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Yan Xi was busy two days ago, Shi Jiu also went to meet the mayor when he was bored.

As usual, it was Shi Jiu who the mayor was looking for.

For the mayor, Shi Jiu couldn't tell how he felt.

If you have to be serious, it's almost indifferent.

It's really very light, it really has no feelings, a bit like a teacher, a bit like a leader, anyway, it doesn't look like a father at all, in short, being a father or mayor is enough to fail.

But the mayor obviously didn’t think so, he put all his heart and soul into recommending Shi Jiu in his career, even when Shi Jiu was transferred to the bureau, he didn’t rest at all. Seeing that Shi Jiu is like an old hen hugging its nest, glowing and glowing, it is very warm to Shi Jiu, and he can't wait to make up for the father's love of the past twenty years.

Seeing that Shi Jiu entered the door, he put on his slippers and went to get the electric heater, saying that there was no heating to prevent Shi Jiu from being cold, so he poured hot tea and pushed snacks, Shi Jiu thought he was the mayor's father.

The two of them didn't eat together that time, they just sat and chatted together.

The mayor told Shi Jiu in detail how he had been the leader of an ordinary state-owned enterprise over the years, then got mixed up in the bureau, then moved to various oil fields, and finally transferred back from a remote county-level city to become mayor.

He listened to too many things, Shi Jiu was most impressed by only one sentence.

When he said this, the mayor leaned back and took a sip of tea, his bald head was steaming hot.

The mayor only said that since ancient times, there has always been only one reason behind the downfall of officials, not greed, but standing on the wrong team.

Once you stand on the wrong team, even if you are a clean official, you will be charged with trumped-up charges. What's more, in order to climb up these days, few people can't guarantee that they have nothing wrong with them, so it's easier to find pigtails .

So standing on the wrong team is more terrifying than doing the wrong thing. It’s okay to make peace with each other, but you can’t always make peace. The grass on the wall has not developed. When you have to express your position one day, you must be decisive and stand on the right side. This is what the mayor does. official way.

Also say that this thing sounds easy but is difficult to do, you have to take your time, and it is the same with being a human being. You show the other party your position, and the right or wrong of the matter will be blurred, just like sometimes accusing is also a kind of concern But the smiling face is a trap.

Half an hour after leaving the hotel, the autumn wind picked up, rolling sand and stones, and hitting the car window, making a faint sound.

It was deadly quiet in the car.

The radio was turned on, and there was an old song on it with a familiar melody, but Shi Jiu couldn't remember the name of the song.

I just kept driving in silence, my mind was overwhelmed.

Thinking that I and Yan Xi have always been at odds with each other here, trying to please both sides, without saying a word of truth, and we still have to talk to others sincerely.

And enough of a jerk.

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As early as 1979, when my country’s first criminal penalty was promulgated, a case of corruption of 1000 yuan could be filed. Later, with the vigorous development of China’s economy, by 1997, it had grown to 5000 yuan and more than 10 yuan. If the circumstances are particularly serious, the death penalty shall be imposed.

At that time, the city dealt with a group of corrupt officials, ranging from the secretary of the party committee to the leaders of state-owned enterprises. From the death penalty to the death sentence with reprieve, many people went to hear the trial. Banners with white background and black characters were drawn outside the court, absolutely against corrupt officials. insults, and praise to the people's court.

At that time, a woman with luggage dragged a young boy to pass by in a hurry. Neither of the mother and father looked at the banner, and they walked all the way in silence. Later, the child asked if his mother and father were going to die.

The woman shook her head, then nodded again, her tears were like broken beads before she could speak.

At that time, the big square in front of the train station was full of people, and all the people coming and going saw her crying alone. The crying child was very embarrassed. Later, the woman finally stopped crying, so she pulled the child aside, and once again Tell him over and over again, "Your father is not a corrupt official, he was cheated, and the uncle who gave the piano is a bad guy."

At that time, Yan Xi was about ten years old and his life had just started. He was very shocked when he heard this. He thought that a lie could lead to such serious consequences. His father was cheated and he was about to die.

After another ten years, Yan Xi entered the society for the first time, full of enthusiasm and sincerity, and only wanted to work hard and live a serious life, but in the end he was deceived by his clients and his lover, and even if he went to court to defend himself, he was deceived by the other party's power and authority. .

I still remember a time when Yan Xi followed his old lawyer to a court hearing. The most famous lawyer in this city, Wang, stood in the People's Court with a solemn expression, but he was full of lies. Yes, the tongue blooms like a lotus flower, which is amazing.

At that time, Yan Xi, who was sitting below, was recovering the arrears for a small factory. He lost the first trial and agreed to continue the second trial. However, the lawyer changed there and did not say hello, and the first trial fee was still in arrears.

At that time, Yan Xi felt that if he continued to be deceived like this, he would have to go back to the rental house and die.

Now that Yan Xi has become a famous lawyer in the city, the watch on his wrist alone is worth more than Shi Jiu's car, not to mention his net worth, but he never treats others sincerely, nor expects others to treat him sincerely.

I just occasionally think about it, and wonder if life would be completely different without these experiences.

In contrast, the buddies around me are much luckier.

Everything I do is smooth and smooth, which is really enviable...

So when Shi Jiu did this, Yan Xi actually felt nothing.

I am really used to this kind of thing, and I always turn a blind eye to it.

It's just that I've come to this point, and I still had a glimmer of hope for this person, which is quite funny.

It's good to see it early.

Yan Xi's eyebrows gradually relaxed, but his heart was heavy. He lit a cigarette for himself, thinking about what to do about Xi Zhanqiang.

The wind poured in from the car window, Yan Xi's palms were cold, but his fingertips were hot from the tobacco.

Shi Jiu broke the silence, "Lawyer?"

Yan Xi came back to his senses, "Huh?"

Shi Jiu looked at Yan Xi's face.

It was no different from usual, his eyes were dark, and the corners of his mouth were a little playful, as if the self-mockery before was just Shi Jiu's hallucination.

"I lied to you just now, I didn't call."

Yan Xi didn't speak, just pinched out the cigarette and threw it in the ashtray of the car.

Shi Jiu laughed,

"Why don't you speak...you guessed it early?"

Yan Xi was a little surprised,

And very uncomfortable, "Why did you admit it again?"

Shi Jiu continued to drive,

"No reason... I don't know what you want to get Xiao Wang there... But the reason why you don't call for you is actually very simple, that is, I don't think Xi Zhanqiang is a good person, and I don't want you to continue to mix with him... ...Think about it, you are my target...don't refute this, if you dare to refute, I will beat you...I definitely don't want anything to happen to you, right..."

Although Shi Jiu didn't say anything, Yan Xi could hear a lot from these words, "What do you know..."

"I know that you two may have enmity..." Shi Jiu thought for a while and added, "...No one told me, I discovered it myself, I know that these things are all coincidences, and I have no intention of being by your side ...just want to be with you."

Yan Xi's face was stiff.

For such a long time, I have been shooting black guns and stabbing knives in the cracks of the law. Although I have never had any accidents, I don't feel how surreptitious I am doing things.

But at the very least, even an outsider like Shi Jiu can't see it so clearly.

Shi Jiu didn't want to tell the whole story at first, but the words got out of the way, and many things could only be forced to go out.

So after being silent for a while, Shi Jiu asked Yan Xi if he still wanted to listen.

Yan Xi nodded, re-lighted his own cigarette, ignited it several times, and even burned his hand.

Shi Jiu took a long breath, and roughly told Yan Xi the ins and outs of this matter, and expressed his thoughts by the way.

In fact, when he said this, Shi Jiu was also quite uneasy. He felt that he should not scare the lawyer away as soon as he finished talking, but he also felt that there was a price to be paid for fighting for everything. If the lawyer ran away, he could continue to chase after him. Anyway, I have been working hard for such a long time, and it is not bad for this one and a half hurdles.

It was a bit of ink smear, but when Shi Jiu thought that this person was a lawyer, Shi Jiu was very willing to give it a try.

Moreover, before Shi Jiu didn't know how much he liked lawyers, after talking about it, Shi Jiu realized that he liked lawyer Yan so much, even if he became a woman now, Shi Jiu still liked him.

It's not about the surface, it's what's inside.

Damn, didn't you chase Jiang Yunqing a long time ago, when did you chase him endlessly, and it was so hard...

The car had already parked in the parking space downstairs, and after Shi Jiu finished speaking, there was another burst of silence in the car.

Shi Jiu's throat was filled with smoke, "Lawyer, express your opinion... Hey... Can you stop smoking... If you smoke again, the fire alarm will come..."

I saw the expression on Yan Xi's face was extremely unnatural.

Neither admitted nor denied, but said something insignificant,

"Do you want to move to my house?"