60 Punishing an Evil Official

Mrs. Guo put an exquisite teacup on the table and invited Old Master Qin to drink tea. Old Master Qin looked at her seriously and said to Guo Gang coldly, "County Magistrate Guo, does your wife usually enter and leave the hall as she pleases?"

Mrs. Guo didn't expect that Old Master Qin would question Guo Gang about her going to the hall. She looked at Guo Gang, a little bewildered.

Guo Gang reacted quickly and immediately denied it to Old Master Qin.

"No, no. She never comes to the main hall. I heard that you were here today so I ordered her to serve tea. Please forgive me for not thinking through it properly." 

Old Master Qin snorted, clearly dissatisfied with his words, but he did not say more about the matter of Mrs. Guo entering the hall to serve tea. Instead, he ordered the guards to call the commoners who were beating the drums and crying for injustice to the hall.