Chapter 12 I was arrested at the Nangoucha Temple Fair

On June 2, 1933, the Anding County Committee of the Communist Party of China sent Zhao Fuxiang to convey the instructions of the county party committee, requiring us to hold a 30-day festival between Jiaoyucha and Nangoucha at the Nangoucha Temple Fair on May 13 of the lunar calendar (that is, June 5th). In the area of ​​Huali, slogans were posted and leaflets were distributed to welcome the guerrillas led by the Red Army Qiang Shiqing and Shi Fazhi.After careful consideration, the Party Committee of the North Second District put forward a different opinion: it believed that the newly established secret stronghold was a replenishment station for guerrilla personnel and guns and ammunition. Once exposed, the loss would be unimaginable.But Zhao Fuxiang did not analyze the opinions of the district committee, and severely criticized us, ordering us to resolutely implement the decision of the superior, so the district committee had no choice but to accept this task.There are still 3 days left before the temple fair. We don’t have mimeograph and other equipment, and we don’t know the specific content of the promotion. Zhao said: You overcome the difficulties and solve the equipment by yourself. I don’t know the content of the promotion.

Xue Yurui and I spent two whole nights drafting the draft and copying more than 200 leaflets and slogans with our left hand. On the evening of June 3, I convened a meeting of the group leaders of the four groups to arrange how to distribute leaflets and slogans.It was decided that Xue Zhenchang would lead three teams to be in charge of the section from Fengjiaqu to Jiaoyucha. More than 150 posters and leaflets should be posted and distributed before the third shift on the evening of the 4th; Post and distribute other slogans and leaflets near the temple fair in Nangoucha; Xue Yurui and I are the scribes, so just in case, we will not show up.The specific method was also explained at the meeting, and everyone was asked to pay attention to concealment.

On the evening of the 4th, Xue Yurui and I felt restless and unsure.Because our party members and mutual aid members are poor and farm laborers who have never done this kind of work and lack experience.So we went to He Bingzhang's house together to check how the preparations were going, because the posters had to be put up at night, and to prevent the posters from being turned upside down in the dark, they had to be laid out in advance.When checking everyone's actions to put up slogans, I feel that they are more than brave, inexperienced, and prone to loopholes, which will cause unimaginable consequences.Xue Yurui and I resolutely decided that we should post the slogans in the temple fair square.

The temple fair in Nangoucha was very lively, and people from dozens of miles away, old and young, came to participate.Merchants also flock to make money.Gamblers, hooligans, soldiers, bandits, let alone this profitable opportunity to make a fortune. Xue Yurui and I separated our jobs, and he took advantage of his previous position as the district mayor to monitor the actions of the militia at the gate of the district government.I went to the east side of the temple fair stage to post slogans.The stage of the Nangoucha Temple Fair sits south to north, with rivers on its west, south and north sides, and mountains on its east side.The stage was built on a high ground, and people from all over the world gathered here.Only the east wall is a good place to put slogans.Initially, everything went well.Unexpectedly, when Xue Yurui couldn't bear to go to the toilet, two regiment members rushed in suddenly. When they saw the slogan on the wall, they yelled and tore it down desperately. When they saw me standing there, they asked: "Mr. What are you doing here?" I was taken aback for a moment, then calmed down and said, "Relieve!" Before I could finish speaking, the two of them rushed to the district office, presumably to report to their superiors.Fortunately, they both went.

I seized the opportunity and immediately took off my black coat, which was the white clothes I often wear. I quickly distributed the leaflets that I didn't have time to post to the dense crowd. The shadow puppet show of "Havoc with Heavenly Officials" came. After a while, Zhe Keda, head of the militia group in Anding County, and Lei Zhifu, head of the enemy district, surrounded the theater with 70 or 80 regiments armed with live ammunition, blocked all entrances and exits, threatened the masses not to move around, and wanted to arrest the Communist Party.In order to avoid exposing other comrades and harming innocent people, I took the initiative to stand up. More than a dozen regiments swarmed up and took me into the office of the district office.