Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

That encrypted email from an "old friend" was like a key laced with deadly poison, unlocking a Pandora's box called "revenge" that had been sealed for ten years deep within Liu Ming's heart.

Overwhelming hatred and murderous intent surged wildly in his chest, almost burning away his reason.

But he knew he couldn't act impulsively.

Luo Binwang was not a local tyrant like Li Yuankui.

He is the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and a true behemoth standing at the top of the power pyramid in Jiangnan Province!

To bring him down with just passion and a few pages of a diary is like throwing an egg against a rock.

He needs evidence.

We need more irrefutable evidence, enough to kill that old fox in one blow!

……

So, in the last few days before heading to the provincial capital to attend the Party School training,

Liu Ming began his own secret investigation.

He didn't alert anyone, didn't use the "Dragon Shield," and didn't send the Black Dragon to investigate.

He was just like an ordinary descendant who came to visit relatives and friends, carrying the yellowed address book left by his father, visiting one by one the "uncles and elders" who had fought alongside his father.

However, the results of the investigation gave him a chill that went deep into his bones.

The first one was Deputy Director Wang, who was my father's most capable deputy when he was in the Provincial Development and Reform Commission.

When Liu Ming arrived at his home, a middle-aged woman with a haggard face and red, swollen eyes opened the door.

Who are you looking for?

"Hello, Auntie, my name is Liu Ming, and I'm Uncle Liu Jianguo's son. I'd like to..."

"We don't know him! We don't know any Liu Jianguo!"

Before Liu Ming could finish speaking, extreme terror instantly appeared on the middle-aged woman's face!

She screamed as if she had seen a ghost, and slammed the door shut with a loud bang!

No matter how much Liu Ming knocked on the door, there was no sound from inside.

The second one was Uncle Li, the office director who had the best relationship with my father back then.

Liu Ming learned that three years ago, he had already been sentenced to ten years in prison for "embezzlement and bribery" and was still serving his sentence in the province's second prison.

The third was an old leader who admired my father the most back then.

When Liu Ming arrived at his home, she was told that her former boss had died five years ago in an "accidental car accident."

The driver responsible for the accident has not been found to this day.

……

One after another.

Anyone who was close to my father back then, anyone who might know the inside story of that "shocking secret".

Or, like Chen Xiaoqi's father, they might be forced into retirement due to illness and forced to leave for distant lands.

Either they fall from grace "accidentally" and are imprisoned, like Director Li.

Either, like that old leader, they completely...disappear from this world.

An invisible net, filled with bloodshed and sin, slowly unfolded before Liu Ming.

That webpage was stained with the blood of his father and his father's like-minded comrades.

And the mastermind behind this massive web, the enormous force hidden behind the scenes, is without a doubt... Luo Binwang!

That old dog!

He did more than just kill people.

He spent ten years meticulously erasing all clues that could potentially expose his crimes!

How ruthless!

How meticulous he is!

Absolutely outrageous!

……

"Xiao Ming, give up."

This is Liu Ming visiting the last person on the list—a former department head who was also forced to retire early due to illness and now makes a living by writing and selling paintings in the park.

The old man, with his white hair and beard and a weathered face, took his hand and spoke to him in a tone full of helplessness and sorrow.

"Your father was a good man, a good official. It's a pity he was too upright, and too... naive."

"Did he think that with just his righteous indignation, he could bring down that towering tree that had been deeply rooted in Jiangnan Province for decades...?"

"That's not a big tree."

The old man shook his head, his cloudy eyes filled with deep fear.

"That's... a man-eating demon."

"You can't beat him."

"Take my advice and forget about those things. You're still young and have a bright future ahead of you. Don't follow in your father's footsteps."

Liu Ming remained silent.

He simply looked into the old man's eyes, which had become cloudy from years of fear and repression, and asked, word by word:

"Uncle, if even we've forgotten..."

"Then who will remember those wronged souls buried in the darkness?"

The old man was stunned.

He looked at the young man before him, whose image gradually overlapped with the stubborn figure in his memory, and after a long while, he let out a heavy sigh.

"So be it, so be it."

"You and your father are cut from the same cloth."

"Since you're determined to take this path..."

"Then I'll give you one last piece of advice."

The old man leaned close to Liu Ming's ear and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"Be careful of the people around you."

"Especially those who take the initiative to show you goodwill."

"That old dog has far more claws and teeth than you think, and they're much more well hidden."

……

We came out of the park.

It was already dusk.

The setting sun dyed the entire city a blood red.

Liu Ming stood on the street, looking at the endless stream of cars and the faces that were either numb or tired.

He felt as if he were trapped in an endless fog.

All the clues pointed to the provincial capital.

All the clues came to an abrupt end in the provincial capital.

He felt an invisible, enormous black hand coldly watching him from above the city.

It controls everything, and it also conceals everything.

Anyone who attempts to uncover the truth will be mercilessly crushed to pieces.

Just like his father ten years ago.