In August 1927, Mao Zedong ended his work in Wuchang and prepared to leave Wuhan for Changsha. Inside the octagonal gate tower next to the Shen family's house on the northern outskirts of Changsha, his wife Yang Kaihui and his three sons Mao Anying, Mao Anqing and Mao Anlong lived.
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A few months ago, Yang Kaihui gave birth to his and Mao Zedong's third child, Mao Anlong, in Wuchang. Later, forced by the situation, Mao Zedong asked his second brother Mao Zemin to escort Yang Kaihui and his three children from Wuchang back to Changsha, Hunan.
Mao Zedong returned to Hunan this time, one was to preside over the work, and the other was to see Yang Kaihui and his three children.
After coming to Hunan, the family of five was only briefly reunited for a few days. Mao Zedong then instructed Yang Kaihui to first return to Bancang's mother's house to avoid the limelight and take care of the three children by the way.
Before staying for a few days and about to be separated again, Yang Kaihui was very reluctant and asked Mao Zedong with a poignant feeling: "When can we meet?" ”
Mao Zedong told her:
"It won't be long before I organize the team and send someone to pick you up!"
Yang Kaihui knew that Mao Zedong's work was very heavy, and taking care of his three children was the greatest support for him.
More than a month has passed since Summer turned to Autumn, and Mao Zedong left Changsha. From Xiangtan, there was a lot of news about Mao Zedong, but Yang Kaihui couldn't figure out which one was true and which one was false.
In mid-October 1927, Mao Zedong led the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops into Jinggangshan.
The autumn wind was cold, the sub-rules were crying the moon, and mao Zedong was writing a letter to Yang Kaihui with a pen. After thinking about it for a while, he wrote this letter to Yang Kaihui in code:
“...... I made a deal here, made some money, and the business is booming..." In this letter, Mao Zedong also mentioned an ankle injury and told Yang Kaihui that "it is not convenient to go back to visit for a while..."
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In the blink of an eye, November has arrived. There was more news about Mao Zedong outside Changsha. Yang Kaihui knew that she could no longer stay at her mother's house and had to take the child to transfer...
A month later, a peasant woman in Changsha Bancang was holding a child in one hand and a worn-out bamboo basket in the other, greeting another child who was running all over the ground in search of wild vegetables.
It turned out that she was Yang Kaihui, who was disguised as a peasant woman. Holding in his hand was the second son, Mao Anying, and the child who ran in front of him was named Mao Anying.
"Mom, I dug up some wild vegetables again!" Mao Anying grabbed a handful of wild vegetables in his hand and happily put them into the basket in Yang Kaihui's hand.
Mao Anying just wanted to run away and continue digging wild vegetables, but he was stopped by Yang Kaihui: "It's not early, let's go home!" ”
The sun sets and the autumn breeze is low. It was already winter, and the wind was blowing colder. Yang Kaihui took the two children into front of a farmhouse, looked behind him warily, and made sure that no one was following him before walking in.
Inside the farmhouse, a sister-in-law holding Mao Anlong was preparing to boil water to cook rice. The eldest sister-in-law, named Chen Yuying, is also a Bancang native and has seen Mao Zedong before. She came here specifically to help Yang Kaihui take care of her children.
After Yang Kaihui left Bancang's house, she hid here. He and Chen Yuying were two people, taking care of the three and a half years old children.
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In April 1928, Mao Zedong completed the Jinggangshan Huishi Division. In June, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was officially renamed the Red Army, and the Fourth Army was renamed the Red Fourth Army.
Mao Zedong's reputation has also spread more and more, the wind in Changsha has become tighter and tighter, and Yang Kaihui has also hidden more tightly...
In the meantime, Mao Zedong sent people to Changsha Bancang many times to look for Yang Kaihui.
But every time the people sent said that Changsha was too tightly checked, and no one could be found.
In June 1930, when Mao Zedong led his army to attack Changsha, he had not yet received any news about Yang Kaihui and his three children. During the attack on Changsha, every time the people sent out were fruitless.
In turbulent times, many people feel that there is no hope. Even Mao Zedong himself lost the confidence to find his three children.
At this time, Yang Kaihui still hid near bancang with his three children. Although he had heard the news that the Red Army had hit Changsha, she did not dare to go out.
For a mother of three, it can be very eye-catching wherever she goes. So she had to wait, waiting for Mao Zedong to pick her up.
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But waiting and waiting, Yang Kaihui had not yet waited for Mao Zedong, but he was waiting for Fan Xiaoxi.
In October 1930, the "Shovel Communist Volunteer Brigade" and "Qingxiang Brigade" near Itakura became more and more rampant, and they went around arresting Communists and revolutionary masses.
At that time, He Jian, commander of the "Qingxiang" headquarters in Hunan Province, offered a reward of 1,000 yuan to arrest Yang Kaihui.
In order to find Yang Kaihui, He Jian sent his subordinate general Li Qiong, with several secret agents, disguised as ordinary people, to sneak into the Pancang to find Yang Kaihui's traces.
However, the first person to find Yang Kaihui's traces was not Li Qiong, but the local Hunan local rascal Fan Xiaoxi. He is a member of the "Shovel Communist Volunteer Brigade" and the local township chief.
After discovering Yang Kaihui, Fan Xiaoxi's first thought was to arrest Yang Kaihui and take him to Changsha City to receive merit. Although there are more than 30 people in the "Shovel Communist Volunteer Team", Yang Kaihui's identity is not simple, and Fan Xiaoxi does not dare to act rashly.
Fan Xiaoxi found another 50 people from the "Qingxiang Association", and 80 people were gathered at once, and only then did he feel at ease to come and arrest Yang Kaihui.
When yang kaihui was arrested, Fan Xiaoxi deliberately avoided the avenue and chose a small path. After coming to Yang Kaihui's residence, it was surrounded by three outer layers.
A total of 80 players were divided into 8 groups. The man with the gun loaded the bullet, and the man with the knife raised the large knife above his head. If you look at the position alone, who would have thought that this was a capture of a mother and three children?
Before he could do anything, Yang Kaihui in the room had already noticed that something was wrong. After observing the situation outside through the crack in the door, she hurriedly brought out a brazier that had never been extinguished...
Soon, Fan Xiaoxi broke through the door with people. When I entered the room, I found that Yang Kaihui had a carbon basin in front of her, and there was also paper ash that had just burned out.
Looking at the letter that had been burned to ashes, Fan Xiaoxi was furious, and he pointed his pistol at Yang Kaihui and said, "Xiagu, this is no wonder to me, you have to go with us to Changsha for a trip." ”
Immediately, several soldiers with long guns tied Yang Kaihui and the child's nanny Chen Yuying with ropes. This noise also woke up the three children.
At that time, the eldest Mao An Ying was only 8 years old, and the youngest Mao An Long was only 3 years old, and even if they had seen such a battle, they all cried and ran to Yang Kaihui's side to call their mother. Soon, the sound here also alarmed the neighbors nearby.
"Do you have a conscience?"
"You can't drag them like that!"
"Do you have wives and children?" Not afraid of retribution? ”
Under the tongues of the surrounding neighbors, Fan Xiaoxi realized that the crowd was angry. Ten thousand steps back, you also have to leave yourself a way back. Fan Xiaoxi, who wanted to take everyone away, ended up leaving Mao Anqing and Mao Anlong behind.
Leaving Yang Kaihui's residence, Fan Xiaoxi did not dare to go far, and escorted Yang Kaihui to live in the Yanggong Temple near Bancang, and surrounded the Yanggong Temple on the third floor and the outer three floors!
That night, everyone who came to catch Yang Kaihui was rewarded with three pieces of ocean and three pounds of meat. As for the bounty of 1,000 yuan, this is to be calculated separately. After the incident, Fan Xiaoxi set up a feast in Fu Linpu and ate a special meal.
Yang Kaihui was also moved around, first to the Kuomintang Changsha Garrison Headquarters, and later to the Changsha Army Prison.
On Yang Kaihui's pledge, it is written like this:
A political felon, Yang Kaihui of the Women's Communist Party, a child attached, and a female worker.