Commander Li struggled to steady himself, and after standing still on the ground, he tilted his head back and closed his eyes, as if in regret and sorrow.

In his attempt to win over Xue Yanchen with his daughter, he overestimated his own strength and ended up going further and further down the wrong path, sinking deeper and deeper into the mire, unable to extricate himself.

After he calmed down, he looked at Commander Lu and the political commissar of the military region with a dejected expression: "Old Lu, Old Xiao, tell me, when did you start plotting against me?"

Commander Lu said, "Old Li, those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. I didn't expect you still don't understand this principle. The one who truly plotted against you is not us, but yourself. If you hadn't harbored evil intentions, you wouldn't have made this mistake."

To be honest, when the four of us decided to send someone to Renjia Village to investigate, we began to have doubts about you. So, after the four of us discussed sending out one investigation team first, the political commissar and I discussed it again and secretly sent out another investigation team to investigate the matter.

Why would you doubt me?

"Because you once approached Yanchen wanting him to retire from the army, and when he asked you for the certificates and medals that Comrade Luo had received, you hadn't given them to us yet, but you lied to Yanchen and said that we had withheld them. Old Li, you're such a good liar. Tell me, how could you do this without making us suspicious?"

He didn't mention that Luo Jingyan had recorded Zhang Jinfeng's conversation, which was enough for him to suspect Commander Li.

"Old Li, you still have Comrade Luo's things, as well as her and Yan Chen's application materials for marriage, right? Have someone fetch them. We need to approve Comrade Luo and Yan Chen's marriage as soon as possible."

Division Commander Li gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what you mean by medals and certificates. I've never seen them before."

"You haven't seen it before?" Commander Lu looked at Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen.

Xue Yanchen said, "Since Commander Li refuses to admit it, he definitely doesn't want me to marry Jingyan, and is deliberately unwilling to hand it over."

"I don't mean to stop you from getting married. What does it have to do with me whether you get married or not?" Commander Li would never admit it, because admitting it would only add another charge to his list of crimes.

“Commander Li, you’re lying through your teeth. When I handed the items to you, Regiment Commander Jiang and our regimental political commissar were both there. They both saw me hand them over to you with their own eyes.”

"What a joke! You say they saw it, so you say ten people watched, so ten people watched? I haven't seen your stuff, so I haven't seen it. You have no proof. If you say I took your stuff, does that make me a thief? Even if someone testifies for you, couldn't it all be a show you three staged?"

The political commissar smiled and said, "Old Li, since you're so open and honest, why don't you have someone search your home and office?"

"Search all you want, I, Li Hongtu, have never seen those things."

"So you destroyed the things," Xue Yanchen said angrily.

Why would I destroy your stuff? Do you think I have that much free time?

Commander Lu shook his head speechlessly. Old Li was facing imminent disaster, and his mind was even more confused.

"Old Li, the honors Comrade Luo received were mostly awarded by the local public security department. I'll have someone call the local public security bureau to confirm. As long as two of them are true, they can get married smoothly. However, there's no need to rush this now. I think we should let them get married first, and then have the local public security bureau make up for what Comrade Luo lost later."

Comrade Luo has earned a second-class merit for the military region this time, which is enough for her to shed the "five black categories" label and qualify her to become a revolutionary partner with Comrade Xue Yanchen. "Yanchen, Comrade Luo, the political commissar and I have already discussed it. This afternoon, we will approve your marriage application and issue you a marriage certificate. After you are discharged from the hospital, you can go to the civil affairs department here with Comrade Luo to register your marriage and receive your marriage certificate."

Upon hearing Commander Lu's words, both Luo Jingyan and Xue Yanchen's eyes welled up with tears. They had gone through so many difficulties and setbacks to obtain this marriage certificate, and now they were finally able to achieve it.

Commander Lu continued, "The house you'll need for your wedding will be approved as soon as possible. Once it's all set up, you can hold your wedding right here in the military base. What do you think?"

"Thank you, Commander Lu, we'd be happy to." The two thanked Commander Lu together.

Commander Lu did the math: "It's exactly four days until the 18th. We should be able to get the house ready in the next few days. Do you think the 18th is a good date?"

Xue Yanchen and Luo Jingyan both have no problem, which is the most time-saving option. After all, Xue Yanchen doesn't need to be discharged from the army. He's been delayed for so long, and the military can't keep giving him leave indefinitely.

At this moment, the most defeated Division Commander Li was stunned and dazed. After a while, two soldiers carrying guns came in from outside and took him away. Also taken away were the former village chief of Renjia Village, the commune secretary, and the police chief. Of course, even though Zhang Jinfeng was pregnant, she could not escape the punishment of the law because she participated in framing soldiers.

When soldiers came to take her away, she opened her mouth and wailed.

"Waaah, I didn't break the law. You're soldiers, you should treat us poor folks better. You can't arrest me. My husband can't be a squad leader anymore. I want to go home, I want to go home. Pay for my transportation so I can go home."

The leaders were even more speechless.

Commander Lu patiently explained to her, "Comrade Zhang Jinfeng, you have deliberately framed our revolutionary fighters who are defending our country, which is a violation of the law. You will have to accept the punishment of the law and you probably won't be able to go home for a while. Not only is framing soldiers a crime, but even if you frame ordinary people, you will bear certain legal responsibilities. Everyone is equal before the law. Playing the victim and acting pitiful will not help."

"Waaah, no! Aren't you the people's army? Aren't you supposed to serve the people? You can't treat the people like this!"

Commander Lu waved his hand: "Take her away, and find someone else to talk to her about the law."

"No, you can't lock me up. You're here to serve me. You can't treat me like this."

The female soldier escorting her tried to persuade her, "Comrade, you are a human being, and soldiers are human beings too. You have hurt them, so you have to pay the price. Let's go."

"Waaaaah, don't arrest me! I'm pregnant! Ahhh..."

This matter has finally come to an end, and now we await the military court's trial of those people.

The leaders then left the hospital. As they exited the hospital gate, the political commissar whispered in Commander Lu's ear, "Do you think the person who leaked the information this time might also be Old Li? That guy is blinded by greed."

Commander Lu dared not draw any conclusions: "They are all very cunning. Those two enemy agents are still being interrogated, and we don't know if we can get any useful information. Let's wait and see. Anyway, he's under control now and can't cause any more trouble. Once it's found out that he did it, we can just add more charges to him."