red power

Liu Xiaohui looked at Qin Mingliang with some embarrassment, because this Sunday, she originally said that she would go to Qin Mingliang's house for a sit-down in the afternoon. During the passionate love, it was rare to have a quiet place to spend alone.

But if it is said to break up with Lu Zheng who has been reunited for a long time now, Liu Xiaohui is really reluctant, and feels that there are so many things to say that have not been said yet.

Qin Mingliang said slightly apologetically to Lu Zheng: "Zhengzi, I'm really sorry, Xiaohui and I will go back to the No. [-] Middle School Family Home in a while, and my family will live there."

Lu Zheng became even more energetic when he heard that, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go together, and I will go to your house for a while."

Qin Mingliang stared at him with wide eyes, and was speechless for a while, thinking that this man was sick, and he must have some mental problems.But for such a big man, if he said something, he couldn't save some face and say that he would not take him with him?

Liu Xiaohui was also a little surprised, but immediately felt that maybe Lu Zheng felt the same way as her. Thinking about the friendship she played behind Lu Zheng's ass when she was a child, Liu Xiaohui felt soft in her heart, so she said to Qin Mingliang: "Xiao Liang, Brother Zhengzi Just like my own brother, let's go together, I still have a lot to say to brother Zhengzi."

Even though Qin Mingliang was unwilling, he could only compromise now. With a fire in his heart, he led Lu Zheng and Liu Xiaohui, who were talking and laughing, to the family building, cursing this stupid young man with no eyes, thinking that What is it called?

Qin Mingliang's house has two bedrooms and one living room, but it is spacious. It looks like a scholarly family. There is a bookcase as tall as a person in the living room, which is filled with various books.

Lu Zheng and Liu Xiaohui were chatting, but they did not neglect Qin Mingliang. From time to time, they struck up a few conversations with Qin Mingliang, asking about the welfare policy of housing allocation for teachers living in the family building of No. [-] Middle School, whether there are any single teachers who have been allocated housing, and whether they have been allocated housing last year. There is no female teacher for advanced studies, and the lover lives alone for a long time. [

Qin Mingliang was furious in his heart, but he still had to respond intermittently, especially seeing Liu Xiaohui and Lu Zheng talking more and more speculatively, talking about things from their childhood over and over again, a strong jealousy in Qin Mingliang His chest was rolling, he couldn't sit still, said: "I'm going to buy a pack of cigarettes", and walked out quickly.

Liu Xiaohui didn't realize it at all, and was still asking: "Brother Zheng, it's not easy to be self-employed now, is it?" Lu Zheng said that he was self-employed, and she believed it.

Lu Zheng put away his smile, and said solemnly to Liu Xiaohui: "Xiao Liang is a nice person, you have to treat him well." No one is a saint, and everyone has minor problems. Although Qin Mingliang was a little impatient, he also It shows that he is not very scheming, and today's performance is considered to be graceful.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zheng said this seriously, her boyfriend was recognized, Liu Xiaohui felt sweet in her heart, and nodded slightly.

A few minutes later, Qin Mingliang came back, and behind him was a middle-aged man wearing glasses. He was very personable. It could be seen that he must have been a handsome man in the past. Liu Xiaohui saw the middle-aged man hurriedly stood up, and greeted him a little restrainedly: "Uncle Zhang."

Qin Mingliang had a smug look on his face, and said to Lu Zheng, "This is Principal Zhang of our No. [-] Middle School, and he lives opposite my house."

Liu Xiaohui is a literary youth, and Principal Zhang is the honorary chairman of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He is a well-known poet in the county and has published his poems in provincial newspapers many times, so Liu Xiaohui often writes some small poems for him to point out.

Seeing that Lu Zheng and Liu Xiaohui were chatting speculatively, Qin Mingliang simply went to the opposite door and invited "Uncle Zhang" over. Anyway, he couldn't be alone with Xiaohui anymore. Since he became a "light bulb", he might as well make Xiaohui a little Become a light bulb like yourself.

Sure enough, as soon as Principal Zhang came, Liu Xiaohui's topic turned to poetry, and Lu Zheng didn't have much to talk about at this time. Most of the time, he could only drink tea like Qin Mingliang and stare blankly. Lu Zheng felt funny for a while, thinking that this young man was really funny.

Principal Zhang is very talkative, and he began to recite when he was very interested: "He glanced at her, she looked back at him and smiled, and life suddenly came to life!" He recited very emotionally, and people unconsciously entered the artistic conception of poetry After the recitation, Principal Zhang pointed out to Liu Xiaohui: "You see, the most touching sentences are often the simplest. Too many gorgeous rhetoric will lose this feeling." Liu Xiaohui nodded repeatedly.

But when Principal Zhang recited the poem, Lu Zheng felt as if struck by lightning, and he looked at Principal Zhang in disbelief.

In the home of the third victim, among her belongings, there was a blank sheet of paper filled with the poem that Principal Zhang is now reciting. Now, it is not the Internet age, and it is not a literary youth who can know Browning's words. , especially in this small county, what's more, the little poem recited by Principal Zhang is not the main text of the long poem, but the little poem in the prologue.

Then, doubts came to Lu Zheng's mind one after another. He suddenly remembered that, except for the third victim who was a lover of literature, a young artist who liked painting and writing; the family members of the first and second victims seemed to have said that they I usually like to read novels, but no one took these things as clues and didn't connect them organically.

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When Lu Zheng left Qin Mingliang's house, he already knew about Principal Zhang's living conditions. He was widowed and his children were all out of town. There is one more suspect. [

Although they are all without a single horoscope, it is better to have some clues than to have black eyes.

When Lu Zheng said goodbye, Qin Mingliang was very proud. He obviously felt that Lu Zheng was bored because no one paid attention to him, so he had to retreat in despair. However, Liu Xiaohui kept leaving Lu Zheng's address and said that he would wait for time when Lu Zheng left. "Red" people want to get together, which made Qin Mingliang a little upset.

Lu Zheng went directly to the Chengguan Office, looking for Hou Jianjun, and asked Hou Jianjun to help clean up Principal Zhang of No. [-] Middle School.

Hou Jianjun looked at Lu Zheng in disbelief for a long time, but he reluctantly agreed.

Two days later, when Li Weijun was quickly sent to the procuratorate by the special case team and entered the stage of review and prosecution, the materials of Master Wang and Principal Zhang were secretly sent to Lu Zheng's desk.

Master Wang's information is very detailed, but Principal Zhang's information is very brief. It is something that the neighbors know. It is no wonder, because since the resumption of the college entrance examination, No. [-] Middle School has maintained the highest enrollment rate in the city. Guangning is now educating The lipstick is so purple, the No. [-] Senior Middle School is a provincial key middle school, the principal is senior and the deputy county level, although Hou Jianjun promised to clean up his background, but it is impossible to investigate him behind the scenes, the most is to find out what everyone knows.

Master Wang is a widower just like Principal Zhang. The difference is that Master Wang’s wife died of illness, while Principal Zhang’s lover committed suicide after being denounced during the turbulent years. Involvement, the Revolutionary Committee once slandered him for killing his wife, but just when the public trial was about to take place, the situation changed suddenly, and the capital changed the king's banner, so Principal Zhang escaped.

Flipping through the files of the two, Lu Zheng had a hard time judging whether the two were the murderer, or who was more like the murderer.

Then, Lu Zheng's eyes suddenly focused on the part where Principal Zhang was wrongly killed by his wife in the later period of the turmoil, and gradually became deep in thought.

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The sun in May is already very poisonous. It has just rained, and the asphalt road is steaming. The small town seems to be in a steamer. The weather this year is a bit abnormally hot.

Lu Zheng stood in front of the No. 3 courtyard of the chemical fertilizer factory, patting the dirt on his body unluckily. It was really unlucky just now, hiding from the children riding bicycles in the community, rubbing the dirt on the wall. The clean white shirt and The black trousers were heavily stained.

Turning his head to look at the gate of the family courtyard, Lu Zheng was in a complicated mood. His adoptive father and mother lived here. Thinking of Lu Guobin's kindness to him and Aunt Cuihong's kindness to him, Lu Zheng didn't know what to feel.

Originally, I planned to visit them after the case was over, but now I had to change the plan.

In the past two days, Lu Zheng visited the members of the "special task force" who handled the case of President Zhang back then. The definition is for "three kinds of people", even those who have not been sentenced will stand aside, and no one is willing to mention the events of the year.

Lu Zheng checked the materials of these people and found that the leader of the "special case team" had been transferred to work in other places. The deputy leader was Xia Xing, who was a member of the Party branch of the county bureau. He has now been expelled from the public security system. It should still be in Quang Ninh.

After Hou Jianjun's investigation, he found that Xia Xing was living with his son who worked in a fertilizer factory, and he lived in the No. [-] courtyard of the fertilizer factory. Coincidentally, Lu Zheng's adoptive parents also lived in No. [-]. hospital.

After thinking about it, Lu Zheng decided to approach Xia Xing in the name of visiting relatives, and inquire about the situation of the case back then.Lu Zheng did not necessarily suspect that Principal Zhang was the murderer, but Hou Jianjun gave limited information on Principal Zhang, so we should be able to understand him better by inquiring about Principal Zhang from another angle. It is easy to be exposed. From the mouths of the members of the task force back then, they should know another side of Principal Zhang that is unknown today.

The door of the family courtyard was open, and there were actually three families living in No. 3 courtyard, besides the old Lu family and the old Xia family, there was also a family named Zhou.

Lu Zheng stepped into the door, the yard was very wide, and there was a locust tree in sight, it was the season of flowering of the locust tree, strings of white pod-like flowers hung all over the green branches, and the air was full of faint sweet.

Under the locust tree, a slightly affluent woman in her fifties was washing dishes by the faucet. She raised her head when she heard the sound of footsteps. , looking like he couldn't believe it.

Lu Zheng took two steps forward, his voice trembling slightly: "Aunt Cuihong..." At first, I thought I wouldn't be excited, but I didn't expect that when I really faced this moment, Lu Zheng's voice was bitter and he almost shed tears.

Ma Cuihong suddenly let out a "wow", and rushed forward to hug Lu Zheng, crying and howling, talking incoherently for some reason, with snot and tears, Lu Zheng's shoulders were wet from crying A large piece.

Lu Zheng patted her on the back lightly, Aunt Cuihong has not changed, she still looks like a country woman, but she is sincere and never pretends.

"Zhengzi, tell me, where have you been all these years?..." Ma Cuihong tugged at Lu Zheng and refused to let go after crying. Her own flesh and blood, but she always treats her like a son, but she is humble at home and can't speak, just like Lu Zheng, she gets angry everywhere.

So the whole afternoon, the two mothers chatted in the room, telling the reason why they didn't come here, as if they had returned to the time when Lu Zheng was a child ten years ago, and the family affection overflowed in their hearts.

It was inconvenient for Lu Zheng to talk about his own affairs, but he only said that he had been back in Guangning for half a year, doing some small business, which made Ma Cuihong sigh for a while. He only felt that this child's life was so hard, and he felt sorry for the Jinlan sisters back then.

Until a loud shout: "Ma Cuihong, why didn't you go to work this afternoon!"

The two women, who were immersed in the warmth, noticed that Lu Guobin was back.

Lu Zheng noticed that Lu Guobin was more energetic than a few years ago, his face was flushed, it must be because his work and career were relatively smooth, and his mentality had been good all these years. On the contrary, Aunt Cuihong looked much older than him.

Lu Guobin also saw Lu Zheng and quickly recognized Lu Zheng, but he ignored Lu Zheng and reprimanded Ma Cuihong: "Tell me, is it easy for you to go to this class? Just to coax children , How easy is it? You have to make face for me, you have to make me lose face, right? "

Lu Guobin found Ma Cuihong a job in the factory kindergarten. As his career progressed, he became more stubborn at home, and Ma Cuihong would come and go when he wanted it.

Ma Cuihong also knew that she was wronged. She was so excited to see this long-lost child that she forgot to ask for leave, and she did not blame her wife for getting angry.

Although Lu Zheng felt that Lu Guobin was too much, but after all, this was his family's business, and it was also a way of life that both of them had been accustomed to for many years. Even if he was his own son, it was not easy to intervene, let alone an outsider?

Lu Guobin glanced at the blue labor jacket on Lu Zheng's body again, snorted, and knew it was his work clothes at a glance.

Seeing that Lu Zheng's clothes were covered in mud, Ma Cuihong went to find Lao Lu's clothes and changed them for Lu Zheng. He was afraid that Lao Lu would be furious when he got home, so he dared to change Lu Zheng's work clothes. Clothes, old tradition, don't pay attention to dressing.

Seeing that Lu Guobin's face was not looking good, Ma Cuihong pulled him outside, and discussed: "You see the child is back, how about cooking a good meal tonight? Shall I go buy a piece of meat?"

Lu Guobin frowned and said, "Eat whatever you have?"

Ma Cuihong couldn't be more stubborn than Lu Guobin, but felt sorry for Lu Zheng. After thinking about it, she simply baked egg pancakes and put more eggs. Anyway, Lao Lu didn't know how many eggs were left at home.

Outside the courtyard, the sound of bicycle bells and greetings came from time to time, and it was already time to get off work.

Lu Guobin and Ma Cuihong's fourth daughter, Lu Xiaoping, saw Lu Zheng equally indifferent when they came back. The Lu brothers and sisters have always looked down on Lu Zheng.

There are six brothers and sisters in the Lu family, four girls and two boys. Except for the second boy who is admitted to university and studying in other places, the rest of the brothers and sisters also have jobs one after another. Of course, there are regular workers and temporary workers. For example, the eldest son lives in the neighboring county Qinglong Officially working, the fourth girl, Lu Xiaoping, worked as a part-time worker at the Chengguan Flour Factory before transferring to commercial grain.

When setting the dinner table, Lu Zheng suggested that it was too hot in the house and eat in the courtyard. He naturally hoped to get in touch with the Xia family next door, and it would be best to get in touch with Mr. Xia Xing.

Lu Guobin didn't object, and said: "Let's ask Lao Xia's family and Zhou's family to eat together." Now in the factory area and in the family homes of various units, most people live in the same family. Go to the neighbor's toothbrush ceremony.

The courtyard soon became lively. The Zhou family was a young couple who both worked in the fertilizer factory. There was also a four or five-year-old child running around in the courtyard, which added a bit of fun.

Lu Zheng also finally met Xia Xing. In fact, Lao Xia is not very old, maybe in his early fifties, but his hair is snow-white and he is also taciturn, which is in stark contrast to Lu Guobin's big package.

Xia Xing's son is not at home, and his daughter-in-law Zhang Guohua is the cashier of the chemical fertilizer factory. She is considered a respectable person in the factory. It can be seen that she is also a powerful person, and she is not very polite to Lao Xia.It is said that it was because Zhang Guohua married into Xia's family and wanted to be naked with Lao Xia, who knew that not long after they got married, Lao Xia was labeled as "three kinds of people" and stood aside.So she has a bit of resentment towards this father-in-law.

The Zhou family's young couple, Zhou Dawei and Liu Shuna, are both factory workers, and they respect Lu Guobin, an old man.

After arranging two low tables, Lao Xia moved a small bench and sat far away from Lu Guobin's main seat, and Lu Zheng sat beside him.

The young couple in the Zhou family didn't know the relationship between Lu Zheng and the Lu family. They only heard Ma Cuihong say that they were their long-lost nephew. Zhou Dawei also took out a bottle of "Fenjiu" from home, saying it was given by his cousin. In the [-]s, it was an absolute high-end product.Even Lu Zheng couldn't help thinking that this bottle of Fenjiu should be more genuine than the Moutai that sold thousands of dollars later.

Seeing Lu Zheng sitting in the corner, Zhou Dawei greeted him with a smile: "Zhengzi, you are the protagonist today, come quickly and sit with Uncle Lu."

Lu Xiaoping curled her lips and said, "What kind of protagonist is he?" She was young and delicate, she was the most favored at home, and Lu Guobin spoiled her to the extreme.

Ma Cuihong frowned and said, "This kid!" Lu Guobin nodded, and said, "Just sit there!" After all these years, he still despises Lu Zheng. I feel uncomfortable looking at my own eyes.

Zhou Dawei was stunned for a moment, and then stopped talking. Unexpectedly, the relationship between this family is very complicated.

Naturally, Lu Zheng didn't mind anything. When people at the table were eating and drinking, Lu Zheng toasted to Xia Xing and clinked glasses.

Lu Zheng didn't speak, just clinked glasses with Xia Xing occasionally, and drank quietly. Xia Xing became curious about Lu Zheng, looked at Lu Zheng with a little sympathy, and sighed softly in his heart, perhaps, he also thought of himself before and now .

Lu Xiaoping was chattering about things in the factory, which meant that she was too tired and didn't want to do it anymore.Lu Guobin was in a dilemma. In fact, his ability as the deputy director of the workshop was limited, either because he had a long service life, an important position, and his salary was higher than that of the administrative and public institutions, so his living conditions seemed to be superior. It's not something that can be done easily.

While talking, Lu Xiaoping suddenly screamed: "Sister Susu!" She quickly got up and ran to the door, startling Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng turned his head to look, but saw a beautiful girl in a black uniform and skirt walking into the compound, her jet-black hair was coiled behind her head, and she wore a beautiful hairpin. Her skin was as fair and delicate as curdled milk. The whole person is exquisite as if it has been photoshopped, beautiful beyond words.

Lu Xiaoping walked this way with the beautiful girl affectionately. It could be seen that Lu Xiaoping's smile contained a bit of fawning, even without concealment. This kind of demeanor was rarely seen on this bitter and mean girl.

The delicate girl named Susu smiled reservedly, and greeted the people at the dinner table politely: "Third uncle and third aunt" called Lu Guobin and Ma Cuihong, "Uncle, sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law" called Xia Xing, Xia Xing's daughter-in-law Zhang Guohua, Zhou Dawei and Liu Shuna.

Obviously, whether this beautiful woman is dressed well or behaves well, it shows that she and the people in this compound live in two worlds. At this time, everyone at the dinner table stood up early, as if welcoming the princess Usually, even Lu Guobin had a smile on his face.

The delicate girl was slightly startled when her gaze turned to Lu Zheng's face. Ma Cuihong smiled beside her and said, "Susu, don't you know me? Zhengzi, do you remember?" Then she said to Lu Zheng, "Susu's former grandfather She was persecuted and stayed in our village. She was called Ma Suzhen at that time, but now she is a big star on the city’s TV station..."

Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment, "Landlord's wife?" When I met Liu Xiaohui, I simply heard Liu Xiaohui talk about her recent situation. Now she is called Tong Susu, and she has gone to the city a long time ago. Her father is a high-ranking official in the city, and she is also prosperous. It is very famous in the city TV station, and the county TV station was established, and the county magistrate personally invited her to train the announcers and hosts in the station.Speaking of which, she was different from the children in the village back then. She was very foreign, and her speech didn't have the earthy taste of Nanying, so she was called the landlord's wife by the children, and she was almost criticized by her own "red movement".

The word "landlord woman" immediately changed Lu Guobin's face, and Lu Xiaoping even scolded, "What are you talking about?"

Lu Zheng smiled, but said nothing.

Tong Susu seemed to be well-mannered, but she just smiled and said: "Remember, Zhengzi, you liked to fight at that time." Then she picked up the plastic bag in her hand and said, "You guys are eating, just for extra meals, Zhao Sishao Chicken!" Zhao Si's Roasted Chicken is a time-honored brand in Guangning. A few years ago, Zhao Si's descendants picked up this gold-lettered signboard again, and set up a small shop to sell roasted chicken. They are famous for not accepting dead chickens, and their reputation is very good.

Ma Cuihua, Zhang Guohua, and Liu Shuna quickly took it and went to the kitchen to cut the roast chicken. Lu Xiaoping asked Tong Susu: "Sister Susu, have you eaten? How about some more?"

Tong Susu said: "I've eaten it." I don't know what I remembered, and said: "It's so hot, I'll sit for a while."

Lu Xiaoping immediately happily arranged a seat for Tong Susu, Lu Zheng and Xia Xing were squeezed into a corner, and Xia Xing almost had no room for a job.

Tong Susu said apologetically to Xia Tian: "Uncle, let me change seats with you, anyway, I've eaten, so I just sit down."

Lu Zheng was stunned for a while, what kind of business is this?Doesn't this make me lose all my thoughts for a long time?Quickly said: "Let's change with Uncle Xia." Without any explanation, he got up and gave way to Xia Xing.

Lu Xiaoping curled her lips: "I really know myself."

Lu Zheng didn't know if he was delusional, it felt like Tong Susu glared at him.

After the roast chicken was served, everyone chatted lively again. In the words, Lu Zheng knew that Zhou Dawei and his wife were Tong Susu's cousins, so she lived here temporarily, but she was going back to the city tomorrow. In the future, if you have time on Sundays, come to the county station to teach and impart experience.

Just when Lu Guobin had lowered his voice and began to talk about the TV programs that Tong Susu was interested in, Ma Cuihong suddenly said: "Old Lu, look, can you find a job for Zhengzi?" Privately speaking, he definitely refused, but now in front of so many people, his wife might agree to save face.

Lu Guobin was so angry that he glared at Ma Cuihong, and hummed noncommittally. Ma Cuihong immediately said happily to Lu Zheng, "Thank you, uncle?" I wanted to find him a stable job.

If it was Lu Zheng in the past, he would not give in to Lu Guobin even if he died, but now, thinking about the past, it is really like a fleeting moment. Being able to live for so many years is fate. Life passes by in a hurry, how many people can get married?

So Lu Zheng raised his wine glass with a smile, and called Lu Guobin for the first time: "Uncle."

Lu Guobin hummed, then raised his wine glass and touched Lu Zheng, thinking that this kid has grown up and is stronger than before.