The train driver in the courtyard

Dieter?

These words dissipated in the air, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became tense.

The workers who were talking and laughing nearby stopped in their tracks.

The security officer at the door drew his pistol and would have rushed over if they hadn't had to stand guard.

Staff Officer Xiao also put his hands on his waist and looked alert.

"Old Xiao, let's go and take a look."

Even Li Aiguo showed some energy.

In the past, Li Aiguo arrested Dieter just for the sake of convenience.

Who knew this thing could be addictive?

Li Aiguo always felt like something was missing after not having dealt with Dieter for a while.

Li Aiguo brought Staff Officer Xiao into the Security Department and saw Researcher Zhao Qingzheng talking vividly with Section Chief Lu.

"Captain Lu, you must take people to search immediately, otherwise Zhang Shiqi will hide the radio."

"Comrade Zhao Qing, are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

"Absolutely right." Zhao Qing nodded heavily.

Li Aiguo felt a little strange.

Generally speaking, when encountering such a situation, the security department must immediately send people over to seize the radio and take the person under control.

However, Chief Lu seemed a little nonchalant, and even had the leisure to pick up the enamel mug and drink some tea.

"Chief Lu, what's going on?" Li Aiguo reminded Lu Baishan implicitly.

When Lu Baishan saw Li Aiguo coming in, he handed a cigarette to Li Aiguo and Staff Officer Xiao, then pulled Li Aiguo aside.

"This person always complains, and he always targets Zhang Shiqi alone."

Lu Baishan explained the matter clearly in just a few words.

During these two years, Zhao Qing went to the Security Department every now and then to report that Zhang Shiqi was suspected of being a spy.

Either they are contacting foreign countries, or they are stealing factory secrets.

Because Zhang Shiqi was a technician, he had access to some secrets.

The Security Department initially attached great importance to the case and set up an investigation team to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Zhang Shiqi.

After investigation, the investigation team found that Zhang Shiqi was not a suspect.

"Zhao Qing hated Zhang Shiqi for stealing his girlfriend, so he took revenge on Zhang Shiqi. After we investigated the matter, we criticized and educated Zhao Qing and asked him to write a letter of guarantee. Who knew that this guy would fall into his old habits again?"

After figuring out the whole story, Li Aiguo could understand Lu Baishan's attitude.

After all, what Zhao Qing did was tantamount to making fun of the security department of the First Machine Factory.

However, Li Aiguo thought for a moment and whispered a reminder: "People who work in confidentiality should be careful and cautious."

Hearing this, Lu Baishan's expression changed slightly.

He knew what Li Aiguo meant.

It would be fine if there was no problem with Zhang Shiqi, but as long as there was a one in ten thousand chance that there was a problem, he would be dereliction of duty if he sat back and did nothing.

After figuring it out, Lu Baishan thanked Li Aiguo and then walked over to ask Zhao Qing about the details.

Zhao Qing saw Li Aiguo whispering to Lu Baishan, and Lu Baishan changed his attitude, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Aiguo suddenly became different.

"I saw Zhang Shiqi tinkering with a strange device in his dormitory. It must be a radio."

Lu Baishan signaled the security officer to write this down and asked, "When did this happen?"

"last night."

"What time is it?"

".It was about half past ten, I can't remember clearly, but the class was over, and I saw Chen Jishu from next door came back." Zhao Qing hesitated, his eyes flickering.

Lu Baishan frowned: "Zhao Qing, it's half past ten at night. Why don't you go to rest? Why are you staring at Zhang Shiqi?"

"I" Zhao Qing's face turned red instantly.

"Did you lean on someone's window again? How did I warn you last time when Zhang Shiqi complained?" Lu Baishan's tone became serious.

Zhao Qing hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth, straightened his chest and said: "Zhang Shiqi is not a good guy, I was worried that Xiaomei would suffer, so I was watching him! I didn't do anything bad."

Wow, we have another big news. Li Aiguo feels that life in this factory is becoming more and more interesting.

Although Lu Baishan felt that Zhao Qing's peeping behavior was wrong, with Li Aiguo's reminder, he decided to investigate the matter thoroughly.

He returned to his desk, wrote a handwritten search warrant, and signed his name.

"Let's go search Zhang Shiqi's dormitory now."

Lu Baishan selected a few security officers and prepared to set off with Zhao Qing, but suddenly stopped.

He turned his head and looked at Li Aiguo: "Aiguo, come with me. When things are clear, we can have dumplings at my house."

"Good."

Li Aiguo had always wanted to see how the security department of the military factory conducted investigations, so he naturally agreed.

The No. 1 Machine Factory was a new factory built a few years ago. Considering the accommodation problem of the technicians, the factory spent a lot of money to build more than a dozen tube buildings.

Zhao Qing and Zhang Shiqi's dormitory was in Building 17, both on the third floor.

Zhao Qing brought the security officers into the compound and immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.

However, the neighbors seemed to be aware of the dispute between the two. After learning that Zhang Shiqi was Dieter, they were not nervous. Instead, they persuaded Zhao Qing not to make trouble so as not to affect the relationship between colleagues.

"I can see clearly that Zhang Shiqi is Dieter."

Zhao Qing explained a few words, but when he saw that the neighbors were determined to take revenge, he became so angry that his hair stood on end.

"We'll find out about the radio station later, and then we'll see how you guys speak for Zhang Shiqi!"

Zhang Shiqi was working overtime in the department today and was not in the dormitory. When Lu Baishan arrived at the dormitory door, he asked the security officers to cut the door lock and rush in.

"search!"

The security officers were busy in the house.

Drawers, cabinets, and under the bed, all places where things could be hidden were searched.

Li Aiguo nodded slightly. These security officers were all experienced and worthy of being security officers of a military factory.

Zhao Qing wanted to join the search but was stopped by Lu Baishan.

"Zhao Qing, just stand aside obediently."

Zhao Qing knew that Lu Baishan had a prejudice against him, so he took two steps and moved closer to Li Aiguo.

"Team Leader Li, Zhang Shiqi is not a good guy. He is good at sweet-talking girls."

As a spectator, Li Aiguo behaved like a good listener, nodding slightly from time to time.

Zhao Qing felt extremely aggrieved, but no one listened to him.

Now seeing that his leader Li Aiguo did not turn around and leave, he became even more energetic and told Zhang Shiqi all the grievances and entanglements between him and Zhang Shiqi.

Zhao Qing, Zhang Shiqi and Wang Xiaomei entered the factory at the same time. At the beginning, Zhao Qing and Zhang Shiqi had a good relationship because they were colleagues in the same department and they often played cards together.

Wang Xiaomei was Zhao Qing's girlfriend and often came to Zhao Qing's dormitory to play, so she soon got to know Zhang Shiqi.

Zhang Shiqi was from Shanghai. He could write poetry and speak a few words of English from time to time. He soon attracted the simple girl Wang Xiaomei and the two became very close.

At first, Zhao Qing didn't notice this and was happy that Zhang Shiqi and Wang Xiaomei had a good relationship.

In this way, after he marries Wang Xiaomei, the three of them can still chat together.

At this time, a neighbor noticed something was wrong and reminded Zhao Qing implicitly.

However, Zhao Qing felt that Wang Xiaomei was not that kind of girl, and Zhang Shiqi would not do such a dirty thing, so he did not care.

By chance, Zhao Qing realized that he was a clown.

"Last year, in order to celebrate the large-scale deployment of the Type 59, the propaganda department showed a movie outdoors. I deliberately reserved a good seat for Xiaomei and Zhang Shiqi, but I never saw them.

I didn't care and just thought they were late.

Halfway through the movie, I went to the bathroom and suddenly saw two people getting intimate together. They were Zhang Shiqi and Xiaomei.

When saying this, Zhao Qing's voice trembled a little. Although Li Aiguo had not experienced these, he could still understand his feelings.

"Zhao Qing, when it comes to dating, if you're compatible, then it's fine. If not, then it's fine. There's no need to fight to the death."

Li Aiguo, the intimate elder sister, is obviously unqualified.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Qing said, "But I like Xiaomei!"

Li Aiguo: "."

While they were chatting, Lu Baishan and the security officer had already searched the house thoroughly, but found nothing.

"Zhao Qing, where is the radio station?" Lu Baishan's face turned ugly. He walked out of the dormitory and scolded Zhao Qing: "You are falsely accusing your colleague."

"I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn't have been mistaken. It must be Zhang Shiqi who hid the radio. You guys look for it again." Zhao Qing looked panicked and incredulous.

Lu Baishan pointed inside the house and said, "All we need to do now is pry up the floor."

Seeing the situation in the house, Zhao Qing was panicked and muttered to himself: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, I can't be wrong. I saw it with my own eyes through the window at that time."

Seeing that Zhao Qing was still trying to argue, Lu Baishan's face suddenly turned gloomy.

He was about to scold her when a voice came from outside.

"Hey, what are you doing!?"

When Li Aiguo heard the somewhat frivolous tone, he knew that Zhang Shiqi had returned.

Looking up, he saw Zhang Shiqi rushing in from outside, followed by a girl. The girl was about 20 years old, with fair skin, a crescent face, and a pair of big black eyes. Although she was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, she still looked very good.

This girl should be Wang Xiaomei.

Although she was not stunningly beautiful, she was still considered to be a beauty in an environment like the First Machine Factory where there were more men than women. No wonder Zhao Qing could not forget her.

Wang Xiaomei saw Zhang Shiqi was angry, and quickly stepped forward to persuade him: "Brother Shiqi, don't be anxious, and don't argue with the comrades in the security department."

The expression of concern was beyond words.

"Xiaomei, don't worry, I'm a cultured person and I won't do anything rash like that." Under Wang Xiaomei's admiring gaze, Zhang Shiqi quickly suppressed the anger on his face, straightened his collar, and strode over.

He did not ask why Lu Baishan's security officers were here, but walked up to Zhao Qing and stared at him: "Zhao Qing, I know you have a problem with me, but you really misunderstood.

Xiaomei never liked you from the beginning to the end. She just regarded you as a fellow countryman. This is what Xiaomei told me herself."

What is meant by murder and heart-crushing? This is it.

Zhao Qing felt as if a dagger had been stabbed into his chest, and the dagger was twisting his intestines into pieces.

"Zhang Shiqi, you liar, you cheated Xiaomei!" Zhao Qing gritted his teeth.

Zhang Shiqi was scolded, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he looked at Zhao Qing with sympathy: "Really, not only do I not blame you, I have to thank you. It is because of you that Xiaomei and I met."

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xiaomei and smiled: "Xiaomei, what do you think?"

Wang Xiaomei didn't expect Zhang Shiqi to say these words in public, and her face immediately turned red with shame.

She bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, then raised her head resolutely and looked at Zhao Qing.

"Zhao Qing, Brother Shiqi is right. I just treat you as a fellow villager. The only person I like is Brother Shiqi."

"We have already planned to apply for marriage with the factory, so please don't bother me anymore in the future."

After saying that, her little face turned as red as a monkey's butt, and she turned around and rushed out of the crowd.

For a girl to say these words in public, the meaning is self-evident.

The neighbors who were watching looked at Zhao Qing with different eyes, some with sympathy, some with mockery, some with disdain.
Under each gaze, Zhao Qing's face turned from red to white, and then to purple.

Zhao Qing was furious and raised his fist to make Zhang Shiqi taste the casserole.

fist.

Got caught.

Zhao Qing turned around and saw that it was Li Aiguo who was holding his fist. His face changed slightly: "Team Leader Li, please don't stop me."

He wanted to retract his fist, but felt as if his fist was clamped by an iron clamp.

"Apologize." Li Aiguo glanced at Zhao Qing indifferently and pointed at Zhang Shiqi.

"Team Leader Li, this guy stole my girlfriend, and now you want me to apologize to him!" Zhao Qing felt like he had heard the best joke in the world.

After the words came out, Zhao Qing seemed to realize something and his expression became awkward.

Li Aiguo let go of his hand, lit a cigarette, and looked at Zhao Qing's flushed face through the smoke.

"Do you think you are justified in making such a fuss?"

Zhao Qing didn't expect Li Aiguo to ask this, and quickly replied, "No, it's not."

"what is that?"

Li Aiguo stood up straight, his tall figure blocked the sunlight coming through from outside, making one side of Li Aiguo's face appear extremely dark, while the other side was shining with golden light. Especially the smoke from which Li Aiguo stood out, making his aura seem both righteous and evil.

Zhao Qing had just gotten rid of his anger, but was oppressed by this momentum again. Cold sweat kept pouring down his back. He stammered, "What?"

Li Aiguo smiled and flicked the ash off his cigarette: "If you do something wrong, you should apologize. We are all colleagues, and I don't think Comrade Zhang Shiqi will hold you accountable, right?"

Li Aiguo seemed to be talking to Zhao Qing, but his eyes were on Zhang Shiqi.

Zhang Shiqi had already made up his mind to send Zhao Qing in today to prevent him from being a hindrance. When he heard this, his face changed several times.

He glanced at the residents who were watching, and sighed in his heart: A little impatience will ruin a great plan!
"Of course, we are all colleagues. Although Zhao Qing went a bit too far, I am not a petty person." When Zhang Shiqi said this, he felt his face a little stiff.

Lu Baishan was still thinking about how to end this matter, but when he saw that Li Aiguo had made Zhang Shiqi give up the pursuit with just a few words, he strode over quickly.

"Snapped"

A slap landed on Zhao Qing's forehead.

"You kid falsely accused your colleague. I can put you in a small dark room right now. They won't pursue the matter anymore, and you still don't apologize?!"

After being beaten, Zhao Qing finally came to his senses, calmed down, and said to Zhang Shiqi: "Yes, I'm sorry."

Zhang Shiqi waved his hand generously: "We are colleagues, it is normal to have some misunderstandings. Zhao Qing, Xiaomei and I will get married in a while, and I will ask you to be the witness."

In the eyes of the residents, Zhang Shiqi was showing magnanimity.

However, when Zhao Qing heard this, his brain exploded instantly, and the anger that he had suppressed with great difficulty rose up again.

He was about to speak when Li Aiguo gave him a cold look and his body froze in place.

"Still want to cause trouble?" Li Aiguo asked with a smile on his face, but his voice was a little cold.

The anger in Zhao Qing's heart was instantly extinguished. He lowered his head and used his hands to smooth out his pants on his thighs. His palms were sweating.

"Go to the Security Department, write a letter of apology, and confess your mistakes to Chief Lu." Li Aiguo looked down at Zhao Qing, took a puff of his cigarette.

"I will review my mistakes. I'll do it right away." Zhao Qing's voice trembled a little.

Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes, stared at Zhao Qing for a while, then raised his head and looked at Zhang Shiqi: "Comrade Zhang Shiqi, thank you for your cooperation. Now the project is at a critical juncture, everyone should work together, focus all their energy on the work, overcome difficulties as soon as possible, and contribute to military construction."

Zhang Shiqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: It seems that Team Leader Li did not discover any clues, he was just considering work.

Well, how could the chess game that he spent two years carefully setting up be easily solved by others?

"Team Leader Li, what you said is absolutely correct. I must learn from you in my work."

Seeing that the matter was resolved satisfactorily, Lu Baishan stepped forward and waved to the residents: "Today is just a misunderstanding, everyone go away."

After the residents left, Lu Baishan took Zhao Qing to the security department, gave him a severe criticism and education, and asked him to write a letter of self-criticism.

This work took most of the day.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Baishan wanted to treat Li Aiguo to dumplings, so he let Zhao Qing go.

Evening is the busiest time at the No. 1 Machinery Factory.

In order to relieve the workers' homesickness, comrades from the art troupe stood in the center of the venue and performed quick-speaking books, attracting many workers to stop and watch.

"Uncle, my mother has cooked dumplings and is calling you to eat."

Li Aiguo was so engrossed in watching the scene that he waited until Xiaoju came to call him, then he brought Staff Officer Xiao to the Lu family.

When I entered the house, the dumplings were already on the table. I could also hear sounds coming from the kitchen; it should be Cao Yuehua cooking.

Li Aiguo opened the door curtain and walked in, saying with a smile: "Sister Yuehua, I'm not an outsider, there's no need to be so troublesome."

It would be a sin to cook stir-fried dishes after having dumplings.

Cao Yuehua smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence today. The factory distributed a batch of supplies, which happened to include mustard and Chinese cabbage. I haven't eaten mustard dumplings for a long time, so I'm a little craving for them. I just happened to borrow your excuse."

Mustard dumplings are an authentic Beijing folk dish, which are actually dumplings made with Chinese cabbage.

Mustard dumplings are refreshing, sharp and can relieve greasiness.

It’s perfect to pair with dumplings.

When the dishes were served, Cao Yuehua found a small bowl, put some dumplings in it, and fed Xiaoju beside it.

The dumplings stuffed with carrot and meat tasted good. Li Aiguo ate a few bites of the dumplings and took off his coat and hung it on a chair.

"Come, have a drink. Aiguo, today it's really thanks to you, otherwise it would be really difficult to end." Lu Baishan took out the half bottle of wine that he hadn't finished last time and poured a glass for Li Aiguo and Staff Officer Xiao respectively.

Li Aiguo picked up the wine glass, drank it all, put the glass on the table, refused Lu Baishan's offer to pour more wine, and asked with a smile: "You also see the problem?"

Lu Baishan didn't expect Li Aiguo to suddenly bring up this matter. He handed the bowl of dumplings to Cao Yuehua and said, "Wife, take Xiaoju to the old Zhao family next door to deliver some dumplings."

Cao Yuehua knew that the man had something to discuss, so she smiled, told them to eat and drink well, and then took Xiaoju out the door.

After the door was closed again, Lu Baishan poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

He clicked his tongue twice and said, "In fact, I can't say that I see anything wrong with Zhao Shiqi. I just think he is a little weird, but I can't tell what's wrong with him."

After saying this, Lu Baishan was surprised: "How do you know that I suspect Zhao Shiqi?"

Li Aiguo picked up a dumpling and said with a smile: "If you really think Zhao Qing is fooling around, we should have dealt with him a few times before. It is impossible for him to continue fooling around."

".You figured out all this." Lu Baishan was a little shocked.

Li Aiguo's guess was absolutely correct. When Zhao Qing first reported Zhao Shiqi, although Lu Baishan found evidence, he had already noticed Zhao Shiqi.

In the following two years, Lu Baishan had been secretly observing Zhao Shiqi.

"However, we suddenly searched the house today and did not find anything suspicious. This is enough to prove that Zhao Shiqi is innocent. Maybe I have misjudged him." Lu Baishan sighed.

As an old guard, he always trusted his instincts.

Nothing frustrates him more than when his instincts fail.

Li Aiguo swallowed the dumplings and smiled: "Brother Baishan, the biggest doubt is the absence of doubts."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Baishan just picked up a dumpling, his chopsticks were suspended in the air, and he looked up at Li Aiguo: "What did you find?"

Li Aiguo smiled and said, "I remember Zhao Shiqi was a poetry lover, right? He also wrote good poems. Why can't we find a single book related to poetry in the house, nor any manuscripts of poems?"

As soon as he said this, the dumplings fell on the table with a thud. Lu Baishan said in a daze, "Yes, I felt something was wrong at the time, but I couldn't figure out exactly what was wrong. Now I finally figured it out.

Books! In Zhao Shiqi's dormitory, apart from a few professional mechanical books, there are no extracurricular books, let alone poetry books, there are not even handwritten books. This is unreasonable."

Lu Baishan slammed his chopsticks on the table: "This guy has already guessed that we might go to search!"

The light on the roof flickered twice.

(End of this chapter)