Chapter 22 The Power of the Princes (1)
On the bus back to southern Yunnan, Lu Zheng was still having a headache, and a confident and serious expression appeared in front of his eyes. "Whether you agree or not, we will get married this summer. I didn't ask for your consent because you pinched my nose, so you have to pay the price for your rudeness."
Baiweibao is weird, but in fact, only she knows what she is thinking. God knows why she suddenly remembers to get married. Perhaps, she really feels offended her. Therefore, marriage is a punishment for herself.
No matter what Baishabao thought, things seemed to be developing in the direction she expected. Last night, my mother called and talked about the message from the Sandru family, hoping that she could marry Baishabao this summer.
At the same time, an old man in the party suggested to his grandfather that he would transfer himself to the diplomatic front and serve as a diplomat in the Federal Republic of Germany.
In fact, it is not difficult to imagine that the current international situation is very tense, and socialist countries are collapsed one after another. In Germany, at the end of last year, the Berlin Wall was knocked down, members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of East Germany resigned collectively, and a group of senior officials were arrested. In fact, the reorganized party has changed its color. Now, East and West Germany are negotiating the unification of the two Germanys. It seems that the unification of East and West Germany is unstoppable and is a general trend.
In such an international environment, the domestic and foreign troubles of the republic who have experienced severe sanctions by Western countries need to open up diplomacy. If you marry into a German consortium and become a diplomat in Germany, at least it will not cause bad effects, and you can even get some goodwill for the republic through your interactions with the upper class of West Germany.
For me, at this stage, it is impossible to have a bright development prospect in China. I will most likely have to do some idle jobs like in southern Yunnan. If I want to take charge of the local area, I am afraid it will be as difficult as heaven. It is a good choice to temporarily avoid going abroad and wait for time to dilute everything today.
This old man, with great expectations, has given him some kindness to himself.
My mother, I think this is not bad, it is better than living a cautious life in the country.
Thinking of Lu Zheng, he smiled bitterly, if he really left like this, how could he feel that he had become Wang Zhaojun?
Along the way, Lu Zheng was thinking about these things and was also thinking about what he should do next.
The bus stopped in front of the Lanjiang Prefectural Committee compound. Lu Zheng, Miao Wuren, Yu Wenlan and others got off the car with a joke. Wang Rongzhou, director of the Administration Office, came out to greet him. When he shook hands with Wang Rongzhou, Lu Zheng felt that Wang Rongzhou looked a little wrong. Sure enough, after a while, Wang Rongzhou found an opportunity to whisper to Lu Zheng: "Xiao Xie encountered an accident last night and drowned."
Lu Zheng was stunned. Xie Hongwen? Drowning? Things in the world are really impermanent. Thinking about this young man, I originally wanted to find an opportunity to have a good chat with him, but I just left like this. Thinking about it, his life is really sighing.
But when he turned around, he saw Wang Rongzhou wanting to speak but stopping, Lu Zheng knew that things might not be that simple, so he whispered: "Come to my office to talk later."
After arranging the residence of the Guobang delegation, Lu Zheng returned to his office and was already full of sunset. After a while, Wang Rongzhou touched it in, put on the door, and tiptoed very carefully.
"Why did Xiao Xie have an accident?" Lu Zheng knew that there must be a hidden truth when he saw him.
Wang Rongzhou sighed, "It should have happened last night. It fell into the Lanjiang River. The body caught this morning. The police concluded that he drowned after drinking. It was an accident. His body was caught on the Linjiang Road Bridge. There were several bars in that area. After investigation by the Criminal Investigation, he believed that Xiao Xie was in a bad mood recently. He drank his sorrows by drinking. He got drunk and accidentally fell into the river."
Lu Zheng shook his head and said, "Xiao Xie has a little hardship in this life."
Wang Rongzhou's mouth twitched and he nodded silently.
Lu Zheng knew that from the fact that he recommended Xiao Xie as his secretary to protect Xiao Xie, we could see Wang Rongzhou's feelings for Xiao Xie.
Wang Rongzhou took a deep breath of cigarette, and a look of pain appeared on his face: "Hong Wen, he had just graduated and entered the secretary's department, and he has been following me. I also recommended him to visit Secretary Sun. Although he has a connection with Secretary Sun's family, Secretary Sun would not use him without my recommendation. At that time, he was young and cheerful, and he was completely different from Xie Hongwen you met."
Lu Zheng was silent, nodded slightly, imagining the spirit of Xie Hongwen who had just graduated from college, and then thinking about the young man he had seen who was buried in the gloom all day long, his mood was inexplicably heavy.
Who's the fault of him becoming like this?
"I didn't expect that it was me who harmed him..." Wang Rongzhou sucked the filter hard, as if he wanted to bite the cigarette in his mouth. Then, he choked on the cigarette and started coughing loudly.
"You can't blame you either." Lu Zheng gently patted his shoulder.
Wang Rongzhou shook his head and said painfully: "Commissioner Lu, you don't know that he lives in a different circle from Sun Senlin. If he had not been secretary to Secretary Sun, he would not have had frequent contact with Sun Senlin. Perhaps, what happened later..."
Lu Zheng didn't know how to comfort him, but who could tell the relationship correctly.
Wang Rongzhou snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, and soon lit another one, sucking it in big mouthfuls, and the smoke slowly covered his face. He murmured, "Last night, when I left, I saw Xiao Xie working overtime and chatting with him for a few words. Xiao Xie said that Qin Xiaolong had someone call him and asked him to go to the bar at midnight to apologize to Sun Senlin. Xiao Xie said that he would not go, but he was in pain and wanted to resign. I had an urgent matter at that time, and didn't even talk to him. Unexpectedly, he had something wrong with him... I blamed me, I should stay to relieve him, what was his worries? I like to chat with me and blame me, but I didn't expect that he would go this way..."
Lu Zheng patted his shoulder and said, "Actually, for Xiao Xie, at least there is someone who respects you in your heart to talk about your thoughts. You don't have to blame yourself too much."
Wang Rongzhou lowered his head and murmured after a while: "What I can't figure out is why the place where Xiao Xie was in trouble was near the bar at midnight. Even if he wanted to drink, he wanted to forget the pain. Why did he go to the bar there to drink? He should know that when he went there, he might meet people he didn't want to meet, and he might be even more unhappy.
Lu Zheng slowly frowned and asked, "What happened to Hong Wen in the Jiangduan near the Zero Oct Bar?"
Wang Rongzhou sighed, nodded, and said, "The body was found there."
"Have the autopsy result been released?" Lu Zheng knew that the section near Linjiang Road was a tributary of the Lanjiang River. The river water was particularly smooth and not much different from the lake. The body would not be washed too far.
Wang Rongzhou said: "I came out. I asked Hong Wen's elder brother and said it was an accident caused by alcoholism."
Lu Zheng nodded slightly.
Wang Rongzhou immediately shook his head and sighed, "I feel so upset, I'll go out for a walk."
Chapter completed!