Upstart

Time was passing by, and when Du Bo finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, he finally did not continue to take out another cigarette to relight. He opened the chair behind him, stood up gently, and shook his body. Du Bo walked out of the study with a nonchalant expression, just at this time his wife Ruan Shi just brought the hot food to the table, "Old Du, I just finished heating the food, hurry up and eat it while it's hot." A concerned smile on the face.

There was a rare warmth on Du Bo's face. It was an indescribable feeling, which made the wife who had lived with him for decades feel weird. Tonight's Du Bo, oh, No, it should be said that today's Du Bo has always made her feel a little strange, as if there is something heavy in her heart. Ruan, who gets along with Du Bo day and night, knows Du Bo best. I have never seen Du Bo have such an expression, perhaps because he is used to the silent support behind him, Du Bo himself did not say anything, and Ruan also wisely did not ask, but he used another voice Words are expressing their concern to Du Bo, expressing the warmth of this family, which has been a tacit understanding between them for decades.

The meals made by his wife are still so delicious. Although the meals are not the freshest, Du Bo still eats them with gusto, but perhaps because of his different state of mind, the meals chewed in his mouth are more delicious than any previous meal. The taste is more delicious, and at the same time, the sweetness is bitter and mixed... "The weather has started to get cold recently, remember to wear more clothes." Du Bo lowered his head and ate.Seemingly caring about Dao casually, without raising his head, everything seemed so normal, but Ruan Shi, who was sitting next to him and silently accompanied Du Bo to eat, was obviously taken aback.This caring word sounds so strange and kind. It has been many years since Du Bo, who is already an old married couple, has not said such caring words from his mouth. Perhaps in Ruan's view, the relationship between their husband and wife It is more of an exchange of voices, the caring words between each other are not expressed in words, but felt with the heart, but Ruan Shi, who is not stupid in her heart, knows that this may be just her unilateral self-comfort , These two or thirty years.As Du Bo went higher and higher, until now he even became the headmaster at the department level, Du Bo has become more and more addicted to the happiness brought by power and money. Everything seems to be slowly corrupting. The good young man with knowledge and ideas she knew back then.While the persuasion was effective, Ruan could only pray for him in his heart.

"Old Du, did you take the wrong medicine tonight? You're already an old couple, why do you need to talk about it?" Ruan seemed a little uncomfortable with Du Bo's sudden concerned words, and there was a hint of incomprehension in the words of joy measures.

"By the way, I'll go out later, and I won't be back tonight. A friend will come to live here at night. Please entertain me well. Clean up the other room." My wife was at a loss, and Du Bo was also at a loss. He also chose to evade his wife's problem, and gave instructions for tonight's affairs.If you don't say hello to your wife in advance, and your wife will be surprised when the time comes, then don't reveal your secrets.

"Why didn't you come back when a friend came?" Ruan asked strangely, besides this, she had a bigger question in her heart.For so many years.Except for business trips outside, Du Bo basically never spent the night outside.

"It's nothing. Don't think too much about it. It's Du Qing who said that he hasn't talked to me for a long time. He asked me to come and get together tonight. I guess we will have a very late chat. I won't be back tonight. Your friend is here, so you don't have to worry about him, just clean up the room for him, and he will leave tomorrow morning." Du Bo said lightly.

"This is not very good. Will it slow down your friend? Besides, since your friend is here, you should come back." Ruan said wonderingly.

"It won't happen, you can just do what you want, why bother so much." Du Bo said impatiently, not wanting to explain further.When Ruan saw Du Bo said this, she could only nod helplessly. Today, Du Bo's words and deeds made him feel too weird. Ruan felt a little uneasy in her heart. After asking, she buried many questions in her heart, maybe she didn't expect that this was the last time Du Bo would be able to sit here comfortably and eat the meal she cooked.

Du Bo could see Ruan's expression and didn't say anything. Du Bo just continued to eat quietly, "Tonight's food is good." At the end, Du Bo said something that surprised Ruan.

"If the food is good, I will come back to eat more in the future. I always go out to socialize. You will never get tired of eating in hotels." After a daze, Ruan quickly laughed.

Du Bo's eyelids drooped, and his wife's words touched his heart again. If there is still a chance, he also wants to go home for dinner often in the future. Unfortunately, there is no God in this world, so people who make mistakes will not be forgiven. Will not regress, give the person who made a mistake another chance to choose, and swallow the bitter fruit brewed by himself, "Old Du, what's the matter, it seems that you are restless, could it be because you are not feeling well?" Ruan saw Du Bo With his head slightly lowered and his face not looking very good, he asked without worry.

"It's okay. I'm not in good health all the time." Du Bo shook his head, "If I have a chance in the future, I will come back for more meals." As if to comfort his wife, Du Bo made a promise that he didn't even know. When will the promise be fulfilled, a few months?several years?Over ten years?Or even die of old age abroad?

"It's better to come back and eat more. The homemade food is lighter, and it's good for your health. It's not always good to eat big fish and meat in the hotel." Ruan said happily.The big wall clock is ticking. Compared with ordinary wall clocks, the extra thick and long second hand suddenly makes people feel very dazzling. At least Du Bo thinks so at the moment. He thinks that the second hand is too long, so The walking was also fast, and it took a big step after walking, which caused the time to go fast, and Du Bo really wanted to keep the second hand.Let it stay there all the time, so that time will not pass, and he can stay in this home where he didn't feel very strong before, but now he has a special sense of belonging... Always believe in materialism Du Bo was completely idealistic today.

Maybe it's because I cherish this last time very much.Du Bo and his wife have a lot of topics tonight. When a topic is about to be finished, there will always be another topic to continue the conversation. Du Bo, who used to feel that he has nothing to say with his wife who has lived for decades I enjoyed this feeling very much, it was light, warm, and comfortable. Du Bo was very reluctant to break this atmosphere, and even hated how he didn't spend more time with himself like tonight when he had so much time before. Sitting on the sofa together with my wife, enjoying this alternative pleasure...

When you are more afraid of something coming.On the contrary, things will make people feel that things are happening faster. Du Bo only felt that he was just chatting with his wife for a while, but the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated twice, letting him know that he was about to leave. He looked up at the wall A particularly piercing wall clock ticking.Maybe it can only be used as punctual and can no longer be punctual to describe the time of the wall clock on the wall or the vibration of the mobile phone in the pocket, because at this moment, the wall clock on the wall happens to have three needles overlapping, and it is very accurate at eight o'clock.

"I'm going out." Du Bo stood up slowly, with a lonely and reluctant expression on his face, although he tried his best to make his expression look the same as usual, "Remember what I just told you For the matter, if my friend comes over, you can entertain him casually. Don’t worry about other places.” Du Bo paused for a while before turning around and walking out, and ordered with concern.

"Old Du. Since your friend is coming over, why don't you go out? Wouldn't it be better to wait for your friend at home?" Ruan couldn't help persuading, Du Bo's series of strange actions made her panic , very unsteady.It felt like something was going to happen.

"I've already made an agreement with Du Qing. If I don't go now, I'm letting others dove. He's already waiting at home." Du Bo responded casually.Seeing what his wife wanted to say, Du Bo waved his hand, "Don't say anything more, just remember what I told you."

After leaving the house, Du Bo got into his work car, and took a last look at home with nostalgia in his eyes. Du Bo's expression was desolate and dignified, until finally, his eyes were a little empty, "Principal Du, are you leaving now?" The driver in the driver's seat waited for a while, looked back at Du Bo who was in a daze, and asked aloud.Go, go..." Du Bo sighed softly, his tone so pale.

The car drove to Du Qing's residence in the city's cadre compound very normally, and that was the only place that Xu Zhen's people could not touch.A little different from usual, Du Qing personally stood at the door to welcome Du Bo tonight. Du Bo, who had been lonely in the car, immediately changed into a smiling face after getting off the car. He knew Du Qing was so grand tonight.Perhaps because of the openness of the entrance, the two exchanged pleasantries while walking in, and they didn't get back to business until they entered the back room.

"The meeting has already been arranged, and there is nothing unusual on your side?" Du Qing asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, everything will be the same as usual. Besides, I came out empty-handed, and those annoying flies won't find anything." Du Bo laughed.

"Did sister-in-law say hello to her?"

"I said it, tell her that a friend is here, there won't be any mistakes." Du Qing suddenly mentioned his wife, causing a flash of pain in Du Bo's expression.

"Du Bo, don't worry, I will take care of you when you go abroad, my sister-in-law. There will be a chance to come back in the future, so don't think too much." Seeing Du Bo's expression, after thinking about it carefully, he quickly understood Du Qing quickly comforted him.

Du Bo sighed, and sat down on the sofa without saying anything. His naive behavior also aroused Du Qing's sympathy, and aroused the anger in Du Qing's heart, "As long as I slow down this time, I will definitely not make it easy for them, it is not a gentleman not to avenge this revenge, and I, Du Qing, am not a soft persimmon to be kneaded by others." Du Qing gritted his teeth and said, if the previous comforting words still contained a little moisture, then the latter This sentence is the true thought from his heart. Du Qing's hatred for Xu Zhen and Xie Lin can already be described in the bone marrow, but he doesn't think about it, can he be regarded as a gentleman?

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Du Bo came out of Du Qing's house.He still got into his work car and returned to Du Bo's residence on the same road. Du Bo quickly got out of the car and walked into his house.If the staff in charge of monitoring Du Bo's residence were more careful, they might find that Du Bo's movements were much faster than usual tonight, but this subtle difference is too common after all... normal, and there are many reasons to explain it at the same time. Even the staff ignored this detail.

At the same time as Du Bo was returning home, another Du Bo was sitting in an ordinary Volkswagen bus from City Q heading to the neighboring brother city Haijiang City, except for the driver.Du Bo was the only one, and he was smoking a smoky cigarette in the car... Obviously, the Du Bo in front of him was the real Du Bo, and the Du Bo who came home was one that Du Qing found out from nowhere and was similar in shape to Du Bo. , a replacement that looks very similar from the side.It is a bag dropper who is used to deceive the world.

Du Qing felt very lucky, because his plan was very successful so far. The Du Bo who dropped the contract was able to hide from the eyes of the flies arranged by Xu Zhen, and the real Du Bo was already on the highway.Although the plan seems simple, Du Qing has made careful arrangements. The car Du Bo made was surrounded by several secret sentry guards, who are closely monitoring Du Bo's whereabouts. No.

Six fifty the next morning.

"Hey, it's work, don't sleep." In a car not far from Du Bo's residence, a man in casual clothes yawned sleepily.He lifted his spirits up, and said to his companion next to him.

The other companion looked at the time and muttered a few words reluctantly.He also rubbed his sleepy eyes, and began to prepare to devote himself to work. Complaints are nothing but complaints. The tasks assigned by the superiors must be resolutely completed, and they must not be sloppy for a moment.Although it is really tiring to squat around like this day and night.

These two men, both in casual attire, were suspected to be plainclothes policemen arranged by Xu Zhen to monitor Du Bo.They have been squatting for several days in a row, and it really makes the two policemen very tired.

"You said Mr. Xu will let us squat like this for a few more days." One of them asked as if talking to himself.

"Squat until this Dubo is caught," replied the other.The eyes are still staring at the front, that kind of professionalism has to be admired.

"Hey, this kind of thing is really not human's job. People who do this every day will shorten their lives for several years." The one who spoke earlier complained.

"Come on, don't complain, you have to be mentally prepared for this if you are in this line of business, who will make our lives miserable." Another person laughed.

The carriage returned to calm for a moment, and the complaining person didn't say anything. Just venting his emotions for a while doesn't mean he hates this profession. He just vents his negative emotions occasionally. According to psychology , This is more beneficial to physical and mental health.

"By the way, it's already seven o'clock, why, that Du Bo hasn't come out yet?" The complaining person looked at his watch and asked strangely.

"Could it be that you overslept?" The other person said hesitantly, his eyes were full of doubts, because they had been monitoring Dubo for the past few days, and Dubo would get up for morning exercises at 7 o'clock every morning, and according to what they told the school Everyone knows that Du Bo has maintained this habit for many years, and it has never stopped, unless it is because of extremely bad weather.

"Oversleeping? Impossible. I have been used to it for several years. This biological clock has already been fixed. How could I suddenly oversleep." The complaining person said with uncertainty.

"Why don't we go in and take a look? Otherwise, if something happens, we can't bear the responsibility." Out of the police's caution and vigilance, another person suggested.

"Isn't this inappropriate? This Du Bo is not an ordinary person. If we rush in so recklessly, if he catches us and doesn't let go, I'm afraid it will be the two of us who will be unlucky then." Complaining Ren frowned. If he was facing an ordinary family, he would have no scruples and rushed in directly. However, Du Bo, who was being watched in front of him, was in a very bad situation.But it's not something they can afford to offend. If Du Bo is inside and they get a trespassing house at that time, then I'm afraid it will be... in the end. said another person.

The person who suggested did what he said, took out his mobile phone and called Xu Zhen, and reported the situation to Xu Zhen. Xu Zhen, who had just woke up in the morning, heard the news, his heart skipped a beat, and he woke up immediately.At this critical moment, there is no room for Du Bo to make any mistakes, and Xu Zhen immediately gave the two of them an order, "Go to Du Bo's house immediately to see what's going on, and report immediately if you have any news." I report."

"Boss Xu. If we trespass like this...is it possible?"

"Follow the matter urgently, I will help you if there is anything to do." Xu Zhen assured the two of them, knowing the concerns of his subordinates.

"Okay." The caller said reassuringly, "Oh, by the way, if that Dubo is inside, do we want it?"

"No, if he's inside, you can come out after apologizing and pretend nothing happened. Now is not the time to touch him." Xu Zhen shook his head in denial.

With Xu Zhen's golden decree, the two staff got out of the car and went straight to Du Bo's house.

Soon, the news that Du Bo himself was not in the house reached Xu Zhen's ears.Xu Zhen's hands trembled when he heard the news, and he almost dropped his mobile phone to the ground. He came to whatever he was afraid of.It actually made Du Bo disappear.Instead of getting angry at his subordinates, Xu Zhen calmly and decisively asked them to control the people in the house.Instruct the people under him not to let them correspond with anyone casually.

The two who thought they were going to be scolded did not expect to escape, and they were so grateful that they promised to complete the task. Xu Zhen hung up the phone and smiled bitterly. He was not angry at the negligence of the two staff members. But now is not the time to be angry. Even if he is angry, he will make up for the matter and scold his subordinates. He is very happy, but it may make his subordinates feel cold. It's easy, not to mention that he knows this kind of hard work overnight.

Without stopping any longer, Xu Zhen called Xie Lin and informed Xie Lin of the situation in time. Xie Lin was also shocked when he first heard the news. Xie Lin and Xu Zhen, who quickly calmed down, both Together, they decided that regardless of whether Du Bo had left Q city or not, they would immediately ask all the staff of the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Discipline Inspection Commission involved in the investigation to investigate Du Bo's whereabouts. Come out, in the current situation, it is useless to hide it anymore.

After giving the order, Xu Zhen thought about it and called Huang Anguo.

At this time, Huang Anguo was falling asleep on the bed with Gao Ling in his arms, and Huang Anguo, who was awakened by the sound of the phone, looked at the phone number and saw that it was Xu Zhen calling. His expression paused, Xu Zhen was so early So I called him, guessing that something bad happened, got out of bed lightly, walked outside the room, Huang Anguo smiled into the phone, "It's so early in the morning that we don't let people sleep."

"An Guo, I'm really sorry to disturb your rest so early." Xu Zhen said apologetically.

"It's okay, tell me, did something happen?" Huang Anguo said seriously after joking.

"Yes, the people I sent to monitor Dubo in the morning found that Dubo was missing."

"Disappeared? What do you mean, is Du Bo still in City Q or is Du Bo no longer in City Q?" Similar to Xie Lin's reaction, Huang Anguo was slightly surprised, but soon calmed down again.

"This has not been confirmed for the time being. Many people have been sent to investigate, and the precautionary measures that should be taken have been taken." Xu Zhen smiled wryly, but Huang Anguo didn't expect Huang Anguo to ask the idea all at once.

After hearing Xu Zhen's answer, Huang Anguo nodded silently. It was beyond his expectation that Du Bo adopted such a path to face the current situation, but it was reasonable after careful analysis. People like to live an iron life.

"An Guo, why don't you just do this first. I'm calling to inform you first. I'm going to check the situation myself." Xu Zhen said. say what.

"Okay, let me know if there is any news."

Hang up the phone.Huang Anguo stood outside the room for a while, and finally shook his head. It seemed that he couldn't help in this situation, and there was no one to help.He can only wait for news from Xu Zhen and the others. Xu Zhen, who must be more anxious about this matter than he is, will definitely make great efforts to investigate, so he doesn't need to worry too much at all.Turning around to go back to the room, just as he reached the door, the phone rang again, this time it wasn't Xu Zhen calling, it was Xie Lin calling, and Huang An Guonai answered the phone.If nothing else happened, Xie Lin must have said the same thing as Xu Zhen, "Hey, Secretary Xie, I'm going to get up early in the morning to work for the country and the people." Huang Anguo joked.

"Director Huang. Don't laugh at me. I want to tell you something, but I just called you and I'm on the phone. I guess Xu Zhen has already told you." Xie Lin said with a smile.

"Well, Xu Zhen told me just now, and I was also surprised."

"What does Director Huang think about this matter?"

"How can we look at it? Of course, it is best to control Du Bo, otherwise we don't know what tricks they will play. If Du Qing is turned around, our efforts will be in vain."

"That's right. They've already turned their backs. It's true that we can't give them any chance to turn around, or there will be more troubles in the future." Xie Lin also agreed.In fact, he was not as anxious about this matter as Xu Zhen was. Unlike Xu Zhen and the others who were eager to bring down Du Qing, he was forced by the situation and had Huang Anguo at the same time.That's why I chose Xu Zhen's side.So whether Du Qing fell or not is not his focus, what he cares about is how to get his own maximum benefit in this game.It's just that now that he has come to this point, it is naturally best to bring Du Qing down, and he doesn't want Du Qing to cause him any trouble in the future.

While Xie Lin was on the phone with Huang Anguo, more than 100 people from the Disciplinary Committee, the inspection team, and the police launched an all-round investigation. Du Bo was in close contact with the various passages in and out of Q City. The people who interacted with each other were closely checked. In less than 10 minutes, all possible places have been checked in detail, but no news has been obtained.

Finally, when the staff responsible for investigating the entry and exit information gathered all the possible exit information into Xu Zhen's hands, the message that there was a flight to the United States at 8 o'clock in Shanghai Jiang International Airport this morning caught Xu Zhen's attention. In the case of any news, any situation that may cause Dubo to leave the country must be taken seriously.

Looking at the time, it is already 7:30, and it is unrealistic to rush to Haijiang City. It will take at least an hour to get from Q City to Haijiang City International Airport, so I can only seek help from the Haijiang City Police. The town informed the director Zeng Tie of this situation, and Zeng Tie came forward and contacted the Haijiang Public Security Bureau to request assistance in the investigation.

"Xiao Xu, I think this matter is a little unreliable." Zeng Tie, who had already finished the phone call, said thoughtfully. He called the leader of the Haijiang Public Security Bureau just now, and the other party agreed very happily, and didn't even ask for extra words. , but Zeng Tie felt that it was a bit abnormal to agree to this too happily. Even ordinary people would ask a few questions curiously, let alone in the field of public security. It's what happened.

"Oh why?"

"Assuming, I mean assuming, if Dubo really wants to abscond and leave the country by flying abroad at 8 o'clock this morning, then they will definitely make careful preparations. Since last night they found someone to replace Dubo, deceived We can see that they have a careful plan, but leaving Q City does not mean that they are done, before the plane takes off, they will definitely have arrangements, and they have Deputy Governor Wan behind them, saying It may have been arranged in Haijiang City through Wan Kui, if the situation is really the one we guessed, then the current Haijiang City police may not be trustworthy." Zeng Tie analyzed.

Xu Zhen frowned, Zeng Tie's analysis was reasonable, and this possibility is still very high, if the Haijiang City police deliberately delay the time, then they have no choice but to rely on his father Xu Yuan's strength is a bit unreasonable Too realistic, Wan Kui has worked in Haijiang City, and his energy in Haijiang City is not comparable to his father.

"Then what should we do now?" Suddenly encountering such a problem, Xu Zhen lost his mind for a moment, and could only look at Zeng Tie eagerly, to see if there was any solution.

"I can't do anything, I can only explain this situation to Secretary Xie and Director Huang. After all, they are all our allies. We must notify them in case of emergency. Maybe they will have something to do." There is no sure way.”

Soon, Zeng Tie and Xu Zhen worked together. Zeng Tie was in charge of telling Xie Lin about the situation, and Xu Zhen was in charge of notifying Huang Anguo. One minute of time saved was one minute. For them, it was time to race against time.

Xie Lin, who received Zeng Tie's call, just smiled wryly. According to Zeng Tie's analysis, even Vice Governor Xu may be helpless, and he is even more helpless. He is the secretary of the municipal party committee of city Q, not the municipal party committee of Haijiang city. Secretary, go and say hello to the secretary of the Haijiang Municipal Party Committee. It would be even more impossible to ask him for help. The secretary will not do this, because it is completely unnecessary.

Xie Lin said there was no way, which was expected by Zeng Tie, but he was still a little disappointed when he heard Xie Lin say it with his own ears. After talking with Xie Lin, Zeng Tie could only pin his hopes on Huang Anguo. Anguo, the capital official, has great powers.

"An Guo, is there anything you can do?" After Xu Zhen told Huang Anguo about the situation, he asked with a hope that was not hope.

"Can you stop the plane from taking off temporarily?" Huang Anguo asked out of habit. It wasn't until he said it that he realized that his question was ridiculous enough. If he could stop the plane from taking off, Xu Zhen wouldn't ask him if there was anything. There is a way.

"It's almost impossible. We can prevent the plane from taking off, but others can still make the plane take off. Wan Kui's people are there." Xu Zhen smiled wryly.

Huang Anguo also frowned. The problem with Xu Zhen now is that their people can't feel that Haijiang City is going in time, and according to him, the police in Haijiang City are not very reliable, so the key to the problem is that they Is there anyone here who can show up at Haijiang International Airport in time? Huang An Guonai shook his head. He doesn't have much foundation in Province F, let alone anyone available.

"The police over there are unreliable, and I guess other law enforcement agencies may not be trustworthy either. It would be great if I could know someone from the army. I don't believe Wan Kui's hands are that long." Xu Zhen said to himself, A little frustrated.

"Army?" Huang Anguo's eyes lit up. If it wasn't for Xu Zhen's casual remarks, he would have almost forgotten Young Master Zhao. Their Zhao family has a strong foundation in the army. Maybe Zhao Jinhui would know someone from the Provincial Military Region. If that were the case, things would be easy.

"Xu Zhen, wait for my news. I might have a solution. I'll call you later." Thinking of this possibility, Huang Anguo immediately greeted Xu Zhen and hung up the phone, ready to call Zhao Jinhui. Call over.

In these short phone calls, more than ten minutes have been wasted. It is already 7:45, and there are only 15 minutes left before the plane takes off. Du Bo stopped?