Siheyuan: Public Security Captain, Taking Down Jia Zhang from the Start

In 1963, Lin Weiguo, wounded in southern Xinjiang and awarded a Third-Class Merit Citation, was transferred to Beijing and assigned to the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. He moved into a courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

The moment he stepped inside, Jia Zhangshi came over to make a scene and beg for grain. Yi Zhonghai led the neighbors in appealing to the morals of the community, hoping to treat him as a sucker they could take from whenever they pleased.

Neighbors helping neighbors? Help people through emergencies, not poverty. If they want to use personal ties to hold rules hostage, they can deal with the consequences!

Armed with his transfer records and proof of his Third-Class Merit Citation, and serving as chief of security at the steel mill, he insists on evidence and follows regulations. He stands up to the Jia family and exposes Uncle Yi's schemes.

The greed and scheming in this little courtyard are merely a reflection of human relations in their time.

Over the decades that follow, the tides of change roll on. Alley neighbors, young people returning to the city, and ambitious players of the times take turns appearing. There are the arrogance of children from powerful families and those chasing profit amid the reforms; all are just passersby along the way.

His younger brother, clad in military uniform, heads to southern Xinjiang, defending their homeland with his own flesh and blood. Meanwhile, step by step, he rises from security at the steel mill to a career in political and legal affairs and disciplinary inspection.

No matter how strong personal ties are, they cannot outweigh the rules. No matter how deep a connection runs, it must never cross the line.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.