At the hospital, staff from the Disciplinary Inspection Commission were talking. The leaders of the municipal party committee also came to visit to express their concern. When they saw Jiang Xiaochuan coming, they immediately greeted him, “*Secretary Jiang, you are here.”

[*he came as a deputy secretary of Municipal Party Committee. Remember he has two positions, acting mayor and deputy secretary. In politic rarely call the deputy past.]

“How is Xue Yan?” With a very formulaic expression, Jiang Xiaochuan acted like he had nothing to do with Xue Yan.

“He is still in the emergency room, but the situation is not very optimistic.” This was a staff member of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection. In a blink of an eye, the staff saw Kou Chang, secretary of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection, walking in front of them. The staff greeted quickly, “Secretary Kou is here.”

Kou Chang’s face looked like a very upright and serious man. When he stopped, Jiang Xiaochuan stretched out his hand, shook hands with Kou Chang, and then said: “Secretary Kou, is Xue Yan’s situation okay?”

Kou Chang thought of what he had heard from the doctor and shook his head, “We just opened an investigation case on Xue Yan, and he disappeared. Before, we wanted to define it as absconding in fear of crime, but now he is lying in the emergency room with a stab wound. I think the case is a bit fishy, but – the 1.3 million found at Xue Yan’s house is correct. It was indeed leaked from Rongyuan Heavy Industry. He accepted the bribe while investigating Rongyuan Heavy Industry. It seems that he made a mistake.”

It was that 1.3 million again.

The 1.3 million was the real big problem, but Jiang Xiaochuan had studied law. He did not talk about solution for the time being but asked, “Does your Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection have any opinion on this case?”

“We think this case must have something hidden behind it. I’m not afraid of your ridicule, Mayor Jiang. I know exactly who the people in the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection. Xue Yan is an upright comrade. In my eyes, he is not someone who would do such a thing. Moreover, —If someone is framed…”

Kou Chang had been in the Central Commission Disciplinary Inspection for so many years; what kind of methods of framing he had not seen? Although what happened to Xue Yan was serious, it was not to the point where Kou Chang could not understand it at all.

In this way, Kou Chang felt that Xue Yan was not really taking bribes.

Jiang Xiaochuan pondered for a moment and then continued following his words: “Xue Yan is under your nose. You must know him well. The specific matters will be resolved by your Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection. I will not interfere. But If Secretary Kou thinks that Xue Yan did not accept bribes, he needs to pay attention to the evidence. After all, 1.3 million was found in his home, which is an irrefutable fact.”

“This…” Kou Chang was in trouble, and then smiled bitterly, “This is the biggest trouble.”

Xue Yan was able to let go of his fear to investigate some criminality tendencies, thanks to Kou Chang, secretary of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection, and Jiang Xiaochuan became their agent. When he was mayor, Xue Yan said to him that Kou Chang, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, supported him.

Kou Chang was a friend, not an enemy.

“This is not difficult. When the police collected evidence, were the parties present? I remember that Xue Yan had disappeared at that time. Since you believe that Xue Yan did not accept bribes, then the 1.3 million should not exist, so how could it be suddenly appeared in his house? These all start with the search procedures. If the procedures are improper and some evidence cannot be counted.”

The police had the same principle when collecting evidence. Hong Kong police must obtain a search warrant when searching a suspect’s house. Evidence obtained without a search warrant could be challenged by prosecutors and defense lawyers in court. In the United States, evidence obtained without legal and due procedures was not credible in court.

Xue Yan’s 1.3 million that appeared out of nowhere would definitely be overturned in terms of procedures.

As long as the biggest problem of 1.3 million was solved, other reporting letters and the like could be completely ignored.

Kou Chang’s eyes lit up when he heard this. He had encountered such a thing before and had taken many remedial measures, but they were all done secretly. Jiang Xiaochuan’s method was an upright conspiracy, challenging the framers. Someone framed Xue Yan, then he would tell them openly – none of their evidence had legal effect!

“Mayor Jiang is smart.”

“Secretary Kou thinks highly of this Jiang. The work of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection is difficult, but it is a protective net that ensures that officials of the party and the state can serve the people sincerely. We must not let Xue Yan falsely accused. Secretary Kou must have a lot of things to do, so I won’t take up your time anymore.”

As a deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Jiang Xiaochuan’s position was higher than that of the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection, but now he put himself so low, it was a great favor. This made Kou Chang favor him even more.

Many times, connections were cultivated through such inadvertent details.

Kou Chang said goodbye to Jiang Xiaochuan and went to deal with the recent chaotic affairs.

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Jiang Xiaochuan went straight to the emergency room. It had been several hours, and an operation was being performed inside.

From the doctor in charge, Jiang Xiaochuan learned about some suspicious circumstances.

“The patient named Xue Yan is seriously injured, but the wound is not new. He should have been injured a few days ago and was treated. But recently, for some unknown reason, the wound has been opened and cracked. In fact, the wound is very serious. It was so deep that it almost hurt the lung. After our professional injury assessment, it was found that it was stabbed by a scalpel. Very few patients we received were injured by this kind of knife.”

A scalpel? How many days ago was the real injury?

It was also treated at first… could Xue Yan tend it himself?

These were all his doubts.

Jiang Xiaochuan did not interrupt the doctor but continued to listen to him.

“The patient is extremely weak now. We are not done yet. The wound is too deep and difficult to clean. The internal organs are also damaged. The important thing is that he has lost too much blood. We have gone to the blood bank to transfer blood. A lot of blood is still needed for the operation. If his circulatory function cannot keep up… maybe…”

“I know this is a disciplinary inspection worker. I have encountered such a person before. Our entire rescue team will do our best to treat him, but you must be mentally prepared – even if the operation is successful and he survives, he will probably be in a vegetative state.”

Note:

Jiang Xiaochuan’s other position is Deputy Secretary of Municipal Party Committee, and in China; Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection is an organization under party committee. So, Jiang Xiaochuan position is much higher than Kou Chang.

I also suspect Rong Shaobai is not as cooperative as he seems.