Chapter 507: Seeking death wholeheartedly

Chen Guanlou sat back down, waiting for the other party to quote a price.

Sun Daoning personally poured him tea, "Drink a cup of tea first to extinguish the fire. Jiang Tu's money is easy to earn, but also not easy to earn. You want to earn his money and run errands for him, which is understandable. However, things in the officialdom are not entirely gray; sometimes it is black and white, either you die or I live. If it were someone else, I would have helped. But Jiang Tu is not! He must die!"

"Whether he dies or not has nothing to do with me."

"This official thought you were blaming me for cutting off your fortune." Sun Daoning said so.

Chen Guanlou smiled and lowered his head, laughing at the other party for looking down on himself, laughing at himself for being inevitably self-righteous, and taking himself too seriously.

"This money can be earned or not. I don't need to flatter and send gifts, I have enough money to spend."

"That's true. Earning money alone, without worrying about being exploited and bullied by the government, the Heavenly Prison is indeed a good job. I can't do it; in the officialdom, most of the time I am involuntary. You have to understand my difficulties."

Sun Daoning spoke heart-to-heart with him, trying to move him with emotion. He delusionally hoped to touch him with true feelings.

Chen Guanlou nodded, which was considered a response.

Although it was not as expected, it was considered a response, and Sun Daoning was not disappointed. For capable people, he would always be extra tolerant.

"For the matter of searching for the Grand Tutor, you must hurry. If this matter is handled well, I will record a great merit for you. I can see that His Majesty has true feelings for the Grand Tutor and is sincerely wanting to find the Grand Tutor's whereabouts."

"Since His Majesty is sincerely looking for the Grand Tutor, why not start with the people beside the late Emperor? Can't those eunuchs and palace maids who served beside the late Emperor dig out any news?"

Sun Daoning frowned and said: "Things in the palace, this official also doesn't know. This kind of thing is very sensitive; perhaps the late Emperor arranged for others to do it."

"Is it certain that the late Emperor sent someone to kidnap the Grand Tutor?"

"It should be." For a moment, Sun Daoning didn't dare to say for sure.

Chen Guanlou sneered, "This matter is not easy to handle; there isn't even a certain suspect, and you want me to find someone. This matter should be handled by the Six Fan Sect or the Embroidered Uniform Guard. They are professionals with connections. I am just a prison guard who watches prisoners, and I know nothing about searching for people."

"I already said, this matter cannot alarm the Embroidered Uniform Guard or the Six Fan Sect; you try to find it first. If you can find it, that's best; if you can't, then we'll see."

"What about money?"

In the end, it was still about money.

If you don't talk about money, you will hurt feelings.

Sun Daoning gestured with his fingers, "20%, no more."

Chen Guanlou laughed, "Master Sun, are you sending away a beggar?"

"Which beggar on the street has the qualification to take 20% from Jiang Tu's family property? The beggar is too rich. Prison Clerk Chen, we can't just think about ourselves when doing things; we must consider the whole picture."

Chen Guanlou didn't make a sound; he didn't have to earn this money.

Sun Daoning frowned secretly when he saw his attitude of not being moved by oil or salt, "30%, no more. This is already the limit of this official's ability. You can't be too greedy."

Chen Guanlou nodded, recognizing this number. He understood the principle of stopping when it was enough and didn't continue to force Sun Daoning.

"You have so many people under your hand, why do you have to let a non-professional like me search for the Grand Tutor?"

"If something happens, you can protect yourself, just because you are a member of the Chen family. Others don't have this amulet; once something happens, they will lose their heads. The people under my hand who can be used, one less for every one that dies. You also have to understand my difficulties."

Sun Daoning's words were quite sincere.

Over the years, Chen Guanlou had been smooth sailing most of the time, without anyone with open eyes looking for trouble, thanks to his surname Chen. Anyone with a brain would try to avoid conflict with the capital's native big clan, not to mention that Chen Guanlou also had an official status.

If it were someone with an ordinary status, perhaps they would have been plotted against by others at the very beginning.

Jiang Tu's commission was not handled, and he even learned in advance the ending that the other party must die. Fortunately, it was made clear from the beginning that this matter only included delivery, not success. He did deliver the petition to Sun Daoning's hands; as for the whereabouts of the petition, it was not his concern.

He returned to the Heavenly Prison and told Jiang Tu truthfully.

"Above wants you to die, you think carefully about what wishes you haven't fulfilled, and finish them quickly. Later, people from the Ministry of Justice will come to take over you, and I am also very busy."

Jiang Tu was instantly drained of his energy, his body soft like a noodle, and he collapsed in front of the cell door.

"Must I die to end it?" His lips were pale and bloodless; he was really scared.

Chen Guanlou nodded and told the other party affirmatively, "You have offended too many people, and there is no hope of turning around. Moreover, the new Emperor ascended the throne and needs to give the world an explanation. And you are the best target. The new Emperor cannot bet his reputation to protect you; you are not that valuable."

"But I can help His Majesty earn money." Jiang Tu argued weakly.

"There are many people who can help His Majesty earn money; without Butcher Zhang, does everyone have to eat hairy pigs? This world can do without anyone."

Chen Guanlou used the most flat and calm tone to tear apart all of Jiang Tu's fantasies. He hoped the other party could understand the implication, cooperate well, and perhaps suffer less.

Jiang Tu cried, "Prison Clerk Chen, can you help me one more time."

"What do you want to do?"

"Let me die! I can't fall into the hands of those people. I will be worse than dead. Rather than dying from humiliation, I might as well end myself in advance." Jiang Tu suddenly became ruthless; a person who was so afraid of death roared with all his strength that it was better to end himself in advance.

It can be seen that he knew the means of torturing people in the officialdom, and was familiar with them. That's why he felt fear. He would rather end himself than fall into the hands of others.

Chen Guanlou was expressionless, "The Heavenly Prison doesn't provide suicide packages."

"Prison Clerk Chen, help me, I definitely can't take it. It will really be worse than dead. I will give you money, I have a lot of money..."

Chen Guanlou didn't listen or ask, and turned to leave.

He also reminded Xiao Jin, "Watch Jiang Tu, be on guard against him seeking death."

Xiao Jin was very surprised, "Will he seek death?"

"People will change. In short, watch him, don't let people catch the handle, and then it will be a pile of documents to deal with. It's very troublesome."

"The little one understands."

Medical Official Mu leaned over, took a porcelain bottle out of the medicine box and handed it to Chen Guanlou, "Chronic poison, drink a little every day, and you will definitely die after ten days; even the gods can't save you."

"I'm not seeking death, why are you giving it to me." His eyes were very disgusted, but he didn't return the poison bottle.

Medical Official Mu laughed, "I've heard everything. Jiang Tu wants to seek death and asked you for help; this definitely doesn't meet the rules. I think that guy Jiang Tu definitely doesn't have the courage to hit the wall and die himself, and if he doesn't die, he will suffer in vain. This favor is recorded on your head, don't forget to share a portion when you get the money."

Chen Guanlou laughed, "I won't do this. I'm very busy, where do I have time to manage Jiang Tu's life and death."

"Whether you manage his life and death doesn't matter, just remember to owe me a favor." ===== CHAPTER 508 =====