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Even so, the officials of Dongyang City still came to toast Mu Guoxing with wine glasses one by one.With such an opportunity to get in close contact with officials from the capital, none of these people would let it go.Who doesn't want to rely on the great backing of the Mu family!Isn't Zhao Decun, the executive vice governor, and the old party secretary of Dongyang City a good example?If it weren't for the support of the Mu family, would he be able to become the executive deputy governor?

When Lu Cunbiao was toasting Mu Guoxing, Mu Guoxing found that his eyes were still evasive, and felt that there must be something wrong.I wanted to ask a question, but I also thought that he would stay with Li Mingzhi, and there were still many opportunities to talk.Besides, under the watchful eyes of everyone, showing too much intimacy with a certain official will inevitably cause some people to misunderstand.

Under Mu Guoxing's insistence, he rushed to Shuangshan County without taking a break after eating.This road has now been repaired very smoothly, comparable to a national first-class road.Mu Guoxing has also heard from some officials that when it comes to road standards, the roads in Hexi Province are second to none among all provinces and cities in the country.

With the police car clearing the way, they arrived at Shuangshan County in less than an hour, and there was another line of cars waiting there. At this time, Mu Guoxing was completely speechless.Don't disturb the comrades below, but I didn't expect that they would still do this when they came here.

He got out of the car again to shake hands and introduce greetings. Among these officials, Mu Guoxing also met an old acquaintance, that is, the former county magistrate and the current county party secretary Wang Yongli.

"Welcome Team Leader Mu back to his hometown! On behalf of the 80 fathers and villagers in the county, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Team Leader Mu!"

After exchanging pleasantries, they boarded the car again, and the convoy drove directly to the compound in Shuanglong Town.After getting out of the car, Mu Guoxing was stunned. Is this still the office of a town?No matter how you look at it, it is much more luxurious than a county party committee building in the northwest region.The exterior walls of the eight-storey building are all covered with milky white tiles, shining brightly under the sunlight.It shows the development and prosperity of the local economy.

All the cadres of Shuanglong Town stood in front of the building, and there was a banner hanging on the gate, which read: Welcome to the Central Inspection Team, Team Leader Mu!

Although the banner said to go home, Mu Guoxing couldn't find the feeling of going home.He now feels as if he has been dragged into an exhibition, and he feels awkward about what he thinks in his heart.

However, since such an arrangement was made, Mu Guoxing could only follow their rules, and surrounded by these officials, he took the elevator to a luxuriously decorated reception room on the eighth floor.

Mu Guoxing didn't sit down directly when he entered the reception room, but came to the window, condescendingly looking down at the whole picture of Shuanglong Town.

The current Shuanglong Town can no longer be explained by the scale of a town, even the county seat of a county below Jinshan City is even worse.

Mu Guoxing looked back at Li Mingzhi, Secretary of the Dongyang Municipal Party Committee, Lu Cunbiao, Executive Deputy Mayor, and Wang Yongli, Secretary of the County Party Committee of Shuangshan County, who were standing behind him. In ten years, Shuanglong Town has developed to this extent!"

Li Mingzhi and the others wanted to hear some instructions from Mu Guoxing, but they didn't expect that after Mu Guoxing said this, he shut his mouth in a timely manner.

In fact, Mu Guoxing didn't want to praise the changes in Shuanglong Town in his heart.But he knew that once he talked too much, it would be bad if these officials misunderstood him and used his words as a stepping stone to climb up.After all, his current status is still the leader of the Central Inspection Team!If he was just a mayor from another province, maybe he wouldn't have so much consideration.

It was only then that Mu Guoxing understood why some high-ranking officials didn't like to go back to their hometowns, and even when they returned to their hometowns, they seldom talked about it.

Like before in the Dongyang Municipal Party Committee, Wang Yongli, secretary of the Shuangshan County Party Committee, made a work report on behalf of the Shuangshan County Party Committee and the county government. It can be seen that Wang Yongli has been doing well in recent years, and his red face is quite high-spirited.

Perhaps the Dongyang Municipal Party Committee had already greeted him in advance, Wang Yongli's report was over in less than 10 minutes, and Mu Guoxing should speak next as usual.

In fact, officials like Mu Guoxing have been in the officialdom for so many years, and they also have rich political wisdom and experience in the officialdom. They can clearly understand what should be said, what should be said, and what should not be said. Chu.Although his speech lasted for 5 minutes, the actual content was useless, but after listening carefully, I felt that every sentence of Mu Guoxing's speech was in line with the spirit of the central government, and there was nothing wrong with it.In fact, it is promoting the central policy.Will there be mistakes in promoting the policies of the central government?

After finally getting rid of these red tapes in the officialdom, and finally going back to Shuanglong Temple to have a look, the team lengthened again.The county party secretary and county magistrate of Shuangshan County, and the town party secretary and mayor's car of Shuanglong Town also joined in.You said that it is impossible for this team to think about it for a long time.

Fortunately, Mu Guoxing was only the leader of a central inspection team. What would it be like if his grandfather or father came to this place?Mu Guoxing didn't dare to think about it anymore.At this moment, he realized that maybe this was the last time he came back in this life.

When the convoy passed Ssangyong Winery, Mu Guoxing noticed that there was a long queue of food delivery vehicles at the entrance of the winery.At the door, there are two people with red armbands checking the vehicle.Mu Guoxing thought it might be that the people in the winery were checking the quality of the grain, but he didn't care.

After walking not far, a small villa with red tiles caught Mu Guoxing's eyelids.From the looks of it, this place should be Qingshi Village. Could it be that the wealthy people in Qingshi Village now live in small villas?This was something Mu Guoxing did not expect.

The convoy stopped, Mu Guoxing got out of the car, and officials, big and small, quickly surrounded him.

Mu Guoxing said with a smile: "Parents and officials, you have already sent me home, so don't bother you anymore! Now, please leave me a little private space?"

Li Mingzhi said with a smile: "Group Leader Mu, you are home, of course we have to leave you a little private space! However, the comrades in this county want to hold a welcome banquet for you in the town. See if you can spare Time to join in?"

Mu Guoxing thought for a while and said, "Secretary Li, I'm not sure yet. Do you think this is good? You go back to town to rest first, and I will call you in time!"

After sending these officials away, Mu Guoxing said to his six apprentices: "Now I am finally liberated, now I will take you to see the place where I lived with your master when I was young!"

According to Mu Guoxing's instructions, the two cars drove towards Shuanglong Temple one after the other, and another thing that shocked Mu Guoxing happened.It turns out that the main hall of Shuanglong Temple has been renovated and surrounded by red walls as high as two meters.

There was a ticket office beside the door. Two young men in black robes, dressed like monks or Taoists, were lazily sitting on the bench at the door.

The two people saw two high-end cars coming, and seven well-dressed people stepped out of the cars, they stood up and shouted loudly: "Those who want to worship the old gods inside, go there first to buy incense candles!"

Chapter 851 The Changes Are Too Much

Mu Guoxing never dreamed that the changes he saw when he came back this time would be so great.What kind of rule is this to block people from entering your own home?

Thinking about it again, at that time, he was only living here with the old fairy grandpa, and this was not his real home, nor did he have any property rights here.It is their right to transform Qingshi Village how they want. It is nice to say that you are asked to buy joss sticks, but in fact they want you to buy tickets.

Thinking of this, Mu Guoxing said to Xiaoliu: "In this case, let's do as the Romans do, and buy the incense candles that should be bought!"

After a while, Xiao Liu came over with a pack of incense candles in his arms, and said with a wry smile: "Master, it is right to buy some incense candles to worship the patriarch, but these incense candles are too expensive! Look, the seven of us It took two thousand and one hundred yuan to give such a few incense sticks!"

Seeing that the seven of them had already bought joss sticks, the two men withdrew the long bench blocking the door and let them in.

The entire yard is paved with flat bluestones, surrounded by several large willow trees.There is a huge copper tripod in the middle of the courtyard facing the entrance of the main hall. Judging from the traces of burning incense candles inside, it shows that the incense here is still quite strong.

Facing the entrance of the main hall, there is a statue with a fluttering beard and a red face. It is Mu Guoxing's old fairy grandfather!There is another statue next to the old fairy grandfather, judging from the eyebrows, it is the appearance of Mu Guoxing when he was young.At this moment, Mu Guoxing felt a little unhappy.

Six apprentices came up and asked, "Master, is this the patriarch?"

Mu Guoxing sighed and nodded.Seeing Mu Guoxing nodding, the six disciples hurriedly lit the joss sticks regardless of the three sevens and twenty ones, and bowed when they accepted the head.His head hit the ground with a loud bang.A pious look.

After the disciples paid their respects, Xiao Liu looked at the statue next to the old god, then at Mu Guoxing, and asked, "Master, that must be you, right? Why do I look so similar to you!"

It was hard for Mu Guoxing to say yes or no, he couldn't stay in this place for a minute.Only then did he know why his father Mu Congjun asked him to go back to Shuanglong Temple to have a look.It turned out to be for this purpose!It has become a statue that everyone worships, but I don't know it yet!If this is passed on by others, then it's okay!A majestic government official was actually built a ancestral hall. Although this ancestral hall was not specially built for him, but he engaged in feudal superstition to pass on a monument to himself. His official career was mixed up.

Mu Guoxing reached out to call the two fake monks at the door and asked, "This temple worships old gods, but who is this young man next to him?"

A slightly taller fake monk replied: "Here, it is Liu Shusheng, the apprentice of the old god! This man is very important now, and he is a high-ranking official in the capital. Who among us wants to go to university? Officials who want to be promoted must come to worship!"

The shorter fake monk next to him also started to talk non-stop at this time, what kind of person in that village failed the university entrance examination for two years, came here to pay homage, and was admitted to a famous university that year.A mayor of that place came here to pay homage, and became the deputy county magistrate in less than two years.

While talking, these two people encouraged Mu Guoxing and the others to donate money to the merit box.It is said that the more you donate, the more you can show your sincerity, and the old god and his boy will bless them and fulfill their wishes.

After finally waiting for these two people to stop talking, Mu Guoxing asked, "Who is the village head of Qingshi Village now?"

The short man pointed to the tall man: "That's his father! Shi Dashan, my Uncle Dashan is the village chief!"

The tall man stared at Mu Guoxing again and again, and suddenly asked, "You, are you my uncle Shusheng?"

Before Mu Guoxing could answer, the tall man slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, look, this is such a mess, how can we collect your money! Uncle Shusheng, why don't you go home when you come here! Let's go Let's go, I'll take you home, our family is different now! Even the people in the city can't compare to us!"

Mu Guoxing shook his head, and said calmly, "You're just a little stone, right? You go home and call your father here. I need to find him!"

Hearing this, Xiao Shitou tore off the black robe he was wearing in threes and twos, and ran away without a trace!

Taking this opportunity, Mu Guoxing walked towards the side hall where he lived, but this place has not changed in any way.Mu Guoxing lifted a large rock by the door and took out a rusty key.Looking at the big rusty iron lock at the door, he reached out and put the key in his pocket, grabbed the iron lock with a little force, and the iron lock opened with a sound.

Pushing the door open and walking in, I saw that the original furnishings had not been moved at all, there were still two beds, one table, and two chairs.Fortunately, when Mu Guoxing came back last time, he gave all the bedding here to the folks in the village. Otherwise, it has been so long, and I don't know how bad it will be!

Mu Guoxing gently stroked the bed where his old fairy grandpa slept, and the kind voice and smile of the old fairy grandfather appeared in front of his eyes. He was full of emotions for a while, and he didn't say a word for a long time!I don't know where the old immortal grandpa Yunyou has gone. Is his health still okay?

Walking up to the altar, Mu Guoxing reached out and took out the Xinglong Token, which was heavy like iron but not iron, and wood but not wood, from the back of the altar, wiped off the ups and downs on it, and stared at it for a long time.

His six apprentices were also looking at Mu Guoxing. Although they didn't know what the master was holding, judging from the expressions on their master's face, this thing might have a great relationship with their master. relation.

Mu Guoxing looked up at his six apprentices, raised the token in his hand, and said word by word: "I can tell you today, our sect is called Xinglong School, and this token It is the token of our sect called Xinglong Token. You guys should take a look! I will tell you the history of our sect when I have some time in the future!"

After Mu Guoxing finished speaking, he handed the Xinglong Token to his senior apprentice Lu Peizhao first. After several apprentices read it one by one, Mu Guoxing took back the token from Xiaoliu's hand and put it in the closet. pocket.