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The old man agreed again and again, saying: "My surname is Su, I have a son who married a daughter-in-law and gave birth to a daughter named Sanmei, but I didn't give birth to a son." : My daughter-in-law here is not filial, she is lazy to eat, and she doesn't work in the field, and she hooks up from time to time. Last month, he hooked up with a villager named Lai Han named Winter Melon Head. This Lai Han often came to her, my son was angry, so he reasoned with Lai Han, but he was strangled to death and pushed under the cliff and fell to his death. When I found my son's body, I went to the yamen to complain. After the lord of the yamen came to check with him, he said that my son had indeed fallen to his death. Lai Han insisted that he did not kill my son at all, and he also found several witnesses to prove that on the day my son died, he was eating and drinking in a village more than ten miles away, and he was not in the village at all. I was forced to complain to the county government several times, but the county government ignored it and reprimanded me. I wondered if Lai Han had stuffed money into the yamen? I am a poor old man, my family has a few acres of thin land, I used to count on my son to farm, but now that my son is dead, the shameless daughter-in-law has also returned to her mother's house, that is, me and my granddaughter, how can I have the money to redress my son's grievances.

6 Jinping thought for a while and said: "You said that your son was pushed off the cliff by the head of the Lai Han winter melon and fell to his death, is there any evidence?" ”

"Evidence? What evidence? The old man looked at the 6 Jinping in confusion.

Indeed, although the word evidence is a basic word in modern society, ordinary people usually don't say it, so he doesn't understand this word very well. So, 6 Jinping said: "Why do you say that your son was pushed off a cliff by Lai Han and fell to his death, not that he accidentally fell to his death?" ”

"Because my son can't jump to the bottom of the cliff, he's filial, I'm not dead, how can he die? Can he bear to leave me alone? My son is definitely not that kind of person! Moreover, he is very familiar with that area, and he also knows the cliff, what is he doing when he has nothing to do with the cliff? So, he must have been pushed off a cliff. And my son is very honest and has never offended anyone. The only thing he offended was this leper, and he seduced my daughter-in-law. It must have been discussed by the two of them, and they want to kill my son so that they can become a pair! ”

6 Jinping couldn't help but smile bitterly, this old man just relied on his son to have no possibility of suicide and was very familiar with the terrain at that time. Therefore, it is impossible to fall off a cliff and conclude that he was murdered. However, this is really not a good reason. It was often the people who drowned who were good swimmers, although the old man's son knew the cliff and knew the terrain well. But that doesn't mean it won't fall from above. There are many possibilities, such as firewood hunting, etc., which can fall to death, which is an accident, and in the absence of a motive for suicide, as long as there is no possibility of murder, it is often attributed to an accident. Whether it was an accident or a suicide, since there was no sign of homicide, there was no way to file this case as a criminal murder, and he could not intervene.

Su Laohan is good at observing words and feelings. Seeing the disappointed and embarrassed expression on 6 Jinping's face, he knew that this matter was a little troublesome. So he quickly got up and said, "Sir, I believe that my son must have been murdered by that leper man, and you have to make the decision for me." ”

6 Jinping helped him and said, "Don't worry, old man, sit down and say slowly, what is Lai Han's name?" ”

"I don't know his specific name, his head is bulging and very long, so everyone calls him Winter Melon Head, but no one knows what his original name is."

"You just said. The yamen checked, and he wasn't in the village on the day of the crime, was he? ”

The old man nodded and said, "That's what the yamen said. But just because he's not in the village doesn't mean he can't sneak up on the cliff and push my son off the cliff? ”

6Jinping nodded and said, "There is such a possibility, but how could your son go to the cliff?" Do you know? ”

"I don't know, but I'm sure it must have been the winter melon head that pushed him down."

"And what was your son doing that day? Do you know? ”

He went down early in the morning. It wasn't until the evening that it was dark, and I was in a hurry, looking everywhere, but I couldn't find him, and I didn't find him until noon the next day, and I had fallen to his death, and it was the winter melon head that pushed him to death. He seduced my daughter-in-law, and the two colluded to murder my husband! ”

6 Jinping said: "Then what did you come to this conclusion on the basis of your daughter-in-law's fornication with that winter melon head?" Did you see that? Or did someone catch the traitor? ”

The old man said: "It's not that I caught the rape, it's just that the winter melon head saw that my daughter-in-law was always hippie and smiling and had nothing to say, and my daughter-in-law also frowned at him, which I have seen." My son also saw it, and because of this, he also beat my daughter-in-law several times, and the daughter-in-law talked back, and my son was so angry that he almost strangled him to death. Or did I stop it, if my daughter-in-law didn't have this thing at all, would my son be like that?

"Oh? How often does your son beat your daughter-in-law? ”

"Of course, and more than once, if it wasn't for my persuasion, my son would have beaten her to death, that's fine, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened, but I didn't expect to be murdered by the two of them adulterers and adulteresses, sir, you must be the master for me."

"So, maybe your son caught them having an adulterous affair?"

"I don't know this very well, my son is bored, and he refuses to say this, and when I ask him, he won't say it."

6 Jinping asked again and again, and the result was that the old man suspected that they had adultery, and from this he speculated that his son fell off the cliff because of the winter melon head, and there was no real evidence. He thought about it, but he could only disappoint the old man. Because if it is just speculation, this case is not within the scope of his direct authority, so it is better not to intervene directly, and besides, the road is too far, and if he really wants to investigate, I am afraid that it will not be a matter that can be concluded in three or two days.

So 6 Jinping smiled apologetically and said to the old man: "Old man, my son's matter, I know that it has stimulated you a lot, you are very sad, and I deeply sympathize." But from what you just said, there is really no evidence that your son was murdered, so I can't help you, I'm sorry. ”

6 Jinping stood up and said to Ye Qingqing beside him: "You go and get a bunch of money to give to the old man, which is considered the money for the basket of wild fruits." ”

That basket of wild fruits was only one or twenty wen at most in the market, but 6 Jinping gave him a hanging of money, obviously a comfort to the old man.

The old man was extremely disappointed, stood up tremblingly, shook his head and said: "Sir, I don't want your money, those wild fruits are my filial piety to you, I am just this one son, I can't let him die in vain, no matter what, I have to avenge him." I also know that the gift of wild fruit is too light, and I have another gift for you, please accept it. ”

6 Jinping knew that this case could not help the old man, so how could he accept other gifts from him, so he shook his head apologetically and said, "Old man, you don't have to be polite, but I really can't help you in this case." ”

"You look at what I gave you first, and then say, okay? Please, sir, come with me to the door to see my things, just outside the door, let's go. After that, I couldn't help but say that I grabbed the hand of 6 Jinping, pulled 6 Jinping and walked out the door.

6 Jinping only needs to shake his hand lightly to break free, but looking at the old man's trembling steps and sadness on his face, he really can't bear it, so he let the old man hold his hand out of the flower hall, walk through the bluestone front yard, and come to the door.

When I got to the courtyard, I stood under the steps and looked out, there was nothing outside the courtyard, only pedestrians coming and going on the opposite street. 6 Jinping was a little surprised and looked at the old man. The old man looked left and right, and was also a little surprised, and called out and said, "Third sister, come out quickly, where are you?" ”

After screaming twice, a little girl wearing a coarse cloth shirt full of scars came out of the corner, wearing a pair of straw sandals at her feet, about fifteen or sixteen years old, standing timidly in the cold wind looking at the 6 Jinping, her cheeks were red, but it was definitely not because of rouge, but because of the result of the cold wind and ice.

Su Laohan beckoned the little girl over, and said to 6 Jinping: "Sir, this is my granddaughter, her father died tragically, her mother left her alone and went back to her parents' house, just him, and the old man and I depend on each other, I believe that my son must be the head of the winter melon or, please make the master for me." If the lord can avenge my son, I am willing to let my granddaughter go to the lord's mansion as a slave and concubine and serve the lord for the rest of my life. ”

6 Jinping couldn't help but be stupid when he heard this, he didn't expect that the gift Su Laohan said was actually a little girl.

Looking at their grandchildren, 6 Jinping's original decision changed. He began to take a hard look at the matter.

Originally, he thought that there was no evidence to prove that this case was murder, and it was not within his purview, so he just ignored it, gave a sum of money to comfort the old man, sent him back, and the matter was over, but now it seems that he was wrong. This old man Su actually hated his son for revenge, and was willing to give his granddaughter to himself as a slave, which shows that he has an iron heart for his son's affairs in his heart, and he is sure that he was murdered. If he can't handle this matter properly, this stubborn old man doesn't know what kind of thing he will do.

Ye Qingqing, who was on the side, was about to cry when she heard this, helped Su Sanmei straighten her clothes, and whispered to 6 Jinping: "This old man and grandson are so pitiful, sir, you can help him, maybe there is really a grievance, he was really killed, otherwise, how could he do this?" ”

It seems that Ye Qingqing's girl thinks the same as herself. Although there is no evidence to prove the existence of a murder case in this case, after all, someone shouts injustice, and there is no evidence to prove that there is murder, and you can't listen to what others say, so you still have to check it yourself, because some evidence is not something that the old man can grasp, if you haven't found evidence of the murder case through investigation, then find a way to persuade the old man to accept this fact, which is more appropriate. (To be continued.) )