Abyss of ignorance

Chapter 109 Excavation
Outside the cordon, some villagers who came specially came to watch from a distance. Some of the opened tombs were their ancestors.

The ancient custom is still continuing. Although the grave was opened, some people prepared joss sticks, knelt around and prayed for disturbing the souls of the dead.

This made the atmosphere of the scene even more gloomy.

Although, today is really a sunny day as Lin Xiaodong hoped.

In the rainy south like Linzhou, the body has decayed before the coffin decays.

Soon, a call came from the mountain, and the first discovery was made.

The first anomalous corpse is found.It was hastily stuffed into someone else's tomb next to the coffin, with its head facing outward and its feet facing inward, leaving only a bone.

The tomb was narrow, and the bones could only be moved out bit by bit, and it took a long time to finish the move.

In Linzhou in June, it was humid and hot, especially in the mountains, which made the work of moving more difficult.

Soon, the second, third... more "extra" remains were found.

Yamato Mountain has banned burials for many years. No one thought that there would still be people being buried secretly in these years.

Excavation work continued until dark.

"Team Lin, we have counted. There are as many as twelve sets of bones that have been dug up. We will not know the approximate time of death until we take them home and count them." Xiao Xu came over and said to Lin Xiaodong with a tired face.

"To call out all the missing persons in Linzhou in the past ten years, we have to find out the identities of everyone." Lin Xiaodong thrust the shovel into the ground, put his hands on his waist and looked at the vast mountains and plains, full of thoughts.

When going down the mountain, among the crowd of onlookers, there was a person who stood out in an out-of-date camel coat. It was Jiang Xu.

Lin Xiaodong turned from under the boundary line and walked up to Jiang Xu.

"Your method worked. But..." Lin Xiaodong looked around and said sadly, "That person is dead."

Jiang Xu was not surprised by the news. He said slowly, "I heard that Jiang Wanchao called the police, saying that a man named Yao Yuanqing was threatening and blackmailing him. It should be that one, right?"

"Yes." Lin Xiaodong replied in a low voice.

"That's enough." Jiang Xu said suddenly.

"Enough? There is no evidence to prove it now. I'm not sure how much his testimony can be accepted by the prosecution." Lin Xiaodong said worriedly.

Jiang Xu laughed again, the timing of his laugh always baffled Lin Xiaodong.

"I don't know what's so ridiculous about it?" Lin Xiaodong said angrily.

"Captain Lin, don't you naively think that Jiang Wanchao can really be brought down in this way? If so, he is not Jiang Wanchao. Compared with me, he is the real lunatic. For the sake of status and reputation, he can sacrifice anything."

"Then what should we do? Are our efforts in vain?"

"Isn't it very rewarding?" Jiang Xu winked at Lin Xiaodong, "You caught Yao Yuanqing."

"He's dead now!"

"But you know his name."

"Does his name matter?"

"It's important, let me give you a hint... Jiangnan Pharmaceutical's vice president in charge of R&D seems to be called Mr. Yao."

"Huh?" Lin Xiaodong took out his mobile phone suspiciously, searched the Internet, and when he found the name of the vice president of R&D of Jiangnan Pharmaceutical, he couldn't help but blurt out, "Yao Kaiqing?"

"Coincidentally, isn't it?" Jiang Xu grinned.

"Yao Yuanqing said that he did not work for Jiang Wanchao for money." Lin Xiaodong recalled.

"I used to wonder why this Yao Kaiqing, apart from being able to flatter some people who didn't make sense, was not even average in terms of resume or ability. How could he become a vice president with an annual salary of one million in just a few years? It seems that his excellence is not in himself." After speaking, Jiang Xu still teased, "I guess there are many Yao Kaiqings in Jiangnan Medicine, and there are many Yao Yuanqings in invisible places. The future and destiny of the family is tied to the group, which is much more useful than tied to people with money, you see, Jiang Wanchao still has some management skills."

After Jiang Xu finished speaking, he watched Lin Xiaodong sizing him up and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Lin Xiaodong stroked his stubble-covered chin: "I'm just wondering, don't you feel frustrated? We've put in so much effort, and now that the person is dead, Jiang Wanchao beat him up and said he was threatening and blackmailing him?"

Jiang Xu heard this, and put on a secretive look: "How could it be frustrated? This progress is too great."

After he finished speaking, for some unknown reason, he patted Lin Xiaodong's shoulder with his hands, then put his hands in his pockets, turned around and walked towards the opposite direction to the cemetery.

……

Jiang Wanchao got into the car and straightened his cuffs. He had just found out that Yao Yuanqing had died. To him, this was the best news of the day.

"Why did you act without authorization?" came the driver's voice, full of questioning tone.

"I got the news that the police are investigating Aijuntang. The matter is urgent. I want to help the tutor deal with the trouble."

"Hmph, are you done?"

"Now it seems that it was a scam set up by the police. I was careless, but everything has been settled." Jiang Wanchao replied confidently.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the accelerator pedal under the driver's foot suddenly increased, and he detoured the usual route and drove towards the suburbs.

Jiang Wanchao was sitting in the back row, not wearing a seat belt. The sudden acceleration just now made him not sit still, and he bumped into the car door in embarrassment, and the clothes he had just arranged were messed up again.

The car drove all the way to the northwest corner of Linzhou. This is a hill connected to Dahe Mountain, but the name is different, it is called Angel Ridge.

The name of Angel Ridge sounds good, but the place is not very beautiful. It is a famous landfill in Linzhou.

Over the past few decades, the originally low-lying mountain depression has almost been filled, and the disgusting stench can be smelled in the air as soon as you enter the mountain.

The car was speeding all the way, which already made Jiang Wanchao's stomach churn. At this moment, when the driver opened the door, he smelled the pungent stench.

During a period of dizziness, he heard the sound of "Boom, Boom, Boom" coming from his ears.

The sound seemed to have a terrifying force, driving Jiang Wanchao to scramble and get out of the car. Regardless of the embarrassment, he hurriedly stood up straight and looked up.

There was no light on Angel Ridge at night, and the moonlight was shining like a wash. Surrounded by several people, an old man stood in front of him leaning on a cane.

"Director, mentor." Jiang Wanchao greeted hurriedly.

"You're bullying." The instructor said, still with the strong Linzhou accent, the words were concise, but Jiang Wanchao was in a cold sweat when he dreamed back at midnight.

"Teacher, I just want to do things for you so much!" Jiang Wanchao begged with no bottom line.

(End of this chapter)