After talking to Fu Quying on the phone, Peng Yuanzheng had a bottom in his heart. He made another phone call to Gong Hanlin, talked to Guo Weiquan, the deputy county magistrate, and told Wang Hao that during his vacation, all work would be postponed and he would come back next week.

At noon, Peng Yuanzheng rushed to the Xin'an City Railway Station and got on the train to the capital. He asked Huo Guangming to buy a hard sleeper, a four- or five-hour drive, he wanted to take the opportunity to sleep in the car, he was too tired to rest well recently.

"Comrade passengers, please be prepared for the 200 passenger express train to the capital to check in and board the train......"

Peng Yuanzheng carried a black briefcase he carried with him, pinched a stainless steel thermos cup, and followed the mighty flow of people into the station.

Suddenly, a familiar and trembling voice woke him up: "Peng Yuanzheng?!" ”

Peng Yuanzheng felt a thrill in his heart, although he hadn't opened his eyes yet, he could also hear Cao Ying's voice.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw Cao Ying, who he hadn't seen for a long time, carrying a grass-green travel bag and wearing a beige Nizi coat, standing in front of him vividly. I haven't seen her for a long time, but her beauty is still the same, but there is a trace of emaciated thinness between her eyebrows and eyes.

Behind her, there stood a man with glasses of medium stature, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, also carrying a duffel bag, and was carefully looking at Peng Yuanzheng with some astonishment.

Cao Ying's eyes were complicated, and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly. After being a stranger for so long, although she had already closed the door of her heart, she thought that she could completely dispel Peng Yuanzheng's figure from her heart, but suddenly encountered on the train - this moment of emotional restlessness broke her heart door alive, and she helplessly found that all her efforts had finally come to naught.

Peng Yuanzheng got up gently, with a bitter smile in his heart, but a gentle smile on his lips. "Cao Ying? Such a coincidence? You're ......."

Cao Ying said quietly: "I went to the capital for a business trip, are you going to the capital too?" ”

"Well, I'll go to the capital to do some personal business." Peng Yuanzheng smiled, "It's a coincidence, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Cao Ying looked at her ticket and saw that it was just opposite Peng Yuanzheng's bunk, so she silently stuffed her luggage on the luggage rack, and the man behind her hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Cao Ying saw Peng Yuanzheng looking at the two. Subconsciously reluctantly smiled and introduced: "This is the leader of my unit - Director Han." Director Han, this is my old classmate Peng Yuanzheng—"

Before Cao Ying's words were finished, the man smiled and took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "County Magistrate Peng from the neighboring county, right?" Contemptible Han Guangping, deputy director of the Municipal Education Bureau. I had long heard of the name of County Magistrate Peng, and I didn't want to meet him in the car. ”

Han Guangping spoke in a pure Beijing accent and had a deep voice. At first glance, it sounds somewhat similar to Su Yuhuan, the head of Xin'an District. Peng Yuanzheng was a little surprised, and also shook hands with Han Guangping with a smile and said a few words.

That's when he knew. Now Cao Ying is no longer teaching at Xin'an No. 1 Middle School, but has been transferred to the Municipal Education Bureau. This time, I went to Beijing with Han Guangping, the deputy director in charge, to attend a nationwide seminar organized by the Ministry of Education.

Peng Yuanzheng is not familiar with Han Guangping, but after a few words, Han Guangping introduced himself. Only then did he understand that this person, like Su Yuhuan, was also a temporary cadre sent from Beijing, temporarily attached to the Municipal Education Bureau, and a deputy department-level cadre.

The train started slowly, and Peng Yuanzheng was idle with Han Guangping, but there were some complicated emotions in his heart. He could tell from Han Guangping's demeanor and voice to Cao Ying that this person must be Cao Ying's suitor - but Cao Ying's attitude didn't seem to be clear.

Of course, maybe you can't let it go in front of yourself. Peng Yuanzheng said secretly. …,

Cao Ying maintained a strange silence, half-leaning on the sleeping seat and casually flipping through a magazine, listening to Han Guangping and Peng Yuanzheng's gossip. Han Guangping's eyes flickered, and he sensitively felt that Cao Ying and Peng Yuanzheng must have an extraordinary past, and from Cao Ying's "gloomy and sad" attitude, eighty percent of them were former lovers......

"Is it ...... County Magistrate Peng to go to the capital," Han Guangping asked with a smile.

"Hehe, I'll take care of a little personal matter." Peng Yuanzheng replied casually.

"I am from the capital, I am a landlord, my parents are working in national ministries and commissions, if the county magistrate Peng needs any help, just ask." Han Guangping smiled reservedly, "You and Cao Ying are old classmates, and we are comrades in the city, but don't be polite!" ”

Peng Yuanzheng glanced at Han Guangping, he knew very well in his heart that although Han Guangping's words had a certain element of politeness, they were mainly to show off in front of Cao Ying and show off in front of himself - this is a very subtle mentality.

Just like the male peacock who likes to open the screen during the estrus period, Han Guangping, who is reluctant to chase Cao Ying, will naturally look for every opportunity and spare no effort to show his superiority as a child of cadres in the capital.

Peng Yuanzheng smiled and said casually disapprehantly, "Thank you, if you need it, you must ask Director Han for help." ”

Peng Yuanzheng knows too well the children of these Beijing cadres from good families, who usually graduate from university and stay in state organs for one or two years, and then find opportunities to be sent to the grassroots level to take temporary posts, and return to Beijing after two or three years of gilding, so as to pave the way for future promotions.

If nothing else, when they return to the central organs, they can basically cross the threshold of the county and step into the ranks of department-level cadres. Of course, in the capital, where officials are everywhere like chickens and dogs, the department-level cadres and committees are really nothing.

In the current 90s, these people have almost become an ethnic group, all over the country, and they have a natural sense of superiority as the children of the people of the capital and cadres. But this does not mean that they are all gentlemen, and some of them are still very talented and capable. For example, Su Yuhuan, although Peng Yuanzheng has never dealt with him, Peng Yuanzheng can't deny that this person is not useless except for being narrow-minded, intolerant, and too proud.

At the very least, they still have their own set of work skills. After Peng Yuanzheng left Xin'an District, Su Yuhuan gradually began to play a role and personal ability, and also made some achievements. There are levels of people's abilities, and Su Yuhuan is at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Peng Yuanzheng, but this does not mean that he is incapable. It's just that Peng Yuanzheng is better and more skillful than him, and in the "comparison" between the two, he is easy to fall into Peng Yuanzheng's personal brilliance and can't extricate himself.

In Peng Yuanzheng's opinion, people like Su Yuhuan are actually much stronger than Gong Hanlin and others. When it comes to work ability, Gong Hanlin is mediocre at best, while Su Yuhuan can be called outstanding.

……

Han Guangping smiled, and suddenly asked intentionally or unintentionally: "County Magistrate Peng, I heard that you are married, where do your younger siblings work?" ”

Han Guangping spoke, and the corner of his eye found that Cao Ying in the lower bunk was obviously smiling, and turned his head gloomily, his shoulders trembling slightly. Peng Yuanzheng married in Xin'an, he is the nephew of Executive Vice Mayor Meng Qiang, and these are certainly not secrets. Cao Dapeng also sent people to a neighboring county to prepare a follower, but Peng Yuanzheng did not accept red envelopes and did not send them.

The corners of Peng Yuanzheng's mouth twitched, but he said lightly, "She works in the capital, in a company, a small private company, and I guess Director Han has never heard of it." ”

"Oh, and the business is actually pretty good. So it's not easy to say that County Magistrate Peng is separated from the two places......" Han Guangping pretended to sigh with emotion, and said: "Actually, I envy County Magistrate Peng, who has already married and started a family, and found his other half, like me, it has been five or six years since I graduated from college, and I still don't have a spectrum...... Ay! ”…,

Peng Yuanzheng smiled indifferently and did not answer.

Cao Ying suddenly sat up, put on her shoes and got up and walked to the bathroom at the end of the carriage. Han Guangping's intentional "teasing" was not to stimulate her, it was nothing more than to imply to her that the man you never forgot was married, and you should have died a long time ago!

But when these words heard Cao Ying's ears, they cut her heart like a knife.

Peng Yuanzheng frowned, grabbed the water cup tightly with his hand, and took a sip of water.

Cao Ying's figure was lonely and swaying slightly with the swaying of the train. Suddenly, the train made a loud and sharp noise, and suddenly began to make an emergency stop. Some of the luggage in the luggage rack of the whole carriage fell upside down to the ground, and all kinds of screams and shouts were suddenly heard in the carriage.

Cao Ying was caught off guard, her thin body stumbled a few times, and fell on the floor of the carriage.

Peng Yuanzheng was taken aback, and immediately got up and ran over to help her up.

"You don't matter, do you?"

Cao Ying gritted her teeth and said softly, "It's okay, thank you." ”

At this time, the hard-seat carriage in front made a loud bang, and a conductor appeared at the junction of the carriages, holding a loudspeaker and shouting: "Comrade passengers, please don't panic, there is an emergency ahead, the train brakes urgently, please return to your seats and pay attention to safety." ”

Immediately afterwards, the doors of each carriage opened, and several police officers and conductors jumped in, and many passengers opened their windows and looked eagerly, but there was no one on the empty tracks, this place was in the middle of nowhere, far from the station in front.

After waiting for a while, some uneasy passengers asked to get off the train to breathe, but the conductor disagreed, and the two sides quarreled. After arguing for a long time, the conductor finally gave in, allowing passengers to get off the train but not go far, and wait for instructions to get on the train and leave at any time.

Peng Yuanzheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and saw that it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and according to this situation, this trip would definitely be delayed.

Fools know that something must be wrong ahead, but no one knows what is going on. Many passengers gathered around the conductor to ask, but the conductor couldn't say why.

The locomotive at the front began to whistle sharply, and at the beckoning of the conductor, the passengers who got off the train quickly got on the train and closed the doors tightly, but still did not drive. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )