When I came out of Lao Zhao's place, it was already late at night. On the streets of Beijing on a winter night, there is a sense of loneliness and coldness. Liang Jian walked to the car and heard Shen Lianqing ask, "Secretary Liang, are you going home?"

The word "go home" was mixed in the wind and blew into Liang Jian's ears, which immediately evoked infinite pain. Where does he still have a home?

Liang Jian lowered his head slightly and got into the car.

"Back to Taihe!"

Before leaving Zhao's Mansion, Liang Jian roughly talked about the discovery of the ancient tomb, and he said a few words about Luo Guanzhong's rush to Taihe City, but did not mention that Luo Guanzhong actually suspended him in public at the meeting. Although Liang Jian did not re-exaggerate how Luo Guanzhong was so arrogant and arrogant, how could Lao Zhao not understand in his heart. Although he seems to be drunk, his eyes are clear, and his heart is as clear as a mirror.

Lao Zhao said that it was impossible for Xu Qingliu to make this call, and he asked Liang Jian not to disturb the dying old man again. Although Liang Jian still wanted to verify it again, but with Xu Qingliu's physical state and Lao Zhao's assurance, Liang Jian would be a little uninteresting if he wanted to insist any longer. And Lao Zhao seemed to praise Liang Jian's knowledge, and before Liang Jian left, he assured Liang Jian that he would pay attention to this matter, especially Xu Qingliu's secretary.

With such a guarantee, although Liang Jian did not see Xu Qingliu on this trip, it was still a success. As for what kind of shady scene is behind Xu Qingliu, Liang Jian can't do anything for the time being, so he can only hand it over to Lao Zhao, hoping that he will really pay attention.

The three of them rushed back to Taihe overnight. By the time of Taihe, the sky had gradually begun to brighten. The car drove directly to the Taihe Hotel, and when he returned to the room, Liang Jian fell asleep. He hadn't rested much for three days in a row, but when he lay down, he felt a kind of soreness all over his body, and the soft bed wrapped him tightly, and sleepiness came up like a tide, and he fell asleep in an instant.

When I woke up again, I was woken up by a strong and continuous knock on the door. Liang Jian pulled out the soreness of every bone in every part of his body, grinned and wiped his face indiscriminately, and then went to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, I saw Shen Lianqing and Xiao Wu standing outside the door with nervous faces. Liang Jian frowned and asked, "What's wrong, is something wrong?"

Shen Lianqing breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension on his face just now eased, and said, "We can't contact you, and the door is locked from the inside again, so I'm a little worried." ”

Liang Jian then remembered that when he came back in the early morning, he locked the door as soon as he came. While letting Shen Lianqing and them in, he asked, "What time is it?"

Shen Lianqing said: "Ten o'clock is a few points." ”

After Shen Lianqing entered the door, he poured water for Liang Jian, and Liang Jian went into the bathroom to wash. When I was washing, I heard Shen Lianqing say: "Mayor Lou called just now and said that one of the people who was sent to the hospital with Director Ming had woken up. However, his mental state does not seem to be very good, and it seems that he has been stimulated by something. ”

After Liang Jian hurriedly washed up, he took the warm water handed over by Shen Lianqing and asked, "What about Comrade Mingde? Hasn't he woken up yet?"

Shen Lianqing shook his head: "There is no sign of awakening yet." ”

Liang Jian looked at Xiao Wu: "You know a lot more about that ancient tomb than we do, tell me, what is going on with Mingde, why do they keep falling asleep? Also, I never asked you, what happened when you found them that day?"

"When I found them, they were unconscious. I don't ......" Xiao Wu was halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Liang Jian: "I want to hear the truth." I don't care about your relationship with the Tang family, but I hope everything you say to me is true. ”

Xiao Wu lowered his eyes slightly, pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, and said, "Actually, they were made unconscious by me!"

"What did you say?" Liang Jian looked at Xiao Wu dumbfounded, no matter how much he guessed, he didn't guess that it would be such an answer. Shen Lianqing was also shocked and opened his mouth wide, looking at Xiao Wu as if he was looking at a stranger.

Xiao Wu raised his eyes to look at Liang Jian, with a hint of pleading in his eyes: "Things were very complicated at that time, and there were some things I couldn't explain. All I can say is that I did it for their good, and if I hadn't knocked them unconscious at the time, things could have been much worse. ”

Liang Jian's face sank, and the little five in front of him really made him feel strange. In other words, he may never really know Xiao Wu. Xu is because it was Old Tang who arranged him by his side, Liang Jian has never had any distrust of Xiao Wusheng or wants to check his origins, but in the past two days, if he said that he contacted the Tang family, Liang Jian could still use the reason that he was also helpless at that time to convince himself, but if he knocked Mingde and them unconscious, if there was no very reasonable reason, Liang Jian really couldn't forgive him.

Liang Jian took a deep breath and asked, "Then you tell me, since you knocked them unconscious, why haven't they woken up yet? Also, why didn't you tell me at that time? And until just now, you still tried to hide this from me!"

Xiao Wu was silent for a moment and said, "According to the usual practice, several of them will wake up in three days." ”

Xiao Wu avoided the question behind Liang Jian. Liang Jian glanced at him deeply, and the feeling of disappointment spread uncontrollably in his heart. He turned his head to look at Shen Lianqing and asked, "The one you just said woke up is not in a good mental state?"

Shen Lianqing nodded: "Mayor Lou said that since he woke up, he has been talking nonsense and looking frightened, he should have been stimulated by something." ”

Liang Jian fell on Xiao Wu again, and asked in a cold voice, "Is there anything else you haven't told me?"

Xiao Wu was silent for a long time, as if he had made a lot of determination before he spoke: "This should be the sequelae of hallucinogenic drugs, and after a while, after he distinguishes between reality and hallucination, he will recover." ”

"Hallucinogenic drugs?" Liang Jian frowned and immediately asked, "What is this?"

"I don't know. Xiao Wu replied.

Liang Jian held back his anger and said, "Don't lie to me again!"

Xiao Wu looked at him, with a little pleading in his eyes, and said, "Brother, I didn't lie to you! This hallucinogenic drug exists in the tomb, but I really don't know what kind of substance it is." ”

Liang Jian looked at him, and the sincerity in Xiao Wu's eyes made the anger in Liang Jian's heart dissipate a lot at once. After so many years, when he was in Yongzhou, Xiao Wu ate and lived with his family, and Liang Jian had already regarded him as a relative. People are animals with feelings, although Liang Jian was angry about what he did this time, he still couldn't really blame him in his heart.

Liang Jian didn't ask Xiao Wu again. The embarrassment he had just revealed was already obvious. Liang Jian is not stupid, there must be some reason for this, maybe some secrecy regulations.

Liang Jian drank all the water in the cup, and then said to Shen Lianqing: "You go and prepare something, let's go to the hospital to see the brother who woke up." ”

Shen Lianqing turned around and went out, Xiao Wu stood in place for a while, stopped talking, and after a few seconds, he went out with a little loneliness.

After they all went out, Liang Jian thought for a while, took his mobile phone and called Lou Jiangyuan.

He came back too late last night to disturb him, and he hadn't mentioned it to him about Secretary Xu Qingliu's phone call. The phone rang a few times, and it was answered, but the voice that came was Lou Jiangyuan's secretary. Liang Jian asked, "What about Mayor Lou?"

"Mayor Lou is talking to Vice Governor Luo. The secretary lowered his voice and said, "Secretary Liang, are you in a hurry? Do you need to call Mayor Lou now?"

Liang Jian thought about it, but forgot it. Secretary Xu Qingliu was not in a hurry for more than ten or twenty minutes, so he said to the secretary: "No, when he is free, you can talk to him and let him call me back." ”

"Okay. ”

Liang Jian didn't know, so he waited for a day. And in this day, many things have quietly changed. Liang Jian and Shen Lianqing came back after they went to see the police officer who woke up, and Liang Jian received a call from Guang Yuyuan.

In the past two days, Guang Yuyuan seemed to have disappeared. At Luo Guanzhong's meeting yesterday, Guang Yuyuan was not present. As soon as the phone rang, Liang Jian asked him, "Where have you been in the past two days?"

Guang Yuyuan said: "I went to the province. ”

Liang Jian frowned and asked, "What are you going to the province to do at this time?"

"The residents have already found a place to resettle, and I have talked to them about the details of the relocation according to the relocation compensation policy you have set, and it has basically been negotiated, and the matter of signing the contract will be handed over to the people below to do. The only thing that is a little troublesome is that Xu Dawei, do you remember? The one who threw his old father in the old house!" Guang Yuyuan said.

Liang Jian naturally remembered this name, such an act that was not only ungrateful but a beast, it was too impressive. Liang Jian frowned when he heard Guang Yuyuan say that he was in some trouble, and said, "Didn't you let people arrest him?"

"I don't know if it was his own idea, or if someone gave him a bad idea, he hired a lawyer and was ready to fight a lawsuit with us. It was said that it was our negligence, and we gave up the search and rescue without ensuring the evacuation of all residents!" Guang Yuyuan became angry as he spoke: "This person is really the most shameless person I have ever seen in my life!"

Liang Jian said: "Since he wants to fight a lawsuit, let's go to court! Although the government's image is important, we must not encourage the arrogance of such brutes who do not know courtesy, righteousness, honesty, and shame and do not understand the word loyalty and filial piety!"

"That's what I thought, too. After Guang Yuyuan finished speaking, the topic changed to the matter of Loushan Village. Guang Yuyuan asked: "By the way, Luo Guanzhong went to Taihe yesterday, did something happen?"

Guang Yuyuan should have heard something, but he didn't say it directly, and he should also take care of Liang Jian's face. Liang Jian didn't feel embarrassed, he had already let it go, not to mention that he was not wrong, so what was there to be embarrassed about. It's just that the matter has come to this point, and Luo Guanzhong is about to drive Liang Jian out of Taihe City and Xiling Province this time. Although Liang Jian was basically sure that there must be something wrong with Secretary Xu Qingliu's phone call, he was still not too sure that he could pull Luo Guanzhong off the horse with his own strength. It is not clear when the eye medicine given to Luo Guanzhong by Lao Zhao will take effect.

Things have been too different from his initial expectations so far, Huo Jiaju dropped the chain at a critical moment, although he did not make it clear, but Liang Jian understood that Huo Jiaju was already unreliable. Liang Jian can't be completely sure whether Diao Yimin played any role behind Huo Jiaju's change of hexagram, but it should be a little related.

And without Huo Jiaju, the most important place in Liang Jian's original game of chess was empty. So can this game of chess still be played? and who will fill the vacated space of Huo Jiaju again?