Starting as a town mayor, he rose through the ranks.

Tang Wenjie reported Jin Chuan's beating to Jin Qingping that same day, and also told him about Tong Ming's identity.

Upon learning that his son had been beaten, Jin Qingping was furious, like a wild beast, but then he learned that Tong Ming was Tong Wu's son.

He gradually calmed down, thought for a moment, and immediately called Xiao Zhen to tell her what had happened.

Immediately afterwards, he called Lin Luhua, the provincial party secretary, and made exaggerated accusations, saying that Tong Wu had instructed his son to beat his own son.

Lin Luhua was immediately struck by a headache upon hearing this.

Last time, he only used someone else's help to teach Luo Zhiguo a little lesson.

Tong Wu then proposed transferring Luo Zhiguo to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, which Luo Zhiguo naturally opposed.

So, the Tong family took action, and the matter was brought to the Standing Committee, where a power struggle ensued.

In the end, he was defeated, and Luo Zhiguo was successfully transferred to the provincial discipline inspection commission's inspection team, which is why he heard that Tong Wu's son was involved in this matter.

He even physically assaulted the grandson of his former boss, who had been kind to him, which put him in a very difficult position.

Because he really didn't want any deeper conflict with the Tong family, otherwise he wouldn't have been so polite in bringing up the Shunping County matter with Li Yuan, the secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

"Leader! You must stand up for me, otherwise I'll be bullied to death by Luo Zhiguo in Shunping County..." Seeing that Lin Lu was silent, Jin Qingping immediately put on a pitiful look and cried.

"Qingping! I understand about this. I'll call Tongwu later and let him know..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Luhua thought for a moment, gave a somewhat perfunctory reply, and then hung up the phone directly.

Although he had just been giving Jin Qingping a perfunctory answer, after ending the call, he thought about it and still picked up the phone to call Tong Wu.

"Hello, Secretary Lin!"

Soon, the call connected and Tong Wu greeted the caller politely.

"Old Tong! I heard Xiao Ming has joined the inspection team?"

Lin Luhua didn't immediately get to the point, but instead smiled and showed concern for Tong Ming.

"Yes! To keep this kid from causing trouble outside, I put him in the patrol team to toughen him up a bit..."

Upon hearing this, Tong Wu replied in agreement.

"Yes! Young people really need to hone their skills, otherwise they'll amount to nothing..."

Lin Luhua agreed, then changed the subject and asked, "Xiaoming went to Shunping County?" Tong Wu didn't know about Tong Ming's attack on Jinchuan. Hearing this, he frowned slightly, not understanding why he suddenly asked about this.

After thinking for a moment, he answered truthfully: "Isn't Zhiguo investigating a case in Shunping County? So I sent him to learn from Zhiguo how to conduct himself and handle affairs. Now that he's in the system, he should put the people first..."

While answering, he also made sure to praise Luo Zhiguo, thus preventing Lin Luhua from bringing up Luo Zhiguo again.

"Hahaha... Xiao Luo is indeed a good comrade, but young people still need more training so that they can be given important responsibilities in the future..."

Lin Luhua smiled, neither denying Luo Zhiguo nor quite agreeing with Tong Wu's words, but said something profound.

"The secretary is right!"

Tong Wu did not argue, and answered in agreement with him again.

"By the way, Lao Tong! There's something I need to tell you. I just received a call from Jin Qingping. He said that Xiao Ming hit his son, Jin Chuan. Although it was just kids playing around, Xiao Ming is now under investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission, so we still need to be careful and not let it cause any negative impact..."

After taking a detour, Lin Luhua finally got to the point, but his tone remained very polite.

Upon hearing this, Tong Wu realized the purpose of his call. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Secretary, you're right! This matter has a very bad influence. Since Tong Ming assaulted someone, he must bear the corresponding consequences. I will handle this matter immediately. Just because he's my son doesn't mean he can disregard discipline..."

Tong Wu's words were very clever, directly thwarting Lin Luhua's attempt to use this incident to make demands.

Lin Luhua frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Kids don't know any better! And he's just entered the system, so it's understandable that he's a little mischievous. Don't be too harsh on Xiaoming about this. Just tell him to be more careful in the future..." With his plan blocked, he stopped trying to use this incident to negotiate with Tong Wu.

At the same time, he didn't want to be associated with forcing his son to use martial arts, so he offered a perfunctory piece of advice.

"Thank you for your concern, Secretary! When that kid gets back, I'll have him go and properly thank you, Secretary..."

Tong Wu thanked him and then said politely.

Lin Luhua's lips twitched a few times. She thought to herself, "I was just being polite, and you're already taking advantage of me, even sending your son to thank me."

This is clearly a deliberate attempt to tell your son that I'm the one who complained, so you can punish your son severely, but in the end, you'll blame me.

"Hahaha... It's just kids playing around, nothing to worry about. No need to thank me, you're welcome to come and play..."

After thinking for a moment, he smiled and thwarted Tong Wu's plan. Then, he gave a few more instructions and hung up the phone.

Xiao Zhen flew back to South China Province from Kyoto the next day. As soon as the plane landed, she took a taxi directly to the old man's place.

Her son had been beaten, and she couldn't afford to offend Tong Wu, so she had no choice but to come to the old man for help.

"Dad! Your grandson was beaten up in Shunping County, do you want to do something about it...?"

After retiring, Xiao Hu bought a courtyard house in the suburbs and began to enjoy his later years. Upon entering the courtyard house and seeing her father resting in the yard, Xiao Zhen immediately started shouting.

"What happened now?"

Xiao Hu half-opened his eyes, glanced at his daughter Xiao Zhen, and asked with a slightly dissatisfied tone.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhen picked up the teacup her father had placed aside and took a sip before recounting the events in Shunping County.

Of course, everything she said was in favor of Jin Qingping, portraying Luo Zhiguo as an arrogant and domineering person.

She paused for a moment, then continued, "Just yesterday, your grandson Xiaochuan was beaten by Tong Wu's son, who also forced him to confess to some fabricated crimes. Tong Wu is a member of the Tong family, so I can't seek justice myself and have no choice but to come to you to seek justice..."

Who is Xiao Hu? He served in the military for so many years, then transferred to civilian work, and then worked his way up in the system until retirement.

He's become quite shrewd; from his daughter's words, he immediately analyzed the whole situation.

The conclusion was that Jin Chuan must have taken something he shouldn't have, otherwise they wouldn't have come after him and detained him for interrogation.

However, he believed what Xiao Zhen said later; Jin Chuan had indeed been beaten by Tong Wu's son.

"Has Kiyohei already called Kobayashi about this?"

The "Little Lin" he mentioned was Lin Luhua, the provincial party secretary. In the entire South China province, only he dared to call the top leader "Little Lin."