Chapter 2 Chapter Two Hitting the Gun

"Pretending to be confused again, it's not good, Xiao Li, please let him try the 'roasted bear's paw'." Zhang Zui said to Su Zitong, "Bear's paw and bird's nest are delicacies in the world. Company Commander Su, please enjoy them!" Li Ruyou tied Su Zitong's foot to an iron seat, then lit a giant candle, and baked Su Zitong's foot with an open flame... Su Zitong raised his neck and drank a full glass of white wine. After drinking this glass of wine, he was drunk, and once he was drunk, he had the courage to tell the truth.Today, he invited Lieutenant Liang to drink because he had something to say.These words cannot be uttered without the power of wine.

"The defeat of the Kuomintang is set, and no one can bring it back. Old Hong, we are drinking here tonight. After a while, who can guarantee that we can still eat the blood-sauce duck here? Come on, dry it up, there is wine today Drunk today." This is the "Good Brother" box of the "Drunken Spring Breeze" restaurant, which is famous for its special dish "Duck in Blood Sauce".Liang Tianshu took a sip of the wine and said, "You man, you can't keep your mouth shut after drinking - beware of misfortune coming out of your mouth!" "Which one of our brothers is with whom? Are you going to betray me?" Su Zitong asked, "How do you judge the situation of this civil war?"

"I'm not sure, it's hard to say." Liang Tianshu shook his head. "Don't you understand that the Kuomintang has suffered repeated defeats?" Su Zitong seemed a little anxious. "Where did Company Commander Su go with his words? Chief Bai still has hundreds of thousands of regular troops confronting the communist army. It's too early to determine the outcome." "Mr. Bai, he is a grasshopper after autumn. He can't jump a few times. The president knows that the situation is over, so he proposed some kind of 'acting president'. Li Zongren really took it seriously, holding a chicken feather as an arrow. Mr. Bai is from the Gui family. Boss, of course he has to support Lao Li. But can he hold on?"

"Why are you so anxious? Even if Chief Bai really has a day when he can't hold on, after passing through Jiangnan City, there will be their old lair of the Gui Clan." "That's right, our military position here is so important, it would be great if Master Li could understand." "Mr. Li, is he confused?" Liang Tianshu asked back. "I didn't say he was confused, but he was not as clear-headed as Cheng Qian. Cheng Qian was negotiating with the CCP to discuss a peaceful solution. Chief Bai also noticed that he went to Changsha a few days ago to engage in 'Jiangnan defense'——Bai The officer is so smart, he wants to treat Hunan Province as a battlefield, and if he can't win, he slaps his ass and hides in his lair, and the victim is someone else."

"Company Commander Su, you invited me to drink today just to talk about this?" Liang Tianshu looked at Su Zitong expressionlessly. "Yes, not all." Su Zitong looked around, and then said: "For the future of all the brothers and sisters, I advised Master Li several times to prepare early." "what to prepare?" "An uprising—'rebellion,' they say, it's the same thing." "What's Mr. Li's attitude?" Liang Tianshu stared at Su Zitong without blinking. "He didn't respond, and he scolded me. You are his personal adjutant. You have to persuade him more when he is happy. People can't help but say a lot, and it will work. If you don't revolt, we will all be officers. cannon fodder."

"Su Zitong, do you know what you're talking about?" Liang Tianshu glared, and shouted, "If it's not because you're drunk today, you'll have to be handed over to the Gendarmerie!" "Okay, just pretend I'm not drunk and send me to ask for merit." Su Zitong stretched out his hands, as if he was being captured, and looked up at Liang Tianshu. "Bah!" Liang Tianshu slapped the table and stood up, shouting, "Boss, pay the bill!" A chubby boss pushed open the door of the "good brother" box, nodding and bowing with a menu in his hand.

"Liang... Lieutenant Liang, why did you pay for my treat..." Su Zitong was really a little drunk, and his body was a little crooked when he stood up. "Just wait and see, there will be times when you will suffer!" Liang Tianshu paid the bill and walked away. Liang Tianshu came home very late and went to bed soon. When I woke up the next day and remembered what happened last night, I felt that I was a little too much.After all, they are colleagues and friends for many years, and such an attitude will cause pressure on the other party, and even make them feel restless because of it.Liang Tianshu thought that he had to find some time today to explain to Su Zitong, and persuade him to speak carefully, in case the secret agent heard the consequences would be disastrous.After thinking about it, Liang Tianshu went to the bathroom. At this moment, he heard someone calling him outside.He walked outside after he was busy, only to find that it was Jiang Fangxiang, the staff officer on duty.

"Adjutant Liang, do you know where Company Commander Su is?" Jiang Fangxiang looked extremely anxious. "What, didn't Su Zitong come back last night?" Liang Tianshu was taken aback. "Yes, people from the guard company reported to me in the middle of the night yesterday that their company commander had gone drinking with someone and hadn't come back yet. I thought he would come back later, so I didn't care. Did not come back. Lieutenant Liang, I heard that Commander Su invited you to drink..." "Staff Jiang, I was indeed with Company Commander Su last night, and I came back first. You can ask the fat boss of Drunken Spring Breeze for the specific situation." Liang Tianshu added at the end, "If you have any news about him, please tell me. I say."

After Jiang Fangxiang left, Yi Susu complained: "It's too late to hide this kind of thing, you still grab it on your body, I've never seen someone as stupid as you!" "To put it lightly, can this kind of thing be avoided? You can find out when you go to the hotel and ask. Besides, his disappearance has nothing to do with me. If you don't tell the truth, it means that I am hiding something on purpose." Liang Tianshu stared fiercely. The wife took a look, "It's really long hair but short knowledge." Teacher's office. Li Zizhong sat upright, turning a pencil in both hands, listening to Jiang Fangxiang's report.

"The fat boss of Drunken Spring Breeze said that Adjutant Liang went there after ten o'clock in the evening. Company Commander Su sat alone until after eleven o'clock, as if he was drunk." Jiang Fangxiang kept standing at attention when reporting. "What is he arguing with Lieutenant Liang?" Li Zizhong asked. "Companion Commander Su said that the Communist Party is coming soon, and the Kuomintang is doomed. Adjutant Liang disagrees with this point of view. Later, Company Commander Su asked Adjutant Liang to persuade you to make an uprising decision as soon as possible. Adjutant Liang was angry about this matter. gone."

"Stop talking nonsense, where will he go?" "There are two possibilities. One is that he was hit and killed by a car because he was drunk; the other is that this person usually speaks out loud and said some inappropriate words and was noticed by the secret service..." Jiang Fangxiang stopped here. "Before Company Commander Su is found, all kinds of situations may happen. As the saying goes, if you are alive, you must see the corpse. Let's check the source of the corpse first." Li Zizhong ordered. 00 Jiang Fangxiang mobilized all the police and gendarmerie units in Jiangnan City, and found six corpses within one day, but five of them were quickly claimed. Severely damaged and unrecognizable, apparently died after being stabbed in the heart with a dagger, and then hidden in the sewer. The corpse was brought back by Jiang Fangxiang, and some suspicious points were found: Su Zitong was wearing a military uniform when he went out, while the corpse was wearing a black windbreaker. In addition, a gentleman's hat was found at the place where the corpse was dumped. Su Zitong, who was hanging from the roof beam of the interrogation room, was covered in bruises, and he fell asleep at this moment. From this, we can see what kind of mental and physical torture he suffered last night. Li Ruyou, who was in charge of the guard, also sat on a chair and dozed off, unaware of the dreamy saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth. There is no concept of time in this torture room full of various instruments of torture. Usually, prying open the mouth of the person being interrogated is a paragraph.Su Zitong is still hanging from the roof beam, which shows that the interrogation has not yielded any results. Speaking of which, Su Zitong was unlucky enough. Chu Xiangxue had a notebook, which recorded the words and deeds of officers at all levels of the Independent Division. Zhang Zui regarded it as a treasure, and regarded it as the "golden key" to unlock the underground party in the south of the Yangtze River.After researching and analyzing day and night, Zhang Zui finally locked his target on Su Zitong. After the target was locked, Li Ruyou was in charge of monitoring and tracking.Last night Li Ruyou reported to Zhang Zui that Su Zitong was drinking in the "drunk spring breeze".Zhang Zui called Chu Xiangxue to the restaurant, waited outside for a while, and found that Su Zitong's partner had left first—this was the best chance to arrest him! Su Zitong was taken to the torture room in a daze, and after half a night of torture, he realized that someone suspected him of being a Communist.He had a hard time saying it, and if he couldn't hand it over, he would be tortured. The torture tools were taken one by one, and each one made him feel like he had walked through the gate of life and death, so that when he heard Zhang Zui's voice, he got goose bumps all over his body. . The door opened with a bang, and Zhang Zui walked in.Behind him were Chu Xiangxue and Chu Liyan.Hearing the noise, Li Ruyou woke up from the dream immediately. "Zhang, Team Leader Zhang, are you here?" Li Ruyou greeted. "Has he ever woken up?" Zhang Zui asked. "No, he's been sleeping all the time, so he'll enjoy his life." Li Ruyou said, in fact, he himself had been sleeping all the time, and he didn't know if Su Zitong had woken up. "This is not a place to enjoy happiness." Zhang Zui took a spoonful of cold water from the bucket and poured it on Su Zitong's head - Su Zitong shivered and was woken up.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the devil Zhang Zui, "Company Commander Su, are you still comfortable?" "Please, let me die quickly, don't torture me anymore, I already understand what life is better than death!" Su Zitong begged for mercy. "I can't take it anymore? You are so delicate, and there are many delicious instruments of torture. I will let you taste them slowly." Zhang Zui said with a grinning grin. Recruit everything honestly!" "What... do you want me to recruit?" "Pretending to be confused again, it's not good, Xiao Li, please let him try the 'roasted bear's paw'." Zhang Zui said to Su Zitong, "Bear's paw and bird's nest are delicacies in the world. Company Commander Su, please enjoy them!" Li Ruyou tied Su Zitong's foot to an iron seat, then lit a huge candle, and roasted Su Zitong's soles with an open fire... The room was filled with the smell of burnt meat, and Su Zitong was in pain. Beads of sweat protruded from his head, he couldn't bear it anymore, and screamed: "I said, I... said..." "Stop." Zhang Zui stopped Li Ruyou, and nodded at Su Zitong with a sly smile, "You should have said it a long time ago, people, they are so fucking cheap-they always see the coffin and don't cry. You say it." "I am the Communist Party, I have recruited..." "Who is your accomplice?" "Jiang Fangxiang, Liang Tianshu, Qiu Xuehai, and Bai Qiming..." Su Zitong said weakly. "Xiangxue, get ready to record," Zhang Zui asked again, "Who is your superior?" "Li Zizhong is my superior." Zhang Zui frowned, and asked Chu Liyan, "Is his confession reliable?" "Unreliable, he's talking nonsense." Chu Liyan exposed it. "Company Commander Su, don't forget that your roasted bear paws haven't been cooked yet!" Zhang Zui said viciously. "Team Leader Zhang, I am indeed not a Communist Party member. In order not to be punished, I can only make a confession out of nothing... Please, let me die quickly!" Chu Liyan and Zhang Zui exchanged glances, and the two went to the next door to discuss in private. "I don't think Su Zitong is a Communist Party member, so it doesn't make much sense to continue the trial," Chu Liyan said. "did you mean……" "Let him go, and then re-lock the target." Zhang Zui stared at Chu Liyan for a while, then returned to the interrogation room without saying a word.Li Ruyou got up to meet him, and asked, "Group Zhang, do you want to continue the trial?" "You are not the Communist Party. Where do you usually get your failed remarks and pro-Communist ideas?" Zhang Zui approached Su Zitong, his eyes shot a fierce light, "You and I have no grievances or enmity, will I arrest you for no reason?" "What I usually say is what I read from the newspapers. I have been poisoned by the newspapers, and I promise not to read them again in the future." "What newspaper, where did it come from?" "The "Voice of Spring", which specializes in promoting the Communist Party, I don't know who sent it to me through the post office." Zhang Zui was taken aback, feeling that there was a lot to be done behind this matter, and asked, "How many newspapers like this do you have at home?" "I can't remember. There are probably dozens of them. They are all under the bed. I can hand them over." "No need, you stay here. If you talk nonsense, be careful of your skin!" Zhang Zuizhuan said to Chu Liyan, "Notify our insider to go to Company Commander Su's house to get the newspaper." The soldiers of the guard company were practicing, when an officer appeared beside the playground, the deputy company commander Bai Qiming shouted: "Stand at attention—" All the officers and soldiers stood still when they heard the command. Bai Qiming ran to the officer and gave a military salute: "Report to the staff officer, the guard company is practicing, please give instructions!" "Continue to practice!" Staff Officer Qiu also returned a military salute. "Yes!" Bai Qiming made a standard "turn back", and then loudly conveyed the order, "All officers and soldiers of the company continue to drill!" Qiu Xuehai, the staff officer on duty, came to the barracks from the playground, and Bai Qiming followed. "Does Staff Qiu have any instructions?" Bai Qiming asked. "Where is Company Commander Su's house? I want to go in and have a look." Qiu Xuehai said. "Follow me." Bai Qiming led the way. When I came to Su Zitong's room, there was a big iron lock on the door, Qiu Xuehai said to Bai Qiming: "Give me the key, you can go." "The key is in the company headquarters. I'll send the documents right away." Bai Qiming stood at attention, turned around and left. The key was delivered soon. Qiu Xuehai watched the document go away, opened the door, then looked around nervously to make sure no one would come, and then opened the bed—a stack of mimeographed "Spring Voices" was revealed underneath. ... After the newspaper was brought, Zhang Zui ordered Su Zitong to be put down. "As a soldier of the party-state but secretly hiding the newspapers of the Communist Party, do you know what crime this is?" Zhang Zui asked in a cold tone. "I know, it's the crime of collaborating with bandits." Su Zitong muttered. "It's good to know, your matter is over for the time being, and I will come to you again if I have any questions." "Let him go like this? I'm afraid it's wrong?" Chu Xiangxue said, "I went back after being missing for two days, and my back was injured. Wouldn't others ask?" "If someone asks you, do you know how to explain it?" Zhang Zui's voice was always full of indescribable terror. "I know, I know, I got drunk and lost my way, and ran to the mountain in a blind man... The injury on my body was caused by falling on the mountain." "You're very smart, so I didn't teach you in vain." Zhang Zui suddenly grabbed Su Zitong's cheek and said viciously, "You dare to reveal our situation to the outside world, be careful of your life!" "No, I dare not. Team, team leader, I'm leaving." Su Zitong was pushed and staggered. "Wait a minute, I have to send you to the mountains in the suburbs, and then you can walk back slowly from there." Zhang Zui called Su Zitong to stop. "Group leader Zhang, I'll drive him out of the city." Chu Liyan said. "No, leave this matter to them, Xiao Li, come with me." Zhang Zui walked out of the torture room, and Li Ruyou followed closely. "Team Leader Zhang, is there something wrong?" "Send two experienced officers to take Company Commander Su to the suburbs. During this period, no one is allowed to leave the Gendarmerie regiment without my order!" "Commander Chu, please call the cadres above the military police regiment to the regiment headquarters immediately." Zhang Zui returned to his seat and said seriously. "What are you calling them for?" Chu Liyan was puzzled. "You will know when the time comes." Zhang Zui didn't say any more. Chu Liyan, Zhang Zui, and Chu Xiangxue sat at the top of the conference room. Behind them was a wall with portraits of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek and a Kuomintang flag. When all the personnel arrived, the officers were all in a state of anxiety, not knowing what had happened in the rush to summon them. There was no sound in the meeting room, and everyone was sitting upright.Chu Liyan glanced around with eagle-like eyes, and then flipped through a stack of mimeograph materials on the table. "Everyone, there is a reason for inviting you here today. The activities of the underground party in Jiangnan City are very rampant. The newspapers they issued were actually sent to the independent division headquarters through the post office!" There was a commotion in the hall, and the officers whispered to each other. "This is the newspaper that was seized just now!" Zhang Zui held up a copy of "Spring Voice" above his head, "This kind of newspaper is extremely vicious and attacking, slandering the party and the country, and slandering our army's little soldiers on the battlefield. A small defeat is infinitely enlarged... If our officers read this kind of propaganda, they will feel pessimistic about the future, and their beliefs will be shaken... The matter has been put on the table, and I would like to ask you to express your opinions." All of a sudden, the venue exploded, and the officers expressed their views and expressed their opinions one after another.Finally, a long-faced officer stood up and said: "The Communist Party is so arrogant. Their newspapers appeared under our noses, but everyone didn't notice it. For this, I feel ashamed and ashamed for our entire Gendarmerie. The party-state spends so much money Having raised us, we should have the minimum conscience and integrity." "Who is this officer?" Zhang Zui asked Chu Liyan in a low voice. "His name is Shu Xianglin, and he is directly under the company commander." "Commander Shu is right. As a soldier, the first thing is to be worthy of your own conscience and integrity." Zhang Zui took a sip of tea and said, "After listening to everyone's speeches just now, I can see that everyone is still infinitely loyal to the party and the country. , That’s enough! At the same time, some comrades also put forward some practical opinions. Let me summarize them and make the following arrangements—after you go back, mobilize all manpower to monitor the postboxes and delivery points in the area under your jurisdiction day and night, Remember not to be negligent for a second, and not to miss a mailbox! Once a suspicious person is found, it will be sent for interrogation immediately! If there is an omission on someone's site, it will be punished as a joint crime! Do you have any questions?" "Report to Team Leader Zhang." It was still Shu Xianglin who spoke, "The areas that our company is directly in charge of are near the gendarmerie regiment and around the barracks of the independent division. These two sites are small and there are not many mailboxes. I hope the superiors can assign us more difficult tasks. .” "Very well, I was moved by Company Commander Shu's loyalty to the party and the country, so I handed over the most difficult task to the company directly under me - checking all kinds of mails between the Military Police Corps and the Independent Division. Company Commander Shu, what do you think?" "Thank you, Team Leader Zhang, for trusting me. Shu promises to complete the task!" Shu Xianglin gave a military salute. The meeting was adjourned, and the officers were all busy rushing back to carry out their tasks, and there were only three people left in the meeting room. "Leave everything to them. What shall we do?" Chu Liyan was the first to break the silence among the three. "Is Captain Chu afraid of being idle?" Zhang Zuixiao asked. "Uncle, don't forget," Chu Xiangxue imitated Zhang Zui's tone, "Once you find suspicious people, send them for interrogation immediately! They are all doing small things, and we are doing big things." "Team Leader Zhang, my family Xiangxue looks after you in everything, you are so charismatic." Chu Liyan said with a pun. "Really? I didn't feel it." Zhang Zui said. Zhang Zui, Chu Liyan, and Chu Xiangxue were in the regiment headquarters, and nothing happened during the day, but after dark, a police car rang outside, and soon the first battalion sent a suspicious person.According to the surveillance personnel, after dark, this person would sneak around the postbox, and when it was confirmed that no one was there, he would really run to the postbox... Chu Xiangxue and Chu Liyan were responsible for taking the suspect to the torture room, while Zhang Zui remained on duty in the office. When the suspect saw the torture instruments in the room, he was so frightened that he peed his pants on the spot, knelt down and kowtowed like garlic with a "plop". "Sir, I dare not, I will never dare again!" Chu Xiangxue gave a look, Li Ruyou yelled, and the two thugs rushed forward, stripped the suspect's clothes and hung him up, then beat his head and face with a leather strap with a metal buckle, and the whole room was filled with screams like slaughtering a pig. Chu Xiangxue saw that it was almost done, so she stopped. "Sir——no, auntie, I'll recruit, I'll recruit!" Chu Xiangxue nodded to Li Ru, and Li Ruyou opened the notebook to record. "What's your name, where do you live, and how old are you this year?" Chu Xiangxue asked. "My name is Liu Shaoxiong. I live in Yanchi Pond in the south of the city. I am 48 years old." "Who is your superior and when did you join the underground party organization?" "I don't have a superior, and I have more than a dozen subordinates." "So you are the top leader of the Jiangnan underground party organization?" Chu Xiangxue looked at Liu Shaoxiong in surprise. "Yes," Liu Shaoxiong began to feel complacent, "It can be said that I am the first person in Jiangnan City to do this line of work—and I also started this road by accident. Once I found a friend received a letter from home, After opening it, a banknote fell out... It turned out that letters can also be used to send banknotes, so I had an idea, and I came up with the idea of ​​a mailbox... After dark, I pried open the mailbox and took out all the envelopes. Once I got something, the income was much better than my coolie, and this became my profession..." After arguing for a long time, it turned out that a thief was caught, and Chu Xiangxue was greatly disappointed. "Miss Chu, do you still want to continue the trial?" Li Ruyou couldn't write while holding the notebook. "Later I discovered that unstamped stamps can also be sold for money. My life became more prosperous. My friends saw that I was having a good time, so they asked me for advice. I can't listen to flattery. I'm good, I was moved, and I took some apprentices—" "Shut up!" Chu Xiangxue was extremely impatient.At this moment, Zhang Zui also came over. "How is it, have you gained anything?" "A thief, really unlucky." Chu Xiangxue replied. "Team leader, does this thief need to be handed over to the police station?" Li Ruyou closed his notebook and asked. "Lock him up, otherwise the news will leak out. Once the Communist Party finds out, our operation will be in vain." "The team leader is still thoughtful, and his experience is beyond our ability to learn." Li Ruyou said admiringly. Zhang Zui suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Has the comrade who sent Su Zitong come back?" "Report to Team Leader Zhang, I'm back." Ding Yizu got up and replied, "The journey went smoothly, and we didn't leave until we got to the foot of the mountain and watched him climb the mountain for a while." "That's right, you have to be so serious in doing things." Zhang Zui praised. "Leader, there is one more thing I want to report to you. I heard on the way back that because of Su Zitong's disappearance, Li Zizhong looked for people everywhere. He thought he was dead and entrusted the police station to find the source of the body. A total of six corpses were found within the period, five of them were claimed, and only one male corpse was left as an unknown corpse." Ding Yizu reported. "What are the characteristics of this nameless corpse?" Zhang Zui asked. "Wear a black trench coat and a gentleman's hat." Zhang Zui was stunned, and said to Chu Liyan, "Commander Chu, you should immediately negotiate with the police station and try to get the corpse." "Team leader, where is this person locked up?" Ding Yizuo pointed to Liu Shaoxiong and asked. Zhang Zui thought for a while and said, "Let's stay in the confinement room for now." About an hour later, Chu Liyan brought back a corpse from the police station. He told Zhang Zui that luckily he went tonight, the police station had already hired migrant workers, and the corpse would be buried at dawn tomorrow. When Zhang Zui saw the corpse, his heart sank and tears welled up in his eyes... "Team leader, is he Comrade Qi Bailao?" Seeing this, Chu Xiangxue asked in a low voice. Zhang Zui nodded. He suppressed his grief and began to examine the body. He found that the fatal wound was on the left back, and he was killed without any resistance. "Did the Communist Party do it?" Chu Liyan approached and asked. "The Communist Party came after me, and Comrade Qi Bailao took my place...I must dig out the underground party in Jiangnan City and kill them all!" Zhang Zui said through gritted teeth.