Chapter 1155: Bullying Him for Being Low-Ranking

Chen Guanlou knocked on the prison door bars, reminding Xiao Changsheng inside the cell not to pretend to be dead.

"Do you want to go out?"

He went straight to the point and asked directly.

Xiao Changsheng was a bit dazed, sat up from the bed board, and rubbed his eyebrows.

"How to go out? Does Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen have a way?"

"Find a way to send a letter to your Imperial Consort sister, how about that?"

Xiao Changsheng was speechless.

He had thought of this method long ago, however, ever since he was imprisoned, people from the Xiao Mansion had no way to send messages into the palace. The eunuchs who had connections before, in order to clear their relationship, had neither left the palace nor helped to pass messages during this time.

Even the eunuchs and palace maids around the Imperial Consort, perhaps to avoid suspicion, had not left the palace for a long time. If eunuchs don't leave the palace, many messages cannot be transmitted!

He licked his lips. "Does Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen have a way to contact the palace?"

"It's not that I have a way. If I had that ability, why would I need to guard the Heavenly Prison and earn this little hard-earned money? Don't worry about who I find to help, just ask if you want to go out, and if you want to send a letter to your Imperial Consort sister?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Xiao Changsheng dreamed of it.

The encounters during this time made him physically and mentally exhausted, fearful, and uneasy. For the first time, he concretely felt how miserable it was to lose the Emperor's favor. This was still under the premise of having the Imperial Consort sister as an endorsement.

If one day, the Imperial Consort sister lost power, he didn't even dare to think about what level the Xiao family would fall to.

Once a person goes up to the sky, they are unwilling to fall down.

He was no exception.

"There is no free lunch in the world, and there is no free help. For such a big thing, how much money do you plan to pay?"

Yes, Chen Guanlou's purpose in looking for Xiao Changsheng was to ask for money.

Every penny he invested in Eunuch Wang Hai had to be earned back double.

Doing good deeds and running errands for people for free, such things only happen in storybooks. It doesn't exist in reality. Without enough benefits, who would be willing to run errands for people?

Xiao Changsheng was stunned. "Do you want money?"

"Official Xiao, you really know how to joke. If others look for you to handle things, do they not need to give money? How come I didn't know Official Xiao was so high-minded and liked to help others so much."

Xiao Changsheng was a bit embarrassed.

"But, before you already..."

"Before is before, now is now. These are two different things." Chen Guanlou was furious; one sum of money for one deal, he thought this was a principle known to everyone.

Never expected that Xiao Changsheng actually wanted to use one sum of money to buy it out.

Simply bullying people too much!

The one surnamed Xiao had taken too many benefits from others and had already forgotten how to beg people, what attitude to show when begging people, and what price to give.

"Official Xiao, don't treat the Heavenly Prison as a vegetable market, buying vegetables once and giving you a freebie. Are you kidding me?"

Xiao Changsheng frowned and scratched his hair. "Then how much money do you want?"

"I don't want much from you, this number, I will help you send the letter. How about that?" Chen Guanlou gestured with one finger.

Xiao Changsheng pointed at his face. "You, you, you, ten thousand taels? Why don't you go rob?"

Chen Guanlou sneered. "Originally I could rob, but I have integrity and a bit of conscience, so I decided to discuss it and strive for mutual satisfaction. If you insist on forcing me to rob, it's not impossible. Have you thought it through? Do you want me to rob, or do you want to be more proactive?"

Xiao Changsheng was furious, grabbing the prison door bars and cursing angrily: "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, don't go too far. Ever since this official moved in, the Heavenly Prison has been trying every possible way to make up excuses to get money from this official. Now, you are opening your mouth like a lion, ten thousand taels at a time; do you think this official has a golden mountain and a silver mountain?"

Chen Guanlou's eyebrows lifted slightly, looking somewhat dissatisfied.

He said slowly: "Official Xiao is joking. First of all, making up excuses doesn't exist. Secondly, you did spend money, but you also enjoyed it.

Just ask if you ate or drank? I'll tell you this, every bite you ate and every bite you drank has a bill. No matter who comes to check the accounts, even if the old abacus from the Ministry of Revenue comes to check, they won't find any problems.

Finally, don't talk about opening your mouth like a lion; that sounds terrible. I already said, this is a deal; if you think it's expensive, you can not buy it, right? Also, I don't know if your Xiao family has a golden mountain or a silver mountain. The price I set, in my opinion, is an extremely fair price and will never exceed your financial ability.

Anyway, I don't care. I am a Jiang Jiang Yucheng, only responsible for guarding prisoners. You are a prisoner; you are the one anxious to get out of prison and anxious to contact the palace. In short, the deal is not done, but the friendship remains! I have this one proposal and one price. If you are not willing, I will take my leave!"

After saying that, he turned and left, never staying for long.

"Wait!"

Xiao Changsheng still couldn't hold his breath. "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, come back. Since it's a deal, let's discuss it again. What do you think?"

Chen Guanlou stopped his steps, looked back at the other party, and smiled. "That's right! If you have objections to the price, we can discuss it well. Don't just say robbing money or opening your mouth like a lion. How terrible! It makes me look like a profiteer."

He walked back to the prison door and was very interested in bargaining with the other party.

Xiao Changsheng complained internally; the thief surnamed Chen was clearly a living profiteer, and there was no profiteer more treacherous than him in the world. Grabbing wool from prisoners in the cell, no wonder he had always refused to leave the Heavenly Prison all these years. It turns out the Heavenly Prison had become a treasure house for gathering wealth.

There were countless prisoners like him who were blackmailed and forced to give money.

Simply bullying people too much!

This situation definitely didn't just start today and must have existed for a long time. This meant that the Ministry of Justice knew but didn't report it, turning a blind eye! Both sides were colluding!

He gritted his teeth, finding it hard to suppress the anger in his heart.

Taking a deep breath, he could speak normally.

"Five thousand taels!"

"Official Xiao, you don't think I want this money, do you? I already said, I have no connections, I have to find others. People looking for people, people entrusting people; just say, is five thousand taels enough?"

"Then how much do you want?"

"Ten thousand taels!"

Xiao Changsheng shook his head slowly. "Too much, six thousand taels at most. Everyone in the world thinks that I, Xiao Changsheng, am a favored official before His Majesty and must have a golden mountain and a silver mountain at home.

Little do they know, His Majesty's rewards are mostly palace jade, and rarely gold and silver. Even if I had the guts of a bear, I wouldn't dare to sell the imperial gifts.

I can't compare to the one surnamed Gu next door who is rich; the Gu family is a century-old family with deep foundations, and with the accumulation of several generations, they naturally don't lack money. I can't do it; everyone relies on me to eat, it's hard!"

Chen Guanlou seemed to have heard the most incredible joke in the world.

A dignified favored official, the Imperial Consort's brother, crying poor in front of a small Heavenly Prison Jiang Jiang Yucheng!

In this day and age, are people all so shameless? Are they all so thick-skinned?

First Sun Daojing cried poor, then Xiao Changsheng cried poor; who will it be next time?

How unreasonable!

Simply bullying people too much!

A Heavenly Prison Jiang Jiang Yucheng is also a person; don't bully him for being low-ranking! ===== CHAPTER 1156 =====