Chapter 374: Talking nonsense

"Can I ask what exactly is being transported, what goods, what people?"

Chen Guanlou asked tentatively.

The Head Manager looked at him with deep eyes, "You'd better not know. The more you know, the more disadvantageous it is for you."

"Is the matter really so serious that it needs to be in the name of the Heavenly Prison to transport the goods and people to the capital?"

To have him handle the task, he had to know the risks involved. He could not ask about the specific information of the goods and people, but he had to know why it was so difficult. Who was obstructing it? Was it the government? Was it an opponent? What kind of grudges were there?

In case of danger, he had to know where the danger came from so he could grasp the measure of drawing his sword. Don't wait until he killed everyone, and then suddenly someone said it couldn't be killed—that would be fatal.

The Head Manager seemed to be weighing how much secret to reveal to him, his brows drooping, looking thoughtful.

"Those fierce bandits in the Jianghu usually avoid government officials. Escorting prisoners in the Heavenly Prison is not easy to attract attention. With the Chu King's rebellion, the Crown Prince, as a deputy general, fought several rounds with the Chu King's army and captured many rebel generals. These rebel generals need to be escorted to the capital. It is very appropriate for your Heavenly Prison to be responsible for the escort. Incidentally, the Marquis's residence's caravan can follow behind you, and I think they can also arrive at the capital safely."

How did it get involved with the Chu King's rebellion again?

Clouded and foggy, always refusing to reveal the truth.

Chen Guanlou was also considering the oddities in this.

"You handle this trip well, and after it's done, there will definitely be no shortage of benefits for you. As for safety, there will be martial artists accompanying you to protect your safety."

"Must go?"

"I hope you go; this is also the Eldest Master's meaning."

Chen Guanlou was not surprised.

Such a big matter, clouded and foggy, must have been approved by the Eldest Master for the Head Manager to handle it like this. Otherwise, for mere goods, why would the Marquis's residence mobilize so much?

"Where do I go to escort the goods and people?"

"Suizhou Prefecture."

"Not Dangzhou Prefecture?" Chen Guanlou was surprised.

"Naturally not Dangzhou Prefecture. In Dangzhou, there were just some ordinary goods. Those people would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go; Liu Guanshi was destined to have this disaster in his life, sigh!"

Suizhou Prefecture was more than a thousand li away from the capital. Perhaps Liu Guanshi's original destination was Suizhou. In this way, the goods and people had not been moved, and Liu Guanshi's group was a diversion used to confuse the enemy. As it happened, they were killed.

He was even more curious.

But he also knew the Head Manager would never reveal the truth to him.

He accepted the task.

He hadn't exercised his muscles and bones for a long time, and he also wanted to go out and see the world. He wanted to peek at the secrets even more. As the saying goes, the stronger the strength, the greater the courage, and the stronger the curiosity.

Curiosity kills the cat—that's for people with low strength and ordinary people.

Below the Grandmaster level, he had the confidence to fight.

In this world, Grandmasters are so rare; which family doesn't treasure them!

Last time he encountered three Grandmasters in one night—that was absolutely rare in his life. He didn't believe the same thing would happen a second time.

Grandmasters aren't Chinese cabbage; they are nuclear weapons to deter enemies and won't be used easily. Only someone with the status of the Old Emperor could gather three Grandmasters in one night.

The Head Manager's efficiency was very fast. Two days later, the official document indeed arrived, asking the Heavenly Prison to arrange for people to go to Suizhou for official business and escort a batch of prisoners.

Lei Yucheng also naturally assigned this task to Chen Guanlou.

"I don't trust anyone else; only if you go can I be at ease. Sigh, I really don't know what they are thinking above. In the past, tasks of this kind were either handed over to local government officials or handled by the Six Shanmen. Why is it arranged for our Heavenly Prison this time? It makes no sense."

"My lord, no need to worry. Perhaps they value our Heavenly Prison and want to add a burden to us. If this task is handled well, perhaps the Heavenly Prison will be expanded. By then, your authority will be even greater than before; congratulations, congratulations!"

Chen Guanlou's auspicious words came out of his mouth, fooling people into a daze.

"Really?" Lei Yucheng was indeed pleasantly surprised, "Little Chen, did you get inside information? Is there really a plan to expand the Heavenly Prison above?"

"I don't know the specific situation. However, thinking about everything in a good way is always better than bad."

"That's right, that's right. Thinking about everything in a good way. The Heavenly Prison never goes on outside business; these dirty and tiring tasks are the work of yamen runners, but this time it's arranged for the Heavenly Prison to handle it. This move must have deep meaning. Perhaps they are dissatisfied with the Six Shanmen."

"My lord's words are reasonable; I admire you!"

Flattery was Chen Guanlou's skilled work; he could do it with his eyes closed. As long as he wasn't disgusted, it was others who were disgusted. As long as his money bag wasn't moved, everything else could be discussed.

After receiving the official document and gathering the men, Chen Guanlou planned to leave the next day.

He asked Xiao Jin to stay behind, "During the time I'm not in the capital, the Yi-sized prison will rely on you and Wu Bantou to cooperate and manage it well; don't cause trouble. Wu Bantou and Hong Tou, I have already warned them; I expect they won't dare to mess around. If they really want to mess around, don't conflict with them; go directly to Master Xiao Fan and let Master Xiao Fan handle it."

If he didn't mention Master Xiao Fan, everyone in the Yi-sized prison would have almost forgotten there was such a person.

Master Xiao Fan was a hands-off manager, and he was truly incomparably competent and incomparably comfortable. He said he wouldn't come to the Heavenly Prison, and he really didn't come. He used to come to the Heavenly Prison to take money, but now the money was sent to him.

Master Xiao Fan disliked the Heavenly Prison for being unlucky and having bad feng shui. A gloomy place where people died every three days—how good could the feng shui be? Even if the feng shui was good at first, with so many people dying, the good feng shui had turned into bad luck.

Master Xiao Fan had his own theory, busy with the restaurant business, and refused to touch the unlucky Heavenly Prison, fearing it would hinder his wealth.

It used to be that there was no way; the Yi-sized prison only had him as a managing prison clerk, and when there was something, he still had to show his face. Now that Chen Guanlou was also a managing prison clerk, he completely let go and firmly refused to be contaminated by any bad luck.

Xiao Jin expressed his loyalty and wanted to go on the business trip.

Chen Guanlou disliked him, "Don't add to the chaos. Your martial arts are not good; this trip is hard to guarantee there won't be any unexpected situations. By then, I'll have to be distracted to protect you, adding trouble."

Xiao Jin:...

He was negligent in martial arts practice and couldn't refute.

Chen Guanlou selected a dozen or so strong, young, obedient, and honest prison guards to go on the business trip with him.

The Heavenly Prison allocated five hundred taels of business trip silver, with more returned and less supplemented. This was the amount Chen Guanlou fought for. According to the rules, it was at most one hundred taels.

The Marquis's residence sent him one thousand taels of business trip fees, with more not returned and less supplemented. They also said there would be a heavy reward after it was done.

Leaving the next day, there was only one afternoon and one night left.

Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, something happened.

Liu Xianghe was thrown back by the Six Shanmen. ===== CHAPTER 375 =====