The land reform team of Cliff Head Village had disappeared for two days without any news.
Secretary Xiao of the Yunshang District Government was extremely anxious. He sent many people to look for her, but there was no news.
On the third day, an old man who herded sheep came to report. In the deep pond behind Dragon Head Mountain, some corpses were found.
Under the leadership of the old goat herder, Secretary Xiao hurriedly led more than ten soldiers from the guard squad and some comrades from the district to the back of Longtou Mountain.
When they arrived at the sunken pond under the dense forest, they saw the bodies of the land reform workers lying in a mess in the shallow pond. It was a tragic sight. The comrades were all in deep sorrow.
"Who did this? What a brutal method, truly devoid of conscience. When I find him, I'll tear him into pieces.”Secretary Xiao said angrily.
"Who else could it be? It's obviously Yin Si's doing. He killed our land reform team members overnight and rushed to attack the Dongshan District Government. He was truly a vicious, vicious, and extremely angry fellow.
At that time, I suggested that you invite the county troops to encircle and suppress him, then hold a struggle meeting to try him, and then send the land reform team into the village. However, you are too soft-hearted. You said that you would first send a land reform team to publicize it and try your best to win him over. This is great. He has gathered the surrounding landowners together and formed a bandit armed force to attack our government.”Mayor Xu said with tears in his eyes.
"I'm truly regretful and heartbroken. I didn't expect this battle to be so cruel. A bloody lesson!" Secretary Xiao must have been born a scholar and had not been baptized by cruel struggles.
As they spoke, they arranged for people to carry the bodies up. There were a total of six men and two women. After the autopsy, they were all killed by knives.
They quickly sent people to buy white cloth and four ox-carts. Everyone wrapped the bodies in white cloth and placed them on the ox-carts. They pulled them from the small path on the mountain to Cliff Head Village.
When the villagers saw this tragic scene, they all cried bitterly.
"Which one of you cut him into pieces? To be so ruthless, these were all good people!”Some people said sadly.
"Who did this? If it wasn't Yin Si, who else could have done such a vicious thing?”
Someone whispered.
There were also people who said timidly,"If you go against Fourth Boss Yin, you'll suffer."”
After discussing with Mayor Xu, Secretary Xiao decided to place the body at Yin Si's house.
They first sent guards to search the Yin family's residence, then chased all the family members to the small bungalow in the backyard to live.
In the main hall, eight beds were temporarily built with wooden benches and planks. They were arranged in two rows to place the bodies of the eight martyrs.
According to the opinions of the Agricultural Association, according to local customs, the faces of the eight martyrs were covered with a red cloth. A stool was placed in front of their heads. A red cloth was also laid on the stool, and a lamp was lit on it. A long table was placed in front of the eight spirit beds. Eight lamps were lit with vegetable oil, and the names of the eight martyrs were written on eight wooden tablets. They were placed behind the oil lamps as spirit tablets.
In front of the table, there was an iron basin to light incense and burn paper.
Then, he ordered the four madams of the Yin family to kneel in front of the spiritual altar to burn paper, light incense, and add oil to the spirit.
There were two aunties who refused to kneel. They were kicked by the guards in the crook of their legs and fell to their knees.
The two aunties cried out for their parents in pain.
"What are you howling about? Your man killed eight of our comrades. If you don't kneel down to apologize, who will? How dare you be stupid? If you get angry, I'll break your legs.”
Fourth Aunt was too stubborn." He killed me, but I didn't kill him. Why do you want me to kneel?" Call that old bastard to kneel!"
A security guard went over and slapped him twice. He held the back of his collar with his hand and pressed him down to his knees.
"You better behave yourself. My comrades died so miserably, and I haven't had a chance to vent my anger. If you don't kneel properly, I'll take your life!”
She touched her tender face, which had been hit so hard, and cried so sadly. As she cried, she muttered softly,"I've never been hit like this since I was young. This time, they were in trouble! It was the old ghost who caused the trouble. He used me to take the blame for him. Where did the one who was shot go? How are we going to live in the future?" The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. The sadder she became, the more she cried. She cried until her nose and face were covered in tears.
On the other hand, the eldest aunt still had some humanity. He looked at so many children killed by the old master and cried sadly."If their relatives saw this, how would they be angry? How could this old bastard do this? If the government caught him the next day, it would be strange if they didn't knock on his earthen pot!”
Just like that, the four concubines obediently watched over the souls of the eight martyrs for an entire night.
The next day, County Head Zhao and Instructor Zhang came to attend the memorial service.
When Instructor Zhang saw Secretary Xiao, he said in a reproachful tone,"This is a bloody lesson! Such a large-scale massacre of our land reform team is rare in the entire province, let alone the entire county.
You must seriously sum up that land reform is a very complicated and difficult struggle. We must not be lenient towards those tyrants and landlords who have committed great crimes and are the subject of public anger. Capture those who should be captured and kill those who should be killed. He could not be careless. If you don't have enough troops, call me and I'll send them to you immediately.
If a bully like Yin Si had told me earlier, he wouldn't have caused such a huge disaster.”
"He comes and goes without a trace, and we can't be sure when he'll be back. Or should we relax our surveillance and vigilance against him? I want to reflect on myself.”
After the memorial service, the bodies of these martyrs were placed into eight wooden coffins.
Then, they used eight ox-drawn mourning cloths to pull the coffin in front, and the four Yin family's concubines followed closely behind. All the comrades of the district government, County Head Zhao, Instructor Zhang, and the villagers, hundreds of people, sent these eight martyrs to Longtou Mountain together.
These martyrs were buried on the top of Dragon Head Mountain, so that their graves would forever face the east.
Chapter 44-Doubts
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