Thinking of this, Xiao Weiyan stood up from his office chair, shoved the still-half-full Yellow Crane Tower cigarette into the pure silver ashtray, exhaled a puff of smoke, and revealed a disdainful expression. "Those two old bastards actually went after Minhong! Perfect timing, we'll take them down together this time, kill two and bring the other two back to life, then Minhong will be mine, hahaha!"
Since the plan was to control Minhong Hospital, Xiao Weiyan did not intend to poison the two captains and deputy captains. When they went to the hospital due to food poisoning, he could decide who lived and who died according to his wishes. The two who complained would of course die, but the captains and deputy captains could be well won over. After all, they had been dealing with each other for several years. Killing them would not only offend Minhong, but also have to deal with the new captains appointed by Minhong in the future. Therefore, Chen Hui and Chen Cheng were not on the poisoning list.
In Shantang County, Xiao Weiyan is the king, and everyone must obey his will. Controlling Minhong Hospital is imperative, so he attaches great importance to today's events. The heads of several key departments under his command are having a meal together, and law enforcement personnel from various departments are on standby at any time. They are determined to define the nature of the whole matter tonight and achieve their goal no matter what.
During this period, Xiao Weiyan had heard that many bigwigs in the city and province were not qualified to become members of Minhong Hospital, and they were still trying their best to get special drugs for him. At this time, it was obvious that gaining control of a Minhong Hospital would be the best opportunity.
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In the staff dormitory of Minhong Hospital, Chen Hui invited the two elderly people to have a meal, saying, "Uncle Wang, Aunt Li, pick up some food and eat, don't just focus on eating."
Chen Cheng frowned, absentmindedly picking at his rice, but he didn't suspect anything was wrong with the food, since it was his sister-in-law who delivered it.
After settling his family in Shantang County, he brought in all the relatives who could recommend him to Minhong. At this point, he was more worried about whether County Chief Xiao would resort to violence to seize people.
This kind of unconventional approach has become a major characteristic of the county. Since learning about County Chief Xiao's background, Chen Cheng has been very worried. Unlike Captain Chen Hui, he is more meticulous and thoughtful. After secretly inquiring about the situation in Shantang County, he realized that something was wrong and also noticed that Ni Guangfa and Zeng Qingguo of the security team had problems.
However, things had spiraled out of control. Team leader Chen Hui and his own authority were no longer enough to turn the tide. After reassigning Ni Guangfa and Zeng Qingguo to new jobs, the newcomers were unable to carry out their duties properly and encountered serious obstacles in the local area, even nearly leading to a lawsuit against the hospital.
In the end, he had no choice but to restore things to their original state, which made Ni Guangfa even more arrogant. However, this arrogance was only reflected in matters such as work arrangements. At other times, Ni Guangfa was very good at dealing with people. Even his sister-in-law benefited. Her boyfriend, who came to Shantang County from their hometown, was arranged to work in a good unit.
For several years, Chen Cheng had been working with utmost caution, suppressing his frustrations and hoping that nothing serious would happen.
The information from headquarters said this matter was very serious. If the news leaked out, Xiao Weiyan would definitely take action, and such action would not be effective by simply blocking the door. Ni Guangfa's earlier knocking on the door to report on work was a signal, and Chen Cheng was very worried.
"Have you finished eating? If you have, call someone to come and get your bowls and chopsticks. Uncle Wang and Aunt Li, you can go inside and watch TV. Chengzi and I are going to talk about something outside."
Chen Hui nodded to the two elders and was about to get up to escort them back to their room when his expression suddenly changed.
"Oh no! It's poisonous!"
Chen Cheng felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. The sudden, intense pain made him unable to go out and seek help. He immediately took out his phone to dial, but he couldn't get through. No number could be connected, even though the signal strength on the screen was full.
"Damn it! Chengzi, we're done for this time..." Chen Hui gritted his teeth and said his last words before collapsing to the ground with a thud, never to make a sound again.
The two elderly people had already fallen unconscious on the ground. Only Chen Cheng, who was in a bad mood and ate very little, managed to hold on until the end, but he knew that he didn't have much time left before he was poisoned and fell into a coma.
In his final moments, Chen Cheng was filled with remorse. He hated himself for not acting according to principles, and for not reporting the special circumstances in Shantang County to headquarters because of his sister-in-law and some colleagues speaking up for him. Now it was all too late…
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Chapter 532 The Situation Escalates
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An incident occurred at Minhong Hospital. Four people were poisoned; two died, and the other two underwent gastric lavage and enemas at Minhong's own hospital. Although they are out of danger, they remain in a coma.
The poisoning incident was discovered by two employees of Minhong Hospital. It is said that when they were asking for instructions, they called the security team's captain and deputy captain, but no one answered. Then, when they heard the phone ringing continuously outside the door, they broke down the door and saved two lives in time. However, the other two poisoned victims were too old and weak to be saved.
Because the poisoning involved people other than employees of Minhong, the incident was classified as a malicious poisoning case after the food residue in the room was tested, and the case was handled by the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Shantang County Public Security Bureau.
The Minhong Hospital involved was immediately taken into custody by the police and urban management officers who were dispatched quickly. The response speed was unprecedentedly efficient, with all officers arriving at the scene in less than four minutes. Dozens of police cars of various sizes and requisitioned minibuses blocked the entire street outside the Minhong Hospital.
All staff members of Minhong Hospital were placed under quarantine for investigation, and the county immediately established a special task force and a follow-up work group to control the situation.
To avoid disrupting the daily sales of epidemic prevention drugs to tens of thousands of people, the task force stationed there arranged for personnel to take over the work of Minhong employees. All stockpiled medicines were also allocated by the government. Minhong hospital employees who were quarantined for investigation were even required to hand over their system IDs and passwords. However, the access to these IDs and passwords was limited to checking whether each local ID number belonged to a Minhong member; all other access, including internal employee channels, was removed. Clearly, Minhong headquarters reacted very quickly.
The working group that accepted the order no longer followed the Minhong membership system for sales. Instead, regardless of membership status, they treated the drugs at member prices. There were even cases where the drugs were sold without being registered and certified through the system. This caused panic throughout the county. Hundreds of thousands of people in the county town quickly gathered at the hospital entrance to buy the drugs, fearing that their batch would run out of stock after the drugs were sold out. Upon hearing the news, farmers from townships and villages also rushed to the county town overnight. The situation had already exceeded the county government's expectations, and the situation was developing in an uncontrollable direction.
"What are you trying to steal!"
County Magistrate Xiao Weiyan immediately launched into his classic vulgarities, his expression one of extreme anger, "It's not like we're not open to sell medicine, these bastards are stealing a skewer of food!"
The frenzied buying by the public was beyond everyone's expectations. For the first time, the situation was beyond the control of the "local tyrant" Xiao Weiyan, which enraged him.
"Control the inventory, stop selling for now. At this rate, no amount of medicine will be enough for these bastards to snatch!" Xiao Weiyan waved his hand sharply, his eyes gleaming with a light that made people afraid to look him in the eye.
“Boss, I’m afraid this won’t work…” County Public Security Bureau Chief Fan Yangpi cautiously offered his opinion, his voice as soft as a young girl about to face a beating, “There are too many people gathered here now. If we close the shop and stop selling medicine, it might cause a riot, and then the matter will reach the higher-ups. What do you think…”
"They dare to cause trouble!"
Xiao Weiyan's bravado masked his underlying weakness. His tone softened slightly, "I'm not afraid even if it gets back to the higher-ups!"
“It is normal to temporarily isolate and take over the work of a murder case. Immediately leave 80% of the medicine and take it to the county public security bureau for storage. Do not let anyone see it.”
"Immediately notify Minhong Company in Chengdu and tell them to ship the goods immediately. They are directly responsible for this matter, so have them send someone to handle it."
"If you don't calm things down for me, I'll make sure they have nowhere to stand in Shantang!"
"Yes, boss."