Chapter 5 Chapter Four

Twenty-six Zheng Yanzhang hurried to the hospital in the afternoon. In the corridor of Building No. 1 of the high-level cadre ward, he met Chief Prosecutor Zhang who had just finished talking with Secretary Lin.Zhang Jian usually treats people (especially old comrades like Zheng Yanzhang) very easy-going and unassuming, but today he dragged Zheng Yanzhang to the corner very unhappy, and said to Zheng Yanzhang without thinking: " What are you doing here?" "What's wrong with me?" "What are you talking about..." Zhang Jian was in a thunderstorm. "What's wrong with me?"

"What's the matter, you still don't know? After talking with Secretary Lin, come to the office to find me." "what's up?" "Come to my office and we'll talk." "In a while, I have to go to the scene..." "What scene are you still watching? You don't need to watch the scene." "why?" "Why why? Where do you get so many whys!" The quick-tempered Zheng Yanzhang really confused the Chief Prosecutor, and was about to pester the Chief Prosecutor to find out, when Su Qun ran towards him in a panic.He came here by taxi, let the car drive directly in front of the building in the senior cadre ward, threw down the money, didn't even bother to ask for the invoice, and rushed straight into the building in three steps at a time.Lu Hua happened to be on duty in the duty room at the entrance of the corridor. She hurriedly stood up and yelled to stop her, but he pushed her away and went upstairs.

"Then...then...the footprints on the back windowsill...suddenly...suddenly disappeared..." This time, Zheng Yanzhang really stayed there. Twenty-seven Just now, after Zheng Yanzhang left, Su Qun tucked up his camera and sneaked around to the back of the building, hoping to take another photo of that footprint as evidence.Judging from all indications, this footprint on the back window sill is likely to be a breakthrough in a new mystery, and it must be kept no matter what.Unexpectedly, before he approached the back window, the lights in the small living room suddenly went out, and then the lights in the whole building went out as well.As a result, the courtyard in the evening was immediately dimmed.At the same time, Song Pinsan's shout came from the building: "What's wrong, who pulled the switch? Close the switch, close the switch!" Suddenly there was a commotion in the building, and there were many chaotic footsteps. Run to the back of the building.Su Qun hurriedly hid in the dark of the bushes and hid the camera on the branch of the tree; but after those people came, they did nothing, they just yelled at the back of the building and then dispersed, followed by the lights inside and outside the building. It was on, and the smoke cleared and the wind was calm, so that Su Qun could be puzzled for a while.When he realized that this might be a show where the tiger leaves the mountain and the golden cicada escapes its shell, he hurriedly took the camera and went to watch it on the back window sill. As expected, the footprints disappeared, not even a trace of wiping.It's really quite sophisticated, beautiful, and absolutely expert.

Twenty-eight Later, Chief Prosecutor Zhang talked to Zheng Yanzhang in this way: "From today onwards, you don't want to intervene in Dong and Yu's cases." Zheng Yanzhang asked, "What do you mean?" Chief Prosecutor Zhang replied: "No other meaning, just mobilize your work. The leaders of the hospital and the city still affirm the work of you, Lao Zheng, and think that you still have achievements. This point is obliterated. No, no one wants to obliterate..." Zheng Yanzhang is really a bit stupid.what is this?dismissed?So free?Finished?lifetime? "As I said, it's not dismissal, it's just a transfer of work. As for the old comrades, I believe they can be treated correctly. You can still make use of the remaining heat. If you have any ideas, tell me."

Zheng Yanzhang opened his mouth.Say what?what! "The leader of the Municipal Party Committee asked me to ask for your opinion..." Zhang Jian did not dare to look up at Lao Zheng, but subconsciously fiddled with his very old-fashioned lighter in his hand.He has repaired this lighter hundreds of times, and how many people have said, Zhang Jian, let me get you a new-style messenger.A lighter is not considered a bribe, nor can it drag you, an old prosecutor, into the water. It is just for convenience.Don't keep acting like you're reminding us of the old society every day, it's uncomfortable to watch.He still doesn't want it.Zheng Yanzhang also laughed at him, the lighter that Lao Zheng used was the most fashionable.This old man doesn't care about anything, so what's the point of using a fashionable lighter?I'm going to do the ass-twist dance in denim too!Don't tell me, he really dares!

But at this time, he suddenly stood up and walked out the door.Chief Prosecutor Zhang hurriedly chased him outside, stopped him, and criticized unhappily: "What kind of attitude do you have! The organization came up to ask for your opinion..." Zheng Yanzhang turned around abruptly, stared blankly at the other party, made his thin, dark face flushed, and then slowly turned pale, and still didn't make a sound.Zheng Yanzhang is usually quite good at speaking. When speaking in group meetings, he can swing from east to west, from east to west, and from north to west. If you wake him up, he can spend the whole afternoon alone.But every time this kind of time came, he couldn't say a word.It's not that I don't want to say it, but I can't say it.My ribs hurt from holding back, my eyes turned black, my heart was pounding, I couldn't catch my breath, and I still couldn't speak.After returning to his office, he was stunned for a long time, listening to Su Qun yelling furiously beside him, but he still didn't speak.Su Qun said: "What transfer? It's obvious that you are being dismissed, and you are seeking retaliation. How could they do this? What did we do wrong? At that time, the case involved a mayor and a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. According to the relevant regulations of the Central Committee , we can directly report the problem to the Provincial Party Committee and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. We went to the Communist Party’s Provincial Party Committee and the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, but didn’t go to the Kuomintang! How did we go wrong?”

At this time, Zheng Yanzhang said suddenly: "Can you get me a car right away?" Su Qun asked, "Where are you going?" Zheng Yanzhang: "Leave it alone." Su Qun said: "Car, isn't it easy? Let's call a taxi..." Zheng Yanzhang looked very calm at this moment: "You can't call for a taxi." Su Qun asked, "Why?" Zheng Yanzhang spat: "Stupid! We can't let anyone know where we went, not even the taxi driver!" Su Qun hurriedly asked, "When do I need a car?" Zheng Yanzhang stood up and packed the things in the desk: "Ask more! I need it right away, the sooner the better." At that time, what he thought was to get a car to stop Huang Jiangbei on the way.He wanted to report the situation to the new acting mayor before those people did.He also found out that Huang Jiangbei came to Zhangtai today in a white Santana, making Su Qun's eyes widen along the way, don't let go of every white car.However, not long after the car drove out of Zhangtai, the two of them discovered that two police cars were closely chasing them.The car that Su Qun borrowed was too old. No matter how hard Zheng Yanzhang stepped up the accelerator, he couldn't get rid of the chase.What are they up to?Su Qun looked at Zheng Yanzhang sadly and angrily, then turned back to stare at the two police cars.Zheng Yanzhang didn't answer, nor did he bother to answer.He didn't want to blame the comrades in the police cars.He knew more than half of those comrades very well, or rather. Some of them grew up under his nose, and even received his training.It was the person who gave them orders, and he didn't want Zheng Yanzhang to do more things against their wishes, so he actually used police cars and police officers.Hold!But this moment is not the moment for reasoning.When you shouldn't reason or can't reason, don't reason, and you can't play that Ligelong.Zheng Yanzhang immediately gave Su Qun a small bag of things, and asked him to hide it well. When he had a chance, he would give it to the new Mayor Huang.

"What?" Su Qun's heart tightened, and his posture was almost the same as explaining the funeral. "Don't ask too much, take it!" While speaking, Zheng Yanzhang turned the steering wheel suddenly, and the car suddenly turned off the road.The sharp turning and violent bumps almost knocked Su Qun unconscious. The car drove to the edge of a small forest and slowed down.Zheng Yanzhang hurriedly opened the door of Su Qun's car and urged him, "Get out of the car..." Su Qun was confused for a moment: "What car to get off? What to get off..." "Quickly get off! Keep that bag safe and give it to the new Mayor Huang sometime." Zheng Yanzhang yelled vigorously, pushed Su Qun out of the car with all his strength, then stepped up the accelerator, and drove forward.

Su Qun rolled twice on the ground, and was about to stand up when he saw the police car whizzing over. He hurriedly ducked down again, and jumped into the back of a haystack by the side of the road. The old van driven by Zheng Yanzhang staggered and bumped into a not-so-wide ditch and turned off.The police car quickly caught up, and several police officers jumped out of the car, rushed over, and surrounded the classic car.Someone tried and called in a low voice: "Director Zheng, are you okay?" "Director Zheng..." There was no response from the car. A police officer surnamed Lai approached the classic car, and called again cautiously: "Director Zheng..."

Still no response.So an elderly police officer rushed over after some hesitation, opened the door of the driver's cab and saw that there was no one inside. A young police officer hurriedly suggested: "He ran away, go search separately, he can't run far." The police officer surnamed Lai gave him a sideways look: "Search? Search your head! Is he a criminal? You have a warrant?" "But there is an order in the city, let us stop him, he has important materials with him." The young police officer was not convinced.The police officer surnamed Lai immediately gave him another sentence: "Remember, the order tells us to stop him, not to search him."

"What a mess!" The older policeman got impatient, pointed at the young policemen and said, "You guys drive Director Zheng's broken car back, Lao Lai and I are here Look for it again." Seeing that the sky was getting dark, those young police officers didn't want to stay in this wilderness at first. Upon hearing this, they quickly drove away. The older police officer and the police officer surnamed Lai were not in a hurry to find someone. They knew in their hearts that Director Zheng hadn't gone far, but was just stalking nearby.They were unwilling to take Director Zheng away from the bottom of their hearts, and they didn't want the precious materials in Director Zheng's hands to fall into the hands of those people.They have long been irritated by all the messy things that have happened in Zhangtai City in the past two years.To Zheng Yanzhang, they found out that Xiao Changhai who had become rich for no reason, knocked on the "door" of Dong's family that should have been knocked on long ago, and stirred up all these things in Zhangtai's pool of dark green and thick water. After some waves, I felt extremely happy in my heart.They and their relatives and neighbors who live in a large courtyard, boiled peanuts in salt water, drank Erguotou, scolded their mothers, and yelled with emotion: "Fuck, what Old Zheng did was done by humans." It’s so fucking difficult!” The two lit a cigarette each, took a few puffs against the wind that was growing in the wilderness, and walked around in a pretentious manner before going to the car. After peeing, it's over.Before leaving, the older police officer yelled a few words: "Director Zheng...we are leaving, what should you do? Let me put it this way, most of the police officers in the bureau, including those few The leader of the bureau, I know all these things in my heart, but there is nothing wrong with it. You always have something to use us, so just keep silent. You can come to my house or Xiao Lai's house, it doesn't matter. If I'm not at home, I can leave a message for my wife. My wife used to sing Bangzi opera in our public security and judicial system art troupe. You must know each other when you meet... I left you here with these two pots of water and two pancakes And some stewed pork is also brought to you, you just make do with it, we are leaving first, you pay more attention to yourself. If there is any movement, we will find a way to communicate with you. " Twenty-nine Huang Jiangbei's car drove towards Zhangtai City at high speed. After listening to Zheng Yanzhang and Su Qun's narration, Huang Jiangbei didn't make a sound for a long time.He suddenly seemed not as enthusiastic as he was at the beginning, and he obviously didn't have that kind of desire, so he immediately listened to Zheng Yanzhang's report.Not only Xia Zhiyuan felt this subtle emotional change, but also Zheng Yanzhang and Su Qun felt it. "I'm not here to talk about personal issues today... If you have time... I want to report some important situations to you before you listen to their reports..." Zheng Yanzhang resisted the throbbing pain from his leg , explained. Huang Jiangbei smiled decently: "In a few minutes, the car will enter the urban area..." Zheng Yanzhang couldn't wait to interrupt the acting mayor: "You can stop the car and give me a little time..." Huang Jiangbei continued to smile and said, "Old Comrade Zheng, I am very interested in hearing about your personal problems or the case. But now, some major leaders of the Municipal Party Committee and people from the Provincial Public Security Department and the National Public Security Department Comrades are waiting for me in the city. Can you allow me to arrange a little after I officially take over the job, and set aside a whole block of time to listen to you. Let's talk calmly and thoroughly. You see... ..." Huang Jiangbei said the last word "look" very softly and gently, and dragged on for a long time, but even so, Zheng Yanzhang's complexion suddenly turned gray.His face, which was already thin and narrow, became even more ugly.Su Qun was still not reconciled, leaned forward eagerly to the acting mayor, and earnestly fought for him: "Mayor Huang...some situations are very important..." But before he could finish speaking, Zheng Yanzhang was very upset. Patiently stopped him: "Stop talking." Then with a stern face, he said to Huang Jiangbei: "Okay then, I won't trouble you, let's get off here." Xia Zhiyuan hurriedly said, "Don't get out of the car, go into the city with the car." Zheng Yanzhang sneered, "It's not convenient." Xia Zhiyuan hurriedly winked at Huang Jiangbei, hoping that Huang Jiangbei could say a word or two to persuade him to stay.Unexpectedly, Huang Jiangbei said, "Okay, see you in the city." Zheng Yanzhang, who was wounded on his leg, got out of the car about ten kilometers away from Zhangtai. thirty Santana drove away. Zheng Yanzhang stared at the distant car shadow for a long time, silently falling into a kind of inexplicable sadness and disappointment.In the running Santana car, Xia Zhiyuan also seemed a little angry.Huang Jiangbei glanced at Xia Zhiyuan quietly, took out a small piece of chewing gum, and handed it to Xia Zhiyuan.Xia Zhiyuan ignored him.After a while, Xia Zhiyuan suddenly wanted to stop the car conveniently, and motioned to Huang Jiangbei with a wink to let him get out of the car too. After getting out of the car and avoiding the driver, Xia Zhiyuan said to Huang Jiangbei in bewilderment: "Zheng Yanzhang has always been the organizer of Dong Xiujuan's case, and no one knows the inside story of Dong Xiujuan's case better than him. He took the initiative to find you today, surely There is an important situation to report, how can you...how can you be so detached? Besides, even if you think the car is not the place to talk about such topics, you have to let someone go back to the city with the car. Such an old comrade , you still have an injury on your leg, so you just have the heart to let him walk back?" Huang Jiangbei looked at his watch: "I'll explain to you when I get back, okay?" Xia Zhiyuan just glanced at Huang Jiangbei, as if he insisted on Huang Jiangbei's answer. Huang Jiangbei smiled helplessly: "The current situation in Zhangtai is very complicated, isn't that what you said?" Xia Zhiyuan replied simply, "Yes." Huang Jiangbei cracked his fingers carefully, and analyzed with Xia Zhiyuan: "What is the meaning of complexity? My understanding is nothing more than that some people, out of selfishness, disregard the interests of the country and the people, create small circles, build small hills, and engage in sects. , fighting openly and secretly to grab the site... If I am not wrong, in this case, what is the smartest way for me, the newly appointed acting mayor? Absolutely follow the organizational principles and never let myself get off the bus In the beginning, wow wow, I was stuck in a certain faction or a certain circle, and lost the right to control the overall situation. Now I have not reported to the municipal committee, and at this time I have private contact with the cadres who have just been dismissed by the main leaders of the municipal committee... ..." Xia Zhiyuan hurriedly explained: "You didn't find him today, but he found you." "But if it spreads out, it is very likely that I summoned him in private, trying to get in trouble with a major leader of the municipal party committee. This will close the door for me to communicate with the major leaders of the municipal party committee. This is the key to whether I can take over the city government well. The work will be fatal and extremely serious, and it is also not conducive to correctly solving Zheng Yanzhang's problems... I am much more familiar with Zheng Yanzhang than you. When he was the director of the police station, he was in charge of my family. As a provincial political and legal hero, I have heard his report and asked him to sign it for me. My feelings for him may be deeper than your feelings for him. I dare not say that it is too deep, it may be deeper A few. But, my dear comrade, the municipal party committee dismissed him, and there is a reputation here. This phenomenon may still be quite large and quite violent. We can't tell whether it is his mistake or the person who removed him Wrong. I must keep a certain distance from him until I understand the situation. I must respect the decision of the municipal party committee. I must contact other leaders in the city before I can contact him. I would rather bear the pain and watch this An old comrade limped back, and he must not let people see that I entered Zhangtai in the same car with him. There is politics here, and this is politics. There is another situation. Find a suitable time to tell you..." "what's the situation?" "A provincial leader specifically warned me to beware of this Zheng, saying that he should not be reused." Xia Zhiyuan was taken aback: "Who told you that?" Huang Jiangbei hesitated for a moment and remained silent. Xia Zhiyuan urged: "Who the hell? If you don't tell me anything about key issues, how can you let me be your assistant?" Huang Jiangbei hesitated for a while before writing something on a small notebook and handing it over.Xia Zhiyuan took it over and took a look, only to see a big word "Tian" written on the small book. Xia Zhiyuan was stunned for a while, and then asked: "Which field? Vice Governor Tian?" Huang Jiangbei immediately put away the small notebook and said nothing more. thirty-one The evening in Yaoshang Town is always peaceful, including the old cobbled street, the closed doors and windows of each house, the dogtail grass on the eaves of the hanging flowers, and the eternal green space between the two stone mills in the tofu workshop. Friction and hot mist, including the creek in the backyard of the machinery factory, which is always tinged with rust red and emerald blue.Of course, it also includes the series of soft and hurried footsteps from under the feet of the master's wife at this moment.The Martyrs Cemetery has been closed for a long time, and the invisible pines seem to burst through the low wall.The windowpane of the town government still has the rice-shaped white paper sticking on it during the militia drill that year. A dozen or so young and middle-aged teachers in the kiln, each riding a bicycle, led by Shao Daren and Hua Suisui, were about to go out when they met the Daren's wife at the school gate.Daren's daughter-in-law told Daren to go home quickly.More than an hour ago, Fang Shaojie brought Ge Huiyuan, the general manager of Wanfang head office, to Shao's house.Because it was rumored that the special education fund allocated by the province to Linzhong County was moved by the city to build a high-end hotel for Wanfang Company, which was particularly short of funds. Fang Shaojie specially asked Ge Huiyuan to confront these teachers face to face.How many years ago, when Ge Huiyuan was a teacher in Wugong District No. 3 Middle School, he taught Huang Jiangbei and Xia Zhiyuan, and of course Fang Shaojie and Shao Daren who were in the same class as Huang and Xia.They still respect Ge Huiyuan as their teacher.They are going to continue to respect them like this, not only because Ge Huiyuan has indeed taught them, but also not because Ge Huiyuan is the general manager of the largest Sino-foreign joint venture in Zhangtai City today, but mainly because Ge Huiyuan The teacher's integrity, generosity, and professionalism that did not change his original intention after the ups and downs of his life made these former students willing to continue to respect him in the bottom of their hearts. Teacher Ge came to the house in person. He hadn't been here for many years, but now he is here.Shao Daren didn't dare to neglect, as soon as he entered the house, he called the teacher from afar.The teacher is still so gentle, and the white hair on his head is even less than the middle-aged students in front of him.His early habits and meticulous habits are also reflected in his appearance and clothing.We all know that he likes to wear suits, but today he is wearing a brand-name jacket with very particular materials, and the pure wool thin woolen trousers are ironed at all times, not to mention the pair of soft cowhide on his feet. The finely crafted leather shoes made him always look younger than his age.This is also true when he is the "king of the kids" and "teacher" in khaki tunics and denim pants.You can't see the agitation and roughness in his heart from the neatness and meticulousness of his appearance.His inner agility and intelligence cannot be seen from his poise and calmness on the outside.It's not an intentional cover-up, but I have learned to live a double life over the years, and finally understand what posture must be the most appropriate to appear under what circumstances.This kind of repeated transition and transformation can be done so naturally and seamlessly from time to time that even he himself no longer notices it, and it has completely become a subconscious behavior.But recently, he has been a little mutated, and there are moments when he can't control himself.There were rumors outside that he was "ill", and that he was involved in Wan Fang's problems, and his spirit began to collapse.But his relatives and students didn't believe it, they just thought he was too tired, and sometimes he seemed slow, dull, and tired.When Fang Shaojie introduced to him the discussions of the teachers and staff of several nearby schools on the so-called special education fund, he listened, but suddenly turned pale for no reason, stood up, widened his eyes, and looked around in horror.When I asked him again, he only said that he had a headache.Let him go to the back room to lie down for a while, but he didn't want to, but he had to break free from the support of the master's wife, staggered to the yard, and fiddled with the worn-out bicycles of Shao's neighbors, turning those old bicycles over and over again. The broken bicycles were placed very neatly one by one before they stopped. "President Ge...maybe he is really sick..." A young teacher whispered. "Don't talk too much." Hua Suisui interrupted the young teacher, and went to poke Fang Shaojie, the senior brother, telling him to stop talking, and quickly invite the teacher's wife, so that the teacher would not really "make a fool of himself". When Shao Daren went to help the teacher, he felt that the teacher looked at him strangely.There are all kinds of self-blame and doubt in this look.This look made Daren's heart really stop beating heavily.