"Come on! Mayor, on behalf of the 500,000 Xiaoyi people, I would like to toast you again, thank you for your busy visit to Xiaoyi! Your support and encouragement is the basic guarantee for us to do a good job in all aspects of filial piety! When the Maple Road Small Commodity Market was on fire, Deputy Mayor Du Ziyan was accompanied by several leaders of Xiaoyi County, staggering, and Lin Hongda, Secretary of the Xiaoyi County Party Committee, picked up a glass of wine, stood up tremblingly, and said with a smile on his face.

"Good! Okay, I'll just drink this one, everyone feel free! Du Ziyan frowned slightly, as the face of the county cadres, he couldn't help but give Lin Hongda this face, so he had to pick up the wine glass and drink the wine. Because when he came from Wuchuan County, he gave them a face on the issue of crossing the border to greet him, and when he had dinner in the evening, in the face of the county's enthusiastic proposal, Du Ziyan could no longer pretend to be a boss and agreed to drink less wine; Otherwise, if a bad impression of impersonal and unreasonable is left in the minds of the cadres below because of this, and they feel that they are specifically provoking, then it will not only go against the original intention, but will outweigh the losses!

"Good! Good! Thank you, Mayor! Lin Hongda raised his head, poured a huge glass of wine, and poured it into his mouth together, a flattered look, and several tables of guests applauded together, not so much to applaud Deputy Mayor Du, but to please Secretary Lin, after all, the county official is not as good as the current management. Du Ziyan didn't care about this, as long as the two party and government officials with the right to vote were close to him, he put down his wine glass and looked at all this with a smile, but found that his secretary Qian Bo left his seat with his mobile phone, walked to the door, stopped again, looked at himself a few times, and seemed to be in a hurry.

"I'm going to the bathroom!" Du Ziyan's heart moved, turned his head slightly, and said softly to Wu Ke, the magistrate of Xiaoyi County, Wu Ke hurriedly said okay, stood up again, and wanted to lead the way, Du Ziyan smiled kindly, and pressed it on his shoulder very casually: "I'll go by myself!" Wu Ke stood with a smile on his face, and watched Mayor Du walk out of the door.

"What's going on?" Du Ziyan said to Qian Bo, who followed up immediately.

"Just now. Kim Young-taek called and said that there was a huge fire in the small commodity market on Maple Road! Qian Bo said cautiously.

"What? What did you say? Du Ziyan couldn't care about the water droplets in his hand, and turned around in horror, "When did it happen?" Is it serious? Who is in charge at home? ”

"It happened about 20 minutes ago, it was very serious, the wind was very strong, there were too many flammable and explosive materials, and because the market was full of goods, blocking the fire escape, it was difficult for the fire trucks to get close for a while. Mayor Changlin is at home. Already on the scene! "Qian Bo knows a lot. said it very objectively, "Kim Young-taek seemed to be flustered and spoke incoherently on the phone. Du Ziyan had a dark face and seemed to be annoyed.

"Di-Di-" Qian Bo's phone rang twice. He hurriedly uncovered it and glanced at the number: "It's Boss Jin!" ”

"Humph! Why did he call tightly? Du Ziyan was annoyed, but still stretched out his hand and took it: "It's me!" ”

"Old-old Du, no-no-no!" Jin Yingze was really confused, panicked, and seemed to be able to see his cautious and frightened look, "I-I called in a public phone booth." It seemed that he was afraid that Du Ziyan would reprimand him, so he explained first.

"Hmm-" In a hurry, Du Ziyan even forgot to glance at the caller ID. Hearing Jin Yingze's explanation, he was really much calmer: "I said Lao Jin, what are you panicking about?" Isn't it just a fire? It's not you who set the fire, what are you nervous about? Again, if the engineering and design are flawed. That's also the business of the specific person in charge, you just neglected to overlook. ”

"That's right! Right! Right! Or are you smart! On the other end of the phone, Jin Yingze was really neat, and a few words woke him up.

"Lao Jin, no matter what, you are a contractor, less than a year after the completion of the project, such a big fire occurred, with an unshirkable responsibility, you must control the responsible person, make things clear, and you must return justice to the majority of merchants!" Du Ziyan said sternly, and when it came to the sentence "make things clear", he particularly raised his tone, "That's it!" I'll go back to the city right away, there's nothing particularly urgent, don't call me, I'll contact you if there's something! Over there, Jin Yingze hurriedly made promises, and there was no high profile in the past.

"You inform the driver, we'll go back to the city in a while!" Du Ziyan returned the mobile phone to Qian Bo, returned to his seat, still talking and laughing, sat for a while, and refused Lin Hongda and Wu Ke's strong detention under the pretext that there was something in the city, and went out of the restaurant to the city by car.

"Let's go to Lin Xingyuan first." Along the way, Du Ziyan kept his eyes slightly closed, leaned on the back of the chair and took a nap, and when he arrived in the city, he didn't need Qian Bo to remind him, he woke up first, and said to himself: "I haven't visited Su Lao for a long time, so I took the time to see his old man." Qian Bo didn't speak, just smiled slightly. The old Su mentioned by Vice Mayor Du is not only his leader, but also his Bole, for decades, watching Du Ziyan grow step by step from a small secretary to a powerful deputy mayor. Su Lao is simple, outspoken, and willing to bring his subordinates, and now many high-powered leaders in Jiangbei Province have grown up under his training, so although he has been retired for many years, he still has a very strong influence in Jiangbei's political life.

"You guys wait in the car, I'll sit for a while and I'll be back." Du Ziyan took out a painting from the leather bag he carried, which was a small scroll inscribed by a well-known calligrapher in Jiangbei Province, which recorded the "Chuzhou West Stream" by Wei Yingwu of the Tang Dynasty:

The lonely grass stream grows on the side, and there are yellow orioles singing deep trees.

The spring tide brings rain and comes in a hurry, and the wild ferry is unmanned and self-controlled.

The pen is strong, the opening and closing are measured, and the knots are continuous, such as the clouds and flowing water of the peers. Su Lao has no other hobbies after his retirement, and often writes a few small banners and small scrolls, and is not like other calligraphy lovers, who specialize in historical sites. Such a modern calligrapher's ink treasure is not worth a few dollars, it is purely a matter of liking, so Du Ziyan never shy away from Qian Bo and the driver.

"Aunt Zhou, is Old Su okay?" Knocking on the door, Du Ziyan greeted the old lady at the door with a smile.

"Good! Good! Splashing ink every day, busy and happy. The old lady smiled and let Du Ziyan enter the door, Du Ziyan changed her slippers and came to the study familiarly.

"Su Lao!" Du Ziyan held the small scroll in his hand, stood by the desk, and shouted with a smile.

"Huh?" As soon as Su Lao turned around, he saw Du Ziyan, smiled slightly, and said very kindly: "It's Xiao Du!" He put down the brush in his hand and said with a smile: "What good things did you bring me again?" ”

"Hehe, it's not a good thing, it's just a small poem inscribed by Zhou Lin, I don't know if you like it or not?" Du Ziyan didn't dare to make a fuss, so he hurriedly unfolded.

"Huh?" When Su Lao saw it, his eyes lit up, and he praised again and again: "Good words!" Good poetry! The meaning is profound, and the words also have spirituality! ”

"It's good that you always like it, I'm still nervous along the way, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter your old eyes." Du Ziyan held his hands together and said with a smile, as if he was a lot more relaxed.

"Haha!" Su Lao laughed heartily, and glanced at his former secretary meaningfully: "Have you encountered something difficult again?" Tell me, what's the matter? ”

"It's not a big deal!" Du Ziyan smiled slightly, and briefly introduced how he became the deputy commander of the Jiangcheng Construction Headquarters, how the city made decisions to renovate the old city, how to bid for bids, and how a big fire broke out in the small commodity market on Maple Road less than a year after the completion of the construction, and finally said cautiously: "I am worried that at the moment of this general election, people with ulterior motives will use this matter as a weapon to attack others and make waves. ”

"Hmm-" Su Lao lowered his head slightly, his sharp eyes shot through the lenses of his glasses, he glanced at Du Ziyan carefully, and said for a long time: "Let me ask you: Are you clean in this matter?" Du Ziyan was stunned for half a second, and immediately said categorically: "Su Lao rest assured, in the process of issuing bids and bidding, I have never accepted a penny from anyone, nor have I sought benefits for any unit or individual. ”

"Hmmm! That's it! Su Lao Jingguang retracted his eyes, "The fire in the shopping mall must be related to the contractor's cutting corners and not constructing according to the prescribed drawings, maybe there are many people who have received a lot of benefits, otherwise they will not reduce costs with shoddy quality." Su Lao smiled slightly: "Since you didn't pay bribes, you have nothing to worry about." On the contrary, it is a big bomb on someone else. The smile on Du Ziyan's face froze for a moment, and he immediately praised him again and again, chatted a few more words, and said goodbye cheaply.

"Back to the city hall!" Sitting in the car, Du Ziyan seemed to have regained her confidence, closed her eyes slightly, leaned back on the chair, and thought seriously: Obviously, Jin Yingze is so flustered, there must be a ghost in his heart! No matter how many benefits he gave to others, he really didn't take his benefits in the bidding of the Maple Road Small Commodities Market, not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't dare! Du Ziyan knew that staring at this piece of land, he didn't know how many pairs of eyes there would be! Although in the past, he and Jin Yingze were very close and had some economic contacts, but as long as the problem of the reconstruction of Maple Road was not exposed, I believe that it could be survived, besides, I also gave him enough hints on the phone before, if he is smart enough, he will know how to lose his pawn and protect the car! But in any case, the relationship with Kim Young-taek, and such a major fire, is a big bomb enough to blow up a stack of official hats, and the only safe way is to kick it away and let it blow up others!