Episode 72 Where is the stick? Or the East Factory?
Episode 72 Where the rod sticks? Or the East Factory?
The backyard of the People's Guard Headquarters is a temporary prison, where important suspects are detained and interrogated. The People's Guard does not care about criminal cases or economic cases, but only political cases. The "political cases" of the Ming Dynasty and those of the Beiqing Dynasty
"Political cases" are basically not the same thing. They do not involve the field of "ideology" or "speech" at all, but only involve the field of "action". They are mainly espionage cases, treason cases and the like.
Now, in the interrogation room of the temporary prison, there is a new guest. A girl with a delicate appearance who is as scared as a little white rabbit.
Bai Xiaoman was pressed into a chair, crying and trembling as he looked at his surroundings.
The four walls are gray cement walls, the lower half is painted with light green paint, and the feet are terrazzo floor tiles. In front is an iron-gray narrow door with only a small window opening. Next to the iron door, there is a wooden door covered with
Thick rubber, leather, etc., seems to be a soundproof door.
In the back, there is only a narrow rear window, and through a few thick iron fences, you can see the green lawn in the backyard.
A little female soldier stood by the back window with her arms folded, staring at her fiercely. Seeing Bai Xiaoman looking out the window pitifully, she shouted:
"What are you looking at!"
As soon as he reached out, he closed the thick black curtains with a hula. The room suddenly became dark.
Bai Xiaoman was startled, turned around crying and looked at the female officer in front of him.
There was a table in front of him. On the table were several documents, a pile of paper, a lamp, an ink bottle, and a quill. A female officer, a captain, was sitting behind the table, staring at her expressionlessly.
This female captain is a fat woman in her forties. She also wears a People's Guard collar badge. She has a cold face, looking like an old brothel madam. Every piece of flesh on her face exudes "If you don't know how to behave, I will not die."
you” feeling.
The cold fat woman stretched out her hand to turn on the desk lamp, and a bright corner suddenly appeared in the dark room. But she moved the lampshade again, letting the dazzling light shine on Bai Xiaoman's face.
For a moment, Bai Xiaoman could see nothing but the bright light bulb.
She subconsciously used her hands to block it, but behind the bright light, the "Old Madam" spoke in a long voice:
"Hand... take it down... um, by the way, don't block it."
Bai Xiaoman finally cried "Wow". But she didn't dare to cry loudly. After crying twice, she was still trembling and sobbing softly, but she no longer dared to block the bright light in front of her.
"I...I want to go home..." she cried inconsolably, "I...I want to see Sister Xiuxiu...she...she said she would take care of me...she said she would not let anyone abuse me.
…She is my boyfriend’s sister…”
The fat woman behind the bright light sneered:
"Sister Xiuxiu? Haha... don't miss you, sister Xiuxiu. Shangxiu is implicated by you and your boyfriend, and now she can't protect herself. Not to mention that you can't see him, even Xiang Xiaoqiang can't see her now.
.The place where she is staying now may be worse than yours...Little girl, when you enter here, you must have a clear mind. This is not your home."
When Bai Xiaoman heard this, his lips turned blue with fright and his whole body trembled.
At the end of the corridor outside the door, a dry howl suddenly came in, and it was extremely miserable. It was a man's voice.
Bai Xiaoman couldn't bear it anymore and started crying again.
…
On the other side of the soundproof door is a small office. Xiuxiu is leaning on a comfortable sofa, holding a cup of tea and drinking slowly, frowning, listening intently to the conversation on the small loudspeaker.
Her two confidants, who were also the original "Grasshopper" sisters, Second Lieutenant Li Wenmei and Second Lieutenant Qin Shuang'er, were sitting on the sofa next to them. One of them was listening with his head stretched out, and the other was looking down at this page.
From the interrogation files of other people in the spy network, an important one is always picked out and placed in front of Xiuxiu.
When Bai Xiaoman cried and said, "I want to see Sister Xiuxiu... She said she would take care of me... She is my boyfriend's sister," Xiuxiu's brows couldn't help but frown even more tightly, "Huh
"With a sound, he put the tea cup down hard.
Next to her, Li Wenmei was startled and quickly picked up the speaker. Qin Shuang'er quickly took the rag and wiped the tea on the table.
After hearing the answer from the interrogating female captain, Xiuxiu seemed a little more satisfied, said "hmm" and nodded.
But there was little progress in the interrogation that followed. After being asked several times, Bai Xiaoman had the same reaction: he was shocked and frightened, crying like a little white rabbit, but he insisted that he was the daughter of the vice president of Ford, and his name was
Bai Xiaoman. As for spies or something, I don’t know.
Xiuxiu was thoughtful, and suddenly reached out and pressed a button on the table.
In the interrogation room next door, on the desk of the female captain, a small red light flickered silently.
The female captain coughed majestically and made a gesture to tell the female soldier to keep an eye on Bai Xiaoman. Then she stood up and entered the next room through the soundproof door.
When she came in and saw Xiuxiu, she immediately put away her majesty, her face became less sinister, and she smiled warmly:
"Adjutant Shang!"
After all, Xiu Xiu’s military rank was one level lower than hers. She stood up and said with a smile:
"Sister Sun, thank you for your hard work. Sit down quickly."
Captain Sun diligently came over and sat on the sofa opposite Xiu Xiu, listening to Xiu Xiu's instructions.
Xiuxiu pondered and said:
"Sister Sun, you have been responsible for uncovering this spy network. I have been following the adults, and I am not as familiar with this specific case as you are... Well, that Zhou Kesheng... is the young man who mentioned my family from you at noon.
, currently he is the only confession implicating Bai Xiaoman. Where are he and this Bai Xiaoman...in the spy network? What is the relationship between them? "
Captain Sun said quickly:
"Zhou Kesheng was still on the list at Pukou Stick Office. He came in during the 'clean-up operation' the day before the war. Bai Xiaoman, the spy, was recently revealed by him. His status in the spy network
Very low, I was just ordered to meet Bai Xiaoman a few times, and he didn’t know Bai Xiaoman’s real name... The main task is to convey the instructions for Bai Xiaoman to get close to... well, get close to your brother, and to teach him how to
approach, let
She pretended to be the daughter of the vice president of Ford... Also, she gave her some information about your family, mainly about your brother, what he likes, what his habits are, etc. And... and about you, Adjutant Shang.
Information, your... your origin, what you like, what you don't like... and your mother's information, and our adults' information... these are all used to help her get closer to your brother...
"
Xiu Xiu was very unhappy when she heard this. Especially when her origin was mentioned, which was something Xiu Xiu was most taboo about. Xiu Xiu could imagine how detailed the so-called "information" was at that time. There was a sense of being stripped naked.
It gives me the humiliation of being watched by others. Moreover, it is watched by enemies.
But she did not interrupt Captain Sun, but listened calmly.
"Don't waste any more time," Xiu Xiu said lightly, "She won't tell the truth for a while, so use some tricks."
"Oh...ok."
After hearing Xiuxiu's instruction to torture, Captain Sun agreed and was about to get up. Xiuxiu stopped her again.
"Wait a minute, Sister Sun," Xiu Xiu hesitated and said, "Well, she...she looks very weak, so I'm afraid she doesn't need anything heavy. Let's get something light first."
"Oh...ok."
Captain Sun looked at Xiuxiu and thought that what the little girl said, "Sister Xiuxiu will take care of me," was probably true.
Xiu Xiu immediately saw what she was thinking. She immediately said:
"Sister Sun, don't get me wrong. What I mean is that we have to be mentally prepared that she is really Miss Ford. After all, she was so frightened that she never changed her words. If we torture her, what if she is...
Really, then we will be very passive when negotiating later... So, let’s use some small means first.”
Captain Sun rolled his eyes dubiously, then smiled and said:
"Then...Adjutant Shang, if you are worried that she is really a lady from Ford Company, it is easy to verify this. Can we just send someone to Daming Ford Company to check it out?"
Xiuxiu also glanced at her and smiled:
"If we find out, what if she is the Miss Ford Company? She can't run away from the espionage case anyway. Otherwise, how could she, the dignified eldest daughter of Ford's vice president, the niece of a U.S. Senator, and my brother's girlfriend, meet Zhou Kesheng?
So scared? If she was innocent, she shouldn't have cried and asked to see me just now, but should have asked to see a lawyer in a domineering manner."
"Oh, yes, I understand."
"We don't know her identity, so we can still use some means against her. If we check and find out that she is Ford's lady, what should we do? Use means or not?"
"Well, that's right, that's what happened."
Xiuxiu also nodded, indicating that she could pass.
Captain Sun guessed that Xiuxiu was interested in taking care of this "sister-in-law", and he became angry because of the mention of her family background, so he wanted to give her a little trick, saying that "she might really be a Miss Ford Company" was just rhetoric.
She turned around and entered the interrogation room door again.
…
Captain Sun chose the lightest "little trick", clipping a pencil.
This small method is the least painful, will not leave any scars, and is the most convenient to operate. Generally, it is not considered the concept of "torture" and is only used to deal with some suspects with extremely weak willpower. Because those with a little bit of willpower
, are all holding up.
Captain Sun sat back behind the desk, and then gave instructions to the little female soldier. The little female soldier immediately came over, took out a pencil from the pen holder, grabbed Bai Xiaoman's hand, and clamped the pencil between her index and middle fingers.
between them, then hold these two fingers, pinch the middle with a little force, and shout at the same time:
"Say or not?"
Bai Xiaoman screamed in pain and burst into tears: "Wow!"
"Ah...it hurts...please spare me...I don't dare anymore...I said...I will say anything..."
Next door, Xiuxiu was leaning on the sofa, holding the tea cup again and drinking. When she heard Bai Xiaoman's cry from the speaker, she shook her head and smiled, saying in her heart:
Ziyu, Ziyu... you silly boy... I can take care of this girl enough... Look, it's just this little moment, and everything will be fine next...
But the next sound made her sit up and open her mouth.
Bai Xiaoman's cry came from the loudspeaker:
"...I don't dare anymore...I was deceived by them. They said it was just an exam...I would be allowed to enter the East Factory after passing the exam, ugh..."
Captain Sun over there was obviously surprised and asked immediately:
"What exam? What Dongchang? Who are they?"
Bai Xiaoman sobbed so hard that he could hardly breathe and said intermittently:
"They said... they said they had been observing me for a long time, and they said that among radio operators, I was the most suitable to be an intelligence agent, and no one else was as good as me... They said they would give me an exam, and if I passed it, after graduation... after graduation
Just go directly to the East Factory and work as an intelligence agent... ugh..."
Captain Sun then asked:
"What exam?"
Bai Xiaoman cried:
"The exam...the exam is...getting closer to Ye Ziyu, getting closer to Sister Xiuxiu...getting closer to Master Xiang..."
"Then what?"
"Then...then even if I pass the exam, I won't be allowed to work anymore, and they will sign a contract for me. After graduation, I will join the Daming East Factory..."
Captain Sun was quiet for a moment, and then asked again:
"Who are you talking about 'them'?"
"The...people...personnel officer from Dongchang..."
Xiuxiu next door was so surprised that she almost fainted. She murmured:
"No...how could it be Dongchang?"
She said in her heart: If Dongchang wants to seize control of our family...then why was it a Beiqing spy who contacted her before? Zhou Kesheng...that was a Beiqing spy. He himself admitted that the list at Pukou Sticking Office was
On it, his name is also written in black and white!
...Could he be a double agent from Dongchang?
Xiuxiu immediately ordered:
"Bring me all the information on Zhou Kesheng! The most important thing is the information before his arrest! And all the interrogation records after his arrest!"
The two close friends around me also saw the seriousness of the problem and were very solemn. They immediately got up and went out to look for it.
Sure enough, Captain Sun next door also raised the same question:
"Bai Xiaoman, you need to know the seriousness of what you are saying now. You said that Dongchang instigated you, so why is your supervisor a spy from the Northern Qing Dynasty? You said that he is the personnel officer of Dongchang. What evidence do you have?
Have you been to Dongchang with him?"
Bai Xiaoman cried:
"No... I don't know either... Don't blame me... He didn't take me there... I always thought he was from Dongchang..."
Xiuxiu listened and breathed a sigh of relief. Listening to this, Zhou Kesheng should not be from Dongchang, but a spy from the Northern Qing Dynasty. But he was smart enough to pretend to be the personnel officer of Dongchang and went to mainland China to recruit ignorant people who had dreams of spies.
A young girl, then seduced her younger brother, broke into her own family, and then placed a high-quality "super spy" in the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty...
However, Bai Xiaoman's next cry overturned Xiuxiu's hypothesis:
"...Later, I felt something was wrong. I felt that this was not like an exam, but that I was asked to marry into Mr. Xiang's family and work as a spy...I got scared and didn't want to do it anymore...Then he didn't say anything.
The sky didn't show up... Then one day in early October, people were arrested everywhere in Nanjing City, and then the war started the next day... Then for a long time, he didn't come to me... Then another person came from Dongchang,
Said I must marry as soon as possible
Xiangfu, otherwise he will arrest me... I asked why, and he said that I had committed espionage... The person who contacted me before was not a personnel officer, but a spy from the Northern Qing Dynasty... He also took out many photos
, they were all photos of the two of us meeting... They said that if I didn't marry Ye Yeyu, they would arrest me and then charge me with espionage and sentence me... They also said that it would be useless even if I went to court to explain, because no one would believe what I made up.
Story...woo..."
Captain Sun was stunned for a moment, and then asked:
"Why didn't you say these words when you first came in?"
"I...I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of?"
Bai Xiaoman sobbed:
"They said... they would kill my father... and my mother..."
Captain Sun was startled and immediately asked:
"Then are you the daughter of the vice president of Ford?"
Bai Xiaoman cried loudly:
"Yes! I am! I always said it was! Oh..."
…
Next to the speaker next door, Xiuxiu was stunned.
Could it be that this is a naive wealthy daughter with a romantic spy dream who is being taken advantage of... If so, then who is taking advantage of her?