Chapter 8 Chapter Eight
Just when Ma Qiming and Li Chunjiang were immersed in the joy of successfully solving the "September 15" mega-robbery, a piece of amazing news came: Qin Mo died!
At around 5:00 p.m. on October 6th, Qin Mo went to the street to buy vegetables as usual.Ever since he retired, the old man has become obsessed with cooking.He never went into the kitchen before, but now, he has to cook every meal by himself, and call a few people who can talk together to taste his craftsmanship.Not to mention, the old man's craftsmanship is really good.
Qin Mo bought vegetables at the vegetable market, and even bickered with the joking Mrs. Liu Tiao for a while, then went to the fish market to buy a fish—it was agreed that Hou Jie would come to eat fish, and then hummed the Sanhe ditty "Brother Wang Herding the Sheep" ) was walking home, just turning into Yu'er Lane, two motorcycles hiding in the dark rushed towards him, one left and one right, Qin Mo felt that something was wrong, and was about to hide, but the one on the left had already knocked him down.Qin Mo screamed, the fish in his hand flew out, another motorcycle rushed towards him, and there was no chance to hide. The guy said "Go to hell" and hit his head hard.
The crazy motorcycle ran over Qin Mo's head.
A pool of blood bloomed bright red.
Yu'er Lane is a small alley, very narrow, and it is an old residential area in Sanhe City, which was developed by a builder last year.Half of it was demolished, because the demolition was not negotiated and was blocked by the old residents. The project is still stopped, and the roadway is full of potholes.Qin Mo lives in the old building of the Public Security Bureau, which is 500 meters away from the alley. He is alone, and he insists on not moving when he is asked to move several times.Who knows——
Ma Qiming and Li Chunjiang rushed to Sanhe, Qin Mo's body had been sent to the mortuary, and the neighbors who heard the news came to guard the hospital entrance, among them was Mrs. Liu Tiao, who only heard the news half an hour ago, and was crying for a while Sadder than anyone else.
"Did you find the motorcycle?" Li Chunjiang asked.
"If you find it, throw it on the construction site in the alley." Li Yu, who was the first to arrive at the scene, said.
"Where's the murderer?"
"Run away!" Li Yu beat his leg bitterly, and said, "Someone saw a Santana parked at the east entrance of the construction site, and picked them up."
"Car number?"
"The license plate is covered up, and it's dressed up as a wedding car, these sons of bitches!" said Old Chen on the side.His face was disfigured with rage and grief.
"Have you inquired with the people on the road? Who did it?" Although everyone knew who the murderer was, they still wanted to make sure it was them.
"The thread has been released, I believe there will be news soon." Li Yu said.
In the face of the huge bad news, everyone's heart was overwhelmed with grief.Especially Li Chunjiang, still can't believe that Qin Mo really left this world.The cold air in the hospital was overwhelming, and there was a lot of mourning. The departure of one person shocked the hearts of others so much.Unexpectedly, after working as a police officer for a lifetime, the couple were met with the same murderous hands.
When he was leaving the hospital, Ma Qiming suddenly saw the sad Mrs. Liu Tiao, and thought he had seen it somewhere. After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly remembered that she was the middle-aged woman he had met in the market.Mrs. Liu Tiao also stared at him in astonishment. Obviously she couldn't remember the incident where Ma Qiming was almost beaten in the market, but this face was familiar. She tried hard to think about it, but she still couldn't remember it. , I must be dazzled by myself.It wasn't until Ma Qiming left in the car that she slapped her hands fiercely: "Hey, aren't you?"
Machiming and the others had disappeared into the traffic.
The bad news also shocked the Sanhe executives. Secretary Yuan Bo clenched his fists tightly and was speechless for a long time.In the end, he smashed his clenched fists against his desk, and said to Ma Qiming, "We can't let them do whatever they want, this kind of tragedy can never happen again!"
At the moment, he presided over the Sanhe high-level meeting, and informed the meeting of the sad news of the tragic misfortune of the old director Qin Mo. He asked the Public Security Bureau to immediately set up a task force, and the director Wu Dagong was personally responsible for arresting the murderer and finding out the real culprit behind the scenes.And report the progress of the case to him on time at ten o'clock every morning.After saying this, he scanned the venue with heavy eyes, and said with great sadness: "Comrades, we are all party cadres, responsible for the safety of one side, if we can't even protect our own comrades, we still need to protect them." What are these people doing?" After speaking, he picked up his bag and left the venue first.Ma Qiming found that Sun Jihai's head had finally drooped, and his heart must have been heavy.
According to Secretary Yuan Bo's instructions, Li Chunjiang quickly intervened in the investigation of Li Xinran, deputy secretary of the Wushui County Party Committee. So far, a real battle has begun.
That night, Secretary Yuan Bo had a difficult conversation with Deputy Secretary Tong of the Provincial Party Committee. Secretary Yuan Bo patted his chest and said, "Even if I spare my old life, I have to find out these bastards." !"
Deputy Secretary Tong said regretfully, "Qin Mo, he shouldn't have left!"
In the Huayuan Hotel in Wushui County, Li Xinran looked desperate. He looked extremely lonely, as if no one around him existed, and he was the only poor person left in this world.
Since the moment he learned that his precious son had died in Huangquan, he suddenly became like this. He no longer had that arrogance, let alone the usual leadership style.He suddenly became dumb and didn't say a word for a few days. If you asked him, he couldn't hear, really couldn't hear, and stared at a certain direction stupidly, and didn't move for a long time. He opened his mouth a few times, but couldn't make a sound.Then, look in the other direction.The investigators once suspected that he had dementia and asked for instructions on whether to send him to the hospital.Li Chunjiang said no need, let him recover slowly from memory.
His hair began to fall out, falling down in a large area, and a lot of it was scratched.These days, his favorite thing to do is to scratch his head, tear off a lot of hair, hold it in his hand, stare at it for a long time, and then blow it, looking at the desolate scene of hair falling down, He will let out a terrible laugh, terrifying, ferocious, and creepy.
When Li Chunjiang walked into the heavily guarded interrogation room, Li Xinran was tearing off the last lock of his hair. His head was completely bald, and the hair that had been combed and combed all day without mess and splashing bright light became Wu Shuiren forever. Memory, they will never see such a good hair again.That is really good hair!Once upon a time, on Wushui Street, someone would sigh secretly like this.
Li Chunjiang moved the chair lightly without making the chair make any noise.At this moment, even he couldn't bear to disturb this poor man who was intoxicated by the past or the pain. Not everyone can withstand the blow of losing a son. Besides, he has put so much effort into his son Li Huawei.Think of his whole life.He left his wife halfway, and even though he had a young and beautiful new woman right after him, everyone in Wushui knew what kind of a new woman that was!Otherwise, can he beg hard for the second time on Liu Yuying, who was teased by him and abandoned by him?Now, even Qin Mo, who had never been with him for the rest of his life but always helped him during critical moments, has gone and left this world. No one cares about him anymore, no one sweats for him anymore.
It was time for him to face the rest alone.
"Old Li..." Li Chunjiang called out.His voice came from the bottom of his heart. Qin Mo's death suddenly made him have an inexplicable sense of distress in life. Facing Li Xinran, what he had was no longer hatred, but sympathy and compassion. The irreversible regret of life.
Li Xinran's ears twitched, and after a long time, he looked back at Li Chunjiang from a distance, as if he didn't know him.
"Li Xinran—" Li Chunjiang raised his voice, this time, he called a little louder.
Li Xinran snarled enough, her body was the same, she raised her eyes and stared at Li Chunjiang. "Is it time to talk?" Li Chunjiang's tone seemed to be discussing with him.Unexpectedly, Li Xinran shook his head, and then shook his head again.Then, he lowered his head, very slowly, as if reluctantly, and as if his head was too heavy for him to hold on.
"Qin Mo is gone..." Li Chunjiang said half a sentence, but he was too painful to continue.
Suddenly, Li Xinran straightened her neck, blinked her eyes a few times, stared at Li Chunjiang, not understanding what he was talking about.
"It was for them to kill."
Li Xinran understood this time, tears burst into tears, tears of repentance, tears of heart-piercing, burst out from his sunken eye sockets.Li Chunjiang finally believed that everyone has a moment of inner collapse.
Someone brought a tissue and wanted Li Xinran to raise her head.
"Let him cry." Li Chunjiang said.
There was an overwhelming sound in the room, half of the sound was crying for Qin Mo, and the other half was crying for himself.
Amidst the crying, Li Xinran vaguely recalled some past events.
Regarding the first contact with the boss, it wasn't the time when Xiao Si'er came to the door, it was earlier than that, when the boss was still in Sanhe, everything started.
It was for a woman named Tang Ping.The boss fell in love with this woman, and couldn't make a move for a while, and finally found out that Tang Ping was his student, so he came to see him specially.Li Xinran was flattered, thinking about the position of the boss, and thinking about himself, he became terrified.The boss saw his thoughts, and threw a sentence like a hydrangea: "Don't worry, take your time, people, it is impossible to eat a fat man in one bite." The words of the boss comforted him and greatly mobilized his ambition .Yes, ambition, Li Xinran, a middle school teacher living in Wushui, ignited his desire for life at that moment.The condescending boss had a panoramic view of all this, and said calmly, "One should have a pursuit in one's life, don't you think so?"
Li Xinran nodded in trepidation and hurriedly refilled the water for the boss. It was his act of refilling the water that caught the boss's attention again. The boss said in his heart: This person is available, a typical slave look.Just like that, Li Xinran's future and destiny in this life was quietly doomed.Before the boss left that day, he accidentally clicked on the name Tang Ping, and said it very easily, like a walker who suddenly looked up and saw a scenery, and said "oh" so freely and so casually.However, Li Xinran firmly remembered it, and he decided that the boss's intentions in this trip were not drunk.
Li Xinran's talent of observing words and demeanor jumped out of his talent pool on the first day he came into contact with the boss. Since then, he has been unstoppable, helping him through life's difficulties one after another, and finally climbed up to what he thought was his greatest talent. Brilliant and eye-catching peak of life.
After the boss left, he tried his best to create opportunities for the boss one after another. Unfortunately, Tang Ping was a woman who was not enlightened, and her lack of enlightenment had spoiled the scenery many times, which made him even Li Xinran a little anxious.According to the boss, he didn't eat it. The grapes are so sour that it makes people lose their teeth.Li Xinran believes that Tang Ping is indeed a difficult woman to deal with. She is not only scheming, but also has ambitions. Once a woman has ambitions, it will be difficult for you to swallow her up.It's a pity, Li Xinran has only taught her for one year, and he is a bit powerless with this grown-up student.Because of this, the boss has a series of hatreds, thinking that he is not effective in doing things, and he is not like a man who can be made.Fortunately, fate soon brought him a second chance. When he delivered another fresher flower to the boss's house with his own hands, the boss finally relaxed his frown, smiled, and clapped his hand and said: : "Okay, it seems that you are really sincere to me, go back and wait."
Just like that, he successively climbed to the positions of vice principal, principal, then director of education, and then another peak.
Of course, there are inevitably many things in the process, Li Xinran really doesn't want to recall, the road of recall is always worrying, full of heart-piercing pain.He really worked for the boss after he became the deputy county magistrate. At that time, the boss had left Sanhe. One day, he suddenly received a call. The boss was asking about a case that just happened in Wushui, and he specifically mentioned a person named Zhao Gang.Putting down the phone, Li Xinran immediately went to inquire, and learned from the chief of public security that Zhao Gang was the protagonist in the case of gang-raping a female teacher in a certain middle school in Wushui. He accidentally saw this female teacher, and later proposed to have sex with her many times. Gang rapes were committed on the roadside grass.
The facts of this case are clear and the evidence is conclusive. According to the situation at that time, the death penalty should be sentenced no matter what.After listening to his words, the boss was silent for a while, and said: "Do you know who his father is? The deputy director of the provincial department." Li Xinran was terrified. If Zhao Gang was really executed, the teaching building of Wushui No. 1 Middle School would be ruined. Maybe there is also a dream of rising up together.So he made up his mind three times and overturned the conclusions made by the Public Security Bureau several times, asking them to investigate carefully and investigate again.The case was not closed until someone overturned all the confessions and determined that the gang rape was a female teacher who used her lust to seduce Zhao Gang, intending to force Zhao Gang to marry her and achieve her goal of leaving Wushui and flying high.
Zhao Gang was released, and the female teacher was transferred away, and the situation gradually calmed down amidst people's surprise.
Afterwards, he walked on the official career with one foot, but was in the wind and rain with the other foot. Whenever any important person fell into the hands of Wushui Public Security, he became a card, a card that could only win but not lose. Think about it In recent years, the number of people he has fished out for the boss is almost as many as the cronies he has cultivated in the Wushui Public Security.
A net was woven in this way, and the boss said, "Just squat in Wushui. I won't let you leave Wushui until there is no suitable candidate. Don't even think about the top position, it's too eye-catching." Seeing that he was unhappy, the boss asked back: "Why do you insist on being the leader? Do you think it's fun? Apart from that false name, what else are you not satisfied with now?"
Yes, no, in Wushui, he is the sky and he is the earth.Any one of the top leaders will act according to his mood, and if he is slightly upset, he may not even have a chance to leave.
However, he still fell.
It was planted on his son, Li Xinran's heart would die when he thought about his son.
The son originally had a bright future, but he has already stepped into the official career with one foot, and he is about to make a big success under the care of the boss, who knows... It's all because of the car accident and the bag.When Xiao Si'er came to the door, he didn't know that his son had such a secret. The son didn't tell him, but the son settled the matter by himself. Think about it, how capable he is!
But Xiao Si'er told the secret for his son, and Xiao Si'er also said that I'm afraid this matter can't just go away.He stared at Xiao Si'er in astonishment: "What do you want?" In the land of Wushui, no one dared to talk to him like this.Xiao Si'er smiled, and there was a taste in his smile that he was not afraid of death.Then, Xiao Si'er said, "I know a lot about you, of course, I won't say it outside." Seeing that Li Xinran was puzzled, Xiao Si'er said again, "Because you and I are on the same path, let's put it this way, you just Like a relative of my Wu Shui, I miss you, so I will come and see you."
"Who the hell are you?" Li Xinran was startled, this unremarkable little gangster didn't look so simple.
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is your son, since he moved that thing, there is no other choice, one way, let him go down."
"What way?"
"Don't worry about it, he will go by himself."
Only then did Li Xinran realize that his son was in danger, and by the time he tried to turn the tide, it was too late, and Xiao Si'er had already led his son by the nose on the road of no return.Li Xinran sighed for a long time, it seems that he can only follow what Xiao Sier said, if he wants his son to be peaceful, he has to make an umbrella, a big umbrella, to cover his son from all wind and rain.
"Tell me—"
Li Chunjiang urged again.This time, Li Xinran was not so numb, he shook his head violently, very firmly.
"I won't say it, Li Chunjiang, don't dream. You think you will pry my mouth open if you take these, you are wrong, I, Li Xinran, have been struggling for many years, have I not seen any storms? I am finished, never again It is impossible for anyone to save me, in fact, I did not expect to be saved. No one else can save you, only yourself can save you. Forget it, what is the meaning of saving or not, just let it go.” He sighed deeply, which seemed to be the sigh of his whole life.
"Li Chunjiang," he said in his heart, "if you have the ability, grab him too, and hope to get something out of my mouth, so give up as soon as possible."
Thinking about it, his head drooped down again, this time, he didn't intend to raise it up at all.
Li Chunjiang walked out of the interrogation room in disappointment. He knew that Li Xinran wanted to take the secret to the grave. If a person completely despaired of this world, it was impossible for him to say anything.Now, the only way to find someone who can open the prison lock of his mind.
He suddenly thought of Liu Yuying, maybe...
With the assistance of the provincial police, the man named Luo Qi was found.Six months ago, this person, under the pseudonym Luo Hu, committed fraud in Qinghai and was detained by the Qinghai police. Later, due to another case, he was handed over to the police in the provincial capital.It has been found out that Luo Hu is Luo Dewang, the son of the former Secretary-General of the Provincial People's Congress Luo, who died of a heart attack a year ago.Luo Dewang was originally a business manager of a provincial pharmaceutical company. Later, he founded his own company. Due to poor management and the manufacture and sale of counterfeit products, he was shut down by relevant departments. However, secretly, he was also engaged in illegal activities of selling counterfeit drugs.This person was addicted to gambling, and all the money he earned from the business was put into the gambling bag. After his father died, Luo Dewang lost his umbrella, and his life was a bit miserable, so he embarked on the road of fraud.Before the accident in Qinghai, Luo Dewang committed a murder in the provincial capital. He hacked a gambler who had won money to death in his home, then put it in a sack and threw it into the Yellow River.
Luo Dewang truthfully revealed the whole process of Xiao Si'er asking Li Xinran to save him. His father was the boss's subordinate, and it was his father who begged the boss to ask Xiao Si'er to come forward.
After asking Ma Qiming for instructions, Li Chunjiang and the Wushui Public Security Bureau made a major decision to interrogate all relevant personnel who were suspected of helping Luo Dewang back then.This time, the Wushui Public Security Bureau was in chaos, and six people were recruited on the first day, including the current deputy director of the Public Security Bureau.
As soon as this move was made, the boss of the provincial capital immediately reacted. He angrily reprimanded Sun Jihai on the phone: "What are you going to do, do you want me to go to Sanhe in person?"
Sun Jihai thought for a while and said: "Some things cannot be suppressed by force. When necessary, a few people have to be sacrificed." Ji Hai, you must control the situation well.
Wu Dagong patted the table with Li Chunjiang.
Two hours ago, Wu Dagong received a phone call saying that two unidentified people were operating in Sanhe, secretly summoning some people with special backgrounds to the hotel for investigation.The caller was his confidant, the captain of the first criminal investigation team.Wu Dagong was startled secretly. When he heard that most of the people who were summoned were migrant workers from Nanping, he immediately connected the two with Ma Qiming. Thinking of the phone calls he had received when he first took office, Wu Dagong shuddered.
Could it be...
"Arrest him, move quickly!" Wu Dagong ordered sharply.These days, many people have mentioned to him the matter of Nanping's laborers, which made him panic when he mentioned Nanping, regretting that he should have been fooled by Tong Baishan and blamed himself for this matter. This chief is over.What's worse - Wu Dagong didn't dare to think about it, so he took a few confidants and hurried to the agreed place.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived there, the captain of the first team said in frustration that he was intercepted by Li Chunjiang.
"Li Chunjiang!" Wu Dagong spat out these three words bitterly.
"Tell me, who are they?" Wu Dagong stared at Li Chunjiang angrily. He never imagined that Li Chunjiang dared to publicly challenge him to this extent.
"I'm sorry, I can't say anything about the confidentiality of the case." Li Chunjiang was also a little surprised. If he came half a step late, it would be his turn to be passive.
"Secret? Could it be your drug trafficking case again?" Wu Dagong's tone was full of sarcasm.These days, as long as work is mentioned, Li Chunjiang always prevaricates him with drug cases, which makes him easy or serious. This time, he will never try to prevaricate it!
Li Chunjiang remained silent.
"Li Chunjiang, you are too arrogant. At least for now, I am still the director of the Sanhe City Public Security Bureau. If you don't clarify this matter, don't blame me for being rude!" Wu Dagong is going all out, and Li Chunjiang has made it clear that he will confront him In the end, then he can only be tough, using the bureau chief's privilege to forcibly suspend Li Chunjiang from his post.
Right now, this is the only way to restrain Li Chunjiang.
The air in the room suddenly became tense, as if the arrow was on the string and had to be released.Especially Wu Dagong, his eyes were red with anxiety.If Nanping people really touch something, the consequences will be disastrous.
Li Chunjiang quickly thought about the countermeasures. At this time, he must remain calm.If Wu Dagong really wants to exercise the privilege of the director general and suspend him from his post, the situation will be very unfavorable.
what to do?
Just as the two sides were stalemate, the phone on the desk rang, and the voice of Secretary Xiaotian came from the microphone, asking Wu Dagong to go to the Municipal Legal Committee quickly, and Secretary Ma to find him urgently.
Wu Dagong's hands holding the receiver trembled a few times. It could be seen that he was very angry with this phone call.
Hearing Wu Dagong humming into the microphone a few times, Li Chunjiang's tight heart finally relaxed.
On the way, Wu Dagong had already made up his mind that he could turn against Ma Qiming if necessary.Now is not the time to be polite, if you keep being polite, Sanhe will be overthrown by them.
After entering the office, Ma Qiming said kindly that he had just received a phone call. The Provincial Political and Legal Committee had an urgent meeting and asked Wu Dagong to go with him and take his car.Seeing Wu Dagong standing there in a daze, Ma Qiming said again: "This time, we can meet Ms. Ouyang together. I have already made an appointment with her."
Wu Dagong suddenly lost his senses, Ma Qiming was disturbed by his thoughts.Secretary Xiaotian took advantage of the situation and said, "The car is ready. I just called the Public Security Bureau. Is there anything else Director Wu needs to bring?"
Wu Dagong shook his head numbly, as if he had been kidnapped, he mechanically followed Ma Qiming and sat in his car.The moment the car started, he realized that he should talk to Deputy Secretary Sun Jihai, but at this time, what else would he say?
Two hours later, the car drove into the provincial capital. To Wu Dagong's surprise, the Provincial Political and Legal Committee did not meet at all, and the car drove straight into Ouyang Zilan's office. Wu Dagong was still in the car, and he saw Xiao Yinyin coming downstairs Welcome Ms. Ouyang.
The two unidentified people were none other than Criminal Police Team Kang and Lao Zhang from Nanping County Public Security Bureau.During this time, they secretly visited several large construction sites in Sanhe, investigated the Nanping workers on the construction site one by one, and finally found out that there is indeed a secret gang in Sanhe that controls the actions of many Nanping workers. All of the Nanping workers are related to this gang. As for whether they are being imprisoned by others, it is not yet certain.However, it has been found out that the man named Li Sanman was working on Tong Baishan's construction site at first, and his wife Zhou Cuihua is now the concubine of Tong Baishan's third uncle.Tong Baishan, the third uncle, is probably the leader of this gang.
All of this is completely consistent with what Wang Xue investigated.
"Okay, immediately control this third uncle and find out the whereabouts of the missing migrant workers." Li Chunjiang said.
Li Chunjiang also just found out the identities of Team Kang and the others. On that day, Ma Qiming did not reveal their identities on the phone, but only said that there were two guests, and their safety and freedom must be guaranteed.Li Chunjiang was wondering at the time, who is the important guest?After listening to Team Kang’s introduction this time, he held Team Kang’s hand gratefully: “Thank you for your hard work.” Team Kang smiled and said: “I have to thank you, without you, I might not be here this time.” You're squatting." The words made everyone laugh at the same time.Team Kang then told Li Chunjiang that Pan Caizhang was in their hands. This guy was about to speak, but suddenly he learned that Wu Dagong had become the chief of the bureau, and he had a dream again.Li Chunjiang stared at Team Kang in surprise, not expecting that they were the ones who took Pan Caizhang away.Ma Qiming's move stunned everyone.
"There's no rush, he has time to talk." Ma Qiming said with a smile.
Next, the two families sit together and start working out their next move.
On the 15th day of the ninth lunar month, Wang Xue sold out the bean sprouts early, and Zhou Cuihua promised her to take her to see her third uncle at night.Zhou Cuihua said that the third uncle has promised to help, but the wind is tight now, it will take a while, but the third uncle wants her to go once, this is not a trivial matter, it is best to talk to the third uncle face to face.Wang Xue thought in her heart that this old pervert must be trying to trick her. That day, an old man followed her furtively. When Wang Xue turned her head, the old man hurried into an alley, but the limping He told Wang Xue that he was the third uncle.After dinner, Wang Xue urged Zhou Cuihua to hurry up, saying that after seeing Third Uncle, she had to go to her fellow villager and agreed to let him contact Dou Sprout and ask if she believed her.While dressing up, Zhou Cuihua said, "What's the rush? It's not like you will get along well. I think you're in a hurry."
The third uncle lives in the material yard on the third ring road in the outskirts of the city. This material yard is the general material yard of all the construction sites in Tongbaishan, and it is very large.On the way, Zhou Cuihua made arrangements for Wang Xue: "When you see Uncle Three, you should take the initiative to talk first, don't let people think that you have never seen the world and are timid." Wang Xue said with a smile: "I am not like you. I know everyone." Zhou Cuihua slapped her, and this woman became more and more seductive.
When they arrived at the material yard, the third uncle was already waiting at the gate. When he saw her and Zhou Cuihua, he limped over to greet her. He took out a hundred yuan and said to Zhou Cuihua, "Someone will come later, you can go to a bigger restaurant to cut some." Pork head meat, buy two more bottles of wine." Zhou Cuihua refused to go, but the third uncle took out another one, squeezed her hand, as if coaxing his wife: "Go, and buy you a bottle of cosmetics by the way."
Wang Xue knew that the third uncle wanted to send Zhou Cuihua away. She showed a timid look, took Zhou Cuihua's hand and said, "How about I go with you?" Zhou Cuihua said no, you should go in with the third uncle. Come in a moment.
The third uncle's house is very big, two rooms are set together, it looks like a shed in the material yard from the outside, but the inside is eye-opening, it is just like a new house.There are garlands hanging on the roof, and festive posters on the walls. There is a picture of a foreign star, almost naked, hanging by his bedside.Of course, what surprised Wang Xue was the decoration and luxury in the room, especially the bed. Wang Xue took a rough look and thought that the bed was at least worth over ten thousand.
The third uncle pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down." Seeing Wang Xue standing still, he asked, "How long have you known Cuihua?"
"Half a year." Wang Xue replied timidly.
The third uncle said oh, and then said sit down, and Wang Xue just straddled his buttocks on the edge of the sofa.The third uncle brought out a plate of apples and half a box of candies, and asked Wang Xue to eat them.Wang Xue declined, looked timidly at the third uncle's face, and called third uncle.The third uncle handed Wang Xue an apple and asked, "You man, what did you do?"
Wang Xue sighed, and tears fell from his eyes.The third uncle seemed to be very sympathetic to her, and leaned over to her, and said in a sticky voice, "Don't cry, I'm here, I...I will help you find a way."
"real?"
"You still can't trust me?" The third uncle said, moving his buttocks to Wang Xue's side, and sticking his eyes to her face.Wang Xue moved to the side, and heard the third uncle say: "But this kind of thing, it's not just a matter of talking, you know..." The third uncle stopped talking.
Wang Xue hurriedly said, "Third Uncle, I don't have any acquaintances in the city, so the men's business depends entirely on you. You have to help me."
"Then... why are you thanking me?" After the third uncle said this, his eyes were no longer eyes, like a knife.To peel off Wang Xue.
"I..." Wang Xue looked embarrassed, blushed a few times, and lowered her head shyly.
When the third uncle saw it, he knew there was something going on, so he boldly pulled Wang Xue's hand from the sofa and squeezed it into his big hand.
Wang Xue wanted to break free, but the third uncle said: "There is no outsider in this stockyard, you...you accompany the third uncle..." As he said that, he let out a rough breath and was about to press on Wang Xue.Wang Xue dodged suddenly, and the third uncle was under pressure, and almost fell under the sofa.
Just when the third uncle wanted to get up and hug Wang Xue again, the door was knocked open, and Li Yu rushed in with three policemen raising their guns. Just as the third uncle was about to shout, Li Yu's neck was firmly clamped.
"Cuff him!"
Wang Xue hurriedly took out the handcuffs from her arms, and cuffed the old pervert's hands behind his back.The third uncle opened his mouth wide in astonishment: "You... who are you?"
Wang Xue said sharply: "You will know when you go back."
"Search!"
Several people immediately searched the house. At this time, the police ambushing outside had subdued Zhou Cuihua who had rushed over and handcuffed her.Zhou Cuihua was probably afraid that Wang Xue would rob her of her nest, so she left and came quickly, but she never dreamed that what awaited her would be a pair of cold handcuffs.
The news of third uncle's arrest quickly reached Tong Baishan's ears, and Tong Baishan immediately roared like an angry lion in the house.
It seems that Ma Qiming and Li Chunjiang are really going to fight him, okay, if you want to touch me, Tong Baishan, you don't think twice!
As soon as he picked up the phone, he was about to call Sun Jihai. Halfway through the call, he stopped suddenly. Recently, Sun Jihai always had a half-dead expression. If he is asked to come forward at this time, will he be willing?Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't look for him, I don't believe it.Thinking of this, he summoned the vice president, Lao Hei, and asked him to bring a gift and go to the provincial capital overnight.He specially reminded him that he must be found in person, and the matter here should be bigger.Old Hei nodded repeatedly, but the panic on his face could not be suppressed.Tong Baishan said angrily: "Why panic, just like you, one day they came to find me, and they didn't sell me all." Then Lao Hei forced himself to be calm, forced a smile, and said, "Who am I? , I didn't panic, I didn't panic."
Lao Hei is Tong Baishan's brother-in-law. Tong Baishan has worked hard to train him for many years, but he has not improved. Sometimes Tong Baishan really wants to kick him away.
As soon as Lao Hei left, Tong Baishan immediately called a few confidants, and made some arrangements in this way. If they were to act overnight, they had to get things done before dawn.
After those people left separately, Tong Baishan sat down on the sofa and began to seriously think about countermeasures.
Intuitively, Tong Baishan felt that this storm was stronger than the last one, and he had planned ahead.From the first day Ma Qiming came to Sanhe, he has been trying his best to get in touch with him, but this man doesn't give him face, and he hasn't sat alone with him until now.It can be seen that Ma Qiming must have known him before he came, maybe he came to Sanhe because of a plan with Tong.Thinking about Tong, Tong Baishan felt a little out of breath. All signs showed that this was a carefully planned move by Tong.The boss has been fighting openly and secretly with the surnamed Tong for many years, and it has been impossible to tell the winner.Maybe this time it's time to separate.It's all the boss's fault, he doesn't pay attention to those surnamed Tong, saying that Tong's qualifications are not as old as him, his popularity is not as strong as his, and his strength is even more incomparable.Tong Baishan believed this story at first, but later became suspicious, and until now, he hated the boss a little bit.People can prosper for a while, but they cannot prosper for a lifetime. Feng Shui turns around. Doesn’t the boss not understand such a simple truth?Yes, you have a higher position and more power than him, but Tong is a cadre who grew up in the provincial government. He is more rooted and better able to observe the direction of the wind than you who crawled up.Besides, he also has cronies like Che Guangyuan and Ma Qiming who are devoted to him.What does your boss have?In these years, apart from accumulating money at all costs, you just guarded your foundation, thinking that as long as you guard Sanhe, you can guard your world.And the guy surnamed Tong has placed people everywhere, and he has his eyeliner everywhere. The people he cultivated are far better than you...
Tong Baishan let out a sigh.He regretted not getting rid of the thread of the boss earlier and climbing a new high branch.To him, whoever has milk is a mother, and he, Tong Baishan, is not a political player, so he doesn't need to put his whole life on a certain person, and he will recognize anyone who can benefit him.
Thinking about the money he has spent from Sanhe over the years, it is like flowing water. If they gather together, Sanhe City may be flooded.Although he also got rewards and got more things than he imagined, he was still uneasy in his heart. After all, the money was scattered like pepper noodles, and it failed to form a joint force. Otherwise, he would be subject to a small Sier?Will he be subject to the woman sent by the second son?
Thinking of this, he pinned his hopes on Lao Hei, hoping that Lao Hei can get things done, and that this relationship can withstand the storm for him. If this is the case, he will abandon the boss without hesitation. "Fuck it!" Tong Baishan cursed bitterly in his heart, thinking about the anger he had received recently, he really hated this so-called boss to death.Without me, Tong Baishan, what would you be today?But you are so powerful, you actually crossed the river and demolished the bridge, you were ungrateful, and you wanted to...
Forget it, don't think about it, the most important thing right now is to wipe yourself clean, isn't it just a third uncle, let them catch it, so what?The few people in Nanping, at worst, blamed Wu Dagong on him. Anyway, he took care of everything, so he could clean it up as he liked.
Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of Li Sanman and that coquettish country woman, he couldn't let them do bad things.
He grabbed the phone, dialed a number, and settled the matter. He didn't calm down until he heard the other party's assurance.
Li Chunjiang, I will make it hard for you to catch and let go!
The Third Prison, located on the edge of the Tengger Desert, was tense and busy as usual.一大早，三辆带篷的大卡车装着六十多号犯人浩浩荡荡开往三河市，荷枪实弹的狱警头戴钢盔，站在卡车两边，目光警惕地注视着车内的犯人。犯人们是去童百山的建筑工地干活。这些年，三河几家监狱采取走出去的方法，尽可能多地让犯人们参加生产劳动，让他们在火热的经济建设中接受改造，同时也为三河的建设做出贡献。三河市的公路建设、电信工程、沙漠绿化都洒下了他们的汗水，其中也确实涌现出了一批积极分子，他们的表现得到相关方面的肯定和表扬。
李三慢现在是监狱工程队的瓦工，他的活儿细，手快，砌墙贴砖都很利落，跟他的名字恰恰相反。当然，他在狱中不叫李三慢，叫周生军。这人脾气好，谁多干一把少干一把他都不在乎，反正他自己从不闲着，因此他们组的活每天都是第一个完成，多于还有奖励分，谁都愿意跟他搭帮。跟他一个组里的，有蚂蚁、驴子、王二狗几个，前一阵子，又加了个叫孔雀的。这些名字都是他们互相起的，监狱里闷得慌，互相起外号找乐子，日子过得痛快。李三慢的外号叫犁头，意思是他老婆漂亮，那片地儿很肥沃，总要他犁，这些都是夜里睡不着时互相吹牛吹的。孔雀二十出头，卖假酒惹出了人命，判了无期，刚开始在二监，听说在那儿表现很不错，就调他到三监，想给三监的犯人做个榜样。这种人是很讨狱友们烦的，狱友们最怕遇上积极分子，动不动打小报告，把夜里说的全能传到管教耳朵里。孔雀刚来时，让狱友们批判过，批判类同于刚进号子时的修理，但下手已远远没那么狠了。一则监狱毕竟不同于看守所，那儿人员天天流动，大家都在争座次，不狠摆不出威风。监狱里大家得长久相守，虽说也有老大，但相比看守所，这儿的老大就平和多了。另则，一判了刑，心态就不一样，嘴上虽说都在恨积极分子，可内心里都巴望着积极那么一下，能早点出去。所以批判也就是做做样子，警告你一下，以后别打小报告就成。
孔雀挨了批，给大家发誓，若打小报告，不得好死。问他咋个不得好死，他想了想，说让喝假酒喝死。这话引得狱友们哈哈大笑，觉得孔雀这娃好玩，就容了他。
孔雀跟李三慢关系很近，这娃会巴结人，一来便周师傅长周师傅短的，央求着李三慢给他教技术。大家便笑他：“你都无期了，学技术咋？”孔雀想了想，说：“等你们都出去了，我不就成师傅，可以收徒弟了嘛！”这话听着舒服，毕竟，能在里面听到出去两个字，就跟村巷里听到娘喊一样亲切啊。
李三慢答应，只要他真心学，就把瓦工的技术教给他。
车子一颠三簸的，终于到了工地。领工照样点完人，拿出一个本子，跟这边的管教互相签字。一进工地，就得接受双重管理了。
李三慢们今天负责砌五楼的墙。
活干了没一小时，小工王二狗就让钢筋扎了脚，血咕嘟咕嘟往外冒，再让他拉灰就有些不尽人情。李三慢心疼王二狗，说：“你缓着，我跟管教要人。”管教说：“哪有人，每个组都在搞竞赛，谁的人肯给你？”正说着，领工过来了，问明情况，说：“要不工地上给你派一个小工，最近来的小工多，正好可以跟你学学。”李三慢高兴地点头说谢。派来的小工是个小平头，鼻子很尖，驴子一看，当下就给他起了个外号，说：“喂，就叫你秃鹰吧，这名字亮吧？”小平头不言声，只顾低头拉灰。李三慢骂驴子：“少拿人家开玩笑，他们可听不惯这一套。”驴子秃鹰秃鹰地喊了几声，不见小平头言传，讨了没趣，一门心思给李三慢递砖了。
活干到中间，跟李三慢砌砖的孔雀无意间扫了一眼，就见蚂蚁跟小平头鬼鬼祟祟的，在嘀咕着什么。孔雀佯装喊蚂蚁：“蚂蚁你个磨洋工的，快点，没灰了。”蚂蚁嗯了一声，推着灰车往这边走，小平头的目光却盯着跟李三慢他们一墙之隔的另一边。那边是工地的民工，一伙又说又笑的人，他们时不时飞过来一些话，嘲弄着犯人们。孔雀只装听不见，但眼神却警惕地盯着两边的动静。
事儿是中午收工时发生的，干了一上午活，并没发生啥怪事儿，孔雀一时也有些松懈，耳朵和眼睛都不那么警惕了，隔空儿还跟驴子打上几句嘴仗。谁知就在管教喊收工吃饭的当儿，事情发生了。谁也没在意脚下的竹架板一上午踩着都没事，单单收工这一刻就会出事。李三慢正要抬腿从窗台往架板上跳，孔雀忽然发现架板有了变化，明显少了几个固定，他来不及喊，一把拉住李三慢，用力拽住他已经失重的身子，就在他和李三慢同时倒向灰车的一瞬，驴子一声惨叫，从五楼架板上一脚踩空，摔了下去。
叮叮当当的响声中，驴子穿过纵横交织的架杆，一头栽地，像一车灰一般瘫在了地上。在一楼人的惊叫中，血很快盛开。
孔雀扶起李三慢，倒吸几口冷气，加上这一次，一共发生五起险情了。这一次，居然是驴子替李三慢送了命。
消息同时传到李春江和童百山耳朵里。童百山气得一把摔了电话“就这么点事也能办砸，养着你们做什么？”
李春江抱着电话，半天说不出话，末了，他跟老曾说：“该收网了，再撒下去，会有更多的无辜丧命。”
对童百山三叔的审讯迅疾展开。此人五十六岁，真名叫童三铁，童百山创业时，他是三河废品收购站的收购员，是他主动提出要跟着侄儿干，这些年，他为童百山的事业，可谓立下了汗马功劳。
李钰一跟他交手，立马尝到了他的的老辣，他的嘴跟名字一样，硬得如铁。
“我犯了啥罪，啊？你们凭啥闯进料场，凭啥抓我？”
“就凭这个！”李钰猛地将搜到的一本小册子扔他面前。童三铁看了一眼：“这有啥稀奇，你们是不是闲球着没事干，拿老百姓过干瘾？”
“童三铁，你老实交待，上面都记的什么？”
“交待？我跟谁交待？上面记啥关你屁事，你是老几，管我吃还是管我穿？”
“童三铁，你利用黑势力威逼和利诱南平民工为你卖命，你干的坏事以为别人不知道？”
“知道你还问我，那你给我判刑呀，你个小王八羔子，快把我放了！”
“童三铁，你老实点，要不要我把你的丑事全说出来？”
“说，说啊，贪污，腐败，搞女人，我沾哪条了？我是个看料场的，不是市委书记，有本事你去抓贪宫呀。”童三铁说着，发出一串子干笑。
李钰审了一会，觉得这样下去不是办法，要撬开他的嘴，必须得想点怪招儿。这么想着，他记起了自己的叔叔，以前遇上硬骨头，实在啃不动，也是跟叔叔讨教法子的。李钰跟同事交待几句，离开办案现场，找个安静的地儿跟叔叔打电话去了。
另一个地方，李三慢也被带进审讯室，他先是装模作样，跟没事人似的。当听说自己的老婆做了童三铁的姘头，而且今天死去的驴子是代他做了替死鬼时，这个老实的庄稼人眼泪哗就流下来了。本来，他也不是冲犯罪来的，只是童三铁再三保证，里面可以拿到工地上三倍的工钱，还不用交伙食费，他才一狠心进去的，谁知……
李三慢很快说出几个他知道的南平民工的下落，他们跟他一样，都在监狱里。
两个小时后，这些人被一一从监狱里带了出来。
至此，康队他们要找的人算是找全了，剩下的就是进一步查清这个犯罪团伙，挖出他们的后台，将其犯罪事实全部揭露出来。
初战告捷，马其鸣和李春江都有些激动。藏了掖了半年的行动，总算可以公开了。马其鸣计划召开一次会议，将这场战斗迅速推向高潮。
袁波书记走了进来，看到李春江也在，目光动了一下，示意李春江坐，不必拘泥。
“都准备好了？”袁波书记问。
“准备好了。”马其鸣说。
“没一点问题？”
“这次绝不会有问题。”马其鸣回答得干脆坚定。
“你能确信赢？”
马其鸣忽然觉得袁波书记的口气有问题，他站起身，有点吃不准地问：“你这话……”
“准备准备吧，明天省人大要来视察，重点是我市的经济建设，还有执法环境，点名让你俩汇报。”
说完，袁波书记沉着脸出去了，马其鸣跟李春江面面相觑，愣神得半天反应不过来。
第二天，省人大程副主任一行在省政法委、经贸委、省公安厅领导的陪同下，浩浩荡荡到了三河。三河上下，立刻忙乱一片。
简短的欢迎仪式后，程副主任提出先下企业，实地看看。车队很快向百山集团驶去，马其鸣和李春江一言不发，内心里却比谁都紧张。这是一个信号，省人大突然督察工作，而且第一个就去百山集团，这便向人们无言地传达着一种信息。这些年来，官场里早已形成一个不成文的规矩，大凡主要领导到基层，第一个要看的必是认为最重要的，要么实力非凡，已足以担当本地企业的领头羊；要么就有着深刻的背景。企业有背景已不是什么新闻，特别是民营企业，茁壮成长的后面，隐着多少鲜为人知的故事！马其鸣有基层工作的经验，特别是对民营企业的成长感受很深，几乎每往前走一步，都有高官要员的汗水洒在里面。于是，视察已成为一种象征或者暗示，它向人们发出无言的警告，这儿需要保护，需要从上到下的支持和扶助。
童百山西装革履，满面春风地恭迎在集团总部门口，迎风飘扬的彩旗，鲜艳夺目的横幅，十六个大气球飘荡在空中，下面悬挂着“发展民营企业，振兴三河经济”等激情勃勃的时代用语。车队还未到达，锣鼓声、爆竹声已响彻一片。鼓乐队、仪仗队一字儿排开，穿旗袍的礼仪小姐将青春和热情渲染得如同十月里盛开的玫瑰。这阵势，又是三河哪一家企业能比得？
视察和参观持续了整整一天，程副主任的脚步几乎踏遍了百山集团的十六家分公司，就连料场他也去了，指着那片被高高的围墙圈起来的空地说：“这儿做料场太可惜了，应该把它开发出来，寸土值千金啊，怎么能让它如此浪费？”童百山连忙点头，紧跟着便谈起自己的宏伟构想，说要把这儿建成三河的高新技术开发区，一定要让高科技在三河开花结果。“好，好，就得有这样的新思维和大魄力，这才像个有战略眼光的企业家嘛。”话音刚落，各级领导便纷纷表起态来，记者的闪光灯摄像机围着这一片激情飞扬的面孔，争拍个不停。在这片还算是废墟的土地上，程副主任跟童百山亲切合影，马其鸣看到，镁光灯闪烁的一瞬，童百山的目光别有意味地扫在他脸上。
第二天是汇报，童百山先是慷慨陈词，将百山集团的发展史成长史如数家珍地捧了出来，接着便谈未来、谈建设、谈民营经济的重要作用。渲染得差不多了，突然话锋一转，就像揭丑一样把百山集团目前遇到的困境和阻力全都摆到了桌面上，其中最大的一条就是政策落实不到位，喊得多，落到行动上的少。
在座各位的脸色唰一下绿了。
童百山又拿出深圳投资公司合作失败的例子，将招商引资跟地方软环境结合起来，直捣袁波等人的疼处。
这样的汇报、这样的现场揭短，就连马其鸣听了，也禁不住出汗。
果然，会议出现逆转，谁也没想到，程副主任取消了原定的计划，说那几家企业不用看了，既然存在问题，我们就现场解决问题。finished.他让负责会议的孙吉海将与会者分成几组，现场讨论，现场统一认识，统一思想，看各级领导如何把精力和权力用到服务经济建设上来。
讨论开始后，程副主任面带怒色地离开会场，先回宾馆了。
程副主任是不久前从省政府挪到人大的，这一点似乎削弱了他的含金量，但是包括马其鸣在内的省市领导私下里都清楚，程副主任的含金量来自于另一个人——他的亲家，他女儿的公公目前是中央某要害部门的实力派人物。这一点，怕是在座各位没谁不考虑。
官场就是这样，它的游戏规则后面潜伏着无数潜规则，搞不清这些潜规则，你在官场里就会头破血流。
没有谁傻到搞不清。
重要人物相继被叫去开始个别谈话。
个别谈话才是最具杀伤力的。
马其鸣已无心思讨论什么，他在想，要不要将突然发生的情况报告给佟副书记？
省人大视察完的第二天，吴达功突然接到一个电话，要他立即将那个叫刘冬的所谓强奸犯给放了。吴达功刚要问什么，对方恨恨说：“笨蛋，你们被人玩了！”
吴达功一头雾水，细一想，真是不对呀，怎么这案子最近一直没有响动，负责此案的两个人先后被李春江抽去搞毒品案，好像把刘冬这个人给忘了。女方那边虽然找过他几次，但他哪里顾得了这个案子！当时还烦烦地摆摆手：“去找李春江，他负责。”这阵一想，就有些怪怪的，会不会？吴达功突然意识到不妙，立刻带上人往看守所赶。
侯杰打电话给马其鸣，说：“吴达功硬要带走刘冬，怎么办？”马其鸣略一沉吟，说：“他要带走，就让他带走吧。”
侯杰心中愤愤的，自打那天省人大领导视察过看守所，刘冬跟童小牛一伙立刻嚣张起来，这帮狗屎，放出去还不知怎么害人哩。
吴达功带着刘冬刚走出看守所，就看见姓彭的开车候在门外，看到吴达功，姓彭的立刻迎上去，千恩万谢，说了一大堆好话。吴达功烦躁地摆摆手：“走吧走吧，以后少让我看见。”直等姓彭的跟刘冬消失掉，他还是觉得脑子里有根筋转不过来。
3112房间，马其鸣和李春江候在那里，李春江是刚刚接到电话赶来的。马其鸣说：“等会让你见一个人。”话说完没几分钟，一前一后敲门进来两个人，李春江一看，差点没惊住。
马其鸣笑着跟刘冬打招呼：“辛苦了。”刘冬一脸委屈地说：“里面的滋味不好受呀。”马其鸣打趣道：“这不有人把你捞了出来吗。”三个人望着傻愣着的李春江，发出一串子笑。李春江忽然明白，马其鸣又瞒着他演了一场苦肉戏。
果然，马其鸣介绍道，刘冬是景山开发区最优秀的警员之一，一直干着卧底的危险角色，马其鸣到三河，正好碰上刘冬休假，为了调查看守所内幕，马其鸣跟刘冬合演了这场戏。
老彭是刘冬的舅舅，马其鸣在开发区就认识他，开发区不少工地，至今还吃老彭他们的面粉。
互相介绍完，马其鸣问刘冬：“情况摸得怎么样？”
刘冬说，已经掌握了潘才章跟童小牛一伙的犯罪事实，另外，童小牛还告诉我不少事儿，他让我出来后第一个去找朱旺子。
“这就好，这下就该轮着他们吃惊了。”正说着，侯杰满头大汗跑来，一进门就嚷：“刘冬这狗屎，真不是东西……”一抬头，猛看见刘冬，惊讶地说：“你……你……”
“我怎么狗屎了？”刘冬笑问。
“这到底怎么回事？”侯杰惊得脸色都没了。李春江笑道：“还问呢，我都让马书记给蒙了。”
简单寒暄一阵，马其鸣跟刘冬说：“暂时你还不能露面，更不能休息，你在里面一定听过独狼这个人，这人背景复杂，跟谁都有来往，但又独立行事，我们对他掌握得还不是太透，接下来你要设法找到他、跟踪他，从他身上查出更多线索。”
刘冬面露难色，马其鸣知道他心里想什么，笑着道：“放心，开发区那边我已正式打了招呼，暂时就算是支援三河吧。”
有了刘冬卧底摸来的情况，再往下查就顺手多了。马其鸣跟李春江反复研究，决定先从胡权礼身上突破，拿到他跟童百山交易的证据，有了这些，就可以名正言顺地控制童百山。
不利的是，三河的空气突然发生变化，程副主任一走，市委接连召开两次会议，要求全市干部务必将思想统一到经济建设这个大主题上来，一切为经济服务，为三河的稳定与发展服务。特别是执法部门，要端正思想，澄清模糊认识。市委迅速确定出十二家重点挂牌保护企业，百山集团再次成为三河上下关注的焦点。
袁波书记找马其鸣跟李春江谈话：“你们查案我不反对，但有一条，必须在原则上跟市委保持高度一致，再不能惹出什么风波，否则，李春江只能调离公安系统。”从袁波书记的话中，马其鸣已经听出，袁波书记的警告其实就是来自上层的警告，或许，为了保住李春江，袁波书记已经在承受着很大的压力。他本来还想索性就借市委往各企业派工作组的机会，让李春江直接进入百山集团，担任优化环境落实政策小组组长，看来，这只能是痴人说梦了。袁波书记说：“其鸣呀，你来得晚，三河的情况有多复杂，你真是感觉不透，如今，连我也糊涂了。”
袁波书记的感叹不是没有道理，童百山怎么跟程副主任扯上关系，而且绝非一般关系，袁波书记也很纳闷。但有一点，程副主任这次到三河就是冲百山集团来的。他在三河县级以上干部大会上公开讲：“百山集团是三河的一面旗帜，是三河改革开放的硕果，对于这样的企业，我们应该支持，加大力度支持。我们省的经济为什么发展不上去，就是缺少这样响当当的企业，缺少这样能干的企业家。一定要多方扶助，形成合力，将它发展成全省乃至全国叫得响的知名企业。绝不容许任何人犯红眼病，对企业发展中存在的问题与纰漏，要本着客观求真的态度去评价，要多看正面，少强调反面，要用积极的心态去应对发展中出现的问题……”
这样的话，不是哪一个领导都敢在会上公开讲的。的确，他讲得很科学很艺术，但更多的时候，领导是要为自己的讲话承担风险承担责任的。难道程副主任这点常识没有？
中间的玄机，不得不令袁波和马其鸣三思。
但是马其鸣已经认准，这条路绝没有回头的可能。他在刚刚召开的三河各县区一把手大会上强调：“我们是要发展经济，但我们更要发展健康的经济，市场经济的复杂性和艰巨性要求我们党的各级干部还有每一位执法者认真思考，如何执法，如何保护？我们一定要做到让人民满意，人民的利益才是我们的根本利益。”
这话已有点叫板了，好在袁波书记很快插话，将马其鸣的锋芒压了压。
会后，有人便说马其鸣怕是呆不住了，已经有小道消息在传，马其鸣很可能要回到他的开发区去。
梅涵也在省城听到了风声，不安地问：“你是不是又立不住了，你呀，少给我惹点祸行不？”
马其鸣苍凉地笑笑：“动我，怕还没那么快吧。”
梅涵又说：“抽空回来一次，一道陪欧阳老师去趟医院，她最近身体很不好。”
三河市检察院突然做出一项决定：要成名杰接手胡权礼的案子。在事先没征得马其鸣同意的情况下，成名杰带人强行要从高检察官手中接走胡权礼。高检察官哪肯，双方在楼道里争执起来。就在这时，意想不到的事情发生了。
关在里面的胡权礼一看见成名杰，就失声尖叫，眼神里流露出极度的恐慌。他的失态引起办案人员的高度警觉，高检察官见状，立刻停止跟成名杰的争吵，将胡权礼带进另一间屋子，问：“为什么怕他？”胡权礼猛地抓住高检察官的手：“救救我，救救我啊，我不要跟他走，不要！”
胡权礼被隔离审查后，精神一度相当混乱。刚进来那两天，像是遭遇了灭顶之灾，头都抬不起来。问什么他都不说，只是一个劲地哭。哭了两天，高检察官以为他要说了，摊开笔录纸等他，谁知他又哈哈大笑，指着高检察官说“你们抓我，你们怎么会抓我？我是乱抓的吗，抓了你们可得负责任。”高检察官猛一拍桌子，厉声道：“胡权礼，少装神弄鬼，把你做的事如实坦白出来。”
“坦白？你们让我坦白？”胡权礼猛地抱住头，又成了刚进来时的样子。
野心勃勃的胡权礼绝没料到自己会被检察