Chapter 1052: Looks Like Su Yang Is About to Become a Vegetative Patient

Even Organization Department Head Lu Zhi Xin followed up, saying: "Secretary Zhang, this is a Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting; you must not shirk. All of us comrades have work at hand, so you cannot waste everyone's time because of you alone."

The others also chattered, "Yes, yes, Secretary Zhang, you mustn't do that. Right now our city is in a troublesome season; everyone is busy cleaning up the mess in your county."

"Our city has never had any outstanding achievements; on the contrary, many lingering problems. Normally these matters wouldn't matter, but now the Investigation Team from the capital is staying in our city; if they stir up something else, who will bear the responsibility?"

"Secretary Zhang, as a comrade in the leadership team, I shouldn't criticize you. But I must be responsible for the three million common people in the city; we cannot let the collective pay for one person's wrong decisions or actions, so whoever should be accountable must be held accountable."

Well, these Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee members have finally seized the opportunity. Under normal circumstances, aside from the top leader Municipal Party Committee Secretary and the second‑in‑command mayor, the others would hardly say such things.

Not to mention they're from the capital; a regular Deputy Secretary is truly the third‑ranking figure. If anyone wants to make things uncomfortable for themselves, they could try, but this kind of thing happened outright.

What made him feel even more despondent was that almost all the standing committee members present leapt up to berate him.

According to what Jia Guolong originally told him on the phone, he would have Tian Xiaofei use provincial connections to contact two or three Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee members to support and back him, so that he could not only sway the county situation but also form his own force in the city, thereby establishing his voice in the city.

Now it seems they were just toying with him all along.

Until the meeting ended, he still hadn't recovered from the thunderous shock, sitting blankly in his seat. The last time the Secretary‑General had come over to say a few words to him; this time no one came in to speak to him, nor anyone to comfort him or say a kind word.

Clearly, this time provoked both heavenly anger and public resentment. At the Municipal Party Committee level, if your county is arm‑wrestling, then arm‑wrestle; such disputes exist everywhere, but don't flip the table.

Such matters are tolerable only up to the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government level, but the whole Lieshan Xian was dragged straight to the capital.

Zhaikai wasn't particularly aiming at Zhang Jiangbo or anything, because he knew he would soon face the wrath of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee. After all, Lieshan Xian is under his jurisdiction, and he cannot escape accountability.

A day later, Su Yang, who had slowly come to consciousness, had no idea about all the events that had unfolded outside.

When he woke up, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially the Discipline Inspection Commission's Executive Deputy Secretary, whose ashen face finally showed a hint of color. As long as Su Yang lives, the problem isn't serious; otherwise his situation wouldn't be much better than Zhang Jiangbo's final fate.

Still, he asked the doctor: "How is it? Does Comrade Su Yang have any serious health issues? Does he need to be sent to a hospital to convalesce? If he stays here, will it harm his condition?"

The doctor's expression grew solemn: "Well, it's that a young person's body is strong and vigor high; otherwise, he probably wouldn't get through this. An ordinary person's body, when pushed this hard, nine out of ten times can't endure."

"Although he has awakened, his body is extremely weak; further strain could cause irreversible damage to some of his bodily functions."

"My personal recommendation is to go to a hospital for observation, with doctors and nurses on constant watch; otherwise any sudden complication could be untimely."

He heard those words loud in his ears. At first he was merely pretending to be in a coma, but later he truly didn't know what was happening; perhaps after his body completely relaxed, he simply didn't catch a breath and passed out. Now, hearing the doctor's words, he immediately began to calculate.

After the Discipline Inspection Commission sent the doctor away, they returned to Su Yang's side: "Comrade Su Yang, although we all know you are very weak, we still need your cooperation on work matters."

"Especially regarding the former county magistrate Tong Guohua in your county, the incident where he was pushed and jumped from your office has now become an ironclad fact; even if you bite the bullet and persist, it will eventually be proven through forensic and other scientific methods."

"Instead of stubbornly holding on, you'd be better off speaking up about some matters; it would ease everyone's mind."

Yet Su Yang's whole body, except for occasional finger twitches, had vacant, blank eyes, literally like a vegetative patient. Oh, wait, if you say he only doesn't move, then he is a vegetative patient.

No matter what others said or how they spoke, he remained in this state, leaving the Discipline Inspection Commission staff in a flurry.

Their original bottom line was no loss of life, but making it like this is no different from causing a death; it looks like he's about to become a vegetative patient.

At that moment, a staff member from the Public Security Department of the Investigation Team entered hurriedly with a report, whispered a few words into the ear of the Discipline Inspection Commission's Executive Deputy Secretary, and then handed over the report.

After the Discipline Inspection Commission Deputy Secretary read it, his complexion changed instantly: "Summon the provincial Discipline Inspection Commission people to me; how could it become like this? It's downright absurd!"

Because this appraisal report was not submitted from below but sent from the capital. It was the report Su Yang had originally had Sun Chengjun produce as quickly as possible.

Initially, besides the forensic appraisal by the County Public Security Bureau, they also requested personnel from the Public Security Department to conduct an appraisal, aiming to have a decisive role at a critical moment.

The reason it wasn't directly submitted from below is that after Sun Chengjun reported the matter to Secretary Gao, Secretary Gao instructed him to find a way to send the appraisal straight to the capital.

Although Sun Chengjun couldn't go himself, sending a reliable person to deliver it was doable. Of course, the deterrent effect of sending it back from the capital is far greater than sending it up from below; if it were truly submitted from below, the genuine appraisal report might never appear before everyone.

This was bad news for the entire Investigation Team, because it plainly showed they had been pressuring Su Yang to admit these baseless accusations; if actual accountability were pursued, they would truly be unable to escape.

When things reached this point, the Discipline Inspection Commission's Executive Deputy Secretary gathered all the Investigation Team members for a meeting:

"Comrades, I called you here because there's a problem with the case we're currently reviewing. According to the submitted report, Comrade Tong Guohua jumped down on his own, not pushed by Su Yang, which means he has no connection to Su Yang. Most crucially, this report came back from the capital…"

He was speaking when the phone in his pocket suddenly rang; he took it out, glanced at it, and his complexion changed.