Li Rui felt empty in his heart, he didn't dare to look directly at his gaze, lowered his eyelids slightly, and apologized: "Secretary, Secretary-General, I'm sorry, I called Qingman downstairs just now, and I wandered around for a while after the call......," Du Minsheng said in a profound tone: "Xiaorui, there is a very urgent and very important matter for you to deal with, I hope you can do it quickly and well." Li Rui hurriedly said: "Secretary-General, you said." Du Minsheng said: "Just now, I received a call from the provincial party committee, saying that a retired veteran cadre of our Qingyang City posted a big-character poster near the provincial party committee, and was arrested by the armed police on duty, and told us to go and collect people. You go back to Qingyang with Lao Zhou now, and when you arrive in Qingyang, together with Wang Tiehui, director of the letter imitation office, call a few staff members, and then ask Director Feng to support a few policemen, and you rush to the provincial capital together, be sure to bring those old guys back. ”

Song Chaoyang suddenly interjected coldly: "If the soft one doesn't work, just come to the hard one." The tiger is not powerful, do they think they are sick cats?" Li Rui hurriedly asked: "Boss, are those old cadres the people who put up big-character posters in our municipal party committee and municipal government?" Song Chaoyang looked at him with blazing eyes and said, "This needs you to find out." I just want results. Li Rui said: "Don't worry, I will definitely complete this matter successfully." Then I'll go. ”

Du Minsheng instructed: "Pay attention to safety on the road. Li Rui nodded at him, turned around and went out.

Lao Zhou already knew the news, and was waiting for Li Rui at the door at this time. After the two met, they immediately went downstairs, and when they came downstairs, car No. 1 had already started. The two got into the car, and the No. 1 car slowly drove out of the guest house compound and quickly disappeared into the vast night.

On the way, after Li Rui called Feng Weidong for help, he already hated those old cadres to death. If it weren't for them, he would have been enjoying a good time with his baby apprentice Jiang Wei at this time, because a few of their old bastards were smearing Qingyang in the province and letting the boss Song Chaoyang sit on wax, and as a result, he not only lost a good opportunity to spend a good night with the beautiful apprentice, but also had to travel a long way overnight to the provincial capital. You must know that there is a distance of more than 300 kilometers from Longbei to the provincial capital, and it takes nearly four hours to drive. Although he didn't drive by himself, it was not good to fall asleep by himself when Lao Zhou was driving. And don't forget, it's four hours to go and four hours to come back, so that's eight hours. Eight hours of torment, not counting the time to bring back those old cadres. If they don't want to come back, they'll have to find a way to do it...... It seems that I don't want to sleep tonight, even tomorrow morning, I can't sleep!

On the way, Lao Zhou asked with a smile: "Is it the first time to go back to this matter?" Li Rui nodded with a wry smile and said, "Brother, I'm going to work hard for you." But if you're tired of driving, I can do it for you, and I have my driver's license in my bag. Lao Zhou nodded and said, "In the future, there will be more such things." It's summer, it's okay, if it's winter, you try, it's snowing all over the sky, the road is full of ice, and you can freeze the living to death when you come out, and you really don't want to get out of the bed. That year, I worked as a driver for a deputy secretary, and I was also researching in the suburbs, and there was a big incident in the city, and we had to rush back overnight, and it was three or nine days, and the temperature was more than 20 degrees below zero at night, and the car suddenly couldn't catch fire......

After the car arrived in Qingyang, Wang Tiehui, director of the letter imitation office, and the police officers sent by the Political Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau were already waiting. Li Rui got out of the car and greeted Wang Tiehui and Liu Guang, deputy director of the political department who led the team, briefly explained the situation, and got into the car. The three cars, led by the No. 1 car of the municipal party committee, galloped quickly to the provincial capital.

In order to prevent Du Minsheng, the secretary general in Longbei, from waiting anxiously, Li Rui called him to report the latest development. Du Minsheng told him: "Although Secretary Song said that if the soft one doesn't work, the hard one will come, but in the provincial party committee, you still have to pay attention to the impact and don't make it too stiff." Li Rui said: "Don't worry, Secretary-General, I am measured." ”

When the convoy arrived at the gate of the provincial party committee compound, it was already past one o'clock in the night, nearly two o'clock.

Li Rui was so sleepy that his upper and lower eyelids fought, but he could only hold on, and after getting out of the car, he poured out the mineral water in the bottle and washed his face, which was a little more refreshing. discussed it with Wang Tiehui and Liu Guang.

The rank of the three is obviously higher than Wang Tiehui, who is the director of the government's letter imitation office, and is a department-level cadre, far higher than Li Rui and Liu Guang. The three of them seemed to want to follow his lead.

But Wang Tiehui insisted that he should not resign, saying that Li Rui came on behalf of Secretary Song Chaoyang and was entrusted by the secretary general, so he was naturally respected on this trip, and he and Liu Guang just listened to his orders.

Li Rui knew that he was shirking his responsibility, and if this matter was done well, it would not be a great merit to bring all the veteran cadres who had posted big-character posters back to Qingyang; but if it was not done well, and people did not bring them back, they would cause a commotion, and then they would be ridiculed by the people of the provincial party committee or even criticized by the leaders of the provincial party committee, then it would be a big deal. For this kind of useless thing, the fool will take the initiative to carry it on his head, take a deep look at him, and say in his heart that you are Wang Tiehui, and you will play tricks on me in this kind of knot, I am helpless to take you, but don't forget, there is Secretary Song when I go back, I said a little ugly to him, you don't want to fall down, and said lightly: "Okay, then I'm welcome, I'll take care of this matter." ”

Wang Tiehui smiled: "That's the best. Liu Guang nodded and said, "Director Li, you can give orders, we are ready to arrest people at any time." ”

Li Rui couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart, boss, thanks to the fact that you are still the deputy director of the Political Department, why do you think about doing it at every turn? Wang Tiehui yawned and said, "Well, Director Li, we will do whatever you say, absolutely nothing." Li Rui knew that he was tantamount to picking on him, but he had no right to hold him hostage, so he could only endure it.

The three of them first asked the other personnel to wait in the car, and then Li Rui in the front, Wang Tiehui and Liu Guang in the back, put up a miniature team with extremely distinct echelons, and walked to the gate of the provincial party committee compound. Li Rui explained the situation to the armed police on duty, and then took out his work card to show him. After confirming the identity, the armed policeman went to the guard box to make a call, and after a while, he walked back and said, "You wait!" After speaking, he ignored the three of them again.

Wang Tiehui complained in a low voice: "Bull's ass, isn't it just a broken armed policeman, the watchdog of the provincial party committee compound, do you really think you are a big leader?" Li Rui smiled and didn't speak.

After a few minutes, a polite middle-aged man wearing glasses walked out of the courtyard. After he came to the armed police at the door, he had already seen Li Rui and the others, but as if he hadn't seen them, he asked loudly: "Where is Qingyang who came to pick up the imitation household?"

Li Rui was a little confused after hearing this, didn't he come to the provincial capital this time to pick up the old cadres who posted big-character posters, when did more imitation households come? Could it be that another imitation household came to the provincial party committee to make trouble? Looking at Wang Tiehui, Wang Tiehui pouted and shook his head, signaling him not to admit it.

The man called twice, but no one answered.

The armed policeman who received Li Rui and the three turned his head and pointed at Li Rui and the three, and said without any emotion: "Why don't you agree?" Li Rui said in surprise: "We are here to pick up the old cadres who posted big-character posters, not to pick up the imitation households." ”

The man with the eyes sneered: "Ridiculous! What is the purpose of posting big-character posters? Isn't it imitation?" Li Rui said blankly: "Oh, I thought there was another imitation household from Qingyang." The man sneered: "There are other imitation households, do you still think that you Qingyang has not added enough chaos to the provincial party committee?" Although Li Rui was not satisfied with his arrogant attitude, he could only step forward to laugh and said: "Hello comrade, my name is Li Rui, from the General Office of the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee, and I am ordered by Secretary Song and Secretary General Du to pick up those old comrades who posted big-character posters. For the bad influence they have caused to the provincial party committee, I would like to represent ......" The man waved his hand and said impatiently: "You have to get it, don't talk nonsense uselessly, hurry up and let me in." Really, it's too unreasonable to make trouble in the province all day long. Do you know how to maintain stability and unity? Do you know the overall situation......

Li Rui beckoned Wang Liu and the others to walk into the compound with him, and while listening to this guy's chattering and complaining, he was annoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare to argue with him, so he could only smile with him, not to mention how aggrieved he was.

Before he came to the main building of the provincial party committee building, the man took Li Rui and the three of them to turn right and came to the door of a three-storey small annex building in the east. After arriving here, he stopped, turned around, and began to teach Li Rui and the others a lesson: "Do you know that the leaders of the provincial party committee are in charge of every day and make trouble for them all day long? Do you know that if this matter is known to the leaders of the provincial party committee, how great will the impact will be? What do you municipal party committee secretaries do? Since you are shepherding one side, you should be sympathetic to the cadres and masses in the territory, how can you force all the retired old cadres to come to the provincial party committee to imitate them? This is how he became the secretary of the municipal party committee, and he asked himself whether he was worthy of the trust and expectations of the leaders of the provincial party committee......

Li Rui was so angry that he thought that if this guy criticized himself, he would forget it, why should he accuse the boss Song Chaoyang, what qualifications does he have to make irresponsible remarks? He knew the specific situation in Qingyang City, so he dared to make such a big statement? Just as he was about to make a statement to defend him, Wang Tiehui stepped forward with a smile and said, "Leading comrade, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble, and the leaders of the provincial party committee. You are a lot, don't care about our faults. Here is a little meaning, you can drink tea later, eat some supper, replenish your spirit, even if you give us a face, and we can be regarded as making amends to you. As he spoke, he had already handed over a thick envelope in his hand.