Chapter 235: The Old Emperor's Sinister Intentions

Investigating the insider could not be done with great fanfare; it had to be done quietly, and it could not alarm the people above.

Chen Guanlou urged Xiao Jin to keep it a secret, and only the two of them should know about this matter.

Xiao Jin scratched his head. "Really want to investigate?"

"If you have any thoughts, just say them."

Xiao Jin deliberated for a while and said quietly, "Chen Tou, I have a slightly one-sided view. This Heavenly Prison is like a sieve."

Hm?

Chen Guanlou looked back at him.

Xiao Jin bit the bullet and continued, "Chen Tou also knows what kind of virtue this bunch of prison guards has; ten out of nine are rotten gamblers, earning a lot and spending a lot, and spending their days in the eyes of money. If someone outside spends money to ask for help, I estimate no one will refuse. Similar requests happen year after year, every single day. It's impossible to know who received money outside and what they did after receiving the money."

"What exactly do you want to say?"

"My meaning is, this matter cannot be investigated, because everyone's butt is not clean." Xiao Jin said a truth; there was no prison guard in the Heavenly Prison who was clean.

Chen Guanlou himself was not clean either; he didn't receive money outside, but he killed people outside, which was even more serious than receiving money to handle matters.

Xiao Jin said again, "However, everyone knows the rules and bottom line of the Heavenly Prison, and no one wants to smash their rice bowl. Receiving money to handle matters is unavoidable, but I am sure no one would knowingly help with a jailbreak."

Chen Guanlou sneered. "You said one sentence right; the Heavenly Prison has long become a sieve, with all kinds of people. Although everyone is a rotten gambler, there are differences between gamblers and gamblers. Some are true gamblers, and some are fake gamblers. Forget it, don't investigate."

This was not his business to begin with, and he didn't need to take it upon himself.

It was just that when he thought that cult rebels might be hiding among the prison guards, he felt uncomfortable all over. He was afraid that one day, the cult rebels would go crazy and put poison in the food and water. Investigating the insider was mainly to prevent this.

He wasn't afraid of being poisoned; he had the Longevity Dao Fruit, and as long as he had one breath left, he could be saved. Pan Niangzi's poison couldn't poison him to death, and the cult rebels' poison definitely couldn't poison him to death either.

One Liu Daowen, one Zhang Daohe.

One possibly faked death to escape, one successfully broke out of prison.

These two cases, without the help of an insider, couldn't have been handled so smoothly. It could only be said that this bunch of prison guards in the Heavenly Prison all had a heart with seven apertures and exquisite hearts, and everyone had secrets that couldn't be seen in the light. Who was behind them, whose money they received, and who they were working for—just as Xiao Jin said, this matter couldn't be investigated.

The Heavenly Prison was a sieve, and the people above definitely knew it too. Since the people above didn't ask and didn't investigate the insider, he didn't need to create extra trouble.

He asked Xiao Jin the last question, "Everyone is not short of money to spend recently, right?"

Xiao Jin was stunned, not understanding why.

Chen Guanlou smiled and left on his own.

The two jailbreaks, because the movement in the Imperial Prison was too big, covered up the Heavenly Prison. By dawn, someone from the Ministry of Justice came to check, and then left in a hurry. It seemed the Ministry of Justice didn't intend to delve into the jailbreak case, but to concentrate firepower to deal with the Embroidered Uniform Guard next door.

The Imperial Prison had five cult rebels broken out, all of whom were famous and important figures. This case was too shocking; after all, the last time the Imperial Prison had a jailbreak case was fifty years ago, during the late years of the late Emperor.

The sky was poked through!

After the old Emperor learned the news, he called the heads of several special agencies and law enforcement agencies into the palace for the first time.

"Investigate! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must investigate it!"

"Dongzhou is the cult rebel base camp; I allow you to act according to circumstances and suppress them severely. Those who can be killed or not killed, kill them all. You must cut the weeds and dig up the roots! Anyone involved with cult rebels, regardless of status or identity, will be handled according to the law. If local officials are involved, they must be handled severely, without any leniency. I absolutely do not allow anyone to commit such a big case under my nose and still be able to retreat unscathed. If you can't catch the people, bring your heads to see me."

The old Emperor was truly furious.

Last night's jailbreak reminded him of the late Emperor, reminded him of the various things that happened in the late years of the late Emperor, making him shudder. It made him suddenly realize that the current situation was so similar to the late years of the late Emperor.

He was irritable and angry inside, with nowhere to vent!

Impossible!

He was not the late Emperor!

The late Emperor was muddled and incompetent, while he was so wise and martial. Everyone said that a sage monarch was in power, and the present was a prosperous age. How could that old muddled monarch compare to him?

Mere cult rebels, they would be turned to ashes in a flick of a finger.

He immediately ordered Qiu Defu, "Call Jiang Tu over."

Qiu Defu hesitated, and the old Emperor was irritable. "Why don't you hurry up and go."

Qiu Defu couldn't help it and could only send someone to invite Jiang Tu into the palace.

Jiang Tu rushed to the Taiji Palace to see the Emperor.

At this moment, the old Emperor's anger had already extinguished by half, but the killing intent in his heart was overflowing. The calmer and more restrained he was, the more he wanted to kill.

Jiang Tu met the old Emperor's gaze and was so frightened that he shivered all over. He thought the old Emperor had killing intent towards him, so he trembled all over and knelt on the ground to kowtow and beg for forgiveness.

The old Emperor glanced at him with disgust. "Enough, stop howling. Calling you here is to order you to do things, not to take your life."

So he didn't want his life!

Jiang Tu felt relieved, but there was still snot and tears on his face, and the old Emperor was even more disgusted, telling him to clean himself up before coming in.

Jiang Tu received the order, and while cleaning up, he finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter from the little eunuchs, and he had some confidence in his heart.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard handled matters unfavorably; was the old Emperor intending to let him supervise the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Oh my, this task, he was Vice Minister of Works, would supervising the Embroidered Uniform Guard be inappropriate?

Or, was the old Emperor planning to establish a new government office to balance the Embroidered Uniform Guard?

Thinking left and right, he couldn't figure it out, so he could only honestly return to the Taiji Palace to listen to the orders.

"Come closer." The old Emperor beckoned.

Jiang Tu stepped forward quickly, appearing very active. "What are His Majesty's orders?"

The old Emperor narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then opened his mouth to speak. "I heard that Dongzhou is rich in products, with many strange stones and fruits. You send people to collect more to enrich the gardens."

Hm?

Just this matter?

Jiang Tu secretly observed the old Emperor's expression, which still made his heart tremble, full of killing intent.

"Do you understand?"

The old Emperor asked him.

Jiang Tu hadn't figured out the old Emperor's true intention, but he said, "This subject understands. This subject will definitely collect more strange flowers and exotic grasses, strange stones and fruits, and send them to the capital to enrich the gardens."

"Very good! Go!"

Jiang Tu bowed and retreated with some doubts; he didn't dare to ask and could only ponder deeply by himself.

Exiting the main hall and standing in the corridor, his expression was solemn.

Qiu Defu suddenly appeared beside him. "Can Vice Minister Jiang understand His Majesty's intention?"

Jiang Tu was surprised that Qiu Defu would take the initiative to explain it to him. However, he couldn't care about so much now, so he hurriedly asked for advice. "I ask Eunuch Qiu to speak clearly."

Qiu Defu held the whisk and smiled slightly. The smile suddenly retracted, and his expression became extremely serious.

"Does Vice Minister Jiang know that the Imperial Prison was attacked by cult rebels last night?" ===== CHAPTER 236 =====