Chapter 1115: Only by crying poor can one get rich

"You won't die that easily; you can live at least another ten or twenty years."

Chen Guanlou said without emotion.

Niu shook his head repeatedly, "No, what you said is wrong. I feel that I won't live long; I will definitely die in the Heavenly Prison. I won't see the sun until I die. Heaven is unfair; why torture me like this. Prison Warden Chen, let me die; once I die, everything will be over."

Niu was heartbroken, wailing loudly, completely immersed in his own emotions and unable to extricate himself.

"If you want to die, no one is stopping you. But you didn't choose to commit suicide, which shows that you still want to live in your heart. Since you want to live, adjust yourself properly, eat and drink normally, and don't be half-dead all day long. You like this, anyone who sees it is worried. We prison guards don't have an easy job, earning a bit of money to support our families; don't torture everyone, okay?"

Niu had tears all over his face, "I don't want to torture either, but I don't have the courage to commit suicide. Maybe one day I will have the courage. It's just... I'm too uncomfortable."

Chen Guanlou watched Niu's emotions flare up; could this be depression?

Being locked in the Heavenly Prison for a long time and not seeing the sun all year round, it is indeed possible to not think things through.

"Old Niu, do you want to go out and bask in the sun. I'll make an exception for you; this time I won't charge your silver, you go out and bask in the sun for half a day to adjust."

It was rare for him to be kind, but Niu didn't appreciate it, "I don't want to go out! Just let me die here, never to be reborn. Woo woo..."

Chen Guanlou bared his teeth, watching the other party crying and crying; a big man, where did he get so many tears, where did he get so much sentimentality.

He rubbed his eyebrows and sent someone to invite Physician Mu, "Look at him like this, should we give him some medicine to control his emotions. This kind of trouble isn't a solution."

Physician Mu observed for a while and walked into the cell to take Niu's pulse.

When taking the pulse, Niu was quite cooperative.

"Should use some medicine! I'll give Niu a few needles first."

"This official doesn't want needles!" Niu refused, not willing to cooperate. Seeing the long, thin gold needles, he looked very nervous.

Chen Guanlou was afraid that Niu would suddenly explode and hurt Physician Mu, so he followed into the cell to prevent accidents.

If Niu was a high-quality asset, then Physician Mu was the Heavenly Prison's big treasure, an indispensable person. Anyone could be replaced, but Physician Mu couldn't.

"Niu, you are sick. If you are sick, you have to take medicine and get treated; be obedient and let Physician Mu give you two needles. After the needles, you won't want to cry or die, and life will still be full of hope. What is a mere three years; there are people inside who have been locked up for twenty or thirty years. Others are still living strongly, why can't you! When you took the imperial examination back then, you didn't say you couldn't!"

"I, I..." Niu's brain was wooden at this moment, unable to think.

Chen Guanlou continued to speak, continuing to confuse the other party's thinking. At the same time, he signaled Physician Mu to give the needles quickly; he would control the other party's body and not let him move.

Physician Mu understood and, when Niu's attention was diverted and his thoughts were messy, he decisively inserted the needles.

"Niu, do you feel better? Chat, is your heart more comfortable? Do you still want to cry?"

Niu was stunned for a moment, nodding and shaking his head.

Chen Guanlou continued: "In the future, if your heart is uncomfortable, if there are things you can't think through, let the prison guards tell me. I will open it up for you. You are just too stuffy, no one to talk to, went into a dead end, and couldn't think things through for a while, so you wanted to die. Let's go, I'll take you out to bask in the sun. Basking in the sun once isn't cheap; I'm opening a back door for you. When you have money in your account, remember to pay me back."

"Didn't you say it was free?"

"You still remember! Forget it, free is free; a mere hundred taels isn't something I can't afford."

Having coaxed Niu, he arranged for prison guards to take Niu out to bask in the sun.

People, no matter how big the setback, basking in the sun more will always have benefits. Things you can't think through, under the sun, maybe you can think through. Things you couldn't solve before, basking in the sun, maybe you can think of a solution.

In short, basking in the sun more is beneficial to physical and mental health.

In midsummer, Niu sat in the shade of a tree, half in the sun and half in the shade, and suddenly felt peace. Then a cup of clear tea brewed from ordinary tea leaves, and he felt as if he had been redeemed.

Chen Guanlou held a cup of tea brewed from top-grade tea leaves, sitting under the eaves.

"Niu, for a hundred taels, would you say it's worth it?"

Niu's thinking was still slow, but he could think normally.

He mentioned, "Can it be cheaper? Fifty taels, twenty taels?"

"Things are expensive because they are rare."

"Many people inside the prison are gritting their teeth and persisting year after year. Make it cheaper; the Heavenly Prison can make money, and it can be considered a good deed."

Chen Guanlou sighed, indicating it wouldn't work, "The Heavenly Prison is not a charity, not a place to do good deeds. I fully understand your demands. But I'm sorry, not a single copper can be less. Without such a high price, do you guess the Ministry of Justice would agree to let you out for air?

Before me, the Heavenly Prison didn't have the rule of letting people out for air. After I took office, do you know how much energy I spent and how much thought I put into convincing the Ministry of Justice.

You are also an official, you should know that yamen like to follow the rules, because doing less is doing less wrong. Letting out for air involves all aspects; first of all, it increases the workload of the prison guards. The yamen that would rather do less than make mistakes, tsk tsk... the difficulty can be imagined. Don't make things difficult for me anymore!"

Niu sighed along with him.

"After hearing what you said, this official finally understands why the common people are always afraid of the government and always scold the government in private. At this moment, this official's mood is the same as the common people's; I also want to scold."

"Go ahead and scold, I won't charge you."

Chen Guanlou wasn't joking; he was serious. If it were the Imperial Prison next door, if a prisoner dared to curse, see what the consequences would be.

The Heavenly Prison didn't have this rule; go ahead and curse.

Sometimes Chen Guanlou himself wanted to curse.

Niu barely pulled a smile, but the facial muscles were too stiff, and it was better not to smile.

"Every month, just relying on letting out for air, you can earn quite a bit of money."

"Look at what you're saying; the Heavenly Prison is a place to manage prisoners. Don't make it sound like we're digging into the eyes of money; it's not that exaggerated. Now the Ministry of Revenue has no money, and the prison guards of the Heavenly Prison haven't received their salaries for several months. Even the rice and grain have been in arrears for more than half a year. If we don't think of ways to create income, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind; you understand, understand!"

Chen Guanlou spoke earnestly and sincerely.

No matter who it was, as long as they said the Heavenly Prison made money, he would complain. He had already formed a standard set of words. Crying poor has a way out; crying poor can get rich! ===== CHAPTER 1116 =====