Chapter 1437: Two Starving Ghosts

Xu Fugui's chubby body, obviously so wealthy, and dressed decently. But he cried like a poor ghost who was living from hand to mouth and about to go bankrupt.

Chen Guanlou signaled Huang Ye to comfort the other person and not to create too much noise. Lest he develop the heart to kill!

Huang Ye walked to Xu Fugui's side and slowly squatted down. "Why is Prison Xu Zhang Yuli like this? It's only half a year, it will pass in the blink of an eye. You marry fewer concubines, go to the gambling den fewer times, it won't be that you lack this little money to spend."

Xu Fugui was furious; Huang Ye was purely standing and talking without back pain.

He roared: "What do you know! Dozens of people at home are counting on me for food, that's half a year's income. This is taking my life!"

Chen Guanlou was very impatient. "Since you don't want to be fined, then demote, demote to a prison guard, are you satisfied?"

"My lord..." Xu Fugui let out a wail, high, middle, and low notes, like an aria, "My lord, the small one is willing to be fined. Half a year is half a year!"

Chen Guanlou snorted coldly. "You've been tossing around for half a day, delaying my proper business. Half a year is not enough to calm my anger. I have decided to punish you for three quarters, do you accept the punishment?"

"I..."

Xu Fugui certainly didn't want to accept the punishment, but he was afraid of being fired. He believed that Chen Guanlou could definitely do such a thing; the other party had been looking at their group of old guys with displeasure for a long time.

He could only say unwillingly: "I accept the punishment!"

"Accepting the punishment is good! Next time if this kind of thing happens again, you can just get out."

"The small one will remember the lord's instruction. Then... is Prison Warden Huang also fined nine months of bonus?" Xu Fugui asked curiously.

As the saying goes, don't worry about scarcity, worry about inequality!

Only punishing him alone, he was not convinced.

Chen Guanlou pondered for a while. "Huang Ye mismanaged, fined half a year's salary!"

"Fined salary? Not fined bonus? My lord, you handle it like this, it's obviously not..." Speaking to the end, Xu Fugui woke up and closed his mouth immediately.

"Not what? Do you want to say I'm unfair?" Chen Guanlou smiled half-heartedly, hoping the other party would finish the sentence.

Xu Fugui covered his mouth and shook his head repeatedly, not so, not so!

"My lord misunderstood, the small one wanted to say, the lord's handling is very fair!"

"Oh! I thought you were going to say it's unfair!" Chen Guanlou teased. "At your age, restrain yourself. Don't be like before, acting recklessly. At your age, I can make you roll out of the Heavenly Prison at any time, with reason and evidence.

Save some money for retirement, playing so wildly at your age, be careful of dying on a woman's belly. Don't say I don't take care of you, choose a successor early, and for the sake of you being an old person in the Heavenly Prison, I will arrange a good position for your son or grandson."

When Xu Fugui heard this, he felt a burst of sour tears!

He wiped his tears. "Thank you for your advice, my lord, the small one understands!"

He knew very well that his days in the Heavenly Prison had entered the countdown and wouldn't be too long. He estimated that within two or three years, he would definitely retire! If he didn't retire, Chen Guanlou would force him to retire.

It's sour!

Worked as a prison guard for a lifetime, and in the end, was disliked to this extent.

He wiped his tears and walked out of the public office.

Only then did Huang Ye plead for Xu Fugui. "My lord, this... wouldn't it be too harsh? Prison Xu Zhang Yuli has no credit but has hard work, especially in the aspect of hitting money, he has insights."

"Xu Fugui just needs to be cleaned up. If not, the C-block prison will have a large batch of people dying later. Could it be that you also hope that all the prisoners in the C-block prison will die?"

"My lord misunderstood, the small one has absolutely no such idea." Huang Ye bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Chen Guanlou waved his hand. "I don't care what you think, it's normal for people to die in winter, but it can't exceed the warning line. In one night, five or six people died, does it look like it? If this continues, the C-block prison might as well be abolished!"

Huang Ye lowered his head, looking like he was ready to be beaten or scolded.

Chen Guanlou looked at his honest appearance, and his tone softened a little. "You must not relax the management and education of the prison guards in the C-block prison, and you must make them remember the rules and regulations of the Heavenly Prison and work well. You can paddle and fish, but you can't mess around. Do you understand?"

"The small one understands!"

"If you understand, go down!"

Huang Ye bowed and retreated, having passed this hurdle. 【143

Chen Guanlou held the teacup to warm his hands.

Medical Official Mu had aged another year; even with proper maintenance, one could see the signs of old age. Fortunately, when practicing medicine, he remained agile and efficient, not dragged down by his age.

"Old Mu, it's cold out; you don't have to come over if there's nothing urgent."

"Many thanks for your concern, my lord. This old man's body can handle it. Besides, it's warm here at your place!"

It wasn't as if the Mu family couldn't afford charcoal; saying this was nothing more than a roundabout way of flattering him. Old Mu really knew how to talk.

Chen Guanlou draped an arm around the other man's shoulder. "Old friend, you must take care of your health. If you're gone, who will I chat with in the future? Everyone else is like a wooden club."

Mu Qingshan was the worst of them, a man with no gatekeeper for his mouth, whose tongue was always half a beat faster than his brain.

Medical Official Mu laughed heartily. "My lord, rest assured. A fortune teller once said that this old man can live to be ninety!"

Impressive!

In this day and age, for an ordinary person to live to ninety is truly a long life. If they die, it's a joyous funeral!

"I believe you! You must live to ninety! Let's get some good food today and have a couple of drinks together."

The small kitchen received the silver, and the cook brought out his signature skills, preparing a table of top-tier wine and dishes.

Mu Qingshan ran over, smelling the aroma. "My lord, you're eating so sumptuously. With so many dishes, two people definitely can't finish them. Why not count me in?"

He was very impolite; without waiting for consent, he moved a stool over himself and crowded in.

Medical Official Mu gave him a look, but he either didn't see it or pretended not to.

Chen Guanlou raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Are your errands finished?"

"Rest assured, my lord, the documents are already organized, just waiting for your approval!"

"There have been a lot of deaths in the cells recently. Has the Ministry of Justice been notified? The morgue is only so big; it can't hold that many corpses."

"It's the end of the year, and the Ministry of Justice is very busy. However, my lord, rest assured, once I finish eating, I will draft a letter to urge them." Mu Qingshan handled the response with ease.

Chen Guanlou reluctantly agreed to let him join the meal.

Mu Qingshan had arrived, and immediately after, Chen Mengzhi also crowded over. Even dogs wouldn't eat the communal mess hall food; Uncle Lou's banquet was much better.

Being a Prison Warden is great; you can have your own private kitchen.

Chen Guanlou was very disgusted; they were all like starving ghosts reincarnated, as if they hadn't eaten a banquet in eight lifetimes.

He and Medical Official Mu only moved their chopsticks a few times, spending most of the time drinking and chatting.

Most of the table of wine and food ended up in the stomachs of the two starving ghosts.

A scene of utter mess!

"Clean this up and get out!"

The two hurriedly cleaned up and even lit incense to drive away the smell.

Once everything was finished, Chen Mengzhi was in no hurry to leave.

He fidgeted, looking a bit embarrassed.

Chen Guanlou sighed. "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't act like a woman, you grown man. You don't even have the looks for it!"

In the Meng generation, the looks seemed to have slipped a bit compared to the Guan generation.

In any case, the Meng generation hadn't produced a young man as upright and handsome as him yet. The young ladies, however, were quite pretty, all fair-skinned and beautiful.