It was past four o'clock in the afternoon, in a building.

The man locked himself in a small room and kept making phone calls over and over again. Although he called each number more than a dozen times, the reply he heard was a standard female voice: "The number you dialed is temporarily unreachable, please call again later." ”

He raised his phone violently, and was about to fall down to vent his anger, but the man stopped again. Then he slowly lowered his right hand, listened to the movement outside, and sat down in a chair.

After a while, the man stood up, opened the door, and spoke to the woman outside: "What are you talking about, twitter, troublesome or not?"

The woman answered: "If you are in a bad mood, you will be angry with others." If you think we're troublesome, stay by yourself, and we'll be too lazy to take care of you. ”

The man did not reply, but closed the door and listened behind the door.

There was a sound of footsteps, followed by the sound of the door closing.

Hearing that there was no movement outside, the man opened the door and walked out. Then I went around the corners to make sure that there was no one, and then I went back to the house.

The man thought for a moment and dialed the number again.

After a while, the phone went on, and the man said two words: "It's me." ”

The other party's voice came: "What are you asking me to do again? You don't have to manipulate me, I don't want to do anything bad anymore." ”

The man smiled "hehe": "Don't say it so ugly, why are you sorry?"

The other party snorted: "In March, you asked me to ignore my conscience, point at Sang and scold Huai, and beat the surname Chu." At that time, when I said those words, I felt blushing, for fear that the other party would pick up the words and choke me with the words, so that I would not be able to get off the stage. It hasn't been long yet, and I was brought to that again yesterday, so don't you want me to do anything now. I can tell you, people can't get an inch, and rabbits bite when they're in a hurry. ”

The man's tone was surprised: "Biting......?

The other party interrupted the man: "You want to say 'handle' again, right? That's nothing, it's just a mistake in the work, which caused some losses to the public." If it is exposed, it will give me a warning, a demerit punishment, and at most I will be dismissed from office for the people. I've been tired in the past few years, and I've had enough, so it's more worry-free to be a little ordinary person. ”

The man's tone was much colder: "It's nothing, it's a crime of dereliction of duty, if you know it or not, it's a crime." You think it's so easy for the common people to be so good when you are really defenseless and when you experience the heat and coldness of the world. Besides, do you think you can really land safely and be a peaceful and good citizen? You are not just dereliction of duty, you use despicable means to attack your colleagues and use your power to bully your subordinates, and these will also be liquidated. Punish several crimes together, what do you think will be the end?"

"The things that followed were all instigated by you and forced by you. I want to report you, and I can still make meritorious contributions and reduce my guilt by reporting you. By the way, I'll report you right away, and I'll ......" the other party yelled on the phone.

"Hahaha......" The man laughed and interrupted the other party, "Instigating? being forced? Do you think you are a three-year-old child, or someone else is a three-year-old child? How did you instigate you, how did you force you? Are you a fool, do you do whatever you want? Then I let you eat *, let you wipe your neck and commit suicide, do you go? Definitely not go? Isn't it greedy nature that determines your behavior?

And said that you want to report me? On what basis, on this hidden number? Even if you record, I'm not afraid, just take out this voice, others can hear who it is? Maybe you think it's your father who spoke. Besides, if you take it out, will others believe it? It's just that you have one more charge of slander and false accusation. Give up illusions, don't make this useless, win-win cooperation. Do you understand?"

After such a question, the other party immediately fell silent, and it took a long time before a voice came out: "What do you want me to do? You can't let me do those things every day, right?"

Hearing that the other party had softened, the man's tone softened: "Don't think nonsense, I won't let you do anything today, just ask you something." ”

"Really, what's the matter, doesn't make me embarrassed, does it?" the other party obviously couldn't believe it, and he wasn't without doubt.

"Don't speak in such a pitiful tone, okay? The man smiled and said, "I'm just asking you, where has he been?"

"Who?" said the other's voice was alert.

"Who else?" the man visibly disgruntled.

After a pause, the other party's voice came: "I went to the city for a meeting in the morning, and I haven't seen anyone yet, so I guess I haven't come back, you can call him." ”

"If you can't get through, nothing will happen, right?" the man asked suspiciously.

"What's going to happen? Why do you say that? Wasn't it okay yesterday? You're too suspicious. The other party was obviously more confused.

"It's not that I'm suspicious, you probably don't know. Just now, the surnamed Chu Ke asked the fake girls a lot of sensitive topics, and the fake girls also explained a lot, I always feel that there is something going on here. "The man is worried.

"Really?" said the other man's voice hesitated, "I just came back from the country. I'll tell you if I ask. ”

"No, you don't know. After the man finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

The man looked ahead with empty eyes and muttered, "Something's wrong, something must have happened." ”

……

Night was falling.

Chu Tianqi straightened up, rubbed his eyes, and turned off the computer in front of him. He looked at the time, it was past nine o'clock in the evening, then lit a cigarette and smoked it.

"Tuk tuk", there was a knock on the door.

Who could it be? After a moment's hesitation, Chu Tianqi said, "Come in."

As soon as the door opened, Zhou Tong walked into the house.

"Why are you here?" Chu Tianqi asked casually.

"Why can't I come? Zhou Tong closed the door, walked quickly to the chair opposite, and sat down.

Chu Tianqi smiled: "Just make a phone call if you have something, why bother to run in person." ”

Zhou Tong's tone was not good: "If you don't welcome it, you say you don't welcome it, why are there so many things?"

Originally, he was thinking about the other party, but Zhou Tong didn't appreciate it at all, so Chu Tianqi stopped talking nonsense, but asked directly: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Tong put on a mysterious expression: "Niu Bin has been investigated." ”

"Who did you listen to?" Chu Tianqi asked rhetorically.

"My classmates in the county party committee called and said that it had spread throughout the county party committee compound. I asked other students for confirmation, and they said the same. Speaking of this, Zhou Tong showed doubts, "You don't know? The people in the unit said that you must have known in advance, or you wouldn't have asked 'people who understand'." ”

"People will think blindly, how can I know in advance? I am not a discipline inspection cadre, let alone a superior leader. If I hadn't heard from you, I wouldn't know about it now. Chu Tianqi denied it.

"Then how can you ask 'understand people' and 'who is Brother Hei Niu'? This is equivalent to poking a hole in the sky in Xuyuan County. If you don't know about Niu Bin's investigation, can you ask that? You can't be so naïve, right? How do you know about Brother Hei Niu?" Zhou Tong obviously didn't believe it.

Chu Tianqi sneered: "Hey, now, some people always like to complicate simple problems. Didn't I understand that people don't tell me honestly, so I remembered to ask him this sentence. Speaking of 'Brother Black Bull', I also heard it by chance. On the 11th day of last year, I went to see off Lei Peng and them, and you and your family went out on a trip that day, so you didn't go. Just as I was about to go upstairs to find them, I heard a sissy call saying something 'Black Bull'. I heard the voice as if I understood people, so I didn't go upstairs, but hid to the side. As a result, the person who called understood the person, and listened to him, and the two of them must have done nothing good with the 'black bull brother', so I remembered this matter. I usually forget about it, but this morning I understood the tone of people's voices, and I remembered it, so I asked casually. Who knew that 'Brother Black Bull' was Niu Bin. If I had known, I wouldn't have asked. Once the county magistrate knows about this, you won't be able to give me small shoes to wear?"

Zhou Tong let out an "oh", obviously still confused: "There is a sister in your family in the county, she didn't tell you? ”

"What are you talking about? The magistrate of Chu County is studying in the province, how can he know about Niu Bin's investigation so early?" Chu Tianqi pointed at the other party, "Don't gossip so much, okay?"

"Hmph, you also say that I gossip, you even know where people go, and you must contact them every day. Zhou Tong's words were full of sourness.

The more this matter was explained, the more inexplicable it became, Chu Tianqi simply didn't talk, but shook his head helplessly.

Sure enough, seeing that Chu Tianqi no longer defended, Zhou Tong also changed the topic: "If you are suspended this time, there must be Niu Bin in the middle." Now that he has been investigated, there must be something wrong. The corrupt people are naturally good people, and I believe that the organization will reinstate you soon. ”

Chu Tianqi let out a long sigh: "I hope." ”

"You're really boring, what do people say to you, but you're always empty-headed. Forget it, I won't tell you. With that, Zhou Tong stood up and walked out of the room quickly.

"I'm vain?" Chu Tianqi asked himself, and then laughed out loud, he was really vain, and he didn't tell Zhou Tong the truth just now.

Chu Tianqi knew the news that Niu Bin was investigated, and it was indeed earlier.

At half past two this afternoon, Chu Tianqi received a call from Zhou Zikai, who told Niu Bin the news of being investigated, and said that the news is still only known to a few people in the city, and it should not have been transmitted back to the county. Zhou Zikai also said at that time, "Comrade Chu Tianqi, in the process of investigating and dealing with Niu Bin, you have made great contributions."

Chu Tianqi understood that the "great merit" mentioned by Zhou Zikai must refer to the content recorded in the crusty book, which was valued by the relevant leaders.

The hardcover book was obtained during the raid of the residence of the person in the capital. Understandable people don't know that Chu Tianqi got this thing, and Qiu Zhikang and the others didn't see the content in the book.

At that time, Chu Tianqi was just in the bathroom of that residence, flipping through the hardcover book, but found that there were many important contents recorded on it. The book remembered the things about the male partner of the understanding person, and also remembered some gifts received by the understanding person, and also remembered some bribes received by Niu Bin. In addition, several pages were torn off.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Chu Tianqi gave the crusty book to Zhou Zikai after careful consideration, and Zhou Zikai decided the next step.

From now on, the crusty book has worked, and Niu Bin is estimated to be finished.

It was after answering Zhou Zikai's phone call and confirming that Niu Bin had committed the crime, that Chu Tianqi also rushed to the interrogation scene and asked about the content that was not included in the clip recording.

In fact, since he found out that the understanding person was suspected of committing a crime, combined with the guessed relationship between Niu Bin and the understanding person, Chu Tianqi decided that Niu Bin was definitely not clean, he would not be a good bird, and he would be finished sooner or later. It was precisely because of this consideration that Chu Tianqi chose to argue with Niu Bin and choose the county magistrate to slap his face, otherwise he would not have nothing to do, and he would not have to make trouble for himself.

Just now, Zhou Tong revealed the news to herself, and at first she thought she had listened to her uncle. When it was confirmed that it was not what Zhou Zikai said, Chu Tianqi simply didn't break it, so he pretended not to know.

Retracting his thoughts, Chu Tianqi couldn't help but think of what Zhou Tong said, if Niu Bin falls, will it be far away for him to resume his position? His heart was full of desire and hope.