Chapter 331 The innocent will clear themselves
Chi Heng and Jiang Si have known each other since childhood. Jiang Si had already told Chris about Chi Heng buying a courtyard house in Beijing when they had dinner together last time.
Moreover, Chris also knew that their two houses were now separated by only one alley.
That's why she was so surprised, "You didn't know?"
Jiang Si was taken aback by her question, "Know what?"
"About his illness," Chris said, seeing Jiang Si's puzzled expression. "He's been sick for several days now. I thought you'd gone to the hospital to see him, after all, you two..."
Perhaps feeling that it was inappropriate to say these things, she didn't say anything more after that.
Upon hearing that Chi Heng was sick and hospitalized, Jiang Si immediately recalled the time he was beaten up last time.
As expected, this should be the work of Chi's mother again.
"How is he doing now?" Just as Jiang Si was about to ask about Chi Heng's situation, there was a knock on the door.
"Engineer Jiang, Minister Zhao requests your presence." It was Assistant An's voice.
As for Chris, since it involves high-level personnel, we cannot disclose any information to the public until the matter is formally investigated and clarified.
Chris could understand this.
"Then you go ahead and take care of your business. I'll go for a walk around the neighborhood and come back to find you later."
"good."
Jiang Si nodded, saw the person to the door, and then followed Assistant An to the conference room on the fourth floor.
The investigation was nearing its end, and there were only a few people left in the meeting room.
Seated at the head of the table were Minister Zhao and Mr. Huo.
Besides the two of them, there was Vice Minister Xu and the leaders of several other key departments.
Without exception, all of them had very serious expressions.
Jiang Si casually found a seat and sat down, her gaze falling on Secretary Yan, just like everyone else's.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Minister Zhao went straight to the point, "Old Yan, what do you have to say about spreading rumors about Comrade Jiang and leaking the recommendation list?"
Secretary Yan slowly raised his head and glanced at everyone with a complicated expression.
After a long pause, he finally replied, "I don't know either."
How could you not know?
After all, they were longtime colleagues, and Minister Zhao didn't want to push things too far. "We've already come to this point, are you still going to hide it?"
"Minister, is there some misunderstanding here?"
Vice Minister Xu couldn't help but speak up, "I've known Lao Yan for many years. He's not that kind of person, and he would never do such a thing."
Minister Zhao also hopes this is a misunderstanding.
But the facts speak for themselves!
Although the person relayed the message very discreetly, everything leaves a trace, like a wild goose leaving its cry or water leaving its mark.
Moreover, according to the testimonies of Xu Yamei and the others.
The police investigated layer by layer, and eventually all the evidence pointed to the same person.
This person was none other than Secretary Yan's personal secretary.
Moreover, only six people in the unit knew about the nomination quota.
The only person who can do both of these things at the same time is Secretary Yan.
Secretary Yan himself was clearly aware of this.
But he still maintained an expression of innocence, saying, "I have not told anyone about the recommendation quota. I don't know how Secretary Tan found out, nor do I know why he spread these rumors."
“Moreover,” he paused, then looked at Jiang Si.
Similarly, Jiang Si also looked over.
During the eye contact, the other person remained completely at ease and said, "I've never even met Comrade Jiang. Why would I target her? She's about the same age as my daughter..."
"Old Yan, stop bringing up these irrelevant things," Minister Zhao interrupted.
He had been puzzled for a long time. Why would Lao Yan, who was doing a good job, go to such lengths to target Xiao Jiang?
Until Huo's father told him.
It's highly likely that Lao Yan has been working for the Japanese all these years, which explains everything.
Thinking about all this, Minister Zhao was furious.
Why did you have to be a traitor to the Han Chinese?
However, in order not to alert the enemy, Minister Zhao could only pretend not to know about this matter for the time being.
What followed was another round of probing back and forth.
During this time, Jiang Si remained silent, quietly observing Secretary Yan.
Perhaps the probing look in her eyes was too obvious, so Assistant An, who was sitting next to her, explained in a low voice.
Jiang Si then realized that Secretary Yan wasn't just playing the emotional card; he did indeed have a daughter.
She was about the same age as him.
However, his daughter passed away six months ago.
It is said that Secretary Yan doted on her.
After learning that his daughter had kidney failure, he donated a kidney to her.
The surgery was performed at Peking University First Medical College, and it was very successful at the time.
Unfortunately, immunosuppression technology was not mature at that time.
Shortly after the surgery, his daughter died from a postoperative infection.
Secretary Yan couldn't withstand the blow and has been recuperating at home ever since.
The confrontation in the conference room continued at this moment.
Jiang Si then noticed that Secretary Tan, the key figure in this incident, was not there!
"Secretary Tan didn't come to work today. The minister has already sent someone to his house..."
Assistant An was interrupted by a series of urgent knocks on the door before she could finish speaking.
The two staff members who had been sent to Secretary Tan's house earlier came in.
However, instead of bringing Secretary Tan back, they brought back some astonishing news.
"Minister, Secretary Tan... he's gone!"
"What?" Everyone was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean 'gone'? Did the person disappear? Or...?"
"The person is gone!" the person who went to the Tan family said. "When we arrived, the Tan family had already set up the mourning hall."
The news came like a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone in the conference room somewhat stunned.
"How could such a perfectly healthy person just suddenly be gone?" Realizing what had happened, Mr. Huo asked with a frown.
"They said that after getting off work last night, Secretary Tan went out to dinner with friends. On her way back, she wasn't paying attention and accidentally fell into the river."
They also went to look around the neighborhood.
There is indeed a small river in the Tan family's area, but the water is not very deep, only up to the thigh.
"Isn't he good at swimming?" Minister Zhao suddenly remembered something. It seemed that Secretary Tan had won first place in the unit's swimming competition last year.
"He can swim, but the problem is, he drank too much!"
Do you know who he went out drinking with?
"I don't know," the man added. "Secretary Tan didn't say anything when she left, just that she was going to see an old friend."
The meeting room fell silent after he said that.
This incident just broke yesterday, and then Secretary Tan got into trouble that very night. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?
"Wait a minute, I remember Xiao Tan is allergic to alcohol." Just as everyone was discussing this, someone suddenly spoke up.
“That’s right. I remember he would break out in a rash all over his body whenever he drank alcohol. How could he possibly drink alcohol?”
"What do you mean?" Vice Minister Xu turned to look at the two men. "If you're so capable, show us the evidence. Stop with the veiled attacks!"
But no matter how much he tried to defend him, everyone's suspicious gaze still fell on Secretary Yan.
But before Minister Zhao could even ask the question...
A sudden "thump" rang out!
Secretary Yan swayed violently, slid off the chair, and fell heavily to the ground.
The meeting room immediately erupted into chaos.
That concludes our conversation for today.
Secretary Yan was immediately sent to the hospital, but what to do next was a big problem.
After all, he is a vice-ministerial level official, and with the existing evidence, it would be difficult to convince the public to take action against him.
But Minister Zhao was unwilling to just let him stay at the unit.
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