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At ten o'clock in the morning, the chess and card room just opened is still very deserted, except for the accountant behind the counter, there is no one else.

In the lobby near the window, the accountant serving as the waiter brought two cups of hot tea, Liu Yongchang's favorite special-grade Biluochun.

Liu Yongchang picked up the teacup in front of him and blew on the rising heat, looked at Jin Zhou who was sitting opposite and asked, "Why did you invite me here?"

This chess and card room is Liu Yongchang's earliest business. Due to the well-selected location, there are residential areas nearby, and it has not closed down after so many years of operation.

"I remember when I was studying criminal law," Jin Zhou looked at the tea leaves floating in the cup, and the mist covered his calm eyes, "I remind you that this chess and card room has the risk of gathering people to gamble."

Some guests come here to play mahjong for one night and can lose hundreds of thousands. Although Liu Yongchang did not call them here, if something happens, Liu Yongchang will definitely not be able to get rid of it.

"So I stopped doing business with those gamblers." Liu Yongchang took a sip of hot tea, his eyebrows raised slightly, "Why did you suddenly mention this?"

"When your bar first opened," Jin Zhou said unhurriedly, still looking down, "you turned a blind eye to the drug seller, I told you not to allow this to happen to you in the bar."

"Yes, I have always been law-abiding, so the bar has been open for so many years, and there has never been an accident." Speaking of this, Liu Yongchang paused, and then said, "Of course, these are all thanks to you, otherwise I am a big boss , and may have broken the law without knowing it.”

"You..." Jin Zhou pursed his lips, and finally raised his eyes to meet Liu Yongchang's eyes, "Why did you go to the coast to do business?"

——Did you say Liu Yougen?He played tricks at cards, so he couldn't stay in the village any longer!

Jin Zhou purposely sought out fellow villagers at the time, and got this answer from several people.

"Why else? The village is so poor that many people go to the coast to do business." Liu Yongchang's answer has nothing to do with what Jin Zhou heard. He put down the teacup in his hand, looked straight at Jin Zhou and asked, "Zhouzi, what's the matter with you today?"

In fact, Jin Zhou still wanted to deceive himself and others to continue to test, but when he heard that Liu Yongchang concealed the reason for leaving the village, he knew that there was no need to continue to test.

"You were so supportive of my law study back then, and you even introduced me to a law firm," Jin Zhou looked at Liu Yongchang, and said with difficulty, "Is it just to cultivate a legal advisor by your side?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Liu Yongchang frowned suddenly, "I treat you like a brother, of course I will support what you want to do."

"You are really kind to my brother." Everyone has two sides. It cannot be denied that Liu Yongchang is a person who takes good care of his brother, but looking back now, his kindness seems to have a purpose.

Huzi had offered to resign several times, and wanted to go back to school to get a diploma, but Liu Yongchang didn't immediately agree, and only asked him to think about it.

Later, Liu Yongchang took the initiative to pay for Huzi's mother's medical expenses, and Huzi couldn't talk about resigning anymore.

Compared with Liu Yongchang's medical expenses that are a drop in the bucket, a loyal younger brother is naturally more rare.

He is also Liu Yongchang's brother, and he also wants to continue studying. Why can Jin Zhou get Liu Yongchang's support?

The answer is obvious, because Jin Zhou is more useful.

"What do you mean?" Liu Yongchang's tone suddenly became serious, and Jin Zhou knew that this was a sign of his anger, "You mean to say that I had expected to be arrested today, so I started doing things for today so many years ago. Prepare?"

It may not be that he had such an idea from the beginning, Jin Zhou thought to himself.

Let's assume for the time being that Liu Yongchang was the murderer of the murder case 17 years ago. He dared to return to this city, which shows that, as Xie Yao analyzed, some murderers are bold enough to sit back and relax after seeing nothing happened for so many years.

If this is the case, then when Liu Yongchang brought Liu Qian back here, he probably didn't take the crimes he committed back then to heart, and he didn't think about planning for the future.

Later, perhaps because he was doing business in a gray area and was afraid of being invited to drink tea, which would involve the events of the year, Liu Yongchang thought about having a lawyer by his side to eliminate business risks for him in time.

Jin Zhou is naturally the best candidate.

In fact, Jin Zhou did a lot for Liu Yongchang.

Including helping him clear the suspicion of murder.

The person who knows Liu Yongchang best is his bedside person.Since Liu Qian has the idea of ​​"raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while", then Liu Yongchang must also have it.

Since being used so far, Jin Zhou has nothing to say. After all, Liu Yongchang really takes good care of him, so he should repay this debt of favor.

But the timing of these words can't be ignored. If it's just at any time, Jin Zhou knows it by accident, that's all.

And now all the information is pointing to one thing - Liu Yongchang is the murderer of the murder case 17 years ago.

"Whether you were prepared or not, you managed to get away anyway." Jin Zhou looked at Liu Yongchang expressionlessly, turning a blind eye to his faint burst of anger, "You must have killed the man, Liu Yongchang."

"No." The anger suddenly quieted down and turned into a calm pool, "Before you said that the police's chain of evidence was incomplete, but now you say that I am the murderer, Jin Zhou, are you confused? "

Since Liu Yongchang can lie about the reasons for leaving the village, Jin Zhou no longer believes what he said.

"This is also what chills me the most." Jin Zhou said coldly, "Obviously I have submitted a very detailed defense opinion, and then I just need to wait for the result, but you arranged for Liu Qian to stimulate me and let me Dazzled by anger, I just want to get away for you as soon as possible."

A few days ago, Jin Zhou had been busy with Luo Xueqing's case, so he couldn't spare himself to pay attention to the situation here.

So Liu Qian deliberately pretended to give false testimony, just to force him to devote himself to this case.

"Liu Qian?" Liu Yongchang frowned slightly, "What stimulated you?"

The unexpected reaction didn't seem fake, Jin Zhou felt a little strange in his heart.

"You asked Liu Qian to testify against you for murder, saying that you went to the scene of the crime twice, and then you asked her to go to the bar to have a good time, and deliberately showed it to me, so that I thought she stabbed you in the back, so that I would be in your case Go all out."

"She said that I went to the scene of the crime twice?" Liu Yongchang's mouth froze slightly, but after all, he was a person who had experienced storms, and he calmed down quickly, "It's nonsense."

"I'm fairly familiar with Liu Qian." Jin Zhou said bluntly, "With her brain, it is absolutely impossible to make up such a reasonable lie. I'm afraid this is the truth, right? You planned to murder from the beginning, and you went to the scene of the crime twice scene, and hid the murder weapon, but in the end left footprints carelessly."

"Do you believe her nonsense?" Liu Yongchang sneered at this, "I trust you so much, why did you let her do it? According to what you said, if what she said is the truth, then I let her expose it, not for myself. Trouble?"

The strangeness accumulated in his heart reached its peak at this time, and Jin Zhou suddenly felt that something was wrong.

According to his reasoning, Liu Yongchang instructed Liu Qian to testify, but this kind of self-exposure is indeed very dangerous.

"Zhouzi, I didn't kill anyone." Perhaps seeing Jin Zhou's hesitation, Liu Yongchang sighed and said earnestly, "Your sister Liu often has convulsions in her head, so don't listen to her nonsense."

After meeting with Liu Yongchang, the doubts in my heart increased instead of diminishing.

The heater in the bedroom was on full blast, keeping the cold winter nights out of the windows.

Yang Shiyu, who had just taken a shower, exuded fragrant heat. In the past, Jin Zhou would have pounced on him like an idiot, but today he was lying on the bed very quietly, thinking hard against the ceiling.

"Still sleeping?" Yang Shiyu pulled up the quilt, turned off the bedside lamp, and glanced at Jin Zhou who was not sleepy.

"Liu Yongchang really didn't know about Liu Qian's testimony." Jin Zhou was still immersed in his thoughts, "Could it be that I wronged him?"

"Why are you sure he doesn't know?" Yang Shiyu asked slowly, turning his head to look at Jin Zhou.

"Because he doesn't want to admit, he will make up lies." Jin Zhou recalled the content of the conversation with Liu Yongchang. Whether it was the reason for leaving the village or the motivation for supporting Jin Zhou to study the Fa, he did not admit it, "but I said that when he ordered Liu Qian to testify, his first reaction was not to muddle through the matter, but to be surprised and suddenly became very vigilant."

After all, Jin Zhou has fought so many lawsuits, and has been in contact with various parties. He is quite good at observing the reactions of others when they talk.

"If Liu Yongchang didn't know about it," Yang Shiyu continued Jin Zhou's words, "then it was Liu Qian's own idea?"

"Impossible." Jin Zhou shook his head, turned his head to meet Yang Shiyu's gaze, "She can lose more than 40 watches in a bar, and even post words like 'raising soldiers for a thousand days' on Weibo How could someone with her brain come up with such a plan without first thinking about whether I would see it?"

Yang Shiyu frowned slightly, with a thoughtful expression on his face. After a while, he asked again: "Are you sure the 'soldier' ​​she mentioned must be you?"

"Sure." Jin Zhou said firmly, "I saw the time she posted on Weibo, it was when we just picked up Liu Yongchang from the detention center."

"If this is the case," Yang Shiyu said thoughtfully, "then it is basically certain that the murder 17 years ago was committed by Liu Yongchang."

"I also thought so at first." Jin Zhou frowned and said, "But I really can't figure it out. If Liu Yongchang didn't order Liu Qian to testify, then could it be that he was really stabbed in the back by Liu Qian?"

"From what you said, Liu Qian should be a foolish person. Since you think she can't think of a plan to force you, then she probably can't think of a stabbing in the back either." Yang Shiyu said.

"And under your observation, even if they don't have love, they still have family affection." Jin Zhou looked at the ceiling again, his brain was burning like an overrunning processor, "So Liu Qian's purpose is not to stab the knife , is to force me to go all out.”

"There should be no doubt about this." Yang Shiyu's voice was low and steady, like a needle that stabilized Jin Zhou's chaotic thoughts, "Leaving you aside, what effect will Liu Qian's perjury have on the case? No. The Procuratorate She will not lose the most basic judgment because of her perjury. In the end, Liu Yongchang was not prosecuted, or because the chain of evidence itself was incomplete and the murder weapon was never found. So Liu Qian's perjury—”

"It will only affect me." Jin Zhou interrupted Yang Shiyu, "She is forcing me to get this matter done quickly."

Eliminate all possibilities, and finally there is only one solution.

"Then my previous thinking was not wrong." Jin Zhou's thoughts suddenly became clear, and the thread in his mind was no longer entangled. "Liu Qian couldn't make up a decent testimony, she could only tell the truth, and Liu Yongchang really didn't know In this matter, because he believes in my ability, he will not arrange for Liu Qian to take risks."

"So you have been entangled in the whole day," Yang Shiyu concluded for Jin Zhou, "whether the two of them conspired or not."

"Yes, they did not collude in the matter of testifying," Jin Zhou's thoughts became clearer and clearer, "So I fell into a misunderstanding, thinking that what happened back then may not have been done by Liu Yongchang."

"But the fact that there is no collusion now does not mean that there was no collusion back then." Yang Shiyu said, "It may just be that Liu Qian has taken a separate action now."

The vacant logical chain finally formed a closed loop, Jin Zhou sat up suddenly from the bed and said, "Someone is giving Liu Qian an idea!"

The processor that just stopped running at high speed again, and a bigger mystery appeared in Jin Zhou's mind, which was more complicated and chaotic than before.

"It's not Liu Yongchang, let alone me, who else would it be? Could it be her sister group of rich women?"

Yang Shiyu's words came to Jin Zhou's mind again - Liu Qian's perjury would only affect him.

Who would target him so specifically?And why target him?

"Ding--"

The alarm bell sounded horribly at this time, and Jin Zhou was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

He glanced at the phone screen, secretly thankful that a reminder was set.

Turning off the alarm and leaving all the mysteries behind for the time being, Jin Zhou turned over and rushed towards Yang Shiyu: "Happy birthday, wife!"