Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

When Tong Ran said that, Chu Jun also suddenly realized that perhaps Mr. Lu in the letter was not referring to Lu Yong.

Judging from Lu Yong's words and deeds, what he wants is not to stop Tong Ran from building the road, but to kill him.Regardless of why he wants Tong Ran's life, if Tong Ran is to be killed, it is not enough to let the shaft kiln explode. He should design Tong Ran to be close to the shaft kiln that is about to explode, and even directly instruct Wu Facai's daughter-in-law to eat it in Tong Ran's meal. Poisoned, but he did not.

Regardless of the Liyao incident or the subsequent rumors, at most it can only stop Tong Ran from repairing the road, but he cannot be killed, and he cannot be charged with any crime. It is indeed not like what Lu Yong did.

But if this Master Lu is not Lu Yong, who is it?

The Lu family is one of the five major families, and there are hundreds of officials surnamed Lu. Who is it that is necessary to hinder Tong Ran from building the road?

"He saw it!" Tong Ran straightened up suddenly.

The little tiger turned his head, Tong Ran put down the comb and quickly got out of bed, and opened a drawing.The little tiger had seen that blueprint before, but Tong Ran hadn't shown it all this time. Now that the opportunity was rare, it jumped out of the bed and onto the desk.

Tong Ran focused on the drawings and didn't pay attention to the little tiger's movements.Chu Jun took the opportunity to read the contents of the drawings.

This is a full road map of Xiaoguo County, and part of it is Shanlin North Road and Zhuoyang Mansion.There is a road marked in thick ink on it, which is the main road that Tong Ran is building now-the main road from Xiaoguo County to the third village of Caogu Township.

Chu Jun always thought that as long as the mountain separating the third village and Xiaoguo County was opened, the road would be considered complete, but this was not the case on the drawings.According to the drawings, this road starts from Xiaoguo County, runs through the whole area, passes through the mountains and enters the third village, and finally exits from the other side of the mountain, connecting with the official road of North Shanlin Road.

Tong Ran kept saying that he wanted to connect the commercial roads in Xiaoguo County. Chu Jun thought it was just to build a new road to make it easier to travel from the county seat to the third village, but he didn’t expect that what he wanted to do was to connect with Shanlin North Road Get up and really take advantage of the geographical advantage of Xiaoguo County at the intersection of the three roads!

Although Xiaoguo County borders Shanlin North Road, there are many mountains at the junction, and transportation has always been detoured from other places.The most prosperous route at present is the route from Shanlin North Road to the east into Zhuoyang Mansion, and then to the northwest into Xiaoguo County.Zhuoyang Mansion is one of the gates, and the tariffs paid by merchants who come and go are quite considerable, and the prefect of Zhuoyang Mansion happens to have the surname Lu.

When grooming the little tiger just now, Tong Ran repeatedly thought of Gou An's words and deeds today. When he talked about Liyao, Gou An was very nervous, but when he mentioned Lu Shilang, Gou An smiled contemptuously.He couldn't understand why Gou An laughed at Lu Shilang, but if he was laughing at him, then it was possible.

Now, [-]% of all materials entering Xiaoguo County from North Shanlin Road have to go through Zhuoyang Mansion, and the customs duties are a huge sum of money. No matter what the purpose is, Prefect Lu will not want to lose it.

What Gou An did before was to prevent him from building the road, but according to Ruan Zheng, Lu Shilang wanted to put him to death, and the two had different purposes.But if prefect Lu instructed Gou An, everything would make sense.

Lu Shilang is the head of the Lu family, and Lu Zhifu is a collateral. Some information about gunpowder was probably passed on to Lu Zhifu by Gou An, and then passed on.As for why Lu Shilang wanted to kill himself, Tong Ran didn't know.

"Don't think about it anymore," Tong Ran rolled up the map.

The little tiger was still thinking about Lu Shilang, when he was suddenly picked up by Tong Ran, he was shocked: "Wow!"

"Zai Zai, let's sleep, will you sleep with me today?" Tong Ran said.

As soon as he got into bed, the little tiger threw him off neatly and got into his bed.

Tong Ran knew this was the result, so she lifted her quilt and lay down.

With something on his mind, Tong Ran woke up early the next day. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the little tiger's eyes were also wide open.

"Zai Zai, are you looking at me?" Tong Ran just woke up, her voice still a little hoarse.

"Wow!" The little tiger turned his head away, pretending to be affectionate.

Tong Ran got up to wash up, and the little tiger, as usual, leaned over and asked him to wipe his paws and face, and insisted on rinsing his mouth like him.Probably because the boy has followed him since he was a child, so he has acquired the habits of many people. Tong Ran wiped his paws and face, and got him a basin of water to rinse his mouth. The boy finally abandoned Tong Ran with satisfaction. Go, go have breakfast.

Qiu'er had already made breakfast, Tong Ran and the little tiger had finished eating, and went to the county government together to be on duty.

There are not many things to do today, Tong Ran plans to go to the construction site to check the situation after finishing the paperwork.In about two days, the mountain that separates Xiaoguo County from the third village will be opened up. After opening the road, the third village will have to be repaired, and the pattern of the village will also change. The contact made by the officials of North Forest Road next door, as far as North Forest Road is concerned, this road can increase their business a lot, so they should be willing.

In addition to building roads, the third village also needs to develop terraced fields and supporting water conservancy, which is also a big project.

At noon, Tong Ran stretched his shoulders and neck, intending to go to eat, but Yuan San opened the door first and came in, followed by a steward of the Fan family.

"Master Tong, news just came from Zhuoyang Mansion that our limestone and mud have been confiscated." Fan's steward said.This person has been responsible for the transportation of the cement raw materials that Tong Ran wanted, and the transportation has always been smooth, but he didn't want to be stopped by Zhuoyang Mansion this time.

Tong Ran came out from behind the table and said, "Don't worry, how much was deducted in total, and what is the name?"

"A total of ten truckloads of limestone and ten truckloads of mud have been confiscated for the purpose of... smuggling official salt." Fan's steward said, "My lord, we never brought official salt here."

The man was afraid that Tong Ran would not believe him, so he wanted to explain further, but Tong Ran stopped him.

Tong Ran pondered for a moment and said: "I see, brother Fan went to Longyou, and I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while, so I'll go with you to Zhuoyang Mansion."

"My lord, the magistrate is your superior, you might offend someone if you go there," Yuan San reminded.

Tong Ran sneered: "I've offended him a long time ago, and I don't care this time." Don't talk about Tian Yan, but just said that he offended Lu Zhifu severely this time when he built the road. Sit down and confirm your guess.

Tong Ran went to the construction site, explained everything that should be explained, and took Fan's steward, Sang Le, and Yuan San into the car. Qiu'er couldn't control the little tiger, so it also jumped up.Tong Ran put her hands on her hips and yelled at it: "Stay at home obediently, brother is not here to play."

"Wow!" The brat was even fiercer than him, and after yelling, he got into the car by himself.

Tong Ran was speechless, and asked Qiu'er to pack up and go together to cook for the little tiger.

Early the next morning, their carriage entered Zhuoyang Mansion.

"Go to Yanwu Pavilion to rest first?" Fan's steward said.

But Tong Ran shook his head: "I'll go back to Donglai Washe to have a look." Yanwu Pavilion is a place full of makeup and powder, he doesn't like it very much, and the little tiger probably doesn't like it either.

People from Donglai Washe were shocked when they saw Tong Ran, and then rushed to surround him.

"Boy Tong, I heard that you have become an official? Are you old?" Granny Lai asked.

Xiang Da pulled her back: "How can you talk like that, Tong Ran just came back, let him have a sip of tea first."

Shopkeeper Li has ordered the new apprentices to make five cups of tea, picked out one cup and said to Tong Ran, "This is the Dahongpao from the elephant shed, your tiger cub loves to drink it."

"Shopkeeper Li has a good memory." Tong Ran said, blew it and handed it to the little tiger, who licked it reservedly.

There were a lot of people outside, Tong Ran only said that he would stay for a few days, and asked Shopkeeper Li to arrange a place for him.There were quite a few of Tong Ran and the others, but fortunately, there were also many rooms in Washeri. Shopkeeper Li immediately arranged for someone to allocate three rooms for them to stay.

Sang Le went to the room to clean for Tong Ran, Qiu'er went to the back kitchen to prepare a small stove for the little tiger, and met friends who were still in Washe by the way, and Yuan San followed Tong Ran to the shopkeeper Li's study.

In front of the study door, Tong Ran said to Yuan San: "Brother Yuan, please stay outside and don't allow anyone to come in. I have something to say to shopkeeper Li."

Yuan San took the order and kept watch outside.

Tong Ran carried Little Tiger and shopkeeper Li into the house.

This time I chose to live in Donglai Washe, firstly because I am familiar with it, and it is more convenient to do something, and secondly, Tong Ran also wanted to ask the shopkeeper Li about some things.

"Shopkeeper, do you still remember the day you rescued me?" Tong Ran asked.

"Remember, remember," Shopkeeper Li said, "I just returned to Zhuoyang Mansion from other places that day. I passed the river outside the city. The current was very fast. You were wrapped in the river and rushed forward. I dropped the vines to save you. .”

Tong Ran nodded.

Basically the same as what he remembered.

"Do you have any memory of what happened before?" Tong Ran asked.

Shopkeeper Li shook his head, "No."

He happened to pass by and saw someone in the water, but he didn't know how Tong Ran fell into the water.

Tong Ran lowered her eyes and stroked the fur on the little tiger's back.

The little tiger looked up. It also wanted to know why Tong Ran fell into the water, but Fan Heng searched for a long time and found nothing.If Tong Ran would ask shopkeeper Li like this, then the matter of his amnesia was not a fake, and it would be even more difficult to investigate this matter.

"Actually, I remember that I had five stages of righteous thoughts before." After a moment of silence, Tong Ran said.

"But when I rescued you, you didn't have any righteous thoughts in your body." Shopkeeper Li was surprised.

Tong Ran: "It should be broken up."

In order to better understand the world, he has read some literature on righteousness these days. He found out that it is also possible for a person's righteousness to fade or disappear, such as doing things that harm the country and the people like Deng Qi, or being beaten scattered.

To disperse righteousness, one must be people above the ground level, they can transform righteousness into reality, and directly penetrate into people's spiritual platform.

Tong Ran didn't think about why Lu Shilang was targeting him all the way, but then he remembered what happened when he first came to this world.His righteousness was broken by a person above a certain level, and the person who would break his righteousness must be very dissatisfied with him, and might even want to kill him. Thinking about it this way, Lu Shilang is very likely to be this person.

It was the first time for Chu Jun to hear Tong Ran talk about the loss of righteousness, and he immediately thought of Lu Yong.

It seems that Fan Heng has to find out, maybe Lu Yong knew Tong Ran before he lost his memory—or even had a grudge against him.