Chapter 53: Borrowing the Topic to Play

The two words "good and evil" clearly stumped Yu Zhaoan.

In the days that followed, he never again locked onto Chen Guanlou with a murderous gaze.

Chen Guanlou:...

Thank God!

If he could take this opportunity to dispel Yu Zhaoan's idea of wanting to kill him, he wouldn't have to risk danger to figure out how to kill a Third Rank warrior, a disciple of the Jixia Academy.

Everyone minds their own business, and it would be great to live in peace.

He is an official, and he continues to be a prison guard; the world is peaceful.

As the weather gets hot, the smell in the Heavenly Prison becomes increasingly unpleasant.

Some prisoner officials were tortured and had wounds all over their bodies; every time he passed the cell door, he had to cover his mouth and nose. Seeing that the prisoner official's wounds had maggots, to avoid an epidemic, Chen Guanlou ordered the prison guards to invite a medical official to clean the wounds and apply medicine.

Just such a small move, but Prison Wan Zhang Yuli made a big fuss.

He called him to the duty room and humiliated him wildly. "Do you have a brain, do you understand the rules? The things decided above, when is it your turn as a prison guard to intervene? Every expenditure in the Heavenly Prison has a fixed number; who allowed you to invite a medical official to use medicine for prisoner officials? Have you consulted me, this Jiang Jiang Yucheng, before you dared to act on your own? Chen Guanlou, do you still want to be a prison guard?"

How could Chen Guanlou make the mistake of not understanding the rules?

He had to defend himself. "Reporting to Prison Wan Zhang Yuli, ten days ago I submitted a report to prevent an epidemic and requested to use medicine for the tortured prisoner officials. The wounds already had maggots; if medicine wasn't used, it would be a small matter if the person died, but I was afraid of an epidemic in the prison. The environment of the Heavenly Prison is known to everyone, and it is most prone to malignant diseases. The people locked inside, although they are all prisoner officials, who can guarantee which official will be able to return to their original position in the future? To avoid unbearable things from happening, I took necessary measures."

"You still have reasons. Are you accusing me of not caring about the life or death of prisoners, not caring about the life or death of prison guards, and sitting by and watching an epidemic happen in the Heavenly Prison? Chen Guanlou, you are bold!"

Prison Wan Zhang Yuli was furious.

He knew Chen Guanlou was only honest on the surface; privately, he was full of tricks and didn't know what kind of evil he was holding back. What epidemic, what unbearable things—who are you scaring?

The Heavenly Prison has been like this every year; even if everyone in the capital died, the Heavenly Prison could still be peaceful.

A pack of lies!

"I have absolutely no such intention!" Chen Guanlou lowered his head slowly.

"Whether you have it or not, you know it yourself. I tell you, the Jia-character prison is never your turn to make decisions. Since you don't follow the rules, I think you don't need to be a squad leader anymore."

Prison Wan Zhang Yuli showed his cards and finally revealed his fox tail.

He had always wanted to catch Chen Guanlou's handle and wanted to drive Chen Guanlou out of the Jia-character prison, or even out of the Heavenly Prison. It was just that he was troubled by not having a good opportunity.

Chen Guanlou both followed the various rules and regulations of the Heavenly Prison, never participated in gambling, was on duty when he should be, shared money when he should, and was not rigid when he should be flexible. It made Prison Wan Zhang Yuli very troubled, despising the man surnamed Chen as a stone in the latrine—stinking and hard.

At this moment, he finally caught Chen Guanlou's handle; if he didn't use it fiercely, he wouldn't be surnamed Wan.

Chen Guanlou was also very straightforward. "I have a clear conscience. If Prison Wan Zhang Yuli can't stand me, please transfer me back to the Bing-character prison; I have absolutely no objections."

"Hehe! You really think that with Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan supporting you, I can't do anything to you. You wait and see. Get out of here."

Chen Guanlou turned and left, without even saying a word of farewell, completely not giving Prison Wan Zhang Yuli face.

Prison Wan Zhang Yuli was so angry that he picked up the document in his hand and smashed it at him.

Chen Guanlou was like having eyes on his back, grabbing the flying document and throwing it, accurately landing on Prison Wan Zhang Yuli's desk.

Prison Wan Zhang Yuli:...

He was stunned for a long time. Fortunately, he didn't chase him out.

He was very angry; this time, no matter what, he had to drive the man surnamed Chen away.

But this matter had to be nodded by Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan. Because the man surnamed Chen was recommended by Jiang Jiang Yucheng Fan with all his strength. As a subordinate, he had to do enough surface work and give enough face to his superior.

Chen Guanlou returned to the duty room, full of anger.

Several prison guards surrounded him, and everyone was very worried, but no one spoke.

Compared to the previous Zhao Tou, Qian Fugui and the others were actually more willing to work under Chen Tou.

Chen Tou followed the rules, wouldn't order people to do private things randomly, and wouldn't embezzle everyone's silver. How much silver it was, it was how much; he neither embezzled nor delayed, nor would he force everyone to gamble.

When Zhao Tou was there before, as long as they received silver, they would be forced to gamble, and then everyone had to lose a sum to Zhao Tou before Zhao Tou would let everyone go.

Another thing, their squad, because of Chen Tou, had not been fully staffed. As a result, the money they got was doubled. In these few months, everyone had made a small fortune, and life was very smooth.

Just thinking about saving some money this year to buy a small courtyard to settle down, who would have thought that Prison Wan Zhang Yuli would come out to find trouble again.

This matter is a mess.

If Chen Tou left and someone else came, it would definitely be like Zhao Tou, thinking only about making money all day. Not only making money from prisoners but also from their bottom-level prison guards. Life returning to the past, it was really meaningless.

"Chen Tou, do you want to drink with Private Secretary Li?" Xiao Jin suggested.

Chen Guanlou didn't make a sound; he was weighing whether to continue staying in the Jia-character prison or take this opportunity to jump out of here and return to the Bing-character prison. Even if he went to the Yi-character prison, it seemed better than staying in the Jia-character prison.

It's just... someone like him who transfers back and forth must belong to the alien species of the Heavenly Prison.

He just wanted to go with the flow, occasionally do some private things; why was it so difficult?

"Are there any dead people today?"

"Chen Tou, don't worry, today is peaceful, no one died. Fortunately, Chen Tou was decisive and let the medical official see the tortured prisoner."

"This ghostly weather, it's only March, and it's as hot as July or August. The prison is stinking all day."

"Chen Tou, regarding Prison Wan Zhang Yuli, if it really doesn't work, spend some money to eliminate the disaster."

Chen Guanlou sneered. "Do you all think that the conflict between Prison Wan Zhang Yuli and me can be solved with money?"

The four prison guards didn't make a sound.

Chen Guanlou continued: "If I could take out more than a thousand taels of silver, perhaps I could temporarily resolve the conflict. However, why should I spend so much money? Another thing, even if I spent silver, it might not resolve the conflict. This is not a conflict of you fighting me and me fighting you, but a conflict of cutting off someone's wealth is like killing someone's parents. Even if I said I wouldn't care about the past, would Prison Wan Zhang Yuli believe it?"

This matter, hard to say!

Several prison guards had no way.

Chen Guanlou comforted them again: "You be on duty properly; don't let me affect yourselves. It's not so easy for Prison Wan Zhang Yuli to deal with me. Disperse, disperse, don't surround here."

The four prison guards left the duty room and continued to be on duty.

Chen Guanlou calculated the silver on hand; it was still quite generous. Taking Private Secretary Li's path would definitely be no problem. It's just whether he wanted to continue staying in the Jia-character prison. ===== CHAPTER 54 =====