Though no one else could sense it, Zi Zhen had actually already locked horns with Si Fangyin.
Of course, perhaps Si Fangyin himself did not see it as a clash, but as a... game of cat and mouse?
At this moment!
Inside the Hall of the C Department Temple Chancellor, Si Fangyin sat in the main hall, convening a meeting for officials of Principal Seventh Rank and above within the C Department Temple Chancellor's Hall.
All judicial assessors, temple rectifiers, registrars, and chief prison wardens of the entire C Department Temple Chancellor's Hall had been summoned. There were nearly a hundred people in total... These were all mid-to-high-ranking elites of the Heavenly Yu Temple, core figures responsible for criminal punishment and judgment. Most had some backing, their connections tangled like roots and vines, each one deep-minded and not to be trifled with.
As Kun Tianchen's "assistant," Zi Zhen's official rank did not even measure up to that of a Principal Ninth Rank clerk or prison warden. Under normal circumstances, she definitely could not have attended this meeting.
But this time, Si Fangyin had specifically named her.
At this moment, after everyone had entered and taken their seats, Si Fangyin looked down at Kun Tianchen from the highest seat and smiled. "Brother Kun Tianchen, today's meeting is mainly to borrow one capable person from under your command!"
That opening immediately froze the atmosphere. The temple rectifiers, registrars, and several chief prison wardens who had been chatting and laughing all withdrew their smiles at once, their expressions either silent as cicadas in winter or deeply suggestive.
Meanwhile, Lan Yuandao and Yuexi Qianqian, seated to Si Fangyin's left and right, exchanged a glance. The calmness in their eyes was really a sense of just as expected.
Si Fangyin had taken office with a