Chapter 989: I don't care, I just want to live

"Did you kill him?"

Mu Yiguan Mu asked curiously.

"Since the Master asked, you must have encountered such a person. Did you kill him?"

Chen Guanlou nodded, not avoiding it. "Killed!"

Mu Yiguan Mu laughed upon hearing this, seeming very satisfied. "It's good that you killed him! Since the person has been killed, what else does the Master have to think about? You are acting on behalf of Heaven! Heaven can see and will remember your credit; you are eliminating harm for the people."

Chen Guanlou waved his hands. "You misunderstood. I am not because of killing..."

"I understand." Mu Yiguan Mu rarely interrupted his words. "The Master must have seen a scene that was unbearable to look at, seen the most cruel and vicious side of human nature, and felt a sense of sadness.

To tell you the truth, for the coldness and cruelty of some people, this old man has lived for so many years and seen so much, and often cannot figure it out. You say that people in the torture room are cruel, that's work needs. Those people outside, alas... can only say that human nature cannot be looked at directly!"

"Old Mu, you seem to have quite a lot of insights into these things." Chen Guanlou couldn't help but be curious.

Mu Yiguan Mu shook his head. "Can't be called insights. It's just that I've been in this line for a long time, seen a lot, and naturally have some understanding. This old man doesn't seek fame and wealth in this life, just seeks peace and safety. Sometimes lowering the requirements a little, the troubles will be half less."

Chen Guanlou laughed upon hearing this!

He agreed with this very much.

"My requirements are not high either, just working in the Heavenly Prison, busy with errands. Occasionally having free time to go out and be happy for a few days."

"The Master's requirements are not difficult. Drink tea, drink tea! This tea leaf today must be this year's new tea. Sure enough, the Master has good things in his hands."

The Ministry of Justice issued a notice that three days later, the criminal official Zhao Jinming would be escorted to the execution ground for punishment according to the law.

Learning that he was about to be beheaded, Master Zhao cried miserably, howling and crying, with tears and snot all over. It was hard to imagine that a middle-aged man would have so many tears.

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, my life is bitter!"

Chen Guanlou stood before the cell door, his mouth twitching, unable to bear looking at the other party. "Master Zhao, you'd better wipe your snot. Change your angle of thinking; you've enjoyed good days for so many years, with fine clothes and food, beauties in your arms, it's worth it!"

"You don't understand, you don't understand at all. My daughter has already arrived in the capital, and Eunuch Lai said she is a natural beauty. Now she is participating in the selection in the palace, and if there are no accidents, she will definitely enter the palace to accompany the Emperor. By then, if my daughter blows a few pillow winds in the Emperor's ear, maybe I won't have to die. Alas, alas... why is the Ministry of Justice so anxious to cut off my head? I didn't offend anyone in the Ministry of Justice. Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, you must save me!"

Zhao Jinming knelt down and kowtowed. In order to live, he could give up anything.

Chen Guanlou was truly disgusted, but still persuaded patiently: "Master Zhao, even if your daughter successfully enters the palace to accompany the Emperor, it will take at least half a year or a year, and that's under the premise that everything goes smoothly. That is to say, no matter what, you have to die!

Before, seeing that you had accepted your fate, because your daughter arrived in the capital and passed the preliminary screening, you had unrealistic thoughts again. Master Zhao, if you go to the execution ground like this, you will be shitting and pissing your pants, and you will lose face to your home."

"I don't care, I just want to live. Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, you think of a way for me, and I will definitely repay you afterward."

Zhao Jinming was truly afraid of death, and kept crying.

Chen Guanlou was annoyed by the other party's crying. His face sank. "If you make trouble again, this official will let you experience the torture room first, and then go to the execution ground, how about that?"

Zhao Jinming stopped crying instantly, still unwilling, and then complained aggrievedly: "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, you received the money, so you should send the Buddha to the west. Can I treat it as buy-one-get-one-free? I don't want to die, I haven't lived enough."

"Master Zhao, you are also a person who has been in the officialdom for many years. The Ministry of Justice has issued an official document, and you will be punished according to the law in three days. Have you ever seen a precedent for temporary cancellation? You haven't seen it, right! Once the official document is issued, even if you don't kill, you have to kill! Even if you are innocent, you have to go to the execution ground to take a knife. There is absolutely no reason to overturn the case suddenly near the execution date. Unless the Emperor issues an edict to spare your dog's life. Thinking about it is impossible! So, give up!"

Zhao Jinming naturally knew that what Chen Guanlou said was all true.

In order to maintain the face of the government and the dignity of the law, all prisoners whose execution dates have been set must go to the execution ground to take a knife. Even if they are innocent, they have to take a knife. There is absolutely no case of overturning the case suddenly near the execution date. Unless the Emperor himself issues an edict to overturn the case!

For the government, overturning a case is too terrible!

It is equivalent to overturning everything before, and the officials who handled the case before, the constables responsible for the investigation, the clerks responsible for registering the case, the secretaries who planned the strategy, all the people who handled the case have to be unlucky.

May I ask, who dares to overturn the case?

Unless the truth cannot be hidden and the sky has been poked through.

Clearly, this "unless" does not apply to Master Zhao's case.

Master Zhao's case is nailed to the board, there is no way to overturn it, and he will definitely die!

Zhao Jinming also knew that he was at the end of the road and couldn't wait for his daughter to be favored to seek wealth, so he could only howl and cry. Crying that his life was not good, crying that he offended the Tai Sui this year.

Crying and crying, he started cursing, cursing his colleagues, cursing the Ministry of Justice, cursing the Heavenly Prison, and finally started cursing Xie Gechen.

If it weren't for Xie Gechen advocating for strict investigation of grain corruption, he wouldn't have to lose his head.

"The one surnamed Xie must not die well!"

Chen Guanlou nodded repeatedly, expressing agreement. "Powerful ministers usually don't have a good end; your wish has a great possibility of coming true one day."

Zhao Jinming laughed and cried upon hearing this. "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, have you seen the one surnamed Xie?"

"I have seen more than that. When he was in prison, I was responsible for guarding him."

"Yes, yes, yes, he also sat in prison. Look at my memory, I actually forgot this." "What kind of person is he?"

"A very intelligent person, a calm and rational person. Anyway, he would never howl like you. Even in the prison cell, Xie Gechen maintained the decency of a family son."

Chen Guanlou was just telling the truth, and Zhao Jinming broke his defense instantly, cursing: "If I had the same background as him, I would be more powerful and decent than him!"

"Are you sure?" ===== CHAPTER 990 =====

Zhao Jinming heard this and cried and laughed at the same time, "Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, have you ever met the one surnamed Xie?"

"I have done more than just meet him. When he was in prison, I was the one responsible for guarding him."

"Right, right, right, he was in prison too. Look at my memory, I actually forgot about that. What kind of person would you say he is?"

"A person of supreme intelligence, a calm and rational person. In any case, he would absolutely not howl endlessly like you. Even while in a prison cell, Xie Changling maintained the dignity of a scion of a noble family."

Chen Guanlou was just speaking the truth, but Zhao Jinming instantly broke down, cursing loudly: "If I had the same background as him, I would be even more impressive and dignified than him!"

"Are you sure?"