There was no words for the whole night, and early the next morning, everyone followed Zhou Yanghao up the back mountain.
According to Zhou Yanghao's introduction, the rumored "Cat Cave" is on the back mountain.
"The so-called Cat Cave is actually a natural cave. It was called the 'Cat Cave' because the locals rumored that a big cat once came and went here. The entrance of the cave faces west and is about fifteen meters wide. The bottom of the cave is higher from the west to the east.
With a low direction, the cave hall is spacious and gradually becomes smaller towards the inside. There is a Yin River inside. Because the sound insulation effect is so good during torture in the cave, the shouts in the cave cannot be heard from outside, so many people also call it '
The Miao Cave is simply an excellent place for torture.”
For some reason, Zhou Yanghao didn't hide anything from the inspection team. Instead, he introduced it in detail as if to demonstrate his merit, which immediately made Peng Shuhui frown unconsciously.
Walking halfway up the mountain, she saw a row of prison cells with the words "Hezhai" hanging on them. As expected, there were about twenty people imprisoned in them. When Peng Shuhui saw that there were actually a few of those people, she could tell at a glance.
When he was still a young student in school, his face suddenly turned livid.
"Director Zhou, could you please explain the reason why these people were sent here?" Peng Shuhui almost suppressed the anger in her heart and said to Zhou Yanghao as calmly as possible.
"Of course. Come on, bring me the new employee registration book."
As soon as these words came out, one of his subordinates immediately responded and sent them over in a short time.
"Let me see, most of these people are merchants. The national crisis is at the forefront, but these merchants work together to control prices, hoard, and make a lot of money from the national crisis. In the end, the incident comes to light."
Everyone nodded after hearing this, with more or less a look of disdain on their faces.
However, Peng Shuhui obviously would not let him put this matter away so easily, so she continued to ask: "It is true that profiteers who are trying to make money for the country are hateful, but Director Zhou, those young people can clearly see at a glance that they are just
Students, no matter how you look at it, they have nothing to do with profit-seeking wealthy businessmen, right?"
"Ms. Peng is worthy of being the first of the four most famous figures in the journalism world, and her powers of observation are extraordinary. Yes, in addition to those businessmen who are struggling to make a fortune, there are indeed a few students from Jiaotong University."
"May I ask Director Zhou, what on earth did these students commit that warrants locking them up in a place like this?"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yanghao did not answer immediately. Instead, he slowly closed the register in his hand and asked slowly: "Miss Peng, I don't have any hobbies on weekdays. I just like drinking tea and reading newspapers, so
I am not unfamiliar with you, Miss Peng. On the contrary, I am very familiar with you. If I remember correctly, the front page headline of "Ta Kung Pao" on June 7th was probably written by you, right?"
"Yes, the 'June 5th Tunnel Massacre' shocked China and foreign countries and caused an uproar in public opinion. It is impossible for any Chinese to turn a blind eye or remain indifferent to it, let alone me, right?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone else looked sideways, and the one with the strongest reaction was not Zhou Yanghao, but Gao Zhanlong who followed Ye Xiufeng step by step without saying a word.
Of course, no one paid much attention to his reaction at this time, but almost all their attention was focused on Zhou and Peng.
"That's true, but Miss Peng, your report not only publicly condemned the inhumane behavior of the Japanese, but also implicitly accused the government of poor air defense management. Am I right?"
"Yes, truthful reporting and rational analysis are the industry standards and professional ethics that we media workers should abide by. Even if this comes to the Chairman, I still have to say this. Is there a problem?"
"No problem, in fact, not only journalists, all walks of life have their own responsibilities. For example, the duty of soldiers is to protect their homes and the country, open up borders and defend the territory, and the duty of farmers is to take good care of the farmers and the land, so that they can have a prosperous future in the coming year.
It’s a good harvest, and the student’s responsibility should be to stay on campus to study and learn in an orderly manner, are you right, Miss Peng?”
Peng Shuhui was so smart that she easily heard the implication of Zhou Yanghao's words. She couldn't help but frown and asked: "Are these students from last month..."
"Yes, and I can tell you very clearly that these students not only participated in last month's demonstration, but they were also the organizers behind the scenes. They initiated and organized that demonstration."
As soon as these words came out, Peng Shuhui was stunned, while Li Qiang was very confused. He quickly lowered his voice and asked Shen Zui beside him: "Director Shen, what happened with the parade last month?"
ah?"
Shen Zui did not hide anything, and directly replied in a fast voice: "After the June 5th Massacre, although the government immediately issued an "Investigation Report" on the tragedy, public opinion unanimously believed that the number of dead in the report was 999.
The figure of 12 people and 151 seriously injured is seriously inconsistent with the actual number. Many people use this as an excuse to accuse the government of inadequate protective measures, and point the finger at Liu Zhi, who was personally appointed by the Chairman of the Standing Committee as the air defense commander.
It is said that he is selling dog meat at the expense of sheep. Although he has established a series of departments such as special air defense forces, protective forces, stretcher battalions, alarm stations, etc. However, although these departments have been established, they have not recruited new soldiers, but directly let the original garrisons
They also forged rosters to defraud government funds, and most of the funds were embezzled by Liu Zhi."
Speaking of this, Shen Zui didn't forget to take a sneak look at Dong Jianchang. Seeing that his expression was still as usual and there was no reaction, he continued: "There are even rumors that when Liu Zhi was organizing the rescue of the wounded, he gave the first shot
The order was not to save people, but to order his subordinates to prioritize looting the deceased's gold, silver, soft goods, and even the clothes on his body. The rescue team suddenly transformed into a robber. As soon as this rumor came out, it immediately aroused public opinion and turned into a riot.
Large-scale demonstrations.”
Hearing this, even Li Qiang couldn't help but scolded Liu Zhi in his heart.
At this time, Peng Shuhui also recovered from the shock and said with difficulty: "But, as far as I know, the flags and slogans of that demonstration have always been peaceful demonstrations from the beginning!"
"Miss Peng, please don't be so excited. Of course I know that their original intention was to demonstrate peacefully, otherwise they would have been sent to the prison cell down the mountain to squat in a kiln."
"Then what are you doing?"
"Don't you think it's strange to Ms. Peng that the demonstration was peaceful at the beginning, but why did it turn into an armed riot in the end? It was obvious that it was the shot fired in the crowd by someone with ulterior motives! It was that shot that
The situation was completely out of control, which ultimately led to extremely serious consequences. The reason why we sent them here was not to imprison them, but to protect them in disguise. If Miss Peng doesn't believe it, I can let you talk to them alone later.
If you talk, you will know whether what I say is true or false."
"Of course, Director Zhou, with all due respect, even if this move is to protect their safety, it is also a disguised restriction of their personal freedom. It's okay in the short term, but if it goes on for a long time..."
"Don't worry, Miss Peng. Regarding this, the Chairman has already given instructions. If the instigator of this incident is really so cunning and has not been brought to justice, then after the news passes, these students will naturally regain their freedom."
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"Okay, I've written this down. I hope Director Zhou will keep his word and do what he says."
"That's natural."
Until then, Dong Jianchang, who had remained silent from the beginning, finally said: "Okay, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's talk about business! What are the rumors about political persecution?"
"Mr. Dong didn't know anything. In order to win over Du Yuesheng and prevent him from falling completely to Japan, our bureau took the initiative to help rescue Wan Molin, his housekeeper who stayed in Shanghai, and even went so far as to assassinate the then director of the Public Security Bureau.
Since Akagi's successor, our agents lurking in enemy-occupied areas have launched a fierce and protracted agent battle with No. 76, the Special High School Section, and the concession patrol brigade led by Akagi's successor, Shibayama Kenshiro. In the end, the plan was
Jiang Anhua, the captain of the Third Team of the Shanghai District who led the team to assassinate Akagi, sacrificed himself in exchange for all the unfortunately arrested comrades, calming the war."
Hearing this, Dong Jianchang nodded heavily and couldn't help but sigh: "How much courage it takes to sacrifice one's own death in exchange for the lives of others! Having such a righteous man is really a great blessing to the nation and a great blessing to the country!"
Everyone on the side also nodded in agreement.
However, Zhou Yanghao suddenly changed the subject, "However, Captain Jiang sacrificed himself with fearless spirit, but the cunning Ri Wang came up with a vicious plan, which was to kill those arrested before Captain Jiang surrendered.
The agents conducted surprise interrogations and turned many of those who were weak-willed, greedy for life and fearful of death into converts, and were released along with the others."
"This..." Even Dong Jianchang couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this, "Such methods are so poisonous!"
Even Ye Xiufeng sighed, "This is not releasing hostages, it's just random bombs!"
"Yes, fortunately, the old man at the bureau saw through Riwang's trick in time, and he had to do a big change of personnel lurking in Shanghai. He transferred those people back to the headquarters and kept them under his nose.
Surveillance, to tell you the truth, in just one month, nearly twenty traitors have slipped through the cracks and been sent here. No, they are all locked up in the water prison at the bottom of the cave at the moment!"
Before he finished speaking, Shenzui immediately spoke: "You may not know that almost all agents working in the headquarters will have an identity designed to hide their identity from others. Perhaps they are a technical consultant of a certain company, or they are...
Engineers, or librarians, so when arresting them, it will inevitably leave the public with the reason of arresting people indiscriminately."
Ye Xiufeng also hurriedly followed his words and echoed: "Yes, and in order to prevent Ri Wang's eyes from noticing and alerting the snake, we can only have the Central President come forward and deliberately create the illusion of political persecution to confuse
Those Japanese spies."
It has to be said that Shen Zui and Ye Xiufeng, who were originally on the same page, suddenly started to cooperate in harmony, and actually made up an almost seamless reason for an out-and-out scandal. After hearing this, Li Qiang couldn't help but be amazed by the tacit understanding between the two and the thickness of their skin.
But after all, a group of people came all the way from Chongqing, and it was not something he could just explain with a few unilateral explanations.
So at Dong Jianchang's suggestion, a group of people, led by Zhou Yanghao, went directly to the bottom of the cat cave, and took the trouble to interrogate the traitors who were imprisoned in the water prison one by one until they confirmed that the interrogation results were consistent with Zhou Yanghao's words. Everyone then breathed a long sigh of relief and returned to the entrance of the cave again.
However, Peng Shuhui didn't seem to give up and offered to have a good chat with the students detained in Hezhai. Zhou Yanghao let her go without saying anything, while the others rarely had a leisurely time. Had a moment of rest.
About an hour later, Peng Shuhui walked out of the prison cell. Although there was still some confusion on her face, the hostility in her words had obviously weakened a lot.
But even though more than half a day had passed since this trip, Peng Shuhui still insisted on going to the small town mentioned by the detainees.
At first, Shen Zui and Ye Xiufeng expressed their opposition surprisingly unanimously, but with Dong Jianchang's support, they had no choice but to agree.
Although Li Qiang was a little worried, since he still had a mission, he could only ask Haitang to accompany him for protection, and he followed Liu Fuguan to escort Dong Jianchang back to the dormitory.
Unexpectedly, just when Li Qiang was still thinking about how to help Mrs. Chiang find out Dong Jianchang's attitude towards the military and political factions in the Kuomintang without leaving any trace, Dong Jianchang took the lead and said: "Adjutant Liu!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"When this person gets older, he can no longer bear the pain. After only half a day, his body can't bear it anymore, and even his stomach starts to rebel."
"My subordinates are going to call the kitchen to prepare food."
"Well, go ahead."
In Adjutant Liu's eyes, Dong Jianchang's order was like an imperial edict, and he should obey it whenever ordered, so he accepted the order and left without saying a word.
It wasn't until Adjutant Liu left that Dong Jianchang turned to Li Qiang and said, "Mr. Li, if you don't mind, how about you stay and have a meal with me and enjoy the privileges of a special commissioner?"
Li Qiang did not refuse, and simply agreed readily, "In that case, it would be better for me to obey my orders than to be respectful."
It was not long before Adjutant Liu came back, sweating profusely, carrying a heavy food box...
