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Chapter 14 Trouble in the Heavenly Prison

After finishing his shift, Shen Yan led Ma Danian and the jailers from cell number C to Chunfeng Tower.

The guards couldn't even remember when they last came here.

Although Shen Yan had explained beforehand that he had brought them here for food and drink, they would have to pay for their own overnight stay.

Upon arrival, the jailers continued to praise Shen Yan for his righteousness.

After all, it was a famous brothel in Bianjing. Even without girls accompanying him, the meal still cost him more than twenty taels of silver.

The reason for choosing this location was purely Shen Yan's own idea.

I've been in this world for quite a while now, but I've never been to a brothel before. Coming here today has broadened my horizons.

Even with the many forms of entertainment available in my previous life, this Spring Breeze Pavilion was in no way inferior.

After the show ended.

Many prison guards stayed overnight at Chunfeng Tower, while Shen Yan went home alone.

He continued to cultivate the Golden Body Technique, setting aside time each day to practice; it had become a habit.

He discovered that although the Dao Fruit could feed back power to him.

These powers also require time to become familiar with and master; otherwise, they cannot be fully integrated.

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The next day, early in the morning.

After receiving the power from the Dao Fruit, Shen Yan went out to work in the Heavenly Prison.

Today he was to be on duty in cell A, which was different from cell C, as it was full of government officials.

They were not comparable to the common people in Prison No. 3.

When he was still some distance from the prison, he saw Sun Fugui hurrying towards him.

"Shen Yan, something terrible has happened! Three prisoners have died in cell C, all of whom were within our jurisdiction."

Shen Yan frowned. "How did they die? Three of them died at once?"

He had a feeling that this was no coincidence, and that someone was definitely targeting him.

The deaths of three prisoners at once are a major incident in the Heavenly Prison. Although the lives of prisoners in the Heavenly Prison are considered cheap, they should not be killed in this way.

There are monthly death quotas. If these quotas are exceeded, the Ministry of Justice will assess the situation and the monthly profit share will be significantly reduced.

As fellow members of the prison, no one would normally do something so harmful to others and not to themselves, unless they had a grudge against someone.

A name popped into Shen Yan's mind.

"Hu Youtian!"

He was about to be promoted to the head of the Class A prison, and he couldn't wait to make his move?

This surprised Shen Yan, who thought that even if they wanted to deal with him, they would have to wait until he was in the Class A prison.

"What triggered Hu Youtian's anger? Working under him, are you afraid he won't find fault with you?"

Sun Fugui also thought of Hu Youtian. Although he had enemies, he couldn't possibly use such methods, because those who were at odds with him were also prison guards in the C-level prison.

Even if such methods fail to identify the perpetrator, they will still be punished.

Who were the dead?

"Lin Feng, Zhao Dazhu, and... Zhu Zhengyang."

Shen Yan was somewhat shocked. "What! Zhu Zhengyang is dead too?"

"That's right, he was the only one who was poisoned; the other two choked to death."

Zhu Zhengyang was a ninth-rank martial artist, and Shen Yan found it hard to accept that he died so easily.

"This was a ninth-rank martial artist! And he died such a pathetic death at the hands of the jailer."

Choking to death is the most common way to kill people in the prison. They would not give prisoners food for several days, and then suddenly give them a full meal one day, and then use some other methods.

The prisoner died silently, just like someone who had choked to death, and no one could find anything wrong with it.

Ma Danian had told him about this method before; usually, it was only done on the orders of superiors.

"What does 'horse head' mean?"

"The horse hasn't arrived at the prison yet, but I heard that Warden Xu is furious. I'm afraid you might be caught off guard if you don't know."

Shen Yan understood that this matter could be big or small, and it all depended on a single word from Prison Warden Xu.

At most, he would lose his job; those who died were all death row inmates. Hu Youtian was very careful in his actions and didn't intend to make things too big.

Suicides among death row inmates in the prison are not uncommon; most of them want to leave a complete body and seek peace in the afterlife.

One of the services offered by the prison is helping death row inmates commit suicide. The fee is not cheap. Shen Yan was quite surprised when he first heard this, but it requires the prison warden's approval to do so.

These three are clearly not the case. If that were the case, it should be Sun Fugui and Shen Yan who made the move.

Throughout the journey, Sun Fugui kept asking Shen Yan if there was any way to help, his emotions were very anxious.

Shen Yan could only comfort him, saying that nothing serious would happen, but in reality, she herself was not sure either.

The two arrived at the imperial prison.

Inside the jailers' office, Ma Danian looked at the three corpses laid out in front of him with a worried expression.

It was the same three people, Zhu Zhengyang, who died last night.

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The imperial prison, the jailer's cell.

The clerk was standing next to Xu Shaogong, reporting to him about the situation in cell number C.

"Sir, what should we do about what happened in cell C?"

"It makes me so angry just thinking about it. That damn Hu Youtian is a complete idiot, pulling this whole stunt on me. Does he think we're all fools? I put Shen Yan under his command so he could teach me a lesson and give me a chance to vent my anger."

"I didn't expect this idiot to pull this stunt. Yang just mentioned Shen Yan, do you think I can just fire him right away? Once he's in Class A prison, he's not someone you can just mess with."

"Tell them to call the Ministry of Justice to verify his identity, and then bury him as soon as possible."

"By the way, they deducted my share of the profits for Prison C this month."

The advisor said to him with a wry smile.

"Master Dong, the monthly share of the wages for Prisoner Bing has already been deducted."

"Then next month."

"It won't be available next month either."

"Are the ones for the month after next still available?"

"That's true, but if they're punished for three months straight, I'm afraid the jailers will cause a huge uproar."

"Fine, fine, let's leave it at that."

"Dong Weng is benevolent and righteous."

After saying goodbye, the clerk went to the Ministry of Justice to report the matter and waited for officials from the Ministry to arrive and verify his identity. The matter was then considered closed.

Shen Yan and Sun Fugui were in the office, unaware of the prison warden's attitude.

Even Ma Danian was a little nervous; if this matter were investigated, he would also bear some responsibility.

Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time in the office, neither the clerk nor Xu Shaogong showed up; it was as if nothing had happened.

Shen Yan was filled with trepidation. Now that he had been transferred to Cell A, he could no longer stay there.

After waiting for a while and seeing that no one paid any attention to him, he had no choice but to go to cell A to report for duty.

This happened on Ma Danian's turf, so he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

Since no one came, he was the only one who could ask.

We arrived at cell number A.

Shen Yan met Hu Youtian in the prison guard's cell.

The two remained calm, with Hu Youtian adopting a friendly demeanor and showing concern for Shen Yan.

He has the face of a good boss who cares about his subordinates.

The handover of duties went smoothly for Shen Yan, which surprised him.

He secretly wondered, "What's this Hu Youtian up to?"

There were more jailers in cell A than in cell C, and the prisoners, being officials, were certainly treated with more care than the common folk in cell C.

Cell C previously had a head jailer, Ma Danian, but the position remained vacant after he was promoted to prison officer.

The position remained vacant, and Shen Yan heard from Sun Fugui that they were waiting for the jailers to bid for it.

I also asked Shen Yan, but he wasn't interested.

Having just arrived at the prison, I haven't even figured out the ins and outs yet. Even if I become a guard, what good will it do?

He incurred hatred for no reason and was plotted against without even knowing when.

This wasn't what Shen Yan wanted; he just wanted peace and quiet. But alas, in the world of martial arts, one is often not in control of one's own destiny.

I was forced into this situation by no means; I was forced into it.