The puzzle was revealed after the man surnamed Zhang went out to answer a phone call and came back.

I saw him return to his seat, fiddling with his mobile phone and whispering a few words to his companion next to him, but the man couldn't help but blurt out: "Old Man Ye hanged up?" ”

The man surnamed Zhang glared at him, and motioned to keep quiet.

At this moment, Li Yuanlang had already returned to the table, because he had doubts in his heart, he paid great attention to every move of the people at that table, and happened to hear that sentence clearly in the noisy atmosphere.

Old Man Ye, dead!

Li Yuanlang's heart couldn't help but sink, so he went out to the toilet under the pretext of secretly making a private call to Shui Qingzhang.

"Uncle Shui, didn't Old Man Ye survive it?" Li Yuanlang held the microphone and cautiously said tentatively.

After all, his identity is noble and involves top secrets, Li Yuanlang may not be able to grasp Shui Qingzhang's level, but I heard that Shui Qingzhang has dealings with Ye Mingren, so he may be able to know a little bit about it.

"Who did you listen to?" Shui Qingzhang's tone was obviously stunned, whether Old Man Ye died or Li Yuanlang knew this inside news, only he knew it.

Shui Qingzhang's just a few words confirmed Li Yuenlang's guess that the truth of the matter exists.

So he carefully explained to Shui Qingzhang that he overheard several people from the capital in Hailang Village mentioning that he wanted to verify the authenticity of Shui Qingzhang's news.

"Alas!" Shui Qingzhang sighed and said with a heavy heart: "It's true, just ten minutes ago, Old Man Ye took his last breath. There will be a delay in the time, and it is estimated that all the media will report it tomorrow morning. As soon as his old man walked away like this, the earth shook. ”

The earth shaking and shaking refers to the capital thousands of miles away, which is too far away from Li Yuanlong, and it is not for him to worry about. He had a hunch that Old Man Ye suddenly traveled westward with a crane, not only in the Chinese political arena, but also in Donghe Province.

What he cares about is whether it will involve Shui Qingzhang himself. After all, it is the prospective father-in-law, the future family, and the whole body will be moved. Shui Qingzhang caught a cold, and Li Yuenlong would also sneeze.

Li Yuanlang implicitly expressed his worries, hoping that Shui Qingzhang would give him a reassurance.

"It won't involve me." Shui Qingzhang smiled bitterly: "My level is not enough. Hey, Yuen Long, I don't see that you are quite concerned about the current situation. ”

"Uncle Shui, I care about the Ye family and Old Man Ye for one person."

"Who?" Shui Qingzhang was quite puzzled, as Li Yuanlang's identity, it seemed that he couldn't get along with the Ye family, to put it mildly, the section-level cadres were not as high as the Ye family's guards.

"Ye Qingrou." Li Yuanlang reported this name, Shui Qingzhang couldn't help but be stunned, there was no other reason, Shui Tingyue hadn't greeted him yet, and he didn't know the special relationship between Li Yuanlang and Ye Qingrou.

"Qingrou? You're talking about her? Shui Qingzhang's eyes suddenly straightened, and he didn't believe it, and asked a few words.

"Yes, Uncle Water. Qingrou is my long-lost sister, her original name is Li Xiaohui. Li Yuenlong replied truthfully, never mixed with a half-star's lie.

"She's your own sister?" Shui Qingzhang's eyes rolled and asked in surprise, "Who are you Fan Yuqin?" ”

"It's my mother." Li Yuanlang still felt strange, how could Shui Qingzhang know his mother's name? Incredible.

"That's right." Shui Qingzhang muttered to himself: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, Yuen Long, you are actually Fan Yuqin's son, the world is too small, and the Gu family and the Ye family still have such a relationship." ”

Listening to Shui Qingzhang's meaning, it seems that there is a connection that Li Yuanlang doesn't know about, and he really wants to ask to understand. But there are some things that are not clear on the phone, Shui Qingzhang has already stated that he will talk to him thoroughly next time.

He had no choice but to suppress his curiosity, said goodnight to Shui Qingzhang, and hung up the phone.

made such a fuss, Li Yuanlang had no intention of drinking any wine, even if it was a jade liquid, it was almost like boiled water in his mouth.

He didn't drink too much, but he drank Guo Dingshou and the other village committee members comfortably, and they all walked crookedly, and they were all carried home.

When Li Yuanlang left, he deliberately called Yang Sheng aside to explain a few words, and Yang Sheng couldn't help but nod and write it down.

Yang Sheng arranged for Li Yuanlang and Han Wei to live at his house, Li Yuanlang refused his kindness, he wanted to live in the village committee, and wanted to take the opportunity to get close to the man surnamed Zhang and those people in the capital. can grasp the news of Old Man Ye's death, these people are not just photography enthusiasts.

Unable to resist Li Yuanlang's insistence, Yang Sheng had no choice but to pack up the two beds in the duty room of the village committee and bring two clean bedding for Li Yuanlang and Han Wei to use.

When he walked into the duty room with the futon and sweating profusely, only Han Wei was looking at his mobile phone, and when he asked, he realized that Li Yuanlang was dragged to chat by the people in the capital next door.

Li Yuanlang is hospitable and has no arrogance, and the man surnamed Zhang has a good impression of him. The most important thing is that Li Yuanlang didn't let Yang Sheng accept the food money of these people, which made the man surnamed Zhang embarrassed.

Li Yuenlong said: "If you come from afar, you are a guest, and if a guest comes to the host's house as a guest, how can there be any reason to collect money?" I see that you talk extraordinary, not only photography enthusiasts, is it convenient to reveal another layer of your identity? Of course, it doesn't hurt if you can't say it. ”

The people looked at each other, the man surnamed Zhang thought for a long time, and made eye gestures with his companions, and only after being unanimously recognized by everyone did he reveal his true identity.

His name is Zhang Wei and he is a reporter for the Citizen Daily. Citizen Daily is a party newspaper and represents the mouthpiece of the party, so it naturally pays high attention to major events involving the land of China.

Several others are also media reporters, including reporters from Citizen Daily, Guanghua Daily, and Huaxin Service, all of which are famous newspapers that have shocked attention.

Li Yuenlong is close to the big guys, hoping that they can do more publicity for Hailang Village, so that more people who like snow know about this place and can come here to play.

Zhang Wei immediately said: "It's not a problem, it's not for anything else, just for your secretary Li's hospitality, we are willing to be a free publicity ambassador, send out the mountains here, the beautiful scenery here, so that more people can understand Hailang Village, know Hailang Village, and you, a good parent official who is dedicated to the people." ”

In order to express his victory, when Zhang Wei and the others left the next day, Li Yuanlang also sent them off, and gave them several large bags of fungus matsutake mushrooms and mountain products such as ginseng and lingzhi prepared by Yang Sheng in advance.

Zhang Wei and those people excused themselves in every possible way, Zhang Weilian said: "How embarrassing is this, eat and live for nothing and take it for nothing, Secretary Li, we are ashamed of it." ”

Li Yuanlang said sincerely: "Reporter Zhang and everyone, these things are all produced in the mountains here by us, not worth a few dollars, the courtesy is light and affectionate, you have all agreed to serve as free publicity ambassadors, we are poor and can't afford to give money, send some mountain products a little bit of heart, if you don't accept it, you look down on us." Accept it, accept it by all means. ”

Zhang Wei saw Li Yuanlang's sincere attitude, and immediately made the decision: "Secretary Li, then we are welcome, don't worry, I will try my best to arrange for your report here to be sent out as soon as possible." We'll be here for a long time, and we'll see you later. ”

Seeing the two off-road jeeps disappear from sight, Yang Sheng asked Li Yuanlang puzzled: "Secretary, what is the origin of these people, and it is worth treating them differently?" ”

"They are the God of Wealth of Hailang Village, and they will bring a lot of wealth, Director Yang, you just wait for a good life."

Yang Sheng squeezed out an ambiguous smile, not understanding what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this big secretary.

When Li Yuanlang left Hailang Village, he asked Han Wei to give Yang Sheng some money as last night's meal and money for Zhang Wei's mountain products. Yang Sheng originally didn't accept it. It was Han Wei who forced it to him.

Hailang Village originally had no money, and Li Yuanlang would not let the village committee pay this money, although he did it all for Hailang Village.

On the way back to Shuiming Township, Li Yuanlang took out his mobile phone to watch the news, and sure enough, the headlines of major media reported the news of Old Man Ye's death.

Li Yuanlang had a lot of thoughts, thought a lot, and even remembered what his sister was doing at this time, and whether she would be too sad.

He wanted to call his sister to send comfort, but he hesitated and still didn't dial out. She has Wang Song by her side to take care of, and I believe that she will take the initiative to call herself when it is convenient.

Back in the township, Li Yuanlang had just entered his office and his butt had not yet sat down, Zhang Guorui hurriedly came to him, and said with a sigh of relief: "You can be regarded as back, without you in the township, I really have no backbone." ”

"Guorui, how is the situation in Shangyangma Village and Liujiadi? Is there any movement? Li Yuanlang gave Zhang Guorui a cigarette and asked on his own.

"There is no movement at the moment, I guess it's because the road from our township to the county has not been cleared of snow, and it will be difficult to say when the snow is cleared." Zhang Guorui took a deep breath, and two puffs of green smoke came out of his nose.

"You can't sit back and wait for them to act, Guorui, I have an idea, do you think this is okay?" Li Yuanlang then explained his thoughts to Zhang Guorui in detail.

"Can it work? Isn't it a bit adventurous? Zhang Guorui pondered for a moment and asked questions.

"We're just pushing them to disrupt their rhythm. Guorui, you have to start at the same time, and when the time comes, you will take a two-pronged approach and catch him off guard. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, I'll carry it with you if something goes wrong." Zhang Guorui extinguished half of the cigarette in the ashtray, stood up, and held Li Yuenlong's hand tightly.

Liu Shuxi, director of the Party and Government Office, heard that Li Yuanlong had returned to the township, and his heart couldn't help but sink. After all, he was a thief, and he was thinking about asking Huang Wen to send it to inquire about the news, when the phone on the table suddenly rang, and he saw that the call was Li Yuanlang's landline number, so he stabilized his mind and grabbed the phone and asked, "Secretary, are you back?" ”

"Lao Liu, you inform me that all the committee members will hold a meeting at half past one in the afternoon, and no one is allowed to be absent, and they will ask me for leave if they have something." Li Yuanlang's tone on the phone was resolute, and there was a precursor to the wind filling the building.

"Yes, Secretary Li, I'll notify you." Putting down the phone, Liu Shuxi thought about what was the purpose of convening the party committee as soon as Li Yuanlang came back. After thinking about it, he felt that it was nothing more than emphasizing discipline, and it was no big deal, so he didn't take it seriously, grabbed the phone and notified them one by one.

Among the members of the party committee, except for Chang Ming, who has not yet returned, all of them have been notified one by one. At noon, Liu Shuxi went to the cafeteria to deal with a mouthful of food, and at half past one in the afternoon, he appeared in the conference room on time.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Yuenlong presided over the meeting, and the first topic that came up surprised him a little.