On the evening of November 27, 2004, an 86-year-old man, accompanied by his grandson, came to the White Mansion in Chongqing to pay homage to the martyrs of the "11.27 Massacre".
Unsuspecting people thought that this old man was a comrade-in-arms of the martyr who was killed, and this time he was an old friend who came to visit him.
But this old man kept saying, "I was sorry for you back then, I shouldn't have killed the little radish head, he was still so young." ”
It turned out that this old man was Yang Qindian, the murderer who strangled the head of the small radish, and he could even live well into the 21st century?
Make up for it
Song Qiyun, the father of the little radish head, is Yang Hucheng's right-hand man, and will naturally be regarded as a thorn in the eye by Chairman Jiang.
After the People's Liberation Army liberated Nanjing on April 23, 1949, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek knew that the general trend was gone.
Parents of little radish heads
Chairman Jiang, who was angry and corrupt, naturally would not let go of Yang Hucheng, who had kidnapped and threatened him in the past. He personally ordered the execution of Yang Hucheng and Song Qiyun's family.
Yang Qindian is one of the people responsible for this time, he is responsible for killing the small radish head.
On September 6, 1949, the little radish head that had been locked up in the white mansion was taken to a black car, accompanied by his father Song Qiyun and his mother Xu Linxia.
The eight-year-old turnip head naively thought he could get out of prison, but he didn't expect death to wait for him.
After arriving at Gele Mountain, Xiao Radish was taken off the car by Yang Qindian. Before he could take a few steps, he grabbed the neck of the little radish head deadly, but the little radish kept looking at him, making it impossible for him to die.
At this moment, another killer, Yang Jinxing, after executing Yang Hucheng, set his sights on Xiao Radish Head and Yang Qindian.
Yang Jinxing saw that Yang Qindian had not succeeded, so he scolded Yang Qindian: "You waste, a child can't kill." ”
Yang Jinxing said as he stabbed the dagger into the back of the little radish head, and the poor little radish head fell in a pool of blood.
The little radish head, whose name is Song Zhenzhong, has been living in prison since he was in his infancy, and he has not seen the outside world until the last moment of his life.
He was only eight years old when he died, what did he know as an eight-year-old? But the deranged spies were reluctant to spare an eight-year-old child.
Later, when discussing the reward for meritorious deeds, Yang Jinxing received a reward of 200 yuan, while Yang Qindian only got 50 yuan because of his inability to do things.
Although the little radish head was not killed by Yang Qindian himself, he also participated in the killing of the small radish.
Such agents who persecuted heroic martyrs were liquidated one by one after the founding of New China. But Yang Qindian was not only acquitted, but even the relevant departments wanted to arrange work for him.
After killing the little radish head, Yang Qindian's heart could not be calmed down for a long time, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he would think of the look in the eyes of the little radish head looking at him.
Why did the eight-year-old kid have to kill him? Yang Qindian did not understand, but he had to carry out the orders of his superiors.
He also did not choose, if he did not carry out the order, then the person who died that day had him Yang Qindian.
More than two months passed in a chaotic manner, during which time New China was founded, and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan.
On November 27, before the People's Liberation Army was about to arrive in Chongqing, the Kuomintang agents went completely mad, and they planned to kill all the "prisoners" in Zha Di Dong and the White Mansion.
When 19 of the "prisoners" in the White Mansion were killed, they suddenly received a call from their superiors asking them to support the slag cave.
It is said that there are still more than a hundred people in the slag cave who have not been killed, and there is a serious shortage of manpower there.
At eleven o'clock that night, Lu Jingqing, the director of the White Mansion, ordered everyone to support the Zha Di Dong, leaving only Yang Qindian and Li Yusheng to guard the remaining 19 people.
At this time, Yang Qindian's heart was very entangled, he was not a fierce and evil person, nor was he a stupid person.
Although Yang Qindian was born as a peasant, he had also read books for several years, and he knew that the general trend of the Kuomintang had gone, and it was only a matter of time before the People's Liberation Army liberated Chongqing.
He also had a very friendly relationship with these communists in the White Mansion on weekdays. He will do everything he can to facilitate them.
Yang Qindian knew that only the Communist Party was really for the common people, and the high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang were only for their own happiness.
But Yang Qindian was also afraid that such a spy as himself could not get forgiveness from the Communist Party, after all, he had participated in the killing of the little turnip head.
Yang Qindian is just an ordinary person, and it is also the common sentiment of people to be greedy and afraid of death.
Just when Yang Qindian was struggling with whether to release the remaining 19 people, Luo Guangbin said to him: "If you release us, I will testify on your behalf and promise not to pursue your past." ”
Just when Yang Qindian couldn't make up his mind, others also said to him: "We know that you are not a bad person, you can rest assured that we will all testify for you. ”
Yang Qindian has always admired these revolutionaries, and he naturally believes that these people will testify for themselves.
With the help of Yang Qindian and Li Yusheng, the remaining 19 revolutionaries managed to escape the White Mansion.
Shortly after they left, the executioners returned to the White Mansion. They found that the place was empty, surrounded by mountains, and they could not find it, so they had to give up.
What's more, these spies are not stupid, their leaders have long fled, and they also want to escape quickly before the People's Liberation Army has entered the city.
Guilt for a lifetime
November 30. Luo Guangbin led Yang Qindian to the Chongqing People's Government to "turn himself in" and told local leaders about Yang Qindian's various deeds.
As a communist, Luo Guangbin will naturally keep his promises. Instead of going to jail, Yang Qindian was placed to work at the Public Security Bureau.
But Yang Qindian is a self-aware person, even if the government and the people have not investigated his crimes, he himself is deeply sorry for Xiao Radish Head and his family.
Feeling guilty of his sins, he declined the work arranged by the government and returned to his hometown to farm.
For Yang Qindian, being able to have his own land and be an authentic farmer is already his best destination.
In 1967, Yang Qindian was arrested for historical problems and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
During his time in prison, his wife died of illness and his son was removed from his post because he had a secret agent dad.
Yang Qindian did not feel that he had been wronged, he felt that going to prison was actually atonement.
In 1982, the government released Yang Qindian, considering that although he had made a mistake, he also had merit.
After his release from prison, Yang Qindian went to Chongqing White Mansion and Zha Di Dong six times to commemorate those martyrs who heroically sacrificed.
In 2007, Yang Qindian died of illness, and he repented in his heart until his death that he had "strangled" the head of the small radish.
But as Luo Guangbin wrote in his memoirs: "Without Yang Qindian's crime of breaking the merits, the remaining 19 people in the White Mansion would all be killed." ”
Yang Qindian was indeed guilty but also meritorious, not to mention that the killing of the little radish head could not be decided by him.
He is also only a person who carries out orders, and if he does not obey the arrangement, there is only one way to die for him.
The person who really killed the little radish head was the one who issued the order, not Yang Qindian, an ordinary soldier.