At Xu Siqi's signal, the two burly policemen took a few steps back, shouted, and slammed into the door together.
"Bang!"
The wooden door, which was not strong in the first place, opened with a sound.
"do not move!"
"Don't move!"
"do not move!"
"Everyone squat down!"
"Did you hear that? Squat down!"
The police officers swarmed in and pointed their guns at the people in the room.
Facing the patrol officers who suddenly rushed in, the people in the room seemed a little panicked. Under the threat of gunpoint, they had no choice but to squat on the ground as required.
Xu Siqi walked in. When he saw these "communist elements" in front of him, he couldn't help being surprised and amused.
Where is the Communist Party? It turns out that those students from the Northeast, Qiao Zhendong, Xiaojun, Tao Qinghong, many of them are all here.
Xu Siqi thought to himself, no wonder he saw them on Civil Supervisor Road last time. At that time, he thought it was a coincidence. It turned out that they were staying at the Dazhong Hotel.
"Brother Xu, why did you become a patrolman?" Xiaojun's sharp eyes recognized the patrolman who came in as Xu Siqi.
Xu Siqi looked at these people one by one with a straight face and said: "There is no Brother Xu here, only Inspector Xu!"
Xiaojun wanted to say something else, but Tao Qinghong stretched out her hand and pulled him, signaling him to be silent.
A boy whispered: "I have seen it a long time ago, he is not the same as us!"
Xiaojun hesitated and said: "I think Brother Xu is a very nice person, and he even helps us..."
"What do you know? That's called buying people's hearts!"
"But……"
"Shut up, everyone!" a patrolman yelled.
A Yong came over, handed Xu Siqi a pamphlet, and said: "This was found from them. These people must be Communists, there is no mistake!"
Xu Siqi took a look and saw five big words written on the pamphlet: Communist Declaration.
Whether it was the National Government, the concession authorities, or the Puppet Manchukuo under Japanese control, these kinds of books were classified as banned books.
Qiao Zhendong said loudly: "This book belongs to me and has nothing to do with anyone else. If one person does something, one person is responsible for it. Just arrest me!"
Xu Siqi sneered: "Your book? Where did you pick it up? You can't buy such a banned book in Shanghai!"
The reason why he said this was actually to remind Qiao Zhendong that as long as he insists that the book he picked up is actually a particularly serious crime.
Inspector Li also walked in. He looked at these people and said, "Inspector Xu, don't talk nonsense to them. Whether they are communists or not, take them back for a trial and everything will be clear."
Under the supervision of patrol officers, everyone was put into police cars.
When passing by Xu Siqi, Xiaojun whispered: "Brother Xu, we are not the Communist Party. Really, I never lie..."
The patrolman behind him backed away: "Quickly leave!"
Xu Siqi was the last one to come out of the room. The boss hurriedly came forward to greet him and said with a smile: "Sir, what on earth did these people do?"
Xu Siqi thought for a while, but did not answer the boss directly, but asked: "Don't you know what they did in the room?"
"I really don't know. The door is closed and no one else is disturbed. It's hard for me to ask..."
"Have they been staying in room 4?"
"No. They are all poor students from the Northeast. They probably have almost all the money in their pockets. They have been living in Datongbu when they first came here, and they just moved into room 4 recently. Oh, that female student lives in room 3 next door.
Rooms No. 3 and 3 are occupied by female guests.”
"Have strangers visited them recently?"
"No."
"okay, I get it."
"Sir, they..."
"Don't worry, it's nothing serious. It's just a routine question. I'll put it back after you explain it clearly."
"Oh, that's okay, that's okay."
The boss was relieved. If the guests in Room 4 were a group of sneaky thieves, they could no longer be allowed to stay there.
…………
Foch Road Patrol Room.
trial room.
"Qiao Zhendong, are you a Communist Party member?"
"No. Although I really want to be."
"If you're not the Communist Party, why are you reading their books?"
"Inspector Xu, now is not the Qing Dynasty. The era of mosquito prisons has passed. The government is also promoting freedom of speech. Isn't it just a matter of words and that's it?" Qiao Zhendong behaved very calmly.
Xu Siqi smiled: "I didn't realize it, but you are pretty good at talking."
"I'm just telling the truth."
"Qiao Zhendong, you have to understand one thing. This is a concession. You are violating the laws of the concession by promoting the Communist Party in the concession..."
When the iron door of the interrogation room rang, A Yong opened the door and walked in. He whispered to Xu Siqi: "Inspector Xu, two reporters came outside and asked to interview the person involved."
Xu Siqi frowned: "Which newspaper reporter?"
"New Youth Daily."
"Does the Chief Inspector know?"
"I understand. What the Chief Inspector wants to do is not to make the matter a big deal. If there are no problems, let them find a guarantor and grant bail."
"okay, I get it."
In Xu Siqi's view, this is an unreasonable thing. The patrol enforces the law in the concession and arrests people for various reasons every day.
In fact, as long as there is no bloodshed or casualties and no famous figures are involved, it will generally not attract the attention of reporters.
Reporters would be busy trying to find out the inside story of each case, and they would not be idle and pay attention to such small cases.
"Qiao Zhendong, write down what happened truthfully and sign a guarantee, and you can find a guarantor to bail you out." After Xu Siqi said this, he stood up and walked out.
The patrolman on the side found a pen and paper, put it on the table, and said to Qiao Zhendong: "Brother, you are lucky to have summoned the reporter. Otherwise, you will be charged with illegal assembly and you will be imprisoned for at least three to five months." .”
Qiao Zhendong remained silent.
After coming out of the interrogation room, Xu Siqi made two rounds to the prison.
The prison guard was still the guy who bought newspapers for Xu Siqi. When he saw Xu Siqi coming, he grinned awkwardly.
"Don't look at me, I don't need you to buy the newspaper, it's too expensive!" Xu Siqi said jokingly.
"Inspector Xu, we didn't know each other at that time... Otherwise, I can give you the two dollars." The guard gestured and reached into his pocket.
He kept talking about paying back the money, but the hand he took out the money felt like it was welded to death in his pocket, and he couldn't take it out.
Xu Siqi said: "Just like you said, we didn't know each other at that time. If you ask for repayment, you are deliberately slapping me in the face. Besides, you can't break the rules just because I have become a patrol officer." , are you right?"
"Inspector Xu, you still understand the truth!"
The guard secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was not one of Xu Siqi's subordinates, so he didn't have to flatter others. Of course, he didn't want to give back the money he had received.
Xu Siqi said: "Go and bring out the student named Xiaojun. I want to ask him a few questions. Besides, I won't go back and forth and will lend you your room."