The accident site is located at the junction of Jidong and Guanghuai, Dongjialing Tunnel, and the project contractor is still Dahe Group. However, last time it was the fourth project department, and this time it is the second project department. To say that the geological conditions of Dongjialing are far less complex than Dengjiashan, and the difficulty of tunnel construction is much smaller than that of Dengjiashan Tunnel, but there is still an accident.

After receiving the call, Pu Tiancheng interrupted his inspection of Guanghuai and hurried to the provincial capital. On the way, he received a call from the director of the safety supervision bureau, saying that the cause of the accident was probably a gas explosion. As soon as he heard the word "gas", Pu Tiancheng made a heavy noise in his head, and subconsciously asked: "Is there a dead person?" "The director of the safety supervision bureau said that he was rushing to the scene, and the specific situation was not known, and he would report to the governor when he arrived at the scene. After hanging up the phone, Pu Tiancheng's mood was extremely heavy, and the picture of blood and flesh constantly flashing in his mind. When he was a secretary in Jidong, he encountered such an accident, but fortunately, there were not many people in that operation, but the tragic scene made him unforgettable for the rest of his life. Later, he could relax his requirements in other matters and be safe alone, and there were no conditions to talk about in him at all, and he also punished many people heavily, and sent two people to prison.

Back in the province, Pu Tiancheng hurried to see Fang Nanchuan, and the comrades in the general office told him that Fang Nanchuan rushed to the scene after receiving the report. Pu Tiancheng asked the governor what he had explained when he left, and the comrades in the office shook their heads. Pu Tiancheng didn't know whether he should rush to the scene or stay in the province, and when it was nine o'clock in the evening, Li Yuan called from the scene of the accident and said that Lu Bo had also arrived, and he was rushing directly to Dongjialing from the airport. Only then did Pu Tiancheng remember that the day before he inspected Guanghuai, Lu Bo went to Beijing to report on the study of the third stage of Haidong's political study. Since the top leaders on both sides have gone, and the vice governor in charge, Jiang Zhengying, has also rushed away, he should stay. At this time, Pu Tiancheng was more sober than ever, and urgently notified the office to let the leaders at home stay in the office around the clock, and he had to ask him for leave when he went out. He didn't go to the Guangming Mansion himself, so he stayed in the office on duty.

News kept coming from Dongjialing, first saying that twenty-one people had died, and then saying that there were more than that, at least thirty or more. The rescue work was carried out urgently, the firefighters and the armed police force also rushed to the scene, and the Jidong side even dispatched a lot of forces, and the surrounding people spontaneously rushed to the mountains to rescue the migrant workers trapped inside. Relevant reports began to appear in the newspapers, and there was even more hype on the Internet. In just ten hours, Dongjialing has become a hot word, and Pu Tiancheng paid attention to it on the Internet, and the news about the gas explosion in the Dongjialing tunnel occupied the headlines of major websites. Almost at the same time, the Dengjiashan No. 2 tunnel accident, which has been forgotten by people, was once again stirred up by netizens, and the voices of questioning and abuse were loud. At four o'clock in the afternoon of this day, Ye Ye, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, came to Pu Tiancheng's office and said worriedly: "I can't resist it, the Internet is really a flood beast." Pu Tiancheng said: "How can you resist such a big thing?" "Minister Ye and Pu Tiancheng have a good relationship, when Song Hanlin was in power in the past, Pu Tiancheng helped Minister Ye calm down a few Internet turmoil, and also secretly created a few turmoil, especially the incident of overturning Xu Zhaohu's prostitution, which was almost manipulated by him, which Minister Ye knows very well. Minister Ye came, obviously with the intention of asking Pu Tiancheng for a solution.

"The governor should come up with an idea for me, if the siege continues like this, I, the minister, am afraid that I will have to carry my luggage home."

Minister Ye is a cadre of the Beijing faction, in the Song Hanlin era, he ranked before Pu Tiancheng in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, and Pu Tiancheng also respected him very much, but in recent years, Minister Ye had a bad opportunity, first suffered from a serious illness, and almost stepped down due to illness. Later, when he recovered from his illness, the central government wanted to transfer him back to Beijing to preside over the work of the General Administration of Press and Publication, but at the juncture, his wife had an accident. Minister Ye's wife worked in the customs, and there was a nest case in the customs, and his wife was involved in it, and the investigation lasted for nearly a year, and in the end the person did not enter, but he was expelled from public office and his official rank was gone. This matter had a great impact on Minister Ye, and for a while it was rumored that he couldn't do it as Minister of Propaganda in Haidong, during that time Minister Ye was in a very low mood, and he often drank alone when he couldn't drink, and after Pu Tiancheng heard it, he took the initiative to invite Minister Ye to eat a few times, tactfully enlightened him, and repeatedly persuaded Minister Ye to quit drinking. Pu Tiancheng said at the time, even if there is nothing, we still have ourselves, if we don't cherish our bodies, then we can't grasp anything. Minister Ye really quit drinking later.

"It's not easy to do, Lao Ye, dozens of lives, how can we seal it, I'm afraid it's ...... this time"

Minister Ye sighed and looked at Pu Tiancheng wordlessly, his eyes were not just asking for help, there seemed to be something else.

"What instructions does the secretary have?" After a while, Pu Tiancheng asked.

"What other instructions do we have to eliminate unfavorable voices on the Internet at all costs, insist on positive reporting, and grasp the correct direction of public opinion. Just now I convened the news department and emphasized the spirit to them, but ...... "Minister Ye didn't go on, needless to say, the rest of the words are clear to Pu Tiancheng, now at this time, the media is eager to dig out all the insiders, how can you be positive?!"

"Accidents are happening one after another, and more and more people are dying, so why don't you always learn a lesson?" Minister Ye said again. This kind of whining can only be said in front of Pu Tiancheng.

"I'm afraid I've never absorbed it." Pu Tiancheng shook his head and said, I want to make tea for Minister Ye, Minister Ye said that I don't want to trouble the governor, how can I still have the mind, I have to rush over, the provincial newspaper is waiting for the signing.

At such a critical time, the main manuscript issued by the provincial newspaper must be personally reviewed and signed by the propaganda minister. This is one of the unwritten rules. They all want the provincial newspaper to play a role in turning the tide, but how many Internet grass people go to read the provincial newspaper? They crawled on the net, their fingers flying, and they followed the post like snowflakes, and they had the momentum of extinguishing Haidong overnight.

After Minister Ye left, Pu Tiancheng stared at the Tao steadily. Minister Ye didn't actually come to ask him for a way, but to convey some kind of message. Only he and Minister Ye understand this information, and only he understands what Minister Ye thinks in his heart. After standing for a long time, Pu Tiancheng grabbed the phone and called Jidong. First, he asked Hu Bing what he was doing, and Hu Bing said that he had just finished the meeting and would go down to check the safety immediately. Pu Tiancheng smiled, a little bitter. The hindsight cannon is the usual cannon, but the power of the cannon is too small. Well, he seemed to be a little disappointed and said to Hu Bing, and added: "The work must be done in detail, not just on the slogan, what should be done must be real, safety is more important than Mount Tai." Hu Bing said: "I must keep in mind the governor's teachings, the lesson of this accident is too heavy, and forty-two lives are lost." ”

"How much do you say?" Pu Tiancheng was taken aback, this number was very different from the number reported to him.

"The figures just obtained show that 42 people died, 18 were seriously injured, 23 were slightly injured, and six were missing, and it is estimated that there is little hope of survival." After a pause, Hu Bing said, "These numbers have not been confirmed, and now the numbers have become the most mysterious, and I also got them from other sources." ”

Pu Tiancheng hung up the phone with a snap, whether it was true or not, this number made him unbearable!

After a long while, I felt that my self-regulation was a little easier, and my mind tried to go in the direction that Minister Ye hinted at. But this time it was too difficult, I couldn't turn around, and even my whole body trembled when I thought about it, and my heart trembled. It was the first time in his life that Pu Tiancheng was so contradictory and so unredecided.

How so? Haven't you been waiting for an opportunity, isn't it an opportunity now?

On this day, he didn't call Li Xiaotian and Xiao Lihong, let alone Huang Yong, I believe that Jidong has already become a mess, so let them go all out to rescue.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the mobile phone rang, and when I looked at the number, it was Xiao Lihong calling. Pu Tiancheng hesitated for a moment and picked it up. Xiao Lihong's angry voice came from the other end of the phone: "Governor, this is inhumane, it's too unconscionable." As soon as he heard that the words were wrong, Pu Tiancheng asked with a smile: "What kind of emotion do you have, what are you running around at this time?" Xiao Lihong forgot that she was talking to the executive vice governor on the phone, and actually played a trick: "What is the excitement at the scene, it's chilling to think about it, we owe a blood debt again." ”

"Xiao Xiao, why did you say such a thing?" Pu Tiancheng didn't dare to take it lightly anymore, Xiao Lihong's words were weird, and there was clearly an emotion in it.

Xiao Lihong was silent for a while, and said in a hoarse voice: "There was an emergency meeting just now, and they unified the caliber to death, the death toll was six, whoever said more was responsible, twelve people were seriously injured, and the rest were successfully rescued." ”

"What?!" This time it was Pu Tiancheng's turn to be shocked, didn't he keep saying that the death toll was more than forty, how?

"I didn't expect it, we were all dumbfounded, pretending to be on this, sad, what do the people below think?" Xiao Lihong had no scruples at all, and it seemed that she was dizzy by the coercive policy.

"Who is running the meeting?" Pu Tiancheng asked in a calm voice as much as possible, afraid that if he was excited, Xiao Lihong would be even more excited. And experience tells him that no one can be excited at this time, and some people are not good at this critical moment, unable to control their mouths, unable to suppress their emotions, and talking nonsense to ruin their future.

"Who else could it be, the first secretary of the provincial party committee. The next step is to deal with the Internet with all our might, and to spread the positive voice. Xiao Lihong said in a mocking tone.

"Positive voices?"

"The secretary asked reporters to focus their cameras on the rescue and rescue, to faithfully report the touching scenes of the rescue and rescue, and to convey to the whole society how the Haidong Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government actively and decisively launched the emergency plan in the face of sudden major accidents, and successfully rescued more than 60 peasant brothers trapped in the tunnel."

"That's right." Pu Tiancheng felt that a bone had been removed from his back, his body was a little unable to hold it, his butt slowly rested on the sofa, and he didn't know how to "teach" Xiao Lihong for a while, and let Xiao Lihong complain on the phone. Xiao Lihong finally finished sending, and she asked Pu Tiancheng: "Governor, what should we do now?" ”

Pu Tiancheng pondered for a long time, and then asked: "What did Governor Nanchuan say at the meeting?" ”

Governor Fang was still at the scene, a group of people at the scene were struggling to rescue, a group was carrying a high-pressure water cannon to extinguish the fire, more than 30 bodies were missing, and the families of the victims were forcibly taken away. All the camera recorders of the media reporters were confiscated......"

"Say no more!" Pu Tiancheng couldn't control it anymore, and suddenly became angry, Xiao Lihong hung up the phone playfully, and the office was so quiet that it could suffocate people to death.

Fang Nanchuan did not attend the meeting, which means that what Xiao Lihong said was a unilateral decision made by Lu Bo. Now we can only wait, and we must wait for Fang Nanchuan to respond before deciding how to respond. Just thinking about it, there was a gentle knock on the door, and it was Cao Xiaoan's voice that he heard it, and Pu Tiancheng said please come in.

After Cao Xiaoan came in, he stood silently in front of the bookcase, and his eyes subconsciously looked at the pottery, as if the pottery could also bring him inspiration.

"What's changed?" Pu Tiancheng asked.

"Online posts have been deleted, and reports of the accident are moving in the other direction."

"So fast?"

"I just heard that Ye Lili arrived in Beijing yesterday, and I guess the news of the Internet blockade is related to her."

Ye Lili is Yu Chuanqing's wife, who previously served as the propaganda minister in the following city, and was promoted to the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee two months ago, responsible for news and publicity. Pu Tiancheng was in a hurry, but he forgot about this person, and as soon as Cao Xiaoan said this, he suddenly thought that there was another Minister Ye in the Propaganda Department.

Cao Xiaoan walked over, turned on the computer, and opened the relevant pages one by one, Pu Tiancheng took a look, and sure enough, many of the previous messages about the Dongjialing Tunnel were gone, and all the displayed were that the specified theme did not exist or the page was wrong. On the Haidong Information Network and the Haidong ** Network, an authoritative news was released, saying that at the accident briefing just held, the Haidong Provincial Party Committee informed all sectors of society of the number of casualties in the accident. The following is a large number of praise words for the main leaders of the provincial party committee and the provincial government to rush to the scene as soon as possible, how to organize the rescue, and how to successfully rescue the migrant workers trapped inside. Pu Tiancheng didn't look at it, and felt that his conscience couldn't stand it. stared at the photo of Lu Bo directing at the scene for a long time, and finally silently turned off the computer.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of the next day, two Xinhua News Agency reporters came to Pu Tiancheng's office very unfriendly to learn about the accident with Pu Tiancheng. As soon as the reporter pointed the camera and microphone at him, Pu Tiancheng said: "I am not at the scene, and I don't know the relevant rescue situation, so I ask the reporters to go to the scene for an interview." The reporter immediately asked: "The scene was blocked, the reporters could not enter, all the information of the reporters who went in before was destroyed, and two reporters were injured. Pu Tiancheng said calmly: "I said, I didn't go to the scene, after the accident, the provincial party committee, the provincial party committee launched a series of rescue work, the provincial party secretary Lu Bo, the governor Fang Nanchuan were the first to rush to the scene, and still stick to the front line of rescue." The specific rescue situation and casualties, the provincial party committee has made a report to the society, and new developments will be announced to all sectors of society at any time. ”

The reporter immediately retorted: "Who does not insist on seeking truth from facts, and why is there such a big difference in the number of deaths?" Also, last night, more than 30 family members of the victims suddenly disappeared, and someone saw ** forcibly pulling them away with two buses, where are they now, can you let us meet these family members? ”

In the face of the reporter's aggressive questioning, Pu Tiancheng did not get angry, and said very calmly: "I don't know what you said, please forgive me, we are now making every effort to rescue, if you have any questions, you can go to the Propaganda Department, they have more information about it." After speaking, he called Cao Xiaoan and asked him to be responsible for sending the reporter to the provincial party committee. The chief reporter was very unhappy and said, "Do you want to lock us up too?" ”

Pu Tiancheng suddenly lowered his face and asked, "Is this necessary?" Is this the intention of the two of you to come today? ”

One sentence stopped two reporters. The self-proclaimed chief reporter smiled wordlessly and said, "Governor Pu, you are busy, don't bother." After saying that, he glanced at his companion, and the two left in amusement.

Cao Xiaoan explained that he was not there just now, and the reporters of the Xinhua News Agency were not small, and the secretaries did not dare to stop him. He also said that the reporter was from the Propaganda Department, but Minister Ye avoided it, and no one else dared to receive it. Pu Tiancheng said that it doesn't matter about the reporter. I asked again, the governor has not called?

Cao Xiaoan shook his head. Putian Cheng wondered that nearly fifty hours had passed since the accident, and Fang Nanchuan had not contacted him once. It's okay if he doesn't breathe, at least let him have a bottom of the situation below.

Pu Tiancheng waited for another day, and at nine o'clock in the morning the next day, news suddenly came from Jidong's side, Fang Nanchuan and Lu Bo slapped the table, and the two clashed at the meeting!

Huang Yong said the meeting was convened at the suggestion of a deputy director of the State Administration of Work Safety. After the accident, the State Administration of Work Safety immediately sent a five-member investigation team, led by a deputy director. But this deputy director is obviously not working hard, and he doesn't dare to "make mistakes" in front of Lu Bo. Whatever Lu Bo said, he reported it to the top, and when Lu Bo said what the cause of the accident was, he nodded and admitted what it was. As a result, for several days, the State Administration of Work Safety has not been able to hear the real voice, and the accident investigation has also been suspended. It was not until the leaders of the State Council made important instructions that the State Administration of Work Safety sent a second investigation team, accompanied by a team of five experts.

At the meeting, Lu Bo continued his tone, repeatedly affirming that the accident was a natural disaster, and also quoted a lot of geological terms, emphasizing the complexity of Dongjialing's geological structure, in order to shirk the responsibility of the construction party. The deputy director of the Work Safety Supervision Bureau kept frowning, and then he interjected: "It's not very objective to blame the reason all on the geological conditions, right?" Lu Bo said very arbitrarily: "Poor geological conditions are a fact, there is no need to push or push, everything must respect the facts." The deputy director said: "The facts can only be clarified after the investigation." Lu Bo immediately asked, "Haven't you been investigating?" Then he turned to the deputy director: "You didn't report to the bureau leaders?" The deputy director turned green and stammered: "It's just a brief report, and the details need to be further investigated." ”

"Then investigate, will it be an investigation or an on-site investigation? If the investigation of the two investigation teams is not clear, it is possible to invite the third and fourth investigation teams to come. Lubo's words were obviously unfriendly, and there was an element of intimidation in them. The deputy director of the General Administration is not as senior as Lu Bo, and his position is also below Lu Bo, and in the face of Lu Bo's domineering tone, he didn't know how to respond for a while. was at a stalemate, Fang Nanchuan interjected: "The cause of the accident must be investigated, and whoever is responsible should bear it, of course, as the governor, I should be the first to take responsibility, and I will review it to the meeting." With that, Fang Nanchuan got up and bowed deeply to everyone. Fang Nanchuan's action stimulated Lu Bo, and the two had an unpleasant quarrel because of the unified caliber before. When someone reported the six dead people highlighted at the meeting to Fang Nanchuan, who commanded the rescue at the scene, Fang Nanchuan's eyes widened and said: "What, six people, what nonsense, there are eight corpses I took out!" ”

As a result, at this meeting, Fang Nanchuan competed with Lu Bozhen on the number of dead and wounded. After Lu Bo finished speaking, Luo Gucheng, director of the Department of Transportation, reported the casualties to the leaders of the State Administration of Work Safety, and as soon as he said that there were six deaths, Fang Nanchuan became angry: "Wait, repeat, how many people died?" ”

Luo Gucheng glanced at Fang Nanchuan in confusion, and then secretly glanced at Lu Bo's face, and Lu Bo said angrily: "Report truthfully, you don't need to hide it." ”

"Six." Luogu City is heavy.

"Which department counts it?" Fang Nanchuan stood up suddenly. Then he glared angrily at Zhao Gaoyan, chairman of Dahe Group, "Mr. Zhao, you said that you should know the numbers best!" ”

Zhao Gaoyan didn't raise his head, and said unusually calmly: "It's just six people, haven't you reported it many times, we verified it before the meeting, please believe us." ”

"Lie!" Fang Nanchuan slapped the table suddenly, and in front of a conference room, he said something that shocked all parties, "If we don't even have the courage to admit the facts, what kind of meeting are we still sitting here for, do we really want to celebrate?" ”

"Comrade Nanchuan, what do you mean?" Lu Bo was furious, the number was determined by him, and the caliber of the media was also emphasized by him, even if Fang Nanchuan had an opinion, he couldn't jump out and defect at this time.

"I feel red!" Fang Nanchuan didn't care about Lu Bo's attitude at all, just like an enraged leopard, he simply didn't do anything, and showed his attitude to the meeting. He said: "I can responsibly say that in this catastrophic accident, the death toll is by no means less than 40, and at least 20 people are seriously injured. ”

"Comrade Nanchuan!" Lubo was stunned. After so many years in politics, this is the first time he has encountered such a situation. He encounters private struggles every day, and it is really fresh to be so openly arguing. Was Fang Nanchuan stimulated?

"I'm sorry everyone, I didn't participate in this meeting, if we still want to hide it, we will be too sorry for those who died. You might as well go to the scene again to take a look, those stumps and skulls mixed with stones, I don't know whose ...... it is" Fang Nanchuan said and got up, and at the moment when he was about to leave his seat, Lu Bo's voice came: "Comrade Nanchuan, should you report to everyone, where did your statistics come from?" More than forty people died, what about the corpses, you are at the scene, are we not at the scene, how can we confirm that it is dead without a corpse? ”

"Corpses?" Fang Nanchuan was dumb for a while, and during the on-site rescue, he was in the innermost, like Liao Changping, secretary of the Jidong Municipal Party Committee during the rescue of the Dengjiashan Tunnel, in the most dangerous area. Most of the people carried out inside passed by his hands, and a few of them closed their eyes himself, and those migrant workers were dead. But as soon as the corpse was brought out, he couldn't help it, and when he heard Lubo say this, he was immediately surprised: "You won't even dispose of the corpse, right?" ”

This made everyone's eyes widen, especially several leaders and experts of the State Administration of Work Safety, who encountered this situation for the first time. In the past, everywhere, people have already unified the caliber, and put out an iron bucket array for you, which is impenetrable, and it is more difficult to find out the truth than to climb to the sky!

Lu Bo was extremely angry, Fang Nanchuan not only openly challenged his authority, but simply made him ugly in public. Lu Bo has always believed that the other party Nanchuan is polite, respectful, and even loving. After Fang Nanchuan arrived in Haidong, he also showed considerable respect to him, obeyed him everywhere, and never disagreed with him. Who knows......

Fake, everything is fake! Realizing this, Lu Bo suddenly assumed the majesty of the secretary of the provincial party committee, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Comrade Nanchuan, your speech must be well-founded, and I ask you to pay attention to your identity. ”

Fang Nanchuan actually showed no weakness, and replied on the spot: "According to what I will find, please rest assured." However, I would also like to draw the secretary's attention to the fact that at such times, each of us should be mindful of our own identity, especially you and me. Let me add that the truth of the accident cannot be hidden from anyone, and the truth is not revealed to the world. After saying that, he left the venue in a rage.

Lu Bo's voice was extremely distorted from behind him: "Nanchuan, you-"