Chapter 2 The Feast of the Twin Cities
The headquarters of the Southwest Bureau was not in Yucheng, where we had been before, but in Jinguancheng, which also belonged to the same area, we spent the night at Guoyizhi in Jinling, and then flew to Shuangliu Airport in Jinguancheng at noon the next day.
Carrying my luggage, I walked out with the bustling crowd, and I saw a beautiful girl waiting for us at the exit.
That girl is Liu Sili, when she was dealing with the case of sick oranges in Yucheng, she had dealt with us a lot, and the deepest memory is that when she came forward to extract the Gu poison vaccine, she personally tasted and ate maggot diseased oranges for us, and collected experimental data. At that time, so many experts, professors, and masters all shy away and shook their heads when they heard our methods, but she took the initiative to accept this errand and gritted her teeth and persevered.
For such a girl who dares to work hard and work hard for the sake of going up, I asserted at that time that she must not be a thing in the pool, and now I look at it, sure enough, when we went up, we saw a young man behind her, calling her Director Liu, and the miscellaneous hair trail teased her, saying that the promotion was quite fast, and she was mixed into a leading cadre after not seeing her for such a short time.
Liu Sili was embarrassed, smiled modestly, and told us that her title, to put it mildly, is called the director of the emergency special office, and she is also a deputy, but in fact, it is not even a stock level, and what she says is not good, it is to give comrades a miscellaneous errand, and you are not a leader - if you talk about leadership, you two are the real big people, this time over, but Director Zhao personally ordered that you must be received well, for this he also asked me twice, which shows the importance of the Southwest General Administration to you.
When Liu Sili said this, I didn't pick up, just laughed.
Others may not know what to do, but Zhao Chengfeng, this old boy, whether it was my refusal to solicit at the beginning, or the later takedown of his junior disciple Qingxu in the Heavenly Master Dao of Longhu Mountain, or the fact that we were under the protection of the Black Hand Twin Cities, this made him have a deep grudge against us, and since I was seconded to the Southwest Bureau last winter, he has not had any good intentions.
When I was arrested that day, Zhu Guozhi, the little white-faced man who jumped up and down and contributed the most, was Zhao Chengfeng's secretary, and Zhang Weiguo, who was in charge of the interrogation, was also his confidant transferred from the Southeast Bureau.
Behind all things, if there is no Zhao Chengfeng's stirring up and fueling the troubles, I can write the word Lu backwards.
What's even more suspicious is that Bai Lutan was originally good, but he suddenly retracted his confession, who was behind it?
Later, Zamao Xiaodao and I used the elimination method to screen the suspicious characters, and the most suspicious result was actually Zhao Chengfeng, who was the executive deputy director of the Southwest Bureau, and the most suspicious point. It is said that the party is the same and the internal struggle between this faction is the most cruel, and Zhao Chengfeng has a kind face and a black heart, which makes people have to guard against it.
But these are the words we said in private, no one can be naïve enough to go to Zhao Chengfeng to confront him in person, I smiled with Zamao Xiaodao, casually echoed a few words, and then followed into the car.
Liu Sili is followed by a newcomer in their office, and a fresh graduate who has just entered the national examination, Li Changzheng, we call him Xiao Li, I don't know if Lu Dao has been trained in the system inside, and was temporarily arrested as a driver, not much to say, but very clever, carrying a bag to open the door or something, it makes people feel good, but the eyes can't help but look at us curiously from time to time, it seems a little too immature.
Liu Sili sat in the passenger seat and turned around to talk to us.
For Liu Sili, in fact, we are not disgusted in our hearts, after all, she took care of our daily life when she was in Yucheng, and when she was in Fengdu, she accompanied and monitored the whole process, which was just a responsibility, and we would not take this to heart, so we communicated with it like an old friend, and talked about some of the recent situation of the Southwest Bureau, as well as some cases supervised by the bureau recently.
I thought of the people who had helped us during the escape, so I tried to ask them about their situation—just in case, I asked very skillfully, and those who didn't care about it were mixed with questions, quietly, but I also learned a lot about the recent situation and information about Yang Cao, Zhao Xingrui, the southwest walker, and the monk Xiuyun of Qingcheng Mountain.
The villain is wide-eyed, the grudge will be avenged, the gentleman knows the grace, and the heart is eternal, for those who have helped us in our most difficult times, I and the miscellaneous hair trail have never forgotten.
The headquarters of the Southwest Bureau is near the famous Qingyang Palace in Qingyang District, the scope is quite large, there are several good buildings in the wall, the trees are lush and lush, there are flowers blooming, and it is very magnificent to look at it from a distance, that is, the gate is a little low-key, and the shape is older than my age.
There is no mysterious master like Zhang Bo of Zhenhumen at the door, but an armed police officer standing guard with a gun, after checking the documents, the young man Xiao Li went to park, and we came to the front of the main building under the guidance of Liu Sili.
The hall on the first floor of the main building, the second and third floors are offices, the door is cold, and there are not a few people who are sparsely lala, which fully shows the signboard of the Qingshui Yamen, but the fourth floor goes up, and the documents need to be checked again, which really reveals the style of the relevant departments, people come and go, the footsteps are hurried, and they are very busy.
Liu Sili led us directly to the Discipline Inspection Office, which also has a set of internal supervision brands.
Walking into the department, there were only a few people in the large office area outside, but they were all busy, constantly making phone calls, Liu Sili called out to April, and there was a very energetic Sichuan girl who came out from under the partition of the desk, saw us, and hurriedly ran over.
Liu Sili whispered a few words to her, and the Sichuan girl nodded, shook hands with us respectfully, and then greeted warmly: "Come with me, our director is waiting for you inside, it's time to eat, and I'm going to go to the cafeteria to eat, but I heard that you are coming, so I have been waiting until now......"
Under the leadership of April, we came to the innermost office, knocked lightly on the heavy wooden door, and there was a serious inquiry inside, after April's briefing, the door soon opened, and out came a middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses and dressed like an old pedant, and April introduced this man as Shen Jian, the director of their discipline inspection office.
Director Shen warmly shook hands with us, and his expression was so cordial that he didn't look like a cadre doing discipline inspection at all, but a friend we hadn't seen for many years.
He dragged us into the office, greeted us warmly, and asked April to make a few cups of tea and ask for a good oolong.
In the sofa area of the director's office, we didn't talk about anything, just cheering for homely things, showing kindness, and other than that, there was a basket of compliments that didn't need money. In the end, he is an old guy who is qualified for the position of director of the Discipline Inspection Office of the Southwest Bureau and overpowers Zhang Weiguo, this person is smooth and thoughtful, so that we can't be angry at all.
Before I came, the senior brother explained to us that the purpose of this trip is to restore the reputation, as for the matter of accountability, it is a big matter, and the role of the bad guy will be done by him and the uncle of the Xiao family, so as not to provoke the dog to jump over the wall and cause extraneous branches.
I know that this should be the result of compromise, after all, the water is clear, there is no fish, and people are ignorant when they are observed, and they are forced too tightly, not only can they not achieve their goals, but they will cause trouble, so they didn't talk much, and after half an hour of cordial communication with Director Shen, we were finally relieved by the official words, and followed the Sichuan girl to go through various procedures in April.
After completing these, we ended our fugitive career of being wanted for more than half a year and regained our freedom, and then Director Shen, on behalf of the Religious Affairs Bureau, expressed his most sincere apologies to the grievances we suffered, and promised that if there was any injustice in this, the handling personnel would be held jointly and severally responsible.
He said it impassionedly, but I can only take it as a deaf ear, after all, after more than a year of integration, Zhao Chengfeng is already a veritable second-in-command in the Southwest Bureau at the moment, and a slippery person like Director Shen may not take a huge risk to offend his boss.
We were about to leave, Director Shen invited us to have lunch together, because the mood was not very good, so we politely refused, but Director Shen seemed to be very persistent, holding me and the hand of the miscellaneous hairy Xiaodao, I had to go to the nearby Tai'anju Restaurant for a meal, which can be regarded as the friendship of the landlord.
It was a dispute that was so good, and when I had a headache, Liu Sili came over and told us that Deputy Director Zhao wanted to see us.
Hearing that Zhao Chengfeng was looking for us, Director Shen smiled stupidly and urged us to hurry over. Although we didn't want to see Zhao Chengfeng's two-faced guy, we didn't want to lose the scene, so we followed Liu Sili out of the main building. I heard that several of the offices of the heads of the General Administration were in the small building at the back, but after leaving the main building, we did not go to the back, but to the parking lot.
After inquiring, I learned that Zhao Chengfeng wanted to invite us to dinner. I glanced at each other with the miscellaneous hairy path, come on, is this a Hongmen banquet?
The place where Zhao Chengfeng invited us to eat was in a nearby private restaurant, the environment was fresh and elegant, which was completely different from the spicy and fragrant taste of the Sichuan restaurant. Walking through the long carved corridor, we came to a box on the third floor, Liu Sili opened the door, when I saw Zhu Guozhi, who was white and beardless, wearing gold wire glasses, and Zhang Weiguo, a half-bald man with a Mediterranean head, stood up from Zhao Chengfeng, who was sitting in the center, I had a certain level of cultivation in the city, and my face at that time collapsed almost immediately.