During the Yongchang period of Dajing, the powerful minister Gu Huaizhang controlled the court for twenty years. Shen Yan, the ninth-grade editor of Hanlin Academy, laughed at everyone he saw, but believed no one in his heart, only the ink on the paper.
After turning over an old file for three years, the book account showed six thousand dan, but the actual allocation was 10,000 dan. The missing four thousand stones were traced to Tongzhou, and the thread was held in the hands of the prime minister. He followed the clues and found out about the escort officer, the private ferry crossing in Caoqu, and a list of witnesses dating back twenty years. The higher the search goes, the murky the water becomes - four thousand stones of grain are transported to the capital every year, but their final destination is always unclear.
Chu Yan, the director of the secret factory, opened his file and approved two words next to "Hanlin Academy Ninth Grade Editor": retained.
Going up the ladder, everyone wants to know the same thing: How far will this young man sitting on the bench go?
Purpose: He is the first person to put the truth on the table