After leaving the Municipal Party Committee Building, Qin Huaiyuan had not yet recovered from the heavy atmosphere. Chen Molei drove silently, not knowing what to say along the way.

Halfway through the trip, Chen Molei seemed to be deliberately looking for a topic, and said with emotion: "The current court work is getting more and more difficult to do!" Take these 49 cases as an example, those villagers who won the lawsuit but couldn't get the money must have a lot of opinions about us, and those village cadres must be dissatisfied with us out of personal interests.

Alas, it was still the foresight of the old dean Gao, when the city was engaged in the review of the work style, he resolutely did not agree to include the court in the scope of the review, and now it seems that his thinking is still very advanced. You think, the court is responsible for trial and execution, when adjudicating a case, the losing party is not satisfied, when the execution, the party who can't get the money is not satisfied, and sometimes, even both parties are not satisfied. ”

Qin Huaiyuan seemed to be interested in the character mentioned by Chen Molei, and turned his head and asked, "Dean Gao?" Which High Dean? ”

"Gao to the south. He is the third term of the elderly, and he is also the first president of our Dongzhou Court. Chen Molei's thoughts suddenly returned to the 80s, and he said while recalling: "Speaking of this president, he was a man of the year in the Bohai court system, who took a firm and bold stance on the road of promoting the construction of the rule of law and the regularization of the courts, dared to fight against all resistance, and many useful explorations were adopted and absorbed by the superiors. In the end, he finally caught up with the reform of the professionalization of judges, but he died of illness in the position of a county-level judge in the Intermediate People's Court. ”

Qin Huaiyuan glanced at Chen Molei and asked with a little humor: "You are not afraid of ghosts, you can't learn from him, right?" ”

"Maybe." Chen Molei said: "In the second year I worked in our court, he was transferred to the Intermediate Court, although I only followed him for less than a year, but I was unknowingly infected by him and regarded him as an idol, maybe this is the so-called personality charm." ”

Qin Huaiyuan's thoughts were also brought back to the past, and said: "I have heard of this President Gao before, at that time I was just an ordinary clerk in the city court, but unfortunately when I was transferred to the intermediate court, he was no longer alive. Looking back now, it is precisely because of people like President Gao and their unremitting efforts that we have today's society under the rule of law, so we should cherish the achievements of their struggle. ”

He was quiet for a moment, then suddenly the subject changed and said, "I almost let you go astray." I just wanted to ask you, among the former presidents of our court, none of them stayed in Dongzhou after retirement, and they are still alive? ”

Chen Molei glanced at Qin Huaiyuan and joked, "Alive? What do you mean? Are you hoping that they will report to Marx sooner? At this point, his mind suddenly turned: "Oh, I seem to understand what you mean." Don't say it, there really is such an old dean, his name is Fu Tienan. After he stepped down from the position of president of the court, he became the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and he even got the treatment at the county level. However, it is said that he now carries cages and racks of birds all day long, and he is no longer concerned about the world. You're not looking for him, are you? ”

"yes, do you know where he lives?" Qin Huaiyuan asked eagerly.

Chen Molei shook his head lightly and said, "I don't know, I have to ask the Political Department, they have always been responsible for the work of elderly cadres." ”

"Okay, I'll ask." After speaking, Qin Huaiyuan called Wang Qiuwei, director of the Political Department. After ending the call, he pointed to the intersection in front of him and said, "Turn around at the intersection in front, let's go to the Yunhe Health Garden in the western suburbs of the city." ”

"Okay." Chen Molei hit the turn signal and turned into the innermost lane.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at Yunhe Health Garden.

The health garden is backed by the remaining veins of Shuangyang Mountain, and in front of it is a widened artificial river, with green willows and red flowers on both sides of the river, and pavilions and water pavilions are hidden in the meantime, like a paradise. On the right side of the gate stands a piece of granite more than two meters high, and the four words "health blessed land" in the Lishu font on it are bright red and dazzling, vigorous and powerful. Looking in from the gate, there are two or three-story villas inside, between the villas are shaded by green trees, flowers and plants, and the breeze blows, with a faint fragrance of flowers, refreshing people's hearts.

After parking the car in the temporary parking lot on the inside of the gate, according to Wang Qiuwei, the two walked more than 100 meters to Villa 13. It is a two-storey villa with a courtyard, and in the courtyard is a simple grape trellis, and the newly ripe grapes are beaded and round and jade, attracting birds to jump up and down and peck at them unscrupulously.

Under the grape trellis, an old man with gray hair and glasses stands, pruning a bonsai with a focused expression. Behind him was a stone table and a stone bench, on which rested a rather delicate set of tea sets.

Qin Huaiyuan and Chen Molei walked into the courtyard. Qin Huaiyuan asked respectfully, "Are you Fu Lao?" I'm Qin Huaiyuan, he's Chen Molei, we're here to disturb you. ”

"Oh, it's Dean Qin and Director Chen, welcome." The old man stopped what he was doing and greeted him with a smile: "Director Wang Qiuwei has already called me, I didn't expect you to come so soon." Come, please be seated. With that, he let the two of them sit down at the stone table.

This old man was Fu Tienan, he estimated the time to brew a pot of Biluochun, waiting for the arrival of Qin Huaiyuan and Chen Molei.

Qin Huaiyuan knew tea and knew that the tea had already been brewed, so he took the initiative to pick up the teapot and said while pouring the tea: "Old Fu, we are all juniors in front of you, so don't call us the dean and director, just call us Xiao Qin and Xiao Chen." ”

Fu Tienan took the teacup and said, "How can that work?" Anyway, you're also the leader of the hospital. Otherwise, when Director Wang Qiuwei came to see me on behalf of the hospital, I always called him Qiuwei. As for me, I will call you Huaiyuan and Murray without discrimination. ”

Qin Huaiyuan nodded hurriedly: "Okay, good, it sounds kind." He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said with some embarrassment: "Fu Lao, I'm really sorry, the first time the two of us came, we came to trouble you." ”

"You will see what you say." Fu Tienan took off his glasses, put them on the stone table, and said, "Although I don't care about things, I came out of our Dongzhou Court after all." The court is in trouble, and I can't afford to sit idly by. ”

Hearing Fu Tienan say this, Qin Huaiyuan felt a little better in his heart, he explained the matter in detail, and then asked the old dean how to deal with this situation.

Fu Tienan's right hand knocked on the table rhythmically and said, "I understand the situation, but I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you with this favor." I have served as the president of the court, but I come from a military background, and I can only say that I know only a little about the law. After I transferred from the army, I worked from the captain of the bailiff to the dean, during which time, although I received legal training, to be honest, I did not know much about those training courses, so I rarely handled cases, but I had the courage to judge a few criminal cases during the special period.

Of course, that was due to the background of the times, and at that time the legal system was still very imperfect, and there were not a few monks like me who became monks halfway. ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "What I mean by saying these words is to tell you that I am not prevaricating, but I really don't have enough level to help you convince the two secretaries, Ji Anbang and Ye Bingkun, and I don't want my old face to embarrass our court, so I can only ask you to forgive me for this old bone." ”

Hearing these words, Qin Huaiyuan couldn't help but be disheartened, but his face was impassive, and he said with a smile: "Since this is the case, we won't disturb Fu Lao." You're busy first, we're going first. So saying, he got up and left.

"Wait a minute." Fu Tienan didn't get up to say goodbye, but stretched out his hand and pressed down, saying, "Don't worry, listen to what I say." ”

Qin Huaiyuan and Chen Molei looked at each other, not knowing what medicine was sold in the old dean's gourd, but they didn't listen to it, so they had to sit back on the stone bench again.

I only heard Fu Tienan say a little incomprehensibly: "I am not good at law, but this does not mean that I am not good in other aspects." I was born in the army, and fighting is my old job. ”

He turned to Qin Huaiyuan and said, "Huaiyuan, I guessed your thoughts before you finished speaking just now, you want to use my strength to do the work of Ji Anbang and Ye Bingkun, and get them to agree to the practice of setting up dishonest ringtones for the village committee involved in the case, which is called borrowing strength in the art of war." It's a pity that I'm weak and powerless, and I can't help you. To apologize, I'm giving you a trick called fishing in troubled waters. Of course, this is not necessarily the right word, but it is barely enough. ”

"Fishing in troubled waters?" Qin Huaiyuan thought for a while, and suddenly brightened, and couldn't help but pat the table and say, "I understand!" Fu Lao means to put other fish in and muddy the water, right? ”

Fu Tienan nodded knowingly: "It seems that you have understood what I mean." ”

Qin Huaiyuan stood up and said, "This matter is sooner rather than later, let's do it." Fu Lao, take care of yourself, I will come to see you another day when I have time. ”

"What does that mean?" Chen Molei was confused when he heard this, and looked at Qin Huaiyuan inexplicably: "What do you understand?" What about playing dumb riddles? Can you speak a little human language? ”

Qin Huaiyuan ignored Chen Molei, nor did he explain, and after saying goodbye to Fu Tienan, he pulled Chen Molei and hurriedly left.