Chapter 980: Zhang Yushi Geng is killed

"Are you buying?" Chen Guanlou asked, seeing the other man seemed to dislike the high price.

Lowering the price was impossible; it would never be lowered in this lifetime! The Heavenly Prison was meant to earn money from the rich; lowering prices for promotion, how could they do business in the future?

Friendship is friendship, business is business; they cannot be mixed together!

Zhuang Yifei gritted his teeth. "Buying! Later, I will personally send the money over!"

"That's good! Seeing as you are so sincere, I'll give you a buy-one-get-one-free deal. In the future, if you die, I'll collect your corpse for free and ask a funeral parlor to perform rites for your burial—a one-stop funeral service. That's decent enough, right!"

Zhuang Yifei laughed in anger upon hearing this.

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen's service is truly thoughtful."

Chen Guanlou nodded repeatedly in agreement. "When all is said and done, the Heavenly Prison also belongs to the service industry! I have always emphasized to the prison guards below that prisoners are not just prisoners; in essence, they are all clients. Once money is received, we must provide good service to make everyone satisfied.

You can rest assured; after you die, although the funeral won't be grand, it will definitely be solemn. If you are willing to add some money, I will find a geomancer for you then to choose a good burial site, guaranteeing you a smooth life in the next one!"

Zhuang Yifei no longer knew what to say; this was completely different from the prison he had imagined. It had truly been turned into a business.

"Is Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen certain I will die?"

Chen Guanlou looked at the other man with a smile. "If you were a Ninth Rank martial artist, I really wouldn't dare say whether you would die. Unfortunately, you are only Eighth Rank. As long as you kill the one surnamed Geng and have no place of refuge, you will eventually be caught. The court does not lack Ninth Rank!"

The implication was to remind the other man that killing was urgent, but planning an escape route was even more urgent.

Zhuang Yifei understood and cupped his hands to express his gratitude. "Many thanks to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen for your care; I will take my leave first! If I am lucky enough to escape, I will come back to repay you in the future. If I am unlucky enough to be caught, please trouble Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to collect my corpse!"

"Certainly, certainly!"

Chen Guanlou waved his hand and watched the other man leave.

Mu Qingshan slipped in from the neighboring room. "Why does everyone believe whatever the Master says? Even if the Master said shit was fragrant, they would believe it without doubt."

"Fart!" Chen Guanlou was furious. "Don't you dare slander this official. When did I ever say shit was fragrant?"

"The student is just making an analogy. Whatever I say, people question. What the Master says is more exaggerated and outrageous, yet why do they all believe it? Looking at them, they don't seem like fools either!"

Mu Qingshan was very confused.

Is the gap between people really that big?

Chen Guanlou smiled smugly. "That's because this official has credibility! My words are as good as gold; what I say will be fulfilled. What do you have? Besides a mouth, why should people trust you? Learn from this!"

Mu Qingshan was noncommittal and asked again: "That one surnamed Zhuang, if he is caught, does the Master really have a way to fish him over? Is the Master not bragging?"

"Bragging? When have you seen me brag and not fulfill it?" Chen Guanlou sneered, his face full of confidence and certainty.

"Not to mention the Ministry of Justice, do I have connections in the neighboring Embroidered Uniform Guard? Can I speak a word to Xiao Jincheng? Tell me, am I bragging? Even if I'm unlucky and these people all turn their faces and show no mercy, with my skills, fishing someone out isn't simple?"

"Is the Master trying to say prison break?"

"If you don't know how to speak, don't speak." Chen Guanlou was truly disgusted by Mu Qingshan's mouth; it was truly annoying!

Do you understand transferring prisons?

What prison break!

As a prison industry practitioner, do you need to break in? It's nothing more than transferring from one cell to another; this is called work handover! Filing paperwork afterward! Everything is legal and compliant!

Compared to the Six Shanmen's flashy operations, it's much stronger!

After Zhang Yushi Geng left prison, he was full of ambition.

He rolled up his sleeves, preparing to do a big job and let his colleagues in the officialdom see his skills.

He never imagined that during the time he was in prison, Zhuang Yifei had been hiding in the C-grade prison just a few hundred meters away.

Half a month later, a major case occurred in the capital!

Zhang Yushi Geng, who had just been restored to his original position, was murdered in his home!

Emperor Jian Shi was furious!

He immediately ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to investigate the case!

Even Imperial Consort Xiao spoke up, saying that the person who killed Zhang Yushi Geng must be targeting her. It must be because Zhang Yushi Geng praised her children and was loyal to the Emperor, gaining the Emperor's valuation, and thus incurred hatred!

Her statement clearly wanted to lead the flames of war to the Empress, pointing the sword at the Empress's party! Stirring up the struggle for the throne to pave the way for her own children to seize it!

Her intentions were clear; anyone could see them.

Yet Emperor Jian Shi couldn't see through it, or perhaps he saw through it and chose to go with the flow.

Suddenly, the storm over establishing the Crown Prince, which had already been extinguished, was once again in the air, and the court was in an uproar. Even local officials came to join the fun, submitting memorials asking Emperor Jian Shi to establish the Crown Prince early, saying the legitimate succession system must not be destroyed.

Every word avoided mentioning Imperial Consort Xiao, yet every word pointed at her.

Imperial Consort Xiao had given birth to three children and could still be as favored as before, not just because of her beauty, but because she had other skills.

After running to Emperor Jian Shi to cry and deceive him, Emperor Jian Shi issued an edict to strictly investigate these local officials who submitted memorials asking for the establishment of the Crown Prince. None of them were doing their jobs well, not using their minds on local governance, but staring at the movements in the court all day long.

Absurd!

Xie Gechen, as the Left Minister, watched coldly, not entering the field and not expressing his stance, focusing wholeheartedly on hitting the Prince of Chu! Before the Prince of Chu was defeated, he would never participate in the struggle for the throne.

Chen Guanlou didn't care about the struggle in the court, and even less about the struggle for the throne between the Imperial Princes.

He just stared at the case of Zhang Yushi Geng's murder.

Zhuang Yifei had fulfilled his wish, killed his enemy, and didn't know if he had hidden away. If he was caught by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it would be very troublesome! Five hundred taels of deposit wouldn't even be enough for his running errands.

Chen Quan told Chen Guanlou a piece of news.

"The little one learned from others that after Xiao Jin left the Heavenly Prison, he had been following Xiao Changsheng. Recently, he has been running around, busy to no end. It is said that he is collecting black material for Xiao Changsheng. It seems he wants to expand the case of Zhang Yushi Geng's murder and point the sword at officials who support the orthodoxy."

Chen Guanlou understood in his heart. "Xiao Jin has ability; he learned a set of skills from the Heavenly Prison and used them all to collect black material on officials. If he participates in the struggle for the throne so actively, the first one to die will be him."

"Should we send someone to remind him?"

"You arrange it. Remind him that when it comes to the struggle for the throne and power, we little people should hide as far away as possible; do not participate in it."

"What if he refuses to listen to persuasion?"

"That is his fate! Success is the king, failure is the bandit!" Chen Guanlou said with slight impatience. Xiao Jin had a heart for fame and wealth, and his actions were too radical; it was not a good sign.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard was focused on investigating the case, and currently, there was no trend of expanding it to stir up the struggle for the throne.

Xiao Changsheng was jumping up and down; sure enough, he was a nouveau riche, a thing that didn't know the weight of things. He was completely relying on the Emperor's favor and thought he was invincible under Heaven.

Did he really think the powerful families were made of paper!

Look at Xie Gechen; with one order, the resources mobilized were staggering. From this, one could see how powerful the families were.

Behind the Empress, not only were there her maternal family, but major families were also standing in line, and even the nobles were naturally standing on the Empress's side. ===== CHAPTER 981 =====