Qiao Liang felt at this time that as the old minister of the Propaganda Department, Tang Shusen had been keeping a close eye on the propaganda system and Xu Honggang, and did not miss any opportunity that could be used.

And Tang Shusen's ability to seize this opportunity in such a timely manner seems to have something to do with the fact that there are people within the Propaganda Department.

This person is naturally Chu Heng.

With Chu Heng serving as the executive deputy minister of the Propaganda Department, Tang Shusen can easily know Xu Honggang's every move.

Thinking like this, Qiao Liang suddenly felt terrible.

When it was almost 10 o'clock, Xu Honggang, Ye Xinyi, and Liu Yiping came back, Xu Honggang was drunk, Xiao Zheng put him up, and fell asleep on the bed as soon as he entered the room.

Ye Xinyi and Liu Yiping also drank a lot, their faces were red and slightly drunk.

"It's going well, isn't it?" Qiao Liang asked.

Ye Xinyi nodded, Liu Yiping's face was full of joy: "It's done, you can see the newspaper within a week, Minister Xu is out tonight, and the two directors are drinking fiercely, Minister Ye and I also drank a lot, and then Minister Ye and I accompanied the deputy editor-in-chief to go shopping in Lufthansa......"

Qiao Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not too early, let's rest early, we still have something to do tomorrow." Ye Xinyi said.

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Then Ye Xinyi and Liu Yiping went back to the room, Qiao Liang looked at Xu Honggang who was lying on the bed drunk, and saw him drink like this for the first time.

Qiao Liang asked Xiao Zheng to go back to the room to rest, sat on the sofa in the living room, listened to Xu Honggang's thunderous snoring in the room, touched the cigarette from the coffee table, lit it, and smoked it slowly.

While smoking, Qiao Liang looked at the mobile phone on the coffee table.

Qiao Liang had an intuition at this time, Chu Heng would call him tonight.

Qiao Liang pondered whether to call Chu Heng first, or wait for Chu Heng to call.

If he hits first, it will be equivalent to telling Chu Heng that Yuan Lizhi has already ventilated this side first.

If he waited for Chu Heng to call, he would definitely test himself, and if there was a flaw in his answer, it would arouse his suspicions.

It seems that there are pros and cons to both.

Just thinking about it, the mobile phone rang, and it was Chu Heng's number.

Qiao Liang waited for the bell to ring a few times before answering the phone, with a hazy sleepiness: "Who?" ”

"Little Joe, it's me, sleeping?" Chu Heng's deep voice came from the phone.

"Oh, Brother Chu, I just fell asleep, is there something wrong with you calling so late?"

"Hehe, it's not a big deal, I want to ask you if it's going well over there."

"It's going well, Minister Xu and Minister Ye just came back after drinking, Minister Xu drank too much and slept over, I just lay down for a while."

"Oh, I have something I want to report to Minister Xu, so I will call you when I turn off his mobile phone. Since Minister Xu is asleep, then I will look for him tomorrow. ”

"Okay, Brother Chu."

Chu Heng paused for a moment: "You didn't follow Minister Xu to drink tonight?" ”

"Nope."

"Did you get a call from anyone tonight?"

"Got it."

"Who's?"

"One of my college buddies, we talked for more than 1 hour."

"Nothing else?"

"No, Brother Chu asked what ...... this is"

"Hehe, it's nothing, just ask, it's not early, go to sleep." Chu Heng hung up the phone.

Qiao Liang put down his mobile phone and continued to smoke, recalling the content and tone of Chu Heng's call to him just now, obviously, he wanted to find out something from himself, but his answer should not make him find any flaws.

Of course, Qiao Liang could guess what Chu Heng was going to say when he called Xu Honggang, and if he dragged him any longer, he would inevitably be passive, and Xu Honggang's mobile phone was turned off, which just gave him an excuse.

Qiao Liang was almost certain at this time that Chu Heng should have known about Tang Shusen's inspection of the radio and television system and the organization department's inspection of other units of the propaganda system, even before Xu Honggang left Jiangzhou.

Thinking of his suspicion of the relationship between Chu Heng and Zhang Mei, thinking of his unwittingly guardedness and alienation from Chu Heng, and thinking of the relationship between Chu Heng and Tang Shusen, Qiao Liang felt that between Chu Heng and Xu Honggang, it seemed that he should have a clear side.

But he hesitated, feeling that it was a little too early now, after all, the relationship between Chu Heng and himself was not a day or two, and the personal contacts between the two families were also very close, what if the adulterer was not Chu Heng?

was struggling, and the snoring in the room suddenly stopped, and then there was the sound of turning over.

Qiao Liang hurriedly stood up and went in, Xu Hong had just woken up, and was sitting on the bed in a daze.

"Minister Xu, you're awake." Qiao Liang handed a cup of boiling water at the bedside to Xu Honggang.

Xu Honggang took it and drank it all in one gulp, and then exhaled: "Damn, I drank too much tonight." ”

"You have to pay attention to your body, you can't fight like this when you drink."

"There's no way, people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes." Xu Honggang shook his head helplessly, and then got out of bed, "I'll take a shower." ”

Qiao Liang returned to the living room, and after a while, Xu Honggang came out in his pajamas after taking a shower, sat down on the sofa, touched a cigarette, and Qiao Liang lit it for him.

Xu Honggang took two deep puffs of cigarette and looked at Qiao Liang: "Why haven't you slept yet?" ”

"You've drunk too much, I'm worried that you'll have something to do in the middle of the night, so I'm just here watching."

Xu Honggang was a little moved and relieved: "I'm fine, you go back and rest." ”

Qiao Liang sat there and didn't move.

"Anything else?" Xu Honggang looked at Qiao Liang.

"Yes, there is something ......" Qiao Liang then told Xu Honggang what Yuan Lizhi said on the phone, and then said, "Minister Chu also called me just now, saying that your phone will be turned off." ”

After Xu Honggang listened, he exhaled softly, pondered while smoking, and after a while, he took his mobile phone and turned it on.

There are two call reminders, one is Yuan Lizhi's call at 8 o'clock, and the other is Chu Heng's just now.

"Little Joe, what do you think about this?" Xu Honggang looked at Qiao Liang with deep eyes.

"I ......" Qiao Liang hesitated.

"Be bold and tell the truth." Xu Honggang encouraged.

Qiao Liang let go: "I think, from the perspective that Minister Tang is your predecessor, he seems to have three meanings in doing this. ”

"What are the three meanings?" Xu Honggang said with interest.

"First, Minister Tang, in his capacity as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the veteran minister of the Propaganda Department, beat you in the name of work, or sent you a subtle demonstration, so that you can understand his qualifications and identity, and let you recognize his influence and influence in the propaganda system and even Jiangzhou officialdom."

Xu Honggang nodded: "What about the second?" ”

"Second, Minister Tang's move is intended to appease his old subordinates who have been cultivated in the propaganda system for many years, and give them a reassurance, letting them know that the foundation of this big tree is still very solid and the power is still very great."

"Well, go on."

"Third, Minister Tang wants to warn you about the newly promoted and reused people, so that they can recognize the situation, don't stand on the wrong side, and don't think that they can't be controlled if they leave the Propaganda Department.

Xu Honggang nodded, with an appreciative gaze: "Xiao Qiao, your analysis is quite brainy. ”

"Thank you, Minister Xu, for the compliment."

"So, what do you think of Minister Chu calling me just now?" Xu Honggang stared at Qiao Liang.