If the person who came to the conclusion was not Georgi, but someone else, I am afraid that Li Xiaofeng, Frunze, and Muralov who were present would have doubted whether the report had ulterior motives. If the suspicion of Tekko and Petro Paplov's regiment cannot be ruled out, then both Li Xiaofeng and Frunze will be very passive.

Even according to the practice of the police in later generations, people directly involved in cases like them are generally not allowed to participate in the investigation of the case. Of course, this is not the afterlife, the police in the whole world in this day and month are not professional, and there are countless methods similar to torture in Scotland Yard, not to mention the Bolsheviks who have just seized power and should be even more unprofessional?

Li Xiaofeng, Frunze and Muralov did not speak, and the only "outsider" on the scene, Georgi, was also a little helpless, he had done his best to eliminate the suspicion of Teko and Petro Pavlov, but the result was still not ideal.

At the time of the assassination, not all guns were kept strictly in the arsenal, and at that time, both the guards of Tekko and the soldiers of the Pyotr Pavlov regiment entered the city with Uzi submachine guns, and no one could guarantee that there would be no enemy gaps.

After a long silence, Li Xiaofeng suddenly asked, "Is there any evidence to prove that the special guards and the soldiers of the Petropavlov regiment are really suspicious?" ”

The question was sudden, but Georgi could probably understand what someone meant, and it was possible that it did not mean that he had actually participated in the crime, not to mention that the suspicion was not so certain. In this case, we cannot overturn a boatload of people just because they are suspected, and this method is not to solve the case. It's the nine tribes.

But Georgi could understand someone's starting point. But you can't agree with someone's attitude. "Although there is no conclusive evidence that the case was committed by the guards of the Special Branch and the soldiers of the Pyotr Pavlov regiment. But at this moment, we must take all the suspects seriously, not afraid of 10,000 just in case, before they fail to clear the suspicion, I personally think that all submachine gunners should be isolated and reviewed! ”

Georgi's categorical attitude made Frunze frown, obviously he didn't like this argument either, but he had to respect the opinions of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What's more, Georgi's serious attitude cannot be said to be wrong, the Politburo member was assassinated, no matter how nervous he is!

So Frunze just opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't object. In this regard, Li Xiaofeng does not see it that way, and all fools know that the assassination case is definitely caused by counter-revolutionaries outside the party, and just because of some ambiguous suspicions, they detain their comrades and tie their fists, what is this?

Each of Lao Tzu's Teko guards carries Uzi submachine guns, as you Georgi will. Do you have to lock them all up? Nima, do I still have to do my job?

"I don't agree with that!" After a short period of thought. Li Xiaofeng categorically objected: "Without conclusive evidence, I oppose taking measures against my comrades, which will only greatly dampen their revolutionary enthusiasm and hurt their loyalty to the party!" ”

Georgi immediately objected: "I don't think there is a need for such concerns, as loyal fighters of the party, they should be able to understand the organization's original purpose for taking such measures, and taking a step back, isolating them is also a way to prove their innocence, and our comrades are not so fragile that they will not be resentful of it!" ”

Li Xiaofeng and Georgi, you look at me, I look at you, the two of them did not back down, and the smell of gunpowder gradually rose.

"Comrade Andrei, Comrade Georgi, don't be so excited!" Muralov hurriedly came out to play a round, "The opinions of both of them are reasonable, we can sit down and talk about these problems calmly, there will always be a solution!" ”

This kind of muddy words didn't make sense at all, so even if Li Xiaofeng and Georgi sat down again, the atmosphere did not ease at all.

"I will not agree to quarantine review," Li Xiaofeng said in a deep voice, "If the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Internal Affairs want to interview or question all the comrades of the Special Branch, I have no opinion, this is reasonable." However, if there is no evidence to support it, it is completely untenable to quarantine the review! ”

"How can it be untenable!" Georgi was also a little angry, "In a bad situation, we must use decisive measures and not let go of anyone who is suspected...... Only by doing so can we guarantee ......"

"What can be guaranteed!" Li Xiaofeng was a little annoyed, "Quarantine and examine our own comrades, can you guarantee that you will be able to arrest the murderer?" Comrade Georgi, I doubt that you have made a mistake! At present, it is not our comrades who are most suspicious, but those counter-revolutionaries outside the party, even if they want to be examined, they will be investigated. Taking measures against one's own comrades indiscriminately is not solving a case, but a careless consideration of human life! ”

As soon as he heard this, Georgi also became angry, and said directly: "Comrade Andrei, your current attitude is very problematic, why can't you censor suspected people, is there no gap between the enemy in our party?" Venter is a lesson from the past, now all suspicions point to the Uzi, as the direct owner of this weapon, your attitude is so strange that I have to wonder if you are hiding something? Otherwise, for what refuses us to review the submachine gunner! ”

Li Xiaofeng suddenly became angry and said angrily: "I refuse you to arbitrarily isolate and examine your comrades, the reason is very simple, come up with evidence. If you have proof that the bullets fired at Ulitsky were fired from Uzi submachine guns, then yes, you can review them! But before there is no evidence, blindly adopting the means of isolation and censorship is simply nonsense! I am resolutely opposed, and at the slightest disturbance, I will be suspicious and suspicious, and I will doubt my comrades, and this practice is the real absurdity! ”

The words are not speculative for more than half a sentence, and since it has been said that this is the part, Georgi also let go, "In this case, I'm afraid there will be no result in the discussion." As a special commissioner sent to Moscow by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I have the right to solve cases according to my own ideas. Now, I solemnly inform you, Comrade Andrei. We ask all the comrades of Tek to cooperate with our investigation. Go to the Petrograd Hotel now for quarantine review! ”

Li Xiaofeng glanced at him. Unceremoniously retorted: "Please show evidence, without evidence, no comrade of Tekko will go to the Petrograd Hotel, let alone accept any quarantine review!" ”

"Comrade Andrei," Georgi raised his voice, "I would like to remind you once and last not to interfere with the work of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Internal Affairs!" ”

Li Xiaofeng sneered, "Now." The right to investigate the case does not belong to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you have no power to order me what to do! ”

Georgi immediately became angry, and said angrily: "The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Internal Affairs naturally have the right to take over all criminal cases inside and outside the party. ”

"It is you who are making trouble unreasonably, this case involves acts that endanger the personal safety of the top leading comrades of the Central Committee, and as a central security agency, the Central Special Branch has the power to handle the case! Please respect the authority of the Central Special Branch, this case is not your responsibility! ”

Georgi didn't expect Li Xiaofeng to come up with this disguise, the Central Special Branch. It's a fool's errand, let's say he's a central security agency. The focus of his work is really on intelligence work, but if you want to say that he is an intelligence agency, but the sign he hangs is to protect the central government, which is simply selling dog meat on the head of a sheep.

Now, Li Xiaofeng's statement that because it involves the personal safety of the central leading comrades, the special branch has the right to intervene, which seems to make sense. But Georgi didn't accept it! What does the Ministry of Internal Affairs do for food? They are the cops. It's good that the Central Special Branch is honestly engaged in intelligence work, why do you want to steal business with us? And you Central Tek are now suspicious, you haven't wiped the in your crotch, and you still want to interfere with our work?

"Comrade Andrei, you are making trouble without reason!" Georgi expressed a strong protest, "Only the Ministry of Internal Affairs has the power to enforce the law, and the Central Special Branch is only an intelligence agency, and you have no right to interfere with our ......."

Before Georgi's words were finished, Mark Weixing rushed in, handed a telegram to Li Xiaofeng, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "Central emergency call!" ”

Chuo Emergency: What do you have to be excited about? Li Xiaofeng's attitude towards Markway is also a little strange, it stands to reason that the call from the central government at this time is definitely not good news, maybe it is a strongly worded criticism telegram, and some of them are in the queue for him to eat.

"The Politburo urgently convened an enlarged meeting of the Central Committee, and arrangements have been made for the assassination of Ulitsky!" Mark Vi hastened to add.

Li Xiaofeng's heart moved, and he quickly grabbed the telegram and looked at it at a glance, and after a while, he handed the telegram to Georgi with a smile, "Comrade Georgi, the Central Committee has decided to set up a Cheka to deal with the problem of counterrevolutionary activities throughout the country, I was elected as a member of the Cheka Presidium, and was officially appointed as the leader of the Cheka Moscow Branch, in charge of the issue of purging counterrevolutionary activities, the assassination of Comrade Ulitsky was officially taken over by the Cheka, please obey the resolution of the Central Committee!" ”

Georgi took the telegram in disbelief and read it back and forth several times, although he was very reluctant to admit it, but the facts were already obvious, and the decision of the Central Committee was irresistible.

"Well, I respect the resolution of the Central Committee!" Georgi said helplessly, "But I still want to emphasize that some suspected comrades must be quarantined and examined!" ”

"Quarantine review is completely unnecessary!" Li Xiaofeng flatly refused with a wave of his hand, "The Cheka's duty is to purge the counter-revolutionary, not to purge his own comrades." I would rather take drastic measures against those counter-revolutionaries than to use quarantine and censorship against my own comrades! ”

Georgi sighed, he knew that Li Xiaofeng would not listen to his opinion, "Since this is the case, I have nothing to say." But I must also remind you that according to the resolution of the Central Committee, although the case is the responsibility of the Cheka. However, we, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will still follow up, as long as we find any suspects in the party involved in the case, we will not sit idly by! ”

Li Xiaofeng replied lightly: "I have always welcomed comrades and fraternal units in the party to supervise our work, and they can put forward any opinions or suggestions, but the premise is that they cannot interfere with our normal handling of cases!" ”

Georgy left in a hurry, and when only Li Xiaofeng and Muralov were left in the office, the latter reminded worriedly: "Comrade Andrei, I don't think you should be so tough against Comrade Georgi's proposal. Although his suggestion was somewhat hurtful, it was used as a means of isolation and review. At least we can clear our suspicions...... And you are vehemently opposed to this one today. It's likely to make some restless guys say weird things! ”

"What's the point of saying strange things!" Li Xiaofeng shook his head. "Even if they agree to quarantine and censorship, they will still say strange things, and you think they won't say: 'See, Andre. Petrovich is really very suspicious, otherwise why would the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection isolate and examine his subordinates, which fully shows that he has a problem! The mouth grows on those miscellaneous heads, and they will say strange things no matter what. So don't worry about it at all! ”

Muralov nodded, this is indeed the case, but he still reminded: "But it is always good to pay attention anyway!" ”

"I can't care so much!" Li Xiaofeng shook his head, "If there is a quarantine review, then all my people in Tek will fall into it, and for a while, I will have no one available in Moscow." It's even worse than those weird words, no one is available. With my hands and feet tied, how can I investigate the case? ”

Muralov was stunned. This point is indeed very fatal, and the progress of no one investigating the case is naturally deadlocked. And being at a stalemate means that the pressure on someone's back is increasing...... After a pause, he sighed: "You're right, the most important thing now is to solve the assassination case, as long as this case can be solved, everything is not a problem!" ”

Li Xiaofeng didn't know about it, but the problem was that this case was very tricky, it was like a hedgehog, so Li Xiaofeng didn't know where to start.

"Any other clues? Have all the eyewitness testimonies been confirmed? Back in the rubyanka, Li Xiaofeng immediately asked his subordinates.

"It happened suddenly, and the eyewitnesses didn't even see what the bandits looked like......

Li Xiaofeng asked again: "What about Ulitsky?" Did he see anything? ”

"Comrade Ulitsky was sitting in the back seat, and when the tragedy happened, he didn't know what to do, and when the shooting was over, he fainted and died, and only woke up after being taken to the hospital......

Li Xiaofeng bared his teeth, and secretly scolded Ulitsky in his heart for being useless, you were stunned, if you can see something, why is there no progress in the case.

After scolding Ulitsky a few words in his heart, Li Xiaofeng asked again: "In other words, the only clue we have now is the weapon used by the bandits, right?" ”

His subordinates were silent, because this question could not be said, if you want to start with weapons, then you must first check your own people, who let Russia have the only Uzi submachine gun and only two teams in Moscow? However, no one wants to believe that their comrades did this case, and it is psychologically awkward to check their own people!

Li Xiaofeng shook his head, and immediately put aside the idea of starting with a gun, this is definitely a dead end, and in case the murderer is indeed planning to frame a false accusation, starting from here is tantamount to taking the initiative to jump into the trap, and if it is really found out that the gun belongs to the Tekko and Petro Paplov regiment, how can this case be concluded?

What a headache! Headache!

Li Xiaofeng knocked his head and threw the folder aside, and now, he really didn't know how to proceed.

"Why don't you do a city-wide dragnet search?" Mackvi suggested.

"It's been a few days since the case happened, what's the use of pulling the net to search?" Li Xiaofeng replied with a smile and a smile, "Assassins are not fools, you think they will run around the city with murder weapons!" ”

Mark Vi smiled awkwardly, "I also know that this can't catch the assassin, but it shows our attitude and determination to some extent!" ”

Hey? Li Xiaofeng raised his head and glanced at Mark Wei, I have to say, this kid has a bit of political wisdom, sometimes, attitude determines everything, even if he knows that Lu Dao is doing useless work, but if he has the right attitude, it can also turn a big problem into a small problem, or even directly become no problem.

However, Li Xiaofeng knew that the method of Lu Dao did not work for him now, and he could know that Lu Dao was from the appointment of his mentor, which was a great hope for him. This kind of hope is not for him to fool things, I am afraid that the mentor must catch the murderer and give an explanation to the whole party.

If he dared to use this method to prevaricate, it would be boring for himself, or even self-destruction, so a certain immortal sighed again: "It's very good that you can think of this method." But for me, it didn't work! Comrade Lenin hoped that we would solve this case simply and neatly, and that we would not be sloppy! ”

When Mark Wei heard this, he also smiled bitterly, Nima had no problem with this case even if he let Sherlock Holmes come, except for the submachine gun that could take him to the pit, he had no clue, how to investigate?

"What do you think of those counter-revolutionaries, what good can be to assassinate Ulitsky?" Mark Wei complained, "Assassinating Ulitsky will only provoke our anger and will only make us ruthless to clean them up." Are they brain-dead, do you think they're brain-dead? ”

The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, Macwi's casual words of complaint opened the skylight for Li Xiaofeng's thinking, when the assassination occurred, there were two speculations about the murderer's inference:

The first is the struggle within the party, this kind of Li Xiaofeng directly did not believe, neither he, nor his mentor, nor Xiao Si and Ganggang thought of using this means to fight Trotsky, after all, the revolution has not yet been completely successful, and everyone can only achieve victory by unity, even if it is an internal struggle, it will not be so bloody.

The second speculation is that the counter-revolutionaries were not willing to be defeated and began to plot all kinds of conspiracies. After denying the first possibility, the upper and lower levels of the party were united in this understanding, and it seemed to make sense.

But Mackey's words just now reminded Li Xiaofeng, are counterrevolutionaries really so brainless? Did they really do this case? (To be continued......)