Xiao Zhang took Qi Tianxiang and Zhou Tong to the door of the No. 2 VIP room, gently pushed open the heavy wooden door, flashed sideways, and invited Qi Tianxiang and Zhou Tong to enter the door.

The door opened, Qi Tianxiang walked in quickly, and the three people who were sitting on the sofa talking in the VIP room hurriedly stood up.

Seeing that Captain Liao Yong and Political Commissar Wang Ping wanted to stand up and salute, Qi Tianxiang hurriedly walked over, grabbed Liao Yong's hand and said, "Don't be like this, put it down, put it down." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, and said to Wang Ping, the political commissar who had already saluted: "Don't be like this, why are you so polite?" Sit down, sit down, sit down and talk. ”

Qi Tianxiang said in a row, warmly shook hands with Wang Ping and Liao Yong, smiled and stretched out his hand to politely signal them to sit down.

After doing all this, he looked at Hou Zhehai who was standing next to him, stretched out his hand and shook Hou Zhehai politely, and said in a greeting: "It's been a long journey, it's hard!" ”

"It's not so squeamish, it's just a little more than three hours by car, and the road is quite smooth." Hou Zhehai looked at Qi Tianxiang with a smile, and slowly explained: "Lao Wang and Lao Liao come here, as an old friend, I will show them the way, which can be regarded as a little bit of the landlord's intentions!" came out in a hurry, and didn't say hello to Lao Lin and you in advance, which can be regarded as an uninvited guest! ”

Qi Tianxiang smiled gently, stretched out his hand to signal Hou Zhehai to sit down, then turned around and walked to the sofa deliberately left in the center and sat down, looking at Hou Zhehai and said slowly: "What is not fast, how can there be so many politeness, come here, just come up with ideas together to deal with this emergency." ”

Qi Tianxiang spoke, without waiting for Hou Zhehai to respond, his eyes looked at Liao Yong and Wang Ping and said: "The incident happened suddenly, Secretary General Zhou took the liberty to disturb Captain Liao and Political Commissar Wang, and also disturbed the two of you here. ”

"Governor Qi, don't say that, it will make the two of us embarrassed." Liao Yong spoke quickly, and said in a loud voice: "After receiving a call from Secretary General Zhou, Political Commissar Wang and I were like making a mistake, so we hurried here without saying a word, and made a special trip to ask you and the director of the room to take the blame." ”

Liao Yong said, looked at Hou Zhehai, then at Zhou Tong, and then looked at Qi Tianxiang and sincerely apologized: "What is this called, this is called the big water rushing the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family." Instead of facilitating the work of local comrades at critical moments, the military-civilian relations that have a deep affection for each other have become a roadblock, interfering with and hindering the rescue and investigation work of local comrades. Deal with it, you must deal with it seriously. ”

Qi Tianxiang looked at the apologetic expression on Liao Yong's slightly flushed national character, hurriedly interrupted his words, and said with a smile: "This is your old Liao doesn't understand the specific situation, in the deep mountainous areas where mountain floods and mudslides are frequent, danger will appear at any time, and the comrades at the checkpoint are out of good intentions, worried that our comrades will not be safe to enter, so they took the risk of being criticized to block them, and also did a lot of explanation work, providing the best reception, we are too late to express our gratitude, what about the fault of the hand?" ”

Qi Tianxiang looked at Liao Yong and said with emotion, and then said seriously to Wang Ping: "The pollution of the Guishui River is a basic fact, and you can go to the scene to carry out rescue and disposal work, which is the best situation, but the weather, danger, and complex mountain conditions are not very familiar and understood, and it is also very important to start the supply of drinking water and protect the lives of the people." This is all the more thanks to our armed police firefighters, who not only ventured deep into the scene of the incident and sent back first-hand information, but also the firefighting teams of Qinghe City, Hezhong City, and Shanyin City have devoted themselves to the work of ensuring drinking water, which has provided us with great help, which we can never forget. ”

"Governor Qi's leniency has made our two chief officers face better, but we can't think this and lenient the problems that have arisen in the grassroots troops." After Wang Ping Qi Tianxiang finished speaking, he looked at Qi Tianxiang seriously, and said as if he was considering the words: "The responsibility and task of our armed police force is to do a good job in ensuring social security and stability. ”

Wang Ping expressed slowly, looked at Liao Yong with a sideways face, and then exchanged some glances with Hou Zhehai, when he looked at Qi Tianxiang again, his eyes became firm, and he said decisively as if he had made up his mind: "There are no outsiders here, and Comrade Liao Yong and I are not hiding it, this checkpoint is indeed beyond the scope of their duties and tasks, and it is instructed by a certain leader of the corps, and the problems are very complicated and profound." Before coming, Lao Liao and I reported to the headquarters, which was highly valued by the leaders of the headquarters, and instructed us to rush to the scene as soon as possible and make a special report to the provincial party committee and the provincial government at the right time. At the same time, our provincial team is required to do a good job of cooperation and do its best to devote itself to the prevention and control of pollution sources and the protection of people's livelihood. ”

Qi Tianxiang also stretched out his hand decisively, stopped Wang Ping from continuing, and said with a stern expression: "Don't talk about such a thing now, it's not this place that can be said clearly, when we return to Hezhou, Secretary Lin and I will take time to listen to your briefing, and now let's solve the practical problem first." ”

Qi Tianxiang's resolute attitude was somewhat unexpected by Wang Ping, but it also solved the confusion and pressure of his explanation of the situation, and he couldn't help exchanging glances with Liao Yong, and only after easing his expression did he smile at Qi Tianxiang and said: "That's okay, let me and Lao Liao prepare, now let's respond to the emergency first, and then deal with the aftermath, step by step." Let Lao Liao report to you on the next steps and actions that our team is going to take. ”

Qi Tianxiang smiled slightly and nodded to Wang Ping, then looked at Liao Yong, waiting for his introduction. From Liao Yong's expression, as well as Wang Ping's words, Qi Tianxiang felt the pressure in the hearts of the two of them.

Although such a thing happened by chance, as the incident became clear, it was also difficult for them to control and decide, and Wang Ping's words had already revealed some clues, and some people in the headquarters had accepted orders from a higher level and used abnormal means to instruct the checkpoints on what to do. These two team leaders may not necessarily know, and even if they do, they may not dare to intervene. If there is no such emergency as today, everything will run according to the established procedures, and the abnormal can still be tolerated and exist.

The structure of the armed forces is different from that of the localities, the management and control should be more stringent, the characteristics of the departments and departments should be more obvious, and the control of management and control should be more absolute and rigid. In such a situation, the occurrence of abnormal factors is not something that local cadres can imagine, which Qi Tianxiang may not know, but he can imagine it. If he intervenes in this matter at this time, not only will he not be able to control it, but his past experience will also be difficult to ensure that it will be handled well, so he is unwilling to let Wang Ping continue, they have their own channels to ask for instructions and report on internal affairs in the army, and when they need to make decisions, they still have to ask Lin Dongsheng to come out, after all, his experience and ability can deal with these seemingly simple, but actually complex problems.

At the same time, since Hou Zhehai appeared in the VIP room, he felt that this matter was not simple, although when Xiao Zhang reported in his ear just now, he mentioned the news of Hou Zhehai's arrival, but he still couldn't understand what his intention was when he appeared here at this time, whether it was for business or private reasons, these problems were not clarified as soon as possible, and the last way was to avoid it, and direct attention to disaster handling and security work, which is the most important thing to do now.

Liao Yong looked at the sincere expression in Qi Tianxiang's eyes, exchanged glances with Wang Ping again, and said slowly: "It's still Governor Qi, this is also the tolerance we need the most, on the way I and Wang Ping's political commissar are still discussing, how to communicate with you, how to make you accept our sincere apologies, and cooperate with you to do a good job in handling the accident and the aftermath as soon as possible, which is not only the requirement of the headquarters, but also our sincere hope." Before coming, he was not sure, and Political Commissar Wang also specially invited Secretary Hou to come over, hoping to resolve the contradiction as soon as possible and not add unnecessary trouble to work and communication. Now it seems that we have thought too much. ”

Hearing Liao Yong talk about this layer, Wang Ping hurriedly interjected and came in, looked at Hou Zhehai, and then looked at Qi Tianxiang, and explained with a smile: "Secretary Hou, we are fellow villagers, and we have been old acquaintances and good friends for many years. Now we are working together in Hehai, we don't have much contact with the locality, and we also hope that Lao Hou can play the role of a lubricant, so I invited him to come over. ”

Liao Yong's words aroused Qi Tianxiang's vigilance, and Wang Ping's explanation deepened Qi Tianxiang's doubts a little, and it was also very much a bit of a desire to cover up. In less than a day, such a tacit understanding can be achieved, and there seem to be too many coincidences to form such a result. Working in a city at the same time, is not a suitable reason to come to Guishui County together, no longer a system, let alone a power system, to be able to get such news at the same time, and go together, there are too many strange places, to figure out who is looking for whom first, it seems that it is easier to get closer to the truth than any classmates and friends, and now what can be thought of is that Hou Zhehai can take the initiative to find Wang Ping to understand the situation, and Wang Ping will not necessarily find Hou Zhehai to dredge up the relationship, this is for sure.

The reason to support Qi Tianxiang's speculation is that Hou Zhehai's itinerary is too hurried, if Wang Ping invites him, he has time to communicate with Lin Dongsheng, and he can also report to Zhou Tong through Qin Liang of the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee.