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Chapter 975: Is the life of a Heavenly Prison guard not a life?

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"Investigate, investigate carefully, don't let go of every detail."

Chen Guanlou ordered sharply.

First sweep the beginning and end of the Heavenly Prison clean, determine that there are no loopholes, and then go to the Six Fan Gates to settle accounts. To avoid being bitten back!

"But how to investigate this?" Xu Fugui was very embarrassed.

Chen Guanlou sneered, very dissatisfied. "Old Xu, if you can't do this job well, it's better to let those who can do it!"

"No, no, no, no need! I can do it well, I can definitely do it well. Just follow the lord's instructions and check every detail. Should it be recorded in the file?"

"Not only record, but every person's confession must be available. We must prevent the possibility of the Six Fan Gates biting back from witnesses and material evidence. I give you two days to sit down. If you can't finish it, your prison clerk position will be considered to be at the end."

Xu Fugui's heart jumped.

He knew clearly that Chen Guanlou had been displeased with him for a long time, and due to friendship, due to various reasons, he had not removed him from his position. However, in the past year or two, the other party's patience had become lower and lower, becoming more and more picky and dissatisfied.

He wiped his face, thinking that no matter what, he couldn't give the other party a chance or a handle to remove him.

Even if he tortured all the prison guards below, he would complete the investigation task within two days.

With determination and execution, the investigation task was successfully completed.

A stack of investigation documents was neatly placed in front of Chen Guanlou.

He ordered Mu Qingshan, "Send a post to Meng Laoda of the Six Fan Gates, I want to visit him personally."

Mu Qingshan was a little afraid of the Six Fan Gates in his heart, always feeling gloomy. "My lord, why not invite Meng Laoda to be a guest."

Chen Guanlou smiled enigmatically. "Invite him over, and when the time comes, it will be misunderstood as a Hongmen Banquet, wouldn't it be beautiful. Not good, not good, I'd better visit personally."

Mu Qingshan had no choice but to run to the Six Fan Gates to deliver the post personally.

Meng Laoda, who had been dealing with all kinds of people, Jianghu people, and officials for a long time, was familiar with human feelings and sophistication, and was old and sophisticated.

Looking at Chen Guanlou's post, there was a vague premonition of something bad in his heart.

Not daring to wait for people to come to the door, he dropped the work in his hand and personally came to the Heavenly Prison to visit Chen Guanlou. 【975-

Facing a Ninth Rank martial artist, one cannot be too cautious.

Seeing Meng Laoda who came uninvited, Chen Guanlou raised his eyebrows slightly, treated the other party politely, and even let the kitchen set up a table of wine and food. He simply ate and drank in the office.

"Brother Meng is too polite, we agreed to drink tonight, and you came in broad daylight."

"For Brother Chen's wine, even if it were raining knives, I would have to rush over early."

"Hahaha... Brother Meng is too polite."

After three rounds of wine and five courses of food, Chen Guanlou waved his hand, and Mu Qingshan, knowing the timing, hurriedly handed over the file of the prisoner Ma Liu.

Chen Guanlou pushed the file forward, to Meng Laoda, "Take a look, take a look at this file. Brother Meng must be very familiar with it."

Meng Laoda's heart called out: It's here!

The real purpose of today's banquet had finally arrived.

His seemingly chaotic brain instantly cleared up. His originally turbid eyes also became clear.

It was clear that he was only pretending to be drunk before.

Like someone who has been mixing in the scene for a long time, he had a method for drinking. When to be drunk, when to be sober, he had long since mastered it.

He flipped through the file, and seeing the two characters 'Ma Liu', his pupils instantly widened slightly. In the blink of an eye, he returned to calm.

"May I ask Brother Chen, is there a problem with this file?"

Chen Guanlou smiled, yet not quite; it was already this time, and he was still playing dumb with him.

He snapped his fingers, and Mu Qingshan immediately said: "The file records that Ma Liu is a great thief, a Third Rank martial artist, who has killed many. However, the Ma Liu detained in the Heavenly Prison has no martial pulse and is just an ignorant old farmer."

"That's impossible!" Meng Laoda immediately denied it flatly.

Chen Guanlou smiled, "That's not all. Look here, the height of the Ma Liu detained in the cell doesn't match either."

The file records that Ma Liu is a strong man nearly 1.8 meters tall and weighing nearly 200 jin. The Ma Liu detained in the Heavenly Prison is not even 1.7 meters tall and weighs about 110 or 120 jin.

He not only pointed out the height but also pointed out several other physical characteristics that did not match the records, such as facial features, birthmarks, arm length, and shoe size.

The imperial court's work, especially regarding the records of physical characteristics, is still very detailed. Although there are no photos, the characteristics that can be recorded are all in the register, preventing people from secretly substituting one person for another.

Meng Laoda's face changed repeatedly, and he closed the file, "Why is Brother Chen telling me this? Could it be that you suspect our Six Shanmen sent a fake Ma Liu to the Heavenly Prison? This is absolutely impossible!

The prisoner was handed over in person, and Prison Clerk Xu of the Grade C prison signed and confirmed it was correct. If there was a mistake with the Ma Liu in the Heavenly Prison, it should be due to the Heavenly Prison's improper management and oversight; what does this have to do with the Six Shanmen."

That's right!

According to the document records and procedures, the Heavenly Prison should be held responsible.

The blame lies with that bastard Xu Fugui, who didn't even look at the physical characteristics recorded in the file before taking the person into custody.

If he had flipped through the file, looked at the physical characteristic records, and compared them with the prisoner, he would have seen the problem. The current bickering wouldn't have happened.

Chen Guanlou sipped his wine, "Since I invited Brother Meng over, do you think I would shoot without a target? On my side, I have already completed the preliminary investigation; the Ma Liu you sent is not the right goods. Of course, I don't deny that we have mistakes in our work and failed to discover the problem in the first instance."

Meng Laoda gulped down a mouthful of wine, "Brother Chen, you've said so much, just say it, how to solve this matter. I'll listen to you."

"So, you don't deny that it was your Six Shanmen who played tricks, substituting one person for another, finding someone at random to fool us, and letting the real Ma Liu go?"

"You can't say it like that. The prisoner Ma Liu is indeed locked up in the Heavenly Prison right now."

"Brother Meng seems to have forgotten that Ma Liu is going to the execution ground for a public execution." After finishing, Chen Guanlou pointed to the file, "The person and the record, the goods don't match, with such an obvious difference, do you think the execution supervisor is blind and can't see it? At that time, who will take the responsibility."

"Then don't let the prisoner Ma Liu go to the execution ground!" Meng Laoda's face turned fierce, "I believe this is a small matter for the Heavenly Prison."

Chen Guanlou sneered, noncommittal, and said slowly: "Brother Meng, oh Brother Meng, I treat you as a brother from a different father and mother, and you, from beginning to end, only want to muddle through.

Even if you want to help the real Ma Liu get away, at least be responsible and choose someone with similar physical characteristics to replace him. I never imagined that your Six Shanmen would be so perfunctory in handling things, not even bothering to cover it up!

Is it because you are too arrogant, or is it that from beginning to end you never put the Heavenly Prison in your eyes? Could it be that the lives of the Heavenly Prison guards are not lives?"

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