Chapter 61 Accident
My mother said: "I just beg you not to die outside, after all your mother is still waiting for you to die for me."

My mother always thinks my job is very dangerous, and I do admit that in the profession of journalists, the risk factor must exist, but it is not fatal. At most, I will interview personnel disputes, and I rarely get involved in such homicide cases. Moreover, this is a society ruled by law. My mother always thinks that I have touched too many things that others should not know, and that one day I will be killed and silenced.

I always felt that the old lady was scaring herself. When I chose this major, the reason why my mother agreed was that I would easily host a show in front of the TV station. But who knows, the reality is not as good as she imagined. Wherever bizarre cases occur, where natural and man-made disasters occur, where is the most unsafe place, I will always rush to the front alone.

My mother said that my job cost her ten years of life.

Now that I'm back to work after my divorce, my mother's worries naturally come to the fore. I think, when I get old, I really don't have any other pursuits. I hope that my children will stay by my side and accompany me, but Now it's time for me to scare her again, but in this world, everything we love requires a price, and I'm not afraid.

After I packed my things, I walked up to my mother and said with a smile: "What are you worried about, why don't you just do an interview? Don't worry, we have sent so many people to the station, and I am not the only one. "

My mother sighed and said, "I must have owed you in my last life."

Then he turned and left from my door with a blank expression.

In addition, Sister Tan called me, probably urging me to go to the airport, and I didn't have time to stay, so I went out with my suitcase. When we arrived at the airport, all my colleagues arrived, and there was no crowd. Talk, and each contact and communicate with the staff who rushed to the scene at the first time.

After getting on the plane, I took a look at my mobile phone, and there were no missed calls or strange text messages in it. Before taking off, I turned off the phone under the reminder of the flight attendant.

We arrived at Zhangyu County at twelve o'clock in the evening. Zhangyu County is a rather backward village. Because of the terrain, the whole village is almost isolated from the outside world. There are about fifty or sixty people in a village. A school made of thatched huts is full of old, weak, sick and disabled.

The only way to enter this village is through a narrow bridge. Below this bridge is a cliff more than ten meters high. When we passed by in the middle of the night, we were so frightened that our legs went limp.

The photographer Xiao Wang who was following me opened his mouth directly: "Fuck, I'm afraid of heights."

Sister Tan, who was walking like flying in front, heard it, and immediately said: "Xiao Wang, are you still a man? Miss Chalaile hasn't said anything yet."

To tell you the truth, I was also apprehensive at the time, but seeing that everyone was silent, I just endured it.

The photographer Xiao Wang turned pale with fright, but in order to prove to Sister Tan that he was indeed a real man, he didn't say a word after that, and walked all the way with his eyes closed. His appearance was really heroic.

After we finally entered the village, it started to rain heavily and it was midnight. Although we wanted to catch up with the work progress, we went back to the farmhouse to rest in order not to disturb the rest of the villagers.

Before dawn the next morning, Sister Tan knocked on the door and said she was going to take us to the deceased's home. All the staff who went out to interview were a little drowsy, but when we walked to the door of the deceased's family , all sober, because more than a dozen corpses are all placed in the mourning hall, and there are Taoist priests constantly chanting strange things.

To be honest, the sky is not yet bright, and it is still in a smoky state, and a dozen corpses suddenly appear in front of you. It is a lie if you are not awake.

After resting for too long, living a comfortable life in the city for too long, facing such a scene, I actually feel chills down my spine.

There were two or three people kneeling in the mourning hall and weeping intermittently and miserably, probably the family members of the deceased.

Sister Tan was the first one to rush in without saying a word. The staff we arrived in advance had already communicated with the village chief here, so when we walked in, no one stopped us. Instead, there was a man in his 60s. The old man came to welcome us and walked in.

He led us to the backyard. When I passed the mourning hall, I glanced at the dozens of corpses. They were all young and strong middle-aged men, white and blue, with purple lips, giving people a poisonous appearance.

I took a deep breath and suppressed the fear in my heart.

When we arrived in the backyard, the old man was sitting by the window smoking a pipe with a bamboo tube. His white head was full of blue smoke, which was constantly circling.

He told us about the general situation here, saying that these dozen middle-aged men all died of gas poisoning, and the cause of the poisoning was naturally because they worked in a chemical factory in the town. I come into contact with a lot of things that are harmful to the body, so the salary is naturally high. When the salary is high, of course, I have to bear the risk of physical injury.

But there are still a lot of people doing this kind of work, and it is very sought-after. Most people dare not do it for a long time. If they have enough money, they will quit.

And these men only joined the job a month ago. It stands to reason that such a thing should not have happened in just one month. However, due to the wrong placement of materials by the employees of the chemical plant, the harmful gas in the place where these dozens of men work is relatively high. Usually more than ten times, because it is a closed space, they didn't notice much at the time, but they felt that the unpleasant smell was much stronger than usual, so they didn't care about continuing to work until midnight, but who Knowing that the next morning, these dozens of people wanted to die one after another within four hours.

The old man said that for the deaths of more than a dozen people, the family members themselves had to seek compensation from the people in the chemical plant. After all, all of them had wives and children, and the mainstay died unexpectedly. The family had no financial resources. How would they raise their children?How to survive in this economically underdeveloped village?
Compensation is natural.

But who knew that when the village chief on their side went to talk to the people from the chemical factory, the other party directly kicked out the village chief and showed them the contracts signed by the dozen or so men on their first day of employment.

There is a clause in the contract that the factory does not bear personal health risks, and the cooperation is voluntary. If there is an accidental death or health problem at work, the factory will not be responsible.

The chemical factory said that this is a dangerous job. Before they joined the job, they had already declared that the job was dangerous. They agreed to the terms and signed them voluntarily, and there was no coercion. More than a dozen people died unexpectedly. They can only give some consolation money out of humanitarianism, and they will not be responsible for any other compensation and will not accept it.

The old man said that they had been trying to discuss with the people from the factory these days, but the people from the factory refused to meet them. They had no choice but to find a solution to the media.

The old man took a deep breath of the dry cigarette, sighed and said, "They are all poor children. If it wasn't for the sake of feeding the children, who would risk their lives?"

I asked, "Why is the police dealing with it now?"

The old man shook his head and said, "The police said they don't care about things here. He said they bought and sold voluntarily. They have nothing to do with it."

When Sister Tan heard this, she laughed. She said, "If I hire someone to kill a person, and the person dies, and I give him money, will the police have nothing to do with it?"

The old man sighed and said, "It's as easy as you think. I heard that the director of the police station here is the brother-in-law of the chemical plant owner."

The old man shook his head helplessly and said, "In a small place like ours, the sky is so high that the emperor is far away, so no one will take care of it."

I said, "Has an autopsy been done on the deceased?"

The old man said: "It was done, it was done in the town, but the hospital didn't give us the report."

I said, "Why?"

The old man said: "And why? That Chen Laowu from the chemical plant is the landowner of this place. He is the king here, and no one can touch him."

After the old man told us the basic situation, not long after, the family members of the deceased suddenly rushed over, crying and praying at the door, wailing and asking us to seek justice for their husband.

The howling sound shook the whole room.

We were so scared that all our staff hurried forward, helped them up immediately, and comforted them for a while before giving up.

After we learned the whole story, we went to the mourning hall again, and the corpses were still lying there quietly, as if they were asleep.

Obviously the weather outside is a bit stuffy, but it's unbearably cold inside. After we left here, we naturally had to rush to the chemical plant to continue to understand the situation. The editor Wang Ling who came with us on the way told Sister Tan that this time What happened is a bit out of date, so I asked Sister Tan if she really wanted to use it to start the story?

Indeed, there are too many murders like this in the society, and the TV stations have no chance to broadcast them. Many stations don't even bother to send people to interview such things.

Sister Tan said with a serious face: "Wang Ling, when I do a program, I never ask for ratings. I only ask for factual reports. This is the most basic professional belief of us journalists. Why don't I do this episode?"

Wang Ling wanted to say something else, but Sister Tan made a gesture of refusal and said, "Don't talk too much, do you know why this kind of thing didn't explode? Because it happened too much, it's not attractive at all. It was numb, but why did this kind of thing happen so frequently after so many things happened? Because no one ever thought of resolving this kind of dispute. "

Wang Ling knew what kind of character Sister Tan was like, so she didn't say much.

After that, we all went to the chemical plant in silence. When we got there, the chemical plant was still working normally, and it was not affected by the lives of more than a dozen people. Sister Tan negotiated with the workers there, saying that she wanted to see them Boss, the staff there saw that we were reporters, so they said that his boss was not in the county and was on a business trip.

The implication is that we will not see us, but Sister Tan does not give up, but smiles and says: "Then you go and make a phone call to inform your boss, and say that we are reporters from Asia Central Television and want to know about the situation here. I also want to verify some things, if your boss is not free, then we have no choice but to report according to the version given by the village."

The staff of the chemical plant changed their face, and ran into the office without saying a word. After she came out again, she said to Sister Tan: "Our boss said that we can only see two people, and we are not allowed to bring cameras, recording pens, and mobile phones. Come in."

Sister Tan glanced at me with a smile, and said to the staff member, "Okay, no problem."

I understood what she meant by that look, so I walked over, and stood with Sister Tan, and the staff inspected us, and found nothing like a recording pen, so they took us in.

The boss of the chemical plant is a middle-aged man in his 50s. After he invited us in, he poured me a cup of tea for Sister Tan and asked us our names with a smile.

After Sister Tan and I answered honestly, Wang Teng, the boss of the chemical plant, said with a smile: "I know your industry well. Recently, many TV stations have come to interview me. I have done a lot of good deeds, and I never thought of becoming famous. I can only do my best to repay the support of this society to my Wang, but I never thought that during this time..."

He shook his head with a smile and said, "Where are Miss Xia and Miss Wang from?"

Sister Tan narrowed her eyes slightly to look at this man, and said with a smile, "I am City O."

I put down the teacup in my hand, reached out to him and said, "Me too, hello Mr. Wang."

Wang Teng also shook hands with me lightly, and said, "Hello, Miss Xia."

After we greeted each other, Wang Teng seemed to be very interested in Sister Tan, and kept asking her personal questions. As long as we changed the question to the ten lives, he would definitely change the subject.

Both of us practiced Tai Chi for a long time, Wang Teng said: "Since you are here today, it is impossible for me to let the two of you go home empty-handed."

He got up from the sofa, went to the cabinet and put two suitcases in front of us. Inside the suitcases were neat money.

Sister Tan and I looked at each other, and Wang Teng said: "In the past few days, five or six TV reporters have taken these things from me. To be honest, I am not afraid of this accident, I just don't want to cause trouble."

Sister Tan picked up a dozen of money from the suitcase and asked, "Mr. Wang is trying to bribe us?"

Wang Teng smiled modestly and said: "It's not a bribe, I just admire people like Miss Tan."

Sister Tan said, "What if I don't accept your appreciation today?"

Wang Teng said: "Then I can only make another plan."

Outright threat.

Sister Tan smiled and said nothing, but she didn't fight head-on. Naturally, we didn't take the money, and finally said goodbye and walked out of Wang Teng's office.

On the way back, I said: "I finally understand why no one came to interview this matter."

Sister Tan said: "This Wang Teng is not simple, I heard that he has some influence here."

I said, "We should get the autopsy report first."

Sister Tan said: "The autopsy report is the only way to provide evidence to the judge."

I said, "It will be difficult if the hospital doesn't show it."

Sister Tan hummed, obviously finding it difficult.

The day went by in a busy way. Just after we got back to the farmhouse, Wang Teng sent someone over again. His secretary said he wanted to invite Sister Tan and me to have dinner together at night. Both Sister Tan and I felt a sense of discomfort. Good feeling.

We didn't take the money, so it was obvious that we wouldn't give up on this matter. How could someone like Wang Teng give up and let us write scribbles?
But what if you don't go to this meal?
This is in the mountains, they are the masters of the chassis, and it is a breeze if something happens.

Maybe we shouldn't have been looking for Wang Teng from the very beginning, but now we're trying to scare the snake away.

The staff who came with us all disagreed with my sister Tan and I going to eat this meal. In fact, I didn't really think about it, but it was obvious that this meal was not something we could easily refuse.

Sister Tan didn't say whether she wanted to go or not, she fell into deep thought.

I suddenly felt a wave of uneasiness.

Sister Tan who was silent suddenly asked me: "Lai Lai, do you have a relative who is a doctor?"

I said: "What's wrong?"

Sister Tan said: "We can't get the autopsy report from the hospital. We have to find a way to get a copy. Why don't you think of a way?"

I immediately refused and said: "He is a gynecologist, there is no way."

Sister Tan said, "Just ask."

Under Sister Tan's expectation, I had no choice but to pick up the mobile phone and call Lin Rongshen, but no one answered the call. I breathed a sigh of relief and shook my head at Sister Tan, saying that no one answered.

Sister Tan was a little disappointed, and finally got up from the wooden chair and said, "I'll go alone tonight, Lai Lai, you can stay here."

I refused at that time, and I said: "If this is the case, then just resign."

Sister Tan glanced at me, and finally smiled. No matter how much other people tried to discourage us, Sister Tan didn't listen at all. When we arrived at the dinner point, the two of us rushed to the place that Wang Teng had ordered. On the way there, Sister Tan stuffed a recording pen into her underwear, and I asked her if she was being too bold?
Sister Tan said, "It's okay, don't worry."

After we arrived at the hotel in the county town, Wang Teng had been waiting there for a long time, and he came up to greet us. After he led us to our seats, my cell phone rang, because this time Wang Teng did not ask us not to bring cell phones, so Sister Wang and I both brought them.

The phone rang, and I could only get up from my chair and smiled at Wang Teng and said, "President Wang, I'll answer the phone."

Wang Teng smiled and nodded.

After I got out of the box door, I glanced at the call notification, it was Lin Rongshen calling, I hesitated and pressed the answer button.

He asked me what I was doing in the first sentence on the phone, and I said, "I'm on a business trip."

He asked in astonishment, "Are you working?"

I said, "Well, it's working."

Lin Rongshen asked, "There."

I said, "This is Zhangyu County."

I was afraid that Sister Tan would not be able to handle it alone, so I said to Lin Rongshen: "I still have something to do, so I'll hang up first."

Just as I was about to press the hang up button, Sister Tan suddenly said in the room: "Lai Lai! Run!"

A string in my brain suddenly snapped, and with a ding, I rushed up and wanted to go to the box, but then, I watched Sister Tan suddenly rush out from the door of the box, and there were two big men chasing after her. Looking at her, I suddenly understood something, turned on the recording pen on my body, and ran in the opposite direction. Fortunately, no one found me here, and Sister Tan ran away like a gust of wind.

I felt that the situation was wrong, so I called the cameraman Xiaowang immediately, only to find out that I hadn't hung up Lin Rongshen's call, and the other end was still on the line.

I hung up without thinking, and immediately called Lao Wang to inform him that something had happened.

After calling Lao Wang, I called the police station again. I didn't dare to go back to the farmhouse alone, so I entered a large shopping mall nearby and ran around in crowded places.

After running around for a long time, I repeatedly called Sister Tan but no one answered. I was a little panicked. Could it be that something happened to Sister Tan?
But what should I do now?I have done everything I should do, what else should I do to help Sister Tan?

I thought about it for a long time, and suddenly realized that I had no other choice, so I could only worry in my heart.

Until six o'clock in the evening, Lao Wang called me and asked me if Sister Tan had contacted me.

I said, "No."

Lao Wang said: "Sister Tan is more dangerous than good."

I said, "How is it possible, don't talk nonsense."

Lao Wang said, "The police are looking for it."

I said, "Sister Tan has been working in this industry for so long, so it's unlikely that she doesn't have any escape skills."

Old Wang said, "Did you bring a recording pen when you went?"

I said: "Bring it."

Old Wang said directly: "I know what the hell is going to happen!"

I didn't expect such a near-death scene to happen on my first job, but I didn't panic at all. I had a hunch that Sister Tan would be fine. I didn't believe that Wang Teng and the others dared to kill people to silence her. This is a society ruled by law!
I wandered outside until five o'clock by myself. Lao Wang said that no one will pick me up now, and there is still a long way to go to Zhangyu County. It is all mountain roads. No one dares to pick me up. They let me go to the hotel in the town. Stay first.

After we hung up the phone, I found a five-star hotel to stay here, and after opening the room, I locked the door tightly and kept looking at my phone, waiting for news from Sister Tan.

But at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Lin Rongshen called. I didn't even think about it at the time, and pressed the answer button.

Lin Rongshen asked on the phone: "In the hotel?"

I was just about to tell how he knew, when I suddenly remembered the phone call I hadn't hung up before, and said, "Well, it's at the hotel."

Lin Rongshen said, "You should stay at the police station."

I said, "This is very close to the police station."

Lin Rongshen said, "I know."

He just hung up the phone.

I watched his inexplicable phone call, and I didn't come back to my senses for a long time.

Almost two hours later, at three o'clock in the morning, the doorbell suddenly rang outside the door. I was startled and thought to myself, who will knock on my door in the middle of the night?

I sat on the sofa in cold sweat, and the doorbell was a torture for me every minute and every second.

I wanted to take out my mobile phone and call the police immediately, but when a call came in, I pressed the answer button, and just after I gave a hello, Lin Rongshen said on the phone, "Open the door."

I say you……"

Lin Rongshen said, "Immediately."

Immediately after, there was another knock on the door. I jumped off the sofa. When I opened the door, I hesitated for a moment, but after a few seconds of hesitation, I opened the door. Lin Rongshen was standing right next to me. Outside the door, the moment I saw him, like a deflated ball, I leaned against the wall of the door and gasped for breath.

Lin Rongshen had seen me for a long time, and saw that I was sweating profusely, so he walked in from the door and closed the door behind his back.

I said weakly, "Why are you here?"

Lin Rongshen said, "What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)

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