Chapter 852

Good for you, Mu Qingshan, damaging him in a roundabout way.

Chen Guanlou was so angry he laughed.

"I've been away for more than two months, you've made progress. When did you open your mind, or did you meet a famous teacher?"

"My lord is joking, the student is just telling the truth."

"Looks like you met a famous teacher. Who is it, tell me."

Mu Qingshan still wanted to deny it.

Chen Guanlou blocked him with one sentence, "What kind of character you have, don't I know? You have been by my side for these years, do you think there is anything you have that I don't know? Believe it or not, I can call anyone to ask, and your affairs will be clear. Are you going to say it yourself, or should I call someone else to say it."

Mu Qingshan was bluffed, a flash of panic on his face.

Finally, he honestly confessed: "Nothing can be hidden from you, my lord. It's Li Shuan."

Chen Guanlou was very surprised, "When did you get mixed up with him?"

"Met while going out for a drink, got familiar after a few times."

"Did you meet him, or did he meet you?"

"Is there a difference?" Mu Qingshan looked dazed.

Chen Guanlou looked at him, very dissatisfied, "The day you are sold by someone and still help them count the money, that's talking about you. Li Shuan is an old hand, he was a private salt smuggler. You associate with him, be careful of your life not lasting long."

Mu Qingshan opened his mouth to defend Li Shuan.

Chen Guanlou rudely interrupted him, "I know what you want to say, but I don't want to listen. Regarding Li Shuan, I have my own judgment. This guy, while I was away, his presence was a bit strong. He is everywhere. You go do your work, let me think."

"What does my lord suspect Li Shuan of? He is just a small prison guard, he can't do anything."

"You underestimate him too much. There are many things he can do, he can poison, he can kill, he can stir up trouble... Alright, this matter doesn't need you to worry. In the future, keep an eye out, don't be stupidly sold by others."

Mu Qingshan was unconvinced, still wanting to argue, but was glared back by Chen Guanlou's look.

Regarding cult bandits, the imperial court's disposal has always been fast, ruthless, and accurate. Thinking about it, the Ministry of Justice is also unwilling to waste food to raise that group of lawless cult bandits.

Soon the verdict came down.

Half a month later, they would all be sent to the execution ground to be beheaded, Liu Qinghuan, unsurprisingly, was death by a thousand cuts, five hundred cuts.

Why five hundred cuts instead of one thousand, firstly, Liu Qinghuan is not an important figure, not worthy of one thousand cuts. Secondly, having a sense of ritual is enough, no need to waste manpower and material resources to do one thousand cuts, delaying three days. The time of the lords is also very precious. Sitting on the execution ground for three consecutive days to supervise the execution is not an easy job. If it can end early, everyone is relaxed.

The stone fell to the ground, Liu Qinghuan indeed performed very calmly. The other cult bandits also looked like 'eighteen years later I will be a hero again', fearless of death, clamoring in the prison cell every day, chanting scriptures, and bewitching other prisoners.

Xu Fugui's head was getting big.

In order to let the prisoners all live to go to the execution ground, they couldn't just throw prisoners into the interrogation room to torture them at will. If they were beaten to death, and the numbers didn't match when going to the execution ground, it would be another lawsuit. He, a small prison clerk, couldn't afford it.

But if they didn't care about this group of cult bandits, the other party became more and more arrogant, not putting the rules of the Heavenly Prison in their eyes.

He was overwhelmed.

The people below gave him an idea, drug them!

Drugs similar to muscle-softening powder can make the cult bandits quiet down.

Medical Official Mu, upon hearing muscle-softening powder, immediately scolded, "Don't know the price of firewood and rice without being the head of the family. Do you know how valuable drugs like muscle-softening powder are, and you want to drug many people at once. Is poison free? Xu Fugui, are you planning to pay out of your own pocket?"

"Medical Official Mu, don't scold yet. Is there any substitute medicine to make that group of cult bandits all shut up and make less trouble. As long as they can live to go to the execution ground."

"There is. But such a big matter, and drugging many people, without Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen's nod, this old man will absolutely not agree."

Xu Fugui immediately said: "I will go ask Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen for advice now, after getting permission, you use the medicine immediately. Make that group of cult bandits all shut up."

Chen Guanlou opposed drugging, disliking the high cost.

"Your C-rank prison, since the beginning of this year, has used medicine frequently, almost exceeding the budget every month. Want to make that group of cult bandits shut up, this matter is simple, starve them nine meals in three days, and see if they still have the strength to make trouble. Old Xu, don't just think about taking the easy path when doing things. Easy is easy, can your account book be balanced?"

Xu Fugui was a bit embarrassed, "My lord, it's not that the little one wants to exceed the budget. It's really that those prisoners are not as durable as the previous prisoners, one by one they can't be beaten. But the Ministry of Justice gave a death order, strictly limiting the monthly death quota. The little one has no way, can only use more medicine to hang the prisoners' lives. Even if they die, they must be dragged to die next month."

"Don't you know how to let the people in the interrogation room be lighter when they do it, and have some sense of proportion."

Xu Fugui was embarrassed, "I said it, but it didn't work. That bunch of brats in the interrogation room don't listen to me at all. Since the beginning of this year, Old Zhang has often been absent. Without Old Zhang watching, that bunch of brats is simply letting themselves go, lawless. My lord, why don't you come forward and knock that bunch of brats. The little one really has no way."

"Old Zhang is old, his absence is agreed by me. That bunch of brats in the interrogation room, are they really as excessive as you say?"

"The little one speaks every word of truth, absolutely no false words. My lord, that bunch of brats in the interrogation room, if they are not knocked, they will ride on the heads of our three major prisons and act recklessly. Please, my lord, make the decision for us."

"Look at your ambition!"

Chen Guanlou was extremely disdainful. Let Xu Fugui step down first, he would find Old Zhang to talk, and properly discipline the brats in the interrogation room, to have a sense of proportion when doing things, and to abide by the rules. Only when everyone abides by the rules can they make money, start a family, buy a house, and marry a wife together.

As a result, before he had time to meet with Old Zhang, Old Zhang died.

Passed away in his sleep in the middle of the night, leaving very peacefully.

Too unexpected!

Yet it was within expectations.

Old Zhang was old, serving in the dark and damp underground interrogation room all year round, his body must have had many damages.

Medical Official Mu personally performed the examination and said: "For this job of his, being able to live to sixty or seventy is already considered a long life. Passing away peacefully in his sleep is even more fortunate. He is one of the rare blessed people among executioners. My lord doesn't need to feel sad for Old Zhang. Old Zhang might be happy right now, leaving without illness or disaster is better than anything. Others can't even hope for it!"

"I am not sad for Old Zhang. It's just that thinking of the people I know around me leaving one by one, my heart feels a bit uncomfortable."

Chen Guanlou thought of his own longevity, and in the future, he would face more deaths, sending away one familiar or unfamiliar person after another, and his heart couldn't help but sigh.

When a hundred years later, all the people he knows leave, and he is the only one left in the world, how lonely that would be. Can he bear this loneliness?

There was a moment of hesitation in his heart.

In the blink of an eye, he became more determined!

Firmly walking the path of martial arts, he wants to see a higher realm and walk on the Heavenly Dao.