Chapter 553: Another sudden death

"I thought he was an honest child."

Seeing Qi Wuxiu appeared very helpless and dejected. He kindly helped, but ended up harming Wang Wu and bearing human lives.

"If he hadn't joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard, would it not have happened?"

"With his nature, killing was a matter of time. I also didn't expect that he would expand so violently in the few months he worked in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. The first time I saw him, he was still a shy kid."

Chen Guanlou laughed at himself; he also had times when he saw wrong. He saw through Wang Wu's nature, but didn't expect Wang Wu wouldn't even persist for half a year. The change in identity and environment made Wang Wu expand to the point of not putting anyone in his eyes. Given time, there would be no one he wouldn't dare to kill. This kid is a disaster.

"In the end, I harmed him. I will try my best to preserve his life." Seeing Qi Wuxiu made a decision.

Chen Guanlou didn't stop him, nor did he persuade him, just stated a fact: "He won't be grateful to you."

"I don't need his gratitude."

"Be careful of him returning kindness with enmity and killing you at home one day."

"If that day really comes, I'll admit it." Seeing Qi Wuxiu was incomparably firm; he must preserve Wang Wu's life. This is morality, conscience, and responsibility. He brought Wang Wu into the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so he had the responsibility to protect the other party's safety and let the other party leave the Embroidered Uniform Guard completely.

"Is the money enough?" Chen Guanlou certainly wasn't helping Wang Wu; he was just helping Seeing Qi Wuxiu.

"It's enough. If it's not enough, I'll ask you for it later."

"Fine!"

"Sorry for the trouble tonight."

"Treat me to a meal next time."

"No problem."

Seeing Qi Wuxiu carried Wang Wu's body and left Chen's house.

Wang Wu was dismissed from his duties and locked up. Out of consideration for Seeing Qi Wuxiu, he wasn't tortured. How to punish him—whether to kill and bury him or exile him—depended on whether Seeing Qi Wuxiu could open up the relationship.

Chen Guanlou went to the Imperial Prison to see Wang Wu.

He just asked the other party one sentence: "Do you know you were wrong?"

Wang Wu's eyes were red, covered with bloodshot eyes, full of anger and hatred. "Where was I wrong? Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, if it were you, someone humiliated you to your face, wouldn't you kill?"

Chen Guanlou laughed in a low voice; a bastard who wouldn't repent even in death. Sure enough, a natural rebellious bone, a bloodthirsty maniac.

"Your master should have told you about my rise to power. When I first entered the Heavenly Prison, my status was just a prison guard. A mere prison guard, born lowly. Anyone who saw me would shake their heads and sigh, saying that the status of a prison guard is lowly, how and how... According to your meaning, everyone who said I was lowly, I should kill them?"

"You..."

"What about me? Very surprised that I would endure others' humiliation, clearly a martial artist, yet not kill? You think everyone is like you, killing at the drop of a hat. You think everyone is a killing maniac."

Wang Wu was full of doubts; he thought, if he had Chen Guanlou's ability, anyone who dared to humiliate him, he would kill their whole family, absolutely not forgiving.

"Born as a human, one must have principles and a bottom line. Clearly, you don't."

"Why should I forgive those who humiliate me?"

"Whatever, anyway, you won't listen to anything. It's just that your master is kind-hearted, still trying hard to rescue you, spending money to help you run relationships." Chen Guanlou sneered.

Although he didn't agree with Seeing Qi Wuxiu's approach, he could understand it and would give appropriate support when the other party needed it.

"I don't care about him helping me run relationships at all; kill if you want to kill." Wang Wu said particularly hard.

Chen Guanlou frowned, looking at the kid in the prison cell who wouldn't repent even in death; he really wanted to slap the other party to death.

Little bastard!

His face sank, his eyes staring coldly at the other party. "Wang Wu, I will watch you. No matter what you want to do, once you are unfavorable to your master, I will definitely make your life worse than death."

"I..." Wang Wu subconsciously became cautious, his throat rolling twice.

Chen Guanlou gave a cold snort. "Remember my warning. No one can escape the pursuit of a martial artist!"

"I am not a person without conscience." Wang Wu suddenly roared. "I will never be sorry to my master."

"You'd better do what you say. Also... if you are lucky enough to get out, if you dare to kill innocent people indiscriminately, I will also make your life worse than death."

"I... will never kill innocent people indiscriminately." Wang Wu whispered, without any confidence.

Chen Guanlou sneered twice. "You take care of yourself."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, I want to be an executioner."

"You have already missed the opportunity."

Leaving the Imperial Prison, Chen Guanlou let out a breath.

He really didn't like this ghost place, the Imperial Prison; it was suffocating, and it clashed with his horoscope.

Returning to the Heavenly Prison, the smell of the Heavenly Prison was indeed better than the Imperial Prison. He was destined to become a Heavenly Prison person.

The Magistrate Tian, who was detained in the Jia-grade prison and had to take medicine with mountain spring water every day, suddenly died suddenly.

The Tian family ran to the Ministry of Justice to make a scene.

The Ministry of Justice sent people to strictly investigate the cause of Magistrate Tian's death.

Lu Datou, who was responsible for delivering mountain spring water every day, was detained for investigation as the prime suspect.

"Brother Chen, this matter has nothing to do with me. The sudden death of the one surnamed Tian, it is absolutely impossible for me to do it. The mountain spring water cannot have a problem."

Lu Datou was exhausted, trying hard to prove his innocence.

"Are you sure that what you delivered every day was mountain spring water?" Chen Guanlou believed Lu Datou was innocent, but still had to ask personally as usual.

"I am sure, it must be mountain spring water. My wife goes out of the city to fetch water before dawn every day. Brother Chen, you can suspect me of being lazy, but my wife, you know her, she cannot fake it."

"I naturally believe in Sister-in-law's character. Sister-in-law handed the mountain spring water to you, ensuring that no one else handled it during the period?"

"I received the mountain spring water from my wife, sent it directly to the kitchen, and handed it to the prison guard who decocted the medicine personally. During the period, no one else handled it. The prison guard who decocted the medicine in the kitchen was bought off. Brother Chen, did the one surnamed Tian really die suddenly after drinking the medicine?"

"It's not certain yet, it's still under investigation. Don't be impatient, as long as this matter has nothing to do with you, I will definitely help you clear your suspicion."

Lu Datou was detained in the Bing-grade prison, in a single prison cell.

Chen Guanlou instructed Xu Fugui, "Take good care of Datou, don't make things difficult for him."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, Lu Datou killed someone, you are protecting him."

"Magistrate Tian's death has nothing to do with him."

"Does Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen have evidence?"

"Are you doubting my judgment?" Chen Guanlou stared at the other party and asked back.

Xu Fugui gave a hehe laugh. "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen misunderstood, how could I doubt your judgment. However, this case has been taken over by the Ministry of Justice; regardless of whether Datou is innocent or not, I'm afraid he will have to lose a layer of skin."

"I said I would protect him, didn't you hear?" Chen Guanlou simply tore off his polite mask. "Prison Clerk Xu, you want to go against me."

Xu Fugui's expression appeared very stunned; he never expected that Chen Guanlou would so straightforwardly express his protection of Lu Datou.

What qualifications does Lu Datou have to get Chen Guanlou to treat him so sincerely?

So angry! ===== CHAPTER 554 =====