In the afternoon of the next day, Ye Ming was in the office looking at the newly issued and forwarded official documents in the "official business processing system", when he suddenly received a call from Gong Zhichao, asking him if he had time, saying that he had something to look for him, and if he had time, he would ask him to go to his company headquarters immediately.

Ye Ming happened to finish reading the official document, and when he looked at his watch, it was already half past four, so he promised him to arrive immediately.

Gong Zhichao's company headquarters is on the 11th floor of Rainbow Building, the full name is "Chaoda Economic and Trade Co., Ltd.", and a total of three suites have been rented, of which a large house with an area of more than 200 square meters is Gong Zhichao's chairman's office.

Ye Ming walked into the "Chaoda Company", only to see Gong Zhichao standing outside his chairman's office to greet him, as soon as he came out of the elevator, Gong Zhichao immediately took two steps forward, took his hand very affectionately, and led him into the office.

As soon as he entered the door, Ye Ming saw the "Four King Kongs" such as Tietuo, Dwarf Winter Melon, Mao Chestnut, and Fu Mengzi, standing at the door in two rows, and as soon as they saw Ye Ming coming in, these four people immediately bent down and bowed together, and said in unison with solemn expressions: "Brother Ming, thank you for saving your life." ”

Ye Ming was taken aback by their thanks, turned his head to look at Gong Zhichao, and asked in surprise: "Brother Chao, what's going on, Brother Tie and they all came out." ”

Gong Zhichao nodded and said: "Brother, I called you here today, it is what my brothers mean, last night, they came out of the county public security bureau, and they all went through the bail procedures this morning, and when they were frightened by supper last night, I told them: You can come out of the detention center, you can be temporarily exempted from prison, all thanks to the help of Brother Ye Ming, if there is no Brother Ye Ming, not only the four of you may be sentenced to a heavy sentence, I may also be planted in, and I may even be killed, after the four of them listened, I must invite you here today and thank you in person. ”

When Ye Ming heard this, he hurriedly clenched his fists and waved at Tie Tuo and the other four people who were still bent over and standing there, and said a little embarrassedly: "Brothers, you are too polite, why do you want me to behave, come on, let's go in and talk together, don't be so polite, this will be a mess, right?" ”

When Gong Zhichao saw Ye Ming say this, he waved his hand to Tie Tuo and the other four people, signaling them to raise their heads.

Then, Gong Zhichao took the lead, and a group of six people walked into a relatively hidden inner room in the office.

This room, about 30 square meters, is about the same size as a three-bedroom living room.

In the north of this secret room, there is a square table carved from mahogany, on the table is a shrine also carved from mahogany, inside the shrine, enshrined the gilded statue of Emperor Guan Shengdi with a long face and long hair, a majestic appearance, in front of the statue placed offerings, lit incense candles, wisps of soft smoke fluttering around the shrine, the whole offering table and the shrine are arranged in an elegant, solemn and solemn manner.

In front of the mahogany offering table, there are two cushioned Taishi chairs side by side, and on the ground to the south of the Taishi chair, there are also four cloth mats that are exactly the same as the worship mats for believers in the temple.

After Gong Zhichao entered, he first took out a stick of incense from the front of the shrine, held it in his hand, and stood in front of Guan Gong's holy statue.

Ye Ming was a party member and an atheist, and although he had great respect for Emperor Guan Sheng, he didn't want to participate in this kind of gang-colored incense worship activities, so he stood aside and watched silently as they saluted to the statue of Guan Gong.

After worshipping Guan Gong, Gong Zhichao suddenly turned around, pulled Ye Ming up, pressed him to the Taishi chair on the left in front of the offering table and sat down, and he also sat on the Taishi chair on the right, and then, he suddenly raised his breath and shouted: "Tietuo, dwarf winter melon, hairy chestnut, Fu Mengzi, the four of you kneel down and formally meet Brother Ming, from now on, Brother Ming is your second brother, on an equal footing with me, in the future, if Brother Ming has any send, you don't have to come to report to me, you have to do it according to his instructions." ”

As soon as his words fell, the four people who had already stood side by side in front of the four cushions, Tie Tuo and the others, immediately knelt down in unison, kowtowed to Gong Zhichao and Ye Ming three times, and responded in unison: "Little brother to meet Brother Ming, what will Brother Ming send in the future, we must not be afraid of the sword mountain, water and fire, and do our best to do good things for Brother Ming." ”

Ye Ming saw that they suddenly kowtowed to him, and he was so shocked that he bounced up from the Taishi chair, looked at Gong Zhichao dumbfounded, and said with a blushing face: "Brother Chao, this matter is a bit too much, these are all my brothers, how can I let them worship me, brothers, you get up quickly." ”

Gong Zhichao stood up, sat down according to him, and said very solemnly: "Brother Ye Ming, this is not what I meant, it is the idea of my four brothers, in my team, I don't judge heroes by age, they are all capable people, and capable people are long, although you are young, but you are capable, good character, righteous, and responsible, therefore, my brothers are willing to worship you as the second brother, I know that you are a person who is zhèngfǔ, and I don't like this set, but please rest assured: this is just a small ceremony within us, and it will never be passed on. Outside, you are still Director Ye of the Local Taxation Bureau, but once something happens, Tietuo and they are your little brothers, and you can send them anytime and anywhere, this is the purpose of such a small meeting ceremony for me today, please don't think we are abrupt. ”

Saying that, he said to Tie Tuo and the others: "Get up, no one is allowed to spread this matter today, but you have to explain to your little brother: when you see Brother Ming on the street in the future, you must greet him respectfully, in case Brother Ming encounters any urgent or difficult things, everyone must spare no effort to help Brother Ming solve problems, you all understand." ”

"Understood."

Ye Ming was forced by Gong Zhichao to kowtow and bow down to Tie Tuo and the other four, and suddenly became the so-called "Brother Ming", making him like a triad worshipper, and he felt very uncomfortable, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to let them toss silently.

After the meeting ceremony was completed, Gong Zhichao took out a bottle of Wuliangye from the wine cabinet next to him, opened it, and instructed Tie Tuo to bring six cups, sift the bottle of wine into six cups, and then asked Ye Ming to raise one of the cups, and the six people drank it all with the cups, and the whole ceremony was officially completed.

Then, six people came out of the secret room and sat down on the sofa in the chairman's office outside.

Gong Zhichao asked: "Brother Ye Ming, listen to Tao Yong: You are going to invite Captain Chen of the Provincial Public Security Department and Director Liang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to dinner tonight, have you decided on a place?" ”

Ye Ming shook his head and said, "Not yet, when you called me just now, I was about to call the catering department of Xinleng Hotel to book a private room." ”

Gong Zhichao said: "Brother, I will invite this guest tonight, but, in order to avoid suspicion, I will not participate, I have booked a box in the newly opened Wangjianglou Restaurant, which is No. 999, and when the time comes, you will take Captain Chen, Director Liang and others to the box, and I have already told the main station over there: the box will be recorded in our company's account." ”