Chapter 68: Breakthrough
This afternoon. Jin Dafu took an old man to the Finance Courtyard to meet Lu Jinping.
The old man looked very vigilant and looked around. At first glance, it is a person who has something in his heart.
The meeting was in the vestibule of the Kim family's house. Jin Dafu made an introduction, of course, in order to be cautious, but also afraid of scaring the other party, so he only said that he was his own brother-in-law, and did not mention Lu Jinping's title and official position.
The old man was busy bowing and smiling.
Lu Jinping deliberately pretended to be very pretentious, looked at him with a big prickly look, and said, "I heard that you can help people get married?" ”
The old man smiled and nodded.
Lu Jinping said: "I don't like to beat around the bush, let me tell you, a relative of mine said that he wanted to marry one of his elders and find a woman's bones." If he can find it, he is willing to pay a lot of money, but he doesn't know what the price of this market is, so ask about it. ”
The old man said, "This ...... The key is the freshness of the corpse. If it's just buried, it's expensive. If it's a white bone downloaded for many years, then of course it's cheaper. Then there is the age, of course, the young bones are expensive, and the old ones are cheap. ”
"What the hell is the price? I'll tell you a selling price, and if I can, I'll order it, but if it's too expensive, I can't afford it. My friend is not a rich man, he just wants to be filial, and it depends on whether he can afford it. ”
The old man smiled and said: "This is natural, I won't ask for a price, but, young master, you really ask for a coincidence, I have a pair of bones in my hand now, it is an old woman in her fifties, who has been dead for more than ten years, originally to dig it up to match people with a yin marriage, but after taking it, the family has to bargain, then I didn't sell it to them, but of course I won't refund the deposit they paid." If the young master wants it, he will sell it to you, and he will keep it in his hand anyway. Hey hey"
Lu Jinping said: "Is there such a coincidence? That's good, you make an offer, I'll tell my relatives. ”
The old man pondered for a moment and said, "10,000 Wen, if it is low, it will not be sold." Hey hey"
Lu Jinping looked at him dumbfounded: "Ten thousand Wen and a pair of white bones, are you poor and crazy?" ”
The old man sneered and said: "Young master, it's not authentic for you to talk like this, you are willing to buy and sell, if you don't want to buy, I won't force it, I am looking at your brother-in-law and I still have some friendship, and he is good at talking, patting his chest, so I came forward to meet you, otherwise, I will never meet you." Since the business can't be negotiated, then I'll go. "Say, stand up and ask for it, just go out" Wait a while, buy and sell, of course you have to bargain. You pay a price, you can't say as much as you want? Right? ”
The old man looked back at him, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, pretended to groan, and after a moment, he said: "That's it, after all, you are the brother-in-law of the golden shopkeeper, and I have a good relationship with the golden shopkeeper. Nine thousand texts, no matter how little it is, it will not work. If you want to, I'll take it, and if you don't, forget it. And you have to pay a deposit of 30% in advance. I make sure that my whole body, including my hands and feet, is in good condition. If you don't want the bones intact, young master, the deposit will not be refunded. ”
Lu Jinping said solemnly: "Of course, since it is decided, of course it is necessary." However, I also have something to say about the front, you must be innocent and have a complete skeleton, you don't make that mess to cheat money. ”
"That's, don't worry, I'll go back and get it for you, ready-made."
Then the old man took his leave and left Jin Dafu's house. In the afternoon, he came back again, carrying a sack, after meeting in the lobby, the old man took off the sack on his back and opened it on the ground, and inside was a white bone, judging from the wide pelvis, it was basically determined that it was a female corpse.
Lu Jinping sneered, clapped his hands, and immediately rushed in several people with knives to catch fast, the first one was Xiong Zhutou, grabbed the old man, and sneered: "Good boy, you dare to dig people's graves and sell bones!" Are you guilty? ”
The old man trembled with fright and looked at Jin Dafu in horror.
Jin Dafu didn't expect Lu Jinping to come to this hand, he was shocked and scared, and looked at Lu Jinping pitifully. After all, he found this middleman, and he patted his chest with others to ensure that nothing happened, but now it has fallen into the hands of the yamen.
Lu Jinping smiled apologetically at Jin Dafu, looked at the old man and said, "If you dig people's graves secretly, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, you will be sentenced to additional service." ”
The old man was taken aback, prostrate on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, saying that he had been blinded by lard for a while, and asked the master to forgive him, and he would never dare to do such a hurtful thing again.
Lu Jinping smiled faintly: "It's not impossible to give you a lenient sentence, the key depends on whether you are willing to wear the crime and make meritorious contributions." ”
When Lao Tzu heard that there was hope, he quickly kowtowed and said, "I am willing to make meritorious service!" ”
"Well, do you know about the theft of General Li's grave in Yunshan Village?"
The old man shuddered, this matter has been spread all over their industry, because General Li coerced the government to solve the case, during this time the rumors among the tomb robbers were very tight, this old man has been doing this business for many years, he mainly robbed graves and stole burial goods, especially ancient tombs and celebrity tombs, at the same time, when there was a need for a yin marriage, he also stole some bones and sold them. It's just that this kind of thing is just incidental. The old man kowtowed and said, "Of course the old man knows about the theft of General Li's ancestral tomb, and it has been spread all over the world." But it is not clear who the tomb robbers were. ”
Lu Jinping sneered: "Okay, you don't give me a sloppy look, let me tell you, if you make meritorious service and help me catch the tomb robber who dug the general's grave, I can suggest that the judicial lord treat you lightly, but if you are obsessed, then you can wait for three thousand miles of exile and be a coolie for a lifetime, you choose." ”
The old man knelt on the ground with a sad face and said, "I really don't know who stole it, but I suspect that the big head did it." The big head is a nickname, but I don't know what it's called. Everyone in the line called him Big Head, because his head was one size bigger than the others, and he was born bald, with few hairs on his head. He was so bold that he touched many graves that we didn't dare to touch. He said that his head had fallen off and he had a big scar, so there was nothing to be afraid of. In recent months, he has a lot of money and a lot of money, and he is estimated to have made a big deal. So I guess he did it. ”
"Where is he?"
"I don't know, but I think there's a way to find him."
"What's the solution?"
"The big head said that to make a lot of money, you have to be happy in time, so after he makes money, he will definitely eat and drink all day. And what he goes to most often is to find women in Qinglou, and he wants the best women. You might be able to find him in a green building in the same state. ”
Lu Jinping asked, "Are you sure you can find him in the Qinglou?" ”
"There should be a high possibility of finding it, I once bought a few white bones from him and resold them to others, and I have been to the Qinglou to look for him a few times, and I can almost find it. But he doesn't stay in any place. ”
"Very well, since that's the case, you take us to find him. You said earlier that you bought bones from him, right? ”
"Yes, I bought it three times, and there were three of them, all of them were women's bones, and one of them was not yet decomposed. He has several of them, and he digs people's graves when he has nothing to do, and he has bones in store for him to shoot at any time, so he usually has a spot in his hand. ”
"Very well, since this is the case, I can make you a tainted witness...... ah no, let you come forward to testify, prove that he sold the bones of the dead, and through this crime, dig up his other crimes, and if he really digs up the grave of General Li's grandmother, he can be brought to justice. If you can lead us to catch him and testify against him in person, then you will be considered meritorious and you will be lenient for digging up the grave. ”
The old man nodded with a sad face and said, "Okay, thank you, master." ”。
There was a major breakthrough in the case, and Lu Jinping couldn't stay any longer, so he immediately set off to return to Tongzhou. Lu Jinping's sister Lu Fengniang didn't know why her younger brother said he would leave, but seeing his solemn expression, he must really have something to do, so he didn't dare to keep it. only said that he was empty and went to Tongzhou with his brother-in-law to see him.
Lu Jinping expressed his gratitude to his brother-in-law Jin Dafu for helping to solve a big case. Although Jin Dafu is in a bad mood, he thinks that he can help his brother-in-law, the lord, solve the case, which is very helpful to improve the relationship between the two families, and it can be regarded as a loss and a gain.
Lu Jinping and his party rode horses and escorted the old tomb robber to Tongzhou.
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