The two were speechless for a while. Zhu Huaijing's face was sad, and after a while, he sighed: "Could it be that Yuan Xiaoqi is really a strange person?" A few days ago, he said that Mayor Pi would have a big happy event recently, and it was a joy from heaven. Now Mayor Xiang is suddenly unlucky, maybe Mayor Pi will take over. Mayor Xiang fell from the sky, which was a catastrophe for him, and joy fell from the sky for Mayor Pi. It's just that it's hard to say. He thought that Fang Mingyuan obviously realized that this was a happy event for Mayor Pi, so he called and specially explained not to let Yuan Xiaoqi talk nonsense.

Yuqin asked, "Have you met Yuan Xiaoqi again?" ”

Zhu Huaijing said: "Yes. ”

Yuqin said: "It must be Song Daqing again." I shouldn't have said anything about your men's friendship, but I know Song Daqing too well. He's stumbling at you right now, he must have a purpose. That time he came to break off your cousin's affairs with your wife, but your wife didn't say anything, he was all talking there alone, and I just couldn't see it. He's a villain, a scoundrel. If you have something to use, he will try his best to slap you, and he will not be afraid to bow down in front of you. But if you offend him, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he will try to get you. Our former boss was straightforward and didn't buy his account, but he was looking for trouble everywhere, and he couldn't do it anymore. Mr. Lei will deal with the relationship, as long as he comes to Longxing, Mr. Lei will be like an old friend with him. In fact, Mr. Lei can eat him! ”

Zhu Huaijing said: "I have long seen what kind of person he is. But don't try to play tricks on me. I will listen to you, and I will guard against him. ”

As soon as he talked about Mayor Xiang's death, Zhu Huaijing was inconvenient to tell Yuqin that he was about to become the director of the Finance and Trade Department. The two stopped talking and snuggled up to sleep.

The next day at work, the bad news of the mayor's death had spread. At the same time, there were also Secretary General Gu, the director of the Finance Bureau, the president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Xiao Gong, the secretary to the mayor, and other entourage, a total of 11 people. The bodies of the victims are still in a large valley in Guangxi, and the city has sent a team to the scene of the accident overnight. Leading the team is the deputy secretary-general of the city.

The matter was indeed too miserable, and the colleagues all restrained their smiles when they met, and only nodded slightly. Everyone was silent when they talked about it, and they didn't dare to show a smile easily. As soon as he saw which leader came, he was immediately silent. Zhu Huaijing knows that it's not good to get together with everyone and talk about it, it will make people think that you are looking for curiosity. He sat in his office, absentmindedly flipping through papers. At this time, Secretary General Liu held his bag, bowed his head and hurriedly walked through his door, fixed his foot, seemed to hesitate, and still came in. Zhu Huaijing hurriedly stood up and asked Secretary-General Liu to sit down. Secretary-General Liu waved his hand and said, "Don't sit down, I have to go to an emergency meeting." Secretary General Liu only stood and did not speak, his eyes were red and his face was tired. As you can imagine, Secretary General Liu must have been busy with the work of the families of the victims last night and stayed up all night. He stood for a moment, then turned to leave, and said, "I'll talk to you when I get there." ”

Zhu Huaijing chased after him and said carefully: "Secretary-General, my friend has finished the painting for you, he said that it will be sent tonight, are you free?" See him? "Qin Gongchun, who Secretary General Liu wanted, and Xiaoxiong from the Wuxian County Jing Office also sent it, so it is inconvenient for Zhu Huaijing to say it in this atmosphere.

Secretary-General Liu didn't look back, and said, "You can call my mobile phone again at night." ”

Zhu Huaijing stood still, looking at Secretary-General Liu bowing his head and hurriedly going upstairs. Because of Secretary General Gu's death, I am afraid that this Secretary General Liu will take over that position. Zhu Huaijing guessed that what Secretary-General Liu wanted to talk to him was what Fang Mingyuan had informed him about last night, and asked him to be the director of the Finance and Trade Department. It was said that Secretary-General Liu should have told him this with a smile on his face, but at this very moment, both of them had to be gray-faced. Zhu Huaijing returned to the office and hung up the phone for Fang Mingyuan. Fang Mingyuan was also in the office and asked him if he had looked for Yuan Xiaoqi. He said he had found it. In fact, he didn't look for it at all, first, it was too late last night, and besides, he was afraid that it would be self-defeating. Because finding Yuan Xiaoqi can only be through Song Daqing, and Yuan Xiaoqi said that Mayor Pi will be happy to fall from the sky recently, Song Daqing doesn't know this at all. At this time, God mysteriously went to find Yuan Xiaoqi, maybe let Song Daqing know that sentence. It's not good for one more person to know that sentence. Song Daqing is a person, Zhu Huaijing doesn't dare to believe it.

Fang Mingyuan said that Mayor Pi was holding an emergency meeting to study the handling of the aftermath of the victims, and the leaders of the relevant departments had come. Zhu Huaijing thought it might be the meeting that Secretary-General Liu said. Fang Mingyuan's tone was not as relaxed as last night, Zhu Huaijing didn't want to go to him to sit there, so he said goodbye. Putting down the phone, he suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a sentence in the "Book of Rites" that "neighbors are mourning, and they don't get along". But I listened to the bad news last night, and I was still wandering. He pondered these colleagues again, and it seemed that everyone had a sad look on their faces, but it was difficult to say whether this sad face was made. What the hell is wrong with people? The ancestors of the ancients, there was a funeral in the neighborhood, and you had to make a little noise on your side. But now there are really few people who can be moved by the death of others.

After getting off work at noon, Zhu Huaijing ran into Mayor Pi as soon as he left the office, followed by Fang Mingyuan. Because of the hurry, Zhu Huaijing panicked for a while and didn't know how to deal with it. Mayor Pi stretched out his hand to shake him, and said softly: "Xiao Zhu is good!" Mayor Pi didn't stop, and there was no special expression on his face, so he just whispered so softly, let go of his hand, and continued to walk forward. Fang Mingyuan glanced at him mysteriously, as if hinting at something. The whole process was only two or three seconds, but Zhu Huaijing immediately understood what Mayor Pi meant. Zhu Huaijing was very grateful in his heart, he knew what Mayor Pi's appreciation meant.

Back home, Xiangmei's face was not very good. He knew she was blaming him for not coming back last night. He didn't explain anything, and after a few gossips, he sat down for lunch. Halfway through the meal, he told Xiangmei that he would be the director of the Finance and Trade Department. Unexpectedly, Xiangmei only glanced at him, and said, "I still said the same sentence before, it's better if you don't be an official." You're just a deputy director now, and I won't see you all day. If you become the director, I don't want to go to the TV station every day to post a search notice? ”

Zhu Huaijing was not angry and said, "Okay! I'll be watching over you every day from today! Only a man who guards his wife every day can be successful! ”

Zhu Huaijing said this, Xiangmei didn't bother to fight with him, and only buried her head in eating. She seems to be particularly angry today. Zhu Huaijing didn't say anything anymore, hurriedly finished eating, put down the bowl, curled up in bed and went to sleep. I was still a little dazed when I first fell asleep, but after sleeping for a while, I became more and more awake. I remembered that now I was going to promote cadres, and everyone came to ask for favors, which was really interesting. He knew that Liu Zhongxia had always treated him badly, and seeing that he was now appreciated by Mayor Pi and Secretary General Liu, he couldn't stop him, so he recklessly did a favor, revealed to him the inspection of the personnel department, and repeatedly hinted that he had said good things for him. Fang Mingyuan only got the information, it was impossible for him to speak in front of Mayor Pi on the matter of employing people, but he also reported to him and asked for personal favors. The most reason to talk to him was Secretary General Liu, but he happened to have such a big incident, so he couldn't get out. But Secretary-General Liu had to hint to him in a hurry in his busy schedule, as if he was afraid that others would preemptively do favors. A cadre of Zhu Huaijing's level is not enough for Mayor Pi to manage, but Mayor Pi also has to be reserved to him. Although Mayor Pi only said "Xiao Zhu is good", it was only four words, and his tone was light, and the weight should not be underestimated. Of course, Zhu Huaijing knew in his heart who played the biggest role in his promotion, but he had to express his gratitude to everyone who begged for favors from him. If you make one more person happy, you will have more support, and it will always be good for you.

After a while, newspapers and letters arrived. Zhu Huaijing saw that he had a letter, and the envelope was from the Jingdu Minsheng Newspaper, so he guessed that it was sent by Zeng Yi. He opened it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was a newspaper sent by Zeng Slang. When I opened it, I saw that there was Zeng Slang's masterpiece on it, which was a news investigation. As soon as he saw the subject, he thought to himself that things were not going to be very good. The title is: "The Emperor is yellow, who has made it", and the subtitle below is: "50,000 peasant households in Wuxian County have paid 20 million hard-earned money, and they have finally dreamed of getting rich in the past three years." Zhu Huaijing knew what was going on. When he was still working in Wuxian County, Zhang Tianqi was the county magistrate, advocating the development of special fruits and the introduction of high-quality imperial peaches from other provinces. The county has formulated a royal peach development plan and is ready to build a royal peach base of 100,000 acres. This plan is a bit too big, but after three years, a 50,000-acre imperial peach base has been built. Those farmers who planted imperial peaches in accordance with the unified call of the county carefully waited for the orchard every day, dreaming of making a fortune all year round. The county leader said it well, the price of imperial peaches is five or six times that of ordinary peaches, and twice the price of citrus. The county canning factory is also preparing to engage in a series of processing of imperial peaches to ensure the purchase of all fresh imperial peaches. But no one thought that it was time for the orchard to hang fruit, only to find that in the peach orchard, there were all kinds of peach species, but there was no imperial peach. It turned out that people did tricks and feet on peach seeds. The peasants were outraged, and hundreds of peasants often petitioned there at the gate of the county. In one period, several leaders of the county ** were entangled by petitioning farmers for three days and couldn't go out. But the matter dragged on like this, and there was no end to it.

Zeng Slang's article introduced the ins and outs of the matter, and finally launched a discussion:

The relevant leaders of Wu County explained to the peasants that the people who purchased peach seeds in the county had been deceived by people from other provinces, and the county was fighting a lawsuit with the relevant units in other provinces. But more than two years have passed, and the lawsuit has not yielded any results. If the peasants don't petition, no one will talk about it again. This can't help but make people wonder. According to the reporter's understanding, the person in charge of peach seed procurement is a well-known fruit expert and senior agronomist in Wuxian County, and he is not an easily deceived person.

The peasants lost their investment, their hard work, their due harvest on that land, and their hope of getting rich. The peasants lost money, but someone definitely made it, and it certainly made a lot of money.

Zhu Huaijing knew that the fruit expert Zeng Yan was talking about was Liu Yulong, director of the Wuxian County Agricultural Bureau. Liu Yulong is a classmate of Zhang Tianqi Middle School, and the two have a good relationship. Zhang Tianqi has always been interested in making Liu Yulong the deputy county magistrate in charge of agriculture, and he has recommended it to the prefectural party committee many times. But because of the Huangtao fake seed case, the matter is too big, and Liu Yulong can't go up. Liu Yulong is not up, but he is not down, and he still sits in the position of director of the agricultural bureau. The Huang Tao case made a lot of noise in the county, but it was just stuffy inside, but it was kept out from the outside world. Only a few leaders of the prefectural party committee knew about this, and no one in the city had heard of it at all. Now this kind of thing is not a big problem just if the leader knows about it, as long as the public opinion is still passable. Some people in the county have long talked about that Liu Yulong must have made a lot of money from the purchase of imperial peach tree seeds, and also said that Zhang Tianqi sheltered him so much, not just because of his classmates. Such a big thing made Zhang Tianqi slap it, which is too revealing.

Zeng Slang's article clearly implies something. Zhu Huaijing thought to himself, this article might cause trouble for Zhang Tianqi. Zeng Slang is such a person, who only recognizes justice and does not talk about human feelings. Nowadays, people who work in other places always want to make their faces more glorious, and get closer to their parents and officials in their hometowns, so that everyone can take care of everything. But Zeng Slang doesn't seem to understand this. Zhu Huaijing admired Zeng Slang's integrity, but he thought that he didn't know much about current affairs. Now you only care about telling the truth, and you are not afraid of offending people, and in the end, instead of anyone saying that you are a good person, you will only make your own image funny. He wanted to have a chance to talk about Zeng Slang, and don't keep pushing himself into an embarrassing situation.

Xiao Xiong, director of the Wu County Jing Office, knocked on the door and came in, and he hurriedly beckoned Xiao Xiong to sit. Xiao Xiong didn't sit down immediately, took out a cigarette and asked Zhu Huaijing to smoke. Zhu Huaijing politely took one. The bear leaned over and lit it for him.

"What's the matter with the bear?" Zhu Huaijing took a few puffs of cigarette and asked with concern.

Little Bear took out a newspaper from his bag and said, "I'll report to you about this matter." There is a reporter from Jingdu Minsheng Daily, named Zeng Yan, who wrote an article reporting on the affairs of Huangtao in our county. This happened for several years, and it was still being dealt with, but it made him poke it out. You know, it has an impact on the image of our county. Twenty minutes ago, the county called specifically to talk about it. The county leaders wanted me to go to their newspaper office to settle the matter. I don't know anyone about their newspaper, so it's hard to get in touch with them. I think you might have an acquaintance there, so I'm going to trouble you. Secretary Zhang also meant this, and asked me to report to you. ”

Zhu Huaijing had already guessed that Zhang Tianqi must be very sensitive to this article, but he didn't expect him to react so quickly. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, he just read the newspaper, and the bear came to the door. "Jingdu Minsheng Daily" is only a newspaper of the CPPCC organ, and its influence is not very great, and the leaders of the following counties generally don't think much about it. Someone from the county CPPCC must have seen it and reported it to Zhang Tianqi. When Zhu Huaijing was polite to Xiao Xiong just now, he inadvertently took another newspaper and covered the "Jingdu Minsheng Daily" on the table. At this moment he took the newspaper handed by the bear, looked at it thoughtfully, and said, "I have a few friends there." Well, I'll give it a try. He didn't say Zeng was his classmate.

Xiao Xiong flattered: "I know that Director Zhu, you are a wide door, and you have acquaintances everywhere in Jingdu, so you can go away." ”

Zhu Huaijing said modestly: "Where, I'm just making good connections." ”

Xiaoxiong also said: "Secretary Zhang's meaning, I am very grateful to the Jingdu Minsheng Daily for its attention and support to the work of Wuxian, and at the same time, I want to explain that the Wuxian County Party Committee and the county ** attach great importance to the Huangtao fake seed case, but now the economic dispute is very troublesome to deal with, there is a process, please understand the comrades of the newspaper." I think that the circulation scope of "Jingdu Minsheng Daily" is not large, and not many people outside can see it. Forget it if you send it. Secretary Zhang didn't say anything else, but I understand that he just wants to ask this reporter friend not to submit articles to other newspapers and periodicals, and second, not to make a fuss about this matter again. Do you want to ask Director Zhu to make an appointment with them, I will have a treat, let's get together and talk about things. ”

Zhu Huaijing thought about it and said, "There is no need. I am very casual friends with others, and it is not very convenient to invite them out to talk about this. I mean, you don't have to participate, I'll just take the time to ask them out for a few days, just to talk about it in passing. That's a little smoother, what does the bear think of you? ”

Little Bear was very grateful and hurriedly said, "Of course that's good." Well, you might as well treat them to a light meal. I'm sorry, I'll give you 3,000 dollars, how about you decide? As he spoke, the bear opened the bag in his hand.

Zhu Huaijing hurriedly waved his hand and didn't let the bear take the money out. He said, "Little Bear, you don't need it." Among our friends, we have to get together if we have nothing to do, and we still need you to break the bank? Anyway, I haven't been with those friends in a long time, and I'm trying to get together and talk. Forget it, I'll figure it out myself. ”

The bear walked over and closed the door, turned back and said, "How can this be done?" It's another thing for your friends to get together on a regular basis, but this time it's to find someone for the county's affairs, and of course you can't pay for it yourself! ”

Zhu Huaijing saw that Xiao Xiong insisted on giving money, so he had to say: "If you insist on this, just give 2,000, you don't need 3,000 yuan." ”

The bear still counted three thousand, handed it over, and said, "Let's take three thousand." I know that those who are reporters are oiled in their mouths, and they are not at the same level as Longxing Hotel, and things are not even. How can 2,000 dollars be enough? Even 3,000 yuan is just so-so. ”

Zhu Huaijing looked embarrassed, took the money, and said, "That's it." I'll give you the invoice after I'm invited. ”

Xiao Xiong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Director Zhu, you will see the outside like this." You don't have to worry about the invoice, I have my own way. ”

After the matter was settled, the two of them didn't mention it again, so they gossiped. Zhu Huaijing intentionally or unintentionally asked some people in Wuxian County, and listened to some people's opinions. Zhu Huaijing found that some people were not very good, but they have developed in recent years. Some people were very good in the past few years, but they have been silent in recent years. Zhu Huaijing sighed the most that Huang Dahong, the former director of the Public Security Bureau, was a very good figure in the county, and he had long said that he would be the deputy secretary of the county party committee and be in charge of politics and law. But because of his addiction to gambling, he was sued by his opponent. Zhang Tianqi personally talked to him a few times, and he promised to be good in person, saying that he would correct his mistakes and not go to the table again. But if we talked in the afternoon, he went to gamble again in the evening. He also joked while gambling: "Secretary Zhang just talked to me, and I promised him that I would not go to the table again." Brothers, prove that I'm not at the table, I'm sitting on a stool! This person was too arrogant, and Zhang Tianqi was furious and removed him. Zhu Huaijing had long seen that this person had a hooliganism, spoke arrogantly and unreasonably, and was ruthless. He only listened to the words of the county leaders, and the other deputy positions did not pay attention to them at all. Huang Dahong's position was removed, and sure enough, his nature came out. He didn't go to class anymore, became a "chicken head", took a group of women, and went to Shenzhen to do a leather and meat business. It's really interesting, Huang Dahong originally specialized in catching hooligans, but in the end he became a hooligan leader. Zhu Huaijing has always had a bad impression of Huang Dahong, but today he knows that this person is unlucky and degenerate, and he doesn't have much schadenfreude in his heart, but just laments the impermanence of fate.

Seeing that it was not too early, Little Bear got up and said goodbye. Zhu Huaijing left him to go to the house for lunch before leaving, Xiaoxiong said thank you, let's visit another day.

Xiao Xiong left, and there were still a few minutes before it was time to get off work, so Zhu Huaijing walked out of the office casually. He went to Liu Zhongxia's office and saw several colleagues talking mysteriously there. He guessed they must have been talking about Mayor Xiang's death. He didn't avoid being a person in his own hands, and he went up. Sure enough, I only heard Liu Zhongxia say that there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck. The colleagues sighed, shook their heads, and their faces were solemn. At this time, Liu Zhongxia raised his wrist to look at his watch, and everyone was busy saying oh, oh, it's time to get off work, and they dispersed.

Zhu Huaijing lowered his head and went home, his mind full of fatalistic feelings. In this life, it is really inexplicable!

In the evening, Zhu Huaijing waited for Li Mingxi in the office as promised. I don't know when Li Mingxi will come, so it is difficult for him to contact Secretary-General Liu first. I thought I had to wait for Li Mingxi to come. In case Secretary-General Liu is not available at that time, he will make an appointment next time. Only in the time of Secretary General Liu, this is not possible.

It wasn't until a quarter past eight that Li Mingxi came in with his head tilted. Seeing Li Mingxi, Zhu Huaijing couldn't help laughing. Li Mingxi didn't ask him what he was laughing at, he only smiled at him. Zhu Huaijing found that Li Mingxi was quite obedient today and really got a haircut. Maybe it's because I'm usually used to seeing his unkempt appearance, but today I see him with this inch of flat hair, how funny it looks. The funniest thing is that the skin of the bearded mouth feels much thicker. Zhu Huaijing always felt that Li Mingxi was a foolish person, and he was not worried about any part of his work, so he still asked him to open the painting again. It's reassuring to confirm that it's the two paintings he saw yesterday. But he didn't immediately call Secretary General Liu, but repeatedly explained to Li Mingxi: "Don't get nervous like usual, other people's leaders shake hands with you, and you don't know how to stretch out your hand like a dead person." You don't need to take the initiative to reach out, you only reach out when other leaders reach out. Leaders usually only stretch out one hand, so you have to lean forward a little, stretch out your hands, hold his hand and shake it politely. Don't hold your mouth silently, you have to say thank you for the leadership's care! Don't laugh, I explain you like this, it may sound a little funny to others, but you really don't understand the world, if you don't explain it like this, you will make a mistake. ”

Li Mingxi still laughed and said, "Do you think I'm a kindergarten kid, or do you think I'm a fool?" It's nothing else, I'm not used to it. I'm not used to that, and you can't teach it! ”

Zhu Huaijing became serious and said, "That's not good!" There's no place for my face like this! Besides, if you embarrass the family, your affairs will be yellow. ”

Li Mingxi looked pained, shook his head and said, "I really shouldn't have gotten on your thief ship!" Well, it's up to you. ”

Zhu Huaijing looked at his watch, it was already more than nine o'clock, and then he called Secretary General Liu's mobile phone. Secretary-General Liu said: "Just go home, welcome two." ”

Zhu Huaijing opened the cabinet and took a box of Qin Gongchun to carry. Out of the office, Zhu Huaijing felt his chest pounding. He looked at Li Mingxi and saw that this person looked as if nothing had happened. Zhu Huaijing took a deep breath to calm his mood. But with something on his shoulder, it's not good how to breathe. He put Qin Gongchun down and carried it with Li Mingxi. This makes it easier to breathe. He couldn't tell if he was excited or flustered. He knew he had no reason to get excited or panic, but he still felt his heart beat like a drum.

Zhu Huaijing chatted with Li Mingxi all the way. Talking, and relaxing. When I arrived at the door of Secretary-General Liu, I was basically as calm as a mirror. He raised his hand and knocked on the door, which immediately opened.

It was Xiao Wu who opened the door, and shouted with a smile that Director Zhu was good. Xiao Wu took over Qin Gongchun and moved into the back room. Secretary-General Liu was burning his feet, and it was difficult to get up, so he raised his hand and beckoned the two of them to sit. When Zhu Huaijing saw this scene, he laughed in his heart that he had just taught Li Mingxi how to shake hands with Secretary-General Liu, which was purely superfluous. After sitting down, he introduced Li Mingxi. Secretary-General Liu leaned on the sofa, arched his hands vaguely, and said with a smile: "I have admired the name for a long time!" ”