Zhou Yue was awakened by the sound of the system and opened her eyes blearily.

[Tongzi, what happened? ]

【I'll cast the screen to you! 】

As soon as the system finished speaking, a clear picture appeared in Zhou Yue's mind.

The picture shows the mountain where coal is mined. The mountain should be extremely quiet at night, but it is extremely busy at this moment.

Many big men were holding shovels, digging the coal underground diligently.

The mined coal was put into backpacks, and some people carried it down the mountain one trip at a time.

There were at least seventy or eighty people on and off the mountain. There was no doubt that they were stealing coal!

[Tongzi, who are these people who stole the coal? ]

[It was Zhu Dawang, a landlord in Zhaxi Town, and his subordinates, as well as his relatives and family members.]

Zhou Yue understood instantly. She heard from others that the landlord had come to cause trouble during the day.

I didn't expect that he still didn't give up and even came to steal coal at night.

[Tongzi, aren't there soldiers scouting the mountain? Why haven't they come back to report?]

The next second, the scene in Zhou Yue's mind switched to an open space on the mountain.

In the open space, two soldiers fell to the ground, their eyes closed, lying motionless.

Zhou Yue's heart tightened instantly, [Are they both okay? ]

[It's fine. I was just knocked unconscious by Zhu Dawang and his men from behind. I should have a slight concussion.]

Zhou Yue was extremely angry. These people were simply lawless. Not only did they come to steal coal in the middle of the night, but they even dared to knock out the Red Army soldiers!

[Sister Yueyue, please stop them. We bought the coal with points. It would be a pity if it was stolen! ]

Zhou Yue continued to observe the scene in his mind and found that there were 18 ox carts parked at the foot of the mountain.

These sturdy oxen have carts with wheels behind them, which can pull about 1000 kilograms of loads.

These big yellow cattle are the assets of the landlord Zhu Dawang. Apart from his family, other families rarely have oxen for farming.

During each farming season, you could rent out the cows and exchange them for large bags of grain.

At this time, two ox carts were already filled with coal, and these people were preparing to load the third ox cart.

[Tongzi, where are they planning to send the coal with so many ox carts?]

[Zhu Dawang has a house in the next county. He plans to take all the coal and money from his family there to avoid the spotlight!]

Zhou Yue looked at these people busying themselves, her mind working rapidly.

The system is getting so anxious, [Sister Yueyue, please find a way to stop them! ]

Zhou Yue closed her eyes and turned over, "It's okay, don't worry, just help me keep an eye on it, and when they load the last few trucks, you can wake me up."

[Um, okay…]

Zhou Yue closed her eyes and slept for a few hours. At about 5 a.m., the system issued a reminder.

[They are loading the second to last car! ]

【it is good! 】

Zhou Yue released the NPC that she had set up before going to bed from the system mall.

This NPC was wearing coarse linen clothes. She was a woman in her forties with a common face, the kind that you couldn't find in a crowd.

The NPC lady came to the camp from a corner, which was the camp where the leader was.

He randomly woke up a young soldier and said, "Landlord Zhu has gone up the mountain to steal coal! Go and have a look!"

After saying this to the young soldier, the NPC lady turned around and left.

It disappeared through the corner and was actually recovered by Zhou Yue.

The young soldier also participated in the coal mining today, so he of course knew who the landlord Zhu was. He quickly turned over and got up and found the leader.

"Chief! Just now a fellow villager said that Landlord Zhu went up the mountain to steal coal!"

"Go up the mountain to steal coal?"

Chief Liu frowned, this guy is really restless.

Then he led a team and headed towards the mountain.

It usually takes more than 40 to 50 minutes to walk from the camp to the foot of the mountain. This team ran the whole way and reached the foot of the mountain in more than 20 minutes.

After reaching the bottom of the mountain, the second to last ox cart was still almost full.

In order to load all the ox carts and leave before dawn, these people worked tirelessly like clockwork.

Even Zhu Dagui, who usually never worked, was sweating profusely, not to mention the others, who were all as tired as dead dogs.

When they saw the black mass of Red Army troops surrounding them, each of them had a gun muzzle in his hand.

These people were all dumbfounded. They were extremely tired and had no time to escape. They just collapsed on the ground.

They only had one thought in their minds: it was all over...

The soldiers stepped forward and restrained them all.

Chief Liu walked up to Zhu Dawang and looked down at him, "What are you doing?"

Zhu Dawang looked annoyed and angry. "I'm digging my own coal. What does it have to do with you?"

When Chief Liu saw him like this, he also got a little angry.

"I said it during the day, this mountain is not yours, and the coal is not yours either. What you did is stealing!"

"Steal it, your grandma! This is my home mountain!"

Anger flashed in Zhu Dawang's eyes, and he began to speak dirty words.

Seeing that this man was stubborn, Chief Liu didn't want to waste any more words with him.

"Send them back to town and keep them under guard. We'll deal with them in the morning!"

After receiving the order, the soldiers escorted these people back to the town and locked them up in a large house of the landlord, with armed soldiers guarding outside.

Zhu Dawang, who was locked in the room, was still shouting and cursing.

"Damn it! Why did you lock us up?!"

"Let me out now! Otherwise, I'll make you suffer!"

At dawn, the soldiers escorted these people to the largest open-air dam in Zhaxi Town.

When the villagers in the town heard the news, they all gathered around.

They wanted to see what kind of punishment this landlord who oppressed his neighbors and did all kinds of evil things would receive!

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