Chapter 10 Chapter Ten Fierce confrontation

Qin Xiyue finally fell out with the delegation. Originally, Qin Xiyue didn't want to participate in this so-called investigation, because time didn't allow it - the winter was about to pass, and the saplings that hadn't matured at the experimental site needed to be taken care of. saplings in case they freeze to death in winter or are trampled by sheep.In addition, he and Che Shusheng privately contacted many experts, scholars, representatives, and committee members, and jointly proposed to the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Congress, and the National People's Congress, requesting that the Huyang River Basin Comprehensive Management Bureau be established as soon as possible, so that the original sounded The River Basin Management Committee, which was actually inactive but unable to do so, was abolished, and the management of the Huyang River Basin was included in the government's management sequence, fundamentally solving the problem that no one wants to manage and no one can manage.This matter is only half done, and he wants to finish the preparations before the next people's meeting.But the Provincial People's Congress asked him to participate by name, and he had to come. After all, supervision and evaluation of local work is also the duty of the National People's Congress.After some hesitation, he still came.At the beginning, Qin Xiyue was very interested, followed the delegation, kept walking, kept watching, and kept expressing his views.The construction of a new socialist countryside is a major strategic decision put forward by the party in the new historical period. It is an inevitable requirement to effectively solve the "three rural" issues and realize the coordinated development of urban and rural economic and social development. As a representative of long-term concern about "three rural" issues , Qin Xiyue is very enthusiastic about it.But looking at it, his dissatisfaction came up.For one thing, the People’s Congress organized a delegation to the grassroots this time, nominally to review and supervise the work of the local government, to see what the local government has done in building a new socialist countryside, and what areas have not been done well, but in reality, this The second group tour has evolved into a fancy-style tour. Wherever it goes, it is not only greeted and sent away, but what you want to see can't be seen, and what you don't want to see is forced to be sent to your eyes; moreover, Even if you see a problem, you won't be allowed to say it.Deputy Director Li of the National People's Congress has repeatedly emphasized: This time, the general principle is to affirm more and criticize less, encourage local governments more and discourage them less.Under this principle, most representatives closed their mouths, some even closed their eyes, and pretended not to see the problem when they saw it.

Qin Xiyue couldn't do it anymore.His eyes are used to being critical, and his mouth is used to talking freely, even if he wants to close it, he can't close it. If he is not allowed to see, he looks hard; if he is not allowed to speak, he just talks.As a result, Deputy Director Li was very upset.During several symposiums, Deputy Director Li interrupted him: "Old Qin, what's the matter with you? You always sing against everyone?" "I contradict everyone? Are you contradicting me?" Qin Xiyue raised his neck and looked at Deputy Director Li rather dissatisfied.Deputy Director Li argued with him twice, but later, he decided to stop arguing. He thought of a way to go to a place and have someone accompany Qin Xiyue alone. That's fine.

Even so, Qin Xiyue put the cannon on the meeting. He was angry about the "wall of shame". The place where Qin Xiyue and others came this time is the eastern part of the province.They set off from the provincial capital and headed east one stop at a time, which was exactly the opposite direction of Hu Haoyue and the others from the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee.The eastern area is an underdeveloped area in the province, with mountains, deep valleys, drought and water shortage, and is a typical loess high slope area.In early winter, the crops have already been harvested, and the already bare mountains are even more pale, desolate and withered.Walking on the undulating loess land, one's heart can't help but be heavy.They first went to Lingxi County, the famous "No. 1 Scholar County" in the country, and conducted research there for a week.Lingxi is one of the 18 arid counties in the country and one of the 12 extremely poor counties in the country.The place is densely populated, with few vegetation, and the problem of drinking water for humans and animals has not yet been completely resolved.All the local farmers eat is kiln water.The drought has continued in recent years, and the rain and snow falling in the sky have become less and less, and the draft has become more and more a problem.Ten years ago, the province launched the Yellow River Irrigation Project, intending to divert the surging Yellow River water to Lingxi, but halfway through the project, because of the complex geological conditions of the rolling mountains, the construction of crossing the mountains was quite difficult, and the loess layer The leakage problem could not be effectively solved, and the project was forced to stop.A few years ago, the province launched the "Mother Earth Water Cellar Project" to build water cellars for local farmers. Unfortunately, the construction party cut corners on this project, and the project responsible department embezzled a large amount of project funds, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among farmers. , The project did not come to an end, and this "Mother Earth" became a pain in the hearts of ordinary people.Perhaps it is too bitter, but the common people here have only one thought: to provide for their children to go to school, they would rather live in cave dwellings and not build a house for the rest of their lives than to provide for a college student.Lingxi's college entrance examination rate has ranked first in the province for 15 consecutive years. Tsinghua University, Peking University and other famous schools can receive students from Lingxi, the poorest area in Northwest China every year. county".When Qin Xiyue first became a deputy to the National People's Congress, he had been to Lingxi. The Education Department organized them to come to Lingxi to inspect the nine-year compulsory education.Qin Xiyue's feeling at the time was that education in Lingxi was driven by poverty, and it was the sweet and sour fruit from the bitter tree.But there is one thing that deeply moved him, and that is the slogan put forward by the people of Lingxi, "No matter how poor you are, you can't have poor education, no matter how poor you are, you can't have poor children".At that time, he also wrote an article, calling it "Lingxi Spirit".Five or six years have passed in a flash, and Lingxi is still the same. There is no change. The only difference is that the rickshaws on the street have become "ground mice" (a simple motor vehicle used by local people to make taxi).Sitting on the "ground mouse", Qin Xiyue's eyes were full of gray faces and dirt-like heads.The scenery that once shocked his eyeballs—a street of second-hand goods reappeared.

I'm afraid you won't be able to find another street like this in the whole country.What is sold here are second-hand goods recovered from the city, such as obsolete sofas, tables, chairs and beds.Even the old clothes, old socks, and torn trousers thrown away by the people in the city are hung here in colorful colors for half the street.A few years ago, Qin Xiyue urgently appealed to the relevant departments to ban this flea market because he saw old bras and stockings with holes in it.But his voice was strongly opposed by Lingxi: "We also want to sell new products, but the common people have money in their hands. The money is used for children's education, and we can only save money for clothes. Province."

Thinking about the prosperity of the metropolis, thinking about the extravagance and waste of the people in the city, and looking at the desolate scenery here, Qin Xiyue's heart felt as heavy as if it was filled with yellow sand.On this day, he saw an even more dazzling scene. The "shame wall" was built in a village called Gaolingdun, ten kilometers away from the county seat.This was the first stop Qin Xiyue and others had to see in Lingxi. They were accompanied by leaders at the city, county and township levels, and a deputy county magistrate introduced the experience of building a new countryside.Pointing to the 300-meter-long wall, he said: "This is a new attempt for us to occupy the countryside with culture. Due to the poor economic conditions in Lingxi, TV is not very popular, and the amount of information for farmers is very small. Building this cultural wall One is to change the backwardness of the village, let the villagers use this as a mirror, and get rid of the bad habits of life, especially the uncivilized phenomena such as piling up dung and dumping garbage everywhere; the most important thing is to use this wall to set up bulletin boards, The blackboard newspaper promptly publicizes the central government’s documents and spirit, the party’s policy of enriching the people, and the good people and good deeds that have emerged in the construction of a new socialist countryside to the peasants in a timely manner.”

Qin Xiyue saw that there was indeed a special column on the wall, and the full text of the Central No. 1 document was posted, as well as provincial and municipal party newspapers and related activity notices for building a new countryside.Amidst the applause from the representatives, Qin Xiyue looked around along the cultural wall and found that the wall was built very interestingly: it was built along the road, and cleverly used the wall to cover the dilapidated village of Gaolingdun. Unbearable appearance.The 300-meter-long cultural wall is made of exquisite materials, and the middle 200 meters is covered with ceramic tiles. The top of the wall is paved with golden glazed tiles, which looks quite grand.At the back, it was full of domestic garbage, and pig manure and shit were piled up like a mountain.Not far from the wall are the low houses of the villagers.Compared with the houses of the villagers, this wall is really old and new.Because it was the first time he saw this wall, Qin Xiyue didn't say anything, but he was muttering in his heart: Is this the construction of a new countryside?

After reading all the way, Qin Xiyue discovered that half of the so-called new rural construction has been implemented, while the other half has been fulfilled by the people below.In particular, there are so many cultural walls that they are almost overflowing. You can see this kind of wall in almost every other county.The walls are called differently, some are called cultural walls, some are called century walls, and some are called propaganda walls, but the purpose is to cover up the original appearance of the village and let passing vehicles see the new wall at a glance.The construction methods of the walls are also different. Some have built a special wall, and some have removed the old courtyard walls of farmers and built new walls with bricks. But the common feature is that these walls are all built along the road. in the obvious lot.Qin Xiyue angrily called it "the wall of shame".He said at the meeting: "If our new rural construction continues in this direction, it will become a game, a prank." Deputy Director Li of the National People's Congress criticized him, saying that his speech was not serious.Qin Xiyue stood up angrily, and said to Deputy Director Li, "It's serious to spend the money of the country to build a few shame walls?" Deputy Director Li sighed helplessly: "Old Qin, you are too right-minded! Why? Where can you not see the results? According to you, the comrades below are not doing work, but playing games?" Qin Xiyue said: "If this is also called work, I would rather not do it!"

No matter what the noise is, the delegates still have to watch and deliberate along the way.When he arrived at Laogou Village, Pingxi County, Qinling City, an old revolutionary area, the fire in Qin Xiyue's heart could not be contained. Qinling is the easternmost city in the province, located in a mountainous area, close to the revolutionary base.This was once the place where sparks were ignited and the seeds of revolution were sown. However, due to the deep mountains and deep valleys, the economic conditions here have always been poor, and the people in the old areas are still living a very difficult life.To build a new socialist countryside, Qinling Mountains is the focus and a demonstration area in the province.But the false trend in Qinling is more serious than anywhere else.

As soon as Qin Xiyue and the others entered Laogou Village, they saw an incomparably magnificent wall, which was five kilometers long, covered with white tiles and covered with golden glazed tiles. It was very beautifully built.The wall did not imitate any other columns, but used golden tiles to post "New Socialist Countryside Laogou Greenhouse Vegetable Demonstration Area" and "Emancipate the Mind, Change Concepts, and Actively Respond to the Central, Provincial and Municipal Construction of Socialist New A great call to the countryside" and other large characters.The words were so dazzling that Qin Xiyue and the others could clearly see the words on the wall a few kilometers away from the wall.

A representative said: "This is called spectacular!" When we got closer, we found that the wall had just been built, and the wall was still exuding a damp atmosphere.To Qin Xiyue's surprise, although the wall was built next to the road, it was some distance away from the village.In other words, it is not the "wall of shame" that Qin Xiyue criticized.Behind the wall, there are plastic greenhouses next to each other.According to the county magistrate of Pingxi County, the purpose of building this wall is to stimulate the confidence of people in the old areas to farm scientifically.In the past, only wheat and yams were grown in the old areas, the output was very low, and the income of farmers was also very low. After extensive investigations and multi-party arguments, the county and township proposed in the spring of last year that greenhouse planting technology should be introduced in the old areas, and the crop planting structure in the old areas should be completely adjusted and changed. Taking advantage of the characteristic of long sunshine hours in the local area, the proportion of crop planting in Laogou Village has been greatly adjusted.To this end, they specially invited experts from the provincial agricultural college to give guidance, and the county and township also set up agricultural technology stations, and dispatched soil experts to serve in the villages and teach farmers scientific farming techniques.After a year of experiments, Laogou, a place where fresh vegetables are not available all year round, actually produced its own vegetables.This is a historic leap and also a landmark achievement in the construction of new countryside.The county and township plan to use Laogou Village as a demonstration site to promote greenhouse planting throughout the township and county, and to build the old revolutionary base area into a vegetable base in the Qinling Mountains.

After some rhetoric, the representatives walked into the greenhouse to check on the spot.Tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers and other fresh vegetables were indeed grown in the greenhouse, and the growers were indeed filled with sweet smiles.However, Qin Xiyue felt that something was wrong.A question stuck in his mind: how much money would such a luxurious wall cost?If these banknotes are used for practical purposes, how many practical things can they do for the countryside... He deserted that day, instead of following the delegation back to his hometown, he sneaked into a village a few miles away from the wall.As a result, Qin Xiyue discovered a big lie: Laogou Village not only deceived the county, but also deceived the representative of this car, and even deceived the honest people in the old district! The greenhouse was erected after demolishing the villagers' houses! Villagers said that at the beginning, the shame wall in Laogou Village was the same as that in other places. It was also to cover the dilapidated houses, but it was slightly longer than other places, and half of them were built outside the village along the crop fields.Later, the village asked the village to build a greenhouse, half of which was built, which looked unsightly, because the villagers' houses spoiled the view.So Xiangshang and Murakami agreed and decided to let the villagers relocate to make room for a greenhouse, saying that only in this way can the wall work and the greenhouse more spectacular.Of course the villagers were not happy, how could it be so easy to move a house?Several meetings were held in the township, and it was agreed to compensate each household with a relocation fee of 1,000 yuan. The villagers still refused to move, so the township came to a forced demolition, and the houses of twelve families were forcibly demolished. Today, more than a year has passed, and these twelve families still live at the foot of the mountain more than five miles away from the village.The house was demolished, once or twice, but could not be built, so the relocated households had to dig caves at the foot of the mountain.Qin Xiyue followed the villagers to the foot of the mountain, and saw the twelve-hole kiln, one hole next to the other, unfolding in front of his eyes one by one. A small yard was surrounded by mud and stones in front of the kiln, which became a temporary home.Asked why they didn’t build a house, some villagers said that the township paid 1,000 yuan, and then collected 5,000 yuan from each household for the construction of greenhouses.If the villagers do not lend, the township has a land policy. Regardless of whether the villagers agree or not, the township is responsible for the loan to those who have a greenhouse, and the villagers' greenhouse income from the previous three years is used to repay the loan. "One greenhouse put us in a den of debts, and I'm afraid we'll never be able to pay it off in this life." A villager said with a choked voice. After Qin Xiyue inquired further, he realized that the so-called greenhouse was not built spontaneously by the villagers as reported by the county and township.In order to compete for the first place in the county, the township has imposed apportionment. As long as the responsible fields are on the side of the road, all greenhouses will be built. Each greenhouse will invest more than 10,000 yuan, and the township will be responsible for subsidizing 3,000 yuan.Those who cannot pay in cash will be granted loans by the credit union. Whoever dares to disobey will not let their children go to school, and the police station will punish them according to the regulations on public security punishment.The villagers in the old district were timid, and when they saw the police car coming, they obediently signed the contract. "Absurd, extremely absurd!" Qin Xiyue couldn't bear it anymore.How can there be such absurd things in the world!In order to engage in image projects and face projects, the common people were driven out of the village and thrown into cave dwellings.The cold winter has arrived, and the northwest wind is roaring, rolling dust and wrapping in chill, blowing from afar.The villagers huddled and hid in the sun.Looking at the shabby villagers in tattered clothes, Qin Xiyue thought to himself, how do they survive the winter? After staying in the cave for one night, Qin Xiyue rushed to the village and rushed into the venue.The township head was reporting his experience to the representatives. Qin Xiyue interrupted him sharply, pointed at his nose and asked, "Do you still have the face to make a report? You still have the nerve to sum up your experience? Let me ask you, what about the houses of the twelve families?" The mayor was frightened by Qin Xiyue's actions, and was speechless for a moment.Qin Xiyue grabbed the microphone and said, "Don't you dare to answer? Well, I'll answer for you." He paused, adjusted his emotions, and said in an almost tragic voice, "We keep saying that we must do everything for you." People, we must adhere to the fundamentals of the interests of the masses, but what about our approach? Comrades, I invite everyone to go to Laogou Village to see the twelve families whose houses were taken away by the township government because they could not afford to build them. The new house can only be lived in a dilapidated cave dwelling at the foot of the mountain. Last winter, none of the twelve households had a stove. Why? Can’t afford coal! In order to complete the task of building a greenhouse from the countryside, they all borrowed debts There are two families who even betrothed their 16-year-old daughters to them in advance, just to receive a few gifts. The people in the old districts have outdated ideas. They are afraid of loans. For this reason, they save food and clothing, and the family only spends a few hundred yuan a year. They run the greenhouse themselves, but they are reluctant to eat a fresh vegetable. As for our township cadres, from the time the greenhouse was built to the present, every time they go down, they have to The villagers slaughtered chickens and sheep, and bought wine to entertain them. I really dare not think, can you eat that sheep, can you drink that wine? You are not drinking, you are drinking the blood of the common people..." As he spoke, his tears came out.In fact, from last night to now, his tears haven't been shed.Every time the villagers said something, he would cry once.For a while, he really couldn't control it, and he didn't want to control it anymore. He let the tears flow and continued: "I'm holding back and enduring this journey. I think I, Qin Xiyue, may be an extreme person, a People who have no sunshine in their hearts. But I still want to say that if the construction of new countryside continues like this, it will not only harm the broad masses of farmers, but also damage the image of our party and damage the relationship between the party and the masses. This approach is wrong Yes, comrades, we can no longer deceive ourselves and others! All of us here are experts and representatives of the people. What is a representative? They are reassuring people elected by the masses with their fists raised. They cast their sacred votes for For us, it means that they have handed over our responsibility and our hope. If a representative does not speak for the masses, but blindly speaks official words, lies, and speaks words against conscience, is he still worthy of being this representative?" Deputy Director Li couldn't sit still.This is not like a summary meeting, it almost turned Qin Xiyue into an accusation meeting.He stood up angrily, and shouted at Qin Xiyue: "Old Qin!" Qin Xiyue turned his face immediately, his eyes fixed on Deputy Director Li: "You don't want to stop me today! I am the representative elected by the people, not appointed to me by any official. Even if I, Qin Xiyue loses my head, I will Speak out what is in your heart. Deputy Director Li, please answer me truthfully. What is the real purpose of the National People's Congress in organizing this review and investigation? Qin Xiyue will leave the team now!" Deputy Director Li was stopped by his questioning, he never thought that Qin Xiyue would question him with such words. "You don't dare to answer, do you? Well, I will speak out my thoughts. After this time, my biggest feeling is one word: Fake! We are not the Stove Lord, and we can't do the kind of good things that God said. Go back to the palace. Auspicious things; we are not talking machines, we are human beings! If we are human, we must speak human language and do human affairs! I, Qin Xiyue, will not be bored with what I have seen and heard along the way. When I go back this time, I will I don’t believe that if you want to write to the central government or the National People’s Congress, this bureaucratic style of deception will be unstoppable, and I even less believe that the new rural construction proposed by the central government will be done in such a way! This is in an old revolutionary base area. Comrades, do we have the face to face those dead revolutionary martyrs, face this piece of blood-stained land? Now, I formally propose to the meeting that I want to leave the team!" After speaking, he dropped the microphone and strode out of the venue.There was a cry of "Old Qin Lao Qin" from behind, Qin Xiyue seemed to be deaf and could not hear it anymore. He stayed in Pingxi County for one night, and at ten o'clock the next morning, Qin Xiyue came to the long-distance bus station and wanted to take a bus back to Yinzhou.Pingxi is a small county town, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with only a little land the size of a footbath in the middle, crowded and crowded, the county town was built.The traffic here is extremely inconvenient, the train is not available, the car has to go through the strange mountains first, arrive at Qinling City, and then lead to other places.There are not too many people at the station.After entering the winter, the people here no longer want to go out. They are used to the leisure life of guarding the south wall in winter and lying (chatting) with the sun in their arms. They will be very unhappy if anyone spoils their day. While buying the ticket, a shadow suddenly flashed in front of Qin Xiyue's eyes. "Xiaosu!" He yelled, quickly withdrew his hand from the ticket gate, turned around and pushed out.The conductor at the window asked dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter with you? Should I buy it or not?" Qin Xiyue couldn't care less about explaining to her, and hurriedly chased inside the station.He saw Xiaosu just now, it was really Xiaosu!Qin Xiyue was convinced that he read correctly this time, the woman who flashed by with a black bag in her hand and a backpack on her shoulder must be Xiaosu!Why is she here?What is she doing in such a place?A series of questions popped up in Qin Xiyue's mind.He really didn't expect to see Xiaosu from his family in this remote place. He was blocked by the ticket inspector, who would not let him pass through the iron bars because he had not bought a ticket.At this time, a car had already started on the platform, and based on intuition, Qin Xiyue concluded that Xiaosu got into that car.He was a little anxious, so he quarreled with the ticket inspector: "My Xiaosu, my Xiaosu is inside!" The ticket inspector said viciously: "What about yours and mine, buy a ticket!" Just as he turned back to the ticket office, a shadow swayed in the car.Qin Xiyue saw Xiaosu's face clearly.It's Xiaosu, Xiaosu got into that car! When buying platform tickets, an idea suddenly popped into Qin Xiyue's mind, he jumped out of the waiting room in a few steps, and reached out his hand to stop a bus.The driver asked where he was going?Qin Xiyue said: "Follow the long-distance bus in front, wherever it goes, you will go there." "That's a long-distance bus, and it's going to the countryside." The driver stared at him suspiciously. "I just want to take a long-distance bus." Qin Xiyue thought the driver was talkative, so he replied dissatisfied. "It's very expensive to run a long distance, how about I take you there and get in that car?" the driver said kindly. "Who asked you to save money for me? Tell you to follow you, what are you talking about?" The driver was choked, stepped on the accelerator, and followed, muttering to himself: This man doesn't look like a policeman, nor does he look like a rich man, why do this?After thinking about it for a while, I said uneasy: "It's settled, you will have to pay by the meter then." "I said you are not finished? Did I say I won't give you money?" Seeing that he was really angry, the driver didn't say anything more, and just focused on driving. The one in front quickly drove out of the county, followed the long-distance bus, and went up the mountain road.Qin Xiyue thought to himself, this time, he must find out what happened between Xiaosu and Ruye, why she kept avoiding them and refused to see them. The mountain road is getting more and more rugged, and the line of sight is gradually becoming empty. Except for the desolation and barrenness everywhere, you can hardly see anything else under the winter sun.This is the famous loess plateau, with criss-crossing mountains and criss-crossing mountains. The road is like a blood vessel in the mountain, winding and extending forward step by step in the cracks.Except for sporadic vehicles on the road, not even a bird can be seen.There were even fewer people. After walking for nearly an hour, Qin Xiyue saw a person appearing in his eyes. It was a shepherd with a whip in his hand and was "slapping" it.That sound, like the neighing from a mountain, was extraordinarily crisp and extraordinarily wild.Looking up after the sound, Qin Xiyue saw the sheep fluttering like cotton flowers on the mountainside. On this bare mountain, the sheep can still live by nibbling on the ground, Qin Xiyue was overwhelmed with admiration.Let him say that it is a miracle that a person who is suffering from neither love nor pain can survive. Probably walking this way, the driver was also a little lonely, a little sleepy, and had nothing to say, chatting with Qin Xiyue.Qin Xiyue was not so irritable these days, Xiaosu was always in his sight, she couldn't escape, so he chatted with the driver in peace. After walking for another two hours, until Qin Xiyue's heart was about to smoke, the long-distance bus stopped at a mountain pass ahead, and it happened that Xiaosu got off the bus.The one who got out of the car with her was an old man, about the same age as Qin Xiyue, the difference was that the old man's legs were limping, which made it very difficult for him to move. Qin Xiyue said "stop".The driver looked ahead, then at Qin Xiyue, and suddenly asked: "You didn't come here for her, did you?" Seeing that Qin Xiyue remained silent, he asked again: "Are you her father?" "How do you know?" Qin Xiyue stared at the driver suddenly, his eyes were a little scary.The driver smiled: "I was just wondering, what kind of taxi did you take for no apparent reason? Now I understand, you must be looking for her, right?" Qin Xiyue said "hmm", he wanted to hear what the driver had to say. "She's a good person. In our Huajialing, everyone praises her." The driver added. "You know her?" Qin Xiyue was even more surprised.He seemed to have heard of Huajialing, but he couldn't remember where he heard it. The driver parked the car, lit a cigarette, and said to Qin Xiyue while smoking: "I am also from Huajialing. Lingshang is too poor to support a family, so I went to the county to drive a taxi. Teacher Zhu came last year. She's been in my car before. If I knew you were here for her, I wouldn't have to go to such trouble—I'll pass by, and wouldn't it be better to pull Teacher Zhu and the old principal together?" The driver felt a little regretful.It could be seen that the two people who got out of the car in front had a high status in his mind. At this time, Xiaosu and the old principal had left the road and turned onto a mountain road.The driver asked if he wanted to drive the car over, Qin Xiyue shook his head, he wanted to learn more about the situation from the driver. The driver was a good talker, seeing that Qin Xiyue was listening carefully, he started talking with great interest.Only then did Qin Xiyue know that Xiaosu left Yinzhou more than a year ago and became a teacher at Huajialing Hope Primary School.For more than a year, her deeds spread all over the mountains.Before Xiaosu came here, Huajialing, an extremely impoverished place, had very few public teachers who came and stayed for three to five months before flying away like a bird.Not only did Xiaosu sign a lifelong contract with Huajialing Primary School, but she also used her own 50,000 yuan to pay the tuition fees for more than 20 children for three years. The lame old man is the principal Mao of Huajialing Primary School. He has stayed on the mountain all his life and has been with the children in the mountain for decades.His leg was broken in the rainstorm to save the child. The driver is also a sentimental person. After learning of Qin Xiyue's identity, he said he would not charge a penny for anything, which made Qin Xiyue very embarrassed. After dismissing the driver, Qin Xiyue was not in a hurry to go to school.He sat down on a hillside not far from the school, lit a cigarette, and smoked it slowly.What the driver said made him suddenly understand one thing: Xiaosu was hiding from them.The reason why she chose such a place to live in seclusion was to avoid everyone who knew her well, including her former parents-in-law.The driver also told him that Zhu Xiaosu is no longer called Zhu Xiaosu, but her name here is Zhu Xiaoxiao.Qin Xiyue is a rational person. Although he is so eager to see Xiaosu and call her "Xiaosu" in person, he is afraid of rushing into Xiaosu's life, disrupting her tranquility, and even bringing her into trouble again. to hurt. During the days when Sisi came back, she also asked about her elder brother Ruye and her sister-in-law many times, but Qin Xiyue really couldn't answer.He dared not tell Sisi the news of Ruye's divorce, let alone tell Sisi that Xiaosu's whereabouts were unknown. She was hiding in a place where no one could find her, chewing the bitter fruit of life in loneliness and pain.Sisi is a careless child, she didn't bother him about this matter, and she didn't get to the bottom of it, but from her expression, Qin Xiyue believed that she had already felt something.After Sisi went back, he called Ruye twice, one time he didn't get through, and the other time he got through, but the conversation was very unpleasant.Ru Ye was still the same as before, with a bad mood and a bad tone of voice, as if Qin Xiyue had caused his life to become like this.Qin Xiyue chatted with him for a while, then hung up the phone angrily.He couldn't bear the heartless and unreasonable appearance of the children, but he happened to have such a son. Sitting on the hillside, Qin Xiyue felt a thick layer of sadness in his heart.Half of this sadness comes from Ru Ye and Xiaosu, and half comes from himself.Qin Xiyue admitted: he is not a good husband, nor is he a good father. He always requires more than caring for his two children.In the past days, he seldom had time to communicate with the children, and he was kinder to his daughter Sisi, but to Ru Ye, he really didn't fulfill his responsibilities as a father.At that time, Ru also wanted to learn painting and art, but Qin Xiyue strongly opposed it from the very beginning. Later, when he saw that Ru Ye had made up his mind and never gave up, Qin Xiyue became furious and scolded Ru Ye for destroying himself: "Let's just let it go If you don’t choose multiple majors, why choose a meaningless major?” In his heart, men should pin their ideals on natural sciences and choose those majors that can benefit mankind. Such a life is not wasted.As for the so-called arts such as painting and poetry reciting, Qin Xiyue stubbornly called them degenerate professions, thinking that those who engage in these tricks are wasting their lives extravagantly.At home, he never watched TV dramas, let alone entertainment programs. He didn't know any of the current popular elements, and he didn't allow his children to mention them.Sisi called him an old monster more than once, but he, on the contrary, said plausibly: "An old monster is an old monster. In short, you are not allowed to engage in those nonsense things." Ru Ye finally chose to paint, so far, the knot between father and son has been completely knotted.During Ruye's college years, Qin Xiyue never once asked him about his studies, let alone his future plans.What can you plan?With a pen, even if you can draw a sky, so what?Especially when he saw his son with messy long hair walking through the street without ghosts or ghosts, his heart was about to explode.He decided that his son had gone astray, no, he was simply insane!As Ruya entered the society, he and Ruya couldn't reconcile their views on many things, and the contradictions became deeper and deeper.The original communication between the father and son was completely gone, and the relatives became passers-by.The reason why Ru Ye left the Northwest to develop in Shenzhen was that there was a factor of running away from the family, but instead of patiently persuading his son, he even threatened to sever ties with Ru Ye.If Xiaosu hadn't been born later, which eased the conflicts in this family, I'm afraid he and his son Ruya would really have severed the relationship. Oh, Xiao Su.Sitting on the hillside, Qin Xiyue couldn't help calling Xiaosu in his heart. Qin Xiyue couldn't resist the urge to meet Xiaosu this day.The moment the sun slowly slid over the top of the mountain in the west and fell, he stood up, stepped on the broken shadow of the setting sun, and walked towards the school halfway up the mountain. Hearing Qin Xiyue call his name, Zhu Xiaosu was completely dumbfounded.When the sunset faded away, Zhu Xiaosu had just returned from seeing off the students after school.Students in two villages have to pass through a deep ditch after school. A few days ago, a landslide occurred there, which almost buried a group of passing sheep under the mountain.The old principal proposed that after school, the two would escort the students across the deep ditch separately.She was heading to the dormitory with her head down, when she heard a voice behind her calling, "Xiaosu." Zhu Xiaosu suddenly looked back, seeing that it was Qin Xiyue, he was stunned.Even in her dreams, she couldn't believe that Qin Xiyue would find this place! "Xiaosu, Dad finally found you, you child..." Qin Xiyue couldn't continue.At dusk, in the evening wind, he saw a stream of tears rushing out of Xiaosu's eyes, like a dike bursting, pouring down incessantly. "Son, you've suffered." Qin Xiyue choked on his sobs.Standing in front of Xiaosu, this old man who has experienced all kinds of hardships in life, didn't know what to do for a while.Zhu Xiaosu's body trembled, and the evening wind swayed her, as if she might fall down at any moment.In the evening of this day, Zhu Xiaosu seemed to be able to express his emotions only by shedding tears, and it seemed that only by shedding tears could he pour out his thoughts of more than two years. Just when the two were bewildered by this sudden meeting, the old headmaster came in from outside the school and called out in shock, "Are you here, Mr. Zhu?" Xiaosu raised her head sadly and wiped away her hot tears. Said: "Dad, let's go into the house." This "Dad" warmed Qin Xiyue's heart, and the fatigue from the journey disappeared in an instant.Really gone. Principal Mao is a very winky person. When he heard about the relationship between Qin Xiyue and Xiaosu, he was surprised and said: "It's not easy. You can find such a remote place by yourself." After finishing speaking, he used an excuse to boil water , went to the kitchen. Only Qin Xiyue and Xiaosu were left in the room, and the air suddenly became heavy, making it hard to breathe.Many questions were buried in his heart, for a while, Qin Xiyue was unable to ask them.还是晓苏善解人意，知道秦西岳是为啥而来，到了这时候，她也不想再隐瞒什么，语气沉沉的，就将发生在两年前的那个凄惨的故事讲了出来。 秦西岳震惊了！他没法不震惊！ 如也跟晓苏的婚姻早有裂缝，而且，那个孩子竟不是如也的！ “是我先背叛了他，我不想求得他的原谅，更不敢奢望得到你们二老的原谅……” 晓苏近乎忏悔的回忆中，秦西岳听到的是一个如同天方夜谭的故事。原来，在如也到深圳打拼的那些年，晓苏因为寂寞，因为得不到丈夫的关怀与陪伴，跟自己的校长，一个大她许多岁的男人有了爱慕之情，发展到后来，两人竟越过底线，有了床笫关系。晓苏离开银州前往深圳投奔如也时，身上已怀了校长的孩子。一开始她想瞒过如也，这是天底下女人最笨的想法，以为肚子里的事，男人不会了解得那么清楚。她想反正之前如也也来过银州，前后也就那么一两个星期。哪知道，一见她呕吐，如也马上问：“你是不是怀孕了？”晓苏红着脸，轻轻点了点头，还以为如也会欣喜若狂，把她一下子抱起来呢——他们结婚已有多年，晓苏一直没怀孕，她想如也一定跟她一样，在心里盼着这个孩子。 不料，如也却一屁股瘫在沙发上，脸色变得惨白，过了半天，才沉沉地问了一句：“你告诉我，是不是在那边有了男人？” 这句话，立刻就让晓苏心里那层侥幸崩溃了。起初她还想抵赖，不想很快就承认，哪知道，如也见她摇头，竟猛地扑过来，一把撕住她的头发：“说！那个男人是谁？”被如也暴打一顿后，晓苏知道抵赖已是毫无意义，便点头承认，自己有了外遇。 如也那天真是疯了，听晓苏的描述，如也其实本来就有疯狂的一面。只不过，多数时候，他用沉默或别的方式掩盖了这一面。在他们不太长但也不算太短的婚姻生活中，如也有过几次疯狂的表现，比如他喝了酒，借着酒兴，要在晓苏身上作画，晓苏如果不从，他就歇斯底里地扑过来，要将她扒光，轰出门去。还有，如也会在夜深人静晓苏已经入眠的时候，神不知鬼不觉地溜下床，检查晓苏的挎包、手机，甚至衣柜。晓苏不知道，自己所以会有外遇，是否跟这些有关？事后她也没这么想过，总之，是她背叛了如也，给他戴了绿帽子。 她承认自己是不道德的，如也为这个家，为了家人，的确作出了不少努力，可她却偏偏不知珍惜。 她对秦西岳说，正是因为这份负罪感，她才不敢去见他们，只能偷偷跑到医院，跑到通往医院的路上，远远瞧他们一眼。 秦西岳先是震惊，紧接着是感到气愤，后来又让晓苏的话说得安静下来，心里，竟替如也原谅了她。 晓苏这天等于是把自己重新扒光了一次，从灵魂到肉体，血淋淋的，呈现在了秦西岳面前。她的语句里丝毫没有乞求原谅的意思，更没有流露出重新回到如也身边的想法。她说，经历了这场情感上的变故，她似乎变得无所渴求了，只希望后半生能安安静静生活在山区，跟孩子们在一起。 她爱孩子。 那个不属于她跟如也的孩子，在一次争吵中，不幸流产了。 她再也不会跟任何男人要孩子了。 说完，她垂下头，很平静地，等待着秦西岳对她作评判。 秦西岳这天真是让晓苏的话刺激得昏了头，竟把一个重要的情节给忽略了：如也怎么就那么肯定孩子不是他的呢？ 晓苏没告诉他。晓苏知道，这件事是万万不能说出口的，哪怕至死，她也要替如也把这个秘密藏起来。 如也有病。 婚后第三年，他偷偷去医院作过检查。他患有先天不育症。 晓苏想，如也那些疯狂的举动，可能跟这有关。 这个夜晚，秦西岳无眠，晓苏无眠，老校长坐在星空下，也是一夜无眠。 老校长是很想跟秦西岳聊聊的。这深山老沟，难得来这么一位客人，他在大山里寂寞惯了，但寂寞得太久，他也会疯，也想找个人宣泄一下。 他想告诉秦西岳，这所学校是一位老红军捐资修建的。老红军原本就是华家岭人，早年参加革命，爬过雪山，过过草地，后来跟着王震将军，跃过黄河，一路打到了新疆。新疆解放后，又响应中央号召，脱下军装，投身到边疆建设中。那年他回到老家，见家乡还是老样子，居然没有一所像样的学校，几十个孩子趴在窑洞里上课，回去后便将自己的积蓄还有写回忆录得的稿费捐给了家乡，建起了这座学校。但学校建成至今，却没哪个年轻人愿意到这山沟沟里任教。老校长奔走过，尽自己弱小的力量呼吁过，时至今日，除了朱晓苏，还没有第二个人能把自己交给这穷山恶岭。 老校长怕秦西岳把晓苏带走。 老校长更想通过秦西岳，为山里的孩子们作一番呼吁。山里的孩子也是孩子呀，不能让他们目不识丁，一代代地成为文盲。 秦西岳哪有心思再听老校长说这些啊。天还没亮透，他就起身走了。临走，他留给晓苏一句话：“孩子，不管你跟如也将来会咋样，爸和妈，永远盼着你回家。”走了几步，他又掉过头，热泪满面地说：“你妈她……想你啊！” 回到家没两天，秦西岳还没完全从晓苏那个悲伤的故事中喘过气来，乔国栋父子突然找上门来。 一进客厅，乔国栋就抓住秦西岳的手：“老秦，你得帮我申冤啊！这次，他们可把我冤大了！” 一看父子俩的来势，秦西岳就知道，他们是冲强伟来的。这些日子，秦西岳虽不在河阳，但河阳的消息，还是通过各种渠道源源不断传到他耳里。对强伟，对乔国栋，秦西岳现在有了跟以前完全不同的看法。他承认，过去对强伟，是有些偏激。这也怪强伟，一直没把真实想法跟他讲清楚，比如河化集团的改制，如果强伟早一点告诉他，周铁山是想拆了厂房建住宅区，他心里或许就能支持强伟。再比如九墩滩开发区，如果强伟一开始就告诉他，这开发区不是他强伟硬要搞的，说穿了还是省委的意思，是高波书记的决策，他或许就不会用那种眼光看他了。人就是这么怪，老按自己的意志去判断别人、评价别人，却很少能设身处地为别人着想。秦西岳后来看过关于九墩滩开发区的原始材料，从当初的历史条件看，这动机没错，主观愿望也很好，可惜后来的运作中，出现了意想不到的变化。这变化，一半来自于山区农民的观念，秦西岳这次到老区走了一趟，这种感受越发深刻。是啊，扶贫不扶懒，救济不救贪，农民自身的局限性，已成为改变农村面貌最大的威胁。这变化的另一半，则来自于胡杨河流域生态的突然恶化，将开发区建设前后的资料对比起来一分析，就能发现，胡杨河流域水位的迅速下降，自然条件的急剧恶化，也是近年来的事。当然，秦西岳不是帮强伟开脱。主观上讲，强伟是有问题，省委高波书记在这点上，也有不可推卸的责任。但问题既然发生了，就不能老是抱着算账的态度一味地揭老底、往后看，而是要积极地去面对，寻求解决的办法。这个转变，秦西岳也是才有的，以前真是过于固执，过于纠缠在历史中走不出来了。要说，还是强伟的行动改变了他的思维，让他也能以发展的眼光来对待历史遗留问题。强伟能提出那样的方案，就证明，他一直在努力，一直在寻求办法，那么，他秦西岳还有什么理由揪住他不放呢？人无完人，谁都有冲动的时候，谁都有犯错的时候，官员如此，专家如此，老百姓更是如此。 还有一件事，对秦西岳冲击很大。就是老奎炸法院后，强伟曾怀疑过他，指责过他。当时秦西岳想不通，认为强伟是在推卸责任，是在找替罪羊。后来他听到一件事，忽然就明白了：强伟那样做，并没错。错在他自己。 是车树声告诉他实情的。车树声又是听毛西副院长讲的。至于毛西从哪儿听到，秦西岳就管不着了，但毛西讲得很有道理。老奎揣着炸药包去炸法院，的确有人在后面怂恿。老奎对法院有很大的情绪，说恨也不为过，但这情绪被别人利用了。车树声说：“老秦你想想，法院搞评议，这种事老奎怎么知道？而且时间掌握得那么准。还有，他揣着炸药包上楼，难道就没一个人看见？法院毕竟不是广场啊，况且老奎上访了那么多年，在法院都成了名人，他以前进法院，大门都进不了，就让门卫给阻拦了，那天那么重大的会议，他怎么就畅通无阻给进去了？还有……”车树声忍了几忍，终究还是没能忍住，将另一个秘密说了出来。 “那天原定带队去参加评议的，是乔国栋。但前一天晚上，乔国栋突然说老毛病又犯了，胆囊有点痛，要去医院打吊针，便让陈木船准备一下，参加第二天的评议会。你想想，你把这些联系起来，认真想想，难道就不觉得可疑？” 秦西岳那天让车树声说得没了词。后来他反复地想，越想越觉老奎这件事可疑。联想到他跟老奎接触的前前后后，为老奎奔走的一些个细节，心里忽然就明白了：老奎的死，乔国栋还真脱不了干系。 他这才承认，强伟当时的怀疑没错，指责也没错。对强伟而言，有些话是不好跟乔国栋明讲的，只能讲到他面前，只能把火发到他秦西岳头上。 老奎炸法院，真的是乔国栋在后面唆使或怂恿吗？秦西岳一直不敢下这个结论，但从此以后，对乔国栋，他的看法全变了。 乔国栋跑到座谈会现场，跟他发脾气那次，他虽然没多说什么，心里却更是对这个人有了想法。一个老干部，老领导，心胸怎么就那么狭隘？还有，在挫折和打击面前，他的承受力哪里去了？自我批评的精神，又到哪里去了？一个人可以啥都丢，但就是不能丢掉自我批评的精神。人应该不断地反省自己，检点自己，这样才能让自己站得更高，走得更远。 谁都是在挫折和失败中成长起来的啊，挫折和失败，又总是伴随着你的一生。可惜，这些道理乔国栋悟不到，他怕是现在还在恨着别人，认为是别人把他推到了这一步。 “坐吧，坐下慢慢说。”秦西岳的口气很淡，表情也是冷冰冰的。 乔国栋没坐，他儿子乔小川倒是一屁股坐下了。 “老秦，我冤啊。”乔国栋又说。 “怎么冤你了？”秦西岳问。 “冤大了！老秦啊，我怎么跟你说呢？他们先是怀疑老奎是我害死的，罢了我的职，还把我像犯人一样看管起来。把我折腾够了，忽然又说老奎的死亡另有原因。你说，这不是冤是什么？” 秦西岳没有吭声。乔国栋的样子是有些可怜，全然没了以前当主任时那份官派，更没了他最见不得的那种居高临下的气势。从外表看，乔国栋真像是被人整垮了，精神不振，举止猥琐，很值得人同情。但在这份可怜的背后，却藏着一种不易觉察的阴毒。联想到这次去岭西期间，强伟电话里跟他说的一些事，包括乔国栋最近在河阳的表现，秦西岳相信，乔国栋随时都在准备着反扑，一旦时机成熟，他很有可能又变得趾高气扬起来。 “老乔啊，你能不能告诉我，对老奎的死，你到底该不该承担责任？” “我承担责任？我凭什么承担责任？老秦，一定是他们跟你说了坏话，你可千万不能信啊。” 秦西岳笑笑：“老乔你别激动。谁也没跟我说什么，我只是随便问问。毕竟，老奎是你的联系人。” “这跟谁是联系人没关系。你不也跟老奎有联系吗？按这说法，还要怀疑你不成？” “这不是怀疑不怀疑的问题。我是说，出了事，我们先要从自己身上找原因。你把责任全推给他们，也不大公平吧？” “老秦你——”乔国栋似乎从秦西岳话里听出了什么，突然就不说话了。 这时乔小川插话了：“秦伯伯，我爸是让他们摧残成了这样，你别见怪。他最近老是絮絮叨叨，见谁都要诉苦。”乔小川说到这儿，拿眼瞪了一下父亲，示意他坐下，别乱说话，然后从包里掏出一份材料，很有礼貌地说，“秦伯伯，我们今天来，主要是向你反映一件事。有人向我爸举报，强书记在河阳胡作非为，我爸一直不敢将这事反映到上面，怕影响了团结。就在强书记整我爸期间，他也没把这些材料拿出来。我爸问我，该不该把群众举报的材料交上去，我也吃不准。今天来，就是想征求一下你的意见。” “哦？”秦西岳一惊。乔小川这番话倒是出乎他的意料。他几乎下意识地，就从乔小川手里接过材料，等打开一看，他的脸就绿了。 检举材料共两份，一份是检举强伟跟许艳容乱搞男女关系，东城区法院其他领导干部都因老奎一案受到处理，唯有许艳容却被破格提拔。材料后面的署名是东城区法院干部。另一份，是检举强伟利用职权，搞贪污腐败，将九墩滩移民的二百多万元安置款非法占有，中饱私囊，严重败坏了党的形象，败坏了党群关系，给九墩滩移民的生活造成了无法挽回的损失。这份材料具了实名，下面密密麻麻写了一长串名字，全是九墩乡的移民，秦西岳从中看见了王二水的名字。 换在往常，秦西岳一定会惊讶，一定会拍案而起，说不定还会拿起电话，当下就跟强伟问个青红皂白。但这一天，他表现得非常冷静。如果单是第二份检举材料，秦西岳说不定也就信了，因为之前他耳朵里也听到过类似的传闻，是周一粲跟他提起的，说安置款由强伟一个人掌握，具体花了多少，怎么花的，谁也无权过问。但偏是有第一份检举信，而且还刻意放在了上面，秦西岳心里，就疑惑了。 要说强伟别的方面有问题，秦西岳不敢说，但作风方面，他坚信强伟不会有问题。人跟人不同，有些人出事，往往是在作风上，有些人呢，作风和其他一起出，越是官大，越是出得多，但强伟不，秦西岳在这点上还是很信任强伟的。毕竟，他对强伟的了解，也不是一天两天了，加上两家孩子的关系，相互了解的程度就比别人更深一点。况且那“女方”是许艳容，对许艳容，秦西岳更是放心。他对许艳容的了解不多，前后也就接触过那么几次，一次是因小奎的案子找过她，另外一次，是沙漠所去年跟外地一家苗圃公司发生纠纷，案子就是许艳容办的。然而这几次加起来，许艳容却给他留下了很好的印象。现在乔家父子要把这盆污水扣到许艳容头上，秦西岳心里，先就不痛快了。 不过他没有表露出来，仔细看完两份材料，又从乔小川手里接过一沓照片。乔小川解释说，照片是最近寄到他家的，他一直不敢拿出来，生怕给河阳造成新的混乱。乔小川这句话有点多余，有点画蛇添足。秦西岳心想，你一个开公司做生意的，居然首先想到的是河阳的混乱，是不是有点拔高自己了？ 他将目光从乔小川脸上收回，盯住照片看了一会儿，看着看着，心里就清楚了。他再次抬起头来，扫了乔小川一眼。这一眼扫的，乔小川不那么自信了，慌乱中，就垂下头去。 秦西岳这才说：“既然你们信任我，我也不隐瞒自己的观点。这两份材料，我得核实一番，如果确有其事，该往上送就一定得往上送。” 乔小川赶忙点头：“秦伯伯，这事就麻烦你了。我爸现在的状况，真是不便站出来说话。” 秦西岳“哦”了一声，目光并没理会这一对父子，而是掠过他们的头顶，伸向窗外。 窗外茫茫苍苍，冬日的银州，很有几分肃杀凝在里面。 秦西岳看到照片的同时，强伟的妻子胡玫也在看这些照片。照片是用快件发来的。胡玫看了还没三张，声音就扯直了：“强伟，你个挨天刀的，这次我看你咋说！” 这样吼着，她又情急地往下看。照片的背景很模糊，看不出是在什么地方拍的，但能确定一点，是在屋子里。照片上的人，却很清晰。男人是她的丈夫，女人，则是一个比她年轻比她漂亮也比她洋气的小妖精。 Yes, goblins.在胡玫眼里，凡是跟别人抢男人的女人，都算得上妖精。 Incredible!原来她是想，强伟只是跟周一粲不干净，没想到，强伟怀里还有比周一粲更年轻更漂亮的。 她抓起电话，就给自己的父亲打，拉着哭声，不，几乎是扯着嗓子：“爸，我不活了！姓强的在外面养野女人，我没法活了。”父亲在那边听得糊里糊涂，既不敢乱批评强伟，更不敢训斥她，只能婉转地说：“你到底说些啥疯话？强伟不是对你很好吗？” “假的！爸，他是个伪君子，向来说一套做一套。以前我手里没证据，这下我有了。我要到河阳去，不，我找省委，这种人还能当书记，省委真是瞎了眼。” 她哭了一通，不但没从父亲这儿讨到什么主意，反把心绪哭得更乱。一看茶几上的照片，心更乱了，感觉整个天都要塌下来了。这可咋办，这可咋办呀？ 姓强的，你真是太狠心了！怪不得你不回来，原来你是…… 想着想着，她抓起电话，就给儿子打。连打几遍，儿子终于接了电话，还没等强逸凡问上一句，她就“哇”一声哭开了。强逸凡以为家里出了什么事，吓得半天不敢出声。她哭了一阵儿，一抹鼻子道：“凡，你要给妈做主。” 强逸凡这松了一口气，知道老两口又闹矛盾了，便道：“妈，我爸又怎么惹你了？” “惹我？凡啊，妈不活了，活不成了。妈辛辛苦苦，伺候了小的伺候老的，把你们都伺候得有出息了，妈却没人要了。” “妈，到底什么事？你慢慢说，不要哭好不？” “凡啊，妈这心，快要烂掉了，不，已经烂掉了。你快来看，你爸给你找新妈了，很年轻，比你大不了几岁。” 强逸凡一听她又胡说，没好气地问：“妈，你能不能不用这种口气说话啊？你老怀疑我爸，我爸哪点对不起你了？” “我就知道，你个没良心的，跟你爸穿的一条裤子，放的屁都一样臭。我白拉扯你了，你跟你爸过去吧，反正有我没我，你们都不在乎。”说着，一赌气挂了电话。 这晚，胡玫没合眼。她没法合眼，只要一闭上眼睛，许艳容的影子就跳出来，可劲儿地折磨她。如果换成是周一粲，她或许还能接受，毕竟，这些年她一直在怀疑周一粲，至少心里还算有个准备，可现在出现的是一个更年轻更有姿色的女人，她怎能受得了？ 强伟也没合眼。 照片的事他比谁知道得都早，乔小川也算是有创意，居然第一个就将照片发给了他。他拿着照片，呆愣了几秒钟，然后就跟自己说：你的麻烦事儿来了。果然，还没隔上五分钟，许艳容就打来电话，问：“你收到了没？”他说：“收到了。”许艳容问：“怎么办？”他说：“还能怎么办，既然让人家抓住了，就如实承认呗。”许艳容叹了一声：“承认什么啊？我们清清白白，想承认也没啥可承认的。” “清白是你我说的，若要面对众人的嘴，你能证明得了自己的清白？” “众人的嘴？”许艳容一时没理解他的意思，疑惑地问了一句。 强伟笑了一下：“你就等着瞧吧，不出一个小时，河阳就沸腾了。” 果然，这一天的河阳，但凡有头有脸的人，都收到了一封信，信封里装的，除了强伟跟许艳容幽会的照片，就是那份强伟贪污安置款的揭发材料。 陈木船收到了，宋老爷子收到了，周一粲收到了，就连公安局长徐守仁，也收到了。 乔小川这次是豁出去了。他费了九牛二虎之力，居然没查到强伟太多的把柄，若不是雇来的侦探拍的这些照片，只怕他这一次又要无功而返了。他只能借这些照片，还有那封杜撰的检举信，先把强伟搞臭。 令他遗憾的是，这些照片太一般了，说穿了就是几张坐着谈话的照片，拍照的那家伙竟连一个拥抱的镜头都没抓到。他原先的期望值是，一定要搞到床上的镜头，最好都是赤身裸体的，可惜拍这样的照片实在太难，再等下去，又怕坐失良机，只好先将这些抛出来，能否达到预期效果，就完全看人们的想象力了。 好在，这是一个不缺乏