Xiang Tianliang and Luo Zhengxin did not eat and drink enough in the restaurant, but packed a few dishes, carried two bottles of liquor, opened a room in the guest house of the Nanhe County Party Committee, and hid in it and did not come out.

Luo Zhengxin was puzzled, because he saw that in addition to the four bottles of liquor, there were four more empty bottles in Xiang Tianliang's hand, "Old Luo, what are you doing?" Come and drink, keep drinking. ”

Xiang Tianliang leaned on the head of the bed, opened a bottle of liquor, took the bottle, and drank it with a grunt.

"Hey, what's your trick?" Luo Zhengxin asked.

"You're in a hurry." Xiang Tianliang took a few more sips.

Luo Zhengxin sat on the sofa, shook his head and said, "If you hide and drink like this, it's better to slap your ass and leave, don't forget, this is not our territory." ”

Xiang Tianliang laughed while drinking, "Don't be afraid, when I finish drinking this bottle, my trick will come out." ”

"You, just wait for the leaders to catch turtles in an urn."

"Lao Luo, you are an honest person, you are not good at playing this kind of thing, I am now looking for an excuse for myself, an excuse not to participate in the joint meeting of the three counties and districts, an excuse not to sign the economic cooperation and development agreement of the three counties and districts."

Luo Zhengxin shook his head again, "God and God, who knows what kind of ghost you are playing." ”

Xiang Tianliang said with a smile: "This person, do things always in the right name, to have an explanation to explain, to find an excuse to explain, as if there is a reason for everything to be settled, sometimes, people are obsessed with reasons, even to the extent of covering their ears and stealing the bell, to put it bluntly, is to find an excuse, the municipal party committee and municipal government want to find an excuse, we also have to find an excuse." ”

Luo Zhengxin nodded and said: "Well, the so-called excuse is actually unreasonable, so when you make an excuse, you have to keep your face up, and look like you are justified and strong. ”

Human beings are rational animals, no matter how big or small, they have to give a name, a name, an explanation, even if they are a scoundrel, they don't want people to say that they are making trouble unreasonably, they will always have their own "crooked reasoning", the emperor kills his subordinates, except for dissidents, he also has to give an explanation to the minister of civil and military affairs, although it is "a crime that you want to add, there is no excuse".

Excuses are needed everywhere, but it's good to just make up jishu.

Xiang Tianliang drank two more sips of liquor, wiped his mouth and said: "My university teacher, I have been in India for a year and a half, and he told me a very interesting story, about an Indian who was caught red-handed for stealing, but unexpectedly, the thief did not flinch at all, but said confidently, if I take something and run away, it is considered stealing, but now I just got something, and I will return it to you. ”

"Haha, this thief has a level." Luo Zhengxin said with a smile.

Xiang Tianliang continued: "Also, coincidentally, when a foreigner traveled to India for the first time, he had a dispute with someone, he was eating in a restaurant, he left his seat several times, and once, when he came back, he happened to see a man, took out his wallet from the pocket of his jacket hanging on the back of the chair, and wanted to withdraw the money inside, when the foreigner made an accusation, the man actually said that he was cleaning the leather bag for him, and until Zuihou, he did not admit that he had stolen. ”

Luo Zhengxin sighed: "It seems that the thieves in India are all masters of finding excuses, in our opinion, of course, this thief should be poor in words, and he will not think that he has anything to quibble, but he can be reasonable, and can say a certain logic, but it is indeed not simple, from here, at least you can see the composure and wit that the other party has in a sinister environment, in addition, once a person admits his mistake, he is likely to be unable to turn over, and is led by the nose of the other party, so, the thief always does not admit it, of course, I'm not encouraging people to adopt an attitude of refusing to admit mistakes or learning to turn black and white upside down, but I think that some people speak in a reasonable tone when they meet someone for the first time, and this kind of unnecessary humility will make themselves untenable and unbeneficial. ”

Xiang Tianliang drank all the liquor in the bottle in one go, one leg was raised high, he lit a cigarette and smoked it again, "Lao Luo, this is an excuse, and it is also a university to ask that, if you don't have long eyes, don't know the world, and make excuses indiscriminately, maybe you will cause big trouble, and even lose your life in serious cases." ”

Luo Zhengxin shook his head and smiled: "Are you alarmist, will you die if you make the wrong excuse?" I don't believe it. ”

Xiang Tianliang said: "Don't believe it? I'll give you an example, when I said the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others took care of each other, and Zhuge Liang was also a fish and water, compared with Cao **, Liu Bei can indeed be called loyal, but Liu Bei They are not without guilt, when they captured Sichuan, Liu Bei had met with Liu Zhang in Fu County, Liu Zhang's subordinates were engaged in Zhang Yu here, Zhang Yu had a lot of beards on his face, Liu Bei joked with him, I used to be in my hometown Zhuo County, there were a lot of people with the surname Mao in that place, and the county was full of people with the surname Mao in the east and west, north and south, the county order said, Why do all the hairs live around Zhuo? Zhang Yu replied that in the past, someone was the magistrate of Luxian County, Shangdang County, and moved to Zhuoxian County, and he returned home on the occasion of the transfer, and at this time someone wrote to him, and the cover did not know how to sign it...... In the above dialogue, Changyu is borrowing the homonym of Lu for Lu, satirizing Liu Bei's face and beard, later, Changyu surrendered to Liu Bei, he is proficient in astronomy and divination, and once advised Liu Bei not to take Hanzhong, saying that taking Hanzhong is not good for the army, Liu Bei did not listen, and sent troops to capture Hanzhong, proving that Zhang Yu's prediction was not accurate, and then, Zhang Yu privately leaked the heavenly opportunity to others, saying that in the first year of Emperor Wen of Wei, Liu Bei would get Yizhou, and nine years later he would lose Yizhou, Liu Bei did not forget that he was humiliated back then, and took the opportunity to kill Zhang Yu, Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Yu what crime he committed, Liu Bei said that Fang Lan was born as a door, and had to hoe away, the statement he was looking for was actually not clever, and it was really not as good as Changyu in terms of excuse fabrication, but Liu Bei was the master, with great power, and finally had the upper hand. ”

Luo Zhengxin felt the same way, and said with a smile: "This person, most of them are like this, they pay attention to the right name in doing things, you give him a name, he is very willing to do something to deceive himself, cover his ears and steal the bell, especially when things are beneficial to himself, in fact, just like this drinking, alcoholics never take the initiative to ask for drinking, but 'you are the only one, I will drink with you', or 'I will accompany you to the end',' Sacrificing one's life to accompany the gentleman' such excuses to achieve one's wishes, on the surface neither positive nor simply, this seems to be the unique psychology of our people, that is, when doing things, always want to have a reason to shirk responsibility, even if he knows that this is his own responsibility, he will blindly shirk, using people's psychology, first prepare excuses for the other party, the other party will not refuse, for example, when giving gifts to others, first to say, 'You take too good care of me, I don't know how to be grateful, this is my little meaning, Please accept it', because of the excuse, the other person will feel less guilty and will gladly accept the gift. ”

"Huh...... Therefore, this time, the municipal party committee and municipal government have joined forces with Nanhe County, Beicheng District, to take our economic development zone as their own, and they must have already found a lot of excuses. ”

Luo Zhengxin asked with a smile: "So, you also want to find a reason?" ”

Xiang Tianliang smiled evilly, "Yes, I also have to find an excuse to learn from the leader." ”

"Tell me, what excuse are you trying to make?"

Xiang Tianliang smiled slightly, "To put it simply, it's to find a shield and a scapegoat." ”

"Shields? Looking for a scapegoat? I do not quite understand. ”

Xiang Tianliang said: "Lao Luo, I don't know if you have found such a situation, some people in front of the flattered person, if you say this in the first person, there will be a taste of flattery, which will make it easy for people to observe their purpose, but some people are not like this, they will borrow other people's mouths to speak, which is more ingenious, more effective, easier to accept, especially masterful, once rejected, it is the third party's face is not big enough, and it has nothing to do with me, this third party, invisibly becomes a shield, sometimes, For example, when refuting the other party, you can also say in the tone of a third party, ordinary people, whether they have the grace to accept criticism or refutation, mainly depends on the way of refutation or denial, the person who denies or opposes his opinion is standing in front of him, which is unbearable for ordinary people, on the other hand, even if it is a very strong objection, as long as it is expressed in the tone of the public or a third party who is not present, Most of them will not cause direct disgust, in daily life, many people will make excuses, and both sides will tacitly be happy to be shields and scapegoats.

Luo Zhengxin looked at Xiang Tianliang, "Now, I seem to understand a little...... Your excuse is that you're drunk. ”

"And that's not all." Xiang Tianliang said proudly, "Moreover, I will also get sick from alcohol and be admitted to the hospital." ”

"This ...... This...... Dawn, you're a bitter ploy, aren't you? ”

Xiang Tianliang smiled and said, "Sort of, not only that, but I will also pretend to be very sick." ”

"So, what about your shield and scapegoat?" Luo Zhengxin asked.

Xiang Tianliang looked at Luo Zhengxin and smiled evilly, "You, you can't come for nothing, right?" ”

"Me? You, don't hurt me. Luo Zhengxin said hurriedly.

"You act as my shield, and as for how to do it, you know."

Luo Zhengxin breathed a sigh of relief, "But, who is the scapegoat?" ”

Xiang Tianliang pointed to the empty wine bottle on the table, "It's, fake wine, it's it that hurt me." ”

"Oh...... I knew what I had to do. ”

At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

Xiang Tianliang winked at Luo Zhengxin and smiled.

Suddenly, his eyes closed, his whole body convulsed, and he shook a few times and fell to the bed......