The night was dark, the rain was pouring down, and the old-fashioned jeeps were bouncing on the muddy roads, swaying left and right on the road to the peace zone.

The second flood peak has passed, the third flood peak is forming, and according to the flood peak information released by the Central Meteorological Observatory and the National Defense Headquarters, the third flood peak will be more violent than the first two. In the briefing of the National Defense Headquarters, the phrase "once in 30 years" was used.

Fan Hongyu took advantage of the gap between the two flood peaks to inspect several towns along the lake.

The Peace Zone is the last stop of the night.

Qi Zhenghong "contracted" the Heping District, and according to the duty schedule sent to the county by the Heping District, Huo Hualong, secretary of the district party committee, should be on duty in the district today. Fan Hongyu had a phone call with Qi Zhenghong in the morning, and Qi Zhenghong said that he was in the peace zone.

In fact, Qi Zhenghong has not shown much in the county government in the past few days, and often goes to the office to take a look around, process a few documents, and then disappear.

Everyone took it for granted that the county magistrate Qi went to the Heping District.

But according to Huang Weijie's report, the county magistrate of Qi did not appear on the embankment in Heping District very often.

During the flood fighting period, the Hong Kong expert group all went to Luhua Town, and the "cadre group" accompanying the inspection naturally returned to their respective duties. As the head of Heping District, Huang Weijie is the commander of the flood control and drought control headquarters in the district, and he wants to return to his post.

When the jeep drove to the Heping District Office, it was already about 11 o'clock in the evening.

The compound of the district office is dark, and there is not a single light in the entire office building, and even the guard room is dark.

Fan Hongyu stared at the dark office building in the car, his face was very gloomy, and said to the driver Wu Hui: "Xiao Wu, go to the guest house in the district." Thunder, paged Ho Hualong. ”

"Okay......

Wu Hui and Lei Ming agreed in unison. The jeep drove straight to the guest house not far from the district office.

The guest house was also dark, and the staff had long since fallen asleep.

Heping District is not a traffic artery, industry and commerce are not very developed, there are not many guests in the guest house on weekdays, not to mention the heavy rain now, in the dead of night, there will be no guests to stay in the hotel.

Wu Hui knocked on the door of the guest house hard, a little unscrupulous.

It's so late, the county magistrate personally came to your district to inspect the flood control work. You are all sleeping heavily, no wonder Wu Hui is very unhappy.

"Who? Knock what knock? And let people not sleep......"

After a while, a middle-aged man's grunt of dissatisfaction sounded, and he came to the door, not in a hurry to open the door. Instead, they were very vigilant in asking "who was coming".

"Comrade, we are county cadres, and we have come to your district to inspect the flood control work, please open the door."

Lei Ming took the initiative to take over the conversation, and his tone was softer.

Secretaries should be like this, and every secretary can't be as virtuous as Secretary Fan.

"Cadres in the county? It's so late, what work are you here to check? ”

The middle-aged man at the guest house apparently didn't believe it much. "Snort" and said.

Wu Hui said impatiently: "County Magistrate Fan has personally come to inspect the flood control work, hurry up and open the door." ”

"County Magistrate Fan?"

The middle-aged man was taken aback, for a moment. The door opened a crack, revealing half of his face, and he looked out warily.

"Which one is County Magistrate Fan?"

"This comrade, I am Fan Hongyu."

Fan Hongyu said very kindly.

The middle-aged man looked at Fan Hongyu carefully. Suddenly, he exclaimed: "Oh, it's really County Magistrate Fan......"

Fan Hongyu once went to Heping District to inspect his work. The middle-aged man was the person in charge of the guest house, so he was naturally not qualified to squeeze to the side of the county magistrate Fan, and together with a group of people, he watched the magistrate of a county from a distance. Fan Hongyu's youth at that time shocked everyone, and everyone remembered it deeply.

"County Magistrate Fan, hurry, please come in ......" The middle-aged man said in a loud voice, and hurriedly opened the door of the guest house: "Oh, it's raining so hard, why did County Magistrate Fan come here so late to inspect the work?" ”

"It's because of the heavy rain that County Magistrate Fan is not at ease, so he came overnight to see how the flood control work in your district is doing."

Wu Hui replied in place of Fan Hongyu.

has been a full-time driver for Fan Hongyu for more than a month, and Wu Hui has gradually become close to Fan Hongyu. They were already the same age, and it was impossible for Wu Hui to know that Fan Hongyu was a "pseudo-youth", so he naturally had a feeling of closeness to Fan Hongyu. Other county leaders, in Wu Hui's eyes, are all elders who are old and respectful, Wu Hui respects and fears them, how can they be close?

Since he was fortunate enough to drive for the county magistrate, Wu Hui had to maintain the prestige of the county magistrate anytime and anywhere, and establish a positive image of the county magistrate among the people.

"Oh, County Magistrate Fan is really ...... We haven't seen such a good county magistrate before......"

The middle-aged man was surging with remarks and asked the county magistrate to come into the house to rest.

"Director, we want to borrow a phone to use."

Lei Ming said politely, and casually gave the middle-aged man the official position of director.

"Ah, okay, okay, the phone is here, this leader please."

Although the middle-aged man did not know Lei Ming's actual position, he came to inspect the work with the county magistrate, and it was expected that he must also be a leader. Today, these three are young one by one.

The world is really different now.

Lei Ming used the phone of the guest house to paged Huo Hualong, secretary of the district party committee.

The director of the guest house hurriedly served hot tea to the county magistrate, rubbed his hands, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, County Magistrate Fan, there is nothing to entertain in the countryside, you can have a cup of hot tea first...... Ah, by the way, County Magistrate Fan, how many are hungry, right? I'll cook you some noodles, but there's nothing to cook......"

Running around all day long, physical exertion is extremely great, Fan Hongyu already has a lot of food, it was almost midnight, and he really felt a little hungry, so he smiled and nodded, and said: "Then it's hard work, it's very good to have Yangchun noodles to eat, as long as you can fill your stomach." ”

"Hey, okay, okay, then, please sit here for a while, I'll cook noodles......"

The director hurriedly cooked noodles, Fan Hongyu and Wu Hui each lit a cigarette, Lei Ming did not smoke, and accompanied him. Quiet in the guest house. Only the sound of wind and rain outside the door was deafening.

After waiting for a few minutes, Ho Hualong never called back. Without waiting for Fan Hongyu's instructions, Lei Ming went over and paged again.

Fan Hongyu's eyebrows frowned slightly.

This leader on duty couldn't find anyone, and he didn't reply to the pager, but it was also weird, I don't know where he was on duty.

It took a few minutes for the fourth pager to pass, and the phone finally rang.

"Hello ......"

Lei Ming picked up the microphone. As soon as he opened his mouth to say hello, Ho Hualong's impatient voice came from there.

"Who? In the middle of the night, what's the matter? It's noisy! ”

If it weren't for the extraordinary times, it would indeed be very unkind for Lei Ming to disturb Secretary Huo's sweet dreams in the middle of the night.

Lei Ming is not angry either. smiled and said, "Secretary Huo, hello, I'm Lei Ming, County Magistrate Fan wants to find you for something." ”

"Secretary Lei? Oops, hello hello, I'm sorry, Secretary Lei. I didn't know you were looking for me, I had a bad attitude just now, I'm really embarrassed, Secretary Lei, don't be surprised......"

Howarone was taken aback. I was awakened with sleep, and I was busy "apologizing", and my tone became very cordial.

"Secretary Huo, you're welcome...... County Magistrate Fan is looking for you! ”

Lei Ming reminded Huo Hualong again.

"Ahh County Magistrate Fan looking for me? ”

"Please wait, Secretary Huo."

Lei Ming immediately handed the microphone to Fan Hongyu, who strode over.

"Hello, Secretary Huo."

Fan Hongyu said indifferently. There was a hint of majesty in his tone.

"Hello, County Magistrate Fan! What are the instructions of the county magistrate? ”

Huo Hualong was even more respectful.

"Secretary Huo, may I ask who is the leader on duty in your district tonight? It seems that according to the duty schedule you reported, you should be on duty tonight, right? ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's me...... The county magistrate has a really good memory......"

"Hehe, Secretary Huo, where are you now? In the office or on the embankment? ”

"In the big ...... In the office office ......"

Obviously, Huo Hualong originally wanted to tell Fan Hongyu that he was on the embankment, but considering that he was on the phone, he changed his words to say that he was in the office.

"In the office? Well, Secretary Huo, which office are you in, now the entire Heping District Office is dark, and there is not a single window with lights on. Secretary Huo, turn on the lights in your office, and I'll go over to discuss some work with you. ”

Fan Hongyu said, his tone was very calm.

Listening to Huo Hualong's ears, it was like rumbling thunder, and he was dizzy.

"This ...... This, County Magistrate Fan, you are now in ......"

"I'm just outside your district office. Secretary Huo, if you are in the office, please turn on the light, I'll go over. It should be convenient, right? ”

County Magistrate Fan also added such a sentence very considerately.

The cold sweat on Huo Hualong's forehead suddenly poured down. Unexpectedly, Fan Hongyu actually rushed to the Heping District in the middle of the night, at this moment, his Secretary Huo was not in the district at all, but how could he remotely control the lights in his office dozens of miles away?

"This, this, County Magistrate Fan, I'm not in the office, I, I'm ......"

Howarone was completely out of order, and I didn't make a name for myself for a long time.

Fan Hongyu said indifferently: "Secretary Huo is not in the office, where is that?" ”

"I, I'm here in Nanzhu Township......"

Nanzhu Township is the most remote township in Heping District, not along the lake, from the location of the Heping District Office, there are more than 20 miles, are machine farming roads, sand and gravel roads, usually the weather is good, the car is almost an hour away, not to mention the heavy rain now, and it is night.

Fan Hongyu said: "Okay, then I'll go to Nanzhu Township now." Secretary Huo should be in the township government, right? ”

“……”

Howaron was completely speechless.

Fan Hongyu is going to deal with him to the end. knew that he was a pretext, but he had to be more serious.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, County Magistrate Fan, I, I'll review it for you...... I'm not in Nanzhu Township, I'm in the county...... I'm going to rush back, I'm going to go back right away......"

Howaron was a little incoherent.