The director of the bureau smiled, flipped through my transfer report, flipped through it perfunctorily, and said: "I can see that your opinion of me is not ordinary! I've always wanted to talk to you, but there have been so many things going on these days, and to this day, I think it's time to talk to you about it. ”

I plucked up the courage and said, "I'm also trying to communicate with Director You." ”

The director looked up at me: "Then you speak first." ”

I said, "It's better for the director to say it first, and I'll sort out my thoughts later." ”

The director pinched the bridge of his nose with two fingers, shook his body slightly, and said: "It's better for you to say it first, Xiao Zhao, I want to hear it, what lines have you prepared today, don't worry, let's talk about family things today, don't need to be too tight, relax and say boldly." ”

I coughed lightly twice, cleared my throat, then took a deep breath and plucked up the courage to speak, "Then I'll speak first." By the director, I am a straight-talking person who doesn't like to beat around the bush, so if there is anything inappropriate, I hope that the director will not be surprised. ”

Director You chuckled and said, "I said, this time we are talking about family life, not work, you can talk about it casually." ”

In order to let me overcome my nervousness, the director handed over a cigarette and said, "Talk while smoking, we are not subordinates now, okay, you can say it." ”

I was not polite, I took the cigarette in my mouth and lit it, took a sharp puff, and said, "I think the director has been dealing with the problem too much lately...... Too much favoritism towards certain people. To tell the truth, the image of the director in my mind in the past was an iron-faced and selfless atmosphere, but now, I have to say that the director of the bureau has greatly lost the support of the people in handling the problem. ”

I thought that the director would be very angry when he heard this, but looking at his face, he seemed to be very calm, and he did not look angry at all.

He made a gesture of listening, as if eager to hear me continue.

This emboldened me even more, and continued: "I have an opinion on Director You on the matter of Director Qi alone. According to the relevant regulations, the mistakes made by Director Qi were at least enough to be dismissed, but the director's methods were quite clever...... Then the wrongs and grievances I endured before have instead become a ladder for Director Qi's progress? I think that although Director Qi is your proud leader, he will not be so shielded and partial, right? By doing so, you have actually set a precedent for the Special Secret Service Bureau, and it can be regarded as a bomb for your future work, and it will definitely have an impact on your prestige......

I poured out all the words I wanted to say from my mouth in one gulp.

Even I couldn't believe that I could dare to be so calm and bold in front of a general of the republic!

After hearing this, the director was unexpectedly calm, and he could even giggle and say, "Xiao Zhao, you dare to tell the truth!"

I said a little angrily, "I don't like to tell lies. Therefore, if there is any offense to the director, please forgive the director. ”

The director said: "Okay, now that you're done, isn't it time for me to speak?"

I said, "The director will please speak, and I will listen carefully." ”

The director said: "I came to you today for two things, first, I want to tell you a story, and second, I want you to see something. ”

I was slightly surprised, but continued to listen.

The director stood up, his hands behind his back, and his eyes revealed an inexplicable divine light, which contained multiple elements such as memories, sadness, and longing.

The director said, "I'll tell you a story first." The story takes place in 1979, when I was still a small platoon commander, and one day I suddenly received a special order......"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but have a lot of doubts, thinking to myself what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the director, and how did he tell me these stories?

The director continued: "What kind of order? It happened to be the most intense year of the country's self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and the Special Guard Bureau sent more than 20 security cadres to the battlefield in Vietnam for training. They included me and a platoon commander named Huzi, who and I were soldiers for a year, and we had a good relationship, and when we entered the battlefield in Vietnam, we were assigned together...... People on the battlefield can better appreciate the preciousness of comradeship, I fought with Huzi, ate and slept together, and killed Vietnamese devils together. Huzi has been commended many times for his bravery, and I am happy for his growth and progress...... But one day, just after a victorious battle, while cleaning up the battlefield, a wounded Vietnamese devil suddenly got up and pointed a gun at me......"

Hearing this, I was even more surprised and wondered, what was the bureau chief telling me about this, was it to show off his battlefield achievements to me?

At the same time, I also wondered a little, how could we, the Central Special Guard Bureau, as the ace army next to the head of the Central Committee, still be sent to the battlefield for training? This seems a little unbelievable, right?

Before that, I had heard a lot of rumors about the fact that there were several generals and deputy regimental commanders in the Secret Service who had personally experienced the battlefields in Vietnam, and I had been skeptical and had not studied them in depth. The director's remarks are not a confirmation of these rumors. But the situation is indeed puzzling, because the guard unit, which is the side of the chief, generally does not participate in the war in peacetime. As for this kind of thing being sent to Vietnam to participate in the self-defense counterattack, it is even more incredible. In this regard, I have always been skeptical, and consciously went to the regimental history museum of the special guard regiment to collect evidence, but I did not find any discrepancy records.

However, I did make a guess in my heart about the intentions of the director.

I really can't figure out what his intention would be to bring this past of Vietnam out.

So, with doubts, I could only continue to listen patiently.

The director continued: "I didn't have time to react at that time, and when I saw the gun pointed at me, it was just a moment, and I thought I was finished...... But when the gun rang out, a figure suddenly jumped in front of me, and took the bullet for me. This person is none other than the platoon leader of Huzi. The bullet passed through Huzi's chest......"

I think the story told by the director is so similar to the scenes in the movie.

What is this? Is it educating me about the battlefield? Or is the director trying to mobilize me and Director Qi to resolve their old suspicions and make a new statement through the description of the comradeship?

If that's the motive, it's fine, but the bend seems to have gone too far.

It's all around to the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam!

Although he was full of doubts in his heart, he continued to listen to the director tell his story: "Huzi later failed to rescue and passed away. He died to save me, and if he hadn't pounced at that time, then the one who died would not have been Huzi, but me. Before he died, Huzi entrusted me to do three things for him, one was to let me work hard for him in the Special Health Bureau and fulfill his unfulfilled wishes, and the other was to entrust me to take care of his son Xiaoqiang, Huzi's lover, who had just remarried after giving birth to Xiaoqiang, and Xiaoqiang had been living with his grandmother. Huzi left, and his son became an orphan completely......" Speaking of this, the director of the bureau actually reached out and wiped his eye sockets, and I found that his eyes were filled with a trace of white light.

The director calmed down his emotions for a while, and then said: "Huzi asked me to take care of his son Xiaoqiang, held my hand and begged me, let Xiaoqiang also go to the Special Security Bureau to be a soldier in the future, preferably a big official, and he also begged me to help Xiaoqiang find a good daughter-in-law, don't be like Xiaoqiang's mother, who hates the poor and loves the rich...... I was extremely emotional at that time, and tears flowed down my eyes, because I clearly knew that this tiger who was on the verge of the end of his life was my savior, and it was he who exchanged his life for the lives of his comrades. I was both guilty and moved, I immediately expressed to Huzi to reassure him, and I even swore to promise him on the spot that if he didn't dislike it, if I had a daughter in the future, I would be willing to marry my daughter to Xiaoqiang...... This can be regarded as the best reward for my life-saving benefactor under Jiuquan......"

Hearing this, I finally heard some eyebrows.

However, I was struck by a strong earthquake!

Looking at Director You's sad eyes and the expression full of regret, I understood a lot, a lot in an instant.

I asked: "That Xiaoqiang, is it the current Director Qi?"

The director nodded: "Not bad." Director Qi is Xiaoqiang, the son of Huzi. At that time, when I returned from the battlefield in Vietnam and returned to the Special Guard Bureau, I kept in mind Huzi's entrustment and wanted to take Xiaoqiang over and raise it myself, but Xiaoqiang's grandmother refused to let me live or die. Later, after Xiaoqiang's grandmother died, Xiaoqiang was raised by his cousin until he was 17 years old. Later, I let Xiaoqiang enter the military academy through my connections, and he was still quite competitive, and his academic and military grades were always among the best, and he was later sent to the National Defense University for further study. Although Xiaoqiang is now an adult and has a future, in my heart, there are always some faint uneasiness and regret, even apologies. I feel that I have not been able to fulfill the last wish given to me by my comrades-in-arms, so that Xiaoqiang suffered a lot of hardships when he was a teenager......"

When the director said this, he seemed to be a little choked.

This is the first time I have heard the Director tell such an extraordinary story.

At the same time as the shock, I thought of a lot, a lot.

Perhaps, this story has solved many doubts, but it has also deeply knocked on my heart.

Director Yu continued: "Until now, I often think of the old comrade-in-arms who blocked the gun for me, and every time I see Director Qi, I will think of his father, who exchanged his life for my life on the battlefield, and it was his father who gave me a chance to survive with his own death." I have always wanted to continue my guilt and gratitude to him in the body of my comrade-in-arms' son, and continue the friendship between my comrades-in-arms, I want to do my best to create any conditions and opportunities for him, for my old comrade-in-arms, let him be blind, Director Qi is also quite competitive, and his work has been very hard and progressive, and he has achieved this success today, in fact, it is inseparable from his efforts......"

Perhaps, at this moment, I can understand the hardships and thoughts of the director.

He said it really well, and when he mentioned the past, there were two lines of subtle old tears, swirling in his eyes, although he didn't squeeze out his eyes, he seemed unusually clear.

He wasn't trying to perfunctory me with a beautiful story, but this story made me understand a lot, a lot in an instant.

It turned out that the partiality of the Director Qi to the Director was actually for a reason.

Although it is said that being in a high position should also be impartial and should be treated equally, if anyone has the experience of being the director, how should they deal with it?

I believe that the psychology of Director You is also extremely contradictory, when Director Qi made a mistake, his mood, even I was depressed and angry, but in order to fulfill his promise to his comrades, he still risked being misunderstood by his subordinates, and openly blocked all the pressure for Director Qi. What is he for, for the life-saving benefactor under Jiuquan, and at this moment, I finally understand why the You family would especially want Director Qi to be the son-in-law of the You family. It turned out that there was such a relationship between them.

To be exact, I was somewhat moved. I pondered for a long time before I spoke, "By the director, maybe you're right!"

When I said this, I also suddenly had a sad feeling.

Director You sighed lightly, put his arm on my shoulder, and said, "But I have wronged you because of this! Let you, a great hero of the Special Health Bureau, not see the result when you are wronged." ”

I said, "Chief, if you had told me this, I probably wouldn't have been more honest with you. After all, Director Qi did those things because he was ...... Trapped by love, I don't have to break him, I just want the bureau to have a fair deal and give myself a reasonable comfort. ”

Director You said: "Originally, I didn't mention this story to anyone except Yumeng's mother. The reason why I am telling you today is to let you understand that the eyes of the director are bright, I know Xiao Zhao, you have been wronged, I want to keep you. You are the proudest security secretary of the Special Guard Bureau, and you have made great contributions to the Special Guard Bureau, which are seen and remembered by the director of the Bureau. ”

After the director finished speaking, he returned to his desk, sat back in his chair, took out a few pages of letter paper from the bag on the left, and handed them over.

The director said: "Xiao Zhao, look at this." ”

I took it and was taken aback.

Letter cover: Career change report.

The payment turned out to be Director Qi.

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