The train driver in the courtyard

Before liberation, the situation was chaotic.

There are many beards even near the capital.

In those days, once people went out, they were first worried about being snatched by their beards on the road.

and so.

As soon as they go to a remote trail, the children of rich families have to be escorted by police or servants to go to school.

The shopkeeper doesn't go out easily and entrusts his assistants to handle everything.

Huzi called the robbery "Bieliangzi" and "Ka Daxian".

A large gang of bearded men set up traffic jams on the road and robbed them of money.

Give others a reason to collect tolls.

They were so polite.

Mustaches are less polite.

They lurk in the woods and sorghum fields along the roadside, waiting for pedestrians to suddenly jump out when they pass by.

Because they are afraid of pedestrians' resistance, they often resort to the "sap" method of robbery, and hoe off the pedestrian's head with a hammer.

There is also a kind of beard that is even more fierce.

They have several guns in their hands and specialize in robbing homes and kidnapping people.

Ordinary people often take their wives to farm happily, but in the blink of an eye, their wives are kidnapped by others.

Therefore, a day without a beard is a good day.

It's just that the incision of Hong Tao'er seems to be a little different from that of Northeastern Tao'er.

Li Aiguo got straight to the point: "Please introduce the situation of Zhao Youcai and Liu Cuihua."

Hong Tao'er bit her lip and whispered: "Zhao Youcai used to be a leading soldier in the Shanxi-Sui Army, and after he escaped, he brought the musket back with him.

In the 1930s, life was difficult for us, and many people in the village starved to death.

Seeing that he could no longer survive, Zhao Youcai called on a few young men in the village to form a team and become beards.

The main thing is to kidnap people and ask for ransom from their families.

Sai Yinghua was the concubine of a wealthy businessman in the capital. Zhao Youcai took over the Guanyin ticket (a ticket for kidnapping a girl) and beat Chuanzi for 500 yuan. "

Li Aiguo took a breath, Zhao Youcai had a big appetite.

This five hundred yuan is an ocean.

Money was worth a lot back then.

A farmer can only earn one to twenty yuan after working hard for a year.

One ocean is equivalent to about 300 yuan today, and 500 yuan is 150,000 yuan.

Enough.

At this time, Hongtaoer raised her head and looked at Li Aiguo uneasily.

"You continue." Li Aiguo came to his senses and nodded towards her.

Hong Tao'er seemed to be encouraged, she was no longer so nervous, and her voice became much calmer.

"The wealthy businessman has seven or eight concubines, and there is no shortage of Sai Jinhua.

Besides, at that time, a rural girl could buy one for ten yuan.

The wealthy businessman was so cruel that he refused to redeem his money.

Zhao Youcai said that he couldn't make money by raising a meat ticket, so he might as well just break it up.

Sai Yinghua said that she had learned shooting from the nursing school and could use a box cannon, and she was willing to be Zhao Youcai's wife.

She was quite pretty, and her eyes were so alluring, so Zhao Youcai gave up the idea of ​​breaking up the relationship and followed her into the bridal chamber that night.

After Sai Yinghua became the wife of Yazhai, she soon became the second shopkeeper, and she was good at killing people and setting fires.

The security team at that time were all cowards.

As soon as a shot was fired, they would be frightened and flee.

Relying on kidnapping, we lived a good life for several years.

At that time, Zhao Youcai often sang a song called "Being a thieves, you will be more happy, riding a big horse, drinking wine, and eating cakes with women in your arms".

Because Zhao Youcai and I were from the same village and could also use guns, so he forced me to be his little boy.

I originally disagreed.

But Zhao Youcai said that I already had a beard.

If you don't follow him, he will notify the security team and put my mother in jail.

I had no choice but to follow him.

later.

After liberation, Zhao Youcai originally wanted to do a few more things, but as soon as he made the move, he was discovered by the army and lost more than a dozen brothers.

Zhao Youcai saw that something was not right, so he found a "bottom seller" who was a leader of the commune in the city and used two small yellow croakers to change his identity. "

The words fell.

Li Aiguo asked: "[The one who sells the bottom] should be the one who leads the way among the beards, right?"

"Yeah, Driver Li, you even know this." Hong Tao'er said with wide eyes: "Zhao Youcai wants to determine the kidnapping target, and he needs someone to lead the way. Most of these people join the gang temporarily and are called [bottom sellers] .”

Li Aiguo once heard Dakui tell these allusions.

In the beard gangs in Beijing before liberation, the boss was called the big boss and the second in command was called the second boss.

Since it is a gang, there is a division of labor.

Some people are responsible for purchasing guns and ammunition, while others are responsible for selling stolen goods and liaising with outsiders.

The big boss selects the target based on the information provided by [the bottom seller].

When the day of action comes, someone will be responsible for standing guard outside, that is, [to hold the flood].

Others armed with long and short guns and large knives kicked open the door, threatened the family with guns, and then kidnapped one or two people for ransom.

If they meet someone who raises livestock, they will take away one or two animals so that they can sell them to make money and satisfy their meat addiction.

After the meat tickets are kidnapped, the "ticket watchers" are responsible for taking care of them.

After the meat ticket family sends money, the big boss will distribute the money to his men's beards according to the rules.

If no one sends money, then we can only vote.

"What are you doing inside?" Li Aiguo asked.

Hong Tao'er lowered her head: "I am timid, so I can only [bet on the big water]."

She raised her head and said in a panic: "Driver Li, don't worry, I have never killed anyone. In fact, I have saved people!"

"Huh?" Li Aiguo's eyes narrowed.

"That was in 1935.

Zhao Youcai brought more than a dozen gangsters to Tongjiaying.

They were going to kidnap Landlord Tong’s family members, but the Tong family had already received the news.

There were more than a dozen gunmen ambushed in the compound. Zhao Youcai was stunned and ran away quickly.

The person who sold the bottom was directly beaten to death.

Two bearded men were hit by steel eggs in their stomachs and died on the way.

Zhao Youcai suffered a big loss. On his way back to Pangezhuang, he robbed Huangzhuang next door, got two cows, a dozen big roosters, and tied up a little girl from the Huang family.

Zhao Youcai originally wanted to exchange the little girl for fifty yuan.

But the Huang family felt that Miss Huang would be ruined if she entered the Beard's Nest.

Even if she redeems her, she can't get married, so she has no intention of paying for it at all.

The ticket was thrown into his hands and Zhao Youcai suffered a big loss. He immediately decided to establish his power and chose a good day to kill Miss Huang.

Fortunately, the security group began to suppress bandits on a large scale at that time, and Zhao Youcai could only take his men to the living kiln to take shelter.

I took advantage of the chaos to let the girl go. "

Li Aiguo recorded this in his notebook.

This is easy to prove.

As long as you send someone to Huangzhuang to inquire, you will know whether Hong Taoer has saved anyone.

Li Aiguo then asked twice more, going back and forth.

After confirming that Hongtaoer's confession was correct, he stood up, looked at Village Chief Wei and said, "Comrade Village Chief, now we can arrest people."

"Arrest someone? Arrest who?" Village Chief Wei looked confused.

Li Aiguo said: "Of course Old Man Liu and Aunt Liu."

"." Village Chief Wei showed a horrified look, and his eyes could not stop being shocked.

"Are they Zhao Youcai and Sai Yinghua?"

"No, that's impossible. Old Man Liu is a good man. He is a salesman in a supply and marketing cooperative, and his life is easy. He never refuses anyone who borrows some rice or noodles."

"How could such a person do such crazy things?"

Li Aiguo looked at Hongtaoer: "Tell the village chief."

Hong Tao'er lowered her head and said: "Village chief, they are just Huzi. After liberation, I originally wanted to find a good family to marry, but they found me again and asked me to pretend to be a woman who suffered a disaster and come to the village."

Witnesses confirmed that Village Chief Wei still found it unbelievable.

"Aunt Liu was at my house yesterday, sewing quilts for my daughter. How can she be a bad person?"

In fact, it cannot be said that Village Chief Wei is less vigilant.

But the beards near the capital are not professional beards themselves, and there are no professional copycats.

They gather because of profit and disperse because of profit.

Like Zhao Youcai, who is usually an old farmer in Pangezhuang. Only when he finds the target will he gather his troops.

After doing a job, they were divided into "red cabinets" according to their property, long guns were hidden, and short guns were carried.

We agreed on a time and place for the next gathering and went our separate ways.

When those who had families and families returned home, they said they were going to do business and would come back to rest for half a year.

Those who have no home visit relatives and friends, and those who really have nowhere to go go to a big car shop.

Such people are no different from ordinary people.

Unless someone snitches on you or makes a drunken gaffe, you will "fall off".

The villagers are simple by nature and it is easy to be fooled by them.

This is also the real reason why Li Aiguo suppressed his anxiety and spent so much time interrogating Hong Taoer.

Watching Village Chief Wei walking around with a horrified expression.

Li Aiguo said with a cold face: "Village chief, Zhao Youcai and Sai Yinghua may not know that Hong Taoer has lost their hands yet. You should immediately organize a militia and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to arrest them."

His tone was stiff, even a little commanding, but Village Chief Wei didn't think there was anything wrong.

He woke up with a start and slapped his head hard.

"Driver Li, don't worry, we will never let the bad guys escape!"

After finishing his words, Village Chief Wei hesitated again.

"Driver Li, do you need to report this matter to Public Security Officer Zhou immediately?"

"Public security officer?"

Li Aiguo was stunned for a moment and then understood.

In these years, grassroots police stations have not yet become popular, especially in vast rural areas, where there are basically no police stations.

After all, Weizhuang Commune has a small population and a small area, so the superiors only appointed one special commissioner to manage the public security of the commune.

Public Security Officer Zhou should be the special public security commissioner of Weizhuang Commune.

"Where are the police officers now?"

"I don't know. Generally speaking, public security officers patrol every village on their bicycles every day."

Seeing Li Aiguo's anxious expression, Village Chief Wei lowered his voice and said, "Public Security Officer Zhou has a bad temper. Let's arrest him. If we don't tell him, he will probably get into trouble."

Li Aiguo raised his wrist to look at the time.

It had been half an hour since Hongtaoer sent Zhutao to Zhutao, so Zhao Youcai might have noticed the leak.

Can't wait any longer.

"Village chief, send someone to notify Public Security Officer Zhou. Let's take action immediately!" Li Aiguo said bluntly: "The longer it takes, the more likely it is that Zhao Youcai will escape." Wang stuttered and said anxiously: "Village chief, Public Security Officer Zhou will take the blame, and I will bear the responsibility!"

"What are you talking about? This is our Weijiazhuang's business. Even if the sky falls, I, the village chief, have to carry it."

It was nine o'clock in the morning.

The members of Wei Zhuang are working in the field to the east under the leadership of the production team leader.

Under the golden sunshine, in the sorghum field, the sorghum stalks swayed with heavy ears, as if telling the joy of harvest.

The sickle shone coldly in the sun, and with a slight wave, the sorghum fell.

Accompanied by the sound of cutting ears, pieces of sorghum fell down and spread neatly across the fields.

The commune members wore straw hats and coarse cloth clothes, holding sickles in their hands, and worked hard.

Their faces were filled with satisfaction and pride, and sweat fell from their foreheads and fell into the soil, turning into pieces of crystal.

This was the first year since the establishment of Weizhuang Commune, and it had a great harvest, which was a good start.

The atmosphere was warm.

"Dang-dang-dang, Dang-dang, Dang-dang-dang, Dang-dang."

Someone knocked the plowshare on the big tree at the entrance of the village.

The crisp sound was like the sound of a shutter, and the harvest scene was frozen in the photo.

The members stopped their hands one after another and froze on the spot.

"Are you eating again? It's not time to eat yet." The little-footed old lady of the Huang family squatting on the ground muttered softly.

The members also thought the bell sounded a bit strange, but they couldn't explain why.

Production team leader Wei Dazhu was stunned for a moment, his expression condensed, he threw away the brand new enamel jar and picked up a hoe.

He yelled: "The bells are ringing three times long and two short. Dieter has entered the village. Arrest Dieter!"

The bells in Weizhuang are very particular.

There are meal bells for meals, and meeting bells for meetings.

A while ago, Village Chief Wei came back from a meeting in the town, and there was another bell ringing in the village to arrest Dieter.

"Catch Dieter, catch Dieter!"

The members suddenly became nervous and rushed towards the grinding yard to the east.

Village entrance.

When Li Aiguo saw the militia captain Wang stuttering and banging the plowshare, he originally thought something was wrong.

It stands to reason.

To catch such a person, we should do it quietly rather than using a gun.

But then I thought that the militias in the communes in these days all used group warfare.

But through this operation, we can also conduct a training for the commune members, so we just let it go.

When Li Aiguo came to the grinding field with his big May 4 in hand, he found that all the young people in the village were here.

Some are holding hoes, some are holding sticks, some are holding shovels, some are holding sickles, some are holding spoons, and some women are holding spatulas in their hands...

Even the two little-footed old ladies from the Huang family were standing in the queue with brooms in their hands.

Li Aiguo didn't see the militiamen holding spears. He frowned and looked at Village Chief Wei: "Village Chief, where are the militiamen in your village?"

"The militiamen are just like Wang Stuttering." Village Chief Old Wei said.

"He's the captain!"

"Yes, he is the captain and a member of the team."

Village chief Lao Wei also realized the problem and said sheepishly: "Didn't our commune just be established? The focus is on production, and the militia has not yet been formed."

"But don't worry, it won't delay things, because we have a hunting team in our village."

While they were talking, seven or eight middle-aged men rushed over.

They carried shotguns on their shoulders, with strong muscles and deep and alert eyes. They looked like old hunters.

Only then did Li Aiguo feel relieved.

He cherishes his life very much.

With this group of old hunters, Zhao Youcai would not be able to escape even if he had wings.

Seeing everyone gathered, Wang Stutter was anxious to make a contribution to his wife. Without waiting for the village chief to say a word, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Grab Dieter, Old Man Liu and Aunt Liu in the supply and marketing cooperative are bad people. Let's, let's, let's do it right away." Catch them. Go, go, go.”

After saying that, Wang Stutter picked up a spear and rushed out.

Although the club members didn't know why Old Man Liu and Aunt Liu were bad people, they still followed them swarm.

Wuyang Wuyang, all over the mountains and plains, is almost like the legendary stragglers.

Li Aiguo did not underestimate these members. Many Dieters fell into their hands these days.

The crowd crowded to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The door of the supply and marketing cooperative is tightly closed.

"Go, go, go!"

Wang Stutter didn't brake at all and hit the wooden door directly. The heavy wooden door shook but did not open.

It was obvious that someone had penetrated her inside.

Li Aiguo saw that the window next to him seemed to be open, and he was about to take someone in through the window.

"Bump, bump, bump!"

Wang Stuttering had already yelled, called seven or eight young men, and crowded towards the gate.

"Bang!"

The wooden door made of jujube was originally very strong, but even the door shaft was broken. There was a bang and it fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Li Aiguo gave a thumbs up in his heart, this is the power of the masses.

"So, so, so!"

When Wang Stutter saw the door open, he rushed in without any hesitation with the seven or eight old hunters, followed closely by the members.

The two old ladies with little feet in the Huang family were very mean, standing outside the door with brooms in their hands.

Although they did not join the charge with the members, they bravely guarded the door to prevent Dieter from flying, so they were considered to be on the front line.

When Dieter was caught and went to town to report his crime, they were also involved!

Li Aiguo stood outside with his hands in his arms, looking indifferent, which made Village Chief Wei feel that something was wrong.

"Driver Li, won't you go in and search?"

Li Aiguo sighed: "With such a big movement, people would probably have run away long ago."

"."

Village Chief Wei was a little embarrassed and said, "Everyone just wants to be happy."

Li Aiguo understood, so he didn't say much and began to figure out how to search later.

Zhao Youcai probably escaped after hearing the sound of the bell.

There is less than twenty minutes left from now, and I can't run even if I want to.

and.

No matter where you go these days, you need roads.

Village Chief Wei said: "Driver Li, don't worry.

A while ago, all the villages near us held a meeting.

According to the unified regulations, if you find a stranger coming to our village and looking around furtively, you must come forward and question him;

If you suspect it belongs to Dieter, keep an eye on him and find a way to report it to the team immediately.

If he dares to run away, it will be even more suspicious. Just shout: "Catch Dieter!" When everyone hears the shout, they should get up and catch him immediately.

No matter if he is Dieter or not, arrest him first!

Old man Liu never leaves the village on weekdays. He has no relatives nearby and cannot run far. "

Hear the words.

Li Aiguo felt deeply that the commune's arrest of Dieter was a different approach from Lao Mao's.

The old cat relies on its personal ability and must avoid disturbing the other party and then catch the other party by surprise.

The commune relied on mobilizing the masses, which seemed to work wonders with great force.

No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives. No matter how powerful you Dieter is, you can only be captured when surrounded by hundreds of people.

There is no difference between the two methods which is better or worse, they are just chosen according to different situations.

Thinking of this, Li Aiguo felt that he had underestimated Village Chief Wei just now.

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"My name is Zhou Tiechui, ahem, no, my real name is Public Security Officer Zhou.

It was originally a skilled worker in a forging workshop.

With a dream in mind, he passed five levels and defeated six generals, passed the selection, and joined the team in 1954.

Become a glorious rural correspondent. "

"The work I do in the day sounds very high-level, maintaining public security in the countryside and protecting people's safety, but in fact it only deals with trivial matters."

"The cows from the Dongjia Commune ate the grass from the Xijia Commune, and the Zhang family's daughter-in-law scolded her husband for picking off the ashes."

"But I don't complain. Opportunities will always come to those who are prepared. Steel can always be forged into a hammer. As long as I persist, I can always solve major cases."

"And now I am handling a major case in Mazhuang."

There were many old ladies and young wives gathered around the fields to the east of Mazhuang.

A middle-aged man in a tan uniform tied his bicycle to the ridge of the field and strode over.

He carried a box of cannons on his waist and wore yellow rubber shoes on his feet. Compared with the ladies in soap blue gowns, he looked particularly majestic and solemn.

"What's going on! There was trouble early in the morning. Believe it or not, I will beat you to death!"

The mighty voice sounded, and the crowd looked at Public Security Officer Zhou with fearful eyes and moved out of the way.

In the center of the crowd.

Two gray-haired old ladies, one holding a wheat chaff and the other a wire rake, were both well-equipped.

The two of them were looking at each other with angry faces.

There was a pile of scattered sorghum stalks at their feet.

When the Mazhuang production team leader saw Public Security Officer Zhou approaching, he quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled one out and handed it to him.

"Public Security Zhou, I didn't expect to alarm you. Here's one."

"Uncle Ma, you know our discipline. Don't take advantage of the masses."

Public security officer Zhou pushed away the production team leader's hand, looked at the two ladies and asked, "What's going on?"

The two ladies were fighting like cocks, eye to eye, as if whoever spoke first would lose.

The production team leader hurriedly explained: "These two are Aunt Wang and Aunt Liu. Aren't they getting firewood today? They got into an argument over a good spot."

Police officer Nongchai Zhou's eyes lit up.

This is a big case, at least bigger than the donkey eating wheat case.

If not for anything else, just because getting firewood is a big deal in rural areas.

As the old saying goes: "Seven things to do before opening the door: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea."

Firewood is the first important thing to open the door every day in life.

Rural areas are no better than the capital. They have liquefied gas and coal. If you want to light a fire, you have to burn firewood.

Although you now have a big pot of rice and no need to burn the stove, in winter, when the weather is freezing, you will not be able to sleep on someone else’s heated kang.

"Getting firewood" is a woman's job. There is even a folk saying that "it is a man's business to have no food in the hoard, and it is a woman's business to have a chimney that does not smoke."

After the autumn harvest, it’s the last time to get firewood, especially the corn stalks in the fields, which are the best firewood.

Women from families who were short of firewood had no choice but to pick up wire rakes, shovels, and baskets on their backs, and go to the roads, fields, and paths, pick up brooms, and sweep diagonally across the earth.

There were bursts of smoke everywhere.

Every time at this time, the old private school teacher at the entrance of the village would recite a few sour words: "Looking at the mist from a distance, looking at the gray smoke and dust up close, I thought someone was going to be immortal. When I walked up to it, I saw that the aunt was making firewood!" "

After police officer Zhou came to the countryside, he especially liked to chat with the old private school teacher.

Far away.

In short, this case involves getting firewood and has been promoted to a super major case.

Public Security Officer Zhou's face became serious, he took out a small notebook and a pencil from his pocket and walked up to the two of them.

"Now I'm going to take notes, and you all have to answer honestly, or I'll beat you up!"

(End of this chapter)