In mid-August, Zamao Xiaodao and I took a flight back to Nanfang City. We left the airport and went straight to the provincial military hospital where my father was treated.
My father suffers from pemphigus vulgaris, which is a concurrent skin disease caused by low autoimmunity. The problem is very complicated. Although the poison witch doctors are unique, they have more knowledge about this disease.
It is still necessary to resort to modern medicine. Professor Li Junyi from the Military Hospital is an authority in this regard. My father has been treated here for several months and is basically ready.
It's just that this disease is a chronic disease, and the most important thing is to take good care of yourself, so the doctor recommends that you go home to recuperate and keep your mood comfortable.
In the past few months when my father was hospitalized, to be honest, I didn’t come very often. On the contrary, one of the Seven Swordsmen, Buyu Taoist Yu Jiayuan, came a lot. When I came to the hospital, in front of Zamao Xiaodao and Xiaoyao
Duoduo's face, my mother told me all about it, which made me ashamed.
But my mother said the same thing. After a while, the conversation changed and she said that you have something important to do, so I won’t delay you anymore. Just send me and your father back to our hometown.
I was not happy and said that it would not be a good idea to just find a nursing home in Nanfang City or Dongguan City. If you want a home, you can buy a house in a place with a suitable price. Why bother to go home again? In a small town in the mountains,
The medical conditions were not good and there was no one to take care of her.
I planned this out of safety considerations, but my mother was not happy with it. She said that everything is good here, but it is very boring (meaning boring). These people either speak vernacular or Mandarin.
I don’t understand. If I hadn’t taken care of your dad in the past few months, I would have gone back a long time ago. After being away for so long, no one has looked at the old house at home, and the few acres of vegetable land have become so barren that grass has grown. Your second uncle married
Daughter-in-law, my cousin’s family has built a new house and we don’t even have to go out to have a drink, otherwise we might even talk about it to death at home...
My mother was nagging in my ear, talking about a lot of benefits of being at home, and she was full of infinite longing for the country place where I had lived for most of my life. My father, who was not very good at speaking, couldn't hold back a sentence at this moment.
: "Go home, stay here, spend money every day, I can't even sleep well."
The two old men were desperate to return home. I refused to listen to my advice, so I had to let Xiao Yao take care of me in the room. I went back to see my father's doctor in charge to find out about his condition. After they were fine, Professor Li Junyi told me that the condition had indeed subsided.
Many of them were in the hospital and were in a bad mood, which would affect their recovery. So I prescribed some medicine, then returned to the ward and told my parents that they would be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. I would book air tickets and send them back to their hometown.
When the two elders heard the news, their faces turned into flowers. Seeing them so happy, I knew that my plan to take them out to enjoy their happiness was basically in vain.
That's fine, everyone has their own favorite lifestyle. If I impose the beauty in my mind on them, causing them to live unhappy and unhappy lives, then I will have sinned - true filial piety is
Adhere to the principles and comply with the wishes of the elderly in the details.
After staying in the hospital for a while and having dinner with my parents, I left two Duoduo to accompany my parents in the ward, while Zamao Xiaodao and I went to see our senior brother.
Senior Brother has been very busy since he came back from Maoshan, but luckily he was still at the headquarters in Nanfang City. We went to his residence, accompanied by Yin Yue, and waited until nine o'clock in the evening before he came back with Dong Zhongming.
Senior Brother took us to the study and sat down. After Yin Yue made tea, he directly asked Zamao Xiaodao, "Master, what is your plan for letting you go down the mountain this time? If you want to develop above the court, then
I will arrange for you to join the bureau and supervise you to handle some big cases. With your ability, you will soon be able to stand out.
Zamao Xiaodao laughed and said that above the court, we in Maoshan only need you to have a black-handed twin city. There is no need to set up a big flag and add a lot of chaos. I wanted to go down the mountain that day, mainly because I was worried about my third uncle.
I want to find the ambergris because of my illness. Besides, I am used to wandering outside and huddled in the mountains to practice in the cold, but I can't adapt to it.
Senior Brother was a little surprised and asked, Master Tao, doesn’t he have any plans or requirements for you?
Zamao Xiaodao pursed his lips and said no. The senior brother shook his head and did not ask him again, but turned to look at me: "Lu Zuo, don't talk about this guy who can't hold up the wall with mud, let's talk about you!
"I pointed at my nose and said what's wrong with me? Senior Brother was furious and said, Lu Zuo, don't you have any idea about your future?
I touched my nose. To be honest, I really am a person without any ambition. I always think that I and my friends around me can live this life peacefully. If I have a little more money, that will be enough. Now
Tao Jinhong enlightened the corpse elixir in my belly, and Duoduo was able to get the essence. The day when it will be condensed and formed is not far away, so I don't have any special pursuits. My biggest goal at the moment is to practice the book Tao Jinhong gave me.
, to refine the strength within the body, and as for the rest, at best, they are just looking for the whereabouts of ambergris with Zamao Xiaodao.
Seeing my confused look, the senior brother sighed and said that the procedures for Zhao Xingrui, whom we recommended to him last time, had been completed and he would be transferred here in a few days - Lu Zuo, are you willing to come over and help me?
As the saying goes, if you learn well, you will become an official. However, I don’t really like the atmosphere of the Religious Affairs Bureau, especially after experiencing the unjust and humiliating incident before and seeing Zhao Chengfeng and a bunch of other people who disgusted me.
, made me understand more about the helplessness I face. Since I live a free and easy life now, why should I put shackles on myself to dance?
I politely rejected Senior Brother's proposal and told him directly what I was thinking. He sighed and said that it is a pity that you can't serve the country with such a good ability. Dong Zhongming, who was next to me, also supported me.
, saying that in order to find evidence for you to overturn the case, Boss Chen used the biggest trump card in his hand against the Evil Spirit Sect...
Dong Zhongming's words reminded me of the photos taken thousands of miles away in the main hall of Qingchi Palace, and of a used high-level undercover agent.
I know that Dong Zhongming also wants me to join. This is putting pressure on me. However, I really don’t want to, so I have to express my position and say, Senior Brother, if you need help, just say it. As for the rest, I am still willing to be a
It's good for idle people to wait.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade me, the senior brother sighed and smiled helplessly, saying that you are just a guy who just wants to be rich and has no pursuit at all. There is really nothing that can be done against you. Okay, that's it.
You go back first, we will look for the news about ambergris together.
After bidding farewell to my senior brother, Zamao Xiaodao and I parted ways. Zamao Xiaodao and Mr. Tiger Cat returned to Dongguan in advance to deal with the office's chores, while I stayed in Nanfang City. The next day, I discharged my father from the hospital.
After going through the formalities, I accompanied my elders in the city to buy some gifts for relatives in my hometown, then headed to Baiyun Airport and flew directly to Liping.
After returning to his hometown, things changed. Huang Fei was transferred to Qianyang, Yang Yu went to the city, and even Ma Haibo was transferred to the next county as a deputy director because of his good business. He didn't have many contacts with his former classmates.
Only a few of Lao Jiang's friends who had played together since childhood were left, and they were busy living their own lives.
I stayed at home for two days and visited some relatives. When they saw me, they all praised me for being a good young man, which made my mother beam with joy and prepare to arrange a blind date for me. In 2010, I happened to be twenty-four years old, and our family
Most of my peers, such as Lao Jiang, were already married, and their children were old enough to take care of themselves. As a result, I was so annoyed that I left my hometown as if I were fleeing.
Before leaving, I called Ma Haibo and Yang Yu to report that they were safe, and also asked about Huang Fei's news.
Ma Haibo didn’t know. Yang Yu said that Huang Fei had been transferred again. I don’t know where he went. If I wanted to know, he could help me find out. I nodded my thanks and was about to hang up. Yang Yu suddenly said with some hesitation: "Lu
Zuo, there is something I want you to know..." I asked what it was, and Yang Yu was silent for a moment and said that his cousin was back.
Zhang Haiyang? I was stunned for a moment and asked him strangely why he dared to come back?
Yang Yu told me bitterly that there was no conclusive evidence for the assassination case that year, and the murderer later retracted his confession, and Zhang Haiyang's father finally cleared him through activities and eliminated the criminal record - that's it.
, he told me apologetically that he could not stop this no matter what his father did...
Yang Yu's father has a high position and is in his prime. If he wants to speak a few words to a relative, it is actually not very difficult, and Yang Yu can't stop him. Telling the truth this time is enough for me.
I accepted his favor.
However, Zhang Haiyang is not a person who likes to compromise and is willing to be calm. If he comes back, he will definitely cause some trouble. I have to be on guard, so I asked where he is now? Yang Yu told me that although the case has been closed,
But Zhang Haiyang has also become low-key. This time he came back and brought a few British classmates, who were said to be members of some school club. They played at home for a few days and then left. He heard from his second aunt
I said I went to Hainan to play.
I nodded here and said no more, just being careful in my heart.
After returning to Dongguan, I discovered that Xuerui had gone to Myanmar and had not come back yet. After contacting Boss Gu, I learned that she and Li Jiahu were still staying in Yangon and negotiating with the local government. The relationship inside was very complicated, but I remembered that the military
The government's past record of being arrogant and unreasonable made me feel very puzzled. Later, we contacted Xue Rui and asked what happened and whether we should go over to help her. She said no, just take care of the office, so we gave up.
There were more and less things in the office, day after day, and I thought the days would go on like this. But one evening in late August, when I was about to pack my things and go home, I heard the receptionist in the office area.
The client's boss called me and said that a foreigner wanted to see me.
I was very confused and asked to be brought in. A middle-aged man with a pale face came in.