Georgy didn't expect Muralov to be so talkative, he had already interrogated Lomov and Smirlov just now, and the result was very unsatisfactory, Lomov, who was still playing a clown at the venue, flatly denied all the accusations against him, even if these accusations were substantiated, he also denied them. As for Smirlov, he is not as hard-mouthed as Lomov, but he also does not know anything, no matter what Georgi asks, his answer is: I don't know, I don't know, Ihavenoidea.

If it weren't for Dzerzhinsky's previous warnings, the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Discipline Inspection Commission must pay attention to ways and methods, and that the comrades in the party must not be treated like the tsarist secret police. Otherwise, Georgi really wants to punish these two bastard bastards!

Lomov and Smirlov could not open a breakthrough, and Mikoyan and Kirov were not interrogated casually now, and after thinking about it, Georgy could only put his hope on Mulalov.

Georgi can see from previous meetings that Muralov is not on the right path with Smirlov and Lomov, and can even be said to be mortal enemies. Presumably, this man who doesn't mind falling into the trap of a mortal enemy, if he can get some new evidence from Muralov, I'm afraid he can pry open the teeth of those two bastards.

Of course, Georgi is also mentally prepared, Muralov is probably not a good stubble, and his mouth is not necessarily easy to pry open, if necessary, it is better to knock on the mountain and scare the tiger first, scare and scare this guy.

True, Georgy did not have a very good impression of Muralov, and he believed that the accusations made by Lomov and Smirlov against someone were probably not groundless. Although the previous evidence did not quite point to Muralov. But I'm afraid the inside of his pants is not clean either.

So. Georgi was ready, ready to give Muralov a little color, and make sure he told the truth.

But now all this is meaningless, Mulalov's attitude is too good to be better, he is simply a model among the suspects, and if all the suspects are as honest as he is, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Commission for Discipline Inspection can consider closing the door.

Of course. Although Georgi was surprised, he did not let his guard down, and even on the contrary, he suddenly raised his vigilance. According to his previous experience, a well-behaved prisoner like Muralov is either ready to change his mind or is ready to play tricks.

If it was the former, Georgi would naturally be relieved, but he didn't think his luck was so good, according to what he knew about the case. Muralov seems to be more on the latter.

"Really?" Georgy smiled and asked tentatively: "Comrade Mulalov, did you interrupt and take the initiative to explain everything?" ”

Muralov pretended not to hear the overtones of Georgi's words. Still calmly replied: "I just want to tell everything I know about the Dao, and as for whether I made a mistake in it, I believe the organization will give me an objective and fair evaluation!" ”

This was said without leakage, and it also made the alarm bell in Georgi's heart ring, and he felt more and more that Muralov was not easy to deal with, as if it was not the right choice for him to talk to this old fox so early, and it seemed that Lomov and Smirlov were a little easier to deal with than him.

However, since the choice has been made, Georgi cannot withdraw without saying a word, if he can't deter Muralov this time, then it will be even more difficult to find out the truth from the old fox in the future.

"Of course, the organization will give you an objective and fair explanation, but the premise is that you confess everything to the organization!" Georgi said sternly, "Anyone who tries to deceive and deceive the organization will not end well, I hope you remember this deeply!" ”

Still not very concerned, Muralov stood up generously and replied, "I know this better than you know," and at this point, he paused slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Shall we start here?" ”

Muralov's casual appearance made Georgi's anger rise inexplicably, and an idea suddenly popped into his heart - I must tear down the mask of your old fox and expose your ugly face to the world.

"Of course not!" Georgi snorted and made a gesture of please: "I have opened a special interrogation room, which is used to deal with you!" ”

Georgi had thought that his provocation would provoke Muralov's anger and make him lose his mind, thus making the interrogation more difficult. But Muralov was not at all indifferent to his provocation, like a man who had nothing to do, as if he were not going to the interrogation room, but to the massage parlor.

The interrogation room was very small, only a few square meters, and there was no other furnishings in it except for a table and two stools, especially the musty smell, which made people very uncomfortable.

"I've wronged you, Comrade Muralov," Georgi sat down and sneered: "This used to be a utility room, and the conditions were quite difficult, I hope you can get used to it!" ”

Muralov chuckled lightly and said nonchalantly: "What kind of hardship is this, I think that when I followed Comrade Lenin to do underground work, not to mention the utility room, the garbage heap was also drilled, compared with before, I don't know how many times better the conditions here!" ”

Muralov's virtue of relying on the old and selling the old made Georgi more and more unhappy, and his repeated provocative remarks not only did not provoke the other party, but made him a little annoyed. There was no way to get the truth out if he went on like this, and he knew that he had to change his strategy.

"Really?" Georgi smiled for the first time, pretending to be very interested and asked, "I really didn't know that the conditions in Ludao at that time would be so difficult, can you tell me how you persevered?" ”

Muralov laughed more heartily than Georgi, and he shook his head and said: "The past is unbearable! It's all some old calendars, think about the present, and then think about the beginning, it's like a dream. At that time, I thought that I would not see the day when the revolution would be victorious...... Hehe, what are you talking about, let's get back to the point! Comrade Georgi, stop beating around the bush. If there's anything, just ask. As long as I know the truth. I'll say it without reservation! ”

Georgi originally wanted to make Muralov relax his vigilance, but who knew that the old fox was not fooled at all, and he went back to the point in two sentences, and his attention was not ordinary concentration!

Georgi wanted to delay any longer, but the opponent had already kicked the ball back, and it was pointless for him to continue to care about the left and right, but he seemed to be weak-hearted.

Thinking of this, Georgi was not polite. He asked directly, "Can you briefly retell what you went through before you attended the meeting yesterday and today?" ”

"Of course," replied Georgi, unconcerned, and then, seemingly unsuspectingly, began to gush on.

Muralov said that Georgy listened intently, taking notes in his notebook from time to time, as if he were listening to a story, and did not interrupt Muralov at all, and continued to talk for ten minutes until Muralov finished speaking. He took a deep breath and said:

"Comrade Muralov. This is a brief outline that I have just made based on your statement, and if you have no objections, please sign it. ”

Muralov was not polite, and carefully read the outline three times before swiping his name.

Retracting the notebook, Georgi did not mean to speak again, stood up and said: "Now I will go to verify your confession, and in the meantime, please stay in the interrogation room and do not move around!" ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Muralov to say something, opened the door and walked away without looking back, that decisiveness and decisiveness seemed to show that he didn't take Muralov seriously at all.

Georgi was gone, and the moment the door to the interrogation room closed, his decisiveness and determination were immediately gone. He was a little disappointed, because according to his original estimate, Muralov should have said that he should not let himself go, whether angry or cowardly.

"Do you want to send a few comrades to check it!" Suslov, who was waiting outside the door, asked.

Georgi shook his head and said, "You don't need to send too many people to verify, just send one or two comrades to ask." This doesn't make sense, the old fox won't say the key things, and if he can say it, it is estimated that he has already deliberated it out and deliberately let us see it! ”

Suslov nodded and agreed: "It's possible!" After a pause, he suddenly asked: "Comrade Georgi, do you think Comrade Muralov really committed those appalling crimes?" ”

Georgi pouted and said, "I don't know what to do! In fact, this case is quite complicated and involves a lot of people, it is difficult to say which of them are criminals! He looked Suslov in the eye and said with great certainty: "And to find out the truth and bring the criminals to justice, this is our job and duty." Until there is tangible evidence, I can only assume for a moment that there is something wrong with all of them! ”

"You're saying it so well!" Suslov sighed sincerely, "Only by making bold assumptions and carefully verifying can we find out the truth of the matter!" in order to bring the real criminals to justice! ”

Georgi smiled, although he had just said a righteous statement, but he didn't have much confidence in his heart, because there were too many people involved in this incident, and his identity was too sensitive. Moreover, these people are all the elites and elders of the party, and they have extremely rich experience in struggle, and many of them have had the experience of facing the enemy's interrogation several times in the Tsarist era, and even the Tsar's torture instruments are helpless against them, let alone a rookie brother like him.

After thinking about it, Georgi could only ask Dzerzhinsky for help, after all, the situation here must be informed to the Man in the Iron Mask, and he is more experienced in the struggle, so he will definitely be able to give reasonable guidance.

"Send a telegram to Comrade Felix, informing him in detail of the situation here, and asking him to give us a little guidance!"

"What a shame!" Suslov nodded without hesitation, but before he left, he asked the last question: "Then, what should Comrade Muralov do?" Just lock him up like that? ”

Georgi sighed and said, "Shut it up for now!" Kill his majesty, grind his arrogance, and see if he panics. Only when he can't hold his breath can we open a breakthrough! ”

Suslov admired Georgi for coming up with such a good solution, and he did not believe that Mulalov, a member of the Central Committee, could stay in that musty little utility room all the time, and as long as he could not hold his breath, they would be able to take the initiative.

Will Muralov be able to calm down? Hard. Although just walked into this small utility room. He behaved dismissively. He even said that the conditions here were good. But all this is pretended, although he can tolerate the musty smell in the utility room, but it does not mean that he feels comfortable.

How to say that he Muralov is also a member of the Central Committee, and he is also a person, and now he is locked in a small dark room by a nobody, and he is ignored, this Nima is really too deceitful.

After an hour of patience, he couldn't hold it anymore and stood up. He walked towards the door in a rage, having already made up his mind to make Georgi, who despised him, pay the price. But as he was about to walk to the door, he froze, and a small note slipped through the crack in the door, as if the people outside the door knew that he would walk to the door at this time.

Looking at this small note, Muralov's face was shocked, he didn't know what was written on the note, he didn't know who wrote it, and even he suspected that it was a trap. But his curiosity grew. He was desperate to know what was written on the note.

"Don't be impatient, this is Georgi's deliberate attempt to provoke you. Stay calm, the tide will soon be reversed! ”

Muralov took a deep breath, he knew who wrote the note, and who else could there be besides the powerful Comrade Andrei? But this note came too timely, because he couldn't bear it anymore just now, and he almost fell for it.

Glancing at the note, Muralov didn't hesitate to put the note in his mouth and swallowed it after dividing it by two, he wouldn't make a low-level mistake like Lomov, leaving a big handle for the enemy to attack.

Muralov slowly paced back to his position, the resentment and anger vanished, and now he was only thinking about one thing - how quickly would the note say that the situation would soon change?

As it turned out, Li Xiaofeng spoke very quickly, and when Georgie was still waiting for Dzerzhinsky's call, he suddenly received a message from Li Xiaofeng.

"Comrade Vasily, you say that we attacked the troops of the Alexander Military Academy and rescued this Comrade Puchkov from the enemy? And he happens to have important documents that confirm the innocence of Comrade Mulalov? Georgi asked suspiciously, "Don't you think that's a bit too coincidental?" ”

Vasily was an honest man, and in the face of Georgy's questioning, he reluctantly said: "We also felt that things were very strange, and we did not expect that we could rescue this Comrade Puchkov from the enemy, let alone that he would have such a key piece of evidence." To be honest, Comrade Andrei was also very surprised! ”

Georgi did not like this rhetoric, and he continued: "Then how did this Comrade Puchkov fall into the hands of the enemy?" ”

As soon as Vasily was about to speak, Georgy emphatically said: "Don't tell me, this is also Lomov and Smirlov persecuting him!" If those two comrades really want to persecute him, it is estimated that he is already a dead man! ”

"Of course not," Vasily explained, "according to Comrade Puchkov's own words, he, on the instructions of Comrade Mulalov, went to the Main Directorate of Posts, Telecommunications and Telephones with this crucial evidence to find Comrade Andrei and Vladimirsky, and was arrested by the enemy halfway......"

"The enemy did not persecute him?" Georgi expressed disbelief.

"The enemy only forcibly requisitioned him and forced him to go to the Alexandria Military Academy to build barricades and fortifications......"

Although Georgi did not like the answer, nor did he like the result, it did seem to be true anyway. If Muralov had written this letter late last night, denouncing Lomov and Smirlov for their crimes and alerting Li Xiaofeng and Vladimirsky to their movements, then he would have been innocent.

However, Georgie still had doubts, if Muralov did this, why didn't he say it in the first place? Why don't you use this irrefutable evidence to prove your innocence in the venue?

"How is Muralov doing now?" He asked Suslov in a huffed manner.

Suslov shook his head and said, "There is no reaction, he is calm, there is no anger at all, he is as calm as a person who has nothing to do!" ”

Another result that Georgi did not expect, why would Muralov be so calm? Isn't he worried at all?

Georgi was reluctant to go back to the interrogation room, but he had to go back and couldn't ignore Muralov like that anymore.

Pushing open the door, Georgi saw Muralov asleep on the table at first sight, snoring loudly and drooling, and he was a little suspicious that this person should be really stupid and bold, right?

"Wake up, Comrade Mulalov!"

Georgi pushed him several times, and Muralov "woke up" faintly, he wiped a handful of saliva, and asked blankly: "What time is it?" ”

The corners of Georgi's mouth twitched, he admired Muralov's composure a little, and he couldn't sleep if it was him who was interrogated.

"It's still early!" "Now there is one thing to verify with you, Comrade Mulalov, do you know a Comrade Puchkov?" ”

As soon as Muralov heard this, he knew that it was the case, and although he was happy and excited in his heart, he still pretended to be calm on his face. Nodding, he replied calmly: "I don't know which Puchkov you are talking about?" ”

Georgi said impatiently: "Joseph. Puchkov, clerk of the Hewai District Party Committee! ”

"Oh!" Muralov said lazily, "Yes, this Joseph. Comrade Puchkov is my good friend......" (To be continued......