Chapter 261 Liu Hongshen Discovers Enemy Agents

So, Duomen disguised himself and ventured to Hongbin Building on his bicycle to inform Liu Hongshen and urge him to run away quickly.

After Liu Hongshen received the news from many people, he didn't even dare to return to his residence. He called a rickshaw and hurriedly fled the capital.

He knew that being falsely accused of being a communist was no small matter. The Kuomintang would definitely kill anyone who was wrongly accused, and there was no way anyone could survive if they were caught.

At this point, Liu Hongshen ran back to Liujiazhuang and settled down to farm. During this time, he also took on jobs in weddings and funerals in the surrounding countryside, but he never returned to the capital to work.

Looking back now, if Duomen had not come to the rescue, Liu Hongshen might have been killed by the "crying stick".

"Brother, so many years have passed, have you never visited the capital again?" Duomen asked with a sigh.

Liu Hongshen smiled and said: "I went back there. In 49, the capital was liberated and returned to the hands of the people.

At that time, I thought that people like [Crying Stick] would never dare to cause trouble again, so I went back again. "

Hearing this, Duomen was surprised and asked, "Oh! Then why didn't I see you again? In those years, I went to Hongbinlou several times to ask about you, but there was no news about you."

Liu Hongshen shook his head helplessly and sighed, saying: "Of course you haven't seen me, because I didn't even dare to stay in the capital for long, and ran back to the village." There was a hint of loneliness and regret in his words.

Hearing this, Duomen frowned slightly and asked curiously: "Brother, can you tell me in detail, what is going on?"

Liu Hongshen sighed and said, "When I returned to the capital, I wanted to go back to Hongbinlou and continue to be a chef. Unexpectedly, I encountered an incident that almost brought me death." His words revealed helplessness and worry, as if that experience still made him feel scared.

He went on to say, "That day, I didn't rush to [Hongbin Building], but first came to the overpass and planned to take a walk. Unexpectedly, I ran into a strange thing..."

It turned out that Liu Hongshen, who was shopping near the overpass that day, accidentally met an old acquaintance he had not seen for a long time - Liu Hai, the takeaway boy from [Heyiyuan Roast Duck Restaurant].

Liu Hongshen was very happy when he suddenly saw an acquaintance. He was about to go up to him and say hello, but he found that he was secretly talking to an old gangster on the overpass.

He slowly approached, intending to appear and greet Liu Hai in a friendly manner after the two had finished their conversation.

Liu Hongshen noticed that the two men were talking in a low voice in an inconspicuous hidden place, and seemed to be discussing some secret codes, such as "send a telegram", "Taoyuan", "big year birth", etc.

The two of them were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice someone approaching them in the alley behind them. Perhaps they were caught up in some important topic and couldn't be distracted.

Liu Hong was full of curiosity, so he decided not to disturb the two people, but quietly observed and listened to their conversation. He carefully concealed his presence so as not to disturb them.

Before he could fully hear a few words, the two men hurriedly separated and went their separate ways.

Their departure seemed a little hasty, which made him feel confused and puzzled. Why did it feel like these two people were meeting like spies?

Driven by curiosity, he followed Liu Hai silently.

Liu Hongshen saw Liu Hai pushing the shabby tricycle for delivering takeout and hurriedly walked into the alley not far away.

He looked around with flickering eyes and a mysterious expression, and then he came to a dark and deserted alley.

Liu Hai fiddled with the food box on the tricycle and found a transmitter. Then, he put on the earphones and started to make a beeping sound.

When Liu Hongshen saw this, he was shocked and thought that Liu Hai was really a spy. So he decided to go to the police station to report Liu Hai without hesitation.

It has to be said that the common people of this period, under the propaganda leadership of the new government, now have a sense of awareness and mission to fight against enemy spies.

At the beginning of 49, the Kuomintang's rule in the capital area collapsed, but it still fantasized about a chance to restore power. Before its rout, it organized and planned to send Central Bureau of Investigation and Military Bureau of Investigation agents to lurk in the capital, collude with bandits and bullies, and leaders of reactionary secret societies, spread rumors, disrupt people's hearts, disrupt transportation, burn and loot warehouses, organize riots, and assassinate revolutionary cadres in an attempt to subvert the new people's regime.

In the face of the new people's regime, in order to consolidate the stability of the people's regime and ensure a peaceful and prosperous society, cracking down on reactionaries became the top priority.

Thus, a vigorous action began, mobilizing the entire party, government, military and civilians to raise people's awareness of vigilance through propaganda in movies, radio, newspapers, and local neighborhood committees, and to root out the enemy spies and reactionaries hidden among the masses.

Liu Hongshen hurried out of the alley and took the tram to the police station to report the case. After getting off the tram, he came to the alley entrance not far from the police station gate. Just as he was about to go to the police station, he saw the "Crying Stick" group walking towards him wearing black police uniforms without the insignia on them, with their hands behind their backs.

When "Crying Stick" saw Liu Hongshen again, he was stunned for a moment, then he said with a fake smile: "Good boy, you dare to appear in front of me. We have to settle the past accounts." Liu Hongshen was also shocked. He didn't expect that these bastards would be retained by the new government. It was really a narrow road for enemies.

"I'm telling you, don't mess around. This is the new government's world. This is not the time for you old policemen [black dogs] to do evil things."

"The Crying Stick" said with droopy eyes: "What's wrong with the new government? The new government also needs people to run errands and do things, and it still cannot do without people like us."

Then, he said proudly: "The previous dynasty was like this, the Beiyang government was like this, the Republic of China was like this, and the little Japan was like this when it came. What's wrong with the new government?"

"It's the same now as it was before. I want to deal with you, no matter when."

Liu Hongshen said hurriedly: "Don't mess around, I'm here to report a case. I just saw spies in action. Don't delay, or they'll get away."

At this moment, he was very anxious. He didn't expect that these people still dared to be so arrogant.

"Crying Stick" and the others laughed and mocked, "You are the one who found the spy? I think you are here to pick a fight. Brothers, let's give this kid a good lesson."

"Wait a minute, I'll treat you to a nice drink."

"Okay! Just wait and see!" Upon hearing this, several accomplices looked Liu Hongshen up and down with a sly smile on their faces. It was obvious that they were birds of a feather with the "crying stick".

At this moment, there was a fierce light flashing in their eyes. Without waiting for Liu Hongshen to explain, they surrounded him and gave him a severe lesson.

At this critical moment, someone suddenly shouted, "What are you guys doing?" Everyone turned around and saw that it was a man with small eyes and wearing a black police uniform who was calling them. This man was obviously also a retained police officer.

When "Kousangbang" and others saw him there, they gave up in resentment.

"Hey! It's Master Zong. It's okay. We were just playing with him. I don't know what has gotten into this kid's mind. He said he saw a spy."

"Hahaha... He looks like a secret agent to me."

When Master Zong heard this, his eyes flickered slightly and he said, "Oh! Really? Comrade, you said you saw a spy. Can you tell me what happened?"

Liu Hongshen took a look and saw that the man who saw the master of the clan appeared in time and shouted to save him.

He didn't dare to stay any longer, nor did he believe the man in front of him. He just nodded to Master Zong and said, "Thank you, I made a mistake." Then he ran away quickly.

He no longer dared to trust these old policemen, and as for reporting the case, he had to find other ways.

He had long been afraid of this police station and did not dare to set foot inside, fearing that he would not be able to tell who was a good guy and who was a bad guy, after all, there were too many such retained police officers in the police station.

In 49, the People's Liberation Army had just entered Beijing. Due to shortage of manpower at the time, they had to continue to retain the old Beijing police officers from the Kuomintang era.

The traffic police, the household registration police, and even the Peking Detective Corps in Yaoer Hutong, Zhushikou, Beijing, two of the three squadrons were retained, and only the political squadron (composed of spies) was detained for investigation.

In fact, the social status of the police in the old capital was very low back then. The citizens of the old capital called the patrolmen on the streets "stinky-foot patrolmen", which shows how low their status was. Even ordinary people looked down on them.

Therefore, most of the police officers at the bottom are also a group of people who suffer and deserve sympathy. It is also worth reforming them and continuing to employ them.

Although these old policemen include bad guys with pus on the soles of their feet like "Crying Stick", there are also some good people with kind hearts like Duomen.

In the years after liberation, as a large number of young police officers who graduated from public security schools took up their posts, the old police officers who were retained at that time retired one after another, and many of them did odd jobs in various departments under the Municipal Bureau.

They were not considered cadres, so they were not called "police officers", but "service workers". Note: they were not the "civil servants" that people are scrambling to get into today.

Long story short, let’s get back to the topic.

Speaking of which, Master Zong nodded to "Crying Stick" and others, and asked curiously: "Do you know the man just now?" His words were full of curiosity and exploration.

"Crying Stick" was quite afraid of him, so when he asked, he could only nod and bow and reply, "I know him. This grandson is called Liu Hongshen, and he used to be the cook of Hongbinlou."

(End of this chapter)