Chapter 1699: He viewed money as dirt

Tan Zhang had a good brain.

About a month after the summer grain was put into storage, his prediction came true; the Ministry of Justice issued a release document.

Releasing all the officials in Tan Zhang's batch who had been imprisoned due to party strife.

Only Li Yanmo, the unlucky little ghost, remained locked in the Heavenly Prison.

Chen Guanlou personally sent Tan Zhang out of prison, and before leaving, he even prepared a table of wine and dishes for the other party. Letting the other party eat and drink his fill before leaving.

He took the opportunity to ask for advice, "Analyze it for me, why couldn't Imperial Uncle Li leave prison?"

"Naturally, it's because variables have appeared in the palace." Tan Zhang said affirmatively, "We could all leave prison, yet Imperial Uncle Li remains trapped in prison; it must be that Imperial Consort Li's status has been challenged, and her favor is not what it used to be. Serving others with beauty, when beauty fades, love fades. His Majesty is not a person of long-lasting affection."

Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows and smiled; in that imperial family, there were no people of long-lasting affection. Most were cold and ungrateful, most skilled at crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, as if it had been carved into their genes; descendants were all of the same virtue.

"Official Tan, I toast you, wishing you a bright future."

"Many thanks to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen. It should be me toasting you. This trip to the Heavenly Prison, I can be considered to have gained a little. It is as the saying goes, enlightenment in the Heavenly Prison; I can be considered to have caught up. If I can soar to great heights in the future, I will definitely not forget Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen."

"Easy, easy! Having these words from you is enough."

Chen Guanlou didn't take Tan Zhang's words to heart at all.

If similar words were said by Xie Changling, he would believe them by one or two parts.

Coming from Tan Zhang's mouth, he didn't believe a single word.

Tan Zhang's nature was to fawn over the high and trample on the low, using every possible means, and stopping at nothing to achieve his goals.

For such a person, talking about old feelings or talking about loyalty could be called a hellish joke.

As long as the surface-level politeness was maintained, that was enough!

After the banquet, the carriage to pick up Tan Zhang arrived.

Chen Guanlou personally sent the person out of the Heavenly Prison gate, watching the other party sit in the carriage and leave.

"Uncle Lou is being too polite to that guy surnamed Tan." Chen Mengzhi muttered in a low voice.

"You know a fart! This Tan Zhang is not a creature in a pond; as long as Minister Xie doesn't fall, his soaring to great heights in the future is just around the corner. Treating such a person, maintaining a surface politeness has no disadvantages."

"Uncle Lou is a Ninth-Rank martial artist, why do you need to look at his face."

"But I also have no need to make an enemy of him, don't you think. I am not a hedgehog, stabbing people everywhere and making enemies everywhere."

Chen Guanlou sneered.

The world misunderstood him!

They really thought he was a rock in a latrine, smelly and hard, making grudges everywhere.

It could be called absurd!

He had a very good eye for the situation, okay!

Tan Zhang didn't provoke him, it was just that their worldviews didn't match; it wasn't worth shouting and killing. It is as the saying goes, seek common ground while reserving differences, and get along well with each other.

The path of officialdom is inherently full of dangers; playing tricks and using conspiracies is truly normal. As long as they didn't fall into his hands and didn't use him, why should he criticize?

He wasn't a moral gentleman and wasn't responsible for moral judgment.

Li Yanmo couldn't be released, and was seeking death in the prison cell, not eating or drinking for several days in a row.

Chen Quan was worried about a loss of life and reported the situation.

Chen Guanlou went down to the A-grade prison to visit Li Yanmo.

"You are at least an Imperial Uncle; is a small setback worth it?"

"Company Commander Chen, don't stand there and talk without feeling the waist pain. If I could walk out of the prison door today, I could also say that a small setback is not worth it. A real man can suffer a little. But it's not working! Everyone else left prison, but I didn't. What does this mean, don't you know?"

Li Yanmo was angry, anxious, uneasy, and thought about many, many things. He even associated it with Xiao Changsheng's death. Could it be that he would follow Xiao Changsheng's path, die in the prison cell, and in the same cell at that; it was really unlucky!

"You won't necessarily die."

"But I won't necessarily live!" Li Yanmo walked back and forth in the prison cell, his expression sometimes gloomy, sometimes crazy.

Chen Guanlou clicked his tongue in wonder; another one went crazy.

Sitting in prison really puts immense pressure on people. Especially when everyone who entered prison at the same time left, and only oneself remained locked in the prison cell, the pressure could crush a person alive.

"You haven't died yet, but you worry about the problem of death every day; it's purely redundant. If you have this energy, why not find your parents and let them think of a way. You are the eldest son of the family and have to inherit the family business; they can't ignore you. Unless you aren't your parents' biological child."

"Of course I am biological. Whose family would let a child who isn't biological occupy the identity of the eldest son." Li Yanmo scolded angrily.

The legitimate eldest, the legitimate eldest; there is an order of seniority.

The identity of the eldest son is quite important, sometimes comparable to the legitimate son. He could even wrestle with the legitimate son.

He was not only the eldest son, but also the legitimate son, one hundred percent biological.

No family would let a child without a blood relationship occupy the identity of the legitimate eldest son. This involves ritual and law!

"Since you are biological, what are you afraid of? Could it be that your parents would ignore your life or death?"

Chen Guanlou disliked the other party's redundant worrying.

As long as he was still the legitimate eldest of the Li family for one day, the Li family couldn't possibly abandon him.

Li Yanmo was silent for a moment, "Company Commander Chen, tell me the truth, did something happen outside, did something happen to my Li family? Did something happen to Imperial Consort Consort?"

"I haven't heard that something happened, don't overthink it."

Chen Guanlou didn't fool the other party; he really hadn't heard news in this regard.

It was just that Tan Zhang said it casually, and it hadn't been verified yet.

"Imperial Consort Li has quite a bit of talent, are you still not at ease with her?" Chen Guanlou teased.

Li Yanmo closed his eyes, and had a bad premonition in his heart, "Things in the palace, who can say for sure. The ladies in the harem, which one doesn't have a body full of talent. His Majesty has long since been dazzled."

He also came from a wealthy family and knew too well the virtue of men: fickle, forgetting old love for new joy. The Emperor would only be crazier.

He didn't dare to be optimistic.

Not being able to leave prison on time already revealed a strong signal that the Li family's current situation was not very good.

He was very dejected!

"Company Commander Chen, can you help me?"

"Can't help!" Chen Guanlou refused decisively.

"I have money!"

"If you have money, eat and drink well. Sitting in prison is no big deal; as long as the money is enough, no one in the prison cell will mistreat you. It's nothing more than having no freedom, at least the person is safe."

Chen Guanlou comforted the other party with two sentences, hoping the other party could think it through.

"If you fish me out, I will give you ten thousand taels." Li Yanmo gritted his teeth and directly offered a price.

Chen Guanlou shook his head and refused, "I am surnamed Chen, you are surnamed Li; you asking me to fish you out is inappropriate. I haven't mistreated you, haven't given you small shoes to wear; that is already my fairness and integrity, keeping public and private matters separate. You asking me to fish you out, that is impossible! You aren't worthy of me giving up my principles."

Li Yanmo was furious, "If the Imperial Consort falls into trouble, the Li family and the Chen family will no longer be in an antagonistic relationship."

Chen Guanlou smiled with a mysterious expression, "Things in the palace, who can say for sure. Until the end, no one can guarantee that they are the big winner. You, hurry up and put away your thoughts, don't place your hope on me. It is impossible for me to fish you out."

He wasn't short of money and didn't bother to earn Imperial Uncle Li's money. ===== CHAPTER 1700 =====