Chapter 1441: Brainstorming, wild imagination

Chen Guanlou chatted privately with Medical Official Mu.

"What do you think is wrong with Scholar Du? He was acting like he wanted to die and kept trying to commit suicide before, but now he's become well-behaved. It's like he's acting, and he's gotten addicted to it."

"If Scholar Du isn't causing trouble, are you not satisfied, my lord?"

Medical Official Mu looked slightly puzzled.

Chen Guanlou shook his head, then nodded again.

"This Scholar Du, the feeling he gave me at the beginning was that of a fool who had read books into a dog's belly. Later, I felt he was very insidious. Until now, I suddenly discovered that I can't see through him. With my experience of seeing countless people, there are few I can't see through. This guy Scholar Du is not simple!"

"Anyway, he's going to die, so what's the use of being simple or not?" Medical Official Mu was concise and to the point.

Being alive is hope!

Death is a dead end!

Chen Guanlou pondered for a while, "I suspect that his leading the militia to revolt was a scheme in itself."

"Who could he scheme against? He's almost dead!"

"He could scheme against those officials, scheme against those starving people, and even scheme against himself."

Medical Official Mu didn't understand.

Could there be someone in this world who is tired of living, revolting to seek death? It's a great wonder of the world!

Unbelievable.

Chen Guanlou was also just speculating!

"I flipped through the case files. Because he led the militia to attack the county seat, the County Magistrate died, the Registrar died, the County Commandant died, the Inspector died... A large number of clerks from the Six Offices also died. In addition, several officials from the Prefecture Yamen were implicated and died. Among the several wealthy families in the city, one was wiped out. The others still have their bloodlines preserved."

"Revolting will definitely lead to deaths!" Medical Official Mu didn't think there was anything strange about this.

"The current situation is that the people in the local county yamen are mostly dead, the wealthy families are mostly dead, and even hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of local commoners are going to die. It's equivalent to him, with the strength of one person, destroying more than half a county!"

After finishing, Chen Guanlou chuckled to himself.

"Hearing this, have you discovered that Scholar Du seems to have a destructive complex? He seems to want to destroy everyone!"

"How is this possible! He is a scholar, and everyone gives him face. Why would he want to harm everyone?"

Medical Official Mu shook his head repeatedly. This imagination was too wild; it completely disregarded the facts. He couldn't agree.

Chen Guanlou didn't expect to be agreed with either.

He was just looking for someone to chat and analyze. Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang; if everyone brainstorms together, maybe there will be unexpected gains.

"If he is a person whose heart is full of hatred..."

"That still can't mean hating everyone, hating the people of the whole county. Those commoners couldn't possibly have offended him either."

"If... I mean if, his heart is that of a chivalrous person, his morality is extremely high, and he can't stand all the evil, all the bullying, including bullying by family members, bullying and humiliation from social trends..."

"That's too terrifying!" Medical Official Mu frowned, "I also often can't stand some things outside, especially when receiving patients. I often encounter some who are unreasonable, or ignorant, or disregard life."

"For example, because they are women, they won't pay for life-saving treatment. If it were a man, they would sell everything to save them. They don't follow medical advice, and when the illness isn't cured, they blame my medical skills. To avoid paying the consultation fee, they lie and deceive in various ways, and once exposed, they spread rumors and cause trouble... But I have never had the thought of wanting to take revenge on anyone or kill anyone! When angry, I have thought about beating the other party up and throwing them into the Heavenly Prison to teach them a lesson. But that's just a thought!"

Chen Guanlou nodded, "You are the masses, and your thinking is the thinking pattern of most people. However, there are very few people who are different from us ordinary people, whose thoughts are not on the same level. Perhaps Scholar Du is this kind of person! The more I come into contact with him, the more I have an absurd thought that he is sacrificing his life for righteousness. Is it me who is abnormal, or is it him? A person as firm as me, could I also be brainwashed by someone?"

He couldn't help but doubt himself.

He had only ever brainwashed others; no one had ever brainwashed him.

Yet, with Scholar Du, he developed self-doubt.

He couldn't help but guess, could the one surnamed Du have put a curse on him? But Scholar Du wasn't from the Miao region.

"For you to think this way, my lord, is in itself abnormal."

Medical Official Mu's thinking was much simpler.

He had witnessed Chen Guanlou's prowess.

If such a powerful figure developed self-doubt, it must be Scholar Du's problem.

"My lord, why don't I poison him and make him shut up!"

"No, no, no... making him shut up, what would be the point?"

"I have a kind of poison here that will make a person suffer all over, yet they won't die. How about it?"

Medical Official Mu had a professional habit: poison everyone he didn't like.

For example, Li Shuan!

Chen Guanlou shook his head, "He poses no threat, no need for that."

"He has made you doubt yourself, my lord, and you call that no threat? My lord, you are the backbone of the Heavenly Prison, you must not have any accidents! I think, in dealing with Scholar Du, we should still keep him under strict guard, preferably give him some medicine to make him lose his ability to act."

Chen Guanlou refused.

He was worried that Scholar Du wouldn't cause trouble; how could he use poison to stop him?

The more the other party caused trouble, the more they would be exposed, and the more he could see through their essence.

Being refused, Medical Official Mu was quite regretful.

His own poison had no chance to be used, so he couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, Mu Qingshan ran over to complain.

"My lord, that Ma Jingming is just not a good thing! Can you make him get out of the Signing Room?"

"What's wrong with him?" Chen Guanlou was puzzled. It had only been a few days, and he was already running over to complain; just how much was Ma Jingming disliked?

"The tasks assigned to him, he drags his feet, procrastinates, and not only does he not finish on time every day, but there are a pile of mistakes. He also wants me to help him correct them, increasing everyone's workload! This person is just a piece of trash."

Chen Guanlou couldn't quite believe it. He was a Child Scholar, after all; Chen Mengzhi, who had just left the ranks of the illiterate, could handle clerical work, so there was no reason a Child Scholar couldn't.

He first pacified Mu Qingshan and asked him to bring Ma Jingming's work content for him to look over.

Sure enough, there were a pile of mistakes and omissions.

Mu Qingshan had very thoughtfully used a red pen to mark the mistakes and omissions, but several days had passed, and the other party hadn't made the slightest progress; it was still full of mistakes. It was as if he was deliberately not doing the job well.

"How is his performance in the Signing Room, and how are his interpersonal relationships?"

"His interpersonal relationships are fine; he knows how to conduct himself quite well. Two days ago, he even treated everyone to go out for food and drinks, spending seven or eight taels of silver; he was quite generous." Mu Qingshan said fairly.

Everyone relied on a job to support a whole family; seven or eight taels was not a small amount, enough for two months of household expenses. Eating it all in one meal, it wasn't just generous, it was simply lavish!

"Didn't you ask him what the situation was?"

"He said he didn't understand how to do these documents, and also said he was working hard to learn and correct them. I couldn't help but suspect that his Child Scholar status was bought, not earned through exams."

Chen Guanlou stared at the characters on the document again and again; they weren't great, but one could only say they were written quite neatly.

"Call him over; I'll ask him face to face." ===== CHAPTER 1442 =====