Li Jiangbei failed to come to Xia Yu's house as promised, and when Xia Yu hesitated with the phone, he suddenly received a call from Xu Dalong, the magistrate of Jianglong County, asking him to rush to Jianglong, saying that Vice Governor Zhou was waiting for him in Jianglong.

On the way, Li Jiangbei muttered in his heart, why is Vice Governor Zhou in Jianglong, isn't he still ......

When he arrived in Jianglong and met the county magistrate Xu Dalong, the doubts in Li Jiangbei's heart were naturally solved. Zhou Zhengqun is here for Zhang Xingwang!

No one expected that Zhang Xingwang would arouse the public anger of the villagers of Wangtian Village. When the villagers of Wangtian Village heard that Zhang Xingwang had asked for 300,000 yuan from the provincial capital, they didn't care whether the money was in their hands or whether his son Zhang Chaoyang was shot in exchange, anyway, the amount of 300,000 yuan stimulated Wangtian Village. Parents of students who had vowed to petition Mr. Zhang to the end were particularly angry. Okay, Zhang Xingwang, you instigated us to petition and instigated us to find ** to discuss the law, but as a result, you let ** be bought!

A few days after Zhang Xingwang returned to the village, the news spread far and wide, followed by the villagers who had fought with him for the expansion of recruitment, gathered at his house and pointed out two paths for Zhang Xingwang to choose. Or, continue to be their leader, take them to the market, find the province, and it is best to find the research team and explain the expansion clearly, and it can't just be done. Or, take out the 300,000 and divide it equally.

Facing a room of villagers, Zhang Xingwang first said good things, he said that the third child of his family was sick and injured his leg in a car accident - he didn't dare to say that he was shot, he couldn't say this, and as soon as he said it, the villagers blew up again. He has to find a way to treat the child, and he really has no energy to petition him, so he really can't take care of it. A man named Ah Chang immediately retorted to him: "No, how did I hear that someone gave you 300,000 yuan, did you let the top buy it?" ”

Zhang Xingwang refused to admit it: "Who said that I took 300,000 yuan, I didn't take any of it!" ”

"I didn't take it, why didn't you petition, didn't you start it, wasn't it everyone you initiated in the first place?"

Zhang Xingwang blushed and explained repeatedly.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it in heaven!" The man named Ah Chang was already angry with the petitioner, he was unwilling at first, it was Zhang Xingwang who encouraged the whole village, there was no way, he could only join the petitioning team, who let his family also have a college student? As a result, the last time the city and county arranged that the jobs assigned to other people's children were better than those of his children. His son studied international trade at Jiangbei Business School, and originally expected to be assigned to a large enterprise in Chunjiang City, but he was assigned to Jianglong Fishing Tackle Factory, saying that it was a fishing tackle factory, but in fact it was a small workshop, working 12 hours a day and getting a salary of more than 600 yuan. After four years of college, he spent all his family's money, and he had more than 30,000 loans, and with this salary, it would take six years to repay the loan. He thinks that he has been fooled again, ** this is to gag them with six hundred dollars.

"No, it's either to divide the money or to petition, you choose one!"

Ah Changyi is stubborn, and the rest of the people can't say anything anymore, anyway, they are now a well-known petitioning village, a well-known petitioner, and they also hope to get more money by petitioning, and repair the road in Wangtian Village to the town, and it is best to build another primary school, with a primary school, the children do not have to go over the mountains and mountains to Tianling Village Primary School, which is 15 miles away from the village.

When Zhang Xingwang saw this situation, he didn't dare to stay at home for a long time, so he secretly ran out of Wangtian Village at night, and originally planned to go to his eldest son to discuss first, what should Chaoyang do, and should he go to school? Can the 300,000 given by the Public Security Department be spent? Who knew that as soon as he ran halfway, he let the clever Ah Chang catch him.

"If you want to run, it's not that easy!" Ah Chang commanded the villagers and dragged Zhang Xingwang to the county seat and in front of the county magistrate Xu Dalong.

Ah Chang asked Xu Dalong, the county magistrate, a question: "They are all petitioners, all of them are from Wangtian Village, why do we only give Zhang Xingwang 300,000 yuan, what about us, who do we ask for money?" ”

Xu Dalong couldn't answer.

Zhang Xingwang's 300,000 yuan was just a rumor he heard in the provincial capital, and of course it couldn't be used to reason with the villagers. is not theoretical, and the villagers will not let him go. Ah Chang said very clearly: "Or, take out the 300,000 yuan to confiscate the public, build schools or roads." Or, continue to petition. ”

He can't choose either, he is the county magistrate, not a villager of Wangtian Village. Explaining that the work is useless, and persuasion is even less effective, the villagers of Wangtian Village have come up with an experience in petitioning over the years, not picking the soft, only the hard, and whoever speaks the hardest in the county listing will find whoever to petition.

Xu Dalong knew that Zhang Xingwang and 300,000 yuan were just excuses. The real purpose of the villagers of Wangtian Village is still to build roads and schools, and the poverty alleviation funds promised by the city last time have been implemented less than 100,000 yuan, and 100,000 yuan to repair roads is still far away.

In order to prevent the situation from expanding, Xu Dalong could only report the situation to the city, asking the city to implement poverty alleviation funds as soon as possible, and could no longer deal with the peasants with white slips. Unexpectedly, the matter reached Zhou Zhengqun's ears.

Although Zhou Zhengqun was under scrutiny in Chunjiang, he and Liu Mingjian also shouldered an important task to secretly investigate disciplinary violations in the construction of the Chunjiang ** Building, including the pottery incident. This is an agreement between him and Secretary Pang, and it is also a dangerous move taken by Secretary Pang, of course, it is a wonderful move if it is taken well.

"Chunjiang is the place where you have worked, you are familiar with the world, and now the masses have a lot of discussions about the Chunjiang ** building project, and their opinions are also very big, and the complaint letter flies to me every day, and it is necessary to check it carefully, otherwise it will not be able to explain to the people of Chunjiang. This work, think about it, or you go to the most appropriate. ”

"This ......" Zhou Zhengqun suspected that he had heard it wrong, and seeing that Secretary Pang didn't seem to be joking, he said: "My current situation is not suitable, right?" ”

"Of course, strictly according to the organizational principle, you can't go, and you don't have the qualifications to do so, after all, you are now the subject of scrutiny. But then again, if you're not 'shuanggui', you can't do nothing. In this way, Comrade Mingjian is responsible for this work, and you should be Comrade Mingjian's staff officer and help him take the pulse. There is one thing that must be insisted on, your problem is your problem, and when you do not reach a conclusion, you have to accept the examination unconditionally, this is an iron principle, which cannot be changed. Is it acceptable? Secretary Pang said, looking at him.

Zhou Zhengqun thought for a while and nodded solemnly: "I promise the provincial party committee that I will never violate the principles, and I will definitely take responsibility for the problems that belong to me Zhou Zhengqun." ”

"Okay, that's what I want!" Secretary Pang finally showed a relaxed smile, but then he said: "Zhengqun, seeking truth from facts, it is always a principle that our communists adhere to, for you, for the cadres of Chunjiang City, the provincial party committee has great hopes, I hope you can prove yourself, don't let the provincial party committee down, don't let the people down." ”

In the past few months, Zhou Zhengqun has been under investigation by the special case team on the one hand, but on the other hand, he has been paying close attention to the progress of several major and important cases in Chunjiang. This is because there are many of his former subordinates and colleagues in the Chunjiang cadre ranks, and some of them were promoted by him after he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. Speaking of which, this is also another test for Secretary Pang for him, to see if he can stick to his true colors and do his duty well without hesitation in this complex background.

Zhou Zhengqun now has to bitterly admit the reality that there are indeed a few people in the Chunjiang cadre team who are degenerating and degenerating, and although they are a minority, their influence is very great. Among them is the secretary general, who was promoted when he was secretary of the municipal party committee, and is now the executive vice mayor in charge of urban construction and financial work.

No wonder Secretary Pang took such a big risk and let him rush to Chunjiang during this special period. Secretary Pang wants him to pull out these thorns with his own hands-

Knowing that the villagers of Wangtian Village were petitioning again, Zhou Zhengqun had to go to Jianglong no matter what: "I have to go, I understand the situation in Wangtian Village, and I also understand Zhang Xingwang, and I am afraid that others will not be able to do the work in Wangtian Village." Liu Mingjian didn't dare to make his own decisions, and asked Secretary Pang for instructions, and Secretary Pang said without hesitation: "He is going to do the work of the petitioner, not to intercede for himself, why can't he go?" ”

As a result, Zhou Zhengqun found out when he arrived in Jianglong that Zhang Xingwang was no longer the Zhang Xingwang of a few months ago, and the villagers of Wangtian Village were not the villagers of Wangtian Village a few months ago. He mediated for two days, but he didn't use it, and he had to think of Li Jiangbei as a last resort.

"You still need to tie the bell to unlock the bell, let him come." He said to Liu Mingjian.

When Li Jiangbei rushed to Jianglong, Zhou Zhengqun had already returned to Chunjiang City, and he could not stay in Jianglong for a long time, so he left Li Jiangbei with a word: Be sure to persuade the petitioners to retire.

Li Jiangbei felt a little regretful in his heart, but time did not allow him to think too much, and after briefly understanding the situation from Xu Dalong, Li Jiangbei hurried to the hotel. Ah Chang and others were arranged by Xu Dalong in the Jianglong Hotel.

An hour later, Li Jiangbei sat opposite Ah Chang, in order not to cause new contradictions, Li Jiangbei did not let Xu Dalong accompany him, "You are busy with your going, leave it to me here." ”

Ah Chang recognized Li Jiangbei, and these petitioners in Wangtian Village all recognized Li Jiangbei. Li Jiangbei has been to Wangtian Village, for the road, for the school, talked to them on their knees, and lived in the village for a while. Seeing Li Jiangbei, Ah Chang and the others instinctively felt a sense of closeness, feeling that the person who spoke for them was coming.

"What's going on?" Li Jiangbei asked Ah Chang.

Ah Chang excitedly told Zhang Xingwang and 300,000 yuan.

"He got the money?"

"Got it."

"You saw it with your own eyes?" Li Jiangbei was very patient and asked step by step.

Ah Chang was stunned for a moment, feeling a little tricky. But he still said cheerfully: "Of course I didn't see it, he took the money, how could he let me see it?" ”

"I haven't seen you yelling at anything?" Li Jiangbei said that Ah Chang was speechless.

Li Jiangbei turned his gaze to everyone: "You are the same, you dare to petition for the matter of chasing wind and shadows?" Let me ask you, where did you hear about Zhang Xingwang's money, and who told you that he got 300,000 yuan? ”

The crowd shook their heads, of course they didn't know who said it.

Li Jiangbei was not in a hurry or annoyed, and put on a homely posture: "Isn't this right, you also believe in the shadowless thing, I want to say that Achang got 300,000, you also believe it?" ”

"I don't believe it." Someone chimed in.

"Why?"

"How can Ah Chang get 300,000, he is not Brother Xingwang." The one who spoke was a middle-aged man, with a thin face and a mustache, his daughter went to Jiangbei University of Finance, and it was also changed by Jiangbei Finance and Economics High School after the expansion.

Li Jiangbei asked them one by one, 12 of them were children who had graduated, and now they were all arranged by the city and county levels, and the other 6 children were still in their third year of college and had a year to graduate. It can be seen that the city and county have made this move to the local level. Compared with the previous times, the mood of the villagers is obviously much better, but there are also people who are worried, mainly parents whose children have not graduated, afraid that there will be no such policy next year. Li Jiangbei patiently explained to them that ** will not be irresponsible for his own behavior, but it is currently the peak of employment, ** pressure is indeed very great, and everyone should understand the difficulties of **.

"Let us people understand, I haven't heard of it." Someone started to heckle.

Li Jiangbei stared at the man: "So you have to study hard, don't think that being a common man is great." Ordinary people sometimes make mistakes, don't they? ”

The man let Li Jiangbei's words be blinded, lowered his head and thought for a while, but he didn't say anything, but he didn't say anything strange again.

Li Jiangbei was about to take advantage of the situation to guide, but Ah Chang, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly opened his mouth: "No, there is no wind and no waves, how can you conclude that he didn't take the 300,000?" ”

This Ah Chang, his mind is still on the 300,000!

"Do you really want to know?" Li Jiangbei stared at Ah Chang, at this time, he already knew how to proceed with today's conversation, and he had to talk to them from the bottom of his heart.

"Yes!" Ah Chang replied heavily.

Li Jiangbei sank his face, it is said that there are some things he should not say, but he is also confused in his heart, and sometimes blindly refutes rumors, which will make the rumors more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, besides, the 300,000 cannot be said to be rumors.

Li Jiangbei told the origin of the 300,000 yuan with a heavy heart, including the blocking of the highway by the university students, including the shot that Zhang Chaoyang received.

There was a brief silence in the conference room, Li Jiangbei glanced at it, and the villagers all hung their heads, each more preoccupied than the other.

For a long time, Ah Chang suddenly shouted: "Really shot?" This old Xingwang, no matter how you ask him, he doesn't say, it turns out that he was really shot! ”

"Yes, I heard that the third child of his family was shot, but he didn't admit it." The man who had said the strange thing just now raised his head and said a word.

"No, this shot can't be taken in vain!" Ah Chang stood up suddenly.

Li Jiangbei was taken aback: "What do you want to do?" ”

"It's none of your business, Commissioner Li, thank you for treating us as your own family, this matter is not over, I can't get justice for Lao Xingwang, I am not from Wangtian Village!"

"Yes, justice!" The villagers quarreled.

Li Jiangbei never thought that Ah Chang was worried about the 300,000 yuan, not really looking for money, but wanting to know the truth. He was a little caught off guard, it seemed that he still didn't know them!

"Ah Chang, sit down."

"I'm not sitting!" Achang replied, and then he shouted at the villagers: "Go, go to the provincial capital, find the Public Security Department!" ”

"Go to the provincial city and find the Public Security Department!" The villagers all stood up, their faces filled with anger.

"Aim a gun at a student, what kind of hero?"

"No wonder Lao Xingwang fell apart, it turned out that they were scared with guns, go, reason!" As he spoke, someone was about to go out.

"Sit down!" Li Jiangbei shouted violently.

This shout was so powerful that the villagers who had already arrived at the door of the conference room suddenly stopped and looked at Li Jiangbei in surprise.

"Come back, all sit down!" Li Jiangbei drank again. The villagers were stunned by his voice and obediently returned to their seats.

"Want to go to the provincial capital, but also want to petition? Okay, I'll go with you. But I'll say the ugly things in front, if you really make Zhang Chaoyang can't go to school, you will be responsible! ”

The villagers all hung their heads, and Ah Chang was honest. It is the first time that Li Jiangbei has been angry like this.

"You're not children anymore, you can't understand good and bad words? If I had known this, I shouldn't have talked too much! Do you know, because of this, Zhang Xingwang didn't let his third child go to school, and he also brought his third girlfriend! ”

Someone raised his gaze, lowered it again, and some people looked at Ah Chang, and saw that Ah Chang had a dark face and didn't speak, so he hurriedly withdrew his gaze again. The room was dull again.

"Petitioning is not omnipotent, and you can't make yourself a hero just because you dare to petition. If you have the money to go to the provincial capital, why don't you take it out to build roads? If you have the time to petition, why don't you think about how the village should develop? There are college students in Wangtian Village all over the world, and you have spent money for your children? What do you make the children think about making such a fuss? And you, Ah Chang, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Do you think that your son is not good and loses, but you go back and ask your son, how did he go to college for four years? Of the 21 courses, 16 are re-exams, and 3 have failed so far. Such a student, do you still have a reason to run to the ** trouble? ”

Ah Chang's face was red and white for a while, he was very embarrassed, but he didn't expect Li Jiangbei to know these things.

"Isn't it just for the roads and schools, the county has already started to get a plan, and it will be repaired next year, what else do you want, you can't say that the wind is the rain, right? County Magistrate Xu has repeatedly assured you, why don't you trust people? Petitioning everywhere under the banner of rights protection, saying that you are making trouble is unreasonable, and if you say it is serious, it is blackmail! ”

On this day, Li Jiangbei was full of anger, and he talked for more than half an hour in one breath, until Ah Chang and the others opened their mouths, and finally reviewed him one by one.

A storm finally subsided temporarily.

But Zhang Xingwang's side could not be calmed. Even if Zhang Xingwang wanted to calm down, Li Jiangbei did not agree. This was an idea that popped into his mind again when he was doing work for the villagers of Wangtian Village.

That night, Li Jiangbei had a deep conversation with Zhang Xingwang, who was at first hesitant and still did not tell the truth. Li Jiangbei couldn't help it: "You still want to hide it, don't you?" Have you ever thought about it, who is it worthy to keep it like this? Are you worthy of your son, or are you worthy of these folks in Wangtian Village who come and go with you in the mud? ”

After getting angry, Li Jiangbei gave Zhang Xingwang a serious job, Zhang Xingwang finally couldn't hold it back, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he told the truth that Deputy Director Tao sent someone to talk to him!

"What about the money, did you take the 300,000?"

"How dare I take it, how can the public security money be so easy to take." Zhang Xingwang swore an oath to Li Jiangbei.

"It's good if you don't take it, I'm really afraid that you won't be able to resist the temptation and let them buy it." Li Jiangbei breathed a sigh of relief.

"But ......," Zhang Xingwang wanted to say and stopped.

"But what?"

"They asked me to write a letter of guarantee."

"What warranty?"

"That's it...... is to never mention the matter of my son being shot for the rest of my life, and let me add an article, which has been successfully resolved after consultation between the two parties. ”

"What?" Li Jiangbei glared at Zhang Xingwang with hatred: "You dare to write this kind of guarantee?" ”

"There's no way, Commissioner Li, you don't know, how fierce they are, if I don't write, they will ......"

"What do they want, lawlessness?"

"Alas!" Zhang Xingwang slapped his head hard, "The third child is alone in the provincial capital, this time he was shot, so he saved his life, and he couldn't guarantee that next time, he would really die." ”

"What, they're law enforcement, not the underworld."

"Commissioner Li, what I said is the truth, the one surnamed Zhang really told me that."

"Which surname is Zhang?"

"It's the one who shot him, he's the son of Deputy Director Tao's lover."

"Play the piano!"

"Really, I don't believe you went to investigate, the money was forced to me by that woman. I didn't dare to ask for it, and she laughed at me. ”

Li Jiangbei couldn't listen to it anymore, he believed that Zhang Xingwang didn't lie, but this matter was too outrageous!