I am the strongest sheriff on the surface

The night was getting late, and the brightly lit city bureau was dimmed, leaving only a few sporadic windows showing light.

The second floor of the Municipal Bureau, the office of the second team.

Xiao Chengyin closed his eyes in the darkness of the room, silently releasing his hearing perception.

There is no sound around the archives...

Xiao Cheng opened his eyes, got up and walked out the door.

Going up to the third floor, the corridor was dark, and the entire third floor was silent. Xiao Cheng squatted halfway, walking close to the left wall.

This avoids overhead monitors.

Running quickly to the end of the corridor, Xiao Cheng stood at the door of the file room, held his breath and let go of his hearing again...

After a while, he took a deep breath, no one was around!
Xiao Cheng took out the first key from the system space, lightly poked it into the lock of the archives room, and turned it twice...

No, it can't be screwed!

Xiao Cheng took out a second one, this time it was even worse, he couldn't get in even if he poked it.

The third, the fourth...

After 10 minutes passed, none of the keys could be matched. God knows when someone would pass by. Xiao Cheng was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he turned more and more forcefully when turning the door lock.

The restless Xiao Cheng didn't notice, a pair of big eyes narrowly watched over from the shadow of the stairs at the other end of the corridor.

Hiding in the corner, Lei Xiaoju only showed half of her head, staring with interest at Xiao Cheng, who was busy.

What is he doing?
Sneaky...

He raised his eyebrows and glanced at the house number above Xiao Cheng's head...

Archives?
Lei Xiaoju narrowed her eyes, pursed her lips and gave a sly smile, then floated across the stairs like a puff of smoke, and went straight to the fourth floor.

Xiao Cheng didn't know anything about it, he was using all his energy to 'fight' against the lock!
Already used 25 keys and none were right!

Good luck!

Xiao Cheng took out six No.20 keys again, gritted his teeth and poked them into the keyhole, and twisted them hard to the right. With a click, the door was unlocked.

Aha!

Xiao Chenggu, who was nervous, heaved a sigh of relief. There were 52 keys in total, and he opened the door lock just halfway through the trial. In this case, he was really lucky.

No longer babbling, Xiao Cheng turned his head to look at the quiet corridor and stairs, squeezed into the filing room through the open door, and then gently closed the door.

The room was pitch black, and a musty smell of damp paper came over his face. With Xiao Cheng's night vision ability, he could even see the dust flying in the air.

It seems that no one has been here for a long time, and the windows have not been opened for ventilation for a long time.

Looking around, the room is very big, looking from the direction of the door, there are rows of white iron shelves.

Each shelf is divided into five layers, and the grids on each layer are full of kraft paper file boxes that can't be seen at a glance.

Xiao Cheng entered the aisle between the two rows of file racks against the wall, picked up a file box and looked at it carefully.

On the spine of the file box, the year, month, and day when the case occurred are printed.

This file is about a recent homicide case.

It seems that the ones near the door are all recent cases, while the ones inside are relatively old.

Inserting the file box in his hand back to its original position, Xiao Cheng looked into the depths of the room.

Walking inside, Xiao Cheng glanced across the file boxes neatly stacked on the shelf one by one, and soon, he stopped in front of a file box.

The date marked on the spine is May 1992, 5!
Xiao Cheng will never forget this date!
Gritting his teeth, he stretched out his hand slowly, and stopped abruptly when he was about to touch the file...

After hesitating for a second, Xiao Cheng pulled out the file box abruptly, and opened it to look through it regardless of the dust floating up.

The file in the file box is very thick, Xiao Cheng skipped unnecessary formal documents and directly turned to the investigation stage of the case.

On May 1992, 5, the Municipal Bureau received a report that a mine owner in Duanjianling was mining iron ore privately. Xiao Jun and his partner Sun Jingwen drove to the scene to understand the situation. On the way back after the investigation, Xiao Jun drove to the 19 National Highway At 202 kilometers, it collided with a heavy truck transiting in the outreach area, and Xiao Jun and Sun Jingwen died on the spot...

Xiao Cheng read the few short lines extremely slowly, and at the same time, his hands holding the file trembled.

During the investigation, neither the truck driver nor the iron mine found any problems. It was a coincidence that everything seemed like a sudden traffic accident.

But in this world, how can there be such a coincidence!
Mom and Dad must have discovered something!
It must be so!

That's why they will be killed!
Staring at the red eyes, Xiao Cheng continued to look through, and the detailed information and address of the reported iron mine were recorded in the back.

Xiao Cheng's eyes froze, the legal person of the iron mine...is called Lynch?

Not Wen Xiong?
Xiao Cheng had never heard of Lynch's name, but the legal person registered on the surface did not explain anything, Xiao Cheng automatically skipped this information, and wrote down the address of the iron mine instead.

No way, I have to go to this iron mine to see what my parents found back then, which made Wen Xiong dare to kill two security officers.

And the whistleblower mentioned at the beginning of the dossier!
This person is also very important, he is the first person to discover the problem with the iron ore!

Xiao Cheng continued to flip through the file. It stands to reason that the whistleblower will be investigated, and all relevant materials will be recorded in the file.

But until the end of the dossier, there was no information about the whistleblower.

impossible!

Xiao Cheng thought he had missed it, so he hurriedly turned back to the first page, and carefully read each article...

No!

After closing the file, Xiao Cheng's eyes widened in disbelief.

With such an important clue, it is impossible for the sheriff to miss it during the investigation!

Then there is no...

Xiao Cheng opened the file again, and read it carefully again. After turning a few pages, Xiao Cheng's pupils suddenly shrank.

This is!

In the middle of the file, there are traces of paper torn in the gap!

The traces were broken evenly, and they were barely noticeable. If it wasn't for my own dynamic vision, it would be impossible to find it.

A page was cut off with a knife here!
who did it?

Xiao Cheng's heart was beating violently. This is the archives room of the Municipal Bureau, and only a few magistrates have the right to access the files stored here.

Who is so powerful?
Xiao Cheng's mind was rumbling, and he froze for a moment.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded in the corridor outside the door, and the sound was heard coming towards the archives room.

Xiao Cheng was startled, he was only looking at the file just now, but he didn't notice that someone came so close.

Putting the file back in place, Xiao Cheng glanced around.

The archive room has only one entrance and exit, and it is unrealistic to jump out of the window, as it is too easy to be exposed.

unless……

Looking up, Xiao Cheng bit his lip and was about to move when he suddenly found a string of clear footprints on the dusty ground.

NND!

It was left when I came in!
Before he had time to think about it, Xiao Cheng took a deep breath, and while his shoulders were shaking, he launched his Yin-Yang soft fist, circling around his body in a whirlwind close to the ground, rolling up the dust on the ground for three inches, and then before the dust fell to the ground, he stood up and climbed up the iron frame. climb up...

At this time, the footsteps outside the door got closer and closer, and then stopped at the door of the archives room.

There was the sound of the key being inserted into the lock, and then the door opened with a bang, and the lights in the room were brightly lit.

He walked in with a cold face, frowning, and brushed his nose left and right, obviously very dissatisfied with such a large amount of dust in the room.

Behind him was Lei Xiaoju who showed half of her head. She raised her eyebrows and looked around, but found no one in the room, so she came out from behind Yan Zheng, patted her chest.

"Captain Yan, I did see a dark figure sneaking around the door just now. I didn't dare to disturb him, so I hurried to report to you."

"Ok!"

Yan Zheng agreed and looked down at his feet. There was a thick layer of dust on the ground without any traces.

Stepping into the room, he went straight to where Xiao Cheng was standing just now.

Walking to the iron shelf, Yan Zheng looked down at Xiao Cheng's parent files...

Things are still there, it seems untouched.

Yan Zheng frowned in confusion, but then his eyes narrowed!
At the position in front of the file, a clear trace was drawn on the fine dust on the grid.

Yan Zheng stretched out his hand to wipe the marks, and then rubbed his fingers together.

There is basically no dust, and this trace is newly left.

Yan Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he turned his head to search around. Lei Xiaoju followed behind Yan Zheng, staring at Yan Zheng's movements with cold eyes.

The archives room is not small, but there are not many places where people can hide. No matter how careful Yan Zheng is, he searched the whole house in less than a minute.

Got nothing.

Yan Zheng turned around and saw Lei Xiaoju following him step by step, tiptoeing like a little rabbit.

Yan Zheng sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Lei Xiaoju, there is no one, there is nothing to be afraid of!"

"Oh oh oh..." Lei Xiaoju hurriedly stood at attention, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and forced a smile, "With Team Yan here, I'm not afraid of anything!"

"Well, let's go!"

Greeting Lei Xiaoju, Yan Zheng walked directly to the door, admonishing as he walked, "Don't tell anyone what happened today!"

"Obey!" Lei Xiaoju stared wide-eyed, and agreed loudly, her funny look made Yan Zheng helpless for a while.

The light went off with a snap, followed by the sound of closing the door, and the sound of Yan Zhenglei Xiaoju's footsteps gradually faded away.

The dark archive room fell into silence again.

After more than 20 minutes, in the darkness, there was a sudden click on the ceiling, and a corner near the inner side suddenly tilted up.

Xiao Cheng hid in the partition of the ceiling and looked down.

There was no one in the file room, and in his hearing perception, there was no sound of heartbeat or breathing nearby.

It seems that Uncle Yan and Lei Xiaoju have gone far.

Xiao Cheng smiled wryly, then climbed down the iron frame, walked gently to the door stepping on the serious footprints on the ground, and let go of his hearing to perceive carefully.

After confirming that no one was there, Xiao Cheng flashed out of the archives room, closed the door, left quickly while avoiding the monitor, and went downstairs directly out of the city bureau building.

It was already ten o'clock in the evening, it was freezing cold, and there were few pedestrians on the road.

The cold wind made his face hurt, Xiao Cheng stood up his collar, put his hands in his pockets, and walked quickly along the sidewalk.

She was almost killed by that girl Lei Xiaoju today!
He was so focused when he opened the lock that he didn't notice that girl Lei Xiaoju.

Fortunately, the lights on the third floor were not turned on at the time, so she didn't see who it was, otherwise she would report it to Uncle Yan, and the buddies would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Xiao Cheng secretly thought he was lucky, looked up, and turned into a late-night snack shed by the side of the road.

After ordering a few skewers of meat and a bowl of Malatang, and a bottle of white wine, Xiao Cheng began to eat and drink on his own.

After two sips of wine, Xiao Cheng became much warmer, and his face, which was tense due to the cold, also relaxed.

But then, his eyebrows frown together.

I finally saw the files of my parents, but I didn't get much information.

The whistleblower's information is missing, which is obviously artificial.

But now is not the time to pursue this.

The most urgent thing is to go to the mine where my parents went to, and see what they found!
Fortunately, the information about the mine is still there, otherwise today would be a waste of time!

Xiao Cheng took another sip of liquor, and the spicy liquid flowed down his throat like a thread of fire.

Without further ado, go overnight!
Putting down his wine glass with a bang, Xiao Cheng took out his phone and called Fei.

In less than 3 minutes, Fei drove his black Tana to the door of the supper shed.

Not eating the leftovers, Xiao Cheng checked out and left, and got directly into the co-pilot.

In the car.

Fei asked while turning the steering wheel: "Xiao Cheng, what do you think about going to Duanjianling in the middle of the night?"

"Ok!"

Looking at the receding buildings outside the car window, Xiao Cheng responded in a low voice: "I saw my parents' file, and I want to go to the mine they visited back then and take a look!"

Fei Fei took a deep breath.

He knew about Xiao Cheng's parents. Now that he heard that there was a clue, Fei put away his joking demeanor and stepped on the gas pedal deeply.

The black Tana sped through the night, out of the city and onto the national highway, and 10 minutes later, the car stopped in the shadow of a red brick fence.

Xiao Cheng and Sun Fei got out of the car, stuck to the base of the wall and groped towards the gate tens of meters away.

The gate is an ordinary iron gate, and there is a crooked black lacquered sign with a white background hanging on the gate post. Xiao Cheng saw that it said Dafeng Mine.

Inside the gate is a large courtyard, empty, and a row of brick houses not far away are also dark and empty, looking unpopular.

The two walked around the door twice, Fei winked at Xiao Cheng, and wanted to go back to the car to discuss it, but found that Xiao Cheng had already climbed up the door.

This frightened Fei enough, he narrowed his voice and whispered: "Xiao Cheng, what are you doing, don't try to die, come down quickly!"

Xiao Cheng didn't react at all, he jumped over the iron gate with a clatter, and landed on the ground with a bang.

Fei shrank his neck again in fright, and waved repeatedly to Xiao Cheng who was inside the door, "Come out, you know there are no one inside, don't be bored inside!"

At this time Xiao Cheng had straightened up, and came to the door with a big swagger, "It's okay, there is only one person inside, it should be a shifter, this mine should be empty."

"empty?"

Fei didn't believe it, but still anxiously said: "How do you know, there's only one person, what have you figured out with your fingers? Come out quickly, don't cause trouble again without checking the matter."

Xiao Cheng rolled his eyes helplessly.

Unable to explain clearly, he told Fei to get back into the car first, and then walked towards the mine with square steps regardless of Fei's obstruction.

Passing through the courtyard in front of the gate, behind a row of red brick houses, there is a small tile house with dim yellow lights.

Xiao Chengfang walked lightly to the door of the tile-roofed house, and the sound of Beijing opera accompanied by hissing noise came from the house.

The people inside were listening to the radio.

Holding his breath, he looked in through the crack of the door, and there was an old man inside the room, leaning on the quilt, with his eyes closed, and his right hand patted his thigh following the Beijing opera script.

Xiao Cheng didn't disturb him, and turned back to walk deep into the mine.

The mine is huge, and Xiao Cheng spent more than 30 minutes exploring around.

Nothing was found, and it was indeed abandoned.

Turning back to the prisoner's hut, this time Xiao Cheng directly knocked on the door.

The old man inside was startled, "Who?"

"I'm from out of town, I'm here to find Lao Liu!" Xiao Chengshun said nonsense.

"Old Liu?"

The old man walked to the door, but did not open it, "Which old Liu, this mine has been closed for six years, and there is no one left!"

Closed six years ago?

That is to say, as soon as Mom and Dad had an accident, this place was closed.

There must be something going on here!
Xiao Cheng remained calm, and found an excuse to leave with a few perfunctory sentences.

When I came to the gate, I saw a black shadow hanging on the iron fence of the gate, struggling hard.

Sun Fei?

Xiao Cheng was overjoyed. He put his hands in his pockets and walked to the door, raised his head and smiled and said, "Fatty Sun, what kind of talent are you showing?"

Only then did Sun Fei discover Xiao Cheng.

"Fuck you Xiao Cheng, why did you come out, hurry up and save your fat man, I'm stuck in the railing!"

"Okay, don't move around!"

"Take it easy, the meat is stuck..."

"..."

Back in the car, Fei Fei glared at Xiao Cheng with an unfriendly expression, "You kid went in for a long time, and found nothing, I thought you were chopped to death inside!"

"Okay, drive, talk while walking!" Xiao Cheng patted Fei on the shoulder.

Fei is worried about himself, Xiao Cheng understands this, but there is no clue in the mine, which makes Xiao Cheng very upset.

Sun Fei followed his advice and started the car.

Half an hour later, the two returned to the supper shed just now.

There was still half a bottle of white wine that Xiao Cheng had just ordered, and the boss kindly put it away, and the two ordered some more food, and they drank each other.

"Xiao Cheng, you didn't say anything about this, did you find anything?" Fei asked vaguely, chewing on the meat skewers.

Xiao Cheng took a sip of his wine, shook his head and said, "The mine has been abandoned for six years. Even if there are any clues, there is nothing left in these six years."

"That's it... six years..."

Fei frowned and muttered, then seemed to think of something and lost his voice: "Doesn't that mean that the mine was closed just after your old man and lady had an accident?"

Xiao Cheng nodded.

"It looks tricky!" Fei Fei took a sip of wine and moved his head closer, "Xiao Cheng, let's check the legal person of the mine tomorrow. I'll ask my family for help. Let's give him a Follow the vine!"

"Don't drive recklessly, follow the vine!" Xiao Cheng chuckled and raised his wine glass to Fei.

Fei's family members are all bigwigs in the security field. With his help, there may be hope in finding the mine owner and finding out what happened back then.

Fei also raised his wine glass, the two touched each other, and drank half of the wine in one gulp.

Eat and drink for a while, and then go home separately.

The next day, Xiao Cheng came to work at the Municipal Bureau on time, but perhaps he came too early, there was no one in the office, and Xiao Cheng was the first one.

Soon, Fei came over, and the two came to the corridor.

"I asked the elders in my family to check. The owner of the mine is called Lin Qi. Guess what happened to him?" Fei asked mysteriously.

"Don't hold back!" Xiao Cheng said angrily, "I know that your parents and elders have energy, so hurry up and say it!"

Leaning close to Xiao Cheng's ear, Fei Fei whispered, "This guy named Lynch was involved in border smuggling two days ago and was shot dead by the military!"

Border smuggling?

Killed by the military?
Xiao Cheng quickly took out his mobile phone, found Zhang Feng's number and dialed it.

The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Xiao Cheng directly asked if there was any militant named Lynch among the militants who were killed that day.

After getting an affirmative answer, Xiao Cheng hung up the phone.

Lin Qi, the mine owner back then, was indeed Wen Xiong's man!
Maybe he also had a part in killing his parents.

Coincidentally, this Lynch was killed by himself in the deep mountains and dense forests of Zhujialing.

This is really not happy with karma reincarnation.

and……

During the transaction that day, Lynch brought a box of crude gold bricks!

Could gold bricks be related to abandoned iron mines?

It's unlikely, is it?

That mine was actually abandoned, and I had already sent my hearing deep into the ground to perceive, and there was no movement at all.

It is said that the cunning rabbit has three caves, did Wen Xiong move his nest?
But now that Lynch is dead, all clues will be cut off, and this issue is still unknown for the time being.

It would be great if we could find the whistleblower back then, he must know something!
Where can I find it?
Xiao Cheng felt a headache...

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