When the low-ranking members of the "counter-revolutionary gang" were brought in by comrades dressed in this way, their fear was palpable. The NKVD costume in a sense reinforced this feeling. The outfit is derived from one of Chen's many disorganized accounts.

"Giving the interrogated a sense of powerlessness and fear is one of the points that overwhelms them mentally." Chen Ke writes in his discussion of interrogation techniques.

This idea was easily accepted by the comrades of the People's Internal Affairs Committee, and the Chinese tradition is the most "majestic", and Chen Ke's idea and skill were not original. But it is impossible for the BJP to wear a fancy official uniform, and Chen's next advice for interrogators' costumes is to be "simple, powerful, metallic, and shiny." Of course, behind this paragraph, Chen Ke wrote down the instructions of "personal immature ideas".

The comrades played into the BJP's ethos of seeking truth from facts, and after reading Chen Ke's proposal, the committee was divided into two factions at that time. One faction believes that Chairman Chen's suggestion should be carried out and that the counter-revolutionaries should be completely overwhelmed in all their attire and momentum. On the other hand, the other faction believes that since the purpose of this time is to find out why some people are attacking the grassroots organizations of the People's Party, it is better to dress more intimately. As the leader of the People's Internal Affairs Committee, Qi Huishen adopted a compromise plan, and after comparing a variety of clothing matches, he finally decided on a leather armed belt with a slanted shoulder strap. The armed with lard has a luster and texture, and after being bundled, the whole person looks more energetic, and the oppressive force is more obvious.

These low-level personnel had already been imprisoned for several days, and it was naturally impossible for them to eat well during the days of detention, and their already thin bodies were held hostage by the strong arms of the comrades of the working group, and they really felt great fear.

Many of these people are locals, so their personal information is well prepared. After asking about the basic information such as the names and ages of the individuals, and further asking why these people participated in the attack on the government of the base area, the answer of these people was quite a position, "for the sake of righteousness."

"Since Brother Liu has spoken, and he has promised us food, we will follow him." The answer was the same for almost everyone at the bottom.

In response to such an answer, the members of the working group had to ask: "Do you think it is righteous for you to live by eating food from our People's Party, and then attacking the encirclement of our People's Party?" ”

The answer to this question became richer, and some people swore that they did not know that Liujiapu had been occupied by the People's Party before they hit the fence. Some people can only say that they have been deceived because they are not strong in lying. Or he smiled and said that he didn't know Taishan, and he would not do such a stupid thing next time. Of course, there were some more bizarre answers, and the participants said that they didn't know they were going to war, and they just participated to have a good time. Some people even said that they were sleeping, but they were woken up from their sleep, and they went in a daze, and then they were arrested in a daze.

Regardless of the reasons used by these people to explain what they had done, none of them said that they would dare to stand up to the BJP government in the future.

When they finished talking about their own affairs, and it was their turn to expose other people's affairs, all kinds of information and materials began to pour out. In almost everyone's confession, others rushed to the front, and he was just a bystander. In these confessions, the people who rushed ahead were different.

When the first batch of comrades of the People's Internal Affairs Committee were selected, considerable consideration was given to the aspect of lasting mental strength, and those who could be selected were relatively meticulous people. Some of the comrades in the working group were responsible for interrogation, and the other part began to talk about making multiple confessions and cross-comparing them, from which they were sifted out of common content. More than a dozen names gradually surfaced in the summary.

"It seems that Comrade Lin Shenhe has done a very good job." Qi Huishen looked at the several lists in front of him and couldn't help but praise. Before the working group came, Lin Shenhe provided a list of the lists he had collected, and the dozen or so names that appeared very frequently in the confession were all prominently listed. They were the names of the leaders of the main Hui parties in the vicinity of Wuhe County, and the leaders of the Rising Up Against the People's Party were the leaders of these Hui parties.

Bi Qingshan didn't agree with Qi Huishen's meaning, he frowned and asked, "Do you want to comb the accomplices again, there are few of them who tell the truth." I'm afraid that there are still some people here who haven't been caught. ”

Due to the use of advanced working methods, the nonsense of the group of people who have been interrogated can be seen almost at a glance, and Bi Qingshan is very disgusted by the performance of these people, and he has some intention of treating them to the end.

"Qingshan, are you really ready to kill?" Qi Huishen asked, "These people are all victims of the disaster, and they haven't been back to the local area for long, and they haven't joined our grassroots government. It's not an exaggeration to say that they were being coerced. ”

Bi Qingshan didn't agree with Qi Huishen's thoughts, "Coercion? These people were all persuaded by our local cadres to come back, how could they not know who was in charge of the base area? These people are simply there for guns and food. It's just that he doesn't have the courage to follow behind and reap the benefits. It's just that the local government is well prepared and didn't give them a chance. If they were honest, I think they could be spared. Now they've all been arrested and they're talking nonsense, what's the matter? You have to teach them a lesson. ”

Looking at the indignant Bi Qingshan, Qi Hui knew that what Bi Qingshan had just stated was the reason why many People's Party comrades demanded severe punishment for these people. These victims were mobilized by the cadres to return to their hometowns, and the BJP did a lot of work to accommodate them, and it was impossible for these people not to know that it was the BJP that was in power in the base areas. In such a situation, these people still dare to participate in the attack on the grassroots organizations of the People's Party, and this nature is absolutely a contradiction between the enemy and ourselves, not a contradiction among the people. Many comrades advocated that all these people should be eliminated in order to prevent future troubles.

Qi Huishen did not like indiscriminate killing, and Chen Ke's attitude towards this counter-revolutionary incident was also relatively cautious. He didn't want a consensus in the working group that he must be severely punished, and before he personally directed the investigation, Qi Huishen didn't feel how easy it was to fabricate charges, and after personally participating in various inquiries, Qi Huishen felt that as long as there was a preconceived method and enough skills, it was too easy to put a person to death. Needless to say, these participants in actual counter-revolutionary actions would not be very difficult to overthrow a group of cadres in Wuhe County by taking advantage of this incident. Just because he personally felt the power of the People's Internal Affairs Committee, Qi Huishen hoped that the department he was in charge would not have a strong impulse of violence, and he couldn't help but persuade: "In the year of disaster, the people are precarious, and the base area is also changing a lot. It is understandable that these people do not believe in our new regime. ”

Bi Qingshan didn't know Qi Huishen's thoughts, his heart was now full of anger towards the counter-revolutionaries, "In troubled times, we can easily let go of these people, what will other people think in their eyes?" And they're talking nonsense now, and they're fighting us, thinking they can fool us through. This is absolutely not a no-go. ”

Hearing this, even Qi Huishen couldn't say anything more. Although I don't think it's necessary to go on a killing spree, this kind of tolerant attitude also needs to be a bottom line. Tolerance is not the same as connivance, and it is true that these prisoners have not shown an honest attitude of confession so far. The People's Party advocates "leniency in confession and strictness in resistance." "These people are still trying to get lucky, and they are still resisting the new government. From this point of view, at least they have to be able to dispel this fluke mentality, and they must tell the truth to the working group. With a sense of concern, Qi Huishen asked Bi Qingshan to continue his work.

The second round of interrogation, which began newly, was aimed at contradictory rhetoric, and the effect of persuasion was very unobvious. Seeing that the BJP did not use torture, many participants felt that they could deny it to the end. Many people try to excuse their inconsistencies by saying that they are misremembered, or that they were wrong at the time. Some of them were even more bold enough to say that the Working Group's record was wrong. That's not what they originally said. Faced with such a situation, the originally calm questioning quickly became intense.

Qi Huishen looked at the various inquiries and quibbles in the interrogation room, and he really felt very helpless. The purpose of these participants is nothing more than to get a better outcome for themselves, and they do not know that their own efforts are pushing themselves in the exact opposite direction. In fact, as long as these people weep bitterly and admit that they were wrong, and then honestly explain what they did at that time, the People's Party can let them go. The quibbles of these people have only pushed themselves to a more dangerous level. What makes Qi Hui deeply sad is that there are basically no people who are willing to admit that they are wrong.

"Liu Chengkun, you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin." Not long after Bi Qingshan started the third round of interrogation, he finally couldn't help but say loudly, "Even if we originally wanted to put you back, but when you say this, we can't release you." Liu Chengkun: Do you really think you've done something wrong? You think you've been caught, so you're pretending to be pitiful here. Didn't you know you shouldn't be involved in this kind of thing? ”

Liu Chengkun could see that Bi Qingshan was really angry, and he said tentatively: "I was wrong, I know I was wrong." Sir, I admit my mistake, can you let me go? ”

With a snap, Bi Qingshan slapped on the table, and he shouted: "I know it's wrong, and you still tell me nonsense?" You first said that you were carrying the grain. And you are at the end of the crowd. This is obviously someone who has proved that you took a stick and followed Liu Yongyi at that time. Well, you still said to reassure Liu Yongyi, you will never be a bad seed. I've asked you a few times, and you won't tell me the truth, that's what you know is wrong? ”

Hearing this, Liu Chengkun seemed to be burned by a soldering iron, and his face was full of horror that was unique to being exposed to lies, "This, who said this?" This is wrong me! ”

"Wronged you?" Bi Qingshan patted on a stack of interrogation records, "How many other people's things have you said yourself, I don't need to read it to you again." Can you talk about others, but others won't talk about you? And we don't say what others say. Liu Chengkun, you have said it seven or eight times here, what Liu Yongren who was standing next to Liu Yongyi said, what Liu Yongyi said, and how did they talk to each other. You said that you yourself are standing at the end of the line, what about these hundreds of people, are you clairvoyant and ears? You can see them talk from hundreds of people, and you can hear what Liu Yongyi and Liu Yongren at the front said from hundreds of people? Who are you lying about? ”

Liu Chengkun opened his mouth after hearing this, but he couldn't speak, Bi Qingshan's interrogation skills were quite clever, he listened at first, and then asked some very fragmentary questions, and even connived at Liu Chengkun to believe that Ma Youyi said a lot of true and false, but once these seemingly inconsequential things were confirmed, Liu Chengkun's own lies were immediately and completely exposed. Since he can stand by the side of the mastermind Liu Yongyi, Liu Chengkun is not a small role. Seeing that the situation was not good, he simply threw himself forward and knelt on the ground.

"I'll tell the truth, and if you ask me anything, I'll only tell the truth. Please spare your life. This voice was full of fear, if it weren't for the guards immediately forcibly dragging Liu Chengkun back to the stool, Liu Chengkun would have kowtowed like garlic.

Seeing that Liu Chengkun was finally subdued, Bi Qingshan sneered, "You have to tell the truth, right?" Okay, Liu Chengkun, then tell me again who those people who are at the forefront and where they are. ”

From the third interrogation, with Liu Chengkun as a breakthrough, these participants could not resist giving in one after another, and all kinds of more authentic information began to be collected. Quite a few people who were once considered petty people showed their true colors, and some of them began to confess. After comparing and compiling the confessions of these individuals, the Working Group felt that it was finally possible to begin the interrogation of the leading key figures.

Liu Yongyi, the leader of this counter-revolutionary incident, was brought to the interrogation room for the first time.

Different from the ferocity of imagination, Liu Yongyi's appearance does not give people a brutal impression, he is not tall, and his appearance is quite delicate, especially when he has a tight mouth, there are two dimples on his face. It looks very shy. However, in the eyes of the working group, Liu Yongyi did not have such a harmless feeling. Bi Qingshan stared at Liu Yongyi's eyes, and from Liu Yongyi's eyes, which could still be regarded as bright, Bi Qingshan saw a deep firm hostility and an indescribable hostility. It was a sight similar to that of a beast before it attacked.

This person is dangerous, Bi Qingshan thought.