Chapter 24: Mistaken
The two Boers were named Padbek and Sukobuik, which in Dutch means horse's mouth and beer belly, respectively, and Roque didn't know why they called such a strange name, many Dutch people have strange names.
According to the Cape Town Police Department's records, Ma Zui was charged with theft and beer belly was charged with causing a brawl, and they were not served on Robben Island, but were thrown into a nearby mine to mine, so they could live until the end of their sentences.
"Padbek, Sukobuik, do you know why you're here?" Roque sat down in the only chair in the interrogation room, looking at the horse's mouth and beer belly with interest.
The horse's mouth and the beer belly were tied to the pillar in the interrogation room, both of them looking horrified, and the two poor people didn't know what was happening, and looked at Roque a little dumbly and shook his head.
"You must know who did the recent assault on the police around Tuith, is there anything you would like to say about it?" Roque lit a cigar, habitually took a sip into his lungs, and instantly realized that something was wrong, the cigar did not need to enter the lungs.
"I don't know, sir, I didn't do it." The beer belly was sweating profusely, the soldering iron on the stove next to him was already red, the leather whip was soaked in a barrel with salt water, Tang En, who was five big and three thick, looked at the horse's mouth and beer belly with a fierce look on his bare shoulders and smiled ill-willedly, and the neatly dressed Li De was busy making coffee, but it was obviously not for the horse's mouth and beer belly.
"Sir, I don't even dare to fight women, let alone attack the police." Ma Zui legs are like sifting chaff, he has not experienced torture, he does not know that torture is cruel, he felt all this when Ma Zui was in prison, and he still remembers it vividly when Ma Zui dreams back at midnight.
"Do you know who has something to do with this?" Roque didn't expect to solve the case right away, if the horse mouth and beer belly were rioters, they wouldn't be caught by Sharma honestly, Roque only hoped to get some news, even if it could be narrowed down.
"I don't know." This time, the horse's mouth and the beer belly are in unison.
"Don't know?" Roque didn't believe that they didn't know any news, the Boers didn't have much sense of anti-reconnaissance these days, if it was a foreign Boer who committed a crime, they also needed the cooperation of the local Boers, the horse's mouth and beer belly were Roque's carefully selected local snakes, they may not have the courage to attack the police, but if someone dared to attack the police, then they must know something.
"I really don't know." The horse's mouth blurted out, but the beer belly was a little hesitant.
"Good." Roque stopped talking nonsense and raised his finger to point at the beer belly, and Don immediately walked over with a leather whip and a sinister smile.
"Say Sukobuik, if you know, if you don't say it, you'll kill us." The horse's mouth screamed wildly, and I didn't know what these black-hearted guys had added to the bucket, and there was still some unknown red liquid dripping on the leather whip, this kind of cowhide leather whip had steel thorns on it, and a whip could kill half a person.
"I'm not sure, I don't know if it's them, Nick's house is home to a few strangers who I've never seen before." The beer belly was so frightened that his voice broke, and his pants were even more wet.
"Where does Nick's family live, take me there." Roque was overjoyed, whether it was or not, he would arrest the person first.
After reporting to Henry, Roque gathered the commando, including the beer belly, a total of eighteen people took two four-wheeled carriages to Nick's house together, before entering Tuis, Roque ordered the carriage to stop and arrange tasks, Anton led a team of people to surround Nick's house, Roque led a team of people to be responsible for the assault, everyone was loaded, if there is resistance, there is no need to fire a warning gun, you can shoot directly, Roque also wants to catch it alive, but that may cause casualties, the number of Chinese police is too small, Roque is reluctant.
Nick's home is located in Lawrence Street, Tuis District, this is a two-story wooden building with an attic, there are two doors at the front and back, the attic can be observed to the outside world, it is not easy to approach silently, in fact, if it is a night arrest, it should be easier to approach, but it is also more conducive to those people to escape at night, Roque still decided to act immediately, if anyone dares to escape, just shoot and kill.
This is not Roque's request, but Henry's request, Henry only needs the result, or Henry just wants to make a difference, even if it is a manslaughter, it is also a result, anyway, the dead man will not speak.
Entering Lawrence Street, there are not many pedestrians on the street, occasionally people are in a hurry, and they are basically old people or women and children, and there are almost no young people in sight, which is the norm in the Tuis district, as a gathering place for Boers, the Tuis district is a high-risk area of vicious crimes, and many young adults are either arrested in concentration camps or flee to the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State.
The carriage was stable at the intersection fifty meters away from Nick's house, and Roque drew his pistol and was the first to jump out of the carriage and approach Nick's house under the cover of the buildings on the street.
"They're coming!"
Less than twenty meters from Nick's house, Roque and the others were discovered, and there was indeed a sentry in the attic.
"Rush! Rush! Rush in! ”
Roque didn't hesitate, roaring and splinting.
Bang!
There was a gunshot behind the house, it should be Anton, who was in charge of outflanking, and then someone screamed, it should be someone who was shot, and I don't know if it was the police or the people who tried to escape.
Boom!
Roque kicked the door and raised his gun to aim at the room under the cover of the wall, there were five or six pieces of gold scattered on the floor of the room, about four or five people, all of whom were already in a mess, seeing Roque kick and smash the door, one person reached out to his waist, Roque did not hesitate to pull the trigger.
Bang!
The gunfire was deafening, and the man who had been hit fell like a stake, and there was a disc-sized radial stain of blood on the wall behind him, and Webley's revolver was indeed powerful.
At the same time as the gunshot rang out, several other people seemed to be stunned, and looked at Roque in a daze without any movement.
Bang!
Roque was a little impulsive, with too much adrenaline for a moment, his brain was a little drowsy, and he shot again uncontrollably, and another person was knocked down, and the others woke up like a dream and fell to their knees.
It doesn't seem right, if it was a rioter, it shouldn't be so easy to be arrested.
But he is definitely not a good person, otherwise he will run away when he sees the police, and he will not leave anyone to stand guard in the attic.
"Don't move!"
"Get on your knees!"
"Put your hands where I can see!"
Li De and Tang En rushed in at this time, not because Li De and Tang En were slow, but because Roque was too fast.
"Hey, Locke, if you kick a person, you won't kick them to death!" When the dust settled, Anton sighed as he looked at the broken door.
Roque didn't know why his strength had become so great, Roque had tried before, and Roque could kick open a door with a normal degree of sturdiness, but it was not to the extent that he could kick a solid wooden door to pieces.
"Master Luo, make a mistake, they are smugglers, not rebels." Li De got the confession, there were a total of six people in the room, they were not rebels, but smugglers who smuggled gold.