Director Kong followed Tuoba's horse team and galloped all the way. It took him five days to reach Lucheng.
They came to the "Inter-Consortium Affairs Negotiation Office", where a pot-bellied official was drinking tea.
When he heard someone coming in, the official said without raising his head: "With power and no signal, nothing can be done. Let's wait until the communication is restored and come back."
Tuoba Ling stood up first from the crowd and said: "I am Tuoba Ling. I was entrusted by Tuoba Hong, the head of the Tuoba family, to come to the head of the Song family to discuss matters. It involves human lives, so I want you to do me a favor. "
It is very rare for Tuoba Ling to be able to speak like this. She is an absolute master in Tuoba field. In addition, "The Legend of Qilin" is popular all over the continent. She has many fans and is a star that is held in the palm of everyone's hands.
When the official heard the three words "Tuo Ba Ling", he looked up at her, his eyes lit up, and said, "Hey, isn't this Tuo Ba Ling from 'The Legend of Qilin'? You're a rare visitor! Please sit down."
He said this, but did not stand up. He only pointed the position in front of his desk to Tuobaling with his chin, motioning for her to sit there.
Tuoba Ling looked back at the dozen or so people who had followed her, and she was about to have a seizure. Director Kong pulled her hand, shook his head, and said: "Sir, please go in and talk to this officer first. Let's stand at the door for a while." , I’ve been riding for too long, please stand a little longer.”
Tuobaling suppressed her anger and sat in front of the official.
There is a name tag on his desk that says "Administrative Director - Cao Tianzhu".
His surname is not Song, and he seems not to be a descendant of the Song family, at least not a direct descendant.
Tuobaling wondered how someone who was not a direct descendant could get so much 2,580,000 yuan.
Cao Tianzhu walked up and down Tuobaling's body with a pair of rat eyes, which made Tuobaling want to give him a riding crop on the spot.
He had an innate sense of propriety. Before Tuobaling really whipped out the whip, he lay down on the back of the chair and asked with a bored expression: "Why did the Qilin Singer come to the Song family if he is not in the desert?"
Tuobaling: "Sister A, the anchor of the Xiao family, whose real name is Jin Xiaoshui, was lost in this stellar storm. It is said that she was rescued by an officer named Song Wei from our Song family. We have seen that after so many days, Song He didn’t send anyone back, so he planned to pick him up himself.”
Cao Tianzhu: "That anchor who can sing and chat? How could she get lost in the desert?"
Tuobaling: "Don't you know, Chief Cao? She happened to be doing a live broadcast in the desert those days, and she sold out several products."
Cao Tianzhu: "Oh? Is there anything good?"
Director Kong, who was standing at the door, whispered: "Sir, we have brought a lot of products this time. If you are interested, you can take a look."
As expected, Cao Tianzhu became interested and asked, "Oh? Do you have that dried meat?"
Tuoba Ling sneered in her heart: Why did you pretend not to know just now, but now you actually know about dried meat.
Director Kong lowered his eyebrows and picked up a bag, placed it on his desk, then walked back to the door and stood there.
Cao Tianzhu rummaged through the bag twice and saw that it was quite heavy. Then he sat up straight and smiled at Tuobaling: "Who did you just say kidnapped me?"
Tuobaling: "Song Wei. One of your officers stationed at the border."
Cao Tianzhu: "Song Wei, I know him. But it's impossible. Song Wei can't capture your people."
Tuobaling: "Why do you say that?"
Cao Tianzhu: "He is just a border guard. How can he interfere in your affairs in the desert? As long as people who are not yours come to our Song family's territory, Song Wei will not interfere."
Tuobaling: "But we have reliable information that he did capture the anchor."
Cao Tianzhu: "Source? Evidence?"
Tuobaling: "Our soldiers who went to search and rescue did encounter Song soldiers in the desert, and the two sides even had a fight."
Cao Tianzhu: "There's no way to prove that it's the person Song Wei arrested."
Tuobaling: "But at least it proves that Song Wei did enter the desert, doesn't it?"
Cao Tianzhu couldn't think of anything to refute, and his expression was a little awkward. He slowly took a sip of tea, then regained his contemptuous expression, and said with a smile: "It's probably because his soldiers accidentally entered the desert, and he went to find someone."
Tuoba Ling laughed angrily: "This...Cao Tianzhu, you don't even think of a way to verify it, so are you just guessing here?"
Cao Tianzhu: "I said it's impossible, why do I need to verify it? What's more, there is power but no signal now, how can I verify it? Who should I verify it with?"
Tuo Ba Ling stood up and was about to curse, but Director Kong rushed in, grabbed Tuo Ba Ling's hand and pulled her to the chair, pushed a bag in front of Cao Tianzhu, and said: "Two adults, please calm down! I just forgot to say Yes, we also brought a kind of goods here, which is very common and not unusual. Chief Cao took it as a toy to relieve his boredom. "
Cao Tianzhu angrily opened the bag, revealing a golden bag of gold coins inside.
This is what she asked Xiao Yijie for before setting off.
Cao Tianzhu's anger immediately disappeared. He sat back on his chair, pulled the bag containing the gold coins into his arms, squeezed it a few times, then pointed at Director Kong and said, "You seem to be quite reliable. You sit down and say it.”
Director Kong saluted Cao Tianzhu, pulled Tuobaling to sit down, and said: "Sir, indeed, according to your guess, it is impossible for the person to be here. But at the moment, there are two suspicions that really need to be The Song family came to clarify - first, the Tuoba family's search and rescue team did encounter Song Wei's troops, or the Song family's troops did enter the Tuoba territory without communication; secondly, our Xiao family started from a man who claimed to be Song Wei. Shi Anzi did ask about anchor Sister A being kidnapped by Song Wei. You said, if only a single consortium encountered this kind of thing, it would probably be dismissed as a misunderstanding, but now two consortiums are fighting for the same person. Everyone is paying attention to the Song family. If the Song family doesn't come out to clarify quickly, not to mention how much trouble it will cause for the family head by offending two consortiums at the same time, this matter alone will give you a lot of workload! You think, if we have poor communication at this level and make things worse, then regardless of whether Song Wei arrests the person or not, the horizontal communication and upward reporting will fall on you. After all, you are the cross-level person. The administrative director of the Consortium Communications Office, right!”
Director Kong's words really highlighted the key point of Cao Tianzhu.
This kind of person doesn't really want to contribute to things, but he is afraid of two things, one is offending his boss, and the other is causing trouble for himself. If something can offend his boss or cause him trouble, he will definitely work hard to nip the problem in the bud.
Cao Tianzhu drank a cup of tea thoughtfully, then wrote a letter of inquiry, sealed it in an envelope, handed it to Director Kong, and said: "Give it to the office next door and ask them to go to the military for verification." .”
