Wen Liang was not the first time to come to Xu Fuyan's study, but he had a different feeling every time he came. Perhaps this feeling did not come from the study itself, but from the trembling power represented by the owner of the study. From ancient times to the present, the Chinese have a kind of power worship engraved in their bones. There are various ways of worship, but the most straightforward and intuitive one is the forbidden area. The so-called ban means to stop, and idle people are prohibited from entering. From the lofty Emperor's Palace to the majestic and solemn White Tiger Hall, from the respectful and distant gates of the prefectures and counties, to the aristocratic families with high walls and deep courtyards, they are all places that ordinary people can only dream of but cannot reach. In modern times, what truly represents the core of power is not the government building comparable to a five-star hotel, but the ordinary study hidden around the superiors!
Wen Liang knocked on the door, and after hearing the sound of someone coming in, he pushed the door open and walked in. Xu Fuyan had put on a pair of black-framed glasses, which made him look more elegant. He said without raising his head, "Sit down. Let me read a document first."
The familiarity in these words was something that ordinary people would not get. Of course, with Wen Liang's current sophistication, he would not be too excited by this kind of attention. He sat down on the chair opposite him and quietly watched Xu Fuyan skim through the tedious reports, perhaps stopping briefly at a certain place, and then signing at the end with a "yes", or putting a few black dots, which meant "pending".
In this way, in just over ten minutes, Xu Fuyan had already approved five documents with more than thirty pages of pending approval. Even if we put aside the relationship with Xu Yao, to be fair, this former secretary can be called a capable official.
Finally, when he finished, he took off his glasses leisurely, rubbed his temples gently, and then stood up and went to the bookcase behind to take out a set of white porcelain tea sets. Because of his involvement in the Biluochun business, Wen Liang is now considered a half-tea ceremony person. He can tell at a glance that this is the finest porcelain from the Ding Kiln in Quyang. The body and glaze are fine and thin, and the edge is inlaid with gold, which is elegant and a little noble.
Seeing Wen Liang looking at the tea set in his hand, Xu Fuyan smiled slightly and said, "Let me test you. Where is this porcelain from?"
Wen Liang replied, "There is a poem by Liu Qi of the Yuan Dynasty: 'Ding kiln flower porcelain cups, the whitest in the world'. As long as you see white of this quality, it is undoubtedly from Ding kiln."
Xu Fuyan was slightly surprised and said, "You are an expert. How about Dingyao Bai? What about the others?"
"Jun kiln is green, Ding kiln is white, Guan kiln is purple, Ru kiln is like jade, this is just a rough look, but Ding kiln prefers not to glaze the rim, but to inlay it with gold, silver and copper rims to cover up the flaws of the rim, this is the most conspicuous feature of Ding kiln, and it also has the most local tyrant atmosphere..."
Xu Fuyan loves to drink tea, but he doesn't like to study these things. When he heard the word "tycoon", he just smiled, took out a bag of tea from the drawer and threw it over, saying simply and straightforwardly: "You make it."
Wen Liang is not good at making tea, but it depends on who you compare with. Compared with Baidu, his skills are just a drop in the bucket, but compared with Xu Fuyan, he is already a master.
After a while, Xu Fuyan took a sip of the tea and praised: "Not bad, not bad, the taste is indeed different from what I brew myself."
Wen Liang was of course being modest and said, "If it weren't for Uncle Xu's good tea sets, even a skilled cook would be unable to make a meal without rice..."
"Really?" Xu Fuyan smiled slightly, and Wen Liang thought to himself that it was not good. Knowing Secretary Xu, he was afraid that it was not a good thing. He only heard the other party slowly say: "This was given to me by an old leader when I was in the province. I have never used it easily."
Wen Liang wanted to avoid asking, but seeing Xu Fuyan's expression, he knew he couldn't get away with it. He smiled bitterly and said, "Which old leader is this?"
"Come to think of it, you also recognized him," Xu Fuyan said calmly, "When I was still a junior clerk in the Provincial Department of Finance, Deputy Director Wang of the National People's Congress was my supervisor and he has always been concerned about my work. Even now, every time I go back to Guanshan, I will pay him a visit as long as time permits."
Although Wen Liang is now very cunning, he was a little confused by Xu Fuyan's words. He never expected that he would end up talking about Wang Jinfu.
The only person related to Wang Jinfu at the moment is Min Chengye who is in police station.
"Secretary Xu... This matter is my fault. I didn't report it to you in advance..." Seeing the matter exposed, Wen Liang immediately criticized himself. Many times, the leader may not care about the mistakes you made, but what he cares about is your attitude!
As long as you have the right attitude, mistakes are not that scary!
Xu Fuyan waved his hand, showing great generosity, and said: "Cracking down on pornography, illegal publications, drugs and gambling is the job of the public security department. There is nothing to say about it. But now that the job is done, the mess that needs to be cleaned up must be cleaned up in a timely manner."
Wen Liang wanted to get up and said, "I'll go take care of it now."
Xu Fu stretched out his hand and pressed twice in the air, saying with a smile: "Why are you in such a hurry? Drink this pot of tea before you leave. By the way, I'll give you this set of tea set. Goods and people are good at judging. Don't let it be ruined in my hands..."
Wen Liang also smiled and said, "Well, thank you Secretary Xu for your kindness!"
After finishing his conversation with Xu Fuyan, Wen Liang left the study. Just as he closed the door, he saw Xu Yao sticking her head out from the second-floor stairs and mouthing, "What's the matter?"
Wen Liang made an OK gesture, indicating that he had a very pleasant conversation with his future father-in-law, and raised the box of Ding kiln porcelain to reassure her. Seeing that her father, who never accepted or gave gifts, actually prepared a gift for his sweetheart, Xu Yao was immediately overjoyed, her beautiful eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, she waved and watched Wen Liang leave, and then returned to her room contentedly.
After leaving the gate of No. 1 Courtyard, Wen Liang called Chang Cheng and asked him to drive to pick him up. Then he called Liu Tianlai and asked him to go to Xiyuan to discuss something. When Liu Tianlai answered the phone, he was sleeping in a private villa somewhere in the suburbs. Hearing Wen Liang's call, he immediately lost his sleepiness and sat up to get dressed. Suddenly, a white arm stretched out from the quilt beside him and grabbed his right hand. Then, she showed an incredibly beautiful face and said coquettishly, "It's so late, where are you going again?"
Liu Tianlai chuckled, reached in, and kneaded the woman's delicate and pigeon-like chest, saying, "Be good, I have something important to do, you go to sleep and wait for my call tomorrow."
"Hmph," the woman twisted her body unwillingly, and coiled around him like a snake, saying, "No, dear, please don't leave tonight, please stay with me this time, just this once, please..."
A woman's coquettishness is a deadly poison, especially a beautiful woman, which is the most poisonous of all poisons. How many heroes have lost themselves in this bone-eroding and soul-stirring poison, and their heroic spirit has been gradually worn away and turned into decadence.
Liu Tianlai shook his head, patted her face and said, "I can do whatever you want with anything else, but not with this." After that, he turned around, got out of bed, put on his clothes and left immediately without even looking at the woman again.
Xiyuan, first floor living room.
When Liu Tianlai saw Wen Liang, he was leisurely brewing tea. On the coffee table was a set of white porcelain that he had never seen before, at least not when he came the day before yesterday. Liu Tianlai had always sneered at the so-called hobbies of these literati and scholars. What was so good about tea? It tasted like horse urine, and it was not as enjoyable as drinking white wine. However, he also knew that in Qingzhou, from Xu Fuyan onwards, all the leaders liked this, so he had to keep up with the trend. Therefore, he had drunk a lot of good tea over the years, and naturally had seen a lot of good tea sets. He could tell at a glance that this set of pure white porcelain was worth a lot of money.
"Good stuff, Master Wen, where did you get it from?"
As soon as Liu Tianlai sat down, he started praising the tea set. Wen Liang personally poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him, saying, "Try it."
Liu Tianlai picked it up and drank it all in one gulp. A lot of the clear tea flowed down his lips, staining his black short-sleeved shirt. But he didn't care at all, and he knew Wen Liang wouldn't care. With his reputation, who would bother with a rough guy
“How does it taste?”
"Okay, it's good anyway. How is it good? I, Old Liu, can't tell you."
Wen Liang lay down on the sofa and smiled: "How can I say that? I can say something... The tea set sent by Secretary Xu must be very good..."
"Secretary Xu?"
Liu Tianlai's heart moved, and he secretly looked at Wen Liang's expression. Countless thoughts immediately turned into his mind. His back straightened involuntarily, his butt moved slightly outward, and his mouth closed. He was completely different from the boastful person just now, and asked: "What happened?"
Wen Liang did not answer the question directly. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "How long has Geng Chao been following you?"
Liu Tianlai said without hesitation: "It's been almost ten years. When I was the deputy director of the district police station, he had just been transferred from the county to the city. Later, he was promoted slowly. I became the deputy director of the municipal bureau, and he became the director of the branch bureau. It was considered a fast promotion. But with his qualifications, if he hadn't met Young Master Wen and had no one above him, his life would probably have ended..."
"It's been ten years," Wen Liang's tone suddenly turned cold, and he looked directly into Liu Tianlai's eyes and said, "It's been ten years, Old Liu, and you still haven't recognized a person. You are really incompetent."
Liu Tianlai's expression suddenly changed, not because of the harsh words Wen Liang had never said to him, but because of the information revealed in the words. He said, "What? Geng Chao...he...can't he?"
It was obvious that the only secret Geng Chao had been directly involved in recently was the capture of Min Chengye. In the name of the Public Security Bureau, he had reported to Xu Fuyan that it was a thunderbolt operation to concentrate on comprehensive public security management, but in fact, he had other intentions. From Wen Liang's tone, it seemed that Xu Fuyan knew the inside story of this operation, and it was Geng Chao, whom he had always trusted, who betrayed them.
"Call now and ask the person on duty to release Min Chengye, as if this incident never happened..."
Liu Tianlai then confirmed that it was Geng Chao who had made the mistake. His face turned pale and red, and he said, "Master Wen, I'll go find him now..."
"What's the point of looking for him now? Since Geng Chao has joined Xu Fuyan, can you still slap Lao Yi in the face?"
Liu Tianlai seemed rough but was actually careful. No matter how angry he was, he would not really go to trouble Geng Chao. That would be telling Xu Fuyan clearly that my time as director was over. He said this just to express his feelings to Wen Liang.
"Go ahead and release Min Chengye first. We were planning to release him in two days anyway, we just did it earlier."
Having said that, there is still a difference between releasing someone voluntarily and being forced to release someone. However, Wen Liang couldn't be completely justified in this matter. Facing Xu Fuyan, he could only hold his nose and bear it.
When Liu Tianlai called back, Wen Liang seemed to have recovered a lot. He asked lazily, "Do you know why Xu Fuyan gave me the tea set?"
Liu Tianlai shook his head cautiously and said gently, "This set of tea set was a gift from Wang Jinfu to him. It is precious, but he gave it to me... First, it was a small warning to me, telling me to remember this when I see the tea set and not to make fun of him. The second meaning..."
"The Ding kiln porcelain cup is the whitest in the world. Its value lies in the word 'white'. But when this white is stained, it is worthless..."
"He wants me to be pure white, at least for him. It seems that Secretary Xu can no longer tolerate the existence of a country within a country in Qingzhou..."
"Qingzhou, after all, is Xu Fuyan's Qingzhou..." (To be continued)