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Chapter 178
Mu Yunxiao accompanied Li Jiang and other officials to check out the mountains where the mudslide occurred. On the one hand, he wanted to check the cause of this sudden mudslide, and on the other hand, he could prevent it in advance or stabilize and loosen the soil to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. occur.

The south is mountainous and there is no shortage of heavy rains, but as they looked along the way, they saw that there were many trees here. The ability of tall trees to stabilize the soil was quite strong. It was unlikely that an ordinary heavy rain would suddenly cause a mudslide.

In particular, they saw a mountain forest household halfway up the mountain. When the officials looked at each other, Li Jiang ordered Wang Xiaoer to knock on the door so that they could inquire about the situation from the locals.

After all, they were not locals, so they didn't know much about whether mudslides were common that day and under what circumstances they would occur, so they just wanted to ask carefully.

Wang Xiaoer got the boss's signal, walked forward quickly, and knocked on the old and shabby door. After a while, the old woman's aging voice came from inside.

"Who?"

With a harsh "creak" of the door opening, an old woman with a wrinkled face, a haggard and panic look came out.

When she saw a group of official servants at the door, the old woman looked panicked, let out a surprised ouch, and asked timidly and fearfully: "Officers... officers."

"Old lady, who is here?" Another old and hoarse voice came from the house, and an old man with gray hair and beard who was quite energetic came out.

For ordinary people, Wang Xiaoer did not need to show the ferocious look he usually used to scare prisoners. He tried to keep his tone as gentle as possible and asked politely.

"Don't be afraid. We are here to investigate the cause of this mudslide. We saw a house and just wanted to ask, when will a mudslide occur in this place and how often will it occur?"

An elderly couple staying at home were very embarrassed in front of all the officials, but they kept mumbling: "Such a big flash flood has not been seen for decades! How could this happen... Fortunately, we, the old couple, Stay at home and don't go out, otherwise you will be washed away by the flood and lose both your lives!"

Upon hearing what the old couple were saying, Mu Yunxiao's expression suddenly changed, his brows furrowed, he suddenly took a few steps forward, and asked calmly.

"Old man, are you saying that this mudslide hasn't happened in decades?"

Seeing that it was a young man with an impressive appearance, the old couple raised their heads and took a second look. They were quite frightened when they mentioned this matter. They nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes! This flash flood did not know why it started rumbling so early in the morning." The ground came crashing down, which shocked us, the old couple, and we didn't even dare to go out! I couldn't figure out why this torrent suddenly appeared! I remember that there were many old trees planted on it. Old tree, its roots are firmly pressed into the soil, how could it..."

Hearing the old couple's affirmation without hesitation, Mu Yunxiao's slightly frowned eyebrows deepened, and his dark eyes raised to look at the high ground in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.

Not only did Mu Yunxiao look strange, but the surrounding officials also looked surprised after hearing what the old couple said.

A mudslide that had not occurred for decades suddenly broke out today. This was really strange, and they couldn't blame them for being suspicious.

Could it be that... what they thought was a natural disaster was actually not a natural disaster?

After bidding farewell to the old couple, Li Jiang led a group of people to continue walking upwards, making sure to investigate the cause of this mudslide as much as possible.

They climbed all the way up the rugged mountain road, following the messy muddy mountainous terrain, and finally climbed to the highest point between the two peaks, where the mudslide started.

The place where the mudslide occurred was also in a mess. The floods washed away and the big rocks underneath were washed away from the original yellow mud.As soon as Mu Yunxiao arrived there, he looked around and saw that the land that was once a mountainous forest was completely barren, with not even a single tree in sight.

The old couple just said that there are many century-old trees planted with deep roots and solid soil, but now they can't see anything.

Mu Yunxiao's cold expression froze, he took a few steps forward, squatted down, and looked at the land to see if he could find any clues.

After a moment, Mu Yunxiao's expression paused, and he suddenly understood...

A large number of ancient trees have been uprooted here, so these large rocks are even exposed!

On the other side, Wang Xiaoer, who was walking on another mountain road, suddenly shouted and exclaimed: "Boss... something is wrong!"

Due to the terrain, that mountain road was spared and did not experience the erosion of the torrent. However... at this time, on the pieces of yellow land, a series of footprints could be vaguely seen...

These are not the footprints of wild animals, but the obvious ones are human footprints, the marks made by shoes.

"Someone has been here..." Li Jiang's expression suddenly darkened, and he said slowly as he looked at the series of suspicious footprints.

"The mudslide is man-made." Mu Yunxiao nodded, with a gloomy look on his face, pointing to the exposed rocks over there because the old trees were uprooted, and explained: "Someone cut down all the trees here in advance and uprooted them. Only then did a heavy rain directly trigger a mudslide.”

There were only a few houses nearby, and the intention of suddenly going to great lengths to cause a mudslide that could kill most people was enough for them to appreciate.

To cut down and uproot a large number of ancient trees in the sky in a short period of time requires a lot of manpower and financial support. This is an organized and premeditated man-made accident.

As for the intention, it is also obvious that they want to use the hands of natural disasters to kill them completely here without being held accountable by the local officials.

They didn't know which force the group of people who deliberately created the disaster belonged to, but this matter couldn't be dismissed so easily.

"How do you plan to deal with it, Mr. Li?" Mu Yunxiao looked thoughtful, vaguely guessing that this matter might be related to the group of men in black, and asked.

This group of men in black tried to kill them again and again. Now they have done it overtly and covertly. If they hadn't been lucky and took precautions time and time again, they would have died on the road to exile. .

Thinking of his men who died in the mudslide, Li Jiang clenched his fists tightly, his stern face was filled with a heavy chill, and words of suppressed anger almost came out from his lips and teeth.

"After we safely escort the prisoner to the penal colony, I will report it to the court and investigate this matter strictly!"

(End of this chapter)