Official Road Hongyan

When only Wang Xiuguang, Xu Fei, and Ye Ming were left in the box, Wang Xiuguang looked at Ye Ming, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Little brother, you are going to visit Secretary Li tomorrow, what are you going to bring him?" Gifts? Do you want me to make some preparations?"

Ye Ming shook his head and said, "Mayor Wang, I'll go to Secretary Li's house and at most I'll bring him some fresh and cold local specialties, and the main ones are some special local dishes, such as pig's blood cake, firewood bacon, air-dried field fish, bay tou Sweet potato flour and so on. Secretary Li doesn’t smoke, and he rarely drinks alcohol, so he doesn’t want any of these things. As for you, there is no need to prepare any gifts at all, and he won’t ask for them if he does.”

Wang Xiuguang helped Ye Ming a lot today, and he felt more at ease, and he was full of confidence in his escape from bad luck this time.However, just to be on the safe side, he still pointed out that it was Secretary Lu who criticized him this time. The so-called "untie the bell must be tied by the person who tied the bell". Talk to Secretary Lu himself, and tell him face to face about the things he has been deceived, maybe the effect will be better.

Xu Fei also said beside him: "Xiaoye, I know that Secretary Lu promised you: as long as you go to the provincial party committee to find him, no matter how busy he is, he will receive you. You are the person involved in the matter of Mayor Wang. If you go to him If you explain and defend, Secretary Lu will be more convinced and more likely to change his opinion of Mayor Wang."

Ye Ming solved a big problem for Chen Mengqi today, and he was very happy in his heart. In addition, he has a character of repaying favors. He felt that Mayor Wang had done him such a big favor, so he should not refuse his request.Although he was still a little apprehensive about meeting Secretary Lu, he still agreed.

Seeing that he agreed to see Secretary Lu, Wang Xiuguang was very happy. After thanking Ye Ming, he thought about it carefully and asked, "Brother, are you going to see Secretary Lu, what are you going to bring him? Secretary Lu's home is not here. Here, I usually eat in the cafeteria, so you are not going to bring him some fresh and cold souvenirs!"

Ye Ming hesitated and said: "Mayor Wang, I really haven't thought about this. I also think that if I go to see Secretary Lu for the first time, if I don't bring anything, it seems inappropriate. But, I really don't know what I should give him. Bring something."

Xu Fei said next to him: "Mayor Wang, during Secretary Lu's inspection in Xinleng, I had the honor to chat with him for half an hour and take a walk with him. I think: Secretary Lu came from a scholarly family with profound knowledge. You are knowledgeable in calligraphy, literature and art, antique appreciation, etc. You should be more fond of more elegant things such as calligraphy and painting. And Mayor Wang, you are also a Chinese student, and you also have a deep foundation in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. You should I also have hobbies in collecting. If you have any good calligraphy and painting collections, I think you can bring them to Xiaoye and let Secretary Lu appreciate them. If he likes them, please accept them; if you don’t like them, ask Xiaoye to take them back. It's the same."

Wang Xiuguang's eyes lit up at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head dejectedly and said, "Both brothers, although I like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I have collected some things, most of them are modern works, and some may be Fakes are impossible to sell. A master of poetry and calligraphy like Secretary Lu, who comes from an aristocratic family, has a very high and picky appreciation of calligraphy, painting, antiques, etc., and ordinary things will definitely not catch his eye. And , What I am most afraid of is: if I take a fake for him to appreciate, it will be self-defeating and ridiculous. Therefore, I really don’t have any good calligraphy and painting works here to bring to Secretary Lu.”

When Ye Ming heard them mention calligraphy and painting works, his heart moved. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Mayor Wang, there is a relatively good work in my family. It was left to me by my mother. It is the work of Mr. Zheng Banqiao, a famous calligraphy and painting master in Qing Dynasty." A "Picture of Thin Bamboo in Yazhai". According to my mother, she bought it from an antique dealer more than [-] years ago. There are many seals of famous masters on it, so it should be authentic. Are you interested in this work?"

Wang Xiuguang hurriedly said: "My brother, hurry up and bring this painting over to me for a look. If it is really the authentic work of Zheng Banqiao, it is a priceless treasure, and Secretary Lu will definitely like it."

Ye Ming agreed, and quickly asked Director Xu's driver to take him back to the dormitory of the Local Taxation Bureau, and brought over the "Slim Bamboo Picture in Yazhai" in a long cardboard box.

Wang Xiuguang couldn't wait to take out the painting. After a closer look, he saw that the painting was about 160 centimeters long and 90 centimeters wide. It was written in ink on paper, with three poles of green bamboo painted on it, and the poles were all light ink.Two new bamboo branches are added with dark ink at the root of the bamboo, and the bamboo branches are soft and elastic.In the center of the painting is the drooping bamboo leaf, which alternates in shades and shades, and seems to have distance.On the left side of the painting is inscribed the four lines of Zheng Banqiao's famous Yan Zhi poem: "Ya Zhai is lying down and listening to Xiao Xiaozhu, which is suspected to be the voice of the people's suffering. These little officials of Caozhou County, one branch and one leaf are always concerned about love."

In the blank space of this painting, several seals were stamped.The color of the seals varies from thick to light, which should be due to the different ages of the seals.And the freshest seal has a few seal characters on it: "Ye Han's seal" - it turns out that Ye Han has liked calligraphy, painting and seal cutting since he was a child, and carved many seals by himself.After buying this Zheng Banqiao's painting, she stamped her own seal on the painting for permanent collection.

Ye Ming originally didn't intend to take out this precious painting left by his mother.However, considering that Wang Xiuguang had helped him a lot, and that Secretary Lu was so kind to him, and that he not only buried his mother’s grave in person during his inspection in Xinleng, but also fully affirmed that his mother had worked tirelessly to teach during her lifetime. The merits of educating people are also caring for themselves.

Therefore, he felt that if Secretary Lu liked this painting and kept it in his collection, his mother would not blame himself: After all, in some respects, Secretary Lu was his mother’s bosom friend, and he was very fond of it. Know calligraphy and painting.Once this painting is in the hands of Secretary Lu, it will definitely receive better maintenance and more careful care.

After seeing the painting, Wang Xiuguang said with a beaming face: "Little brother, I can tell you with certainty: this painting is definitely the authentic work of Zheng Banqiao. If you show this painting to Secretary Lu for appreciation, he will definitely I will be very happy. Moreover, the four poems mentioned on this painting are more consistent with the identity of Secretary Lu. It is really a perfect gift. How about this: you take this painting to see Secretary Lu, If he accepts it, it will be considered that I bought it from you. At that time, I will pay you according to the market price-after all, you are doing business for me, and you cannot let you lose such a precious painting for nothing. Is it a painting?"