Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Floating Shadows
Li Yu was not mistaken, the person who came out with Xiao Si'er was indeed Sun Jihai, the executive deputy secretary of the municipal party committee.
He reported the situation to Li Chunjiang overnight, and Li Chunjiang was also shocked.
"Are you reading that right?" Li Chunjiang asked uncertainly.
"It's definitely not wrong. I also heard him say to Xiao Si'er, go away and don't contact me for a while."
Now, it was Li Chunjiang's turn to be silent.If there was anyone in the top management of Sanhe who could not be doubted the most, it was Sun Jihai.Sun Jihai is a native of Sanhe. His hometown is in a valley called Hongtuwan in the countryside of Wushui. During the Cultural Revolution, his father risked his life to save a rightist. It was this rightist who changed Sun Jihai's life.That rightist was Sanhe’s first prefectural party secretary after the chaos was brought to order. Sun Jihai was first recruited to Wushui Radio Station as a temporary worker, and later went to college. Secretary of the County Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Sanhe Prefectural Party Committee.The impression Sun Jihai left on the people of Sanhe is: simple, loyal, and likes to follow the common people's reasoning for people and things.He lived a frugal life and cut down on food and clothing, which was well-known in Sanhe.It is rare to see him going in and out of high-end hotels, and even if he has to go out for entertainment, he only eats some vegetarian dishes and never drinks too much. He is called old and conservative by the cadres of the municipal party committee and the government.Up to now, I have never heard of anyone who asked him to do something, gave him a gift, or bribed him.He himself is also a typical public servant. He walks to and from get off work and never uses the bus in the urban area.
In short, in the eyes of Sanhe people, Sun Jihai is a good cadre of the party, a good public servant of the people, and a good leader that the people desire.
During the Sanhe incident last year, Che Guangyuan also suspected Sun Jihai and secretly asked Li Chunjiang to investigate the farm.The farm was originally run by Sun Jihai’s wife. His wife was illiterate and bored in the city. She really wanted to find a piece of land for farming. It happened to be on the edge of the desert for development. The local village government provided the land for free, and farmers or small investors themselves Going to develop, saying that it is development, is actually similar to opening up wasteland.Because the land there is all desertified and lacks water, no crops have been grown at all.His wife was very happy, and called relatives and friends to toss together, and really tossed out a small farm.However, when Li Chunjiang investigated, the farm had already changed owners. His wife lived in the desert for many years due to land reclamation. Unfortunately, she suffered from rheumatism and was unable to manage the farm. His wife was reluctant to part with those flocks of sheep, so she insisted on keeping them under her own name, which was the harvest after hard work.
For this matter, in front of Li Chunjiang, Sun Jihai patted the table with Che Guangyuan, he angrily reprimanded Che Guangyuan: "Do you think everyone looks like a corrupt person, Sanhe, except you, Che Zhengfa, everyone else should go to jail? Just as Che Guangyuan was about to explain, Sun Jihai waved his hand and said, "You check, I will cooperate with everything you check, but please don't forget that you are the party's political and legal secretary, not a spy who broke into Sanhe!"
This made Li Chunjiang sweat immediately, this was the first time he had seen Sun Jihai get angry at someone, and his words were so aggressive.No way, the investigation had to be suspended.If it wasn't for the fact that Yang Si, who was herding sheep, was not accidentally discovered later, he might be Zhou Shengjun who was jailed back then. Li Chunjiang was really embarrassed to face this city leader.But whether Yang Si is Zhou Shengjun or not, and what to prove, is still a mystery.
Right now, Li Chunjiang was once again confused, and his always sharp judgment seemed to have lost its function.Deep down, he didn't want to associate Sun Jihai with crime.If leaders like Sun Jiehai got involved, Sanhe would be terribly frightening. This really echoed the common people's saying: You can't find a clean fish in muddy water.However, how could Sun Jihai be with Xiao Si'er, and at this time?
You have to report to Secretary Ma immediately!Li Chunjiang grabbed Li Yu and went to look for Ma Qiming overnight.
After Ma Qiming listened to the report, he didn't say anything clearly. He just said: "Continue to monitor Xiao Sier and see who he looks for next." As for Sun Jihai, Ma Qiming also hesitated to make a judgment. After thinking for a long time, he said: "We must be careful with him. After all, he is an outstanding Communist Party member in the country, and a good public servant of the people like Jiao Yulu who has just been established."
It was this reason that forced Ma Qiming to slow down the pace of the investigation.But at this time, another storm was secretly set off quickly.Due to the final withdrawal of Shenzhen Wanye Investment Group, the investment boom in Sanhe City suffered a severe blow.You must know that attracting investment is currently the overriding central task of Sanhe. In order to ensure the sustainable and efficient growth of Sanhe's economy, the two sessions at the beginning of the year once again identified investment attraction as a major strategic measure for Sanhe's economic development. From Secretary Yuan Bo to the leaders of the following counties and districts, The leaders of the departments all make the investment promotion responsibility and target-oriented.Once Shenzhen Wanye withdrew, the following small and medium-sized projects also stopped strangely.Seeing that the investment of more than 300 million yuan is about to go to waste, can it not cause panic in Sanhe's senior management?
what to do?At the Standing Committee meeting, all the members of the Standing Committee focused their attention on Sun Jihai, the leader of the Leading Group for Investment Promotion.Sun Jihai's appointment to this position was also deliberately planned by the Sanhe executives.For one thing, Sun Jihai was awarded the honorary title of National Excellent Communist Party member and the honorary title of National Best Public Servant of the People a few years ago. The big and small media rushed to report that Sun Jihai has become a business card of Sanhe.Second, Sun Jihai's integrity is well-known throughout the province. Let him focus on attracting investment, and Sanhe will be at ease, and foreign investors will be more at ease. This is also called attracting investment with integrity and governing with integrity.Under the market economy, this trick cannot but be said to have worked.
Sun Jihai's eyes were gloomy, and his face was stern: "What else can I do? The cooked duck flew away. Once this project is ruined, I will be ashamed to face others!" His tone was extremely cold, and his attitude seemed bad.This is rare, he has always been a refined and gentle person, neither arrogant nor angry.
The venue was silent, and under the influence of Sun Jihai, everyone seemed depressed.Secretary Yuan Bo had no choice but to smooth things over: "Everyone, don't worry. If something goes wrong, you don't need to lose your temper. Let's find out the reasons from various aspects, and then think of countermeasures. In short, the determination to attract investment cannot be shaken. Strategy cannot be shaken..."
From the beginning to the end, Ma Qiming did not speak. Several times, his eyes met Sun Jihai's. Sun Jihai was magnanimous and aloof, and he did not evade at all, nor did he have the panic that Ma Qiming thought to himself.On the contrary, Ma Qiming felt uneasy.
Could it be that I was really worrying too much, or did I go astray somewhere, and gave this old comrade doubts that I shouldn't have?
He can't be the second Che Guangyuan, let alone point the fuse on innocent people, Ma Qiming reminded himself again.
After the meeting, Secretary Yuan Bo talked to Ma Qiming alone, and said tactfully: "Have you been a little bit lately? It is important to check the problem, but you can't make everything go away. Besides, some things are harmless. Now is the era of openness and invigoration. You If you control it too tightly, who will come to Sanhe?"
Ma Qiming felt sorry at first, but was a little confused when he heard it.He said: "Secretary Yuan Bo, you can criticize directly, and point out what is wrong with you, so that we can improve."
Secretary Yuan Bo laughed a few times, and said in a private tone: "Qiming, let me tell you a joke. This is also a real thing that happened in our Sanhe. A boss wants to come to Sanhe for business. It's a good thing to sell Sanhe's big melon seeds to Taiwan. Everyone welcomes him as if he is a savior. Unexpectedly, one day, a policeman suddenly rushed to his room and took the lady in his arms. I was arrested, and said that I can't mess with you and won't mess with your lady? As a result, the boss left the next day. When he left, he left a sentence worth thinking about. He said, no wonder no one wants to come to your Sanhe , you don’t even let a lady go, what else can you let go of?”
Secretary Yuan Bo didn't smile after finishing his speech. After pondering for a long time, he said, "You know, because of one young lady, the big slabs of melon seeds from Sanhe were three years late, and the farmers suffered a lot in three years!"
Ma Qiming still didn't understand what Secretary Yuan Bo meant. What does this have to do with arresting Miss?Seeing his staring eyes, Secretary Yuan Bo clarified: "Talk to Qin Mo later on, from now on, we should stop taking care of other people's gambling and prostitution, and just take care of our own cadres."
It turned out that recently someone in Sanhe caught gambling and whoring in those protected hotels, which caused complaints from the foreign bosses.
Ma Qiming called Qin Mo, holding back his anger, and asked, "Who gave the order to investigate the gambling?" Qin Mo stared and said, "Have you ever given such an order?"
"I haven't done it before. How did you become the chief of the bureau? Foreign businessmen's complaint calls have been called to Secretary Yuan Bo, saying that you illegally detained the investment guests invited by Sanhe under the pretext of anti-pornography and anti-narcotics."
"Is there such a thing?" Qin Mo was even more surprised. Obviously, he was also kept in the dark. Before Ma Qiming lost his temper again, he hurried to investigate.
After investigation, the matter was worse than what Machiming said.The persons in charge of several hotels reported that in recent days, the anti-narcotics team and the anti-pornography team of the Municipal Bureau often broke into the hotels in the middle of the night to make the guests restless.Of course, prostitution, whoring, or gambling were indeed caught, but this hurt the enthusiasm of those who came to invest or inspect. In particular, some policemen illegally put the arrested people under house arrest, and even called people's homes, which made their wives It's a matter of life and death, and investors must go back immediately.
"Who is doing this?" Ma Qiming asked.
Qin Mo hesitated, saying that you called Li Chunjiang and asked him.
When I asked Li Chunjiang, he didn't know anything, and swore that such a thing would never happen.Qin Mo said unhappily, "It's Lao Zeng and Lao Chen under your command!"
Old Zeng?Li Chunjiang dubiously called Lao Zeng, and when he asked, Lao Zeng scolded his mother, saying who framed him like this, and he didn't even leave his room these days, so how could he be free to take any chances?
Now, the problem is complicated.Li Chunjiang said half suspiciously and half analytically: "Could someone deliberately disturb the order in our name?"
"Who dares?" Qin Mo seemed to have been wronged, and his attitude towards Li Chunjiang was very unfriendly.
Li Chunjiang didn't care about it. These days, he also felt that many people surrounded him and left the old director Qin Mo in the cold.
"Old Qin, I don't dare to jump to conclusions on this matter. I think it's better to make a conclusion after investigation."
"Then go and investigate, it's all caused by your people!"
After Li Chunjiang left, Ma Qiming asked Qin Mo tactfully, "Do you have any opinion on Chunjiang?" Qin Mo spoke quickly and complained to Ma Qiming: "It's not that I'm narrow-minded. That's why I jumped out to deal with others."
Ma Qiming suddenly realized the complexity of the matter, and after a while, he asked Qin Mo, "Can you guarantee that it was Chun Jiang's subordinates who said it? Besides, just your Public Security Bureau, why do you assign yours to others?"
This question made Qin Mo dumbfounded.Yes, patronizing and getting angry, why didn't I think about this problem?
What's even more strange is that Li Chunjiang sent people to investigate everywhere. The hotel only said that it was from the anti-pornography team and the anti-narcotics team, but they couldn't say who they were.Moreover, according to the recollections of two merchants who had been placed under house arrest, Lao Zeng and Lao Chen, who arrested them, were fat and big, aged forty-five or sixteen, and the other was thin and bald.The characteristics of these two people are inconsistent with Lao Zeng and Lao Chen.Obviously, some people used the name of anti-pornography team and anti-drug team to do illegal activities.As soon as they heard that Li Chunjiang and the others were investigating, this group of people disappeared immediately, and disappeared very quickly.
How courageous!Only then did Qin Mo wake up, knowing that he had been tricked by someone else.
Who is so bold and dares to play such a dangerous game at this time?
Neither of the two spoke, but one was heavier than the other in their hearts.
On the day when the military training ended, Li Chunjiang finally waited for news from the desert farm.
On this day, Li Chunjiang failed to go to the closing ceremony. Before leaving, Yulan, the nurse, called from the provincial capital, saying that Ye Zihe refused to stay any longer and insisted on leaving the hospital today, and Dodo couldn't help her.Li Chunjiang hurriedly asked Ma Qiming for leave, saying that he would go to the provincial capital.Just about to get in the car.I saw the police officers sent to the desert farm to investigate hurriedly.After entering the office, the police officer said mysteriously: "The cripple appeared, do you want to take action?"
It turned out that on the night when Li Chunjiang and Ma Qiming were indecisive about Sun Jihai, Li Chunjiang got an important news. A mysterious man suddenly appeared on the desert farm. This man was in his forties and was crippled. came to the farm.The shepherd named Yang Si seemed to have a lot of respect for this man, and when he came, he sat on the horse and waited on him very thoughtfully.The person first turned around inside and out, then entered a storage room that looked like a warehouse, squatted in it for about an afternoon, and did not come out until nightfall.During this period, the man named Yang Si was very flustered, walking back and forth in the surrounding area, and he didn't care about the sheep running away.At night, the farm was very quiet. Instead of running out for a stroll as usual, a few helpers closed the courtyard door early, and the light in the storage room remained on until dawn.
The next day, some sheepskin dealers came to the farm one after another.The man called Yang Si was busy slaughtering sheep, and he slaughtered about a dozen sheep. After dark, the sheepskin dealers left the farm one after another. They were obviously drunk, and their faces were flushed.Because of the sudden appearance of the cripple, the plainclothes guard on Luka did not dare to take any action and watched them leave mysteriously one by one.The next day, a Mitsubishi off-road vehicle with a black license plate entered the farm, and three men in military uniform got out of the vehicle, and the cripple also changed into a military uniform strangely.The four sat in the office in the backyard of the farm for about an hour before the off-road vehicle left the farm.On this day, the man named Yang Si did not go to work, and the sheep were locked in the pen.Next, the cripple did not show up for two days, and was locked in that storage room every day.Until the afternoon of the fourth day, around five o'clock, the lame man suddenly disguised himself as a shepherd, dressed in Yang Si's clothes, and left the farm with a camel.At that time, the police officer asked Li Chunjiang whether he should keep the cripple.Li Chunjiang said: "Don't bother, let him go."
After that, there was no news about the lame man, as if he disappeared suddenly.Li Chunjiang was also a little puzzled, worried that he had made a wrong judgment?According to Li Chunjiang's judgment, the cripple is the real owner of the farm. The reason why he has not shown up at the farm for a long time is because the farm is just a turnover station for him. Most of his activities are outside, and he only comes back when the farm needs to be turned around.Furthermore, Li Chunjiang judged that if there were really shady transactions on the farm, the cripples would only appear at one time, that is when the shipments were concentrated for big business, and Yang Si might take care of all the small troubles on weekdays.Of course, this is just speculation, and Li Chunjiang has no basis at all, so he is not very confident in his own judgment.
From that day on, Li Chunjiang ordered the comrades of the anti-narcotics team to pay close attention to the entertainment venues or old residential areas in Sanhe to see if there was any new movement.Things did not go as expected by Li Chunjiang. Some mysterious new faces soon appeared in several entertainment venues. According to the report of the informant, the trading of ecstasy and sex powder became active again.Only then did Li Chunjiang believe that his judgment was correct.
Hearing that the cripple appeared again, Li Chunjiang couldn't help being excited. He called Zheng Yuan and asked him and Tao Zi to pick up Ye Zihe, while he drove straight to the desert farm.
When Ma Qiming and Qin Mo took a photo with the public security officers participating in the military training, Li Chunjiang was getting angry at the driver with his throat raised.To prevent accidents, Li Chunjiang did not take a police car, but rented a Santana on the street. Unexpectedly, the car broke down on the road as soon as he entered the desert, and he couldn't clean it up for a long time.The owner of the car was also anxious and frustrated, saying that it would not be broken sooner or later, but it would be broken if it encountered a long-distance chartered car.Seeing that the driver was unable to fix the car, Ma Qiming didn't dare to delay, so he stopped a farm truck and drove into the desert.After walking not far, someone came to report that Yang Si was missing.
Yang Si drove the sheep into the desert four days ago, and it was no different from the previous ones. In addition, the lame man hadn't appeared yet, and the police officers who were spying on him didn't care too much. He thought he would come back in three to five days.Unexpectedly, the cripple suddenly appeared in the early hours of this morning. This time, the cripple turned into a sheepskin farmer, riding a broken bicycle, and yelled at Yang Si as soon as he entered the courtyard.Only then did the policemen realize that Yang Si should be back.But until noon, there was still no sign of Yang Si in the desert, but the sheep he drove out returned miraculously.The cripple was very angry and scolded the helpers at the top of his voice, telling them to go to Yang Si quickly. After the helpers left the farm one after another, the cripple himself rode a bicycle and went in the opposite direction.The police officers who stayed behind thought that he was also looking for Yang Si, and foolishly hoped that he could find Yang Si back. When they found out that something was wrong, those helpers had disappeared without a trace.
"Where's the cripple?" Li Chunjiang asked urgently.There was no mobile phone signal in the desert, and the policeman following the cripple borrowed a camel.
"I followed him, and when we got to town, he left in a black Santana."
"How long have you been away?" Li Chunjiang hated this policeman a little bit. He thought that these policemen must be playing mahjong or drinking at night, and he didn't take it seriously at all.It's all his fault, he should have thought of this earlier, and replaced a few competent generals in advance.
"About twenty minutes." The other party replied.
Li Chunjiang asked Santana's car number, and soon returned to the town. After a while, the traffic police along the way received an order: Go all out and intercept Santana!After everything was arranged, Li Chunjiang glared angrily at the police officer who was with him: "Where were you last night?"
The policeman faltered, prevaricated and refused to give a positive answer.Li Chunjiang raised his voice: "You still want to hide it, do you want me to stop your work immediately?"
"I... I was at home last night, and my wife..."
"Enough!" Li Chunjiang was so angry that his face was distorted. The long-term pampering had made the police forget their mission. They said they were sent to monitor suspects, and it was uncertain who would monitor whom.
This is the current situation of Sanhe Public Security. No wonder Li Chunjiang insisted on using the people around him regardless of Qin Mo's objection.
But it was too late to regret, what to do now is to quickly find the lame man and Yang Si.
Tao Zi failed to go to the provincial capital.When Zheng Yuan called him, she was sitting on the sofa in a daze.Just last night, Tao Zi received a call from a stranger.The caller claimed to be from Wushui, just came back from out of town, and said he wanted to talk to Tao Zi about something important.Taozi asked what was the matter, and the other party said that this matter cannot be discussed on the phone, but can only be discussed in person.Tao Zi thought it was another prank, and she had received similar calls before, most of them were running for officials but couldn't get them.So she ignored it and hung up the phone with a snap.Unexpectedly, the other party called again. This time, the other party was not so friendly, and his tone was very fierce. He scolded Tao Zi: "What are you, believe it or not, I can arrest your man with a single phone call?" Tao Zi Feeling something was wrong, he asked the other party vigilantly: "Who are you, what exactly do you want to say?" Then he said in a threatening tone: "I won't wait for a minute when the time comes. I'm not afraid that your man will be thrown into prison, so don't come."
Taozi didn't close her eyes last night.Who is the opponent?What the hell are you going to say?Intuitively, Tao Zi concluded that this person is not a high-ranking official, nor does he seem to have any grudge against Zheng Yuan.Qiu Jia didn't speak in that tone, and he wouldn't bring up such a silly thing as a meeting.After much deliberation, there is only one possibility, it must be that Zheng Yuan has something in his hands, and he wants to blackmail him.
What's the matter?Taozi tossed and turned, but couldn't find the answer.She thought about her life with Zheng Yuan carefully, and found no loopholes. Zheng Yuan didn't seem to be having an affair, and she didn't hear that he had a woman outside.Besides, what else could it be?What can make the other party say something like going to jail?The more Taozi thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more frightened she became, the more anxious she became, feeling that she couldn't wait for dawn.
When Zheng Yuan called and asked her to pack her things and go to the provincial capital to pick up Ye Zihe, Tao Zi was sitting on pins and needles waiting for the call, and the other party promised to call her again in the morning.After leaving Zheng Yuan, Tao Zi felt more and more uneasy.Maybe her life with Zheng Yuan was too happy and fulfilling, a mysterious phone call popped up suddenly, which reminded her of many things at once.
It was not until after noon that the other party called and asked her to leave immediately.
Taozi packed up her things and went outside.
The other party changed her mind again and asked her to go to the shepherd's house.
This is a leisure bar with local characteristics, or it can be called a tea house.When Tao Zi went in, she didn't find anyone suspicious. She looked around and saw that there were no other guests except a couple of lovers who were whispering.At this time, the shepherd's house is the quietest and loneliest time of the day, and the heat will last until after dusk.The owner of the store is a wandering singer in his thirties, who is lying on a long bamboo chair and taking a nap.His young wife was holding the child in her arms, staring at the river outside the window in a corner far away from Taozi in a daze.This is an enviable couple. It is said that they drifted from a far southern country for love, brought a guitar and songs full of vicissitudes, and opened this warm paradise for the people of Sanhe.
Tao Zi chose a seat by the window and sat down, beckoning. A young waiter came over with a smile on her face and asked her what she needed.Taozi ordered a cup of Tears of Sorrow, which was an original ice wine created by the shop owner. The light fruit flavor was mixed with the fragrant barley wine. It was like wine but not wine, but it was more stimulating to people's sense of taste than drinks.Sometimes when I drink too much, I will forget about it and tell some little secrets that I can't usually tell.Of course, it is not drunk, but it incites your desire to pour out.
Of course, this is Taozi's feeling before, and most of the time, she spends here with Ye Zihe.
Finally at three o'clock, the light of the shepherd's house flickered, and a shadow flashed in.Tao Zi saw it and was astonished to death.She never thought that it would be such a person who called to ask her to come.Under the hazy light, the thief looking around is a migrant worker in his thirties. His hair grows like wormwood in a panic, his face is long and thin, and his neck stretches out like a rooster.Tao Zi was wondering if it was this person, when she saw him walking over carelessly and sitting directly opposite her.The waiter looked at Tao Zi in surprise, Tao Zi looked embarrassed and was stunned for a moment.For a moment, she said as if to save herself: "A bottle of beer."
As soon as he heard the beer, the other party laughed out loud, showing his scorched teeth, and said, "Two bottles and a pack of good cigarettes."
"What's the matter, tell me." After the beer was opened, Taozi opened his mouth.
The man took a long gulp, lit a cigarette, Meimei took a puff, and exhaled a puff of black smoke: "Secretary Zheng, how is he?" "Okay." Taozi replied subconsciously. "If I say it, he's going to be in trouble." The man smiled wickedly, and said something that made Tao Zi unable to open his mouth.
After a while, Taozi boldly stared at the other person's face. This face was younger than what he saw just now, but his skin was rough and he hadn't bathed for many years, which gave him an old look.
The light is disgusting.Taozi resisted the disgust in her heart, avoided the man with her eyes, and glanced out of the window.The scenery outside the window is indeed beautiful, Zilan Mountain is enchanting, but Tao Zi feels another kind of bitterness in her heart.This guy seemed to be trying to embarrass Taozi on purpose. He only heard the sound of him drinking beer for a long time, but his eyes were on Taozi very restlessly.Taozi finally couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "I didn't come here to drink beer with you, if you need anything, please tell me."
"Just say it." The man probably saw Taozi's unfriendliness and was a little annoyed. "You have to listen carefully. I'll tell you, so don't scare you." Tao Zi gave him a disgusted look, and her heart couldn't help beating.What is this guy trying to say?What happened next surprised Taozi, and just as the man finished speaking halfway, Taozi yelled, "You're lying!"
"I'm not lying!" The man also screamed, his voice almost terrifying.
Taozi held back her anger: "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will not be polite!"
"Hey, who do you think you are, wife of the county magistrate? Fuck you, I'll make a phone call, and your whole family will be ruined!" Stretching out a big rough hand, he pressed Taozi's soft shoulder hard, and Taozi felt that her shoulder was bitten by Meimei.
"Touch me less!"
"If you don't touch it, don't touch it, you have to listen to me." The guy suddenly became stubborn and brutal.
Taozi had no choice but to sit down again and listen to him finish speaking.
The man told a very terrible truth!Taozi just felt a bang in her head, she couldn't remember how she spent the next time.When she walked out of the shepherd's house, the setting sun had enveloped the entire Sanhe, and Taozi walked back in a daze, only remembering one number in her mind: two hundred thousand!
The man said, "Give me two hundred thousand and forget about it!"
Two hundred thousand, he really dared to ask for it.
When he was about to get home, a thought popped into Taozi's mind: If you can really forget it, I will give you 200,000 yuan!
Tao Zi was not in the mood to eat dinner, and she was not in the mood for anything, so she hoped that Zheng Yuan would come back and ask for clarification.The home became eclipsed in an instant, but this was her warm home, the home that carried her life's happiness and dreams.The phone rang, Tao Zi ran over, Zheng Yuan said on the phone: "We are on the way, you go to the hospital as soon as possible, and contact the ward first." Tao Zi grabbed the phone, shaking her hands uncontrollably, Zheng Yuan asked a few words, she They were all stunned, and finally murmured: "Two hundred thousand."
"What are you talking about, what's wrong with you, Taozi?" Zheng Yuan asked anxiously, but Taozi softly dropped the phone.
"Two hundred thousand." She repeated.
Taozi met Zheng Yuan in the autumn of the third year after graduating from university. In that autumn, Zilan Mountain was beautiful, and the valley was covered with red leaves.The red leaves of Zilan Mountain are a beautiful scenery that people will never get tired of seeing. Every autumn, the overwhelming red will make Zilan Mountain shine brightly.Dressed in the warm sun, basking in the breeze, stepping on the flame-like red leaves, people will have a feeling of being burned and boiling.Taozi, who was born as a reporter, would often send her footsteps there, and she felt that her future life would be so passionate and intense in the heavy colors.Yes, intense.Taozi, who is full of words and ink, often uses some weird words to describe her dreams. She longs for a passionate life that is always released, and even more longs for a love that ignites a raging fire when they meet and will never go out in a lifetime .On that autumn evening, on the mountain path covered with red leaves, Taozi met the young Zheng Yuan by chance, it was almost like destiny, the first sight predestined their love and love in this life, and they would be close together.At that time, Zheng Yuan was walking with Yuan Bo, and Tao Zi knew the newly appointed political and legal secretary of Sanhe City.Sanhe had just eradicated a black and evil force, and the common people scrambled to tell the story. As a reporter for the social column, Tao Zi interviewed Yuan Bo, and Yuan Bo's eloquence and Sanhe's native humor left a good impression on her.But Taozi didn't know much about his young secretary.It was the skillful hand of Secretary Yuan Bo that brought the two mandarin ducks together.
After marriage, they stayed together in this love. Even though they had no children, this did not affect the perfection of life at all, yes, perfection.Taozi considers herself a perfect woman, with a career, a beautiful face that can stand the test of time, a husband who loves her more than herself, and a good friend like Zihe, what else is there to be satisfied with?She really missed a child, so she kidnapped Dodo and raised her as her own daughter for a while, to live the addiction of her mother.
A woman can live like this, you say she still doesn't thank God?
However, this hateful country man broke her happiness and tranquility in this way!
When Zheng Yuan and the others arrived, Tao Zi had already been busy in the hospital for a long time. On the outside, Tao Zi didn't look like a caring person at all.The beds in the ward have been made long ago, and everything including the tiniest drinking cups and sanitary napkins has been arranged.Not to mention, when it comes to doing these things, Taozi is really better than Ye Zihe.In the past years, Taozi actually served as the half-nanny of Ye Zihe's family.Especially Duoduo, she is often closer to her than Ye Zihe.
There was a commotion in the ward, Ye Zihe seemed to be in a bad mood, and Duo Duo was less noisy than before, the little girl is really more sensible.Tao Zi resisted the pain in her heart, and kissed Duo Duo on the face, Duo Duo ran away with tears in her eyes, Tao Zi hurriedly avoided.
At this time, I saw Zheng Yuan rushing over, not avoiding others, and asked directly: "What's going on on the phone?" Tao Zi smiled shyly: "It's okay, I missed you." Zheng Yuan felt that she was a bit strange today, and was about to ask What, the doctor over there is already shouting.
After Ye Zihe was settled, Zheng Yuan rushed to Wushui again.Tomorrow Sun Jihai will go to Wushui to inspect investment attraction, this matter is a bit troublesome, Zheng Yuan can't delay.Looking at the back of her husband coming and going in a hurry, Taozi felt intuitively that the man named Huang Dawu was not lying, and what happened that night must have happened.
Sun Jihai, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, arrived in Wushui at 9:00 am. He was accompanied by leaders from the Economic and Trade Commission, the Planning Commission, and the Federation of Industry and Commerce.The report meeting was short and neat, and it took Zheng Yuan only half an hour to report on Wushui's investment promotion situation.Next, he waited to be criticized.Grassroots work, you can’t get away from being criticized. No matter whether you do a good job or a bad job, there will always be people who are constantly picking on you.Zheng Yuan has long been used to it. He privately said that the key to not biting people when there are too many mosquitoes is that you have to be resistant. You can't take criticism as criticism, just like you can't take praise as praise.There is a philosophical problem here, that is, the criticism or praise of the leader does not entirely depend on your work, but more importantly depends on the mood or situation needs of the leader.If you catch up with the good times, you can become Lei Feng even if you pick up a penny on the side of the road.
Sure enough, Sun Jihai was in a bad mood that day. He hardly allowed everyone here to express any opinions, so he asked Zheng Yuan directly: "How much have you implemented your goals and tasks?" Zheng Yuan said less than half.Sun Jihai frowned, and asked again: "How much money was in place for the project introduced last year?" Zheng Yuan's scalp was numb, feeling a little strenuous, he calmed down, and said, "Less than one-third." "One-third Sun Jihai snapped down his pen, "How do you do this job? Last year, you won the first place in attracting investment in three counties and one district. What kind of business, what county do you live in?" Sun Jihai got angry, and everyone in the room raised their hearts.Sun Jihai's criticism is indeed correct. At present, investment promotion has become a rush game, and the work is all concentrated on signing contracts. Every year, the work report meeting, or various investment promotion meetings, all counties and districts will come here. There are a lot of letters of intent, which are reported with gusto, but few people ask to what extent they can be implemented.Sun Jihai's question seemed to hit a sore point, and Wu Shui's leaders all lowered their heads.
Zheng Yuan felt aggrieved and unconvinced. It is true that insufficient funds are tantamount to empty talk, but this problem does not exist in Wu Shui's family, but is universal.According to his knowledge, comparing the counties and districts at present, Wushui is still the best implementation, and some fear that even one-fifth of the implementation has not been implemented.But can you say that?What Sun Jihai criticized was you Wu Shui. You Wu Shui didn't implement it.
Zheng Yuan simply packed up the folder and waited for it to be finished.
Almost everyone here knows that in Sanhe, Sun Jihai is Zheng Yuan's nemesis. It's not that Sun Jihai has any feud with Zheng Yuan, but that Sun Jihai doesn't like Zheng Yuan at all.Sun Jihai has always complained about people who are too capable, not to say that he is jealous of talents, but there is a problem of concept and personal work style.This kind of too capable refers to those who want to do something too much, such as Che Guangyuan, such as Ma Qiming now, all have a problem, that is, they want to do something too much.If people want to do something too much, there is a possibility that they don't want to do something.This is dialectical and cannot be avoided.If you want to criticize others too much, you will lose sight of their merits; if you want to stand out too much, you will neglect your own cultivation.In short, Sun Jihai believes that leading cadres should not have this problem, and work must take into account the overall situation and consider everything. It doesn't mean that you have to do whatever you want, and who do not want to do?For example, Wu Shui, Secretary Yuan Bo every time used how much farmers' income increased, how many new roads were built, and how many factories were built to prove Zheng Yuan's ability.But on the other hand, how is your family planning in Wushui?How is the planting structure that has plagued the mountainous area adjusted for many years?The small coal mines are closed and the vegetation is protected, but how to solve the problem of coal consumption by farmers in mountainous areas?Relying on the export of labor services has indeed increased per capita income, but the money used to buy coal and grass has also doubled several times a year. How much benefits did farmers really get?These were all proposed by Sun Jihai at the meeting to refute Secretary Yuan Bo.Sun Jihai repeatedly emphasized that as the secretary of the county party committee, one should not only focus on the big and visible things, but focus on the small things and the subtleties, so as to be like a public servant of the people.
This debate is endless. From the day Secretary Yuan Bo proposed to let Zheng Yuan join the municipal party committee team, the contradictions have been clarified. Up to now, no one has won or lost. It is another kind of rhetoric that has evolved into two The battle between the two camps.
郑源自己也这样认为。
郑源还赌着气，孙吉海又问：“脱水蔬菜项目进展如何？”
一直插不上言的县长替郑源解围：“不好意思，这个项目目前困难最大，对方已提出撤资。”
“撤资？乱弹琴！”孙吉海这次是真正怒了，很不客气地发火道，“这项目是李欣然抓的没错，但李欣然出了问题，不能让项目也跟着出问题，我就不相信，离开李欣然，你们这么多人就没一个能留住外商？”孙吉海顿了会儿，又说，“如果真是这样，我倒要怀疑你们班子的能力了。”
这话讲得很艺术，也很有学问，明眼人一听，便在心里敲起了鼓，看来，这才是孙书记今天要讲的心里话。
抓捕瘸子的战役在范家庄悄然打响。指挥这场战斗的不是别人，正是当年抓捕了大毒枭马青云的老曾。那天，李春江在沙漠农场扑空后，火速掉头往回赶，半路上，他便命令老曾，要他把监控小四儿的事交给老陈，全力追捕瘸子。李春江担心沿途有人放行，特意跟老曾交待：“我不相信任何人，现在只信你，挖地三尺也要给我把瘸子抓来。”老曾问明情况，忽然笑着说：“你上当了，哪个是瘸子，一定是范大杆子。”
对范大杆子，老曾真是刻骨铭心。这人是范家庄的退伍军人，当年是毒枭马青云手下一个十分隐秘的干将，曾跟老曾交过手，好几次都让他跑了。收网时他再次脱逃，而后便没了踪影。这些年老曾暗暗留心，感觉这家伙又出现了，但只闻气息不见人，老曾很是纳闷。一听李春江说瘸子，老曾忽然明白，他就是范大杆子。
曾经有一次，范大杆子就是化装成瘸子从他手里溜掉的。
老曾不敢怠慢，带着人马迅速上了路。本来，范大杆子是逃不出去的，天罗地网已布下，就等他往里钻。谁知老曾他们还是白忙活了一天。晚上开分析会，老曾气急败坏说：“放水，他们敢放水，狗娘养的，白穿这身皮了！”
骂完，他要求李春江立即对放水者采取措施，不能便宜这些狗娘养的！李春江强忍住心头的愤怒，说：“采取什么措施，你怎么证明人家放了水？”
“明明就是放水，我亲眼看见他们几个人围在一辆普桑前，反把要堵的桑塔纳2000给放行了。”
“可那辆车确实是辆空车。”
“空车？这话你也信？后座厢为什么不查？”
“算了，现在吵有什么用，人已经跑了，我们得尽快搞清楚他有可能去哪儿！”李春江也是有火没处发，他相信老曾说得没错，一定是有人故意放过范大杆子，可这事你怎么追究？一离开小镇，范大杆子就换了车牌，上高速时车确实是空的，录像资料很清楚，这事你追究谁？
发泄了一阵，老曾平静下来，说：“你放心，瘸子不会跑远，这次要是抓不到他，公安这碗饭我曾老黑不吃了。”
次日天黑时分，老曾他们悄悄摸进了范家庄。按老曾的判断，范大杆子决不会不回他的老家，既然能把沙漠农场舍弃掉，就一定闻到了什么，是想彻底远走高飞。可这家伙是个孝子，走前不会不见老母亲一面。
夜幕下的范家庄一片宁静，劳累了一天的庄稼人早早收拾好院门，舒舒服服躺到大炕上去了。老曾他们猫在离范大杆子家不远的草垛后，这个地方老曾爬过不止一次，甚至对草垛的气味都很熟稔。他嗅了一口，说先缓缓神经，目标来还得一阵子。
时间过得很慢，仿佛分分秒秒都跟人较劲；又像是很快，还没等老曾把范大杆子的事前前后后想上一遍，就听村口响起狗吠。coming!老曾马上警惕起来。嚓嚓嚓的脚步由远而近，借着朦朦的月色，老曾看清是三个人，中间那个走路有点跛的，正是范大杆子。不是瘸，是跛，可见他装瘸装到了啥程度。快接近院门时，两个保镖一左一右闪开，一人把住村巷的一头，就等范大杆子敲门。范大杆子咳嗽了一声，四下瞅瞅，确信没啥异常，这才举起手，轻轻叩了三下门。范大杆子这一步，也是冒着很大风险的。一则，他相信自己还没暴露，就算暴露，三河公安也不会想到他敢回家；二则，范大杆子确实做好了远走他乡的准备，他必须回一趟家，这里不只有他的老母亲，还有他更多秘密。两个保镖一路劝他，要他放弃这次冒险，范大杆子一句话不说，看来，他认定的事，谁也甭想阻止。敲门声让草垛后藏着的人心提到了嗓子眼上，谁都在看老曾的手势，就在院里的脚步声将要响起时，老曾他们从四个方向扑过来，动作之快，如同黑夜里的闪电。这一次轮到范大杆子吃惊了，还没等他反应过咋回事，一只大手已死死卡住他脖子。感觉到顶在头上的冰冷的家伙是枪时，范大杆子怒了，几乎把一辈子的不服气都喊了出来。
“格老子的，你是曾老黑？”
老曾边铐手铐边说：“亏你还记得我！”
两个保镖也是在眨眼间被铐上的，他们千担心万忧虑，最终还是撞到了老曾枪口上。
省城黄河宾馆，吴达功几乎要疯了。
得知范大杆子栽到曾老黑手里，心想这下是真正完了，一点退路都没了。如果范大杆子将他供出来，甭说当局长，怕是连命都保不了。
当年围剿毒枭马青云，范大杆子正是从他手上逃命的。一想那个电话，吴达功好不容易治愈的心绞痛又要犯。正是那个电话，将他鬼使神差地拉到另一条路上，等发现这路是条死路、不归路时，吴达功后悔已晚。很多时候，他会禁不住地悲叹，人生真是一步之差啊。
那电话是从省城打来的，起初吴达功并不知道打电话的是谁，听口气像是很威严，不容他思考或犹豫：“你把范大杆放了，不能让他们全灭掉，事情平息了，我会给你一个交待。”对方说完便挂了，吴达功多问一句的机会都不给。连吴达功犹豫过，很矛盾，也很害怕，毕竟不是闹着玩的事，可还没等他想好结果，战斗打响了，他奉命抓捅城郊汽修厂交易的毒犯。那天的汽修厂格外地静，一点不像有什么事要发生，吴达功带着人，在那里等了整整一夜，交易的毒犯还是没出现。而此时，毒枭马青云的老巢已被曾老黑端掉，马青云让老曾逼进一山洞里，还在负隅顽抗。看来一定是毒犯得到了消息，突然取消这次交易。正要回撤，吴达功接到命令，说是范大杆子一伙在离汽修厂不远的粮库交易，线人刚刚送来情报。吴达功带人火速赶到粮库，狡猾的范大杆子并没出现，只派了两个手下拿着不到二十克海络因来试探。前脚扑向毒贩，吴达功后脚就后悔了。他扑得太猛太草率，范大杆子一定躲在某个地方，看是不是真有人给警察通风报信。意识到这点，吴达功迅疾退出现场，四下搜寻目标，果然，粮库对面一家旅馆的窗户里，有人拿着望远镜，正朝这边看。吴达功奔进旅馆，拔枪就往楼上冲，几乎同时，亡命的范大杆子也从楼上冲下来，两个人在二楼撞上时，一时都怔住了。吴达功决然没想到，眼前的毒犯他竟然认识，是在不久前省城某个领导家里见过的，当时范大杆子的身份是省城一家兵工厂的销售科长，领导还特意跟他介绍过，怎么几天功夫，他就成了毒贩？吴达功还在犯怔，范大杆子忽然丢给他一包东西，说首长问候你呢，有机会省城再见。说完便套上一件军大衣，从他身边消失了。
吴达功像是让那包东西砸蒙了，砸晕了，眼望着范大杆子离去，竟一点反应也没。
其实，他是让那个电话吓住了，直到范大杆子消失很久，他才猛地醒过神，原来打电话的，正是省里那位领导！
那次，吴达功是有所收获的。
范大杆子给他的是一包钱，比他十年的工资还多。
更大的收获，是他自此步入了全新的人生。那次战役结束不久，吴达功得到提升，当上了三河公安局副局长。
这一切，恍然若梦，又不是梦，可吴达功真希望它是一场梦。
妻子汤萍悄悄走进来，看了眼丈夫，啥也没说，略显无力地倒在沙发上。这些日子，汤萍四处奔波，目的就是为丈夫铺平一条路，让他体面而又安全地回到三河。出乎汤萍预料，这一次，运作起来竟是这么难！那些平日里跟她亲密得互称兄妹的男人，见了她不是躲就是吞吞吐吐，一点有价值的消息也不提供，甭说帮她说句话了。汤萍真是恨死自己，平日怎么结交人的，喂来喂去竟都喂下一群白眼狼。
不过，汤萍也算有收获，她终于打探清楚，三河的风波绝不是小风波，也绝不像上次车光远那样，刮一阵风就停。这个马其鸣，谁都把他估计错了，估计简单了，他可能真要把三河市掀翻，把三河的天戳一个洞。
来自省城高层的消息说，马其鸣并不是因开发区出了什么问题才发配到三河。下这步棋，是老谋深算的佟某人处心积虑了的。他赔了一个车光远，不甘心，这次把手中最好的一张牌打了出来。而且他相信，靠这张牌，他一定能赢，不光赢得体面，还要赢得彻底。
汤萍这才深信，三河的斗争并不缘于三河，而是省城高层姓佟的跟那位大树一般屹立于省委大院的老大之间的又一次较量。老大这个外号，汤萍也是刚刚听到，可见她有多么孤陋寡闻！
怪不得省城的空气远比三河紧张，这真是台前唱戏台后较真啊，她不由得再次吸了口冷气。
她急于把吴达功从西安招来，就是怕他心急中再犯什么愚蠢的错误。关于吴达功跟范大杆子一伙的暗中往来，她也是刚刚知道。愚蠢的东西，她再三叮嘱过，交人一定要慎，他就是听不进去，背着她跟小四儿扯上关系，现在又冒出个范大杆子，这局面怎么收拾？光是跟三河那帮人搅在一起就已经够她头痛，突然多出这么多麻烦，纵是她有天大的本事，也难以摆平。
“扶不起的阿斗！”这话不知怎么就从她嘴里冒了出来。想想为了他，自己付出多少心血，又承载了多少委屈！原想让他能顺顺当当爬上要爬的位置，也算这辈子她没嫁错人，谁知？
算了，想这些没用，要毁一起毁，要灿烂一起灿烂，这是她汤萍的人生逻辑，既然把他扶到这条道上，是荆棘是泥潭她都认。只是她必须得搏到最后，不到最后一刻她不会甘休。
眼下她在等，她必须要见老大，无论多难她也要见到。只有见到他，才会有希望，才会有安全。
消息递上去已经两天，她相信这次自己不会白等。
范大杆子的落网极大地振奋了人心，就连秦默也兴奋得要请老曾喝酒。秦默过去跟老曾有点过节，都是因李欣然闹的。当然，人事关系的事，一向很复杂，现在秦默想化复杂为简单，说要给老曾摆庆功酒。老曾嘿嘿笑笑：“老局长，酒我倒是想喝，可你问问李副，他允许不？我还得蹲点去呀。”老曾本来说了句实话，范大杆子一落网，就交给相关人员去审，老曾的任务又成了监视小四儿。秦默听了，心里却有点不舒服，不知怎么，他还是解不开心里那疙瘩。
秦默虽说当了将近五年的一把手，但他上任是三河高层在特殊背景下做出的决定。当时的一把手突然得到提拔，几个副职又都具有竞争力，高层也是意见很不统一，平衡来平衡去，索性将一辈子不争不抢的老政委秦默扶到了一把手位置上。本来也是想过渡一下，看李春江跟吴达功各自的发展情况，然后再做定夺。谁知事态的发展竟是如此的不以人的意志为趋向，李吴二人之间的斗争越来越公开化、复杂化，三河高层始终举棋不定，这才让秦默干到现在。当然，秦默也是相当不容易，既要平衡两个副手之间的关系，又要维护自己的权威，偏巧又遇上车光远，将李欣然的事扯出来，念在亲戚份上，不得不站出来说话。这一说，便让事情更趋复杂，不但一把手的威信没树起来，反倒成了两派势力发泄的对象。这日子，真是没当政委时好过。
秦默有时也自嘲地笑笑，人在江湖，身不由己，由他去吧。反正已到了退下来的年龄，索性来个得过且过。没想真要退下来，又遇到马其鸣，把他再次拉到这风口浪尖，秦默这才明白，人是没法得过且过的，况且内心深处，他也不是一个得过且过的人。
秦默知道，问题还是出在李欣然身上，李欣然的事情一天不了断，无论退到哪儿，他都会背这个黑锅。
眼下，李欣然已经出院，被秘密关在吴水。但是关于案情的进展情况，他却一点消息也听不到。
秦默犹豫再三，还是拨通那边的电话，问成名杰：“李欣然情况咋样？”
一听是他，成名杰犯起犹豫来，吭哧了半天，只说：“李书记目前一切都好，你就放心吧。”
“我不是问他好不好，我是问他到底交待了没？”秦默忽然吼道。
“这……”成名杰不往下说了。
“算了，我还是亲自过去。”说着，啪地挂了电话。
坦率讲，李欣然的事儿，秦默并不了解，对这个妻弟，秦默一向是敬而远之，不仅仅是李欣然个性跋扈，张狂自大，更重要的是，两人在如何做人如何为官上分歧太大，到一起说不了几句便会吵起来。记得李欣然跟刘玉英打得火热时，秦默曾婉转地提醒过他，要他做人收敛点，对家庭负责点。你猜他怎么说？“看惯就看，看不惯走，少拿你那套教训我！”一句话差点没把秦默噎过去。打那以后，秦默便跟妻子说：“往后，你也离他远点，你这个弟弟，我看迟早要害人，不但害他自己，还要害你们全家。”他妻子虽然心有怨言，可行动上还是跟李欣然拉开了距离。
妻子死后，他跟李欣然接触就越发少，除了开会偶尔遇到象征性地点个头，交往几乎谈不上。去年要不是李欣然的老母亲他的老岳母上门求他，秦默才懒得替他说话。
秦默赶到吴水，成名杰正在等他。见了面，成名杰牢骚满腹说：“你这个亲戚，哪像个当领导的，简直一无赖。”秦默忽地黑下脸：“说谁就说谁，少给我扯什么亲戚。”成名杰这才发现秦默脸色不大对劲，忙换了口气说：“我也是让他气的，到现在一个字不交待，还老是拿老师的口气教训我。”
“那你就没一点办法？”秦默这次是很认真地问成名杰。
“我能有什么办法，一不能刑讯逼供，二不能涉案侦查，只能这么干熬着。”成名杰还想说下去，秦默愤愤打断他：“行了，你的意思我懂，如果真没本事，就让有本事的来！”说完，他夹起包，理都不理成名杰，愤然离开。
一下楼，秦默便给马其鸣打电话，说李欣然的事不能这么拖着，再拖下去，会出问题。马其鸣问出什么问题。秦默想也没想便说：“我怕他们审贼的跟贼串通一气。”马其鸣有点吃惊地说：“成名杰不是你推荐的吗，怎么，他也不可靠？”
“一句话说不清，总之得换人，而且要快。”
秦默这想法也是瞬间产生的，成名杰刚才说话的口气跟电话里判若两人，猛就让他起了戒心，他决计放弃见李欣然的打算，不过，成名杰必须换。
一听秦默口气，马其鸣知道又用错了人，可眼下这情况，能用的就那么几个人，换谁呢？
“让李春江来，对付李欣然，他有办法。”
“这不行，说好这案子由纪委管，成名杰是纪检委员、反贪局副局长，让他负责名正言顺，李春江去不符合程序。”
“现在还讲什么程序，再讲程序，我怕又要白忙活！”秦默是真急了，甚至顾不上跟马其鸣讲话的口气，等肚子里的火发泄得差不多，才猛然意识到语气爆了。
也难怪，他原想，成名杰这人可信，人品也靠得住，过去合作过几次，印象都很好，所以才力荐了他。没想这才几天功夫，成名杰就不像了，不只是不像，话语里面分明有另一种东西。联想到香烟事件，秦默忽然怕了，眼下真是谁也不敢信任。他已打定主意，无论阻力多大，一定要让李春江正面跟李欣然来一次较量。
李欣然的所作所为，李春江掌握得一定比他多，多得多。
可是话刚开了个头，李春江便坚决摇头。“不行，这绝对不行，他只是双规，如果我们一插手，就会乱，有人会拿这做文章。”
“我不管谁做文章，我只要他开口，是红是黑，他总得开口说呀！”
“老秦，你不要激动好不，这不是家务事，这得符合程序。”
“程序是人定的，如果他真有罪，我们就有权力调查。”
“可是目前还不能说他有罪。”
“没有罪你们老怀疑他干吗？每次总是第一个拿他开刀，要开就开呀，你们又怕。”秦默越说越激动，言辞里已有点怪罪李春江了。他潜意识里还是想证明李欣然没罪。
“老秦……”李春江一时语塞，不知该怎么跟秦默解释。是的，从逻辑上看，每次拿李欣然开刀是有点不太符合常规，当初他也这么跟车光远提醒过。但是事情怪就怪在这里，三河的很多事儿，李欣然是个口袋系，这个系不解开，里面的乱麻便理不出头绪，这也是他上次调查中发现的。奇怪的是，初来乍到的马其鸣也是这想法，可见，李欣然这个瓶颈有多重要。
再往深里说，这一切，怕都跟小四儿有关，三河所有的网，都是这个小四儿一手编织的，网住的，不只是李欣然父子，但在三河境内，李欣然却是第一个跟小四儿扯上瓜葛的。这就是问题的所在。
李春江正要跟秦默细说，老曾突然打来电话，说一辆挂着军区牌照的车将小四儿接走了，老曾问：“要不要跟踪？”
“车号是多少？”李春江紧问。
老曾很快报出一串数字。
“不要乱来，马上撤。”
一句话的功夫，李春江已惊出一头汗。过了好长一会儿，他仍惊魂未定：“老秦，你我要吃苦头了。”
秦默诧诧地瞪住李春江，不明白发生了什么，等弄清原委，他也颓丧地倒在丁沙发上。
接走小四儿的，绝不是一辆谁想跟踪就能跟踪的车。上次事到关键处，也是这辆车，大大方方从宾馆接走了小四儿，紧跟着，一系列怪事儿便发生，先是袁波书记猛烈挨批，接着是秦默隐居二线，直到车光远被纪检委的同志带走，李春江还是如坠雾里。后来等吴达功主持工作，他才意识到，正是这辆车，让他们半年多的辛苦白费了，岂止白费，他们付出的代价太大了。
八月的省城，空气越发的燥热，来自腾格里大沙漠的热浪将这座西北城市烤得要着火，一场遮天蔽地的沙尘暴将人们的心情弄得极为灰暗。
黄河岸边，桃花园里，厚厚的沙尘将满园风景击打成另一个样子，这座新开发的风景园，看上去一派颓废。
不远处，祁连山脉桃花山脚下，碧水兰亭静静的。这是省城最具时尚元素的一座小区，也是有名的富贵阶层休闲度假区，一场沙尘暴，让这儿变了味。
八号别墅里，汤萍正焦灼不安地等着主人。主人在通电话，她被送进来后，只简单打了个照面，还没等主人开口讲话，楼上的电话便响了。
他老了，简简单单一眼，汤萍便捕捉到这个真实的感觉。眼角的皱纹密密麻麻，低垂的眼袋让人不忍目睹那张脸。稀疏的头发已无力遮盖裸露的头顶，长长的一绺很辛苦地梳上去，但也无济于事。光亮的额上爬满无情的老年斑，每一粒都那么狰狞。尤其他的嘴，四下往下拖，像是收拾不住。男人一老起来，嘴竟是那样可怕。汤萍深吸了口气，说不清为什么，她的心有点暗淡。
看来，岁月对每个人都是公平的，没谁能阻挡住老去的步伐，也没谁能抗得过无情的风霜。他有六十好几了吧，也说不定，年龄这东西因人而异，像他这种位高权重的人，年龄有时是往下长的。但老是显然的，汤萍再次在