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

The wind in the courtyard is like a steel knife scraping your bones.

After standing at attention for two hours, Liu Zhen's body was frozen stiff. But his stubbornness kicked in, and he gritted his teeth, not even swaying, though his eyes were red from the cold, and tears welled up in them.

Xi Wanqing felt heartbroken and went over with a hot towel and some liniment.

"Alright, time's up. Hurry up and go inside to warm up." She looked at the bruise on her son's lip, tears welling up in her eyes, and complained in a low voice, "Your dad is really something, how could he be so cruel to his own son?"

Liu Zhen didn't move, staring blankly at Liu Ming, who was sitting in the main room drinking tea.

"Report!" the young man shouted in a hoarse voice, "Two hours of standing at attention completed. Requesting instructions!"

Liu Ming put down her teacup and walked into the courtyard.

Looking at his son's aggrieved yet stubborn expression, he felt a pang of sympathy himself. But he knew that doting mothers often spoil their children, and in this city of Beijing, countless eyes were watching the Liu family; the slightest misstep could lead to utter ruin.

"Do you feel wronged?" Liu Ming asked casually.

"I feel wronged." Liu Zhen's eyes were red, and tears finally fell. "Dad, I didn't cause any trouble. The leader of that blond-haired guy is called Qian Feng, and his father is the deputy director of the district construction committee."

The girl who was bullied was my classmate. Her family came to Yancheng from out of town to work. Just because she accidentally spilled coffee on Qian Feng's clothes while working part-time, that bastard brought a group of people to ambush her in the back street, demanding she kneel down and apologize in public, and even physically assaulted her.

"I wanted to call the police, but Qian Feng pointed at me and said that in this area, his father was the law, and calling the police wouldn't do any good! I was so angry that I resorted to violence."

Liu Zhen became increasingly aggrieved as he spoke, "I did hit them a little too hard, but I just can't stand their bullying attitude! Why should ordinary people like us be bullied by them!"

These words gave Liu Ming a sudden shock.

Looking at his son, he seemed to see, in a daze, the same version of himself who had pinned Li Shaojie down in the soup pot in the canteen of Qingyun County years ago.

It was an ingrained hatred of privilege and compassion for the weak.

"Since calling the police is useless," Liu Ming took a deep breath, her tone suddenly becoming unusually calm, a calmness that sent chills down one's spine, "then let them see what the real heavens are like."

That night.

A black SUV without any markings stopped outside the city's Public Security Bureau's secret interrogation center.

Lei Tie, the iron-fisted general who has now been promoted to Vice Minister of Public Security, was personally waiting at the door. Upon seeing Liu Ming get out of the car, he immediately went to greet him.

"Boss, the matter has been investigated." Lei Tie's face was grim as he reported in a low voice, "That Qian Feng is indeed a repeat offender, with several cases of disorderly conduct on his hands, and he's even suspected of drugging and raping female college students. But each time, his father, Qian Datong, managed to suppress it through his connections within the district bureau."

"Not only that, Qian Datong, the deputy director of the district construction committee, has been using his power to extort money and property in this area over the past few years, accepting kickbacks of up to tens of millions of yuan. He even protected a criminal gang that specializes in lending money at high interest rates around the university town."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming's eyes turned completely cold.

A deputy director of the district construction committee, a nobody, dared to abuse his power and oppress the people right under the emperor's nose and in the most prestigious district!

This is not just a problem for Qian Datong alone; it shows that the grassroots ecosystem in this area is completely rotten!

"Pulling out the radish brings out the mud along with it."

Liu Ming walked into the interrogation center and looked at Qian Feng behind the one-way glass, who was still shouting, "My dad is Qian Datong, you dare to touch me and see what happens." A cruel sneer curled at the corner of her mouth.

"Lei Tie, tonight, I'm going to change the color of the sky over this area."

"clear!"

Operation Thunder was launched quietly in the dead of night.

Without alerting the local branch bureau, Lei Tie directly mobilized the elite forces directly under the Ministry of Public Security, cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's surprise investigation team, and dispatched multiple teams to rush towards various targets like lightning.

Three o'clock in the morning.

Qian Datong was lying in his mistress's upscale apartment, dreaming of getting promoted and making a fortune.

"Bang!"

The security door was forcibly broken open.

Fully armed special police rushed into the bedroom, dragged Qian Datong, who was still confused about the situation, out of bed, and pinned him to the ground.

"What are you doing? I'm the deputy director of the district construction committee! Do you have a search warrant?!" Qian Datong struggled desperately like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.

The discipline inspection official leading the team took out a document and coldly slapped it on his face.

"Qian Datong, you are suspected of serious violations of discipline and law. Now, come with us."

at the same time.

The notorious loan shark gang that had long operated around the university town, specifically preying on impoverished students, was also busted in their sleep. The gang leader, attempting to escape through a window, had his jaw smashed by a SWAT officer's rifle butt and was dragged into a police car like a dead dog.

Those grassroots police officers and branch leaders who had accepted bribes from Qian Datong and tampered with Qian Feng's case file were all taken away on the spot at an emergency meeting held overnight!

Overnight.

This malignant tumor, which had been entrenched at the grassroots level and wielding power, was uprooted and completely crushed!

The next morning.

The news report about "severely cracking down on grassroots petty corruption and the protective umbrellas of organized crime" shocked the entire city of Yancheng.

In the courtyard house.

After waking up, Liu Zhen rubbed his sore arms and went to the yard. He was about to wash his face when he saw his father, Liu Ming, dressed casually and sitting at the stone table reading a newspaper.

"Dad..." Liu Zhen called out somewhat awkwardly, still feeling lingering fear from standing at attention in the military last night.

Liu Ming put down her newspaper and pointed to the stone bench opposite her.

"sit."

Liu Zhen sat down nervously, but his eyes inadvertently caught sight of the headline in the newspaper.

Qian Datong, deputy director of the district construction committee, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law; his son has been criminally detained for involvement in organized crime.

Liu Zhen's eyes widened suddenly as he stared at Liu Ming in disbelief.

"Dad, this...you did this?"

Liu Ming did not answer directly, but simply picked up her teacup, took a small sip, and looked at her son with a deep gaze.

"The reason I punished you last night was to punish you for acting without considering the consequences, and to punish your subconscious dependence on privilege."

"But I'm sitting here today to tell you something else."

Liu Ming stood up and walked to Liu Zhen. His eyes, which had been tempered in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, were now filled with a father's authority and expectations.

He stretched out his calloused hand and patted his son's shoulder heavily.

"When you encounter those scoundrels who prey on the people and bully men and women, as long as you're in the right and as long as your moral compass remains intact!"

"Give me a good beating!"

"Even if the other party has incredibly powerful connections, even if they cause a major upheaval in Beijing, I'll still cover for you!"

Liu Ming's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an invincible domineering aura and a steely resolve.

"remember."

"Don't use my name to bully people."

"But don't back down. There are no cowards in the Liu family!"