<p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 梁坚强坐在第二排，两只手紧紧扣住大腿，却仍然不住地颤抖，他面色惨白，嘴唇发青，紧张得几乎要窒息过去。他一看今天这架势，就知道难逃一劫了，肠子顿时都悔断了。自己真是昏了头，明明知道自己的那个小舅子说话不靠谱，却偏偏信了他的话，要不是有了先入为主的念头，自己今天绝不会这么鲁莽行事的。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Liang Jianqiang sat in the second row, his hands clasped tightly around his thighs, still trembling. His face was pale, his lips blue, and he was nearly suffocating from the nervousness. He knew he was doomed when he saw the situation today, and he immediately felt a surge of regret. He had truly lost his mind. He knew his brother-in-law wasn't a reliable person, but he had believed him. If he hadn't had that preconceived notion, he would never have acted so rashly today.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 这回完了，要是被免职，或者调入冷板凳，那都是很好的结局了，就怕厅里紧追不放，把自己收受医药企业几百万好处费的事查出来，这几年自己还暗中把一些不懂业务的关系户安排进厅里工作，这其中也收了很大一笔的办事费。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> This time, it's over. If I'm dismissed or put on the bench, that would be a good outcome. I'm just worried that the department will pursue me closely and uncover my millions in bribes from pharmaceutical companies. Over the past few years, I've also secretly assigned some of my connections, who didn't understand the business, to work for the department, earning a significant fee.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> “……又经群众举报，梁坚强曾多次伙同、指使门卫，将前来厅里办事的人民群众殴打致伤，性质极其严重，影响极其恶劣。经厅党委研究决定，涉案所有门卫，予以坚决辞退，相关责任，交由公安部门追究；给予梁坚强免职处分，并由厅纪检部门调查其相关问题……”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> "...Furthermore, according to public reports, Liang Jianqiang has repeatedly colluded with and instructed security guards to assault and injure people who come to the department for business. The nature of these assaults is extremely serious, and the impact is extremely detrimental. After research and decision by the department's Party Committee, all security guards involved will be resolutely dismissed, and the relevant responsibilities will be handed over to the public security department for investigation. Liang Jianqiang will be dismissed from his post, and the department's disciplinary inspection department will investigate the relevant issues..."</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 听到这个决定，梁坚强再也无法坚强，他觉得喉咙一阵发紧，勒得自己无法喘息，接着就是眼前一黑，一头栽倒在地，人事不省了。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Upon hearing this decision, Liang Jianqiang could no longer hold his nerve. He felt his throat tighten, choking him. Then, his vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 会场顿时有些骚乱，大家七手八脚把梁坚强抬出来，放平在地板上，又是掐人中，又是喷凉水，过了有一分钟，他才幽幽醒转，然后就是嚎啕大哭。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> A commotion erupted in the meeting room. Everyone rushed to carry Liang Jianqiang out and laid him flat on the floor. They pinched his Ren Zhong point and sprayed him with cold water. After a minute, he finally regained consciousness and burst into tears.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 也不知道是谁情急之下，慌不择水，把自己的茶叶水喷了上去，此时梁坚强的脸上，挂满了各式各样的茶叶条，再配上一副落魄状，真是我见犹怜。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Someone, in a moment of panic, sprayed him with their own tea leaves. Liang Jianqiang's face was now covered in all sorts of tea leaves, and his dejected appearance was truly pitiful.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 曾毅没想到事情会搞到这么大，本来他还有点于心不忍，但听说梁坚强收了几个黑心药企的钱，把那些吃了问题药，到卫生厅来申诉的群众打到致伤致残，他又觉得这个结果实在是太便宜梁坚强了，早知如此，自己就该也卸梁坚强一条胳膊。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Zeng Yi hadn't expected the matter to escalate so drastically. Initially, he'd felt a bit sympathetic, but then, upon hearing that Liang Jianqiang had accepted bribes from several unscrupulous pharmaceutical companies and had injured or disabled people who had taken contaminated medication and filed complaints at the Health Department, he felt Liang Jianqiang had gotten off too easy. Had he known this, he should have cut off one of his arms, too.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 陈高峰让人把梁坚强拖出去后，坚持把会开完，狠狠地给所有人敲着警钟。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> After having Liang Jianqiang dragged out, Chen Gaofeng insisted on concluding the meeting, sounding a stern warning to everyone.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 走出会场的时候，郭鹏辉一句话也讲不出来，他落了个党内警告的处分，虽然看起来很轻，但背上这个处分，今后很长的一段时间，都不可能再被提拔重用了。在他看来，自己今天完全就是无妄之灾，要不是受了梁坚强的挑唆，自己怎么可能认为专家是假冒的。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> As Guo Penghui left the meeting room , he was speechless. He'd received an internal Party warning. While it might seem light, it meant he wouldn't be promoted or given important positions for a long time. He felt like his current misfortune was completely unprovoked. If it weren't for Liang Jianqiang's instigation, he wouldn't have believed the expert was a fake.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 想到这里，他恨恨地跺了跺脚，梁坚强，你敢耽误老子的进步，老子就让你掉层皮！</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Thinking of this, he stamped his foot in anger. "Liang Jianqiang, if you dare to hinder my progress, I'll make you lose your skin!"</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 等开完会，办完手续，已经到了下午下班的点了，曾毅准备拿了手续就走，却被唐浩然拽住了，“曾老弟，晚上我设宴为你压惊，一定要给我这个面子。”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> After the meeting and paperwork were completed, it was already time to get off work. Zeng Yi was about to grab his paperwork and leave when Tang Haoran stopped him. "Brother Zeng, I'm hosting a banquet tonight to calm you down. You have to honor me."</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 曾毅连忙道：“这怎么可以，应该是我请你才对！今天要不是你及时赶到，我就是浑身是嘴，也说不清了。”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Zeng Yi quickly said, "How can that be? I should be treating you! If you hadn't arrived on time today, I wouldn't be able to explain myself even if I were to talk all over myself."</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> “你看你这人，总是这么客气。以后你我都是为方书记服务的，何必分出一个彼此呢。再说了，今天你第一天上任，于情于理，都该我这个老大哥来请，你要是再推辞，那就是看不起我啰！”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> "Look at you, always so polite. From now on, you and I will both serve Secretary Fang, so why distinguish between us? Besides, today is your first day on the job, so it's only right that I, your elder brother, should do the inviting. If you refuse, it would seem like you're looking down on me!"</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 曾毅笑了笑，“却之不恭，那我就只好从命了。”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Zeng Yi smiled. "It would be disrespectful to refuse, so I'll just obey."</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> “这就对了嘛。今晚你我一定要好好叙一叙，以后你在方书记身边工作，有一些需要注意的地方，我正好叮嘱给你。”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> "That's right. We must have a good chat tonight. When you work alongside Secretary Fang, there are some things you need to be mindful of, and I'll just give you some pointers."</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 唐浩然这也是投桃报李，今天曾毅没让他下不了台，他对曾毅便高看一眼，另外，他还有另外的目的，以后曾毅就是方书记的保健医生，也算是领导信任圈里的人物之一，大家提前做好关系，以后也好互通有无嘛。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Tang Haoran was returning the favor. Zeng Yi hadn't embarrassed him today, and he had a higher opinion of him. He also had another motive. Zeng Yi would be Secretary Fang's personal physician, and therefore someone within the leadership's circle of trust. It would be helpful for them to establish a good relationship so they could share their knowledge later.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 两人说说笑笑到了楼下，就看到杜若站在卫生厅的大院里，他此时已经换下了警服，穿着一身便装，站在那里吞云吐雾。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> The two chatted and laughed until they reached the bottom of the stairs, where they found Du Ruo standing in the Health Department courtyard. He had changed out of his police uniform and was now dressed in casual clothes, puffing away at the cigarette.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 看到两人下来，杜若一脚踩灭烟头，上前笑着：“两位领导可否赏个面子，晚上我已经安排好了，维纳斯酒店，咱们不醉不休！”就好像他早就知道了曾毅和唐浩然晚上一定会一起吃饭似的。</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Seeing the two men coming down, Du Ruo stamped out his cigarette and approached with a smile, "Would you please do me a favor? I've already made plans for tonight at the Venus Hotel. Let's get drunk!" It was as if he had already known that Zeng Yi and Tang Haoran would definitely dine together that evening.</b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> “老杜啊，以前怎么就没发现你还有这一手本事。”唐浩然大笑，“都不是外人，晚上是我为曾老弟压惊洗尘，你来安排，也要由我买单。”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> "Old Du, how come I didn't realize you had this skill before?" Tang Haoran laughed. "We're not strangers. I'm hosting a welcome party for Brother Zeng tonight. You made the arrangements, and I'll foot the bill."</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><u> 杜若跑过去拉开车门，“那我就厚着脸皮，去蹭两位领导这顿酒喝。”</u></b></p><p class="ql-block"></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"> Du Ruo ran over and opened the car door. "Then I'll shamelessly join these two leaders in a drink."</b></p>