It's good to lean against a big tree to enjoy the cool breeze.

  It's better to lean against a big tree to enjoy the cool breeze.

  The head of the joint working group of the Provincial Military Region and the Military Region is Tian Runsheng, Director of the Cadre Department of the Military Region. The deputy head is Tan Fengyou, Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Region. Members of the working group include the Director of the Organization Division of the Cadre Department, the Director of the Cadre Division, the Director of the Guard Division, and the Director of the Intelligence Division of the Command Headquarters, as well as the Director and Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Provincial Military Region.

  Tian Runsheng is a cadre from the Huangdao Garrison, and it just so happens that he and Zhang Zhengwei are complementary to each other. Zhang Zhengwei is an old man in the Military Region Cadre Department, who has been working from deputy company commander to deputy director of the Cadre Department, and was sent by his superiors to the Huangdao Garrison as a political commissar to enrich his grassroots experience, and then take over Tian Runsheng's position and be promoted to Director of the Military Region Cadre Department.

  Although the development of the two in the military is not a continuation, it also has a lot to do with each other. Upon receiving the news that Tian Runsheng led his team to Huangdao to handle the Mingzhu smuggling case, General Gu and Political Commissar Zhang felt half relieved.

  Can talk about it. Director Tian's family is in Huangdao, and Director Tian's son is the head of the Mass Work Department of the Huangdao Municipal Committee.

  However, what Commander Gu and Commissioner Zhang did not expect was that after Director Tian arrived on Huangdao Island, he didn't give anyone any face, and there wasn't even a hint of which hotel he was staying at. On the first day, there was no movement at all. Many people were in a fog. The welcoming banquet by the Garrison Command and the Huangdao Municipal Party Committee did not succeed.

  The second day was the same, and no one knew what Tian Runsheng was doing with his working group. On the third day, Li Qitong, the director of the Political Department of the Garrison Command, flew back to Huangdao from Beijing. Li Qitong had been studying at the National Defense University and seemed to have returned for the case of Mingzhu. Li Qitong's next career goal was to become the director of a certain group army political department, and he least wanted anything unexpected to happen at this time.

  Li Qitong was very close to the two brothers of the Hua family. The Li and Hua families were old acquaintances from Huaye, their father had participated in the Pingjin and Huaihai Campaigns, a lieutenant general in 1955.

  It is against this backdrop that Huayue Company has risen to prominence.

  Deputy Director Wei picked up Li Qisong from the airport and brought him back. After Li Qisong returned, Deputy Director Wei became a supporting actor. Whenever Commander Gu and Political Commissar Zhang were going to hold a meeting, they couldn't leave out Li Qisong.

  The other side has made a move. Li Qi also wants to probe the work group's wind direction, and secretly keep an eye on Gu Si Ling and Zhang Zheng Wei's actions.

  Tian Runsheng started working. Without using a phone, have the communication officer notify the Guard Department of the Huangdao Municipal Committee to bring Ye Jinghong to the Third Guest House.

  It was another unexpected turn of events. General Gu and Political Commissar Zhang, as well as Li Qi who had just returned from the National Defense University, could only sit in the office in a daze.

  Tian Runsheng made it clear with this move that no one from Huangdao Garrison Zone was allowed to intervene.

  Ye Jinghong was taken to the Third Guest House by people from the Garrison Command.

  The small conference room on the third floor.

  Ye Jinghong walked into the conference room and saw three people: Tian Department Head, Tan Deputy Political Commissar, and Zhu Lingnan, Director of the Military Region's Intelligence Bureau.

  Zhu Lingnan pointed to the chair opposite him and asked Ye Jinghong to sit down.

  Ye Jinghong didn't stand on ceremony either and plopped himself down into the chair.

  The atmosphere in the conference room was not too tense. The facial expressions of Director Tian and Deputy Commissioner Tan were not particularly serious.

  Zhu Lingnan handed Ye Jinghong a pen and a dozen or so sheets of letter paper, saying: "Write down what happened, write the truth."

  Ye Jinghong picked up his pen and spent a lot of time writing it out, filling four pages.

  Zhu Lingnan handed it over to Tian Runsheng, Tian Runsheng slowly looked at it page by page, read it three times, and handed it over to Vice Commissioner Tan.

  Vice Minister Tang read it twice.

  "There are three questions for you. The first one: when you intercepted the Mingzhu and Dashun, was there anyone who instructed you?" Tian Runsheng began to ask.

  "No." Ye Jinghong replied succinctly.

  "The second question is why you ordered the guards regiment soldiers to load live ammunition?" Tian Runsheng's second question.

  Ye Jinghong hesitated for a moment before answering, "There are people carrying guns on the Mingzhu and Dashun ships. I learned this from Dong Jinbao's mouth. This person once threatened me with a gun."

  "I'd like to ask, is this your first contact with Dong Jinbo or have you been in touch often?" Tian Runsheng furrowed his brow and glanced at Ye Jinghong unintentionally.

  "It was the first time I met Dong Jinbao, and I ran into him on Mount Dongtai by chance. He was drunk and scolding people, so I beat him up. Then he started bragging to me, saying that he was from Huayue Company and did big business on the Mingzhu ship. Before I hit him, he said a sentence that I remember very clearly: 'Believe it or not, I can get you onto the Mingzhu ship and have my brothers practice their marksmanship on you one by one.'"

  Ye Jinghong spoke very slowly, almost one word at a time.

  Actually, he had already written it on paper. Ye Jinghong's words were unverifiable after death, Dong Jinbo was dead, and the true situation at that time could only be known by Ye Jinghong alone.

  Tian Runsheng waved his hand at Ye Jinghong and asked a third question: "What is your purpose?"

  Ye Jinghong replied: "Huayue Company's smuggling has caused public outrage, their smuggling vehicles are all over the streets, and even traffic police dare not intervene. In some cases, people in the security zone have helped them sell stolen goods for money. I don't care about Huayue Company's background, I just want to use my limited ability to expose this matter, let everyone see it, such a serious criminal act, should it be stopped or not? I want to see those who are manipulating from behind with great power, what is the purpose of putting national interests at risk, they have committed crimes, should they be punished according to law?"

  Tian Runsheng listened patiently. Zhu Lingnan recorded it completely.

  Tang Deputy Director smiled at Ye Jinghong and nodded towards Tian Runsheng, saying: "Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

  Ye Jinghong said: "Yes. What I want to say is that what I have done, many people may not understand, many people may think that one person can't do such a thing, but the actual situation is that I did it by myself... I know this matter will make many people lose their official positions, some people may even lose their lives... Maybe my life will also be included, but I don't regret it at all, I think it's worth it, very worth it. I don't want to see some high-ranking officials idle and corrupt, I don't want to see them drag a country and a nation into danger for the benefit of their own families."

  "That's enough, let's stop here." Tan Runsheng said warmly, stopping Ye Jinghong's impromptu political declaration. Comrade Ye Jinghong's patriotic enthusiasm was so sincere that Vice Commissioner Tan felt a sour heart and his eyes were slightly moist.

  Tian Runsheng was calm and composed. He chose his words carefully when referring to Ye Jinghong - conversation, not interrogation.

  Old hand.

  The background of Huayue Company is not clear to others, but he understands it best. The people behind Huayue Company have understood the core figure's approach to governing the country: making a fortune in silence, and only with great wealth can one be arrogant. Tian Runsheng would not show such tendency at this time, and he has already looked down on Ye Jinghong in his heart.

  Young people have a strong personality and use it in the right place.

  Ye Jinghong certainly knew where to cut. The past twenty years he had personally experienced were ones in which some red families went all out to accumulate wealth, using their enormous family interests to influence politics, the economy and culture, manipulating house prices and oil prices, turning the entire continent into a powder keg that could explode at any moment. A certain iron-fisted figure once said angrily at a meeting of elders in Beidaihe, "Some people are dancing on the edge of a volcano."

  Back in the air raid shelter, Ye Jinghong had a drink with Deputy Director Wei. As the executive deputy director in charge of security work, Deputy Director Wei could get close to Ye Jinghong. The head of the Security Section stood outside the door and made gestures to remind Deputy Director Wei not to get too close to Ye Jinghong.

  The deputy director sneered and scolded him severely.

  Deputy Director Wei did not have a very complicated bureaucratic experience and had not yet developed the habit of being overly cautious.

  "Jing Hong, I'm telling you, you're not suited for working in an official organization. You shouldn't have entered the police zone in the first place. The police zone is a place for old men to relax, it's not a place for you to cause trouble." Deputy Director Wei poured wine into his mouth from his rice bowl. He had only brought wine, but hadn't brought anything to drink it with, so he used his rice bowl to hold the wine. After pouring three bowls of wine, he smashed the wine jug directly.

  Have done so in Laoshan front line as well.

  "Since you're here, make yourself at home. There are people I like here. I think people are more important than anything else. With someone by your side, you can do whatever you want and even shout out when you see injustice." Ye Jinghong also poured himself a drink.

  "This roar of yours is quite powerful! Where did you, young man, get the nerve?" Deputy Director Wei elbowed Ye Jinghong and said, "Your father-in-law has spoken, not allowing Du Xiaojun to deliver dumplings for you. If you scare Du Xiaojun away with your roar, you'll be in big trouble."

  The deputy director chuckled and sighed: "It's good to lean on a big tree... Jing Hong, this thing has more drawbacks than benefits."

  "Whatever, it's done, don't think about it anymore, let's just drink and sleep..." Ye Jinghong was a bit tipsy from drinking, and looked at Deputy Director Wei with blurry eyes. "I should thank you first for keeping me company while drinking... I've heard that you're great at singing, sing one for me..."

  "Get out of here! You think I'm some kind of street performer?" Deputy Director Wei had a lot to drink, but he wasn't dizzy, just very excited and wanting to shout.

  "Bravo!" Ye Jinghong applauded loudly.

  Deputy Director Wei suddenly stood up and pulled Ye Jinghong up as well, "Let's roar together."

  It's true!

  Blood-stained glory... A song that will cause misunderstandings 20 years later.

  Ye Jinghong almost forgot all the lyrics.

  The deputy director remembered it word for word.

  Perhaps I will bid farewell and never return... Perhaps I will fall and never rise again... If so, do not be sorrowful, for the Republic's flag bears our blood-stained glory.

  Ye Jinghong followed Deputy Director Wei's roar, recalling some words, no matter what they were, just the momentum of the roar.

  Suffocating.

  Du Xiaojun's father was right, in China, many things are not as imagined. Many times, it is hard to distinguish between right and wrong, a person can be lifted to the sky overnight, but also can be thrown into hell overnight.

  Ye Jinghong roared and laughed, laughing at his own former naivety, laughing at his own former passion.

  If you want to send someone to hell, one passionate outburst is not enough.

  Some things still need to be tempered and closely rely on the big trees that can be relied upon.