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

The office of the secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee compound.

Li Dakang, who had just hung up the phone, felt a surge of anger rising in his throat.

He grabbed the trench coat from the hanger with such force that he knocked the wooden hanger to the ground.

Hearing the commotion, Secretary Jin Liqun jogged in from the outer office.

"Secretary, what's going on?"

Xiao Jin's heart skipped a beat when she saw the clothes rack on the ground and the still-shaking microphone.

Li Dakang didn't answer, but simply tossed his trench coat over his shoulder and strode towards the door.

"Outrageous!"

"This is absolutely lawless!"

He walked to the elevator entrance and pressed the down button hard, his knuckles turning white from the force.

"What are they trying to do by sending troops into the city and surrounding government buildings? Are they planning a rebellion?"

Jin Liqun followed behind, barely daring to breathe.

He had never seen Li Dakang look like this before.

This wasn't a typical outburst of dissatisfaction with subordinates' work; it was a furious outburst from an authority that had been trampled upon to the extreme.

The elevator doors opened.

Li Dakang stepped inside and gave orders to Jin Liqun without turning his head.

"Notify Zhao Donglai of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to call me immediately!"

Jin Liqun responded repeatedly, his fingers trembling as he pulled out his phone.

……

Jingzhou Public Security Bureau, Command Center.

Zhao Donglai was staring at the city's real-time surveillance on the big screen, holding a cup of strong tea in his hand.

Rainy nights are when accidents are most likely to happen.

The internal phone on the table suddenly rang, its shrill ring shattering the silence of the command center.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was the number of Jin Liqun, the secretary of the municipal party secretary.

Zhao Donglai put down his teacup and answered the phone.

"Hello, Secretary Liqun."

"Director Donglai, Secretary Li wants you to call him back immediately; there's an emergency!"

Jin Liqun's tone was urgent, carrying an uncontrollable panic.

Zhao Donglai's heart sank.

He hung up the phone and immediately dialed Li Dakang's cell phone using another dedicated line.

The call was answered almost instantly.

"Coming from the east?"

Li Dakang's voice came through the receiver, low and suppressed, like a volcano about to erupt.

"Secretary, what are your instructions?"

"I'm asking you, what's the current situation with the Guangming District Public Security Bureau?"

Zhao Donglai was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the partition map on the screen. Everything in the Bright District was normal.

"Reporting to the secretary, everything is normal in the Guangming branch's jurisdiction at present, and no major police incidents have been reported."

"No report?"

Li Dakang's voice suddenly rose, filled with sarcasm.

"Your men are being forced to their knees at gunpoint by the military, and the police station gate has been rammed by armored vehicles. You're telling me there are no reports of incidents?"

Zhao Donglai's mind went blank for a moment.

Army? Armored vehicles?

What's going on here? Are they filming a movie?

"Secretary, you...you mean..."

"The provincial military command is heavily involved!"

Li Dakang practically shouted it out.

"He brought at least a company of soldiers and surrounded the Guangming Police Station! Just now, he even shot and killed the station's criminal investigation captain on the spot!"

Zhao Donglai's hand holding the phone froze.

He felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

He recognized Shen Zhong; he was the military-clad member of the Standing Committee who had put Zhao Lichun in an awkward position at the Standing Committee meeting.

Could someone lead troops to storm a police station and even kill police officers?

This is no longer a simple dispute; it's a mutiny!

"Now, immediately!"

Li Dakang's orders were not to be questioned.

"Assemble all available SWAT officers from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, armed them, and get them all to the Guangming Branch!"

Zhao Donglai was startled and tried to dissuade him.

"Secretary, isn't there some misunderstanding here? A conflict with the military could have serious consequences..."

"Misunderstand?"

Li Dakang interrupted him.

"The person is dead! The body is still lying in the precinct lobby! You're telling me it's a misunderstanding?"

"Zhao Donglai, let me tell you, if Shen Zhong dares to take someone away from my Jingzhou Public Security Bureau's territory tonight, you'll be fired as the police chief!"

"I order you to take control of the situation at all costs!"

"If necessary, you may fire warning shots! If the other side continues to use violence, you have the right to defend yourself!"

Zhao Donglai felt a chill run down his spine.

This isn't about controlling the situation; it's clearly about preparing for a firefight.

Police and military clash?

He dared not ask any more questions. Li Dakang was on the verge of exploding in rage, and any questioning would be seen as disobeying orders.

"Yes! I'll take care of it right away!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Donglai grabbed the walkie-talkie.

"Command Center! Activate Level One Alert! All SWAT team members, assemble in the plaza downstairs within five minutes! Fully equipped, live ammunition!"

……

The black Audi A6L, like a ferocious beast, charged out of the municipal government compound, ignoring the red light, and roared onto the main road.

Li Dakang sat in the back row, saying nothing, just looking at the neon lights outside the window, blurred by the rain.

His brain was working at high speed.

Heavy...

Why?

He dared to defy public opinion and directly mobilize the army for a journalist who spread rumors online?

This is illogical.

They're after me!

They want to undermine my achievements by sabotaging the Guangmingfeng project, and ultimately bring me, Li Dakang, down from power!

That reporter was nothing more than a pawn, an excuse.

Having figured this out, Li Dakang's last trace of hesitation vanished.

This is no longer a simple military-civilian dispute; it's a political struggle!

Someone wants him dead!

Since that's the case, there's no need to be polite.

Li Dakang has been operating in Jingzhou for so many years, he's not someone anyone can just take advantage of!

Halfway through the journey, more than a dozen riot police vehicles with flashing lights merged into the traffic from different intersections, closely following behind the Audi.

A long convoy of vehicles, blaring sirens, formed a steel dragon on the streets of Jingzhou late at night.

Looking at the flashing red and blue police lights in the rearview mirror, Li Dakang felt much more confident.

This is Jingzhou, his territory.

He took out his phone and found the number of Zhao Lichun, the provincial party secretary.

His finger hovered over the dial key, but he stopped.

No.

We cannot ask the provincial party committee for help right now.

Because of the rainstorm incident, Li Dakang's image in Zhao Lichun's mind has not been very good recently. If he can't even handle this little thing on his own turf and has to disturb Secretary Zhao in the middle of the night, then his standing in the eyes of the provincial leaders will plummet.

He wants to keep the situation under his control.

He wanted to show Shen Zhong who really called the shots in Jingzhou!

"snort."

Li Dakang put away his phone and spoke coldly to Jin Liqun in the front row.

"Let's not alarm the provincial party committee for now."

"Tonight, Shen Zhong really is going to turn the world upside down on my Jingzhou turf."

"Where can I, the Party Secretary of the city, put my face now?!"