50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 11 Find the organization
When Sun Zhiwei and his two companions approached, the plainclothes guards at the door immediately became alert because Daxiang was carrying a rifle.

If he hadn't been holding the box in one hand, the guard would have raised his gun and warned him.

Seeing the guards' vigilant eyes and the gestures of their hands about to draw their guns, Daxiang felt a little nervous, as he had no idea where he was.

But he saw Sun Zhiwei and his sister walking forward without looking back. They were about to reach the gate of Yard No. 1. He had no choice but to catch up quickly.

When he arrived at Yard No. 1, Sun Zhiwei was about to go in when he was stopped by the guard at the door.

"My dear student, this is a military stronghold, you cannot enter." One of the guards who seemed to be the squad leader came out and spoke.

"Hello, comrade, I'm looking for someone."

Hearing this address, the squad leader immediately knew that this was one of his own, and his expression became much more enthusiastic. He saluted and asked:
"Hello, comrade. Who are you looking for? What's their name, department, and position? I'll call them for you."

"I don't know who to look for?" Sun Zhiwei answered a little frustrated.

The squad leader said with some doubt: "How about this, you tell me the situation and I will help you figure it out."

"My parents were probably members of the Red Party. They were killed a few days ago. I'm here to seek help."

"What?" The guards nearby were all agitated when they heard this. At this hour, they still dared to harm the Red Party. Was this like an old man hanging himself, courting death?
"Comrade, I need to report the situation you described immediately. Please come in with us and wait a moment."

"Okay, oh, the guy behind me is my friend's nephew who came to protect me. He borrowed the gun from the hotel security."

"I understand. He can leave the gun here first and take it away when he leaves." The squad leader did not confiscate the gun forcefully, but detained it temporarily, which was quite reasonable.

"Daxiang, put the gun here and follow me in."

"Okay." Daxiang agreed, handed the gun to a guard, and followed Sun Zhiwei with the box.

The three were taken to a conference room on the second floor to wait. Two guards, one was guarding the door while the other went to find someone to report the situation.

After a while, the guard who left returned to the meeting room with two men, one middle-aged and one young.

The two first looked at Daxiang, and after meeting Daxiang's silly and cute eyes, they immediately turned to look at Sun Zhiwei, the older of the two children.

When Sun Zhiwei saw the two, he immediately stood up and introduced himself, "My name is Sun Zhiwei, and my sister is Sun Ailai."

Before the visitor could say anything, Sun Zhiwei turned to Daxiang and said, "Daxiang, go get two rickshaws to wait for me at the gate. I need to go back after I finish talking here."

"Okay, okay." Daxiang said, put down the box and turned away.

The young man looked at Sun Zhiwei in surprise, but the middle-aged man only had admiration in his eyes.

"Hello, young comrade, my surname is Zhang, and I'm from the city working group. Could you tell me about your situation in detail?" The middle-aged man introduced himself after sitting down before starting to ask questions.

The young man walked aside, took out a pen and paper and began to take notes.

Sun Zhiwei did not start explaining the situation immediately, but put the box on the table and opened the lid.

The radio in the box immediately attracted their attention, and when they saw the code book next to the radio, they could no longer remain calm.

They recognized the code book; it was made of the same paper and size as the code books they commonly used internally.

"Xiao Yang, write down the radio station and code book numbers and check them immediately."

"Yes." Xiao Yang immediately checked the number, quickly copied it down, and then left the meeting room.

"Little comrade, now I am basically sure that your parents are ours. Now, can you tell me what happened?"

"Well, on the afternoon of the 20th, my family was all at home. I was taking care of my sister when my parents suddenly said there was danger and hid us under the cupboard." "Then, not long after, a fierce gunfight broke out. After the gunfight, several strangers came into the house."

The middle-aged man listened and took notes himself, and Sun Zhiwei also tried to slow down his speech.

"From their conversation, I heard that the second and fifth children were beaten to death by my parents."

"After the three entered the house and searched everywhere, the boss fired two more shots."

"Soon after, I heard police whistles outside. Those people were about to leave. I saw their characteristics through the crack in the door."

"The boss has a pointed chin, triangular eyes, upturned eyebrows, and a one-inch scar at the corner of his mouth;"

"The third child is short and stocky, with a missing piece of his right ear;"

"Old Four's hands were pitch black, and there was a mole at the end of his left thumb with a few long hairs on it."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and after confirming that the middle-aged man had fully recorded it, he continued:

"After those three people left, I packed some clothes and supplies, and got these things from the secret compartment." Sun Zhiwei said, pointing to the box.

"Besides these things, there was a gold bar and two of my parents' guns on the ground."

"I packed the things and left home quickly with my sister."

The middle-aged man suddenly interrupted him and asked, "Why don't you wait for the patrolman to come?"

"Waiting for the patrolman? Haha, then my sister and I might end up dead in the police station that night."

"So you're not going to care about your parents' bodies?"

"I can't do anything about it, and there's no need to. Those patrolmen are all the same. In this chaotic situation, how can their leaders focus on solving the case?"

"The case is difficult to solve. They will definitely find a hospital to freeze the body and bury it when it can no longer be kept. They won't even cremate it. There's a fee for cremation."

The middle-aged man was speechless when he heard this. Does this kid think so far ahead?
"Why did you leave home then? Why did you not want home anymore?"

"There are no adults at home, only two children. This house must be easy to rob. If I don't leave, I'm afraid my sister and I won't survive the night."

The middle-aged man was silent, then motioned for him to continue.

"I pawned one of the two guns to a pawnshop on Zhushikou West Street for 10 silver dollars."

"We used the money to book a room at the Oriental Hotel. At the time, I didn't know when you would come into town."

"Because I was worried that I didn't have enough money, I took the security guards I rented from the hotel and went to Jinghua Printing House the next day. I broke the gold bars in the name of buying books."

"Except for the money for buying books and the expenses of the past few days, everything else is in the small wooden box."

At this time, Sun Zhiwei pointed to the small wooden box next to him. He opened the box, revealing hundreds of silver dollars inside.

"Why don't you go to the bank to withdraw money?" the middle-aged man asked in confusion.

"I stayed at the Oriental Hotel because it has a good reputation. Even though my sister and I are young, we don't have to worry about being harmed in the hotel."

"The hotel security guards are not familiar with me. I dare not go out without them. Even if I take them, I dare not go directly to the bank to withdraw money. Money is very tempting."

"Well, go on." The middle-aged man sighed when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)