Me! A high-ranking official!

Zhao Jianguo sneered inwardly. A blunder? Posted backwards? This kind of flimsy nonsense can only fool ghosts, but that's the rule within the system. He's already gotten back the substance, so he has to save face for the other party. He sees through it but doesn't say it; that's the rule.

He took the cigarette out of his mouth and nodded slightly. "I see. That's incredibly lucky, Dean Chen. Now, about the surgery..."

"Arrange it immediately! Everything as usual!" Vice President Chen assured them, while simultaneously adopting a very humble stance: "Due to our hospital's management negligence, we have caused immense psychological trauma to the family. To express our apology, I will personally perform this bone marrow transplant surgery! Please rest assured, it will be completed with high quality and efficiency today!"

Li Gan listened from the side, his eyes wide with disbelief. What had seemed like a dead end had been forced to the point that the vice president himself had to apologize! He glanced gratefully at Zhao Jianguo's retreating figure, swallowed hard, and didn't dare to utter a sound.

"Then I'll have to trouble Dean Chen." Zhao Jianguo said politely, knowing when to stop.

Once the process was restarted, it was incredibly fast. In less than an hour, all the pre-operative preparations were complete, and Li Gan's sister was successfully wheeled into the operating room.

After waiting for two and a half hours, the red light indicating surgery was in operation finally went out. Vice President Chen walked out looking slightly tired, took off his mask, and gave them an OK sign: "The surgery was a great success! However, the patient will need to go to a sterile ward to get through the rejection period, which will take about a month. If the indicators are normal after a month, the patient can be transferred to a regular ward."

After thanking the hospital leaders profusely, Zhao Jianguo accompanied Li Gan to peek through the glass of the sterile ward. After telling him to take care of himself and rest, he and Liu Tao left the hospital.

The following afternoon, in the third interview room of the county discipline inspection commission.

Zhao Jianguo sat imposingly in his chair, listening as the male discipline inspection official opposite him slammed a stack of lab reports onto the table.

"Zhao Jianguo, these are the joint retest results from three top-tier hospitals: the Municipal People's Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of the Medical University, and another hospital." The male discipline inspection official's expression was unusually serious, but he was noticeably less condescending than he had been the previous two days: "All negative! You are not infected with HIV or syphilis."

Zhao Jianguo breathed a long sigh of relief. The Rejuvenating Pill was indeed a miraculous medicine!

Immediately afterwards, the muscles on his face tensed up, his eyes became extremely sharp, and he slammed his hand on the table!

"Snapped!"

The slap stunned the two disciplinary committee members on the other side.

"Boss! Now the truth is out, isn't it?!" His face was filled with grief and indignation, and his voice suddenly rose: "I'm a perfectly healthy person, and my first medical report showed double positive results! What does this mean? It means that the report was switched from the very beginning! This is a premeditated and organized political persecution!"

He stared intently into the eyes of the two disciplinary committee members and began to launch his attack according to Zhou Qingyan's script: "Do they need to go to such lengths to frame a mere deputy section chief like me? Their real target is the person behind me, the newly appointed Secretary Zhou! They've already woven a net, wanting to use the malicious rumor that I'm living with someone while I'm sick, to throw a bucket of dirty water on Secretary Zhou's head!"

Zhao Jianguo became increasingly agitated as he spoke, as if he had suffered a tremendous injustice: "They're using me as a tool to kill! They want to use the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection as a pawn, a tool for their political purges and attacks on dissidents! I'm working honestly and uprightly at the grassroots level, why should they let me be dragged down like this?! I demand that the organization conduct a thorough investigation! Who is manipulating the hospital behind this?! Who is controlling public opinion?!"

Every word of these remarks hit the nail on the head, elevating the framing of an individual to the political level of persecuting a parachuted-in top leader and deceiving the municipal discipline inspection commission!

The two disciplinary committee members exchanged a glance. The female member coughed, her tone softening considerably: "Comrade Zhao Jianguo, please don't get agitated. We've already reported this matter to our superiors overnight, and the municipal leaders are furious about it!"

The male discipline inspection officer continued, his expression grave: "The leadership has given clear instructions that no one who engages in political conspiracies will be let off the hook. Our municipal discipline inspection and supervision commission has officially opened a case and is currently conducting surprise questioning of the relevant medical staff at the county hospital responsible for physical examinations. The organization will not wrong an innocent person, so you can rest assured."

At this point, the male disciplinary committee member leaned forward slightly and tentatively asked, "Zhao Jianguo, you've worked in the county for so many years, you should know the ins and outs of this place. What are your personal thoughts on this incident?"

This is the real show; the Discipline Inspection Commission is looking for a breakthrough, and they need a pretext.

Zhao Jianguo took a deep breath, leaned back slightly, and sneered, "Leaders, you ask me what I think? I'm just a lowly clerk. How would I know how deep the water runs in here? I only know the simplest logic: why did Secretary Zhou encounter such vicious rumors on his very first day in Linshui County? And when the rumors were flying everywhere, some county leaders not only didn't come out to refute them, but even secretly fueled them?"

He stared into the male disciplinary committee member's eyes and threw out his final weapon: "I don't need to know exactly who switched my medical report. I'm just doing the math. If their conspiracy succeeds this time, and Secretary Zhou is expelled from the Party and removed from office, then in this small area of ​​Linshui County, who benefits the most? Who is most likely to take over that position? Who... is the mastermind behind it all!"

After he finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.

Zhao Jianguo's words did not name names, but their implication was extremely blatant. If Zhou Qingyan fell from power, who else in Linshui County would benefit the most, besides the deputy secretary of the county party committee and the county head who had been entrenched in the local faction for many years?

Sweat beaded on the foreheads of the two disciplinary committee members. This kind of political conclusion, involving a life-or-death struggle between the top two leaders, was something the two investigators dared not touch.

"Ahem!" The male disciplinary committee member coughed heavily, breaking the deadly silence, and sternly warned, "Comrade Zhao Jianguo! As a public official, before the organization has made a definitive judgment, you shouldn't make such subjective speculations without evidence! You must observe political discipline!"

"I understand, I was just venting. Once I leave this room today, I won't say another word." He immediately backed down, knowing when to stop.

"Alright, your problem has been basically solved. Go back to work and be available whenever I call."

As Zhao Jianguo walked out of the Discipline Inspection Commission gate, he looked up at the hazy sky over Linshui County.

He had already prepared the medicinal ingredients for Zhou Qingyan. Now, it was up to him to see how this powerful Secretary Zhou would wield the big knife of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and cut off the second wave of heads in the officialdom of Linshui County!

As he walked out of the county discipline inspection commission, he let out a long sigh of relief, and the heavy weight that had been hanging over his heart finally settled down.