Chapter 5 Chapter 4: The Burden Is On My Shoulders

At noon on the fifth day, Guan Yeping quietly returned home.Everything remains the same at home, her lover Fang Lan goes to work, and her daughter goes to school.But it seemed to him that he had been away from home for a long time.These five days seemed like a long time to him.He did not have the grand inauguration ceremony that impresses a large number of cadres and the masses, no team of people escorted by the leaders of the provincial party committee, no impassioned inaugural speech, no flattering and flattering clinking banquet, no car to meet the prestige of running... ...he is unconstrained and independent!

But it was in this short period of time that he learned things that were impossible to learn in books; saw the true feelings that were impossible to read in the office; heard the strange and creepy tragedies in the world; The ups and downs.For the first time in his 41 years of living, he felt that his soul was burning fiercely, his heart and lungs were expanding, and his muscles were trembling!What a real person needs to figure out is the distinction between right and wrong, the dividing line between black and white, the watershed between right and wrong, the distinct views of loyalty and evil, the struggle between justice and evil, and the confrontation between kindness and cruelty.All of this, when he was only studying dialectics in the past, he summed up all of them as "world outlook".However, today specific to real life, in practice too.The long-cherished wish he had accumulated in his heart for a long time in the past, once he gave it to his life, it would be magma ejection and flood backflow.All his life, he has been a person who loves to fight against injustices by nature.The love and hatred towards things, and the injustice in the world, he will immediately show on his face, even disregarding personal safety, condemning those who use the strong to oppress the weak, the big to bully the small, and criticize the treacherous ministers for framing the loyal.In recent years, newspapers have reported that those grassroots regimes are corrupt, corrupt officials, and sell officials to sell their titles.He has been aggrieved, complained about the case, talked about it behind his back, and even sighed: If I were the secretary of the county party committee, I would have to punish those corrupt officials!If I were to be the secretary of the county party committee, I would have to dress lightly like Zheng Banqiao was the county magistrate.Don't be escorted by a large group of people, take the bus to work alone.I didn't expect this joke to come true!But he became the secretary of the municipal party committee!Why!Is this true or false?Unconsciously, I also laughed.

Anyway, shave first.Haven't had a good shave these days.He went into the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and looked at himself with a jagged beard, looking like an old man.She thought Fang Lan would laugh at him when she saw her.After shaving, he felt that he should call Fang Lan, so he dialed his wife's number: "Fang Lan? Listen to me, don't make a fuss. Hey, I'm at home now, hey! I just came back... don't you More to say, I know. Remember, don’t tell anyone that I have been back. Improve my food at night, my stomach is short of oil and water! I have something to do in the afternoon, and I will come back for dinner in the evening. Remember, Don't mention my coming back. Hey...you don't know what I'm going to do? Those who know me, my wife Fang Lan also, haha...Okay, see you tonight!"

After making the phone call, he thought he was a little funny. In these days, a dignified secretary of the municipal party committee was starving, didn't he ask for it?Today's officials, big and small, don't go in and out of hotels, restaurants, teahouses and wine shops every day!But he couldn't eat or sleep well. What's even more ridiculous is that he, the secretary of the municipal party committee, was handcuffed and locked up overnight!As soon as the floodgates in his head opened, he forced himself to close them.He scolded himself severely: Bastard!How can I have time to think about these now.So he dialed Qiao Keming, Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the call was connected. When he heard that it was not the voice of Secretary Qiao, the other party said, "Who are you?"

He said, "I belong to him...just say that I am a relative in his hometown, and ask him to answer the phone himself!" After a while, Qiao Keming picked up the phone: "Hey, who is..." Guan Yeping recognized Qiao Keming's voice, so he said apologetically, "Secretary Qiao! Please don't blame me for lying just now, saying that I am your relative!" "Who are you?" "Secretary Qiao, I'm Guan Yeping. Don't tell anyone that I'm back. I'm at home now. I just came back. I have something very important to talk to you about. Yes..."

"How... what time?" "I want to meet in the afternoon. It's best if no one interferes, and the two of us can talk alone." "how much time is required?" "About two hours." "Such a long time?" "yes." "Well, at two o'clock in the afternoon, you come to my house, and I will wait for you at home." At two o'clock in the afternoon, Guan Yeping arrived at Qiao Keming's house on time. Secretary Qiao had already made tea for him. He was wearing a light gray casual shirt and was sitting on the sofa waiting for him.Guan Yeping sat down and said straight to the point: "This is the first time for me to visit Secretary Qiao's door!"

Qiao Keming handed Guan Yeping a cigarette and said, "You are in an important official position now, it's not as good as it used to be, so don't be too polite." Guan Yeping took the cigarette and said, "I'm actually a non-smoker, but there are exceptions sometimes. It's rare to meet a bosom friend! But I just smoke it into my mouth and spit it out." Qiao Keming smiled and shook the cigarette in his hand and said, "Me too. Okay, let's cut off the gossip and get back to business." He suddenly said, "Hey, did I hear that you are 'missing'?" Guan Yeping restrained himself He smiled and said: "Secretary Qiao, this is the main topic I want to talk to you." Then Guan Yeping said: "Secretary Qiao, we didn't have much contact in the past. You are the leader of the provincial party committee. Now I have a heavy burden on me. I want to first , please trust me and believe that my actions will be responsible for myself and the position assigned to me by the provincial party committee. Secondly, please ask Secretary Qiao to support my actions. Finally, continue to keep my 'disappearance' a secret."

Qiao Keming leaned his head on the sofa and said with a smile, "Our Secretary Yeping still doesn't know me, Qiao Keming, so he still has a lot of worries!" "No, because my actions are not as usual, and my way of thinking is also difficult for people to understand. Besides, my behavior is related to the fate of some cadres." "Okay, as long as what you say makes sense, I will definitely support you." Guan Yeping took two puffs of the cigarette, exhaled it again, and said in his sonorous voice, "Secretary Qiao, I am not missing. Five days ago, I was going to report to Nanzhou by bus, but the car broke down on the way, so I had to Find a small hotel in the nearby Wangji Township to stay. I was eating in a small restaurant at night, and the secretary of the township party committee was drinking with his arms around the girl! I couldn’t sleep at night, and I accidentally entered the gate of the township government, but heard the county party committee in the backyard. The secretary Wang Dengsheng was flirting with a woman in the house. At this moment, I was covered by several people, handcuffed, and locked in a room. I was locked up all night, and the next morning, after a debate with the secretary of the township party committee , he had to let me go. At this time, I had some doubts, so I decided to go to Yinan County instead. Unexpectedly, some things happened there, it is hard to believe that this was done by a Communist Party member and a leader! "Guan Yeping took out the dilapidated thin notebook that Old Dong gave him, and handed it to Qiao Keming.He flipped through the yellowed sheets, and there were pens, pencils, and ballpoint pens on them.

Guan Yeping went on to say: "What is even more intolerable is that a farmer's daughter was raped and went crazy! The son married a daughter-in-law in Xishuangbanna after two years away, but she was stripped naked and killed in the corn field. The gangsters They actually put corn cobs on the lower body of the woman! The old man, who was only in his fifties, fell to the ground and died on the spot when he heard the news. His wife saw that the whole family was at a dead end, and was disheartened. At that time, he drank pesticide and died Death. Suddenly three lives were lost, and three corpses were placed in the main room at the same time! Secretary Qiao, hearing this, my heart aches unbearably..." Guan Yeping couldn't continue speaking, tears filled his eyes...

Qiao Keming angrily put the cup in his hand on the coffee table with a "smack" and cursed loudly: "The Chief of Public Security is dead!" Guan Yeping wiped his eyes, and said: "The County Public Security Bureau has investigated for more than a month, but there is no answer. The former secretary of the county party committee dismissed the secretary of the township party committee, nicknamed 'big satyr', An Xiaobin. However, Wang Dengsheng came to office Not long after, the secretary of the township party committee was reinstated, and the matter was over. My secretary Qiao! This is just a simple phenomenon floating on the water! My conscience compels me to temporarily not be able to sit peacefully. As for the throne of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary, I will continue to 'disappear'."

"Okay, Yeping, tell me, I'll agree to any conditions!" Guan Yeping held Qiao Keming's hand tightly, and said: "Secretary Qiao, with your words, I Guan Yeping will not eradicate evil forces for the people of Yinan County, and will not seek justice for the people of Yinan County. Nanzhou can remove me from office on the spot, or even punish me!" He paused for a while and said: "Secretary Qiao, my request is: First, please continue to keep my 'disappearance' a secret, and if necessary, please protect me. Block it. Don't cause too much alarm in the province; second, ask the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to give me two or three honest and capable comrades. If you want someone you can trust, it is best to have a position above the deputy director level." "Yeping, I support you with all these. What else do you want me to do?" "Please give them the 'sword above'. I think this time it's just a secret operation, and I don't plan to alarm the county leaders, so in addition to their work permits, they need some special documents for handling the case, just in case!" "There is a "Special Case Handling Permit" uniformly issued by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, numbered nationwide and stamped with the seal of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection." "Okay, great!" "When are you going to leave?" "Tomorrow morning, the common people can't wait! Secretary Qiao, please explain to them clearly that this is hard work. You have to take a bus, stay in a small private hotel, eat instant noodles, and eat bread." "Don't worry, the comrades I entrusted to you are all hard-working, and the specific action arrangements are under your command." "it is good!" "Then how do we meet? Arrange a time and place!" "Ask them to call my house at night." Guan Yeping picked up the pen on the coffee table and wrote down his home phone number on the desk calendar.He looked at his watch, stood up and shook Qiao Keming's hand and said, "Thank you, Secretary Qiao, for your trust and support. I have delayed you for an hour and a half. Farewell!" Qiao Keming held Guan Yeping's hand tightly, his eyes showed trust and expectation, then he stretched out his left hand, grabbed Guan Yeping's hand, and said: "Our party has a municipal party secretary like you, and corruption will definitely be eradicated." Yeping, I wish you success!" Guan Yeping returned home, collapsed on the bed, and soon fell asleep. After Fang Lan took her husband's call, although she didn't know why her husband was so secretive.But she already guessed what her husband would do.They have been husband and wife for more than ten years, and she knows him too well.She always thought that her husband was a man of great ability, and she even expected that he would do something unexpected.In daily life, he often reveals his feelings undisguisedly, or his opinions on injustices in the world, or on right and wrong.This time her husband was appointed secretary of the Nanzhou Municipal Party Committee, and she was both happy and worried.I am happy that my husband will have a lot of time to do his career, but I am worried that it is no longer possible for loyal and upright people in the officialdom.Treacherous and deceitful everywhere, corruption has penetrated into every field, but her husband is still rigid and upright.She knew that he would not let the provincial party committee accompany him with great fanfare.So how does he get into office?She guessed a little bit in her heart.The Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee called her several times to ask her when Guan Yeping left home, and she had a clue.But as a wife, how could she not sweat for her husband!After receiving her husband's call, she felt excited, and a hanging stone fell to the ground.She packed the office things early.At 3:30 in the afternoon, I said hello to my colleagues and left work early.She went straight to the vegetable market to choose some delicious dishes for her husband. Fang Lan is 39 years old this year. Although her figure is slightly fatter, her skin is still smooth and tender. A pair of clear and bright eyes flashed on her duck egg face, giving people the impression that she is a woman full of youthful vitality.Friends often praised her and Guan Yeping as talented men and beautiful women, talented men and women.Moreover, Fang Lan can write beautifully with a pen, has a superhuman memory, and almost never forgets it.So far, when it comes to those beautiful sentences that she read in her school days, she can recite not even a single punctuation mark.She recited long poems like Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing" without ambiguous words, and recited them to the end in one breath.Guan Yeping said that she is an extremely rare and strange woman in the world.She works as an editor for a magazine, so she can be regarded as giving full play to her talents!My daughter was called Guan Yuan when she was young. When she was in kindergarten, she suddenly said to her parents: "Why do you call me Guan Yuan? I want to take care of square ones, not round ones!" Guan Yeping excitedly picked up his daughter and said, "Good daughter, no matter if you are round or square, you will be called Guan Fang. How about Fang Lan, your daughter and you have the same nature, so you should put your surname into her name." "From then on, my daughter was called Guan Fang.She is now 15 years old and is in the third grade of junior high school. She is a good student with excellent academic performance. Fang Lan rode a bicycle, humming Shaoxing opera in a low voice, and came to the door of the house. She happily put the bicycle away, carried the vegetables, and opened the door gently.After changing into my slippers, I headed towards the kitchen.The bedroom door was not closed properly, and there was a rhythmic snoring sound from the crack in the door.Looking again, the husband's old sneakers were neatly placed by the door.This pair of sneakers was worn by my husband when he was young. Now more than ten years have passed, and most of the white has turned into yellow and gray, yes!Putting on these shoes, you really can't tell his identity.Fang Lan couldn't bear to disturb her husband and let him have a good sleep.I was quietly preparing dinner by myself.Dad didn't wake up until the daughter came back from school.Guan Fang yelled: "Mom, whose big sneakers are so dirty?" Fang Lan said in a low voice, "Don't make noise, your father is back!" "dad!" Guan Yeping lazily bowed his body and shouted, "Fang Fang—" Fang Lan said: "Look, I woke up Dad, he is too tired." Guan Yeping had already walked to the door of the room and said, "I've slept for more than an hour, that's enough!" The daughter ran over and hugged her father and said coquettishly, "Daddy is a big slob!" Guan Yeping hugged his daughter and walked towards the kitchen. Fang Lan said, "You've been back long ago?" "That's right, the honored guests are here, why don't you prepare a dinner party!" "I was joking." "Are you kidding? Don't lose face, I don't even know about the fancy intestines in your stomach!" Guan Yeping smiled: "I'm afraid you, the editor, can't make it up! Really, Fang Lan." "I don't have that spare time!" "Fang Lan, it's true. You don't know. We used to live in this big city. We had enough food and clothing. I really didn't know that there are people with unimaginable tragic fates in this world! Those officials who hold power You guys, not only are you corrupt and perverting the law, but you are killing people!" Guan Yeping's expression changed, and his teeth were gnashing loudly. "Of course I know that our magazine has more contacts than you. We often receive manuscripts reflecting the corruption of those leaders, but the magazine dare not expose these dark sides. So we are used to it. One of the manuscripts has a reflection The ballad of cadre corruption says: "The small ones wear handcuffs, the middle ones conduct self-criticism, the big ones make reports, and the ones who are not greedy listen to the reports." Fang Lan watched her husband remain silent, and sat there alone. Smoked hard, she knew his mind was flying to those realities.But she didn't believe how much information he could grasp in these few days. Guan Fang stood aside, she didn't fully understand what the adults said, so she quietly entered the kitchen, walked up to her mother and whispered, "Mom, what's wrong with Dad?" "Dad is thinking about the problem, you go to do your homework and be obedient." Just as the family of three picked up the bowls, the phone rang. Guan Yeping said to Fang Lan, "You pick it up. Anyone who doesn't matter calls me will answer that I'm not at home." The wife next to the phone said, "Except for the comrades from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection!" At this time, Fang Lan had already picked up the phone: "Hi! Who are you looking for?...Yo! Secretary Qiao, please wait a moment..." Guan Yeping put down the bowl, walked over, and took the phone receiver: "Secretary Qiao, hello... Xiao Kejian, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Zhou Xingbiao, and Xu Qizheng are both in the right place. Okay, great, thank you, Secretary Qiao... goodbye !" Fang Lan had already sat beside her, holding a bowl and said, "Didn't you say to keep it a secret? How come Secretary Qiao of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection knows you're back?" Guan Yeping said in a low voice, "I was the one looking for him." Just after eating a few mouthfuls, the phone rang again, and Fang Lan went to answer it again, only to hear her say into the microphone: "Please wait a moment." Guan Yeping had already picked up the phone, and said, "Excuse me, Comrade Xiao Kejian! I am Guan Yeping, and Secretary Qiao told me on the phone just now. Well, we will have a long-distance call at seven o'clock tomorrow morning." Meet at the bus station. Okay, we'll talk when we meet. Okay, goodbye." Guan Fang looked up at his father and said, "Dad, are you leaving early tomorrow morning?" "Yes! Dad is busy. By the way, Guan Fang, don't tell anyone that Dad has been back, okay?" "Okay, I know what you're doing!" Guan Yeping smiled and said, "Kid, what do you know?" "Of course I understand, you and the Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection must be messing with people!" Fang Lan said: "Don't talk nonsense, children don't understand what adults do." "Why don't you understand, I just understand, you are engaging in corruption." The daughter pouted and looked like a grown-up. Guan Yeping looked at Fang Lan, laughed, and said, "Who did you listen to?" "A male student in our class whose father was a big manager embezzled a lot of money and was sentenced to 15 years in prison." Before going to bed at night, Guan Fang said to his mother, "Mom, where should I sleep tonight?" Fang Lan laughed and said, "You sleep in your own room!" Guan Fang said unhappily: "Let me sleep with you for a while, and let me sleep by myself for a while!" Fang Lan said: "Dad is back. Dad is Mom's big friend, and you are Mom's little friend. When the big friend is at home, the mother will sleep with the big friend. When the big friend is not at home, the mother will sleep with the little friend." Guan Fang thought for a while and said, "I like my father at home and sleep with my mother. It's really contradictory." All three of them laughed out loud. That night, Guan Yeping and his wife seemed to have tasted an unprecedented long absence like newly married.They are so committed, and so successful!In the middle of the night, after the couple woke up from sleep, they hugged and kissed.Fang Lan said: "Let's do it again! I don't know when I will come back. You men are no better than women. Women's longing for men is their feelings and hearts, while your men are mainly desires!" Guan Yeping and his wife were tender again, but this time it didn't work out. He suddenly thought of the new friends in Yinan County, the family of Bisheng, the madness of Bisheng, and the death of Elina... Fang Lan felt a little strange, put her arms around her husband and said, "What's wrong with you?" Guan Yeping gently touched his wife's face and said, "Fang Lan, we used to be in the city. I really didn't know that some people took power and acted recklessly. , can do anything!" Fang Lan leaned into her husband's arms and said, "What's different now? It's the common people who are suffering!" She closed her eyes, a little tired, and said, "Yeping, go to sleep! You go back I only stay at home for one night, and I have to leave tomorrow morning!" They fell asleep, and Guan Yeping fell asleep with deep thoughts. The provincial capital, which had been sleeping all night, became noisy again.Cars, bicycles, pedestrians, busy breakfast stalls, crowds at bus stops, and traffic policemen wearing white gloves.Guan Yeping rushed to the gate of the ticket office of the long-distance bus station, and saw Xiao Kejian and two other comrades from a distance.He and Xiao Kejian knew each other. It was two years ago. They participated in a meeting, and the two-day discussion was grouped into one group.He was four or five years older than Guan Yeping, thin and tall.Due to the thin face, the eyes are particularly large, but they are very energetic.He speaks with a strong northern accent.Xiao Kejian shook Guan Yeping's hand and introduced, "This is Director Zhou Xingbiao, and this is Director Xu Qizheng." He patted Guan Yeping on the shoulder and said, "This is Guan Yeping, the 'missing' secretary of the municipal party committee. Comrade Yeping." The four laughed together. Guan Yeping saw that although Zhou Xingbiao was not tall, he was very burly. He was nodding in his 40s, with a slightly fat body and wearing a pair of myopia glasses.There was a stern light in the eyes hidden behind the glasses.Xu Qizheng looked less than 40 years old, short in stature, with thick black hair, round eyes, and a smile at the corner of his mouth. After shaving, there were still obvious blue stubbles. The attire of this group of four people will definitely not make people think that they are all cadres above the division level.Look, Guan Yeping is still carrying that crumpled plastic bag, wearing that old denim shirt and that pair of old sneakers.Xiao Kejian wore a gray jacket and carried a faded blue nylon soft bag in his hand.Zhou Xingbiao is wearing an old military uniform and liberation shoes, like a typical veteran.Xu Qizheng was short, and wore an old shirt with a soft collar, which was not tucked into his trousers, like a wage earner from the countryside entering the city. Once on the bus, they rarely spoke.At around 12 noon, we arrived in Yinan County.In order to reduce the time spent on the street, the four took two tricycle rickshaws and stayed in a hotel called "Xinke". In the afternoon, Guan Yeping closed the door and discussed with Xiao Kejian, Zhou Xingbiao, and Xu Qizheng for a whole afternoon.In the end, Guan Yeping said: "The most important thing about our operation is 'secret'. Why do we do this? I discussed with Secretary Qiao repeatedly in order to find strong and reliable evidence. Unlike other cases, this time there was a report People, there are important clues. But now we only understand a little phenomenon, and the relationship here is as complicated as a net. Once you touch any rope on the net, it may immediately alarm all the net ropes and that general outline. So, try your best to Make unannounced visits, and be careful not to expose your identity as much as possible. Your "Special Case Handling Pass" is not an emergency or a last resort, so don't show your cards." Guan Yeping thought for a while and said: "The development of the situation is hard to predict now. Tomorrow morning I have to rush back to Nanzhou City, I haven't arrived yet, the situation there is not very clear to me, but we have to organize some people from the city. I don't know who can be qualified for the job at the moment Therefore, I may have to stay in the city for a few days, but I will not announce my appointment. No one in the county will be alarmed for the time being. My mobile phone number is You guys, under normal circumstances, don't contact me, I will be back soon."