In the open space outside the abandoned pit hole, investigator Guan Jie was questioning a person. Outside the cordon stood a group of people watching the excitement.

"Did you discover the body?" Guan Jie asked.

"Yes." A young man whose clothes were covered with soot replied.

"May I have your name?"

"My name is Zhang Erzhuang."

"Did you know the deceased?"

"I know him. His name is Ding Peng. He is the boss of our mine."

"What's the name of your mine?"

"It's called Dapeng Mining Company."

"How did you find out your boss was here?"

"The people in our mine have been looking for him for three days, and they are all looking for him like crazy. I passed by and found an abandoned pit, so I went in and took a look. I didn't expect that the boss was actually inside."

"When did you find out that your boss was missing?"

"I heard them say that the boss drove to the city alone the afternoon before yesterday. By evening, he could not be contacted."

"Did your boss tell you what to do in the city?"

"I don't know about that. I'm just a worker who was sent out to find people."

"Okay, you go outside and wait. I'll call you if I need anything."

"Guan Jie, come here and take a look." Su Zhengyang squatted on the ground in front of the cave entrance and greeted Guan Jie.

"There is a rut here." Su Zhengyang pointed to the ground and said.

Guan Jie turned to the light and looked carefully, and sure enough he saw a faint tire mark.

"This trace is too vague. I don't know if technicians can extract it."

"We just have to give it a try, how about it? Have you learned about the situation of the deceased?"

"According to the reporter, the deceased is Ding Peng, the boss of Dapeng Mining Company. He has been missing for three days."

"Oh, it's about the coal mine again. There have been many fatal cases in the mine in recent years."

"Yes, there are more fights, armed injuries, and injuries that have not been reported to our city bureau."

"Let's do this. After everything here is over, I will take Xiaohui to find the family members of the deceased to find out the situation. You take Lu Yingwei and Gu Yan to go to the mine and see if you can get any useful clues."

"Okay, we'll go as soon as we're done here." Guan Jie replied.

Ding Peng is 43 years old and is the chairman and general manager of Dapeng Mining Company. Dapeng Mining Company is a large private coal mining company in Zhongjiang. The company currently has more than 1,000 employees and an annual coal output of about 200,000 tons.

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Calling Ding Peng's home a mansion is not an exaggeration. Su Zhengyang and He Xiaohui looked at it at the door. The entire yard was estimated to cover an area of ​​more than five acres. The two three-story European-style houses at the front and back were magnificently decorated. There were also

Pavilion, fish pond, lawn, flower bed and parking lot.

Perhaps because of the murder of Ding Peng, there were many people coming in and out of the yard, making it a mess. Su Zhengyang and He Xiaohui, who were in plain clothes, had to walk into the gate of the small building before anyone came to say hello.

"Hey, what do you two do?" A man about 40 years old came up and asked.

Su Zhengyang took out his ID, showed it to the man and said:

"We want to meet Ding Peng's family."

"Oh, it turns out to be the police. I'm so rude and rude. Come on, come on, please sit down." The man led Su Zhengyang to sit on the sofa in a corner of the hall.

"I am Ding Peng's younger brother and my name is Ding Xiang. If you have any questions, you can ask me." Ding Xiang poured them two cups of tea and sat across from Su Zhengyang.

"When did you lose contact with Ding Peng?"

"The day before yesterday, February 10, I called my brother at around 6 p.m., but he couldn't get through. I didn't pay much attention at the time. I thought it might be because the phone had no signal. At 8 p.m., I still couldn't get through when I called again.

Since we couldn't get through, we doubted whether something might happen, so we started looking around."

"When did Ding Peng go out?"

"We asked the gatekeeper and he said he drove out by himself a little after 2 p.m."

"Do you know where he went?"

"Oh, we don't know much about this." Ding Xiang's eyes were a little dodgey when he spoke.

"Did Ding Peng have any enemies during his lifetime? Or did he have a serious conflict with anyone?"

"It's hard to name enemies. There must be quite a few conflicts. Recently, we had conflicts with Sun Hongfang, the owner of the mine next door to us, over issues in the mining industry. We also had conflicts with Yongwang Company over the transportation of vehicles. There were many other conflicts.

It’s a small matter.”

"Do you have any suspects? Or is there anyone who threatens to take revenge on Ding Peng?"

"There is no specific suspect. I think Wang Yongwang of Aeon Company is possible. After all, they suffered a loss in the last conflict."

"Oh, tell us about that conflict in detail."

"Okay." Ding Xiang added water to Su Zhengyang's teacups and told them about the conflict between Ding Peng and Wang Yongwang.

Yongwang is a small mine, only producing 70,000 to 80,000 tons of goods a year. The quality of their coal is not good, and they have no fixed big customers. They mainly supply to some small retail customers. Therefore, their shipments fluctuate.

It is very large. Sometimes the coal mined is not enough to sell, and sometimes there is a backlog of coal that cannot be sold. Their cargo yard is not large. If there is no shipment for a long time, the cargo yard will be backlogged, causing the coal mine to reduce production and affecting their income.

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Some time before the Spring Festival, it is estimated that some of their customers had prepared goods in advance or found new sources of goods, which caused Aeon's cargo yards to be full and the mines to stop production. In order to sell the goods as quickly as possible, Aeon's people went to

We stopped the trucks on the street and saw those trucks coming to pull coal, and forcibly took them to Yongwang's cargo yard to load their coal.

The output of our mine is large and the quality is good. We have regular large customers, and the volume of shipments every month is relatively stable. Moreover, our cargo yard is also large, so we can withstand some market fluctuations.

Normally, AEON wouldn't dare to stop our car. My brother is very popular in our area and everyone gives us some respect. Who knows if the AEON people were blind or took the wrong medicine that time?

My son stopped 13 vehicles that came to our cargo yard to load goods. The phone call came to my brother, who asked me to take a few people to Aeon to ask for the vehicles.

When we drove to the Aeon cargo yard, we saw 13 vehicles parked at the entrance of the cargo yard. The drivers were arguing with the Aeon people. Dozens of Aeon people surrounded the truck drivers.

"Hey, who is the leader here?" I walked outside the crowd and asked loudly.

A big dark-skinned man walked out of the crowd. I recognized him as the head in charge of loading trucks at the Yongwang cargo yard. His name was Wang Fang.

"Oh, who did I think it was? It turns out to be Xiangzi." Wang Zhan walked up to me and said.

"Brother Fang, these trucks are from our mine, tell them to leave." I didn't want to make the matter a big deal, so I gave Wang Fang some good words.

"Xiangzi, what you said is wrong. The car is obviously in our mine, so why does it belong to you?"

"This company is our old customer. We signed a long-term contract. It's useless even if you bring the car, they won't load it."

"I can't believe it. When the car arrives at my yard, it can still leave without loading it!"

"Brother Fang, how about we discuss it? I can keep 2 of these 12 cars and take the others with me, okay?" I wanted to just let it go. Business is important and I can't waste time with these people.

"Hey, 2 cars! Who are you cowarding? Let me tell you, none of these cars can leave today. If you want to leave, just load them with goods before leaving!"

As soon as I saw that Wang Fang was not showing any respect, I immediately became angry. I pointed at his nose and said:

"You are the boss, call your boss out, and I will reason with him!"

"If you still want to find our boss, just go back and don't blame us for being rude if you make trouble here again!" Wang Fang did not give in at all.

I saw that Wang Fang wanted to take action, so I called their boss Wang Yongwang, but Wang Yongwang didn't answer the phone. I didn't expect them to really take action over such a trivial matter. After all, it hurts everyone if the two families are harmed.

No, they didn’t pay attention to the matter when it got serious. So I said to Wang Fang:

"I'm going to take away all the cars today. I'll see who of you dares to stop me!"

After saying that, I walked towards the parked trucks and wanted to ask the driver to drive with me. When Wang Fang saw me taking the truck away, he stepped forward and pushed me, and cursed in his mouth:

"You're fucking looking for a beating!"

As soon as our people saw Wang Fang taking action, they cheered and surrounded us. The people on Wang Fang's side did not show weakness. Taking advantage of their large number, they surrounded us in the middle and beat and kicked us. There were only a few people on our side.

The four people, after being pushed by them, saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly ran outside their goods yard.

After they dealt with them, we started to deal with the drivers again. The drivers were threatened and they didn't dare to confront them. They all got in the car and prepared to load the goods at their cargo yard. When I saw this situation, I quickly called my brother.

"Brother, we can't handle it! All 12 cars were robbed, and they even beat us up."

"Oh, how many are there?"

"There are probably twenty or thirty people. There may be some more in the goods yard."

"Which one of them is there? Is Wang Yongwang here?"

"The leader is Wang Fang from the cargo yard. He called Wang Yongwang but didn't answer."

"Okay, just wait, I'll be there soon. I must get the car back."

Ten minutes later, I saw dust flying in the distance. My brother drove over with a dozen vans in his Mercedes, and out of each van came a dozen miners with shovels in their hands. We

The number of people here suddenly increased from a few to a hundred or ten.

When Wang Fang saw that the situation was not good, he immediately sent someone to call for people in the cargo yard. Since their cargo yard was full and the mine was not working, they called all the people in the cargo yard, but there were only fifty or sixty people.
To be continued...