After being imprisoned between the barbed wire fence and the factory fence for nearly two years, the Chinese laborers suddenly came out into nature, and there was no one behind them, like caged birds, rolling on the grass, somersaulting, and walking upside down. Standing under the blue sky and white clouds, shouting towards the smooth and bright Seto Inland Sea like brocade: "Ou, I am Chinese!" ”

"Oh, I'm alive!"

The primary school apprentice who led the way was also very happy, he did not expect that although this group of Chinese had unshaven beards, long hair, and tattered clothes, they were very interested and kind-tempered. After a while, he made two friends and learned several words of Chinese.

"I'm Japanese. You are Chinese. We're friends. ”

What pleased him the most was that people respected his opinion. He told them to cut off the bamboo, but he did not cut them, and they did not move. When he grew so big, he only listened to other people's commands, did things according to other people's wishes, and was beaten and scolded by others. At home, it's my dad and my brother; When you enter school, you are a teacher and a senior student; When the apprentice is the boss, the master. This time, I met someone who got along with him as an equal, and even called him "Nogawa-kun". He was also very kind to these people, and seeing that the progress was fast, he advised everyone: "Please rest for a while, there is still more time!" The old man's fish boat will not come back until twelve o'clock, and it would be nice if we could eat at two o'clock in the afternoon. ”

When I think of eating fresh fish, it is estimated that there will be a lot of it. Everyone was also happy, for which people regretted leaving the Land Rover, "What kind of flavor can those two little things make, they should keep Wang Hai!" Wang Hai went to the stove when he was an apprentice in Tianjin Ruifuxiang, and he said that he would even make a "family portrait".

Laughing and laughing, ping-pong and ping-pong slashing, suddenly there was a horn hook, a gunshot sounded around him, people's mouths and hands stopped, and they looked at each other with horror on their faces.

"Put the tools down!" A hoarse voice shouted, "Hands up!" Meet in the open space! ”

Policemen with guns appeared on all sides. Hold a gun at the people and tell them to throw down their knives and saws on the spot, and walk out with their hands raised!

"Slow down, get away!"

The police approached and formed two rows, one of whom took his gun on his back, and searched the person at the front, starting with the person in front. Small mirror, bamboo spoon for eating, watch or compass...... They were all searched out and thrown aside, and then they were lined up in a horizontal line. The officer-looking man asked, "Who is the squad leader?" ”

Song Yuke and Zhang Ju walked out. The police officer waved his hand and asked Zhang Ju to retreat, leaving only Song Yuke: "How many people are here?" ”

"Report, a total of twenty-seven people, one stayed in the farmhouse to cook, and there are twenty-six now! Count! ”

"One, two, three, four......"

"Aren't there two people cooking?"

"The other one is a Japanese worker, so I shouldn't report it."

"What about that one?" The officer pointed to the apprentices standing outside the line.

"This gentleman is from the hotel and showed us the way."

"Okay, you write everyone's name to me!"

A policeman brought a pen and a piece of paper, pointed a gun at Song Yuke, and told him to sit on a stone and write a list. Song Yuke said: "Please allow each of them to register their names, and I will record one of them." Otherwise, I won't be able to recite it. ”

"Yes."

The officers were arrogant, indifferent, and contemptuous of these Chinese workers. But he was business-like and didn't scold and shout like Yamazaki. While Song Yuke was writing the list, he called the apprentice aside and asked him, "Did you bring them?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Officer."

"What time did you leave?"

"Seven o'clock in the morning."

"Haven't you left them since?"

"No, not a minute."

"Has any of them ever left the group?"

"There's only one person."

"Who?"

"The kid who cooked, he left the team to cook!"

"Nonsense! Those who leave the team without permission do not know where to go! ”

"No, it's all here. Can they go there? ”

Song Yuke wrote the list, and the police officers named and gave the right numbers one by one, and then ordered to set off, announcing: "Don't speak, don't leave the team, violators will be shot without mercy." ”

The policeman asked, "What about the tools?" ”

The officer said, "Leave one person to guard it, and send another person to pick it up." ”

They walked to the town in one go, passing by the fisherman, and did not stop, nor did they see Chiyoko and Torako. I saw the old lady hiding in the house and putting her face on the window to look out, the pot outside the door was still steaming, the firewood had burned outside the stove door, and the person who was choking on the smoke coughed.

The police escorted them into the courtyard of a grain warehouse, opened a door, blasted everyone in, and locked it with a thud. Suddenly the room was pitch black. The warehouse has no windows, and it is hot and humid.

People are talking about:

"What's going on?"

"You're going to kill us all, right?"

"Maybe it's going to be shipped somewhere else?"

"Where is Huzi?"

Song Yuke began to suspect that Huzi and Chiyoko were too inappropriate and caused trouble. I regretted leaving him behind, and then I thought about it, no, the police station doesn't have to do such a big deal about the private affairs of two children's men and women.

There is less and less oxygen in the house. At first people only felt tightness in their chests and couldn't breathe, and then some people became nauseous. Someone shouted dizziness. I don't know who said squatting, there is more air underneath. After squatting for a while, some people said no, or there was more air above, and everyone stood up again. Someone shouted, "No, it's going to suffocate us!" ”

The last people shouted with all their might: "You can't suffocate us......

"What for?" The policeman shouted outside: "Whoever calls to shoot whom!" ”

"Shoot, shoot, it's better to shoot than to suffocate!"

Someone fainted. The man who approached the door slammed the door with all his might. At this time, another policeman's voice came from outside: "What the hell is going on?" Speak by one person, don't shout! ”

"There's no air in there, we're going to suffocate! If you are going to be executed and shot, why do you use such a nasty method? ”

The two policemen discussed for a while and said, "Let's go and report to the chief, you wait, don't shout again, let alone slam the door, otherwise you will shoot." ”

"Don't lie."

"Who lied to you!"

"Lie to us and fight with you!"

People have calmed down, and some people say that they should move as little as possible and talk less, so as not to consume oxygen too quickly.

After waiting for a while, people lost patience and began to suspect that the police were deceiving. Someone proposed to smash the door and go out, desperately kill one to make enough money, desperately kill two to earn one, and pull him to the mountains to fight guerrillas. Finally, there was the sound of footsteps outside, and then someone shouted: "The ruler is gracious, change the place for you, and come out one by one, and there will be no disturbance!" People listened to the key penetrate the keyhole, the lock opened with a snap, the door squeaked, a cool air blew in, and everyone opened their mouths greedily to breathe. The courtyard was so bright that everyone who came out covered their eyes with their hands. The police shouted the order to line them up, escorted them out of the barn, and walked a long way to the other end of the town, and into a shrine. There was a large cypress forest in front of the temple, and the police used ropes to stop a long square and called them into two columns. Then, the back row turned back and ordered to sit back to back.

Song Yuke took advantage of the situation and said, "Sir, we can not act, we always have to go to the toilet, right?" And we haven't eaten since morning! Since we are in custody, please treat the prisoners as they deserve. ”

The police did not answer the question of eating, but after a while they asked two urine buckets for watering the vegetable garden to be brought and placed not far from the rope ring. It was announced that five people had to make up the poop and the police escorted them to the toilet. The pee is in this bucket.

Two hours later, in the morning, the police officer came with the director of Chungang City, and they first called the Chinese workers to form a team and took a roll call. Then he walked into the monk's canteen behind the temple, set up the table, and interrogated them one by one:

"What time are you in Bamboo Market? What time do you enter the mountain? Who do you walk and work with? When was the last time you saw Mr. Yamazaki and where was it? You never left the brigade, did you? Do you believe someone gave you proof? Take an oath and press the mudra. Right thumb and index finger. ”

There was no torture, no rebuttal and no questioning.

After all the interrogations, it was already dark. Two servants suddenly came with a bamboo basket, and each of them was given two breads and a piece of yellow sauce radish. Behind them was another servant who pushed a pot of miso soup in a cart and gave each of them a bowl. It's piping hot.

People say in their hearts that they have heard that the Japanese police authorities treat prisoners the most harshly, and they always act according to the rules compared to "Xingyaliao".

After a while, a prisoner car drove outside the shrine, and the police shouted Zhang Ju out, handcuffed him, pushed the prisoner cart, and told the rest of the people to lie down and sleep.

People couldn't sleep for a long time, worried that Zhang Ju would be more than lucky, but no one could guess what happened.

Early the next morning, the servants brought another meal, a lunch box and a cup of black tea for each person. At ten o'clock, the police came to untie the rope and called for the peasants to take the urine bucket away. And said to Song Yuke: "You can rest in the courtyard at will, but you are not allowed to go out or disturb the temple." Manage yourself, someone will come to pick you up in the afternoon. "The police in the courtyard also withdrew, leaving only a sentry at the door, prohibiting entry and exit. But at noon, there was no one to take care of the meal. Everyone was hungry until eight o'clock in the evening, and when the Tao came, they cried and mourned, and did not ask anything, but said, "Song, assemble, get on the train." When they passed by the North Korean cafeteria, they saw that the door was open, opening and closing in the wind, the tables in the room were toppled, the money drawers were smashed open, and the floor was full of broken dishes, and the door of the small hotel was closed, without even a single light.

When I arrived at the station, I saw Torako and Chiyoko waiting for everyone accompanied by an old man. The old man said goodbye to Chiyoko and Torako and asked them to come again if they had a chance. exchanged a few words with Youdao and left. After getting on the train, Youmichi called Chiyoko to sit down on the chair opposite, closed her eyes and dozed off. Song Yuke and the Chinese workers asked Huzi, "What happened?" ”

Huzi pointed to Youdao and covered his mouth. Then he wrote the word Yamazaki on the palm of his hand, stretched out his palm and wiped it on his neck, rolled his eyes up, and laughed silently.

People couldn't help it even more and whispered, "Suicide?" ”

"Tell someone else to kill."

"Where?"

"In the stone house behind the watermill!"

"When?"

"Ten o'clock."

"Who killed it?"

"I don't know."

"Where are you two all this day?"

"The police caught me and Chiyoko together, and the old man who was fishing, who had just come ashore, and brought them to the catch, and locked the three of us in a hut at the police station, and we were released at noon today. The old man treated us to a substitute meal. I didn't worry that the two of us were here, so he waited with us until now. ”

"Good guys."

"It's a pity that all his baskets of fish are going to stink, what a big fish!"

The voices grew louder and louder, and there was a cough before everyone closed their mouths.

It was midnight when I returned to "Xingyaliao". It turned out that yesterday all the Chinese workers were watched by the police and stood at the head of their beds all night, and the policemen who were napping were tied up with ropes and hung on the top of the column on the upper floor. The entire "Xingyaliao" was searched by the police, and Han Youfu was arrested on the spot. A fire broke out at dawn and the police withdrew. Later, I heard that it was the North Korean woman's house that started a fire and spread fire to the neighbors. After the fire was extinguished, it was found that the woman and children were all killed with knives, and the murderer himself was disemboweled, and the police identified the murderer as the woman's husband. He was seriously wounded in the battle, and he thought he was dead, but he was saved by the hospital. was going through the discharge from the army, so he asked for leave to come back and take a look, and found that Yamazaki had seized his wife and had been hiding in the house of a Korean villager in Takeshi waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. The police identified that the knife wound on Yamazaki's body was the same as the knife wound on the woman and child. The knife was stuck in his own stomach.

People just couldn't inquire about the reason why Han Youfu and Zhang Ju were arrested, and their hearts felt like a piece of lead.

Huzi and Chiyoko's date was disturbed like this, and Chiyoko was so frightened that she became ill and never came to work in "Xingyaliao".