Escape From the Library

【Innocence Defense-11】

Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong were discussing, and saw two college students being taken back to the police force for questioning. One of them was Chen Kaiming, a gentle-looking boy from the School of Chemistry; .

Yue Xingwen was stunned for a moment, stepped forward and asked, "Captain Chen, who are these two?"

Team Chen said: "Students from Beishan University brought them back for investigation."

Lan Yarong asked: "These two also went to the beach to eat barbecue on the day of Liu Jiajia's death, right? Has there been any progress in the beach case, proving that my client, Zhu Xiaoting, is not the murderer?"

Team Chen smiled and said, "I'm sorry, the police's handling of the case is classified, so I can't reveal too much to you."

Seeing the two being escorted into the interrogation room by Team Chen, Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong looked at each other in blank dismay.

On the way back to the law firm after leaving the police force, Lan Yarong said in doubt: "The police brought back Chen Kaiming and Lin Xuefei, the two suspects in the beach case, for questioning. Could it be that the police have found the potassium cyanide that poisoned Liu Jiajia? origin of?"

Yue Xingwen said: "It should be. Liu Jiajia was poisoned and Xie Xiangqin was stabbed to death with a knife. The crime methods of the two cases are very different. It seems that they are not written by the same person. In addition, Zhu Xiaoting is an ordinary student in the translation school. Students, it’s hard to get a controlled drug like potassium cyanide, the police shouldn’t rashly identify Zhu Xiaoting as the murderer of the beach case, there’s not enough evidence.”

Lan Yarong nodded: "That's right. The beach case is just that Zhu Xiaoting's fingerprints appeared on the bottle. There are no witnesses or other physical evidence, which is not enough to convict Zhu Xiaoting. As long as the source of the poison is found, it is easy to pinpoint the murderer." So, the beach case is actually just to confuse us and make the investigation more difficult? The key is the dormitory case, right?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Well, although the police in this world will not try their best to solve the case and let us lie down and win, they will not mess around. From the police's point of view, the evidence chain of the dormitory case is indeed complete. We have to find 703 as soon as possible. Li Huijuan, the last person in the dormitory, if possible, ask her to testify in court."

After Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong returned to the law firm, they took the time to sort out the materials of Zhu Xiaoting's case and prepare for the court defense.

A normal criminal case process usually takes about a month from the arrest of the suspect by the police, investigation and evidence collection, submission to the procuratorate for review, and then to the formal indictment by the procuratorate in the court. It is common for complex cases to be investigated for half a year.

Zhu Xiaoting's case went to the procuratorate so quickly, the library obviously deliberately speeded up to make things difficult for candidates, and didn't give them too much time to slowly search for evidence.

There are only two days left before the trial, and the time is very tight.

Yue Xingwen quickly arranged in the group: "The four people in the boyfriend Zou Yijia's dormitory are handed over to Ping Ce, Ke Shao and Xin Yan for investigation. Brother Xu and Brother Liu are at the hospital to find out the situation of the two girls from the medical school .Pay close attention to whether Li Huijuan has come back, we only have one day tomorrow, and the court will be held the day after tomorrow!"

Jiang Pingce asked, "What about the beach case? Don't couples from the School of Chemistry need to investigate?"

Yue Xingwen replied: "The police have already taken the couple from the School of Chemistry back for interrogation. They must have found clues related to potassium cyanide. We don't need to spend too much energy to investigate."

Lan Yarong said: "These two cases should be tried separately, not combined as a serial murder case. Zhu Xiaoting did not have a motive to kill Liu Jiajia, and the modus operandi is also very different, which does not qualify as a combined case of serial murder. condition."

Jiang Pingce said clearly: "This is the best, Zhu Xiaoting will not bear two lives on her body."

Ke Shaobin asked curiously: "On the day of the court hearing, the attorney representing Zhu Xiaoting, is only Senior Sister Lan allowed to speak?"

Lan Yarong explained: "The court stipulates that a defendant can entrust up to two defense lawyers to participate in court defense. I want to ask Xingwen to assist me. Although Xingwen is not a professional lawyer, he has clear logic and is the captain of the debate team of Hua'an University. , the eloquence is also very good. The two of us going together should be more confident?"

Jiang Pingce was the first to stand up and support: "I think Xingwen can."

Ke Shaobin said: "I also think that Xingwen and Senior Sister Lan have a better chance of winning!"

Yue Xingwen was flattered by the senior sister's recognition: "Senior sister, I used to participate in college debates, and I have never participated in court defense!"

Lan Yarong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. In this world, you have a lawyer's qualification certificate. In the past two days, I will give you an emergency training and explain the court rules clearly. The rest is improvisation and adaptability. You have flexible thinking, I also know enough about this case, we cooperate together, and it is easier to convince the judge than me with a dry mouth."

Yue Xingwen had no choice but to stop declining: "Okay, then I will participate in the defense with Senior Sister Lan!"

Lan Yarong followed up with arrangements and said, "As an assistant lawyer, Man Luo can sit by the side to listen to the trial and help us sort out some materials. Others, because you don't have a lawyer's qualification certificate, can't sit in the lawyer's seat, but can sit in the auditorium. "

Lin Manluo immediately agreed: "No problem, I'm good at sorting out information." When she was in the student union, she often helped Zhuo Feng collect information, and the information she sorted out was very clear and clear.

Yue Xingwen said: "That's how it's arranged. Students who haven't assigned tasks can go to help wherever there is a lack of people. If you have any new clues and ideas, you can communicate in the group at any time!"

Everyone started to get busy.

Yue Xingwen, Lan Yarong, and Lin Manluo only ate a bowl of instant noodles at noon that day. Lan Yarong gave them a lot of tips for court defense, such as when to interrupt the prosecution lawyer, how to ask the client, Witnesses, wait, Yue Xingwen and Lin Manluo are listening and taking notes.

At night, the three stayed in the law firm to work overtime together.

Lan Yarong said: "The defendant has a chance to make a self-statement. Zhu Xiaoting is timid and introverted. We have to write her statement in advance. We can't let her speak by herself. I'm afraid she will make a mistake when she gets nervous. There is a logic hole."

Lin Manluo asked: "Will the judge think it's fake if you read the script directly?"

Lan Yarong nodded and said, "That's right, it's best for Zhu Xiaoting to recite the whole text, so that she can memorize it fluently, and add some expressions of true feelings, so that it will be easier for the judge to believe."

Yue Xingwen took the initiative to take over this task: "I will write a speech in Zhu Xiaoting's tone tonight, and Senior Sister Lan will revise it at the end. You have to prepare for the court to ask questions about Zhu Xiaoting and other witnesses. I'm afraid you won't be too busy Come."

Lan Yarong breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "This is the best, thank you Xingwen!"

Yue Xingwen said: "It's okay, I often wrote speeches when I was in school."

Lin Manluo asked: "Which witnesses do we need? Zhuo Feng has no mission, let Zhuo Feng and Zhang Xiaonian contact them."

Lan Yarong thought about it carefully for a moment, and said: "Mao Yue is a witness for the prosecution. As a witness at the scene of the crime, she will definitely appear in court. We can just ask her directly. On our side, we need to ask the uncle who distributed the keys, Li Huijuan, the last person in dormitory 703, please go to court, it is best if they are willing to appear in court!"

The three of them worked overtime until late at night before returning to Xinghe Apartment together.

At the same time, the students in the school are also working overtime.

Xin Yan searched for information on the family background of the owners of Dormitory 105, the clubs they joined, and so on in the Academic Affairs Office.

Jiang Pingce compiled and summarized.

Ke Shaobin bought a trumpet from the Internet and went close to the boys in the 105 dormitory, and played black games with them. Shooting game, similar to "PUBG Mobile", a team of four parachutes to a deserted island, collects weapons and survives to a safe circle, and wins by killing all other players.

Usually, the four of them bring Xie Xiangqin together to play a black five-player game, which is a mobile tower push game, similar to "Glory of the King", and five people can form a team to play qualifying matches.

Ke Shaobin's level of playing games is very good. Five people started the black ranking and won 10 games in a row. Everyone was very happy. He played games with these people all night and soon became a "good brother". He privately Added four friends to facilitate private chat.

Ke Shaobin asked Zhang Bin in dormitory 105: "Dude, I heard you have a very beautiful girlfriend? Envious!"

The other party quickly replied: "Hey, my girlfriend is from the Academy of Fine Arts next door. She is beautiful and has a lot of temperament. She can draw Chinese paintings and often sketches outside."

Ke Shaobin clicked into the other party's circle of friends, and found that classmate Zhang often showed affection in the circle of friends, and would post a few photos of dating his girlfriend every two days. Judging from the photos, his girlfriend was indeed very beautiful, even more temperamental than Xie Xiangqin.

He had no motive to kill Xie Xiangqin.

Another roommate named Zhong Jian, whose circle of friends is full of basketball, badminton, or record screenshots of consecutive victories and losses in rankings, has never sent any information about girls.The pimple-faced boy is still single.

Zou Yijia's circle of friends "this friend only shows the circle of friends of the last three days", and I can't understand anything.

Ji Xiaohui's circle of friends also "only shows the last three days", but Ke Shaobin clicked in and it was empty.

Of the four people in dormitory 105, Zhang Bin, who has a girlfriend, is the least suspected, and the other three cannot be completely ruled out.

Ke Shaobin sent a screenshot of Zhong Jian's game record to Jiang Pingce, saying: "Xie Xiangqin plays games with four people in dormitory 105, and rarely plays alone with her boyfriend. I asked classmate Zhang Bin, and he said , because Zou Yijia's own strength is limited, and Xie Xiangqin is very good, if two people play alone, Zou Yijia can't take this girlfriend with him, and often loses, so he is used to dragging other roommates and playing with five people."

Jiang Pingce directly compiled a table of their playing time and winning rate, and soon discovered the pattern: "Through September, every night from 9 to 22 o'clock, the four people in the 24 dormitory will bring Xie Xiangqin to play black games together. Ranking. But since October, there are only 105 people in Zhong Jian’s circle of friends playing screenshots of computer shooting games, or screenshots of playing mobile game rankings alone, and the five of them have never played mobile games together.”

This is certainly not a coincidence. What happened in late September and early October?

Ke Shaobin asked classmate Zhang Bin to take a side-by-side attack: "I saw Brother Zhong's circle of friends. You used to play ranked together as five people. Why don't you rank together recently?"

Zhang Bin replied: "Hey, it's not because Zou Yijia insisted on bringing a girlfriend. His girlfriend is really good food, you know, the higher the rank, the higher the requirements for support. The 4 of us bring one who can't play. It’s very difficult to win every game. Sometimes, when it’s clear to start a team, his girlfriend didn’t use her big move, so she just hangs up. We play 1 on 4, and I’m so tired.”

Ke Shaobin: "So, you guys don't quite agree with him bringing his girlfriend?"

Zhang Bin said: "Our head of the house, Zhong Jian, has a very straight temper. Once, in a game with a big advantage, Xie Xiangqin made a serious mistake and was overturned by the opponent. He went to Zou Yijia and said directly, 'Your girlfriend is too good, and the four of us can't take care of him. Move her'. Zou Yijia’s face was dark at the time, and he ran out to make a phone call. After we came back, we reached a consensus to take her to the top of the game, no matter how difficult the peak game is, we don’t take her to play, we go to play by ourselves, she is too bad, easy to fall part."

Ke Shaobin asked curiously: "Did Zou Yijia quarrel with Xie Xiangqin after going out? The head of the dormitory said to his face that his girlfriend was too good, and you and Ji Xiaohui didn't persuade him?"

Zhang Bin said helplessly: "I persuaded, I just said girl, it's okay to bring a belt, don't take the outcome too seriously. Ji Xiaohui didn't respond much, he didn't talk much in the dormitory, but he was the best gamer among the four of us. awesome."

Ke Shaobin played with them all night, and he really felt that the taciturn classmate Ji Xiaohui was the strongest one, and Zou Yijia was actually the best among the four. He couldn't take care of his girlfriend, so he asked his roommate to help him , it is no wonder that this operation will arouse the resentment of the roommates.

The next morning, Ke Shaobin, Jiang Pingce and Xin Yan's investigation results were quickly gathered in the group.

Jiang Pingce concluded: "The four people in the 105 dormitory have been playing ranked with Xie Xiangqin for a long time, and they are all very familiar with Xie Xiangqin. Among them, Zhong Jian attaches great importance to the outcome of the game, and often dislikes that Xie Xiangqin is a rookie and cannot be moved. Zhang Bin has a fixed Girlfriend, stable relationship, when encountering a problem, treat it as a peacemaker, his girlfriend is prettier than Xie Xiangqin, he has no motive to kill Xie Xiangqin."

"Zou Yijia and Xie Xiangqin are affectionate on the surface, but whether there is any conflict in private is not clear yet. I only know that they will not play with Xie Xiangqin in their dormitory since October. Ji Xiaohui, the most taciturn one in the whole dormitory, has the strongest game ability. Xie Xiangqin for convenience Playing games and adding four male friends, it is not known whether I have contacted anyone in private."

The investigation of the 105 dormitory cannot directly identify the suspect.

But the result Xin Yan gave surprised everyone: "I checked the information on the school club, Zhong Jian is from the school basketball club, and his teammates said that he has such a straight temper, speaks quickly, and speaks out when he is upset. It's not the first time I've cursed, but it's nothing bad, and I never hold grudges."

"Ji Xiaohui is a member of the school's animation club. He likes to watch anime. He has a lot of pictures of anime beauties in his computer. He has also participated in cosplays held by the animation club. By the way, the president of the animation club is Qi Xinyu."

Yue Xingwen was slightly taken aback, and quickly typed: "Qi Xinyu? I remember that she is from the Law School Student Union, and they organized this beach barbecue. I even added her as a friend during the beach barbecue."

Yue Xingwen quickly found the girl from the phone's WeChat address book.

Ke Shaobin said: "I also remembered, she seems to be a witness to the beach incident, right? Going to watch the sunrise early in the morning, and then saw the floating corpse in the sea, and woke us up by screaming?"

Yue Xingwen nodded: "That's right, it seems that the friends did not add in vain at that time, this is a very important clue person!"

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【Innocence Defense-12】

Yue Xingwen University contacted Qi Xinyu through WeChat early in the morning: "Hello senior sister, I am the junior brother who added you at the beach that day."

Qi Xinyu quickly replied: "Oh, I remember you! Is there anything my junior brother can do for me?"

Yue Xingwen went straight to the point: "What happened to the dead body at sea early that morning? Did the police call you for questioning?" Because Yue Xingwen also came to the scene immediately after she screamed, they both for witnesses.

Qi Xinyu sent a cracked emoji: "Oh, it's really unlucky. In the past few days, teachers, school leaders, and police have been asking me for questions. After all, I am one of the organizers of this event. A classmate has an accident. I am also responsible!" She paused, and then said: "Fortunately, this case will be in court soon, and the police asked me to testify in court, so the case should be closed soon."

"That's good, I hope this matter will pass as soon as possible."

Yue Xingwen continued to ask: "By the way, senior sister, do you know Ji Xiaohui?"

Qi Xinyu was stunned: "Why did you suddenly ask Ji Xiaohui?"

Yue Xingwen said: "I am very interested in the animation club, and I want to join your animation club next semester. Ji Xiaohui is also a member of the animation club, right? I heard that you often hold cosplays, do you have any photos?"

Qi Xinyu didn't doubt it, and immediately sent a few photos: "We will participate in the comic exhibition in this city every semester, you can find out first! After I graduate, Xiaohui will be our next president. It was fun."

Yue Xingwen opened the photo——

In the photo, there is a slender girl wearing a pink cake dress. The girl has a golden wig, long eyelashes, red lips, and fair skin. She smiles gently at the camera, as if she came out of an anime. doll.

Yue Xingwen was puzzled: "Who is this? It's so beautiful."

Qi Xinyu sent a smiley expression covering her mouth: "This is Ji Xiaohui!"

Yue Xingwen: "..."

If the president of the animation club hadn't said that this is Ji Xiaohui, he would have hardly recognized it...

This is actually a boy!A boy who is more juicy and beautiful than a girl!

Yue Xingwen immediately posted Ji Xiaohui's photo to the group: "Young Master Ke, searched the Internet and found all the photos of Ji Xiaohui participating in cosplay. I suspect that he sneaked into the girls' dormitory disguised as a man!"

Zhuo Feng was dumbfounded: "This, this is Ji Xiaohui? It's completely different from the ID photo!"

Jiang Pingce: "...a master of women's clothing."

Lin Manluo knows cosplay better, she said: "There are a lot of boys who like to play cosplay, and they are really more beautiful when they dress up as women. This time, Ji Xiaohui himself has a gentle appearance and fair skin, so it really doesn't feel out of place to dress up as a woman." "

Qin Miao sent a forehead-supporting emoji: "As a girl, I feel ashamed."

Qin Lu said: "The skin is better than mine, envy!"

Jiang Pingce straightened the topic: "Does Xie Xiangqin like animation very much?"

Qin Miao said: "I passed by her dormitory at the time, and saw some animation posters on her wall, and there were also cute animation figures on the bookshelf. So, she and Ji Xiaohui have many common hobbies?"

Jiang Pingce immediately added a message: "Xin Yan found out yesterday that Ji Xiaohui was born in a single-parent family. His father divorced his mother because of an affair. His mother is a nurse. There should be books on anatomy at home. He may also understand the structure of the human body. to one blow to death."

Ji Xiaohui's suspicion skyrocketed.

A boss who can dress up as a woman at will should not be underestimated.

Building No. 6 has 10 floors in total, and each floor has 30 dormitories. There are so many students, and the dormitory aunt may not know all of them. walk into.

However, Ji Xiaohui's motive for committing the crime has not yet been found.

Yue Xingwen immediately asked: "Where is Li Huijuan? The court will be held the day after tomorrow. Has she not come back yet?"

Qin Miao said: "There is only Mao Yue in the 703 dormitory, and Li Huijuan is still missing."

Xin Yan said: "She is from the School of Biological Sciences and is an intern at a bioengineering research institute. I found her phone number. If she can't come back, do you want to call her?"

Yue Xingwen and Lan Yarong looked at each other, picked up their mobile phone and dialed Li Huijuan.

As soon as the phone was connected, a calm voice came from my ear: "Hello, who is it?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Hello, is this Li Huijuan's classmate? I am Zhu Xiaoting's defense lawyer."

Li Huijuan froze for a moment: "Lawyer? What do you want from me?"

Yue Xingwen said: "The Zhu Xiaoting case, the police should have asked you for questioning, right?"

Li Huijuan nodded: "Well. I heard from Mao Yue that she saw Xiaoting killing people with a knife. The police called me later to ask me about the relationship between Zhu Xiaoting and Xie Xiangqin. Of course I have to tell the truth. They have never gotten along. The last one Yue Xiaoting broke Xie Xiangqin's cup, Xie Xiangqin scolded her face to face and made her lose money; later Xiaoting accidentally knocked over a bottle of Xie Xiangqin's limited edition perfume, and the two had a very unpleasant fight." She paused, her voice Shen Xiaxia: "But I didn't expect Xiaoting to kill someone. For such a trivial matter, she is really too impulsive, it's not worth it."

Yue Xingwen immediately said: "The murderer is not Zhu Xiaoting."

Li Huijuan was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Yue Xingwen asked: "Have Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia ever quarreled?"

Li Huijuan frowned, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I should have had a fight. Once when I went back to the dormitory, I heard Xie Xiangqin call and quarrel with someone. Her eyes were red, as if she was crying. When she saw me entering the room, she dropped the phone directly." , I looked at the caller ID, and it was Zou Yijia."

Yue Xingwen: "Are you sure the caller ID is Zou Yijia?"

Li Huijuan nodded: "Sure. Xie Xiangqin talks on the phone with Zou Yijia every day, and I recognize that profile picture very clearly. However, it's normal for couples to have some conflicts. Zou Yijia usually treats her very well, and often buys her snacks."

Yue Xingwen: "Didn't Zou Yijia buy those figures on her desk for her?"

Li Huijuan said: "Probably not. Every time Zou Yijia buys her something, she will show it off to us. She has never talked about animation and hand-made things. Zou Yijia often gives her gifts, including perfume, lipstick, and snacks."

Yue Xingwen said sincerely: "Student Li Huijuan, are you willing to testify in court? Zhu Xiaoting is innocent. Your testimony is very important and may save her life."

Li Huijuan said in surprise: "Isn't Xiaoting the murderer? Mao Yue even saw her murder with her own eyes. You acted as her defense lawyer. I can understand your desire to help him clear his name. However, the court needs to talk about evidence, so I can't talk nonsense. .”

Yue Xingwen: "You don't need to give false testimony, just tell the truth you know."

Li Huijuan was at a loss: "Then what can I prove?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Prove that Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia quarreled. Was the day they quarreled at the end of September?"

Li Huijuan thought about it carefully, and said: "That's right, it's September 9th, Saturday night. I was going to self-study, but because I forgot to charge the computer, I came back early, and then I saw her arguing with Zou Yijia. Very fierce."

At this point in time, it coincides with the testimony of student Zhang in the 105 dormitory, and it can also correspond to the change of game habits in the circle of friends of student Zhong Jian.

On the night of September 9 last month, something very unpleasant must have happened.

The fierce quarrel between Xie Xiangqin and Zou Yijia may be the real trigger of Xie Xiangqin's death case.