Chapter seven hundred and ninety seventh slipping the world's big joke
Chapter 797: The most ridiculous thing in the world
After seeing off the team escorting the gold, Situ Zhou turned back to his office and plunged into official duties.
Around noon, the government officials from outside came to report that some documents and portraits of seamen had been sent from Fucheng.
As soon as Situ Zhou heard this, he asked the yamen servant to take a look at the documents and portraits. Unexpectedly, after only reading a few pictures, Situ Zhou's expression froze. Gradually, sweat broke out on his forehead and his face turned pale.
Because in the arrest documents issued this time, the arrest portraits of Ge Hong and Guan Maochun were suddenly listed, and the charges were that they were fugitives!
Looking at the two portraits on the desk, Situ Zhou began to sweat from behind. He actually appointed a fugitive as the commander of the mine escort. Isn't this the most ridiculous thing in the world?
At this moment, Situ Zhou felt like he had given a huge piece of fat to a group of hungry wolves...
what to do?
But what to do?
Will they take the opportunity to rob the mine and abscond?
Should we order people to intercept them immediately?
Situ Zhou's mind was in a mess, and various thoughts kept pouring out, making him restless and restless!
"grown ups!"
Just when Situ Zhou was concentrating on thinking, the voice of a government servant came from the door.
Situ Zhou was shocked when he came to his senses. He quickly blocked the portrait in front of him with something and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"
The yamen servant walked into the door and bowed: "Sir, the car is ready, it's time to set off!"
Situ Zhou was startled, and then he remembered that he had promised a wealthy businessman in the city to have a meal with him at noon yesterday.
However, there is an emergency at the moment, and Situ Zhou has no intention of going to dinner and socializing, so he said: "Go and inform me that I am temporarily unwell and cannot go!"
The yamen officer raised his head and glanced at Situ Zhou, and found that his face was indeed pale and there seemed to be some sweat on his forehead, so he asked with concern: "Sir, you don't look good. What's wrong with you? Would you like me to accompany you?"
Go and see the doctor..."
Situ Zhou shook his head vigorously and said, "No, no, I'm fine. Just go and send a message for me..."
The yamen servant did not dare to say anything and hurriedly left.
As soon as the yamen servant left, Situ Zhou put the official documents and portraits of Ge Hong and Guan Maochun into a paper bag, then hid them under his official uniform, and then walked quickly outside the yamen.
Whenever someone greeted Situ Zhou along the way, he responded in a hurry and never stopped for a moment.
After leaving the county government gate, Situ Zhou walked quickly along the street and came to the inn where Chai Yan was staying.
Chai Yan was planning to go out for lunch with Yuan Yuan. When he saw Situ Zhou arriving, he enthusiastically invited him to go with him.
Situ Zhou was not in the mood to eat, so he pulled Chai Yan aside and said anxiously: "Master Chai, something happened, something big happened!"
"What's wrong, Master Situ, what happened?" Chai Yan was startled, and his face immediately became serious.
Situ Zhou patted the paper bag hidden under his official uniform and said, "Master Chai, it's not convenient here. Let's go to the room. I have something to show you!"
Chai Yan nodded to Yuan, which meant that you should wait a moment, and Yuan immediately nodded back to express his understanding.
Afterwards, Chai Yan and Situ Zhou quickly went up to the second floor and entered the room.
As soon as he entered the room, Situ Zhou took out a paper bag from under his official uniform, and then took out the two sea arrest documents and portraits inside. He placed them on the table with a solemn expression, pointed at the portraits and said: "Master Chai, you
Look at this..."
Chai Yan went over to take a look, immediately laughed, and joked: "Hey, the painting looks quite similar, but the only drawback is that the nose is not the same, uh... the eyes are also a bit different, how can they be so big?
ah......"
"Master Chai, why...how are you still in the mood to joke?"
Situ Zhou was covered in sweat, and it was obvious that he was almost dying of anxiety.
Upon seeing this, Chai Yan stopped teasing him and said bluntly: "Master Situ, don't worry. In fact, I already know the origins and identities of Lao Ge and the others!"
"Wha...what?" Situ Zhou shouted in surprise: "You...you knew earlier? Then why did you still..."
Situ Zhou suddenly remembered the scene when Ge Hong saw Chai Yan when he sent his daughter back. No wonder Ge Hong acted awkward and nervous at that time, like a mouse meeting a cat...
Chai Yan touched his hungry belly and said with a smile: "Master Situ, how about we find a place to eat first. Regarding the five of them, we can chat while eating. If you have any questions, I can explain them in detail.
How about you answer it?"
"But..." Situ Zhou couldn't eat because he was still thinking about the cart of gold!
Chai Yan knew what Situ Zhou was worried about, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, Sir Situ. When I was able to go and talk to them about this matter for you, I already guaranteed them!"
When Chai Yan said this, he was also thinking to himself, Ge Hong, Ge Hong, you guys don't really stick around and slap me in the face!
Hearing what Chai Yan said, Situ Zhou felt a little relieved. After thinking about it, he nodded and agreed to Chai Yan's suggestion to eat first. After all, this was already the case, so what could he do if he was anxious?
Then, Situ Zhou went to put away the Haidu documents and portraits on the table, but Chai Yan stopped him and asked: "Master Situ, do you still want to take these things back?"
It's not that Situ Zhou wants to take things back, he just takes them out of habit. This is how he usually handles official documents.
Just when Situ Zhou was stunned for a moment, Chai Yan suddenly had a fire fold in his hand.
"Master Chai, you have to burn them..." Situ Zhou knew what he was going to do when he saw Huo Zhezi.
Chai Yan smiled and asked, "Does Master Situ still want more people to appreciate it?"
Situ Zhou was immediately speechless. He would not have such thoughts himself.
The next moment, Chai Yan fanned the flames and burned the portraits of Ge Hong and Guan Maochun as well as the official documents of the sea arrests to ashes one by one!
Looking at the bowl of black ashes in front of him, Chai Yan asked again: "Master Situ, apart from you, has anyone else in the county government seen these two portraits?"
Situ Zhou thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No!"
"Are you sure?" Chai Yan asked in confirmation.
Situ Zhou said with great certainty: "I'm sure! The official documents are usually delivered by special personnel from the city to the counties under its jurisdiction. The mouths of the bags containing the documents are sealed with mud. This batch of official documents is in my hands."
At that time, the sealing mud was still intact, and I personally broke the sealing mud later, so I am sure that I was the only one in the county government who saw it!"
With that said, Situ Zhou handed the paper bag containing the official documents to Chai Yan for inspection.
Chai Yan glanced at the mud seal on the paper bag and said with a relaxed expression: "In this case, there is nothing to worry about... Let's go, Mr. Situ, how about we go eat sweet and sour carp?"
Then, Chai Yan and Situ Zhou walked to the door, saying at the same time: "If Master Situ doesn't like fish, we can also change it to sweet and sour pork loin. It tastes very good too!"