Chapter 8 Funeral of Tohsha

　　Dongshe is a county below the city of Haizhou, on the northeast corner of Haizhou, only fifty kilometers away from downtown Haizhou, ninety-four years, the provincial corridor between Dongshe and Haizhou has not yet been built, take a car to Dongshe County, it takes more than an hour. 　　Cousin Zhang Zhiwei in Dongshe County Foreign Economic Bureau as deputy director, the city's recent situation is very clear, before Dad rushed back to his hometown for Uncle Grandpa's funeral, the relatives in the old family know that Tang Xueqian was isolated review of the matter. 　　Zhang Ke can still remember the situation back home at that time, and thought: no accident, such a situation will soon be repeated, right? 　　From the cornfields surrounded by airtight path, you can see the old house in the water plateau, in addition to the father's name of the three old house left to the grandmother to live, the other uncles and relatives in the original house on the base of the renovation of the small building. On the southernmost side of the plateau is cousin Zhang Zhiwei's small three-story building, and the pergola built with rainproof cloth is located on the concrete field in front of the small building. The funeral was held on the third day, and the Taoist priests and monks were invited to perform the rituals, which began on the second day. A team of monks in robes sat on a raised platform in the pergola and beat gongs and drums, surrounded by many people, and the scene was no different from what was remembered. 　　Zhang Ke and his father stood outside the plateau, many people in the pergola saw, cousin Zhang Yi surprise shouted: "uncle, small Ke, how you today to ......" he got up to run over to his old man Zhang Zhiwei tugged, but it was the youngest uncle Zhang Zhi Fei ran out and took the paper in his father's hand containing a change of clothes. Dad hand loaded change of clothes paper bag, leading Zhang Zhixing and Zhang Ke into the pergola. 　　"Yesterday just through the phone, thought you only tomorrow to ......" Cousin uncle Zhang Zhiwei sit peacefully, put on an unexpected look to see dad, "Zhixing is the city's leader, when so free? " 　　According to the funeral customs of Haizhou, people died on the third day of the funeral to do white wedding, general friends and relatives to the day of the funeral to participate in the funeral. In Zhang Ke's memory, dad heard cousin uncle this mocking words, look will be very embarrassed, but at the moment, dad just faintly smiled: "There is no important thing in the city, I have not been back to the old mansion for a long time, asked for a leave of absence, to wait for uncle's first seven days passed and then return to the city ...... " 　　Zhang Zhiwei just gently hummed, face turned elsewhere to go, cousin Zhang Yi is a twisted face, want to comfort two sentences, but forced by the majesty of his old son Zhang Zhiwei, do not dare to talk nonsense, the younger uncle Zhang Zhi Fei haha a smile, ease the cold scene: "Auntie to Zhao Hanming's home to borrow tomorrow's dinner round table to go, do not yet know that you and small scruples back today, see you are all covered in sweat, to my house Blowing air conditioning to go, tonight on the live in my home, just renovated, specially prepared a room, thinking of brother when to come back, can not sleep in the old mansion ...... " but no one chimed in. 　　Zhang Ke coldly watched the reenactment of the scene, as if acting. In his place, when Dad returned to the old home, early was surrounded by outsiders in the middle of the talk, Dad stood, cousin Zhang Zhiwei will never sit and talk, even if Dad does not mind, he will also say: "Second brother is the city's leadership, which can you stand, I sit?" This time hate not to know each other. But the younger uncle Zhang Zhifei grew up with dad, but also very much admire dad's person and learning, even in another time and space, after dad lost power, the younger uncle Zhang Zhifei also did not cold down the two family contacts. 　　Uncle Zhang Zhi Fei home small building in the loess second building, he built school in the early years of secondary school graduated into the East She County Construction Company, Dad into the city, he pulled a team of his own, 94 years to open up the Jetta, in the East She County is considered to be mixed with the figure of a boom. 　　Zhang Ke and his father with the little uncle Zhang Zhi Fei to the second floor of the guest room, looked at the little uncle Zhang Zhi Fei hand will be the paper bag of clothes out, put into the closet to go, the little uncle in the hand in the organization of the clothes, but turned his head to him and said: "Zhang Ke, Xiao Mei in the upstairs to watch the video, you go to find her to play to go ...... " 　　Zhang Ke smiled, the person sat on the bed and said with a smile, "What do you have to say to my father, and you need to avoid me?" 　　"You this kid!" Zhang Ke saw the younger uncle reach over to pull his ears, rushed to dodge away, he must think he is still unintelligent teenager. 　　"It's okay, Xiao Ke has a measure in his heart ......" Dad said as he stood there motionless, "He's clear about what's happening right now." 　　"Oh ......" Zhang Ke saw that the younger uncle did not hide the surprise on his face, and listened to him say, "Mayor Tang's matter, we have heard of it, generally speaking, once given the isolation review, the above should have substantial evidence, second brother, you say there's still no turnaround in Mayor Tang's matter?" 　　"Didn't you say so? There may be no turnaround." Dad didn't tell the truth, this kind of thing, to find people who can't genuinely help themselves, the more people know, the more dangerous it will be. 　　"Second brother, Lu deputy secretary and I have eaten a few times, may still remember my appearance, I see that you do not need to wait until the end of my old man's first seven days, do you think it is not for me to accompany you to the house of the deputy secretary of Lu to take a trip ......" 　　"If Lu Yiguang heart early will be my as a traitor, you and his good hard to get on the relationship, may have to be ruined ......" 　　"What relationship not relationship, after all, I do not mix in the officialdom, sometimes can be a little let go ...... second brother if you agree, we go today, things I help you prepare." 　　This is a conversation that Zhang Ke did not know, I did not expect the younger uncle to be so enthusiastic, but Dad at this time really can do to change to the mountain door, and it is not so much to come back to the old house. Of course, in another time and space dad to exclude from the municipal government of the most important reason is not this, other people have admitted to give Tang Xueqian gifts, willing to accept the organization of criticism and education, but only dad returned to Haizhou to accept the investigation of the provincial inspection team insisted on claiming that he and Tang Xueqian is a humane relationship between him, he gave gifts to Tang Xueqian, but also received Tang Xueqian's gift, in this way, the municipal government up and down who can tolerate him? Dad's nature is too rigid, refused to bend himself, although capable, but there is no strong background above, it is difficult to mix in the officialdom. 　　Zhang Ke was silent to see his dad's reaction, the younger uncle in the case of not getting much information, can say these words, has been very rare. 　　Zhang Zhixing was silent for a while, walked up two steps, hand heavily pressed cousin Zhang Zhifei's shoulder, said: "Zhifei, things are not as simple as in the rumor, you want to really want to help me, can you temporarily put your company's things down, help me run a few days leg ...... " 　　"What's fishy?" Zhang Zhi Fei was a bit dumbfounded and asked, "I only have two projects in my hands right now, it doesn't matter if I ignore them for ten days and half a month." 　　"You often run both ways in Hai Zhou and Dong She, you should also be very clear about what's going on in Hai Zhou. Xinfeng Group has long existed a lot of problems, before Tang Xueqian presided over the restructuring, the city has sent several inspection teams into Xinfeng Group, but nothing can be found out, Tang Xueqian is not a confused person, he when the executive vice mayor is not a day or two, he wants to fish for money, but also won't be in the muddy waters of the Xinfeng Group to fish for money, this reasoning, do you understand?" Zhang Ke heard here, no longer need to worry, it seems that after Ding Xiangshan and Xu Si's layer of paper stabbed through, Dad has thought of the key, only to see Dad's eyes gleaming as he gazed at his youngest uncle, Zhang Zhi Fei, "I'm walking so close to Tang Xueqian, and I don't know anything about it, but the outside world is suddenly rumored to be accepting Jiang Mingcheng's bribery, isn't it very strange?" 　　"But ......," Zhang Zhi Fei heard his cousin analyze it like this, and was a bit unable to accept it for a moment. 　　"Are you trying to say that it's rumored outside that Tang Xueqian has a mistress working at Xinfeng Group?" Zhang Zhi Xing took out the photos he had hidden close to him, the first one was a photo of Tang Xue Qian and Xu Si, "This is the woman rumored to be outside now?" Zhang Zhixing double spread the following three photos on the desk, "Look at these three photos, just yesterday, this woman met with Ding Xiangshan in his villa in the North Hill of Elephant Mountain, this person who poked his head into the car and his body is still outside is Ding Xiangshan, and this red Corolla is the car that Xinfeng Group assigned to this woman... ..." 　　"How did this photo get taken?" Zhang Zhi Fei was shocked and delighted, picking up the photos and recognizing them one by one, "It's said outside that Jiang Ming Cheng gave the money to Tang Xueqian through this woman, but it seems to be something else! How were the photos taken?" 　　"The photos were all taken by Xiao Ke, except for your sister-in-law, no one else knows yet." 　　"You this kid ......" Zhang Ke's shoulder violently to the younger uncle Zhang Zhi Fei grabbed, almost suspect that he is deliberately pinching himself, "you this kid, how do you think to go to take this photo?" 　　Zhang Zhi Fei dry construction origin, the hands of the force is very big, Zhang Ke shoulders shook a few times, did not struggle out. 　　"I'm ashamed to say, after Tang Xueqian gave the isolation review, I also panicked, no small scruples to take these photos, before and after the relationship, I can not think clearly," Zhang Zhixing explained for his son, "by chance, small scruples had previously seen Ding Xiangshan with this woman, we panicked, he wanted to think about the relationship before and after. Before and after the relationship to think about understand, to this villa before waiting for a day, took these three photos, "Zhang Zhixing picked up Tang Xueqian and Xu Si's photo," this photo is a small scrupulous from the hands of this woman to steal, her hands there are still a few similar group photos ...... " 　　"You this kid, line ah, can become a big thing!" 　　Zhang Ke's shoulder again to the younger uncle Zhang Zhi Fei heavy slap, people are shorter down half a cut, bared his teeth and grinned: "Where you are to praise me, take the opportunity to hit me ah?" 　　"Oh ......" Zhang Zhifei laughed, and asked Zhang Zhixing, "There is one thing I can't understand, why is Ding Xiangshan, Ding Xiangshan is the soil emperor of Haizhou, he wants to straighten out Tang Xueqian, with what method can't be, must be so extreme ......" 　　"This thing, I haven't figured it out yesterday, but today I have some eyebrows," Zhang Zhi Xing picked up the photo of Ding Xiang Shan shortening himself to get into the Nissan, "I'm going to say that Xinfeng Group doesn't have any problems, do you believe me?" Seeing Zhang Zhi Fei shaking his head, he continued, "Yes, a lot of people don't believe it, but why did the city send several inspection teams to find nothing wrong?" Putting the photo of Ding Xiangshan shortening himself to get into the Nissan on the table again, he flexed his middle finger and knocked heavily on Ding Xiangshan's body, "If the problem of Xinfeng Group is related to Ding Xiangshan, then everything is well explained." 　　"...... "Zhang Zhi Fei opened his mouth, so surprised that he forgot to close it. 　　"Tang Xueqian presided over the restructuring of Xinfeng Group, it will definitely touch the deep-rooted problems of Xinfeng Group, it's likely that he has already dug out some problems, but it hasn't involved Ding Xiangshan yet, but Ding Xiangshan must stop Tang Xueqian from continuing to dig down. I heard that, in the city standing committee meeting, Ding Xiangshan mentioned three times, Xinfeng Group's problem is not investigated for a long time, do not dwell on it, to ensure the success of the restructuring is the key. To know, once the restructuring, Xinfeng Group before what problems may be given to cover up, Tang Xueqian once told me that the restructuring is necessary, but the legacy of the problem is not clear, sorry for the country, sorry for the Xinfeng Group's thousands of workers ......" 　　Zhang Ke secretly hated, dad thought everything through, there is no opportunity for his own play. Dad in the officialdom immersed in a few years, which the trick is also figured out, just refused to bend himself.