Lu Tao heard Fu Lei say that he should not break up with Du Xiaoyu for the time being, and said that this could temporarily stabilize Liu Hong and others, and felt a little inappropriate in his heart, and it was also very unfair to Du Xiaoyu, but considering Fu Lei's thoughtfulness and rich experience in officialdom, since he made this suggestion to himself, it must have been carefully considered, so he replied vaguely: "Okay, I won't mention breaking up with Du Xiaoyu for the time being, let's delay it for a while!"

At about half past five in the afternoon, Lu Tao drove a car borrowed from Xia Yuze and rushed to the Songshan Hotel with his mother and sister and brother-in-law.

"Xiao Lu, have you arrived at the Songshan Hotel?"

As soon as Lu Tao heard him open his mouth, he asked himself if he had arrived at the Songshan Hotel, obviously knowing his whereabouts, and asked a little surprised: "Director Yuan, how do you know that I am coming to the Songshan Hotel?"

Yuan Cheng smiled and said: "I heard what Pei Pei said, she said that you made an appointment to have dinner with Secretary Zhou in the evening, and it happened that I was going to report to the Songshan City Bureau on Monday, and I wanted to meet Secretary Zhou in advance, so I have rushed over from the provincial capital, and I will arrive at the Songshan Hotel in half an hour." ”

When Lu Tao heard that he was going to report to the Songshan City Bureau on Monday, he asked in surprise: "Director Yuan, have you been transferred to Songshan City to serve as the director?"

"Yes, the party group of the provincial bureau made a decision the day before yesterday to arrange for me to come to Songshan City to take up my post, and asked me to report to the Songshan City Bureau on Monday, because I was in a hurry, so I didn't have time to tell you the news. Brother, the first reason I want to be transferred to Songshan City this time is you! Today, I came to Songshan City in advance to meet Secretary Zhou, and another important reason is that I want to meet you and Pei Pei, have a meal, and toast you a few glasses of wine to express my gratitude!"

Lu Tao heard him say that he wanted to come to Songshan City to meet and have dinner with him and Chen Pei, and asked in surprise: "Director Yuan, Pei Pei will go back to the provincial capital at noon, is she coming with you again?"

Yuan Cheng laughed and said, "Brother, don't you know? Pei Pei was originally going to go back to the provincial capital, but Secretary Zhou left her behind and invited her to dinner together. I also heard Pei Pei say that you are going to Songshan to meet Secretary Zhou tonight, so I decided to rush over temporarily. ”

It turned out that Gu Daguang, the former director of the Songshan City Local Taxation Bureau, had been suspended for review because he was involved in a corruption case involving the head of the business tax section. Yuan Cheng immediately found Chen Pei and asked her to come forward to say hello to the top of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau, coupled with the full support of Deputy Director Li Zitong, so he stood out among the three competitors and was transferred to the Songshan Local Taxation Bureau as the first leader.

Although the director of the Supervision Office of the Provincial Bureau and the person in charge of the Songshan Municipal Bureau are of the same level and belong to the Ping Tuo, the latter belongs to one of the princes and has much more power, so Yuan Cheng is very grateful to Chen Pei and Lu Tao.

This afternoon, he called Chen Pei and wanted to invite her to have a meal with Li Zitong, but Chen Pei said that she was still in Songshan City in the evening and was going to have dinner with Zhou Yihong, the secretary of the municipal party committee, and Lu Tao's family. Yuan Cheng also happened to want to meet Lu Tao, so he immediately decided to rush to Songshan City......

Lu Tao heard that Chen Pei was still in Songshan City and did not leave, he was surprised and embarrassed, and it was difficult to ask Yuan Cheng, so he had to take his mother and sister and brother-in-law into the VIP building of Songshan Hotel with a worried mood, found the box that Zhou Yihong told him in advance, pushed open the door and saw that Chen Pei was really sitting inside, talking to Zhou Yihong.

Zhou Yihong saw Lu Tao and the others walking in, quickly stood up, greeted him with a smile on his face, and shook hands with Lu Tao's mother and Lu Ping and his wife affectionately, while saying to Lu Tao in a complaining tone: "Xiao Tao, why don't you call me when you get downstairs?" I should go downstairs to meet your mother in person!"

Lu Tao's mother said a little crampedly: "Secretary Zhou, why are you embarrassed to go downstairs to greet me? You invited us over for dinner today, which shows your feelings for my old Lu, thank you!"

Zhou Yihong said emotionally: "Sister-in-law, Lu Tao should have told you: Comrade Lu Hanqing and I are not only old comrades-in-arms and old platoon commanders, but also my life-saving benefactors. It is no exaggeration to say that if Comrade Lu Hanqing had not saved my life on the battlefield and later took the initiative to take responsibility to protect me from punishment, I would have either died on the battlefield or would have gone home to work as a farmer. It's a pity that God is jealous of talents, good people don't live long, and the old platoon commander is such a good person, but he died young, which is really sad and sad!"

At this point, his eyes were already red, and his voice gradually choked. Lu Tao's mother and sister were infected by him, and they also burst into tears......

Next, Zhou Yihong pulled Lu Tao's mother to sit on the sofa, drinking tea and chatting about Lu Hanqing's past.

Chen Pei sat and listened for a while, and saw that Lu Tao glanced at him with a puzzled gaze from time to time, obviously not understanding why he stayed in Songshan, so he stood up and beckoned to him and said, "Lu Tao, you come out with me, I have something to tell you." ”

Lu Tao glanced at Zhou Yihong, and saw that he was listening carefully to his mother's account of his father's life after demobilization, so he stood up and followed Chen Pei to the outside of the box.

Chen Pei stood face to face with him, and suddenly asked, "You wonder why I stayed in Songshan and didn't leave, right?"

Lu Tao nodded a little embarrassedly and said, "That's right." After the lunchtime banquet, Chief Xia originally drove you to the high-speed rail station to take the bus back to the provincial capital, but why did you arrive in Songshan again? Did Secretary Zhou call and invite you over?"

"No, I took the initiative to call Secretary Zhou and said that I wanted to have dinner with you in the evening, and then I got off at Songshan High-speed Railway Station, and Secretary Zhou arranged for the car to pick me up. ”

Speaking of this, she paused, stared at Lu Tao fixedly, and continued: "The reason why I want to stay in Songshan for dinner is because on the way to the high-speed rail station, Sister Bingbing told me a situation. She told me: Du Xiaoyu's father is the daughter of Liu Hong, chairman of O'Neill Hotel Group, and this Liu Hong is the biggest underworld boss in your Taolin County, and the initiator who once designed to frame you and let you receive a demerit punishment. Moreover, Du Xiaoyu's two elder sisters are not good people, and both have been mistresses of some corrupt officials—is this the truth about her?"

Lu Tao nodded and said, "That's right, I know all these things that Xia Bingbing told you." However, Du Xiaoyu is completely different from her father and two sisters: she left Taolin County at the age of 12 and has been studying, living and working in the provincial capital, and rarely goes home. She also told me in person: She hates Liu Hong! Although I still don't know why she hates her father, from the analysis of her demeanor and tone at that time, this hatred should be real and not fake. Moreover, her temperament and character are also very different from her two sisters, according to my judgment, she is definitely not the kind of frivolous and vain, shameless girl, you will know how many times you will have a relationship with her in the future!"