Jiang Xiaochuan had been discharged from the hospital early. He went to see Xue Yan before leaving. Xue Yan was still in a coma, just as the doctor said, he was vegetative.

All the reports related to him were now stuck because of his coma, and no one knew how to deal with them.

Did he really accept the bribes? Why was he seriously injured and thrown under the pier of the riverside bridge? He was almost died. Now he was half-dead. Maybe this was more painful than death, alive but hanging by a thread.

These were disciplinary inspection workers who actually risked their lives every time they worked.

In fact, cases like Xue Yan’s were not uncommon in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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When leaving Xue Yan’s ward, Jiang Xiaochuan suddenly felt that he was no longer tired. All the mental and physical exhaustion seemed to be a hallucination that never occurred. He carefully concealed all his physical and mental fatigue, and his face still had that calm and slightly serious expression.

The land transfer for the reconstruction of the old city had been suppressed by Jiang Xiaochuan. Neither Qiu Yu nor Hua Feng had shown any reaction, and Jiang Xiaochuan didn’t have time to pay attention to them.

Lian Cheng’s inspection team arrived six days ago, but because they were communicating with people in the province these days, they had not yet visited Chengzhou. After all, their purpose was to inspect the province. Lian Cheng was not the highest official rank among the group of people, but he was the one with the most authority. So, the situation during this inspection was probably under control.

But today, Lian Cheng and his provincial companions went to the Municipal Party Committee for inspection. That was why Jiang Xiaochuan was in a hurry to be discharged from the hospital.

He did not dare to let Li Dakai speak with them. He wasn’t confident if that man wouldn’t say anything troublesome.

Now he went to the Municipal Party Committee as soon as he was discharged. When he arrived, he walked out of the car and saw Li Dakai’s car stopping.

“Comrade Jiang Xiaochuan, you have finally been discharged from the hospital, luckily you didn’t let us worry too much.” As soon as Li Dakai saw him, his eyes flashed, and he started to act.

Jiang Xiaochuan secretly guessed that Li Dakai probably wished he would be beaten to death by those people.

The person who attacked with the brick had been caught. Jiang Xiaochuan didn’t care about this matter, but Wei Lai found out clearly, the attacker was the person who said that his son was sick and didn’t have money for medical expenses.

When Wei Lai reported the matter, he asked Jiang Xiaochuan cryptically what he wanted to do, but Jiang Xiaochuan only asked Wei Lai to give the man a sum of money to pay for his son’s medical expenses and not pursued anything. However, Jiang Xiaochuan did not make any announcement about his handling method. He had his own purpose.

Jiang Xiaochuan walked up to Li Dakai, took Li Dakai’s outstretched hand, shook it with him, and said, “Secretary, don’t worry, everything is fine.”

“Haha, that’s good if you’re okay.” Li Dakai laughed. Then he said, “Then go in, even the director will be here soon.”

That time the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was inspecting with a clear purpose, and it had been much more formal than the last time. The kind of inspection that needed the cooperation of their municipal committees.

Li Dakai talked to Jiang Xiaochuan about some innocuous topics, and he accidentally mentioned the land transfer and quickly changed the topic. Jiang Xiaochuan remembered that Wei Lai had checked the process of the old city reconstruction plan. The municipal government maintained absolute confidentiality, so if leaks was found, it must have been from the municipal committee or other places, and it had nothing to do with the municipal government.

Jiang Xiaochuan wasn’t afraid of taking the blame. His position was relatively clear. He was a leftist who advocated for reform, but Li Dakai was unexpectedly a conservative rightist.

Li Dakai was from Qu Zhendong. Although the former mayor Fu Peng was related to Qu Zhendong, he did not get along with Li Dakai. Now that everything was clear, Jiang Xiaochuan could probably guess what kind of resistance he would encounter in the future.

Many times, things in the officialdom were just full of struggles. Sometimes it was a secret attack, and sometimes it was a direct attack. It was all depended on the specific situation at the time.

Jiang Xiaochuan felt that the current situation in Chengzhou looked like they would fight openly with real guns.

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He talked with Li Dakai in the office for a while, then came out to hold a small meeting with important staff and talked about some issues that needed attention. After that, Lian Cheng’s motorcade arrived.

When he saw Lian Cheng again, it was on such a serious and solemn occasion.

People like him seemed to be born to appear on such occasions, which made people feel fearful.

Lian Cheng’s suit was well-tailored, with a white shirt, blue tie, and golden tie clip. He was rigorous and meticulous. Only the trimming of his hair seemed a little casual, showing that he was still young. Compared with the serious people around him, among those with harsh faces, he seemed to be more adaptable, but also harder to get close to. At first glance, he gave people a sense of intimidation in terms of strength.

To be blunt, Lian Cheng couldn’t appear generous this time. He had to come off as assertive. If he appeared too humble, it would raise suspicion.

Even if he went too far now, no one would think he truly intended to take action. After all, he hailed from the central government. It was within everyone’s understanding for him to be ruthless at first. Public opinion had to be considered. Often time, there was a lot of noise at the start of an operation, but it quieted down later on. Therefore, the officials in Chengzhou had learned to tolerate it initially. In their view, as long as they survived this period, people like Lian Cheng wouldn’t last long.

“Hello, Director Lian. Congratulations on your promotion. A hero emerges from his youth. It’s amazing.” Li Dakai said such words when they only met for the first time. It was evident that Li Dakai was very relaxed and didn’t pay attention to this so-called inspection at all.

Jiang Xiaochuan secretly laughed at him for being naive and went over to shake Lian Cheng’s hand. Maybe he had just come from the north. Jiang Xiaochuan felt that Lian Cheng’s hand’s temperature was a little low, and it felt cool when he held it. He shook it lightly and let go. He also greeted Lian Cheng: “Director Lian, we meet again.”

“Mayor Jiang, hello.”

It felt very alienating, and then another person came up to shake hands with Lian Cheng.

Jiang Xiaochuan stood next to Li Dakai and watched everything proceed smoothly and calmly, as if he and Lian Cheng were strangers.

Lian Cheng, on the other hand, seemed like a stranger to everyone.

This atmosphere wasn’t lifted until they talked alone.