Chapter 1355: Guarding Against Day and Night, Still Poisoned

Cleaning up is cleaning up, the things that should be done still have to be done.

Medical Official Mu carried the medicine box down to the cell to check Chen Meng'an's body; most of them were skin injuries. A few internal injuries were not serious, and after internal and external application, it would improve in a few days.

Returning to the office, he reported the situation.

"The Warden really doesn't care about him?"

"He owes a lesson. If the Marquis Prefecture is reluctant to give him a lesson, then I will give him a lesson. Don't pity him, he's a waste!"

Chen Guanlou's tone was very disgusted.

He felt that if the descendants of the Marquis Prefecture continued to be dandies like this, they would be finished sooner or later.

Now there are Marquis Pingjiang and Chen Guanfu supporting, but can the next generation support it? Looking at it, moving the foundation overseas is very necessary.

Medical Official Mu didn't mention this matter again, but instead said: "Song Shizheng passed the imperial examination, eighteenth place in the second rank."

"Such a high ranking?" Chen Guanlou was very surprised, "Is his learning really that good?"

The academic gods and academic bullies of the whole world gathered together to take the exam, and Song Shizheng suffered a great disaster last year, reading while recovering from injuries, and could still take the eighteenth place in the second rank; it is truly a miracle.

"It is indeed very good! Anyway, among the people this old man knows, there is no one smarter or better at reading than him."

"Has he been appointed?"

"Working in the Ministry of Rites, a small Seventh-Rank official."

Upon hearing this, Chen Guanlou laughed heartily, "Never expected that he really did it. A descendant of the clan king's mansion, running to the Ministry of Rites to be a Seventh-Rank small official, doesn't he feel ashamed?"

"He has high ambitions; not only does he not feel ashamed, but he is very satisfied. It's better than being a waste."

This statement makes sense.

Clan members are a group of wastes.

It is not that they were born as trash, but rather that the Emperor used various means to restrict them, raising them to become trash. Those few who showed promise were stuffed into the Zongzheng Temple or sent to serve in the Shaofu.

Wanting to display ambitions in officialdom and wanting to be a parent official—dream on!

Now, Song Shizheng relied on his own talent, plus a little luck, to break this curse and enter the Ministry of Rites to work. It can be called a big progress, creating a new path for other clan members.

Awesome!

Chen Guanlou smacked his lips; the people he looked favorably upon were indeed all awesome.

Official Hu's side had waves again.

In the evening, he suddenly had severe abdominal pain.

The Mu family ancestors and grandchildren were not there, only the duty medicine boy and prison guard. Based on experience, they used pain-relieving medicine for Official Hu. Unexpectedly, not only was there no effect, but it seemed even more serious.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen repeatedly ordered that Official Hu's life must be protected and there must be no mistakes.

The duty head decided decisively and sent people to invite Medical Official Mu. In addition, he sent people to notify Prison Clerk Chen Quan and Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen Guanlou.

It took the prison guard some time to find Chen Guanlou; he changed to a brothel to sleep tonight. Therefore, by the time he rushed to the Heavenly Prison, Medical Official Mu was already diagnosing and treating Official Hu.

"What's the situation? Will he die?"

Chen Quan wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "Reporting to the Warden, the situation is not clear yet. Looking at Medical Official Mu's appearance, it seems a bit serious."

"Why sudden abdominal pain? What did he eat and drink at night? Has it been investigated clearly?"

"Investigated, there is no difference from other prisoners; they are all the same food and water. They also eat big pot rice, without opening a small stove."

"Since it's big pot rice, why is he the only one who had an accident?"

"The small one doesn't know."

Chen Quan really didn't know. He suspected that Official Hu's illness might not be caused by diet. Perhaps there were other reasons.

Chen Guanlou's face was gloomy, "I repeatedly reminded that Official Hu is a key witness, and the Ministry of Justice repeatedly ordered that his life must be protected. How long has it been, and something happened under our noses. Fortunately, the duty prison guard reacted quickly and invited Medical Official Mu to save him in time."

"The small one managed poorly, please punish the Warden!" Chen Quan didn't argue or complain, admitting guilt and punishment cleanly.

This attitude was appropriate, which also made Chen Guanlou's anger go down a little bit.

"Hurry up and investigate clearly which link went wrong. If it's not investigated clearly, everyone in the Grade A prison will have their bonus deducted for one month."

He didn't deduct salary.

The imperial court's salary wasn't enough to fill the gaps between teeth, and it was often in arrears. It was almost summer, and the salary from the end of last year hadn't been issued yet.

He just deducted bonuses.

Now, all the prison guards in the Heavenly Prison rely on the monthly bonus to live.

Deducting one month is equivalent to working for nothing this month.

That absolutely won't do.

Therefore, the prison guards were extra cooperative with the investigation, determined to ferret out the internal thief and keep their bonuses.

Medical Official Mu instructed Mu Wenxu to use medicine for Official Hu.

Chen Guanlou then asked him, "What's the situation? Can his life be saved?"

Medical Official Mu pondered and said: "Official Hu is poisoned, but it's not too serious, not to the point of sealing the throat with blood, so this old man still has time to treat him. Now that medicine has been used, as long as he survives tonight and can eat tomorrow, he will be considered alive."

"How was he poisoned, what poison?" Chen Guanlou frowned.

Guarding against day and night, still couldn't guard against it. The Heavenly Prison is indeed like a sieve, with loopholes everywhere.

"How he was poisoned needs investigation. The poison is a kind of poisonous grass common in the South, but it is rare in the North. The poison might have been mixed into the food, or it might be through other channels."

The implication is that the poisoning route is uncertain and needs strict investigation.

Chen Guanlou nodded knowingly.

He looked at Official Hu in a coma; he was sleeping uneasily, frowning tightly. It seemed that even in a coma, he could feel the severe abdominal pain.

After tossing and turning for most of the night, everyone was yawning.

The cafeteria was sensible, providing breakfast and tea in advance.

Chen Guanlou pulled Medical Official Mu into the office to eat a small stove.

Actually, after staying up all night, everyone had no appetite. Drinking some thin porridge to warm the stomach and intestines, they felt full.

"Leave someone on duty." Chen Guanlou said, "You don't have to be on duty late at night; just pick two people from your Mu family medical clinic to rotate duty with Mu Wenxu."

Medical Official Mu's mouth twitched; this is plucking wool from the Mu family, can't do it like this.

"Warden, only this old man is a medical official in the Heavenly Prison. Wenxu is only here to help in name, and incidentally to learn." Medical Official Mu reminded.

"This matter is simple." Chen Guanlou smiled, "Today I will write to the Ministry of Justice to officially appoint Mu Wenxu as a medical official, how about it?"

Not so good.

Medical Official Mu was very hesitant.

He just wanted to use the Heavenly Prison as a resource library to let his children and grandchildren practice their hands and exercise their medical skills. He didn't hope that all his children and grandchildren would join the big family of the Heavenly Prison.

Especially since Mu Wenxu is the younger generation with the highest talent in medicine.

The Heavenly Prison has many resources, but it is also dangerous.

Especially since Mu Wenxu is so young, he must be hot-blooded and not yet extinguished. If he gets carried away and stands up for a certain mortal, he won't even know how he died when the time comes.

Hanging the title of medical official means being subject to control and bearing corresponding responsibilities. There is nowhere to shirk responsibility.

On the contrary, just coming to help and incidentally learning, it is easy to shirk responsibility if something happens.

"Better wait a few years. Wenxu is still too young and not steady enough."

Young people are full of justice and hot-blooded and impulsive. Unfortunately, this place of prison has the most injustice and the darkest side.

He wants to protect the descendants of the Mu family as much as possible from being poisoned by the imperial court. ===== CHAPTER 1356 =====