Chapter 704

"How much is my life worth? I don't understand the market, so I ask my lord to give me some pointers."

The water bandit was quite polite and quite direct.

Chen Guanlou looked at the other party's appearance and couldn't bear to tease him.

He pondered for a moment and asked casually, "Do you understand how to arrange troops in water battles?"

"My lord means fighting water battles? I'm good at that! I'm really not bragging; to tell my lord the truth, I used to hang out in the Great Lake, and people from several islands fought all year round. I am this!"

The water bandit raised his thumb, learning and applying it on the spot.

"I also know how to train troops. I don't know how to train troops on shore, but I know clearly how to train troops on water. Back then, the people under the head chief were all trained by me. Later, the head chief refused to listen to the private secretary and was slaughtered by the private secretary in collusion with outsiders, so I took the opportunity to leave the Great Lake and make a living on the river. All my cultivation was practiced in the water."

The water bandit spoke of his past glory, talking endlessly, like an old woman selling melons and praising them herself, very smug.

Chen Guanlou thought that perhaps he should recruit some useful talent for his apprentice. For example, the "Langli Baitiao in the Waves," who could also arrange troops and train water soldiers.

Such talent is hard to come by. The key is that this guy is now being molded by him, completely under his control.

And Chang Qing.

Chang Qing, this guy, is full of bad ideas and is a talent. Letting Chang Qing manage the "Langli Baitiao in the Waves" shouldn't be a problem, right?

He pondered for a moment, "How much do you think your life is worth?"

"My lord is joking. I am just a rotten life; thirty or fifty taels of silver could buy it."

"You're being humble. Your life, three or five thousand taels, isn't that reasonable?" Chen Guanlou said with a very sincere expression.

The water bandit "Langli Baitiao in the Waves":...

If you sold me, and resold me eight or ten times, I wouldn't be worth that much money.

He could only smile awkwardly, "Thank you, my lord, for thinking highly of me, but my life is really not worth that price."

"I say it's worth it, so it's worth it. Can you borrow money?" Chen Guanlou asked if he could borrow money, as casually as asking if he had eaten today or what he had eaten, and without much thought.

"I can borrow a little, at most about a thousand taels. That's still out of many years of friendship." The water bandit looked embarrassed, feeling very awkward.

It was as if a fool was bragging in front of a real tycoon, saying how much money I can get, I'll invest in this project. Then the tycoon took it seriously and said this project costs so much, I'll give you so much share, this money is no problem, right?

The fool heard this and immediately went stupid.

No, brother, I was just bragging, you actually took it seriously!

Being put on the spot, he was decisively honest, hesitantly saying a number that wasn't even a fraction, which was quite shameful. The key is that the number he said was actually exaggerated several times over.

Saying a thousand taels, being able to get five hundred taels, was already due to having wide connections and many friends.

Chen Guanlou saw through the water bandit's background at a glance, "You haven't been doing well these past few years, have you?"

"Yes, yes, this world is not easy to get by! I have been fighting alone for years, and I can't compare to others who have many people and great power." The water bandit took the opportunity to complain.

Chen Guanlou held back his laughter, "How about this, I can lend you money. You give me an IOU for three thousand taels, I will guarantee your life, and from now on you will listen to my orders until you pay back the money. How about that?"

The water bandit was stunned!

He couldn't have encountered a trap or a scam, could he?

He looked at the familiar prison guard, is this person definitely an official? Not a scammer?

The prison guard glared fiercely, "This is Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, and everything in the Heavenly Prison is decided by Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen. That you can meet Lord Chen today is your luck. Why don't you hurry up and kowtow to thank him? Do you understand the rules?"

The water bandit hadn't discovered other merits yet, but he had discovered that he was a man who knew the times.

He decisively knelt down and kowtowed.

"Save me, Great Lord of Justice!"

"Get out!" Chen Guanlou scolded, "You call me the Great Lord of Justice, then what are you? Does that mean the Six Shanmen caught the wrong person? Just tell me if you are a bandit, if those charges against you are true, and if there was any framing? You, a thief who deserves to be beheaded on the execution ground, dare to call me the Great Lord of Justice again, and I will kill you first, then kill your woman."

Ah!

Is he this brutal?

The water bandit was greatly shocked.

The other party was willing to lend him money, and he thought the other party was a handsome and kind-hearted good person. As a result, he changed his face in a second. Just because he said one wrong sentence, not only did he want to kill him, but he also wanted to kill his woman.

His woman is so beautiful! This Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen was actually unmoved. Tsk...

Look at this top-tier love-brain. The woman betrayed him, and at death's door, he was still thinking about the woman, not resenting the other party at all.

The water bandit decisively gave a fawning smile, "My lord's lesson is right! The little one is uneducated and doesn't speak well, please forgive me, my lord, and give the little one another chance."

"I'm just asking if you'll sign the IOU?"

"Sign! Definitely sign!"

The water bandit decided that even if there was a pit of fire in front of him, he would sign it.

As long as he can save his life.

A debt of three thousand taels, at worst he'll be a beast of burden to pay off the debt.

Run away?

I heard that the Jiang Jiang Yucheng of the Heavenly Prison is a Ninth Rank martial artist, which means this lord in front of me is a Ninth Rank martial artist. Don't dare to run! Don't dare to run!

A Ninth Rank killing a Seventh Rank is no harder than crushing an ant.

I heard that a Seventh Rank once challenged a Ninth Rank across ranks, and before one move was finished, he was split in two.

Chen Guanlou:...

That Seventh Rank martial artist was split by him. At that time, he was only barely a Ninth Rank.

Chen Guanlou ordered the prison guard, "Let Private Secretary Mu write an IOU for this 'Langli Baitiao in the Waves,' three thousand taels, not a single tael less. Remember to calculate the interest."

"Nine out, thirteen back?" The prison guard bowed slightly and asked respectfully.

Chen Guanlou nodded, "Yes, that's nine out, thirteen back." He pointed at the water bandit, "There is interest, don't think about defaulting. Even if you escape into the water, I can still catch you."

The water bandit:...

He didn't believe it!

He is the "Langli Baitiao in the Waves."

Chen Guanlou chuckled, his eyebrows didn't even move, and the water bandit inside the cell found that except for his eyeballs, he couldn't move. He couldn't even make a sound.

Chen Guanlou squatted down slightly, his line of sight level with the other party's, "I can catch you on the shore, and I can catch you just the same after you go into the water. I am the most honest person, I never brag; if I say I'll catch you, I'll catch you, and if I say I'll kill your whole family, I'll kill your whole family. Once you sign the IOU, you are my person and must listen to my orders. If you dare to have a second heart or act in defiance, I will naturally let you taste the torture of broken bones. Do you feel it? Broken bones a hundred times more painful than this!"

The water bandit knelt on the ground, his body feeling as if it were carrying a mountain, his internal organs being squeezed, his whole body sweating, and blood flowing from his seven orifices. The feeling of being on the verge of death terrified him. The look he gave Chen Guanlou was full of fear.

Suddenly, the force pressing on his body disappeared instantly. He came back to life, lying on the ground panting heavily.

"Remember the pain of this moment; it will make you take fewer detours and avoid going down the wrong path." Chen Guanlou looked down at the other party from above, like a god who dominates the lives of others!

"I... I... can I ask one thing, why?"

"Because you are still a little useful!"