In name only: In the name of Zhao Mengsheng's son!

"Don't mention your brothers to me, they're both useless! If either of them were capable, they'd be sitting in the Public Security Bureau Chief's position today, not me! From now on, we have nothing to do with each other!"

At this point, Hou Liangping ripped off Liang Qunfeng's portrait, threw it on the ground, grabbed his car keys, and left. Liang Lu hurriedly picked up her father's portrait, her hands bleeding from cuts on the broken glass!

Liang Lu was crying her heart out. Why did she choose Hou Liangping, that beast? She was saving him, didn't he know?

If Hou Liangping knew what Liang Lu was thinking, he would definitely sneer, "You want to save me? What makes you think you can save me?"

Hou Liangping drove directly to Shanshui Manor, where Zhao Ruilong was also present. The two looked at each other in silence, both feeling that things were getting complicated. As they had said before, Liu Xinjian was not trustworthy!

"The root of everything is this Lee Kang-geun. Why don't we get rid of him?"

Zhao Ruilong, smoking a cigar, put down his phone. The phone displayed Hou Liangping's number, saved as "Monkey Butt"! It was just casually placed in front of Hou Liangping. Hou Liangping glanced at it but didn't seem to care, because he had saved Zhao Ruilong's number as "Zhao Dog"!

The two disliked each other from the start, and were the kind of people who forced themselves to cooperate despite not liking each other.

"Hmph, taking down two consecutive anti-corruption bureau chiefs, even an idiot knows what that means. At this point, it won't be the procuratorate or the discipline inspection commission coming after us, it'll be the armed police. Anti-corruption needs evidence, anti-terrorism only needs coordinates!"

Hou Liangping rolled his eyes at Zhao Ruilong. If he weren't Zhao Lichun's son, he would have cursed him out long ago!

"The key is, if we don't get rid of him, he'll wipe us all out!"

Zhao Ruilong said in an annoyed tone!

"Who is Li Kangjian? Huh? Do you think you can mess with him? Huh, didn't you hear what he said when he arrested Liu Xinjian? The grandson of a founding lieutenant general, the husband of Zhong Xiaoai! You think he's Chen Hai? Chen Yanshi is at most a squad leader in the People's Liberation Army! You want to mess with him? Your Zhao family will all suffer!"

Although Hou Liangping was bad, he wasn't incompetent. If he messed with Chen Hai, he'd at most be suspected, but if he messed with Li Kangjian, would other people's families let him off the hook? A lieutenant general is a lieutenant general, and a founding lieutenant general is a founding lieutenant general!

Hearing this, Zhao Ruilong calmed down. Yes, this kind of person is not to be messed with. If he makes a move, his old man will suffer!

He'd mingled in the elite circles of Beijing before, but in their eyes, he was just an outsider. If his father held real power, they might respect him and help him out. A nominal position? Hmph, he was just the son of a nouveau riche! Did he even deserve to associate with them?

Zhao Zhongxin was one of the most outstanding members of this group of young masters, while Li Kangjian was on the fringes, but still someone he couldn't afford to offend. How could he possibly want to get rid of him? What would the consequences be!

Zhao Ruilong shuddered at the thought! Hou Liangping, on the other hand, was speechless looking at this spoiled brat. He was born good, but unfortunately, someone had used a handle against him, ruining his political career. Hou Liangping felt that if he were in his father's shoes, he would definitely be diligent and hardworking, and would not make any mistakes! Once his father became the top leader, he could be promoted rapidly!

(Here I'm setting it up so that Zhao Lichun became the executive vice governor in 1990, the same year Zhao Mengsheng was transferred to Beijing. Zhao Lichun then succeeded him, becoming the provincial party secretary in 1997. He rose through three ranks in seven years. During those seven years, there was too much infighting. Zhao Ruilong was caught by Zhao Lichun's political rivals, which ended his political career!)

It's a pity. You need to be strong yourself to succeed. You couldn't even control yourself in the first seven years, let alone later. Being cut off from your political career is a huge deal. Zhao Ruilong was too careless. He thought his father was climbing the ranks too fast and was too proud, which is why he was caught!

"What should we do then?"

Zhao Ruilong asked!

Hou Liangping thought for a moment and then said!

"He's my junior from university; we got along pretty well back then. Let's invite him to Shanshui Manor so we can have a chat. If he really keeps bothering us, well, we'll see!"

Hou Liangping originally wanted to say something tough, like if they didn't make things easy for us, we'd fight to the death, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. He was afraid that this brute in front of him would actually do it.

Impossible, absolutely impossible. Although Zhao Ruilong is reckless, he's not stupid. Before he realized what was happening, he still dared to talk about fighting and killing. But once he realized what was going on, he wouldn't dare to do it anymore!

Zhao Ruilong thought that he should have his father transfer Li Kangjian away. He couldn't let Li Kangjian continue the investigation. He thought that his father was still the powerful figure in Handong back then. He wanted to give Li Kangjian a nice sedan chair, some gold and silver, and then send him away!

"Do you think I can't get Li Kangjian promoted by having my father, promising him a ministerial-level position, and giving him some money? What can't I handle with those two things?"

Zhao Ruilong told Hou Liangping what he had said, and Hou Liangping thought it was a good idea. This Biaozi had finally come to his senses and was no longer thinking about fighting and killing!

"Sure, that's a good idea. I'll call him now and invite him to dinner at our Shanshui Manor tomorrow!"

Hou Liangping immediately said that! Then he made a phone call to Li Kangjian!

Li Kangjian was toasting Zhao Zhongxin when he took out his phone and saw it was Hou Liangping. He showed it to everyone, and they all quieted down. Li Kangjian then turned on speakerphone with a big smile!

"Senior Monkey, what do you want from me so late?"

"Kang, there must be something good coming up with you. Do you know about General Manager Zhao Ruilong? He wants to treat you to dinner."

Hou Liangping's voice was full of laughter, and Li Kangjian, with a quick thought, said with a smile!

"Oh, Mr. Zhao Ruilong, he wants to invite me to dinner? I'm not qualified, am I? He invited our Professor Gao, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, to dinner, Senior Zhao Zhongxin, the Executive Vice Governor, and even Li Dakang, the Secretary of the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee. My rank isn't high enough to be worthy of having dinner with Mr. Zhao!"

Hou Liangping, who was on the other side, paused for a moment, glanced at Zhao Ruilong, and thought, "This idiot, so high-profile. There are only a few people in the provincial party committee, and he has already contacted three members of the provincial standing committee."

"Oh, not at all. Mr. Zhao is an old acquaintance of Teacher Gao and Li Dakang, and I introduced him to Senior Zhao Zhongxin. Now I thought I'd introduce you to him. As the old saying goes, having more friends means having more options!"

Hou Liangping's words were watertight. Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhongxin deliberately threw his wine glass on the ground and smashed it. Li Kangjian immediately understood Zhao Zhongxin's meaning!

"Senior Monkey, wait a minute, I'll call you back later. I accidentally spilled soup all over myself while eating! I'm in a real mess!"

After saying that, Li Kangjian hung up and looked at everyone, as if to say, "How should this be handled?" Everyone knew what Hou Liangping meant by making that call.