The county office indeed stopped hearing cases, as Shu Yu mentioned, because it was too late.
However, there was still a place to detain the suspects; Zhang Qing was shut in by the officers, and Shu Yu directly returned home.
On the next day, as expected, the first case Lord Xie interrogated was the theft case of Zhang Qing. Shu Yu got up early, groomed herself neatly, and had the servants tidy up Madam Liang and her husband before they were led by the officers to the county office.
This was Shu Yu's second involvement in a case, and she was already quite adept.
Lord Xie performed his routine duties and soon understood the origin and course of the incident.
Actually, this wasn't considered a big deal, an ordinary case of theft. In the past, it would be handled simply by having Zhang Qing compensate Madam Liang and her husband twice their losses.
