Chapter 619: Either Die or Get Out

Seeing Chen Guanlou, Tang Jiu had a moment of hesitation, steadied himself, took two steps forward, and bowed. "Greetings, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen!"

"Why haven't you left the capital?"

Chen Guanlou asked with a gloomy face, very impolitely.

Seeing that he was avenging his parents and killing those who deserved to be killed, he felt pity for his situation and let the other party have a way to survive. Unexpectedly, the other party was not sensible and dared to linger in the capital. This was going to implicate the Heavenly Prison and put him and Medical Official Mu in danger!

Returning kindness with ingratitude—this person looked a bit hateful at this moment.

"Please forgive me, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen; I am not lingering on purpose, but I still have some private matters that haven't been dealt with. Once dealt with, I will leave the capital immediately and will never cause trouble for the two of you."

"You also know that lingering in the capital is causing trouble for me and Medical Official Mu. What kind of private matter must be dealt with now? Can't it wait three or five months or three or five years? Is this how you treat your benefactors?"

"My lord, you have misunderstood; I absolutely don't have that meaning."

"What you think in your heart, you know yourself. I am only telling you one thing today: leave the capital for me now, and you are not allowed to set foot in the capital for ten years!" Chen Guanlou's tone was firm and unquestionable!

Tang Jiu's face changed slightly, showing unwillingness. "Please forgive me, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen; I hope you can give me one more day. Once I finish dealing with my private matters, I will definitely leave the capital!"

"What if I don't agree?" Chen Guanlou stood with his hands behind his back and asked sternly.

Tang Jiu sensed danger and subconsciously took two steps back. "I hope Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen will fulfill my wish."

"What if I refuse to fulfill it?"

Tang Jiu kept his mouth shut.

But his attitude indicated that he had to stay for one more day.

Chen Guanlou snorted coldly. "If you refuse to leave the capital, then I will personally take you out of the capital. If you dare to sneak back into the capital, I don't mind killing you!"

Tang Jiu was shocked.

"This official can let you live, and can also let you die. No one can take advantage of my momentary softness to push their luck. Daring to 'threaten' with kindness—you must die! This official is not the kind of person who is weak to the end."

Chen Guanlou's words were like law; he immediately grabbed Tang Jiu and headed straight for outside the city.

Tang Jiu was anxious and tried to break free. As soon as he moved, he found that his body couldn't move; he was stiffly carried toward outside the city.

"My lord, let go! My lord, I really didn't lie to you; as soon as I finish dealing with the last bit of private matter, I will leave the capital immediately."

"What kind of private matter is worth you betting on my and Medical Official Mu's safety? Who can override my life? Could it be a woman! Yes, it must be a woman who makes you miss her so much and refuses to leave the capital. This official will go kill that woman now; in that case, can you leave the capital with peace of mind!"

"No! I beg you to spare her life, my lord! I am willing to leave the capital; I will leave the capital now! Please, my lord, don't kill innocent people because of me."

Tang Jiu felt fear.

He was very certain that what Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen said about killing the woman he loved was definitely true, not a joke.

"Are you really willing to leave the capital?"

"I am willing to leave the capital, no lies. I swear by the entire Tang family; please let the innocent go, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen."

"Not allowed to set foot in the capital for ten years!"

"I swear, not allowed to set foot in the capital for ten years!" Tang Jiu raised his hand to swear, his eyes full of bitterness.

Chen Guanlou snorted coldly. "Remember what you said; don't let me find you appearing in the capital."

He carried him and headed straight for outside the city. It wasn't until twenty miles outside the city that he dropped him.

"From here on, the sky is high and the sea is wide; I hope you take care of yourself!"

With that, Chen Guanlou turned and returned to the capital; in a few breaths, he had disappeared from sight.

Tang Jiu felt like a dying person who had suddenly come back to life; he fell to the ground in despair, looking up at the starry sky. On one side was the capital, on the other was the vast sea and sky; he struggled and hesitated in his heart. In the end, he stood up and headed toward the vast sea and sky. On the way, he looked back frequently, but his eyes were full of fear. Finally, he gritted his teeth and never looked back again.

He had to keep his useful body to continue the Tang family bloodline.

Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen's cultivation was unfathomable; he couldn't go against him.

Chen Guanlou returned to the Mu family medical clinic.

Medical Official Mu hadn't gone to sleep yet.

He told the other party: "No need to worry about Tang Jiu; I have already sent him out of the city. He won't dare to set foot in the capital for ten years."

"Are you sure he won't come back?"

"Unless he wants the woman he loves to die."

Only then did Medical Official Mu know that Chen Guanlou had forced Tang Jiu to leave the capital by threatening him.

He sighed. "I didn't expect this kid to cause so much trouble. Do you regret saving him?"

"I never regret what I have done. If there is a mistake in the middle, at worst, I will kill him and end it once and for all." Chen Guanlou's attitude was very straightforward; there was no such thing as if you show kindness, you must always show kindness, otherwise the kindness is discounted, affecting your own reputation.

His attitude was entirely based on preference; seeing that Tang Jiu was pitiable, he gave him a chance to save himself. Tang Jiu didn't cherish the opportunity and insisted on wasting this kindness, so killing him wouldn't be a problem.

Expecting repayment for kindness—he didn't have that thought!

Therefore, after showing kindness, if a conflict occurred, killing him wouldn't cause any guilt.

Medical Official Mu nodded, very much in agreement, but he still said: "Killing him is not necessary. People have different aspirations; if he wants to seek death, let him go. As long as he doesn't implicate us."

Chen Guanlou nodded and stayed at the Mu family medical clinic that night, going to the Heavenly Prison to work the next morning.

Busy and bustling, the Heavenly Prison sent away a batch of prisoners and welcomed a new batch.

Chen Guanlou went down to the Grade-A prison, stared at the pretty boy in the cell, and asked: "Who is this?"

"Reporting to my lord, this is the nephew's brother-in-law of Minister Li of the Ministry of Rites."

"What kind of thing is that?"

Chen Guanlou took the file, flipped through it, and sure enough, it was related to Minister Li of the Ministry of Rites; no wonder a mere scholar could be locked in the Grade-A prison.

After reading the file, he realized that this pretty boy was full of bad water and could be called a ghost of lust.

Minister Li's nephew was a provincial graduate who, relying on Minister Li's relationship, was sent out as a county magistrate. The pretty boy, as the brother-in-law, naturally followed his brother-in-law to take office.

When he was in the capital, the pretty boy could still control his hands and feet and didn't show his true colors. Once he arrived at the local area, relying on his brother-in-law being the local official, he never hid his true colors of being lustful again.

At first, he took a fancy to an embroiderer and raped her on the spot. The embroiderer's husband went to the county yamen to reason, but was beaten by the pretty boy and his men, put in a sack, and dumped in a mass grave outside the city. By the time the embroiderer brought people to find him, the person was already dead. The embroiderer held her husband's funeral and immediately hanged herself.

This was the first homicide case.

Afterwards, the pretty boy took a fancy to several other good women one after another; if they didn't comply, he forced them to have their families destroyed.

He also took a fancy to the property of a wealthy merchant in the city, fabricated criminal evidence, framed them, threw the merchant's family into the grand prison, and forcibly seized the merchant's property. He also raped the merchant's wife and daughter.

Over the years, the pretty boy committed many evil deeds, all relying on his sister to help cover them up, and he actually became a local monster. Until he provoked a traveling merchant.

The traveling merchant was extremely wealthy and had a beautiful concubine; the pretty boy used his old tricks. Unexpectedly, the traveling merchant was not a good person either and had connections in the capital; he secretly searched for the pretty boy's criminal evidence and finally ran to the capital to report him. The pretty boy's crimes were revealed to the world, and he was detained by the Ministry of Justice and locked in the Heavenly Prison. ===== CHAPTER 620 =====