Chapter 1061: Sacrifice the Friend, Not the Self

For nearly half a month, Chen Guanlou had been cultivating his character and removing the smell.

Due to psychological effects, he always felt he smelled stinky.

Even worse, some claimed to have seen the ghost of the Prince of Chu in the Heavenly Prison.

Simply nonsense.

Yet many people believed it, affecting the normal work order.

To quell public opinion and eliminate the influence, Chen Guanlou reported to the Ministry of Justice and invited monks and Daoist priests to hold a ritual in the Heavenly Prison to transcend the soul of the Prince of Chu.

The movement was large, the scene was sufficient, and all the jailers watched on the spot.

Originally, this was a small matter that happened in the yamen, not worth mentioning, but it reached the ears of Emperor Jian Shi.

"Daring to come out and harm people even after death, still daring to be arrogant. I was indeed too benevolent."

Emperor Jian Shi gritted his teeth and ordered the Yuquan Palace and Baoguo Temple to suppress the ghost of the Prince of Chu, so that he would never be liberated for all eternity and would suffer the torment of his soul day after day.

He was possessed!

The Yuquan Palace and Baoguo Temple were so innocent, yet they couldn't refuse and had to bite the bullet.

Emperor Jian Shi was not at ease and let the Imperial Observatory supervise.

"Kill all the traitor's children and grandchildren, and sacrifice them to Heaven with flesh and blood!"

The Prince of Chu died, it didn't matter. His children and grandchildren were still alive and were locked in the prison.

When the time for Heaven-Worship came, sure enough, the Prince of Chu's children and grandchildren all became sacrifices. Even a three-year-old child was not spared.

Although court officials came forward to persuade him, saying it would hurt the harmony of Heaven, Emperor Jian Shi went his own way, determined to vent this anger. Either let him kill the Prince of Chu's children and grandchildren to vent his anger, or he would kill the people in the officialdom to vent his anger.

Choose one of two!

Sacrifice the friend, not the self.

The court officials retreated one after another and shut their mouths!

Compared to hurting the harmony of Heaven, obviously their own lives were more important.

As for the Emperor becoming more and more mad, let the Secretariat worry about it.

Xie Gechen was tired and didn't want to waste any more energy on the Prince of Chu's line. Whenever the Prince of Chu was involved, the Emperor couldn't communicate normally; from beginning to end, he went his own way.

Then he could only sacrifice the Prince of Chu's line to preserve everyone.

During the Heaven-Worship, Chen Guanlou went to take a look.

The scene was grand, solemn, and also bloody.

The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit; it was nothing more than this!

The Heaven-Worship was successfully completed, and the days returned to calm.

Xu Fugui was crazy about money; as soon as the weather cooled down, he started frantically extorting money, to the point that the monthly death quota was exceeded.

Huang Ye took the opportunity to complain, saying Xu Fugui disregarded the life and death of the prisoners, even squeezing oil out of the poor, completely obsessed with money, seriously affecting the management and reputation of the Bing-sized prison, and the Six Shanmen had already complained several times.

Cases that hadn't been closed yet, prisoners who hadn't been sentenced, died in the prison. Even worse, prisoners who hadn't even been interrogated died in the prison, causing cases to be unable to close.

For this reason, the Six Shanmen complained and grumbled many times, and the two sides even had physical conflicts.

Chen Guanlou had Mu Qingshan go to the Ministry of Justice to get the complaint form.

"Only for the Bing-sized prison?"

"Could it be that there are also Yi-sized prisons and Jia-sized prisons?"

"There are also some." Mu Qingshan often did errands and chores, dealing with documents every day, and he knew the situation better than Chen Guanlou, the Jiang Jiang Yucheng.

"The Six Shanmen believe that the Heavenly Prison treats the prisoners in the Jia-sized prison too leniently. As a result, those prisoners rarely cooperate during interrogation. They hope the Ministry of Justice can order the Heavenly Prison to rectify and severely strike at the arrogant spirit of the prisoners in the Jia-sized prison. As for the Yi-sized prison, the problem is even more serious."

"Ignore the Jia-sized prison for now. First, handle the problems of the Bing-sized prison. Small prison, problems as many as ox hair." Chen Guanlou was a little impatient.

Mu Qingshan accepted the order, went to the Ministry of Justice, and brought back a stack of complaint forms.

"The main problems are those reflected by Jailer Huang. One is that the extortion is too ruthless, and the second is that too many people are dying, which has affected the Six Shanmen's handling of cases."

Chen Guanlou flipped through the complaint forms, all of which were reported by the Six Shanmen in the form of official documents, stamped with the official seal of the Six Shanmen.

"What is the Ministry of Justice's attitude? I often go to the Ministry of Justice, and no one has ever mentioned this."

"The Ministry of Justice naturally turns a blind eye; as long as it doesn't cause a scene, they won't ask. They just let the Six Shanmen and the Heavenly Prison solve it privately."

"The Ministry of Justice can do this. Better to have one less thing than one more thing. They never value internal conflicts."

At worst, after it causes a scene, they will hit both sides fifty boards each.

"Xu Zhang Yuli is clearly relying on his seniority!" Mu Qingshan complained not too lightly.

Chen Guanlou said "hmm," but didn't answer.

Mu Qingshan tentatively asked: "My lord, should we fire Xu Zhang Yuli? Or transfer him?"

"Why fire him?" Chen Guanlou asked back. "Extorting money from prisoners in the Bing-sized prison has existed since ancient times; he is just following tradition. The means are a bit vicious, just rectify it. Transferring is even less necessary. Could it be that you think Huang Ye has already taken over the entire Bing-sized prison and the jailers inside all obey his management? You underestimate that bunch of jailers who are full of five poisons!"

When Huang Ye fought with Xu Fugui, most of the jailers in the Bing-sized prison chose neutrality and did not participate. However, once he leaned toward Huang Ye and drove Xu Fugui away, that bunch of neutral jailers would immediately turn around to deal with Huang Ye, making it impossible for Huang Ye to move an inch in the Bing-sized prison.

The jailers of the Heavenly Prison are full of five poisons, and you can't find a single merit on them. The only thing that can be called a merit is that they stick together.

Xu Fugui didn't make any principled mistakes and didn't poke it to the Ministry of Justice. Under the premise that the Ministry of Justice didn't ask, an old veteran of the Heavenly Prison being driven away would only make those jailers feel that the rabbit dies and the fox grieves, and they would definitely cause trouble.

Relying on jailers to accomplish things is not something you can rely on at all.

But their ability to drag their feet is professional.

"My lord, could it be that this matter is just ignored? This is not the first time Xu Zhang Yuli has exceeded the death quota because of extortion. It has happened many times."

"Then you go and remind him, tell him to be careful. If the number of deaths exceeds the quota again next month, I will continue to fine him. He loves money, doesn't he? Then I will fine him what he loves most; I'll see if he dares."

Mu Qingshan secretly said it was bad luck.

He had been working in the Heavenly Prison for several years, and the person he couldn't stand the most was Xu Fugui.

Yet Xu Fugui didn't die no matter how he tossed, always stepping on the edge, occasionally crossing the line, but grasping the measure very well. He belonged to the kind of person who is both cheap and long-lived.

Deserving to be an old veteran, knowing how to play without crossing the line, and still being able to protect himself.

"By the way, take these complaint forms and show them to him. Tell him that the Heavenly Prison and the Six Shanmen are brother units. Let him have some measure in doing things. Next time the Six Shanmen complains again, let him go to the Six Shanmen to apologize."

Mu Qingshan accepted the task and took the complaint forms to communicate with Xu Fugui.

The attitude naturally couldn't be called good.

"The things you did, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen knows, and he is very dissatisfied. These complaint forms are all caused by you. Next time, you go to the Six Shanmen to apologize personally. Also, if the number of deaths exceeds the quota next month, your money will be deducted."

"Why deduct my money?"

"If you have any opinions, go to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to theorize. I am only responsible for conveying!" ===== CHAPTER 1062 =====