Volume I, Chapter XXIV
As the saying goes: lips die and teeth are cold. Tianjin is the gateway to Beiping, and the liberation of Tianjin indicates that Beiping will not escape the same fate. Before the advent of the war, the people of Beiping did not panic, they calmly waited for the arrival of this day, but the defenders of Beiping were in panic. The Kuomintang secret service is frantically arresting ** people, and they have to fight to the death.
In the middle of the night, a large stove in the gloomy torture room was bubbling with red flames, and the room was filled with a strong smell of blood. Huang Tingting was tied to a wooden stake, and she was severely whipped with a leather whip by a sturdy horse beard. Ma was tired of bearding, he gasped and sat on a wooden bench and lit a cigarette and smoked heavily, while several other thugs continued to beat Huang Tingting. The thick leather whip stained with water pulled out the blood marks on Huang Tingting's thin clothes, and Huang Tingting couldn't help but moan in pain although she bit her lip hard. Under the repeated whipping of the spies, Huang Tingting's head hung weakly to her chest, and she fainted. Ma Dabeard, who was sitting on the side resting, saw Huang Tingting fainting, so he immediately stood up, picked up a bucket of cold water and splashed it at Huang Tingting.
The bone-chilling cold water woke Huang Tingting up, and her body trembled a few times and slowly raised her head. Ma Dabeard threw away the cigarette butt and twisted it a few times with his foot, he stepped forward and held up Huang Tingting's chin and asked, "Stinky girl!" You're not dead, are you? ** Tricks or not? ”
Huang Tingting cheered up and opened her eyes, "Phew! She spat bloody saliva on Ma's bearded face.
The annoyed and angry Ma Dabeard slapped Huang Tingting's face fiercely, "** stinky bitch, dare to smack Lao Tzu, see how I clean you up!" I'm going to have to pry your mouth open today! He asked his subordinates to hand him a red-hot soldering iron, tore open Huang Tingting's shirt, pointed to Huang Tingting's fully developed Rufang Fang and said with a cruel smile: "Shall I brand your tits with two marks?" lest your man lose thee and find thee. Huang Tingting stared at her angry eyes and didn't speak, and Ma Dabeard raised the red-hot soldering iron and was about to make a move.
A thug next to him hurriedly dissuaded: "Is it okay for the eldest brother to change his move?" You've broken those two things of hers, and the brothers won't have anything to play with in the future! I think it's better to prick her ** with a steel needle! This trick is enough for her! ”
"Less nonsense! If you want to play with women, we have it here, and I'm going to leave a fucking mark for this pussy today! Ma Dabeard shook the red-hot soldering iron in front of Huang Tingting's eyes, and the soldering iron blew Huang Tingting's lock of hair hanging down on her forehead with a "squeak", emitting an unpleasant burnt smell.
"Stinky rascals! Knave! Shameless! Huang Tingting closed her eyes after scolding, and twisted her face to the side stubbornly. Ma Dabeard originally wanted to scare Huang Tingting, but when he saw the other party's unyielding appearance, he had to say: "Miss Huang, if you don't confess, don't blame my old horse for being really ruthless." ”
"Wait! Old horse, slow hands! With the voice, Ma Liangchen walked in from outside.
Ma Dabeard stopped and looked back, Ma Liangchen stepped forward and took the red soldering iron in Ma Dabeard's hand and put it back in the furnace and said, "Old Ma, how can such a weak woman make such a ruthless move?" Do you need it? It's over! It's over! He pointed at Huang Tingting and asked the thugs: "Can you do it with such a beautiful girl?" Why don't you have any pity for the fragrance and jade? ”
Ma Dabeard said angrily: "Damn! I look at her like a weak woman, I didn't expect to torture her for half a night, but this little girl just doesn't open her mouth, I don't think she can be more ruthless! ”
"Some prisoners are as hard as iron, and they can't be beaten up." Ma Liangchen said.
"Then beat her to death, I don't believe she is iron-mouthed and copper-toothed!"
"You know how to do it! She is a girl in her early twenties, she will not be a stubborn Communist Party member, and it is wrong and inhumane to torture these students who are not deeply involved in the world and have been deceived by the Communist Party and gone astray! We need to touch her heart with generosity and love, so that she can realize that she has gone wrong. Ma Liangchen was very dissatisfied and taught Ma Beard and a few minions.
"Matou, I see that you are usually ruthless enough, how did you become a bodhisattva today? Could it be that you see that this chick is beautiful and reluctant to fight? ”
Ma Liangchen's words made Ma Liangchen very dissatisfied, and he pointed at Ma Dabeard and reprimanded: "Nonsense! You know about torture all day long, and you break your fingers to count, how many people have you killed this month? You didn't ask for anything of value, you are just killing people for the Communist Party! It's a bunch of rice buckets! Get me out! I'll talk to Miss Huang alone. ”
Ma Liangchen saw that Ma Dabeard and several people were unwilling to leave, so he pointed to the door and shouted, "Did you hear that? Get out! Hurry up and get out! Ma Bearded walked away with his men unhappy.
After Ma Liangchen drove away Ma Dabeard and others, he came to Huang Tingting. He looked at Huang Tingting's bare chest with appreciative eyes and said with emotion: "It's really youthful, delicate like a flower, I really can't bear them to destroy you like this!" After speaking, he reached out and covered Huang Tingting's bare chest with clothes.
Huang Tingting said unappreciatively: "Stay away from me, don't come to this set of pretenses!" ”
Ma Liangchen was not angry: "Miss Huang is worthy of being a heroine among the women, she can be righteous and awe-inspiring under severe torture, and put life and death out of the way, which really makes Ma admire!" But you also have to think about it, a woman like you should enjoy life to the fullest, but you are locked up in a stinking cell all day long, don't you feel sorry? To tell the truth, we are hell on earth, and we want to torture you, there are hundreds of torture instruments for you to use, and they will torture you to the point of crying and crying to death, so that you can't die or live. How many well-known tough guys can't stand such torture and just want to die quickly, and how many prisoners are so frightened that they pee their pants and confess everything they know before they are tortured, are you really not afraid of this delicate woman? If you are really not afraid of criminal law, we can also not torture you, a young and beautiful woman like you is the plaything that my brothers can't ask for, let these wolf-like brothers take turns to rape you and play with you every day, completely destroy you physically and mentally, and make your life worse than death! A few days ago, there was a female communist party who was about the same age as you who couldn't stand the daily **, and as a result, she went insane and became a madman, so we had to bury her alive. You should understand that only fools will not cooperate with us. ”
Ma Liangchen stopped talking and looked at Huang Tingting, Huang Tingting's body was extremely weak, she closed her eyes and rested, and was unmoved by Ma Liangchen's words. Ma Liangchen thought that Huang Tingting was listening carefully, so he continued: "Miss Huang, you should know that it is as easy as crushing an ant to death in our prison. At night we will throw your naked body on a mass grave in the suburbs, and your once delicate body will rot and stink, crawl with maggots, or be gnawed by wild dogs. A living life turned into an ownerless bone in the wilderness in an instant. No one knows who you are, and no one cares who you are, the ideals you believe in have come to naught, even if you are a martyr, can you know? Even if you really know Jiuquan, what can you do? Hi! It's a terrible scene to think about! Ma Liangchen shook his head very sadly, and continued to look at Huang Tingting's expression as he spoke.
After listening to Ma Liangchen's words, Huang Tingting, who had been resting with her eyes closed, suddenly burst out laughing, she raised her head and opened her eyes to look at Ma Liangchen with disdain.
Ma Liangchen asked strangely: "What are you laughing at?" ”
"I laugh at you for being very good at acting, you are clearly an executioner but you have to pretend to be compassionate, I advise you not to waste your thoughts, I was caught by you and didn't expect to get out alive. Let me send you a word: 'The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?' ’”
Ma Liangchen hurriedly said, "Miss Huang, you misunderstood me!" I don't want you to die, I'm here to help you and save you! Let me tell you, because I arrested you, Wang Hongju almost beat me to death after knowing about it, and my injury has not been neat until now. If you lose your life here, **, Wang Yunqing, and the detective team are all going to settle accounts with me! I hope you live well. Ma Liangchen's words are true.
"You're going to save me? Then let me out now! Do you dare? "Huang Tingting took Ma Liangchen's army.
Ma Liangchen smiled and said: "I don't dare to let you out secretly, but you have to admit that you are **, write a letter of surrender, and explain the relationship between your superiors and subordinates, I guarantee that you can be released from prison immediately, and we will keep it a secret for you after you are released." You can still do your **, but you have to give us information. After you turn yourself in, we can also give you a large sum of money to enjoy life to the fullest. Miss Huang, just listen to me! Life is short, the grass and trees are autumn, people live in the world is to talk about reality, people must be worthy of their precious life. Now that you have only two paths to choose from, money and pleasure on the one hand, faith and death on the other, which one do you want to take? ”
The trauma on Huang Tingting's body pierced the pain in her heart, she frowned in pain, and she was not in the mood to deal with Ma Liangchen. Ma Liangchen thought that Huang Tingting's heart was beginning to waver, so he persuaded while the iron was hot: "Miss Huang, if you are willing to cooperate with us, I have a surrender book written for you here, you just need to press a handprint on it, and then you can be free!" ”
"Tell you Ma Liangchen, people living without faith are like walking corpses! There are no regrets about dying for your faith, and I'm sure you've seen a lot of them. You're going to die of this heart! I have nothing to say to a despicable person like you! After Huang Tingting finished speaking, she closed her eyes and never spoke again.
Ma Liangchen began to feel that he could take down Huang Tingting with a single attack, but when he saw that she still refused to give in, he was very anxious, so he spread his hands and said, "Miss Huang, you are so obsessed that you are going to die, I really feel sorry for you!" You confess that you can get out alive, and I can also explain to all sides, how good it is for us to have the best of both worlds! As the saying goes: Listen to people's advice to eat a full meal, you reflect first, and I will talk to you tomorrow. Ma Liangchen saw that Huang Tingting still refused to eat, so he had to call a guard to carry Huang Tingting back to the cell.
Ma Liangchen tried his best to persuade Huang Tingting to not let Ma Dabeard interfere, Ma Dabeard was not happy. Although Ma Liangchen is Ma Dabeard's direct boss, Ma Dabeard has never looked down on him from his heart. When resisting Japan, Ma Dabeard was a military commander, at that time he was lurking in Beiping, Ma Dabeard was brave and ruthless, not afraid of death, and he had carried out the task of assassinating devils and traitors many times, and he had made meritorious contributions and received awards. At that time, Ma Liangchen was a traitor who worked for the Japanese, and he was the opposite of the military command. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ma Liangchen bribed the head of the military command Beiping Station, and he turned from a traitor with no national integrity to a high-spirited military commander agent. Ma Dabeard is a vulgar person with no culture, although he is old, he cannot be reused, and the traitor Ma Liangchen became his direct boss after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and Ma Dabeard was particularly unconvinced. Usually Ma Dabeard and Ma Liangchen are face and heart discord, the two of them often invite merit and reward each other, Ma Dabeard wants to find an opportunity to bring down Ma Liangchen at any time.
Ma Dabeard saw that Ma Liangchen did not let him continue to interrogate Huang Tingting, and he was not happy, so he went to the spy leader and sued Ma Liangchen for covering up the female **. He fabricated to his boss with a nose and eyes that Huang Tingting was Ma Liangchen's brother-in-law's girlfriend, and Ma Liangchen's father-in-law Wang Yunqing bribed Ma Liangchen with a lot of money, and Ma Liangchen had to save Huang Tingting's life. Therefore, in Huang Tingting's case, Ma Liangchen did not let others try it, and did not allow him to be tortured. Ma Dabeard also hinted that Ma Liangchen had ties to the underground organization of **.
The head of the Beiping Station of the Secret Bureau is a soft-eared and suspicious person, but he doesn't believe Ma Liangchen when he says that he is in the Communist Party. He asked the bearded man suspiciously: "Is what you said true?" This Huang Tingting was personally arrested by Ma Liangchen, how could he shield Huang Tingting? ”
"Stationmaster, Ma Liangchen only recognizes money and not people, and it is his mantra that money can make ghosts grind, whoever gives him enough money, he will do things for whomever he wants. He first worked as a lackey for the Japanese, and now he works for our military commanders, and he didn't buy it with money! ”
"Huh? Why do you say that, Lao Ma! Ma's bearded boss was a little upset.
Ma Dabeard still said uninterestingly: "Anyway, I think that guy is the grass on the wall falling with the wind, and now that ** is about to become a climate, is he secretly going to ** again?" I think he is like Lu Bu, the third family slave of the Three Kingdoms, how can there be any loyalty at all! Stationmaster, I don't know my heart! You'd better be more attentive to him. ”
The spy leader asked Ma Dabeard: "Do you have any evidence that Lao Ma harbored the Female Communist Party?" ”
Ma Dabeard said the evidence, he said that Huang Tingting is Ma Liangchen's brother-in-law's girlfriend, Ma Liangchen and this female communist party have long been in contact, and he is only arresting Huang Tingting now to knock his father-in-law a sum of money. It is said that his father-in-law has given Ma Liangchen several gold bars in order to save Huang Tingting. Ma Dabeard added fuel and vinegar in front of his boss and said a lot of bad things about Ma Liangchen.
Since Ma Dabeard sued Ma Liangchen, his boss was obviously indifferent to Ma Liangchen, and some actions that should have been handled by Ma Liangchen were changed to Ma Dabeard's responsibility, and Huang Tingting's case was not allowed to interfere with Ma Liangchen. Ma Liangchen knew that it was Ma Dabeard who secretly made a stumbling block for himself, although he held a grudge in his heart, but he did not show a little in front of Ma Dabeard, and sometimes they drank and played cards together as brothers.