Ye Qingqing snorted and put down his chopsticks and said, "I'll go and see, if it's him, just scold him away." ”

Lu Jinping nodded and continued to eat with his head bored.

After a while, Ye Qingqing came back, pouted, sat down, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and continued to eat. Lu Jinping saw that her face was full of unhappiness and asked, "What's wrong?" Could it be that he still dares to kiss Xiao Qingqing with me to make him unhappy? ”

"Hmph, he dares! It would have been easy to do that, but as soon as he saw me open the door, he knelt on the ground, crying and saying, "I beg the lord to save my life." I said that the lord didn't want to see him, and told him to leave immediately. But he said that the lord's sister was dying, and he begged the lord to save her life, for the sake of his siblings. ”

Lu Jinping was stunned for a moment: "My sister is dying?" What's going on? ”

Although this sister did not give them a single rice to support when they needed help the most, considering that ancient women had little say in the family, I was afraid that they could not decide anything. So I refused to help my poverty, I was afraid that it was the idea of the brother-in-law in front of me, and my sister was more than willing to do it, so I couldn't blame her.

Besides, after all, he was born to a mother, and he inherited the body of that scholar, so of course he should inherit his responsibility. If it was something else, Lu Jinping wouldn't bother to pay attention to it, but now that he heard that he leaned over and the scholar's sister was going to die, if he still ignored it, it would be a little unkind, after all, they are two sisters and brothers, and the blood relationship cannot be erased.

Ye Qingqing knew that he was hesitating when he saw Lu Jinping's expression, and said at the moment: "They know how to cheat people out of money with clever words and cunning profiteers, how many words are true?" Don't believe him, and don't pay attention to him. So I closed the door and came back without listening to him. ”

Seeing that Lu Jinping still bowed his head and groaned, Ye Qingqing got up and said, "Since it is a major matter of life and death of the lord's sister, why don't I ask what is going on?" ”

Lu Jinping nodded, stood up and said, "It's troublesome for you to toss back and forth like this, so I'll ask myself." ”

Lu Jinping took Ye Qingqing to the door of the front yard, and before he opened the door, he heard a whimpering cry and pleading sound from the house: "Sir, please, save your sister, she is dying, please......"

Ye Qingqing opened the courtyard door, Lu Jinping looked over, and saw a chubby middle-aged man kneeling on the steps, with sweat or tears on his face, crying with a handful of snot and tears.

This must be his brother-in-law Jin Dafu, Lu Jinping said: "Get up, what's wrong with my sister, let's talk about it, it's simple and clear, and goes straight to the point." ”

Jin Dafu hurriedly wiped a handful of tears and snot, stood up and hunched his waist and said, "Brother ......, ah no, sir, this time you have to save your sister no matter what, she is your own sister." You are only two sisters, and you have no other relatives. I heard your sister say that when your parents died, they told your sister to take good care of you, and also told you that you want to take care of your sister when you are older, and you have to ......."

Lu Jinping flicked the sleeves of his robe, turned around and walked inside.

Ye Qingqing snorted and said, "Lord doesn't want to listen to your nonsense!" With that, he reached out and closed the door.

Jin Dafu hurriedly stopped him and said urgently: "Don't go, sir!" I was wrong, I'll say the topic right away. Your sister was falsely accused of stealing things, and she was arrested, and she was sent to the yamen for punishment, which may be a capital crime! ”

Lu Jinping stood still, turned to look at him: "What's the matter?" ”

"That's right, a few days ago, the patriarch of our Jin family, who is also the village leader of our village, his old man's sixtieth birthday, many clansmen went back to celebrate his birthday, and I took your sister back as well. Because the guests of the Jin patriarch's family banquet need the help of the clansmen, I will ask your sister to help too. As a result, a gold bracelet of Patriarch Jin's wife was stolen, and Patriarch Jin insisted that your sister stole it, but your sister said that she had never entered the inner house at all. So, after thinking about it, Patriarch Jin saw that I had some money in business, so he relied on me and let me lose. I couldn't swallow this breath and went to reason with Patriarch Jin. But the Jin patriarch didn't listen to me at all, and directly locked up your sister, saying that he would send the yamen to punish the crime, if I didn't lose money. He said that the gold bracelet was worth tens of thousands, and if I lost my small business, I was afraid that the business would collapse. So, sir, you must save your sister, stealing 10,000 yuan, that is a felony, once you send it to the yamen, you will die! ”

After listening to him, Lu Jinping said coldly: "How can you let me help?" Do you want me to help you with this gold bracelet? ”

"No, no, how dare I? I heard that you got the recommendation of Master Gao, the servant of the imperial court, and became an official in the Yamen of Tongzhou, you have a big backer like Master Gao, and you are a dignified lord, you come forward to negotiate with the Jin patriarch, maybe he can let your sister go. Otherwise, they will be sent to the yamen for punishment, and they will steal tens of thousands of people who are afraid of cutting off their heads. ”

Lu Jinping knew that in ancient times, the punishment for theft was very heavy, even if he didn't lose his head, he was afraid that he would be exiled thousands of miles away or serve hard labor. If this stingy brother-in-law insists on refusing to pay for the gold bracelet, and he is unwilling to help his sister solve this problem, he is afraid that it is his sister who is unlucky.

Lu Jinping asked: "Did my sister steal or not?" ”

"I asked your sister, and she cried and said she really didn't, and swore a poisonous oath. said that Jin Lao's bracelet was stolen in the inner house, she had never been in it at all, and had been helping in the kitchen vestibule, how could she steal the gold bracelet? She was really wronged. ”

Lu Jinping nodded, no matter what, my sister is my sister in the end, and blood is thicker than water. If my sister really didn't steal and was framed by Patriarch Jin, then she couldn't sit idly by. At that moment, he said: "In this case, then I will go to the yamen to ask for a leave of absence, and then I will rush there." ”

When Jin Dafu heard this, he couldn't help but be ecstatic: "Okay, thank you, sir, all the expenses will be paid by me." Don't worry, sir. ”

Lu Jinping really doesn't have a good impression of this snobbish brother-in-law Jin Dafu, but he came all the way to kneel on the ground and beg and cry for the sake of husband and wife, which shows that he still has a husband and wife love for his sister, and he is not a very annoying person.

At that moment, Lu Jinping asked him to go to the yamen with him to ask for leave.

When they came to the yamen, Lu Jinping asked him to wait at the door, and he first went to the signing room of the hospital to ask for leave. This court judged that he was sponsored by the servant of the Ministry of Justice, Master Gao, and he had a knighthood, so he was very polite to him, anyway, he had nothing to do with the warehouse, and there were other people to assist in the management, and he didn't ask why he asked for leave at the moment, and he approved it immediately.

Lu Jinping came to Luo Judicial Signature Room again to ask for leave.

Although Lu Jinping is a doctor of medicine, he only needs to ask for leave from the hospital judge of the medical center, and he does not need to ask Luo Judicial for leave, but Feng Tingshi has already asked him to assist Luo Judicial in investigating the case, so he still has to say hello to him.

When Luo Judicial heard that Lu Jinping was going to take ten days off, he was a little anxious. Because, the theft of General Li's grandmother's grave has not yet been solved, and Lu Jinping is going to leave at this moment, so what should I do? Therefore, Luo Juyi was very nervous, stood up and arched his hand: "Why does the lord take so many days off?" I can't leave here. ”

Lu Jinping smiled bitterly and said: "No way, my sister was arrested and locked up for stealing, I suspect that she was wronged, if I don't go, my sister will be thrown into prison." My parents are dead, just our sister and brother, I don't care who cares about her? ”

"Huh? Who is so bold as to dare to wronged the lord's sister? ”

"It's not from the same state, it's from Fangzhou, it's a patriarch from my brother-in-law's hometown."

"Fangzhou?" Luo Judicial couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "It's just right, I have a very good relationship with Judicial Xie in Fangzhou, when I repair a book, you go straight to him to deal with it, he will still give this face." Hurry up and get this matter over, you can't solve the case here. What do you think? ”

Lu Jinping couldn't help but be overjoyed, and arched his hand: "Thank you so much." ”