xin Minghao is no longer the village director, and his status is not as good as before. Liu San, who was still slightly wary of him, acted so boldly that he dragged his daughter Xinrui into a cornfield in broad daylight in order to commit misdeeds.

Thanks to Han Wei's timely rescue, Xinrui was saved from being humiliated. However, later, under Liu Wanquan's intimidation, Xinrui, a high school student and a young girl who was not deeply involved in the world, couldn't stand Liu Wanquan's sweet words and confused right and wrong.

Report Han Wei to the countryside.

And the newly appointed township head took Han Wei into the police station regardless of the crime, causing Han Wei to suffer injustice. He is still brooding about this matter to this day.

He wasn't angry with Xin Rui'en and wanted to take revenge, but he hated the township head for all his actions. In the end, he didn't get any good reward and was driven out of Shuiming Township by Ma Shengran in despair.

Mentioning this incident, Xin Minghao said to Han Wei: "Han Wei, I'm really sorry for you. What Xiaorui did back then was really..." He shook his head in shame, with regret written all over his face.

Han Wei waved his hand indifferently and said that he understood Xinrui's approach. She was also forced to do nothing. As a child, there was no way she could withstand coercion and inducement.

"It was also because I was raped by the village director that I got angry and became seriously ill. My family had no money for medical treatment, so Liu Wanquan secretly gave Xiaorui a sum of money. She wanted to treat me..."

Xin Minghao sighed, but when it came to Xinrui, Han Wei still cared about her. He thought that Xinrui must be a young girl in her twenties now, so he asked about Xinrui's situation.

When mentioning his daughter, Xin Minghao's face was full of pride. He said that Xinrui had been admitted to Donghe University, studying agricultural science and technology, and would return to his hometown to serve the people after graduation.

Li Yuanlang asked Xin Minghao if he had any difficulties that he could bring up to him. Xin Minghao shook his head and said, "The difficulties are all over. I get a salary as a ranger, and when I have nothing to do, I hunt for pocket money, which is enough for Xiaorui to study. Besides, Xiaorui

This kid is very sensible. He can earn some living expenses by being a tutor in his spare time. I think he will graduate in more than a year, so I am almost ready to make it."

Xin Minghao sucked on the butt of his cigarette, and Li Yuanlang handed him another cigarette to refill. Xin Minghao still didn't understand whether Liu Wanquan used the quarry to get rid of poverty and become rich, and whether his original obstruction was right or wrong.

Li Yuanlang knew very well that if Liu Wanquan led the whole village to the road of prosperity based on his quarry alone, it could not be said that he was useless. At least the people would have enjoyed tangible benefits.

Nowadays, Liu Wanquan is using the quarry as a cover to secretly grow the plant. It is difficult to say that he will use the plant as raw material for narcotics. Once it is refined into drugs, Liu Wanquan's crime will be huge.

Li Yuanlang already had a plan for the next step, but there was no signal on his cell phone in the mountains, so he couldn't put it into action yet.

At this moment, the sunrise is getting darker in the east, the sun is about to come out, and the sky is already getting slightly brighter.

The reason why Xin Minghao got up so early was because he heard a signal flare rising from the mountain, accompanied by shouts, so he went out to check with a shotgun. When he came back, he happened to meet Li Yuanlang and Han Wei coming in, and that's when the scene just happened.

Li Yuanlang didn't hide anything, so he told Xin Minghao the whole story of his and Han Wei's night exploration of the quarry.

Xin Minghao was also shocked. He didn't expect that Liu Wanquan had such a skill and secretly planted the hurting grass. He also heard from the elders that the hurting grass has addictive effects. In the past, people in the village often ate the hurting grass.

Damn, after eating, he went crazy, talked incoherently, and was listless. Anyway, he didn't look like a normal person.

"Crazy and incoherent?" Li Yuanlang muttered, and suddenly frowned. Thinking of Xiao Zhanzhan's appearance at the beginning, and the ingredients of drugs found in his body, Li Yuanlang suddenly made a bold prediction, would he and

Is he related?

At this moment, I heard the sound of someone running outside the house, getting clearer and louder from far to near.

Not good! Han Wei was shocked. Xin Minghao quickly walked to the back window, opened the curtains and looked out. Then he said to Li Yuanlang and Han Wei: "A large group of security guards are running over. They seem to be searching for you."

"Uncle Xin, we must withdraw quickly and we must not harm you." Li Yuanlang stood up and was about to take a step forward.

"Mr. Li, what are you talking about? I believe that I still have some responsibility. Don't worry, you come with me." As he spoke, Xin Minghao walked to the outside kitchen, picked up the big iron pot, and put the

The ashes covering it were swept away, revealing an iron plate underneath.

Xin Minghao opened the iron plate and saw a dark cave entrance inside. Then he said to Li Yuanlang and Li Yuanlang: "This is a cave. You two go in quickly and I will deal with it outside."

As the voices got closer and closer, there were people making loud noises and coming to knock on the door. Without further ado, Li Yuanlang and Han Wei jumped in one after another. Xin Minghao immediately covered the hole and returned to his original state, pretending to be sleepy as if he had just woken up and yawned.

, dealing with the door-breaker.

Shan said that Li Yuanlang and Han Wei jumped into the cave. Han Wei illuminated it with a flashlight and walked deeper and deeper into the cave.

I originally thought that the cave was not very big and was just a dead end. However, the two of them walked out a long way and did not reach the end yet.

The cave was damp and cool, with the sound of water droplets coming from time to time, and accompanied by the whistling sound of the wind. Li Yuanlang guessed based on his imagination that the cave must have an exit, possibly through ventilation.

He shared this idea with Han Wei, and Han Wei also agreed very much. When he was a special forces soldier, he included cave escape training.

If it was a dead end, the two of them would definitely suffer from lack of oxygen if they stayed in it for so long. The ventilation is so good now, which means that oxygen is flowing into the cave.

So the two of them walked forward along the cave. The cave became wider and wider as they walked, and the sound of water dripping became clearer. Han Wei kept shining a flashlight on the stone walls on both sides. The stone walls were very cold and wet.

At first, there was soft loess under their feet. After walking for a while, it turned into gravel and puddles. They were more cautious, taking one step at a time, and their speed slowed down obviously.

The further you go, the more humid the air becomes, and the sound of water droplets becomes louder and louder.

Huh? Li Yuanlang's nose moved slightly and he smelled a very strange smell. He couldn't tell whether it was fragrant or smelly, but it was a strange smell that he had never smelled before.
Chapter completed!