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Chapter 944

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Chen Guanlou received the errand and took the roster, but he didn't act in a hurry.

He had to wait for the Ministry of Justice to put pressure on this bunch of criminal officials.

His daily work added the item of patrolling the prison cells; every day he had to patrol the Jia-sized prison once.

He told Zhao Jinming that the matter was basically handled, and the rest was waiting, waiting for the Ministry of Justice to issue the official document, and his family members could get away.

Zhao Jinming was excited, so excited that he ignored his broken leg and climbed up to thank him.

"Forget it! I said it, I take money and do things, and I don't cheat children or the elderly. After taking your money, I will naturally handle the matter properly. You were just too hesitant before, and your paranoia was too severe. If you had given the money earlier, you wouldn't have had to die."

Mentioning the sad event, Zhao Jinming was teary-eyed again.

Chen Guanlou was very disdainful; why are you so fond of crying? You're a grown man, can you put away your tears?

"It was my misunderstanding of Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen before, which led to the loss of my own life. Sigh, I regret it now. If I had known Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen was so capable, I shouldn't have hesitated. I also ask Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to help people to the end, to send the Buddha to the west; the injury on my body is really painful, that something-something breath, can you apply it one more time, at least let me feel better."

"Official Zhao, you, your biggest problem is not being suspicious, but not seeing your own situation clearly. On what grounds do you want me to stop the pain for you?"

"I I I..."

"Have you figured it out? Before making a request next time, use your brain first."

"I'll give money!" Zhao Jinming seemed to have opened his mind and blurted out.

"This official is very busy and has no time to earn your money recently. Keep that little bit of money to buy yourself a coffin."

"Woo woo woo..." Official Zhao cried again. Even though he had made a decision, he still harbored hope deep in his heart and found it difficult to accept the fact that he was going to die.

Chen Guanlou's gaze was contemptuous, "What are you crying for! Do you know how much I wasted my breath to protect your family, threw away this old face, acted low and small, and acted like a grandson to others, just to get the promise of my superior. Once your case is closed, your family can be released from prison and return to their ancestral home safely. After ten or eight years, when the storm subsides, your descendants can still participate in the imperial examinations and continue their official career. Old Zhao, people must know how to be grateful!"

"I am grateful, grateful! Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, you are really too good to this official. But I am really in so much pain!"

Zhao Jinming cried like a two-hundred-jin child.

Chen Guanlou was impatient, "Forget it, forget it, I will let Medical Official Mu prescribe you some painkillers, and I won't charge you extra."

"Thank you, thank you! Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, you will definitely live a long life."

Chen Guanlou:...

You are the one who will live a long life, your whole family will live a long life!

How infuriating!

Actually cursing him.

Sun Daoning might really be short of money!

The Ministry of Justice, which was originally very rhythmic and did things in a standard way, suddenly became busy, interrogating prisoners in several batches every day, and using torture at every turn!

This was a bargain for Chen Guanlou.

Every day he went in and out of the Jia-sized prison, as a Jiang Jiang Yucheng, he cared for and concerned himself with the officials who were devastated and lived in fear, comforted them, presented facts and reasoned with them, threatened them, and finally came up with ideas to help solve life-and-death matters.

His reputation was well-known, and there was a ready-made example right now, Zhao Jinming. Therefore, his progress was very fast, and some criminal officials only needed one conversation to very readily pay money to save their lives.

"I don't ask for acquittal, I only ask to save my life and protect my family." It would be best to also protect their wealth.

Chen Guanlou held the slip, "Official, rest assured, as long as the money is in place, no matter how bitter or difficult, I will definitely handle the matter properly. If the matter cannot be handled, I will refund half of your silver."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen's ability is seen by everyone, it must be invincible."

"Thank you for your auspicious words!"

Silver was sent to Sun Daoning's hands bit by bit.

Sun Daoning's face, however, became darker and darker, looking like he had been disgusted by someone.

Chen Guanlou advised him to think more openly.

"You don't understand! Now is a troubled time, sigh, everyone is having a hard time!"

Old Sun didn't want to say more.

The great cause of gathering silver was in full swing.

Chen Quan came to the office and whispered to Chen Guanlou, "Official, a bandit found this little one and wants to see the official."

What the hell?

He looked at the other party suspiciously, "A bandit?"

"It is indeed a bandit."

"Bandits are so bold these days that they actually take the initiative to find the Heavenly Prison. Does he want to go to jail?"

"Official, you are joking. Does the official remember Imperial Zhang Yushi Geng?"

Oh!

Chen Guanlou suddenly realized, "Imperial Zhang Yushi Geng's enemy actually took the initiative to find the door?"

"Exactly."

"He even wants to see me. Did you ask why?"

"He only said that one should not listen to one-sided words in everything. He also said that Imperial Zhang Yushi Geng harmed him for being narrow-minded and trying to kill them all. He came to see the official because he wanted to completely end the grievances between the two."

Chen Guanlou became interested upon hearing this.

He had chatted with Imperial Zhang Yushi Geng several times; the other party was obviously not a good person, nor could he be considered a bad person. He was just a common official oil-slick in the officialdom, a wall-grass, leaning whichever way was beneficial!

"You tell him to come to the Heavenly Prison to see me tonight. If he doesn't dare to come, tell him to roll back to wherever he came from."

Chen Quan bowed and accepted the order.

Late at night!

Chen Quan led a stranger into the Heavenly Prison, and after reporting and being allowed, he brought the stranger into the office.

"Official, the person has been brought."

"Zhuang Yifei, here to see Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen."

Chen Guanlou sat in the main seat, looking at the other party coldly. A bandit who dared to take the initiative to find the door had good courage and good cultivation.

"Your cultivation is quite high, reaching the eighth rank!"

"By luck!"

"The relationship between you and Imperial Zhang Yushi Geng..."

"I am a fellow villager and a fellow student of Imperial Zhang Yushi Geng."

"Do you know what he said? He said you insulted his wife and daughter and that you deserved to become a bandit. Listening to him, the grievances between you two are very deep."

"Official, please do not listen to his one-sided words. He forcibly snatched my marriage and colluded with the government to frame my Zhuang family, causing my Zhuang family to be broken and dead. I escaped, but he still refused to let me go and has been looking for people to kill me all these years. This time, he even found a group of martial arts scum to intercept and kill me. I escaped by luck, and after thinking about it, since he has been put into the Heavenly Prison, now is the best time to resolve the grievances between him and me. In the Jianghu, I have also heard of Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen's great name and know that Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, I boldly came to the capital and, thanks to Brother Chen's introduction, finally had the honor to see Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen."

What a clever mouth, so good at talking.

Hearing "unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness," Chen Guanlou almost sprayed out a mouthful of tea.

When did he have the reputation of being unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness in the Jianghu? The other party must have made it up on the spot!

He coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment.

"You and Imperial Zhang Yushi Geng each have your own words, and I don't know who to listen to. How about this, I will take you to see him, and you two will make things clear in front of me. Any grievances will be resolved together tonight. With such high cultivation, no wonder he is willing to pay five thousand taels to take your life."

"Five thousand taels?" Zhuang Yifei was obviously taken aback, "I never expected that my head would be so valuable."

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