Chapter 744

Chen Guanlou chased after Sun Daojing for money.

Sun Daojing had only one sentence, "The Ministry of Justice has no money! Withdraw it from the Heavenly Prison's books first! I'll make it up to you when the Ministry of Justice has money!"

This operation again.

Chen Guanlou was furious.

He accused, "Old Sun, are you trying to default on the debt again!"

"Nonsense! This official is the dignified Minister of Justice; how could I default on a debt!" Sun Daojing was righteous and stern, looking like it was true.

"Then write me a slip."

"Write what slip. If this official says I won't default, I definitely won't. This official's words are the official document. Don't be unreasonable, hurry up and do your proper work." Sun Daojing brought out the dignity of a superior, determined to suppress this rebellious Chen Guanlou.

Truly unreasonable.

A dignified Minister orders people to do things, and actually asks for money first.

Where is this rule.

No one dares to be so presumptuous in front of the Minister. Everyone honestly goes to do things, and talks about money after the errand is done.

When it comes to Chen Guanlou, the matter isn't even done, and he talks about money first, not understanding any rules at all.

Absurd!

Chen Guanlou:...

He had never seen such a thick-skinned, shameless Minister.

He knew that similar things would be late but would arrive. These officials, when ordering people to do things, are so smooth. Once it involves money, they all have an attitude of 'I won't treat you badly, I will definitely approve the money for you.'

Painting a cake!

A master of painting cakes!

The key is, most people believe it!

Even if they suffer a loss and are deceived afterwards, they only blame their own bad luck; no one will speak ill of the superior.

Cheap!

People in officialdom are all cheap-skinned.

"If you don't approve the slip, there's no money to rent prison cells, so there's no way to monitor the prisoners. At that time, if a few more people die in the B-grade prison and A-grade prison, don't blame me. My ability is limited, and I can't do things without money."

"Absurd! Isn't the money lying on the Heavenly Prison's ledger money?"

"That's a public account, and it's all useful. Without your slip, I wouldn't dare to withdraw money from the public account at will, so as not to be unable to explain it clearly at that time."

Sun Daojing pointed at Chen Guanlou's nose, wanting to scold him, but gritted his teeth, "Is approving one thousand taels for you enough?"

"What can one thousand taels do? It's not even enough for food. Do you think the Heavenly Prison has a very good relationship with other prison cells? You ask the neighboring Imperial Prison; without ten taels of silver per person, they won't accept prisoners from the Heavenly Prison at all."

Chen Guanlou pointed out the fact that Sun Daojing is out of touch with the world, has been away from the masses for too long, and doesn't understand market prices.

Sun Daojing rubbed his temples; transferring prisons, one thousand taels isn't even enough. These prisoners just spend money, and raising them is a waste of food.

He decisively decided, "Then don't transfer prisons."

"If they die, they die in vain?" Chen Guanlou asked.

"If people die, I will hold you accountable. You are the prison warden; you have the responsibility to take good care of the prisoners under your hand."

Chen Guanlou:...

If he had known, he wouldn't have talked so much!

If they die, let them die!

First, arrange for someone to move the Nanshan Marquis's body out of the prison and transfer it to the morgue.

Sun Daojing found an excuse to break away from the main group and secretly went to the morgue to take a look.

"Really dead!"

"Dead as can be!" Chen Guanlou accompanied him on the side.

Old Zhang and Medical Official Mu were both there.

"How did he die?"

Medical Official Mu looked at Old Zhang.

Old Zhang summoned his courage and said respectfully, "Reporting to my lord, the Nanshan Marquis died of suffocation."

"Are there no external injuries?"

"Checked, no external injuries."

Sun Daojing sighed, "The Emperor is very concerned about the Nanshan Marquis's situation; now that he is dead, keep it a secret for now. Wait for instructions from the palace. Be sure to keep the body intact. Treat the rest of the Nanshan Marquis Prefecture with courtesy, and no more people can die."

Chen Guanlou made a gesture of counting money.

Sun Daojing pretended not to see, "Chen Jiang Yucheng, I leave this place to you. This official is going to enter the palace to see the Emperor now; regarding the negotiations with the Ministry of Works, you communicate with the Right Vice Minister and come up with a concrete plan. Find a way to repair the C-grade prison as soon as possible."

"My lord, money..."

"None!" Sun Daojing was very straightforward, only ordering people to do things, and not giving a single cent. Trying to dig money out of his pocket is truly extremely difficult.

Chen Guanlou cursed secretly, "Miser!"

Once people left, Medical Official Mu hurriedly asked, "My lord, what should we do next? Bodies are piled up in the prison cells; this is not a long-term plan. Beware of causing an epidemic."

Chen Guanlou was also worried, "I'll go arrange it; after being busy all night, those who should change shifts should change shifts, and those who should repair should repair. Let the Heavenly Prison restore order as soon as possible. Afterwards, Old Zhang, I'll trouble you to take the handymen to transfer the bodies to the morgue and check them carefully one by one. In case the higher-ups ask, at least there will be an explanation."

He also urged Medical Official Mu to take epidemic prevention measures.

"If there is any medicine, use it quickly; it will be reimbursed by public funds."

"No medicine is as effective as moving the bodies out of the prison as soon as possible," Medical Official Mu emphasized.

Chen Guanlou said he understood.

Such a big mess, he has to worry about it all. Even if he had three heads and six arms, he would still have to be busy one thing at a time.

The Heavenly Prison roof collapsed, and other government offices all ran over to watch the fun.

In a fit of anger, Chen Guanlou drove everyone away.

Unreasonable!

Thinking of watching his joke, nonsense.

The prison guards worked hard all night; those who should have a holiday have a holiday, and those who should rest have a rest.

He arranged for someone to invite a group of laborers from outside to clean up the collapsed C-grade prison, and the wood piled up into a small mountain.

He took the opportunity to arrange for handymen to move the bodies, clean the prison cells, and take epidemic prevention measures.

He also invited the brothers from the Six Shanmen to eat and drink, and asked clearly about the specific situation of the prison roof collapse.

"Chen Jiang Yucheng, look, these broken pieces of wood, without accident, should all be caused by external force. And this wall, it must have suffered an impact from external force. And these tile fragments—under normal circumstances, tiles falling to the ground wouldn't shatter so finely. This is clearly man-made. And..."

Under the introduction of the Six Shanmen, Chen Guanlou knew there were so many clues to investigate.

"Do you know who did it?"

"Still investigating! Chen Jiang Yucheng, rest assured, the higher-ups have given instructions to do everything possible to capture the jailbreakers this time; we must use strict laws to teach a lesson to the bold and arrogant people in the martial world. Running to the Heavenly Prison to break out of jail every year—this time it was really too excessive, even dismantling the prison cells. Too bullying! Do they really think the Six Shanmen has no one?"

Chen Guanlou:...

He was right; we must teach that bunch of bold jailbreakers a profound lesson.

Daring to touch the head of the Grand Duke, they should know the consequences.

The key question now is: who are the jailbreakers, what is the purpose of the jailbreak, and what is the purpose of the killing?

Indiscriminate killing doesn't look like seeking revenge. If they wanted to show off, they should go to the government office to kill; that would be sensational and known to the whole world. Killing in the Heavenly Prison doesn't make one famous.

Why?

These three words stumped the Six Shanmen and also stumped Chen Guanlou.

He didn't understand what these jailbreakers were after?

Are they after the Heavenly Prison being dirty, or the Heavenly Prison being smelly? Or are they after the Heavenly Prison being easy to bully?