The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

After Zhou Chu finished speaking, he looked at Chu Huizu, clearly indicating that he was being asked to make a choice.

"I'm going to jail."

Chu Huizu made his choice without even thinking.

He had never been to the countryside, but based on Zhou Chu's description, he knew it was definitely not a good place.

He couldn't let his sister suffer with him.

"No, let's go to the countryside together."

Chu Li shook her head.

Clearly, she didn't think prison was a good place.

She didn't want her brother to suffer like this because of her.

"Don't worry, apart from the temporary lack of freedom, life in prison is better than in the countryside. I've already taken care of the arrangements."

Zhou Chu looked at Chu Li and said.

Upon hearing this, Chu Li remembered that Zhou Chu seemed to go to the prison twice a month for the sake of Lu Song and his wife, and she was immediately relieved.

"Young Master Zhou, you've used up all your prison visit opportunities this month."

The jailer's face immediately lit up with a smile when he saw Zhou Chu.

This guy is their god of wealth.

Many convicted officials also have family members who help them with bribes.

But very few can persist for so many years.

Many people who bribe officials can't stand it after two or three months; they either get demoted or simply stop bribing officials altogether.

Zhou Chu remained unchanged for years. The jailers knew that Zhou Chu was originally just a page in the Lu family.

He was so loyal and righteous even after only one year in the Lu family.

Therefore, whether it was the prison warden or the jailers, everyone who mentioned Zhou Chu held him in high esteem.

But as much as I admire them, the rules in prison are inviolable.

A maximum of four visits per month is allowed; this is a red line that no one can cross.

Of course, this excludes some extremely powerful figures.

"Is the prison warden not here?"

Zhou Chu looked at the old man and asked.

The prison warden is the official in charge of the prison and the top leader of the prison, whose word is law.

Jailers and guards were considered lowly clerks, belonging to the lowest social class. A guard's career ended at the jailer level, with no further advancement unless he escaped this lowly status.

So they don't care about the future; all they think about is how to make money.

Let's drink tonight and be merry.

Many of the prison guards were gamblers.

But the prison warden is different; he is an official with a promising future.

Therefore, the prison warden must not know about the matter of sending people into the prison, as he might not be willing to do so for the sake of his future.

Once all the jailers are bribed, the matter will be settled.

The prison warden does not personally patrol the cells; these tasks are done by the prison guards.

Therefore, unless the prison guards report it, the prison warden will not know who is in or out of the prison.

"The prison warden is away on business. I wonder if Young Master Zhou has any advice for him?"

The jailer asked, puzzled.

"Good news, we've come to bring you money."

As Zhou Chu spoke, he took out three silver notes, each with a face value of one thousand taels.

This made the jailer's eyes widen; he couldn't look away.

"Please trouble the jailer to call all the brothers over."

Zhou Chu smiled.

"Alright, please wait a moment, young master."

In the end, Zhou Chu gave the jailer one hundred taels of silver and each jailer fifty taels, everyone got a share, including those on leave at home, and the total cost was less than two thousand taels of silver.

In this way, everyone would keep the matter a secret. Every prison guard was extremely shrewd, and anyone who dared to reveal it would offend all their colleagues, and offend them to death.

Therefore, even if loopholes occasionally appear, these people will try their best to cover them up.

Zhou Chu did not imprison Chu Huizu and the Lu family together.

Instead, the jailer found another inmate who was not very noticeable and moved both of them to a relatively comfortable area. Then, he added forty taels of silver to their monthly allowance, improving their treatment.

The prisoner's meals were usually mixed with bran and even contained sand, making them difficult to swallow.

These are all tactics used by the prison guards to force these prisoners to contact their families to send money.

This treatment is only canceled when no money can be sent in, but the food is still extremely poor.

The unexpected treatment left the man completely bewildered.