Seeing that Ye Ming insisted on borrowing the car, Xu Jirong said, "Okay, my wife bought a car last year. She happens to be at home with her son on the weekends. If you don't want to use the car, I will drive it out for you right away."
Ye Ming waited for a few minutes at the door of the county party committee compound. When he saw Xu Jirong, he drove a Toyota Camry out, stopped beside him, opened the door and got out, handed him the key, and didn't ask him where he was going.
I smiled and shook hands with him, then said goodbye and went in.
Ye Ming started the car, turned on the navigator, entered the destination "Xinleng County", and then drove southwest according to the guidance of the navigator.
Although Beishan County and Xinlang County belong to two separate cities, they are not far apart, only more than 100 kilometers apart, and there is a provincial highway connecting the two counties. The transportation is relatively convenient. If you drive quickly, you can travel there in two hours.
arrive.
Ye Ming went to Xinlang County this time for only one purpose: to pay homage to Gong Zhichao, who was executed on June 13 last year - because tomorrow is June 13, the first anniversary of Gong Zhichao's death.
Before Gong Zhichao was executed, Secretary Lu, who was well aware of the close relationship between Ye Ming and Gong Zhichao, secretly asked Qiu Wangxi, director of the Provincial Party Committee Office, on June 10 in order to prevent Ye Ming from visiting or bidding farewell to Gong Zhichao and leaving an excuse for others.
He arranged for Ye Ming to go on a business trip to the capital for a week, and at the same time told Guo Guangwei to say hello to the people from the M City Public Security Bureau and strictly block the specific date of Gong Zhichao's execution, lest Ye Ming know about it and come back from the capital to see Gong Zhichao off.
At the same time, in order to prevent Gong Zhichao's men from calling Ye Ming on June 13th and revealing the news of Gong Zhichao's execution to him, Secretary Lu secretly told Lu Nianzi to call Ye Ming to her on the night of June 12th.
I met Chen Yi and Xiao Benben at home, and then turned off his mobile phone and hid it when he was sleeping. The next morning, he lied that Xiao Benben had lost his mobile phone, so that he could not find it all day.
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Since the time of execution is strictly confidential, the prisoner's relatives can only be notified to go to the detention center to see the prisoner for the last time on the day of execution. Therefore, "relatives" such as Fu Mengzi, Xia Jiao, Xia Feifei, Mao Lizi, and Ai Donggua, etc.
At 7:30 in the morning on June 13, they received a notice from the public security organ, asking them to go to the No. 1 Detention Center in City M to meet with Gong Zhichao.
On the way to the detention center with Fu Mengzi and others, Xia Jiao kept calling Ye Ming's cell phone, asking him to go with him to see Brother Chao for the last time and say goodbye to him. However, Ye Ming's cell phone kept turning off and sending text messages.
No reply to WeChat either.
Fu Mengzi and others were unwilling to give in. Everyone took turns calling Ye Ming's mobile phone, but they could not contact Ye Ming until they entered the detention center...
During the meeting, Gong Zhichao seemed to have expected that Ye Ming would not go. He did not ask him why he did not come. He just repeatedly advised Xia Jiao, Xia Feifei, Fu Mengzi and others not to cry, and at the same time told Fu Mengzi to take good care of him.
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To support your family, don’t get involved in the illegal businesses in Xinlang County, and don’t hang out with those bad guys and hooligans. If Qiqi and her mother come back from Australia, you can go to her and help her start her business again.
Brother Ye Ming will also help!
When he said this, he told Xia Jiao in a low voice: He had left a suicide note for Ye Ming, placed it with his belongings, and was temporarily kept by the detention center. After the execution, she could go to the detention center in the name of her sister.
He took out the relic and the letter, and then handed the letter to Ye Ming.
Fu Mengzi, Mao Lizi, and Ai Donggua heard these words from the side, with angry expressions on their faces.
Fu Mengzi couldn't bear it anymore and said to Gong Zhichao: "Brother Chao, don't mention that person! He should know that today is your death anniversary, but we just called him a lot and sent text messages and WeChat messages, asking him to
Get up and say goodbye to you. However, from 7:30 to now, his mobile phone has been turned off, and he has not responded to text messages and WeChat messages.
"He must have done this on purpose. It is probably because he has become a senior official and is worried about his own reputation and image, so he has forgotten his brotherly loyalty and is afraid that coming to the detention center to see you will affect his bright future if others find out about it.
, so I simply turned off my phone. What kind of suicide note would you leave for such a person?"
Gong Zhichao said sternly: "Fu Mengzi, you have been dating your second brother for so long, don't you understand his character and behavior? Do you think he is an unloyal person? He is in a special situation now, and he will definitely have a lot of worries.
I am a death row prisoner who is about to be shot, and there are still people who want to use my relationship with him to punish him and harm him. If he comes to visit me today, if those who want to harm him find out, this is not a lesson.
With handle?
"Besides, he may not have turned off his cell phone on purpose today, but it was a coincidence. The specific time of my execution is strictly confidential, and he may not know it. You must not have any objections to him because of this. Qiqi will come back in the future
Now, if you want to make a comeback, you must ask your second brother for help. You can't blame him or accuse him just because he didn't come to see me off today. In that case, I won't feel at ease even under Jiuquan."
Because they were worried that the police under surveillance would know that they were talking about Ye Ming, Fu Mengzi and Gong Zhichao all addressed Ye Ming as "second brother" or "that person" without mentioning his name directly.
Seeing Brother Chao's harsh words, Fu Mengzi and others did not dare to say anything anymore, but they were not convinced and were still full of resentment towards Ye Ming...
When the meeting was about to end, Gong Zhichao told Xia Feifei, Fu Mengzi and others that after his body was cremated, it should be transported back to Xinlang County and buried next to Chen Yuanqiao's grave in Chenjia'ao. He also said that Chen Yuanqiao was his benefactor and also his father.
He has followed his elder brother for half his life, and after his death, he also wants to protect him by his side, to protect him from the evil spirits and ghosts in the underworld!
When they heard these words, Xia Feifei, Xia Jiao, Fu Mengzi and others couldn't help crying...
When Ye Ming learned the news of Gong Zhichao's execution, it was already a month later. At that time, Xia Jiao called him to have tea, told him about it in the box, and handed Gong Zhichao's suicide note to him.
After reading the suicide note, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and he cried with Xia Jiao till the end of time...
That night, he made up his mind: on June 13 of the following year, he must go to Chenjiaao, Xinlang County, to pay homage to Gong Zhichao and Chen Yuanqiao, and to fulfill one of his wishes...
When Ye Ming arrived in Xinlang County, it was already half past nine in the evening. After driving two blocks on a familiar street, a villa appeared in front of him.
This villa was the love nest where he and Chen Mengqi lived together sweetly when they first fell in love!