Chapter 1026: Coveting Beauty

The sudden death of Prison Clerk Zhang at the Jiafengdao Prison didn't stir up a single ripple in the vast capital, in the prison industry, or even in the Shaofu.

Three days later, Wang Hai came to collect the money.

He had already cleared all the checkpoints; the next step was to bribe the Shaofu Jiang Jiang Yucheng's godson. Once this person was handled, there would be no problem with Nanny Li's promotion.

Chen Guanlou paid decisively and asked, "Is Nanny Li handled?"

"She had long since disliked the one surnamed Zhang. I solved the one surnamed Zhang for her, and she was too grateful to express it. Plus, I promised her that I would transfer her son to a position in the Shangshi Bureau. Just for this, she will take good care of the Prince Chujiang's family. But the people under her need a share, so the money that should be given still has to be given."

"That's for sure. In my place, there's no such thing as working for nothing. Everyone who does work gets paid!"

Chen Guanlou told Wang Hai not to be stingy with money; the money that should be given should be given generously.

"You have to give people the feeling that 'I am very rich, let's talk about anything, as long as the matter can be accomplished'."

"Aren't you afraid the other party will open their mouth like a lion?" Wang Hai didn't quite agree. He was used to being poor and valued money highly. He would haggle over every single tael of silver.

Chen Guanlou had an indifferent attitude. "Let them open it! As the saying goes, ask for a sky-high price and pay back on the ground. If the other party dares to name a price, you have to boldly counter-offer.

In short, throughout the whole process, you can't be stingy or act small-minded; it will make people look down on you, thinking you have no strength and aren't worth cooperating with. Even if you don't have money, you have to act like you're not short of money, telling others that your madness comes from having the foundation. Qian Cai is the foundation!"

Wang Hai frowned through the whole lecture. He was just complaining that the Shaofu Jiang Jiang Yucheng's godson wanted too much, and as a result, Chen Guanlou told him not to be stingy with money and to give it boldly.

He scratched his head. "You really don't treat money as money."

"I told you long ago that it's easy to make money in the Heavenly Prison, and I asked you to come work in the Heavenly Prison and eat and drink well with me, but you weren't willing. You insisted on staying in the palace to be a turtle grandson for others."

Chen Guanlou teased.

Wang Hai snorted coldly. "Do you think the imperial palace is a place you can enter and leave whenever you want? For someone like me, once my name is on the register, whether I leave or stay isn't up to me."

"I know you have your difficulties. That's why, as soon as a profitable deal came along, I thought of you. Eunuch Hu, the prisoner in the next cell, asked me yesterday, and I didn't even bother with him. From now on, whenever a case involves the palace, I'll look for you. Brotherly enough, right?"

"As long as you don't ask me to kill in the palace." Wang Hai had a cold, aloof look.

"That's too brutal. The Heavenly Prison's commissions don't reach that level." Chen Guanlou laughed. "They're all official business. If you could work in the Jinluan Hall, there would definitely be more opportunities."

"Those who can work in the Jinluan Hall are all candidates personally selected by Wang De and the others. I'm not qualified!"

"Where are you not qualified? I think you're quite good."

Wang Hai looked at him like he was a fool. "I am not a trusted subordinate of any of them. Because I am a martial artist, my assignments are not in the hands of Wang De and the others."

The implication was that he couldn't enter the top circle of Wang De and the others, and likewise, Wang De couldn't assign him. At least not directly.

"Are your assignments held in the hands of Wei Wubing?" Chen Guanlou asked curiously.

The two had been dealing with each other for so long, and he still hadn't figured out which yamen in the inner palace Wang Hai's assignments were in. The twenty-four yamens of the imperial palace, plus a Shaofu, had too many tricks inside.

"You could say that!" Wang Hai's mood dropped instantly; he clearly didn't want to discuss this topic.

He was in a hurry to handle business, so Chen Guanlou didn't keep him.

A few days later, news came that Nanny Li's assignment had come down. She was to replace the deceased Prison Clerk Zhang and serve as the Prison Clerk of Jiafengdao.

A woman serving as a prison clerk was indeed eye-catching.

But once they heard Jiafengdao, everyone felt relieved.

Jiafengdao was always so different.

Chen Guanlou went to Doufu Lane to visit Miss Yue.

Miss Yue's name was Yue Xin; according to her, it was a name personally given by the Prince Chujiang's Wang Fei. Her original name was Erya, without even a formal name. Who was close and who was distant was clear at a glance. No wonder she had been working hard to run around for the Prince Chujiang's family.

It was hard on her, a young girl.

The two-courtyard compound that Yue Xin rented meant she hadn't come to the capital alone. Besides the coachman he had seen, there were four others, three men and one woman. They were all former servants of the Wang Fu.

Now that the Prince Chujiang's Wang Fu had suffered a disaster, these people had spontaneously united to run around for the Wang Fu. Everyone clearly took Yue Xin as their leader. After all, she had been by the Wang Fei's side for many years, and through observation, she understood how to think, had more ideas, more initiative, and more courage than others. She had both courage and strategy, not just running around like a headless fly.

Upon learning that the matter had been settled, Yue Xin was moved to tears.

She knelt down immediately and wanted to perform a grand salute.

The others also knelt down one after another.

Chen Guanlou hurriedly helped her up. "Don't kneel at every turn. I take money to do business, and running errands for you is what I should do. Next is the Dali Temple. The Dali Temple side is easier; I have people I know. It's just the Zhao Yu side that I'm afraid will be hard to handle."

"If Master Chen can clear the relationship with the Jiafengdao Prison and let me see the Wang Fei, I am already endlessly grateful. As for the Dali Temple and Zhao Yu, just do your best, don't force it."

"Not forcing it, not forcing it!" Chen Guanlou said with a laugh.

Then he reminded her, "It's set for tomorrow morning; you can go to the Jiafengdao Prison to visit the Wang Fei."

"Tomorrow morning? Oh my, I haven't prepared anything. The Wang Fei and the others definitely need a lot of things. Besides clothes and bedding, there's also..." Yue Xin was frantic, afraid of missing something, afraid of not doing it well.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious! You forgot what I do. No one knows better than me what is needed inside the prison. I'll say it, you record it." Chen Guanlou took full responsibility and enthusiastically offered advice.

He was just coveting her beauty!

"That's great! Master Chen, you are our benefactor!"

"Haha... take money to do business, take money to do business." Chen Guanlou hypocritically denied his own warm-heartedness, pulling everything back to taking money to do business.

Sure enough, beauty misleads people!

If the trading party were a man, his feet would never step into any Doufu Lane or any broken house. At most, he would send a prison guard to run an errand and notify them.

Still wanting him to provide after-sales service? Dream on!

He used the excuse of helping to purchase goods and stayed until evening, eating dinner before leaving.

Yue Xin sent him all the way to the entrance of the lane; because of her excitement, her cheeks were slightly flushed. "Tomorrow morning, I will see the Wang Fei. Master Chen, you have helped me too much, and I will always remember your kindness in my heart."

Don't just remember it in your heart, at least show some expression!

His requirements weren't high!

Really not high!

He laughed and said softly, "You've said too many grateful words today, don't be so polite, it makes everyone feel so distant!"

Yue Xin bit her thin lips lightly, then smiled, blooming like a flower. "Okay! I won't be polite to Master Chen in the future."

"Don't call me Master Chen, it's strange."

"Then I'll call you Brother Chen!"

Very good! ===== CHAPTER 1027 =====