Chapter 43 Chapter Forty-Three

Early in the morning, before Zhu Huaijing left the house, Chen Qingye called, "Is Secretary Zhu? I haven't seen you for a few days. Are you busy?" Zhu Huaijing said, "Oh, Xiao Chen. How are you?" Chen Qingye said: " It's okay." Zhu Huaijing said, "Come and play when you have time. Goodbye." Zhu Huaijing understood that Chen Qingye had come out, and it seemed that the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection didn't get anything wrong.As soon as he entered the office, Liu Hao also called.Liu Hao had nothing to do, just greeted a few words.Chen Qingye and Liu Hao are very experienced and know that it is inconvenient to talk about many things on the phone.This is the fifth day of Lu Tianyi's visit.

Another day later, Lu Tianyi called suddenly, wanting to meet Zhu Huaijing.Zhu Huaijing went to the room where Lu Tianyi was staying.The two shook hands and patted shoulders, laughing happily.Zhu Huaijing laughed loudly, "Comrade Tianyi, you're after me!" Lu Tian smiled and sighed: "I am following orders! The report is convincing, saying that Chen Qingye is your brother-in-law, and he took care of all the renovation projects in Meici, and you paid for it. It just so happens that your lover also has the last name Chen, they are both from Wu County. Huai Jing, I am a straight person. To be honest, I really believe that people say that Chen Qingye is your brother-in-law, but I don’t believe that you will do anything because of this relationship. Alas, some people like Penetrating and attaching, chasing wind and shadow."

Zhu Huaijing smiled and said: "I heard that you, Lu Tianyi, are Lu Dingyi's younger brother, and that you were able to become a high-ranking official because you helped Lu Dingyi through this relationship. Do you think so? My surname is Zhu, It must be someone from Comrade Zhu De. Isn’t it absurd?” Lu Tianyi smiled wryly and said: "I know you well, of course I don't put others first. It's better to clarify things than to be vague and let people discuss. Both Chen Qingye and Liu Hao are very good young men Human, capable, good enough friends. Huai Jing, you have made two good friends!"

These words clearly had overtones, as if to say that the reason why no problems were found out was because the two young people didn't say a word.Zhu Huaijing replied ingeniously: "Being friends is an old saying. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. It is so difficult to be as light as water in today's world! But I made friends with two young people, Chen Qingye and Liu Hao, and I did it." "Comrade Tianyi, how much longer will you stay?" Zhu Huaijing's words sounded like polite words, but also like sarcasm.Lu Tianyi acted as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "No, I have to go back immediately. There are too many things!"

Zhu Huaijing said: "Not all cases have to be investigated, and not all cases have to be led by you personally. Comrade Tianyi, let me tell you, you have been too busy for a long time!" When Lu Tian heard these words, he became even more uncomfortable.It clearly means that he was specifically staring at Zhu Huaijing.Even saying that he is used to being busy and restless, it sounds like he cares about his old colleagues, but in fact it means that he should be idle now, just a bowl of cold dishes, but he is always restless and looking for things to do.Lu Tian was unhappy, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and listen.

Zhu Huaijing talked and laughed happily, and insisted on having a meal with Lu Tian.During the dinner, Zhu Huaijing said: "Comrade Tianyi, you know that I have given up drinking. Today, I relapsed in order to be with you." In fact, the waiter fiddled with the wine, and Zhu Huaijing still didn't drink a drop, drinking only mineral water.Lu Tianyi was so drunk that he talked nonsense and scolded Miao Ming's mother.Zhu Huaijing pretended not to hear, looked at Lu Tianyi's subordinates, and said, "Okay, Secretary Lu had a great time today, very happy. Have a good time. Please help him go back to rest first." Lu Tianyi's subordinates clearly saw that In the end, sorry, just confused.

Sending Lu Tianyi away, Zhu Huaijing went home and said to Xiangmei: "Look, someone is going to mess with me. They said that Chen Qingye was your younger brother, and that all his projects in Meici were contracted by me as a greeting. They have gained a lot of benefits. Look, they have failed again, right? People in the Lutian area live in Meiyuan, and they have been doing it mysteriously for a week. Don’t follow me." Xiangmei thought about it, and it seemed that this was the case; besides, she also looked a little devastated when she saw the man, and she shouldn't put pressure on him at this moment.So even though he was still full of doubts, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and stop arguing with him.

It was at this night that old minister Li suddenly called and said, "Huai Jing, I heard that the situation in your place is very complicated recently?" Zhu Huaijing found it strange.Minister Li never called him personally, it was he who called Beijing.He guessed that there must be some tricks in the middle, but it was inconvenient to explain on the phone, just confused, and said: "Yes, many problems have come together. Thank you Mr. Li for your concern. I plan to come to Beijing recently and specially ask You always report." Mr. Li didn't know what to say, the two of them just babbled a few words and hung up the phone.Zhu Huaijing looked back and thought about it, and felt that it was time to go to Beijing for a walk.He wanted to give Mr. Li the stone sculpture raised by the Chen Family Zong in Zaolin Village, so he called Yin Zhengdong. "Zhengdong, let me tell you something. There is a chief in Beijing who likes to collect it very much. He was very happy when he heard about the stone carving in Ketang, Chenjia, Zaolin Village. I ask you to do me a favor, contact the village and buy it .”

Yin Zhengdong hurriedly said: "That's easy to say, I'll go to Zaolin Village early tomorrow morning." Zhu Huaijing said: "Negotiate a price, don't ask for nothing. Be careful not to damage it when dismantling it." "I will supervise the battle myself." "I also want you to go to Beijing with me." Yin Zhengdong almost became excited when he heard this, and said, "All right, all right. When will we leave? If I want to hurry up, I can talk about the stone carving tomorrow, take it down, and I can leave the day after tomorrow." "Just the day after tomorrow, thank you for your hard work." Zhu Huaijing said.

The next morning, Yin Zhengdong called, "Secretary Zhu, we've finished talking. The village cadres are organizing people to demolish it." Zhu Huaijing said: "Okay, thank you. Zhengdong, I must give you the money. You put the money first. How about this, I can't move for two days. Thank you for your hard work. You take the stone carvings to Beijing first, and I will fly over there later." .Anyway, we both arrive at the same time. If you go, stay at Beijing Black Swan. I will ask Shu Tian to get in touch with you. Just go.” Yin Zhengdong said: "All right. I thought the same way. It's too far to go to Beijing by car. I can't make you work so hard. I'll do it myself."

Zhu Huaijing thought that even if Yin Zhengdong was flattering, the words coming out of his mouth would be unpleasant.Shu Tian sent a few letters, all of which were signed by Secretary Zhu Huaijing himself.He was afraid of receiving such letters, since it would not be a good thing anyway.Seeing that there was an envelope that was the thickest, he opened it first.At first glance, it turned out to be a so-called commendation letter concocted by Yu Jianyang.There were more than a dozen letters, all of which seemed to be written by people of different identities. Dear superior leaders: I am an ordinary cadre of the Umeji Administration, and I have worked beside the leaders for many years.According to my understanding and observation, Comrade Lu Tianyi is a rare good leader.He is upright, clean and honest, highly responsible for his work, and has a pure heart for the people.At the same time, he has outstanding leadership skills, can coordinate the overall situation, and carry out work creatively, and his work results are obvious to all. ... Especially in the officialdom where corruption is common and corruption is commonplace, Comrade Lu Tianyi is even more commendable.During his tenure as the commissioner of the Meiji Administration, he was personally responsible for all major construction projects.Because of his hard life, no one dared to bribe him in the bidding work, thus effectively stopping the unhealthy trend. ... According to my opinion as an ordinary cadre, I think that a good leader like Comrade Lu Tianyi should be promoted and reused.Many comrades said that placing him in the position of deputy secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection is really too inferior.According to his virtue and ability, he should take up the post of provincial and municipal leading cadres.Please the superior leaders consider the aspirations of our ordinary government cadres! Sincerely, salute! cadre Jiang Xiangyang a certain month and a certain day of the year The letters were all typed, with similar contents, and the imaginary writers included cadres and teachers.Workers, farmers, demobilized soldiers, disabled people, etc.Zhu Huaijing only glanced at it briefly, but didn't take a closer look.I thought to myself that this guy Yu Jianyang writes things in a smooth manner.He folded the letter and put it back in the envelope.But I felt that there was something inside the envelope, and when I took it out, it was a note paper.A few words were written on it: Secretary Zhu, I printed fifty copies of each letter and sent them to the superiors.Send you a set, please have a look.I am afraid of your criticism, so I dare not send it myself.less than. Zhu Huaijing tore up the note and threw it into the trash.Thinking about Yu Jianyang is really incomprehensible.He might have guessed that Zhu Huaijing didn't approve of such tricks, but he wanted to make meritorious service in front of the leader, and he was afraid that he would still be hurt.This kind of person is a little scary.The phone rang, and it was Yu Jianyang calling. "Secretary Zhu, you may have received it." Yu Jianyang probed, obviously a little smug. "Oh, let's talk about it. I have something to do here." Zhu Huaijing didn't want to talk about it with him. A few more letters were opened, either to sue for justice, or to report and expose.He has his own discretion as to which letters should be approved immediately and which letters should be suppressed temporarily. Three days later, Zhu Huaijing and Shu Tianfei arrived in Beijing.Wu Hong greeted him at the airport, and made fun of him when they met, "Huai Jing, you are getting more and more good at doing things. Such a big stone was transported from Meiji to Beijing." Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "It's rare that Mr. Li likes it, so just send it here." Shu Tian felt embarrassed when he heard it, just pretending that he didn't hear anything.Wu Hong said with a smile: "There are so many people who can do things down there. Your county magistrate Yin really figured it out. He drove a prison car to send the stones to Beijing. Seeing the prison car, my eyes widened. Lao Yin said that driving a prison car is more convenient on the road. The chief of the public security bureau in their county drives the car himself.” Zhu Huaijing laughed and said, "Really? I don't care about the details." Wu Hong said: "Of course you don't ask the details. You are a big leader. But I have to ask the details. It's not appropriate to drive a prison car to Li's hometown." Zhu Huaijing said, "It's a problem. What should I do?" Wu Hong said: "I thought about it, so I had no choice but to visit Mr. Li at night. When the car drove to the gate, the lights were dark, and I just asked a few migrant workers to carry the stone in." Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "Don't talk about stones and stones, they are cultural relics left over from the Ming Dynasty." Wu Hong said: "Speaking seriously, this cultural relic was placed in your place, and it will be destroyed someday. It is better to send it to Beijing, so it can be passed down." Zhu Huaijing said: "You are the theory of the Eight-Power Allied Forces." Wu Hong said: "You are doing the work of the Eight-Power Allied Forces yourself, and you still say that I am the Eight-Power Allied Forces." The two talked and laughed all the way, and drove to the Black Swan Hotel.The room has been arranged early, and it is still the presidential suite that I stayed in last time.After a while, Chengyi arrived, shaking hands and greeting. Cheng Yi said with a smile: "Secretary Zhu is now the top leader, and he has a lot of things to do every day. I still have to go out for a walk. My friends miss you." "Thank you, friends." Zhu Huaijing laughed heartily as he spoke, and joked, "Chengyi should be a cadre. Your words of entertainment in the officialdom are very smooth." Cheng Yi smiled and said, "I used to be a cadre, and I have a criminal record." While talking, Yin Zhengdong came in with a young man.Yin Zhengdong laughed all the way, stretching his hands out.Zhu Huaijing didn't even stand up, but raised his hand and pulled him, and asked him to sit down.Question: "I heard that you have a prison van?" Yin Zhengdong said: "The small car must not be able to fit, and the small truck is afraid of troubles on the road. Passing through customs and cards along the road may be confiscated as smuggled cultural relics. The prison car is fine, and the road is unimpeded. Secretary Zhu, I am very familiar with this work. We attach great importance to it, Xiao Ma, the head of our County Public Security Bureau, drives the car himself." Zhu Huaijing nodded and smiled with the pony, thanking him for his hard work.Looking at Yin Zhengdong and Xiao Ma, Zhu Huaijing suddenly had a strange feeling.I thought to myself that these two people might still be able to make a scene in Umeji, but when they arrived in Beijing, they didn't think it was a big deal.Yin Zhengdong's smiling face no longer looks like a county magistrate, but a township head or a township enterprise owner in a ravine; Xiao Ma still looks like a policeman, but just like a security team member under a police station, and does not look like the county police chief. meteorological. Chengyi said hello for a while, he was busy beforehand.Wu Hong said: "Huai Jing, let's talk about something." After talking, the two went to the bedroom inside.After sitting down, before Wu Hong could speak, Zhu Huaijing asked first, "You mean Hu Yuekun went to Japan?" "Yes, I went to Japan, and you won't be able to meet this time." Wu Hong said, "Huai Jing, I think so. Tonight, I, you, and Shu Tian will go to Li's hometown. Let me drive the car. I will Arrange someone to wait at the gate of Li's home to help unload the car." Zhu Huaijing nodded and said, "Alright." Wu Hong said, "Why does your county magistrate look like a farmer?" Zhu Huaijing laughed and joked, "Wu Hong, what's wrong with you? You can't discriminate against farmers." Wu Hong said: "Both are old-fashioned, and they look so layered." Zhu Huaijing smiled again: "Wu Hong, you are a philistine. You can't look down on ordinary people if you make some money." After chatting and joking for a while, Zhu Huaijing talked about his quarrel with Wang Mangzhi, and finally heaved a long sigh and said, "There are some things that I can't discuss on the phone with Hu Yuekun. When he comes back from Japan, you can talk to him when you have time." Wu Hong said: "Let him touch Wang Mangzhi's cards. I think Hu Yuekun can do it." Yin Zhengdong and Xiao Ma were still sitting in the living room.A few of them had nothing to say, they were all staring at the TV.Seeing Zhu Huaijing and Wu Hong coming out, Yin Zhengdong raised his head and smiled, and turned off the TV. "Zhengdong, how much is it?" Zhu Huaijing asked. Yin Zhengdong didn't understand what it meant for a moment, his mouth opened wide.Zhu Huaijing added: "I mean, how much did the stone carving cost?" Yin Zhengdong laughed and said, "Why spend money?" Zhu Huaijing frowned and said, "How can you not spend money?" "I publicized the cultural relics policy to the village cadres. Cultural relics are owned by the state, and the government can collect them for free. The village cadres were very conscious, and immediately organized people to take them down." Yin Zhengdong was very proud. Zhu Huaijing said seriously: "Zhengdong, you are a fraud." Yin Zhengdong still smiled and said: "Secretary Zhu, how can it be as serious as you said? If this thing is left there, it will fail one day. Sending it to Beijing is like throwing out the dark and turning to the bright." Zhu Huaijing looked at Wu Hong.Wu Hong also said something similar, so he laughed.Zhu Huaijing also smiled wryly.Yin Zhengdong also smiled slyly when he saw it.Shu Tian and Xiao Ma didn't know what they were laughing at, so they laughed too.The atmosphere became inexplicably mysterious. Yin Zhengdong suddenly asked: "Secretary Zhu, I always feel that the work you assigned me this time makes me confused. Who is this stone for?" Zhu Huaijing just pretended not to hear, and had nothing to say, and asked, "How many nights did you stay on the road?" Yin Zhengdong said: "Stayed for two nights. The whole gang is a prison car, otherwise I'm afraid it's still on the road now." Wu Hong said some polite words, got up and left, saying goodbye after dinner.Zhu Huaijing sent Wu Hong to the door, and when he came back, he asked Yin Zhengdong to come inside and say something, "Zhengdong, thank you for your hard work. This stone sculpture was requested by a chief above, as long as you know it. Don't talk to Xiaoma too much. "Zhu Huaijing pretended to be serious, his face darkened. Yin Zhengdong blushed, regretting that he was talking too much.Zhu Huaijing said again: "You and Xiaoma will rest here at night, you just hand over the car keys to Shu Tian, ​​and Mr. Wu will drive the car." Yin Zhengdong listened to the mysterious words, so he had no choice but to nod.But he couldn't help asking: "Who is Mr. Wu?" Zhu Huaijing whispered, "Zhengdong, you better not ask." "Okay, I don't want to ask. Alas, Beijing is a place with high mountains and deep waters, where there are dragon pools and tiger dens!" Yin Zhengdong shook his head and sighed. Zhu Huaijing stopped talking and just looked at Yin Zhengdong.Yin Zhengdong gradually became at a loss, as if he was in a panic. After dinner, it was getting dark immediately.Wu Hong drove the car, took Zhu Huaijing and Shu Tian, ​​walked all the way through the small alleys, turned around for a long time, and arrived in front of Li's old house.Migrant workers arranged by Wu Hong's subordinates had already been waiting there.Zhu Huaijing bluntly said that he had become confused and couldn't tell the difference between south, east and north.I thought that even if Yin Zhengdong and Xiao Ma followed, they would still be in the fog. The nanny Xiao Li opened the door, and Wu Hong hurriedly asked the migrant workers to carry the stone sculptures in.He also asked his subordinates to drive Yin's car back to the black swan immediately.It turned out that Wu Hong's Mercedes had already parked here. Aunt Dong came out and greeted the guests to enter the house. "Please sit down, the old man is taking a bath. He likes to soak, and it takes an hour to take a bath." Aunt Dong told Xiao Li, "Pour some tea." Zhu Huaijing took the tea and said politely, "Aunt Dong is in good health." Aunt Dong shook her head and said, "What's the matter, it's okay to stay at home, and dare not go out. This winter is extremely cold." Wu Hong said: "Old Li is also in good health." "He's not bad. In this weather, he still wears sportswear to do Tai Chi every morning. I'm really afraid that he's going to catch a cold, so I told him to wear more. He thinks I'm sloppy." Aunt Dong laughed. The heating in the room was too high, and Zhu Huaijing wanted to loosen his clothes after sitting down for a few minutes.I was afraid of trouble, so I had to endure it.His back started to sweat.Zhu Huaijing paid special attention to the words "Dang Xingyan Sun" on the wall, which is still hanging in place.Some calligraphy and portraits have been moved and some new ones have been added.Does Mr. Li know the subtext of "dangerous behavior and grandson"?While talking, Mr. Li came out in his pajamas, and said with a smile, "As long as I'm not there, you can speak ill of me. Huai Jing is here?" Zhu Huaijing hurriedly went up to greet him, shook hands and said hello. "Are you here for a meeting or something?" Mr. Li asked. Wu Hong rushed to answer: "During the investigation at the grassroots level, Huai Jing found a Ming Dynasty stone carving with great artistic value. Thinking that you always like it, I bought it and sent it to you specially." Old Li's eyes lit up, he laughed, and said, "Huai Jing, I'm going to criticize you right now. It's not worth traveling to Beijing just for a rock." Zhu Huaijing said: "Where, as long as Mr. Li is happy, what's the point of me going there? I'm just afraid that I may be mistaken and pick up a stubborn stone as a precious jade." Old Li stood up.Said, "Let's take a look." Aunt Dong hurriedly said, "It's cold outside, add more clothes." Xiao Li took a coat and put it on Mr. Li.When we arrived at the patio, it was like falling into an ice cave.The stone carvings are temporarily placed at the foot of the wall inside the gate, and they haven't had time to be put on the shelves yet.Mr. Li asked Xiao Li to turn on the street light, and then squatted down.The old man touched the inscription "Meng Chun in the tenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty" repeatedly, and kept nodding. "Very good, very good, it's a treasure. I can't see very clearly at night, and the feel of my hand is indeed of great artistic value. Huai Jing, you have eyesight." Mr. Li stood up and patted Zhu Huai Jing on the shoulder . Wu Hong said: "If it's a treasure, I'll call someone to put it on the shelf." Mr. Li smiled and said, "It's not busy. Let's go in and talk." After entering the room and sitting down, Mr. Li took off his coat, and asked Zhu Huaijing to take off his coat.Wu Hong and Shu Wu also took off their coats.Everyone is wearing sweaters, and it feels much more intimate, like family members.At first, it was rambling, and then Li Lao said a word, and he got to the point.He said: "I have heard a little about the situation of Jingdu and Meici. Huaijing, it's not easy for you." Zhu Huaijing thought that Mr. Li was a little bit towards him, so he said vaguely: "Some things are difficult to explain in one word. Mr. Li, I want to shoulder this burden, so that I can be worthy of your concern. But some things are too difficult for me to handle. So, I hope Mr. Li will say something at a critical time. You can speak up about Jingdu's affairs." Mr. Li shook his head and said, "Huaijing, I've stepped back and I don't care about things. Sometimes, as an old party member, if I make some suggestions, they will listen to them, and there is nothing I can do if I don't listen." Zhu Huaijing hurriedly said: "Is there anyone who doesn't listen? You are a highly respected old man. Among the many leaders who have served in Jingdu, no one has such far-reaching influence as you." "Then I'm too old to go on the road." Mr. Li smiled brightly, and asked again, "What's the matter?" Mr. Li asked implicitly, but Zhu Huaijing had to answer clearly.After thinking for a while, he explained everything about the expressway bidding, only talking about Wang Xiaomang, not mentioning anything wrong with Wang Mangzhi.Finally, he said: "Comrade Mangzhi cares about me very much, and I respect him very much. I know that in the end it is because of your constant concern. But, Comrade Mangzhi's son, Wang Xiaomang, I can't handle it. He is too courageous , something will happen sooner or later." Mr. Li stood up, looked very angry, walked back and forth in the room for a while, and said, "Many of our leading cadres will eventually have problems with their children and family members. Be vigilant!" Aunt Dong hurriedly said: "Old man, don't get excited. It's useless to get angry if you back down." Mr. Li stood in the middle of the room, motionless.Suddenly pointing at Zhu Huaijing, as if scolding, said: "Huaijing, you did the right thing. Don't worry, I will speak for you at any time." Zhu Huaijing also stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Mr. Li for your concern. With your constant concern, I don't have any worries." Seeing that Mr. Li was still agitated, Wu Hong wanted to change the subject and said, "Mr. Li, what new treasures do you have recently? Let me open my eyes." Like a child laughing through tears, Mr. Li immediately recovered, and said: "There is nothing rare. A few days ago, I got a pair of foot wraps used by the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty. It is made of real silk and the embroidery is very good. I asked A few friends watched it together, and it’s the real thing.” Mr. Li asked Aunt Dong to fetch the foot wrap.Aunt Dong got up, but she joked, "What's so interesting? Mother Wang's foot wrap is long and smelly." Mr. Li said with a smile: "If you can really smell the stench, it will be even rarer." Aunt Dong spread two long foot wraps on the big desk and turned on the lamp.Mr. Li said please, and spread his left hand towards the desk.Zhu Huaijing wanted Mr. Li to go ahead, so he also said please.The scene is as polite as dining at the table.