But Lu Jinping didn't say it, he had to find an appropriate opportunity to talk to the old man at the end. So far, the old man has always firmly believed that his son was murdered, so Lu Jinping silently followed behind and stepped on the thorns to move forward, he had already thought about it when he came, there might be a more difficult road, so he changed into a short suit and did not wear an official robe.

But Tong County's order is different, when he sees Shangguan, he must be wearing an official robe, and now that Lu Jinping wants to pass, of course he can't look at it here, of course he has to follow, and this time he has suffered a lot. Not only is it very hard, his face and hands are scratched by thorns, but his brand-new official robe is also torn to pieces, and when he follows Lu Jinping to the edge of the cliff, his official robe is no longer the same.

Ye Qingqing followed Lu Jinping to the edge of the cliff, and he even held Lu Jinping's hand with one hand, carefully paying attention to the situation under his feet.

It was obvious that Su Laohan had been here at the top of this cliff, so he was very familiar with it, and he knew where the upper part should be from the direction of his son's blood below. With Lu Jinping, they walked sideways for a while, and then pointed to a place and said, "That's it, my son was pushed down by the head of the winter melon." You see, here's the big rock where my son fell to his death.

There are some green vines growing on this cliff, Lu Jinping grabbed a green vine the thickness of a child's arm, supported his body, and looked down the cliff. Ye Qingqing hurriedly grabbed his arm, and held another green vine with one hand to support it.

The petite Su Sanmei grabbed Lu Jinping's belt with one hand and a small tree with the other, and supported his body with her feet against a stone. Lu Jinping smiled at him and signaled not to, but Su Xiaomei didn't let go.

Lu Jinping took a look, and sure enough, the place where the blood stains were found was found below, so this place should be the original murder scene, of course, if there is really a murder.

Lu Jinping then pulled back and smiled at Su Sanmei. Say, "Thank you, I'm fine, I can let go of my hand." ”

As soon as Su Sanmei heard this, she quickly let go, and then retreated to the back. Keep your head down and don't speak.

Lu Jinping saw Tong Xianling, who was standing a few steps away and panting, and said, "Have you ever been here?" ”

Tong Xian Ling laughed with him, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and straightened the official robe that had been hung up, and said with a smile: "I haven't been here." ”

"Then have you ever been to the place where the deceased fell to his death?"

Tong County's order was even more panicked. Hurriedly said: "There is no ......, we just caught the winter melon head and took it to the county government for questioning, he said that he was a guest at a relative's house in the past few days, and everyone in a village can prove it." We sent someone to inquire, and sure enough. He had a wedding at a relative's house more than ten miles away and never came back. There are many people to testify, so we don't think it was he who killed him. ”

Lu Jinping glanced at the old man Su next to him, and said to Tong County: "Human life is at stake, since the old man has always claimed that his son was murdered. He also said some truths, in this case, we still have to go to the scene to take a look, and we officials can't sit in court and ask about the case. Sometimes, if you don't go deep into the actual investigation of a case, there will be big problems. ”

"The lesson of the lord is that the lower officials must pay attention in the future and do everything themselves."

In fact, Lu Jinping's words to teach Tong County Ling were a little reluctant, if under normal circumstances, he would not say that. But this time, he had to make a show first, so that the other party knew that he was enforcing the law impartially and leaving no personal feelings. There will be no protection between officials and officials. Then when he went back and explained to Su Laohan that there was no homicide in this case, it was possible to convince the other party.

The county lieutenant followed, looked around, and looked around. He said, "If he wants to kill your son, why would he come to this place to kill him?" Impossible. ”

When Su Laohan heard this, he looked at the county lieutenant sadly and said, "Of course, it is not easy for you to be an official in this place, but we are from the mountains. It's easy to get here. He must have forced my son to come to the side of the mountain, and then pushed him down, pretending that he had fallen to his death. Everyone in the village knows that there is a cliff here, who would run here and fall down? It's clear that he forced it, sir, you have to call the shots for me. ”

The county lieutenant had to say again, Tong County Ling had already glared at him fiercely, signaling him not to speak, now it was not him investigating the case, it was Lord Lu from the same state capital who came down to investigate in person, so he couldn't say more.

Lu Jinping stood on the edge of the cliff and looked around. This place is overgrown with thatch, and sure enough, no one has ever visited. But this happened two months ago. Two months has been more than enough measures to restore the trees and weeds to their original state, and I can't see if anyone has come. And the wind and rain are blowing, and it is impossible to leave any traces. But Lu Jinping still stood still very carefully, and carefully checked the places around him that might have left traces on the ground and trees, but unfortunately found nothing.

Su Laohan has always been observant, he has lived most of his life, and he knows how to see his psychology from a person's face. He now only wants to avenge his son, and he can see that Lu Jinping does not have that kind of anger, which means that it is very likely that he still doesn't believe that his son was murdered in this case, so Su Laohan became anxious, quickly pulled his granddaughter over, and whispered: "Go and ask the lord to avenge your father, quickly, kneel." ”

Su Sanmei hurried over and was about to kneel. Lu Jinping was looking on the ground and didn't pay attention, and Su Sanmei knelt down without saying a word, so it was too late to stop her, but Ye Qingqing moved quickly, grabbed her at once, and said, "Don't be like this, if you have anything to say, our lord will definitely help you." ”

"My grandfather said, let me beg the lord to avenge my father." Su Sanmei lowered her head, and said these words in a somewhat dry voice.

Lu Jinping Zhen searched on the ground, but found nothing, he was a little depressed, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Su Sanmei's tone of voice. It was her father who died, and the revenge of killing her father is not shared, doesn't she want to avenge her father?

So Lu Jinping glanced at Su Sanmei, he wanted to ask, but the words turned around and swallowed again, he decided to go back to the village first, so he said to Su Laohan: "Old man, you take me to your house, I have something to ask you, and we have to conduct a peripheral investigation, now that the sun is about to set, it is estimated that I will live in your house in your village tonight, but it is too early." ”

Su Laohan opened his mouth, there are so many people, his family can't live in three wooden houses. But what do you say?

Lu Jinping saw his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I just said that I live with you, and the rest of them have a place to live." Right? Lord Prefectural Governor. Lu Jinping knew that as a county magistrate, it was estimated that there was very little possibility of going to the countryside to live, and the county lieutenant had to urge taxes, so there were many more opportunities to go to the countryside, and he must be most familiar with this aspect of the situation, sure enough, the county lieutenant nodded and said: "No problem, I'll tell the village that the brothers can arrange to live in each family in the village, and they will definitely be able to live." ”

Su Laohan breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Lu Jinping with a smile: "Then sir, you come with me." ”

As he spoke, he parted the thorns with his own hands, walked back along the road he came, and finally returned to the edge of the ridge after a long time. Then follow the ridge path back to the village.

Lu Jinping asked the accompanying village Zheng: "Is the winter melon head inside the village or outside?" ”

Muramasa bowed down with a smile and replied, "At home, he is single, and he has nowhere to go." ”

Lu Jinping said: "Okay, then you take me there, I have some questions I want to ask him." ”

So the group came to the home of the winter melon head under the leadership of the village and town.

There is only one dilapidated courtyard in the winter melon head family, and the village is standing in the courtyard and shouting: "What are you doing with the winter melon head?" The lord of the yamen of the state capital is here, hurry up and come out to see you! ”

The courtyard door opened quickly, and a tall and strong man with a meaty face appeared in front of him, looked at Lu Jinping and them, and saw that they were wearing official robes, so he immediately greeted them with a smile and said, "What are the instructions of the adults, just pass the villain over, how to get to the door?" It's really a villain."

Chun Zheng snorted and said, "What do you want?" Will the lord come to visit you? Putting gold in your face yourself? didn't pee on himself, the lord came to investigate the case of Su Laohan's house. Answer well, you must not tell a lie, otherwise you will have good fruit to eat! ”

The winter melon head smiled, and hurriedly let Lu Jinping and them into the house.

Lu Jinping walked into the house and saw that the furnishings inside were shabby, and it seemed that the winter melon head was not very mixed. Lu Jinping asked: "Do you know how Su Laohan's son died?" ”

"The little one really doesn't know, the little one ate and drank at a relative's house more than ten miles away in those days, and he was drunk, and many people in the village knew it. When I came back, I learned that Su Laohan's son fell off a cliff and died, but his father had to think that I strangled him. - If I kill him, why do I have to work so hard? I really can't argue, I really didn't kill me, sir. ”

"Why do people insist that you killed them?"

Winter melon head said with a smile: "I really haven't done anything bad, and I live honestly and honestly." That day, I went to Su Laohan's house to borrow something, he was not there, his daughter-in-law was there, I said a few words, in fact, it was not a joke, just said that her shoulders were so white, like tofu, I didn't intend to tease him, his daughter-in-law spat me, and said to let me go quickly, and my husband came back immediately, but this sentence happened to be heard by the dead ghost, and it was said that I seduced his daughter-in-law. What's the matter? I can't help but beat him, if it weren't for his woman's stop, I would definitely beat him all over the ground. Although I hated him, I didn't kill him in the first place, and besides, so many people testified, I couldn't have flown over and kill him with wings. (To be continued.) )