"What? Peng Qun committed suicide, when? In what place? Qi Tianxiang listened to Liu Tangzi's hurried voice on the phone, jumped up from the bed at once, closed the phone, put on the cover, and hurriedly ran to the county party committee compound. [Ran^Text^Library] []

There were already a lot of people standing in the compound, and there were many people in the corridor watching, and they were quietly talking from time to time, which seemed noisy and chaotic. Qi Tianxiang panted and squeezed through the corridor, and saw Zhang Shou explaining something to a few policemen at the door of Peng Qun's office, so he said directly to Zhang Shouzheng sternly: "Look at what this has become, let the idlers leave here immediately." As he spoke, he entered the office and saw Hao Han, Li Zheng, and several members of the Standing Committee there, so he looked at them and asked, "What's going on?" ”

This is the first time Qi Tianxiang has encountered such a scene, it is inevitable that he is a little flustered and at a loss, he is still a little panting along the way, his face is also faintly white, and even his hands and feet are trembling slightly, but just like him, such a thing came too suddenly, and several people were also a little dazed and at a loss.

"Director Qiao is the first to see it, let him tell me about the situation." Liu Tangzi is still a little more sophisticated, he broke the deadlock and said clearly.

"I came over at noon, when I was about to have lunch, and asked Secretary Peng what he wanted to eat, and he said that he was a little uncomfortable and didn't want to eat, and wanted to sleep for a while, and asked me not to disturb him, so I went home for dinner." Qiao Shang recounted nervously, it seemed that this was the second time he had said this, so he was much more fluent, "When I came to work in the afternoon, I went directly to Secretary Peng's office to see how he was doing, and if there was anything to explain, but when I opened the door, I found that the secretary was lying on the table, and I couldn't wake up no matter how I screamed, so I felt bad, and quickly reported to County Magistrate Hao and Secretary Liu, that's it." ”

Qi Tianxiang slowly walked to the desk, and what caught his eye was Peng Qun's sparse and pale head, at the age of his early fifties, his hair was already gray and thin, and he couldn't help but feel a sourness in his heart, which was difficult to suppress. After looking at it for a long time, he turned around and said slowly: "Let's get people away, is anyone coming from the hospital?" ”

It seems to be talking to himself, and it seems to be giving instructions, "Immediately report to the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee and the Office of the Municipal Party Committee by phone, ask for instructions on how to deal with them, and notify the family members so that they can come over immediately." Then he thought about it again and said: "Set up a funeral team, with County Magistrate Hao as the leader, and the members include everyone here today, including me." ”

Hao Han nodded, silently handed him a piece of paper, and saw two lines written on it, one line of words was "I am worthy of anyone, but I am sorry for myself." The other line of words only repeats "go home, go home, go home" and three big exclamation points, which seem to be in these exclamation points.

"Do you think it's appropriate to set up a funeral committee before the nature is decided?" Hao Han looked at Qi Tianxiang and reminded softly.

"Comrade county magistrate, I'm talking about the funeral team, not the funeral committee." Qi Tianxiang looked at Hao Han with a gloomy face, and said word by word: "He is the incumbent secretary of the Pingyuan County Party Committee, our big brother, and our colleague, isn't this clear?" Qi Tianxiang suddenly erupted, his voice suddenly raised, and he pointed to his desk and said loudly. Seeing the surprised eyes of the medical staff who were moving Peng Qun's body, he immediately lowered his voice in frustration, and two lines of tears rolled down his cheeks, and said weakly: "There must be a process and means to deal with it, after all, the impact is very great, and many people are watching." ”

Hao Han and the members of the Standing Committee present were shocked by Qi Tianxiang's outburst of emotions, and when they saw the tears in his eyes, it seemed that their emotions were immediately moved, and they all fell into grief sympathetically, and they all seemed to think of Peng Qun's appearance before his death, although he was unhappy, although he was not happy, but now after all, he has been separated by yin and yang, and suddenly the atmosphere in the room became gloomy.

"As for how to deal with the matter of your county party committee and government's research and decision, I will not participate, but before the provincial party committee and municipal party committee come to the handling opinions, I will put forward a few thoughts for your reference." Qi Tianxiang looked at everyone's sad and dazed expressions, calmed down, and said slowly but firmly: "First, immediately clean up the cadres and masses in the corridor and the courtyard, temporarily block all news from the outside, and for all interview and reporting requirements, the Propaganda Department is responsible for explaining, and the unified voice is unknown for unknown reasons, and an investigation is being launched. Second, all units immediately summoned all cadres and workers, especially those in this compound, and demanded that there be no discussions, no speculations, and no dissemination, otherwise organizational measures should be taken immediately. Third, the Public Security Bureau is responsible for resolutely cracking down on people and things that spread rumors, create bad public opinion, and have a bad impact, ensure that this matter can be resolved smoothly and calmly, and resolutely not have a negative impact on the economic and social order of Pingyuan County. ”

Qi Tianxiang's words seemed to reassure everyone in the room, and also temporarily stabilized everyone's mood, although he modestly said that it was a suggestion, but in this house, Qi Tianxiang had the highest position, and of course he naturally had the right to make decisions. Hao Han was responsible for reporting to provincial and municipal leaders, Li Zheng was responsible for unifying the propaganda and communicating with the outside world, and Liu Tangzi assisted the deputy secretary in charge of political and legal affairs to be responsible for maintaining and stabilizing social order. Director Zhao of the National People's Congress and Chairman Wang of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are responsible for contacting and notifying their families and handling the aftermath. Qiao Shang and the director of the government office are responsible for coordination and assistance.

After the division of labor, everyone went separately to prepare, Qi Tianxiang immediately felt that his heart was emptied, from getting the news to the completion of the arrangement just now, it was like a long-distance run, exhausting all his physical strength. On the sofa, he took the cigarette handed over by Liu Tangzi, lit it slowly, inhaled it slowly, and sorted out his chaotic thoughts.

Peng Qun's suicide completely disrupted the plan he made with Luan Shi and Liu Tangzi, and originally planned to take measures against Peng Qun after the Jujube Festival ended tomorrow, who would have thought that such a result would be. Qi Tianxiang had a deep disappointment and self-blame, after all, this was an operation that he personally participated in the deployment, but it ended before it began, and it ended in such a way, I really regret that I didn't take preventive measures before, at least carry out some necessary monitoring, and there will be no suicide of Peng Qun. On the other hand, what is your real motivation? is also constantly entangled in his heart, is it really to bring Peng Qun to justice and send him to prison? It doesn't seem to be very reluctant. Although I think of the things that Peng Qun did, I hate it so much, but in addition to the problem of life style, I don't think about it and I don't think it will go to prison, he is the umbrella of the mountains, conniving at him to harm the people, and after investigation, it has been confirmed that there is also an element of being forced to be helpless, and it seems inevitable to come to this point, especially thinking about the intersection with Peng Qun for many years, and the arrogant expression, I still feel some regret, and the tears that I couldn't help but shed just now are also sincere. It's just that I secretly blame myself, I still have too soft a heart, and I don't care enough to be old, and I still look young and immature when I cry on that occasion.

In this regard, Qi Tianxiang did not regret it, and he didn't care much about the possible discussions and negative effects, but he was just thinking about the next thing quickly. I don't know if his arrangement is appropriate, but based on his own emotions, he feels that it should be like this, and subconsciously feels that the result of the matter should be handled in this way. After all, it is not a glorious thing, after all, no organizational measures have been taken, and any radical methods and influences are no longer aimed at the incident itself and the parties involved, but the image of the Pingyuan County Party Committee and Government, or to put it more broadly, it is also related to the image of Hohai Province and Qinghe.

It wasn't until the second cigarette was finished that Qi Tianxiang slowly spoke: "As soon as I entered the door, I felt that something was wrong, did you feel it?" ”

Liu Tangzi didn't answer, but stood up straight, walked to the door of the bathroom, pushed open the door for him to see, and a strong smell of burnt paste came to his face, and then Liu Tangzi took him into the bedroom again, pointed to the empty safe that was opened, and said regretfully: "It's all cleaned up, there is nothing valuable left, just like Lao Peng himself wrote, 'worthy of everyone', alas, confused!" ”

Qi Tianxiang watched silently and said categorically: "Take action immediately, we can't let this happen again." He knew that Liu Tangzi understood the meaning of his words, "Immediately transfer personnel, if you are afraid that it will be unreliable, I will call Secretary Tan and transfer people from Qinghe." ”

"It's not necessary, our people from the Commission for Discipline Inspection, plus the cadres and police of the County Public Security Bureau, are enough, Zhang Shouzheng can still be trusted, the old criminal police is from a background, and he is still reliable, but his neck is a little soft."

"This is also an opportunity for him, let's see his own choices and performances!" Qi Tianxiang said approvingly to Liu Tangzi and walked out of the door, "Send someone to clean up the room, and then lock the door, no one is allowed to step into this room." ”

Due to the effective control, the suicide of the county party secretary, which caused a sensation in the whole county, was quickly put down, and the public security bureau arrested a few people who posted on the Internet to spread rumors and incitement, and Li Zheng organized people from the propaganda department and news units to post and suppress posts that were not conducive to the development of the matter overnight. After all, he is from a propaganda background, and he has a set of countermeasures against the overwhelming online posts on the Internet, so that this matter only spreads slowly within a controllable range and slowly disappears.

The handling opinions of the provincial party committee and the municipal party committee soon arrived, surprisingly unanimous, all recognized Qi Tianxiang's handling method, and the general office of the provincial party committee also specially conveyed the opinions of the leaders of the provincial party committee, affirming that the Pingyuan County Party Committee and Government dealt with the emergency decisively and timely, and had high political wisdom and adaptability, praised Qi Tianxiang's courage to take responsibility and the principle of not messing with things, and entrusted Qi Tianxiang to handle the matter on behalf of the provincial party committee, and strive to have a satisfactory result for all parties. The appointment of a deputy secretary of the Qinghe Municipal Party Committee to assist Qi Tianxiang in handling the matter, and the appointment of Hao Han as the acting secretary of the county party committee, responsible for the overall political and social stability of the county, is tantamount to officially ousting Qi Tianxiang from the forefront, and it seems to be a test of his ability to deal with complex problems.

According to the tone set by Qi Tianxiang, Hao Han, and other members of the Standing Committee, the funeral team sent a message on the county television station, radio station, and Pingyuan Daily: Comrade Peng Qun, secretary of the Pingyuan County Party Committee, died in his office at the age of 52 due to illness. According to Comrade Peng Qun's instructions before his death, the funeral was simple, no farewell ceremony was held, no memorial service was held, and the ashes were transported back to his hometown for burial.

The short obituary was determined by Qi Tianxiang and Hao Han through consultation with Peng Qun's family, and it was also drafted after difficult weighing and deliberation.

The next morning, Peng Qun's family arrived, and his sister and two younger brothers, a dozen members of the family, drove hundreds of kilometers overnight, and when they saw Peng Qun's body, the whole family cried and couldn't help themselves. Although they already knew the result when they came out, and they cried all the way with tears on the road, seeing the eldest brother they respected in the past lying there quietly, and there was still a phone call yesterday, but now they are separated by heaven and earth, and they can't help but cause great grief again. Qi Tianxiang and Hao Han silently accompanied them, and couldn't help but cry secretly, the pre-arranged one-on-one escorts continued to block the relatives who rushed to Peng Qun's body or supported the crying relatives who collapsed on the ground, the scene in the morgue was a little chaotic for a while, but Qi Tianxiang signaled Zhang Shouzheng and the people who maintained order outside not to intervene, and let them release their sorrow and pain to their heart's content. This is also negotiated in advance, so that although it is a little cold, it is undoubtedly conducive to the handling of later matters.

Yesterday afternoon, after receiving instructions from the provincial and municipal party committees, and after the arrival of the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and the relevant personnel of the municipal party committee's office, they held a meeting to study how to handle the matter after a brief dinner, and proceeded until late at night before dividing all the matters that should be considered into several parts and formulating corresponding measures and methods. According to Qi Tianxiang's suggestion, after the arrival of the family, the family members arranged to have breakfast in the hotel, and all the personnel responsible for accompanying the family waited in the hotel, and then accompanied them to the morgue to visit, without limiting the time for family mourning, and then arranged to the meeting room of the county party committee, informed of the details and informed of the handling opinions, and tried to seek the understanding and support of the family. The second step is the specification, according to the sudden emergency treatment of the death of the obituary, do not hold a large-scale mourning ceremony, do not hold a memorial service, after soliciting the opinions of the family, try to notify friends and old friends in his hometown, especially his comrades-in-arms, can hold a small range of farewell ceremonies. The third is the funeral arrangement, considering that the body will be sent to the Qinghe City crematorium for cremation, all the Standing Committee members and their families, comrades-in-arms, and friends will hold a farewell ceremony for the body in the morgue of the county hospital, and the public security bureau will do a good job in maintaining order and organizing the work. After the farewell ceremony, Qiao Shang, director of the county party committee office, accompanied the family to the Qinghe crematorium on behalf of the county party committee and government, and then sent his ashes to his hometown for burial with his family.

After the preliminary opinions came out, everyone basically had no opinions, but the plan was partially refined, and the final report was formed, which was approved by the provincial party committee and the municipal party committee overnight, and agreed and praised this way, which not only reflects the care of the organization, but also makes a difference, and has a degree of relaxation and a very policy level.

Therefore, although the scene in the morgue was a little chaotic, in the detailed planning of the plan, the family members cried for a long time, and lit incense candles and paper money outside the morgue for memorials, until more than an hour later, they gradually subsided, and with the support of the escorts, they entered the county party committee office one after another.

The conversation was presided over by Hao Han, and after briefly introducing the identities of Qi Tianxiang and the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, Qi Tianxiang was invited to speak first and introduce the situation.

In the face of everyone's sad expressions, Qi Tianxiang didn't know how to start the introduction, and after thinking about it for a long time, he said sadly: "I am a party member, and I use my party spirit to ensure the truth of my speech, and I believe that many of your relatives are also party members, so we will carry out this conversation that may not be very suitable for us to seek truth from facts." Looking at the eyes of the relatives, Qi Tianxiang continued: "Lao Peng and I are classmates in the party school, and I am also very surprised and sad about the loss of this big brother", Qi Tianxiang swallowed a little as he spoke, paused for a moment and waited for his emotions to calm down before he said slowly: "But I have to tell the truth, Lao Peng did not die of illness, but committed suicide." We all regret that. As he spoke, he took out the death certificate issued by the hospital and slowly handed it from the table to the other side.

Qi Tianxiang's words were undoubtedly like a thunderbolt, and immediately stunned all the relatives, and the conference room fell into a deathly silence, and after a while, a sudden burst of noise broke out, there were crying, and there were puzzled questions, Peng Gang jumped up angrily, pointed at Qi Tianxiang and said angrily: "You must have forced my eldest brother to death, why do you say?" Why did you force my big brother to death? ”

"Sit down, you sit down for me." Peng Li first realized something, scolded Peng Gang sharply, and then looked at Qi Tianxiang weakly with fixed eyes, and asked in a low voice: "You are the leader of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and you are a classmate of my eldest brother's party school, and you also use your party spirit to guarantee the truth of what you say, I am also a party member, and I also use the party spirit of a party member to believe your explanation, but can you tell me why?" "Why did you talk to me on the phone yesterday morning and lie down in the afternoon, can you tell me why?" I beg you, will you tell us the truth? As she spoke, Peng Li stood up, left her seat, and knelt on the ground with a puff.

She really couldn't figure it out, and she never understood, in addition to the grief of the road last night, she was also full of doubts, and the eldest brother who was still laughing and talking to her on the phone yesterday was suddenly gone. Although yesterday's phone call made her confused and worried, the tone of the eldest brother, and the words that asked them to take care of the sister-in-law and the baby, made her faintly uneasy, as if it was a dying request, but at that time she only felt that the eldest brother might be in a bad mood, but he was not feeling well, and he couldn't be connected with death, let alone suicide, but she also vaguely felt that Qi Tianxiang's explanation was accurate, which didn't need to look at the death identification certificate to know probably, it was not suicide but a violent illness, which was even more unclear.

Peng Li's actions made the conference room panic, Hao Han quickly stood up and ran over, helped Peng Li up with other relatives, helped her back to the chair and sat down, and then slowly walked back to her position, and said slowly: "You may not believe it, we can't believe it, from yesterday afternoon to today, we don't know how we came over, but please believe us, we will not frame Lao Peng with nonsense without evidence, let alone be despicable enough to force him to death, why do we do this?" Hao Han's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he waved his hand and couldn't go on.

Seeing that everyone was quietly watching Hao Han not speak, Qi Tianxiang cleared his throat and said: "As County Magistrate Hao said, Lao Peng's death was an accident, we were careless, although we have a lot of Lao Peng's materials in our hands, but we don't need to force Lao Peng to die, he is not guilty of death, his suicide note and the hospital's appraisal report You also saw it just now, for what may be able to roughly understand, I hope you can understand our hardships and the purpose of doing this." ”

"Although Secretary Qi's words are not in line with the principles, they are thinking about Lao Peng and your family." The deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, who had not spoken, took Qi Tianxiang's words and said earnestly: "According to the requirements of your family, we can start the investigation procedure, and we will definitely be able to give you a satisfactory explanation, but in this way, Lao Peng's problem will be exposed as relevant evidence, so that Lao Peng's reputation will be affected, and your family will also be disgraced. The secretary aggravated his tone and seemed to criticize dissatisfied, "Secretary Qi is violating organizational discipline and taking a lot of risks by dealing with it like this, for what, for himself?" Didn't you think about your relationship with Lao Peng's classmates, didn't you take such a risk because of Lao Peng's reputation, and didn't you also think about your family? ”

The deputy secretary of the municipal party committee even persuaded and criticized the words had a very good effect, and the noise and crying in the conference room immediately quieted down, and it took a long time for the eldest brother Peng Zhen to slowly ask: "We can put aside the cause of my eldest brother's death for a while, and we want to hear how you are going to deal with my eldest brother's funeral." ”

"It's not that you want to hear how we deal with Lao Peng's aftermath, but let's discuss together to determine how to handle the aftermath." Qi Tianxiang looked at Peng Zhen with serious eyes, and said word by word: "We have a plan, we need the cooperation of our family members, not only to ensure that the future affairs are done safely, but also not to bring any bad impact, we need to do this thing together." ”

Qi Tianxiang did not mention that the plan had been submitted to the provincial and municipal party committees for approval, he didn't want to stimulate his relatives with such a cold reality, after all, they had lost their own brother, no matter what it was like in front of the facts, Peng Qun was the pride in their hearts after all, he didn't want to destroy this sacredness, but was willing to use communication to solve it.

When Hao Han said the funeral arrangements item by item, the family members were surprisingly quiet, and it seemed that from such an aftermath arrangement, they gradually felt the cause and basis of the eldest brother's death, but they were a little grateful to Qi Tianxiang and Pingyuan County for their careful consideration, and they easily reached an agreement and entered into the scrutiny and debate of the details.

A problem that is estimated to be very thorny was successfully solved only through the persuasion and criticism of the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, Qi Tianxiang couldn't help but secretly admire the deputy secretary's old way and grasp of the heat, but also felt that he was immature and inexperienced.

The next thing has entered the predetermined track, the notification of the comrades-in-arms is very smooth, in fact, everyone has contact at ordinary times, a comrade-in-arms knows, it is equivalent to other comrades-in-arms know, soon more than 20 comrades-in-arms from inside and outside the province rushed to come, Deqing and Lingnan Township, and Pengjiaao have relatives and friends to come, the only regret is that Peng Qun's wife and son are far away in the United States, and they can't come back, but they just entrusted Peng Li to take them to lay a wreath. Peng Qun's wife was shocked when she heard the bad news from Peng Li, and she also shed sad tears, but she seemed to have known that there would be such a day, but after crying bitterly, she also sighed again and again.

The funeral was held on the fifth day after Peng Qun's suicide, and together with Peng Qun's relatives, comrades-in-arms, relatives and friends, and people from the county who spontaneously participated, more than 100 people attended Peng Qun's farewell ceremony, although it was simple, but the grief remained. After the farewell ceremony, relatives and comrades-in-arms escorted Peng Qun's body to the hearse, and the family members took Peng Qun's relics and left together. The sound of firecrackers rang out for a long, long time, and the fluttering paper money fell one after another, slowly scattered in the autumn wind.

Looking at the hearse procession that was gradually moving away, Qi Tianxiang felt very complicated in his heart, both sad, guilty, and sad, he didn't retract his gaze for a long time, thinking about the grief and crying just now, and it disappeared without a trace in just a moment. Peng Qun, who left from here, was greedy, **, degenerate, so happy, the umbrella of the underworld organization, conveying benefits to others, and finally committing suicide in fear of crime, all of which are everywhere. But leaving Deqing City, more than 300 kilometers away, he was a bold leader in the development of local economic and social life, and it was he who brought people from a small and poor county to the ranks of the top 100 counties in the national county economy, and turned a county dominated by agricultural production into a city dominated by the development of mineral resources, industrial processing and manufacturing, and characteristic economy. In the eyes of the people of Pengjiaao, he is still a man who respects the elderly, loves his younger siblings, cares for his hometown, and even does not hesitate to throw away his black gauze hat for filial piety.

Along the way, all the way, which one is the real Peng Qun and which one is the real man.

I couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness from my heart, and there was no Peng Qun in the plain from then on.

Qi Tianxiang couldn't help but want to cry happily, but he didn't know why he was crying and who he was crying for. After this is done, the officials of Shuanggui in the past few days are handed over, and it seems that everything is over, and it is time for him to go back.

Thinking of going back, Qi Tianxiang did not feel a trace of ease, but became even heavier, pressing heavily in his heart, and finally understood that these tears should flow to himself and cry to himself