Secret Notes of a Mystery Investigator

Chapter 8 The Evil God's Tribute (8)
Head Chen said: "The reason is very simple. When I first entered the door, I saw various versions of Chairman Mao's quotations in his bookcase, and what he said seemed to be trying to tell us that he was on the side of justice. Yes, but he overlooked a detail: when Magong came back, he already had symptoms of mental illness. Since this is the case, the first person to take over must be Joe, and you heard him say that the rebels came after Magong was hospitalized. Yes, then who leaked Ma Gong’s investigation data to the rebels? No one else but him.”

"Another thing I found out today is that there are at least three people who know about the Ancient Yellow River Road. One is Ma Gong, the other is Qiao, and the third is the one who delivered the document, which is the report we have in hand. Because Ma Gong is crazy, Joe is a rebel, neither of them can submit the report in person, so this report can only be handed over by another person, but who is this person? If we can find him Come on, we can basically find out the truth.”

After getting into the car, Ma Tianxing said, "Where are we going?"

Due to work reasons, our car is equipped with a telephone. Head Chen dialed a number, and after connecting, he said: "Xiaolin, please help me check the signature of the author of the report on Qingniu Ancient Road. It is very important." , you do it immediately."

After a while, the call came back, and when I got through, I saw that the head of Chen's face gradually became serious, and I knew that it was probably over. Sure enough, he put down the phone and said: "This is an anonymous letter, and the original mailing address has also been lost. I don’t even know what these people do for food.”

Sulking for a while, Captain Chen said: "It seems that chess is the only way to make a dangerous move. Who of you dares to accompany me to do something illegal?"

Ma Tianxing said: "I recommend a person, Luo Huan. The reason: calm, quick-witted, he is the best candidate among us to be a criminal."

Head Chen said: "You kid has never been kind. You have never been without you when you get cheap, and you have never seen you when you have to work hard."

Ma Tianxing said: "Since you know me so well, you can basically isolate this matter from me."

Head Chen said: "Don't worry, it's not your turn to do what you want."

After finishing speaking, he said to me: "Luo Zi, this matter only falls on the two of us, do you want to do it?"

I hesitated for a while, and the regiment leader Chen smiled when he saw this: "Don't worry, it's definitely not an act of murder and arson. Will be a good guy."

I nodded and said: "That's fine, since the leader dares to do it, what am I afraid of."

Head Chen patted me on the shoulder and smiled, "Good job, I didn't misread you."

In the evening, Captain Chen invited us to dinner. We drank six bottles of Sprite, causing everyone in the hotel to cast curious glances at our table of gentlemen. There was no way, none of the four of us drank. The head of the group dismissed those two people and drove me back.

On the way, Captain Chen said: "Xiao Luo, you have been working for a while, how do you feel?"

I said: "It's okay to be enthusiastic about work, but I'm afraid that I'm not capable enough to do this job well."

Head Chen said: "Whether you can do well depends on your own determination, and no one can predict it, but I am very optimistic about you. First of all, you have a sense of justice, and you are also courageous. These are the prerequisites for our business." conditions, and you are not a materialist, this is even more important. Many of our comrades do not believe that there are many unexplainable phenomena in this world. They think that everything is a matter of course, and that humans are the only choice to control the world. It’s a big taboo in our business, and it’s also your biggest advantage.”

I said: "This kind of thing is rarely seen anyway, so it is taboo, but the facts are always the facts, and when the time comes, there will always be a day when the truth will be revealed."

Head Chen said: "You are right to have this understanding. In fact, there is no truth or falsehood in the world. A sentence spoken casually may have a corresponding thing. It is a cowardly way to deny the existence of unknown things." Performance."

It was very late when I got home. The next morning, the head of the delegation Chen personally drove to pick me up. I was flattered, but He Zhuang and Ma Tianxing were not there. You have to be mentally prepared for illegal things, but don't worry, if something happens, I will bear all the responsibilities alone."

I said: "What are you talking about, I am so greedy for life and afraid of death?"

Head Chen laughed and said: "I didn't say you are greedy for life and afraid of death, but you can only be regarded as my accomplice. Besides, the boss has the obligation to take care of things for the younger brother. Let's not argue about this point. After all, this matter must be used. You, otherwise I wouldn't let you go with me."

After a while, we arrived at Director Qiao's house. When Director Qiao heard that it was us, he immediately opened the door for us. We met once, and he smiled and said, "How about Xiao Chen, did you get any valuable clues?"

Head Chen stared at him with a stern face, and when Director Qiao noticed his expression, he couldn't help hesitating and said, "Xiao Chen, do you have something you want to tell me?"

Head Chen sighed and said: "Decades ago, there was a doctor who did a very immoral thing. He used his position to betray one of his patients. Since then, this wicked doctor's life has been smooth and smooth, but his patient , but because of his betrayal, he suffered so much that his condition became more and more serious, Director Qiao, do you think that doctor is still a human being?"

Director Qiao's expression immediately became unnatural after hearing this, and he said, "Xiao Chen, I don't understand what you're talking about?"

Head Chen said: "Director Qiao, you are driving a person crazy like this. You don't care if you admit it or not, but you know the whole story in your heart best. Can your conscience be at ease? Yes, today You are a highly respected retired cadre of a hospital and once served as a guest lecturer at a university. When you were enjoying these honors, did you think of Ma Shulin in a mental hospital? Do you really think he is crazy?"

Director Qiao suddenly stood up from his chair and said, "What are you talking about, it's impossible, it's absolutely impossible."

Head Chen said: "Why, are you so accurate in judging the patient's condition? After so many years, what things can't happen, you thought he was locked in the intensive care unit and controlled, and the truth was just covered up like this A despicable soul has just been washed away, you are dreaming." Speaking of the last sentence, I don't know if it is true or not, Head Chen's expression is already very excited, Director Qiao doesn't know if he is guilty, if there is something wrong Sitting down thoughtfully.

At this time, I am full of admiration for Director Chen, because he is correct in every step of his judgment on Director Qiao, and every sentence he said is very skillful. In order to observe Director Qiao's reaction, after finding that his expression was tense, he set up a trap step by step, allowing the well-informed old rebels to sneak in bit by bit, until finally gave up completely, and let a person's psychological defense line Crash is just a few words.

After a long time, Director Qiao took a deep breath and said, "Whether it's true or not, at least I did one right thing in that year. Of course we can't unify everyone's thinking, but The right and wrong of a thing cannot at least be stated by a specific party, in other words, if you reject the red era, it does not mean that era is wrong."

Head Chen smiled and said: "It's all here, and you are still trying to make excuses for yourself. Yes, the chairman's thinking was not wrong, and the slogan was correct, but the sad thing is that it is precisely because of people like you The existence of the movement has distorted the original meaning of the movement. You just use this to give a logical reason to attack dissidents. You don’t need to use the products of the times to justify your crimes. Yes, one thing really cannot be said by the people in it Right or wrong, but it always has a constant value. If you violate this value, you are wrong. Is it right for you to sell Ma Shulin for your own selfish desire? Where are you right? What are you defending? It's just a vile and dirty dog ​​begging for glory and wealth, please don't pretend to be human in front of us."

I really didn't expect Team Leader Chen to say such fierce words. I was surprised. After all, Director Qiao has many things, but he is also so old, so using such language is a bit too much.But head Chen didn't think so, he continued: "Director Qiao, if I scolded you today, you still have a chance to be angry, ashamed, and even call the police to arrest me, but what about Ma Shulin? Does he have other choices? Even if he really recovers, he won’t be able to leave the hospital, all because you want to cover up your crime.”

"Director Qiao, Ma Shulin's life has been a tragedy, and he is in your hands for the rest of his life. How can you bear it?"

Director Qiao's expression had become very complicated at this time, but his chest was heaving violently, obviously engaged in a fierce ideological struggle. Head Chen stopped talking at this time and just stared at Director Qiao.After a long time, Director Qiao said slowly: "Xiao Chen, in fact, you don't know anything about the situation, so you just rely on your own inference, right?"

Head Chen seemed taken aback, but immediately calmed down and said, "Why do you say that?"

Director Qiao said: "If Ma Shulin is really healed, why do you have to come again, he can tell you what you need at that time."

Head Chen nodded and said, "Director Qiao is indeed an old fox. I really didn't say this well enough."

Director Qiao smiled wryly and said: "I admit that I am the one who caused all this, but the truth is often contrary to what people hope, Xiao Chen, you may think that you have made the right deduction and everything is under your control Well, then today I will tell you all the truth I know and give you an explanation, and I hope you can fulfill Ma Shulin's wish, right?"

14. The bitter past

After thinking for a while, Director Qiao said, "Do you have any cigarettes?" Director Chen took out a cigarette and lit it for him. Director Qiao said, "I have quit smoking for a long time, because I always feel that it is not a good thing. You You should smoke less, too."

Head Chen said: "I don't need to bother you, let's get down to business."

Director Qiao said: "Okay, don't be impatient. You need to talk about this matter a little bit. If you don't understand anything, you may blame me, so don't rush me."

Head Chen glanced at me and made a gesture of resignation. While Director Qiao was smoking a cigarette, he seemed to have fallen into deep thought. It wasn't until the butts of the cigarette were almost burnt out that he was startled suddenly and came back to his senses. , sighed and said: "That was in 1975, I don't remember exactly which day, the hospital picked up a patient that night, the leader said at that time that because the patient's status was quite special, a doctor who usually works very well should take over. , Later, it was said that the leaders voted to decide, and finally I was appointed to treat Ma Gong's illness."

"To tell you the truth, when Ma Gong was first admitted to the hospital, he was not seriously ill. He was only in an unconscious state occasionally, but most of the time he was still awake. Usually, when I was free, I chatted with him to relieve boredom. This is also a means of treatment. One day Magong accidentally asked me if I wanted to know the cause of his illness. I never mentioned it before because I was afraid of irritating the patient. However, mastering the trigger is a very important prerequisite for the treatment of mental illness, so I specially opened it for this matter. A discussion meeting, after all, I cannot bear this responsibility alone, in case something abnormal happens."

"The leader of the backyard clearly instructed me to find out about Magong's situation, so I went to the ward immediately. Magong was in good spirits that day. We talked about the situation like a family chat. Magong told me something that made me feel sick. Stunned, I can't believe it to this day."

"He told me that he betrayed a comrade, because that comrade promoted feudal superstition and said that he saw a strange blue cow by the Yellow River. You all know that the Yellow River itself has special significance to Chinese civilization. Ghost. This is a blatant slander against the Chinese nation, so Ma Gong reported this matter to a certain department, and the comrade was immediately severely criticized, and because of this, he finally committed suicide because of this, and his wife Not long after, she also committed suicide. The saddest thing is that she choked her child to death with her own hands. The family of three died at the hands of Ma Gong. After that, Ma Gong was condemned by his conscience every day. problem appear."

Speaking of this, Head Chen's expression gradually began to change. He seemed to be very careful and said: "Director Qiao, what do you mean..."

Director Qiao smiled wryly and said: "I know you don't believe me, it doesn't matter, how can the suffering of our generation be compared with a few casual curses in your rough voice, besides, you don't have bad intentions, you just want to After finishing the work, I just used some small tricks. I can understand it. I didn’t want to talk about it at first, but Ma Gong is completely crazy. I think he would say it himself if he had the opportunity now. If you doubt the authenticity of my words, there is one thing that can prove that the earliest report on "The Ancient Green Cow Road" that you have now is actually sent by me."

Head Chen was completely dumbfounded, and he said after a long time: "Since this is the case, why do you say that Ma Gong was criticized, and also, you have a room full of books, all of which are..."

Director Qiao nodded and said: "Magong was indeed denounced, because he couldn't bear his conscience. He tried to complete the investigation of his colleagues and made a report, but the result must have been denounced. At that time, his illness was unstable, and he had been suffering for a long time. The result of no treatment is getting worse and worse, and the books in this room belong to Ma Gong, he wants to burn them, I don’t agree, they are kept, it can be regarded as the memory of our generation.” Speaking of this, Director Qiao closed his eyes There seemed to be tears oozing from the corners of the eyes.

Head Chen stood there for a long time and said, "Director Qiao, I, I really took the liberty today, I think..."

Director Qiao shook his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I have learned to look down on many things long ago, I am much luckier than those comrades who are not here, and it is true that I concealed something at the beginning, which caused your reasoning to go astray Lu, so I don’t care about whatever you say, but you said that I would be condemned by my conscience, I think the only thing I don’t want to accept is this sentence, of course, as I said before: It’s not your fault.”

I only saw him shed tears once when I worked with Mr. Chen, and that was today.

The three of us were silent for a long time. Director Qiao said: "I am old and my memory is not very good. I forgot to tell you something very important yesterday. I planned to call you, but you didn't leave your number. Thinking of you coming."

Head Chen said respectfully, "Say it."

Director Qiao said: "As far as I know, there are three groups of people who went to investigate this matter. Apart from Ma Gong and the colleague who was condemned to death, there was another group before, but none of those people came back, and their whereabouts are still unknown. The people who participated in the investigation basically suffered accidents, so Xiao Chen, I feel that this matter is very unusual, you should pay attention to safety."

Head Chen said: "I see, Director Qiao, please forgive me for my recklessness. After this matter is settled, I will come back to make amends to you."

Director Qiao laughed heartily and said: "Don't say such things, your work pressure is much greater than that of ordinary people, and it is understandable to use special methods to do things. Fortunately, you didn't hit me, otherwise you will have to accompany me today. I'm out of medical bills."

We all laughed, and head Chen said: "Thank you again for your correction on behalf of our department, and leave."

Walking out of this venerable old man's house, Captain Chen said: "Xiao Luo, tell the truth, what do you think of my behavior this time?"

I thought for a long time and said, "We can't casually say the leader's fault, but I think your reasoning still has some basis, but the truth is often not what it seems on the surface, so we can't just draw conclusions on one thing."

(End of this chapter)