Chapter 98: The Winding Path (Second Update, Continued Call for Monthly Tickets)

  "Wang Xu is the leader!" Tian Minghui and Zhang Yiming were also shocked, looking at Wang Xu in surprise, who was chatting with Liu Ke on the side. It had only been a short time since Wang Xu first arrived in Yun City, wearing a pair of white cowboy pants and with messy hair, looking like a migrant worker coming to Yun City for work. In just three or four months, he had become the leader of the provincial committee's expert group, while the secretary of the provincial committee's number one secretary was only accompanying him.

  Ren Hui, who had just come forward to get close to the provincial party committee experts, heard this and hastily withdrew his head, hiding again. A bad feeling surged up from his heart.

  Wang Xu has now become the leader of the provincial party committee's expert group, and he is also bringing Zhao Kai, who was just driven away by Chen Feng. All this seems to be coming to demand an explanation for past mistakes.

  Others may not be clear about the situation, but Ren Hui's heart is as clear as a mirror. Last time, Zhao Kai knew everything about Shao Peihong's son Shao Hongxing. If this matter were to be exposed, others might not say anything, but Shao Peihong would definitely not be able to get around him.

  There was also the matter of Yun Cheng's First Affiliated Hospital this time, Ren Hui had already made some guesses in his heart, 80% related to their procurement a month ago. He and Chen Shaoyun questioned each other multiple times, and the other party guaranteed that the medicine was fine. However, the continuous incidents had already made Ren Hui suspicious. The medicine was nearly half the price of other channels, such a good thing, how could it be so easily encountered?

  After exchanging pleasantries with the people who came to greet him, Wang Xu finally entered the hospital accompanied by a group of people. As they walked, Wang Xu asked Miao Runfeng about the situation, and according to what he knew, the people from the Health Department had been investigating in the hospital for some time.

  "The situation is complicated, and the deceased are all different, but there's one thing in common - they're all severe cases. If not, it would have been suppressed a long time ago." Miao Runfeng said with a frown.

  As a hospital, patient deaths are nothing out of the ordinary, so at first, it didn't attract much attention from Yun Cheng. Although the families of the previous patients were not satisfied, they had calmed down after making a fuss. However, as one patient after another died in succession, this became puzzling. The First Affiliated Hospital of Yun Cheng still had a good reputation in Yun Cheng, with a high cure rate. Suddenly, such an incident occurred, and Miao Runfeng immediately started investigating.

  However, at first, Miao Runfeng still suppressed the matter within the hospital and did not want to escalate it. But this matter could not be contained, and the situation in the First Affiliated Hospital was not effectively controlled, making the situation even more severe.

  "Are all the deceased patients' bodies here?" Wang Xu asked.

  "The bodies of several patients from three days ago are still in the morgue, and those that have been there longer have already been cremated." Miao Runfeng explained.

  Wang Xu nodded and glanced at Qian Yousheng and Hu Qunliang, saying: "Let's go to the morgue first. See if we can find anything."

  "Good." Qian Yousheng and several others nodded, accompanied by Miao Runfeng and Chen Shaoyun, some hospital leaders, Wang Xu and others came to the hospital's morgue.

  It's now the sweltering summer, but the air conditioner in the morgue is set very low, and as soon as you enter, you can't help but feel a chill run down your spine. The curtains are all drawn, making it quite dark inside, and at first glance, it even feels somewhat eerie.

  "Qian Lao, Hu Secretary, Ke Director, let's split up and examine each body carefully. Finally, summarize the results." In the morgue, there were five bodies laid out. Wang Xu took a glance around and said to Qian, Hu, and Ke Donglin.

  "Good." The three of them nodded. Each went forward, chose a corpse to examine. Wang Xu also walked in front of a corpse, lifted the white sheet covering it, and looked carefully.

  Wang Xu saw that this was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with thick calluses on his hands, probably from doing hard labor. His complexion was pale and his whole body had some slight edema. From the appearance, it seemed that the deceased should have died of kidney disease.

  After examining the deceased's entire body, Wang Xu stretched out his hand in front of his chest and suddenly had a golden needle in his hand. He casually stabbed it into the patient's forehead, then gently pulled it out and sniffed it at the tip of his nose.

  "No poisoning, purely a critical illness death." Wang Xu furrowed his brow, combining the appearance with the smell on his golden needle, Wang Xu could conclude that this deceased had died from a sudden worsening of their condition, and by normal reasoning, there was nothing suspicious.

  After examining the deceased, Wang Xu walked to another corpse and carefully examined it. The deceased was a woman in her thirties, with a pale yellow complexion and an emaciated body, clearly dead from hepatitis.

  Wang Xu wiped the golden needle clean and pricked the woman's forehead again, smelling the odor, there was nothing unusual, confirming that this woman indeed died of hepatitis, without any other abnormalities.

  After examining the five corpses one after another, Wang Xu's eyebrows were furrowed tighter and tighter. All of these patients had died from their illnesses, suffering greatly before death, with very severe conditions.

  If it were one or two people, Wang Xu might not think much of it, but with five people all being the same, something was off. Were all the doctors in the entire hospital just going through the motions?

  "Qian Lao, Hu Li Shi, what's your view?" Wang Xu asked after seeing the other three had finished examining.

  "There's nothing unusual, they all seem to have died from their illnesses, it's inexplicable." Hu Qunliang said with a furrowed brow.

  "It's as if the hospital can't control the disease at all. When a patient dies, doesn't the hospital take any measures?" Ke Donglin questioned.

  "It's indeed very suspicious." Wang Xu nodded and turned his head to ask Chen Shaoyun, "Director Chen, would you please explain it to us?"

  "I..." Chen Shaoyun was about to curse, earlier when they were outside, Wang Xu pretended not to see him and didn't say a word to him. Now he suddenly remembers that he is the dean.

  Although he was unhappy in his heart, at this time he didn't have the guts to argue with Wang Xu, let alone him, even if Gao Changyun came, he would have to be polite, after all, Wang Xu represented Han Guanglin's meaning at this time, the number one of Jiangzhou.

  "Doctor Wang, our hospital did perform emergency treatment, but for some reason the rescue was completely ineffective. Director Miao is also aware of this." Chen Shaoyun explained.

  "Like that..." Wang Xu nodded and didn't continue to investigate, after a moment of contemplation he said: "Trouble Director Chen to bring over the medical records of these few people during their hospital stay."

  Chen Shaoyun nodded and hastily instructed someone to tidy up, while leading Wang Xu and others to the largest conference room in the hospital. The morgue was naturally not a place to review medical records.

  Wang Xu and several others carefully reviewed the medical records of the five deceased, three of whom were inpatients in the traditional Chinese medicine department and received traditional Chinese medicine treatment. The remaining two received Western medicine treatment. The medical records detailed the treatment methods and medications used, but nothing out of the ordinary was found.

  After that, Wang Xu and others checked the hospital rooms one by one again, but still didn't find anything unusual. Before they knew it, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon.

  Wang Xu and Xie Xiao Yu were among the people who had eaten before coming to Yun City, and they started investigating as soon as they arrived at the First Affiliated Hospital. They were all a bit hungry. Seeing no progress, Wang Xu was not in a hurry either, took a look at the time, and was about to invite everyone to eat. At this moment, Gao Changyun's secretary Qin Xun came over.

  "Dr. Wang, Secretary Gao has already prepared dinner and will personally receive the few of you." Qin Xun said politely as he approached Wang Xu and the others.

  "Since Secretary Gao is treating us, we can't decline politely." Wang Xu smiled upon hearing this. Without being overly polite, he led Qian Yousheng and several others to leave the hospital with Qin Xun.

  The place where Gao Changyun entertained Wang Xujie and others was the Yuncheng Municipal Committee Guest House. In fact, this is also where Wang Xujie and others stayed overnight. This time in Yuncheng, Wang Xu was on a business trip, so he didn't have to pay out of his own pocket.

  Although Gao Changyun personally invited Wang Xu and his group to a drink, as the number one in Yun City, he naturally had to maintain his dignity. He waited until Wang Xu and the others were seated in the private room before pushing open the door and walking in.

  "The provincial party committee's expert has arrived, welcome!" As soon as they entered the private room, Gao Changyuan said with a bright smile. Wang Xu and others quickly stood up to greet him.

  This was the first time Wang Xu had seen Gao Changyun in person, and the real Gao Changyun had even more presence than on TV. He was 1.8 meters tall, with a sturdy build, short hair, and a spirited demeanor. He walked in with a majestic stride.

  "It's an honor that Secretary Gao has come in person, we're not worthy of the trouble." Wang Xu, as the team leader, naturally went forward to greet Gao Changyun first.

  "Dr. Wang smiled and said, I've long heard of Dr. Wang's great reputation, our family's Far Mountain has mentioned it to me many times before." Gao Changyun said with a smile.

  "That must be an exaggeration by Gao." Wang Xu chuckled and interjected, involuntarily admiring Gao Yuanshan's eloquence. At this time, Gao Changyun casually mentioned Gao Yuanshan, obviously trying to curry favor with him, and effortlessly brought up their personal connection.

  In fact, Wang Xu also knew that Gao Changyun would have definitely heard of him, and the first time was not at Gaoyuan Mountain Pass, but through Yang Han. That day, at the Baiyun Road Police Station, Qin Xun accompanied Yang Han to go there without Gao Changyun's instructions, if he said it out, Wang Xu absolutely wouldn't believe it.

  However, Gao Changyun didn't mention Yang Han at all, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was about Gao Yuanshan. Unintentionally, this brought the two sides closer together, and also gave him the upper hand. Gao Yuanshan is Gao Changyun's son, and he met Wang Xu at Lin Ying's celebration party. At this time, Gao Changyun had put himself in a position of seniority to Wang Xu.

  "Hello, Secretary Gao." After shaking hands with Wang Xu, Xie Xiaoyu walked forward to greet him. From Han Guanglin's mouth, he learned that Wang Xu was the grandson of the Shen family, so he naturally wouldn't try to steal the spotlight from him.

  "I didn't expect Secretary Xie to come in person. The Yun Cheng matter has really made Secretary Han worried, it's all my fault." Gao Changyun sighed and said.

  Several people shook hands and then took their seats one after another. Gao Changyun and Wang Xu tied for first place, with Xie Xiaoyu sitting next to Wang Xu. As the leader of the provincial party committee's expert group, Wang Xu was somewhat special in his identity, being both within and outside the system. Gao Changyun repeatedly showed humility.

  At the dinner table, Gao Changyun was completely devoid of the airs of a municipal party secretary and was very down-to-earth. He wanted to probe Wang Xu and Xie Xiaoyu about Han Guanglin's intentions, but Wang Xu and the others were evasive in their responses, so Gao Changyun had no choice but to give up.

  After dinner, after Gao Changyun left, Wang Xu took out his mobile phone and called Han Yixue. As Han Guanglin said, Han Yixue was in the First Affiliated Hospital, and her identity was special. She wasn't like Tian Minghui and others who were being guarded by Chen Shaoyun, so she should know some inside information.

  "You still remember to call me, I thought you had forgotten about me." Han Yixue teased as soon as she picked up Wang Xu's phone call.

  "What's up? Not free now, will call the beautiful Korean girl immediately. How about having some free time? Let's find a place to sit down." Wang Xu said with a smile.