Chapter 578

Mu Qingshan had a scholar's habit, wanting to nag and nag in front of Chen Guanlou.

He had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted.

Chen Guanlou closed his eyes to rest his mind, "I don't want to hear anything. I have my own ideas about this matter; you go do your work. Go call Lu Datou here."

Mu Qingshan paused, decisively shut his mouth, and ordered the prison guards to call the person.

Before long, Lu Datou arrived at the office.

"Brother Chen, I heard that a traitor appeared in the Jia-sized prison. You called me here, is it because of this?"

"Recently, has anyone stopped being stingy with their gambling money, has anyone suddenly become rich?"

Lu Datou scratched his head, "Let me think, let me think..."

"Think slowly. It doesn't matter if you can't think of anything; just pay more attention later."

"It seems no one has suddenly become rich, and I haven't seen anyone stop being stingy. Everyone is very normal; what they were like before is what they are like these few days."

"As expected of the bunch of bastards I trained, they all know the principle that wealth should not be exposed." Chen Guanlou gritted his teeth.

Lu Datou felt quite guilty for not being able to help.

"Do you want me to go and ask around again?"

"No need. The little bastard took the money; before the matter settles down, he won't dare to take it out and spend it."

Lu Datou asked a nosy question, "Brother Chen, can we really not double-dip? In the past, taking money from outsiders to help do things was a common occurrence. Have the rules changed now?"

Chen Guanlou casually picked up a miscellaneous book and threw it at Lu Datou, "Go copy the rule manual fifty times. How long has this official been in office, and you still haven't memorized the rule manual? Lu Datou, are you trying to force me to discipline you in public?"

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, you misunderstood. You also know my brain; I get confused as soon as I look at books. I don't recognize many of the characters on it. This, this, it got delayed. Rest assured, I'll go back and memorize it, no, no, no, copy it, copy it fifty times."

Lu Datou decisively admitted his mistake, without the slightest hesitation or dissatisfaction. He was soft-hearted from the bottom of his heart.

Chen Guanlou snorted coldly and said tirelessly: "Remember, you can only eat from one family. Once you eat from the host, you cannot eat from the guest; once you divide the money, you cannot take money from outsiders again. Doing business requires a long-term perspective; similarly, the Heavenly Prison getting money from prisoners also requires a long-term perspective. You cannot narrow the path. Once we build up our credibility and spread our reputation, in the future, when prisoners are sent to the Heavenly Prison, they will voluntarily cooperate and give money, and if they give it readily, we can save a lot of trouble. It's a win-win situation, and you're double-dipping for me, are you looking for death!"

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare! It's not that... bad habits are hard to break. But Brother Chen, rest assured, from now on I will definitely turn over a new leaf, be a new person, never double-dip, and never take money from outsiders casually. I know outsider's money isn't so easy to take; at best, I'll lose my rice bowl, and at worst, I'll lose my life. I'm not that stupid."

"As long as you know the weight of things. Go down, fifty times, not one less. If you don't recognize the characters, go find Qian Fugui, or ask Master Mu for advice."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Lu Datou retreated in a hurry. He thought to himself that Brother Chen's official authority was getting heavier and heavier, and his official airs were growing day by day. Can't afford to provoke him!

Chen Guanlou didn't feel he had official airs. He and his brothers still ate from the same pot and didn't do anything special. Yet he didn't notice that the prison guards below were becoming more and more convinced by him, and at the same time, they feared him. In the past, there were prison guards who dared to joke in front of him, but now that had disappeared. Everyone had set their attitudes straight: an official is an official, and a guard is a guard.

One day later, Xiao Jin gave a list of suspects, but it was only suspicious, and no evidence had been found yet.

On Wu Bantou Wu's side, someone tipped him off. Wu Bantou Wu didn't hide it and reported it to Chen Guanlou immediately, "Wang Xiaoer under me said that two days ago, coming out of the gambling den, he saw a prison guard under Wu Bantou Shi and a prison guard under Wu Bantou Xiao acting suspiciously in a dark alley, and he listened to a few words, mentioning money. He doesn't know anything else."

"Give me the names of these two prison guards."

Wu Bantou Wu hesitated for a moment, but still reported the names of the two prison guards.

Chen Guanlou took the names and handed them directly to the torture chamber, letting the people in the torture chamber be responsible for the interrogation. He didn't ask about the specific process; he only wanted the result.

Old Zhang Tou took his assignment; he didn't even need to do anything, just sit there, holding the torture tools, without saying a word, and he could scare the timid prison guards into wetting their pants.

Old Zhang Tou's "great achievements" were known to all the prison guards, and some prison guards had even witnessed them personally.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen invited Old Zhang Tou out to handle this case, clearly intending to be serious. He would not stop until the truth was found. Someone couldn't hold out and opened their mouth.

Once the first person opened their mouth, there would be a second.

The full picture of the matter was soon pieced together.

Prison guards were all gamblers; it was really easy to bribe them.

Zhang Wu, a prison guard under Shi Hong, was an old hand in the Heavenly Prison, a character similar to Lu Datou, who associated with all kinds of people and had a very wide network.

This person was an old gambler; his own mother died of illness, his wife was sold by him, and two of his three children were sold, leaving only one seedling to carry on the family line. If he continued to lose, the seedling would also have to be sold.

His luck was not as good as Lu Datou's; he didn't meet a good brother like Chen Guanlou who was generous and could provide help in times of need, so he owed usury, with interest rolling on interest, and he was only one step away from being finished.

When someone found him and laid out the money, he didn't even need to be seduced by words, and he agreed to do it. With his eyes red from gambling, he couldn't care about any Heavenly Prison rules or principles. He only saw money in his eyes.

However, Xu Wei Laosan was imprisoned in Xiao Jin's jurisdiction, and if he ran over rashly, it would easily arouse suspicion.

So he won over Wang Si, a prison guard under Xiao Jin; the two were birds of a feather, both gamblers. After some collusion, the money was split 60-40, with Wang Si getting 60%, and the matter was settled.

Zhang Wu was responsible for providing the poison, Wang Si was responsible for poisoning, and then Xu Wei Laosan was poisoned. It was a pity he was young and strong, so he didn't die from diarrhea.

According to Zhang Wu's confession, the poison was given by the other party.

He didn't know the identity of the other party, or whether they were from the Wei family. However, he also said that the man had a full beard and was more like a martial arts person. He was 100% a martial artist, and his cultivation was not low. Zhang Wu said that in front of that man, he didn't even dare to breathe, and he spoke cautiously. It was just like facing Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen.

The silver totaled three hundred taels; Zhang Wu and Wang Si had long since split it, and half had already been spent.

After reading the confession, Chen Guanlou rubbed his eyebrows, "It seems very necessary to rectify the gambling of the prison guards."

"I'm afraid it won't be rectified well!" Old Zhang Tou puffed on his dry tobacco, "After the prison guards finish their shift, they run to the gambling den to gamble; how can you manage this? You can't manage it! Unless the government is willing to come forward and shut down the gambling dens on the market. However, those who can open gambling dens all have a big backer behind them."

If the backer doesn't fall, the gambling den can't be shut down.

Chen Guanlou naturally knew this principle, "If I can't manage the gambling dens, I must manage the prison guards under me. One by one, they are gambling crazy. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have known that someone in the Jia-sized prison was gambling to the point of selling their wife and children, and even angering their own mother to death. What is this? This is a villain!"