Chapter 269: Establishing a persona of being greedy for money

Seeing Qi Wuxiu was quite poor, relative to Chen Guanlou.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard wasn't full of millionaires; doing a single order, with so many people sharing the profit, there wasn't much money left in one's hands. Plus, the officials had to take the big share. Added to the human relationship exchanges, the expenses were high, and basically, he couldn't save any money.

Tomorrow, he wanted to be promoted and send gifts to walk the human relationship, and he still had to ask his family for money. Relying on himself to save money to send gifts and walk the human relationship, he didn't know what year or month it would be before he could gather it.

When he learned that there was an income of one thousand taels, he was instantly moved. That gang of Embroidered Uniform Guards who cleaned up the Meng brothers were actually also collecting money to do things.

Both are collecting money to do things, biting each other—it doesn't matter.

Turning around, he hesitated again. "I can't handle this matter alone. One thousand taels, shared down, the amount falling into everyone's hands isn't much. I'm afraid it's not easy to handle."

"I didn't ask you to kill them, and I didn't ask you to cripple them. The fourth son of Zhao climbed onto Jiang Tu; this is a betrayal of the Marquis's Mansion. When he first started his official career, he relied on the Marquis's Mansion. You just need to find trouble for him. The fourth son of Zhao acts so roughly that he must have many enemies in the officialdom. The Embroidered Uniform Guard comes to find trouble; you don't even need to do anything, his enemies will smell the scent and start taking action."

"You want to make him lose his official position? This matter is probably not easy. Jiang Tu, through the fourth son of Zhao, finally reached out to the military camp—how could he easily let go?"

Chen Guanlou chuckled. "Jiang Tu giving up on the fourth son of Zhao is best. If he doesn't give up, it's also fine; it doesn't delay things."

Seeing Qi Wuxiu was first confused, then suddenly realized. "Tell me the truth, is the Marquis's Mansion asking you to mess with the fourth son of Zhao? On the surface, it's messing with the fourth son of Zhao, but in reality, it's pointing the sword at Jiang Tu? Why, the nobles finally can't sit still and want to move against Jiang Tu?"

Chen Guanlou's mouth twitched, feeling emotional in his heart—they really know how to imagine!

He said vaguely, "You can think so if you want."

"Not right." Seeing Qi Wuxiu denied his own guess on the spot. "Marquis Pingjiang is not in the capital; him moving against Jiang Tu at this time doesn't seem reasonable. You aren't fooling me, are you?"

Chen Guanlou chuckled. "You should think like this: you and I are the thread ends, and behind the thread ends are the public officials of the court. Jiang Tu is staining the military power—can they tolerate it? They can't. Is the old Emperor at ease? I guess he won't be at ease. You, this thread end, only need to move a little, and Jiang Tu's idea of trying to stain the military power will have to be aborted in the womb—you are a great hero."

Seeing Qi Wuxiu pointed at his own head. "Do you think I'm stupid?"

"Then do you want to make money or not?"

"Give a bit more. Without enough benefits, I have no way to convince the superior to file a case to investigate the fourth son of Zhao."

"You're stupid! The silver that the fourth son of Zhao has embezzled over the years is enough for you to eat until you're full. As for the reason for filing the case, that's even simpler. The fourth son of Zhao's hands have never been clean over the years. I'll give you an idea: start with his concubine's maiden brother, and I guarantee one investigation will be accurate. The fourth son of Zhao's butt isn't clean—that's a nail-biting fact. As long as it's verified, you can take the opportunity to make a big fortune."

Seeing Qi Wuxiu was clearly moved.

Small official, giant corruption—this sentence is very appropriate for the fourth son of Zhao. The fourth son of Zhao relied on the Marquis's Mansion's recommendation to enter the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and he didn't make less money. And he was responsible for the East City, where there were the most and richest merchants. Every merchant had to pay a share to the Military and Horse Division every month; just this one income made his purse bulge. Plus the filial piety of the three festivals and two birthdays, after a few years, it was definitely an astronomical figure.

This was just the income from normal channels. The income under the table was at least several times more.

All this money was in the hands of the concubine Hua Niang; the Zhao family and the fourth son of Zhao's wife, Meng Shi, didn't have a single cent.

"If the fourth son of Zhao is too rich, I'm worried the situation will lose control." Seeing Qi Wuxiu's subtext was that once the amount involved in the case was huge, the case would not be up to him, and the higher-ups would definitely interfere.

A case of a few thousand taels, compared to a case of tens of thousands or one hundred thousand taels, the treatment is definitely different.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, you will definitely have money in your pocket. I said, we are just thread ends; how the follow-up case develops, we won't interfere. If the fourth son of Zhao can escape, that's his ability. If he can't escape, that's his destined calamity."

Chen Guanlou lured him step by step, letting Seeing Qi Wuxiu put down his worries.

Seeing Qi Wuxiu is a good executor, but not a qualified planner. To be honest, he hadn't led any case, basically just acting on orders.

Therefore, he would hesitate and struggle. He worried that his ability was insufficient to handle this matter well. He also worried that if the matter became big, he wouldn't be able to clean up the mess.

Chen Guanlou kept giving him reassurance pills—this case didn't need him to come forward to clean up the mess. He only needed to stare at the fourth son of Zhao's brother-in-law; as for the follow-up, he didn't need to worry. With the Embroidered Uniform Guard's urine nature, they would definitely follow up the investigation; as long as they investigate, the fourth son of Zhao wouldn't be able to run.

Seeing Qi Wuxiu was persuaded. "Fine, I'll handle this matter. One thousand taels of silver, remember to hand it in in time. Without money, the brothers below won't have motivation."

"Understood. I'll give you the money in two days. The Meng family was rich in their ancestors' time, so they must have quite a bit of savings. At worst, sell the ancestral property."

"The Meng brothers, what will happen in the future?" Seeing Qi Wuxiu asked casually.

"Either die or live. I think their intention to die is very strong. No face to see people, can't bear the gossip, and brought shame to the family—better to die." Chen Guanlou said the truth. Don't look at the Meng brothers very fiercely expressing they want revenge, but the will to die is still there.

The two didn't even want to see their relatives, for fear that their relatives would see their current appearance. They would rather have the past high-spirited self remain in the hearts of their relatives to commemorate.

"Isn't it just no tongue and no root of life? Better to live than to die." Seeing Qi Wuxiu was very disdainful.

Chen Guanlou chuckled. "You say it easily. If it were you, if you had no root of life, would you have the face to live in the world? Even if you live, would you not care about the eyes and pointing of others?"

"I..." Seeing Qi Wuxiu flinched. Substituting himself, he definitely couldn't accept becoming a mute and a eunuch. Unless he changed his name and surname, left the capital, and ran to a mountain ditch where no one knew him to hide. But living like that, what's the point?

Imagine, the rest of his life can only squat to pee...

Just thinking of a beginning, he couldn't continue.

Seeing Qi Wuxiu rubbed his face. "I finally understand why you want to target the fourth son of Zhao; he really doesn't act like a human!"

"Don't! I'm not targeting anyone. I'm just collecting money to do things. The Heavenly Prison has its own situation; if the prisoner gives money, I will share the worries for the prisoner within my ability. Money and goods are cleared, and we owe each other nothing."

Chen Guanlou firmly denied it. Firmly establishing the persona of being greedy for money. He just loves money, he is just a petty person, he is just a prison guard collecting money to do things. Don't associate him with other aspects. ===== CHAPTER 270 =====