Lu Jinping asked: "Do you still remember the day when the accident happened? What happened at that time?"

Speaking of that day, the Su family's wife showed a hint of fear on her face: "That day, he had a very bad temper. After slapping me, he still pinched my neck. I thought I was going to die because I couldn't breathe, and then my daughter rushed over and pulled him hard. Later, I heard from my daughter that she couldn't pull it away. Seeing that I was about to be strangled to death, I pinched him from behind, so he let go, slapped his daughter several times with her backhand, and then rushed out, not knowing where she went."

"Your father-in-law always thought your husband was killed by the winter melon head. What do you think? Is there such a possibility?"

Unexpectedly, the wife of the Su family nodded and said in a firm tone: "Of course he may kill him!"

"Oh, why do you say that?" Lu Jinping was a little surprised at her answer.

"Because, when his father beat me and my daughter, he always made excuses to say that I hooked up with Donggua Tou and cursed in the yard. Donggua Tou's house is not far from our house. His voice was loud and his voice was high. Donggua Tou heard the sound of rushing over and hitting him several times, but it was me and my neighbors blocking him. Donggua Tou did not really knock him down. Donggua Tou threatened him and said that if he dared to scold him again, he would definitely kill him. However, he ignored him like crazy. Although he couldn't beat him, he would not let him go. As long as he was angry, take this matter for example. When my father-in-law heard the threat of Donggua Tou, he always believed that Donggua Tou killed him. I believe it myself, but on the day the people in the yamen said that the accident happened, Donggua Tou was having a wedding banquet in a village more than ten miles away. People in a village proved that he was still drunk and had never left the village at all, so it was impossible for him to kill him."

"Then you say, who killed your husband? Or how did he die? Do you know?

"My father-in-law said that Donggua Head quietly came back and strangled him to death, and then pushed him off the cliff. I think it's unlikely, because people in a village say he hasn't left the village, so how could it be? The village has more than ten miles. It takes at least one or two hours to go back and forth. How could it be possible to kill him without knowing it? Besides, Donggua Head is not the kind of person who is sensible. He is afraid that he can't think of such tricks to kill him and go back, so although I believe that Donggua Head may kill him, I think it's impossible."

After asking, Lu Jinping asked the Su family's wife to call Old Man Su and the others back, and then told the old man that he would conduct some investigation the next day so that he would not be in a hurry.

The magistrate of Tong County and the county magistrate hurried in with a few constables and said to Lu Jinping: "Old Man Su came to us to talk about his son's grievances again. We explained to him for a long time. By the way, Sir, we have found some discoveries after visiting the village according to your arrangements and want to report to you."

Lu Jinping nodded, looked at Old Man Su and said, "Old man, you go back to your room first, we have business to deal with."

Old Man Su hurriedly agreed to go back to the room. Lu Jinping stood in the yard and said to County Magistrate Tong: "What did you find? After that."

"There was a farmer who said that on the day when Old Man Su's son died, he saw Old Man Su's son running to the school like crazy, roaring loudly while running. He slapped his head with his hands. There was also a child who also met Old Man Su's son that day. At that time, the child was playing on the ridge of the field, and he rushed over. The child looked very scary and didn't even dare to cry. I've called them, right outside. Does the Lord want to ask?"

Lu Jinping said: "As such an important witness, I have to ask myself, why haven't you found such important evidence before?"

County Magistrate Tong laughed awkwardly and said, "We just checked that Donggua Tou had no time to kill, and his son had no other injuries. It was not very similar to murder, so there was no further investigation."

"Why is there no external injuries? There are signs of pinching his son's neck, so you should further verify it."

"Yes, it's the negligence of a humble position. The Lord's advice is."

Lu Jinping did not say further. In fact, he knew that for a county magistrate, it was better to have less than a matter of more, especially a life lawsuit. As long as there was no sufficient evidence to prove that there was murder, the government would generally not take the initiative to rely on the murder. Otherwise, it would be a murder case. The murder case requirement must be solved. If it cannot be solved, the political achievements of the official will be affected. Therefore, Old Man Su insisted that it was Donggua Head who killed his son, and during their investigation, the Donggua Head had no time to commit the crime, so he ignored the case. This was also the thoughts of these officials.

Lu Jinping called the two witnesses to ask about what happened at that time. The two said that it was the same as what County Magistrate Tong said just now.

This discovery allowed Lu Jinping to further confirm his speculation.

After reporting, County Magistrate Tong and others said goodbye and left. Lu Jinping stood in the yard, thinking about this, Old Man Su came over carefully, bowed and laughed and said, "Sir, it's late, are you going to rest?"

Lu Jinping nodded, turned around and walked into the house, and Old Man Su followed behind him and asked, "Sir, the people from their county government help Donggua Tou, and they refuse to avenge my son. Don't listen to their nonsense. My son was indeed killed by Donggua Tou."

Lu Jinping turned his head and looked at him: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation about your son."

When Old Man Su heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and felt a little hope. So he quickly helped to organize the house, gave the largest room in their house to Lu Jinping, and used the only bed of cotton wool in the house to cover Lu Jinping.

After getting ready, Old Man Su laughed and invited Lu Jinping aside, and said in a low voice: "Sir, thank you for avenging my son. Tonight, I will ask my younger sister to accompany you? Anyway, she will be yours in the future, and you will be yours as a slave or a servant."

Lu Jinping shook his head and said, "I told you that there is no need to do this. I will find someone to marry her tomorrow. There is no shortage of slaves around me. They are all supported by the court, and I don't need to pay."

"My third sister doesn't want a penny, just thank you, Sir, so I asked her to follow you. Everyone agreed, Sir, do you look down on her? She doesn't like talking. In fact, it wasn't like this before, but she was like this after his father beat her crazy. Actually, I know her father beat her. I told my son several times and scolded him, but he didn't admit that this child was pitiful."

Seeing that he couldn't make sense, Lu Jinping knew that the old man was very stubborn. He firmly believed that his son was murdered, so he tried every means to avenge his son. Maybe he was a little paranoid. Don't tell him these things now. So Lu Jinping shook his head and said, "I won't talk about it tonight, let's talk about this tomorrow, okay? I'm sleepy and want to go to bed early."

Old Man Su quickly nodded and agreed. He was busy asking Su Sanmei to help lay the bed and fold the quilt. Ye Qingqing could not rob Su Sanmei. Su Sanmei folded the quilt, and stood there with her head down but did not leave.

Old Man Su has already left. I guess Ying reminded Su Sanmei before leaving, so Lu Jinping said, "Sanmei, go back to sleep, you don't need to serve you here."

Su Sanmei's pretty face turned slightly red, and her voice trembled: "Grandpa said I'll accompany you tonight, I must have my grandfather's."

Lu Jinping sighed, he was such a despicable grandson. So he called Su Sanmei over and said, "You want to follow me, right?"

Su Sanmei nodded seriously, looked at Lu Jinping quickly, and then lowered her head quickly.

Lu Jinping said: "If you want to follow me, the first thing you have to do is to execute it, and there is nothing to discuss. Do you understand?" Lu Jinping spoke very seriously and even showed his authority.

Su Sanmei was indeed scared and looked at Lu Jinping quickly, with panic in her eyes, nodding, her movements were a bit big, her hair on her temples was a little scattered, covering half of her face.

Lu Jinping said: "Okay, then I will order you to go back to your room now. You don't need to serve here. Do you understand?"

Zhu Sanmei nodded quickly, looked at Lu Jinping quickly, bit her lip gently, and thought about it, but she still couldn't say what she said. After a blessed gift, she turned around and left.

Ye Qingqing sighed and said to Lu Jinping: "Actually he is very pitiful. It would be okay to bring him to his side. I think he is very smart. If you train well, you will definitely be your good helper."

Lu Jinping said: "I, Qingqing, is the best helper in the world. With you, I don't need to ask others."

Ye Qingqing didn't continue this topic and started to work on the floor. Lu Jinping went to bed and slept on the floor under the bed, just like before they did when they were not yet prosperous.

Just as he lay down, the moon shone in through the window frame. Lu Jinping said, "Qingqing, are you asleep?"

Ye Qingqing quickly got up, sat by the bed and looked at him and said, "I haven't slept yet? Do you don't want to drink water? Or do you want a toilet?"

"Can you please not mix these two things together?" Lu Jinping smiled bitterly, lifted the quilt and said, "Come up and lie beside me, I have something to tell you."

His voice was very low. Ye Qingqing was a little surprised, but without hesitation, he got into his quilt, covered it, pressed it against him, and didn't ask, waiting for him to speak.

Lu Jinping lowered his voice and said, "Old Man Su is next door. You are under the bed. I will talk to you. The voice is loud and you can't hear the small words, so I call you up."

Ye Qingqing nodded, but still didn't say anything, and quietly waited for Lu Jinping to say it immediately.

Lu Jinping said: "How do you think Old Man Su's son died?"

"I can't say it. I always feel that the winter melon head seems unlikely to kill him, because since all the villagers prove that he was drunk and drunk there, it was impossible to come back, so how could he kill him? And I also ran to the edge of a cliff in the wilderness to push people down the mountain. I always feel that it is not very reasonable."

"You are right. From the results of today's investigation, I can draw a preliminary judgment. Old Man Su's son died in an accident. Two witnesses proved that he ran towards the cliff, which further confirms your speculation just now that he fell off the cliff and died."

"But he should know that there is a cliff. Everyone in the village who his father said knew that they would not go there. How could they run away and fall down by themselves?"
Chapter completed!