Chapter 514: Your Apprentice Is a Little Pervert

Returning home, he spent a few coins to call two older women to clean, and they did it quickly and well. He decided that from now on, the cleaning at home would be contracted out to them. It provided employment and freed his own hands.

Afterward, he had the snack shop at the end of the alley prepare a table of food and send it to his home. He also sent someone to invite Qi Wuxiu to come and drink with him.

Qi Wuxiu didn't change his habit of climbing over the wall and jumped straight in from the wall. This time he didn't come alone; he also brought an apprentice.

"My apprentice, Wang Wu. Wang Wu, this is the Prison Clerk Chen I told you about."

Wang Wu was young, probably just an adult, still carrying the childishness of youth on his face, and was very formal. "This junior pays respects to the senior, greetings to the senior."

"Where did you find this apprentice? His personality is different from yours!"

"If the personality were the same, that would be a son. Wang Wu is the son of my former neighbor; his parents are both gone. When the brothers divided the family property, he had nowhere to go, so I let him work with me to gain some experience for a period of time. When the time comes, he will officially join the Brocade Uniform Guard. It can be considered as having a government job."

"We're all family, don't be so formal. Wang Wu, sit down and eat together. In the future, when you come to my place, don't be so restrained; just treat it as your own home. Your master, Old Qi, has never been formal with me; he often runs to my place in the middle of the night to mooch food and drink, not caring if I'm asleep or if there's food. Over the years, he's mooched many meals from me, and I've never seen him be formal." Chen Guanlou greeted him.

Qi Wuxiu laughed. "You're a big rich man, of course I have to mooch off you! Wang Wu, what are you standing there for? Sit down quickly. Since you've come to Prison Clerk Chen's house, treat it as your own. If you encounter difficulties in the future and I'm not around, come find Prison Clerk Chen. He definitely has a way to help you solve them. Don't look at him as just a small Heavenly Prison guard; his ability is huge. Many officials beg him to handle things."

"You've bragged too much! That's not how you brag. I'm just a small prison guard, collecting money to run errands for others and earning a bit of hard-earned money."

"That's not called hard-earned money; that's called sitting and collecting money. We Brocade Uniform Guards are the ones earning hard-earned money."

"Have you Brocade Uniform Guards made a fortune recently? How many people were caught in the Altar Explosion Case?" Chen Guanlou hadn't returned to the Heavenly Prison yet, so he first inquired about the situation from Qi Wuxiu.

Qi Wuxiu was eating and drinking, and upon hearing about the Altar Case, he had an indescribable expression. "It's not investigating a case; it's clearly retaliation. Using the opportunity of investigating the case to strike at dissidents. I didn't understand before why, when a new emperor comes to power, there are new ministers—they are all court officials working for the Emperor, so why divide into so many factions? Now I finally understand."

"Oh? Striking at whose dissidents?"

"Who else could it be? Naturally, the dissidents who aren't of one mind with His Majesty. All the court officials who supported the late Emperor when the Crown Prince was deposed have had bad luck this time, and all of them have been linked to the Altar Explosion Case. Whether there's a connection is actually just a matter of a single word from the Brocade Uniform Guard. Your Heavenly Prison side has also detained a batch of people, all of whom aren't deeply involved."

"In that case, the cells of the Imperial Prison must be almost full."

"They were full long ago." Qi Wuxiu looked irritable, very displeased with the Brocade Uniform Guard's way of doing things, yet he had to continue to wallow in the mire with them and continue to eat this bowl of half-cooked government rice. Being a dog, after all, who isn't being a dog? Being a dog for the imperial court, at least there are fewer mothers-in-law to serve, which is the only benefit.

He had completely let go of it now. The whole world was the same; money was hard to earn, and shit was hard to eat. At least the Brocade Uniform Guard had fewer people to serve, and the income was okay.

"I have to be glad that I don't work in the Imperial Prison. I really don't know how you endure it in the Heavenly Prison. Every time I enter the Imperial Prison, I can't help but want to vomit."

"I've been to that place, the Imperial Prison, once, and to be honest, the Heavenly Prison doesn't dare compare. Next time you have time, come to the Heavenly Prison, and I'll take you for a tour; then you'll understand why I can endure it." Chen Guanlou said with a smile, while greeting the reserved Wang Wu to eat.

Qi Wuxiu held his wine glass and was stunned for a moment. "In that case, the environment of the Heavenly Prison is much better than the Imperial Prison."

"That's for sure. The people in the Imperial Prison, here, they have a bit of... a problem." Chen Guanlou pointed to his head. "They like bloody and filthy scenes. In the Heavenly Prison, I don't like that. I require the handymen to clean every day, whether it's the cells or the corridors, they must be cleaned thoroughly to prevent the occurrence of epidemics as much as possible. The environment changes according to the people. The environment in the Imperial Prison is terrible, which can only mean that the people inside have unhealthy psychology and just like to watch those uncomfortable scenes."

"I think the Imperial Prison is fine!" Wang Wu suddenly spoke up. "I can still adapt."

Eh?

This kid has a unique bone structure.

Chen Guanlou said casually, "Have you ever thought about changing jobs and working in the Heavenly Prison? You like bloody scenes; perhaps you shouldn't be a Brocade Uniform Guard. Learning the skills of an executioner from Old Zhang in the punishment room might be your way out."

"Don't talk nonsense. With his appearance, how does he look like an executioner?" Qi Wuxiu interrupted quickly.

Chen Guanlou picked up his wine glass with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. "Don't look down on executioners. The executioners in the Imperial Prison don't have the skills; they always like to make the prisoners bloody and unrecognizable, making the scene extremely brutal. Sometimes they even have to ask our Heavenly Prison's Old Zhang for advice."

"Wang Wu, if you are willing to change professions, come find me. I will introduce you to Old Zhang and let Old Zhang teach you personally, teaching you real skills. With this set of skills, you won't have to worry about food for the rest of your life."

"Regardless of whether the dynasty changes or the old and new alternate, the punishment room cannot do without people with skills and technology. Once you learn Old Zhang's skills, from now on you will also be a technical talent. In the future, maybe even the Six Sects will have to invite you to help interrogate prisoners."

Wang Wu seemed a bit tempted and secretly looked at Qi Wuxiu.

Qi Wuxiu cursed, "I finally managed to take an apprentice, is it easy for me? Wang Wu, your ancestors weren't pig killers, so why do you like that kind of place like the Imperial Prison? Could it be, as Brother Lou said, that there's something wrong with your brain?"

Wang Wu felt a bit aggrieved. "I, I, I like watching people kill pigs. I'm very good at killing pigs. If Master doesn't take me, I might really go kill pigs."

"Damn, you really know how to kill pigs." Qi Wuxiu was dumbfounded. "Why didn't you tell me before?"

"Master, you didn't ask!"

Qi Wuxiu:...

So awkward!

Chen Guanlou laughed out loud. "Look at how you handled this; you didn't even figure out what your apprentice is truly good at. There's no future for him working with you in the Brocade Uniform Guard; every day he investigates high officials and nobles, and he can't kill people at will. His situation is suitable for working in the punishment room, where he can vent. The premise is to become a technical talent first."

Qi Wuxiu was very confused. "Let me consider it."

After the meal.

Qi Wuxiu pulled Chen Guanlou aside to whisper. "What did you mean before when you said he needs to vent?"

Chen Guanlou was rolling a cigarette.

He rolled two rustic cigarettes, handed one to Qi Wuxiu, and the two of them puffed away.

He told the other man, "Didn't you see it? That apprentice of yours is a little pervert who likes to see blood. If you don't take him with you, he's very likely to become a murderer in the future. If you take him to be a Brocade Uniform Guard, the Brocade Uniform Guard has rules and laws to restrain him, and he won't be able to vent, and sooner or later he will cause you huge trouble that you won't be able to clean up. His situation is most suitable for the punishment room, seeing blood every day and playing with knives at will. From time to time, he can go to the execution ground and be ordered to behead people. A natural-born executioner." ===== CHAPTER 515 =====