Chapter 990: The Dali Temple is not kind

Three days later, Zhao Jinming finished his last meal in the human world, washed up simply, changed into a clean prisoner's uniform, and was about to be escorted to the execution ground.

He was still cursing, but his voice was much smaller.

These few days, he had been crying, howling, and cursing, and his voice was hoarse.

"Save some strength!" Chen Quan couldn't stand it anymore and said with great disgust.

"What do you know!" Zhao Jinming looked at Chen Quan with disdain, only willing to give Chen Guanlou a little face. "I'm about to die, can't I curse a few words."

Chen Guanlou came to the scene and asked: "Is everything ready? Master Zhao, it's truly rare that you can calm down!"

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, can you ask you one last thing?"

"You say."

"Can you help me find a fast executioner? I don't want to suffer. I heard that some executioners need three or four knives to kill a person. I don't want to be so painful, I can't stand it. I just want one knife to go down, and it's all over."

As he spoke, Zhao Jinming was about to cry again.

His tears were truly many!

And he could truly cry!

Chen Guanlou promised the other party: "This matter is simple. The executioners responsible for beheading today are all veteran hands, each with rich experience, and each has beheaded at least a hundred heads. So, your worries are all superfluous. However, if you are really not at ease, I will take charge and arrange the executioner with the steadiest hand and the fastest knife for you, how about that?"

"Many thanks to Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen! Regarding collecting the corpse, please make it convenient for me, allowing my family to collect the corpse the first time. I don't want to be exposed on the execution ground and licked by wild dogs."

"These are all small matters! The time is not early, hurry up and set off."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, aren't you going?" 【9

As he spoke, Zhao Jinming was about to cry again.

He really had so many tears!

And he really could cry!

Chen Guanlou promised the other party, "This matter is simple. The executioners responsible for beheading today are all old hands with years of experience, each one highly skilled; to say the least, they have all beheaded hundreds of heads. So, your worries are all unnecessary. However, if you really don't feel at ease, I will take charge and arrange for you the executioner with the steadiest hands and the fastest blade, how about that?"

"Many thanks, Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen! Regarding the collection of the body, I ask Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen to please make it convenient for my family to collect the body at the first opportunity. I do not want the body exposed in the execution ground to be licked by wild dogs."

"These are all small matters! The hour is not early, hurry and set off."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, are you not going?"

"I will go over later." Chen Guanlou smiled, waving goodbye to the other party.

Chen Quan was responsible for escorting this batch of prisoners to the execution ground. He could not delay the official's business; it was better to be early than late!

The regulation was for beheading at noon, but the prisoners had to wait there early.

With this batch of prisoners sent away, it felt as if the Heavenly Prison had become much quieter.

Of course, Chen Guanlou did not need to go to the execution ground; he was a Jiang Jiang Yucheng, and such dirty and bitter work was done by those below him. He only needed to sit in the office to sign and stamp the documents.

"My lord, the Ministry of Justice wants to examine Ma Liu's corpse." Mu Qingshan ran into the office in a hurry, his sweat flying in his anxiety.

"Hell! How much time has passed since then? Ma Liu's corpse was buried long ago." Chen Guanlou heard this and could not believe it.

There was no such logic as digging up a corpse that had already been buried for inspection.

It had never been done this way, and there was no such rule.

Absurd!

Reckless nonsense!

"When Ma Liu first died, it was reported to the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice inspected the corpse, signed, and stamped it. The corpse was also taken out and buried. Now they say they want to examine the corpse again, what is going on? What does the Ministry of Justice mean by this, are they deliberately making things difficult?"

He was furious, almost rushing to the Ministry of Justice to find someone to argue with.

Mu Qingshan shook his head repeatedly, "The Ministry of Justice explained that Ma Liu was originally on the list of prisoners to be beheaded today. Because he died early, his name was crossed out. It should have been fine.

However, the official responsible for overseeing the execution today is from the Court of Judicial Review. The Court of Judicial Review has an old list in their hands. Comparing the new and old lists, they saw that Ma Liu was missing—a bandit who had plagued the people for over a decade—and the Court of Judicial Review is demanding to see the person if alive or the corpse if dead. Otherwise, there might be trouble at the execution ground today."

Chen Guanlou immediately frowned, "What does the Court of Judicial Review mean? Suspecting us of colluding inside and outside the Heavenly Prison to substitute a fake for the real one? Tell them to go to hell!"

"I'm afraid it's the good work of the Six Shanmen that was found out by the people from the Court of Judicial Review." Mu Qingshan, that big mouth, guessed quite reasonably.

Chen Guanlou nodded repeatedly.

It was very likely that the news leaked from the Six Shanmen side. The Court of Judicial Review had been enduring it without acting, all for the sake of a single decisive strike today.

However, the Court of Judicial Review only knew the first part, not the second. They only knew that the Six Shanmen had swapped the prisoner and the goods didn't match the description, but they didn't know that he, Chen Guanlou, had filled the loophole and killed the real Ma Liu.

He immediately called for Lu Datou, "Take my name card to the Six Shanmen and find Meng Laoda. Tell him that the thing they did has been exposed, and the Court of Judicial Review has caught hold of the evidence. Tell him to look out for himself."

Lu Datou took the name card and asked, "If Meng Laoda asks, what should I do? How should I answer him?"

"You tell him to recognize his own status and not mess up the rules. Keep everyone's mouth shut; saying the wrong thing will cost lives!"

The Court of Judicial Review was clearly prepared and specifically targeting the Ministry of Justice.

He still had to communicate this matter with Sun Daoning.

"Someone, go immediately to the mass grave outside the city and be sure to dig up Ma Liu's corpse and protect it. Without my order, no one is allowed to approach Ma Liu's corpse."

The Court of Judicial Review had come with ill intent. With the current high temperature, he didn't know how much of Ma Liu's corpse could still be preserved, or if the physical characteristics could still be identified.

Thank heavens, under his management in recent years, the Heavenly Prison had become increasingly standardized in its operations.

Corpses like Ma Liu's, which had no relatives to claim them, were all buried deep. If it were still the old rules of the past, casually thrown into a mass grave and exposed in the wilderness, it would have long been eaten clean by wild dogs. He wouldn't even be able to prove his own innocence.

It still had to be standardized management.

He called for Xu Fugui again and informed him of this matter.

"Keep everyone's mouth shut, especially the mouths of the prison guards below. Don't be trembling and spilling everything the moment you see an official. You tell the prison guards below to keep their mouths shut; if we get through this hurdle smoothly, everyone will have a reward. As for you, look out for yourself!"

Xu Fugui was so scared his face turned pale, his legs trembling, "My—my lord, how could the Court of Judicial Review pay attention to Ma Liu's case?"

"Don't worry about why; you just need to remember the previous story and don't let anything slip."

"How about I just ask for leave and say I'm sick?"

"Look at your lack of backbone. Even if the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up. What you need to do is hurry and communicate with the prison guards below, learn a lesson, and don't be so scared that you lose control of your bladder the moment you hear 'Court of Judicial Review'."

Xu Fugui subconsciously looked down at his crotch. Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen was lying to him; he hadn't lost control of his bladder. But, he was close!