Chapter 29 Chapter two

Their car was parked at the gate of the school, a black Volga in particularly good condition.This kind of car is commonly called "Golden Deer", and it was one of the most magnificent cars at that time.Since all the Soviet experts withdrew to the country, well-maintained Volga cars became less and less common. All the cars on the street were Shanghai Phoenix cars and Dongfanghong cars imitating the Volga.Even though Xiao Li is a child soldier, he drives quite well.The car set off from Xinhua Street outside Hepingmen, drove smoothly, and left Beijing in a short while. Cadre Zhao sat in the front row and didn't say a word the whole way.Xiao Li glanced at me in the mirror from time to time, as if he wanted to speak but dared not.I was bored in the back row, feeling a little uneasy in my heart, and regretting not going to the toilet before I left, but I still looked calm on the surface, pretending to watch the dead trees with no branches and leaves passing by one by one .

The car was driving steadily, and the heater was fully turned on. It didn't take long before I fell asleep with my briefcase in my arms. When I woke up again, it was already pitch black outside.I was jolted awake.The road conditions had obviously deteriorated, and the Volga sedan shot out two dim lights, illuminating the bumpy and winding asphalt road ahead.I felt that the car seemed to be going uphill, the engine humming, but the speed couldn't get up.The moonlight and stars were not clear that day, and the shadows of the trees were dancing outside the window. I couldn't see where I was going. There was no movement in the car except for the sound of the engine running and the whistling wind of the heater.Xiao Li's side face reflected the lights of the dashboard, and the green color was a bit scary.

"It's almost here." The cadre surnamed Zhao suddenly said something, which made my hairs stand on end. "Really, it's good to be here soon." I responded perfunctorily, constantly thinking about what kind of barren mountains and mountains I went to. Unexpectedly, Officer Zhao was right.A few minutes later, the Volga car turned a corner, and a bright light suddenly appeared in front of it.It can be vaguely seen that this is a pocket-like terrain, except for an asphalt road that the car drives in, the other three directions are surrounded by high mountains.The three peaks are like a vise holding a piece of dark building in the middle.As the car approached, the towering outer walls and barbed wire fences of the building became clear, four searchlights were strafing back and forth, and there were tall watchtowers at the four corners of the wall—this was clearly a prison!

At that time, I didn't know that this was the Qincheng Prison that became famous all over the world. I just felt a little creepy.A place like a prison looks spooky even in the daytime.When I was young, my family lived outside Deshengmen in Beijing, not far from Gongdelin Prison. The old prison converted from a temple left a lot of horrible shadows in my childhood: "Comrade Zhao... what do we do in prison? "I asked with a trembling voice, quickly reflecting on my recent works, speeches and behaviors in my mind.If this was a secret arrest, then Lao Yan did collude with the police to put on a good show.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, what needs your help this time is to use your historical knowledge to find out doubts in a prisoner's confession when interrogating a prisoner. But be careful not to ask any questions. At the same time, the prisoner is Education, class enemies who lurk very deeply, don't be fooled by his words." Officer Zhao said in a deep voice while sitting in front without turning his head. These words eased my inner tension, but at the same time increased my inner doubts: "Why do interrogators need a history teacher present? ... Oh, Comrade Zhao, is the interrogator a war criminal?" , I suddenly slapped my head.The Gongdelin Prison outside Deshengmen used to detain war criminals from the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek clique. I naturally had such an association.

"It's not. But... there are similarities." Officer Zhao replied after pondering for a moment. At this time, the car drove to the gate of the prison. Xiao Li shook the headlights twice, and the two large black iron doors slowly opened.The Volga drove into the depths of the prison and stopped in front of a row of bungalows. "Here we are, let's go down." Officer Zhao opened the car door and called me. We all got out of the car.I looked around, and this seemed to be the center of the entire prison.Looking around, you can see four three-storey buildings distributed in four corners. The small buildings with green brick sloping roofs have different shapes and elegant architecture. They don't look like prisons, but more like high-end buildings where the chief executive lives.

There are no lighting facilities here, and Officer Zhao turned on a flashlight, and led me to one of the buildings. The exterior wall of this building was painted with the number "204-D".Two guards armed with live ammunition in front of the gate of the building stood to attention and saluted Officer Zhao. Xiao Li immediately stood to attention and returned the salute, but Zhao only waved his hand to signal them to open the gate. "Who are all the people locked up here?" Walking into the door of the building, I found that the long aisle was covered with dark wooden floors, illuminated by electric lights every other section, and the walls were painted blue, which looked clean and dignified.The doubts in my heart were even worse, so I couldn't help asking.

"Shh, don't ask if you shouldn't." Xiao Li kindly gestured to me to speak individually. Officer Zhao led us up the stairs. The stairs and handrails are also made of smooth wood. I don’t know the type of wood, but it definitely doesn’t look cheap. It should be teak, walnut and other precious wood species.There were guards guarding the stairs on every floor, and they all stood up to attention and saluted to Officer Zhao without exception. The one surnamed Zhao still just waved his hand, appearing a bit arrogant.There are only five rooms on the third floor. We walked to the end of the corridor, opened a red wooden door, and walked into a somewhat empty room.The walls of this room are also painted blue, the windows are covered with thick dark blue curtains, and a 60-watt light bulb illuminates the room brightly. A writing desk, a few folding chairs, a desk lamp, an ink bottle, a notebook, an ashtray and teacups on the desk.

Needless to say, this is an interrogation room. "Sit." Officer Zhao pulled out a folding chair and motioned for me to sit behind the desk, "There is a special person in the next room who is responsible for recording, you don't have to write down everything he said, but don't forget your task, you have to be responsible for choosing Find out the loopholes in his statement and expose his sanctimonious mask! Here are paper and pen, if you need anything else, just tell me." "I still don't quite understand, Comrade Zhao, but I will try my best to cooperate." I put the briefcase on my lap and looked at the pen and letter paper on the table. The Song typeface made me feel a little flustered.

Officer Zhao nodded: "Don't be nervous, it's just cooperation. We will complete the interrogation." Without saying a few words, the door opened, and Xiao Li and another guard escorted a prisoner in.The prisoner was dressed in a dark gray denim prison uniform with a cotton pocket over his head, which seemed to be a precaution to prevent him from recognizing the topography of the prison.The two pulled the prisoner into the middle of the room, pushed him down on the armchair, handcuffed the prisoner and the chair together with handcuffs, and then removed the cloth bag covering his face.

"Xiao Li, you guys go out." Officer Zhao pulled off the cap of his pen, squinted his eyes and looked at the middle-aged woman sitting across from him.