When Zhu Huaijing woke up, it was already half past three in the afternoon. He hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out, as if he were afraid that he would miss a great good deed. While going downstairs, I called the driver to drive him over and take him to the emergency center. He waited downstairs for a while, and the car arrived. Sitting in the car, my stomach ached in the air, so I got out of the car and bought two buns on the side of the road. I didn't sleep well, I was hungry, I was hungry, but I couldn't eat. I had to eat it slowly.

rushed to the emergency room, just as Aunt Wang and Fang Mingyuan came out of it. When Aunt Wang saw Zhu Huaijing, tears rolled out, and she took his hand and cried. Zhu Huaijing's heart tightened, and he thought it was broken! But I heard Aunt Wang whimper: "Huaijing, thank you!" If it's not you this time, Lao Pi will die! ”

Zhu Huaijing breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Aunt Wang, this is Mayor Pi's own life, don't worry." ”

Fang Mingyuan hugged Aunt Wang and said, "Aunt Wang, you better go and take a rest, you haven't slept all night!" Huaijing, you sit here first, and I'll send Aunt Wang to rest. "Seeing Fang Mingyuan like this, he has already recovered his state, as if he has the meaning of half a master.

Aunt Wang said, "I can't sleep for a while. Come here, I want to talk to you. ”

Entering the lounge, Aunt Wang asked, "Huaijing, it's so late, why do you want to go to Lao Pi's office to have a look?" ”

Zhu Huaijing said: "Coincidentally, I don't usually have insomnia, but I couldn't sleep last night. I thought about going down and walking, and when I was tired of walking, I would go back to sleep. I walked downstairs and saw the lights on in Mayor Pi's office. I think it's so late, Mayor Pi is still working overtime, and he doesn't know how to pay attention to his body. I hadn't seen the mayor in a few days, and I wanted to go up and see him. When there is a knock on the door, no one answers. I'm also worried that Mayor Pi is discussing important work with a leader, and it won't be convenient to open the door. I wanted to go downstairs. If that were the case, I would have gone downstairs. But weird, I couldn't help but push the door in. You see, that's how it happened. Speaking of which, it is Mayor Pi's life. ”

Aunt Wang folded her hands and recited Amitabha Buddha a few times, saying, "It's the Bodhisattva's blessing!" It's the Bodhisattva who won't let you sleep, let you save my old skin! Pije's grandmother believed in Buddhism, and when her old man heard about it, she only said that it was a bodhisattva's blessing. If it is not blessed by the Bodhisattva, how can there be such a coincidence? What are you? ”

"I'm a cow, and I'm forty-one years old." Zhu Huaijing said.

Aunt Wang's eyes lit up, she stroked her palms and smiled, and said, "This is even more coincidental!" When Grandma Pije heard that his son was doing this, she invited a fortune teller to her home to do the math. She is the old man who believes in this set the most. You young people do not believe now, but you will believe in the future. I didn't believe it when I was younger, but then I did. You don't believe in this thing. Guess what the fortune teller said? He said that my old skin will be killed when he is with a person who belongs to the ox, and it will be auspicious. ”

Zhu Huaijing noticed that Fang Mingyuan was a little uncomfortable, so he repeatedly said: "Where, Aunt Wang, it's Mayor Pi's own fate." ”

Mayor Pi stayed in the emergency center for about 20 days, and his condition improved greatly, so he was transferred to the Municipal People's Hospital. When a leader is sick and hospitalized, it is an opportunity for some people. Every day, many people go to the hospital to visit Mayor Pi. The hospital felt that this was not conducive to Mayor Pi's physical recovery, so it reported to Vice Mayor Cheng. Vice Mayor Cheng discussed with Secretary-General Liu and decided to send comrades from the General Office to be on duty around the clock to prevent anyone from disturbing Mayor Pi. After much consideration, it was decided to arrange for armed police soldiers to carry out this task. Because all the people who came to visit Mayor Pi were almost all department and bureau leaders, business owners, and celebrities from all walks of life, and most of the cadres of these people's offices knew each other, and they couldn't save face. The armed police soldiers on duty are different, they go there majestically, and according to what you say, they have only one sentence: "I'm sorry, we didn't receive an order." "As the old saying goes, when Xiucai meets a soldier, it is unreasonable. Those decent people who thought about having a belly of beautiful words to say before Mayor Pi's sickbed had to return full of regret.

Fang Mingyuan, guard Staff Officer Wu and driver Lao Liu were naturally in the hospital every day. Zhu Huaijing also stayed in the hospital after work. Despite the armed police on duty, the people who came to visit the hospital continued to be blocked by the armed police soldiers every day. Those people were disappointed. Sometimes, these visitors, who were blocked out of the door, ran into Aunt Wang, Pi Jie, or Zhu Huaijing, and although they still couldn't get in, they would pull them and say a lot of things like Mayor Pi was working too hard. It is normal for people to say these things, but every day when they hear the exaggerated expressions and words of the visitors say, everyone will lose their appetite.

The exception is Chen Yan and the wife of the barber Xiao Zhang, who can go to the mayor's hospital bed at any time to ask for warmth. Chen Yan came at night, let Zhu Huaijing or Fang Mingyuan accompany him, sat in front of Mayor Pi's sickbed for a while, and left after talking. Master Zhang's wife is a woman that Zhu Huaijing only recently learned. It turned out that Mayor Pi was very satisfied with Master Zhang's haircutting skills, and he had been giving him a haircut for four or five years. Master Zhang is flexible and sometimes walks to Mayor Pi's house. Mayor Pi remembered that he was an ordinary person, and he was also very polite to him. A barber has nothing to ask for from the dignified mayor, but he feels that he has a lot of face in front of such a big leader, just like he has received a great favor and is very grateful. Master Zhang built a reputation for Mayor Pi, and his initial purpose was probably just to satisfy his own psychology, but unexpectedly, his business gradually became popular. People are most inexplicable about officials, big money, celebrities, and so on, and although they are often indignantly spoken of, they are still very interested in anything that is somehow connected with them. One more person knows that Master Zhang specializes in giving haircuts to Mayor Pi, and he may have one more customer. Now that Mayor Pi is in the hospital, Master Zhang first came to visit with his wife, and then asked his wife to send a bouquet of flowers every morning. This seems to have gone too far, and outsiders are a little embarrassed to look at it, but Master Zhang's wife is rain or shine, holding flowers on time and on time, and appearing in front of Mayor Pi's sickbed with a smile. Early one morning, Master Zhang's wife came again with flowers. Not long after Mayor Pi woke up, Zhu Huaijing and Fang Mingyuan greeted each other. Mayor Pi was very happy, and told Master Zhang's wife not to send flowers every day, it is difficult to break the bank, and it is difficult to trouble. The woman's tears rolled out and she said, "Mayor Pi has worked hard for the people and is sick, I can't do anything myself, but I can do my best to send a bouquet of flowers and wish the mayor a speedy recovery." Mayor Pi was also a little moved, and even said thank you. Fang Mingyuan hurriedly said: "Mayor Pi, you can't be excited. The woman burst into tears and laughed, and said, "Mayor Pi, don't dislike me and Xiao Zhang's intentions." Mayor Pi nodded and smiled. After the woman left, Mayor Pi was very emotional and said, "This is the feelings of ordinary people!" How simple! Zhu Huaijing originally wanted to persuade this woman not to send flowers every day, but when he heard Mayor Pi say this, he dispelled this idea. He didn't know if Mayor Pi was deliberately confused, or if he was mentally dull. As long as Zhu Huaijing saw this woman coming with flowers in her hand, he was covered with goosebumps.

Mayor Pi was hospitalized and was not allowed to be visited, and as soon as the news spread to the outside world, people thought that we were a good mayor. Everyone knows that some leaders can make more money by staying in the hospital than by doing a big deal. And it is a business without capital, and all it earns is pure profit. Although this may be only a small entry for them, it is also very covetous or resentful to some people.

Mayor Pi collapsed in the office late at night, and different people reacted differently when they heard this. Some people say that Mayor Pi is indeed a diligent and good leader, but some people say that he is not in good health, who is to blame? Many more people don't think about it at all. However, the response was limited to a small area. There is a huge Jingdu, and it is only a very small number of people who know that Mayor Pi is sick and hospitalized. People are weird, those leaders appear on TV every day, and people are annoyed when they watch it. But after a few days, I don't see them on the screen, and all kinds of suspicions will arise. Usually the first reaction is: Is he caught? It wouldn't be surprising to say who was arrested these days. Suspicions can hatch into rumors overnight. Rumors are extremely multiply, and all kinds of gossip mate in the air of day and night, and new species are born immediately.

It was Zhu Huaijing who first noticed the rumors about Mayor Pi. Yuqin called him and told him that someone outside said what happened to Mayor Pi, and the words were hard to hear. Zhu Huaijing reported the matter to Secretary-General Liu. Secretary-General Liu listened with a solemn face and reported the matter to Vice Mayor Cheng. When Vice Mayor Cheng heard this, he sighed and reported the matter to the secretary of the municipal party committee. The secretary of the municipal party committee listened to it and gave three instructions: first, please ask Vice Mayor Cheng to convene the leading group and expert group for Mayor Pi's treatment to study several more times, so that Mayor Pi can recover and be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible; the second is to instruct the hospital to take further active and effective medical measures; The third is to ask the media and public opinion units to do some appropriate work. This matter was implemented by Deputy Mayor Cheng one by one.

The General Office of the Municipal Party Committee, the General Office, the Propaganda Department, the Economic and Trade Commission, and the Commission for the Reform of the System have been busy with the staff of the television station for a day and a night, and have called up all the television materials on the inspection work of enterprises under the leadership of Mayor Pi in recent years, selected a number of them, edited them together, and accompanied them with commentaries, reflecting the thinking and decision-making process of the city leaders on enterprise reform. The next night, Jingdu TV launched the first episode of a large-scale series of special reports "Memorandum on Enterprise Reform" in prime time: "Reflections of Decision-makers". The citizens of Jingdu saw Mayor Pi's voice and smile on TV again, and only then did they know that Mayor Pi was not arrested.

In the next two months, when there was a convention in the city, Mayor Pi wrote a letter. Naturally, the letter was not written by the mayor himself, and the mayor was still lying on the hospital bed every day, and he could not get out of the hospital for a while. The treatment leading group holds a regular meeting every Monday, and Vice Mayor Cheng tries to take time to attend, but Secretary-General Liu is present every time. At first, the experts were not very interested in attending such a meeting, but the more they came into contact with Vice Mayor Cheng, they became familiar with the people and felt better. Of course, no matter how good it feels, it has no practical significance, but if you are familiar with the deputy mayor, maybe it will become practical one day.

The newspaper arrived, and there was a letter in it, which was sent by Zeng Slang. Zhu Huaijing pinched the envelope, it was thin, not like a newspaper sent. It's a little strange that Zeng Slang wouldn't have written to him. These days, it is a luxury to be able to receive letters from friends. When I opened the envelope and took a look, I realized that Zeng Yan had already left Jingdu.

Pocket Mirror:

Hello!

I beg your pardon for saying goodbye. I can't stay in Jingdu anymore, so it's better to go.

The specific reason why I left here is boring, so let's not talk about it. In this world, people like me will always be helpless with some methods that I find boring.

I've never been good at playing, and even when I was a kid, I would just stand by and watch the fun. It may have been fatalistic that I would only be able to watch other people play for the rest of my life. The whole world is playing, playing with power, playing with rivers and lakes, and playing politics...... Play! Play! Play! It's the player who succeeds! Play has become a very thin word, which is caused by the light and thin world.

It's not just thin!

I don't care about playing, and I seriously want to do something worthy of my conscience, but in the eyes of others, I have become an old naughty boy who doesn't understand the world. It's funny!

Let's go.

Do you remember the anxiety of a philosopher I said: If the best people are corrupted, then where to look for moral goodness? - Take this as my gift.

Regards!

Zeng slang

Zhu Huaijing read the text message twice, and couldn't figure out why Zeng Yan said to leave just away, and he didn't understand it beforehand. He thought that he was actually an outstanding person in Zeng Slang's eyes, which was really interesting. Zhu Huaijing shook his head and smiled bitterly, he really didn't know what was so good about him. Zhu Huaijing laughed at himself privately, and suddenly found that he seemed to be a little wrong today. Although he usually behaves modestly and cautiously, he is actually very conceited in his bones. But after reading Zeng Slang's letter, I felt that I was vulgar. Zhu Huaijing seemed to have discovered the weakness in his heart.

Long afterwards, Zhu Huaijing accidentally learned from a friend of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference that Zeng Yi was too sharp in the newspaper, which made the president very unhappy. The president said that Zeng Yi was pretentious and high-minded, and regarded himself as a social conscience, completely ignoring the difficulties of the newspaper's survival, and always causing trouble. It turned out that after the meeting, Lu Fu submitted an article, the content of which was exposed to Yuan Xiaoqi. Zeng Yi compiled the article and sent it to the president. When the president saw it, he was furious. Yuan Xiaoqi is a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, but the CPPCC's own newspaper wants to publish such an article, is this worth it? Zeng Yi quarreled with the president, saying what about the Standing Committee of the CPPCC? As long as he is a cow ghost and snake god, the king of heaven Lao Tzu will also expose his true face! Of course, the article can't be published. I don't know how many times Zeng Yan has quarreled with the president. Zeng Slang was very unwilling, and wrote a opinion article by himself, which was published in a very bold newspaper in the south. Although the article is cloudy and foggy, insiders can know at a glance that it is writing against Yuan Xiaoqi. Yuan Xiaoqi pretended to be deaf and dumb, but he made Chairman Zhang of the CPPCC sensitive and talked to the director of the newspaper once. On the issue of dealing with Yuan Xiaoqi, Chairman Zhang and Mayor Pi have the same views. It's like that between politicians, while quarrelling, while shaking hands.

As a result, the president adhered to Chairman Zhang's will and readjusted Zeng's work. Of course, he said it very politely, saying that he was an editor, a famous reporter, with good popularity and wide connections, and asked him to go to the advertising department and no longer compile manuscripts. Other colleagues are eager to go to the advertising department, which is a good place to make money. But Zeng Slang is a dedicated person who doesn't care about making money. In this way, other colleagues patted him on the shoulder and congratulated him on going to a good place, but he handed over a resignation report.

Zhu Huaijing thought that Nalufu was really not a thing, so he spoke well, gave him 20,000 yuan, and he no longer mentioned Yuan Xiaoqi's matter. But when he got the money, he still wrote articles to add to the chaos. This kind of literati's desire to publish is simply crazy, and they are bent on turning articles into lead words, and they don't talk about the rules of the game at all!

Zhu Huaijing held Zeng Slang's letter, and couldn't imagine where Zeng Slang would go this time. I have been in my forties for more than 20 years, and I have been drifting like this for more than 20 years since I graduated from college. Zeng Slang's fault is that he is too unrealistic, stubbornly using the standards of right and wrong that he identifies, wishful thinking to evaluate and meet reality. This doomed him to look ridiculous wherever he went. The reality is already like this, and everyone who follows the truth will look as childish and ridiculous as a three-year-old child talking to adults, but it is less innocent and cute than a child. This is the old naughty boy Zeng Yan himself said.

"Start?" Deng just came in and asked Zhu Huaijing.

"Okay, let's get started." Zhu Huaijing stood up and went to the conference room with Deng Caigang. Yesterday, it was decided that a meeting of cadres from all departments would be held this afternoon to elect five good families and model couples. I don't know which leader's son is married three times a year and has not yet had a daughter-in-law for the New Year, or which leader's daughter has always run away with others, anyway, some people above suddenly feel that the construction of family morality must be grasped, and this year the five good families and model couples will be selected among the cadres. According to the layout of the hall, each office selects a five-good family, and a model couple is selected within the whole hall. The number of model couples is very limited, and it is said that they will participate in the selection of a higher level, and finally compete for the top ten couples in the country among the provincial and municipal players.

Zhu Huaijing conveyed the spirit and asked everyone to nominate him. The scene was silent for a minute, and Deng just took the lead in speaking: "I'll talk about my personal opinion first." In our department, the family relationship is handled well, the husband and wife are loving, the family is harmonious, and the children are motivated. All in all good. But in comparison, I think Director Zhu's family is more representative, and my personal opinion is that the five good families in our department recommend Director Zhu's family. The model couple in the hall, I would like to recommend Secretary General Liu and his wife first. Secretary-General Liu's lover, Aunt Yu, has been paralyzed for many years, and Secretary-General Liu is busy with work, so he has to take care of it inside and out, which is really not easy. What is even more commendable is that the relationship between the two has been the same for decades, loving and respectful, and they are a model for each of our young cadres......"

As soon as Deng Cai said this, the next speakers were all down, and unanimously elected Zhu Huaijing's family as the five good families, and Liu Zifeng and his wife as the model couple. Zhu Huaijing finally made a decision, he was humble for a while, but everyone insisted on electing their family, and he had to thank his comrades. Of course, he was very much in favor of the election of Secretary-General Liu's wife, and he also talked very emotionally about how Secretary-General Liu's wife got along with each other based on what he had seen and heard. The meeting was very short, and it was broken up in a few hours. If it weren't for the officialdom's speeches that pay attention to enlightenment and succession, the time would have been shorter. When I returned to the office, I saw the letter on the table, and then I remembered my performance at the meeting just now, and I couldn't help but smile bitterly and thought: Old classmate, I am not the outstanding person you think, if I am corrupt, I will be corrupted.

Mayor Pi suddenly called and asked him to go. Mayor Pi has never called Zhu Huaijing in person, and Fang Mingyuan usually does it for him. Zhu Huaijing didn't hear Mayor Pi's voice for a while, and he was very flustered. Zhu Huaijing put down the phone and hurriedly went to Mayor Pi. Along the way, I wondered if Mayor Pi had something important to look for him today? Privately guessed if it was his good luck, but he didn't dare to be so sure.

He knocked on the door, and when he heard Mayor Phi say please come in, he went in. I didn't see Fang Mingyuan inside. "Please be seated." Mayor Pi got up to pour tea, but Zhu Huaijing hurriedly stopped him and said, "Come by yourself, come by yourself." He poured tea into Mayor Pi's cup and poured himself a cup.

Mayor Pi leaned back on the sofa, wiped his hair, and didn't speak for a long time, only looked at him seriously. Zhu Huaijing was so nervous, wondering if he had something to tell Mayor Pi to know.

"Huaijing, that Tianma Entertainment City, did you hear anything?" Mayor Pi asked.

Only then did Zhu Huaijing know that Mayor Pi's seriousness was only because of Tianma Entertainment City, and it was not his own business, so he felt relaxed. But he didn't know what Mayor Pi meant, so he didn't dare to answer rashly, so he said, "I haven't heard anything." ”

Mayor Pi looked a little indignant and said, "Tianma Entertainment City can't do this!" The common people have a lot of opinions, and I have a lot of report letters on hand! During the last two sessions, I ordered them to be checked, but nothing was found. I think this entertainment city can't let Tianma Company continue to do it. If they continue to do it, they will have to make a big mess. My opinion is to let Longxing Hotel buy the entertainment city. Of course, this has to be done voluntarily by Longxing and not to engage in executive orders. You are very familiar with Mr. Mei of Longxing, and Lei Fuchen, the deputy general manager of the Commercial Corporation in charge of Longxing Hotel, so please tell them about your intentions first. Specifically, let Tianma head office and Longxing Hotel talk about it themselves, and we will not interfere. ”

Zhu Huaijing said: "Okay, let me talk to the two of them." He spoke calmly, but his ears couldn't help but feel a little hot, thinking to himself, how did Mayor Pi know that he was very familiar with Yuqin? It is the meaning of the ancient couplet of Secretary General Liu's house, the superior is "the spring breeze boldly combs the willows", and the subordinates can only "hide from the night rain to run the flowers". This is not a good thing for Mayor Pi to know. But thinking about it the other way, just like Mayor Pi never mentioned Pi Jie's name and looked like he was doing business, then everyone knew it, and there was no need to care about Mayor Pi knowing how he and Yuqin were.

"Well, I'll tell them about it. Be careful and don't let them think we're exerting influence. Mayor Pi said.

As soon as Mayor Pi said the word "okay", before he could say the following, Zhu Huaijing understood that the chief's instructions were finished, and he should leave. Mayor Pi was more serious in the office than at home, and Zhu Huaijing didn't feel anything unnatural, so he stood up very respectfully and said, "Mayor, are you busy, I'm leaving?" ”

Back in the office, Zhu Huaijing immediately hung up Yuqin's phone: "Yuqin?" I'm coming over for dinner, is it convenient? ”

Yuqin smiled: "The door of convenience is always open to you. ”

Zhu Huaijing laughed and said, "You bad guy, why have you learned to speak wild words?" ”

"Who's talking wild?" Listening to Yuqin's tone, she really didn't know where the words were.

Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell you later." ”

After sitting for a while, I got off work and came out to prepare to go to Yuqin. He bumped into Mingyuan in front of the office building and said, "Mingyuan, I haven't seen you for a few days, so busy?" Zhu Huaijing didn't say that he went to Mayor Pi just now, and he realized that Mayor Pi didn't want more people to know about it.

Fang Mingyuan said: "What are you busy with? It's not like running around with Mayor Pi. I'm getting ready to find you. Mayor Pi wanted to see an article in the "Nanguo Evening News", entitled "But I Said Modern Ascending Immortals", saying that it was written by Yuan Xiaoqi. I heard that the author is your classmate, who used to work at our CPPCC newspaper, but recently seems to have resigned. I searched for days, but I couldn't find this article. If you are familiar with these people, please do me a favor. ”

I didn't expect Zeng Slang to have a small opinion article that attracted the attention of so many upper-level figures. It can be seen that many leading comrades are still very sensitive to Yuan Xiaoqi. If Luffy's article is published, don't make a fuss? As if this matter really had something to do with him, Zhu Huaijing also wanted to find the article immediately to see what Zeng Yan said. It's too late today, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to find it. But he didn't say dead, but said, "Okay, I'll try it." I secretly wondered which units had subscribed to the "Nanguo Evening News", but I was afraid that I would have to go to the Jingdu Library and the editorial department of "The Essence of Newspapers and Periodicals" to find it.

Saying goodbye to Fang Mingyuan, Zhu Huaijing drove to Longxing Hotel. I opened the door and entered Yuqin's house, but I saw that Yuqin had not returned. Yuqin is much busier now, and it is generally impossible to get off work on time. Zhu Huaijing poured himself a cup of tea and sat on the sofa reading the newspaper. There was a stack of newspapers in the newspaper basket next to the sofa, Zhu Huaijing took it and flipped through it, and actually saw a copy of the "Nanguo Evening News". What a stroke of luck. But I was afraid that this was a zero newspaper that Yuqin bought on the street, so I called Yuqin: "Hey, I've arrived." "I knew you were there, and I saw your car coming in. I can't leave for a while, I'll be able to do it later. Yuqin said. It's okay, you're busy. Let me ask you, did you subscribe to the "Southland Evening News"? "Ordered, what?" Zhu Huaijing said: "Can you find the "Nanguo Evening News" in the last two months? Yuqin said, "Yes." I don't have all the sets, I still have one in the office. I'll bring it back later. ”

Yuqin didn't return until eight o'clock in the evening, holding the newspaper in one hand and the meal in the other. "I wanted to go out to dinner with you when I was done. But you're busy looking for the newspaper, and you're afraid that something will happen to you, so you can bring some food and come back. Let's just eat some. Yuqin said.

Zhu Huaijing took the newspaper and said, "Why don't I see you on weekdays, and there is the "Nanguo Evening News" here?" ”

Yuqin said while setting out the food: "You are getting busier and busier now, always coming and going in a hurry, when will you sit down and read the newspaper with peace of mind?" ”

Zhu Huaijing smiled, "Okay, it's all mine." I'll take a good look at the newspaper today. He took the meal served by Yuqin, and flipped through the newspaper as he ate, turning it from the nearest date. Yuqin asked him what was the big deal, and he didn't even care about eating. Zhu Huaijing just raised his head and smiled, his expression mysterious. Yuqin didn't ask him anymore and ate silently. The atmosphere is very homely. I haven't found the article I'm looking for, but I turned to another article by Zeng Slang "Let's talk about the upstart". A rough reading shows some meaning.