Chapter 519: Passive Slacking
After breakfast, he came to Yamen County on time. The county and the catcher were convened, and the meeting was held in advance according to the usual practice.
"Chu Zhutou, how did you deal with the carriage theft incident reported by the Lu family yesterday?"
The carriage is a big thing. It was also the most important case in the county in the past three months.
In particular, the owner of the Lu family is the most powerful family in the county. Zhang Qingming naturally didn't dare to slack off, so he talked about this at the meeting.
When Chu Huaiyuan was named by Zhang Qingming, he replied with some reluctance:
"Back to the county master, I took my brother to look for a day, but I still haven't found any traces. Today, I will continue to look for it. Rest assured, the case will be closed soon!"
Chu Huaiyuan has been lying. Yesterday, the Lu family came to report the case. Although Zhang Qingming told Chu Huaiyuan to take this matter seriously, Chu Huaiyuan always held a grudge against the Lu family. When he heard that the Lu family's carriage was lost, he didn't even want to take the initiative to investigate the matter.
What if the Lu family is missing a carriage?
Because of the failure of his daughter's marriage with the Lu family, he lost almost his entire family!
As soon as he thought of this, Chu Huaiyuan wanted the Lu family to go bankrupt like him. How could he possibly find that carriage?
Chu Huaiyuan is lazy at work. In the evening, he sent a catcher to Lu's house to record a confession. Of course, instead of taking his brothers to look for it, he went for a drink. After recording the confession, he told the other captors to go home quickly. Finding a carriage is also nowhere to be seen.
Fortunately, Chu Huaiyuan has been a catcher for so many years. He is also an experienced old man in the county office. Do whatever you want to do to any kind of boss.
Chu Huaiyuan knew that Zhang Qingming was a person who didn't care and was easily deceived, so at this morning's meeting, he made up a lot of lies on the spot. In any case, his colleagues will not expose him.
As usual, after Chu Huaiyuan said the above words, Zhang Qingming would definitely not ask again, and everything would be handed over to him. The county commander Zhang Qingming is happy to take a break, don't worry.
But today, Zhang Qingming listened to Chu Huaiyuan's perfunctory report and frowned: "Chu Zhutou, the situation of the Lu family is different from other families. You don't want to take it seriously!"
Zhang Qingming also knew that a few years ago, the Chu family and the Lu family had joked about their family affairs. However, the matter is obvious. Chu Pearl wants to marry the eldest prince of the Lu family, which is beyond his ability. The Lu family didn't want to marry Chu Pearl at all. The Chu family lost face, and it was Chu Huaiyuan's wife and daughter who died. After all, this has nothing to do with the Lu family.
What's more, even if the Chu family and the Lu family have a holiday, Chu Huaiyuan is just a small official. He has no rights and no power. What can he do with the Lu family?
Zhang Qingming thought that Chu Huaiyuan would do what he had to do after all!
"Yes, Lord Magistrate, I see. I'm going to send more people over today. Chu Huaiyuan was very angry in his heart, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he could only grit his teeth and agree.
Zhang Qingming nodded, and then said something else.
For the rest, there is nothing big about it, Zhang Qingming asked the county Cheng to preside over it for him, he leaned back on the official chair and closed his eyes.
Ate something in the morning. I feel sleepy now.
Zhang Qingming's eyes closed and he wanted to see Zhou Gong.
At this moment, a small official ran in:
"Master, master, it's not good, something is wrong!"
Zhang Qingming was taken aback and fell off his chair. His jaw fell on the table, and tears of pain almost fell.
"What's wrong?"
Before the little official finished speaking, a group of people came to the county hall.