Chapter 894: Money connects to the gods

Chen Guanlou witnessed with his own eyes how eunuchs love money like life, sit on the ground and raise prices, shameless!

His heart aches!

How can people, for the sake of money, even not want their faces.

He can not want his face, but others cannot not want their faces!

Sigh!

Fortunately, it's not spending his own money.

In this life, it is impossible to spend his own money to handle public affairs.

At the end of last year, because of the incident of the corpse being sliced, the five thousand taels approved by Sun Daoning had not been used up, and a sum remained in the account book, which happened to be taken out for use this time.

"One hundred and twenty taels a night! Brother Wang, you must think clearly, such an opportunity, in the whole world, besides me here, there is no other place. Even if there is, it is impossible to be as generous as me. As long as we can cooperate happily this time, I will find you again if there are similar opportunities in the future.

You are a person from the palace, not related to the yamen, which means there is no conflict of interest. Therefore, we still have many opportunities to cooperate in the future. You cannot lose the opportunity to be full every time just for the sake of being full once. That is called losing more than gaining! Not worth it!"

Wang Hai pondered carefully, and finally nodded, "Fine, count what you said as reasonable. One hundred and thirty taels a night, I take this job."

"Clearly agreed on one hundred and twenty taels a night."

"Prison Warden Chen, you must understand the principle of one cent of money for one cent of goods. I am a ninth-rank martial artist nailed to the board, staring is my specialty. In the whole world, you can't find anyone more cost-effective than me. Don't haggle over the price difference of a mere ten taels of silver. You don't lack that little money, right."

Chen Guanlou:...

If only he knew a few more ninth-rank martial artists, he wouldn't be so passive.

"Forget it, forget it, just calculate the price according to what you said, one hundred and thirty taels a night. You must stare firmly, everything must be reported to me. Don't hide it from you, we have reason to suspect that the Brocade Uniform Guard has actually found the murderer, but because of various reasons, has been hiding it and not reporting it."

Wang Hai raised his eyebrows slightly, "That is to say, the main goal of this staring is to find out whether the Brocade Uniform Guard has hidden the truth, and whether they have found the murderer?"

"Exactly! This matter is entrusted to Brother Wang!"

"Money is in place, everything is easy to talk about. Tomorrow noon, I will come to you to get the money."

After speaking, the person flew away.

Chen Guanlou clapped his hands, very proud of this operation of his, which can be called a divine stroke. He didn't worry at all that Wang Hai would reveal the news to the palace. Reveal or not, the one who is unlucky is the Brocade Uniform Guard.

Medical Official Mu also marveled at this wave of his flashy operation, sighing in admiration.

"Adult, your idea is really different from ordinary people! Think of what others dare not think, do what others dare not do."

Chen Guanlou waved his hands, slightly humble, "No need to be too envious of this official. Talent

Medical Official Mu's mouth twitched, "I only worry that things will spiral out of control."

"It doesn't matter! One cannot be overly greedy in life, wanting everything at once. We want the truth; whether things spiral out of control is not something to consider for now."

Chen Guanlou was very open-minded.

He wasn't a chief official, just a small fry in the Ministry of Justice; he didn't need such a grand perspective. As long as he could muddle through and find the truth, that was enough.

To him, nothing was more important than the truth!

Once the truth was uncovered, those who deserved to die would die; for him, that would be the end of the matter. As for the influence or consequences, he didn't need to worry about them. He wasn't counting on this case to get a promotion or make a fortune.

Medical Official Mu smiled with understanding, "It is only with your temperament, my lord, that one could come up with such a method. To be able to command a eunuch from the palace to help run errands—you truly are a capable man, my lord!"

"Hahaha... I said long ago, there are no useless people, only people placed in the wrong positions. Eunuch Wang Hai might be mediocre at other things, but tailing people is his specialty. Let's just sit and wait for news."

By noon.

Wang Hai appeared in the Heavenly Prison office right on time.

He hadn't alerted anyone when he entered.

Chen Guanlou personally poured tea to receive him and attached a bank note for one hundred and thirty taels.

Wang Hai took the bank note and said, "I tailed him for a whole night plus this morning. The Embroidered Uniform Guard is quite busy, but it's all aimless busywork. I didn't see Xiao Jincheng conspiring with anyone."

"No discussion of the case details?"

"They discussed it, but it was all the same old tune, no new clues. The house-to-house investigation hit a wall, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard seems unable to solve it either. Should I keep tailing him? One hundred and thirty taels and not even a useful piece of news—don't you feel like you're losing out?" Wang Hai asked.

Chen Guanlou didn't care about that bit of silver at all; making money was too easy for him.

He waved his hand, "Not losing out! Keep tailing him! Come find me for the money at this same time tomorrow. Did you follow Xiao Jincheng home?"

Wang Hai shook his head, "Xiao Jincheng didn't go home last night. As far as I know, he has been staying at the yamen these days; the servants at home sent his washed clothes to the yamen. It looks like as long as the case isn't solved, he won't be going home. Do you want me to tail his family?"

Chen Guanlou waved his hand, "No need! The Xiao family doesn't have many people in the capital, and they are all female relatives. No need to tail them deliberately. Just keep a close watch on Xiao Jincheng and his trusted subordinates. They might use code words when communicating; can you understand them?"

"Rest assured. Whether it's from inside the palace or outside, I have mastered all the code words. If they really use code words to communicate, it actually saves me trouble and proves your guess."

"What is the attitude inside the palace toward this case?"

"It's just a dozen or so young boys and girls; it doesn't mean a damn thing in the palace."

What Wang Hai said was unpleasant, but it was the truth. The palace didn't care at all about the life or death of these young boys and girls. If it weren't for the fact that one of the missing persons was a member of the Imperial Clan, no one would have asked about it at all.

"It's just that His Majesty cherishes his reputation and couldn't bear to see a member of the Imperial Clan harmed. Sigh... it's a pity, the person is already dead. His Majesty was furious! Your chief official at the Ministry of Justice, that Sun Daoning, was scolded during the morning court session today; it was a miserable scolding. His Majesty was so angry he smashed a set of porcelain worth over a thousand taels!"

He seemed to regret the smashed porcelain more than Sun Daoning getting scolded.

Truly a eunuch who loves money above all else.

"Now that a child of the Imperial Clan is dead, what happens next? Will they let the case go cold, or keep investigating?"

"They definitely have to keep investigating! For the sake of appearances, they must find the culprit! If they can't find the real culprit, they'll have to find a scapegoat to close the case."

Wang Hai said the most cold-blooded words in the most casual tone; both of them knew full well how much unbearable blood and cruelty lay behind it, yet they tacitly chose not to point it out.

This case was being personally supervised by His Majesty; there had to be a result, a result that could satisfy the people of the world and the victims' families. A result that could preserve the face of the imperial court and the face of the Emperor.

"How many high-rank warriors are there in the capital, and how many have suffered Qi deviation?"

"What are you trying to do?" Wang Hai was a bit puzzled, "Could it be you want to capture the culprit yourself? You're really convinced the culprit is a warrior; why couldn't it be a young master from a noble family?"

"You would understand if you had seen the corpses; that impatient, bloodthirsty desire is clearly displayed before the world through the wounds, yet everyone chooses to ignore it. That is definitely not the bloodthirsty desire of a noble young master; that is clearly the bloodthirsty desire of a warrior. Don't ask me why I say that; if I must give an answer, it's just intuition!"