Ma Qiming suddenly became abnormal, leaving a few big cases alone, and running mysteriously towards Wushui.

The cause was the woman named Su Zi.

The first time Ma Qiming went to see Su Zi was in the evening of late July, when Li Chunjiang was still in the provincial capital to accompany Ye Zihe to see a doctor. Ma Qiming took his secretary Xiao Tian and quietly came to Wushui County. Located in the southwest corner of the county, this family area seems a bit noisy, with milk sellers and egg noodles selling shouting vigorously at the mouth of the alley, and several old men playing chess gather together, scrambling as if they are going to fight for a chess move. A pot-bellied woman was chasing a chicken, and her captive chicken accidentally ran out, causing the pregnant woman to scream, grab it, grab it. Ma Qiming and Xiao Tian also helped the pregnant woman, and in the end, it was Ma Qiming who caught the chicken in his hand. The pregnant woman smiled gratefully and asked Ma Qiming, "Who are you looking for?" Ma Qiming smiled and said, "Don't look for anyone, let's go around here." The pregnant woman was a little surprised, looking at Ma Qiming strangely, with a look of disbelief. The further they went, the quieter the alley became, and they didn't meet anyone in the long alley, except for a few children who came home late from school. The light and shadow of dusk stretch the deep alleys to a long time, and also make this old residential area even more ruined. The mottled walls are filled with prankster graffiti by elementary school students, and the thick aroma of rice fills the entire alleyway, making people can't help but have the desire to push open someone's door and rub a delicious meal.

Su Zi's house was at the innermost part of the alley, and when the secretary Xiao Tian pushed the door open, the small courtyard was quiet, and he couldn't smell the smell of food or hear the human voice. After a long while, a voice came to ask, "Who?" It was Granny Su Zi's voice. Ma Qiming walked in with Xiao Tian and saw Granny Su Zi sitting cross-legged on the bed, chanting Buddha. When the beads in her hand stopped, Ma Qiming said, "Old woman, are you alone?" ”

Granny Su Zi glanced at him and asked, "Zheng Yuan asked him to do it, right?" ”

Secretary Xiao Tian was just about to speak, but Ma Qiming stopped him and followed Su Zi's mother-in-law's tone with an "um". Granny Su Zi said: "How many times have I told you, if we don't go, we won't go anywhere, and we will die here." ”

Ma Qiming let out an "oh" and looked at the room. The house is dilapidated and narrow, probably because of the lack of popularity, which adds to the decay. The furniture was gone, the living room was just a square stool, and an old cardboard box was occupied by an old cardboard box with children's toys piled on top of it.

Only then did Ma Qiming believe that Su Zi sold all her family property in order to petition, and she did not accept Li Chunjiang's assistance.

Su Zi was not there, and her mother-in-law said that the child had a fever and went to the hospital to see the child.

Ma Qiming didn't ask much, quietly put down a thousand yuan, and stepped out with his secretary Xiao Tian. On the way, Ma Qiming didn't say a word, and the secretary Xiao Tian couldn't read his thoughts, and he didn't dare to speak rashly. It wasn't until the night completely engulfed the earth and the earth was quiet that Ma Qiming said: "How many grievances do you say there are in this world? ”

Secretary Oda opened his mouth a few times, but did not dare to answer.

The second time, Ma Qiming came alone. Secretary Oda is a hillbilly and can't spare time. He asked the driver to wait in the car, followed the alley by himself, and knocked on the door of Su Zi's house with a little unease. It was Su Zi who opened the door, and when she saw Ma Qiming, Su Zi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you looking for?" Ma Qiming said: "I'm Tao Shi's friend, can I come in?" Su Zi turned sideways, and Ma Qiming almost squeezed in. When he entered the house and sat down, Su Zi didn't speak for a long time, his hands were twisted together uneasily, and his panicked eyes jumped around Ma Qiming. Ma Qiming just asked, "How are things?" Su Zi suddenly knelt down. Ma Qiming was startled, and hurriedly reached out to pull her, who knew that Su Zi didn't get up, didn't speak, just cried, the tears were like August rain, crackling, and soon the house was wet. When her mother-in-law saw this, she also ran out of the back room and fell to her knees with a thud.

"Good man! Help us! ”

Ma Qiming persisted in the cries of his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for an hour, and finally found that Su Zi's nerves were not normal, and this young woman could not do anything but kneel and cry. She had even forgotten how to speak to others, as if there were only tears, all she had to say.

There was also an unpleasant thing that happened that day, it was about Ma Qiming's silence and hesitation that annoyed Su Zi, and when he picked up Su Zi from the ground, Su Zi actually spat on his face fiercely! Ma Qiming was stunned by this mouthful, and seeing that he was stunned, Su Zi suddenly burst out and roared: "You go, go!" None of you officials are good! ”

Then he heard the news of Su Zi's mental disorder, intermittently, but it always pierced his heart. There are also rumors that her abnormality is related to the person named Zheng Yuan, saying that after Tao Shi turned himself in, Zheng Yuan approached the young woman for various reasons, transferred her from a small factory to a secondary department of the government, and also got them a house in the name of Tao Shi. There are many rumors, and there is a tendency to get Zheng Yuan to bed with her. Sun Jihai openly said at a meeting: "Some of our leading cadres ignore the major and important affairs of the county, and do all the things that are not famous all day long. Subordinates should be concerned and compassionate, but if you put all your energy into it, it will be too much, right? ”

These words smelled of blood, and Ma Qiming, who was sitting on the rostrum, saw that Zheng Yuan's face was flushed, and his Adam's apple was bulging, as if he wanted to refute something.

What kind of relationship is Zheng Yuan and Su Zi? Was Su Zi's petition instigated by Li Chunjiang behind the scenes? What is Li Chunjiang for? Also, why is Secretary Yuan Bo very sensitive in this matter? What are the facts behind the rumors? A series of questions piled up in Ma Qiming's mind, and Ma Qiming felt that he had to figure it out.

This time, Ma Qiming still went to see Su Zi alone, and as soon as he arrived in Wushui County, Secretary Yuan Bo called and asked him where he was, how did he know about that matter? Ma Qiming knew that Secretary Yuan Bo was asking Hu Quanli. He hesitated on the phone for a while, but still said, "This person seems to be coming from a bit of a bad way." Secretary Yuan Bo asked what was wrong. Ma Qiming said: "I suspect that his second-class merit is fake. Secretary Yuan Bo sighed: "Comrade Guangyuan also said the same at that time, but unfortunately I didn't listen to it, but is it a little late to bring it up now?" ”

"If there is a mistake, it must be corrected, and there is no question of whether it is too late or not." Ma Qiming said.

"Okay, you get to the bottom of the problem as soon as possible, and I'll go to the provincial party committee in two days and make an oral report to Deputy Secretary Tong first. As for how to recover the impact, you have an opinion, I still say the same thing, be fast and accurate. Then Secretary Yuan Bo asked, "Have you been investigating that Su Zi recently?" ”

Ma Qiming hurriedly denied it and said, "Which Su Zi? ”

"Forget it, if someone talks about it in front of me, I just ask casually."

Closing the phone, Ma Qiming felt awkward, obviously this is the case, why don't you dare to admit it to Secretary Yuan Bo? Could it be that until now, you are still not at ease with Secretary Yuan Bo?

Su Zi was not there, and Ma Qiming ate the closed door again. He had already eaten twice until he was closed, looking at the low courtyard and the locked door, Ma Qiming suddenly thought, is Su Zi hiding from him? Thinking so, he saw an old lady walking in the alley, so he greeted her with a smile and asked her about Su Zi's whereabouts. The old lady said in surprise: "You are her distant relative, the first time you have seen you, this child, pitiful." The old lady said sadly: "Two days ago, Su Zi was just in good spirits and was able to cook, when a group of people suddenly broke into her house at night and forced her to hand over something, and as a result, she was scared out of her illness again. No, I just came back from the hospital, and I can't get out of bed. The old lady told Ma Qiming the ward number, and said again and again: "I see that you look like a rich man and a relative, but you must help this child!" You know? She suddenly lowered her voice, "They all say that this child is not clean with other men, so I don't believe it, bah, chew the root of the tongue!" ”

When Ma Qiming walked out, he saw a few more lines on the wall of the alley, one of which was written crookedly: Su Zi is a big prostitute who sleeps with men. Followed by a string of big words: Sleep, sleep, sleep a man, sleep a building.

Ma Qiming walked a few steps, turned his head again, picked up half a brick, and rubbed off the lines of words.

Ma Qiming didn't go to the hospital, the hospital was full of people, and he couldn't solve any problems if he went. Before returning to Sanhe, he called the director of the hospital to learn about Su Zi's condition. Fortunately, Su Zi is just too weak, and she has been frightened one after another, so there will be no major problems, and it is estimated that she will be discharged from the hospital in ten days and half a month.

I returned to Sanhe with a stomach full of worries, and as soon as I entered the office, the secretary Xiao Tian said: "There is a lady named Tang Ruyi looking for the secretary and leaving the hotel room number. ”

Tang Ruyi? Ma Qiming seemed to have forgotten this name, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly remembered it, and hurriedly asked Xiao Tian: "When did she come?" ”

"At nine o'clock in the morning, she said it was an old friend of the secretary."

Tang Ruyi.

Ma Qiming's heart suddenly confused these three words.

Tang Ruyi is the courtesan in Nanping, and she was promoted to the director of the Tourism Bureau by Ma Qiming in one step. It's just that after so many years, Ma Qiming has never heard from her. I only heard that not long after he was transferred, Tang Ruyi also resigned from the post of director of the tourism bureau and went to work for a travel company in Hong Kong. The vicissitudes of the world, the years have left traces, this has been eight or nine years, why did she suddenly find Sanhe?

According to the address given by the secretary Xiao Tian, Ma Qiming came to the Western Hotel. The moment he rang the doorbell, Ma Qiming's hand hesitated slightly, and he didn't seem to have made up his mind whether to see this woman. But another voice was urging him, even a little impatient. He smiled with relief, what's wrong with me?

Dressed in plain clothes, with a plain face, even the smile has not changed, everything is the way it stays in the depths of memory. Looking closely, it seems that there are a few more wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, but compared to the vicissitudes of Ma Qiming, the years have been particularly fortunate for her. The two of them just looked at it, only to hear the sound of churning in their hearts, like a hand, gently stirring the traces of the years, turning the memory that had precipitated in their hearts to their eyes. Then there was a smile, with the charm of the past, the attachment of the past, and the clouds that never stopped in this period of no news.

"You're still so young." Ma Qiming's mouth is as clumsy as an actor who has forgotten his lines. Tang Ruyi seemed to be quite familiar with the world, brushed his hair, blinked mischievously, and said a joke that made Ma Qiming suddenly relieved: "It's not a secret date, I see that you are nervous." ”

This sentence erased the blank years in the middle, and when the time went back to Nanping, what Ma Qiming saw was still the capable female general who spoke implicitly, but her eyes were occasionally a little blurry. He laughed aloud and said, "Look at me, I don't know how to talk to you." ”

There was a light laugh in the room, and then everything went into nature.

Actually, there are some people you can never separate, just as there are some people you never have to wait. What the years have washed away is what should have disappeared, those things that were destined to remain in your life, and they could not be put away or waved away. When a wind blows, the door of memory will open, and the rain will be drenched, and the green grass in my heart will be lush and green.

Tang Ruyi told Ma Qiming that she had been running around all these years, as if she had been on the road and never stopped. At present, she works in a listed company in Hong Kong and is a representative in Shenzhen. Ma Qiming was surprised: "You have become a super white-collar worker." Tang Ruyi smiled and said, "What, the old woman in the circle." ”

Ma Qiming realized that once he was completely relaxed, the face in front of him still had strong traces of time. He smiled sympathetically: "Time is not forgiving! It's going to be fifty in a flash. ”

"You're forty-six, isn't it, four months and eighteen days, right?"

Ma Qiming was secretly startled, and his surprised gaze fell on Tang Ruyi's face again.

"Seven years and fifty-two days older than me." Tang Ruyi continued.

Aside from the details, Tang Ruyi didn't come this time purely for Ma Qiming. She traveled from Tibet to Qinghai and then to Sanhe, and her next stop was Xinjiang. "At present, the western region is being developed on a large scale, and the western region has become a hot land, and we cannot sit idly by and wait and see. This time, I was doing a preliminary investigation for the company's westward expansion, and everywhere I went, it was in full swing! Tang Ruyi said.

"You mean investment?" Ma Qiming suddenly became interested.

"Our company has been involved in 12 industries such as biopharmaceutical, tourism development, and green agriculture, and has five branches in the mainland, and plans to expand to the west in the next step."

"Good! You are now the God of Wealth. Ma Qiming's enthusiasm suddenly changed direction, and he pestered Tang Ruyi and told him about investment topics for more than two hours.

When he left, he had an extra book in his hand for the mainland expansion plan of Hong Kong Longteng Industry.