Nominal: Hou Liangping blocking the door? He was slapped away!

Through a special encrypted channel within the Armed Police, Zhou Weiguo contacted a comrade from the technical brigade.

Throughout the process, he did not reveal any information about Shen Zhong, only saying that he had a sensitive piece of evidence that needed to be processed at the highest level and delivered anonymously.

Half an hour later, a brand new video file was generated.

All device information was completely erased, making it seem as if it had appeared out of thin air.

Zhou Weiguo opened the internal whistleblowing email address of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

He included the video, along with Shen Zhong's original words—"If you don't handle it yourselves, someone else will"—in the email body.

send.

After finishing all this, Zhou Weiguo leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh.

He didn't know what would happen next, but he knew that the major general had made the most crucial move in his game.

……

The Office of the Discipline Inspection Group of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Team leader Lao Qian, wearing reading glasses, was reviewing a case file concerning a local procuratorate's disciplinary violations.

He's almost sixty this year and is a notorious old stubborn man in the compound, impervious to reason and only respecting rules, not people. Because of him, countless people have lost their jobs over the years.

At this moment, an email icon flashed in the lower right corner of the computer.

Old Qian opened it out of habit.

An anonymous email with no sender information lay there quietly.

The title is simple: "Report on the Violent Law Enforcement Conduct of Comrade Hou Liangping, Director of the Investigation Division of the Anti-Corruption Bureau".

Old Qian adjusted his glasses, his mind unmoved.

He had seen many such whistleblower letters; nine out of ten were baseless accusations.

He opened the email.

Aside from that brief but arrogant message, the email body contained only a video attachment.

Old Qian clicked play.

The video footage was shaky and taken from a low angle, as if it was filmed from somewhere hidden.

The scene shows the dimly lit stairwell of the family dormitory building.

Hou Liangping's face, slightly distorted by arrogance, occupies the center of the picture.

His arrogant and domineering voice could be heard in the video.

"He Xia! Let me tell you, don't push your luck!"

"So what if you're a deputy director-general? In Beijing, officials of your rank could be killed with a single brick!"

"Take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror! Do you really think you're something special?"

In the video, He Xia's figure flashes by, and you can see her clenching her fists tightly, her body trembling.

Old Qian's brows furrowed.

These words were vulgar and obscene, completely unlike what a high-ranking national official would say.

Immediately afterwards, Hou Liangping in the video approached the door, his voice low but filled with undisguised malice.

"Let me tell you the truth, someone has already set their sights on the position of district head of Hexi District! You, a nobody from a poor family, dare to compete with them?"

"If you know what's good for you, back out on your own! Otherwise, we have plenty of ways to ruin your reputation!"

Seeing this, Lao Qian stopped, his hand holding the mouse still.

He took off his reading glasses and played the last sentence three times.

Every word felt like a heavy hammer blow to his heart.

This is not a case investigation.

This is blatant political infighting! It's using the prosecutorial power, a sacred public instrument bestowed upon us by the state, to clear obstacles for the political interests of certain individuals!

His chest began to heave, and a surge of anger shot from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

His anger wasn't because Shen Zhong hit someone.

What angered him was Hou Liangping, the rising star hailed as an "anti-corruption vanguard," who was actually such a scoundrel who knew the law but broke it and treated national law as his own family law!

This is tantamount to shaking the very foundation of the entire prosecutorial team! It's like rubbing the faces of all prosecutors into the ground!

He stopped reading; the rest was no longer important.

He suddenly stood up and quickly copied the video file to an encrypted USB drive.

Then, taking the USB drive, without even glancing at the pile of files waiting to be processed on the table, he strode out of the office and headed straight for the top floor, to the top leader's office.

"Bang bang bang!"

The force with which he knocked on the door was astonishing.

……

The atmosphere in the office of the top official of the Supreme People's Procuratorate was oppressive.

Hou Liangping's direct superior, Zhang Xiangyang, the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, was standing in front of his desk with a grim expression.

The top leader didn't say anything, but simply plugged a USB drive into the computer in front of him.

He clicked on the video.

Hou Liangping's arrogant face, his foul language, and his statement that exposed all the dirty secrets—"Someone has had their eye on me for a long time"—echoed clearly in the silent office.

With each line played, Zhang Xiangyang's face paled a little more.

By the time the video finished playing, his back was completely soaked with cold sweat.

It’s over.

Only those two words remained in his mind.

He knew that he had been completely ruined by Hou Liang, that good-for-nothing idiot!

"Is this the report you submitted?" The top leader's voice was calm, but beneath that calm lay a volcano about to erupt.

He threw Hou Liangping's report, which distorted the truth, onto the table.

"Is this the 'anti-corruption vanguard' you spoke of, who diligently performed his duties but encountered violent resistance to law enforcement?"

"Snapped!"

The leader slammed his hand on the table, finally shattering the facade of calm.

"Is this how your Anti-Corruption Bureau handles cases?!"

"You've turned public resources into a weapon for your factional infighting! You've used the power entrusted to you by the people as leverage to blackmail your colleagues!"

"Who gave you the audacity!"

The direct supervisor's legs went weak, and he almost couldn't stand up.

"Boss, I...I apologize! I misjudged him; I was deceived by him! I really didn't know he..."

"You didn't know?" The top leader sneered. "After everything went wrong, you think you can just wash your hands of it with a 'I didn't know'? Hou Liangping was someone you personally promoted, and you personally approved his report before sending it to me!"

The direct supervisor was speechless, cold sweat dripping down his chin.

The top leader stood up and paced back and forth in his office before finally stopping at the window.

He knew that this matter was no longer as simple as dealing with Hou Liangping.

This video is a "challenge" sent by the other party.

The meaning is clear: You yourselves need to clean up your own mess. Otherwise, once this fire starts, it won't be something your Supreme People's Procuratorate can control.

"Immediately!" The top leader turned around and gave the order, his tone carrying an unyielding determination.

"Have the discipline inspection team take the lead and establish an internal investigation group! Thoroughly investigate all the issues behind Hou Liangping's 'official business' this time! Every link and every detail must be examined!"

He glanced at his direct supervisor, whose face had turned deathly pale.

"Furthermore, issue a notice: until the investigation results are released, no one is allowed to discuss this matter!"

"We, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, must give the military an explanation! And we must give Comrade Shen Zhong an explanation!"

The news spread faster than a virus within the Supreme People's Procuratorate building.

The voices that had previously spoken out for Hou Liangping in the offices and corridors, clamoring for the military to pay the price, vanished without a trace in an instant.

The entire building fell into an eerie silence.

All the officials who had read the "processed" report felt a burning pain in their cheeks.

They finally realized that they had been taken for fools by that man surnamed Hou, and used as a weapon to attack his political enemies!

A surge of anger at being fooled rose in their hearts.

The hostility towards Shen Zhong disappeared, replaced by a deep disgust for Hou Liangping, the instigator.

……

And this moment.

At the eye of the storm, Hou Liangping was sitting on his sofa at home.

He sat with his legs crossed, leisurely sipping the finest Da Hong Pao tea his wife had brewed for him, a hint of smug satisfaction on his face.

He imagined that Shen Zhong must be feeling suffocated by the overwhelming pressure of public opinion at this moment.

What about the military? What about the meritorious officials?

Under the strangulation of the rules, even a dragon has to coil up!

Just then, his personal cell phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar internal number.

He answered the phone, his tone carrying a hint of leadership reserve.

"Hello, who is this?"

On the other end of the phone came a businesslike, emotionless male voice.

"Is this Comrade Hou Liangping? This is the Discipline Inspection Group of the Academy. We need your cooperation in explaining something. Please come to Office No. 3 of the Discipline Inspection Group at 9:00 AM tomorrow."

Discipline Inspection Team?

Hou Liangping's smile froze.

An ominous premonition rose from the depths of his heart without warning.

"What is it? Can't I say it over the phone?"

"We'll discuss the specifics when we meet tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, the other party hung up the phone without giving him any chance to ask further questions.

Hearing the busy tone coming from the receiver, Hou Liangping felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

He immediately dialed the private number of his immediate superior, Zhang Xiangyang.

However, what came from the other end of the phone was a cold, electronic female voice.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently switched off."