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"Then two police officers came down, cleaned up the scene, and took the body away."

Du Zhengqiang said, "The other party originally did not intend to call the police, but he had nightmares every day and couldn't get over it, so he decided to call the police. Moreover, he found that the license plate number was from Yiyang City, so he was not worried about retaliation."

"Considering Wang Xuanxuan's various illogical actions after returning, I estimate that the body the man mentioned is Lu Huagang's. I also asked the teachers who went to petition with him, and they said that they had never seen Lu Huagang again after he jumped out of the window."

"It seems that Lu Huagang was indeed killed in the accident."

Jiang Yiming said, "Send someone to the hospital to investigate immediately. I will have Dean Li Hengchen of the People's Hospital cooperate with you."

"it is good."

Du Zhengqiang immediately sent people to investigate and quickly found out the whole process.

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"Secretary Jiang, I have received information that Du Zhengqiang is investigating the cause of Lu Huagang's death."

Wang Xuanzhong hurriedly went to Jiang Xuangui's office to report the matter to him.

"The matter has already been resolved, so why is Du Zhengqiang so bored that he's investigating Lu Huagang's affairs?"

Jiang Xuangui frowned.

"do not know."

Wang Xuanzhong said, "Could it be that Secretary Jiang arranged this?"

"I'll go ask Jiang Yiming. You stay calm. Even if something goes wrong, you have to follow what we said before. You have to take responsibility for this yourself, understand?"

"Secretary, rest assured, I may have room for improvement in other aspects, but when it comes to loyalty, absolutely no one is more loyal than me."

After Wang Xuanxuan left, Jiang Xuangui went directly to Jiang Yiming's office.

"Secretary Yiming, I have something to discuss with you."

"Secretary Xuan Gui, I also have something I'd like to report to you."

Jiang Yiming invited Jiang Xuangui to sit down and talk.

"Okay, tell me what it is first."

Jiang Xuangui said calmly.

"Regarding the matter of Education Bureau Director Chen Wei, he bears some responsibility for this petition incident, but is it too severe to dismiss him from his post for this matter?"

Jiang Yiming inquired.

"The decision to remove Chen Wei from his post was not my personal opinion, but was discussed and approved by the Standing Committee."

Jiang Xuangui said, "There's nothing I can do to change this."

“In that situation, removing Chen Wei from his post could appease some people’s anger, and there was no reason for them to object. But we couldn’t just kick him out because of that.”

"I'll think about this some more."

Jiang Xuangui said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"I personally suggest that the Party Secretary reconsider the matter of selling land in the southern part of the city and forcing companies to invest in the cultural plaza project."

Jiang Yiming said, "Both of these things will seriously affect the development of our Xinping County."

"There is no room for negotiation on this matter."

Jiang Xuangui resolutely refused, saying, "This matter concerns the Cultural Plaza project, so let's not mention it again."

This petition by faculty and staff has had a significant impact. He has heard that several city leaders have expressed their dissatisfaction with him and even want to remove him from his position as secretary.

Right now, only Zhang Changchun and Luo Zhangwen can help him get through this difficult time, so he naturally cannot let Zhang Changchun down and stop the project.

"As for whether to reinstate Chen Wei as the director of the Education Bureau, we can discuss it further."

Jiang Xuangui said, "I heard you asked Du Zhengqiang to investigate Lu Huagang's cause of death? He has been cremated for more than ten days, and the petitioning incident has come to an end. Why do you need to stir up trouble again and cause unnecessary problems?"

"Here's what we'll do: you tell Du Zhengqiang to focus his energy on more important cases and not waste time investigating this matter, so as not to cause any trouble."

Jiang Yiming understood what the other party meant: as long as he agreed to stop investigating Lu Huagang's death, Jiang Xuangui would agree to reinstate Chen Wei as the director of the Education Bureau.

“Secretary Xuan Gui, these are two different things. Lu Huagang’s death is very suspicious. Investigating the cause of his death is the duty of the Public Security Bureau. I have no right to interfere.”

Jiang Yiming said, "Besides, this wasn't arranged by me, but by the Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau. They will send people over tomorrow to investigate. Director Du is just making preparations in advance."

"The Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau requested an investigation? Why would the Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau bother with such a trivial matter?"

Jiang Xuangui frowned and said, "Do you think I would believe that?"

Believe it or not, it's true.

Jiang Yiming was too lazy to waste words with Jiang Xuangui: "I am firmly against the auction of those plots of land in the south of the city, and I will take all reasonable measures to stop the auction."

"Is that so? Then let's see whether they listen to you, the deputy secretary, or to me, the secretary!"

Jiang Xuangui left after his negotiations with Jiang Yiming failed, his face grim.

"What kind of person is this? A mere deputy secretary dares to challenge me. Once this is over, I will do everything in my power to get rid of you!"

After returning to his office, Jiang Xuangui began to grumble and curse.

The following day, the Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau sent people to investigate the cause of Lu Huagang's death. Du Zhengqiang had already sent people to do a lot of work.

As soon as the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau arrived, they quickly identified Wang Xuanzhong and Wang Xiaomao.

When Wang Xiaomao learned that this constituted a hit-and-run and would result in a criminal sentence, he immediately confessed that it was Wang Xuanzhong who had hit him with his car.

After learning that Wang Xiaomao had confessed the truth, Wang Xuanzhong immediately showed his 'loyalty' and looked up to the sky, shouting, "Secretary Xuangui, I'm sorry."

He then began to recount what had happened: "Dear leaders, I originally wanted to report the facts, but our Secretary Jiang stopped me. He was afraid that this matter would escalate and cause dissatisfaction among the city leaders, so he arranged for the hospital to forge medical records and even asked me to forge a detention notice."

The incident was quickly investigated and clarified. Given that Jiang Xuangui was also involved, the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau immediately reported to the leaders of Jiangcheng City.

The leaders of Jiangcheng City attached great importance to this matter, immediately reported it to the provincial leaders, and communicated with Yiyang City.

Upon learning of the situation, Wei Shanghua was furious and immediately dismissed Jiang Xuangui from his post, demanding that the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection establish an investigation team to investigate Jiang Xuangui.

Jiang Xuangui was attending a county-wide work conference on production safety when the municipal discipline inspection commission officials arrived. They treated him with decency and waited until the meeting was over before taking him away.

Zhang Yuntao and Wang Xianming were the happiest to learn that Jiang Xuangui had been dismissed.

"Secretary Zhang, congratulations! We've finally received this good news."

Wang Xianming arrived at Zhang Yuntao's office, and the two of them smoked and chatted pleasantly.

"Yes, I heard that Chairman Zhang Changchun has spoken up for Jiang Xuangui quite a bit. If it weren't for Lu Huagang's death, we probably wouldn't have been able to take down Jiang Xuangui."

Zhang Yuntao laughed and said, "I have to say, Jiang Yiming is more cunning. He brought Jiang Xuangui down in less than three days after he came back."

"Fortunately, he's leaving soon, otherwise, having him as an opponent would be quite unsettling."

"Secretary Zhang, I suggest you go to the city government as soon as possible and try to get the official appointment issued by the city government as soon as possible."

Wang Xianming suggested.

"I do need to make some trips, but not today. After all, Jiang Xuangui was just taken away for investigation, and if I rush to the city, the city leaders will definitely have a problem with me."

Zhang Yuntao laughed and said, "Moreover, the appointment won't be issued so quickly. Jiang Xuangui's matter still needs further investigation. I'm just waiting for the city to notify me that I will be in charge of the county party committee's work."

"Do you think it's possible to parachute in a county party secretary or have Jiang Yiming take charge of the work?"

"It's not impossible that someone might be parachuted in, but the probability is low, since Mayor Luo is supporting me."

Zhang Yuntao laughed and said, "As for letting Jiang Yiming preside over the work of the county party committee, that's simply impossible."

"I am the county head and also the first deputy secretary of the county party committee. How could you possibly bypass me and let Jiang Yiming directly preside over the work of the county party committee? In that case, will they listen to me, the county head, or him?"