In the evening of spring, it started to get dark early. On March 14th, in the forest near Xiaoye Village, birds flew away with their chirping, and some lights were lit in the village.
The horse was tied up in the woods a few miles away from the village and the 223 Research Institute. The two leading men came over in the last light to explore the way. One of them, who was not wearing a military uniform, went to the village to ask the village chief first.
A few sentences: He brought the official documents of the Chinese Army, said he was passing by on business, asked for a drink of water, asked about the situation of the 223 Research Institute, and left before the other party became suspicious.
Another person also roughly saw the location of the fertilization area in the research institute.
More people arrived later.
"How's it going here? Did you alert anyone?"
"We identified the place where the fertilizer was fertilized and found the dung truck. The person should be in the house next to it, but it's hard to go directly there. I'm not completely sure."
"The village chief chatted for a while, and the one who dragged the excrement should be punished... There is a situation. Most of the time, he sets out from here to return to Wenpu every afternoon, but today you see, he didn't leave at this time.
, this is very suspicious. We did not act rashly, what is the situation over there at Wenpu?"
In the dark woods, none of the group lit up torches. Fortunately, it was the middle of the month, and the moon came out early, and each other's figures in the woods could be clearly seen. The leader was a man with a regular appearance, with bright eyes and lips.
The wounded middle-aged soldier had a calm and convincing look in his eyes. The other people also had military marks, and some were wearing formal military uniforms.
After the two forward scouts explained the matter in general, the middle-aged soldier in the lead nodded: "It seems that it is him... We have searched the surrounding areas and found obvious traces in the excrement collection room. This person was reported to nearby areas in the morning."
A group of children gave lectures and read newspapers. And... I made sure to buy Jinchuang medicinal materials in the morning."
"That's probably him...the dung truck stinks so much, Qiu is so brave..."
"... Do you want to do it? Do it directly, or grab it?"
"The question is, who is this person? Boss, have you found anything over there?"
"What's the origin... a manure collector..."
"Shut up, Xiao Yan said today that he has no nails on his hands. He was not timid when meeting people yesterday. Such people...mostly come back from doing things outside..."
"My fingernails were all peeled off, and I was assigned to pick out feces?"
"That would be even more troublesome..."
Several people in the forest whispered this, and the leading soldier looked ahead and frowned in thought, then said: "The village didn't say anything?"
"Boss, you warned me that I don't know his relationship here, so I was afraid of alerting others, so I only mentioned the dung farm a little bit. The village chief didn't say anything special, so he doesn't have a deep impression of this person. If you want to ask
To be clear, you have to have a clear attitude.”
The leading soldier nodded: "223 is just a research institute that does farm work. There is nothing big in it, but even in a small place, there are inevitably a few human beings. Time is short, so it's not easy to just ask anyone. Wen Puna
I didn't find out much at all. I just know that the manure collector reads books and newspapers every day and knows a lot of things. His fingernails were ripped off and he was sent to a place like this... I can only guess now that he should be carried after being caught.
He did not survive the sentence, left his things behind, and later came back alive...people on the intelligence line..."
"He's a fucking coward, so it's not like he's been wronged if he does it!" someone shouted.
"...This kind of person is very smart!" Someone on the side said, "If Qiu falls into his hands, he will understand a lot of things in one day and one night!"
"So we can't let him live! Do we have to wait for him to find out what happened and confront us from above?"
"..."
In the forest, a group of people fell silent and looked at each other. The middle-aged soldier in the lead wiped his mouth and nose, frowned, walked back and forth for a few steps, and finally said: "Tell me, is it possible to talk to him."
"...Those who are tortured outside and put things aside are not necessarily tough guys." Someone said.
"Then we have to arrest him first and then talk about it. Besides, unless he can kill Qiu with his own hands, we can't believe it..."
"It's best if the family named Qiu dies without causing trouble. Otherwise, even if the manure collector dies, who knows whether he will be investigated..."
"If you are willing to talk, if there is some blood, then there will be some blood..."
The matter was tentatively agreed upon, and the leading soldier just nodded, the light in his eyes condensed, and he began to give orders.
"Then it's best to plan like this now. Okay, Xiao Yin, you go around to the front of this farm, find the person in charge here, and briefly talk about the landlord's escape and the possible cover-up of this Tang Minjie, and then kill yourself.
Comrade, if the matter is urgent, let us arrest people so that they cannot come over. When we are working here, Huzi, Xu, goes to the left; Yu, the cripple, goes to the right; Xiao Zheng and I come from the front... Two things, first,
Be sure to find the person named Qiu but don’t take action immediately. Secondly, control this Tang Minjie so that he can kill the person named Qiu. That’s the best. If the negotiation doesn’t go well, neither of them can stay. Do you understand?"
His words were quick and firm. After he finished speaking, everyone in the forest saluted: "...Yes."
"Xiao Yin, you go first."
The soldier named Xiao Yin ran towards the side of the woods and disappeared from sight in a blink of an eye. In the forest, six people stood there silently, watching the watery moonlight fall. After a while, they were determined again.
The order sounded.
"……action."
Six figures merged into the night, passed through the woods, and headed towards the house on the edge of Research Institute 223.
This is the site of the retting farm, which smells very bad. The simple fence is in tatters and has no protective function. Tang Minjie also lives in several old houses, which are neatly kept. The mule cart and mules are placed aside.
In the shack, under the moonlight, there seemed to be some moving figures in the main house where people lived. Several soldiers quietly walked nearby and made gestures to each other. After about three breaths, there was a "squeak——" in the night.
"The sound of the wooden mechanism suddenly sounded, which seemed particularly abrupt in the night.
Behind the house, a wooden lever rotated in the air, and a fishing net picked up the person and dragged him into the air.
The shouts suddenly started.
"ah--"
"The traitor has been discovered!"
"Catch the traitor!"
"Tang, you can't run away..."
The people on the left and behind had all experienced major events, and they did not panic when facing the battle. Although something like bricks suddenly smashed out of the window at the back of the room, they were avoided in the darkness. The middle-aged soldier at the head shouted.
It was "Tang, you can't run away." Then he leaned against the wall next to him and said, "Is the lame man okay?"
The lame man who was picked up by the fishing net responded from behind: "It's okay, kill this traitor!" Another soldier named Yu had already jumped in from the window, and then there was a burst of chaotic sounds. There seemed to be something in the room.
The shelf fell down, and Yu yelled and was knocked out of the house.
In the darkness of the night, the leading middle-aged soldier gestured to the side, asking his companions on the left to search other places first, trying to find the escaped member Qiu. He leaned towards the door of the main house: "Tang Minjie, your
We all know the matter, we are all our own people, can we talk?"
Under the moonlight, there were figures sneaking around the composting field. The room was quiet for a while before a voice was heard: "I originally thought you wouldn't take such a desperate risk... What's the difference between this and not asking for it?"
The middle-aged soldier at the head was also silent for a while. After a while, he saw a light in the distance. He smiled and said, "You can't bring it upon yourself. Yesterday, Qiu Zishu, the landlord of Erqing Village, committed an attack with a knife and killed our group leader.
Comrade, we found out, and you protected him. Mr. Tang, we found out about you. You are working outside, you have no fingernails. When you come back to pick up excrement, who did you betray... betrayed the comrade? You come out now and you are captured without mercy.
There is a way to survive..."
"... Qiu is reporting you." He waited for a while before saying.
"These landlords have nothing to say."
"You forced him to sign a questionable land deed and colluded with others to allocate land to enrich himself."
The middle-aged soldier frowned, started gesturing to his companions, and then said: "There is no evidence, it's all nonsense."
"It cannot withstand serious investigation... You have already made plans to force his whole family to death."
Under the wall outside, the middle-aged soldier twirled his long knife and took a breath: "Have you heard about the discussion in Chengdu?"
"……What?"
"If you want to divide the land, you have to do it thoroughly. Don't kill people. Don't do any redemption. These people are resentful and will fight against our Chinese army sooner or later. Mr. Ning is too soft-hearted. This thing is wrong. We must
Help him correct it...so what you said is correct!"
His words were so decisive that they seemed to make everyone in the room a little stunned. But before he finished speaking, his companions were like leopards and rushed directly into the room. In the darkness, the room was
There was a roaring sound, but the room was filled with all kinds of furniture and sundries. Before he could stretch out when he rushed in, some stacked old tables, chairs and benches fell down, and suddenly there were obstacles everywhere.
At the back of the house, the lame man had already cut half of the fishing net, shouting loudly in the darkness: "He is going to run away -" the middle-aged soldier quickly chased after him and shouted: "Catch him." However, his eyes were subconsciously directed towards the surrounding rooms or excrement.
The car looked over and he had just exchanged a few words with the other party. The two companions who were responsible for searching for Qiu Zishu had already roughly searched this place, but they did not find anything after a rough inspection. At this moment, Tang Minjie seemed to be preparing to break out from the back of the house, named Yu.
The soldiers were rushing over to intercept and kill, but the middle-aged soldier was still shouting: "Leave alive."
A little further away, at the edge of the small square, two figures were looking for Qiu Zishu. One of them waved under the moonlight and seemed to have discovered something: "There is a kiln here..."
The pursuit of the landlord Qiu Zishu was related to the lives and fortunes of everyone, so he was in a particularly urgent mood, waving the book with a bang and pushing away the covering stone slab.
"don't want……"
Behind the house, the dung collector who was being chased called out, and the soldier surnamed Yu's knife was slashed on his body. The middle-aged soldier saw sparks falling in the sky, and then there was a wave-like distortion in front of his companion over there.
Ripple.
There was a loud bang, fire shot into the sky, the earth shook, and two figures were washed up into the night sky together with the overturned earth and rocks. The middle-aged soldier leaned against the wall with his head covered, his ears buzzing, and the room inside the room
The people outside were a little stunned for a moment. The bodies of the two soldiers and the flying earth and rocks fell down, and the stench of feces mixed with the burnt smell of the explosion. Only a moment later, someone shouted from behind the house:
"I'll kill you -" the middle-aged soldier also stood up with his sword, his face was ferocious and twisted, and he shouted: "Kill him, kill him, kill him -"
Tang Minjie was already running towards the nearby mountain with blood...
At this moment, the entire farm and nearby villages were awakened by the violent methane explosion in the night.