The train driver in the courtyard

The lumber yard was just built, and workers in the production section lived in tents and small pole bunks.

Li Aiguo and others were arranged in the "Laha House" which is specially used for ranch cadres to live.

This is a house with earth walls. Use grass braid to roll mud on it, bend it into an S shape, and hang it on the nailed small pole. After it is full, smooth it with mud inside and outside, and you can move in.

The interior was bumpy and uneven, and there were two incandescent light bulbs hanging from the roof.

Turn off one of the two lights, and place the table and chairs two meters apart.
Wang Guozhen felt a little strange when she saw Li Aiguo commanding the officers of the Security Section to "renovate" the office.

"Patriot, what are you doing?"

"Don't you think this has more of an interrogation atmosphere?"

Li Aiguo raised his head and looked around, then asked Chief Liu, the scar-faced man, to bring two pairs of handcuffs and hang them on the wall.

It wasn't that Li Aiguo wanted to trouble local comrades, but that there was no interrogation room at the lumberyard.

Once the thief who stole the wood is caught, he will be tied directly to a big tree in the wild with a rope, and then he will do a few uncivilized things.

Correspondingly, there is another origin called Old Staff (No. 41).

After liberation, people who worked in many such trade associations were also designated as employees.

The office was transformed into an interrogation room, and the three members of the 3134 driver team were also brought there.

Under the dim light.

Employees, like workers, belong to the proletariat.

In the end, the co-driver Hu Guangzhi came to his senses and contacted the station staff through hand signals, and the station staff opened the safety track.

Zhang Ershan looked a little nervous, the palms on his knees shook slightly, and he raised his head to look at Li Aiguo.

It's just that there is no way to figure out Zhang Ershan's family background.

Can someone confess just by changing the position of the desk, chair, and bench? Wang Guozhen expressed doubts.

"Zhang Ershan."

It was not until the early morning of the 20th that the lumber was loaded.

"Leader, can I have a cigarette?"

"Origin."

So I drove the train to Iersi Lumberyard. As a result, the train brakes failed when passing through Daheigou Station.

Li Aiguo asked Wang Guozhen to hand him a cigarette.

As usual, we inspected the train according to the standard maintenance manual and found no problems.

However, this time, the 3134 driver group can only be regarded as suspects and needs to be treated civilly.

Zhang Ershan raised his eyes and looked at the four people sitting behind the table, and then at the dazzling handcuffs. He always felt that this time the investigation team came with bad intentions.

Li Aiguo secretly remembered this information in his heart and continued to ask.

At the critical moment, all I could think about was protecting the hundreds of tons of logs on the train and the train.

After ordering it, Zhang Ershan said while smoking: "On the 3134th of last month, our th driver team received a dispatch from the Forest Railway Department and went to the Mabangshan Work Shop to load logs. Several people carrying [grinding bones] were sick. , so time was wasted.

"The current driver of the 3134 driver group."

They oppress the people and exploit the poor under the official banner, but they are private in nature.

Li Aiguo placed the information on the table, smoked a cigarette and asked calmly: "Name?"

"How did the 3134th train derailment happen? Can you tell me again?"

Clerk (No. 14) is a very easy to cause trouble.

Such as various industry associations.

"staff."

It's just that they are fully prepared and don't have to worry about exposing their secrets.

Generally speaking, people who worked in foreign banks, companies, trading and other private companies before liberation were employees.

Yu Dafei and Wang Xinyun nodded appreciatively.

I didn't panic at all, I was full of courage and bravely drove the train to the safe track.

They are all police officers and know that the environment can cause psychological stress to people.

At Li Aiguo's suggestion, the accident investigation team adopted the method of interrogating each person individually.

There is a very large twilight zone between these two professions.

Li Aiguo looked up at Zhang Ershan and frowned.

Old officials refer to those who worked as civil servants in the government before liberation. Their status is only slightly better than that of old officials, and they are a kind of bad composition.

"Position?"

Before liberation, there were many units that were half-public and half-private.

I repeatedly pulled the big gate and small gate to no avail.

Employee background?

Although the front of the car was partially damaged, the logs were saved. "

As he spoke, Zhang Ershan became excited, shook off the cigarette butt, and said angrily: "Leader, our 3134 driver team risked our lives to protect national property. We don't ask for merit, but we are treated like this!"

Seeing him standing up excitedly, Wang Guozhen waved her hand.

"Driver Zhang, what's your attitude? If the organization wants to talk to you, that's a sign of its trust in you! You're even grinning from ear to ear!"

Tear!

Zhang Ershan tore open his coat and exposed his chest.

"Look, there is a 50-centimeter bloody gash on my stomach. If there were not gauze and medicine specially prepared for carrying [grinding bones] at the station, I would have died on the spot."

The labor and management risked their lives to save the train, but you guys sitting in the office dare to make irresponsible remarks to the labor and management! "

There was a circle of gauze wrapped around his stomach, which was stained with blood. Under the light, the solidified black and red blood stains looked shocking.

Showing credit for the investigation and assembly is Zhang Ershan's most common method these days.

Every time they saw the wound, the investigators sitting in the office turned pale and their attitude improved on the spot.

Who knew that the expressions of these investigators did not change at all, which made Zhang Ershan unbearable.

Just when he was about to scream a few more times at the top of his lungs, Li Aiguo glanced at him lightly, held a cigarette between his fingers, and pointed at the chair.

"sit down!"

The tone is calm, the pitch is steady, and the voice is not loud.

But that contemptuous attitude made Zhang Ershan feel endless pressure.

With his voice choked in his throat, Zhang Ershan looked at the young man in front of him for the first time.

He has rough skin, a tall build, and particularly bright eyes.

Compared with the stern-faced investigators beside him, he looked less like an investigator and more like a train driver.

Li Aiguo saw Zhang Ershan dumbfounded and smiled: "I forgot to introduce myself. I am Li Aiguo, the train driver at the Qianmen locomotive depot. You must know Cao Wenzhi, that is my master."

"Of course I know Master Cao. We were on the same team back then."

Zhang Ershan raised his eyelids, his expression suddenly changed, and he suddenly said: "Li Aiguo is an advanced railway worker and a trade union medal winner."

"Yes, it's me."

"It turns out to be Li Dache, misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!"

Zhang Ershan's arrogant attitude disappeared immediately, he smiled awkwardly at Li Aiguo, and sat down on the chair.

At first, Wang Guozhen was surprised that Li Aiguo was named to participate in the investigation, but now she finally understands.

Li Aiguo is the role model for train drivers. These gangsters dare to attack Duan Chang and speak to the investigation team, but they dare not act boldly in front of Li Aiguo.

"Driver Li, you are also a train driver. You should know that all of us who run trains tie our heads to our belts.

This time there was an accident and I was lucky to have saved my life. Now they still doubt me. Isn't this bullying? "

There is a shortage of train drivers now, and we can't get off the line even if we are slightly injured. I have a small personal concern, and the most important thing is that I am afraid of delaying the transportation task. "

After learning the identity of Li Aiguo, Zhang Ershan began to complain naggingly.

Li Aiguo listened for a while and suddenly said: "It is precisely because we need to ensure transportation that we need to investigate this matter clearly. Zhang Ershan, we all swore at the beginning to dedicate our youth and lives to the country's transportation tasks.

What's the matter, now you are wronged just by cooperating with the investigation team? Do you have a ghost in your heart? "

The light bulb on Zizi's roof flickered twice, and the atmosphere in the interrogation room suddenly became tense.

Zhang Ershan stood up from his chair in fright, "No, absolutely not. I am an experienced driver. I can drive with my eyes closed. How could I make a mistake!"

"Don't be nervous. Leave a name when someone passes by, and a photo when a bird passes by. The truth of the matter can always be investigated clearly."

Li Aiguo asked a few more questions, then turned to look at Wang Guozhen: "Team Leader Wang, take him down first, and then bring the co-driver over."

Zhang Ershan felt proud for a while. Everyone in the maintenance depot at Qianmen said that Li Aiguo was a capable person, but he was nothing more than that now.

After Wang Guozhen left the interrogation room with Zhang Ershan, Yu Dafei looked up at Li Aiguo: "Driver Li, do you think this person is suspicious?"

"Yes, it's still highly suspicious."

Yu Dafei raised his eyelids and asked, "Why didn't I see it? He acted quite innocent."

Wang Xinyun closed the record book and turned his attention to Li Aiguo.

"That's because you are not train drivers." Li Aiguo stood up, stretched, and said, "Train drivers, especially the chief drivers, are fearless.

The driver is responsible for the safety of an entire train all year round. The safety of hundreds of tons of cargo or thousands of passengers is all in the hands of the driver.

As a result, train drivers have particularly strong psychological resistance to stress. "

At this point, seeing Yu Dafei's doubtful expression, Li Aiguo asked: "Old Yu, have you killed anyone before? Those Japs on the battlefield don't count, they don't count as human beings."

"Last year, I investigated a big case and chased criminals along the highway. I killed one of them." Yu Dafei puffed out his chest and seemed a little proud. "The team even awarded me a grand certificate!"

"After killing someone, did you continue to drive?"

"That's not true. Although that guy is a criminal, he is not a devil after all. He is a living person."

Li Aiguo said: "Do you know what the train driver did after he hit and killed someone? He first wrote down the incident in his driving diary, and then got off the train to clean up.

After doing all this, the driver pretended that nothing had happened and drove the train as usual, transporting thousands of passengers to their destinations. "

Yu Dafei felt shocked and opened his mouth, unable to say a word.

Although he felt that he should be stronger than the train driver due to professional reasons, he felt that he had no way to achieve this.

Although old police officers like Yu Dafei face corpses, they no longer feel fear. But they are also human beings, not machines. They also have feelings. They cannot let a living life disappear in front of them without feeling as calm as water.

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Wang Xinyun interrupted the conversation between the two and said, "Driver Li, I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable about interrogation work."

"Back then, I participated in militia training in school, and these were taught by instructors." Li Aiguo found a random reason.

"That instructor of yours is quite talented."

Wang Xinyun didn't care, and then asked: "Wait a minute, are you going to tell the co-driver directly that the driver has confessed everything? Are you trying to bluff him?"

This is the real reason why Li Aiguo chose to interrogate in batches.

But now Li Aiguo looked at Section Chief Liu of the Security Department of Iersi Lumberyard.

"Liu Ke, are the three of them detained separately or together?"

Since the accident investigation team intervened, Section Chief Liu has been preparing to treat himself as a deaf person. At this time, he is taking a nap with his head hanging down.

Hearing Li Aiguo's question, he was stunned for a moment and replied: "They are locked together. You also know that the housing in the lumberyard is tight now, and people have to be sent to guard them. It would be a waste of manpower to lock them separately."

This answer did not exceed Li Aiguo's expectations.

Everything here seems so informal.

Section Chief Liu felt that his answer did not satisfy the strange person in charge of the investigation team opposite.

Section Chief Liu actually felt strange about the composition of the investigation team.

The leader of the investigation team and the other two Moriyasu comrades were obviously the main force, but it was vaguely dominated by a train driver.

Whether it is arranging interrogations or other tasks, most of the time it is the lowest-ranking train driver who comes forward, while the other three have no objections.

He hesitated and asked in a low voice: "Driver Li, do you have any questions?"

"No, there's no problem." Li Aiguo sighed and turned to look at Yu Dafei, who was gearing up for a big fight.

"Old Yu. It's too late. If I had taken this approach from the beginning, I might have succeeded.

Now these guys have gone through several rounds of interrogations and have been living together in the detention room for more than a month. Trust develops between them. "

"How can it be so evil? Aren't they just train drivers?"

Yu Dafei suddenly closed his mouth when he thought that Li Aiguo was also a train driver.

He made up his mind to show off his strength later.

Li Aiguo didn't stop him either.

Now we can only treat a dead horse as a living horse. If we fully inspect the train and conduct an in-depth investigation into the logging field, it will definitely waste more time.

Ten minutes later, Wang Guozhen brought the co-driver Hu Guangzhi back, and the interrogation continued.

The people leading the interrogation this time were Yu Dafei and Wang Xinyun of the Sen'an Brigade.

After some routine interrogation.

Yu Dafei suddenly said: "Hu Guangzhi, Zhang Ershan has just confessed the whole thing. He put all the crimes on you alone. Now I will also give you a chance. As long as you confess your guilt honestly, we can Please ask your superiors for mercy."

"Ah?!" Hu Guangzhi looked a little confused.

He smoothed over his greasy, shiny black clothes and moved his buttocks a little on the chair.

"Leader, what are you talking about? What crime, why can't I understand it?"

"Snapped!"

Yu Dafei slammed the table, and his aura increased visibly to the naked eye.

"Hu Guangzhi, I'm warning you again, you will be lenient if you confess, and strict if you resist!"

"I'm giving you a chance now. If you don't cherish it, it will be too late to regret it later!"

"You should know how serious a crime it is to intentionally commit a crime and intentionally deceive the organization!"

"Snapped!"

Seeing that Hu Guangzhi still looked angry and confused, he firmly refused to admit that he had done bad things. Yu Dafei slapped the pistol on the table, and the black barrel shone with a cold light under the light.

"Leader, you, what are you doing?"

Hu Guangzhi's expression finally changed, but what Yu Dafei didn't expect was that he actually raised his hands high.

"Leader, I understand that this accident was caused by a defect in the locomotive. In order to hide the defect, you actually want to put the responsibility on me."

He lowered his head heavily, let out a long sigh and said, "If this is the case, don't scare me, I'll just admit it.

How do you want me to recognize you? Even if I were asked to admit that it was the locomotive that caused the train to derail, I would admit it.

Who made me a railway man? In order to preserve the reputation of the railway, I would rather sacrifice myself. "

The tone was heavy.

Look determined.

There is no turning back.

At this moment, Hu Guangzhi seemed like a brave warrior who was ready to sacrifice himself for the collective benefit.

Yu Dafei, who looked angry, turned into a clown.

He didn't expect that this would be the result, how ugly his face would become.

The atmosphere at the scene also became awkward.

Aren't you going to surrender? People admit it!
The leader of the investigation team, Wang Guozhen, was originally unwilling to intervene in the interrogation. At this time, he could not bear it anymore. He coughed twice and reminded: "Comrade Yu Dafei, we should seek truth from facts and not engage in evil practices. Investigating the case is not the purpose, the purpose is to avoid past mistakes and avoid future ones. Solve the problem."

Yu Dafei sat back on the chair, regretting not listening to Li Aiguo's advice just now.

At this time, Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes and stared at Hu Guangzhi.

This guy is quite interesting.

Being able to face the investigation team and make up so many lies is much better than the driver just now.

Li Aiguo picked up Hu Guangzhi's information and checked it over.

Hu Guangzhi was born as a worker. His parents died before liberation, and he later entered the old locomotive depot.

After liberation, he stayed in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot as an activist, first working as a stoker for two years, and later as a train co-driver.

He is thirty-five years old, unmarried, and has no relatives in the capital. After coming to Sentie as a support staff, he performed very well.

Unlike other support staff, they didn't dislike the remoteness of this place and often reported and found various reasons to want to be transferred.

Hu Guangzhi's sudden outburst turned the interrogation into a joke, and Wang Guangzhen had to take him out in advance.

Yu Dafei suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "Driver Li, you really guessed it right. My trick was of no use at all. Instead, it was played by others."

"It's not useless." Li Aiguo put down the materials and said with a smile: "In fact, it is very useful. At least I can confirm that this person is the real leader in the driver group."

"Huh? Is there any evidence?"

"No, it's just a guess." Li Aiguo raised his wrist and looked at the time: "Xiaoshao will be brought in soon. Let's focus on the local relationship of the driver team later."

Although Yu Dafei didn't know what Li Aiguo had planned, he still nodded and agreed.

Of course, he still didn't give up and bluffed Xiaoshao Sun Jiayue again just like before.

As a result, Xiaoshao Sun Jiayue's performance was similar to that of Hu Guangzhi, without any flaws.

The interrogation reached a deadlock again, and Yu Dafei turned his attention to Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo stood up and walked to Sun Jiayue, and asked with a smile: "Sun Jiayue, it's so difficult here. You are only twenty-one years old, are you uncomfortable coming to such a remote forest?"

Sun Jiayue was already prepared to be frightened and intimidated, but she didn't expect that the train driver would start gossiping with him.

"Driver Li, you would be lying if you said it wasn't difficult. It snows here all year round, especially in winter, it snows almost every day.

Especially at that time, it was the peak season for transporting lumber, and I had never had a full winter.

In summer, there are so many mosquitoes that one bite can cause a big blood bag.

The most unbearable thing for me is that there are almost no people in the mountains. Every time I change my shift, besides sleeping in the house, I go to the railway track to count sleepers.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... I was counting, and suddenly a roe deer passed across the railway. In a flash, it disappeared in the forest.

Where are you counting? If it gets messed up, I’ll laugh out loud and start counting again.”

"It's so difficult, it's not easy for you to persevere."

"Yes, thanks to Brother Hu. At the beginning, I didn't understand the depths of the big forest and almost died in it. It was Brother Hu who saved me and later taught me how to live here."

Li Aiguo's eyes lit up and he suddenly asked: "When you adjust shifts, don't you play cards? Why do you have to count tracks? Where are Hu Guangzhi and the others?"

"Ah, I don't know either."

Sun Jiayue did not expect that problems unrelated to the accident would arise. After being stunned for a moment, she became hesitant.

Li Aiguo looked at him deeply and said, "Sun Jiayue, you are still young, so don't go astray."

After saying that, Li Aiguo sat back in his seat and closed his eyes.

Sun Jiayue drooped her head, feeling very complicated, and finally remained silent.

Seeing this, Li Aiguo looked at Wang Guozhen and said, "Team leader, this is the end of today's interrogation."

Wang Guozhen didn't understand what Li Aiguo was going to do, but she nodded in agreement and asked Section Chief Liu to escort the three of them back.

The investigation team held a short meeting in the office.

Yu Dafei looked at Li Aiguo and asked, "Driver Li, did you see anything?"

"It's not certain yet, but it is certain that this accident was very likely a man-made accident, and Hu Guangzhi played a key role in it. I think we can start with Hu Guangzhi."

"Investigating Hu Guangzhi?" Wang Guozhen asked: "Didn't we investigate everything clearly? All the materials on Hu Guangzhi are here."

Li Aiguo said: "Team leader, Hu Guangzhi has been here for more than a year. Has he made any friends here? What he likes to do in his daily life, and whether he has women. These things may be related to the accident."

Hearing this, Wang Guozhen understood immediately.

He stood up and said, "Check!"

Looking at Wang Guozhen leaving in a hurry, Li Aiguo frowned tightly.

There are three people in the driver's team. The three people have completely different life backgrounds, and there are also advanced elements among them, with high ideological consciousness.

Even if one person makes a negligent mistake and causes a train accident, it is impossible for the other two to cover up for the other.

Why did these three people form a team?
What motivates them to remain unafraid even in the face of a high-level accident investigation team?

These questions came to Li Aiguo's mind one by one.

He stood up and looked at the towering green mountains in the distance. The dense woods on the green mountains glowed blood red under the sunlight. (End of chapter)