Chapter 967

Zhang Yulang's illness tossed and turned for several days, finally entering a state of near-death.

Joyous and congratulatory!

Quickly report to the Ministry of Justice and notify the Zhang family to cough up the silver.

If you want to fish someone out, nothing can be done without enough silver.

Although deep down Sun Daojing wished he could throw this hot potato Zhang Yulang away the next second, on the surface he demanded money more ruthlessly and viciously than for any other case. He opened with an astronomical price, and the Zhang family was so angry they lost their temper.

Fortunately, Zhang Yulang was favored at home. After some bargaining, Sun Daojing 'reluctantly' made concessions. In a tense atmosphere, the two sides secretly reached an agreement. Sun Daojing, with an expression of having suffered a great loss, held his nose and signed the documents, then sent someone to notify Chen Guanlou to release the person.

Chen Guanlou was very straightforward about releasing people; once the money arrived, he released them.

It amounted to the Zhang family having to give the Ministry of Justice a sky-high sum of silver, and also having to give the Heavenly Prison a sum of silver, before they could fish their precious young master out. Sigh, the big money had already been paid, so there was no reason to default on the small money for the Heavenly Prison.

As the saying goes, the King of Hell is easy to see, but the little demons are hard to deal with.

If the Heavenly Prison deliberately made things difficult and delayed for a day or two, their young master would likely die in the cell.

The Zhang family decisively paid the money, and Chen Guanlou decisively ordered the prison guards to carry Zhang Yulang out of the Grade A prison.

"Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave! He's sick to the point of death, what bad luck!"

"Young Master!"

When the Zhang Fu steward saw his young master unconscious and unresponsive, he was scared out of his wits. He couldn't bother to bicker with the Heavenly Prison and hurriedly ordered the servants to send Zhang Yulang into the carriage, rushing back to the mansion to find a physician.

He must not die!

Even if he dies, he must die at home!

Not to mention the panic in the heart of the Zhang Fu steward.

After finishing the errand, Chen Guanlou felt light and relaxed.

He found Medical Official Mu and asked in a low voice, "The medicine given is fine, right? Don't actually kill the person."

Medical Official Mu was very unhappy and silently rolled his eyes, "Does my lord not trust my medical skills, or does he not trust my medicine?"

"I trust, I trust, I trust it all. I'm just worried about accidents. Don't look at Zhang Yulang as young; he spends his days drinking and whoring, living a life of debauchery, so his body might not be that good. Although he hasn't reached the point of being hollowed out by wine and lust, he's not far off!"

"My lord, rest assured, the medicine I gave was based on Zhang Yulang's actual situation; I guarantee he won't die. Moreover, I have considered the long term. Even if the Zhang fellow returns home and hires a physician to recuperate properly, it's impossible for him to get better all at once. It must be slow..."

"Good! This is good!"

Chen Guanlou gave a thumbs up, more than satisfied with how Medical Official Mu handled things. He not only considered the present but also the long term. Even if the Zhang family had doubts, once they saw their precious one looking sickly, taking medicine all day, and recovering so slowly, they would dispel all suspicions.

This is the attitude for getting things done!

He immediately decided to give Medical Official Mu a generous reward.

"Starting at one thousand taels!"

Medical Official Mu clicked his tongue in secret; that's so much.

He couldn't help but be curious and asked in a low voice: "How much silver did the Zhang family actually give for my lord to be so generous? Could it be that you knocked over the Zhang family's gold and silver mountains?"

"What knocked over, do you know how to talk? Do you want the one thousand taels or not? If not, I'll put it into the public account and distribute bonuses to everyone."

"Who said I don't want it!" Medical Official Mu loved medicine most in his life, and money second.

Chen Guanlou laughed happily; today is a good day.

He even ran to the Ministry of Justice to find Sun Daojing for a share.

Sun Daojing was the truly ruthless one.

He doesn't act unless necessary, but when he does, it's a big move. When it comes to extortion, ten Chen Guanlou's couldn't compare to Sun Daojing.

Sun Daojing had always been stingy with money and didn't want to share, constantly complaining that because of the recent fraud case, the entire Ministry of Justice was busy, and the case-handling funds were not enough. If it weren't for extorting a sum from the Zhang family, this month's salary wouldn't have been paid out.

The implication was: there's no money, but you can have my life.

Chen Guanlou laughed in anger and picked at his ear, "My lord, listen to what you just said, does it sound right? Since when did the Ministry of Justice collect and distribute its own salary? If you were talking about bonuses, I'd accept it. You're talking about salary; arrears are the style of the various government offices of the imperial court. If a certain office didn't have salary arrears, they'd be embarrassed to call themselves capital officials."

Before the late Emperor became a muddled ruler, the salaries of capital officials could basically be paid on time.

After he became a muddled ruler, it was sometimes there and sometimes not, and every year there were always a few months that weren't on time.

Now that Emperor Jian Shi is the emperor, good heavens, arrears in the salaries of capital officials have actually become a customary norm.

The Heavenly Prison naturally cannot be an exception.

If it weren't for the bonuses to look forward to, everyone would be drinking the northwest wind.

Sun Daojing rubbed his brows with a weary face, "I have been so busy lately that my feet haven't touched the ground, and I misspoke. There is really no money now. You should show some understanding."

"I can't show any understanding. For this business, I used all my strength to get it done. Not to mention the share for the Heavenly Prison, my personal commission should at least be given."

"You have already collected money from the Zhang family, how can you still ask me for money." Sun Daojing was very dissatisfied; how could there be a reason to eat from both sides.

How unreasonable!

He's burrowed into the money eye!

Ask all the officials in the Ministry of Justice, who dares to openly ask him for money?

None!

Not a single one!

Up to now, only Chen Guanlou is this anomaly, fearing neither heaven nor earth, running over to ask for money with righteous indignation every time.

Simply absurd!

Chen Guanlou didn't care what the other party said; as the saying goes, let them come from many directions, he only goes one way.

He was determined about this one thing: asking for money.

"One thing is one thing. I asked the Zhang family for money, the bulk of which goes into the public account, and the Ministry of Justice also takes a cut. What falls into my own pocket is just a little bit of hard-earned money. Shouldn't you compensate me a little for my hard work here?

Next time there's something like this, leave it to me. Old Sun, you can't do exclusive business! You can't just finish this Zhang family order and stop doing business in the future, right? Do you really trust finding someone else to do this head-chopping business?"

Sun Daojing was silent.

Chen Guanlou pressed on, "Seeing that Prince Chujiang is about to perish, the Ministry of Justice will be busy again. Could it be that you don't need my help? Dealing with those defeated generals, I at least have some experience. In these years, the rebels I've sent off are at least in the hundreds, if not thousands. The famous Great Ming Prince was also sent to the guillotine by my own hands."

"Alright, alright, I'll approve one thousand taels for you, go find the accountant to withdraw it!"

"Old Sun, one thousand taels, are you dismissing a beggar?"

"Which beggar is worth one thousand taels, you find him for me."

Chen Guanlou was angry and sat on the chair; if he didn't get the full amount of money today, he wasn't leaving.

Sun Daojing had a splitting headache; he had a pile of errands on hand and simply had no time to waste!

"How about this, I'll approve a slip for five thousand taels, of which one thousand taels will come from the Ministry of Justice's account. The rest will come from the Heavenly Prison's account. You withdraw it directly from the Heavenly Prison's public account, how about that?"

That's more like it!

Chen Guanlou got the money, his face full of smiles.

Sun Daojing had a dark face, in a very bad mood, wanting to pick a fight, "Will Zhang Yulang die as soon as he returns home?"

"Guaranteed not to! Medical Official Mu's medicine is precise, there won't be such mistakes."

"It better be so. If the person dies two or three days after returning, I will hold you accountable."