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

In Beijing, there is a heavily guarded courtyard house with red walls.

Several ancient locust trees stand in the courtyard, their leaves casting dappled shadows in the afternoon sunlight.

An elderly man, dressed in a gray Zhongshan suit, with gray hair but a sprightly spirit, was intently pruning a pot of clivia with a large pair of scissors.

He was Shen Zhong's former boss.

A red telephone on the mahogany coffee table beside me suddenly rang.

The old man put down the scissors, picked up a towel to wipe his hands, and slowly answered the phone.

"Feed".

In short, full of energy.

"Old friend, it's me, Wang Taishan."

On the other end of the phone came a voice that was equally old, yet carried a scholarly air.

"Oh? Old Wang." The old leader picked up his teacup, blew on the tea leaves, and said, "Didn't you say you'd retire and just fish and grow flowers, oblivious to worldly affairs?"

"Hehe, I want to stay out of worldly affairs, but there are always some clueless youngsters who cause trouble, leaving us old folks to clean up their messes." Wang Taishan chuckled, then changed the subject.

"Old buddy, I'm calling you today to try and mediate."

The old leader took a sip of tea, remained silent, and waited for him to continue.

"The young man was hot-blooded and acted rashly during the case, offending one of your men. I heard about it. It was the kid's fault; he was too impulsive and lacked discipline."

Wang Taishan adopted a very humble attitude.

"I've already had his parents give him a good scolding, and he knows he was wrong. Look, could you please let him off the hook for my sake? It's not good to make things too tense."

His words were impeccable, admitting his mistake while also portraying the incident as a result of the young man's ignorance and an attempt to downplay the issue.

There was silence on the other end of the receiver.

Wang Taishan thought the other party was considering it and was about to add a few more words when his old leader spoke up.

His tone remained unchanged, so steady it was unsettling.

"Old Wang, I have a question for you."

"you say."

"Do you even know whose door he's blocking?"

Wang Taishan paused for a moment, not understanding why he asked that: "I don't know."

"Whose woman was he cursing?"

The old leader's voice suddenly dropped several degrees, like a piece of cold iron.

Wang Taishan was caught off guard by the question and mumbled, "Well... young people get emotional and speak without thinking..."

The old leader spoke slowly and deliberately, each word like a hammer blow, striking Wang Taishan's heart heavily! "He saved my life."

"He's a section chief in the anti-corruption bureau, yet he went to his house, blocked the door, and insulted his wife, calling her a nobody from a poor family! He even said she wasn't fit to be a district head!"

"That's not performing official duties! That's political persecution! It's using his public power to blatantly threaten and oppress the families of high-ranking military officers!"

Wang Taishan was completely speechless.

He never expected his old leader's attitude to be so firm, leaving no room for negotiation.

This is no longer a matter of giving face or not.

"This matter is no longer something that can be resolved simply by your Supreme People's Procuratorate handling it internally."

The old leader's voice was cold and devoid of any warmth.

"He must be punished severely! If you won't handle it, the military will!"

"My men fought and bled to protect our country, not so that their families could be humiliated by you so-called 'elites' in the rear!"

"I have submitted the situation report to the Central Military Commission."

"Beep...beep...beep..."

Before Wang Taishan could say anything more, the old leader hung up the phone.

The courtyard house returned to silence once more.

On the other end of the phone, Wang Taishan held the receiver, which was now silent, and stood there stunned for a full half minute.

In the end, all he could do was let out a long sigh.

It’s over.

Hou Liangping has really stirred up a hornet's nest this time.

He didn't provoke just one person, but a lion that had been thoroughly enraged, the sharpest machine of violence in the entire country!

Soon, Zhong Xiaoai received a call from her father.

The phone call was very short.

"Xiao Ai, Old Wang... did his best."

"The other side is not giving an inch."

Zhong Xiaoai's mind went blank; her last hope was utterly shattered.

She let her hand fall limply, the phone slipping from her palm and landing on the carpet without making a sound.

She lost, she lost miserably.

General Office of the Central Military Commission of China.

The atmosphere in the heavily guarded conference room was as heavy as iron.

A high-definition video is playing on the huge screen.

In the footage, Hou Liangping's face, distorted by jealousy and arrogance, is captured clearly.

When Hou Liangping saw Shen Zhong take out those dozen or so medals that symbolized his near-death experience, Hou Liangping still looked disdainful and even said, "Don't try to scare me with these things."

In the conference room, an elderly man with the rank of general on his shoulder suddenly slammed his hand on the table!

"This is outrageous!"

A roar shook the teacup, making it vibrate.

"Outrageous! How dare a mere section chief from the procuratorate humiliate our military heroes like this! This is undermining the morale of our troops!"

"A major general who has made outstanding contributions to the country is being bullied like this in his own home! If this gets out, what will become of our army's reputation? Who will be willing to sacrifice their lives for the country in the future!"

The general's chest heaved violently, his anger almost bursting forth.

"Draft a letter!"

He gave his secretary a firm and decisive order.

"A letter was sent to the Supreme People's Procuratorate in the name of the General Office!"

"Use as harsh a wording as you like!"

"Just ask them two things!"

"First! Why did you condone your subordinates' wanton persecution of military veterans and their families?!"

"Secondly! We demand that they immediately take the most severe action against Hou Liangping, the person involved, and report the results to the military!"

"We want to see how the Supreme People's Procuratorate plans to give an explanation to the entire army!"

After half an hour.

The office of the top leader of the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

The office door was suddenly pushed open, and the head secretary, pale-faced, stumbled in without even knocking.

He held a document in his hands as if it were a red-hot branding iron.

"Boss! Something terrible has happened!"

The top leader was frowning as he dealt with Hou Liangping's mess, and Hou's dejected appearance only fueled his anger.

"What a flustered and disorderly manner!"

"No, boss!" The head secretary was on the verge of tears as he handed over the document.

"It's...it's an official letter from the General Office of the Central Military Commission!"

The leader's heart skipped a beat, and he snatched the document away.

When he saw the large, gold-embossed characters at the top of the document, and the bright red seal of the General Office of the Central Military Commission of China bearing the national emblem at the bottom of the page...

His hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

This is no longer an internal conflict.

This is a head-on collision between two state organs!