Chapter 149 Let’s do as you say
This damn thief must not be caught, otherwise he will definitely skin him alive.
The lawyer walked towards the county magistrate.
Although he and the county magistrate have become estranged, the county magistrate is still his superior and he still has to listen to his words. At least before the new county magistrate takes office, this superficial work must be done well.
The lawyer walked up to the county magistrate, bowed, and humbly asked, "Why do you say that, sir? We don't know where these herbs came from. A group of exiles from the capital arrived outside the city, and the young master of the Divine Doctor Valley happened to be traveling with them. They told us that there are herbs here to treat and prevent plague, and spiritual spring water that can cure diseases. That's why we came here to queue up to receive the herbs. I wonder if there's anything wrong with that?"
Upon hearing this, the county magistrate gnashed his teeth and said, "I was wondering where these thieves would come from to visit the county magistrate's office. The entire Qu County is in a state of panic, so who would dare to commit such a robbery?
So they are exiles from the capital. This makes sense. Only they would be so bold as to steal my medicinal herbs and bring them to this dilapidated temple. Then, through your help, they pretend to be treating me, but in reality, they are trying to win my support so that they can have the opportunity to return to the capital in the future. What a brilliant plan!
After listening to the analysis of the Dog County Magistrate, Xia Xing'er couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
I really didn't expect that this county magistrate was not a good person, but he still had a good brain. He analyzed her ideas very well and he got them right.
After hearing the county magistrate's analysis, the lawyer was shocked. Could it be that these medicinal herbs were really stolen from the county magistrate's mansion?
"Isn't that unlikely?"
Just to move the medicinal herbs from the county magistrate's mansion to the dilapidated temple would take some time, and it would take at least a day to do it.
Even if we calculate it for a whole day, we still need about a hundred or eighty people to do it.
But it wasn’t that long ago that the county magistrate’s mansion was robbed. The timing doesn’t match at all.
Moreover, these medicinal herbs arrived at the dilapidated temple at about the same time as they arrived, basically at the same time. How could these be medicinal herbs from the county magistrate's mansion?
Thinking of this, the master asked cautiously: "Sir, how did you know that these medicinal herbs were the ones lost in your house? What if they are not..."
Before the lawyer could finish his words, the county magistrate glared at him and angrily interrupted him: "These must be the medicinal herbs stolen from my house, there is no way they are not!"
He continued in a cold voice, "Apart from my mansion, where else in the entire Qu County can you find so many medicinal herbs? Even the medical clinics in the city don't have any, and this dilapidated temple suddenly had such a large amount of herbs. If it's not from my mansion, who else could have them?"
The lawyer was speechless. Most of the medicinal materials in the entire Qu County had been confiscated by the county magistrate for various reasons!
He knew the county magistrate's plan. Some of the medicinal herbs were reserved for the people in his own mansion, and some were used by those who helped him.
Another part is used to win people's hearts. Once his transfer documents arrive, he will pretend to donate the medicinal materials to the people of Qu County, leaving a good reputation. It will be more convenient for him to act when he is assigned to the next area.
The reason why this county magistrate got so many medicinal herbs was because he was afraid of death and for the sake of his future career. The lives of the people were not important to him at all.
When the plague first broke out, the county magistrate tried every possible means to stockpile so many medicinal herbs using various excuses.
Most of these medicinal materials were given by the county magistrate in his honor, requiring all the medical clinics in Qu County to hand over all the medicinal materials for unified management and distribution.
Now the county magistrate asked who in Qu County has so many medicinal herbs, and it must be this county magistrate.
He did everything personally, and he knows it better than anyone else.
The medicinal herbs in this dilapidated temple appeared suddenly, leaving him no room for refutation.
The county magistrate saw that everyone was staring at him, and he realized that if he suddenly ran out and said that these medicinal herbs were stolen from his house by thieves, everyone would not believe him and could not help but continue to add more.
"Among the medicinal herbs in my mansion, there's one that specializes in treating plague, called Hemp Tail. The Hemp Tail in my mansion is different from other species. All of them are new varieties, and some are red. If you don't believe me, you can go and see the herbs in this dilapidated temple. Other people's Hemp Tail should be pure white. Then you'll know if these herbs were stolen from my mansion!"
After saying this, he realized that he had revealed too much in his attempt to prove that these herbs were stolen from his house.
He had so many medicinal herbs in his house before, but the plague spread in the city, but he did not use them to treat the people. He was afraid of losing the people's support, so he could not help but continue to make up for it.
“I had originally intended to distribute these herbs to the people in the city, but I just haven’t had time yet.
The distribution of medicinal materials must go through certain procedures and must be reviewed by the state government. Only after the superiors have confirmed that these medicinal materials are effective against the plague and are indeed harmless to the human body can they be distributed to the people in the city.
If that damned thief hadn't stolen the herbs, I could have distributed them to the people in the city in a few days after the provincial government's approval. Then everyone would have been saved. If the herbs were distributed by the county government, everyone wouldn't have to go through so much trouble, traveling so far to get them at this dilapidated temple."
When the lawyer heard the county magistrate's nonsense, the corners of his mouth twitched.
If he hadn't been with the county magistrate every day, he would have known what kind of person he was and what he was thinking, and he would have really believed it!
As soon as the plague broke out, the county magistrate sealed off the city, and no one in the city was allowed to leave. He never submitted any approval documents to the state government. The idea that the state government needed to review it was pure nonsense!
Their county magistrate controls the entire Qu County. Not even a mosquito can fly out, let alone a person. How could he take the initiative to report the current situation of Qu County to the state government and let other people know?
As for the county magistrate's statement about distributing medicinal materials to the people, he would only do it on the day he received the notice of his transfer.
Doing this is also to gain merit, so that he can accumulate political achievements in the next place where he serves and facilitate his next promotion!
Although the lawyer knew all the county magistrate's thoughts, he knew he couldn't say it out loud.
He continued respectfully, "If that's the case, I'll immediately take people to the temple to check if the herb called Mawei has any red color. If it does, I'll hand all of these herbs over to you, sir, for you to handle!"
The county magistrate raised his chin high, his nose pointed upwards, his hands behind his back, and said with a condescending air, "Okay, let's do as you say!"
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