Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Three

Talking about old friends in such a room full of garbage, Zhu Huaijing felt very lonely and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "Mingxi is the one who understands Mr. Bu the best. The elegiac couplet he wrote is 'I am used to looking at paintings to know black and white, and people are always boundless without fire and cold'." After Zhu Huaijing finished speaking, he looked at the dark window, as if pondering some kind of boundless vastness . Zeng Li frowned for a while, then nodded and said, "'know black and white', 'no fire and cool'. Good! It's a pity that the world always doesn't distinguish between black and white, and hot and cold are impermanent. Huai Jing, sometimes I don't understand, you are walking in the field of power, why? Do you have such deep contacts with people like Bu Lao and Ming Xi?"

In fact, not to mention Zeng Li, Zhu Huaijing himself sometimes feels strange.His social circle is getting bigger and bigger, but when he thinks about it calmly, there are very few friends who can make his heart feel warm, but they are Mingxi, Bu Lao, Zeng Li, and of course Yuqin.Now Bu Lao is gone and Ming Xi is missing.A burst of desolation swept over my heart, Zhu Huaijing felt cold all over, but pretended to be relaxed, and smiled deliberately: "So in your opinion, I, Zhu Huaijing, am a vulgar person? Is it just arty to associate with literati?" Zeng Li was very serious, and said: "That's not true. From my point of view, you, Zhu Huaijing, are still a literati at heart, with an ideal side and a kind side. But in China, literati enter official positions because they are always influenced by a cultural complex. Driven, prone to naivety and childishness. It will not end well in the end."

Zhu Huaijing saw that the topic was becoming more and more mysterious and serious, so he smiled and made a motion of a basketball referee to pause.Zeng Li fell silent, stood up, folded his hands on his chest, and walked to the window.He looked down at the window, his waist was slightly arched, and his back was a bit lonely.Zhu Huaijing thought anxiously that this friend was doomed to be miserable for the rest of his life.Zeng Li's painful heart was filled with the future of the country and social responsibilities, but he never thought about how to live his own life.For Zeng Li, Zhu Huaijing can be said to respect him from the bottom of his heart, but he does not admire him.

"Where can Mingxi go?" It was getting late, and Zhu Huaijing seemed very anxious. Zeng Li turned around and said: "I think Mingxi will not come back here. He ran away to escape, and he will never fall into the trap again. Huai Jing, sometimes I really envy those lunatics. Our CPPCC Opposite the compound, there has been a lunatic sitting for many years. The lunatic always sits under the same plane tree, staring at the CPPCC compound with a peaceful expression. I guess, in the mind of the lunatic, the CPPCC compound Maybe it is his kingdom, he is a supreme king. He may imagine that he enjoys luxury in his kingdom all day long. People's happiness depends on their own feelings. I think according to the feelings of that lunatic, he is The happiest man in the world."

Zhu Huaijing shook his head and sighed: "I think lunatics vary from person to person. Even if Mingxi is insane, he can't become a lunatic who feels happy. He can only imagine that he is being chased by some kind of inexplicable evil all day long. He fled day and night until he ran out of life." Hearing what Zhu Huaijing said, Zeng Li felt quite helpless, "Oh, what you said makes sense. I just thought that it is a blessing for people to be crazy. It seems that even being crazy can't escape suffering." Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "Are you aware that your personality is very contradictory? Although you are cynical and envious of evil, you have a positive attitude towards life. But you always want to escape from reality. Life cannot be escaped."

Zeng Li smiled wryly and said: "That's true. But sometimes what can I do except escape? Not long ago, I received a manuscript from the station master of a county, reflecting the difficult life of the people in the remote mountainous areas there. The author also sent I sent some photos. Looking at those shocking words and those appalling photos, I felt very sad. I edited this manuscript and wrote an editor’s note, appealing to earnestly do a good job in poverty alleviation. However, the manuscript reached the social media I was suppressed by the director. I asked the director why this manuscript could not be published. The director said that this county is a well-off county approved by the city to meet the standards. The influence of publishing this article is not good. I couldn't bear it and quarreled with the director. One fight. But after a quarrel, what else can I do except ask the president to write me a small bill? Faced with this reality, what else can I do besides escape?"

Zhu Huaijing didn't want to say more, just said: "You are too ignorant of world affairs." "World affairs!" Zeng Li was a little annoyed, "Everyone is so tactful, and it is the common people who suffer. Afterwards, I heard that the secretary of the county party committee came here to thank our president. Naturally, everyone is happy. But, The head of the radio station who wrote the manuscript was dismissed and sent to a town in a mountainous area. The secretary of the county party committee still said at the standing committee that a literati can write a few words, and he still wants to rebel with a pen?"

Zhu Huaijing knew that he couldn't convince Zeng Li.In his eyes, Zeng Li is completely ignorant of current affairs.Zhu Huaijing looked at his watch from time to time, worried about Li Mingxi.It's early winter, and the night gets colder and colder.I don't know what clothes Li Mingxi is wearing?At this moment, maybe Li Mingxi is hunched over, shivering, walking wolfishly in a dark and dirty alley in Jingdu?Zeng Li walked back and forth in the room, and the musty smell of garbage was raised, permeating the room.Looking at Zeng Li's deep look, Zhu Huaijing wanted to laugh at him, but he couldn't help being moved. "Zeng Li," Zhu Huaijing also stood up, and went to the window to blow the wind, "Mandela is a politician I admire very much. When people asked him why he chose peaceful dialogue instead of force to achieve racial reconciliation, he talked about his A little story when I was a child. One day, the teacher painted a small black dot on a big white cloth, and then asked the students what they saw. The students said in unison: "A small black dot!" But the teacher said: No! This is a big white cloth The black is just a small dot on the white cloth. Mandela said that this story had an important impact on him all his life, making him understand that the good things in life are always as ubiquitous as sunshine. So he no matter how much he endured Suffering, always optimistic, open-minded, magnanimous, patient."

Zeng Li stopped with her hands behind her back, looked at Zhu Huaijing and said, "Now we don't even have the environment to tell the truth, so we can't do anything else." Zhu Huaijing shrugged, smiled, and stopped talking.It seems that it is impossible for Li Mingxi to come back. "Let's go back and forget it. It's useless to wait." Zhu Huaijing said. Zhu Huaijing sent Zeng Li away first, and then rushed back.I wanted to go to Yuqin's place and forget it, but seeing that it was too late, I was afraid of disturbing Yuqin, so I wanted to go home and forget it.When he climbed up the stairs of his dormitory, he regretted coming back.

When Zhu Huaijing went to the kitchen to wash his face, he seemed to be able to smell the garbage on his body.Turning on the light in the bedroom, I saw Xiangmei's head tilted on the pillow, and felt that her entire facial features were loosely tilted.Zhu Huaijing suddenly felt that this face was so bland.He regretted more and more that he shouldn't have come home.Xiangmei woke up and came back after talking like a dream?Turned around and fell asleep again.Zhu Huaijing didn't agree either, and went out of the bedroom to sit on the sofa and smoke.He had only smoked half a cigarette when he suddenly remembered Li Mingxi's painting, so he got up and opened the cabinet, found the painting "Five People in Jingdu" and hung it on the wall.He pondered over each character one by one, and in the end it was Li Mingxi's back that made him want to stop.Li Mingxi has long hair draped over his shoulders, disheveled clothes, and slightly arched waist.Even if everyone in this world knows Li Mingxi, there is still one person who has not seen Li Mingxi's back.This person is Li Mingxi herself.But it happened that Li Mingxi painted the back figure that he had never seen before so superbly.Zhu Huaijing stared at Li Mingxi for a long time, as if he was hallucinating, his back slowly became ethereal, rising like a cloud, walking in the wilderness, his head hooked or turned around, his fearful eyes were black and frightening.

In the following days, Zhu Huaijing was always worried about Li Mingxi, and often asked Wang Yizhou if he was back.But there was still no news of Li Mingxi. However, Li Mingxi's disappearance did not hinder Zhu Huaijing's usual good mood.After all, he was about to be promoted, and the feeling of being proud made him always feel that he had something good to say to others.Sometimes when he meets acquaintances, he can't help calling others.But when he shook hands with people enthusiastically, he found that he had nothing to say, so he greeted each other meaninglessly.After so many times, he confessed that he was more calm, so as not to let people look like he was getting carried away, or trying to win people's hearts. Fortunately, he adjusted his mentality and performance in time, otherwise he would have made a bigger fool.It turned out that he never expected that he would not get more than half of the votes when voting at the Director's meeting.The promotion fell through. The results of the vote were not announced on the spot.After the meeting was over, several directors patted Zhu Huaijing on the shoulder, joking softly, and asked him to treat him.Zhu Huaijing smiled and shook their hands heavily, implying friendship, without saying anything.The result of the vote was told by Secretary-General Liu when he talked to him the next day. "You have to treat it correctly, Comrade Huaijing. Your work is good, and the leader knows it well. Don't let this affect your mood and work." Secretary-General Liu said a lot of words of encouragement. Zhu Huaijing listened humbly and nodded sincerely.But the feeling in his heart is really indescribable. When Zhu Huaijing came out of Secretary Liu's office, he ran into several directors.He greeted them as if nothing had happened, but he felt in his heart that he was being fooled by these people, and he just wanted to scold his mother.Although he didn't know exactly who voted for him and who didn't, but in this special state of mind, he felt that anyone he met was hypocritical.He returned to the office, made a cup of strong tea, drank it loudly, and was sweating profusely.After a while, Han Changxing knocked on the door and came in. He sat down, looked out the door, and said angrily in a low voice, "Damn it, some people are just jealous!" I don't know why Han Changxing's news is so well-informed?Zhu Huaijing was afraid that it would be bad for others to hear, so he quickly waved his hands and told Han Changxing to stop talking.Han Changxing didn't care so much, but lowered his voice: "Mayor Pi appreciates you, but some people say you are Mayor Pi's second secretary. This is jealousy!" This is something Zhu Huaijing did not expect.In this way, some people must have seen him too close to the mayor of Pi, and they looked uncomfortable, so they simply refused to vote for him. Everyone in this agency compound wants to sharpen their heads and go to the mayors, but No one can understand the people who surround the mayors every day.It is enough to know that someone is jealous of his friendship with Mayor Pi, so there is no need to point it out.Zhu Huaijing didn't ask where the words came from, didn't ask specific details, and didn't even try to defend himself. He just said, "Director Han, thank you for your concern. Let them talk about what's going on outside. I just pretended I didn't hear it." .” Seeing Han Changxing’s expression, he obviously wanted to explain in detail, so as to please him.But seeing that Zhu Huaijing didn't seem interested, it was inconvenient to continue.He straight up praised Zhu Huaijing for his demeanor, that the prime minister could hold a boat in his belly.At a critical moment, Zhu Huaijing didn't want to talk to Han Changxing about it, so he said a few polite words and sent him away. Just as Han Changxing was sent away, Pei Dalai came.Zhu Huaijing warmly shook hands with him, poured tea, and said, "Boss Bei, congratulations for your company entering the list of the top ten private enterprises supported by the city." Pei Danian gently closed the door, sat down and said, "Thank you for your care, Director Zhu. Today I came here specially to thank you." Zhu Huaijing hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Brother, where did you go? Which one of us is with whom?" Pei Danian said: "That's right, which of my two brothers will be with whom? We share the blessings and share the difficulties. I can still make some money now, so don't dislike me." Pei Danian took out a big envelope from his bag as he spoke , threw it on Zhu Huaijing's table, and said softly, "Don't talk too much, just put it away." Zhu Huaijing looked very embarrassed, smiled slightly, half pushed, half pushed open the drawer with one hand, and gently pushed the envelope in with the other hand.Pei Danian smiled more righteously now, and said: "Good brother, this is a good brother." As if nothing happened, the two drank tea and smoked and chatted for a while, and Pei Danian left. After work, Zhu Huaijing waited until all the people in the office building had left before closing the door, took out the envelope, and saw five stacks of hundred-yuan bills inside.No need to count, this is 50,000 yuan.He opened the safe and threw the money into it, just pressing Long Wen's notebook.This notebook records Zhang Tianqi's big secret. Zhu Huaijing locked the safe and couldn't help gnashing his teeth for a while, feeling a sense of pleasure in his heart, as if he had taken revenge on someone. In the evening, Zhu Huaijing went to Yuqin's place.He was a little weird tonight, almost stayed up all night, and asked for Yuqin three times.Yuqin clings to him, and is cheerful every time.In fact, she didn't find the feeling until the last time, while she panted and asked Huai Jing, are you crazy today, while appreciating the majesty of the man, she sent herself into the clouds. For several days after that, the more Zhu Huaijing thought about it, the angrier he became, always looking for an opportunity to talk to Mayor Pi about his promotion.But Mayor Pi was too busy during the day, and Zhu Huaijing couldn't find an excuse to go to his office to report.Are you going at night?It seems a bit abrupt to just talk about your own affairs.Although Mayor Pi treated him well, he was the mayor after all.It is impossible for him to go to the mayor's house to talk about his promotion, but it is almost inconceivable to come to the mayor's house without serious business.A mayor can't do nothing but sit down and talk to you.Generally, those who come to the door either have a special report on business, or send something to honor the mayor.In either case, usually you can only leave when you are done, and do not stop much.In fact, it is impossible for you to stay longer. Not long after you sat down, the next group of people who came to the door had already rang the doorbell.Mayor Pi is considered a relatively approachable leader, and more people visit at night.Zhu Huaijing thought about it, and decided that he should try to send something.But recently there have been several cases of corruption and bribery by leaders at the department and bureau levels in the city, especially the case of the Municipal Finance Department has been widely spread. Mayor Pi has emphasized the issue of building a clean government on many occasions.It seems inappropriate to go to the mayor's house to give gifts in this atmosphere.Zhu Huaijing ran out of ideas, and finally decided to send some high-quality rice to Mayor Pi's house.He asked Qu Lin's brother to plant some unpolluted high-quality rice, which was originally intended to be given to Mayor Pi and other leaders to enjoy.However, when Qu Lin really sent several hundred catties of rice, Zhu Huaijing felt that he couldn't do it anymore.Who cares about rice?Not a valuable item!Some things are like this, which makes sense at first, but is funny when you think about it later.Just like when people sleep in bed at night, they think about many things, and when they wake up and face the real sunlight, nothing is right.The hundreds of catties of rice had been piled up in the corner of Zhu Huaijing's balcony for more than two months, and no bag was given out.Today Zhu Huaijing thought about it the other way around, and it seemed casual to send some worthless rice, which was a good excuse to come to the door.As long as he sits down, Mayor Pi may ask about his promotion. That night, Zhu Huaijing knew that Mayor Pi hadn't gone out, so he went with a bag of rice.Xiao Ma opened the door and called Director Zhu, hello.Aunt Wang heard that the pony was called Director Zhu, and she came out from the inside, and said with a smile, "Xiao Zhu hasn't come to play for a long time. What good things? It's not tiring to carry such a big bag!" Zhu Huaijing put down the rice and said, "It's not a good thing. My cousin built his own ecological agricultural garden. The crops he grows do not use pesticides or chemical fertilizers. They are real green food. This rice is high-quality fragrant rice. I will cook it first. After trying it, it tastes really good, so I sent a bag for Aunt Wang to taste it and see how it goes." Aunt Wang was already full of smiles, and said, "Little Zhu has a narrow mind and is much more sensible than my two sons." Aunt Wang asked Zhu Huaijing to sit down, and Xiao Ma poured tea early.At this time, the door of Mayor Pi's study opened, and Pei Danian came out from inside, saying that he was disturbing the mayor.Mayor Pi walked behind him and said that Xiao Pei could go.Zhu Huaijing knew that Pei Danian was most jealous of others reading his surname as compensation, but fortunately Mayor Pi only called him small compensation, not old compensation.When a businessman walks in the officialdom, he must pay a small compensation, as long as he does not make a long-term compensation, this is also true.Fortunately, small losses are for big profits, and everyone is happy.Zhu Huaijing immediately realized that he had come at the wrong time.Aunt Wang also stood up and beckoned that Xiao Pei could go.Pei Danian nodded and smiled as he walked, and almost passed the living room, only to find Zhu Huaijing who was sitting on the sofa, and stopped quickly: "Hey, is Director Zhu?" Zhu Huaijing said as if he had just seen him, "Oh, it's Bei Boss?" The two shook hands and said a few polite words. When Pei Danian went out, Mayor Pi turned his head and smiled and said, "Huai Jing is here?" Zhu Huaijing smiled and said, "Come and see the mayor." Aunt Wang was about to say something, and Mayor Pi asked Zhu Huaijing again: "I always listen Others call Pei Danian the boss. Why do you pronounce Pei as memorizing? You seem to have called him the boss just now." Zhu Huaijing is used to calling Boss Bei, and he no longer finds it unusual.Now I asked Mayor Pi to ask, and thought it was fun, so he told the anecdote that Pei Danian was jealous of others pronouncing his surname correctly.After hearing this, Mayor Pi and Aunt Wang burst out laughing.Mayor Pi said: "This Pei Da Nian is really interesting. Just read it at the beginning? What should I do if I hear it as a melody? It is true that the richer the person, the more afraid of losing money and the more superstitious. You are also careful when you have a mirror. Keep reading." "That's not it! Huaijing is careful in everything, and he understands things much better than our two sons." Aunt Wang then set up an ecological agricultural garden for cousin Zhu Huaijing, and Zhu Huaijing sent a bag of high-quality fragrant rice. Ten said.Mayor Pi was very happy when he heard this. "Well, ordinary farmers know how to engage in ecological agriculture and produce green food. That's great. Huai Jing, please encourage them. If they have any difficulties, the government can help them." Zhu Huaijing knew him My cousin's so-called ecological agriculture is nothing more than what he said, no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no intertillage and weeding, and we can produce as much as we can.That is, Qu Lin joked about his lazy Yangchun.But he said it was an ecological agricultural park in front of Mayor Pi and Aunt Wang, which sounded like that.Seeing that Mayor Pi was so interested, Zhu Huaijing seemed nervous.Because if Mayor Pi really takes it seriously and asks questions seriously, he won't be able to step down.Zhu Huaijing hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mayor Pi, for your concern. My cousin is only in the exploratory stage and lacks experience, so he dare not blindly expand the scale. When the time comes, the scale needs to be expanded. If the county cannot support it, I will trouble you, the mayor. "The subtext of Zhu Huaijing's words is that he will ask the county leaders for help, and thank Mayor Pi for his kindness.He was really afraid that Mayor Pi really cared about this matter.He knew that what kind of ecological agricultural park his cousin really wanted to build was destined to fail.Mayor Pi naturally understood Zhu Huaijing's meaning, so he said it should be, and changed the topic from the microscopic issue of Zhu Huaijing's cousin's ecological agriculture park to the macroscopic issue of the city's agricultural modernization: "Our city's economy is mainly industrial. , the proportion of agriculture is not large, and there are conditions to invest more in agriculture. If our city does not take the lead in the country in the development of modern agriculture, it will be unreasonable!" Zhu Huaijing nodded, only Mayor Daopi looked forward. After talking about other gossips, Mayor Pi really got involved with Zhu Huaijing's promotion this time, and said, "I didn't expect this to happen. Comrade Liu Zifeng didn't do a good job." Zhu Huaijing said: "Thank you Mayor Pi for your concern. But I know Secretary Liu has done a lot of work for me. It's just...to put it bluntly, there is a bad atmosphere in this institution." Zhu Huaijing said Here, there is an intentional pause.Firstly, it was really not easy for him to express his complaints, and secondly, he wanted to see if Mayor Pi was interested in listening to him.Mayor Pi was very concerned about the trend, "Tell me about it." Zhu Huaijing then said: "There are some people who have prejudices against the people around the leader and always gossip. To be honest, I myself Review, it is not enough to ask the mayor for instructions and reports in front of you. You always ask me to show my face in front of you. This should not be. But even so, some people gossip about me behind my back, and I get a Nickname, Second Secretary." Mayor Pi blushed when he heard that, and said, "What are you talking about? The cadres can't have contact with me, Pi Deqiu? Then I don't want to be alone? It's ridiculous!" Aunt Wang also said at the same time: "Some people really have nothing to do after eating, so they just talk about right and wrong. The cadres in the government compound are supposed to be very enlightened. Why are there so many nonsense?" "Huai Jing, don't worry, don't be burdened by thoughts." Mayor Pi's face quickly returned to normal, and his tone was calm, "I'll take care of your business!" Zhu Huaijing hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mayor Pi! No matter what, I will work hard and never embarrass you, Mayor." It is not suitable to sit for a long time, so Zhu Huaijing got up and said goodbye.Aunt Wang told him that he often came to play.Before going out, Zhu Huaijing said to Aunt Wang: "How about this rice? If it tastes good, I will send you rice from now on." Aunt Wang said, "Where is it, don't be so polite." "It's all right. Rice? It's worthless. The rice outside is mainly for fear of pollution. The chief's health is important!" This topic didn't need to have any results, so one said thank you, no, no, and the other said it's nothing, nothing, They looked at each other vaguely and smiled.Mayor Pi didn't get up, leaned on the sofa, looked at Zhu Huaijing who was going out and smiled kindly. Regarding tonight's visit, two details often surfaced in Zhu Huaijing's mind.One is that Pei Danian suddenly found him, and panic flashed in his eyes; the other is that Mayor Pi smiled kindly when he watched him go out. In the end, no one found Li Mingxi's whereabouts.But because of a long report by Zeng Li, Li Mingxi became a famous news person.For a while, many newspapers and periodicals across the country reprinted Zeng Li's masterpiece "The Painter's Escape - The End of a Fairy Tale".In Zeng Li's pen, Li Mingxi is an outstanding young painter, with a condensed style of ancient brushwork, ink containing spring and autumn, and an outstanding style of painting.The painter is eccentric, independent, unconventional, laughing at life, and finally relieves his painful soul in a crazy way.Zeng Li has left readers with a mystery: a large number of Li Mingxi's paintings have mysteriously disappeared, and it is unknown who will find them.The same report may be interpreted differently by different people.Thinking about this article, Wang Yizhou always felt that Zeng Li was alluding to him, saying that he suppressed and made things difficult for Li Mingxi, driving a talented young painter crazy.But Zeng Li's style of writing was tortuous, and he couldn't say who he intended to attack, so Wang Yizhou had to suffer from being dumb.But there are many discerning people in the Academy of Fine Arts, who are well versed in Zeng Li's brushwork, and they are always talking about it.After a few days of distress, Wang Yizhou came up with a plan, wrote an article applauding Li Mingxi, and found an authoritative newspaper to publish it.In this way, at least the outside world thought that Wang Yizhou's suspicion about Li Mingxi could be eliminated.After all, Wang Yizhou is a veteran of the painting circle. As soon as his article came out, several old painters in Beijing and other provinces immediately responded.Naturally, Mr. Wu Juyi would not write the article himself, but he talked about his evaluation of Li Mingxi to the reporter, and he praised it very much.Mr. Wu is a master in today's painting world, and he can be described as a master of art in terms of people and paintings.As a result, a group of old painters became open-minded gentlemen who cherished their talents and thirsted for them in the painting circle.Some young painters read Zeng Li's articles and wrote them as pity, with a great sense of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox, which almost aroused a group of talented artists in the painting circle to worship Li Mingxi collectively.Unfortunately, this year, a young poet committed suicide by lying on the track, and a young writer died of a heart attack. These, together with Li Mingxi's disappearance, were called the three major events in the cultural world that year.Therefore, those newspaper columnists who specialize in the production of ideas, such as various Zeng Li from all over the country, took advantage of the topic and wrote articles to reflect deeply on the mental state and living environment of contemporary Chinese intellectuals, almost turning it into an ideological discussion. Fallen.Many years later, some scholars of intellectual history even described this event as the harbinger of the vigorous discussion on the humanistic spirit that followed.However, those collectors who play with paintings read speculation and wealth from Zeng Li and later related articles on the land.Li Mingxi's paintings have become unearthed cultural relics just like the novels of the violent writer.Not many of Li Mingxi's paintings have entered the market, so they are even more precious, and the prices have skyrocketed. Zhu Huaijing quietly watched the news hype about Li Mingxi with humor and joy.He knew that the more burnt Li Mingxi was fired, the more wealth he would have.He really wished that this news hype would last forever and push Li Mingxi to become classic and eternal.But after all, Xin is a swinger who loves the new and dislikes the old, and he will not fall in love with anyone to the end.When the Municipal People's Congress and the Political Association were held in March of the following year, Li Mingxi's name was no longer seen in Jingdu's newspapers.Even Zhu Huaijing only occasionally thought of this missing friend, guessing that he is now living in a foreign country?Or have you frozen to death somewhere in the wilderness? This is the second meeting of the current National People's Congress and the CPPCC. There are no personnel issues involved, so it could have gone smoothly.Unexpectedly, there were unexpected problems in the middle, and the two meetings were filled with the smell of gunpowder.Of course, the common people don't feel anything from the TV news, all the reports that should be made, all the resolutions that should be passed have been passed, and the two meetings are still called major events in the political life of the people in the city. The abnormal atmosphere first emanated from the CPPCC meeting.Recently, the relationship between Zhang Xianjue, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Li Guangtong, director of the Municipal People's Congress, and Pi Deqiu, the mayor, has become increasingly delicate.Usually, the National People's Congress is held more grandly than the CPPCC meeting.The hotels where NPC deputies live are higher-end, the conference meals are richer, and more souvenirs are given out.The souvenirs are sponsored by some enterprises in the city, and the leaders of these enterprises are usually representatives of the National People's Congress.Every time the CPPCC meets, the members will have different opinions and feel that they are inferior to the deputies of the National People's Congress.On the second day of the CPPCC meeting, some members heard that there will be more souvenirs distributed at the NPC meeting this year. Each representative has a shirt, a tie, a pair of leather shoes, two bottles of liquor, and two cigarettes. strip.On the CPPCC side, the only souvenirs that have been settled are a bottle of liquor and a pack of cigarettes for each person.Therefore, when the committee members discussed the work report, they naturally expressed concern about the status of the CPPCC members.Of course, most of the members of the CPPCC at the municipal level are considered to be well-known, and they express their opinions in a gentle and gentle way, as if no one cares about a pair of broken leather shoes.But Zhang Xianjue is keenly aware of the details, seeing the subtleties and knowing the work.Therefore, he made an impromptu decision to give a speech on practically improving the style of the CPPCC at the next day's meeting.Chairman Zhang's opening remarks spoke highly of the good meeting style that the CPPCC has consistently adhered to for many years, and asked everyone to continue to carry it forward.Immediately a new request was made.The first is to ask the committee members to hold a good meeting carefully, insist on thinking about major issues and discussing major issues, and actively offer advice and suggestions.In the end, the conversation changed, emphasizing adherence to a clean and honest meeting style, and stipulated three rules: first, it is not allowed to arrange meeting meals beyond the standard; second, it is not allowed to distribute meeting souvenirs; third, it is not allowed to arrange high-end entertainment activities.Chairman Zhang's language is very artistic, and his short 30-minute oral speech almost achieved a sensational effect, making the atmosphere of the venue solemn and solemn.Although Chairman Zhang just talked about the wind, the committee members understood what he meant, and they agreed with his opinion.So starting from the lunch that day, the CPPCC meeting reformed the way of dining and opened a buffet.The committee members took their plates, spoons, and chopsticks and received the food in turn.Everyone's expressions seemed to have a sense of sublime, and the scene was almost tragic.According to Chairman Zhang's opinion, all the souvenirs that have already arrived at the conference logistics team will be returned to their original owners.Three nights of entertainment that were scheduled were also cancelled. The National People's Congress was pushed into an embarrassing situation.Director Li of the National People's Congress was very annoyed, and asked Mayor Pi to discuss the matter.According to Mayor Pi's opinion, ask the general office to appoint a leader and negotiate with the CPPCC.So Director Wang of the General Office of the National People's Congress was ordered to find Secretary-General Zhou of the CPPCC, and suggested that the souvenirs should still be distributed at the CPPCC, and that the two meetings should be balanced and the same things should be distributed.Secretary-General Zhou said that the three chapters on honesty and morality were proposed by the committee members, agreed by the Chairman's meeting, and Chairman Zhang also announced it at the meeting, so it is inconvenient to overthrow it.This ingenious political consultation with the CPPCC failed.Director Li then discussed with Pishi again, asking if the National People's Congress doesn't give out souvenirs?Mayor Pi said that most of the delegates were comrades at the grassroots level, and it was not easy to come to the city to hold a meeting, so let's do it. The twists and turns were quietly spread among the CPPCC members, and a sense of righteous indignation was secretly growing.Righteous indignation is directed at the National People's Congress.When the committee members heard that the souvenirs of the National People's Congress were still distributed correctly, they felt that the three chapters of the CPPCC's Integrity and Style Covenant were of great significance.A certain indescribable atmosphere permeated the Political Association, and some people were almost agitated.The focus of each group's discussion was on the anti-corruption issue more and more each time. At first, it was just talking about some phenomena, and later it gradually touched on specific people and things, and even formed a political agreement.Things get complicated.Originally, anti-corruption has become a hot topic in the city due to the recent corruption cases in the Department of Finance and other units.However, the People's Congress and the CPPCC are meant to discuss and decide major issues, and they cannot be held as anti-corruption special meetings.In advance, in order to ensure that the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference successfully completed the agenda in accordance with legal procedures, the leaders of the municipal party committee made a special study and decided to temporarily avoid the anti-corruption issue during the "two sessions".According to the instructions of the Municipal Party Committee, the leaders of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference gave a warning in advance, asking everyone to concentrate on thinking about and discussing major issues, and not to discuss too many specific individual issues.The propaganda department started to cooperate early on, cleaning the screens, cleaning the newspapers, and only publishing positive reports, with a special emphasis on publicizing the important achievements in various aspects since the last People's Congress and the Political Association.During the meeting, the topics discussed by deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference will not be reported if they involve anti-corruption.However, on the fourth day of the meeting, the CPPCC meeting almost turned into an anti-corruption theme meeting, while the National People's Congress was still held step by step and in accordance with procedures. Zhu Huaijing served at the National People's Congress.That night, Zhang Tianqi invited him to the room to chat, and he happened to need Zhang Tianqi for his younger brother's promotion, so he went right away.As soon as they met, Zhu Huaijing handed over his hands and apologized, "I'm sorry Secretary Zhang, I was busy the past two days, and I didn't have time to see you." Zhang Tianqi smiled and said, "You are the leader of the city, so you are busier than us." Zhu Huaijing shook his head and said, "Secretary Zhang, don't make fun of me. I'm a conference service staff, and I'm here to serve you." "Yes, people often say that leadership is service." Zhang Tianqi was still joking. "This is a typical political fraud advertisement. It is said that leadership is service, but in fact service is not leadership." Zhu Huaijing laughed. After chatting and laughing for a while, Zhang Tianqi said softly: "Huai Jing, you have been wronged. It is normal for a capable person to be jealous. I told Mayor Pi about you. He cared about you very much and said You are a good young man." Zhu Huaijing hurriedly thanked him.In fact, he didn't know whether Zhang Tianqi had told about him in front of Mayor Pi.But listening to Zhang Tianqi just now talking about Mayor Pi's statement, it seems to be the case.Because if Zhang Tianqi suggested personnel issues to Mayor Pi, Mayor Pi would usually not give a clear answer, and would only say that Huai Jing is a good young man.This can only be understood as a hint at best.First, the personnel issue is a serious matter, Mayor Pi will not leak secrets casually; second, Mayor Pi will not easily give the favor of promoting Zhu Huaijing to Zhang Tianqi, and the favor can only be done by Mayor Pi himself.Mayor Pi had said earlier that he would be responsible for Zhu Huaijing's matter to the end, but he had said this for several months and hadn't heard anything about it.It was useless for Zhu Huaijing to be anxious, so he could only believe that Mayor Pi had his own arrangements. Zhu Huaijing suddenly felt speechless, and he couldn't even ask Zhang Tianqi to help his brother.He and Zhang Tianqi are good friends, and he has helped Zhang Tianqi a lot.But the longer Zhang Tianqi sat in the position of deputy secretary of the prefectural committee, the more strange he felt to Zhu Huaijing, and it became difficult to talk to him.The two met several times since Zhu Huaijing helped him settle the tax embezzlement case against Ji Fu last time.But each time, the two of them just invited a few friends to get together for a drink and didn't mention a word about the case.Zhang Tianqi didn't say a word of thanks to Zhu Huaijing in private, as if this incident never happened.Zhu Huaijing sometimes thought that this might be Zhang Tianqi's sophistication.Because after all, it's not a nice thing to say, and it's over when it's over, so there's no need to mention it again.But sometimes I feel that Zhang Tianqi is ungrateful and ungrateful, and he doesn't need your money to pay for rice, no matter what, he should say a word of thanks when the two of them are together.Zhu Huaijing Nenqie had an occasional idea at first, and gave Zhang Tianqi the notebook that Long Wen left with him.Let him destroy it himself.In this case, Zhang Tianqi will thank him even more.But then he no longer had this idea, and he wanted to keep that notebook privately.He looked at Zhang Tianqi, and suddenly realized that this person had also cultivated a high-level leadership skill.Because when Zhu Huaijing was figuring him out just now, he was actually smoking a cigarette leisurely and contentedly, with a half-smile, without saying a word, without any embarrassment.倒是朱怀镜终于发现自己很窘，便找了句最落套的话问：“张书记最近还好吗？工作顺利吗？”问了这话，朱怀镜才常得自己多没出息，怎么就不知道同他斗斗法，看最后谁忍不过了。先说出话来。看来根本原因还是在于职务高低不同吧。没办法，身在官场，职务意识总能渗透到人的每个毛孔。 张天奇很有涵养地把大翻头往后一抹，微微一叹，说：“还好吧。只是个别小人在捣鬼。黄达洪那个人，你是知道的，他现在只要回到乌县去，随便在什么场合，都会臭我。蒋伟这个同志也不讲原则。他去乌县任县委书记，是我推荐的，这个他自己是知道的。可是在对待黄达洪的问题上，他就没有处理好。黄达洪现在跟着袁小奇发了财，说是要回到乌县去投资。蒋伟刚去，只想在招商引资上早些出政绩，就把黄达洪当做财神菩萨了。黄达洪是在我手上被处分了的，他现在回去就要争回面子，提出要让县委领导到县界边迎接，而且要警车开道。蒋伟真是有奶就是娘，居然不讲原则，完全照办。一个当年因打牌赌博被撤了职的公安局长，后来又去深圳做鸡头的人，却让县委书记陪着，警车开道，在乌县风风光光地兜几天风。我事后找蒋伟谈过，蒋伟说他也没办法，县里需要投资。再说黄达洪这人过去怎么样他不清楚，他只知道现在的黄达洪公司挂靠市公安厅，人的编制也在市公安厅，而且有警衔。他手中还有同北京和市里高级领导的合影。怀镜你看，也不知怎么搞的，上面居然还有人给黄达洪授警衔！真是荒唐！更不可理解的是，当时因为黄达洪擅自离职，久劝不归，被除了名。现在他怎么又成了市公安厅的干部了？即使是落实政策，也得回乌县去落实嘛！” 关于黄达洪的东山再起，朱怀镜是最知内幕的。一切都是市公安厅长严尚明给办理的，宋达清在中间帮了他很大的忙。可又正是朱怀镜和皮杰帮着黄达洪和宋达清二人同严尚明接上头的。朱怀镜知道黄达洪这人什么事都做得出，却没有想到他居然要回乌县如此风光一番，真是小人得志！他怨报复张天奇的话，朱怀镜早就听说过，却不知道他到底掌握着人家多少把柄。“张书记你放心，黄达洪这人嘴巴子硬，不过就是说说而已。你又没什么事值得他说的，怕他干什么？”朱怀镜想探探黄达洪到底抓住了他什么把柄。 张天奇说：“我能有什么事让他说？只是干部群众不明真相，会让他搅乱了视听。再说了，听凭这么个无赖随便往我们领导干部身上泼污水，倒显得我们党和政府软弱，长此以往会让老百姓觉得没信心。涣散人心啊！” 张天奇把自己遇到的麻烦无限拔高，提到党和政府生死攸关的问题上去认识了，朱怀镜听着觉得好笑，便只好又重复那句话：“怕他说什么？由他说去。” 张天奇说：“是啊，我也是这么想的。可有些话他说得难听，有些同志听了很义愤，要我制止他哩。何况中国有句老话，三人成虎啊！” 朱怀镜想知道黄达洪到底说了些什么，可张天奇自己不说，他也不便问。不过从张天奇的神情中，朱怀镜感觉僻出，他其实很在意黄达洪说他的坏话。人在官场，有人在背后说三道四，本不是一件值得大惊小怪的事。但张天奇如此在乎，肯定自有隐情。说不定黄达洪并不完全是恶意中伤他，而是的确学握着他什么见不得人的事。张天奇不说。朱怀镜就装糊涂．换了话题：“张书记，我有件事浒你帮忙。我老弟朱怀玉，在你手上被提为镇长。对他你是了解的。他如今当镇长也有两年多了，最近县里调整乡镇领导班子，能不能给他加担子，去哪个乡镇任个党委书记。” 张天奇笑道：“这个好说，我同蒋伟打个招呼就是了。不过话又说不死，蒋伟这人年轻，有点个性。我叫他堵一下黄达洪的嘴，让他别再乱说。蒋伟口上答应得好好的，可能就没有说。” 朱怀镜明白了，张天奇其实是想让他出面同黄达洪说说。黄达洪这个人，一定是要能够降住他的他才听你的话。朱怀镜知道自己是降不住黄达洪的。上次朱怀镜请他帮忙，把干休所的网球场工程承包给瞿林，他居然也伸手从中要了一笔。这就说明黄达洪并不怎么把他朱怀镜放在眼里。听张天奇的意思，分明是在同他做交换。朱怀镜心想这张天奇真的不够朋友，只有你帮他的，没有他帮你的。要他帮你，你就得为他做点什么。为了老弟的前程，只好同他做交换了。朱怀镜在官场这么多年，深知什么叫关键时刻。提拔的紧要关头，就是关键时刻。只要关键时刻有人说话，你就能飞黄腾达。不然，平时再怎么敬业，都是枉然的。人生苦短，只要错过几个关键时刻，年纪就一大把了，一切抱负都落空了。关键时刻其实就是某个上午，某个下午，或某个晚上，决定你命运的人坐在会议室里开会。有人极力主张提拔你，而且通过了，你就走运了。要是没人为你说话，你就等下一次吧。下一次往生育是两三年以后。人生在世，有几个两三年？官场中人，到了这个时候很能理解光阴似箭之类人生哲理的。于是每当这种关键时刻，有些人就特别讲究办事效率，一个晚上会跑好几家领导家里汇报。 这事怎么摆平呢？ 朱怀镜一时心里没底。想了想熟识的人，只怕只有严尚明降得了黄达洪，而严尚明又只有皮市长降得了。真是一物降一物。朱怀镜没想清楚这事到底怎么办，就同张天奇商量：“张书记，我想了想，黄达洪只怕只有严尚明严厅长的话他听得进。严尚明我们倒是常在一起吃饭，只是自己人微言轻，我同他说说，他肯帮忙吗？” 张天奇说：“你怀镜是皮市长面前的红人，他哪有不给你面子的？” 张天奇这是在说客气话。不过听他这话，朱怀镜更加明白他是一定要请自己帮忙了。“其实，只要皮市长对严尚明说一声，就没事了。”朱怀镜说。 “这个不妥。为我这点小事，惊动皮市长，不太妥。”张无奇摇头道。 的确，让皮市长知道张天奇在下面口碑不好，也不是个话。何况，可能惊动皮市长的就绝不会是什么小事。但朱怀镜反过来一想，其实皮市长不用知道什么，只要他对严尚明说，尚明同志，组织上培养一个干部，不容易啊，要爱护才是。这样百事就结了。问题是皮市长根本就不知道有黄达洪这么个人。而且，严尚明只怕也不想让皮市长知道有黄达洪这么个人。“张书记，你是管政法的，同公安厅应该有联系的，严尚明你很熟吧？”朱怀镜问。 “熟是熟，但都是工作往来，没有私交，不方便说这些事。”张天奇说。 朱怀镜说：“我有个建议，你看怎么样。黄达洪是个匪性很大的人，宜软不宜硬。我想，干脆你放下架子，我约严厅长、黄达洪，再来几位朋友，吃顿饭。事先我把事情同严尚明说说，到了饭桌上，严尚明不用多说，只要点一下，黄达洪就明白了。” 张天奇略作沉吟，点头笑道：“这样也好。黄达洪我也有好些年没见面了，看他发达到什么样子了？” “那就这么定了。就在这几天，我先约了他们。”朱怀镜说。 张天奇应道：“行行，我听你安排吧。你老弟的事，你放心吧。蒋伟再怎么有个性，用个把乡镇书记，我这地委副书记的话，他还是要听的。” 说好了这事，朱怀镜又觉得没话可说了。他想找个借口，告辞算了。正在这时，韩长兴带着两位乌县老乡敲门进来了。朱怀镜起身同他客气几句，就说你们有事要扯吧，我先走了。韩长兴说没什么事，来看看张书记。家乡领导来市里开会，在荆都工作的一些有脸面的或自以为有脸面的老乡，多半会来看望一下的。这是最合算的感情投资，日后家里有什么事要办，也好开口。这是官场套路了。 朱怀镜回房间看看，没有事情了，准备去玉琴那里。正要出门，有人敲了门。开门一看，见来的是鲁夫。“大作家，你怎么有空来了？”朱怀镜招呼道。 鲁夫说：“朱处长，我找你好一会儿了。我问了半天，才知道你住在这间房。我敲了你好几次门了，你都不在。” “对对。我出去了，才进来。找我有什么大事？”朱怀镜说着便请鲁夫进房坐。 鲁夫坐下来，脸色就凝重起来，半天不开口。朱怀镜倒了杯茶给他，说：“我知道你大作家是无事不登三宝殿的，一定是有什么事。” 鲁夫喝了几口茶，摇了半天头，才说：“朱处长，我是没有办法才找你的。袁小奇这人他妈的真不是东西！《大师小奇》你是看过的。当初他说得好好的，说付我两万块钱稿费。可是，书出了这么久了，帮他出了名，让他财源滚滚，却一分钱的稿费都不付给我。我知道他这次来开政协会了，想找找他。可他却面都不肯见！” “这就奇怪了！袁小奇如今是声名显赫的慈善家，侠义心肠，乐善好施，怎么会吝惜一两万块钱？”朱怀镜大惑不解。 鲁夫冷冷一笑，说：“哼，慈善家！” 听鲁夫这不屑一顾的口气，朱怀镜不禁有些兴奋。他想听听鲁夫说说袁小奇到底是怎么个人物，便说：“我在人大会上，没有去政协会那边。这次袁小奇回来，我们还没有见过面。你的意思，是不是要我传个话给他？” 鲁夫说：”我是万不得已才想着麻烦你的。这么长时间了，我不知打过好多电话给他，可他就连电话都不肯接我的。没办法我就写信，可我的信也是泥牛入海。这一次，他要是不给钱，就别怪我不客气。” 朱怀镜不知鲁夫说的不客气是什么意思，但相信他只怕多半是虚张声势。凭袁小奇现在的势力，鲁夫是奈他不何的。朱怀镜想从鲁夫嘴里知道些袁小奇的隐秘，便欲擒故纵：“鲁夫先生，事情总会有个办法解决的，你还是理智些。不管你怎么看，袁小奇现在是社会名流，你若是采取什么简单办法，不会收到好效果的。你们两位都是我的朋友，我不希望你们把事情弄得大家脸上不好过。你别误会，我这不是干涉你，只是给你建议。” “那要看袁小奇最后怎么解决这件事。其实两万块钱，不是个大数目。我鲁夫是写字为生的，钱不多，但也不太寒碜。问题是袁小奇这人的做法太看不起人了。我这只是要我的劳动所得，并不是在求他施舍。还慈善家！”鲁夫仍然话中有话，却不说出来。 “那么鲁夫先生，在你看来，袁小奇到底是怎么个人物？”朱怀镜只好直接问他了。 鲁夫又是冷冷一笑，说：“他是什么人，我没有义务揭露。他如果欺人太甚了，我也．就只好诉诸报刊，拆穿他的西洋镜了。” 朱怀镜追问：“你不妨同我说说看。袁小奇是宋达清和你们几位朋友介绍我认识的。我虽然同他常打交道，但真正了解他只是从你书中。难道你书中写的事还有假不成？” 鲁夫笑道：“自古到今，书上的话有几句是真的？” 真是千古与奇论！朱怀镜感到不可思议，说：“以讹传讹的书有，但凡事不可绝对。” 鲁夫说道：“我最近读了些俄罗斯反映前苏联政治内幕的书，才发现前苏联的政治教科书和历史教科书全是谎言。大家都在说谎，为什么就不准我说谎？袁小奇若是识相，我就手下留情，就让他这个谬种流传吧，不然我就实话实说了。” 这就叫作文人无行吧！朱怀镜发现鲁夫说这话的时候，脸色红都不红一下。也许是脸皮太厚，血色透不出来吧。第一次见识到文人的脸皮也会这么厚，朱怀镜暗叹大开眼界。“你这么一会儿真，一会儿假，要人们到底相信你什么？正是那句老话说的，谬种流传，误人不浅啊！” 鲁夫说：“朱处长，恕我直言。你们就是思想太正统了。你们总希望一种潮流，一种思潮，一种观念，一种信仰，等等。不现实啊！那些文化多元的国家，人们思想活跃，并没有把社会乱到哪里去。我们千百年来什么都强调大一统，也没有把社会统到个什么好地方去。一文不可能兴邦，一曲不可能亡国。没那么严重啊！” 朱怀镜笑道：“既然鲁夫先生这么直爽，我不妨问你。且不说作家的社会责任，但作家总得考虑自己的声誉吧？比方说，娱乐界混的有些人，不管那些男女到底是个什么人，但为了自己的作品在市场上有个好卖点，也得请人专门搞形象设计，有的塑造成道德先生，有的装扮成纯情少女，有的故作浪荡公子。不论哪种形象，总能迎合很多人。这正是俗话说的，林子大了，什么鸟都有。可从来就没有人扮成出尔反尔的人。” 鲁夫哈哈大笑起来，说：“我可以扮成觉悟了的社会良知。中国并无宗教精神，却是个最能容忍忏悔的民族。” 朱怀镜是个一听到玄虚之论就头大的人，马上把话题拉具体一些：“鲁夫，你的大作《大师小奇》洋洋三十万言，难道就没有一件事是真的？” 鲁夫故作幽默说：“方块字是真的，没有一个错字。文笔也是真的，我很得意我的文笔。有人评价，近些年全国出过很多这一类的书，有写张宝胜的，有写严新的，有写海灯法师的，有写张宏宝的。没有一本书有我这本书耐看。要说里面的内容，我自己都搞不清真与假。里面的离奇故事，都是他袁小奇自己和他的弟子说的，我只是在表现手法上做了些处理。说句大实话，袁小奇也的确不是平常人物。当时他就是凭三寸不烂之舌，说得我相信了他。加上我们这些写文章的人，有个毛病，就是进入一种写作愉悦之后，就信马由缰了，只想把文章弄得漂亮些。无意之中，把假事弄得更假了，只怕也是有的。” 朱怀镜哭笑不得，发现这位鲁大作家可能也是位病人。至少神经不太正常吧。可鲁夫马上说了些比任何人都正常的话：“朱处长，我知道袁小奇现在同上上下下达官贵人都有联系，根基很牢。正因为这样，我如果放弃了沉默，会让很多人难堪的。所以，还是烦你递个话，让他顾忌些。”鲁夫脸上阴阳怪气的。 朱怀镜头一次意识到袁小奇如果真的是一只戳不得的纸灯笼，就连他自己也会陷入窘境。袁小奇的发达简直是个奇迹，让朱怀镜感到这世界真的越发莫名其妙了。袁小奇越是大把火把地赚钱花钱，他便越是觉得这位神秘人物背后必定隐藏着许多不可告人的东西。他便总有种想探测究竟的本能欲望，甚至巴不得袁小奇早些露出马脚。朱怀镜明白自己这种心理并不是出于什么正义感，也许是人们灵魂深处卑污的本性吧。看见别人发了财，人们总希望他赚黑心钱的劣迹早些昭然于世；看见漂亮女人，人们总怀疑她是位勾引男人的老手。可是这会儿，鲁夫阴阳怪气的表情，让朱怀镜觉得自己正被一群刻薄的人围着看笑话。朱怀镜首先想到的皮市长会怎么看他。是他把袁小奇介绍给皮市长的，如果鲁夫把这位大名鼎鼎的活神仙、神功大师、慈善家的老底揭了，上至北京的某老某老，下至皮市长，都被照进哈哈镜里去了。北京那些人哪怕把手杖戳得天响，也不管朱怀镜的事。朱怀镜担心的是皮市长会怎么样。可以想见，朱怀镜在皮市长心目中肯定大打折扣，他的副厅级只怕就遥遥无期了。朱怀镜比任何时候都清楚地意识到，从上到下，没有人愿意袁小奇露出庐山真面目。维护谎言，成了众多体面人的共同利益。 “鲁夫先生，你理智些。我答应你，帮你去找找袁小奇。我相信袁小奇不会在乎一两万块钱的。你千万别急着发什么文章说这说那，那样对谁都不好。”朱怀镜说。 “那好，就拜托朱处长了。有消息，你挂我电话吧。”鲁夫说。 朱怀镜说：“行行，你把电话留给我吧。” 鲁夫说：“我不是给你留过电话吗？” “对不起，我的电话号码本忘了带了。”朱怀镜敷衍道。其实他把鲁夫的名片早不知丢到哪里去了。名片就像上级文件，太多了太滥了，就没有人看重，多半往抽屉里一锁就不管了。而发名片的人也像上级发文件的部门，多是认为自己很重要，总是郑重其事的。 鲁夫递给朱怀镜一张名片，起身告辞了。朱怀镜看时间，还早，才九点多钟。好几天没去玉琴那里了，真有些想念。可又想文人们多半有些神经质，说不定鲁夫一觉醒来，猛然发现自己的形象很高大，用不着为区区两万块钱低三下四，干脆他妈的呼唤真理算了。若是这样，事情就糟了。反正不晚，去找一下袁小奇吧。同政协会务组一联系，才知道袁小奇并没有住在会议安排的房间。朱怀镜便挂了黄达洪的手机。原来，袁小奇自己在天元大酒店开了房问，黄达洪正好也在那里。黄达洪说你稍等，我同袁先生说一声。过了好一会儿，黄达洪回话说，袁先生欢迎朱处长光临。挂了电话，朱怀镜很不舒服。这袁小奇架子也太大了．我朱怀镜找他，还得通报！