"Brother Yang doesn't have to be so frustrated, there may be a turning point in this matter." These are the words of County Magistrate Zhou to comfort Mayor Yang.

Originally, Yang Naiwen thought that the county magistrate had come to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, after all, Hu Qingshan was led by him to arrest him. How do you know that the county magistrate Zhou not only didn't blame him, but came up to comfort him, Yang Naiwen couldn't leave as soon as he was active. Ten years of hard study, once an official, although this mayor is just a small official with a sesame seed, but this serious is also an official! But there is a silver lining, who wants to leave everything behind and start all over again?

County Magistrate Zhou's method was to go to the door with Mayor Yang on the one hand and ask for people from the 500 Army, and on the other hand, to send people to ride fast horses to find the New Fifth Army and report to Commander Sun! Commander Sun's cousin and nephew were taken away, and the face of the two county magistrates and town mayors was definitely not enough, so they had to let Sun Dianying come forward to negotiate with the 500 army! The county magistrate and the town mayor came today to explore Gao Quan's tone, to see if there is room for turnaround, at least to convey a message to the 500th Army, the local government is very concerned about the Hu Changqing incident!

As for why Mayor Yang and County Magistrate Zhou care so much about this Hu Changqing, the first is of course because this Young Master Hu has a big man like Sun Dianying as a relative; The second reason can also be guessed by everyone, it is nothing more than a transaction of money and power, one side has money, the other side has power, and the two sides come and go, and there is naturally an entanglement of interests.

Hu Changqing is good at this, Yang Naiwen and Zhou Qiulin are not considered bribes, anyway, they accepted some benefits from Hu Changqing, and then when Hu Changqing did too much in some places, these two helped him cover up.

In fact, it didn't start with these two people, the former county magistrate and town mayor also had a lot of benefits from Hu Changqing, and these two officials inherited the career of their predecessors and continued to do it. Otherwise, with Sun Dianying, a military commander who has just arrived and has no foundation at all, and is not the commander of the local garrison, why did these two give him so much force?

Since these two magistrates were going to visit the house, they also had to make some preparations, and sent someone to inquire about the names and numbers of the five hundred army commanders, their original hobbies, how many women they usually liked, and so on. Early in the morning of the third day, the two local parent officials rushed to the 500 military headquarters on the outskirts of Xiushui County with a few entourages and gifts, and came to visit Commander Gao.

As soon as they met, Commander Gao was kind and politely gave the two of them tea, and then the three of them had an in-depth conversation on the current situation of the Anti-Japanese War, local economic development, and the governance of social security.

"Commander Gao, I heard that your department arrested Hu Changqing, a resident of the town, in Sandu Town the day before yesterday to the barracks?" I did hear that County Magistrate Zhou was not present at that time, only Mayor Yang participated in the whole process, and County Magistrate Zhou was not wrong at all when he heard it.

"Well, if a local resident commits a crime, according to the regulations, it will be tried and convicted by our local government. Of course, the officers and men of your army acted in a timely manner to stop the crime and rescue the victims, all of which should be commended, and I would like to express my gratitude to Commander Gao on behalf of the 50,000 residents of Xiushui County! As he spoke, the county magistrate Zhou Qiulin stood up and gave Gao Quan a deep squeeze of his fists, looking like a model county magistrate who was really willing to serve the people.

"Today, Zhou and Mayor Yang made a special trip to thank the 500 soldiers for their help and bravery. After speaking, he held a gift list in both hands. The gifts were placed outside the door of the living room of the military headquarters, and the number of gifts listed on this gift list was to ask Commander Gao to pass the purpose first. In the past, there was this emphasis on giving people big gifts, and County Magistrate Zhou came according to the rules.

"Hehe, County Magistrate Zhou and Mayor Yang are polite." Gao Quan stretched out his hand to take the gift list and unfolded it, there were cotton cloth, rice, Jinhua ham, in addition to these labor materials, there were two silk cloths, a few rouge gouache, obviously these things are for women, it seems that these two are even Director Hong, Doctor Huiqin, and Tang Reporter are counted.

Gao Quan, this person, has always been a refusal to come to property. Since people have made so much effort to inquire about Commander Gao's situation, it seems a bit unsympathetic to refuse, and Gao Quan is disrespectful.

"Hehe, hehe. The two of them are so gracious, Gao is really a little embarrassed. However, since the two parents are comforting the soldiers of our army's Anti-Japanese War, the commander of this army can only collect it on his behalf. The two of you can rest assured that in the future, on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, the officers and men of our 500 army will definitely charge forward, kill more devils, and serve the country and the people! Never disappoint the expectations of my fathers and fellow villagers! With a single word, Gao Quan planned the two magistrates in many ways, and the gift that he had finally raised became a labor material in a blink of an eye.

"Don't leave at noon today! I asked the kitchen to add vegetables, and I invited the two parents to have a military banquet in my army! Gao Quan waved his hand, leaving the two magistrates for lunch, "Orderly, inform the kitchen that there are two distinguished guests who will stay for dinner at noon today, and ask the secretary to add two more, no, four more dishes!" ”

"General Gao is polite, so polite!" County Magistrate Zhou Qiulin rubbed his hands with a smile on his face, "Since it's difficult to be gracious, then the two of us will bother." "Today was originally a request for someone, of course people can't refuse to invite them to dinner, and County Magistrate Zhou politely said a few words and pushed the boat down.

For gifts to women, naturally there are orderly soldiers to send them to Director Hong, but this kind of banquet for magistrates, Director Hong is not suitable for them to participate. Also attending the banquet were army commander Gao Quan, party secretary Wu Guangxing, guard battalion commander Hu Biao, and engineer regiment commander Cao Bao. Cao Bao came to the military department to receive supplies, and Gao Quan also brought him to the banquet by the way.

Originally, Wu Guangxing didn't have to attend this kind of banquet, and the banquet invited a county magistrate and a town magistrate, and the presence of a military commander of the 500 Army was already very face-saving for these two, and the secretary attended again, it would seem that the 500 Army paid too much attention to it, and it was a bit suspected of surrendering his identity. However, because these two came for Hu Changqing's matter, Gao Quan deliberately pulled Secretary Wu up, who asked this person who volunteered to be the chief judge of Hu Changqing's case? The secretary general is obliged to participate in any incident related to the Hu Changqing case.

Not bad, the banquet is not too shabby, the secretary gave six dishes, salted duck, braised pork, dry fried crucian carp, stewed pork ribs with winter melon, cold lotus root, fried bamboo shoots. During the Anti-Japanese War, this was a very good table. Although there are not many dishes, the amount is sufficient, and with a large pot full of white rice, it can completely fill six people.

During the banquet, the army commander Gao Quanquan raised his glass frequently, and everyone drank a kind of local home-brewed rice wine, which was quite low, almost the same as the sugar water. Because it was in the army, the commanders with a high amount of alcohol were strictly controlled, and only two small glasses were prepared for each person, which was about equivalent to nearly one tael.

"General Gao, about Hu Changqing, do you see if we are ......" Finally waiting for Commander Gao to put down his wine glass, County Magistrate Zhou hurriedly seized the opportunity to ask him about the big thing.