Chapter 278: Secret Agents Are Everywhere

Two days later, Chen Guanlou officially announced the promotion of Seeing Xiao Jin to squad leader.

This decision was within expectations and didn't exceed everyone's guesses.

Once this news was announced, all the prison guards ran to Seeing Xiao Jin to congratulate him.

Seeing Xiao Jin grinned, his face almost laughing until it broke, and promised to treat everyone in two days.

Immediately after, Chen Guanlou announced a second personnel appointment, promoting Qian Fugui to be the accountant, specifically responsible for the accounts of the Jia-character prison.

Not to mention the prison guards, even Qian Fugui himself was stunned, dizzy, and never expected such an unexpected surprise; happiness came so suddenly.

Seeing Xiao Jin was promoted to squad leader, and he just thought he had no hope, and was feeling disheartened. He even seriously considered whether to change shifts; he didn't want to work under Seeing Xiao Jin, it was too awkward. He couldn't control what others thought, but he couldn't accept it himself anyway. He believed Seeing Xiao Jin had the same idea; if he were the squad leader, Seeing Xiao Jin would certainly change shifts.

He never expected that things would take a turn for the better, and Boss Chen actually transferred him to be the accountant.

A fat face, shaking with excitement, and he burst into tears.

Prison guards:...

He must have been stupid with happiness!

Cry, cry, after crying, it's time to treat everyone to a meal.

The most disappointed people were Chen Quan and Liu She.

Chen Guanlou called Seeing Xiao Jin and Qian Fugui to the office to talk. Now that he had been promoted to Prison Clerk, he was also qualified to work in the office and had his own desk, without needing to huddle in the gloomy duty room.

"Seeing Xiao Jin, you handle things steadily, and your brain is sharp; I am at ease with you as squad leader. Leave those imprisoned officials to you to manage; do a good job, don't let others compare you."

"Don't worry, Boss; I certainly won't lose face for you." Seeing Xiao Jin looked high-spirited, and his entire mental outlook was completely different. He used to be an old hand who slacked off every day, thinking that less trouble was better than more. Now that he was a squad leader, a sense of responsibility suddenly arose, and he was spirited, looking much more pleasing to the eye.

Work is the best aphrodisiac for men; this saying is not false!

Chen Guanlou said to Qian Fugui again: "Qian Fugui, I let you be the accountant because I value your ability to write and calculate. I hope you can do this job well and don't create messy accounts, bad accounts, or accounts that don't match reality. In addition, read more books when you have time. To be an accountant, you must not only be able to write and calculate but also understand articles and the superior's intentions."

"I... I... Boss, don't worry; I will go to the bookstore to buy books tomorrow, no, today." Qian Fugui expressed his loyalty and ambition with an excited mood.

Chen Guanlou hummed. "I have high hopes for you two, and I hope neither of you will fail my trust. This place, the Heavenly Prison, is ultimately a place to eat public food. Since it is eating public food, try to keep to the public rules and don't get entangled with people outside.

I can't manage the prison guards below, and I'm too lazy to manage them. But for you two, I hope you can control your hands and feet and don't get entangled and cause trouble.

Those imprisoned officials, on the surface, seem to have grievances, but who they are involved with behind their backs and how many risks are hidden, we can't figure out at all. I don't want anyone to lose their life because of greed. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

"Alright, dismissed."

"Boss..." Seeing Xiao Jin hesitated. "Chen Quan and Liu She, how should they be arranged?" He asked boldly.

Qian Fugui was curious; he didn't expect Seeing Xiao Jin to be a person with a conscience who would care about old partners.

He stood at the door without moving, also wanting to hear Boss Chen's arrangement.

Chen Guanlou was silent for a moment. "You take them first. Later, I will see if I can find them a decent job. You help me open their minds; don't get into a dead end, don't let your imagination run wild."

"I know. Don't worry, Boss; I will certainly comfort them." Seeing Xiao Jin felt relieved, as if he had eaten a reassurance pill.

After dismissing the two subordinates, Chen Guanlou rubbed his brows. He had actually considered whether to transfer Lu Datou over. Later, after deep thought, he gave up this idea. It was most appropriate for the two of them to be friends.

His clan uncle learned that he had been promoted to Prison Clerk and wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate for him. Chen Guanlou explicitly refused.

He knew very well that his uncle wanted to plead for Chen Guanxin, wanting Chen Guanxin to return to the Heavenly Prison, preferably replacing Seeing Xiao Jin as a squad leader.

Chen Guanxin had been working in the Heavenly Prison for the past few years, following behind him, and had saved a lot of money. He bought a small one-entry courtyard house, and his parents added some money for him to open a shop specializing in miscellaneous goods from the north and south.

The shop business was very average, far from being comparable to the income in the Heavenly Prison, and not as comfortable as in the Heavenly Prison.

Although the reputation of a Heavenly Prison guard was not good, as long as you didn't care about that so-called lowly reputation, life was very comfortable. When walking out, the common people had to respect you by three points.

No matter how rotten a prison guard is, they are still public people; if you really want to find trouble, you certainly have a way. Not to mention anything else, prison guards are very familiar with the yamen runners in the yamen, and it's not a problem to ask the yamen runners to make things difficult for a few small merchants. By the same token, it's not a problem to ask the yamen runners to take care of a few small merchants.

Chen Guanxin had lost this skin of a prison guard and instantly lost half of his confidence. He couldn't climb up to the yamen runners, so he could only pull on the skin of the Hou Fu.

This skin of the Hou Fu was useful, but it didn't bring in income!

He was also of a jumping temperament; letting him stay in the shop every day, sitting for seven or eight hours, he couldn't stand it.

He even missed the life in the Heavenly Prison. Obviously, he didn't dare to use his real name to work in the Heavenly Prison.

Chen Guanlou refused the banquet, and he became more and more discouraged.

Who could have thought that in the blink of an eye, the other party had been promoted to Prison Clerk and was also in charge of the Jia-character prison. In the two years he had been in the Heavenly Prison, he had long figured out that the Jia-character prison was the god of wealth of the Heavenly Prison. More than half of the Heavenly Prison's income came from the Jia-character prison.

As the managing Prison Clerk of the Jia-character prison, the annual income, tsk... he was so excited that his whole body trembled.

Why did he miss it?

He visited several times, wanting to beg for Chen Guanlou's forgiveness, but missed him every time.

Chen Guanlou had just been promoted and was busy with socializing every day; either he was treating others, or others were treating him. He found that since he was promoted to Prison Clerk, his socializing had increased more than tenfold. It was as if he were a fragrant bun, and everyone wanted to get close to him.

That home became a hotel, used only for sleeping every day. As soon as the sky brightened, he had to be busy all day. He couldn't return home until the moon was asleep.

Several times, he encountered curfew patrols, and fortunately, his identity in the Heavenly Prison saved him from many troubles.

Once, he even encountered Xiao Jincheng.

He never expected that such a small person as him would enter the other party's eyes, and the other party would even remember him.

"You seem to like drinking flower wine? Don't you know about the recent curfew?"

"I know, I know. I guarantee I won't dare to do it next time." Chen Guanlou put on a posture and was very cooperative.

Xiao Jincheng rode a fine horse and looked down at him from above. "I heard you were promoted?"

Chen Guanlou:...

Mom, such a small person as him, such a small matter, could actually reach Xiao Jincheng's ears. Or was it that the Embroidered Uniform Guard was everywhere, and even the Heavenly Prison had spies planted? ===== CHAPTER 279 =====