Chapter 4 Chapter 3 The secretary is missing

It was already the third day, and there was still no sign of the secretary of the municipal party committee.Just after work in the morning, Mayor Qin Bangqin drove directly to the downstairs of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee.As soon as the car stopped, he hurriedly strode towards the building. Entering the minister's office, I saw Liu Bing was holding the phone in his hand.Seeing Qin Bangqin coming, Liu Bing hurriedly put down the phone: "I'm calling you now!" Qin Bangqin frowned and said, "It's been the third day, what's going on? Call the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee and ask them to check again!"

Liu Bing picked up the phone, looked at Qin Bangqin with a smile and said, "I'm a little embarrassed to ask again, but they don't say anything, but they must say in their hearts that I'm like a 3-year-old kid, always asking why!" Qin Bangqin said: "It's work! Besides, the secretary has disappeared before taking office. If something goes wrong, we are also responsible!" Liu Bing said, "Okay, I'll call again." He pressed the phone keypad while speaking.Facing the microphone, he paused for a while and said, "Hi, is this Director Du? ... I am Liu Bing from the Organization Department of the Nanzhou Municipal Party Committee. Oh yes, Director Du, please find out more, Secretary Guan hasn't arrived yet .Today is the third day. Did he really leave the provincial capital the day before yesterday?...Hey, okay...then I'll wait for your call..."

Liu Bing put down the phone and said to Qin Bangqin: "Director Du said that according to what he knows, Secretary Guan really left the provincial capital the morning before yesterday. He will call again immediately to find out about the situation with his wife and relevant personnel. He'll call me back." Qin Bangqin nodded, sat on the chair opposite Liu Bing, took out a cigarette from his bag, handed one to Liu Bing, took out one himself, lit it, and took a puff slowly.After a while, he said, "Where do you think Comrade Guan Yeping can go?" Liu Bing shook his head lightly: "It's hard to say. I always feel that this time the secretary of the municipal party committee was not accompanied by the provincial party committee. Did you do a good job?"

Qin Bangqin waved his hand, his eyes showed some displeasure: "I know, it's only temporary, I'm just passing by!" Liu Bing saw that he had some emotions, and immediately said: "Hey, you are a highly respected elder among the cadres and masses in the city! Who doesn't know that you are stable and steady in doing things! Maybe you will be transferred to those economically developed areas as a secretary. ?” Liu Bing seemed to feel that his words were inappropriate, and immediately said, “Just kidding, just kidding!” Qin Bangqin withdrew his awkward smile: "Nowadays everyone likes to run for an official, ask for an official, and buy an official. If I don't run or give it away, I don't want to buy it. How can there be so many good things! Forget it! Work for another two years and go to the National People's Congress to rest. rest!"

Liu Bing felt that Qin Bangqin still had a lot of resentment in his heart, but he felt that Mayor Qin's words were a bit too much.Ordinarily, the mayor of an official to a prefecture-level city is not too small.Of course, no one will be satisfied in officialdom, and desires are always endless.So Liu Bing said with a mocking smile: "Mayor Qin, from the secretary of the township party committee to the secretary of the county party committee, to the current mayor, please tell me the mystery!" Qin Bangqin felt that what he said just now was a bit too much, after all, he is a majestic mayor.He handed Liu Bing another cigarette, to ease the atmosphere.He smiled and said, "What era were we in? I never ran away, never wanted to be an official, I really did it myself!"

At this time the phone rang, and Liu Bing picked up the phone receiver: "Hey, I'm Liu Bing, hey... yes, yes, that's it... okay, okay, goodbye!" Liu Bing put down the phone and said, "Director Du and Mrs. Secretary Guan's wife contacted him, and his wife said that he must have left the provincial capital the day before yesterday. As for how he got there, his wife couldn't tell. The provincial government office said that he had already handed over the formalities and the key to the office. " Qin Bangqin stood up and said helplessly: "Then we have to let him go, wait!" Then he turned and left.As he walked, he thought: Where did a big man go?Could it be that a dignified secretary of the municipal party committee has disappeared?

Although it is early autumn, the power of the sun has not diminished at all, and it is still hot when it shines on people.The fields and trees were all green, with almost no fallen leaves.However, autumn has indeed come, the sky is high and the clouds are clear, the singing of birds and the chirping of thousands of insects fill the air, and the message of autumn is echoing.At this time, a man in his 40s pushed an old bicycle to the side of the road at the head of the village, stopped the bicycle with a broken front tire, and it was Guan Ping who came.The man who repaired the car was repairing the front wheel strips of a bicycle. The man who repaired the car was in his sixties, with gray and disheveled hair. He was wearing a faded blue jersey with a somewhat torn neckline.His face was thin and dark, his hands were like withered bark.A man next to him was about 30 years old, tall and thin, with a long and narrow face and high cheekbones.The shirt on the upper body is grayish yellow, which looks like a military uniform from the style.He was holding a two or three-year-old girl in his arms. The girl was thin and weak. What was particularly noticeable was that the shoes on those little feet were sewn with white cloth.

Guan Ping suddenly felt a kind of desolation hit his heart, as if the scene in front of him was another world.He said slowly, "Master, my tire is broken, please fix it for me." The man who repaired the car raised his head and glanced at him: "Are you in a hurry?" "No hurry, no hurry." "Then sit down and wait." He said and handed him a small stool. Guan Ping sat down, took out cigarettes from his pocket, and gave one to the car repairer first, and then to the man holding the child.The man holding the child shook his hand and said with a wry smile, "I don't smoke." The car repairman put the cigarette on his ear and continued to repair the wheel.

Guan Ping asked: "Master, are you from Xinsi Township?" The man repairing the car said: "Yes! New Fourth, the 'thoughts' of ordinary people!" "How far is it from the county seat?" "It's less than 10 miles away. It's very close. Didn't you come from the county?" "Yes Yes." "Are you a foreigner? The accent doesn't sound like a local." "Yeah, this is my first time here." "First time?" The car repairman stopped his work and looked at Guan Ping again. "I heard that your county is pretty good!"

"Yeah, it's good to be an official, and the common people suffer!" The man repairing the car said and pointed to the boy and the man next to him. "why?" "Hey, what's the use of telling you! You're not Bao Qingtian either! It's so dark!" The car repairman sighed for a long time. "Just tell a story, let me, a foreigner, learn a lot!" "There are too many stories, and I can't finish them in three days and three nights! Forget it, let's not tell them! Telling them makes people feel sad, and tears flow like rivers!" The tone of the car repairman was full of sadness. He stared blankly at this strange middle-aged man.Tears welled up in his angry eyes.It could be seen that he was suppressing his emotions, and it took a long time before he said: "Okay, let me tell you a tragic story about his family. His name is Bi Shengcai." He pointed to the person next to him who was holding the child man.

Bishengcai is a brother and sister, and the younger sister is Bishenghua.Shengcai graduated from high school and did not go to university, but he is smart and capable. His parents are honest farmers.Since the contracting of the land, life is still passable.There are three tile-roofed houses built at home, and food and clothing can always be dealt with. Bi Shengcai is really a good talent. He is 1.8 meters tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks talented.The old couple looked at their son, as if they had eaten honey.How can all rural people be admitted to college? As long as people are good, life will be easier these days.When my younger sister Shenghua was 16 years old, she was about to graduate from junior high school and became a flower in front and back Sanzhuang.Tall and slim, with black and shiny hair in two long braids.The pink complexion sets off the delicate eyebrows and eyes, the red lips and bright teeth, and even the singing when she speaks, which is very cute.The neighbors said: How did the old couple of the Bi family plant these two good seedlings? One night, after dinner, Bi Shenghua went to study by himself.As usual, at 9 o'clock, I should be home after the self-study in the evening.But after waiting, Bi Shenghua still didn't come back.It was almost 10 o'clock before Bi Sheng took the flashlight and went straight to the village middle school.When we arrived at the school, the huge campus was pitch black and the gates were locked.He let go of his throat and shouted loudly: "Sister, Shenghua, Lifeflower..." The shout broke through the silence of the night, and the shout echoed in the sleeping wilderness, which was very desolate.The elder brother returned home in a daze, and the parents anxiously hoped for their son to come back, but there was no trace of the daughter!Mother wept, but she secretly wiped it away.Father didn't advocate, and smoked dry tobacco desperately.Bi Sheng only looked at the alarm clock on the table, it was already 11 o'clock.He said nothing and went out again. He ran aimlessly in the dark night, which surrounded him like a thick fog.It was as if darkness had risen simultaneously with the night air from all sides, and even flowed down from heights.The darkness of the night and the anxiety of the heart surrounded him like a terrible cage. …Out of the village, it seemed that the surrounding fields were dimly white; the distant fields, gloomy and dark, rose in a huge mass.His footsteps echoed dully in the stagnant air.The stars flickered in the sky like will-o'-the-wisps. He didn't know how long it had been, and he didn't even know where he was going. He just felt that there was nothing in front of him, so he looked closely, heh!Hoshui River, this river bends into an arc like a bow, blocking Yinan County in the big bend, forming a beautiful picture.When he was a teenager, he and his friends often went to play by the river in summer, and none of the children dared to swim to the middle of the river.Except in winter, the river here is always shining with light blue light, and the light green river flows forever.In an instant, he forgot the anxiety in his heart and walked along the river beach.After a few seconds, it dawned on him that he had to get to his sister quickly.So anxious and sad came to his heart, he ran forward along the river beach like crazy... Suddenly a black shadow appeared in front of him.He continued to run forward, and the black shadow became bigger and clearer.A person, a person, this person walked slowly into the river.He stopped, rubbed his eyes, and it was indeed a person.The man's knees had flooded into the river, and an ominous omen struck his heart.He strode over, sank his feet in the sand, and reached out to pull the man.She was like a frightened bird, fighting desperately, cursing loudly: "Rogue..." what!Sister, yes sister!Bisheng was awakened as if awakened from a dream, screaming: "Sister, Shenghua! I am your brother..." She collapsed and fell into the river.He hugged his sister desperately, and landed on the shore in three steps at a time!He hugged his sister and asked, "Sister, what's going on? Tell me..." With doubts and pain, he hugged his sister and ran home in one breath.When the parents saw their son returning with their drenched daughter in their arms, they were really pleasantly surprised.He put his sister on the bed, and in the light he saw her disheveled hair, pale face, and torn blouse.She opened her absent-minded eyes and looked at her parents, her brother, and threw herself into her mother's arms, crying bitterly... The whole family was stunned and stunned!No one knows what happened.Bisheng only looked at his family and hid the underwear that his younger sister changed. The car repairman sighed for a long time, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "What a good family, what a disaster that fell from the sky!" Guan Ping opened his eyes wide and asked, "Then what happened next?" The car repairman said: "This is just the beginning of his family's disaster!" From then on, Bi Shenghua didn't go to school, didn't speak, her hair was disheveled all day long, and she was extremely depressed.At the beginning of this year, Bi Sheng only signed up to serve as a soldier. He thought that if he could serve as a soldier, he might be able to make a fortune in the future and not suffer any more.Yes!Such a young man is also a high school graduate, who wouldn't like it.I passed the registration, political review, and physical examination, but I didn't become a soldier in the end.Later, some people discussed in private that when the township ordered soldiers, Bi Shengcai's name was crossed out by the township party secretary An Xiaobin. Angry, the bloody Sheng Sheng ran away from home.Two years later, he came back again, not only made money, but also brought back a girl from other places.Everyone in the village said that this girl was more handsome than his sister.The two young people didn't ask for a penny from the family. They got married and planned to live a peaceful life with the whole family. Although the sister's tragedy almost killed the parents, the return of the son with his wife seems to add vitality to the family full of sorrow.This catastrophe dealt a heavy blow to the two farmers who had just entered the year of destiny.In just two or three years, the couple's hair was almost completely white. The burden of family life rests upon the lifelong.Fortunately, the land has been contracted, so he has strength.They also made some money back in Kunming. The young couple brought back a 21-inch color TV and bought furniture. Life finally got better. The daughter-in-law is a girl from Xishuangbanna, 21 years old, with a graceful figure.Even light makeup and common clothes can't hide her graceful figure.A pair of big round eyes are full of aura, slightly thick lips always contain a sweet smile, showing neat and white teeth.She is a Dai girl named Alina.The girl is not only beautiful, but also smart and capable.Excellent weaving skills.The word quickly spread in the village, and in the first few days, men, women and children came to Bi's house to witness this "fairy" descending to earth as if watching a play.Others said that there is no such thing in the world, it is like a story in "Liao Zhai", saying that this girl is like a fox fairy. It does sound like a marriage.After Bisheng ran away from home, he suffered from cold and hunger all the way. He wanted to go to Hainan to work, but he ran to Kunming in a daze.Penniless, Bi Sheng fainted in a small street. When he woke up, he realized that he was rescued by a girl and a woman in her 30s.The girl was Elina, and the woman in her thirties was Elina's aunt, named Shuangxiu.Shuangxiu runs a clothing business in Kunming, and the business is booming.They fed him with sugar water and took good care of him. After he woke up, everything became clear.Facing these two kind women, he shed tears of gratitude.I am determined to contribute all my strength to them in return for saving their lives.Shuangxiu saw that this young man was handsome, smart and capable, and after leaving him to practice in a clothing store, he rented another chain store and let him run it alone.Not long after, Shuangxiu found out that Elina fell in love with this honest young man, which led to the marriage.Time flies and two years have passed.All his life, he was homesick, missed his parents, and his unfortunate sister.So, she begged Shuangxiu again and again, and took Elena home.Before leaving, Shuangxiu kept telling them to settle down at home and welcome them back to Kunming at any time. Alina is pregnant.A child was born ten months later, and the whole family regarded her as the apple of their eye.He spent his whole life guarding Alina almost every day. It was only in his lifetime that he brought back a smart, beautiful girl from Xishuangbanna who was skilled at weaving. The news had already reached the township party secretary An Xiaobin.He thought hard about how he could meet this legendary fairy. On this day, the director of the Township Women's Federation brought another female cadre to Bi's house, and Elena received the two strange female cadres generously.I only saw that it was the director of the Township Women's Federation in my lifetime, so I went with them.I thought to myself, just to see Elina's appearance.The director of the Women's Federation said: "Girl, I heard that you know how to weave, and it is a unique skill. The village plans to open a craft weaving factory and let you be the factory director. How about it?" Then he said: "The monthly salary is 800 yuan during the preparation period. Craft After the factory is put into operation, the salary can be doubled." Alina agreed immediately. The director of the Women's Federation left, and Bi Sheng only found out about it, and he was full of displeasure.But looking at the innocent and innocent Alina, he couldn't find a reason to stop her. Alina was delighted to be at work, and so was the whole family.In this world, everyone wants to have a career, and everyone wants to realize their self-worth. Alina is such a pure girl. In the blink of an eye, another two months passed, and one afternoon in early autumn, Elena went to work as usual.But they hadn't come back by dinner time, and the whole family couldn't help being anxious and worried.Bisheng couldn't hold back anymore, and ran to the craft weaving factory, where the door was locked tightly.He went to the director of the Women's Federation, but there was no one there.Ask everyone, no one knows.In an instant, scenes of my sister's disappearance flashed through my mind one after another, and an ominous omen suddenly struck my heart!He felt his heart constrict violently, like an arrow stabbing pain.Immediately, I felt that the sky was dim, and my eyes were pitch black... The Bi family is in chaos again. It wasn't until late at night that Bi Sheng crashed into the house as if he had lost his soul.His mother went up to meet him, and he collapsed to the ground.Then there was a burst of thunder and lightning outside, and the heavy rain poured down. The whole family seemed to be standing in a frying pan, tormenting, enduring, waiting, and looking forward... It was dawn and the rain stopped.After a sleepless night, Shengsheng rushed out of the house like crazy, and the door of the craft weaving factory was still locked tightly.He ran around in the wilderness, shouting to the sky: "Elena, my Elena! Where are you..." At this time, he saw people in the village running forward one by one. He didn't know what was going on, and as they ran forward, he suddenly heard someone say: "It's so miserable! It's so heartless..." Another woman said: "Poor! Naked..." He felt like a heavy stone was tied to his leg, and he couldn't move no matter what.In front is a corn field, the corn leaves are not yet yellow, and the corn stalks are as high as half a person.After a storm, some corn stalks were crooked and some fell.A group of people stood in the cornfield, some sighed, some covered their faces, and some cursed in a low voice.Life is just going straight forward.When he rushed forward, the appalling scene made him frightened!A woman is lying naked on the ground.The surrounding corn fell down and broke, about the size of a room, obviously the traces of the woman's fight and struggle.Not far away, bras are hanging from a tree branch, and torn clothes are scattered and stained by the rain.The light red briefs are under the bare body.The dead were a little pale from the rain.He rushed forward desperately, ah!God!Isn't this Alina?He was like a thousand arrows piercing through his heart, and what made him even more distressed was that a corn cob was stuffed into her lower body!He desperately hugged Elena's naked body, his beloved girl, screaming like crazy: "Elena! My Elena!..." He passed out! The two women took off their clothes and covered the naked body of the poor woman.Only then did people realize that this is the "fairy" brought back from Xishuangbanna by the Bi family's son! The news immediately spread to every household in the surrounding area.Before his son came home, Bi Shengcai's father suddenly fell to the ground when he heard the news.My wife was disheartened and could no longer face the tragedy in front of me, so she picked up the pesticide and drank it down... After people carried Alina home, Bisheng was brought back by people. At this moment, there are already three lives in the Bi family.Three corpses lay side by side in the middle of the main room.The people around, old and young, men and women, dare not look at this tragic situation.None of the villagers ate a mouthful of food, cried bitterly, shed tears, cursed, resented... The car repairman was sobbing, and his old face was covered with tears.He choked with sobs... This middle-aged man from other places had been wiping his tears with a handkerchief.He seemed to have watched a tragedy, be it TV, movie, or novel!He didn't know where he was now, and what kind of audience he was facing!After crying for a long time, he seemed to be a little sober. What kind of voice and expression he used to speak, people can't describe.He didn't know it himself, so he just said in a trembling voice, "No one cares about such a big case?" The car repairman wiped his tears with greasy hands, and said in a broken voice: "Yes! The County Public Security Bureau came, and after a month of investigations, there was no result. The strange thing for the common people is that after a while, the township Party Secretary An Xiaobin has been dismissed!" The middle-aged man nodded and asked, "Then what happened next?" The car repairer said: "This is the matter of the former county party secretary, but the county party secretary was transferred away. Now the county party secretary Wang Dengsheng reinstated the official An Xiaobin not long after he took office! Soon this An Xiaobin was transferred to the Commercial Bureau The head of the government!" He was stunned for a long time and then said: "It's better to be an official! Powerful, rich, and powerful!" Guan Ping asked again: "What about this An Xiaobin?" The car repairman said: "God knows, but the common people call him 'big satyr'!" "This kind of person is worse than a beast, and he is not worthy of being a human being. How can he still be an official?" The car repairman looked at him and said, "Nowadays, officials are easy to buy. As long as you have money, what officials can't be bought in this county? You can buy a secretary or a township head with 50,000 yuan!" Guan Ping was dubious: "Really?" The car repairer said: "You are a foreigner, and it is your first time to come to Yinan. It is strange. The people are used to it. Anyway, the people can't afford it. Those officials who buy officials also use public money. Where did he get it?" Money? Ordinary people don’t really care about that much. As long as they have food to eat and live in peace, what do they care about? It doesn’t matter whoever becomes an official. As long as they don’t harm the common people, they still want to harm others!” He pointed to the tall young man next to him. Said: "Like his family, this is a lifelong talent, and his family was ruined. Look at him, how pitiful!..." The middle-aged man looked at this talented man. In the story told by the car repairer just now, he was the only one who looked like a wooden man with no expression on his face, sitting there like a sculpture.No expression, no tears. Guan Ping's heart ached unbearably, and anger burned in his heart.Finally he said angrily to the car repairman: "Master, I want to help you to redress your grievances!" The car repairman looked at him and said with a sneer, "This is not bragging. There's no use in being angry. I'm not looking down on you..." He wiped his tears and shook his head miserably.Sighing, he went on to say: "Some ordinary people slash and curse at home with knives, and burn paper to swear at home on the first day of the new year. Those dog officials who have lost their conscience will die, but what's the use? The official promotion, the fortune. You look like a kind-hearted person, but I'm afraid you don't have that much ability! Today's officialdom has been woven into a net, and you can't touch it." "A person cannot be judged by his appearance, and the sea cannot be measured. Can you tell me your name?" "My surname is Wang, and my nickname is Wang Dache. There is no one around who doesn't know me as a bicycle repairer. Except for rainy days, you can find me here." "Okay, Master Wang, thank you, thank you!" He stood up, took out the money from his pocket, first gave Master Wang five yuan, then took out two 100 yuan, and stuffed them into the little hands of the child in Bi Shengcai's arms .Then he drove the car away.Wang Dache shouted, "I'm looking for your money!" Without looking back, he got on his bicycle and left.