Li Yuanlang had dinner at the county guest house.

He didn't drink, so others naturally didn't dare to suggest it.

The meal was hastily finished.

After dinner, Li Yuanlang did not talk to Hou Dehai and Wang Minan alone, and returned to the room alone.

Hou Dehai and Wang Minan were both strange.

What's wrong with Mayor Li? It's okay if he doesn't drink. He didn't eat much and didn't talk to them. Could it be that he is dissatisfied with them?

The two of them could not ask and did not dare to ask.

After walking out of the guest house, they all asked the city leaders for advice and asked about Mayor Li's attitude.

At the same time, Li Yuanlang called Mu Guangsen in, "Have you contacted Guang Shui?"

Mu Guangsen nodded and looked at the time, "Secretary-General Xu asked us to come out through the back door. He was waiting for us in a black car on the street."

"Okay." Li Yuanlang put on ordinary clothes, and under the guidance of Mu Guangsen, walked out of the back door of the guest house and walked along the street for more than a hundred meters.

There was a black car parked on the roadside ahead. It flashed its taillights and honked its horn.

Li Yuanlang understood, opened the rear door and got in first.

Mu Guangsen wanted to drive, but Xu Guangshui said, "I am more familiar with this place than you are, so I'll do it."

Mu Guangsen had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat. Xu Guangshui turned the steering wheel and headed straight for Guanping Town.

"Guang Shui, if I remember correctly, you were the county magistrate here for three years, right?"

"Haha." Xu Guangshui said with a smile: "Mayor Li has a really good memory. If you count, it's not just three years, but a total of ten years."

According to him, he worked in Gaolin County for more than nine years, from deputy director of the County Public Security Bureau to director and deputy county magistrate, executive deputy county magistrate, and finally county magistrate.

"Mayor Li, Wang Minan called me just now. He was worried and thought you were dissatisfied with their work."

Li Yuanlang sighed, "I've been walking all day, just looking around. I can't see anything at all, and I can't understand anything at all. People, as the official becomes bigger and bigger, the distance between him and the common people also widens.

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"Yes." Xu Guangshui was also deeply touched. "In the past, when I was in the villages and towns, I could still have the opportunity to chat with the people and chat with them. Now, it is very difficult. The main reason is that we have no chance to contact them, and they don't dare to do anything casually.

Speak."

"That's why I came up with this idea. Let's go on a private visit incognito to Guanping Town to try the special mutton. We can also get in-depth contact with the people and listen to what they have to say."

Incognito private interviews are Li Yuanlang's usual method and the most direct way to get close to the people.

Less than five miles away, the car took about ten minutes and stopped at the entrance of the largest mutton restaurant in Guanping Farm.

Xu Guangshui parked the car and said: "The sheep here are slaughtered right now and they don't sell frozen mutton. The taste is the best and most authentic."

Li Yuanlang got out of the car and looked at the various vehicles parked around him. It was enough to tell how prosperous the business of this mutton restaurant must be.

Xu Guangshui handed Li Yuanlang a pair of glasses. Li Yuanlang didn't understand what he meant. Xu Guangshui explained: "Plain glasses have no prescription, so I have to wear one."

"Oh." Li Yuanlang understood, "I'm afraid that people will recognize me."

"Is it safe? Safety first."

The two of them put on their glasses together, walked up the steps and entered the mutton restaurant while chatting and laughing.

As soon as you enter, you can smell the unique smell of mutton soup.

It was already half past seven in the evening, and the hall was packed. Fortunately, Xu Guangshui had reserved a private room in advance, otherwise, there would be no room.

Walking in, Li Yuanlang was sitting in the main seat, with Xu Guangshui on the left and Mu Guangsen on the right.

Xu Guangshui was familiar with the dishes and ordered several special dishes directly from the waiter without even looking at the menu. The most important one was the pot of stewed mutton.

"Would you like some drink?" Xu Guangshui asked Li Yuanlang for his opinion.

"We didn't drink at night, we were just waiting for the mutton soup to be paired with white wine."

Xu Guangshui was naturally happy when he heard that he could drink. He threw the car keys in front of Mu Guangsen and said carelessly: "Xiao Mu, please be our driver."

"No problem." Mu Guangsen grabbed the car keys and answered simply.

Soon, the dishes were served one after another.

Especially the big pot of mutton stew, the bottom of the pot is heated by a cassette stove.

In fact, everything has been prepared in advance. The purpose of using a cassette stove is not only to maintain the temperature, but also to better evaporate the delicious taste of the mutton.

What I drank was a local liquor, 50 degrees, with a strong koji flavor.

It shows that it is indeed brewed from grain.

Daqu-flavor liquor belongs to Maotai-flavor type liquor. Because Maotai-flavor liquor is high-temperature Daqu, and strong-flavor liquor is medium-temperature Daqu. Therefore, the flavor of Maotai-flavor liquor is more obvious than that of strong-flavor liquor.

Seeing the mutton stew in the basin bubbling, Mu Guangsen stood up and served Li Yuanlang a small bowl first, and then Xu Guangshui.

Li Yuanlang saw chopped green onion and coriander on the snack plate and was about to put it into the bowl.

Xu Guangshui suggested: "Mayor, try it with your empty mouth first. If you mix it with these things, the taste will be different."

Li Yuanlang took a sip with a small spoon. Well, don't mention it, the mutton soup is indeed delicious, without the slightest bit of odor.

Xu Guangshui and Li Yuanlang explained the origin of the deliciousness of the mutton soup, which was nothing more than how the sheep here were raised, the special forage they ate, etc.

Just as he was talking in high spirits, his cell phone rang.

As soon as Xu Guangshui answered the call, he said the word "hello" and his eyebrows came together instantly, "Are you sure? Okay, I'll wait for you in the private room."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Guangshui said in surprise: "The Taoist priest has found it."

Li Yuanlang was stunned, "When?"

"Just now." Xu Guangshui explained: "Xing Feicai from the Gaolin County Public Security Bureau called me. He is nearby. Let's listen to his report."

Li Yuanlang said nothing, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

Less than ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door in the private room.

As Mu Guangsen opened the door, a plainclothes man in his thirties walked in.

This person is none other than Xing Fei, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation of the Gaolin County Public Security Bureau, and Xu Guangshui's most trusted capable officer.

"Deputy Director Criminal, don't worry, let's have a bowl of mutton soup first."

Mu Guangsen quickly served a bowl of soup to Xing Fei. Xing Fei was probably really hungry. He drank it all in several gulps and laughed at himself: "I haven't eaten much all day, so I'm really hungry."

Li Yuanlang felt very sorry, but it was hard to say anything.

Xing Fei took the napkin, wiped his mouth and said: "The Taoist priest's name is Pan Ren, and he has been practicing at Seven Stars. He suddenly disappeared mysteriously two years ago. No one knows where he went."

Li Yuanlang interjected and asked: "Two years ago? Wasn't that the time when he gave Deping New Town a feng shui inspection?"

"Yes." Xing Fei nodded and said, "Pan Ren has disappeared since then. After I received a call from Secretary-General Xu, I used all possible means to search for Pan Ren, but found nothing."

"The day before yesterday, one of my men accidentally learned from someone else that there was a master who killed sheep in this mutton restaurant with clean and neat techniques. He took the opportunity to eat here and saw that person."

"It doesn't matter at this glance. Although this man has a beard, it still didn't escape the eyes of our detectives, who identified him as Pan Ren."

When Xing Fei said this, he couldn't help but sigh, "I really didn't expect that Pan Ren, whom we have tried so hard to find, would be hiding under our noses. It's so unexpected."

Xu Guangshui asked eagerly: "You caught Pan Ren?"

"He is being held in the car outside." Xing Fei asked for instructions: "Mayor Li, Secretary-General Xu, please give instructions from the leaders on how to deal with Pan Ren next."

Li Yuanlang pondered for a moment and said: "Find a quiet place and interrogate him immediately. You want to ask, who asked Pan Ren to bury that stone? In addition to the stone, what other requirements does the other party have?"

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Xing Fei was about to get up, but was stopped by Li Yuanlang, "I guess the comrades haven't eaten yet? Guangsen, get something quick and let the comrades fill their bellies first."

At the end of the day, he did not forget to tell Mu Guangsen: "Put it all on my account."

Xing Fei was slightly startled and looked at Li Yuanlang with great gratitude.

The mayor treated him to a treat. This was the first time he had encountered him in more than ten years as a police officer.

Being so considerate of everyone, Xing Fei didn't say anything, but something glistened in his eyes.

After Mu Guangsen and Xing Fei left, Li Yuanlang picked up his chopsticks and said, "Guang Shui, we have to eat quickly and watch a show later."

Xu Guangshui nodded affirmatively, "It is indeed a good show."

Forty minutes later, Mu Guangsen drove away from Guanping Farm, following Xing Fei and his van, and walked along the county highway for more than half an hour.

Finally, we stopped in the courtyard of a hotel on the outskirts of Guanping Town.
Chapter completed!