The prisoners paid the money and were all released.

The few remaining ones really couldn't come up with the money. They were all paupers and had no place to borrow money. They were the kind of people who were poor, arrogant, and mean. They had no popularity at all, so they couldn't find anyone to lend money to.

Xu Fugui asked, how to deal with these people? Should they be released?

"Why release them if they don't pay?"

"Then continue to detain them?"

"It's a waste of food. Just chop them all up and use them as fertilizer!"

"Really, really kill them all?" Xu Fugui was a little stimulated and stuttered, "This is not good."

Chen Guanlou sneered, "You also know it's not good! Then why don't you think of a way? You are a grown man, I don't believe you can't find a place to make money. Sell them, you can sell them for 200 taels. Sell them to the docks as coolies, squeeze them to death, and you can earn 200 or 30 taels of silver a month. Work for ten years and you will have 200 taels of silver. Just ask them how they want to sell? Sell their bodies to pay off debts, or sell their physical strength to pay off debts, let them choose."

"Is this okay? Who would like them if they look so ugly?"

"Cover your face, it's the same even if you turn off the lights." Chen Guanlou said without any emotion, completely turning into a black-hearted official, not caring about the lives of others.

Xu Fugui was confused, thinking whether Chen Yucheng had eaten gunpowder today, and had such a bad temper.

"Then I'll go ask them and make a plan for them to repay their debt."

It's not necessary to sell yourself.

This group of people specializes in making money in shady ways, so they must have a way to collect the silver. If they dare to deceive the Tianlao, they will be killed next time they are caught.

No one dares to owe money to the Tianlao.

That group of jailbreakers are fierce and bold enough. Before escaping, they will pay the full amount of silver.

Jailbreakers dare not owe money to the Tianlao, because no one can guarantee that they will not go to prison again. Once they go to prison again, they are dead! The jailers have 108 ways to kill them.

This group of low-class stuff can't be more powerful than jailbreakers!

Yes, no one dares to owe money to the Tianlao, not even low-class people. One by one, they racked their brains to think of ways to make money in exchange for freedom.

Two hundred taels, for rich people, is not enough for a meal. For ordinary people, this is ten years of income.

A few gangsters discussed and came up with an excellent plan, stealing!

Only stealing can make money the fastest, and the crime is not serious. As long as he is not caught, he can pay off the debt owed to Tianlao, and maybe there will be some left.

Xu Fugui: ...

Should he indulge, indulge, indulge?

These people discussed the plan to steal money in front of him, and did not take him, a government official, seriously at all. How could this be possible.

He could not make up his mind for a while, so he could only ask for instructions again.

"Steal money? Where are you going to steal? Otherwise, I will give them an idea. If they dare to steal money from Xiao Changsheng's house, even if they are less than 200 taels in the end, I will let them go. If they are caught, if they are detained in the cell of Jingzhao Prefecture, I will ask someone to take care of it. If they are detained in Tianlao, this matter will be even simpler."

Huh?

Xu Fugui was confused again, he could not understand, he could not understand at all.

"Sir, does it have to be this way?"

"Is my plan not good?"

"It's not bad. It's mainly the Xiao Mansion, which is the residence of Concubine Xiao's younger brother, and Sir Xiao is a favorite of His Majesty. It's not appropriate to provoke the Xiao Mansion."

"It's indeed not appropriate. So, let those people try. It doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not."

"What if they can't stand it and say that it was the Tianlao who instructed them..."

"Hahaha... Even if they say it was the Tianlao who instructed them, who would believe it? Which official would believe their words. If they want to live, they know they have to keep their mouths shut. If they dare to say a word, they will die. There is no need for the Tianlao to come forward to defend themselves. When the case is tried, they will be beaten with twenty sticks and die on the spot in the court."

Chen Guanlou was not exaggerating.

Tianlao is nothing!

This is true.

But even if he is just a fart, it is still a government office of the court and a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Justice.

The various government offices in the capital are closely connected, especially those involved in the judiciary, which are in the same boat with the Ministry of Justice.

A few thieves "slandering" the Tianlao, what's the difference between this and seeking death. A sensible court official would order a severe beating the thieves the moment they mentioned the Tianlao! Kill them on the spot. After all, they are thieves, and it's useless to die. No one will ask, and there will be no government office to hold them accountable.

Xu Fugui didn't dare to disobey, and gave those poor guys an order to steal from the Xiao Mansion, nothing else would work. Stealing can keep you alive. If you don't steal, you will be used as fertilizer tonight.

No choice!

You can only bite the bullet and steal!

After a lot of planning, scouting and looking for opportunities, bribing servants, racking your brains, and finally launching the action on a dark and windy night.

The Xiao Mansion is heavily guarded, and a group of warriors are raised in the mansion at a high price. How could a few scoundrels succeed? When stealing, he was caught in the act and tortured on the spot.

Several thieves confessed that they had just been released from prison and had no money to spend, so they ventured into the mansion to steal. They dared not mention the Tianlao at all, let alone say that they were still prisoners.

After being tortured, they did not get any useful information, so they reported it directly to the authorities for handling.

Jingzhao Prefecture took the case and quickly pronounced the verdict. These little thieves, who dared to steal in Xiao's mansion, should be executed immediately. But they were reminded by someone and were later sentenced to exile for three thousand miles.

Afterwards, the court official asked the master: "Why didn't you kill them?"

"Your Excellency doesn't know that these little thieves came out of the Tianlao. In fact, they were prisoners in the Imperial Prison, but they were transferred to the Tianlao because there was not enough space in the Imperial Prison. They still owed money to the Tianlao, so they couldn't be killed!"

"The Tianlao is so kind that they can get out of prison even if they owe money?"

"So he went to steal."

There is a cause and an effect, a closed logic loop.

"It's just..." The court official didn't know how to complain. The Tianlao gang played like this, and no one cared.

"Your Excellency knows that the people in Tianlao only care about money. If you kill a few thieves, Tianlao will have to ask us for money. When the two sides quarrel, it will be embarrassing!"

It makes sense.

No one wants to deal with the guy in Tianlao who only cares about money. For money, he doesn't recognize his relatives, but his cultivation is so profound that no one can do anything about it.

It's really unreasonable.

The court should expel Chen from the public meal team. Chen's high cultivation is no longer suitable for staying in the officialdom, even in Tianlao. It makes his colleagues shrink and unable to display their talents.

"Forget it, forget it. Exile is fine, right? Don't come to me and ask for my release."

"Exile can be done after one year or ten years. The student union will communicate with the Tianlao to ensure that it will not cause trouble to you."

"Make sure to communicate well. There should also be some reservations about the Xiao Mansion. They don't need to know about the internal affairs of the government."

"Don't worry, you, the Xiao Mansion won't ask."

The matter was resolved satisfactorily.

The thieves returned to the Tianlao again, in the name of transfer.

Xu Fugui:...

It's my life!

Why can't these scumbags be released?

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