The night is coming, the night in Helan County in winter is usually very deep, the lights in the county have been lit up, although it is far less brilliant than the big city, but there is a different kind of tranquility and serenity, in front of the county party committee guest house, a figure stands quietly in the cold wind, with a faint trace of excitement and excitement on his face, but also hides a little bit of shock that has not been fully digested, and looks up at the road in front from time to time.

There were also two figures in the guest house in the back, and sometimes they looked out of the door, and their eyes were also full of surprise.

"What's going on? What important guests did County Magistrate Zhou have made an appointment with today, and he asked him to wait outside in person? It's been half an hour's wait. ”

"It should be a private surname, otherwise it shouldn't be the only county magistrate Zhou who came forward to receive him, and he wasn't even the secretary."

"That's true, but be careful in the evening."

…… It was also in the whispering of the two that two headlights suddenly lit up outside the guest house, and Zhou Guanglei, who was standing outside the guest house with these lights, was in good spirits, but when the vehicle was really approaching, he was stunned again, the vehicle coming was more than 300,000 silver-white crowns, and the license plate in front was the No. 1 car of the Helan County Party Committee.

It's not the person he has to wait for, Zhou Guanglei suddenly flashed a trace of depression in his heart, but he still squeezed out a formulaic smile on his face.

The car also quickly stopped in front of the guest house, followed by the secretary sitting in the passenger seat, and quickly got out of the car, first glanced at Zhou Guanglei in surprise before hurriedly walking to the back seat to open the door.

Two figures also walked straight out from behind, and the moment they walked out, both of them looked at Zhou Guanglei in a little surprise.

"Secretary Zhang, Director Song." There are two people in front, Zhang Tao, secretary of the Helan County Party Committee, who is slightly fat, and the other is the director of the Beikou Branch of the Central Union Provincial Local Railway Bureau.

Next year, the Ministry of Railways will build a new bullet train trunk line in Zhonghe, and there may be Helan County along the way, which is definitely a good thing for Helan County, but later news came out that this trunk line may also pass through neighboring counties.

A group of leaders in Helan County have been running around for a long time, and they are working hard, and they can't invite the leaders of the Railway Bureau who are too high.

The first few times I entertained in Beikou City, today is the first time that Director Song was invited to Helan County, and Zhou Guanglei originally wanted to accompany him for such an important matter, but because he received a call from Zhou Mingluo, he just went over to toast a few glasses of wine.

"Heh, it turns out that County Magistrate Zhou is here." With Zhou Guanglei's greeting, a trace of displeasure flashed in Director Song's eyes, he had already given them a lot of face to be able to come to Helan County, but he didn't expect this guy to only go in and drink one or two glasses of wine and turn around and leave.

Of course, if County Magistrate Zhou really has a big matter, he won't care about it, but take a look, now that the banquet is over, Zhou Guanglei is still just wandering outside, isn't it clear that he doesn't take him seriously?

Zhang Tao on one side also had a slight dislike in his eyes, what is this Xiao Zhou doing, isn't he playing the piano randomly, and finally invited Director Song here, although the news has not yet been discovered, but his play obviously makes it more difficult to inquire about the news. "Comrade Guanglei, hasn't the distinguished guest you are waiting for yet arrived?"

"Not yet, but I guess it's almost there." Zhou Guanglei smiled, although Zhang Tao's tone was flat, how could he not hear the other party's dissatisfaction, but now he didn't care about this dissatisfaction.

"Well, then you go ahead. Director Song, please inside. A trace of displeasure flashed in Zhang Tao's eyes again, but he still smiled and said to Director Song.

His displeasure is very simple, since the guest you are waiting for is so late, why don't you come over after accompanying Director Song? What other guest in Helan County could be more important than Director Song now? This Zhou Guanglei simply can't tell the difference.

But at this moment, two headlights lit up again on the road in front of him, followed by a black Volkswagen came into everyone's sight.

"Brother!" After Volkswagen stopped, Zhou Mingluo in the driver's seat also quickly got out of the car and greeted Zhou Guanglei with a smile.

But this greeting suddenly stunned Zhang Tao and Director Song, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in their eyes at the same time, isn't it, Zhou Guanglei is just waiting for his brother today?

"Whew!" Director Song sneered in dissatisfaction, his face turned cold, and Zhang Tao's cheeks twitched slightly, this Zhou Guanglei really didn't know what to say, although he also knew that his partner was a lost relative who had just been found, and he should pay more attention to this aspect, but he shouldn't be so nonsense.

However, the next moment, after Zhou Mingluo greeted him with a smile, an old man who stepped down from the passenger seat suddenly stunned Director Song, and was stunned there, and even reached out and rubbed his eyes in an incredible way.

No, he actually saw Zhao Lao here??

Who is Zhao Lao, who is the fierce man who has been teaching Peking University for most of his life, with an outstanding reputation, and later retired as the vice president of the two worlds, it can be said that as one of the highest universities in China, the students from Peking University, especially the group in the early eighties, are now basically leaders in all walks of life, and those who lead the way in the political arena are also grasped.

And a large part of these people are Zhao Lao's protégés, Director Song can recognize Zhao Lao, just because he was also one of the students of Peking University, but he has never worshiped under Zhao Laomen, and only occasionally listened to this person's class.

But he knows how powerful Zhao Lao is, not to mention that there are now two high-ranking officials at the vice ministerial level in the Central Cooperation Province who are proud disciples of this one, and a deputy minister of the Ministry of Railways is also a disciple brought out by this one.

He really couldn't imagine that Zhao Lao actually stepped out of Zhou Guanglei's younger brother's car?

If Director Song was shocked by the appearance of Zhao Lao, the two old men who walked down from the back door of the Volkswagen made Zhang Tao, who was dissatisfied on one side, also dizzy, he actually saw Bi Lao here? Bi Lao, that is not the old secretary who has just retired from the position of secretary of the Zhongzhou Municipal Party Committee and one of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee for a few years, and his influence is still there.

In today's era of developed communications, it is impossible for him not to know one of the members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee in his province, and even he knows that the head of the Organization Department of Beikou City was once the secretary of this Bi Lao, who was pulled up by this one-handed.

When Director Song and Secretary Zhang were dumbfounded, the three old men all got out of the car.

Only then did the two of them suddenly come to their senses and stepped forward, and Director Song went straight to Zhao Lao, "Hello, old principal, I really didn't expect to meet you here." ”

Secretary Zhang said respectfully to Bi Lao, "Old Secretary, why are you here?" I should have given advance notice and I could have greeted him. ”

Before, the two of them only recognized the one they knew, and they didn't know the details of the other old men, but now they were shocked after visiting each other at the same time, and they looked at each other in amazement, isn't it, it turns out that more than one of these old men is very powerful??

In the stunned midst of the two, Zhao Lao and Bi Lao were stunned at the same time, and after glancing at the two of them, they were a little puzzled, as if they didn't remember who the other party was, but in the face of this kind of scene, they seemed to be familiar with the road, Bi Lao directly said, "A few of our bad old men are out to walk around, don't be so vulgar, even if you are vulgar, don't look for me, see, this old man Song is the person you should greet." ”

"Yes, yes, Old Man Bi and I have already retired, although Old Man Song himself is nothing, but his son is awesome, that is your Governor Song, you have to look for him politely." Zhao Lao took over the topic happily and directly pushed Song Lao in front of him.

In a word, the people around him were stunned, and then they all looked at Song Lao, right? This turned out to be the father of Governor Song?

There is only one Governor Song in the entire Central Cooperation Province, that is, the current Executive Vice Governor Song Zhe, that Governor Song is only fifty-two years old now, which is considered to be in the prime of life, and the surname of the next one may be very great, and the Song Lao in front of him looks like he is in his seventies, and his spirit is still very strong.

"Old immortal, why did you two push me out again?" In the confusion of the others, Song Lao was directly stunned, and then looked at Bi Lao and Zhao Lao with great annoyance, but the two old men were proud.

There are really too many old guys like them, and they can't play with the average elderly person at all, otherwise if they play, the other party's juniors or this relative and that relative often come to the front, help themselves or not? If you help, it's troublesome, and if you don't help, it will affect your feelings, so you can only communicate with the old man of the same grade with beauty, because you have no desires for each other.

Three old men, there really isn't a simple one.

Seeing the smug appearance of the other two, Song Lao scolded again, and then said with a depressed black face, "You two can be polite now, but don't go too far!" ”

After speaking, Song Laocai couldn't wait to look at Zhou Mingluo again, "Mingluo, we have arrived, hurry up and take out the things." ”

"yes, you go get something, we'll do whatever we want."

............, "Well, Brother Lei, you can help me greet Bi Lao and them, and I'll go back and get something." Zhou Mingluo also smiled and nodded, and said to Zhou Guanglei.

The water belt has always been carried by him, and after picking up the three old men, even if he doesn't want to conjure up treasures out of thin air to make others suspicious, as long as he takes them back to Helan County, he can just find a place to take out the things, but since he knew the identities of several people from Lin Hao's mouth, he deliberately wanted to take care of his cheap big brother, so he informed him early and asked him to book a room.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll treat you well." Zhou Guanglei was stunned again, after all, when Lin Hao notified him before, he only said the identities of Bi Lao and Zhao Lao, and Lin Hao didn't know that Song Lao Lin Hao didn't know him, but he didn't expect that Song Lao's identity was so powerful now.

But no matter how hard he tried, he was only full of ecstasy, and directly bent down and said respectfully to the three old men, "Bi Lao, Zhao Lao, Song Lao, the room has been arranged for you, go in first and wait, it's windy outside." ”

"You're Mingluo's brother? Ha, we're going to bother you, don't be surprised, let's say it, don't think we're annoying! ”

"yes, if you don't stay here for a few days, that's not going to work."

………… The three old men were bent on seeing a fetish like Dingshui, and of course they didn't want to leave at a glance, so they could only speak cheekily at this time.

Zhou Guanglei smiled again and waved his hand, teasing people? He wouldn't do that unless he was kicked in the head by a donkey.

These influential old men usually don't invite them, and he doesn't have the qualifications to come to the door if he wants to, but now he wants to send them to the door, and he wishes that these people would stay all the time.

But until now, he still couldn't believe that this was true, even if Lin Hao had already called him at noon.

He really couldn't imagine that his cheap brother was so awesome, he knew so many old men who were popular, and he seemed to have such a good relationship with these people, so he said that he would go home and stay for a few days!

waved his hand and glanced at Zhou Mingluo occasionally, but Zhou Guanglei was speechless, and he didn't even know how to speak, and even a trace of shame occasionally flashed in his heart, because he had always planned to help his younger brother before, Zhou Mingluo said that he thought about it, he thought it was his younger brother who was embarrassed by his thin skin, and the result was ...... As a result, this younger brother invited a few people back casually, which helped him a lot.

Can you not put him to shame!

But fortunately, he had a lot of time to digest this matter in the afternoon, and he was still able to deal with the scene very casually at the moment.

And the conversation of several people fell into the eyes of Director Song and Secretary Zhang, and they listened to it more and more tearful, Nima is joking, these old men didn't pretend when they saw them, and they almost blackened their faces, but they took the initiative to ask for the surname Zhou? Staying longer?

It's crazy!

But after the words of the three people just now, the two of them could only retreat in a sneering manner, until Zhou Ming fell into the public and left, and the three elders each entered the county party committee guest house with Zhou Guanglei with a smile, and Director Song and Secretary Zhang glanced at each other, all with sad faces.

"Director Song, who is that Zhao Lao? How do I hear you call him the old headmaster? Zhang Tao suddenly spoke, the three old men he knew, one was a former member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, and the other was now a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.

With these words, Director Song paused slightly, and then said with a wry smile, "Old Zhao, that's half a life teaching Peking University, two terms of vice president, the real peach and plum all over the world, now we have two vice ministers of the Central United Province, and now a vice minister of the Ministry of Railways are his protégés, hey, I didn't expect your county magistrate Zhou to even know him, it's really ...... Is...... I knew this, what news did you want to inquire about, wasn't it just a sentence from Zhao Lao? ”

Zhang Tao, who listened to it again, Secretary Zhang was like five thunderbolts, Nima, this surname Zhou is too exaggerated, right?

It really makes him jealous and jealous!

And he is not the only one who envy and hate? Director Song looked at the back quietly, and deeply realized the power of County Magistrate Zhou, no wonder this person didn't accompany him to receive him at all, just toasted a few glasses of wine and left, but he was the county magistrate of Zhou, I'm afraid he wouldn't be too lazy to go to the wine table.

However, the two of them are not stupid, they have long seen that Zhou Guanglei can be responsible for receiving the three old people because of Zhou Mingluo, and it was the first time they saw Zhou Guanglei just now, otherwise they would not have raised the question that you are Mingluo's brother.

It's all because of the second child of the Zhou family.

"Hiss~ I thought he had found his lost relatives, it was his group of relatives who ascended to heaven, but I didn't expect that it was him who really hugged his thighs, that Zhou Ming fell ......" Zhang Tao gasped again, his eyes were very red.

Such a powerful brother has such a good relationship with so many old people, why doesn't he have one? This Zhou Guanglei is really a big shit luck.

But no matter how red he looked, he could only stare outside.

Subsequently, Zhang Tao was even more helpless to pull Director Song and walked in, after all, Director Song is also a guest, and after entering the hotel, the room opened by the two of them is directly next to the three elders, Secretary Zhang is not stupid, although the three old men all clearly do not like their interruption, but if he lives nearby, he always looks down and does not look up, and he always has to ask if he sees it, maybe he can get a familiar face.

He even made up his mind to live here for the past few days, and if the three of them didn't leave, he would never go home.

But when the two of them really walked up to the front and back, they saw that County Magistrate Zhou was going in and out with tea and the like, and the eggs of Secretary Zhang and Director Song who looked at it again were broken, and their eyes were green again.

Pretend, you pretend, this kind of thing needs to be done by yourself? It's not that I deliberately want to perform in front of the three elders, but they only have envy for such an opportunity to perform, who makes the family have a good brother.

Extremely depressed, the result was that it wasn't until a minute or twenty later, when Zhou Mingluo walked over with a bronze pipe in his hand, Secretary Zhang's eyes were full of resentment, why is this younger brother not his? He now wants to switch places with Zhou Guanglei.

However, Zhou Mingluo didn't notice the resentful eyes, but walked towards the room where the three elders were now.

When he arrived at the location, he knocked on the door before he smiled and pushed open the door and walked in, almost at the same time, the three elders who were originally sitting in the room chatting nonsense got up at the same time, and walked straight towards Zhou Mingluo, and the six eyes fell on the bronze tube in Zhou Mingluo's hand.

"This is the water belt? Is it really as magical as the legend suggests? ”

"Quick, everything is ready, let's give it a try."

"Don't worry, let me see first, it doesn't look like the one that was taken in the afternoon."

………… The three elders before and after stepping are even more like you and me, they all spoke, and the three wrinkled palms all moved forward, grabbing the water belt respectively, and when they saw that it was not only themselves who reached out, the three old men all stared at each other, and they blew their beards and stared.

But soon Bi Lao and Zhao Lao let go stupidly, "Forget it, let Old Man Song take a look first, we can't compare to him in terms of bronzes." ”

"It's good that you know, when it comes to bronzes, you two bad old men don't deserve to carry shoes for me!" Song Lao triumphantly grabbed the water belt and began to look at it, until he observed it for a long time before he couldn't help but exclaim, "The same, the same, this bronze is the same as the one that was photographed in the afternoon by Mingluo, it is definitely from the same craftsman's hand, if this is the water belt, then the afternoon one is absolutely, hey, why didn't I go at the time, if I went, I would have to borrow money to shoot it." ”

After a sentence, the other two also exclaimed, although they let go of their hands, they didn't go far, Bi Lao turned around and took out another water band, that is, the one that Zhou Mingluo took in the afternoon, and couldn't help but look at it carefully.

Zhou Mingluo auctioned a total of two antiques today, one is a mandarin duck water droplet, and the other is the broken water belt, after leaving the auction house, he did not hide the broken water belt when he went to pick up the three elders, after all, it was auctioned at the auction, so many people know that there is no way to hide it, and the water belt is damaged, and there is no need to hide it.

What he said at the time was that he found that the broken hose was almost the same as the one he had gotten, and he couldn't help but shoot it when he suspected that it was another one, and he didn't know if it was real.

At that time, when they first learned about this, they were still in Bi's house, and the three old men took the broken water belt and studied it in detail for a long time, and even did an experiment, that is, sprinkled a handful of salt into the clear water, and then put the water belt in it.

But the test was ineffective at all, so even Song Lao couldn't confirm whether it was true, even if he was everyone in bronze, but he didn't have the slightest experience with this legendary artifact, but now he really got this intact water belt and looked at it carefully for a while, he couldn't help but exclaim, no matter from which point of view, these two things are definitely from the same period, made by the same craftsman.

As long as this one is intact with a water belt, then the other one is definitely the other.

In the excitement, Song Lao grabbed the intact water belt and inserted it directly into the water basin that had been prepared in the room, and Bi Lao and Zhao Lao also hurriedly surrounded it, all staring intently at the water surface.

Under the gaze of several people, the salt below that had been melted in for a long time actually began to precipitate quickly, and soon a layer of crystalline particles condensed at the bottom of the basin, and the three old men who looked straight at it were all dumbfounded, and the empty-handed Zhao Lao also hurriedly took a sip of water and poured it into his mouth, and after tasting it, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Sweet, this water is really sweet!" ”

The salt that had been fused with the water became crystallized again, and the ordinary water became extremely sweet.

Isn't this the magic of the legendary water belt?

"The legend is true!"

"It's really a fetish."

………… Song Lao and Bi Laocai also trembled and hurriedly went to hold water to drink, and after drinking, the two of them also became excited, their eyes were shining, their faces were red, and they stared at the two fixed water belts in the room, and their breathing became more and more rapid.

"Hey, really, both are true, even if the second one is broken, but the same is true!"

"Mingluo, you are really famous, there is no regret that such a leak can be picked up once in a lifetime, you even picked it up twice in a row, even if this second one is damaged, the value is immeasurable."

………… The three excited old men all became a little incoherent, and their expressions when they looked at Zhou Mingluo were also full of incomparable envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Zhou Mingluo smiled strangely, "Old Song, you are everyone in bronze, since you can be sure that the damaged one is also a water belt, I don't know if there is a way to repair it?" ”

He had studied the broken water belt after he got it, and there was a crack about twenty centimeters long on it, as if it had been cut by some sharp weapon, and it was not missing, which seemed to be perfectly repaired with the [King Kong Talisman], and the veins of the water belt that accompanied the crack also had a big break, and the vein fracture was inside, and he didn't know if the broken veins would automatically heal after repairing the crack with the [King Kong Talisman], but even if it couldn't be healed, he also had [Flowing Water Talisman] to repair.

So Zhou Mingluo is completely sure that he can restore it to its original state.

But he didn't do it right away, after all, many people know that he photographed something that was broken, and if something became intact in the blink of an eye, how could he explain it?

In the past, he could say that he was very good at porcelain restoration, because Fang Shutong did teach him, and Fang Shutong was also very good at restoration, but he had never touched bronzes.

But this kind of thing is not in a hurry, you must know that he now has three fixed water belts, whether the third one is good or bad, as long as it does not make up nine roots, it will not matter, rather than this, it is better to let it remain in its original state first.

As for the words he asked Song Lao, he had a different meaning, he had always been only proficient in porcelain, and he was not good at other antiques, and there was no famous teacher to guide him, if he took the opportunity to learn about bronze and pottery with Song Lao, as well as the level of Zhao Lao's calligraphy and painting, it would be a great thing.

Even Bi Lao is far beyond his own level in porcelain, and he is also a good teacher.

He learned from the three old men for a while by repairing the water belt, but he couldn't ask for it. Of course, this thing can be tossed by the other party casually, he has the confidence not to be afraid of tossing, and if the other party can really repair it, it is undoubtedly a good thing.

This question made Song Lao glare, and there was a trace of hesitation on his face, but then he still said with a light, "The restoration of bronze is far more complicated than the repair of porcelain, calligraphy and painting, after all, it is related to the casting of bronze, although I know some methods, but the ability to do it myself is very poor, but you can rest assured, this damaged water setting will take a few of our old guys to try their best to repair it." ”

"Yes, this is an artifact, one day I can participate in the repair of an artifact, if I really repair it, I will die without regrets in this life!" Bi Lao's eyes also lit up, and he was constantly gearing up.

Zhao Lao was more direct, "Mingluo, don't worry, I know a lot of people, let's spend it here, we must repair it well, maybe we can solve the mystery of these things in the process of repairing, and see how the ancients made this artifact more than 4,000 years ago." ”

Zhou Mingluo was overjoyed, and even Zhou Guanglei was excited, if the three old men were going all out to repair another thing, it would undoubtedly take more time, wouldn't it? That's better for him, of course.

The two brothers glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's joy.

(To be continued)