Official road bends

After the banquet, Li Yi went out of the hotel alone. He stretched out his hand to hail a taxi. At this time, Wen Kejia walked up to him with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and asked, "Li Yi, what's the program for tonight?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Kejia, I'm going to meet a friend. What about you?"

Wen Kejia said: "Principal Chang has stipulated that you are not allowed to go out at night without a reason! Hey! We are not elementary school students. I really don't know why he is so strict?"

Li Yi chuckled: "He just keeps his mouth shut. In fact, who can he control? If anyone wants to go out, can he catch you back? He is neither a discipline inspection commission nor a chief prosecutor. Hmm , won't you go see your father?"

"I have contacted him on the phone, and he told me not to go to his place, for fear of bad influence." Wen Kejia shrugged his shoulders: "He has always left my son free and ignored him! I just got used to it. I came all the way to see him, but he didn’t allow me to see him. Hmph! Compared with my son, Secretary Wen’s official voice is more important!”

Li Yi rubbed his nose and said, "Actually, it's not as serious as you said. Uncle just has too many worries. Or, he still intends to transfer you to Lingnan to work, so we should avoid suspicion!"

Wen Kejia said: "My mother is also like that. Wherever my father goes, she will follow her. She doesn't care about our siblings. My sister is still studying, so that's all. I have children, and she doesn't come to help Take it with you, and it made Xinyi's family members have a lot of opinions."

Li Yi frowned slightly. This was a family matter of the Wen family, so it was difficult for him to comment.

Wen Kejia shook her head in annoyance, and said, "Stop talking, you can go. I went out for a stroll, and I have long heard that Lingnan is a world of debauchery and debauchery. I haven't seen it before!"

Li Yi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Have fun—have you brought any money? If it's not enough, I have it here."

Wen Kejia laughed: "I don't spend money, I just go shopping. I don't need to spend a lot of money."

Li Yi nodded, just as a taxi came to drop off the passengers. After the passengers got off, he sat on it and waved to Wen Kejia.

The taxi driver asked, "Sir, where are you going?"

Li Yi didn't understand Cantonese very well, but he could understand the simple ones, so he immediately told the driver in Mandarin: "Go to the compound of the Provincial Committee."

The driver turned around, glanced at Li Yi who was sitting in the back row, and said in blunt Mandarin: "Are you an official?"

Li Yi said: "Go to work."

The driver laughed and said, "Going to the provincial committee so late to do business? I'm afraid you won't be able to get in the gate!"

Li Yi said: "There is always a way to think of it."

The driver shook his right hand and said, "It's very rare! Let me tell you, it's very difficult to meet those high-ranking officials now! In ancient times, the people had wronged tribute, and they could come to sue. Now It’s different, the big chiefs come in and out only by planes and special cars, there are traffic police blocking the road, there are police clearing the road, and there are armed police guards, hey! Who dares to stop the car?”

This topic is too sensitive. Li Yi didn't answer. .

The driver was a chatterbox, and while driving, he said: "A while ago, it was daytime, I sent a man to the municipal axe, and the man was going to file a complaint. After getting off the car, he rushed into the municipal axe. Before the car turned around, he was stopped by the armed police on duty, and when I left, I saw him swearing at his mother outside, and then he was caught by two armed policemen, half dragged and dragged away."

Li Yi snorted.

The driver said: "Think about it, even the municipal axe is so difficult to get into. Do you want to go to the provincial party committee? At night? Who are you meeting? I'm afraid you won't even be able to see the guard."

As he spoke, he laughed.

Li Yi wanted to inquire about the news, and said: "I heard that the new secretary is a person who is considerate of the people. Since he took office, the officialdom in the province has changed a lot!"

The driver sniffed his nose disapprovingly, and said, "I haven't seen the new secretary, and I can't see him. However, I haven't seen any good moves from him! Our driver friends came to chat and talked about Lingnan Province It’s best to become an official. Even if you don’t do anything, you can stay in the central government for a few years. Anyway, our economy is developed here, so you don’t need to go outside to attract funds to attract enterprises. Enterprises and wage earners are all rushing here! "

Li Yi had no choice but to smile.

While speaking, we arrived at the place.

Li Yi paid the fare, opened the door and got off.

The taxi driver didn't rush away, and said with a smile: "I'll turn around slowly first. If you can't get in, you still take my car. I'll take you back to the hotel! Let me tell you, don't be stubborn. No matter how stubborn you are, you can't beat them! You have suffered in vain."

Li Yi smiled slightly: "No need, you go back." Then he walked towards the gate unhurriedly.

Although the armed police on duty did not squint, they had already noticed Li Yi.

Li Yi did not make it difficult for the armed police. He knew the hard work and dedication of these people. He took the initiative to walk over, took out his ID and handed it over, saying: "Comrade, Secretary Wen has invited me. This is my ID. If you need , you can ask inside first."

The armed police carefully looked at Li Yi's certificate, handed it back to Li Yi with both hands, and then saluted, saying: "Secretary Wen has instructions. After Comrade Li Yi arrives, let him go directly. Please come in."

Li Yi put away his ID and said, "Comrade, thank you for your hard work." Then Shi Shiran walked in.

As soon as he took a step, he heard the armed police shouting from behind: "Thanks for your hard work, Chief!"

The taxi was still lingering not far away, and after seeing Li Yi entering, he walked away. The taxi driver gave a piss and said, "I know he is an official, and he is a high-ranking official!" I play private interviews, but fortunately I am so smart that I don’t say anything.”

Wen Yuxi was working in the office. When he saw Li Yi coming, he laughed: "Li Yi, you have gained weight! It seems that it is different in the capital than in other places! Eat well and sleep soundly, right?"

This is in the office, Li Yi is of course commensurate with his position, and said: "Secretary Wen, you have lost a lot of weight."

Wen Yuxi said: "In front of you, I don't have to say anything nice. Let me tell you the truth, I have lost ten catties since I came here!"

Li Yi was slightly moved, and said: "Secretary Wen, are you really worried too much? In fact, you really don't need to care too much about many things, as long as you can get by."

Wen Yuxi said: "I also told myself that everything is customary, and there is no need to care about it. But," he patted his chest, and said, "I can't get over this hurdle in my heart!"

Li Yi said: "You have been in Lingnan for a while, and the work situation has opened up, right?"

Wen Yuxi said: "The situation in Lingnan is even more difficult than I imagined. I want to implement some of my own ideas, but every step is difficult."

Li Yi said: "In the taxi that came, I heard the driver say something very interesting. I wonder if you have heard of it?"

Wen Yuxi rubbed his hands against each other until it was warm, and then washed his face dryly with both hands, and said, "Let me listen. I want to hear some sounds from outside, how difficult it is!"

Li Yi said: "The driver friend said: It is best to become an official in Lingnan Province. Even if you don't do anything, you can still enter the central government after staying for a few years."

Wen Yuxi laughed: "The people's eyes are sharp!"

Li Yi said: "Secretary Wen, I understand you, because you and I are essentially the same kind of people. Neither of us is an official for the sake of being an official. On the road to becoming an official, we are destined to do many things that ordinary people don't do." .”

These words touched Wen Yuxi. He looked at Li Yi, his face became serious, and he said slowly: "Li Yi, I can be an inappropriate official, but there are some things that must be done!"

Li Yi said: "On this issue, I agree with you."

The two smiled at each other.

Wen Yuxi said: "What are your plans for tomorrow?"

Li Yi said: "Vice Principal Chang Lei just said at the meeting that tomorrow he will take us to a special place and give us a special class. He made it so mysterious that I don't know where to go."

Wen Yuxi thought for a while and said, "I see."

Li Yi asked: "Can you guess his mind? This is really weird."

Wen Yuxi said: "Many comrades from the central government will go to this place to see it. This place is a wake-up call for officials! It is a must-see place!"

Li Yi became curious and asked, "Where is it?"

Wen Yuxi said: "If my predictions are correct, Comrade Chang Lei should take you to Tanquan Spring."

"Greedy spring?" Li Yi smiled slightly: "What is this place? The name is so weird."

Wen Yuxi said: "You should have memorized the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng, right?"

Li Yi suddenly realized: "When old and strong, would you rather change the heart of the white head? Poor and strong, don't fall into the blue sky! Drink the greedy spring to feel refreshed, and feel happy when it is dry. The greedy spring written in the preface of Tengwang Pavilion?"

Wen Yuxi said: "This is the greedy spring."

Li Yi said: "At the beginning, when I saw the word Tanquan, I only knew it was a place name with an allusion, but I didn't know that there was such a place name?"

Wen Yuxi said: "Greedy Spring is the name of a well-known spring in ancient times. Its spring water is as bright as a mirror, clear and refreshing. It has been famous as early as the Jin Dynasty, and it is recorded in the biography of Wu Yin in the 24th Jin Book of the Official History. Here The spring is in Shimen, Shijing Town. It is the place where officials come from south to north to meet and see off their feet. They come in light boats and return with a full load. When you drink the spring water, you will be greedy, so the official style in Lingnan is greedy and cruel. In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Yuanxing, the governor Wu Yinzhi passed Shimen, and deliberately drank from the greedy spring. He was confident that he could not change his integrity and integrity, and wrote a poem on the wall of the well: "The ancients said that this water is rich in gold. Even if all the barbarians drink it, it will be difficult." To express his determination to be a clean and honest government. It is said that when he left office, he threw the agarwood collected by his wife in the river, and it became the present. In order to commemorate him, later generations built a shrine for him in Xihua Temple, and built a shrine for the history of Wu in Chenxiangsha. The reputation of Tanquan was widely known following Wang Bo's preface to the Tengwang Pavilion."

Li Yi said: "So that's the case, is the well still there?"

Wen Yuxi said: "The original spring well has long been filled by the villagers. There is only one monument, which is still in the museum." (To be continued.)