"Who are you?" Liu Shuhui looked Lu Lingyun up and down. Seeing that she was dressed up and accompanied by a servant, he knew that she was definitely not from the store, and he looked wary.
Lu Lingjun stopped covering up and said first, "I am the owner of this store."
"It turns out that you are the boss here. I see that you are sneaky and don't look like good people. You definitely want to come over and destroy the evidence so that you can fish out your people! Let's go! Follow me to see the official!"
Liu Shuhui said and stepped forward to take Lu Lingyun to see the official.
Before he touched Lu Lingyun, Dongsheng stood in front of Lu Lingyun with a quick step, "You are such a stingy fool, who are you going to bring to the official meeting? Do you know who our lady is? If I touch you, you will never be able to offend me in this life!" "
"Ha! I, Mr. Liu, will be afraid of you! The law of heaven is clear, and the emperor is at his feet. I don't believe there is no explanation!"
Lu Lingjun: "..."
He is a stubborn donkey by nature.
She waved her hand to Dongsheng and told him to get down. She said calmly and softly, "Mr. Liu, I'm not here to destroy evidence. I also want to investigate this matter."
"The Yamen has made a clear investigation. I was also present when the incident happened. I saw my fellow countryman fall from the second floor with my own eyes. The decayed stairs on the second floor are also clear evidence. Is there anything else you can find out?"
"After all, it's something that happened to me. I must be aware of it, right?"
Lu Lingjun's words were so reasonable and well-founded that Liu Shuhui couldn't help but become a bit aggressive.
He was not unreasonable, but he just didn't think that people like Lu Lingyun were here to be reasonable at first.
A young lady like Lu Lingjun, who was very clear-cut at first glance, was from the capital. No matter how you looked at her, you wouldn't think that she would be reasonable with an unaccompanied person like him who had no official status and went to the capital to take the exam.
Their power alone can silence a group of people.
Liu Shuhui has seen too many people like this, because from the beginning, he was completely hostile to Lu Lingyun. As long as Lu Lingyun was strong and tough, he would be stronger and tougher than her.
The Liu family is a poor family in the south of the Yangtze River. His father used to be the local county magistrate, but he died of a serious illness when he was young. Only his mother was left to support the lintel of the family. His mother was also weak-tempered and was bullied by the clan uncles. He That lineage of the family was almost driven to death by deprivation.
As the eldest son in the family, Liu Shuhui knew at that time that there was no use in giving in cowardly. Only by being as sharp as a knife could he find a way out in a cruel environment.
Even if the opponent is extremely powerful, as long as you have a sense of justice and a strong backbone, you will definitely be able to frighten the opponent.
Of course, Liu Shuhui is not arbitrary, and his toughness is based on facts.
He values the truth more than anyone else.
After Lu Lingjun told him this, he took the initiative to step back and said, "Girl, please go upstairs and have a look."
"Yeah." Lu Lingjun nodded at him and walked upstairs.
The environment on the second floor is dirtier and worse than the first floor.
Maybe no one had cleaned up the door these past few days. There was a pile of debris in the corridor, and several chamber pots were left open at the door of his room.
The smell is really bad.
Lu Lingjun just frowned and did not talk about these irrelevant things. He passed through a pile of debris and stopped at the break of the railing.
Liu Shuhui watched her reaction the whole time. Although Lu Lingjun was wearing a bamboo hat and couldn't see her expression clearly, the fact that she, an aristocratic lady dressed in extraordinary clothes, could walk through such a place really made him look up to her.
Then he saw Lu Lingjun squatting at the break and carefully checking the handrail. This appearance really surprised him.
The woman in front of me was so cautious and careful in what she did.
He seems to be a practical person.
"How about it? Did it decay naturally?"
Lu Lingjun stood up, patted the dust on his hands, and nodded in approval, "Yes."
The stair handrail is indeed damaged, not caused by man.
In my previous life, I followed Li Wenxun and worked as a local magistrate in Jiangnan for more than ten years. I did everything myself, so I still have this insight and ability to judge cases.
"Then what else do you have to say?" Liu Shuhui snorted coldly, as if he was right.
At this time, Lu Lingjun said calmly, "It's okay if the handrail decayed naturally, but I don't know if the person fell accidentally."
"I saw it with my own eyes when it happened! My fellow countryman just hit the handrail and fell down! It wasn't an accident, it was something!"
"I heard people say that he had an argument with someone at that time."
"Yes, it's a normal debate."
It is normal for candidates to argue with each other.
"Then maybe someone discovered the decayed stairs before and deliberately lured him here. Then when he was irritated, he slapped the handrail and fell down. Or...he himself had known it for a long time. , got into an argument with someone, got angry for a moment, and was under great pressure to take the exam, so he broke the railing and fell down to commit suicide."
Lu Lingjun talked about every possibility.
She really didn't mean to protect her own people. After more than ten years in the place, Lu Lingjun understood one thing deeply.
That is, you can always speculate on everyone's behavior with the greatest malice, because the truth behind things is often unimaginably evil.
Everything is possible.
But her words fell on Liu Shuhui, and he was so angry that he jumped up and down. He was still making sense in the first half, but what was he saying in the second half, "You are talking nonsense!"
"Does Mr. Liu have evidence to prove that my guess must be wrong?"
"Then what evidence do you have to prove what you said!"
"That's right." Lu Lingjun looked at him calmly under the bamboo hat, "Mr. Liu, I am also very sad about the news of your friend's death, but the truth about him is confusing, and none of us can prove what happened to him. Well, why don’t we settle privately, and I’m willing to pay you the most sincere compensation.”
"Ha! You are indeed here to protect your own person! I told you there is no way, and there is absolutely no proof for what you said, but your person's negligence is a certainty, and he should be held responsible!"
"You're right, but any behavior in this world should only bear corresponding responsibilities. A thief just steals, you can't chop off his head to pay compensation, and you can't call you out if you break a box containing expensive pearls. Compensation for the entire value of the pearl, everything has a degree.”
Lu Lingjun was unhurried and unhurried, "My shopkeeper was negligent. He failed to repair the stairs in time and failed to ensure safety. However, he did not intentionally kill anyone. He should only bear the responsibility he dealt with, not ask for it." We are willing to compensate for his life and responsibility."
After listening to Lu Lingyun's words, Liu Shuhui felt very depressed, but Lu Lingyun's words were indeed reasonable. He struggled for a long time and said stubbornly, "I don't want the money, he is dead! No matter how many people you say, they will die. If someone dies, someone should pay for it!"
After Lu Lingjun heard this, his tone changed and he said forcefully, "As you just said, you have no evidence to prove my speculation. If you insist on asking for compensation for life, then please give me evidence first to overturn all my speculations. Convict my shopkeeper again, otherwise even if he goes to the government office, I won’t admit it.”
After Lu Lingjun finished speaking, he took Dongsheng away first.
Liu Shuhui was left where he was.
