Chapter 419: Tacit Understanding

As soon as the escort car left Chunshan County, Guan Peishan sent Deng Hanyu to find me in a hurry.

It was still his new residential compound, but the security guards didn't dare to stop me again, letting me rush in.

Guan Peishan was full of fatigue, leaning on the sofa and dozing off. Seeing me enter the room, he opened a pair of muddy eyes and nodded slightly.

The room was filled with a musty smell, and in the sunlight entering the room, one could see floating dust dancing. Such a situation showed that no one had lived here for a long time. The room was therefore lifeless, and a faint sense of desolation scattered in every corner.

Deng Hanyu called softly: "Old Secretary, he's here."

Guan Peishan waved for him to retreat, pointed to the sofa opposite and told me to sit.

"You're here." His voice seemed to come from his nasal cavity, with a faint nasal sound. As if a thick phlegm was stuck in his throat, making him unable to speak smoothly.

Overnight, he seemed to have aged a lot. One could even see a few white hairs standing stubbornly on his sparse head.

Overnight, Chunshan County had undergone earth-shaking changes. The fall of Qilin Villa, like a giant rock thrown into a quiet pool, stirred up enough water to drown the flames that were in full swing.

"Thank you!" He was expressionless, gently patting the sofa armrest.

I pretended not to understand, and asked in surprise: "Old Secretary, what are you thanking me for?"

Guan Peishan didn't speak, looked at me with a mysterious smile, and after a long while, sighed: "Xiao Chen, you, your future is limitless."

I was flattered: "With you, Old Secretary, supporting me, I have a bottom line in my heart."

Guan Peishan shook his head noncommittally, stood up from the sofa, walked around to a wall, stared at a landscape painting by Bada Shanren hanging on the wall, and after staring for a long time, said: "Everyone has a bottom line in their heart."

He said a truth. Without me, he, Guan Peishan, should be in the escort car at this time, huddled in the car with a group of suspects pulled out of Qilin Villa, dejected and waiting for an unknown fate.

"Someone must be disappointed." He laughed loudly and came over to pat me on the shoulder: "You kid, how should I thank you."

His words almost clarified the struggle with Liu Qimeng; who is disappointed? Except for Liu Qimeng, who would care about his, Guan Peishan's, life or death? Although he was demoted to Chunshan County, he was a camel that died of thinness, how could he be bigger than a horse!

Precisely because of this, I transferred Guan Peishan away quietly at the critical moment. I know Guan Peishan is not a flower, he is a thorn, I not only want to plant flowers, but also want to plant thorns. Only thorns will pierce the pustule and let the wound heal.

"From now on, you help me cut off all relations with Qilin Villa." He ordered me directly.

I nodded, and suddenly had a premonition in my heart. Guan Peishan speaking like this was definitely not an order, he must have a deal to make with me.

Sure enough, he pondered for a while and said: "Xiao Xi, you still remember, right?"

I remembered that we were still flirting on the highway last night, and my heart surged.

"Do you know who she is?"

I shook my head.

"Hehehe, you kid, saying you are dull, you are more refined than a ghost. Saying you are refined, you are in the officialdom, but don't have half a political sensitivity. Tell me, what is her surname?"

I said inexplicably: "Isn't Xiao Xi surnamed Lin?"

"That's right. You still remember. There is a Deputy Provincial Governor in our province, what is the surname?" He prompted me, smiling slowly.

My heart skipped a beat, could it be that she has a relationship with the Deputy Provincial Governor in the province?

"Provincial Governor Lin and I are classmates. We carried guns together back then, and rolled in the same quilt for a year." He sighed: "My old classmate, if he could watch his roots, what is a Deputy Provincial Governor's ambition."

I didn't dare to answer, Guan Peishan's words were all the leader's privacy.

Guan Peishan saw that I didn't speak, and simply clarified: "Provincial Governor Lin has married five times in his life. Xiao Xi is the child of his third wife. Xiao Xi's mother took sleeping pills when Provincial Governor Lin met his fourth wife. Understand now."

My heart felt like it had been hit hard, and it hurt faintly. I didn't expect that the beautiful Lin Xiaoxi would have such a background.

"After Xiao Xi grew up, she didn't want to be by her father's side. Old Lin felt sorry for his daughter, so he had to put her by my side."

"Old Secretary, you mean..."

"Forget it. You kid is now the son-in-law of Minister Huang. Being a person, you can't be two-minded. However, Xiao Xi has deep feelings for you, you know, right?"

I shook my head. Actually, I understand in my heart, if Lin Xiaoxi didn't have feelings for me, could I have taken her as my own on the highway?

"Alright. Words to here, things to here. You grasp it yourself." He waved his hand, signaling me to go out.

Out of the room, I saw Deng Hanyu leaning not far away smoking. Seeing me come out, he threw the cigarette over, pulled me and cursed: "Chen Feng, you kid is really poisonous."

I shook off his hand and said: "Brother Deng, what does this mean?"

"What does it mean!" He punched me and hugged my shoulder affectionately: "Brother, you saved my life."

I looked at him inexplicably.

"To tell you the truth, if you hadn't invited the old Secretary out yesterday, I would have fallen in last night."

"Who said I invited the old Secretary out?"

"Everyone knows it without saying." He giggled, the muscles on his face twitching, obviously having lingering fears.

"Brother Deng, food can be eaten indiscriminately, words cannot be spoken indiscriminately. This matter has nothing to do with me." I said sternly: "The old Secretary has nothing to do with Qilin Villa. It has nothing to do with me."

Deng Hanyu was stunned for a moment, and laughed loudly as if he realized: "Indeed! Indeed. It has nothing to do with the old Secretary."

"Heard who caught more than fifty?" He asked me tentatively.

"I don't know." I refused directly.

"Don't fool your brother. Who doesn't know this is your idea. This damn Lao Can, almost took my life." Deng Hanyu complained indignantly: "I helped him do so many things. It turns out this guy is so bad, it's really knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts."

I patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother Deng, the body is upright and not afraid of the shadow."

"Yes, yes, yes." He said repeatedly, full of flattery.

"How will it go next?" He was still testing me.

"That's the Public Security's business." I said: "Public Security handles cases, they have their own set."

"You can always speak up!" He hesitated and said: "I think, it's better not to expand the scope of this matter, making it too big, it's not easy to clean up."

"What's not easy to clean up?" I asked strangely.

"Think about it, this time I heard that more than ten cadres from Chunshan County were caught, if it expands again, you know better than anyone, the cadres of Chunshan County, whose butt doesn't have shit? If the cadres of Chunshan County are wiped out in this matter, you, as the Executive Deputy County Magistrate, can you have light on your face?"

I pondered silently.

"We cadres, if there is a problem, it is an internal contradiction, the organization can punish. If it is brought to the judicial level, I am afraid that even the Heavenly King and Laozi cannot cover it. By then, who will all the cadres in the county hate? How many family members are standing behind these cadres? How many cadres are there above?" He tutted and sighed: "Thinking about it is scary."

"Brother Deng, are you worried about me?" I looked at him with a fake smile.

"Of course. You are my brother. I can't watch my brother jump into the fire pit." He said very seriously.

I laughed dumbly. Deng Hanyu, you dog, circling a big circle is just telling me, he is fine! Even if something happens, it must be fine!

"What do you want me to do?" I teased him.

"It's not what I want you to do. You are a big County Magistrate, and you have planned this big event. I, Deng Hanyu, am not as good as dog shit in front of you now, can I still ask you?" Deng Hanyu laughed at himself.

"Brother Deng,

"Since you've put it that way, brother, let me make a suggestion and see if you think it's appropriate." Deng Hanyu's expectant gaze swept over me a few times. He handed me a cigarette.

He helped me light it, leaned close to my ear, and lowered his voice: "Do you know? Behind Lao Can stands Boss Liang Tianxing. If we drag him out, this matter is finished. Don't you think so?"

"Is that so?" I gave him a sidelong glance.

"It really is. Liang Tianxing is the chariot; we must sacrifice the chariot to protect the commander. I don't need to say it, you understand, right?"

I shook my head and said, "I don't understand."

Deng Hanyu almost jumped up as if electrocuted, cursing, "Chen Feng, stop playing dumb with me, will you!"

I remained calm as water, letting him rage.

After Deng Hanyu jumped around for a while, seeing me unmoved, he had to put on a smiling face and said, "Brother, you really have a heart deeper than the sea."

I smiled and said, "Actually, I am very simple."

"If you're simple, then we must be blank sheets of paper." Deng Hanyu stubbed out his cigarette and said, "This is also the old Secretary's intention."

I let out an "oh," and at this moment, I finally confirmed it. I had already grabbed Guan Peishan by the throat!

With Guan Peishan in my grip, I could do whatever I wanted in Chunshan County.

I couldn't help but feel smug. The ever-calculating Guan Peishan had finally been defeated before me.

The vague mentions of Provincial Governor Lin and Lin Xiaoxi were hints that if I cooperated with him, I would have a limitless future.

And I knew clearly that Deng Hanyu waiting here to talk this through with me was also at Guan Peishan's instruction.

They wanted to throw Liang Tianxing under the bus, which was something I hadn't expected. Liang Tianxing was an investor introduced by Guan Peishan himself; wouldn't throwing him out implicate Guan Peishan?

"But..." I started, then stopped.

"There are no 'buts' anymore." Deng Hanyu seemed to see my hesitation and interrupted, "You don't know, do you? Who introduced Liang Tianxing to Chunshan County?"

"Who?"

"Guo Wei."

I was shocked, as if a thunderbolt had struck the top of my head.