Chapter 49 Chapter Forty-Nine

When Qi Tongwei entered the small courtyard of Mr. Qin's house, the old man was cooking in the house.The chimney was downwind, and the pots and stoves emitted thick smoke, which made the old man cry.Hearing the noise, the old man stood up, rubbed his eyes and stepped out of the polished wooden threshold.Seeing the visitor clearly, Teacher Qin stretched out his hands happily, and excitedly put his arms around Qi Tongwei's shoulders: Oh, Captain Qi, why are you here?Seeing the sniper rifle in Qi Tongwei's hand, he asked a few more questions: What's the matter?Executing a mission?What about other comrades?

Qi Tongwei carefully placed the sniper rifle against the base of the earth wall, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears from the old man's eyes: "There is no mission, I came here to see you, and I went up the mountain to shoot some hares."Only then did he realize that the old man's wrinkles had become deeper and thinner. The carving knife of time was really ruthless, which made people feel distressed.Qi Tongwei took the old man's hand and said, "Come on, I'll light the fire. You cook. I'm hungry too." No need, just a fire.Teacher Qin stopped him: Captain Qi, it's very smoky here, you can stay in the yard for a while, or go out for a walk.I'll scramble another plate of native eggs for you!

Qi Tongwei walked through the alleys of the mountain village.There are dilapidated old houses in sight: some courtyard walls have collapsed, some have sloping roofs, and almost every door is hung with rusty locks.Occasionally, a toothless old lady can be seen, sitting numbly on the stone plinth at the street corner.Weeds overgrown the roadside, a desolate scene.The village is lifeless, the young people are gone, and the fresh blood is gone... The past came to mind.On that unforgettable night, he ran through the dirt alley here, shooting back fire while looking for a place to hide and save his life.He was chased by drug criminals, shot three times in the body, bleeding from the chest, and was seriously injured.What's worse, the bullets ran out.At this time, the drug criminals were shouting wildly, don't let this Leizi escape, the reward for killing Leizi is 10,000... At that moment, Qi Tongwei was almost desperate.It was so dark that one seemed to have fallen into a deep well, and could not even see the surrounding wall in front of him.He thought at the time that his life was coming to an end, and a sad youth would come to an end in this strange small mountain village!There were bursts of thunder from the distant mountains, dull and oppressive, but the rain did not fall, and the air seemed humid and hot, making it difficult for him to breathe.He stumbled and ran, and he didn't know how long he had been running in the dirt alley, but he felt that he couldn't hold on any longer, and he would fall over at any time.

At this time, a singing voice suddenly came from my ears: I picked up a penny on the side of the road and handed it to the police uncle... This kind and familiar singing suddenly ignited his hope of survival, and he staggered Following the sound, he came to the door of Mr. Qin's house.He patted the courtyard door with the last of his strength, and then fainted on the ground.The sound of chasing voices approached.Teacher Qin took the risk of dragging him into the house and hiding him in the grain storage.Teacher Qin's son, Da Shunzi, was doing his homework under the oil lamp - he was the one who sang the nursery rhyme I heard just now.Teacher Qin took care of the drug criminals who came to search, and went down the mountain to call the police that night.Early the next morning, a helicopter circled Guyingling, and the armed police and public security surrounded the mountain village.After a fierce battle, the drug criminals surrendered and he was out of danger.

As Qi Tongwei walked and thought, it suddenly seemed like a dream, and he couldn't help but let tears fill his eyes. Teacher Qin was originally a public teacher. Seeing that the children in his hometown could not go to school, he applied to his superiors to return to Guyingling to open a primary school.His selfless dedication has won the respect of the villagers, so even though he keeps a clean slate and never participates in drug production and trafficking, no one cares about him.But after that drug crackdown, many people were beheaded and sentenced, and the neighbors held grudges.Later, young people went out to earn a living, children became fewer and fewer, and small schools finally closed.

Whenever something goes wrong these years, Qi Tongwei always goes back to Guyingling to visit Teacher Qin.Take two bottles of good wine and tell the old man about the block in your heart while drinking.Here, he can get enlightenment and comfort, and Teacher Qin is a lamp that he treasures in his heart.All this is absolutely secret, and no one knows the deep love between a director of the public security department and a small mountain village.He had a premonition that Lonely Eagle Ridge would be his destination sooner or later—this was his place of glory and also his place of salvation. Snowflakes floated in the sky, and the strange peaks and rocks of Guying Ridge became blurred in the wind and snow.

Qi Tongwei staggered and wandered in the village, struggling to find the precious footprints of his life.From a well-known anti-drug hero back then to today's step, he did not expect and did not want to see it.Where exactly did he lose his footing and slip into the abyss step by step?The figure of Gao Xiaoqin appeared in front of his eyes, and in a trance, this beautiful woman walked towards him step by step... Back then, Gao Xiaoqin was so pure, when she and her twin sister Gao Xiaofeng left their hometown in the middle of the lake by boat, they didn’t even wear a pair of decent shoes. It was Zhao Ruilong’s partner Du Bozhong who discovered this pair of fishermen’s daughters who were as beautiful as lilies. Take them into the prosperous Luzhou.In the department store in the city center, Du Bozhong bought outfits for them. Gao Xiaoqin took off her broken sneakers and put on high-heeled leather shoes for the first time. She couldn't even walk for a while.After rigorous training, the two sisters came out beautiful and charming.At this time, Zhao Ruilong and Du Bozhong also reached out to them, and Gao Xiaoqin was raped again and again.In order to protect her sister Gao Xiaofeng, Gao Xiaoqin also made sacrifices again and again.However, in the end, Gao Xiaofeng was given as a gift to Gao Yuliang, then Secretary of the Luzhou Municipal Party Committee.

The first time Qi Tongwei met Gao Xiaoqin was in the luxurious private room of Zhao Family Food City.At that time, he was the deputy director of the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau. Zhao Ruilong asked him to get a large parking lot project through him, so he brought Gao Xiaoqin: Director Qi, is this girl familiar?Qi Tongwei looked at Gao Xiaoqin and smiled: Yes, my teacher's confidante!Zhao Ruilong jokingly said: Director Qi, then you have to call your teacher's wife, hurry up!Qi Tongwei also joked: I'm afraid I'll call her old... Gao Xiaoqin looked forward with beautiful eyes, and laughed like a warbler: Director Qi, don't listen to Mr. Zhao, your teacher's confidante is Xiao Gao, I am Da Gao, we are twins, I am sister, she is sister!

Qi Tongwei looked at Gao Xiaoqin in a daze, and exclaimed: My God, what a beautiful couple! It should be said that he and Gao Xiaoqin fell in love at first sight, and the two quickly talked about everything. Qi Tongwei told Gao Xiaoqin that in order to change his fate, he had to bow his head to the power and was forced to kneel on the playground of H University to propose to an old woman ten years older than him, because the old woman's father was the secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee, Holding the power of the political and legal system can transfer him out of the mountains and change his fate.Qi Tongwei said that kneeling like this made his heart harden, and he didn't care about anything from now on!Gao Xiaoqin also frankly narrated her own experience. From a poor fisherman to today, many experiences are unbearable. She spends all day among people like Zhao Ruilong and Du Bozhong, and she becomes a plaything in their hands... Qi Tongwei put his arms around Gao Xiaoqin, and said emotionally: "It's all over, let's start again and find our own happiness. Please believe me, I will give you and me, and create a lifetime of happiness!"

The snowflakes fell quietly.There is no wind, the snow is like a blossoming cotton, falling gently on the roof, on the treetops, and on the big milling plate at the entrance of the village.Unknowingly, the earth is covered with a layer of pure white velvet blanket.Snowflakes set off the tranquility of the small mountain village, which is both intoxicating and heartbreaking.Qi Tongwei couldn't help thinking that Gao Xiaoqin might be being tried in the interrogation room after failing to break through last night, and that he might never see each other again in this lifetime.They really love each other, have a son, and are husband and wife in the true sense.Qi Tongwei does not regret having such a woman in his life.But when love is combined with material interests, the nature changes quietly, eventually leading to today's tragedy.

Qi Tongwei stopped under an old locust tree behind the village, thinking about the past in a daze.Ding Yizhen's obsequious smile appeared in front of her eyes - which year's spring was that?Ding Yizhen led him and Gao Xiaoqin to look at the ground beside the country road on the outskirts of Jingzhou City.Looking at the green mountains and green waters everywhere, he immediately decided that this is a blessed land!Immediately conspired with Ding Yizhen to win the industrial land at the price of 40,000 yuan per mu.Later, the nature of the land was changed to commercial land, and Shanshui Resort was established in this way.Two years later, when he and Gao Xiaoqin walked into the newly completed building No. 1 of the clubhouse, Gao Xiaoqin couldn't believe her eyes, put her arms around his shoulders, and murmured, "We're just like this...starting from nothing? He smiled: Isn't it?Mr. Gao, you have vision and ability. You have seized the great opportunity of the reform and opening up, and you have created this miracle of more than one billion with a bank loan of 80 million! Gao Xiaoqin laughed wildly, with tears in her eyes: Director, this miracle was created by us together!Without you, Ding Yizhen would not have granted me 40,000 yuan worth of 600,000 acres of land, and the bank would not have accepted the land as a mortgage and loaned me 80 million yuan... He covered Gao Xiaoqin's mouth with his palm: Don't say that, never say it! Gao Xiaoqin nodded with tears in her eyes, jumped up, hugged him, and kissed him frantically, making him agitated too.That day, they had a frenzied sex on the newly carpeted stairs in broad daylight, sweating profusely, like a dream, and had a rare orgasm in their lives... A crow's cry interrupted Qi Tongwei's thoughts.The snow stopped, and a ray of sunlight shone on the vigorous branches of the old locust tree. The crows flew out of their nests, playing happily, enjoying the warmth of the sun.A hare darted past and burrowed into the oak bushes on the hillside.Qi Tongwei adjusted his body position and leaned against the trunk of the old pagoda tree with cracked bark and thick embrace.That's right, Gao Xiaoqin and Shanshui Group were established with empty hands and White Wolf. Since then, the nature of his love with Gao Xiaoqin has also changed.They became business partners, one in front of the stage and one behind the scenes, working together to build a secret business empire.People's greed is never-ending. They use all kinds of means to grab and plunder, and seize every opportunity to amass wealth.Their poverty-stricken backgrounds make them cherish the hard-won opportunities to get rich, so they become a hundred times crazy and a thousand times greedy!The embezzlement of Dafeng Factory's equity is an example. Now that I think about it, I really got carried away, and I ran into profiteer Cai Chenggong again!Cai Chenggong is such a jerk, he faked the resolution of the Worker Stock Ownership Council, so that he planted the root of today's disaster... Qi Tongwei couldn't help recalling another scene - he, Chen Qingquan and Gao Xiaoqin were resting at the golf club and talking about the Dafeng Factory lawsuit.Chen Qingquan reminded that this matter is troublesome and violates the interests of workers, so be careful of their desperate efforts.He replied without any scruples that the Shanshui Group would work hard even if it suffered a loss.Chen Qingquan knew what he meant, and asked him how to judge?He didn't know what to say.The only way is how to judge is a matter for the court, but no matter how you judge, you must have a legal basis.Chen Qingquan knew it well, saying that he went to find it according to the law, so he still had the right of discretion, right? !After all, let's talk about the conditions immediately, hinting at the problem of his daughter's deputy director.He patted Chen Qingquan's shoulder meaningfully, it's not the deputy director, but the director!This was a naked transaction, and the bottom line was easily broken by them. At some point, Teacher Qin walked up to him and said that the meal was ready, and he took him home for dinner.Sitting in front of the small kang table in the main room, looking at the simple meals on the kang table, he was filled with emotion.The simple tea and light food are very delicious, it is better here, there is no dispute, no fighting, and no life and death! After eating, he went to the yard to look for work.Teacher Qin couldn't stop him, so he had to help him.They first swept away the snow in the yard, the chicken coop in the corner of the wall collapsed, and they built a chicken coop with a pile of mud.Qi Tongwei was born as a hard-working child, and he is familiar with these tasks. His body is hot, his muscles are stretched, and he feels extremely refreshed.Unexpectedly, this small farm project was not completed in the end. When laying the grass roof for the chicken coop, I suddenly heard a buzzing sound from the sky.Qi Tongwei looked up, his face turned pale, he dropped his tools, walked quickly across the yard, went back to the house and picked up the sniper rifle. A police helicopter flew over Lone Eagle Ridge and circled the compound.Teacher Qin set up an awning to watch the plane with a surprised expression on his face: Captain Qi, what's going on?Drugs found again? Qi Tongwei sighed helplessly: They found me, get out of here quickly! Is it you... what happened to you?Teacher Qin looked at him suspiciously. Qi Tongwei pulled Teacher Qin into the room: Don't ask, come in quickly, it's dangerous outside! At this time, a clear voice sounded in the air: "Old classmate, I'm here to pick you up and go home!" Qi Tongwei stood nervously in front of the window, aiming the sniper rifle in his hand at the helicopter.Teacher Qin stopped him: Hey, Captain Qi, what are you doing?This is to take you home!Qi Tongwei shook his head: I can't go back a long time ago!This man is my nemesis, only he can guess that I am here! Yes, the nemesis on the plane not only knew that he was here, but also knew the uneasiness and fear deep in his soul.Faintly, the innocent nursery rhymes of the past rang in his ears at the right time—I picked up a penny on the side of the road and handed it to the police uncle...Is it an auditory hallucination?No, it was the song coming from the tweeter on the police helicopter.The plane hovered at low altitude, playing nursery rhymes over and over again.That song flowed like a clear spring, hitting the rock in his heart, splashing a crystal clear drop of water.He closed his eyes, two lines of tears slowly fell down his face... Teacher Qin still doesn't know what happened: Captain Qi, is there a misunderstanding... Qi Tongwei nodded: Yes, there is a big misunderstanding, there will be bullets flying here soon, you go away! Teacher Qin said anxiously: Oh, no matter how big a misunderstanding is, it can be explained clearly, but don't shoot!You are the director of the Public Security Bureau, how can you shoot at your subordinates? Qi Tongwei said: I want to kill that hateful opponent!He is not a policeman! Then...then who is he?Isn't he going to take you home?Let's go back! Qi Tongwei couldn't help sobbing in his heart.He also wants to go back, really wants to go back, wants to go back even in his dreams!But, he can't go back, never can go back, he has gone too far, too far!The Buddhists say that the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and the shore is the same as turning back, but his boat has been away from the shore for a long time, and he can no longer see the shore when he stands on this boat. There is only the boundless sea of ​​suffering and the huge waves in front of him... Teacher Qin's voice trembled: Captain Qi, you... listen to my advice... Qi Tongwei stomped his feet: Don't try to persuade me, let's go, you, this misunderstanding can no longer be explained! Teacher Qin shook his head helplessly, sighed, turned his head after a few steps, and left. At this time, the police helicopter landed in an open area of ​​the village.More than a dozen armed policemen and criminal policemen jumped off the plane one by one with live ammunition.Qi Tongwei saw from the window of the earthen house that his enemy, Hou Liangping, was dressed in plain clothes and was the last one to jump off the plane. The wind from the plane's propeller blew Hou Liangping's windbreaker like a fluttering flag... Snow fell again.At this moment, the wind blew up, and the snowflakes were torn into pieces, whirling and rolling in the air, making people unable to open their eyes.The sun hides in the clouds, the sky is full of haze, and the steep cliffs of Guyingling depress people's hearts.When jumping off the police helicopter and walking towards the small courtyard of Mr. Qin's house, Hou Liangping took every step so hard that his legs seemed to be filled with lead. The duel with his old classmate Qi Tongwei is finally about to start on this hill.The scene of life and death, fish and fish, will happen in the next few minutes.As an old friend who cherishes each other, how much Hou Liangping does not want this scene to happen!But everything is unavoidable, he must face Qi Tongwei's muzzle.Recalling that time drinking beer at the food stall, they talked about who would fall first when they drew their guns, and now their jokes have come true!But he didn't intend to draw his gun. He wanted to use his sincerity to arouse his opponent's conscience and persuade him to abandon his gun and surrender.is it possible?If it is impossible, then he may be walking the last part of his life!Who doesn't cherish his own life, so every step he takes is so heavy!But he still walked unswervingly, he must complete his mission.The chaimen of Xiaotuyuan is getting closer and closer, and the final ending is also getting closer. Inside the house, Qi Tongwei held his sniper rifle on the windowsill with one hand and a standard pistol with the other, holding his breath for a long time.The small courtyard was empty, without any hidden objects.Hou Liangping's figure appeared, a head shaking and appearing in the scope of the sniper rifle... Hou Liangping raised his hands high: Old classmate, please see clearly, I am not carrying a weapon! Qi Tongwei shouted: Hou Liangping, don't you know that you are the person I most want to kill? ! Hou Liangping stopped in front of the firewood gate in the small courtyard, leaned against the door frame, and folded his arms, as if chatting with an old friend: Old classmate, of course I know what you think, but I have to tell you what I have to say!Today I went through all kinds of hardships to find you, I really want to take you home, I don't want you to die!But you know someone wants you dead!You're dead, they're safe, and they can keep talking in the name of the people!Old classmate, you said you found the people here, so please think about it in the name of the people, think about it with your remaining conscience, should you stop? ——Hou Liangping, you take an old classmate by mouth, but why do you keep staring at me, an old classmate?Qi Tongwei's hoarse and desperate voice came from the earthen house. Hou Liangping began to walk slowly step by step, towards the earthen house in the wind and snow—because you broke the law!We all studied law, and we all took an oath of loyalty to the law!Since you are defying the law with your own body, you should face it bravely instead of running away!It's your business, take care of it yourself!It's not your business, please tell the truth and let those who should bear it bear it... Suddenly, there was a "bang" gunshot! Hou Liangping was taken aback for a moment, and immediately turned around and shouted to the policemen behind him: Don't shoot! The policeman at the gate of the courtyard and Teacher Qin looked at Hou Liangping nervously.Only then did Hou Liangping understand that the police behind him did not shoot, but Qi Tongwei did!This is a warning to him. Old classmate, if you want to kill me, I will definitely be lying on the ground right now.I know, your muzzle is raised an inch!In this case, let's continue talking, let's talk about Chen Hai!Qi Tongwei, don't blame me for forcing you, think about it differently, if you were me, would you allow a guy who caused a car accident to murder his brother to escape the law?In Province H, you are the director of the Public Security Department, and Chen Hai is the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Chen Hai cooperates with you again and again, how can you do it?I was on the phone with Chen Hai, and I made an appointment with him to report to the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, but you did it first... Qi Tongwei's voice sounded: I don't want to kill him, but I can't sit still! That's right, that's why you want to kill and silence!But after all, you are a person who has had glory and dreams. Are you not afraid of the sins you have committed?Do you dare to see Chen Hai again in your dream? Qi Tongwei hissed: Hou Liangping, stop talking, I will give my life back to Chen Hai! At this time, the snow fell harder and harder, and Hou Liangping's body was covered with white snow, almost becoming a moving snowman.He walked a few more steps towards the earthen house: Old classmate, since you don't want to beat me to death, please come home with me!Even if you die, you will die at home, and I will see you off... No, monkey, don't come any closer, don't make me shoot!Let me tell you, I will not accept the judgment of others, I... I will judge myself, you leave quickly, or I will let you be buried with me! Hou Liangping still walked recklessly, saying as he walked: "Old classmate, don't forget what this place is - this is Guyingling. It is your place of glory and your place of salvation... What Hou Liangping didn't expect was that at the moment when he was about to step over the threshold of the earthen house, there was a sudden gunshot from inside the earthen house!not good!Hou Liangping rushed over to see that Qi Tongwei was holding a standard pistol, was shot in the head, and fell in a pool of blood. The familiar face became very strange...