Chapter 18: Entrust him with a task

Chen Guanlou stopped going to Su Shi's house and turned to the private school of the Marquis Pingjiang's mansion, settling Du Shi of the private school with a round of wine and meat. He continued to maintain the frequency of going to consult once every three to five days.

Relying on this method, he gradually understood the meaning of the first chapter of the "Sheng Tian Lu" and began to try practicing the "Sheng Tian Lu." The hardship in it was beyond words.

Fortunately, with the Longevity Dao Fruit to offset the damage to his body, he was able to persist.

Work in the Heavenly Prison proceeded in an orderly manner.

Fan Yucheng was worthy of having been a private secretary; his methods of handling affairs were extremely seasoned. Without a sound, he beat down a group of prison clerks and soothed the emotions of the prison clerks, making people feel awe.

Afterwards, Fan Yucheng personally acted as the host and invited everyone to Guanmei Tower for wine.

With the big stick and the red dates, he coaxed everyone in the Heavenly Prison until they were dizzy and convinced.

Lu Datou nagged to Chen Guanlou in private, "Fan Yucheng has more methods than Jiang Yucheng. Although Jiang Yucheng died unjustly, it cannot be said he was completely innocent."

Chen Guanlou took a sip of wine and probed, "Jiang Yucheng drank and fell into the river and drowned; this method is a bit clumsy."

"Work done by a few greenhorns, inevitably rough."

Oh my, listening to this tone, Lu Datou seemed to know some inside information.

Chen Guanlou wanted to continue fishing for words, but didn't expect Lu Datou to take the initiative to change the subject, as if he himself realized he had spoken out of turn after drinking and said something he shouldn't have.

Chen Guanlou could only secretly say it was a pity. He still wanted to inquire about which immortal fighting above had affected the prison clerks of the Heavenly Prison. That night was extremely dangerous; he almost lost his life too.

Recently, the Heavenly Prison was very lively; dozens of people were locked in at once, and the cells were full.

The reason was that a gang took money to eliminate disasters for others, followed orders to fight in a group, and caused deaths.

Logically speaking, ordinary civil lawsuits, even if they caused deaths, were not qualified to be locked in the Heavenly Prison. The cells of the county government were not that tight.

However, this is the capital. If a brick falls down and hits ten people, five of them are likely to be distant relatives of some powerful family.

The capital has nothing else, but there are exceptionally many distant powerful relatives. Maybe even the pork butcher on the street has a distant powerful relative seven or eight turns away.

Both sides of the group fight had people behind them. Once poked to the top, the heads of the Six Shanmen became big. Forget it, lock them all in the Heavenly Prison and choose a date to try the case.

Chen Guanlou never expected that, after seven turns and eight turns, this case could still involve him.

This day after work, just as he walked out of the yamen, a delicate girl walked towards him. It was Xiujuan, the little maid of Liu Guanshi's family.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Why did you come?"

Both of them spoke at the same time.

Xiujuan pursed her lips and smiled, "Little Brother Chen, my Master invites you to the mansion for wine. I went to your house to deliver the post before, but unfortunately, you weren't there. I had no choice but to wait outside the Heavenly Prison to respectfully await your arrival. It's such hot weather, and you don't even invite me to drink a sip of water."

Chen Guanlou hurriedly invited her to the tea shop next door and treated her to a bowl of tea.

"You mean Liu Guanshi invites me for wine?"

"Yes!"

"This... how could Liu Guanshi invite me for wine?" Chen Guanlou was very puzzled; he hadn't met Liu Guanshi once until now, and he had nothing worth remembering, so how could Liu Guanshi invite him for wine.

"Why can't he invite you for wine? If you have any questions, just ask my Master face to face when you see him. It's getting late, and my Master is waiting in the mansion. Hurry and follow me."

Chen Guanlou thought for a while; Liu Guanshi had helped him a lot, although this matter was just a word for the other party. But he must accept this favor.

Regardless of what kind of trick this wine had, he had to go once.

Arriving at the Liu residence again, everything was the same as before, but his state of mind was completely different.

On the way here, he specially prepared a generous gift to thank Liu Guanshi for his generous help that day.

After turning around for a few months, he finally saw the famous Liu Guanshi, a middle-aged man, slightly fat, giving people a very kind feeling, with a face always smiling. However, a pair of eyes were exceptionally sharp, as if hiding swords, frost, and snow, ready to kill at any time and stab people through.

Chen Guanlou carefully responded and stepped forward to salute.

"Little Lou is here, come over and sit, don't be so polite. You came twice before, but I wasn't at home and missed you. Today, you must accompany me for a good drink."

"Thanks to Liu Guanshi for looking up to me and helping me a lot; I toast you a cup, and I'll finish it first."

Chen Guanlou didn't talk nonsense; just drinking big mouthfuls of wine was right.

Liu Guanshi saw it in his eyes and was very satisfied.

"Little Lou is really not bad, come come come, fill the wine glass."

A moment later, Liu Wan Shi, wearing a water-green dress, came to the table prettily. Chen Guanlou fixed his eyes and saw his heartbeat speed up by two beats, hurriedly restraining his gaze, not daring to look more.

Liu Wan Shi pursed her lips and smiled, sitting close to Liu Guanshi, "Little Lou is here, still as polite as before."

She poured wine with her slender hands, her tender, white, and smooth fingers, just like silk threads, wrapping around a man's heart.

"Master, what did I say at the beginning? I said Little Brother Chen is a rare person in the Chen family who understands progress, right?"

"Hahaha... my wife's judgment is naturally not wrong."

The couple flirted without anyone else around; Chen Guanlou watched his nose and heart, drinking plain wine, with a focused mind.

It seemed the play was over; Liu Wan Shi left gracefully, leaving behind a burst of fragrance, which smelled quite good.

Liu Guanshi personally poured wine for Chen Guanlou and finally talked about the main business.

"Calling you over today is actually for one thing. Recently, a batch of people were locked in the Heavenly Prison; you take care of them for me, don't let those old oil-slickers in the Heavenly Prison trample on people. You tell them, I have enough silver, don't ask for bribes from the people in the prison. They are all acting on orders."

"Does Guanshi refer to the two groups of people recently locked in the Heavenly Prison because of the group fight?" Chen Guanlou's drinking capacity was not bad, trained in his previous life, and his physique in this life was equally capable of drinking a thousand cups without getting drunk. After a dozen cups of wine, he didn't have any drunkenness at all. Hearing the matter Liu Guanshi entrusted, he immediately sobered up. This matter could be big or small, and he must figure out the ins and outs, not daring to agree indiscriminately.

Liu Guanshi snorted coldly, "No need to pay attention to that group of gang members; use whatever methods you have in the Heavenly Prison to greet that group of gang members. If you greet them well, I have extra silver. Take good care of those manor guards for me, and there will be no shortage of benefits for you afterwards."

This?

Chen Guanlou took a sip of wine, "I dare to ask, I am just a small prison clerk, with neither connections nor power background in the Heavenly Prison, how could Liu Guanshi think of me? Also, how could the Marquis mansion be involved with these manor guards who fought in a group?"

Liu Guanshi patted his shoulder and laughed, "Just now, if you had agreed fully, I wouldn't have dared to entrust the matter to you. To tell you the truth, I will take care of the people above the Heavenly Prison. However, you are in the Heavenly Prison, so you know better than me. As the saying goes, it's easy to see the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little ghosts. You prison clerks, tsk, for now, I only trust you. You help me take care of those people; just say a word if you need money, and I definitely won't let you work in vain. As for why the Marquis mansion is involved, do you understand the reason why the two groups fought?" ===== CHAPTER 19 =====