The train driver in the courtyard

Believe in the masses, rely on the masses, come from the masses, and go to the masses!
This is the working principle we always adhere to and stick to.

According to [Farmer], if they want to catch Zhang Caixia as soon as possible and find out who is behind the trouble, it will be a difficult task to accomplish with only a few dozen members of the armed department of Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

If Zhang Caixia is not brought to justice one day later, the chances of those behind her escaping will increase.

Therefore, we must mobilize all levels and departments and mobilize the masses to hunt down Zhang Caixia and let those who attempt to sabotage construction be dragged into the people's war.

The security officers searched the huge Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory inside and out, but could not find Zhang Caixia.

Zhou Ke went door to door, following the possible whereabouts of Zhang Caixia after she climbed over the wall, and asked the aunties, but they found no specific clues about her whereabouts.

According to the uncle who manages the compound, Zhang Caixia has seldom returned to live here recently.

Minister Niu went to search Zhang Caixia's home near the factory, but found almost nothing in her residence.

They haven't seen Zhang Caixia for half a month.

A living person miraculously disappeared in the capital after leaving the factory.

This cast a shadow over Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory.

After meeting the farmer, Li Aiguo held another meeting at the weather station.

It was already early morning the next day when we returned to Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory.

Section Chief Ma was almost going crazy, and he was desperately leading his men to dig deep underground to look for clues.

All nearby public toilets, bathhouses, and garbage dumps were checked.

At this time, he was leading the security officers to dig the sewers of Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory.

"Old Ma, stop it. Even if Zhang Caixia was murdered, you can't just throw her into the sewer in front of your security department."

"I'm worried too. If you hadn't been stopped, Zhang Caixia would definitely not have been able to escape." Section Chief Ma's face was as black as charcoal at this moment.

"That's Deputy Director Huang's responsibility. It has nothing to do with you."

Speaking of Deputy Director Huang, Li Aiguo suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Zhou Ke who was eating a steamed bun.

"Where is Deputy Director Huang being held?"

".It should still be in the truck, right?"

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Yesterday afternoon, Li Aiguo was so busy arranging the arrest of Zhang Caixia that he actually forgot about Deputy Director Huang.

It didn't matter that he forgot. The team members responsible for guarding Deputy Director Huang did not dare to make any decisions on their own, let alone take Deputy Director Huang off the truck.

In this way, Deputy Director Huang, tied up like a fat pig, lay in the cold truck all night.

Especially when tying up Deputy Factory Director Huang, Zhou Ke saw that this guy was not honest, so he tied the rope particularly tightly.

My neck and arms were almost broken.

When Li Aiguo and his men arrived at the truck, Deputy Director Huang raised his head pitifully and said, "Leader, I'm convinced. I'm convinced, okay? Please let me go. Someone is going to die!"

Of course Li Aiguo couldn't let this guy die, so he ordered the team members to untie the rope for Deputy Director Huang.

Deputy Director Huang jumped down from the truck with great difficulty, stretched his arms and legs, and seemed to come back to life.

He felt that the train driver in front of him was too cruel, as he could think of such a brutal punishment to punish him.

"Leader, I have admitted my mistake and apologized to you. Our textile factory is a large state-owned factory and the production tasks are very busy. Can you let me go?"

Deputy Factory Director Huang moved around for a few times, then smiled and said, "We didn't know each other until we fought. I'll ask the canteen to treat you to a meal at noon."

"I'm afraid that's not possible. There is an important case right now that requires your cooperation. Please come with us." Li Aiguo frowned and made a gesture of invitation.

Upon hearing about the "major case", Deputy Director Huang didn't want to "leave" at all.

Perhaps because he was too nervous, Deputy Director Huang's lips trembled slightly. He accidentally said, "What did I do wrong? Even if I did, I am the deputy director, a deputy department-level leader, and you have no right to arrest me."

What really came out of my mouth was: "Did my incident happen?"

"Yes, you have committed a serious crime. How about assisting Dieter in escaping? This crime is serious enough." Zhou Ke walked up, took out the rope he had just wrapped from his waist, and waved it in front of Deputy Director Huang.

"What do you think? Do you want me to do it, or do you, the factory manager, take the initiative?"

When Deputy Director Huang saw the rope, he was frightened and quickly shrank his neck and dared not say a word. He obediently followed Li Aiguo into the interrogation room of the Security Department.

Li Aiguo had never had much hope for this trial.

If Deputy Director Huang wanted to buy time for Zhang Caixia, he would never mindlessly block the way and send himself in.

Sure enough, after realizing that his blocking the road had caused serious consequences, Deputy Director Huang was so scared that he collapsed in his chair.

"Leader, this is a misunderstanding, absolutely a misunderstanding. I just wanted to establish my authority in front of the workers and leaders, so I stopped you."

"I definitely don't know any Zhang Caixia. You must believe me."

His face was as pale as paper, and the original spirit in his eyes had disappeared without a trace.

Instead, he was filled with endless fear and regret. His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, which dripped down one by one.

Deputy Factory Director Huang saw that Li Aiguo had a gloomy face, so he immediately looked at Section Chief Ma with a pleading look: "Old Ma, Section Chief Ma, you know me well. I am the most timid person, how dare I help Dieter! Please help me say something."

Section Chief Ma sighed in his heart.

Although Deputy Director Huang was only a deputy director in Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory, he relied on his seniority and dared to slam the table in front of the old director.

Now he has gotten into such a big trouble.

It turns out that if you don’t seek death, you won’t die!

"Driver Li, Deputy Director Huang's matter"

"Just detain him for the time being. Once we catch Zhang Caixia, we'll hand her over to the higher-ups for them to handle."

Li Aiguo had no sympathy for Deputy Director Huang's plight.

Knowing clearly that Li Aiguo was on this trip to carry out a task assigned by his superiors, he dared to deliberately shirk his responsibility. It is conceivable how bad his work style is on a daily basis.

Even though he pretends to be repentant now, as long as he is reinstated, the old bad habits that are engraved in his bones will recur.

The ones who suffered were the workers of Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory.

Upon hearing Li Aiguo's decision, Deputy Director Huang collapsed in his chair, as if all the strength in his body had been drained.

He knew very well what kind of punishment he would receive for allegedly helping Dieter escape.

Since Deputy Director Huang did not find any useful clues, Li Aiguo focused his attention on the female workers in Shift B of the spinning workshop.

He asked Zhou Ke and Minister Niu to talk to the female workers one by one, but the results were not ideal.

Although the female workers revealed some information about Zhang Caixia.

For example, Zhang Caixia used to be a prostitute in the Eight Great Hutongs, and she liked to be lazy when she was working on weekdays.

However, they did not have a close relationship with Zhang Caixia and did not know the specific situation.

When Minister Niu was talking to a female worker named Wang Mei, he felt that the girl seemed to be hiding something.

But no matter how he did his job, Wang Mei just kept her mouth shut and said nothing.

"Wang Mei?" Li Aiguo was stunned for a moment when he heard the name.

He remembered hearing Zhang Qingshan mention that after the project was completed, he would go to Xiangshan Park with a female worker, and that female worker seemed to be Wang Mei.

"Leave her to me."

Li Aiguo asked Minister Niu to continue questioning the female workers, and he took Zhou Ke to the detention room.

Inside the detention room.

The lighting in the room was dim and depressing, and the walls seemed to exude an unsettling atmosphere.

Wang Mei sat on the chair with her head slightly lowered, her messy hair scattered casually on her forehead, and her hands trembling slightly.

Li Aiguo closed the door, walked over and sat at the table, took out a Daqianmen cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a match, and placed the cigarette box on the table.

He took a puff of cigarette, leaned back in his chair, and said slowly, "Wang Mei, I heard that you are dating Zhang Qingshan?"

"Ah?!" Wang Mei originally thought that she was going to ask about Zhang Caixia, but when she heard the question, she was completely stunned.

She should have been extremely nervous, but her face turned red and she put her hands on her legs and started twisting them.

"We're not dating. We're just friends."

"Zhang Qingshan is a nice young man, warm and simple, with a good family background. Both his parents are cadres. He is a suitable candidate."

Li Aiguo took a puff of his cigarette and changed the subject, asking, "Do you know what kind of woman a man like Zhang Qingshan is least likely to marry?"

"What?" Wang Mei's heart tightened and she raised her head involuntarily, looking at Li Aiguo and asked nervously.

"A woman with a shady background and a bad family background."

Li Aiguo stared into her eyes and said, "I have checked your background. Your father is a small leader in the factory, your mother is a worker, and your grandfather was a poor man in the suburbs of Beijing.

This is a good background.

But if you conceal something for Zhang Caixia and end up with a criminal record, do you think you still have hope with Zhang Qingshan?"

Hearing this, Wang Mei was stunned.

She hesitated, bit her lip and said, "But I promised Zhang Caixia that I would not tell anyone about it. I should keep my promise."

Zhou Ke looked up at Li Aiguo. He felt that Li Aiguo was too fond of reasoning.

Women like this who are stubborn and refuse to repent are actually quite timid.

As long as you use some tricks, even lock her up, she will tell you everything.

Zhou Ke was about to speak when Li Aiguo glared at him and he could only lower his head and continue recording his confession.

Li Aiguo patiently instigated: "Zhang Caixia is Dieter. She stole our confidential drawings and sold them abroad, causing serious harm to us.

You telling the story doesn't mean you don't keep your promise, but you are putting justice above your own relatives. Even Zhang Caixia can't be considered your relative.

I also heard that you are a member and have tried to join the organization several times. Your ideological awareness is too backward!"

The words fell.

There was a heavy atmosphere in the interrogation room.

Wang Mei sat in the chair with a look of panic and uneasiness in her eyes.

She clasped her hands tightly in front of her, her knuckles turning slightly white from the strain.

Li Aiguo fixed his eyes on her, and said in a steady and powerful voice: "Comrade Wang Mei, you only have one chance. Once you miss it, you will never get it back."

Wang Mei's body shook slightly, as if these words hit the most vulnerable part of her heart.

She took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice: "I know who informed Zhang Caixia"

"Who?!" Li Aiguo became excited.

"It's Section Chief Liu from the Planning Section of the Logistics Department. The two of them have been having an affair behind everyone's back."

"How do you know? Did you see it with your own eyes?" Li Aiguo looked up at Wang Mei.

Wang Mei blushed and said, “One day two months ago, I had already gotten off work and suddenly remembered that I had forgotten my lunch box in the workshop.

So I went back to the workshop and ran into Section Chief Liu and Zhang Caixia in the small warehouse of the workshop. Both of them were naked.

"Zhang Caixia was afraid that I would tell others, so she made me swear an oath. She also said that I was her only friend in the workshop, and friends should not betray friends." "That's why I kept it secret for her."

Li Aiguo asked, "Then how do you know it was Section Chief Liu who notified Zhang Caixia?"

“When Zhang Caixia slipped away yesterday, I happened to stand up and rub my neck.

I saw an old man with a hunched back flash past the door.

Section Chief Liu is nearly fifty years old, and he walks with a hunched back on weekdays.”

Wang Mei put down her psychological burden, told everything, and looked at Li Aiguo with uneasy eyes: "Leader, am I cooperating?"

"Wang Mei, we are so grateful to you for taking the initiative to provide this information! Don't worry, if the case is solved, I will definitely recommend you for credit."

Li Aiguo suddenly stood up, walked out from behind the table, and shook hands tightly with Wang Mei.

Wang Mei was stunned for a moment at first, but soon realized that Li Aiguo had saved her life.

"Thank you." Wang Mei's voice was soft and trembling, but these three simple words seemed to have exhausted all her strength.

Zhou Ke looked at Wang Mei thoughtfully.

He felt that there seemed to be something wrong with his method.

Wang Mei concealed the truth only because she was fooled by Zhang Caixia. She should not pay the price for it with her future life.

"Section Chief Liu, Deputy Section Chief of the Planning Section of the Logistics Department, formerly known as Liu Fulin, currently 41 years old, former employee [Code ].
Before liberation, he worked as a technician in the Qinghe Woolen Factory of the Japanese.

This is a factory that can produce 12,000 military blankets per month.

After the Japanese retreated, the enemy occupied the Qinghe Woolen Factory and renamed it the First Branch of the North China Bedding Factory, continuing to produce military woolen cloth for military use.

Liu Fulin still served as a technician, but he did not join the "Supervision Group" that the enemy used to force workers to produce.

Apart from his immoral lifestyle, Liu Fulin had no other bad deeds.

So after liberation, Liu Fulin was arranged to work at the Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory because he was familiar with cotton textile work.

After Li Aiguo read Liu Fulin's file, Chief Ma of the Security Department of Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory also arrested Liu Fulin and brought him to the Security Department.

"Let me go. I haven't done anything wrong. Why are you arresting me?" Liu Fulin sat on the chair, still struggling hard.

If Zhou Ke hadn't stepped forward to help, this guy would have jumped up.

Li Aiguo placed the pistol on the table, turned the handle, and pointed the muzzle at Liu Fulin.

Facing the black muzzle of the gun, Liu Fulin, who had been so aggressive just now, suddenly became quiet.

"Leader, I, I really didn't do anything!"

"Liu Fulin, tell me the truth. What is your relationship with Zhang Caixia? Why did you pass on information for Zhang Caixia?"

Li Aiguo placed his hand on the pistol, his finger lightly on the trigger.

Liu Fulin was still trying to argue, but Li Aiguo interrupted him and asked, looking at the pistol: "Zhou Ke, I heard that this thing is prone to accidental discharge. Is that true?"

Zhou Ke laughed and said, "Team leader, you are confused. Your safety hasn't been turned on yet, how could it possibly go off?"

"Yes, yes, yes, how could I forget the insurance."

pat.

Open the safety device.

Li Aiguo put the pistol back on the table and started playing with it casually.

Liu Fulin looked at the black muzzle of the gun anxiously and tried to dodge, but the muzzle managed to aim at him every time.

Li Aiguo slammed the table hard, and the sound exploded like thunder in the silent interrogation room: "It seems that this thing is not so easy to go off!"

Liu Fulin was frightened by the sudden noise and shrank back involuntarily.

"I, I'll tell you everything. Leader, can you put away your gun first?"

There is nothing more terrifying than being pointed at by a handgun that could go off at any moment.

This fear followed him like a shadow, looming over Liu Fulin's head and destroying his psychological defenses like a whirlwind.

Under the dim light, Liu Fulin recounted the entire cause and effect of the incident.

Li Aiguo was amazed when he heard this.

The relationship between Liu Fulin and Zhang Caixia is a bit complicated.

When Liu Fulin first met Zhang Caixia, she was as her name suggested, very fair-skinned and a pretty girl, and also the top star in the Eight Great Hutongs.

At that time, Liu Fulin was just an employee in a Japanese factory, and his monthly salary was only 4 yuan.

For a top star like Zhang Caixia, you have to spend two dollars every time you want to see her.

Being used to seeing wealthy people, most top girls are not happy to see a small clerk like Liu Fulin.

However, Liu Fulin could speak a few words of Japanese language at that time and even had a relationship with the Japanese.

Although he is a little poor, he is good-looking and not unpleasant.

Zhang Caixia held the idea of ​​small profits but quick turnover, and only asked Liu Fuli for one dollar each time.

Even so, Liu Fulin could only meet Zhang Caixia twice a month.

The two of them originally only had a simple monetary transaction, but as the number of transactions increased, they developed feelings for each other.

If things continue in this way, when Zhang Caixia reaches a certain age and is no longer welcome in the Eight Great Hutongs, she will use part of her savings to redeem herself and may even marry Liu Fulin.

I just didn't expect the situation to take such a big turn.

In 49, the situation in the capital was chaotic.

Some people came in, some people went out, and the two lost contact.

The two of them were like duckweed in troubled times, drifting in their separate directions with the waves, and perhaps they would never meet again.

But things in this world are so wonderful.

After liberation, the Japanese factory was gone. Liu Fulin came to work at Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory and soon became a middle-level leader in the factory.

Three years later, Zhang Caixia was released from the reformatory and was assigned to work in the workshop of Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory.

The two met again in this way.

Liu Fulin had never been married, and Zhang Caixia had originally planned to marry him.

However, Liu Fulin felt that he was the deputy chief of the Planning Department and was more than ten years older than Zhang Caixia. If the two of them got married, it might cause unnecessary trouble.

In addition, Liu Fulin still has room for improvement, and he should not let people know about the ridiculous things he did before liberation.

The two can only be together secretly.

Zhang Caixia was unwilling, but there was nothing she could do. After all, Liu Fulin had to spend at least thirty yuan on her every month.

And in the factory, Liu Fulin always secretly helped Zhang Caixia.

This was just a touching love story between a drifter and the top star of the Eight Great Hutongs. Liu Fulin got to the point only after he talked about his own helplessness.

One night a month ago, Liu Fulin brought some side dishes and a bottle of old wine to have a tryst with Zhang Caixia as usual.

Seeing that Zhang Caixia was a little drunk after drinking a few glasses of wine, Liu Fulin had already taken off his clothes and was ready to go to bed.

However, Zhang Caixia pointed at Liu Fulin's nose and threatened that she would become rich soon and could take him abroad to the United States, where they could live a life of luxury.

Zhang Caixia was just a lazy woman, so Liu Fulin certainly no longer believed her words.

So it is said that alcohol is a poison that penetrates the intestines. Zhang Caixia was already drunk and confused at this time. Seeing that Liu Fulin did not believe her, she took out a stack of manuscripts.

They say there is a huge secret here, countless wealth, and as long as you sell it to foreigners, you can enjoy endless wealth and glory.

Seeing that she spoke as if it were true, Liu Fulin asked to see the contents of the manuscript.

Zhang Caixia changed her mind and hid the manuscript behind her. Liu Fulin tried to snatch it away and got his fingers scratched.

Liu Fulin didn't take it seriously at first and just thought she was talking drunkenly.

But the next day, after they got up, Zhang Caixia went to the trouble to apologize to her, saying that she was drunk last night and talked nonsense.

He even said that he would stop bothering Liu Fulin and let him find a good woman to marry.

In addition, Liu Fulin once saw Zhang Caixia flipping through books written in foreign words, as if she was learning a foreign language, which further increased Liu Fulin's suspicion.

In the following days, Zhang Caixia acted mysterious and kept avoiding Liu Fulin. The more Liu Fulin thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

As a prospective member of the organization, Liu Fulin had a high level of ideological awareness. After much deliberation, he decided to report Zhang Caixia to the organization in the spirit of a responsible attitude of punishing past mistakes, curing illnesses and saving lives, correcting mistakes where there are mistakes and learning from them where there are none, for the sake of justice.

(Liu Fulin’s original words, Zhou Ke laughed at that time)

but.

A husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace. Liu Fulin was a kind person and could not bear to send Zhang Caixia into a cage like this.

(Liu Fulin’s original words, Zhou Ke laughed again at that time)
So, Liu Fulin found Zhang Caixia and threatened her in person.

If he didn't tell the truth, he would report the situation to the Security Department of Beijing Cotton No. 1 Factory.

Zhang Caixia had no choice but to tell the truth.

As a woman who was able to become the top star in the Eight Great Hutongs amid fierce competition, Zhang Caixia is far from being as simple as she appears.

Just when other female workers were excited about being able to complete the tasks assigned to them by their superiors and make contributions to the construction of the motherland.

Zhang Caixia has realized that the magnetic core memory developed by Li Aiguo may have great uses.

She secretly wrote down the steps she remembered in a manuscript.

Things turned out just as Zhang Caixia had expected.

After a while, Zhang Caixia was suddenly found by an old customer.

Through the introduction of an old customer, Zhang Caixia met a person who came from the Northeast.

"Northeast? Is it Jichun?" Li Aiguo interrupted Liu Fulin.

Liu Fuli raised his head and asked in surprise: "How did you know?"

Li Aiguo's face turned serious.

At that time, the Americans were still determined to do something evil and used C-47 military aircraft to airdrop large numbers of rats into the Northeast in an attempt to establish a base.

When the plane arrived at the designated location, it was shot down by our artillery fire. The two Diets who parachuted were captured and later sentenced.

When a mouse is found in the house, it means there are already many mice in the house.

At that time, it was suspected that the enemy might have carried out several airdrops.

Therefore, 154 armed plainclothes reconnaissance bases were established, and specific arrangements were made for the establishment of anti-airborne bases, staffing, and organization of joint defense.

The comrades in the stronghold specialize in dealing with airborne rats. When there is nothing to do, they produce and study in the mountains. When there is something to do, they report the news and capture Dieter.

From 124 to 106, 998 rats were killed or captured alive, 6 rats were killed, 17.9 guns, 96 artillery pieces, rounds of ammunition, radio stations and a large number of items were seized, successfully striking a blow to the enemy's arrogance.

I thought all the rats had been cleared out, so the base was also closed.

I didn't expect that there are still rats active now! (End of this chapter)