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On October 31, 2007, audio files were analyzed. Audio file 04320071030G.wav.

"...I...am I going to die too?..."

"There's no sound. From the looks of it, it's just the residual Yin Qi, so it should be fine."

On October 31, 2007, a criminal case involving Minqing Farm was investigated. The incident occurred on October 3, 2007. The deceased's name was Zhang Wei, a staff member of the Minqing Military Training Base, and he was found dead at Minqing Farm. Previously, the military training base reported that Zhang Wei was missing on September 28, 2007.

According to the autopsy report, Zhang Wei’s cause of death was trauma. After police investigation, it was confirmed that he was involved in the rotary tiller, causing serious injuries and death. During the on-site investigation, no trace of the suspect was found.

Attached: A photocopy of the case file.

The photocopy in the appendix is ​​in black and white, but allows for a clear view of the shattered body. The fractures of the limbs are not neat, and the flesh and bones are all slightly curled.

Among the exhibit photos, there are many photos of rotary tillers. A rotary tiller is an agricultural machine with many hoe-shaped iron pieces attached to a shaft. You can imagine that when such a machine passes through the farmland, the farmland will be turned over evenly. But the machine was rusty and dusty. A note next to the photo stated that the machine's engine was scrapped and its bearings were rusty. Such a machine simply wouldn't work. The black-and-white photocopies reveal a sense of the times left over after a long period of time. However, in the close-up photo, you can see that the iron piece in the middle is stained with blood, minced meat, and rags. Even though it is black and white, it is still shocking. It doesn't look like it was daubed on purposely. If it was really smeared on by someone, then the person who did it may have carefully studied the consequences of the machine being involved in the animal.

On November 1, 2007, we went to Minqing Farm to conduct an investigation. Audio file 04320071101.wav.

……rustle……

"...This story is easy to tell. You young people don't know it, and you won't write it in the newspapers. Three generations of our family have been farmers here in the western suburbs. They used to grow crops next to the labor camp. At that time, many people were brought here and they didn’t know how to farm. My grandfather was invited to teach them how to farm.”

"Please continue."

"Hey, they are reform-through-labor prisoners, transported here by the carload. Probably, there must be several hundred people, at least several hundred people. They are all unscrupulous people. If they are caught doing petty theft, they will be shot. It won’t be sent here.”

"Hmm. Are they responsible for the farm?"

"They are responsible for farming. They don't stay here at night either. The car brings them in in the morning and takes them away in the evening. They just have lunch here, a few steamed buns, porridge, and sometimes noodles. It's not a bad treatment for them. Everyone ate like this at that time. In fact, they were just like everyone else. If they didn’t do well, they would be criticized. If they did well, they might be able to release them earlier. , just come in the morning and leave at night. They live next to here. If you walk along the road for more than ten minutes, you can see a path leading to the ground. ? A house over there.”

"I saw it."

"It turns out there are more houses over there. A lot of people live there. Those who have been released and retired soldiers have no good way out, so they come here to make a living. Barely, it can be considered a national unit. At least they are hungry. If you don't die, just farm the land well and take care of food and drink every day. They are different from us farmers, but they are still suffering. They have nothing and no guarantee. Who knows what will happen in the future. If there is a way, we will find a way. It’s better to go to the city than stay here.”

"Don't the labor reform prisoners and those people work together?"

"No. Reform-through-labor prisoners are not allowed to touch machines. Tractors and plowing machines can only be used over there. Prisoners released after serving their sentences cannot use them either. They must be clean. Those things are easy to use. In this regard, they are better than It's easy for us. We can just drive around and make a living. We couldn't afford machines back then, and there weren't many machines in the village, so we had to work hard. It's been like this all my life. My family has money to buy the machine. It's a second-hand one over there, but we are rushing to buy the ones they don't want. , It didn’t take long. It’s not profitable to grow food. Now we have converted to greenhouses. Out-of-season vegetables and fruits are easy to sell, but they don’t taste good and are difficult to maintain, but they are sold at a high price.”

"Yeah. Did anything special happen on the farm during that time?"

"It's a special thing... If someone fights and disobeys, if they fight, they will be arrested by the police who followed them. It seems that they will be put in solitary confinement. I heard that if they are disobedient, they will be put in solitary confinement. One People stay in a dark cell and don't see the sun for a few days. But I haven't seen anyone come back."

"The one who has never come back means..."

"It's the ones who fight. There are quite a lot of fights. I guess the black cell I heard about was made up by others. If it is so powerful, who would dare to fight? How dare they commit crimes? There are many people in there , the second and third palaces, the old fritters are obviously not afraid. Even those who fought were taken away by the police and never came back to farm. I don’t know what happened to those who were released. I don’t know. They are talking about the black cell. There is also a water prison. Hahaha! Hahahaha..."

"Besides fighting, is there anything else?"

"That's gone. We can't keep an eye on them all day long. We still have land to cultivate. And labor reform prisoners are always unpleasant to hear. No one is willing to associate with them. Otherwise, will they be penalized in their own village? Oh, you have a good relationship with that prisoner. How unpleasant that is!"

"Where are the prisoners who were released?"

"It also has a bad reputation. If they want a good reputation, why come here? Isn't it because the reputation is bad and they can't survive in the city, so they can only come here? In those days, it was different from now . If you don’t say it now, who knows you’ve been in prison? You can’t get into a big company, but a small company can. If you hire people to help manage the greenhouse, you won’t check whether they are prisoners of labor reform.”

"How is the situation with demobilized soldiers?"

"That's a little complicated. Some of them are not from Minqing. After they retired from the army, they thought of coming to Minqing and didn't have much ability, so they had to start on the farm. There are also some who couldn't do it before joining the army. They had no choice at home and joined the army. After that, I couldn't get along, and after I retired, wouldn't the functions be assigned here? The people were quite mixed, but they all had the same temperament. Sometimes one person would leave without a break. Years ago, they took away the others together. They are different."

"Have there been no accidental casualties?"