The old man agreed repeatedly, saying, "My surname is Su. I have a son who married a wife and gave birth to a daughter named Sanmei. He didn't have a son. My daughter-in-law is unfilial, lazy, and does not work in the fields. He often hooked up with Lai Han in the village called Donggua Tou. Lai Han often came to her. My son was so angry that he argued with Lai Han. As a result, he was strangled to death by him and pushed him to the cliff and fell to death. I found my son's body and went to the yamen to sue. The master of the yamen brought the coroner to investigate and said that my son did fall by himself.

Dead. Lai Han insisted that he had not killed my son at all. Moreover, he found many witnesses to prove that on the day his son died, he was drinking in a village more than ten miles away, but he was not in the village at all. I was helpless and went to the county government several times to complain, but the county government ignored me and scolded me. I was wondering if Lai Han had stuffed money to the yamen? I was a poor old man, and there were only a few acres of thin land at home. I used to be counting on my son for farming. Now that my son is dead, my shameless daughter-in-law has also gone back to her parents' home. It's just me and my granddaughter. How can I have money to avenge my son?

Lu Jinping thought for a while and said, "You said your son was pushed off the cliff and fell to death by Lai Handong's head. Is there any evidence?"

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

Indeed, although the word evidence is a basic word in modern society, the common people don’t say that, so he doesn’t understand this word very well. So Lu Jinping said, “Why do you say that your son was pushed off the cliff and died by Lai Han, rather than accidentally falling to death by himself?”

"Because my son cannot jump down the cliff. He is filial. I have not died yet. How could he die? Does he have the heart 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 that he ran to the edge of the cliff to do something? So, he must have been pushed off the cliff. My son is very honest and has never offended anyone. The only thing he offended was this slutty man. He seduced my daughter-in-law. It must be that the two of them had agreed to kill my son so that they could become pairs!"

Lu Jinping couldn't help but smile bitterly. This old man just because his son had no chance of committing suicide and was familiar with the terrain at that time. Therefore, it was impossible to fall off the cliff and fell off the cliff, and he concluded that he was murdered. However, this is indeed not a sufficient reason. People who drowned are often good at swimming. Although the old man's son knew that the cliff was very familiar with the terrain, it did not mean that it would not fall off from above. There are many possibilities, such as hunting firewood, etc., who might fall off and die. This is an accident. Without the motive for suicide, as long as there is no possibility of murder, it is often attributed to accidents. Whether it is an accident or suicide, since there is no sign of murder, the case cannot be filed as a criminal murder, and he has no way to intervene.

Old Man Su was good at observing his expressions. Seeing Lu Jinping's face showing disappointment and embarrassment, he knew that this matter was a little troublesome. So he quickly stood up and said, "Sir, I believe my son must have been killed by that slutty man. You have to make the decision for me."

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

"I don't know his specific name either. His head is round and long, so he calls him Donggua Tou, but no one knows what he originally called him."

"You just said that the yamen investigated. He was not in the village on the day of the incident, right?"

The old man nodded and said, "That's what the yamen said. However, not being in the village does not mean that he cannot quietly run to the cliff and push my son off the cliff?"

Lu Jinping nodded and said, "It's possible, but how could your son go to the cliff? Do you know?"

"I don't know, but I believe it must be the winter melon head who pushed him down."

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

"He went down the ground early in the morning. It was not until dark in the evening that I was anxious and searched everywhere but couldn't find it. I found him until noon the next day at the bottom of the cliff. He had already fallen to death, just the winter melon head, and he pushed him to death. He seduced my daughter-in-law, and the two colluded to murder their husbands!"

Lu Jinping said: "What did you draw this conclusion based on your daughter-in-law's affair with the Donggua Head? Did you see it? Or did someone catch the adulterer?"

The old man said: "It's not like to catch a traitor, but when the winter melon head saw that my daughter-in-law always smiled and had nothing to say, my daughter-in-law also met him, I saw it all. My son also saw it, because of this, and he hit my daughter-in-law several times. My daughter-in-law talked back, and my son was very angry and almost strangled him to death. It was still me who stopped him. If my daughter-in-law had nothing to do at all, would my son do that?

"Oh? Your son often beats your daughter-in-law?"

"Of course, and more than once, if I hadn't persuaded her, my son would have beaten her to death. That would have been fine, and such a thing would have happened. Unexpectedly, they were murdered by the two adulterers. Master, you must make the decision for me."

"So, your son may have caught them having an affair?"

"I don't know much about this. My son is so stupid that he refuses to say this. He doesn't say it, and he doesn't say it."

Lu Jinping asked over and over again, and the result was that the old man suspected that they had an affair, and he speculated that his son fell off the cliff was caused by the winter melon head, and there was no real evidence. After thinking about it, he could only disappoint the old man. Because if it was just speculation, the case was not within his direct authority, so it would be better not to intervene directly. Besides, the journey was too long, and if he really wanted to investigate, it would probably not be possible to settle it in a few days.

So Lu Jinping smiled apologetically and said to the old man: "Old man, I know that the matter of your son has greatly stimulated you. You are very sad. I deeply sympathize with you. But judging from what you just said, there is indeed no evidence to prove that your son was murdered, so I can't help you, I'm sorry."

Lu Jinping stood up and said to Ye Qingqing beside him: "You go and get a hanging of money to give it to the old man, it is the money for carrying a basket of wild fruits."

The basket of wild fruits was only 10 to 20 cents at the market, but Lu Jinping gave him a hanging of money, which was 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 the only son. I can't let him die in vain. No matter what, I want to avenge him. I also know that the gift of wild fruits is too light. I have another gift for you. Please accept it."

Lu Jinping knew that this case could not help the old man, so how could he accept other gifts from him? 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 can see what I gave you first, and then say, okay? Master begs you, come with me to the door to see my things, just walk outside the door." After that, he grabbed Lu Jinping's hand without saying anything, pulled Lu Jinping and walked out the door.

Lu Jinping had to shake his hands slightly to break free, but looking at the old man's trembling steps and sadness on his face, he couldn't bear it, so he let the old man take his hands out of the flower hall, walk through the bluestone front yard, and come outside the door.

When he arrived outside the yard, he stood at the steps and looked out. There was nothing outside the yard, only pedestrians coming and going on the street opposite. Lu Jinping was a little surprised and looked at the old man. The old man looked around and was also a little surprised, and called out, "Three sisters, come out quickly, where are you?"

After screaming twice, a little girl in a coarse cloth shirt was covered with scars. She was wearing a pair of straw sandals under her feet. She was about fifteen or sixteen years old. She stood timidly in the cold wind and looked at Lu Jinping with a rosy rosy cheek. However, it was definitely not because of the rouge, but because of the cold wind and ice.

Old Man Su waved and called the little girl over and said to Lu Jinping: "Sir, this is my granddaughter. Her father died tragically. Her mother left her alone and went back to her parents' home. He was the only one who depended on the old man for life. I believe that my son must be a silly head or a sacred man. Please ask the master to make the decision for me. If the master can avenge my son, I am willing to let my granddaughter go to the master's house to be a slave and a concubine and serve the master for the rest of his life."

Lu Jinping was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that the gift that Old Man Su mentioned was actually a little girl.

Looking at their grandparents and grandchildren, Lu Jinping's original decision changed. He began to seriously examine this matter.

Originally, he believed that there was no evidence in the case that was murder, and it was not within his authority, so he just ignored it. He gave some money to comfort the old man and sent him back. The matter was settled, but now it seems that he was wrong. This old man Su was willing to give his granddaughter to himself as a slave and a servant for his son. It can be seen that in his heart, he had already been determined about his son's affairs and believed that he had been murdered. If he could not handle this matter properly, the stubborn old man would not know what kind of thing he would do.

Ye Qingqing, who was standing beside him, was about to cry, helped Su Sanmei clean her clothes, and whispered to Lu Jinping: "This old man, grandfather and grandson are so pitiful. Just help him. Maybe there are really grievances and they were really killed. Otherwise, how could he do this?"
Chapter completed!