Besides, I have been in charge of the judicial system of the prison for several months, but I have never been to the county below. Isn’t it important for officials to go to the grassroots level now? Even if there is no grievance or problem in this case, I will take this opportunity to do an investigation and research to understand the situation in the county. It is also a job to walk around in my jurisdiction.:.

Thinking of this, Lu Jinping nodded and said, "Old man, since that's the case, then I'll go to the county to check if your son was murdered."

When Old Man Su heard this, he couldn't help but be ecstatic, and his body was trembling. He waved his hand and said, "San Sister, come here, kowtow to the master, thank you for your father's grievances, and serve the master well in the future and repay the master's kindness."

The little girl quickly stepped up the steps and was about to kneel down. Lu Jinping quickly supported her and said, "No, I promised to investigate this matter. It's not that I want to accept you as a servant or a concubine. I'm just doing it for the business and going down to investigate the case. There's no need to do this, get up quickly."

Ye Qingqing next to him also rushed forward and helped him support him.

Su Sanmei is a young girl in the flowery season. Have you ever been touched by a man like this? Now she is supported by a young man and her face is blushed with shame. She is thin and petite. Fortunately, Ye Qingqing only supported her from the side, otherwise she would fall softly under Lu Jinping's arms.

Old Man Su bowed to Lu Jinping gratefully and said, "Master, can we set off now?"

Lu Jinping nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's set off immediately."

When Ye Qingqing next to him heard this, he quickly said, "Sir, I'll go and ask someone to go to the yamen to tell the master that he has gone to investigate the case."

Lu Jinping nodded and said to the old man and Su Sanmei: "You should hurry up and go to the house to warm up. It's too cold outside. You can change it with a few sets of clothes. Otherwise, the cold weather will be cold. If you get sick, you won't be able to leave."

Old Man Su quickly shook his head and said, "The old man is grateful for his son's grievances. How dare you accept the gifts from the master? Moreover, the old man and his granddaughter third sister have become accustomed to wearing this all winter. It's not cold, it's really not cold at all."

Lu Jinping said: "You are not cold. Could it be that your granddaughter is not cold either?"

"It's not cold, she's not cold. She has dressed very little since she was a child, and it's okay to be barefoot in the middle of winter."

When Lao Han said this, Lu Jinping and Ye Qingqing's eyes fell on Su Sanmei's feet. Seeing that her straw sandals were covered with mud and even ice slags were hanging.

Lu Jinping said: "Then you have to go into the house first and wait. I'm ready to prepare things. I'm afraid I won't be back in ten days or half a month. I have to prepare some things. You guys quickly bring this girl in and change her thick clothes." Lu Jinping said to the maid next to him.

The maid and the old man quickly took Su Sanmei and Old Man Su into the yard to have tea in the flower hall, and then went to find her clothes and shoes to change, but Su Sanmei refused and had no choice but to give up.

At the same time, Lu Jinping had sent someone to the yamen to inform Captain Xiong to lead a team of constables to investigate the case, which was necessary for him to be an official.

They quickly packed up and stopped. Lu Jinping took Ye Qingqing to sit in the carriage and prepared a carriage for Old Man Su and his granddaughter Su Sanmei. They did not refuse because they could not catch up with the carriage barefoot.

Captain Xiong and others didn't know what case Lu Jinping was going to investigate this time, so Lu Jinping didn't say that they could only follow him.

In a day, I finally arrived in Tongguan.

Before this, the constable he sent had already notified the county magistrate and county magistrate of Tongguan City. All officials from all over the city were greeted outside the city. The group was in a vast way and then entered the city and came to the yamen.

When the county magistrate and the county magistrate saw Old Man Su and his granddaughter Su Sanmei getting out of the car, his face changed color. Because the old man had come to the county magistrate many times and asked his son to preside over justice, but after the county magistrate, there was indeed clear evidence that Dong Gua Tou was not present. So the case was not filed. Unexpectedly, Old Man Su was powerful and invited all the judicial officials from the prefecture government office. Of course, the county magistrate and the county magistrate were very frightened, for fear that Lu Jinping would scold them.

Although Lu Jinping, the judicial officer of the Tongzhou Prefecture, is only a seventh-rank official and a same level as the county magistrate, Lu Jinping is the lord. The founding county man is a fifth-rank man, how could he be compared with a small county magistrate? It is natural to scold him, not to mention that he was from Tongzhou, and he was his superior.

However, they didn't expect that Lu Jinping didn't look at all unhappy. They didn't know that Lu Jinping had actually determined that there was no evidence of murder in this case, but he was just thinking about checking and asking the old man to explain it. At the same time, he came to investigate and visit. However, Old Man Su was still waiting in the front hall. Of course, Lu Jinping would not have greeted them too much, and the investigation and visiting could only be arranged afterwards. So after eating the welcome banquet arranged by the county government, Lu Jinping told the county magistrate that he was going to Qilipu to investigate the case of Old Man Su's son falling off the cliff, and asked the county government for assistance.

According to normal circumstances, Lu Jinping should have listened to the report of the county government first and then reviewed the case through the county government. It is somewhat inconsistent with the rules of Lu Jinping's direct intervention in the case, but the rules are dead and the person who dies is alive. If the superiors want to directly interfere in the case, there is no room for negotiation and the subordinates cannot say anything.

Therefore, County Magistrate Tong hurriedly ordered the preparation of the carriage and took people to go with Lu Jinping to investigate the case. If the case was found to be a murder case, County Magistrate Dong did not file a case, he would be responsible. Therefore, he could only give up his energy and accompany Lu Jinping to investigate in person.

Old Man Su and Su Sanmei were originally arranged to have dinner in the yamen, and he didn't expect Lu Jinping to set out to check it out immediately. After all, he knew that there was a lot of show in the yamen. Unexpectedly, after lunch, he was notified to go to their Qilipu immediately. Master Lu wanted to go to investigate the case himself. He couldn't help but be happy and grateful, and took his daughter to Qilipu in a carriage.

There is no direct post road to Qilipu. There is still Qili to get to the village after the post road.

When you arrive outside the village, you will first pass the cliff where the old man Huang's son fell to death.

Now, Old Man Su and his climbed to the cliff and went to the scene of the crime. Because there was no road, the carriage could not reach, so they could only walk up the mountain.

County Magistrate Tong is already an old man in his fifties and sixties. His hair is a bit gray and fat, so he is panting when walking on the mountain road, but he has to force himself to follow him because Lu Jinping walked very fast. Although he has no martial arts skills, he is young and climbing is not a problem.

The reason why Lu Jinping did not listen to the case report in the yamen was because he was afraid that he would have preconceived ideas, so he had to go to the scene first and then turn around to ask them after he had mastered the first-hand information.

Lu Jinping's approach made both the magistrate Tong and the magistrate uneasy. This lord looked different from others and was not easy to deal with, so he had to be mentally and carefully deal with it.

Finally, they came to the cliff. When they arrived here, Old Man Su was sobbing, pointing to a huge rock under the cliff, and said, "Sir, my son was pushed down by the thief from the winter melon head and fell to death here. Look, the blood on it can still be recognized."

Lu Jinping walked forward and looked at it. Sure enough, a large pool of dark red spots on the stone were eroded by wind and snow, but they could be vaguely identified.

Lu Jinping looked up at the cliff above, which was dozens of feet high. The trees on the top of the cliff looked like toys. It was really broken down from such a high cliff. It seemed that the old man's son died miserably, no matter what the reason was.

Lu Jinping looked around and saw that the mountain was very steep and there was no way to plant crops. There were some shrubs and trees of different sizes. There was no road leading to this place. They were the constables forcibly driving a road in front of them.

Lu Jinping turned his head and said to Old Man Su, "Take us to the top of the cliff to see the situation."

Old Man Su said: "It is not easy to walk from here to the top of the cliff. The mountain is too steep and there is no road. I should follow us to the village first, and then go from the village to the top of the cliff. Because the top of the mountain is relatively flat, there are fields in a distance, but there is no road to the edge of the cliff, so you need to open a road to get there.

"Since that's the case, let's go."

When he climbed to the foot of the mountain, the chubby County Magistrate Tong was already exhausted and panting. Now he was still going to climb to the top of the cliff. He was so distressed that he didn't dare to show any displeasure on his face. He nodded with a smile, held his official robe and continued to follow Lu Jinping down the mountain. They were about to walk on the way into the village and then take a detour to the top.

After climbing for a long time with exhaustion and panting, he finally arrived at the mountain village. Then Old Man Su led them out of the mountain village and followed a winding and rugged path to the top of the cliff.

There are hundreds of steps away from the edge of the cliff, and the path ends. The top of the cliff is relatively gentle and you can grow crops. However, the edge leading to the edge of the cliff is a relatively gentle slope with shrubs and lush trees.

Lu Jinping stood on a stone, looking at the messy thorns and trees half a man tall, and could not find any road to the edge of the cliff. Because everyone in the village knew that it was very dangerous to go to the edge of the cliff, and no one went to that place. Lu Jinping said to the old man: "If your son was pushed down from the cliff by the winter melon head, where would they go to the edge of the cliff?"

"If you separate the thorns, you can go to the edge of the cliff. Come with me, I will open the way."

After saying that, Old Man Su reached out and grabbed the thorns and then used his straw sandals to step on the bushes and thorns along the way, splitting a so-called road.

When Lu Jinping saw him struggling to drive the road to the cliff, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking, if the winter melon head really wanted to push his son down from the top of the cliff, it would be too much time. Where can he be killed? He had to take him so hard to push him down to the cliff? It would be fine if there was a road to the cliff and reached it, but these hundreds of steps were covered with thorns and shrubs, and trees. If you think it was very difficult to be on the cliff, this kind of killing method was indeed a bit confusing and unreasonable.
Chapter completed!