Director Ma meets a ghost

Chapter 1

In the private room on the second floor of Sunny Sky, Director Ma is smiling and holding a wine cup. Today is his 34th birthday.According to common sense, people don't like the numbers 34 and 78, and they probably always remind people of those embarrassing idioms.

But it's Director Ma's birthday, so it's naturally different.

In the private room, apart from some businessmen and retired seniors, there were also Director Li of the Urban Construction Bureau, Director Wang of the Disciplinary Inspection Commission, and several deputy directors who were very familiar to Director Ma.In this small county town of theirs, these people are all well-known big shots, and if you take out any one at random, you can have a background that can't be written down.

The only exception is Director Ma. He has studied hard for 20 years and was promoted to a high position based on his ability. Although he secretly gave some gifts and kickbacks, but if you want to dig carefully, his background is really rare and innocent. .

Director Ma was not called the director at that time, his name was Ma Yixin, and he was admitted to a university from a high school in the county.There was only such a talented student in the family, and more than a dozen tables were set up with gongs and drums.After graduating, Ma Yixin was assigned to the grassroots. At first he was just a country party secretary, but after all he was a man of culture. He spoke standard Mandarin and walked there wearing leather shoes.Not long after, the secretary from the countryside was sent to the county, and he was promoted to fill the vacancy.Ma Yixin is also a good person. He took a few bottles of good wine to the secretary's house to congratulate him, and he didn't forget to stuff a stack of tickets in the red envelope.The secretary's daughter fell in love with him, and Ma Yixin bought a house in the city with a loan. Half a year later, the young couple got married, and Ma Yixin's father-in-law found someone to get him to the county seat.Just in time for the anti-corruption campaign that year, several leaders in the county were reported and resigned. As the candidate with the highest education and the poorest background, Ma Yixin became the director of the Animal Husbandry Bureau in one step, worse than his father-in-law. prestige.

Since then, no one has called him Ma Yixin.In the first half of Mr. Ma's life, he relied half on his talent and the other half on luck, so he went so smoothly.

He likes to make friends, he is eloquent and popular.During the three rounds of drinking, everyone was very happy. The topics ranged from real estate to the dishes on the table, and also talked about the glorious history of Director Ma.Director Ma got drunk on his face. At this moment, he was already flushed from the neck up, and his face, which was not bad at first, had turned into a liver color.

"Everyone, everyone." Director Ma tugged on Xiao Chen's sleeve and stood up staggeringly, "This is the last drink, I can't drink any more." He stretched his neck and drank it on his back. "Ka...this wine is spicy enough!"

"Hahaha, this is a stuffed donkey I picked up from the store specially. Director Ma, you are courageous!" Director Xu and Director Ma have known each other for a long time. He owns a fertilizer factory on the outskirts of the city and has made a lot of money in the past few years. Boman bought several front houses in a row to sell liquor.

"Come on, you've treated me like a donkey, so I don't have to toast you." Director Ma smiled and raised his empty glass, "Full up, full up, it's the last glass!"

Director Wang smiled and said, "How much did you drink the last cup, old horse, don't slap your face swollen and look fat, I will carry you later."

"When did I use you to carry it? Isn't there Xiao Chen here?"

Xiao Chen smiled and remained silent.He has been with Director Ma for half a year, he does things quickly, and to be honest, there are not many people, which is what Director Ma likes most.

It is well known that Director Ma is greedy for drinking. Anyone who is in their position, whoever gets scared in the wine market, must have practiced it?

I've already drunk seven or eight minutes today, it's getting late, and the banquet is about to end.Xiao Chen was asked to ask some drivers to take the guests home, and Director Ma came out of the sunny day alone.When the cool breeze blows, don't mention how comfortable it is.

He didn't wait for the car to come, he walked back along the curb, his head was still a little heavy, maybe because he had drunk too much just now, Director Ma was still in high spirits, and hummed the aria of Huangmei Opera, "To save Li Lang from his home..." He walked lightly on his legs, and when he got to the corner, he saw Xiao Chen still talking to someone at the gate of Yanyangtian.Director Ma suddenly had an idea, and instead of calling him over, he turned to another side road that was not illuminated by the light.

If he knew the consequences of this whim, Director Ma would never dare to walk around at night by himself again.

A small place is no better than a big city. There are many and bright stars at night. Under the faint light, dark clouds can be seen moving slowly.

Director Ma lives in a newly developed community in the county. The decoration is good, but the location is really too remote, and it takes a long time to walk back from the sunny day.Director Ma did not hesitate and took a shortcut.

After walking for a while, Xiao Chen called, and Director Ma answered the phone, "You go back first, I will walk by myself."

"Director, it's midnight, how can you go alone? Wait for me, I'll drive fast."

"Okay, okay, why can't I leave?" Director Ma hung up the phone impatiently as he got drunk.

This shortcut is a branch road of Zhongxin Street in the county, and it was the main road for people a few years ago.But with the development of the Urban Construction Bureau, there are not many shops left on both sides of the road, and the space is vacant, and the new ones have not yet started to be built.This place has gradually become the meat wholesale market in the county. All the beef and mutton from the countryside are brought here to be slaughtered, and the whole street exudes a strong fishy smell.During the day there were still a few butchers, but at night there were no ghosts.

Chief Ma didn't think it was a big deal, he walked leisurely by himself, and sang twice from time to time.Walk through this street, and then turn to the small road next to it, you can reach the small east gate of the Martyrs Cemetery.Director Ma paused at the fork in the road, and walked towards the cemetery.

He hasn't visited his wife for a long time.

Mrs. Ma was still young when she went there, and the young couple had just paid off the loan on their new house, when they had a car accident not long after.Director Ma was sitting in the co-pilot, wearing a seat belt, with only minor scratches. Mrs. Ma flew over from the back seat and smashed her head on the glass, bleeding all over the car.

It has been almost three years since Chief Ma closed her eyes in the morgue.

Thinking of this, Director Ma couldn't help sighing again.In the first year, he would come to pay homage to his dead wife every now and then, but his beloved had gone, and he never thought of remarrying. The secretary saw that he valued love and righteousness, and treated him almost like half a son.In the past two years in the officialdom, Director Ma is used to being alone. When he meets a young girl, at most he drinks flowers and wine to get a bargain. To be honest, he has never brought her home once.

He remembered that the last time he came here was three months ago, he couldn't help sighing again, look at me, I forgot to ask you to celebrate my birthday.

Director Ma looked at the side of the road, and saw that the paper money and incense sellers had closed their doors early, so he had no choice but to go outside the courtyard wall of someone else's house and break a rose plant, bit his mouth, and climbed in through the locked iron gate of the cemetery.

The humidity was a bit heavy at night, and Director Ma's alcoholic strength was slightly reduced, so he unconsciously wrapped himself in a suit.The stone-paved path under his feet was glowing with cold light, extending into the night. He couldn't see what was written on the tombstone, so he could only find his wife's location based on his impression.

A layer of mist had already fallen on the stone tablet, Director Ma pulled out the dog's tail flower that had sprouted from the side and threw it away, and gently placed the rose in front of the tombstone.

"My wife..." His eyes were red and he couldn't continue.

The surrounding area was too quiet, even the sound of frogs could not be heard, the moonlight shone silently on the rose plant, and the bright red petals were covered with imprints that were about to leak.Director Ma thought of Li Qingzhao's desolate and desolate poem, and couldn't help feeling sad.

"I've been going well these few years, and you must have helped me a lot, don't worry, life is better now, you, don't worry about it, what's missing, give me a dream and let me know..."

Director Ma hadn't finished speaking when he saw a hand stretched out from the tablet. The hand was almost transparent, and the pale skin was covered with moonlight.

Director Ma's teeth chattered, his legs gave way, and he immediately fell to his knees on the wet soil, "Ghost, ghost!"

The hand picked up the rose, and slowly approached the monument, as if carefully smelling the fragrance of the flower, and threw it on the ground in dissatisfaction for a moment.

Director Ma wanted to run, but his legs trembled so badly that he couldn't even stand still.He watched as something slowly emerged from the stone tablet, first it was an arm, then a chest, and then a human head with long braids suddenly appeared. up.

"Brother, please help me, my leg is stuck..."

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