Chapter 658: Truly not afraid of choking to death

Chen Quan took the initiative to shoulder the heavy burden of escorting the Zhou family to the execution ground.

Just before setting off, Chen Guanlou instructed the other party, "Everything that needs to be taken care of has been taken care of. You pay more attention at the execution ground. Tell the corpse-sewers to sew them up nicely; don't let them look all crooked and mangled. Tell the people at the charity morgue to burn some paper money so they'll at least have money to bribe people down below."

Chen Quan gave a chuckle, "My lord, rest assured. The people at the charity morgue who handle funeral affairs have all become acquaintances. They know how to operate; I guarantee they won't dare to act in defiance of orders. Unless they don't want to take orders from the Heavenly Prison in the future."

"That's excellent! Go, don't be late. If anyone makes things difficult, report my name and tell them to come find me if they have the guts."

"My lord's prestige is our prestige. When people outside hear that I'm from the Heavenly Prison, they don't dare to make things difficult. Having been a prison guard for so many years, it's all thanks to you, my lord, that we prison guards of the Heavenly Prison have gained two parts of respect."

Chen Quan's flattery was indeed of some level.

Chen Guanlou gave a hearty laugh, kicked the other party, and told him to get lost quickly.

Mu Yiguan Mu was very surprised, "I thought you would go to the execution ground in person."

"How could I! If it were a prisoner at the level of the Great Ming Prince, I would be willing to make the trip. For ordinary prisoners, it's not worth it."

"Looking at your attitude toward the Zhou family, it doesn't look like they are ordinary prisoners."

"Old Mu, you don't understand. I sympathize with the Zhou family, but this sympathy stops at the Heavenly Prison. Once they leave the Heavenly Prison, their life or death has nothing to do with me. This is called not overstepping boundaries."

Chen Guanlou said with a straight face.

Mu Yiguan Mu clicked his tongue in wonder; the scope of 'not overstepping boundaries' was quite broad, even emotions had boundaries.

After the Zhou family was beheaded, the water bandits were also about to be wiped out. For the last two most stubborn water bandits with the strongest vitality, Chen Guanlou went down to the dungeon and personally sent them on their way.

The water bandits roared in unwillingness, "We have never offended Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen; why must Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen drive us to extinction? You won't even let us die properly! We are all rebels; why the differential treatment?"

"Rebels? What kind of rebels are you? In my eyes, you bunch of water bandits are all bandits who commit every evil; you deserve to be sliced into a thousand pieces. Don't think that by defecting to Prince Chujiang you can wash yourselves clean. In this official's eyes, you will never be washed clean in this lifetime!"

"Hehe! I didn't expect Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to also stand up for justice and perform acts of chivalry. As far as I know, more people have died in the Heavenly Prison than have died at our hands; what face does Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen have to accuse us?"

Chen Guanlou's eyes were full of disdain, "Everyone who is locked in the Heavenly Prison deserves their crime and deserves to die. Dying in the Heavenly Prison is their fate; strictly speaking, many people want to die in the Heavenly Prison but can't.

As for you, ninety-nine percent of the people who died at your hands were innocent commoners who were robbed just because they happened to be passing by. Robbing is one thing, but you had to kill them. Killing them is one thing, but you had to torture them to death!

Today is just paying you back in your own coin, letting you taste the flavor of being tortured to death. What's the matter, you can't take it? When those innocent people were kneeling and begging you, why didn't I see you soften your hearts?"

The water bandits couldn't believe it, "Just for this, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen wants us to die a miserable death!"

"That's right, just for this, I want you to die a miserable death. Old Zhang, leave the rest to you; you must make sure these two die a miserable death. Don't let them breathe their last until they have suffered every torture."

"My lord, rest assured." Old Zhang gave a chuckle; this matter was easy, well within his grasp.

"You surnamed Chen, you can't do this. You surnamed Chen, you will die a miserable death, your whole family will die a miserable death..."

The last two water bandits endured two days and two nights of torture. When they finally breathed their last, they were smiling: finally dead! No longer having to endure inhuman torture.

All wiped out; clean up the cells and welcome the next batch of prisoners.

At this moment, a big piece of news suddenly broke: Prince Cheng harbored great ambitions and intended to rebel! The Brocade Uniform Guard had already found evidence and submitted it to the palace. They were just waiting for the decree from the palace to go to Jinzhou and make arrests.

Was this news authentic?

Chen Guanlou went directly to find Sun Daojing to inquire about the inside story.

Sun Daojing sternly refused, "This matter has nothing to do with you; don't inquire about it."

"You mean, this news is authentic?"

"Whether it's true or not is none of your business." Sun Daojing was very impatient.

"It is my business. The Marquis of Pingjiang is in the Northwest leading troops in battle, and during this period, he must have had many dealings with Prince Cheng's Mansion. If the news is authentic, the Marquis, who is so close, didn't discover Prince Cheng's suspicion of rebellion, but the Brocade Uniform Guard did instead. Once this matter is confirmed, the Marquis will be in big trouble; a charge of dereliction of duty and lack of oversight is unavoidable. If it's more serious, he might even be framed as being in cahoots with Prince Cheng. Although the imperial court's extermination of nine generations won't reach me, without the great Buddha of the Marquis's Mansion, my heart will not be at peace!"

"Since you know the seriousness of this matter, you should even less inquire about it casually, and it is impossible for this official to reveal any news. As for whether you are at peace or not, this official cannot control it. Anyway, this official has been quite at peace lately."

Sun Daojing had a carefree appearance, holding a teacup and sipping tea; the time spent slacking off was beautiful.

"Prince Cheng's case, Old Sun, based on your understanding of His Majesty, will it be investigated further? Did the Brocade Uniform Guard really find solid evidence?"

How could he not believe it!

Sun Daojing stood up and patted his shoulder, "This matter really isn't your turn to worry about."

"Could it be that the imperial court wants to kill the donkey after the millstone is finished, stripping the Marquis of his military power, and deliberately released a smoke bomb? Isn't Prince Cheng very wronged?"

Sun Daojing gave a chuckle and said nothing.

Chen Guanlou accompanied the other party and chuckled twice, "You don't need to say it; just looking at your expression, I know there is an inside story to this matter. It is definitely not as the outside world spreads it. Did the Marquis get in the new Emperor's eyes again? He hasn't even sat firmly on the throne, yet he's busy cleaning up the military power of the generals leading troops; isn't he afraid of choking to death!"

"Presumptuous! Stop talking nonsense!" Sun Daojing was driven mad. He didn't even look at what place this was; he dared to talk nonsense about everything.

Fortunately, every time he met Chen Guanlou, no third person was arranged in the room.

Sun Daojing wiped his cold sweat, "Chen Guanlou, watch your mouth. You disaster-attracting troublemaker, don't implicate this official."

"Then reveal one or two words of truth, and I'll leave!" Threatening Sun Daojing, Chen Guanlou had it well within his grasp.

Sun Daojing was so angry he gritted his teeth and said viciously: "This official can only reveal one sentence: half-true!"

"That's two words."

"Get lost, get lost, get lost, don't force this official to turn against you!"

Chen Guanlou was very sensible and left the Ministry of Justice promptly.

He wanted to see the Chief Steward and ask about the situation. After thinking about it, he decided against it.

If one day, the Marquis was thrown into prison, at worst he would help break him out and bring him out of the prison. As long as no Grandmaster-level figures came forward to stop him, this matter would be effortless and could be done silently.

If one day, the Marquis's Mansion was raided.

He would help hide some money, hide some important items, and deal with a few light-fingered government soldiers to ensure no one dared to mess around during the raid.

Thinking this way, his thoughts instantly became clear: he was truly worthy of the Marquis's Mansion; he had already thought of a way out for them. ===== CHAPTER 659 =====