Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

The sky-blue stone that Jin Jin said can replace some raw materials and produce low-quality cement that can be used to pave roads. Because of its special color, people who have seen it will have some impression of it, and in Shuoyang City Not only was this kind of stone used for decoration in the backyard of the random building, it was not difficult to find out.

This stone originates from the mountainous area in southeastern Liangzhou.

Cheng Wan kept this key information in mind and put it behind her for the time being. She had no time or inclination to develop cement recently.

In this dynasty, officials had seven days of annual leave. The holidays begin two days before and five days after the new year, which is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the holiday begins on the sixth day of the first lunar month after the new year.

Firstly, the annual holiday is approaching and everyone is looking forward to celebrating the New Year. Secondly, many officials have their own connections and more or less know that something big is about to happen. Therefore, in the last two or three days before the holiday, Cheng Wan was at Xingnong Yamen. Overall, it was a pretty peaceful time.

Of course, this calmness is compared to before.

There are still some people who dislike Cheng Wan and want her to leave Xingnong Yamen and officialdom immediately. They want to say a few words to Cheng Wan when they meet her.

These are really not painful to Cheng Wan, and Cheng Wan can deal with them easily.

However, there are also people whose relationship with her is getting better and better.

For example, Xingnong Yamen’s ninth-level official Ji Dahai, Xingnong Yamen’s eighth-level official Xiao Tongtai, Xingnong Yamen’s eighth-level official Xie Hong...

In addition to the continuous improvement in the relationship between colleagues, Cheng Wan also officially started working under the arrangement of Xu Zhuocheng.

During his duty period, Cheng Wan studied hard and completed his tasks at Xingnong Yamen.

After getting off duty, Cheng Wan put all her energy and time into preparing life-saving supplies for Cheng Daping.

In this way, Cheng Wan never noticed that there was one missing person in Xingnong Yamen.

The person with the least number is Fan Zhu.

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Fan Zhu was arrested by Inspector Luo because he encouraged Inspector Luo to kill Cheng Wan.

From then on, Fan Zhu never came to Xingnong Yamen again.

Cheng Wan knew that Fan Zhu was in Xingnong Yamen by looking at the official list of Xingnong Yamen, but before she could match his name with his face, Fan Zhu was no longer in Xingnong Yamen, so Cheng Wan naturally didn't notice this. people.

On the other hand, some officials who had a good relationship with Fan Zhu casually asked Inspector Luo when they discovered that Fan Zhu did not come on duty. After all, Fan Zhu basically followed Inspector Luo on weekdays.

Of course Inspector Luo would not tell them that Fan Zhu had been handed over to Lord Sima, but only warned them not to ask more questions than they should.

People who are involved in official circles are more or less politically sensitive.

Under Inspector Luo's warning, no one would continue to ask about Fan Zhu's whereabouts.

Just like that, Fan Zhu's "disappearance" didn't even stir up the slightest splash.

It’s the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and today is the last day before the annual holiday. After lunch, Cheng Wan didn’t know what other departments were doing, but everyone in Xingnong Yamen was no longer on duty.

After receiving their respective New Year gifts, the officials gathered together in twos and threes and chatted.

Everyone is just a petty official, and the work at hand has been done. At this time, everyone doesn't want to think about this or that annoying thing, and their hearts are full of expectations for the New Year.

Let’s wait until after the New Year to talk about anything.

"Master Cheng."

Cheng Wan, who was chatting with Xiao Tongtai and others, looked back and saw that it was Inspector Luo.

Cheng Wan and others hurriedly saluted Judge Luo, "I've met Mr. Luo."

Inspector Luo nodded slightly, with a smile on his usually serious face, "What are you talking about?"

Cheng Wan and others, look at me and I look at you. Xiao Tongtai has the highest official position among them, so Xiao Tongtai finally took a step forward and replied: "Reply to Mr. Luo, I won't go on duty tomorrow after I get off duty later." , the Chinese New Year is about to come, so I chatted about some New Year-related gossip.”

Inspector Luo nodded and turned to Cheng Wan, "Mr. Cheng, can you take a moment to speak?"

Cheng Wan blinked her eyes twice, feeling confused in her heart but not showing it on her face. She followed Inspector Luo respectfully.

Xiao Tongtai and others looked at each other, and Ji Dahai showed a little worry on his face, "Master Luo and Master Cheng have not spoken much, so how come they suddenly come to see Master Cheng? Nothing will happen, right?"

Xie Hong groaned and said, "Master Luo's attitude is quite good, and he even has a rare smile on his lips. It shouldn't be a bad thing."

Inspector Luo's office door was wide open. Inside the office, Cheng Wan was sitting on a guest chair. Inspector Luo personally poured a cup of tea for Cheng Wan.

Cheng Wan was flattered and bowed slightly to take the teacup with both hands, not sure what Inspector Luo was trying to do.

After all, during the past few days when she was in Xingnong Yamen, Inspector Luo didn't give her much good looks. Every time he looked at her, it was like she was looking at nothing.

Inspector Luo sat behind his desk, picked up his teacup and took a sip of hot tea. Then he looked at Cheng Wan and said, "Master Cheng, what impression does he have of Fan Zhu?"

"Fan Zhu?"

Inspector Luo nodded, "Yes."

Cheng Wan said truthfully: "I only know that there is this person in Xingnong Yamen. His official residence is from the eighth rank. His name and face don't match up yet. I don't know the rest."

Inspector Luo put down the teacup in his hand and stared at Cheng Wan, his eyes calm and his voice cold, "Master Cheng, someone ordered Fan Zhuyu to kill you through my own hands."

Cheng Wan's pupils shrank suddenly, the hands on his legs clenched into fists unconsciously, and his whole body's aura suddenly changed, revealing his anger.

The next moment, Cheng Wan's long eyelashes drooped, her fisted hands naturally relaxed, her aura dropped, and she returned to her usual harmless and well-behaved appearance.

Luo Jianshi's hand shaking slightly when he picked up the tea cup, he took a deep breath in secret while drinking tea, and said to himself: "How can this girl have such a violent temper at such a young age? It's like she has something on her hands. Many lives..."

"Master Luo, does he know who is behind the attempt on the official's life?" Cheng Wan's calm voice brought back Inspector Luo's thoughts.

Inspector Luo pursed his lower lip tightly, looked at Cheng Wan with a serious look, and said, "Master Cheng, they have received the punishment they deserve. I am telling you this because I want you to know. What’s wrong is that people don’t like you. Maybe some people just want you to leave the officialdom, but some people… want to directly kill you!”

Facing Cheng Wan's calm eyes, Inspector Luo took a deep breath cryptically and said in a deep voice: "Cheng Wan, officialdom is not the place for you. Do you understand what I mean?"

Cheng Wan nodded, "Understood."

Inspector Luo was about to smile, but the unformed smile at the corner of his mouth froze.

"It seems that there is more than one person behind wanting my life this time. To kill me, a ninth-grade official, you need to collude with each other. They are quite useless.

They must have been in the officialdom for a long time, right?

They are all so useless and have stayed in the officialdom for so long. I feel that I am much more useful than them. "

Cheng Wan sighed deeply and sighed solemnly: "This officialdom can't survive without me."