Chapter 174: Limited Patience
Grandma Han cried and kowtowed, "I, I forced her to go to Tongzhou to make money by selling laughter, but she refused to do it and argued with me. I threatened her that if she disagreed, I would go to the yamen to sue her for having an affair and let her go to the prison. She cried and said she would not want to die. In the end, I would not be able to tear her face apart. If my daughter-in-law had an affair with someone, I would have no place to put my face, so this was just saying that, and I did not report to the official."
Lu Jinping said: "You just said that your daughter-in-law had an affair with someone. What's going on?"
"That was happening half a year ago. Jia Feng, the son of Jianguan Jia, wanted to marry Eleventh Lady. He couldn't take out the bride price, so he gave up. My family was too poor and sometimes he couldn't take it off. So he asked Eleventh Lady to go to Jia Feng to borrow grain. Jia Feng was also decisive and determined to recognize Eleventh Lady, so Eleventh Lady spoke, and there was nothing she could not borrow. One day, when she came back from borrowing the grain, she not only took a bag of rice, but also had a coin of money. But her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had cried."
"I just kindly comforted her and asked him what was going on? At first she refused to say that, and I tried to persuade her. She said that Jia Fengfeng happened to be not at home that day, and Jianguan Jia was there. The immortal man actually took a coin of money to seduce Eleventh Lady. After stuffing the money to her, she forced her to take off her dress. She didn't dare to shout, for fear that the reputation would be ruined, so she had to surrender. I just said to Eleventh Lady, what's so great about it? Isn't it good to sleep with any man? Is it not good to make money? I asked her to go to Jianguan Jia in the future, and she could make money once, and the deal was cost-effective."
"But Eleventh Lady refused to accept it, saying that only this time, she would not go to find Jiangui Jia again, otherwise, if Jia Feng knew about it, he would be very sad. I advised her several times. Eleventh Lady refused. I knew that this woman had a stubborn temper and would not change what she knew, so she let her go. I thought that this matter would be over, but she didn't expect that Jiangui Jia would not let go after it. As a result, he asked his son to do business outside, and waited for his son to leave Tongzhou, and then used the excuse of his son finding Eleventh Lady and tricked Eleventh Lady into the house."
"After Eleventh Lady came back, she got all her money and food, and cried again. I asked her what happened. She finally told Zhangjiu Jia that Zhangjiu lied to him and sent Jia Feng away. She would not come back for two months if she wanted to do business outside. Zhangjiu Jia took out the money and asked her to go to sleep with him frequently. She would not lose her benefits. Zhangjiu Jia threatened that if she didn't do it, he would tell Jia Feng about their affair. He also robbed Eleventh Lady's bellyband as physical evidence."
"Eleventh Lady was afraid that he would really tell Jia Feng about the matter, so she had to surrender, and swore that she could only surrender this time, and there was no more. After finishing the business, Storekeeper Jia gave her another money. She cried and went home. So I instructed Eleventh Lady again and said, "Since that's the case, is it okay to make money? Go to find him again. Eleventh Lady really doesn't do it. I threatened her and said that if she didn't go, I would go to the government office to sue her for an affair and ask the yamen to punish her. Unexpectedly, I said that she would get angry. She said that she would sue the official and went there. She was not afraid, and she would also report my affairs. We were in prison together. I was so angry that I couldn't do anything."
Lu Jinping said: "Can you have something ulterior motive for him to catch him?"
Grandma Han just wanted to prove herself, but she didn't expect that Lu Jinping would catch this sentence. She lowered her head in panic and said nothing.
Lu Jinping sneered: "If you want to hide it, you can hide it. However, I will still take you as an important suspect to the yamen to investigate it carefully."
Grandma Han said: "Master, I didn't do anything, why did I catch me and go to the yamen?"
"You didn't tell me just now, and said that Eleventh Lady was not afraid of you going to the yamen to sue you because she wanted to report you. You two were in prison together. Now, I suspect that you were caught by Eleventh Lady because of the handle. In order to silence you, you killed Eleventh Lady!"
Grandma Han was so scared that she was so scared that she didn't expect Lu Jinping to turn it on, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Master, please spare my life! I really didn't kill her. Moreover, she was young and old, and she was about the same as she killed me. How could I kill her?"
"You don't have to be too humble. I think you came over just now. Besides, you can do something unexpected. Eleventh Lady looks very thin and may not be the opponent of you, the vicious old woman. After that, how did you kill someone to silence your daughter-in-law?"
Grandma Han was so panicked that she trembled all over and said hurriedly: "Master, I'm wronged, I'm really not the one who killed him. She used to swear that she wouldn't tell you about that. I believe she hasn't said that for so many years. As long as I don't talk about her and Jianguan Jia, she won't talk about me, so I don't need to kill her. I've been here for so many years. If I want to kill me, I'll have a long time ago. Why wait until now?"
"Then what evil things did you do? After that."
Seeing that Lu Jinping was about to take him to the murderer, Grandma Han knew that she would not tell the truth, but was afraid that she would not be able to get rid of it. She gritted her teeth and said, "That's right. Before I married the child's father, I had a relationship with her, but his family was too poor. My parents didn't agree with this marriage, so they married me to the current master. After that, my relationship with me secretly looked for me several times and had a private meeting. Once, when we were in bed, my daughter-in-law was going to work in the fields, but she felt uncomfortable in the middle and came back early. She just happened to bump into me and him. I knelt on the ground and begged her not to tell her."
"I swear that I will never interact with my good friends again. Eleventh Lady also swears that as long as we don't interact with each other again, she will not say it if the family style is broken. After that, I never stayed with my good friends again. He knew that the matter was serious and never came to me again. Eleventh Lady never mentioned this. Master, I know I was wrong. I beg the master to give me a life of high school. I am already a lot of people. I have been alive for a few days. The loess is buried in my neck. I beg me to give me a good end." After that, he kowtowed.
When Lu Jinping heard that this was the case, he could understand it. So he was not interested in checking such a case. He said: "What did you do after Eleventh Lady rejected your proposal? You can continue to talk about it first."
Seeing that Lu Jinping did not catch him in affair, Grandma Han secretly breathed a sigh of relief, swallowed her saliva, and then said, "When I saw Eleventh Lady refuse to obey and went to Jiangui Jia for money, I thought of a way and went to Jiangui Jia quietly. I told him that I knew everything about him seducing my daughter-in-law. Unless he used the money to block my mouth, I would tell his son about his seducing Eleventh Lady."
"As a result, this old guy panicked when he heard this. He actually cared about his son very much, because he had only one son. His wife died early, and the father and son depended on each other for life. He also knew that his son had a deep relationship with Eleventh Lady. If he knew that his father had seduced his sweetheart, his son would never forgive him. Therefore, Store Manager Jia was afraid of losing his son, so he could only use five jin of money to bet on my mouth, begging me not to tell Jia Feng, and I would take the money back after I agreed."
"I spent almost all the money these days. I was thinking about when to ask Manager Jia for some money. I still used this matter to force him. He would definitely give me money again. Unexpectedly, Eleventh Lady had an accident. After the accident, I thought at the time that it might be that Manager Jia did it. He was afraid that his son would kill someone to silence him. As long as Eleventh Lady dies, there is no evidence of death. Therefore, if the master does not say these things, I would not want to pull out these things. Since it is involved, I will tell the master. I suspect that Manager Jia killed Eleventh Lady and silence him."
After listening to her without saying a word, Lu Jinping thought that someone had proved that he was not present at the time, so it was definitely not Jiangui Jia who killed Eleventh Lady. However, what Grandma Han said at least proved that this Grandma Han also had a motive for murder. She was caught by her daughter-in-law. Although the daughter-in-law swears that she would not say it out and had not said it for so many years, it was a heart-wrenching problem. Now that the daughter-in-law doesn't listen to him, she even threatened to resist the order by exposing her things back then. The old woman might be angry, killing her and killing people to silence her. Since he has a motive for committing the crime, his suspicion cannot be ruled out.
Lu Jinping asked Grandma Han, "You said before, this morning until noon, you and your husband were at home and did not leave. At noon, your daughter-in-law did not come back, so you came out to find her body, and finally found her body in the toilet. I ask you now, who else can testify besides you and your husband at home?"
When Grandma Han heard this, it seemed that Lu Jinping had not given up on believing that he had killed someone. She immediately became nervous again and looked at Lu Jinping with tongues and said, "There is no one else, we are only at home. Until noon, we couldn't wait to come out to find her."
"You two are husband and wife, and they testify against each other. The proof is very weak. You have to find evidence. Do you have any other evidence to prove that you are staying at home and have not come out? Especially at noon."
Grandma Han was a little panicked: "I got up early and started cooking pigs, and then cooked, but I never left. Several pigs in my house had to prepare a lot of pig food. The sound of cutting pig grass should be heard next door, so there was a wall. I wonder if they could testify to me. Later, until noon, when my master came back, we were preparing to have a meal. Then we found out why my daughter-in-law hadn't come back, so we came out to find it."
"Wait!" Lu Jinping interrupted her, "Didn't you say before, you two have been at home with your master? What did you say just now that he came back from outside? Then where did he go? I warn you that you are not speaking truthfully, and my official's patience is limited." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!