Due to the involvement of the Ye family, when Chang Dongfang died, he was only treated at the department level and held a casual position in the Yunyang City Elderly Care Department.

His body has been transported to Yunyang Funeral Home, and a mourning hall has been set up at his home for all parties to come to express their condolences.

When Li Yuanlang arrived at Chang Dongfang's house, it was already midnight.

The mourning hall was located in the living room, and only Chang Ming and two relatives kept vigil.

It was solemn and solemn, but seemed particularly deserted.

Chang Ming saw Li Yuanlang arriving in a hurry and quickly stood up to greet him.

While holding Chang Ming's hand, Li Yuanlang said: "I will pay my respects to Uncle Chang first."

Li Yuanlang lit three sticks of incense and bowed deeply to Chang Dongfang's portrait three times.

Looking at the familiar face of Chang Dongfang in the portrait, Li Yuanlang felt sad and his expression was heavy.

After a long time, Chang Ming came over to comfort Li Yuanlang and introduced two relatives to Li Yuanlang.

This is a middle-aged couple in their forties, and they look like farmers.

They were Chang Dongfang's nephew and nephew's wife. They were not surprised when Chang Ming introduced who Li Yuanlang was as secretary.

My uncle is the chief secretary, and there are also secretaries in the village. In their minds, they have long been immune to the word "secretary."

"Brother, I'm very grateful that you made the special trip to come. Thank you."

Li Yuanlang patted Chang Ming's shoulder and sighed: "In both public and private matters, I should send Secretary Chang off on his last journey, and leave him alone if I say anything else."

At this moment, Wang Zhongqiu came over and asked Li Yuanlang in a low voice: "Secretary Li, I have made all arrangements for the hotel. When will you go over to rest?"

Li Yuanlang waved his hand, "I'm not busy. I'll talk to Chang Ming for a while. You can just wait for me downstairs."

Wang Zhongqiu took the order and left.

Looking at his back, Chang Ming sighed with emotion: "Zhongqiu is a nice person. He helps me a lot with my affairs. Alas, he is already the head of the township and he has not forgotten the old relationship. Just for this reason, you see

People’s eyesight is quite accurate.”

"Chang Ming, I heard about your problem. Don't be discouraged. I'll help you solve it."

When mentioning this matter, Chang Ming hurriedly said: "Brother, let's go to the balcony to smoke a cigarette and get some fresh air."

It was obvious that Chang Ming didn't want his cousins ​​to know all this.

It was early October in Yunyang, and the night was already very cold. Sitting on the chairs on the balcony, the two brothers felt a slight chill.

While puffing away the mist, Chang Ming said melancholy: "Since I started my official career, with my uncle's planning and your help, I have no pressure at all."

"But my uncle went to the field and you were transferred to a foreign country. For the first time, I experienced the harshness of the world. County Magistrate An was prejudiced against me and targeted me everywhere. I didn't do anything for him this time. It was just a cover. Sooner or later he was going to suppress me and transfer me.

Leave your current position."

"Secretary Jin can protect me at critical moments. I understand that this kind of protection is only superficial and is based on the special friendship between you and him. There will eventually be a day when it is exhausted."

"Brother, I followed your advice and often reported work to Secretary Jin. But I never integrated into Secretary Jin's inner circle. There was always an insurmountable gap between me."

"Secretary Jin is the leader of Daiding County. He is absolutely right. Even County Magistrate An gives him three points. Officials at our level are proud of being able to follow Secretary Jin."

"I worked hard to get closer to Secretary Jin. Even after Zhongqiu left you, I was quickly accepted by Secretary Jin. Why can't I do it alone?"

"Brother, please help me analyze it. What is the reason? I really can't understand it and I can't figure it out."

Chang Ming complained, and Li Yuanlang already guessed the reason.

When Jin Sheng was promoted, Chang Dongfang implemented Shui Qingzhang's intention and stopped Jin Sheng's promotion.

Jin Sheng said he didn't care, but he didn't have any idea in his heart.

The bill ultimately fell on Chang Ming, who paid the bill for his uncle.

Another important point is that Chang Ming is from the Ye family, and the Ye family was involved in disputes and lost Maicheng.

Given Jin Sheng's situation, he didn't want to get involved anyway, so he brought Chang Ming under his command and also shared the risk.

After all, he is just the secretary of the county party committee and is nothing in the eyes of the higher-ups. Even if someone in the province is protecting you, if they really dislike you, they can take him down in minutes.

Therefore, Jin Sheng would never go through this muddy water just for Chang Ming, who was of little use.

More than ten years of hard work will not be in vain.

&nbs                                    Li Yuanlang understood Jin Sheng’s difficulties, but he could not tell Chang Ming the reason.

Jin Sheng is his friend. They have been in a relationship for several years and will not engage in any alienating behavior by gossiping behind his back.

What's more, what's the use of saying it? It doesn't solve any problem except adding trouble to Chang Ming.

So he advised: "Chang Ming, don't think too much, I will find an opportunity to talk to Secretary Jin and try to resolve it."

"It's getting late, so you should go to bed early. There will be many guests that you need to receive tomorrow. You have to be energetic enough to cope with them."

Unexpectedly, Chang Ming smiled bitterly, "How can there be so many guests? Not many people came to express condolences all day long. The city only appointed a deputy director to go through the motions."

"The world is so cold, my uncle has been so cold all his life." Chang Ming became more and more sad as he spoke, pointing his mouth in the direction of the mourning hall, "My cousin and sister-in-law are sarcastic in their words, especially my cousin, who said that I am not capable. This

The scene is not as good as the funeral held by the party secretary in their village. They have a great show. Not only did the county leaders send wreaths, but on the day of the funeral, the county magistrate personally came to support the funeral."

Li Yuanlang frowned, "No one comes from Daiding County?"

"Yes." Chang Ming laughed at himself and said to the car parked downstairs: "Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Li Yuanlang asked again: "Where is Guangnan City?"

"The municipal party committee office sent a deputy secretary-general over. He stayed for less than five minutes and left in a hurry before his buttocks were still hot."

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Li Yuanlang was greatly surprised. Chang Dongfang had worked hard in Guangnan for many years. Why was he treated like this after his death?

When he thought about it carefully, he understood.

For the same reason, no one would show enthusiasm at a time like this when affected by the Ye family.

Lying on the hotel bed, Li Yuanlang tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

The situation Chang Ming faced made him unable to let go.

The next morning, Li Yuanlang finished dressing up.

Wang Zhongqiu knocked on the door and came in, and accompanied him to the restaurant downstairs for breakfast.

During the chat, Wang Zhongqiu was quite incomprehensible and dissatisfied with the low standard of Chang Dongfang's funeral and the difficulties faced by Chang Ming.

At this time, Li Yuanlang's cell phone rang, and it was Bi Yingshuang's number.

"Secretary Li, we have located the exact location of the mobile phone that Ms. Han lost. It is at Fengda Pawn Shop in Fengzheng City. Just"

"Just say it."

Bi Yingshuang continued: "The owner of this pawn shop is Deputy Mayor Qian's cousin. We were not sure at the moment."

As the deputy mayor of Fengzheng City and the municipal public security director, Qian Xiaojiang’s cousin actually purchased a stolen mobile phone?

It has to be said that Qian Xiaojiang is the culprit for the poor police conduct and discipline of the Fengzheng City public security system.

Li Yuanlang immediately ordered Bi Yingshuang, "Don't worry about who it is. Catch whoever needs to be arrested and do what needs to be done. If Qian Xiaojiang troubles you, just say it's my order and let him find me."

Wang Zhongqiu carefully observed Li Yuanlang's every move when he answered the phone, and couldn't help but admire in his heart that Secretary Li was still the same, hating evil as much as hatred, acting vigorously and daringly.

Being able to get to know him in this life is really a blessing I gained from my previous life.

On the way to Chang Dongfang's home, Li Yuanlang received a call from his sister Ye Qingrou.

Ye Qingrou learned about the death of Chang Dongfang from Ye Wenqi, and wanted Li Yuanlang to lay a pair of wreaths in her name.

It was inconvenient for her to be pregnant and she could not express her condolences in person.

Li Yuanlang thought about it and slyly gave his sister some advice, "Ask Wang Song to come forward and contact his uncle. The effect will be doubled."

Ye Qingrou immediately understood what her brother meant and immediately told Wang Song.

After hearing his nephew Wang Song's request, Wang Zhanhong hung up the phone and smiled, secretly saying: "It must be Li Yuanlang's idea. This guy must be in Yunyang."

When Li Yuanlang walked into the Chang family again, in addition to Chang Ming and several relatives, Ye Wenqi was also in the mourning hall.

Surprisingly, Ye Mingming, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was also present.

Time has changed, and today's Ye Mingming has gray hair and no longer looks like he used to.

When shaking hands with Li Yuanlang, his expression was very complicated and he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, the doorbell rang, breaking the awkwardness.
Chapter completed!