Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 349 Waiting for the Sunset to Fall into My Hands
On Meng Changqing's desk, there was a piece of paper on each side, with several rows of words written on the paper from left to right.

One of them is for things that need to be completed today, and the other is for things that need to be done in the near future but have not been done yet.

When Laicai came in, he happened to see Meng Changqing drawing a horizontal line on one of the papers.

Lai Cai came to Meng Changqing and saw that her lips were dry. He also touched the half cup of tea left in the cup on the table and found that it was completely cold. He immediately poured it out and refilled her with hot tea.

"Thank you, sit down and talk." Meng Changqing took it and drank two sips, "Did you pay the money smoothly?"

"Probably everything went well." Lai Cai didn't need Meng Changqing to ask again, and continued: "I was worried because I had money on me, so I paid the money to the nearby places first, and then paid it back on the way. To be safe, I stayed in Quping for one night. I returned to Luojiang County with an empty car this morning.

Except for Yangmen County, the people in other county offices didn't say anything. They just counted the silver and gave me a receipt."

"What's so strange about Yangmen County?" Meng Changqing had expected this. She didn't pay the money back in person just to avoid trouble from Mao Chunfang.

"The person who contacted me in Yangmen County should be the legal advisor who often follows Lord Mao." Lai Cai's voice is always softer than Bafang's. "After counting the silver, the legal advisor said the amount was wrong. He noticed that there were other cash boxes in our car and asked if we took the wrong box.

Although I checked it many times before handing it to him, when he asked me this, I couldn't help but suspect that I had read it wrong. In order to understand his doubts and show my sincerity, I went back to the car to check it again.

Sure enough, I didn't take the wrong number. After I told him about it, he shook his head and told me that the number was wrong.

You had told me before, so I didn't panic and handed the account book to him for inspection. However, after looking at it, he threw it aside and said that there was something wrong with our account book and it didn't match the records in the county government, so we should follow theirs.

I followed your instructions and asked him to write down the differences, but he suddenly got angry. "At this point, Lai Cai smiled and said, "Thanks to you for letting Brother Zuo and the others go with me, he was very smart and saw that the lawyer was deliberately making things difficult, so he came over and said to me, 'Second Master, maybe the master made a mistake in the calculation? Otherwise, please ask the lawyer to come to our yamen to calculate it again.'

The lawyer seemed frightened and asked me about my identity. Brother Zuo said that I was your sworn brother, Master Meng.

The lawyer's expression changed so quickly, but he still insisted, "Forget it, forget it. If there is any mistake, they will bear it themselves in Yangmen County."

After hearing this, Meng Changqing laughed twice and cursed in his heart: You bastard!
"Although the matter was done, I still feel unhappy about Yangmen County." Lai Cai said, "The money we gave was clearly not wrong, but in his mouth, it became that we took advantage of them."

Meng Changqing explained: "It's always disgusting to meet such a person. Thank you for making this trip for me. You have to bear this anger for me."

Lai Cai waved his hands immediately, "I'm not offended by anything. The trick of the master changing his face opened my eyes. It's nothing. Don't take it to heart, young master."

"No, I have to keep it in mind. When that master falls into my hands one day, I will make him pay for his shameful behavior."

"Master, if there's nothing else, I'll go back to the back hall."

Meng Changqing nodded and said with a smile: "Go back and rest for a while. Don't rush to do things. There will always be things to do."

To say the day was anything but busy.

Before Meng Changqing drew the last horizontal line, someone outside reported that Wang Xun had returned.

Meng Changqing was not in a hurry to go out and ask about the situation. After all, he was Chu Mufeng's man, so he had to let Wang Xun report to his superiors first.